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that was info wars host alex jones, the liar in chief.o weeks ago, calling into question the 2012 massacre at sandy hook, really suggesting it didn't happen. he traffics in disinformation and unfounded innuendo. the southern poverty law center called him the most prolific conspiracy theorist in america. yesterday, a woman was charged of making death threats against the parents of a child who died at sandy hook who claimed the attack was a hoax. how'd she get that idea? over the weekend, a north carolina man entered a pizzeria with an assault rifle looking to self-investigate, that was his phrase, a false conspiracy theory -- well, all conspiracy theories are false -- about hillary clinton. in her second public appearance since the election, hillary clinton weighed in today. >> the epidemic of malicious fake news and false propaganda that flooded social media over the past year, it's now clear that so-called fake news can have real-world consequences. this isn't about politics or partisanship. lives are at risk. lives of ordinary people, j

i hate coming on here and -- alex jones is a hell of a character in for a long time he was just sort of that, a crazy conspiracy theorist that had a radio show that existed in a way that allowed you to enjoy your entertainment without having to see it as a source of news. the rise of social platforms as the venues have met that he's not just a guy in texas with a local radio show ranting about the one world government, he's somebody that has an audience of voters and concerned citizens who seem to believe what he says. i don't have a solution to figuring out how to. recently there was an article about claiming that without evidence something like 3 million people voted illegally and appeared in the form of his twitter feed. i worry that we are not thinkins about how we can ensure that kind of totally baseless claim is rebutted and responded to. >> host: how has twitter and facebook responded in light of this and what technology has the potential place and how does it work?facebook >> guest: facebook has undergone a couple of different swings about this. the founder and ceo initially

max, i was wondering if information onus alex -wars put out by jones, president-elect seems to fascinated with him and i hear from senior citizens in making statements that come from drudge and these rs on c-span and people -- i know c-span doesn't like to correct people, but some the things i hear from callers is just so far out there like if they really do need to be corrected. anyway, i wish you would give that, thank you. guest: sure. info-wars is probably the most famous site that belongs in the fake news.ition of mongering spiracy tin foil treme right hat kind of place. i hate , i don't -- coming on here. a x jones is a character, hell of a character, for a long ime he was that, a crazy conspiracy theorist with a weird radio show that existed in a way allowed you to enjoy his entertainment without having to fear it as a source of news. the rise of social platforms as ews distribution meant alex jones is not just a guy in texas with a local radio show ranting government, he is somebody, as you say, has audience of voters and concerned citizens who seem to believe what he says. you kn

alex jones, a far right web host posted a youtube video seen almost 500,000 times. >> when i think abouthe children hillary clinton has personally murdered and chopped up and raped, i have zero fear standing up against her. >> the rumor spread, inspiring some newfound internet sleuth to start digging around in john podesta's hacked e-mail searching for proof and location of the so-called sex ring. what they found were numerous reference to pizza, a term that's slang for child pornography. so somehow they concluded that podesta and company were speaking in code. they pounced on an e-mails from d.c. pizzeria owner and prominent democratic supporter james alefantis infight them to a fundraiser at the restaurant. they started combing through facebook posts. alefantis said the child is his god daughter and the picture was very innocent. and this picture that con searcy theorists decided must be the secret basement where children are locked up. but in fact it's from a restaurant alefantis considered leasing. and come met ping-pong doesn't even have a basement. but november 4th, six days after

alex jones, a far right web host posted a youtube video seen almost 500,000 times. >> when i think abouthe children hillary clinton has personally murdered and chopped up and raped, i have zero fear standing up against her. >> the rumor spread, inspiring some newfound internet sleuth to start digging around in john podesta's hacked e-mail searching for proof and location of the so-called sex ring. what they found were numerous reference to pizza, a term that's slang for child pornography. so somehow they concluded that podesta and company were speaking in code. they pounced on an e-mails from d.c. pizzeria owner and prominent democratic supporter james alefantis infight them to a fundraiser at the restaurant. they started combing through facebook posts. alefantis said the child is his god daughter and the picture was very innocent. and this picture that con searcy theorists decided must be the secret basement where children are locked up. but in fact it's from a restaurant alefantis considered leasing. and come met ping-pong doesn't even have a basement. but november 4th, six days after

