cnn s live-special coverage of the tragedy near miami continues, this hour. i m pamela brown in washington. and i m wolf blitzer here, in surfside, florida. scene of the stunning collapse that turned this 12-story condo into a smoking pile of rubble, in a matter of only seconds. within the past hour, the miami-dade county mayor, daniella levine cava gave an update on the victims of this tragedy. listen to this. our teams have been working, around the clock, as always, to search for survivors. they have not stopped. and today, our search-and-rescue teams found another body in the rubble. and, as well, our search has revealed some human remains. the process of identifying these victims is very difficult. we are going to be relying on dna testing, and that is why we ve, already, been gathering dna samples from the family members. so, they have all participated, and provided dna to assist us in the identification. this allows us to do rapid-dna test testing, onsite, for bodie
heartbreaking to speak to the families, to speak to the loved ones who are still missing. it is awful indeed. like all of the viewers, my heart goes out to them. jim, we still don t know why or how this happened, but we are learning three years ago an engineer did raise concerns what was described as structural damage of this florida complex behind me. this triggers new concerns about the sister condo building just a block away. they re telling residents to evacuate out of that building out of an abundance of caution, and they re also cautioning that it might take months to know for sure what went so horribly wrong here. some structural engineering experts are weighing in. they re calling the 2018 report truly alarming. we ll have much on that coming up in a few moments. let s begin with that desperate search for survivors. dozens are still unaccounted for and their families are growing more worried and more frustrated clearly by the minute. cnn s randi kaye is here at surfsi
making it that much harder for rescue crews. officials say four people are dead, 159 others are still missing after part of champlain towers south crumbled in the early morning hours on thursday. a newly-released inspector s report warned structural damage to the building in 2018. steve harrigan is life in surfside, florida, with the latest. steve. reporter: jon, day three, no rescues since thursday. the key numbers remain the same, 159 people still missing, four people confirmed dead. officials continue to insist this is a still a search-and-rescue operation. here is the mayor of miami-dade. we continue to have hope. we re continuing to search. we re looking for people alive in the rubble. that is our priority and our teams have not stopped. reporter: officials released a troubling engineering report from three years ago citing major structural damage in the building that collapsed. that there were cracks around the parking area and around the pool deck as well. the mayor
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trump legal battle this hour. in florida, former president is in court as we speak and his legal team is arguing special counsel jack smith classified documents case should be thrown out entirely. meanwhile, over in georgia, we re awaiting a judge s ruling on whether or not to disqualify fulton county day fani willis from the state s election interfere case. this is outnumbered, i m kayleigh mcenany, here with my co-host harris faulkner and emily compagno, joining us former n.f.l. sideline reporter, michele tafoya and attorney and retired nypd inspector paul mauro. we also have this, emily, i ll get to you on audio in a moment. before that, this wall street journal columnist claims lawfare to take down donald trump. latest op-ed reads if democrats limited their initiative to jack smith, conservatives would have absorbed it, however degraded that benchmark, american left never knows when to stop, it is raging get-trump legal assault on every imaginable front. he noted it h