a department of transportation official. here s that voice mail. calling to share with you some information about the fiu pedestrian bridge and some cracking that s been observed on the north end of the stand, pylon end of that span we moved this weekend. so we ve taken a look at it, and obviously some repairs or whatever will have to be done, but from a safety perspective, we don t see that there s any issue there. so a lot of discussion about the crack in the bridge, which seems to have been known to just about everybody, but the ntsb at this point is saying it is still too early to blame the collapse on that crack, julie. julie: how long, steve, before they know who is responsible? the ntsb says it is going to take at least one week to wrap up its investigation on site, and further investigation is going to continue on. you can hear those heavy jackhammers behind me. this is a slow process for a couple of reasons. first, there s 2 million pounds of concrete that came down all
department of transportation official. real concerns about that voice mail message which actually came two days before the collapse of the bridge. it was not heard though by the department of transportation official until the day after collapse. so, there was knowledge about a crack but right now according to ntsb officials they are investigating they can t whether that crack that was noticed in advance was the actual cause of this bridge collapse. eboni, back to you. eboni: certainly as this investigation continues the time line in all of those things will be of great, great importance. leland? leland: coming up, president trump fresh off his trip to inspect prototypes for the massive southern border wall. once funding for it is part of an immigration deal. so what s holding up that grand bargain? and, with an fbi assistant director fired late last night, president trump said it was a great day for democracy. ellison barber at the white house on anything but a slow saturday. hi, ell
things. julie: steve now live from miami with more and this is just a tragic story because there were people who are still missing, loved ones calling around to hospital to hospital and unfortunately fearing for the worst. julie, you re right, there is agony for those families who are still waiting to find out if their loved ones are dead or alive or still underneath the bridge and, of course, the identification process is enormously difficult when you two millions pounds of concrete crushed on them and cars have been removed with real dignity, chaplain prayer and they are moving carefully and slowly here. they are actually going to takes 2 hours to pull the next two cars out. they are trying to do what they can. as you mentioned, a lot of focus is what caused the bridge to collapse and did a crack in the bridge have anything to do with it, a lot of attention on who might have known about the crack, there was a voicemail message sent on a tuesday, two days before the collapse from an
a department of transportation official. here s that voice mail. calling to share with you some information about the fiu pedestrian bridge and some cracking that s been observed on the north end of the stand, pylon end of that span we moved this weekend. so we ve taken a look at it, and obviously some repairs or whatever will have to be done, but from a safety perspective, we don t see that there s any issue there. so a lot of discussion about the crack in the bridge, which seems to have been known to just about everybody, but the ntsb at this point is saying it is still too early to blame the collapse on that crack, julie. julie: how long, steve, before they know who is responsible? the ntsb says it is going to take at least one week to wrap up its investigation on site, and further investigation is going to continue on. you can hear those heavy jackhammers behind me. this is a slow process for a couple of reasons. first, there s 2 million pounds
great lakes region are seeing lake effect snow and frigid temperatures right now. in western pennsylvania, whiteout conditions are being blamed for a massive, look at this, 59-car pileup yesterday. according to a department of transportation official, 22 tractor-trailers and 37 cars were involved in that crash. all right, let s get a check on the weather now with bill karins. if that s just a taste of what s to come, let s stop this winter now. i don t know. actually, we re watching our first coast-to-coast storm. we had the snow go from the west coast to the east coast, but in oregon and california, they are dealing with rain and snow, depending on where you are. in oregon, for them, they had two to three inches, even at the low elevations. just like areas of the east, first winter driving skills are a little lacking and roads are really difficult. so let s get into the forecast. we re still dealing with our first arctic blast, second will come after the snowstorm on saturday and