Foreign It's Thursday, January 9th.
I'm Josie Duffy Rice in for Jane Coaston.
And this is what a day.
The show that's thinking of all the firefighters and incarcerated people battling the fires in Southern California.
On today's show, Biden says he could have won the 2024 election.
And world leaders respond to Trump's threats to purchase and maybe conquer their lands.
Let's get to it.
So a lot of you probably know that Crooked is based in Los Angeles.
I am in Atlanta, but most of the staff lives in or around la.
And right now multiple major fires there have forced tens of thousands of people, including some Crooked staff, to evacuate their homes.
One of those fires, the Pacific Palisades fire, is already the most destructive in the city of Los Angeles history.
Local station KTLA was on the ground.
This is Pacific Palisades.
And you know, we're finally actually seeing what was burning overnight.
And it, you know, the term the word war zone is such a cliche, but this does look like an area that has been bombed.
Further east, the Eaton fire has killed at least five people.
And in all, at least 2,000 structures have been destroyed or damaged.
These fires have been fueled by hurricane force winds.
While strong winds are typical this time of year, these have been extreme, reaching 100 miles per hour.
And usually by now, Southern California has seen enough rain to mitigate the risks that those winds pose.