It probably had the same materials. It probably had the same plans, and you know, people are asking me, is the building safe . And i cant tell them it is safe. I cant tell them that. Reporter the families affected by this, fred, are not only wondering about the conditions of their loved ones but also whether this could have been prevented, and were getting new details today that shine a light on the condition of the building before it collapsed. Actually, dating back to 2018. A Structural Field survey that was conducted of the condo warned of cracking in some of the columns that were in the pool deck. An engineer arguing that Major Repairs were going to be needed, repairs that were apparently going to begin before the unthinkable happened as we take a look at these images of rescue crews literally standing atop 11 stories of what used to be homes. We have a full team on the ground right now as the search for survivors continues. Lets start with cnns randi kaye. Shes not far from where
More than 60 hours since the collapse took place. Rescue teams are battling fires which greatly complicated the effort to find survivors. We are facing incredible difficulties with the fire. The fire has been going on for awhile. It is a very deep fire. It is extremely difficult to locate the source of the fire. There are new concerns about the condos sister building, nearly identical building located a block away from the collapse. Officials are saying that building should be evacuated until a structural investigation can be done. Has the same name, same developer, probably had the same materials. Probably had the same plans. And people are asking me is the building safe. I cant tell them it is safe. I cant tell them that. One of the Big Questions thats outstanding is how this could happen. Were getting details today about exactly what may have been happening in the pool deck of the building. Structural field survey was done in 2018 and warned of cracking in certain columns. An engine
Development linking trumps legal team to a Voting System breach in a rural georgia county. Zach, what can you tell us . Reporter fred, coffee county, georgia is heavily republican where trump won over 70 of the vote there. But after the 2020 election, allies of donald trump and his attorneys tried to get access to a Voting System there and ultimately were successful in that. And these new Text Messages are in the possession of prosecutors now lay out that plan and connect trumps attorneys like sydney powell, Rudy Giuliani to this Planning Process and effort to get access to Voting Systems. It lays out how in the days before the breach, even before 2021, the attorneys were trying to get written information from a local official there. Connecting some of the dots showing this was more of a topdown effort to get access from machines rather than just a sporadic random oneoff. Trumps attorneys now more connected to this breach than we knew previously. So how are spinks expected to play out
Thanks for joining me today. Im a Marquee Mendez in for frederica. What field weve got a lot to get through, and were going to start this hour with another critical week on the Campaign Trail. And on capitol hill, former President Donald Trump continues his march towards clinching the gop president ial nomination, sweeping three more states on saturday, his campaign is now aiming to build up an insurmountable lead in two days from now, Super Tuesday, when voters in 15 states and one us territory head to the polls nearly a third of all republican delegates will be handed out. And despite just getting a fraction of the republican delegates so far, nikki haley is hanging around today. Shes dropping hints that she may stick around even if she doesnt win any states on tuesday ive always said this needs to be competitive as long as we are competitive, as long as we are showing that there is a place for us, im going to continue to fight. Thats always been the case. Would you see yourself as c
He was abducted thursday morning while serving in their Community Near the capital of haiti. I want to bring in cnn National Correspondent athena jones for the latest on this. What are officialsg about this alleged abduction . Reporter hi, frederica. We know u. S. Authorities are working with our haitian counterparts and agencies to try to resolve this crisis. We dont know or it is unclear who is responsible for this kidnapping and whether theyve made any demands, whether for ransom or anything else. We do have a statement from the christian humanitarian organizationriginally from New Hampshire that alex was working for. Ey say alex is a deeply comp compassionate person. She has worked tirelessly to bring relief to the suffering of people of haiti in the name of jesus. Their highest priority is to return safely alex and her child. They want to limit the information they provided. They say it happened thursday morning at the campus near the capitol of portauprince. The context of all of