trying we knew people were in there and trying to get them out. it was a labyrinth. can you say whether or not the [ inaudible ] point of clarity on the code situation. it was permitted as a warehouse. only it was not permitted as residences. no permit taken for a party. would any sort of artist work be allowed in there? it depends on the extent of the work in the building and that s what we re still trying to ascertain is to what level of work in there was unpermitted and would have needed permits. as far as you know there were no permits taken for any of the interior construction that you know of? that s correct. okay. sir, excuse me one moment. like to bring this back and focus on the fire. focus on recovery. focus on information for victims. so i m going to take two more questions that are related to
that they re safe in the there. that s what our priority is. we don t care how long it takes. we will be here as long as it takes to get the job done. have you resumed the operations? my second question, i know you want us to focus on the victims right now and at the same time it s very simple to basically tell us whether this building was under investigation? that s a very simple question. it s important that we share the information that we have with you. i think sharon needs to come up and address that. we ll have him come up. i appreciate it. thank you. good afternoon. darren, oakland planning and building director. at this time we know the last designated use of the property was as a warehouse. we have had received recent complaints about light and unpermitted construction at the property. we had opened an investigation and that is ongoing and as we
welcome back, everyone. 56 minutes after the hour. trending on the web this morning, chris brown s neighbors say some of the singers artwork is scaring local kids. they say goblins painted along a retaining wall of his hollywood hills home are frightening and an eye sore to boot. do you think they re scary? i ve got to see them up close. oh, yes, i would say so. look at those teeth. they re not friendly teeth. the bleeding eyeballs. l.a. city code officials cited brown $376 for unpermitted an excessive signage and ordered him to remove the paintings within 30 days. why does he have those there? decoration. who knows. all right, so get ready for late night with seth meyers. nbc has confirmed that the saturday night live weekend update anchor will replace jimmy
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the president s plan calls for an end to combat operations in afghanistan next year and a withdraw by the end of the 2014. the president says afghanistan s president hamid karzai is onboard. both oof us recognize that we still have a lot of work to do and there will be great challenges ahead. the loss of life continues in afghanistan. there will be hard days ahead, but we re confident that we re on the right track and what this summit reflects is the world is behind this strategy that we ve laid out. the big hurdle now to cross is the cost. the country doesn t have all the cash it needs. nato secretary general is optimistic that other countries will pitch in to help meet the roughly $4 billion price tag. the obama campaign headquarters, just outside the nato summit in chicago. look at this. protesters on one side, police on the other, pushing back and forth. this was on sunday. several officers were injured. today, the superintendent of police defends his officers action