obviously, will take some time. we are hearing with all of this, hearing the stories of people who were trapped inside. i want to play sound for you from one of the survivors who was trapped inside the burning building all around. listen to this. some of the back units and walls were totally engulfed in flames. the ceiling was on fire. there was a sheet it was like a sheet of fire that was just rolling towards the door. it was advancing so fast. the power cut out. it was pitch black. then the smoke was it was really starting to get thick with smoke. just a matter of seconds. i mean, there was no more than two minutes from the point of someone screaming fire to being evacuated and just knowing that people probably weren t going to make it out. reporter: tough stuff. another news conference coming up in an hour. we should learn more about the progress that crews have here on
more days just getting through the building. had is the most deadly fire in oakland s fire history that i m aware of. the two story building as it burned was a workshop for artists and some residents there lived there. we are told they were living without a permit. officials say it was cluttered with wood een objects. no sprinklers. it was a fire hazard. 50 people were attending a party in the building when the fire erupted. nbc s steve patterson outside the warehouse and has been reporting on this tragedy that obviously has hurt the community. steve, what can you tell us about the efforts under way right now? reporter: well, right now, we re still in this recovery phrase. in one thing that s been great here on scene is the fact that the crews, the fire officials, the police department, the county, everybody has been extremely transparent about what they are doing. you can see work being done behind me to put up more fencing. everybody has been extremely transparent about what they
new information on a massive warehouse fire in columbus, ohio. the the fire is mostly contained but crews are the scene until it is out. they have 18000 gallons of water at the building. no word on what caused the fire. right now, according to a brand new national poll, donald trump is way out ahead, and get this, 27 points. mammoth university poll shows that mr. trump leads with 41 percent. and senator ted cruz way back with 14 percent. and senator cruz and surging in iowa. that is at 28 percent with the
where yesterday joshua van matter was standing outside after recruitment center armed and ready for action. these guys are sitting ducks. i m not going to let that happen. i m ready for action. anything that happens, if anything happens then i m here. reporter: now officials in most of the cities where civilians are taking up arms on behalf of the military say they appreciate the patriotism. they appreciate the motives but they saw law enforcement duties are best left to law enforcement personnel. bill? bill: after that warning came out from the fbi director too. thank you jonathan hunt live there in los angeles. 28 past the hour now. martha: so planned parenthood is under fire in capitol hill after top executives are captured on an undercover video allegedly attempting to sell fetal body parts. straight ahead, congresswoman diane black will talk about an effort to block federal funding for the organization while an
it comes to this? we don t want to tell them. we can t tell them here. there are many questions in regard to the iran deal. not only how to deal with it but deal with it going forward. there is a split in the republican presidential candidates what to do on day one. scott walker says rip up the deal. jeb bush says, you know you have to get your cabinet in place. you have to work all the aspects of this. remember we ll be in a different situation in 2017 in regards to this deal no matter what happens with congress. and how the republican candidates deal with that at that time i think is one of the questions that i m sure will be tossed in that one. martha: we ll go back there when they get underway. bret, thank you very much. we ll see you tonight. thank you martha. bill: here is another fire, physically. all-out battle against raging out of control wildfire in california. this is night video here forcing mandatory evacuations. hundreds of firefighters joining the fight to slow down