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PDB Afternoon Bulletin | January 10th, 2025: Calmer Winds Offer Hope Amid LA Wildfires & Trump Reveals Meeting With Putin Is Being Arranged
Fri, 10 Jan 2025
In this episode of The PDB Afternoon Bulletin: First, we’ll continue our coverage of the historic wildfires tearing through Los Angeles, as a weekend of calmer winds give residents their first glimmer of hope. Then, President-elect Donald Trump announced that a meeting is being set up between himself and Russian President Vladimir Putin to begin talks on ending the war in Ukraine. To listen to the show ad-free, become a premium member of The President’s Daily Brief by visiting PDBPremium.com. Please remember to subscribe if you enjoyed this episode of The President's Daily Brief. YouTube: youtube.com/@presidentsdailybrief Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Chapter 1: What updates do we have on the Los Angeles wildfires?
It's Friday, 10 January. Welcome to the PDB Afternoon Bulletin. I'm Mike Baker, your eyes and ears on the world stage. Let's get briefed. Today we'll continue our coverage of the historic wildfires tearing through Los Angeles as a weekend of hopefully calmer winds give residents their first glimmer of hope.
Later in the show, President-elect Trump announced that a meeting is being set up between himself, und russischer Präsident Putin zu Beginn der Gespräche über das Ende der Kriege in der Ukraine. Aber zuerst heutes Nachmittagspotlight.
Wir beginnen in Los Angeles mit einem Update auf die bewegenden Feuer, die durch die Städte rippen, als Feuerwehrleute weiter versuchen, die Flaschen zu besitzen, während der Todespreis steigt. As of Friday morning, at least five wildfires were still burning across the area, putting some 166,000 residents under evacuation warnings.
That adds to the more than 150,000 residents who have already been forced from their homes due to the fires. The city saw its first glimmer of hope on Friday, as a pause in the fierce winds that have fueled the spread of the infernals helped crews make some progress on bringing the fires under control.
Officials now see the weekend wind lull as their best opportunity to contain the fires, but it, well, frankly remains a race against time, particularly as forecasters warned that strong wind gusts could return on Monday, according to a report from Reuters.
So far, the fires have already burnt through vast sections of Los Angeles neighborhoods on the east and west sides of the city, consuming at least 10,000 structures and killing at least 10 people. Officials warned Friday that those figures are expected to rise significantly once they're able to begin sorting through the charred ruins.
Los Angeles County Sheriff Robert Luna sagte, Quote, Es sieht aus, als ob eine Atombombe in diesen Bereichen eingefallen wäre. Ich erwarte keine guten Nachrichten, sagte er, und wir freuen uns nicht darauf, diese Zahlen, Ende Quote. Nun, die Windbedingungen fallen um 20 Meilen pro Stunde am Freitagmorgen, mit Wärme zwischen 35 und 50 Meilen pro Stunde.
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Chapter 2: How are firefighters responding to the wildfires in LA?
Während die Bedingungen immer noch gefährlich sind, besonders wegen der niedrigen Humidität und der verdrohten Vegetation, It's a vast improvement from the 80 mph gusts seen over the past few days, which had prevented critical air support for firefighters on the ground.
Officials said Friday that the calmer winds would allow aircraft to drop water and fire retardant on the raging infernos, supplementing their ground-based efforts. Wie wir gestern besprochen haben, ist die Szene des Feuerbruchs überflüssig, kollektiv ein Gebiet von mindestens 42 Quadratkilometern und über 35.000 Hektar Land.
Die zwei größten Feuerbrüche, eine, die durch die berühmte Palästinensische Nachbarländer fließt, und eine andere, die den Eton-Feuer genannt wird, die durch die Pasadena fließt, sind nun der größte zerstörerische in der Geschichte von Los Angeles und einer der fünf zerstörerischsten Wildfires in der Geschichte von Kalifornien.
Am Freitag hat das Palästinensische Feuer etwa 20.400 Hektar Land verbrannt und nur 8% verbrannt. Das Eden-Feuer, das bis jetzt mindestens 13.900 Hektar verbrannt hat, war nur 3% verbrannt. Meanwhile, the Sunset Fire in the Hollywood Hills was brought fully under control by Thursday evening.
