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No, i means, there is no state fire code at all in texas and beyond that, texas state law bans local communities from establishing their own fire codes at the municipal or county level. so it is literally illegal in the state of texas to require fire alarms, fire exits, sprinklers, anything like that. and at this fertilizer plant in west, texas, the explosive fertilizer was scored in wooden bins in a mostly wooden building. there was no alarm system of any kind. there was no firewall system of any kind. there were no sprinklers. and that would be amazing even if we didn't know that people also...

Actually under this new ruling from greg abbott, local fire departments are not going to tell you either. they might, but they might not and certainly don't have to. we have a lot of ideological debate in our politics about the proper size of government, what government is for. a lot of that debate is very esoteric, very theoretical. but rick perry is going to run for president again on the basis of the texas miracle. where he says things like not having any zoning laws and not having any fire codes, those are the things that make texas great. and we should elect him president because he will ...

Do anything. remember, this is the state with no fire codes. but the fire marshal for the state ever since west happened, he's been traveling all over the state saying we really ought to change the way we handle this stuff though you won't give any the authority to require it. the abc station in dallas recovered a place in east texas which they identified as basically another one of these things waiting to happen. like the fertilizer plant in the town of west, this is mostly wooden structure, at least a partially wooden structure. one that's even closer to the center of town that it's in. so b...

Caused the leak. >> reporter: a deadly gas leak at a legal sea foods in huntington, new york, leaves 27 people sick. investigators say they were exposed to carbon monoxide because of a leak in the flute pipe of the restaurant's water heater. legal seafood and two other restaurants were quickly evaluated. >> we were eating dinner. place was jammed, an hour wait, just very calmly the wait staff came and told us that we ehave to evacuate the building. >> reporter: there was no carbon monoxide detectors inside the legal sea food according to huntington town officials that under new york state fire...

Buildings in a 21st century way. his ad is not technically correct. the new report says you are 50th. >> that's baloney, too. >> competition is good. you put your policies into place. let's face it, illinois has liberal policies from the standpoint of tax and regulatory. they are. and people can pick and choose where they want to live, and they can move to indiana or wherever, but they are picking texas. >> let's talk about regulations, and it sounds good, and when i find out in your state 70% of your counties don't even have fire codes and you have that horrible fire in west texas because t...