ABC World News Tonight with David Muir Full Broadcast - January 12, 2025

>>> TONIGHT, BREAKING NEWS FROM. SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. MORE RED FLAG WARNINGS AS. FIREFIGHTERS RACE TO CONTAIN. MULTIPLE MAJOR FIRES. AUTHORITIES ANNOUNCE ADDITIONAL. ARRESTS FOR LOOTING AS THE ATF. BEGINS THE TASK OF FINDING THE. CAUSE OF THE DEADLY FIRES. >> FIRST, THE RACE AGAINST THE. CLOCK, WITH WINDS EXPECTED TO. PICK UP WITHIN HOURS, GUSTS. COULD REACH 70 MILES PER HOUR. 8 MILLION RESIDENTS REMAIN AT. THE WHIM OF THE WIND, FACING A. CRITICAL FIRE RISK. MORE THAN 100,000 ARE UNDER.

MANDATORY EVACUATION ORDERS AS. THE DEATH TOLL RISES. MORE THAN 12,000 STRUCTURES. BELIEVED TO BE EITHER DAMAGED OR. DESTROYED. AND ARMY OF THOUSANDS ON THE. GROUND AND IN THE AIR JOINING. THE FIGHT AGAINST THE DEADLY LOS. ANGELES FIRES. A CALIFORNIA NATIONAL GUARD. AIRCRAFT DROPPING FIRE. RETARDANT. AUTHORITIES WARN ABOUT THE. THREAT FROM LOOTERS. TWO PEOPLE WERE ARRESTED NEAR. VICE PRESIDENT KAMALA HARRIS'. BRENTWOOD HOME AFTER A CALL. ABOUT A POSSIBLE BURGLARY. ADDITIONAL RESOURCES POUR INTO. THE REGION.

CREWS FROM MEXICO, CANADA, AND. NINE OTHERS STATES ARE EXPECTED. TO DEPLOY TO THE FRONT LINES. OFFICIALS SAY THEY'RE MOVING. RESOURCES BEFORE THE STRONG. WINDS RETURN AND THEY'RE URGING. RESIDENTS HOPING TO RETURN TO. THEIR HOMES TO BE PATIENT. THE ATF TAKES THE LEAD IN THE. INVESTIGATION TRYING TO. DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE. FIRES. AUTHORITIES NOW ON THE SCENE. TRAINED TEAMS ARE LOOKING AT ALL. POTENTIAL CAUSES. INCLUDING ARSON OR DOWNED POWER. LINES. OUR TEAM IS SPREAD OUT ACROSS. LOS ANGELES REGION, AND WE TIME. OUT THE CRITICAL FORECAST FOR.

THE NEXT 24 HOURS AND BEYOND. >> ACROSS THE COUNTRY, A FRIGID. ARCTIC BLAST RETURNS WITH. WINDCHILLS PLUMMETING WELL BELOW. ZERO IN SOME PLACES. DAYS AHEAD OF CRUCIAL. CONFIRMATION HEARINGS, THE FBI. INVESTIGATES DEFENSE SECRETARY. NOMINEE PETE HEGSETH'S PAST AS. WE LOOK AT THE OTHER TRUMP PICKS. PREPARING TO GO UNDER THE. MICROSCOPE. >> COUNTDOWN TO HISTORIC LAUNCH. BLUE ORIGIN'S NEW ROCKET GETS. READY TO BLAST OFF, WHERE AND. WHEN YOU MIGHT BE ABLE TO CATCH. A GLIMPSE. >> AND AMERICA STRONG TONIGHT,

IN THE FACE OF THE HORRIFIC. DISASTER, PEOPLE HELPING PEOPLE. WITH RANDOM ACTS OF KINDNESS, IT. IS, AFTER ALL, THE CITY OF. ANGELS. >> Announcer: FROM ABC NEWS. WORLD HEADQUARTERS IN NEW YORK, THIS IS "WORLD NEWS TONIGHT.". >> Linsey: GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE. THANKS SO MUCH FOR JOINING US ON. THIS SUNDAY. I'M LINSEY DAVIS. WE BEGIN ONCE AGAIN WITH THOSE. DEADLY WILDFIRES RAGING ACROSS. SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. AT LEAST 16 PEOPLE ARE DEAD, AND.

