00:00This pool was supposed to be fixed in a week.
00:02This is a massive piece of...
00:06uh...
00:06piece of pool.
00:08Today, Trump used his closing pitch before Tuesday's election to announce its official reopening.
00:13The pool is now better and more beautiful than it's ever been before.
00:16In April, he said the fix would cost about a million and a half dollars.
00:20Then, the price jumped to more than 16 million dollars in no-bid contracts.
00:24The Interior Department said the extra money bought speed.
00:27Trump called it complete in June, but within weeks, algae was back and the coating was peeling.
00:32He blamed vandals.
00:33DC's top federal prosecutor Janine Pirro charged a three-time Olympian with a felony,
00:38but a month later, she dropped that case and three others,
00:41citing flawed installation by the contractor.
00:44And frankly, I think she choked, because the judge was really vicious.
00:49An inspection the contractor commissioned found at least 85 failure points,
00:53and it never mentions vandalism to the liner.
00:55It says crews refilled the pool before the liner had fully dried.
00:59The Interior Department still says vandals ripped at the coating.
01:03The contractor says repairs are covered under warranty.
01:06Back in August, Trump himself posted,
01:08as with many jobs, there was also some contractor error done by rushing the job for a July 4th opening.
01:14So, who should answer for the reflecting pool?
01:16The contractor or the administration that set the deadline?
01:19He's got a huge roof of the outside.
01:19He's got a huge roof of the snow line.
01:19The mayor was the mayor is the first half on the spine.
