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Details of the trump transition with rnc communications director sean spicer. so now we move on to california and news on that deadly fire in oakland. 36 people confirmed dead as officials have now finished the search of the warehouse, the so-called ghost ship e resulted in flames with dozens of people sill inside last friday. federal authorities from atf are moving in to examine the debris. a leading theory points to an electrical fire. this a nbc news obtains copies of the building code viol...

Again, when we brief later, well certainly let the experts in those fields manage those questions. okay? well -- well take a look at approximately 2:00 but well certainly notify you if theres going to be change in that time. thank you very much. >> so, that was a press conference with oakland police discussing the ongoing process of going through that warehouse after that devastating and deadly fire over the weekend. she talked about turning off the power so they could get a large crane in there...

As soon as he arrives. but first, there are also reports that there were heating problems from the building. wnbc reporting that there had been complaints of no heat in the building. that con ed utility was called to the scene. what can you tell us about that? >> reporter: well, there were reports, con ed confirmed that they were on their way to the scene of this explosion to investigate reports of a gas leak when the explosion happened just after 9:00 this morning eastern time. there are also c...

There was a gas leak. a gas leak in a building confined to certain areas could possibly create an explosion of that type. >> captain al fuentes, thank you for joining us. joining me now on the phone is another very different perspective, state senator that has already spoken out on some of these issues, highlighting the building code violations. 60 open housing violations, i believe. senator, thank you for joining us. what do you know about whats going on on the ground? >> first of all, there ar...

>> the post alleging that he is a slumlord, a lot of building code violations. we are looking into all of this and have seen there are some code violations in many of the buildings he owned. they go on to allege he is a slumlord and his friends and family are saying, it is almost as if you are justifying what happened here. they show he had many enemies. we also talk about increasing reward. they may have more to say about this. >> seven children? father of seven children. it is so distressing n...

We again checked our building and housing department to see whether or not there were any building code violations or complaints made against that address, and there were no complaints or violations identified. we also went back and looked at police calls for service. we did learn that in march of 2000, ariel castro reported to police that there was a fight in the street. there is no record of any arrest having been made as a result of that police response. and in january of 2004, as a result of...