NEARLY 10 MILLION MORE ARE UNDER. FIRE WEATHER ALERTS, AND MOMENTS. AGO, AUTHORITIES ISSUED A PDS, A. PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION. FOR RED FLAG WARNINGS. MORE THAN A DOZEN PEOPLE ARE. REPORTED MISSING AND AUTHORITIES. WARN THAT NUMBER IS RISING BY. THE HOUR. IF FIREFIGHTERS HAVE NIGHTMARES. THIS SCENARIO IS LIKELY ONE OF. THEM. IT'S A BULLETLESS WAR AGAINST. THE PALISADES, EATON, AND HURST. FIRES AND NOW CREWS ARE PRAISING. FOR ANOTHER ROUND OF POWERFUL. SANTA ANA WINDS. THAT COULD THREATEN NEW. COMMUNITIES.

LOOK AT THIS VIEW FROM THE. COCKPIT OF THE CALIFORNIA. NATIONAL GUARD AS THEY DROP FIRE. RETARDANT AS PART OF THEIR. EFFORT TO CONTAIN THE FIRES. A SHORT TIME AGO, PRESIDENT. BIDEN MET WITH KEY OFFICIALS AT. THE WHITE HOUSE TO EXPLORE WAYS. TO TRY TO SUPPRESS THE FLAMES, AND POLICE SAY TWO PEOPLE WERE. ARRESTED FOR VIOLATING CURFEW. NEAR THE BRENTWOOD HOME OF VICE. PRESIDENT KAMALA HARRIS, AS. AUTHORITIES NOW CRACK DOWN ON. LOOTING AND PRICE GOUGING. THE DAMAGE FROM THIS DEADLY. INFERNO COULD EXCEED $150. BILLION. ONE OF THE COSTLIEST NATURAL.

DISASTERS IN AMERICAN HISTORY. WE OF COURSE HAVE TEAM COVERAGE. TONIGHT. ABC'S MATT RIVERS LEADS US OFF. FROM THE FIRE ZONE. >> Reporter: TONIGHT, AFTER AN. INTENSE FIREFIGHTING WEEKEND, FIREFIGHTERS RACING AGAINST THE. CLOCK TO CONTAIN WILDFIRES. BURNING ACROSS LOS ANGELES. COUNTY, BEFORE THOSE SANTA ANA. WINDS PICK UP AGAIN. ACROSS L.A., FIREFIGHTERS ARE. LAYING THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS. OF HOSE LINE LIKE THIS IN. ANTICIPATION OF FIRES COMING. BACK WHEN THOSE WINDS COME BACK.

FIREFIGHTERS LIKE THESE GO. AROUND PUTTING OUT ANY HOT SPOTS. TO MAKE SURE THIS HILLSIDE WHICH. ALREADY BURNED WON'T REIGNITE. WHEN THE WINDS RETURN. MORE THAN 8 MILLION PEOPLE NOW. FACING CRITICAL FIRE RISK. >> EVERY AVAILABLE LAFD. FIREFIGHTER IS ON HAND AND WILL. REMAIN IN PLACE THROUGH THIS. WIND EVENT. >> Reporter: OVERNIGHT, AN ALL. OUT AERIAL ASSAULT ON THE. PALISADES FIRE. HELICOPTERS MAKING WATER DROP. AFTER WATER DROP. GROUND CREWS ARMED WITH TOOLS.

AND REELS OF FIRE HOSES. NAVIGATING STEEP TERRAIN, HEAD. LAMPS LIGHTING THEIR PATH TO. FACE THE FLAMES HEAD ON. SMOKE AND EMBERS BILLOWING INTO. THE AIR, AND TONIGHT, THE TOLL. THIS FIRE AND OTHERS HAVE TAKEN. ACROSS LOS ANGELES COUNTY SINCE. TUESDAY IS STAGGERING. AT LEAST 16 DEAD, AT LEAST 16. ARE ALSO MISSING. MORE THAN 12,000 STRUCTURES. BELIEVED DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. MORE THAN 60 SQUARE MILES. BURNED. AND MORE THAN 100,000 PEOPLE. UNDER EVACUATION ORDERS.

