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Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Jack Spear. In Los Angeles, crews continue to battle wildfires that have turned sections of the city into a hellscape. Fire officials say one of those blazes, the Eaton Fires, destroyed more than 5,000 acres, or structures rather. NPR's Kirk Sigler reports on the nearby Palisades Fire from a vantage point along the scenic Pacific Coast Highway.
I'm standing here on Pacific Coast Highway. It's really this eerie smell, among other things. You can smell the sea over here, the waves crashing, and then it's just this sulfury, charred smell of burning rubble and vegetation. I'm even looking at a fire truck trying to save a house right in front of me here.
Doesn't look like they're gonna do it, but embers have been still flying in and catching things on fire. Up and down this highway, hotel over to my right is totally burned. I can see in the distance the Getty Villa, the famous museum. It appears to be intact, although the vegetation all the way up right around it is burned.
At least five people have died in the fires, though officials expect that number to rise. The Supreme Court has rejected a request by President-elect Donald Trump's lawyers to halt his sentencing for his conviction on charges stemming from hush money paid to a porn star. The court in a 5-4 decision, dying a last-minute bid to halt the sentencing, which is scheduled for tomorrow.
Trump was found guilty last May of 34 counts of falsifying business records to cover up a $130,000 payment to adult film star Stormy Daniels, head of the 2016 election. Trump is the first former or future president to be convicted of a crime. He takes office again later this month after winning re-election.
The Senate overwhelmingly voted to begin debating legislation allowing for the detention of unauthorized migrants who are charged with some crimes. NPR's Deidre Walsh reports the bipartisan immigration vote is the first policy pushed by the new Senate Republican majority.
The Lake and Riley Act is named after a Georgia nursing student. who was murdered last February by a man from Venezuela who was in the U.S. illegally and had been previously arrested and charged for having stolen goods. Wyoming Senator John Barrasso says he's glad lawmakers from both parties now back it.
Protecting Americans from the dangers of a broken border makes sense to, I believe, most if not all of our citizens.
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