Los Angeles Fire Department (LAFD) chief Kristin Crowley said Friday on CNN’s “The Lead” that massive budget cuts “absolutely negatively impacted ” the department’s ability to fight the disastrous wildfires in Southern California.
On Friday’s broadcast of NewsNation’s “The Hill,” U.S. Fire Administrator Dr. Lori Moore-Merrell responded to Los Angeles Fire Chief Kristin Crowley stating that the department was let down by stating that “I think the Fire Chief certainly has credibility in my mind.
On Friday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “America Reports,” Malibu City Councilmember Haylynn Conrad stated that there’s “a failure of the system [as] a whole because there’s too much bureaucracy.” And the city has “all of these governmental agencies that
On Friday, MSNBC’s “Morning Joe,” host Joe Scarborough blamed the “complete failure of government to protect” the homes of Los Angeles residents from wildfires this week.
On Thursday on FNC’s “Gutfeld!” comedian Adam Carolla offered his assessment of the on-the-ground conditions in Los Angeles, where a series of wildfires has plagued the city and surrounding areas.
Economist and author Julia Pollak said Friday on Fox Business Network’s “Mornings With Maria” that the devastating California wildfires could become the “costliest disaster” in U.S. history.
Thursday on FNC’s “Hannity,” former House Speaker Newt Gingrich pointed to the local and state government incompetence in responding to the wildfires plaguing Southern California.
During an interview with NBC News that took place on Wednesday and was released Thursday, Deputy Director and Senior Official Performing the Duties of the Director of ICE P.J. Lechleitner stated that he’s not surprised that President Joe Biden didn’t
During an interview with NBC News that took place on Wednesday and was released Thursday, Deputy Director and Senior Official Performing the Duties of the Director of ICE P.J. Lechleitner said that President Joe Biden “absolutely” should have taken the
On Thursday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “11th Hour,” Rep. George Whitesides (D-CA) stated that there needs to be a “huge” amount of work to reduce material in wildlands that fuel fires and “We need to increase the rate of planned burns
On Thursday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “All In,” Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-CA) defended his vote against the Laken Riley Act by stating that “people are going to be targeted because they’re brown.” Host Chris Hayes asked, “[T]here’s a sort of a
On Thursday’s “Alex Marlow Show,” host and Breitbart Editor-in-Chief Alex Marlow discussed the latest moves in the Fulton County case with President-Elect Donald Trump. Marlow said that Fulton County D.A. Fani Willis likely won’t get put back on the case
On Thursday’s “Alex Marlow Show,” host and Breitbart Editor-in-Chief Alex Marlow discussed the fires in California and the preparation for them and response to them by leaders in the state of California. Marlow stated, “We have to hold all these
Breitbart News senior editor-at-large Joel Pollak said Thursday on Fox News Channel’s “The Ingraham Angle” that the residents had to help each other during the wildfires in Pacific Palisades while the government “was completely AWOL.”
On Thursday’s broadcast of “CNN News Central,” Rep. Brad Sherman (D-CA) responded to criticism of Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass for being out of the city and in Ghana during the fires in Los Angeles by saying that “I’m sure
On Thursday’s broadcast of “CNN News Central,” Rep. Brad Sherman (D-CA) stated that the cuts to the Los Angeles Fire Department’s budget will likely be reversed “and should be. And they were perhaps ill-advised, but they’re not a reason why
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Thursday on CNN’s “The Lead” that Canada will never become part of the United States, adding that Canadians identify as “not American.”
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Thursday on CNN’s “The Lead” that the fight against climate change had to be stepped up when asked about the devastation left by the wildfires in Southern California.
During an interview with CBS News aired on Thursday’s “CBS Evening News,” LAFD Chief Kristin Crowley stated that the cuts to the department’s budget resulted in the department taking from “nonessential duties and responsibilities” but due to the cuts, “we were
On Thursday’s broadcast of “CNN This Morning,” Retired CAL FIRE Battalion Chief Mike Lopez praised California’s mutual aid system and said that the recent fires would be tough to combat even with more firefighters, but budget cuts have created an
On Thursday on MSNBC’s “Katy Tur Reports,” host Katie Tur showed viewers the devastation left by the wildfires in Pacific Palisades, the neighborhood of Los Angeles she grew up in.