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we are not going to be frightened by people's lies, like alex jones that are lying and manipulating people and are really in my opinion, i tweeted this out, responsible for the danger my family was in yesterday. >> you think they are responsible. you also i assume hold this guy responsible who on his own free will came into this restaurant with a gun. >> obviously he's directly responsible. in my opinion, the folks like alex jones and others that are propagating these lies have some responsibility for these folks' actions. >> what -- >> they're pouring fuel on the fire. >> what have you told your young children since this whole thing? >> you know, we're muslim americans and we are basically, we see ourselves being demonized in the media and online, all over the place. i let them know we need to be vigilant and aware of potential threats around us. this obviously was a manifestation of that. but thankfully nobody was hurt. they were all very calm and very cool about it, surprisingly, and i was really proud of them. in fact, on our way home, i live in maryland, we were driving up to maryland

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all of the children hillary clinton has personally murdered -- >> reporter: he said he listens to alex jones, the internet radio host who has crimes. he has several drug related arrests and denies using drugs. he left the biggest question unanswered, he would not say why he brought and fired an assault rifle in the restaurant if you were only looking for children in trouble. guys, despite the political nature of the whole pizzagate conspiracy, he said he didn't vote in the election. his attorney said he has now said all he wants to say. reporting live, garrett haake, wusa 9. >> garrett, we will be there, too. >>> meanwhile comet and other businesses near are getting death threats. >> nikki burdine is live to tell us how it's affecting them. >> reporter: restaurants here are being harassed even pizza location in bethesda are receiving threats. >> reporter: the phones are ringing more than usual lately. >> there's 30 or 40 people calling at the same time. we lost a lot of business. >> reporter: it's not the kind of phone call that the owner would like to be getting. >> they read from a script,

now people are getting information from god knows where, including alex jones and people like that, and they're acting on it. >> yeah, i think the problem for mainstream media, journalists. cable tv, and everybody else, print, television, is they are having to make decisions in real time because we're in the midst of this revolution. it's not completed. every day, we're dealing with new news. when this started, no one was talking about fake news. it's a fairly recent emergence. today also i think president obama asked his intelligence agencies to report to him about what happened in terms of russia's interference potentially in the election. things happened here in the last six or seven months that are unprecedented. it puts everybody in a tough spot. it puts campaigns in a tough spot, guys like you and everybody in the media in a tough spot. >> you get purnged, too. people call in with something. a younger person, perhaps, somebody who isn't smart enough to know it's b.s., they get it to the person on the air, they're reading it on the air, and they look like an idwrt. >> and then some

radio talk show host by name of alex jones scan be heard nationwide spreading the manure that fertilizesa-gate it is called. a rabbit hole that its horrifying to go down. >> the charge, that hillary clinton and her campaign manager, john podesta were running a child pornography ring out of the basement of a washington pizza restaurant, did not, as best we can tell, originate with jones. thecc auser remains anonymous. but, that story had real consequences. >> 28-year-old edgar welch, after driving from north carolina entered the restaurant and fired shots from a semiautomatic rifle. no one was hurt. he told police he cam to rescue child victims. >> for weeks now, people have been accusing the two of bookstore, politics and prose to the pizza restaurant. >> are the threats over? >> no, they're not over. they continue. both online and on the phone. >> and i really call it the weaponization of social media. and the internet. what it is entitling people to, enabling people to do is to -- take completely false information. make up whatever they want, with no accountability. >> so what do you d

drain the swamp was more like a dog whistle to alex jones supporters.are going to expose all of this stuff. drain the swamp doesn't mean you will do anything. you will see the monsters. >> drain the swamp is the same thing as make america great again. it is putting the stamp on the country. he used boeing as an example. >> when you drain the swamp -- it is opaque. when it drains then you see the monsters. it is monsters. good one. coming up, does the stache i can ma the man? >>> live from america's news headquarters, i'm patricia stark. the verbal barrage between moscow and washington intensities. it was triggered by president obama's decision to impose sanctions on russia for interfering with our presidential election last month. the state department is also ordering 35 russian diplomats to lead the u.s. republican senator john mccain says that's not enough. he wants stronger sanctions while president-elect donald trump says it is time for the nation to move on. he has agreed to meet with u.s. intelligence officials to get an update on the facts. the k