>> WE WILL CONTINUE TO BATTLE. THESE WILDFIRES FROM THE AIR AND. ON THE GROUND UNTIL THEY ARE. FULLY CONTAINED. >> Reporter: THIS WEEKEND, THE. PALISADES FIRE MAKING A NEW RUN. TO THE NORTH. THIS IS THE VIEW FROM INSIDE A. LOW-FLYING CALIFORNIA AIR. NATIONAL GUARD AIRCRAFT ENGAGED. IN THE FIGHT. YOU CAN HEAR THE ALTITUDE ALERT. AND THE SOUND OF THE RETARDANT. BEING DROPPED. WE WERE WITH CREWS ON THE FRONT. LINES IN BRENTWOOD YESTERDAY.

L.A. FIRE DEPARTMENT CAPTAIN. TELLING ME --. >> HELICOPTERS HAVE BEEN HITTING. THIS PRETTY HARD, SO WE'RE. LETTING IT SWEEP UP TO US AND. WE'LL KNOCK IT OUT AS SOON AS IT. GETS TO US. >> Reporter: WE SAW FIRST-HAND. THE IMPACT OF THOSE GUSTING. WINDS. >> THESE GUSTS ARE WHAT YOU HAVE. TO WORRY ABOUT. >> Reporter: EVEN IN THE LAST. MINUTE, WE COULD SEE THOSE. HOUSES 30 SECONDS AGO. NOW, THE GUSTS PICK UP. AND THAT'S THE DANGER. >> YEAH. ABSOLUTELY. >> Reporter: ALSO IN BRENTWOOD,

EARLY YESTERDAY MORNING, POLICE. RESPONDING TO A CALL OF A. POSSIBLE BURGLARY AT VICE. PRESIDENT KAMALA HARRIS' HOME. THE NEIGHBORHOOD HAS BEEN UNDER. AN EVACUATION ORDER SINCE. WEDNESDAY. AUTHORITIES SAID THEY DID NOT. FIND EVIDENCE A BURGLARY HAD. OCCURRED, HOWEVER THEY ARRESTED. TWO PEOPLE FOR VIOLATING THE. CURFEW. THE FBI RELEASING THESE IMAGES. OF A SUPER SCOOPER AIRCRAFT. STRUCK BY A DRONE WHILE BATTLING. THE PALISADES FIRE THURSDAY. THAT HOLE, ABOUT 3 BY 6 INCHES. IN SIZE. THEY SAY THIS IS THE DRONE THAT.

CAUSED IT. >> THERE'S SO MANY UNAUTHORIZED. DRONES IN THE AREA THAT THEY ARE. IMPACTING LAW ENFORCEMENT AND. FIREFIGHTERS' EFFORTS TO. SUPPRESS THIS FIRE AND ACTUALLY. GET IT CONTAINED. >> Reporter: AND EAST OF THE. PALISADES FIRE, AT THE EATON. FIRE, WHERE FIREFIGHTERS ARE. ALSO BATTLING HOT SPOTS, A BIG. JUMP IN THE CONTAINMENT FIGURE. TODAY, AND NOW STANDS AT 27%. AND RIGHT NOW, WE'RE INSIDE THE. L.A. CITY FIRE AIR OPERATIONS. AND THAT RIGHT THERE IS ONE OF.

THE SEVERAL DOZEN HELICOPTERS WE. HAVE BEEN WATCHING MAKE WATER. DROP AFTER WATER DROP AGAINST. THESE FIRES SINCE IT ALL BROKE. OUT EARLY LAST WEEK. WE KNOW RIGHT NOW CREWS ARE. GEARING UP TO GO BACK OUT, BOTH. TO FIGHT EXISTING FIRES AND TO. FIGHT ANY NEW FIRES THAT POP UP. OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS. LINSEY. >> Linsey: PROGRESS, BUT STILL. NOT ENOUGH. MATT, THANK YOU. >>> NEXT TONIGHT, THE FRONTLINE. FIREFIGHTERS ARE GETTING. RE-ENFORCEMENT AND SUPPORT FROM. AROUND THE GLOBE. DOZENS OF FIREFIGHTERS FROM. MEXICO ARE IN CALIFORNIA TONIGHT. TO HELP, AND AT THE VATICAN, POPE FRANCIS OFFERED PRAYERS FOR. THOSE DEVASTATED BY THE FLAMES.

