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Those spot fires they are dealing with. let's go to nbc's 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 they've satisfied themselves that it, in fact, did belong to the pilot, who was in the plane when it crashed in austin this morning. he's identified as joseph stack. they say this whole incident began this morning with a domestic disturbance call...

Welcome back. i'm 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. we're plerng more about a connection to a house fire at joseph stack's home not far from the accident. pete, before we went to break, we were discussing a manifesto said to be authored by joseph stack. there's said to be confirmation and we can talk much more about what's in it. >> reporter: right. federal officials believe this rambling diatribe, i guess is th...

Same one, because nbc's pete williams is reporting he stole a plane at georgetown, according to sources, georgetown municipal airport, according to law enforcement sources. so did he fly in on his own plane at some point, perhaps last year, and then for whatever reasons, this morning, chose a different plane for his trip. but we do know that there is a piper cherokee registered to joseph stack. >> so, tom, let me ask you, you being the expert here. at the airport in georgetown, what is likely happening right now? obviously, confirmation, a, whether this was a stolen small plane or not. but wha...

And flames there. his wife, sheryl, as well as his daughter, were able to get out of there safely with the help of neighbors. this is video of the home. the report of him trying to light the fire, successful in lighting that fire. the home there, according to the reporter also on the scene, was heavily destroyed, great destroyed. he then fled that scene, going to georgetown, texas, right outside of austin and now we know he got in his own small plane, this piper cherokee and what happened following that, what was his state of mind, what was he thinking? we do not know. we do, however, know thi...

Plane, or was he in a disturbed state and just took the plane. all of that will play into their decisions as to what was happening on this flight. it did not appear to be a mechanical problem, however. >> there was some speculation as the amount of damage this small mane did, and there you can see it, that the whole front of this building looks like it has been hit with a crater here. the windows are gone, it's a big, black hole. and then we heard from eyewitnesss, a massive fireball erupted from the crash impact site. there was some speculation about whether there might have been who knows, e...