at a luxury hotel in dubai. the blaze is running up, you can see this, all these stories, reports say 40 stories right now. this is a 63-story luxury hotel. it's located right next to the tallest building in the world there in dubai, and it has 200 rooms, over 60 apartments. now, this blaze began just before new year's eve fireworks display was about to go off in the city, and according to reports it is now being evacuated, and people are also being moved out of the dubai mall located nearby. reports say it started on the 20th floor. ited. we've got a lot of questions. joining me right now, retired colonel ralph peters and former fbi agent robert standing. colonel peters, this is happening on new year's eve, it's happening just hours before a big fireworks display was supposed to go off, and it's happening, of course, in the middle east. let me ask you about the islamic extremism issue in dubai. do they have a problem at all with isis? >> well, dubai and the other emirates have, by and large, been able to buy of

dubai. this is an area downtown known as the address. it is a building that's a luxury hotel, five-star hotel in the heart of dubai's tourism zone. we can see that there's a massive fire that is breaking out right now. you are seeing some of those images there on your screen. we are about two hours away from when dubai was expected to hold large fireworks display. that was actually supposed to be centered around an area not too far from that. that is the highest building in the world. we are joined by msnbc's cal perry who has been monitoring this situation. tell us more about this location, what's going on there right now. >> this is a both residential and hotel building called the address hotel. the address hotel actually has two locations in dubai. we are looking at the downtown location right now. these are live pictures we are showing our viewers. this is a 63-story building and the fire looks as though it's nearly reaching those top floors. as you mentioned, we are about two hours away

the dubai government, the dubai police, the dubai fire, within seconds, within minutes, they were all over the scene. >> were the people there locals, tourist, mix of both? >> a mix of a lot. there were a lot of tourists, a lot of people there on holiday, a lot of people there on vacation. the hotel is a high-end, very expensive hotel. the rooms are expensive. the dinner is very exclusive. these are not just average people that were there. there were people that were paying top dollar to stay another one of the most iconic places on new year's eve. >> when this fire first broke out and you were there in the building, what did you think and were you concerned that you might not get out of this? >> no. we were outside and we saw that we were outside and we saw and it it was on the building weapon thought, oh, it's small. they can contain it. and then it quickly became big, and then we're like, we're outside, but we looked over and in order for us to escape there was a railing and too big of a jump so we would have had to take the stairs or go through an and it. so we couldn't go back in

dubai media office putting that out. dubai also wrote on the official twitter account. again, this is crossing over the wires. it's very fluid, patti ann. this information is coming in every couple of minutes we're getting this. it says that four teams of firefighters were working to put out the blaze. unclear how many firefighters in the teams. said the fire appears to have originated on the 20th floor terrace. again, what we understand, what's been reported, is it engulfed 20 floors. it's unclear how deep into the building it went. whether it went all the way into the core of the building, the building was gutted, the whole building in flames or just on the facade of that building. we're working for more information. it's very fluid. clearly a dramatic scene downtown dubai, address hotel, 63 stories, right around 1,000 feet, 991 feet tall in the shadow of the burj khalifa where, again, these three different fireworks displays are set, at least according to officials, to go on at midnight. >> fifteen minutes. >> not too long from now. >> yeah, 15 minutes. >> showing vi

we had a couple of tweets in the dubai media office, this is in downtown dubai. it's just next to the dubai mall, which is very popular place. a big aquarium inside, lots of different shots. a place that would be popular with residents, expats that live in dubai, and tourists. the world's largest building, a key landmark in dubai not very far from the address hotel, and actually the dubai media office is saying that a new year celebration, the fireworks display will continue as planned, and that has been some surprise in terms of reaction to that statement that everything will continue as plan given the severity of what we're seeing right here, a fire erupting at the address hotel ahead of the new year celebrations. so we'll continue to see what is happening there and bring you the latest as it comes in to us. we know that roughly four firefighting team trying to get the situation under control and stop the spread of that fire. well now, a battle is underway in syria that could have a big impact on the course of the country's war. government forces backed by russ