JACLYN LEE REPORTS FROM SOUTHERN. CALIFORNIA. >> Reporter: TONIGHT, WITH THE. GRUELING FIREFIGHT EXPECTED TO. CONTINUE THROUGH THE WEEK, URGENTLY NEEDED ASSISTANCE. ARRIVING FROM FAR AND WIDE TO. COMBAT THE FLAMES. FIRST RESPONDERS FROM CALIFORNIA. AND NINE OTHER STATES NOW ON THE. FRONT LINES. DOZENS OF EMERGENCY PERSONNEL. ARRIVING ON TWO PLANES FROM. MEXICO. CALIFORNIA GOVERNOR GAVIN NEWSOM. GREETING THEM ON THE TARMAC.

>> THIS IS WHAT FRIENDS DO. WE'RE INCREDIBLY HUMBLED AND. GRATEFUL THAT THE PRESIDENT WAS. WILLING TO SEND THE CREW YOU SEE. BEHIND ME. THEY'LL BE OUT ON THE LINES. WITHIN THE NEXT 24 TO 36 HOURS. >> Reporter: FIRE CREWS FROM. CANADA ALSO EXPECTED TO ARRIVE. MONDAY, JOINING THE MORE THAN. 14,000 PERSONNEL ALREADY. DEPLOYED. 70 ADDITIONAL WATER TRUCKS ALSO. ARRIVING AHEAD OF THAT. POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS WIND. EVENT. >> IT'S FREEING UP OUR OTHER. LOCAL RESOURCES, SO AS WE.

CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD AND. PREDEPLOY FIRE, AIR, GROUND, THE. MORE RESOURCES THAT ARE FLOODING. IN TO HELP US WITH OUR CURRENT. FIRES, THE BETTER WE ARE. PREPARED TO PREDEPLOY. >> Reporter: WE WERE THERE AS. FIREFIGHTERS FROM KERN COUNTY. WHO TRAVELED MORE THAN 100 MILES. TO ASSIST INSPECTED THE. DESTRUCTION IN ALTADENA. THESE FIREFIGHTERS WALKING HOUSE. TO HOUSE TO MAKE SURE THERE'S NO. CHANCE A HOT SPOT CAN GROW INTO. SOMETHING LARGER.

THE CAPTAIN TELLING US HE'S. NEVER SEEN A FIRE THIS. DEVASTATING. >> THE SPEED, THE LEVEL, JUST. HOW MANY HOMES THAT IT'S JUST. DESTROYED. >> Reporter: WOW. IS THIS THE WORST FIRE YOU HAVE. COVERED? >> THE WORST FIRE I HAVE EVER. BEEN TO. >> Reporter: HOW LONG HAVE YOU. BEEN DOING THIS FOR? >> 30 YEARS. >> Reporter: IT COMES AS. AUTHORITIES ANNOUNCED TODAY THEY. WOULD SUSPEND ESCORTS FOR. RESIDENTS INTO AREAS DAMAGED BY. THE FIRES SAYING THE NUMBER OF. REQUESTS OVERWHELMED THEIR. EXISTING RESOURCES. >> IN DRIVING AROUND SOME OF.

THESE AREAS, THEY LITERALLY LOOK. LIKE WAR ZONES. THERE ARE DOWNED POWER POLES, ELECTRIC WIRES. THERE ARE STILL SOME SMOLDERING. FIRES. IT IS NOT SAFE. WE WANT TO GET YOU BACK IN YOUR. HOMES BUT WE CAN'T ALLOW THAT. UNTIL IT IS SAFE FOR YOU TO DO. SO. >> Reporter: LINSEY, OFFICIALS. ARE WARNING RESIDENTS TO STAY. AWAY GIVEN THE DANGERS OF DOWNED. POWER LINES AND GAS LEAKS. FIREFIGHTERS RUSHING TO PUT OUT. EMBERS AHEAD OF THIS UPCOMING. WIND EVENT TO PRESERVE HOMES. LIKE THESE THAT ARE STILL.

STANDING. LINSEY. >> Linsey: CERTAINLY A WELCOME. SIGHT. JACYLN, THANK YOU. >>> THE ATF IS LEADING THE. INVESTIGATION INTO THE CAUSE OF. THAT DEADLY INFERNO. A TASK FORCE WHICH INCLUDES. LOCAL, STATE, AND FEDERAL. INVESTIGATORS IS TRYING TO. DETERMINE HOW THE WILDFIRES. STARTED, INTERVIEWING RESIDENTS. AS THEY SEARCH FOR CLUES. HERE'S ALEX STONE WITH THE NEW. DETAILS COMING IN TONIGHT. >> Reporter: TONIGHT, AUTHORITIES INVESTIGATING THE. ORIGINS AND CAUSES OF THE. DEVASTATING WILDFIRES IN LOS. ANGELES. THE FEDERAL BUREAU OF ALCOHOL, TOBACCO, FIREARMS, AND.

