Tonight on the readout.

I've been talking to friends, family.

They've lost everything.

Homes, businesses, the whole city has just burned to the ground.

And there's nothing we can do.

Nothing. There's nothing we can do. Utter devastation in Southern California,

hundreds of homes destroyed by wildfires,

and the worst is most likely yet to come.

Also tonight, Attorney General Merrick Garland is ready to release

Jack Smith's report on his investigation of Trump's election interference.

But for now, Trump's favorite judge is standing in the way.

And in a last ditch effort to avoid becoming the first convicted felon in the White House, Trump is running to his safe space, the United States Supreme Court.

But we begin tonight with heartbreaking apocalyptic scenes from Los Angeles, where firefighters

are battling five different infernos burning out of control throughout the city, fueled by whipping Santa

and winds with gusts up to 100 miles per hour.

In the last hour, the Los Angeles County Sheriff confirmed that five people are dead.

Here you see the Pacific Palisades, a neighborhood tucked between the Santa Monica Mountains and the Pacific Ocean.

The Palisades fire has tripled in size since this morning and already destroyed at least 1,000 structures, making it the most destructive fire to ever occur in Los Angeles County, according to statistics from the Wildfire Alliance, which is run in part

by the city's fire department.

There are multiple fires, one known as the Eaton Fire, has destroyed more than 10,000 acres

and many structures in Altadena and Pasadena. This is the fire that killed five people.

The Hearst Fire has burned 505 acres.

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