Smaller blazes are also still burning in the northern part of the county and have only been partially contained. Another blaze broke out on Thursday near Calabasas. That's a wealthy neighborhood full of celebrity homes and gated communities. This blaze, being referred to as the Kenneth Fire, quickly engulfed more than a thousand acres in just a few hours and is only 35% contained as of Friday.
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Chapter 3: What is the latest on the evacuation efforts in California?
Notably, authorities arrested a man Thursday evening in relation to the Kenneth Fire on suspicion of arson, but said Friday that the claims he had started the fire were unfounded. As we discussed yesterday, the cause of the wildfires remains under investigation, though they follow a warm summer and prolonged drought that left vegetation dangerously dry.
Offizielle haben einen Abflug in mandatorischen Evakuierungszonen für die Palisades- und Eden-Fälle von 6 Uhr bis 6 Uhr, um Lötungen zu vermeiden. Mitglieder der Kalifornienischen Nationalen Guards begannen, am Freitag auf die Szene zu kommen, um mit Evakuierungen und Verkehrskontrolle zu helfen, um Feuerwehrleute zu befreien, um die vielen Blasen weiter zu kämpfen.
Governor Gavin Newsom, who declared a state of emergency earlier this week, has deployed more than 7,500 firefighters, air tankers, helicopters and water tenders to combat the blazes. We'll continue to keep you updated on this disaster.
Coming up next, President-elect Trump says a meeting between himself and Russian President Putin is currently being set up in order to start discussions on ending the war in Ukraine. That would be Putin's war in Ukraine. I'll be right back. Hey, Mike Baker hier. Whatever plants you're interested in, Fast Growing Trees has you covered to get your dream yard delivered directly to your door.
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Chapter 4: What did President-elect Trump announce regarding his meeting with Putin?
For the few European leaders who have spoken directly to Putin, such as German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, Kyiv has had harsh words of criticism. Following Scholz's call with Putin in November, a spokesman for the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry said that conversations with the Russian dictator, quote, do not add any value to the pursuit of a just peace.
Aber Analysts sagten, dass Kyiv es unwahrscheinlich wäre, die gleichen Kritiken gegen Trump zu leveln, da ihre Beziehung zur White House wichtig ist, um die Zukunft Ukraines zu sichern. Am Freitag sagte ein Offizier mit der ukrainischen Außenministerin, dass die wichtigste Sache für uns ist, mit Amerika auf der Suche nach Frieden zu kooperieren.
Sie sagten, dass Kyiv sich für eine Beratung zwischen Trump und ukrainischer Präsident Zelenskyy vorbereiten würde, sobald Trump in die Offiziere zurückkehrt. Bezüglich von Trumps Kommentaren über Putin, hat der Offizier beurteilt, dass sie unsicher waren, und dass sie glauben, dass Trump sich auf eine gerechte Frieden, die die Interessen der Ukraine betrifft, verabschiedet hat.
Während es sich anscheinend um mehrere Pläne handelt, die von Trumps Vorsitzenden in dieser Zeit geflogen werden, hat Trump vorgelegt, große Teile von Ukrainas oberen Territorien in Russland zu besiedeln, in den Bereichen, in denen Moskau seine Kräfte aktuell besitzt, sowie die Blockierung von Ukraine von der Einführung der NATO-Allianz für einen längeren Zeitraum.
Despite Trumps ambitions, many national security analysts have said Trump may find that Putin is unwilling to meaningfully engage, as he currently has Ukrainian forces on the back foot and may try to pursue further land grabs to strengthen his negotiating hand. Meanwhile, Putin's war continues to claim Russian lives at a staggering rate.
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The amazing PDB team is currently putting the finishing touches on the latest episode of the PDB Situation Report. That's our extended weekend show. This week's guests include George Barros of the Institute for the Study of War and the always insightful retired Colonel John Mills. We'll be talking about the impact of the war
in Ukraine on the Russian population and the Russian economy, talk about chances for a peace settlement, South Korean political chaos, the sabotaging of undersea cables near Taiwan, and China's influence in the Panama Canal zone. Good Lord, is there anything that we're not talking about this weekend? The new episode drops, as the kids say, tonight at 10 p.m.
on the First TV, and of course is on our YouTube channel, at President's Daily Brief, and throughout podcast land, including Spotify and Apple. I'm Mike Baker and I'll be back on Sunday with a special PDB announcement about upcoming travels to faraway lands. That's what, of course, we call a tease. Until then, stay informed, stay safe, stay cool.
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