EXPLOSIVES OR ATF, TAKING THE. LEAD OF THE NEWLY FORMED LOS. ANGELES REGIONAL WILDFIRE. INVESTIGATIVE TASK FORCE. >> THIS TASK FORCE IS MADE UP OF. LOCAL, STATE, AND FEDERAL. PARTNERS DESIGNED TO INVESTIGATE. THE CAUSE OF THESE FIRES AND SEE. IF THERE'S ANY CONNECTION. BETWEEN THEM. >> Reporter: IT REMAINS UNCLEAR. HOW THE PACIFIC PALISADES FIRE. STARTED LAST WEEK. BUT THE AGENCY SAYS ITS. CERTIFIED FIRE INVESTIGATORS. HAVE BEEN ON THE SCENE. PROFESSIONALS WHOSE TRAINING. INCLUDES STARTING THEIR OWN. FIRES IN A CONTROLLED. ENVIRONMENT. >> IF THEY CAN UNDERSTAND HOW.

THEY CAN SET FIRES AND HOW FIRES. TRANSITION THROUGH A BUILDING, THEY CAN BETTER UNDERSTAND HOW. TO INVESTIGATE. >> Reporter: ACCORDING TO THE. U.S. FOREST SERVICE, NEARLY 85%. OF WILDFIRES IN THE UNITED. STATES ARE CAUSED BY HUMANS. CULPRITS INCLUDE UNATTENDED CAMP. FIRES, BURNING DEBRIS, EQUIPMENT. MALFUNCTIONS, DISCARDED. CIGARETTES AND INTENTIONAL ACTS. OF ARSON, AND DATA CONNECTED BY. THE DEPARTMENT OF FORESTRY AND. FIRE PROTECTION SHOW EIGHT OF. THE MOST DESTRUCTIVE WILDFIRES. IN THE STATE'S HISTORY HAVE BEEN. LINKED TO ELECTRICAL AND POWER. LINES.

ABC NEWS LEARNING TONIGHT. SOUTHERN EDISON, ONE OF. CALIFORNIA'S MAJOR PRIVATE. UTILITY COMPANIES HAS FILED TWO. ELECTRONIC SAFETY INCIDENT. REPORTS PERTAINING TO THE EATON. AND HURST FIRES, A SIGN. INVESTIGATORS MIGHT BE EXAMINING. IF THE UTILITY'S EQUIPMENT MIGHT. HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO AN IGNITION. WE JUST GOT WORD 24 PEOPLES HAVE. NOW BEEN CONFIRMED DEAD IN THESE.

FIRES. >> Linsey: ALEX, THANK YOU. THOSE DANGEROUS SANTA ANA WINDS. ARE SET TO RETURN TOMORROW. LET'S BRING IN ABC METEOROLOGIST. SOMARA THEODORE. SOMARA, TRACK THOSE WINDS FOR US. AND CAN YOU GIVE US HISTORICAL. CONTEXT FOR THESE DRY. CONDITIONS? >> Reporter: ABSOLUTELY. THINGS HAVE BEEN RELATIVELY. CALMER, SO THAT'S BEEN GIVING. FIREFIGHTERS A FIGHTING CHANCE, BUT THAT'S ALL GETTING READY TO. CHANGE. WIND SPEEDS WILL BE PICKING UP. AGAIN TOMORROW. WIND GUSTS COULD RANGE BETWEEN. 35 AND 55 MILES PER HOUR. SOME AREAS COULD SEE GUSTS AS. HIGH AS 70 MILES PER HOUR. WE ALL EXPECT THIS TO COME TO A. HEAD BY TUESDAY MORNING, PEAKING, WINDS UP TO 61 MILES.

