To sit down with the journalist to face tough questions. The latest from the Campaign Trail in just a moment. Plus jack smith files an appeal asking the 11th Circuit Court of appeals to reinstate the Trump Classified Documents Case. And the chair of the Georgia Democratic party joins me about their challenge about new rules to the Election Board and how those changes could impact vote this is november. Good to be with you. Im katy tur there for Andrea Mitchell. With the election just 70 days away, donald trump and j. D. Vance are picking up pace. Visiting michigan, wisconsin and pennsylvania and as Kamala Harris heads to georgia with her running mate tim walz. Harris is out with two now ads on the economy, trying to eat into Donald Trumps polling lead. Where she admits the Cost Of Living is too high. And touts her plans to make things cheaper. Shes also trying to tackle another issue trump holds better on, that is immigration. But did texas just make that harder . As a judge there temp
Attempting to figure out, to explain, how this might have happened. In the meantime, Family Members are holding onto hope, and they are desperately waiting for answers. My nephew was here with a wife and three four children. Im just asking god. My mom is an absolutely amazing person. Shes a fighter, and she fights for every single one of us. And we wont stop, until we wont stop fighting, until we find her. I want to get, now, to sanjay and cnn correspondent, rosa flores also there at the scene of the building collapse. Rosa and sanjay, this is you know, this is heartbreaking to hear from these families. And there are, still, so many questions about what happened here. No doubt, brianna. And rosas been here since yesterday morning. It is tough, i just have to say, listening to those Family Members. I cant even imagine if your if you dont know, at this point. And that is the case for 99 people, theyre still unaccounted for. I i wonder, do we have any more insight, as to what, exactly, ha
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
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
What we have learned is that three years ago, an engineer warned of major structural damage at the complex. And now there are concerns about the condos Sister Building a block away. Surfsides mayor says residents there should evacuate out of an abundance of caution. Family members wait to hear word of loves ones as rescuers are bringing in dogs to sniff through the debris. Cnns wolf blitzer joins us from surfside. Wolf, the big news today, an engineer warned three years ago that there were major structural problems at this complex. Wolf, what do you see down there on your end of things . What you see when you get here, jim, is so much worse than you can even imagine with the pictures, because you see that rubble, it is so, so heartbreaking, just to wonder what happened and why it happened. Its heartbreaking all around. Very, very sad. And i suspect things are about to get even worse as we watch what happens in the coming hours. Experts are cautioning that it may take months, months to