Welcome to cnns special live coverage of the tragedy near miami. Im wolf blitzer, near the scene of the 12story condo Building Collapse here in surfside, florida. And im pamela brown in washington. We have a lot of Breaking News to cover this hour, pamela. Well do it together. The Structural Engineering company that inspected the Champlain Towers in 2018 says they also gave estimates back in june of 2020 for the buildings 40year recertification. The consultant only provides Engineering Consulting services, not repair or restoration contracting, the statement said. And they also stated, and im quoting, we are deeply troubled by this Building Collapse and are working closely with the investigating authorities to understand why the structure failed. As we do so, we also continue to pray for all those impacted by this tragic event. Tonight, surfside officials are warning residents of a Sister Building, the Champlain Towers north, and theyre warning them to evacuate now. We have a full team
What they did should be a problem for them. They should be being investigated. And nearly a hundred people, still, missing in florida after the collapse of a 12story Condo Building. The latest on the desperate searchandrescue effort when all in starts right now. Good evening, from new york. Im chris hayes. You know, its the kind of thing we really do not see happen often, anymore. This afternoon, the president of the United States, President Joe Biden, walked out to the white house driveway. Surrounded by democratic and republican senators. To announce they have a deal. A big, bipartisan, legislative deal on infrastructure. This reminds me of the days we used to get an awful lot done up in the United States congress. We actually work get bipartisan deals. Bipartisan deals means compromise. Are you confident that you are going to have all the democrats support in the senate . Im not confident of anything. Now, were going to get into the details of the deal, which includes 579 billion in
In a separate ruling, the Supreme Court unanimously is ruling that philadelphia must accommodate a Catholic Foster Care Agency that is refusing to place children with samesex couples. Big issues at question there. Jessica schneider is live In Washington with all of the details as they come in. Focus in on the obamacare ruling, please. The Supreme Court saving the Affordable Care act, once again this morning. Doing it with a2 decision. The latest challenge of the law, that was put in place, the latest challenge is invalid because the justices are saying that the plaintiffs here, including republicanled states, didnt have the injury, or the legal standing, to bring this case. The Affordable Care act remains in effect. And the 20 million that have conch coverage under obamacare, they will continue to have coverage because of the Supreme Courts decision this morning. Its possible that republicans or other plaintiffs might find a way to challenge this law at some point. For now, it stands.
After finding he made Demon Straably false statements about the election while serving as an attorney to former president donald trump. And following a story where a fire is burning at the site of a partial Building Collapse near miami. Rescuers are searching for doeses of people who are still missing. At least one person is dead. Well have a live report from the scene in just a few minutes. We begin this hour and a very busy thursday in washington with the very latest. Joining us now Nbc News National Political reporter on capitol hill and the White House Correspondent for the pbs newshour and also an msnbc political analyst, was at that event with the president and had a chance to ask him a question. But first, i want to try to understand what is being described as a framework agreement. What more do we know about this . What does it look like . And do people genuinely believe it has the votes to get through the house and senate . Reporter its very significant for President Joe Biden
After finding he made Demon Straably false statements about the election while serving as an attorney to former president donald trump. And following a story where a fire is burning at the site of a partial Building Collapse near miami. Rescuers are searching for doeses of people who are still missing. At least one person is dead. Well have a live report from the scene in just a few minutes. We begin this hour and a very busy thursday in washington with the very latest. Joining us now Nbc News National Political reporter on capitol hill and the White House Correspondent for the pbs newshour and also an msnbc political analyst, was at that event with the president and had a chance to ask him a question. But first, i want to try to understand what is being described as a framework agreement. What more do we know about this . What does it look like . And do people genuinely believe it has the votes to get through the house and senate . Reporter its very significant for President Joe Biden