i live in dubai. my family was visiting from states. >> your family was visiting and you were out there in the restaurants. there's a number of hotel rooms. there's a number of residential, there's a residential part of this hotel. for how quickly this was moving, do you feel that their wey were to evacuate any of those people? >> they wouldn't let anyone go into the hotel. everybody outside on the terr e terrace, on the outside, they wouldn't let anyone go into the hotel. they blocked it off. >> i think our concern at this point is there may have been people in the hotel and we're still waiting to get -- >> yes, they were trying -- they didn't want to put more people in the hotel because they were try to evam wait the people in the hotel. everyone who was outside, they moved them throughout side corridors and back stair wells. we landed on the property the waterfront where we went straight into the mall. >> tell us about the timing of how quickly you saw this grow from what was just sort of a small t

back out to dubai. with us on the phone is an eyewitness, a resident of dubai. she joins us. what can you tell us about where you are and what you are witnessing and what you've seen over the course of the last hour? >> for the course of the last hour, actually, i've been watch ing a complete fire come ablaze an entire address residence and hotel. and obviously to my left is the large burj khalifa park, you know, gathering of people, then the burj boulevard being evacuated. i've been seeing a lot of panic amongst the civil servicemen, the fire trucks have been coming into wrong areas. there was definitely a lot of panic in the area. but i'm actually just in shock right now that the fireworks did go through because, it's just another pr stunt which is -- i mean, really? the show must go on? it's a bit too much in shock. i'm sorry. i'm just -- >> i get the sense that you are a little bit shocked by everything that is taking place. you used the word "panic" in the area around you among some of those folks

i understand you also have worked in dubai and are familiar with dubai. all this taking place when we're less than nine hours away from a huge display of fireworks and revelry there in times square. so o to hear becky anderson's report and to hear that possibly this fire may have started from a curtain in a room on the 20th floor and then that fire traveled very quickly, what does your expertise tell you about how this fire may have ignited and why it would spread so quickly within seconds according to many eyewitnesss. >> i have to say i probably don't agree with that curtain thing. >> why not? >> the outside of the building spread way too fast. i mean, within minutes it within the maybe 20 floors high and now you have it on the inside of the building and i know there's reports saying that they have it contained 90%, but since they have said that, we have two major explosions and what somebody reported as a balcony falling. my concern looking at it from what we see off the skype views is that if the interior of this building heats up to levels that struc

first breaking news in dubai. a massive fire engulfing one side of a luxury hotel and apartment building. the address hotel just hours before the

-- again the address in downtown dubai one of the most exclusive parts of dubai. of course just a few hours away from new year's eve, a lot of fireworks celebrations are being planned, we will bring you more information as we get it here out of dubai. >> for a french journalist, and in sport, heading out of 2015, with a bang. how one australian footballer can find himself in trouble. and iranian president has ordered an expansion of the ballistic missile development program, the announcement is seen as a direct response to reports that the united states is planning a new round of financial sanctions against iran, over ballistic missile tests. iran condemned the reports saying that it has a right to develop missiles as long as they are not designed to carry nuclear war heads. rosalyn maz the latest from washington, d.c., you have been following the story, it does seem there's a bit of a miss understanding if you want to call it that, about whether the missiles ballistic missile program was actually part of the nuclear deal, what more can you tell us? >> . >> there

dubai. these pictures are coming to us from the associated press. this fire broke out just a few hours before dubai's massive fireworks display was set to go off. it is in the address hotel. it has engulfed at least 20 floors according to the associated press. we don't know the cause of that fire. we don't have any word on casualties. we do know that first responders are on the scene. once again, it is a massive fire in a tightly populated area of dubai in a very popular area of dubai i'm told, and, brian, i think you also stayed at that hotel, have you not z? >> i have been to that hotel, i have not stayed there. i have been to that region. that is the premiere shopping and recreation and dining destination in dudubai. i don't want to call it the times square of dubai but it's the most crowded area. there's a gigantic and high end mall connected to that hotel that really encompasses and encircles the whole thing. you see the banner running at the bottom, this is basically across the street

