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
Tonight, we will get the majority of the results. At the white house, President Trump and Vice President pence are hosting 400 supporters. The president is expected to talk later tonight. At the chase center in wilmington, delaware, a party for the biden harris ticket. The former Vice President is at home with his wife jill. They have been joined by senator , harris and her husband. The che center is where they spoke at the conclusion of the Democratic National attention. Thank you for joining us. We will be here all night with and concessiony speeches and most importantly, your voices. We want to hear from you about this election cycle, about your experience voting. The issues that are important. Here is how you can participate in our program. 202 is our area code. 748 if you are supporting vice there is biden, another number. If you are supporting a thirdparty, did not vote, or neither candidate appealed to you and you did not vote for either one, here is the number for you to call.
Good morning. I appreciate you all of my colleagues being here promptly. As you know, our democratic colleagues informed the Committee Last night they will not participate the hearing. That was their choice. It will be my choice to vote the nominee out of committee. Were not going to allow them to take over the committee. They made a choice not to participate after allowing judge barrett four days, 22 days to be questioned. I thought she did an exceptionally good job of handling the questions asked. I thought she was aggressively challenged but not inappropriately. I want to complement my democratic colleagues for not going down the kavanaugh road. I want to complement the republican members of this committee for asking questions that mattered to you about showing tremendous amount of discipline to make sure that on our side the hearing went well. Each of you, when this is over, i hope you feel like a sense of accomplishment. This is why we all run. Its moments like this that make ever
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Watch booktv this weekend on cspan2. Senate debate on Amy Coney Barretts nomination begins at noon eastern. Republicans on the Senate Judiciary committee voted yesterday to move the nomination from the committee to the floor for consideration. Democrats boycotted the vote. The committee voted to authorize subpoenas for the heads of tech and social media companies. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] good morning. I appreciate all of my colleagues being here properly. As you know, our democratic colleagues informed the Committee Last night they will not participate in the hearing. That was their choice. It will be my choice to vote the nominee out of committee. Were not going to allow them to take over the committee. They made a choice not to participate after allowing judge barrett four days, two days to the question. I thought she did an exceptionally good job of handling the questions asked. I thought she was aggressively challenged but not inappropriately. What to co