The original moments for victims of the raging wildfires burning across Southern California.

The question is, will the extreme winds die down long enough to allow firefighters to gain more control over this catastrophe.

We'll bring you a live report and the latest forecast straight ahead. Plus, President-elect Donald

Trump is set to be sentenced tomorrow in his New York criminal hush money case. The question is,

will the Supreme Court step in and stop that hearing from happening? And today is the official

state funeral for former President Jimmy Carter in Washington, D.C.

He will then be laid to rest in a private ceremony

in his hometown of Plains, Georgia.

The question is, how will the nation remember

the 39th president?

It's way too early, the show that will mark this moment in history with all of you watching.

I'm Ali Vitale on this Thursday, January 9th, and we'll, of course, start with the news.

We begin this morning with those

wildfires scorching Los Angeles County. At least five people have died, and more than 100,000 people

have been forced to evacuate all over the course of the past 36 hours. Estimates have the fires

burning down more than 2,000 structures across the area. Five major fires are currently burning across the county, with three, the Palisades,

Eaton, and Sunset, at 0% containment.

The LAFD, however, confirms they are making progress on the sunset fire.

The two others, called Lydia and Hearst, are at 40 and 10% containment, respectively.

The largest of the fires is the Palisades,

which has burned through more than 17,000 acres, and officials are calling that fire the most

destructive in L.A. history. The second largest of them, the Eaton fire, has engulfed more than 10,000

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