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Your typical outside of a building doesn't burn like that. whether there was some material on the jot side of that building that was unusual, much more flammable. so you you had a really difficult job. and then the primary concern is what kind of damage is it doing inside. is it getting into the fapt? is the striengler system putting it out? >> and they seemed to move quickly, at least in some opinions, in dealing with that fire affecting those 20 floors. you brought up the issues of flammables. and as we look at this, what's your thought about the building codes that might be used there versu...

The thing is these buildings have been built very fast and using construction techniques that allow them to go up fast and there was the use of specific cladding that is highly combustible. it's a combustible thermoplastic core sandwiched between two sheets of aluminum. this is highly combustible and i think we see an example there and we saw two previous examples in dubai when the torch tower burned down and earlier the time wheel tower, one of the towers that used the same cladding. >> maurice, this sandwich that you're talking about that has plastic in the middle and aluminum, a metal on th...

Overseas, jim's right. we focus our information and our collection capability because we're looking at it internationally. domestically it's much, much more difficult. people who are not with any organization difficult to pick up. it's a massive problem and law enforcement has got a lot of work to do in order to keep us safer here, protecting us from what happens overseas ironically is a lot easier, richard. >> colonel jacobs, thank you, jim cavanaugh, thank you for stopping by this hour. >> thank you. >> firefighters in dubai still trying to put out the massive fire at the luxury high rise. y...

It's practically yours, but we still need your signature. the volkswagen sign then drive event. zero due at signing, zero down, zero deposit, and zero first months payment on a new jetta and other select models. turning to the latest on the massive fire that ungulfed a high rise in dubai, there are clouds of smoke billowing from the 63 story building, consuming more than 20 hours just hours before ringing in the new year. the hotel guests and staffers evacuated. by midnight firefighters were still battling the flames but a fireworks display scheduled to take place near still went on.

Different this year as we talk about not only munich but also rochester, new york. thank you for your perspective on that. >> happy new year. >> you, too. >> let's go to our latest on dubai. a high rise hotel there only hours before the city was set to ring in their new year with a fires display. that fire starting around 9:30 p.m. local time at one of the stiff's most upscale hotels, consuming along the way more than 20 floors. the hotel's guests and staff were evacuated. so were the large crowds downtown gathering for a new year's celebration. by midnight firefighters were still battling tho...