You have 3 business days to back out of any business deal. Legally.

it is also the shit head land lords duty to take care of it, get an extermanter and send him the bill, then use the land lord of he doesn't pay, good luck to you bud

Alaska doesn't have snakes, termites, cockroaches and pretty much any other pest. You can leave your food out and the worst that can happen is a bug land on it. There still are stinkbugs, spider, gnats, flies, and bees.

You should sue them

The landlord is required to handle the problem or let you out of the contract it the law

After living in a house infested with cockroaches, I feel your pain, OP! The best solution to the problem that I found is to go to Walmart (or your equivalent) and look for "bug bombs". They're basically little fumigators in an aerosol, and they work like a charm. Just take your girlfriend (and any pets) out for a day on the town, and come back in the evening to no cockroaches! :)

You can take him to court for not holding up the contract of the lease. It's the landlord's responsibility.

Legally, a landlord is required to pay for an exterminator in a situation like that. If they refuse to, tell them that you've spoken to a lawyer and will file a lawsuit if necessary. Usually just hearing words like 'lawyer' and 'lawsuit' is enough to get your landlord to take you seriously. They know they're legally responsible and would rather pay to have a problem resolved than call your bluff and risk having to pay for court fees in addition to having to pay to have a problem fixed. I broke the lease on my last apartment because I was living in a bad neighborhood and had been trying to get my landlord to fix the broken locks on my front door. Several apartments in the building had been broken into already and I didn't want to live there or deal with my asshole landlord for another 4 months. When I went to explain to him why I was breaking my lease, I told him I had already talked to my lawyer, even though I hadn't, and was ready to fight in court if he tried to sue me for back rent. I also told him I would take him to court if he didn't refund my security deposit. It was obvious he was pissed, but he never said one word to me about breaking my lease and immediately wrote a check to refund my security deposit.

he is most certainly still responsible for ensuring the safety of his renters. take him to court. especially because of the baby.

By law in most places, he has to provide "habitable" space, and that wouldn't be considered habitable, so there's no contract - he voided it. Take lots of pictures of the infestation, find another place and if he doesn't like it, tell him to sue you. Countersue for costs of moving again, time wasted responding to his suit and anything else you can think to pile on. Maybe next time he'll clean the place before putting it up for rent.