Biden celebrates great-granddaughter, takes no questions at California wildfire briefing with Newsom

"It's gonna be a hell of a long way. It's gonna take time. But the government is here to stay, as long as you need us. Give everything you need. Anything you asked and haven't gotten yet?" he continued.

Newsom thanked Biden for federal support in the fight.

"It's impossible for me to express the level of appreciation," he said.

Biden then took the meeting in an unexpected direction, announcing that he had become a great-grandfather and celebrating the birth of his eldest granddaughter's first child."The good news is I'm a great-grandfather as of today," Biden said before declining questions from reporters.

Crowley said she'd never seen anything like the wind conditions in her 25 years of experience.

At least two people have died and more than 30,000 are evacuated as a result of the fires that have consumed a total of about 22 square miles. 

President-elect Donald Trump used a derisive nickname for Newsom and renewed old criticisms against the governor for resisting a plan to send more water to the state's agricultural Central Valley because of concerns it would imperil endangered species in a Truth Social on Wednesday.

Trump has sided with farmers over environmentalists in a long-running dispute over California's scarce water resources, but it's not clear how his plan could have mitigated the firestorm in the Los Angeles area.

"He wanted to protect an essentially worthless fish called a smelt, by giving it less water (it didn't work!), but didn't care about the people of California," Trump said in his post Wednesday. "Now the ultimate price is being paid."

His comments came after some fire hydrants across Los Angeles County ran out of water amid the overnight firefight.

Officials from the Los Angeles County Department of Public Works said that was due to an overwhelming demand on the municipal water system not designed to fight wildfire.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.