PER HOUR IN PLACES LIKE BURBANK, AND THEN OF COURSE, THERE'S THE. ISSUE OF THE WILDFIRES. TONIGHT WITH CALMER WINDS WE'RE. SEEING MORE AIR STAGNATION, SO. HEAVY WILDFIRE SMOKE IS. ANTICIPATED IN PLACES LIKE SANTA. MONICA. ULTIMATELY, LINSEY, RIGHT NOW, LOS ANGELES IS IN A SEVERE. DROUGHT. BETWEEN MAY AND NOW, THEY HAVE. SEEN ABOUT .16 INCHES OF RAIN. THE LAST TIME WE SAW A DEFICIT. LIKE THAT WAS IN THE YEAR 1962. THE DIFFERENCE IS, NOW. TEMPERATURES HAVE BEEN FOUR. DEGREES WARMER. THAT MEANS HOTTER AIR IS LEADING.

TO THE GROUNDS DRYING OUT FASTER. AND IN A CHANGING CLIMATE WE CAN. EXPECT MORE OF THAT. >> Linsey: WIND AND DRY. CONDITIONS CLEARLY A DEADLY MIX. SOMARA, THANK YOU. >>> NOW TO POLITICS. AND CONFIRMATION HEARINGS FOR. SOME OF PRESIDENT-ELECT TRUMP'S. CABINET PICKS. THE FBI BRIEFING COMMITTEE. MEMBERS ON SECRETARY OF DEFENSE. NOMINEE PETE HEGSETH. THE FORMER FOX NEWS HOST IS ONE. OF TRUMP'S MOST CONTROVERSIAL. SELECTIONS, AND HIS HEARING ON. TUESDAY COULD PROVE EXPLOSIVE. ABC'S MARYALICE PARKS REPORTS. FROM CAPITOL HILL TONIGHT. >> Reporter: TONIGHT, SEVERAL OF. PRESIDENT-ELECT DONALD TRUMP'S.

NOMINEES GEARING UP FOR A PUBLIC. GRILLING. 14 SENATE CONFIRMATION HEARINGS. SCHEDULED FOR THIS WEEK. ONE OF THE FIRST, FORMER FOX. NEWS ANCHOR PETE HEGSETH, NOMINATED TO BE THE SECRETARY OF. DEFENSE IN THE HOT SEAT TUESDAY. HEGSETH HAS FACED ALLEGATIONS OF. SEXUAL AND FINANCIAL MISCONDUCT. AS WELL AS ALCOHOL ABUSE. HE WILL ALSO FACE TOUGH. QUESTIONS ABOUT HIS POLICY. POSITIONS. HE HAS IN THE PAST BEEN HIGHLY. CRITICAL OF THE PENTAGON'S. EFFORTS TO DIVERSIFY. >> I'M STRAIGHT UP SAYING WE. SHOULD NOT HAVE WOMEN IN COMBAT. ROLES.

>> Reporter: HEGSETH DENIES ALL. ALLEGATIONS AND HAS NEVER BEEN. CHARGED AND NOW HE SAYS HE. SUPPORTS WOMEN SERVING TODAY. REPUBLICANS HAVE 53 SEATS IN THE. SENATE, MEANING NOMINEES DON'T. NEED DEMOCRATIC VOTES, BUT THEY. ALSO CAN'T AFFORD TO LOSE MORE. THAN TWO REPUBLICANS. ONE BIG QUESTION, JONI ERNST, A. FORMER LIEUTENANT COLONEL IN THE. ARMY RESERVES WHO DID MULTIPLE. COMBAT TOURS AND HAS BEEN. HESITANT ABOUT HEGSETH'S. NOMINATION. HEGSETH SAT FOR AN INTERVIEW. WITH THE FBI AS INVESTIGATORS.

INTERVIEWED MULTIPLE PEOPLE FROM. HIS PERSONAL LIFE, AS A PART OF. A BACKGROUND CHECK. TOP SENATORS BRIEFED ON THE. RESULTS OF THAT INVESTIGATION. AND AFTER WEEKS OF MEETINGS. ACROSS CAPITOL HILL, TULSI. GABBARD, TAPPED TO BE TRUMP'S. DIRECTOR OF NATIONAL. INTELLIGENCE, GAINING GROUND. OVER THE WEEKEND AFTER A MAJOR. REVERSAL, NOW IN SUPPORT OF AN. OVERSEAS SURVEILLANCE PROGRAM. SHE ONCE OPPOSED, SAYING IT. NEEDED REFORM. >> Linsey: MARYALICE REPORTS NOW. FROM CAPITOL HILL. VICE PRESIDENT ELECT JD VANCE IS.

