rescue saying they understand the frustration and it s not intentional for them to be pointed out and blamed for this, but these families are just really clinging to any sort of miracle. that a miracle will happen here in the coming days. but as the hours tick by, of course, as we ve been watching it all along here over the weekend since that building collapsed, these family members some of them are starting to lose hope. john. you know, nick, the officials i have spoken with, they know that the families are frustrated and angry and hurt and they also know that there are times when they may be the focus of the anger and frustration and they understand. they understand these families are just looking for answers and they understand at times that may be acted out upon them and they re going to keep working as hard as they can to look for survivors as long as they can. nick valencia, please give our records to the families there. for more information on how you
empty handed. we are still very much so in a rescue mode. fire and rescue telling us that they have not officially yet entered a recovery process. john. all right, nick valencia. meanwhile a clloud clap of thunr at the site. the conditions have pin very hard for the irk wiworkers to g through. developing overnight past warnings of possible structural damage to champlain towers south and the response from officials. in november of 2018 a surfside town inspector assured residents that the building was in, quote, very good shape, just one month after an engineering report said there was major structural damage to the property. one of the reporters who broke that story is joining me now, npr correspondent brian. thanks for being with us. thanks for having me, john.
or five days. all of this is coming together, i m not sure we ll know for sure, at least not quickly what happened, but this is what engineers are saying. john, thank you. you ve bhad incredible intervies this morning. we re also following what is happening in washington this morning. president biden s tight rope walk through congress. his infrastructure deal on the line. and self-professed student of history and not exactly making the grade. cnn puts the facts first, next. so then i said to him, you oughta customize your car insurance with liberty mutual, so you only pay for what you need. hot dog or. chicken? only pay for what you need. liberty. liberty. liberty. liberty.
near the bottom of the tower could have triggered a structural avalanche his wife frantically called him saying the building was shaking and she saw the deck of the swimming pool cave in shortly before the line went dead. the collapse has created high rise anxiety in florida and across the country over the safety of these buildings. the city of miami is urging immediate inspections for buildings more than six stories tall and older than 40 years. let s get to cnn s nick valencia at the family reunification center. six bus loads of family members came here to the site so families can see it for themselves. yeah, it was an emotional turning point, john, for some of those family members who arrived at the site. some feeling as though they have been misled or given a false sense of hope by these first responders as to exactly what
when asthma symptoms strike, airways narrow. and there s less breathing room. primatene mist opens airways quickly. get the #1 fda approved over-the-counter asthma inhaler. i m john berman live in surfside, florida. behind me not far is the work site where rescue teams are still digging through the rubble looking for possible survivors, holding out hope even five days after the collapse at champlain towers south. you have snow birds, people from south america, a large jewish community here in this neighborhood. two people still unaccounted for in the surfside building collapse are congrugnts of