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I have to get more information on that. bottom line, the federal officials have identified the pilot of the plane as joseph stack. he is the owner of that plane. joseph stack, according to federal officials set his home on fire in austin, texas, and now we v and we have pictures there of the house. i cant tell what that is. thats the picture of the house that was burning earlier today in austin, texas. then we found an internet site which had what appears to be a suicide note, six-page note, wri...

Its a commercial building, actually, which houses the irs, that was hit by the plane. now, the big question here, the unresolved question, at this hour, is whether, in fact, mr. stack was targeting that specific building, which houses the irs. did he crash it intentionally to commit suicide or did he crash it intentionally to do that and hit this building as well? that is the big question. no definitive answer. some theorys about what may have happened here, but no definitive indication that, in...

But ive noticed talking to people over there, theres a heightened awareness now. its not just fear and doubt. >> again, were listening to a firefighter, a former volunteer firefighter who rushed out to the scene, as he pointed out, you dont see something like this every day, even in his line of work. a huge fire resulting from this crash. lets go to nbcs tom costello. tom, im told youve got some new information for us. >> this is what i wanted to give you a little bit ago, but i wanted to double...

Georgetown municipal airport has presumably more than one plane there, now the question, did joseph stack steal a plane or if he owns a piper cherokee, which is the kind of plane that crashed into this building in austin, but it was registered to an address in california, that address belonged to the software company, do you just -- is that a plane that is kept fueled and ready to go, if he was fleeing, as has been reported by the local police from a domestic disturbance call. could he just go, ...

Those spot fires they are dealing with. lets go to nbcs justice correspondent, pete williams, what have you learned about the individual that is the focus of this investigation? >> just to clarify some of the early reports, the early indication we had from law enforcement officials investigating this crash was that the plane was stolen. they now say theyve satisfied themselves that it, in fact, did belong to the pilot, who was in the plane when it crashed in austin this morning. hes identified a...

Welcome back. im tamron hall live at msnbc headquarters where we continue to follow breaking news out of texas where a small plane crashed into the side of a building that houses the irs. they have confirmed the pilot was joseph stack. were plerng more about a connection to a house fire at joseph stacks home not far from the accident. pete, before we went to break, we were discussing a manifesto said to be authored by joseph stack. theres said to be confirmation and we can talk much more about w...

We have. he owned a piper cherokee, a fixed wing single engine plane. the tail memory we have is n2889d as in delta and that he had owned it or had the certificate since 1998 and that it was registered to the same address that he has, that his software company has out in california. >> all right, tom costello confirming now the latest information here is that this joseph stack, the man believed to be the pilot here -- >> tamron, stack. >> joseph stack, joseph andrew stack, the owner of the home ...