as you mentioned, the major general with dubai civil defense said on a live broadcast in dubai that the fireworks events were still going to go on as planned. as for that you're talking about three separate fireworks, burj khalifa, 1.6 tons of fireworks were going to be used in these three displays. again, we're waiting to find out more about what may be the cause of this. that major general, as i mentioned, said at this point there are no injuries and everybody was able to get out of there. but clearly it's still a developing situation, a very critical situation there. so we're continuing to follow. a lot of people on social media as well tweeting and putting information out there. >> john, thank you very, very much as well as chris brown. we sincerely appreciate it. >> we want to thank the nutley police department. 10:57 local time, 1 hour and 3 minutes away from midnight where there was supposed to be a massive fireworks display in downtown dubai as we look at pictures of the address hotel in flames. starting two hours ago now, 20 stories engulfed of the 63-story tall building. nearb

of dubai and the burge khalifa. i know people evacuated, i'm not really sure -- >> can you see people still coming out of the hotel? >> no, i can't. there's a lot of emergency services around, there is actually a building that is blocking my view of people coming out but i can see on the other side you know still a lot of people gathered around. where it was designated for people to watch, another area, what the emergency services are doing down there i can't exactly tell from the height i am. i'm witnessing just the thick black smoke which is still covering downtown dubai, increasing just because of the extra explosions that happened before the fireworks that happened here in dubai. >> so your view is obstructed buy building and there is a great deal of smoke can you see any ambulance services? >> all i know is that there has been fire engines, sheer amount of police, plenty of ambulances. i think here in dubai the ambulance service has orange flashing lights, the police blue. not exactly sure, the fire service, i'

high-rise hotel in dubai, ata least 14 people are injured. despite the downtown new year's eve celebration went ahead in the city. hello, you are watching al jazeera live from london, also coming up. rebel fight back as government forces attempt to take control of a key town in syria. iran expands the ballistic missile program after reports of new sanctions from the united states. and celebrations amido the security fears the world welcomes in 2016. new years celebration have taken place in dubai question spite a massive fire the blaze at the hotel. 9:30 p.m. local time. 14 people were reportedly injured in the blaze, one person suffer add heart attack due to smoke inhalation and overcrowding during the evacuation. >> they looked -. >> very close to the word's tallest building. >> six tons of fireworks and the lights are in the buildinge fire and she joins me now on the phone. about events in the past hour or so, has there been much progress in extinguishing the fire. >> the fire house -- the authorities an hour and a half ago now, is probabl

he would fly dubai and connect with dinecore and go to afghanistan. there was a catch the job at dinecore didn't actually actually exist. instead, the agent housed robbie in a work camp in dubai, and the man said for an additional fee he could get him a job. >> i saw my contract it was only $500. >> you were promised a job at dinecorp and then you got a job at echo log. >> i said i didn't want to go for $500, it wasn't enough for me. he said i do not want to give you back. i didn't have a choice. 500 is better than nothing so that's why i came. >> how much money did you pay the agent? >> i paid totally $4,000 u.s., and when i came first i got $500, you could see how much i had to work to get that money back, it is at least eight months and the interest so it's like one year. >> robbie had been recruited under fraudulent terms to work for one year simply to pay off his debt. according to the united states, this is human trafficking and illegal under international law. >> everybody they have the same salary. >> what percentage of workers paid fees to ag

dress hotel in downtown dubai. sue herrera has the latest details. >> the latest we are hearing is that the fire which ungufld this 63-story hotel is now under control. earlier today is in a matter of minutes a massive blaze raced up the side of the address hotel in downtown dubai. billowing smoke can be seen for miles. an eyewitness telling nbc news she heard a loud explosion and that the air smelled like burning plastic. the fern know reportedly began along the outside of the building at the 20th floor but never spread inside. four fire squads responded to help contain that blaze. local officials con if i recall 14 people including one person who suffered a heart attack were hurt. a medics telling reuters at least 60 people suffered minor injuries. the fire was still burning while the city of dubai went on with the show ringing on the new year with huge fireworks displays, three of them as we all saw when we a started "closing bell." back to you. >> they are known for that huge fireworks display there in dubai. s

if any of our viewers know dubai, they will know downtown dubai. they will be well aware of the tallest building in the world, the burj khalifa, where the fireworks start at midnight here. they'll be aware of the hotel complex around the burj khalifa and what is the biggest mall in the world, which is the dubai mall. so this only now what we're talk ing three and a half hours ago, the fire, jim, as far as the dubai media authorities are concerned 90% controlled. and they are hoping that the integrity and the infrastructure of that building is in tact. >> becky -- >> so they can assess exactly what happened as sun comes sglup as you say, becky, credit where credit is due. truly remarkable emergency response to get all the people out of that building safely at a time when i imagine not just hotel guests there but many others who came to watch these fireworks. you mentioned there this question about the integrity of the hotel where the fire of this intensity, this extent, are there any concerns about the structural integrity at this point? >> we've be