drain the swamp was more like a dog whistle to alex jones supporters. we are going to expose all of this stuff. drain the swamp doesn't mean you will do anything. you will see the monsters. >> drain the swamp is the same thing as make america great again. it is putting the stamp on the country. he used boeing as an example. >> when you drain the swamp -- it is opaque. when it drains then you see the monsters. it is monsters. good one. coming up, does the stache i can ma the man? ♪ ♪ he has a sharp wit. a winning smile. and no chance of getting an athletic scholarship. and that is why you invest. the best returns aren't just measured in dollars. td ameritrade. generosity is its oyou can handle being a mom for half an hour. i'm in all the way. is that understood? i don't know what she's up to, but it's not good. can't the world be my noodles and butter? get your mind out of the gutter. mornings are for coffee and contemplation. that was a really profound observation. you got a mean case of the detox blues. don't start a war you know you're going to lose.

mike flynn, the national security adviser designate, the son of general flynn is a stated fan of alex jones and info wars. he has served as his dad's chief of staff while trafficking publicly in truly insane conspiracy theories including that hillary clinton was secretly running a child sex slave operation out of the back of a d.c. pizza restaurant. >> you must be aware that the transition team put in for security clearance for michael g. flynn, the son of retired general flynn? >> i'm aware in talking to general flynn that his son was helping ask scheduling, jake. >> no, but you put in for security clearance for him. >> helping his dad arrange for meetings and provide meetings, but that's no longer the case. >> were you aware that the transition had put in for security clearance for michael flynn jr.? >> i worked very closely with general flynn. i've worked on many occasions. i've never seen his son present for any of those meetings. >> but you're head of the transition team. you know who was given security clearances. >> this is a young man who was helping his father. >> he had a social m

i'm waiting for alex jones' mind to explode. there is no consistency here, no principle here, and that's what you're stuck with anybody who supported this guy. >> i want to read these words again, that plays great before the election. now we don't care. mara theresa, no politician has ever said that about a position they advocated strongly during a campaign. he seems to be going that way, including alarming his hard core supporters by saying he will figure out something to do with the dreamers. he will figure out some way of allowing them to stay, even though several times he very specifically said they all have to leave this country. >> well, that's right. and i think this is where it becomes very difficult. there are a lot of voters who voted for donald trump saying he really didn't mean it. then there were a core group who said he means everything he says that is why i'm sticking with donald trump. he shifts from one position to the next. if his supporters continue being as loyal as they are or if they turn against him. if th

alex jones said the same thing about me yesterday.that i want to have a coup and assassinate donald trump. this is not helpful if you're going to lie about what i am saying. >> donald trump doesn't come on my show. donald trump doesn't like me. he doesn't come on this show. i have no agenda here. i'm just saying it seems that you do. >> don't put words in my mouth that you know will antagonize people and make me unsafe. >> you want the electors -- >> no, you need to make sure that you understand what you're role is here. >> you want them to switch their votes, yes or no? >> what i want to do is get the information. what i want to do is not have you mischaracterize what i say so that i get even more death threats and more insults and more online attacks than i'm already getting. part of the reason that republicans won't sign onto my letter is some of them have said to me pointblank, i don't want to get that kind of blowback. i want a hearing. i want a briefing. i want a declassification. i don't want to get the threats. >> what i'm ask

conspiracy monger alex jones has been scrubbing his site of his pizza-gate content but he's got a newtine pelosi and the electors who are trying to simply get a cia briefing or intelligence community briefing about the issues of russian hacking. he has accused them of wanting to assassinate donald trump and of course, she is getting death threats. >> wow. okay. really quickly, lightning round, how many electors end up being electors, give me a number. >> i have no idea. seven? >> i'm going to guess, like, two. >> how about none? >> one. i think there might be one. >> there's one. you know -- >> door prize for whoever was right. thank you, kaitlyn, nick, and joan walsh. >>> when we return, let me f finifi finish with a big question facing our profession, media. you're watching "hardball." the place for politics. and can you explain to me why you recommend synthetic over cedar? "super food"? is that a real thing? it's a great school, but is it the right the one for her? is this really any better than the one you got last year? if we consolidate suppliers what's the savings there? so sho