SEEMING TO COUCH TRUMP'S VOW TO. PARDON JANUARY 6th RIOTERS ON. THE FIRST DAY IN OFFICE AT THIS. POINT. >> Reporter: YEAH, VANCE SAID IF. SOMEONE COMMITTED VIOLENCE ON. THAT DAY, THEY OBVIOUSLY SHOULD. NOT BE PARDONED, BUT JUST LAST. WEEK, TRUMP WAS ASKED. SPECIFICALLY ABOUT PEOPLE WHO. ATTACKED POLICE OFFICERS AND HE. DID NOT ANSWER DIRECTLY. HE TALKED ABOUT HIS PLANS TO. GRANT MAJOR PARDONS. MORE THAN 140 OFFICERS WERE. SERIOUSLY INJURED THAT DAY. LINSEY. >> Linsey: THANK YOU. >>> LATER IN THE BROADCAST, MORE. FROM LOS ANGELES AS COMMUNITIES. COME TOGETHER TO SUPPORT THOSE.

MOST IN NEED. AND JUST AHEAD, A FRIGID BLAST. TAKES AIM AT HALF THE COUNTRY. WINDCHILLS PLUMMETING WELL BELOW. ZERO. >>> NEXT TONIGHT, A FRIGID. ARCTIC BLAST IS ON ITS WAY TO. THE EASTERN HALF OF THE COUNTRY. PLACES LIKE MINNEAPOLIS, CHICAGO, AND CINCINNATI CAN. EXPECT A RETURN TO BELOW ZERO. WINDCHILLS BY MIDWEEK AND A. FREEZE WILL STICK AROUND FOR A. WHILE. IT'S EXPECTED TO LAST INTO NEXT. WEEK. >>> WHEN WE COME BACK, BLUE. ORIGIN PREPARES FOR BLASTOFF. WHERE YOU CAN SEE THE HISTORIC. LAUNCH.

>>> TO THE INDEX NOW. THE COUNTDOWN IS ON FOR HISTORIC. LAUNCH. BLUE ORIGIN'S 32-STORY-HIGH. GLENN ROCKET IS SET TO BLAST OFF. FROM CAPE CANAVERAL IN THE EARLY. HOURS OF MONDAY. A FIRST-OF-ITS-KIND MISSION. IF YOU'RE AWAKE BETWEEN 1:00 AND. 4:00 A.M. ON THE EAST COAST, BLUE ORIGIN SAYS THE LAUNCH WILL. BE VISIBLE AS FAR NORTH AS THE. CAROLINAS. >>> THE NFL PLAYOFFS ARE NOW. UNDER WAY. JUST BEFORE WE CAME ON THE AIR, THE BILLS BEAT THE BRONCOS. THE COMMANDERS ARE VISITING THE. BUCCANEERS TONIGHT.

THE L.A. CHARGERS LOST SATURDAY. TO THE TEXANS. THE CHARGERS WARMED UP WITH A. NOD TO L.A. FIREFIGHTERS. THE LAKERS, WHOSE WEEKEND GAME. WAS POSTPONED AND WHOSE COACH. LOST HIS HOME IN THE PALISADES. FIRE, HAVE ADOPTED NEW PRACTICE. GEAR, THANKING FIREFIGHTERS. THE L.A. KINGS ARE NOW WEARING. SPECIAL JERSEY AND HELMET. PATCHES IN THEIR GAMES. AND TOMORROW, THE L.A. RAMS WILL. TAKE ON THE VIKINGS IN GLENDALE. THAT GAME RELOCATED BECAUSE OF. THE FIRES. YOU CAN SEE IT HERE ON ABC AND. ESPN AT 8:00 EASTERN.

>>> WHEN WE COME BACK, WITH SO. MANY HAVING LOST SO MUCH, PEOPLE. HELPING PEOPLE IN THE CITY OF. ANGELS. >>> FINALLY TONIGHT, THE DEADLY. FIRES HAVE DESTROYED SO MUCH, BUT THEY HAVE ALSO BROUGHT OUT. SOME OF THE BEST IN THE. RESIDENTS OF THE CITY OF ANGELS. THE SCENES ARE SURREAL. SEEMINGLY MORE APROPOS FOR A. MAJOR MOTION PICTURE EMANATING. FROM HOLLYWOOD, NOT ACTUALLY IN. ITS BACKYARD. BUT IT'S KNOWN AS THE CITY OF. ANGELS FOR A REASON. AND IN THE MIDST OF THE.

