Pam Bondi, President-elect Donald Trump's pick for U.S. attorney general, engaged in a heated exchange about election interference and birthright citizenship with California Sen. Alex Padilla on Wednesday during her confirmation hearing. Bondi is a former Florida attorney general, and represented Trump during his first impeachment. #news #PamBondi #AlexPadilla #California #Pennsylvania #Washington #attorneygeneral #Trump #politics

Los Angeles fire chief Kristin Crowley was pressed by CBS News' Jonathan Vigliotti on how many fire engines were in one of the first neighborhoods to catch fire during the devastating #California blaze. #news #wildfires #losangeles #firefighter #LAFD #fire

Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, a New Hampshire Democrat, questioned Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump's pick for defense secretary, over his view that women should not serve in combat roles, which he has attempted to walk back in recent weeks. "Women in our military, as I have said publicly, have and continue to make amazing contributions across all aspects of our battlefield," Hegseth said. "I appreciate your eleventh hour conversion," Shaheen said after she pressed him further. #news #politics #congress #newhampshire

Video shows goats being shepherded down a hillside in the Los Angeles neighborhood of Brentwood Friday night with flames from the approaching Palisades Fire in the background. Drivers got out of their cars to help grab goats after a dozen or more of them began running towards traffic in the street. They were eventually herded into blue trucks by handlers. #news #fire #goats #wildfire #wildlife #animal #losangeles #california #socal #Palisades

Andrea Pasinetti was out of town when he got the call that there was a fire in the Pacific Palisades, where his home and three dogs were. As flames surrounded their home and Pasinetti tried to return, he and his wife reached out to CBS News' Jonathan Vigliotti, who was covering the blaze in that area, for help. Vigliotti and CBS News producer Christian Duran jumped into action — breaking into the burning home to rescue Pasinetti's precious pets: Alma, Archie and Hugo. "I have never felt that mixture of joy and relief and exhaustion and despair and gratitude towards someone," he told CBS News. "It's the best that humanity has to offer." #news #dog #rescue #fire #fires #losangeles #socal #southerncalifornia #california #Palisades