because they wanted the fire department to protect the school and they used the students as a pawn. that s such a perverse expression of misunderstanding and maybe even fear. we did not lock students in. reporter: andy benton, the president of pepperdine. in full disclosure, my alma mater. he has seen six major firestorms. in 1985 i was here. we noticed that everybody dropped everything, got in their cars and left. we had no idea where they were. so we decided thereavenfter thae could do better. we have 4.6 million gallons of water. we have 15 days of food. we have counselors, medical doctors and a caring community to take care of those students and calm them. we relocated them to one of two
facilities. and even now we have a helicopter landing. reporter: as you re speaking, look at this. drawing water from our lakes. and they re probably fighting the fire up in malibu canyon right now. and the air attack works. no structures are lost. reporter: i m bill weer from cnn. thank you for your service, man. you guys getting any sleep? intermittently. reporter: but they can t relax until the santa ana winds given southern california a break. and until then, they just get ready to do it all over again. and we re here live in malibu. we actually have some live aerials right now in the pre-dawn darkness as well. red flag warnings still up today. there is hope that the forecast could shift and they could
but i m excited. congress school, it does feel a little bit like that. you get a backpack and school supplies, but it feels like everything is new. reporter: new members showed that backpack which some showed off on social media as they checked in for new member orientation. seeing a bank of cameras is kind of ridiculous. i have never had that happen to me. i came through the regular entrance. and when i was getting wanded, a capital police officer was like, no, you need to go through the member s entrance, but i didn t know that. i hope we are never continuously talking about the firsts. thank you. reporter: that s the same sentiment we heard that, yes, there have been many firsts and, yes, many records broken and all of that indeed does need to be
it s strange. but i ll get used to it. reporter: or the squad as some people have put it. we re ready to get to work. reporter: they will usher in the record breaking makeup of capitol hill with at least 125 women in congress, at least 40 of them newly elected, and 15 of those women of color. there are talented people coming in. reporter: and the first muslim american women, the first native american women. tonight we made history! reporter: lucy mcbath. i haven t been a freshman for a long time. reporter: the youngest member to be elected in congress, a 29-year-old. do you feel like this is the first day of school? oh, totally. reporter: what are your emotions? are you nervous? you know, i have butterflies,
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