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 the most important part of the program. So join our life conversation for the next half hour by using the hash tall aj real money on twitter. Less than eight days before a debt ceiling meltdown. Your elected leaders have not agreed to , but post sides are talking again. The problem, that may not be enough to placate the american consumer, people like you and me who are the backbone of this countrys economy. Sentiment fell to the lowest since january. Hundreds of federal workers have been furloughed and many more continue to work without pay. Millions more are just plain worried that the government crisis could implode the entire economy, a real possibility if the u. S. Starts to default on its debt. Twothirds of all Economic Activity comes from Consumer Spending. People like you and me going out and shopping in that vain, the fact that retail sales rose by 2. 3 should give us pause. The back to School Season is seen as a good indicator of what retailers should expect for the import
Including children, and over 200 were rescued. Secretary of state kerry made a visit can president had a made karzai of afghanistan today. They hope to complete negotiations at the end of october. India is bracing for cyclone phailen. Its expected to be the equivalent of a category five hurricane. And the opcw was the winner of the nobel peace prize. The organization prohibition of cremchemical weapons won the pee prize. Weve have real money with ali velshi. Consumer confidence drops to an all time low. Will americans start closing their wallets right before the holidays, plus making sense of Interest Rates. Why most of us want to refinance mortgages now and how craft beer makers are brewing up innovative ways to raise money. Im tony harris in for ali velshi, and this is real money. This is real money and you are the most important part of the program. So join our life conversation for the next half hour by using the hash tall aj real money on twitter. Less than eight days before a deb
The show. Congress found away to end the Government Shutdown and get workers back on the job. But millions of americans remain unemployed. And as far as we know the unply Unemployment Rate is below 6 . The septembers job report is scheduled for release on tuesday. The job growth has been inconsistent with big gains in one month offset by another month. We should add 200,000 or more net new jobs a months. That means the jobs added and the jobs su sub strablghtd trac. Well tuesdays jobs report will kick off the release of a flood of other data that was backed up in washington. Ahead of that report i asked austin for his insight on the job market. He is the former chairman of the president s council offed a adv. Austin good to see you. Im going to spare you and the viewers from any further discussion of a sense of a shutdown and the debt ceiling debate. Lets have you fill in the blank for us this is an important time in our economy. Okay. We need to know what is happening and what consume
New York City’s buildings are fine after a 4.8 magnitude earthquake on Friday, but they aren’t all created equally, according to Troy Morgan, an adjunct professor at Columbia University’s civil engineering department.