alex jones is involved in this, the radio personality, talks about hillary clinton murdering young childrenmean,eth just has to be front. i thought mark fisher did a great job in "the washington post" and with his interview with hari in shooting it down. but if you're going to spend all your time shooting this stuff down, judy -- >> yeah, somebody wrote a story about me where i allegedly called for donald trump's assassination, and it was a long 1500 word, very carefully written piece where i allegedly gave an interview to a radio station that doesn't exist and it was like being in an alternative universe in a novel, like some other novel where sund sund -- where suddenly the effects hit me in real life. what's troubling is the professionalism with which it's done and how distrust of the media leads to extreme naivety where people believe anything. >> woodruff: we're always used to people stretching in truth in journalism, but it's beyond the pale. john glenn, we lost a great american hero yesterday. what did he represent to this country? >> 23 years of marine jet pilot, combat pilot, 149 m

group with contempt during an interview wednesday with conspiracy theorist and trump supporter alex jones. >> right now there are hundreds of establishment quidlings, trojan horses trying to get into this administration swearing i was for trump the whole time when they weren't. the glad-handers and the self-promoters are marching on trump tower en masse. i mean, people are submitting their resumes to this transition who have never shared trump's philosophy. >> it appears tensions are high. the new york magazine sherman says trump's transition team is like game of thrones with two men battles for primacy. the first is steve bannon who has been pushing trump to staff his administration with outsiderand trump loyalists. the second is his chief of staff reince priebus who has pushed trump to select more traditional establishment gop figures. while bannon has scored some victories, some are angry that priebus is staffing it with establishment types. one senior trump adviser telling sherman we didn't fight two years against the swamp only to bring the swamp to the white house. joining me now da

brilliant you were at gassing her and creating this negative campaign almost under the radar with alex jones and with other fake news. people, you know, writing that she had some fatal disease. she was going to be impeached if she were elected, all of that. and one of the top team -- of the person in charge of the operation which was a brilliant digital operation for the trump team said, well thank you. you know, he was accepting that congratulations. >> and just quickly, phillip, let me play one more exchange, this was clinton strategist talking about her having the popular vote lead by more than two million. let's play that. >> let's be honest, don't as if you have popular mandate for the message -- >> i can tell you're angry, but wow, #, he's your president. >> campaign that with this victory tour, thank you tour, and the tone of what we heard from the president-elect yesterday, how would you describe at least this campaign and what we might see moving forward, from this team and the president-elect? >> well, the point that joel benson was making is we're not in the facts, hillary clinton

even alex jones, the founder of info wars, you know, spoke proudly about how, i said something, and donaldmp spouted it just a couple days later. >> this is a bizarre story and it's astonishing. info wars, for me, was a great source for entertainment and a lot of laughs, but this wasn't a funny thing at all. i don't know what the prescription is. i think maybe twitter and facebook could do something, but it seems chilling to me that we're going to have -- people don't trust the media, and probably from an ideological perspective, i don't know that people think that they're putting out -- the mainstream media is putting out fake news. but what's the answer? if the answer is somebody is going to decide what's real and what's fake -- >> the thing we have to realize, the web is the web. people can say what they want on the web. that's the larger pool. facebook and twitter, newspapers are curated. television is curated. these are channels of information. the question is, and we need to have a really significant national discussion on this. what is social media? what are the responsibilities of

. >> the person we need to bring up here, is this info wars cat, this guy alex jones.lip where he has been a big trump supporter from the very beginning and thinks he and trump are like this. >> and i'll tell you, it is surreal to talk about issues here on air and word for word hear trump say it two days later. it is amazing. and it just shows how dialed in this guy is and that's why they're so squared cared on him. >> this guy in the '70s would have been on the high end of a.m. radio. he's just cuckoo for cocoa puffs. he rips his shirt off sometimes and get really angry at made-up news. >> he thinks sandy hook was a hoax, was fake. but we should also evaluate with a grain of salt, his assessment that trump is right on the same page with him. he's a crazy person. >> that's right. now trump has sort of flirted with him. he like doesn't necessarily, you know, he -- but he did call in once. >> right. and i think we have to make two points simultaneously. one is that trump and people around him have been cavalier about this kind of thing. trump himself, remember, just casu

