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This is Good Morning America.

We have a lot to cover today, including the confirmation here and kicking off this morning,

starting with President-elect Trump's picture defense secretary Pete Hankseth.

We have new details this morning on his background check and who the FBI did not interview.

We're also tracking the warning from the CDC on respiratory viruses.

They are on the rise and ER visits

to the highest right now for children. But we begin with millions of Southern California residents

on alert as those powerful winds return, they bring the serious threat for explosive fire growth.

Take a live look at our station, KABC's chopper above the new fire that erupted overnight.

This is a map of the new area's under red flag warnings where fire danger is extremely high. We hear from a Cal Fire

Battalion Chief Live in just a few minutes. We have team coverage from all over the fire zone,

starting with Chief National Correspondent Matt Gutman and Mandeville Canyon

with crews on the fire line. Good morning, Matt.

Hey, good morning, Michael. It would be impossible to overemphasize how seriously firefighters

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