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Jim, you're with us still, right? >> yeah, i'm here. >> yjim, we have with us michae kay who would like to ask you a question. >> i'm on the set here with ayman. you and i know from our backgrounds of military and law enforcement from the four cs, clear, cordon and control. the last hour there's been a sort of penning in of people around the address hotel which seems quite ironic for me. given our background, you want to clear it and cordon it, then you want to control the situation. but it seems a little bit odd to want to control it with a significant number of penned in in close proximity t...

The whole day. they were starting street closures at 5:00 and 6:00 p.m. local time. they were locking down the area. i've been here a few days. gates have been up they haven't had the crosswalks closed off until today. they have let people know there will be street closures and things. it was very much, i wouldn't say lockdown situation but very tight security. you felt a security presence everywhere. >> give us a sense, if you will, now in terms of the fire from where you're seeing, you said the fire where you're standing -- >> reporter: i'm looking aat build, it's the north side on fire. the...

Point that chief dunn was talking about, striking a balance between image the government under tremendous pressure, millions of people, if not hundreds of thousands, there to celebrate, have a good time. they've got to show the situation is under control, if it is under control. where, as public officials do you draw the line between public safety and need to show that the government is still very much in control of situations no matter how catastrophic they may appear to be? >> that's right. i think if our public officials, law enforcement, firefighters, military, intelligence officials make ...

Too turbulent and then it could have made it worse. because people know that the more air you cause to a fire the more it will increase. >> bobby halton, if you're still with us, you've been talking about how this is going to be a situation that is going to be with the officials here for the next several days. talk to us as we go forward what we can expect from the united arab emirates civil defense forces the emergency response teams, particularly the firefighters, where does the investigation begin, how do you begin to determine what caused this fire? what are you looking for as you begin to...

In a while dubai security officials on broadcasting in arabic telling people to clear the area, clear the area. >> we'll monitor that as well to get any update from the official channels within the united arab emirates. i'm curious because this discussion has been going on both online as well as here in studio with some of our guests about the balance between public safety, as well as the need for the festivities to go on for the rest of the country and certainly the world that's been watching this. you're somebody who lives there, you're somebody who is there. do you feel the situation was un...