expansion of it, and then, you know, in hindsight, there s a couple things that, you know, we re sort of learning after the media tour, the stuff that they didn t tell us. one of those just one example of that is that facility failed two fire inspections in april and may. it passed the most recent one, but it failed two of them, and that obviously did not come up in the tour. eli stokols, let s switch to politics because it s a necessary part of that. talk about the strategy today. the briefing was delayed by almost four hours. they finally then put out the secretary of homeland security. who had to fly back from new orleans to do this. the president talked about this. talk about their ownership of it, in some cases doubling down. it was a double-down from the president earlier in the day and from secretary nielsen after 5:00 p.m. in the briefing room after reporters had waited a long time as the administration behind the scenes was trying to figure out what that briefing was
the kids were being well fed. you could tell that they had fresh clothes. they had showered. they were getting haircuts. but, you know, there was 1,500 kids in that one facility. five beds in one room. and that had been a rapid expansion from the last couple weeks. and so the size of it, the rapid expansion of it, and then, you know, in hindsight, there s a couple things that, you know, we re sort of learning after the media tour, the stuff that they didn t tell us. one of those just one example of that is that facility failed two fire inspections in april and may. it passed the most recent one, but it failed two of them, and that obviously did not come up in the tour. eli stokols, let s switch to politics because it s a necessary part of that. talk about the strategy today. the briefing was delayed by almost four hours.
reporter: exclusive video obtained by nbc news shows oakland police officers in the warehouse known as the ghost ship in october of this year. part of an incident, residents sa tied to a neibor s party. derek almina helped police get up tthe rooftop. the police department would not comment on any visits to the property, citing the investigation, including the night of this incident, nbc news learned from interviews and records that city and county officials had multiple opportunities in the last two years to address possible safety concerns, starting with fire inspections. the city of oakland requires them for commercial and residential properties. every year. the head of the firefighters union, zach unger, told us he worries the inspections never took place. do they have the kind of resources they need? no, not nearly. is there talk among firefighters there are buildings unsafe in the city? absolutely, there are many unsafe buildings in the city. reporter: a third possible
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die they should be criticized. saying if they sign this letter it will be fixed does not add up. companies like gap already do fire inspections in bangladesh. we saw how that worked. they have 78 factories in the country and make them safe in a country that doesn t have standards isn t going to work. best of all is american and european shoppers willing to pay more for clothes certified as safe. price drives everything. the contractors who operate the factors aren t being paid for safety. until that changes, all the letter signing in the world may make us feel better but it s not going to change the horror on the ground in bangladesh. it is 651 days since the u.s. lost the top credit rating. warren buffett s berkshire hathaway had the credit rating cut with a negativeout look. we have new details in the boston marathon bombing investigation. according to law enforcement sources, suspected bomber dzhokhar tsarnaev claimed responsibility for the attacks in a scribbled message that was