Shock. I was in a deep sleep and i heard an incredible bang. And we opened up the door from our apartment and there was a huge pile of rubble. And dust. And just havoc. Grabbed the Childrenen A St and started running out the door and everybody was screaming and panicking. Everybody was here but the wife and three children, 2, 6 and 9. Were they here visiting . Doct yes, vacation. Im just asking god because they are in the affected area. And there are still many questions. Chief among them, what could have caused such catastrophic failure . One experts opinion, corrosion of steel. And it means that the building was assumed by the series of pillars. So if the pillars fail, everything fails. So that is exactly what it looked like. And i seen the failures like that, hundreds of them like that. And this is right next to the ocean and also that area collapses also a sign. So corrosion of the reinforcement will compromise the capacity of Thec Column Fai fails. And of course it is still a Fran
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
We can stand under the American Flag as one. And we would like the American Flag to represent us because we feel it dont. Thank you, rodney. And as we bring his cousin sharita. Please understand this is only one step in getting accountability at the criminal level. The federal charges are still pending. So i do believe that when philonise and terrence and rodney say the maximum, it is still attainable to get maximum accountability for george floyd. Maximum accountability for george floyd maximum accountability for george floyd maximum accountability for george floyd maximum accountability for george floyd maximum accountability for george floyd maximum accountability for george floyd now you will hear from his cousin sherita tate. Hello, everybody. I wont spend a whole lot of time sort of reiterating what my family has already said. I think they have spoke very eloquently about how we dealt with this last year, and our Thought Processes as it relates to the amount of time that Derek Ch
It be . It would be i miss you and i love him. What was going through your head . When you had your knee on my brothers neck. When you knew that he posed no threat anymore, yet he was handcuffed, why didnt you at least get up . My sons identity has also been reduced to that as of that as a racist. I want this court to know my none of these things are true. When you sentence my son, you will also be sentencing me. The court then heard briefly from Derek Chauvin himself. At this time due to some additional legal matters at hand, im not able to give a full formal statement at this time. But very briefly though, i to want to give my condolences to the floyd family. There is going to be some other information in the future that would be of interest, and i hope things will give you some peace of mind. Thank you. No one quite knows what that inference was to other information he was talking about. Late this afternoon President Biden, who has become close to members of the floyd family, host t
Trump organization expecting to be hit with criminal charges as soon as next week and his team is lashing out. New reaction as Derek Chauvin is sentenced to 22. 5 years for the death of george floyd. Floyds family is saying its not enough, but it wont be long before hes back in court. This right here, this 22year sentence they gave to him today, that hurts me to death. And have aliens visited earth . Well, its complicated. The longawaited ufo report and what the findings could mean to our National Security as we say good morning, everybody, to saturday, june 26th. Im kendis gibson. And im lindsey reiser. Sometimes i feel a little alien. You do. Im not sure it was reassuring. Look. We knew we werent going to get a ton of answers because so much of the report is classified. Thats true, but we got a lot of questions out of this, which is a little freaky. Theres in the report a Catchall Bucket for everything we cant identify. Were going to put it in the we dont know category. We have a tea