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For five days of diesel generators stored at reinforces concrete bunkers, giving time for the electric grid to come back up. if it's done right, there is little risk, but we have to make sure it's done right. >> reporter: these radioactive spent fuel rods are this year going to be moved out of that pool and into cement tasks where they are supposed to be able to stay for a thousand years or even more. to give you a sense of the radiation expose sure here, it's here,ç minimal, if not nonexistent. we were throughout the building, in the pool area, right over those spent nuclear fuel rods, and ...

Bill: another scare for tourists and locals alike in the town of mazatlan when gunfire rings out, two men shot to death in a parking lot in a driveby shooting. police *s police say the victims were not tourists. hotel guests thought they were hearing fireworks outside. >> there was lots of noise in the streets so we thought they were fire works but the cops started running out of the hotel, towards the pool area, telling us to hide. bill: that's where there is a cradle of several mexican during cartels. it has one of the highest homicide rates in the country but the resort town has been safer ...

All. >> you've had a chance to look at this 2018 report as well. which spent a little more time than you did at the building, taking pictures and whatnot. they talk about structural damage, cracks, possible spawling underneath the pool area and parking garage. when you see that what's your take away? >> it was a well put together report. they went through and detailed thoroughly exactly what was wrong with the building. again, very typical of what we see in buildings of this age and condition. >> why does that happen to a building? >> because of the age, because of the proximity to the coast. ...

About that. because as you said, this focus on the pool area, the base. and if you read that report, it makes it very clear that that's one of the biggest issues. it says that the waterproofing around that pool is beyond its useful life. and so when you read that there is major structural damage, that there are patched repairs de deteriorating exposed rebar it raises questions about who knew about it and when and we were trying to ask those questions through the weekend, john. to try to get answers because it's important to know for accountability purposes. now, as for what is going on right n...

That he saw deep standing water in the parking garage that he found odd and concerning. he asked the mremployee what it was about and the employee said that it was probably waterproofing issue that was going to be fixed. and he was led to the south side under the pool area to where the pool equipment room was. and in there he saw exposed rebar and spalling. he found it alarming enough that he snapped photos. actually septent them to his bo. >> and he wondered why is this building not maintaining itself better, why haven't they taken care of this problem, because that problem doesn't happen ove...