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Today is Thursday, January 9th, and you're listening to the morning announcements presented

by Betches Media.

I'm your host, Sammy Sage, and the morning announcements is your daily five-minute breakdown

of the headlines that isn't a megaphone for the loudest voices, but a magnifying glass

for the most important news.

Four massive, rapidly growing wildfires spread throughout the Los Angeles area yesterday,

killing at least five people and destroying thousands of homes and buildings.

80,000 people were forced to evacuate their homes with over a million and a half residents without power as of last night.

Hurricane level winds, partly result of extremely strong seasonal Santa Ana wins, led the fires to spread very quickly, destroying the entire Pacific Palisades neighborhood in basically just a day.

As of this recording at 9 p.m. Eastern Time on Wednesday evening, the fires were still 0% contained, and the fire department is extremely strapped for resources,

namely water, as there had not been rain in the region for several months.

Next, we have some updates on Donald Trump's latest round of legal battles.

First regarding his attempt to prevent DOJ Special counsel Jack Smith from releasing his final report

on his investigative findings. After Judge Aline Cannon ruled to block Smith's findings in the

classified documents case, which she is overseeing, the DOJ said yesterday that it still plans

to release the other part of its report, the one about 2020 election interference, which

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