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Asked if he will visit the plane crash site, President Donald Trump answered: "What's the site? The water? You want me to go swimming?"

Stevie Nicks performs at Los Angeles #FireAid

Last night the Pentagon informed NPR, NBC, The New York Times and Politico that they're losing office space in the Pentagon as part of a new annual "rotation program." Several pro-Trump media outlets will be moving in.

The tariffs President Trump proposed on the campaign trail would cost an average household around $200 a month, according to an estimate from economist Mary Lovely. cbsn.ws/4aMyJdA

An EPA official calls the rush to clean up California’s wildfire aftermath “bananas” and tells CBS News’ Jonathan Vigliotti 🐋 that meeting President Trump’s 30-day deadline is nearly impossible.

New: Mayor Bass under increased scrutiny over claims she did not know about fire weather before leaving the country. City and county sources tell me there’s a lot of finger pointing and recordings of the mayor “snapping” at officials not staying on message.

The political fallout following the L.A. fires is far from over as sources tell me Mayor Karen Bass is facing mounting pressure to take responsibility for the failed response. Interim Fire Chief Ronnie Villanueva is just the first domino to fall. Here’s an explainer:

NEW - As sources say Mayor Karen Bass “scapegoated” LAFD 🔥 Chief Kristin Crowley for the failed fire response, a little-known ordinance makes it clear: Mayor Bass was in control. It’s still unclear when the Mayor’s office drafted and issued a comprehensive response plan.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom was asked by CBS News’ Jonathan Vigliotti 🐋 about the emergency response to the Los Angeles fires and safety measures taken in the wake of the deadly blazes as some regulations were lifted in order to speed up the city’s rebuild. Newsom said Los Angeles’

Downtown LA officially broke the daily record today, reaching 87° at 1:55pm. The previous record was 86° in 2020. #CAwx #LAHeat

LA Mayor Karen Bass cannot share her text messages from the time she was returning home from Africa during the fires. The reason: a city lawyer says she deleted them. Experts say that likely violates the city’s document retention policy. Full Story: lat.ms/4i5t1WS

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Watch @jonvigliotti’s new #48Hours report, Saturday at 10/9c — only on CBS or stream the next day on CBS News.

A public official’s self-destructing texts, and why they matter. Earlier this month LA Mayor Karen Bass’ office said her texts during the LA Fires were deleted. It sparked a political crisis that’s zero percent contained… and growing.

#48HOURS IS LIVE IN THE EAST: Hilda Marcela Cabrales and Christy Giles were left outside of two hospitals in Los Angeles, dying of drug overdoses. Survivors of their now-convicted killer spoke out during trial:

An all-new @48Hours is about to start on the West Coast. Hope you’ll be watching!

West Coast, do you have questions about tonight’s new #48hours report? Jonathan Vigliotti 🐋 is on X now to answer them.

Excited to announce Colossal Biosciences® has brought back the dire wolf.

Chaos in Downtown LA after President Donald J. Trump deployed National Guard. On this street alone, 5 Waymo are engulfed.

#Erick just made Cat 3 landfall, by far the record earliest E. Pac. major #hurricane landfall in western Mexico dating to late 1950s. Kiko (Aug. 26, 1989) was previous record, over 2 months later! Here were previous May-July Cat 3+ EPAC tracks. Don't see any MX landfalls.