building adjacent building was scheduled for demolition. means if it took out a support wall of this structure, we are not sure yet. it is unclear this building was scheduled for demolition, clearly, if there were people inside. here s the other thing, you can look at sort of the right-hand wall where those firefighters are standing seems to have collapsed outwards towards the street. you see the white truck. it is possible they could have been out on the street as opposed to the building. we have no idea whether that building had been evacuated of its residents or there were people inside. we do know there were eight-to-ten people apparently trapped. cnn s don lemmon joins me. this has to have the philadelphia fire responders, police responders and all emergency responders really very concerned about this entire neighborhood. yeah, i utesed to li used to
welcome, everybody. starting point this morning is the historic day for the supreme court this morning at 10:00 eastern time we ll find out the fate of president obama s health care law. it is a law that will affect every american in this country. we have coverage from all angles this morning. the team, the former senior advisor to bill clinton and worked for the administration when president clinton was proposing his health care reform plan in 1993. dr. sanjay gupta is with us, cnn s chief medical correspondent and also in his free time a practicing neurosurgeon at a public hospital and worked in the white house during the clinton administration and will cain, an attorney and columnist at the the blaze.com and following the case closely. this morning the supreme court will decide whether all or part of the president s affordable care act is constitutional. politically it is considered the signature legislation of president obama s time in office. likely to be as well a cen
building code in the united states. reporter: just north of the world trade center site is building number seven, the headquarters for silverstein properties. and in here completely different from the last one, certainly wider and a lot more security. you look at the stairs, they seem to be inordinately wide. they are. they re 20% wider than code requires. reason for that is what we learned on 9/11 and that is fire responders coming up the stairs are impeded by people who want to come down the stairs. unlike the twin towers that were erected for the original trade center which were secured and protected by wall board, plaster board on their exterior, what we have here are, are lode-bearing walls that are at least 2 feet thicker. each wall is impregnated with 70
perimeter that will run to the top of the building. designed and built to a standard, never before seen. and building number 7 this is headquarters for silverstein properties. here, completely different from the other one, certainly wider and a lot more security. you look at the stairs, they seem to be inordinately wide. they are, they are 20% wider than code requires and the reason is what we learned on 9/11 and that is, fire responders coming up the stairs, are impeded by people who want to come down the stairs. unlike the twin towers, that were erected, from the original trade center, which was secured, and protected by wallboard or plaster board, on the exterior, what we have here, are
column we have done reinforcement inspections of this. they formed it up. they form the formed concrete. they let the concrete set and remove the forms. that s what you will see here. tower four is just going to be under 1,000 feet. you have see columns on the perimeter that will run all the way up to the top of the building. designed and built to a standard that s totally beyond building code in the united states. shepard: just north of the world trade center site is building number seven. the headquarters for silverstein properties. shepard: and in here completely different from the last one, certainly wider and a lot more security. well, you look at the stairs, they seem to be inordinately wide. shepard: they are. they are 20% wider than code requires. reason for that is what we learned on 9/11 and that is fire responders coming up the stairs are impeded by people who want to come down the stairs. unlike the twin towers, that we