DESTRUCTION, EMBERS OF THE HOPE. AS THE COMMUNITY AND BEYOND. UNITES TO OFFER HELP. >> WE'RE GIVING AWAY FREE FOOD, DIAPERS, COFFEE, BREAKFAST. BURRITOS. >> THIS FOOD VENDOR'S TIKTOK. WENT VIRAL AFTER STARTING SMALL. AT A ROSE BOWL PARKING LOT, SO. THEY MOVED HERE TO THE SANTA. ANITA RACE TRACK. CLOTHES, WATER, AND FOOD AS FAR. AS THE EYE CAN SEE. NECESSITIES FOR THOSE WHO HAVE. LOST IT ALL. >> WHEN IT'S TIME TO COME. TOGETHER, WE GET REAL AND WE GET. IT DONE.

>> THE LOSS OF OUR HOUSE, OF. EVERYTHING, HURTS. JUST KNOWING THAT EVERYONE IS. HERE FOR US, YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT. ALONE. >> SCENES LIKE THESE NOW ABOUND. ACROSS THE L.A. LANDSCAPE. NEIGHBOR HELPING NEIGHBOR. STRANGER ASSISTING STRANGER. HERE, DR. ANNIE SET UP HER. ANIMAL HOSPITAL TO TAKE IN. DOZENS OF PETS, MANY OF. EVACUEES. >> WE HAD SOMEONE COME WHO HAD. TEN CATS. >> HER HOPE IS THAT THE. KNOWLEDGE THEIR ANIMALS ARE. CARED FOR WILL HELP LESSEN THEIR.

TRAUMA. >> I COULD SEE THE SHOULDERS. DROP, THE STRESS LEVEL DROP AS. SOON AS WE GOT THEIR ANIMALS SET. UP. >> LUSANNE AND CAITLIN SAW THIS. POST ON THE NEXT DOOR APP OF AN. OUT OF TOWN HOMEOWNER DESPERATE. TO SAVE HER TWO DOGS WHO WERE. HOME ALONE. >> IT BROKE MY HEART. YOU PUT YOURSELF IN THAT SAME. POSITION. >> MOST OBJECTS ARE REPLACEMENT. BUT YOUR DOGS. >> BOTH OF THEM SO GRATEFUL THAT. THEY COULD HELP A NEIGHBOR THEY. HAVE NEVER EVEN MET. >> JENNA COOPER CLEANED OUT HALF.

OF HER HOME GOODS STORE TO MAKE. ROOM FOR CLOTHING DONATIONS. >> WE HAVE DONATIONS COMING IN. OF NEW CLOTHES, SUITCASES, ESSENTIALS. AND WE'RE TRYING TO GET THEM. DIRECTLY INTO THE HANDS OF THE. PEOPLE WHO NEED THEM. >> JENNA SAYS THE IDEA STARTED. SMALL AND THEN GREW WITH SOME. SURPRISING DONORS JOINING IN. >> I STARTED WITH A FIVE-PERSON. TEXT THREAD, AND THEN TWO HOURS. LATER SOMEHOW SHARON STONE GOT. AHOLD OF IT. >> ALL THROUGH THE CITY, THOSE. IN NEED OF BEING ENVELOPED IN A. COLLECTIVE HUG, AND THIS SMALL.

BUT IMPORTANT ACT OF KINDNESS. VICTORIA DeSANTIS ABANDONED HER. HOME SO QUICKLY, SHE LEFT HER. WEDDING RING BEHIND. WHEN SHE RETURNED TO HER HOME, A. BRIGHT SPOT IN THE MIDST OF A. DARK WEEK. THESE FIREFIGHTERS MANAGED TO. FIND HER PRECIOUS WEDDING BAND. IN THE RUBBLE. IT'S THE LITTLE THINGS. IF YOU WANT TO HELP, SCAN THE QR. CODE BELOW. THANKS SO MUCH FOR WATCHING. I'M LINSEY DAVIS. GOOD NIGHT.