During an interview with Mobile, AL radio’s FM Talk 106.5 on Wednesday, Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) urged President-elect Donald Trump to take an aggressive approach to fulfilling his “mandate to change the country.”
Thursday on FNC’s “Fox & Friends,” actor and Los Angeles native Dean Cain reacted to the wildfires in Southern California.
During an interview aired on Wednesday’s “PBS NewsHour,” Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg responded to a question on why Democrats struggled in the 2024 elections and how to win back voters by stating that “We’ve never had more information coming at
During an interview aired on Wednesday’s “PBS NewsHour,” Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg responded to a question on the slow pace of building EV charging stations and why nobody has been connected to the broadband Internet service that billions has been
During an interview with WBUR aired on Wednesday, Rep. Seth Moulton (D-MA) said there is “a little bit of truth” to the accusation by Republicans that Democrats suffered from Trump derangement syndrome and “There was some degree to which many
On Wednesday’s broadcast of CNBC’s “Money Movers,” Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen stated that the U.S. government will act in response to China’s hack of the Treasury Department and the hack is damaging to U.S.-China relations, “But I do think we
During an interview with Boston NPR affiliate WBUR aired on Wednesday, Rep. Seth Moulton (D-MA) reacted to Democratic strategist James Carville urging Democrats to stop using NPR language when they talk to people by stating that NPR is “sometimes a
On Wednesday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “Fox News @ Night,” Orange County Fire Chief Brian Fennessy stated that vegetation died due to years of drought in the state and “All that dead, dry chaparral is still on those
On Wednesday’s broadcast of Newsmax TV’s “Rob Schmitt Tonight,” Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) stated that he won’t vote for a large reconciliation bill on the border, taxes, and energy if it includes an increase in the debt ceiling. Paul began
During an appearance Wednesday on MSNBC’s “The Beat,” Geraldo Rivera said he would like to punch Stephen Miller, President-elect Donald Trump’s immigration policy adviser.
During an interview aired on Wednesday’s broadcast of CNN’s “AC360,” California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) stated that local authorities are trying to figure out the situation with water and that President-Elect Donald Trump “wanted to politicize” the disaster, adding, “I
On Wednesday’s “Alex Marlow Show,” host and Breitbart Editor-in-Chief Alex Marlow discussed Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass’ response to the fires in the area and her being in Africa during the fires. Marlow stated, “[T]he Mayor of Los Angeles, …
On Wednesday’s “Alex Marlow Show,” host and Breitbart Editor-in-Chief Alex Marlow discussed the diversity pushes within the Los Angeles Fire Department. Marlow stated, “So, that’s how you attract the best and brightest, you have diversity quotas? Diversity is contra to
On Wednesday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “The Story,” Los Angeles Fire Department Captain Sheila Kelliher stated that municipal water supplies just are not designed for firefighting and there were also issues where high winds prevented air support and
On Wednesday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “Chris Jansing Reports,” NBC News Correspondent Vaughn Hillyard stated that the issue around the water supply in California during the recent fires in the state “is where you are getting into a lot of the details
On Wednesday on CNN’s “News Central,” actor James Woods broke down in tears about losing his Pacific Palisades home in the Southern California fires, and his 8-year-old niece retrieved her piggy bank to help rebuild their house.
On Tuesday’s broadcast of CNN’s “The Source,” Rep. Dan Goldman (D-NY) defended voting against the Laken Riley Act by stating that “it is ironic to me that Donald Trump, who held on so tightly to that presumption of innocence, who
On Tuesday’s broadcast of “CNN NewsNight,” host Abby Phillip reacted to Meta changing its fact-checking and content moderation policies by stating that she doesn’t know “that anybody was saying that there is not enough free speech on Facebook.” And declaring
On Tuesday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “All In,” host Chris Hayes reacted to Meta ending its fact-checking program and thus allowing more speech and giving the company’s leaders less influence over speech on the platform by stating that the move shows
