ceos of these companies and these businessmen are willing to take this from him because they know they have his ear, right? last week i broke a story about donald trump appointing a group of ceos he ll meet with on a regular basis. they want lower taxes, they want fewer regulations, they know if they give donald trump a feather in his cap they can get something more valuable in return, right? well, we all know he is doing things differently than what we have traditionally seen prior administrations. there s so much unpredictability when it comes to donald trump and the devil is in the details. we ll let you sort out what the details are. come back and let us know, that s for sure. again, that breaking news about donald trump s announcement. thanks to christina alesci and jessica schneider at trump tower. let s move on to new information about the warehouse fire that claimed at least 36 lives in oakland, california and after searching 85% of the charred building, firefighters are te
charge of the transition of trump, being sidelined from that. all of this happening after his failed presidential bid. this is clearly the bottom of chris christie s political popularity in his home state. is his political future toast, do you think? well, you never want to say somebody s political future is toast. politics has a way of reinvigorating, rejuvenating people and they can reinvent themselves but this is a tough moment for chris christie who has only got a year left in his job. he s leaving on a very low note. david chalian, thank you so much. very soon president obama is giving his final speech on national security. he will be giving trump some very public advise including on the subject of torture. new details on what we can expect. plus, tonight a white supremacist will be speaking on the campus of texas a&m. you re about to hear from the man who invited him. and for the first time, the manager of the deadly warehouse fire in oakland speaks out and lashes out o
welcome back. you re watching msnbc. it s time now for your morning primer. everything you need to know to get your day started. we re going to begin with new details in the oakland, california, warehouse fire, with 36 people killed. officials saying just minutes ago the recovery effort has resumed with 85% of the building now cleared, but one corner area is still unstable. authorities are working to identify one remaining victim. and breaking now, the man who allegedly shot and killed former nfl football player joe mcknight is in jail on a manslaughter charge. ronald gasser was questioned and not charged after last week s shooting. mcknight was shot in an apparent case of road rage. and president-elect trump is back on the road. he ll be in north carolina today for another stop on what his team has billed as a thank you tour before heading to iowa and michigan later this week. and that georgia father convicted of murder after leaving his 22-month-old son in a hot car was sentenc
and we cannot convict. the shocking mistrial in the case of a police officer, michael slager, caught on video killing an unarmed black man from behind. never expected this was going to be the outcome. one lone juror refused to convict. what happens next? we have to take you right to the state of california where officials in oakland are set to give an update any moment on that deadly warehouse fire, and several new details are coming in. first, the landlord s emotional outburst during a today show interview that took place moments ago as the victim s loved ones are demanding answers. second, records are shedding new light on a history of investigations into that specific warehouse. officials also released the names of ten more victims making the total 36 people were killed. nbc s steve patterson is live in oakland. i want to start with the landlord. he appeared on the today show earlier today. he was aggressive. what s he saying?
reporter: why not? because i feel it s a problem of the building, perhaps. i don t know. i don t really know what started the fire. i guess nobody does. reporter: what kind of guy was derick? he was a father. you know, he s he spent most of his time taking care of his kids and his wife. and you could see him, you know, taking his two little kids to school on the back of a bicycle, you know, down the street. reporter: you had daily interactions with derick and his family? i did. reporter: it seemed like he was managing this property because it was for profit? did it seem like he was mismanaging the property at all? no. i didn t really think of him as a manager. he was providing somewhere for people to go that don t have somewhere to go, much like is the case in the bay area. you know, i didn t have anywhere else to go.