now people are getting information from god knows where, including alex jones and people like that, andting on it. >> and i think the problem for mainstream media, journalists, print, television, they're having to make decisions in realtime. we're in the midst of this revolution. it's not completed. every day we're dealing with new things. when this campaign started, no one was talking about fake news. six months ago, no one was talking about fake news. today, president obama asked his intelligence agencies to report to him about what happened in terms of russia's interference, potentially in this election. things happened here in the last six or seven months that are unprecedented. i think it puts everybody in a tough spot. i think it puts guys like you in a tough spot. >> you can get punked, too. people call in with somebody. a younger person, somebody not smart enough to know this is bs. they get it right to the person on the air, reading it on the air, and they look like an idiot. >> and somebody tweets it and it goes viral. goes to a million or 2 million people like that. >> trump'

a radio talk show host by the name of alex jones can be heard nationwide spreading the manure that fertilizesonspear -- conspiracy theories all over the internet. >> pizza gate -- the charge that hillary clinton and her campaign manag manager, john podesta were running a child pornography ring out of the basement of a washington pizza restaurant did not, as best we can tell, originate with jones. the tea cueser remains anonymous, but that story had real consequences. >> 28-year-old edgar welsh after driving from north carolina entered the pizzarieria fired shots. no one was hurt he came to rescue child victims. >> for weeks now people have been accusing lissa muscatine and bradley graham from smuggling children from under ground tunnel from their would be within store to the pizza restaurant. >> are the threats over, no, they're not over. they continue both online and on the phone. >> and i really call it the pep on any sakes of social media and the internet. what it's entitling people to do or enabling people to do is to take completely false information, make up whatever they want with no a

alex jones said the same thing. he said i want to have a coup and assassinate donald trump. neil: donald trump doesn't come on my show. donald trump doesn't like me. he doesn't come on this show. i have no agenda here. >> don't put word in my mouth that you know will antagonize people and make we unsafe. you need to understand -- neil: you want them to switch their votes, yes or no. >> what i want to do is get information and i want you to not mischaracterize what i say so i don't get more death threats and online attacks than i'm already getting. part of the reason republicans won't sign on to my letter is they say i don't want that blowback. neil: you wouldn't know half the email i get when i raise critical questions. it's difficult to get any accurate word out off your mouth. >> you have gotten many accurate word out my mouth. neil: you want the electors to get this intelligence data. i'm taking the lead that it will prove russia interfered in the election for the sake of argument. what do you want the electors to do with that information? >> i haven't seen it so i can't

bill: last point, roger stone did an interview this week on the alex jones radio show.said this on screen, he went to trump tower and said, found and armada of retreads from the old republican party, both the congressional wing of the party and romney-mccain-bush burnouts trying to board this ship. end quote. how would you react to that? >> you can look at cabinet picks he made thus far and there are a lot of newcomers, business leaders, military leaders. washington favoritability is at all-time low. donald trump is bringing in a lot of new blood to the mix. i -- bill: new blood, rather, not retreads? >> look at people like scott pruitt. a lot of business owners, military leaders. these aren't people that have been in the existing cabinets of past presidents. these are a lot of newcomers to this process but they're also the thing that they all have in common, they're very results-driven people. they're very goal-oriented people. that will be one of the big things that comes out of this administration. you will see results driven-administration. that is something we've b

pizzeria was an actor insinuating it was a false flag, handling a little alex jones there. we here at "a.m. joy" aren't surprised to see his interesting take on race and accuracy. take a look at what he told us in philadelphia this summer. >> in the last 100 years, he said make america great again? >> america came together to solve big problems. we talked about world war ii. we talked about the civil rights movement, absolutely. times where america put these divisions and this us versus them mentality aside. >> it might not have been so unifying. >> we got the lyndon baines johnson vetoed that bill three times while the republicans passed it. >> no, the civil rights -- >> no, he actually pushed it over. >> use the force, jack. use the force. h presents itself? american express open cards can help you take on a new job, or fill a big order or expand your office and take on whatever comes next. find out how american express cards and services can help prepare you for growth at open.com. find obut my back pain was exprmaking it hard to sleep and open up on time. then i found a

