With more strong winds in the forecast for the next three days, firefighters are bracing for even more challenges. All of the more than 32 hundred Los Angeles Fire Department personnel are on the front lines, and they are over extended, but there's another option that's causing some controversy. Some wealthy homeowners are actually hiring private firefighters to fight the blaze.  And a man returns to his burnt out home looking for his little dog named Oreo. Then as cameras are rolling, the pooch comes running down the driveway for an emotional reunion.  Plus, next week Donald Trump will be sworn in as our 47th president and today it was announced none other than Carrie Underwood will sing ‘The America The Beautiful’. She's the biggest singer to throw her support behind Trump and says she's honored to get the call.  And it's a toy that flew off the shelves this holiday season... a squishy toy kids can't get enough of. Now, comes a warning... don't heat them up in the microwave! Two sisters did just that with disastrous results. The goo inside exploded leaving one of them with serious burns. 

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