News you are in the Cnn Newsroom. Im Jessica Dean in New York and we begin with Breaking News in growing fears of what may be next in the middle east, just moments ago, has bloc announcing it launched long range missiles from lebanon toward jerusalem. After the confirmed death lets top leader Hassan Nasrallah and in israel in an israeli airstrike in Beirut Yesterday tonight, there are questions about what remains of Hezbollahs Leadership and what a potential response might look like. For Israels Part moments ago, prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said israel has arrived at a quote, historic turning point, saying that israel is killing was necessary for achieving its goals me, she up kid bono in iran or the middle east. The long arm of israel will not reach and today, you already know about true. This is a machine the wreck could that be all of this is the u. S. State department is ordering nonemergency employees and their Family Members to leave lebanon immediately we have Team Coverag
Shock. I was in a deep sleep and i heard an incredible bang. And we opened up the door from our apartment and there was a huge pile of rubble. And dust. And just havoc. Grabbed the Childrenen A St and started running out the door and everybody was screaming and panicking. Everybody was here but the wife and three children, 2, 6 and 9. Were they here visiting . Doct yes, vacation. Im just asking god because they are in the affected area. And there are still many questions. Chief among them, what could have caused such catastrophic failure . One experts opinion, corrosion of steel. And it means that the building was assumed by the series of pillars. So if the pillars fail, everything fails. So that is exactly what it looked like. And i seen the failures like that, hundreds of them like that. And this is right next to the ocean and also that area collapses also a sign. So corrosion of the reinforcement will compromise the capacity of Thec Column Fai fails. And of course it is still a Fran
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
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
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