different cuts at the surveillance world to help me through that i had two great guests, when is alex jones to my right here, he has been in the throat since 2005 since it was set up and also the chief transparency officer. he began his career in the army and then a technology attorney in the private sector and after 911 was in the sea has-- cia's office of general counsel. we were talking in the green room before and i asked him to tell me something about him that people in this room did not know and what is it you told me? [inaudible] >> how do you have time? >> pickup really early in the morning. >> how early do you get up? >> 530. couple different locations at. >> why you swim everyday? >> it's good to stay in shape and i found the secret to-- i mean, the swimming is tremendous exercise. >> one-word answer. >> the key is audiobook. wet-- waterproof ipod. >> i understand also you are the last person standing who has been in that role that entire time. >> i think so. >> my other guest is trying to she teaches internet lot stanford law school. you are also the author of a forthcoming book

tension is good, i guess, for a team of rivals, but this is alex jones territory to talk about a falsified nonsense. >> still ahead on "morning joe," donald trump meets with another former rival. >> we talked about the opportunity that the president-elect has to literally reset things. to reset the trajectory of this economy, to reset the role of government, to reset america's role in the world and how we're perceived in the world. and i think it's why he's getting such fantastic people in his administration. >> is there a role for carly fiorina in the trump administration? the former presidential candidate joins us ahead for an exclusive interview. >>> plus, former u.s. ambassador to russia, mike mcfaul joins the conversation. you're watching "morning joe." we'll be right back. world ugly and messy. they are the natural born enemy of the way things are. yes, ideas are scary, and messy and fragile. but under the proper care, they become something beautiful. (chuckle) ( ♪ ) come on, dad. ( ♪ ) ♪ they tell me i'm wrong ♪ ♪ to want to stand alongside my, my love ♪ ♪ whoa, talkin' 'bout my lov

felicity jones steps into the biggest franchise. and alex hutchens sat down with her. >> this is our chance to make a >> she's almost hans solo combo. is that it intentional? >> yeah, there's definitely a lot of hans solo and had this idea i wanted it to be like a caged animal. she doesn't trust anyone. she's defensive and has to bring herself up. >> the number one enemy is the storm trooper. they haven't been very kind to her parents. pilot and just wanted to annihilate them basically. he's definitely not afraid of whacking them on the head with great force. >> any bumps and bruises along the way? >> oh yeah, constantly. i would be applying a good remedy for bruises. to kind of help heal quicker. i i grew up being a tomboy. i used to love kind of going and swimming and i love sports. so i really enjoyed that side of it. >> felicity's character was originally supposed to be a man. so it's a woman now saving the universe from the death star. back to you. >> tune in. >> looking forward to it. >>> it is the time of year for festive trees and br

alex still to find out what's going on in the stock market. alix: we do see a little bit of movement and the indices with the dow jones up 1/10 of 1%.lose.e record w we are 30 points away from the doubt 20 k. the nasdaq opening up at another record closing high. it closed at a record yesterday and we are now seeing the rally continue underway here. -- theday where goods intraday records are off from those rebels. the rally continues and the volume is very light as david was mentioning. the biggest gainers continue to be the biggest danish. -- biggest gainers as the stock markets open. nvidia up almost 2%. it is up to hundred 56% so far this year. it is the best gainer in the s&p. big calleing a lot of option interests over at advanced micro devices, up 320%. the winners continue to be the winners. that leads me to the chart of the day. this is about stock optimism. this is a conference board survey of those that expect higher stock prices. you can see how much it has searched. that's just in the last survey. it is the biggest jump since we saw back in 1998. when we have that big surge in the optimism in 1998, we continued the rally,

jones barbecue at 10:00 this morning. she is expected to speak out and talk about her concerns with this artist collective that is just a few doors down from her business. >> and alex hours after the ghost ship fire happened, we had oakland council person on our air saying essentially many departments dropped the ball and he called for fire marshalls, more investigators. >> reporter: yeah. that's what a lot of city leaders are calling for. across the board, you need marin spectors. it is important to point out here that the fire department has four inspector positions that remain vacant right now. and those are fully funded positions. it is not as though the funding is not there. it is just that the positions have not yet been filled. i would imagine that they would be filled in short order now. >> i know we're talking about this coming up in the 9 and we will work to get answers here as well. >>> city council members are asking the public to report illegal buildings. in baltimore, maryland officials on monday respond today a citizen complaint and condemned a building being used as an art space. there were a number of building code violations including fire hazards