first breaking news in dubai. a massive fire engulfing one side of a luxury hotel and apartment building. the address hotel just hours before the city's new year's eve fireworks celebration. the building very near the world's tallest building, the burj khalifa. there were no fatalities. 14 people were hurt. possibly more. we're not sure we know for sure. all the while city's planned fireworks celebration went on as planned. it was strangest thing i ever have seen. david: it was extraordinary. onlookers didn't know what to look at, what was more spectacular sight, a sight of a burning skyscraper or fireworks display. there are a lot of questions whether what we're hear from the dubai government is accurate. it is extraordinary if there are 16 minor injuries, excluding one heart attack from this massive fire. hard to believe the story we've been hearing about, it having been set on 20th floor by curtain fire. it is not only above the 20th floor but clearly fires are down on the bottom well below the 20th floor. join

which has just gone -- it is now new years day in dubai. we will get back to you later, but for you thank you very much. he has been monitoring all of this from our headquarters in doha. and gerald we have been seeing some remarkable scenes emerging from dubai, we are looking at the fire engulfing the address hotel in the one hand, on the one hand, but that didn't stop the festivities from going ahead in the new year. >> . >> you are right, and the five category, about 3 1/2 hours ago, we have been monitoring some really dramatic pictures coming out of dubai in that time. the latest that we know right now, is that 14 people have been injured by the fires. one more seriously than the other. >> the crews at the site of the address in dubai, have contains about 90% of the fire. this is really difficult to verify, because as we have been seeing live pictures and the latest pictures fires -- the flames still quite strong there, we have seen smoke, and as we heard from the witness that situation still looks quite serious, so it is very difficult

it looks as though the entire hotel in downtown dubai is being burned. handing over the downtown area, it is an iconic skyscraper that looks over the entire downtown part of dubai.

>> well, dubai and the other emirates have, by and large, been able to buy off the terrorists. they have one face for the west, one looking east. so it's a really complex situation. so i would be a bit surprised if this was terrorism, but it certainly could be. just as the bowery boys used to say, let's not jump to conclusions. along with the possibility of terrorism, trish, in dubai you don't have manhattan-type building codes, fire codes, inspections depend on who you bribe, who you pay off. those buildings are built by wage slaves from bangladesh and nepal. could be an electrical fire, could be terrorism, we just have

the dubai government media people had minor injuries. the hotel described itself as the premier five-star haute until dubai. it stands near the burge khalifa, the world's tallest high scaper. witnesses say the fire started around 9:30 p.m. >> you can see they're trying to get everybody out of the mall area. >> reporter: a reporter from l.a.who happened to be there on vacation shared video of himself and others being evacuated from the hotel. the fire did not stop the fireworks celebration in dubai as it went on despite the blaze. officials are saying that control. at the breaking news desk, brandon gunnoe, 7 news. >> elizabeth: in boston thousands of people will be packing into the city for first night necessaritive if is and police are keeping a close eye on all of the excitement. jennifer egan is live in >> reporter: liz, we've seen boston police out and about in the crowds. thousands of people are here now. lots of families and friends. the countdown is on right now. to 2016. in copley square, 2015 is not going out quietly. 2016 is ju

this is dubai where, um, a major hotel 1,000 feet skyscraper caught fire. one man is dead from a heart attack. there have been some injuries. but the show is going on. that fire started two hours ago and they just rang in the new year at 12 p.m. our time about 11 minutes ago. the party continues but they are still fighting the fire at a sky scraper in dubai. >>> cal's all pac-12 quarterback jared goff is going pro. he announced plans to forego his senior year at cal much to frank's dismay. >> yes. >> and join the nfl during a press conference a short time ago. he set a number of cal records including most touchdowns and yards passed. he will likely be the first quarterback selected in the draft and there's a very good chance he could be a top 10 pick in the first round. >> i hope the 49ers are taking notes. local kid should be good. >>> still ahead changes to california's gun laws. how on say they will help reduce police confusion about weapons. >> how much more pg&e customers can expect to pay in the new year. we'll be right back. ,,,,,, four out of five p

