Fires, shifting materials, Twisted Steel and water up to their waist at some points. Yeah, theyre searching for people in there. Theyre searching for mothers and fathers and brothers and sisters, children. Officials say they have heard sounds from underneath the debris. They are not confirming exactly what those sounds are. They said it is very possible the debris moving, metal, concrete, et cetera. But, with that news, Family Members are doing their best to hold on to hope. There is hope. Its just dwindling by the minute. There is a certain hope in the air but it is a very strange kind of a feeling. Ive rarely had this feeling except in the war zone. Were dealing day by day, theyre now finding more and more people and i hope and pray theyre found soon and everything is good. Those poor, poor people. Officials say that President Biden has been receiving updates on this. Hes expected to address the tragedy there later today at the white house. We dont know yet if he will then go on to v
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
Functional and humane immigration system. We feel very strongly about that. And as you know, we inherited a tough situation, and in five months weve made progress. Theres much more work to be done, but weve made progress. Charles joining the panel, deputy Editorial Page Editor dan henninger, kim strassel and gillian turner. Kim, theyve made progress from the awful situation they inherited. Absolutely crazy. Harris has two jobs this trip. She had to go down there just to be there the, to clean up the mess that she hadnt, get down there before donald trump in a few days, but also to convince people that we a hand they have a handle on this problem, and she was uncompelling. We heard a lot about root causes but not much about the fact that they have reversed a lot of the policies that were, in fact, stopping surges like this. Finish and a lot of the other root causes she addressed is things like Immigration Reform or fixing places like guatemala. Americans understand are things that are n
Functional and humane immigration system. We feel very strongly about that. And as you know, we inherited a tough situation, and in five months weve made progress. Theres much more work to be done, but weve made progress. Charles joining the panel, deputy Editorial Page Editor dan henninger, kim strassel and gillian turner. Kim, theyve made progress from the awful situation they inherited. Absolutely crazy. Harris has two jobs this trip. She had to go down there just to be there the, to clean up the mess that she hadnt, get down there before donald trump in a few days, but also to convince people that we a hand they have a handle on this problem, and she was uncompelling. We heard a lot about root causes but not much about the fact that they have reversed a lot of the policies that were, in fact, stopping surges like this. Finish and a lot of the other root causes she addressed is things like Immigration Reform or fixing places like guatemala. Americans understand are things that are n
Functional and humane immigration system. We feel very strongly about that. And as you know, we inherited a tough situation, and in five months weve made progress. Theres much more work to be done, but weve made progress. Charles joining the panel, deputy Editorial Page Editor dan henninger, kim strassel and gillian turner. Kim, theyve made progress from the awful situation they inherited. Absolutely crazy. Harris has two jobs this trip. She had to go down there just to be there the, to clean up the mess that she hadnt, get down there before donald trump in a few days, but also to convince people that we a hand they have a handle on this problem, and she was uncompelling. We heard a lot about root causes but not much about the fact that they have reversed a lot of the policies that were, in fact, stopping surges like this. Finish and a lot of the other root causes she addressed is things like Immigration Reform or fixing places like guatemala. Americans understand are things that are n