An Exercise in Fact Finding

When I saw the headlines that Donald Trump was rescued from an elevator in Colorado Springs, I didn't think much about it.  But, then I saw the following Facebook post that my cousin reacted to:

After reading through the article, I thought this might be a great opportunity to seek out some facts before coming to any conclusions.  So, I wanted to know: 

• What did Donald Trump actually say about the fire marshall?  Were his words taken out of context? (The article above had very little of what Mr. Trump actually said.)
• What was the actual listing of the location for this event?  Did it include the room?
• If the room was identified in the listing, is there a public posting (preferably online) of the capacity of the room? (The article does state a capacity, but I wanted a primary source.)
• How many tickets were given to the event?  Were they limited to the size of the room?

An Example for Close Reading: Trump/Stephanopoulos Interview

After observing the news about what Donald Trump said in an interview with George Stephanopoulus when asked what he would say to Khizr Kahn, I was exposed to an interesting claim on CNN by Scottie Hughes.  She claimed that, in the interview, Mr. Trump said that he was sorry for their family's loss and we honor his service (prior to responding to the question, "What would you say to that father?").

Since this claim was based on the transcript of the interview (full text transcript and introduction by Mr. Trump's campaign below), I quickly thought, "What a great chance to examine someone's claim about a non-fiction text!  This is what I might consider an opportunity to practice close reading myself." (NOTE: I am no expert on close reading, so please correct me if I am wrong.)

I found the transcript of the interview on Mr. Trump's website (full text of introduction and interview below).  After reading the web page, I noticed the text contained another claim about the interview that states, "As shown in the full transcript, Mr. Trump doesn’t compare his sacrifices to anybody else’s, and in fact praises Mr. Khan and wishes him well."  Now there are two claims to investigate, so off I went to reading the interview...searching for evidence of each of these claims.