dubai celebrates the new year despite a massive fire in the city. the blaze engulfed the three-story address downtown hotel. no one is reported to have been killed. amid heightened security around the world, u.s. authorities say they have arrested a man said to happen planning a deadly attack on a bar in rochester in new york state. our correspondent in washington explains what we know. reporter: the 55 or was planning to attack a restaurant in rochester with knives and with , soetes on new year's eve in just a few hours time. he is said to have been in contact with a member of i.s. overseas, and in that context he said to have been willing to do ranks ando join the his contact overseas said he should have been tested and that this was one of the things he should do. he went to buy the knife and the machete and plant which restaurant he was going to attack and also recorded a video message in which he admitted planning the attack. that was a measly meant to be released after the attack. he also pledged allegiance to the leader of i.s. this 25-year-o

we'll continue to monitor that fire in dubai at ktvu.com. and of course on our twitter page. >>> back here in the bay area, thousands of people are expected to bundle up and brave the cold as they head to the embarcadero for the fireworks show. christein kafton shows us the preparations and what you need to know if you plan to attend. >> count down is on for new year's in san francisco. you can see it is absolutely beautiful this morning. lots of blue sky, lots of clear skies. everybody is hoping that is the case for tonight so everybody can see the big display. we watched as crews trimmed trees and swept up leaves, put up facilities for the hundreds of thousands of people expected here tonight in san francisco. organizers said by last night two-thirds of the work had been done getting ready for tonight. at 10:30, the tugboat pulling the barge will pull out. it's been spectacular in the past. people are making plans. >> we're probably going to meet up and take bart into the city. get food, watch fireworks. >> take a look. you can see barrica

. >>> now to a developing story in dubai. fire still burning its way hours after it first began. the drama unfolded in front of massive crowds who had gathered for the new year's eve fireworks celebration there. cbs 2's tracee carrasco here now with more. >> reporter: dozens of floors engulfed in flames but not even that was enough to stop dubai's nearby fireworks celebration. >> came up all of a sudden. it started lower than the 20th floor, probably 7th or 8th. the flames went up quite quickly the center of the building went all the way over the 50th floor. >> reporter: the fire quickly engulfed at least 20 stories of the 63-story luxury hotel and residential building called the address downtown. >> it's absolutely surreal. i used to live on the 32nd floor and i have spent new year's eve at the address. it's the place to be on a night like this. >> reporter: the bright orange flames lighting up the night sky mixed with fireworks as dubai's new year's eve celebration went off as planned at the nearby burj skyscraper. the fire broke out two hours before midnight when the fireworks

first, holly williams, who has been following the fire in dubai. holliy. >> reporter: elaine, the dubai government says that the fire broke out on the 20th floor of the address hotel, quickly engulfing the 63-story luxury hotel and apartment building. the fire apparently began at around 9:30 p.m. local time. you can see the entire skyscraper lit up against the night sky. now, the dubai authorities say that they now have the fire under control, and they also say that only one person was killed by a heart attack during the evacuation. another 15 people were injured. the cause of the fire is still not known. very rapidly through the tower which is almost 1,000 feet tall. >> the heat was so intense outside it was unbelievable. and just people started to panic, crushing each other trying to get down the stairs and jumping over railings. i couldn't believe how fast it actually happened. >> there were people running in the corridors, and i ended up having to put somebody on my back. he was in a champion, carried him down to the ground floor. >> quijano: b

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it looks as though the entire hotel in downtown dubai is being burned. handing over the downtown area, it is an iconic skyscraper that looks over the entire downtown part of dubai. the latest information is that they will go ahead with the fire display but this building is still ablaze. nobody knows what kind of logistical operation leads to where they are being held. the bloomberg news managing editor in dubai, it is close to the burj khalifa. it broke out about 9:30 p.m. local time. they say will be under control and 30 minutes. this is bloomberg markets. ♪ david: welcome back to bloomberg markets. the fed chair janet yellen sent gold prices on a roller coaster ride. the best forecasters are predicting there's only one way prices are headed next year. that is down. heading for the third annual loss, the longest run on the decision to raise rates. let's start with that decision. >> it does seem like most of it. october started looking more and more likely. dayg on the phone every with analysts and traders was pretty much them saying that this is a don

