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The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer and Pamela Brown

Winds Pick Up Speed As L.A. Braces For Critical Fire Weather

The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer and Pamela Brown

CNN

News

3.2865 Ratings

🗓️ 14 January 2025

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

Forecasters now say the return of powerful winds could lead to an explosive growth of the blaze that is still raging in the Los Angeles region, threatening progress made by firefighters. Plus, a look at California’s worsening insurance crisis. Also, the final report of the January 6th federal election subversion case against Trump could be released within hours.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Happening now, breaking news, an urgent warning in the LA wildfire disaster zone.

0:10.0

Forecasters now say the return of powerful winds could lead to explosive growth of the blazes still raging in the region,

0:17.0

threatening progress made by firefighters.

0:20.0

Also breaking why thousands of Californians lost their fire insurance coverage

0:24.6

before their homes went up in flames.

0:27.6

We're taking a closer look at the state's worsening insurance crisis.

0:31.6

And the final report of the January 6th federal election subversion case

0:35.6

against Donald Trump could be released within a few hours.

0:40.3

The judge overseeing the case clearing the way for the findings of the now former special counsel,

0:45.3

Jack Smith, to be made public on the brink of Trump's return to the White House one week from today.

0:51.3

Welcome to our viewers here in the United States and around the world.

0:56.0

I'm Wolf Blitzer. You're in the Situation Room.

0:59.0

This is CNN Breaking News.

1:08.0

First of the breaking news in Los Angeles where the races on to get raging

1:12.3

wildfires, raging wildfires under control. Right now, crews are battling three major fires

1:18.5

as strong winds threatened to reverse progress made over the weekend. About 60 square miles of

1:24.5

L.A. County have already been charred by the outbreak.

1:27.7

This is an area larger than the city of Paris.

1:31.2

Officials now say the Eaton and Palisades fires, both rank among the top five most destructive

1:38.0

in California's history.

1:40.2

CNN journalists are on the scene inside the fire zone covering this historic disaster.

1:45.2

First, let's go to CNN's Veronica Biracle with all the latest details.

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