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The Latest: 01/24/2025 03:59pm ET
This is your 24/7 news update, the latest views this hour in just four minutes. President Trump says he'll sign an executive order to either fundamentally change or flat-out get rid of FEMA. He made the comments while taking the first trip of his second term today. I'll also be signing an executive order to begin the process of fundamentally reforming and overhauling FEMA or maybe getting rid of FEMA. I think frankly FEMA is not good. Trump first stopped in North Carolina where Tropical Storm Helene caused billions of dollars worth of damage last September. A historic snowstorm hit the south this week, breaking records that stood for more than a century. At least 11 people were killed because of the cold and wintery conditions that stretched from Alabama to North Carolina. In Florida, nine inches of snow fell earlier this week in parts of the panhandle beating out Anchorage, Alaska's total snowfall this winter. The Gulf of Mexico is now called the Gulf of America. The federal government is implementing name changes under a directive from President Trump. It includes reversing and Obama era decision to rename Mount McKinley in Alaska to Denali. Denali is the name that local natives used. The interior departments as the name changes are effective immediately for federal use. President Trump is pulling Dr. Anthony Fauci's security detail. CNN reports Trump fired the detail that the National Institutes of Health was providing and paying for. Fauci has been facing ongoing threats over his public facing position during the COVID-19 pandemic. He has reportedly hired his own private security detail. Trump also pulled security for former National Security Advisor John Bolton and former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. Freed ex proud boys leader Enrique Tarrio is speaking out days after arriving home after being pardoned by President Trump while not condoning the violence against police on January 6, 2021. Tarrio says fellow convicted J Sixers deserve to be free. The process was flawed. The process was corrupted. Therefore, there was no other option, but to pardon and commute the sentences of those that did those actions. He maintains he, the proud boys and American patriots did nothing wrong, but some might have been violent. I'm Lisa Taylor, the man and woman from Oregon caught trying to enter the Palisades Fire Evacuation Zone in Southern California in a fake fire truck had been charged. Monica Nelson reports. Dustin and Jennifer Nell have been charged with fraudulent impersonation of specific fire personnel unauthorized activities with respect to badges and false representation. According to the L.A. County District Attorney Nathan Hockman, cops say the couple was wearing protective gear firefighters typically wear along with Cal fire shirts. They claim to be from the Roaring River Fire Department in Oregon. That was also written on the fire truck. Turns out that's not a thing. The truck was actually bought at an auction. I'm Monica Nelson. Michelle Root, the mother of Sarah Root is reacting to the passage of a federal law named after her daughter that requires any illegal immigrant who commits a crime resulting in death or serious injury to be detained. I just again assumed that if you kill somebody or seriously hurt somebody and you're in our country illegally, there is no chance of a bond. Boy, were we surprised almost nine years ago, Sarah Root died in a traffic crash in Omaha, Nebraska. The police say involved an illegal immigrant driving while intoxicated. The suspect posted bond and disappeared. The law is headed to the president's desk. Joe Rogan says he's not a Republican or Democrat. He said on his podcast, I'm a human being and there's a lot of things that the Democrats believe that I believe too. Rogan backed President Trump during his campaign and attended his inauguration on Monday. Trump also sat for an interview with him on the campaign trail. There's a whole slate of college basketball game set for tonight at 7 p.m. Eastern Villanova will go to battle against number 10 Marquette in a big East matchup. Number 20 Michigan will head to Indiana to take on number 12 Purdue in a big 10 clash at 8 p.m. Eastern. Another big 10 action Penn State takes on Iowa at 9 p.m. Eastern and UCLA will face Washington at 11 p.m. Eastern. I'm Lisa Taylor.