tom is in dubai. we will talk oil and commodities. >> tom will check out the oil industry in person today i guess. we are also keeping an eye on personal since 2014 at the last star wars newly came out in 2005. we have been waiting longer for our first set of movement since our star wars movie and we get both. peter: i would love to see a correlation -- >> i would love to see a correlation. we also have michael from the eurozone, better than i expected. this will fuel a little relief that industrial production for the month of october for the eurozone is 0.6%. we are seeing the dollar is lower. the price of oil, that feeds into inflation. at least, expectations that there will be lower inflation. here is vonnie quinn. officialnd an egyptian says there is no sign of terrorism so far in the october crash of a russian airliner. the nation's chief investigator reported preliminary results of the crash probe. he says there is no hint of an illegal terrorist act. the investigation is not complete. russia ha

a massive fire engulfing a luxury hotel in dubai. thank you so much for joining us by phone with the update on the fire. let's go back to the markets. the s&p 500 moved closer to possibly ending the year in the red come in the green, still not clear. our next guest says 2015 will likely be the pause that refreshes. officer forvestment global equities -- i loved your comment in your note that investors have been scantily rewarded for their hard work in 2015. is this what an asian bull market looks like -- aging bull market looks like? >> no. it is very typical of a secular pro-market -- bull market. where theeriods market goes nowhere. we are tracking the bull market as having started in 2012 when we finally broke through the double top from 1999. from that perspective, we are only a few years into the first advance in the markets in 15 years. we think it could go quite a ways higher. scarlet: you are looking for the s&p 500 to reach 2500 in 2016. equivalent to a 22% gain. talk about the trajectory of this advance. will we see pain fi

a fire was seen in dubai today as the city carrying on with its celebrations despite the fact that one other high-rise was on fire it has made international news, the fire broke out at the end the dress of a big hotel in downtown dubai. these images populating social media. you can see from blocks away, the flames lapping up the side there. early reports indicate more than a dozen people are injured. the dubai government media office tweeted the fire broke h floor from the outside of this building. the fire did not spread inside the hotel do to internal fire extinguishers malfunction -- working. the hotel includes apartments and described itself as a premier five-sit does stand next to that iconic burj khalifa building, the world's tallest skyscraper. >> a celebrations continued in dubai and at the same time, many cities ringing in the new year. >> our thoughts are on paris after the attacks this year. can you imagine what it's like to celebrate the new year with the attacks not lo ago? they are doing it by saying we are alive and vibrant and vital. this is a shot from the eiffel tower

the hotel describes itself as the premiere five-star hotel in dubai. it stands near the burj khalifa, the world's tallest skyscraper. witnesses say the fire started around 9:30 p.m. >> now you can see what they're trying to do. they're trying to get everybody out of the mall area. >> a reporter for knbc 4 in los angeles who happened to be there on vacation shared video of himself and others being evacuated from the hotel. the fireworks did not stop the fireworks celebration in dubai as it went on despite the blaze. kurt gregory, nbc news. >>> right now a montgomery county father, it's a hockey rink open to the community. why the rink is in danger of being put on ice. >> reporter: it's something a lot of hockey enthusiasts probably dream about. their own rink and for mark cohn it's a passion he's held since childhood. >> i grew up in a small town in the boston area and played on the ponds and backyard rinks so i've been playing my whole life. >> reporter: he shared his passion with his step daughter melanie. >> huge hockey fan. if it was a hockey night.

we saw new zealand first, and i we see dubai. tonight, we get to have hours. it is about 12 hours away. krystal: cannot wait, but unfortunately, in brussels, their plans were canceled after fears of an extremist attack. auth arrested two men with an alleged plot. six people have been detained for questioning over the suspected plot. the mayor of brussels said it would be impossible to screen every single person that there are thousands of them, so they decided, at this time, let's be safe, and they canceled the show. krystal: really cannot blame them. down to the authorities announced the arrest of a 10th attacks in paris last month. nine people in belgium have already been arrested in connection with the attacks in which 130 people lost their lives, and hundreds more were injured. back here in the u.s., the mother of eason couch, -- even couch, the so-called affluenza teenager, has been charged for her role. her name, tonia couch -- she faces charges of hindering the apprehension of a felon. authorities believe the 18-year-old, who w sentenced only to probati

