September 9, right now on cnn this morning i think im the only person in the history of government that got it. Died it and my Poll Numbers went up Brandnew Polling on the state of the president ial race. Donald trump enjoying a bump less than two months out from the election the great debate. Now, just one day away, what both candidates have to overcome in this headtohead matchup. And hezbollah attacking from the north, israel. Now hinting they may be preparing to invade lebanon all right 5 00, a. M. On the East Coast a live look at the Nations Capital on this monday morning. Good morning. Hey everyone. Im kasie hunt. Its wonderful to have you with us. The days were flying by in this president ial campaign are just 57 more until election day, one more day until the next major moment, the first and likely possibly only debate between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump harris has been preparing since last week. Shes been saying in pittsburgh she will travel to philadelphia later on today ov
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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
Are following Breaking News from south florida. It is devastating really. Its deadly. Theres been a highrise building that has collapsed in the city of surf side. This is just north of miami beach for context there. And what youre looking at here are live aerial pictures from the scene. You see that Swimming Pool on the left . This part of the building that has fallen down stretched all the way alongside that Swimming Pool. So were talking about a very large chunk of this building that fell down overnight. There is a huge pile of debris, 12 stories in this apartment building. Balconies that had been sawed in half, and were told that at least one person has died. About 100 units in this building, think of it, 39 years old. The collapse happened before 2 00 a. M. New video shows rescue crews pulling a young boy from the rubble. More than 80 Emergency Teams are on the groundworking to find survivors. We have some sort of before and after video. This is what the building looked like before
Horrific thing that ive seen in my life. The wheel thing came down. It looks like a bomb went off but were sure a bomb didnt go off. A brief moment of hope that youre looking at from earlier this morning before the sun came up, that is rescuers pulling a young boy from the rubble alive. Hes one of two people that Authorities Say they have been able to rescue from the debris so far. Take a look at this. This is what the highrise ocean front looked like before the collapse this morning and here it is after the collapse in the aftermath, what is left of the building. Our Layla Santiago is on the scene in surfside, florida, with the latest. So youve been there since right after this happened. What are people telling you . Reporter we learned new numbers. We learned that 35 people were rescued. Two were pulled from the rubble. But when i asked the key question of how many are still missing, officials couldnt give me that answer. They are asking families and friends who have not been able to