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
to the drone strike that killed u.s. troops. so how long until the rest of the country and the world find out what it is. plus, republicans border strategy increasingly fixated on a man instead of a plan. hope surrounding a border deal fade as the house is stepping up efforts to impeach alejandro mayorkas. tempers flaring inside the committee room. we ll take you there in a minute. and a dream vacation turns tragic. at least four people are dead, including a young boy, after a boat carrying tourists sinks off the coast of mexico. so what went wrong? so much to get to. we start with president biden, telling reporters just a short time ago that after several days and multiple meetings with his national security team, he has settled on a plan to punish iran for the deadly drone attack that killed three u.s. service members. now, the details, the timing and matter of that response is still unknown. but here is the president on the south lawn of the white house earlier toda
[inaudible] do you feel that the report went far enough in naming people for accountability? as we know, dps officials outside of the a lot of video and it doesn t seem that this report really touches on their actions. it seems to focus mostly on the . are you concerned about that reaction? i don t understand why they are allowed privacy. my child, those children, they are named in this report because they re dead. everybody should have been named. if i could follow that up, do you think devious is off the hook on this? to any of you just want to it s hard to answer the question because we ve only been given an hour to have to kind of look through the report. so we don t even know if they are mentioned in there or not. we would hope that they are. the cause they were there so we hope that they are accountable for their actions. following up on, that monica madden, cnn, i know that you are still sifting the through the report, but were you hoping that the a
it was the best. the five things you need to know for this wednesday, june 21st. the crew searching for the submersible heard banging sounds underwater yesterday. a canadian aircraft reported a white rectangular object in the water at one point. the search continues as time is running out for the five people on board. e u.s. coast guard once there s only 24 hours of oxygen left. hunter biden strikes a deal with federal prosecutors and republicans are curious. they are claiming double standard is at play at vowing to connue investigating the bidens. a federal judge set a date for donald trump s terminal trial in documents case. cnn poll showing a softening of support for the former president among the public and voters but he still, by far, the clear but manner. u.s. mical experts are recommending all adultunder 65 be seened for anxiety disorders. this comes just after recommendation to screen children eight and above. millions of americans face scorching temperatu
monday s caucus. we will take you to des moines for the latest. plus today marks 100 days since hamas launched its deadly raid into israel, killing and kidnapping hundreds of people. we will look at how the families of those still being held hostage are making the day. and we re live in taiwan to see how voters there shrugged off warnings from china and reelected the ruling water for the third consecutive term. announcer: live from atlanta this is cnn newsroom with kim brunhuber. the very first nominating contest of the 2024 u.s. presidential election is tomorrow. iowa s republican caucuses and a new poll finds that donald trump is still the man to beat, but it s unlikely his competitors in the midwestern state will do so. the des moines register, nbc news poll shows trump s support at a whopping 48%. nikki haley is a distant second with 20% and ron desantis is in third at 16%. but the state has been hit with dangerous winter weather. iowa s capital, des moi