Today’s GUESTS:

Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass denied reports of her rebuffing an offer by the FDNY to help contain the area’s deadly fires — even though California officials have said they don’t have enough firefighters themselves. JOINING ME NOW TO DISCUSS is the 33rd sheriff of Los Angeles County, Alex Villanueva. 

Jack Smith resigned from the Department of Justice on Friday after completing his two criminal investigations of President-elect Donald Trump. JOINING ME NOW TO DISCUSS IS former federal prosecutor for the Department of Justice and practicing Partner at Margulis Gelfand Diruzzo and Lambson, Justin K. Gelfand.

Ukraine is prepared to send captured North Korean soldiers home if North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is able to negotiate the release of Ukrainian (POWs) in Russia, President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Jan. 12. JOINING ME NOW TO DISCUSS is a Senior Fellow at the America First Policy Institute and Author of “The Iran House: Tales of Revolution, Persecution, War, and Intrigue,” Kenneth Timmerman.

Today’s STORIES:

Petition to Recall Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass Nears 100,000 Signatures  

Mayor Karen Bass Sought to Cut $49 Million More of LAFD’s Budget One Week Before Fire

President Biden Upset Meta Replaces Fact-Checking Program

Arizona Cardinals Step Up to Accommodate Division Rivals, Los Angeles Rams, for Playoff Game

Bill Maher is now tired of fighting and hating Trump, will now “hope for the best.”

On ABC’s “This Week” roundtable, former DNC Chair Donna Brazile offered this view of what to expect from Democrats in the second Trump administration

 Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas Gives Amnesty to 850,000 Illegal Immigrants

73 Percent of Voters Believe Biden Made America Less Safe

‘The Free Press’ founder and editor Bari Weiss criticizes Gavin Newsom and California leadership for their lack of wildfire preparedness in an interview on FOX News Channel’s ‘The Story’ with host Martha MacCallum.

 What caused the Palisades blaze? Visual evidence points to a recent New Years Eve fire nearby that was extinguished and then reignited, which is common among fires in California.

California Wildfire statistics over time

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