President Donald Trump will be visiting Southern California on Friday afternoon to survey wildfire damage in the Pacific Palisades. The president told reporters that before his trip to the Pacific Palisades,

Even with all of the rubble and destruction, there is hope among residents of Pacific Palisades who say this is their community and they'll be back.

The Lyle family had already lost their Malibu home to the Topanga Fire back in 1993 when the Palisades Fire erupted in early January, dealing them a hand they were unfortunately already familiar with.

President Donald Trump, who has hurled criticism at state and local leaders over what he calls faulty water- and forest-management policies that he says contributed to the region's deadly wildfires, is expected to visit Los Angeles Friday to get a firsthand look at the destruction.

President Trump is expected to visit Los Angeles Friday for a tour areas damaged by two of the deadliest and destructive wildfires on record in California.