it's known just as the address in downtown dubai. witnesses say it started near the 20th floor of that 63 story building, the dubai media office reporting injuries mostly minor. one man visit from the united states shared his view of the fire, live on cnn as it continued to engulf the hotel. >> flames moving up pretty quickly up the side of the building. they're rising almost as quickly as they did when the fire first started. >> the fire was still burning as the clock struck midnight, but that didn't stop dubai from going ahead with its fireworks show and created a scene a few blocks from another building world. no chirp were among -- no children were among the injured. >> vanessa: 257 yield manuel is accused of buying knives and a machete for the attack. fbi says his accomplice was an fbi agent undercover. the city mayor posted on facebook the fireworks have been cancelled, but family events at the convention center still going to be held tonight. times square in new york one of three areas the fbi is closely monitoring in case of

catherine: certainly a very unusual scene in downtown dubai. thousands of people have gathered for the celebration. can the authorities the confident they can keep them all safe -- authorities be confident they can keep them all safe with this fire happening at the same time as the fireworks? reporter: i spoke to a few people and they say they do feel safe. they feel they are far from the fire. comle are still massively ing and seeming to enjoy the festivities. i don't know if you can hear them cheering at every big firework. people have kind of forgotten what has happened, which is still happening, the fire still burning. people have already forgotten. they are cheering around me. catherine: there are reports that there have been some casualties at the fire at the hotel. do you know what is the latest on that? i: the latest figure that the authorities gave where that 14 injuries due to the fire and one person died from a heart attack that followed the beginning of the fire. now, the: for situation appears to be peaceful, happy, and under contr

. >>> the breaking buzz is from dubai. just as people were ready to watch the new year celebration, an enormous fire took over a 63-story willing. this is the address downtown building a hotel and an apartment complex in the heart of the city. we are told the fire break out on the 20th floor. moments ago we heard from a reporter who is near the hotel. >> a lot of children wereÑi crying, they were scared. the parents did future know what to do because there was a lot of confusion. if you were not outside in the prominent but were in the mall you saw authorities rushing in from the mall, storming outside and people were scared. >> who can blame them? the fire started at 10:00 p.m. dubai time and we do not know how many people were if the building or how many were able make it out okay. >> to happened best fireworks display. look at this map you can see how close the burning address is in relation to the hall of the skyscraper in the world and huge crowds are gathering. they are asked to leave and there is chaos in the stree

the building an inferno as dubai continued its celebration. >> right now that fire is still burning l is black smoke billowing across that city. but people who are on the ground say really those celebration in downtown dubai is business as usual. lauren. >>> because the average fire hose and ladder wouldn't make a dent in fighting a blaze in a sky scrape per, world wide those buildings are designed with several fire resistant features there are often door that shut automatically or barriers built to stop fires. in fact, in february, there was a similar sky scrap per fire in dubai where everyone survived, coincidentally the name of that hotel was torch. >>> high rights in massachusetts are under strict fire codes with mandatory friar sprinklers and massive pumps to get to the hire floors, fire crews are designed to stop elevators, others deal with evacuations, and some move in and begin immediately fighting prefaring for emergencies like >> the firefighters usually go into these buildings before they are opened, the property managers take them around, they become acquainted where the f

we're "outfront" tonight from dubai. >> reporter: donald trump should feel right at home in dubai. both have built successful brands around being the biggest, the best and not shying away from bold statements. >> the job that dubai has done is amazing. >> reporter: but donald trump's latest statement this week -- >> a total and complete shutdown of muslims entering the united states. >> reporter: has left many in this country outraged. >> he's racist, yes. >> reporter: in september, when asked if he thought muslims posed a threat to the u.s., he said -- >> i love the muslims. i think they are great. >> reporter: and trump has made millions through his holdings where islam is the latest religion and it may be a it had to his bottom line. at least two major dubai retailers pulled trump-related items from their shelves. once a fan of the republican presidenti presidential candidate, he says no longer. >> all of his brand in the muslim countries. >> reporter: not everyone, though, is ready to dump trump. right behind me is one of the donald trump's biggest partnerships in dubai. a 42 m