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Storm that it led to officials deciding to demolish the rest of the building and opened up the new areas to search? >> reporter: it was the surfside mayor that called it a blessing in disguise the fact that the storm threatened to hit her harder forces them to bring that building down and get to that rescue effort accelerated and seen in the last 36 hours 18 more individuals recovered. last night ten. this is a process now with sunshine out here the crews are measure ably to access this ground h...

Out of the rubble. >> fair enough. understandable attitude im sure a lot of families involved appreciate. let me ask you. how did the saturday night implosion of the rest of the tower change whats going on on the pile? what i think how the search is being conducted? >> completely. you know, a couple days ago i met with governor desantis and agreed that given the storm to blow the building down on top of the pile creating a catastrophe for the rescue i went to mayor cava who had been told three w...

On that offer but right now, we continue to work with the condominium board to make sure that, well we cant make sure but well do everything we can to look at the structural systems, including ground penetrating radar, the columns, the beams, the slabs, and try to get our arms around what may be happening, what did happen, and but like i said, we have some concerns about not just some, but deep concerns about that building especially given we dont know what has happened there. but our engineer i...

Family members pulled out. governor desantis, i met with yesterday, thank you, lieutenant, for coming today and governor desantis wants to supplement the charitable efforts that are ongoing now and asked me to work on that project. his concern is nobody fall through the cracks with respect to funding, so there are significant donors that i will be working with and we will be working to supplement all of the funds that are available to the families and make sure that everybody gets what they need...

Would be a real, real hazard and i would imagine it would likely cause them to do work stoppage. so taking the building down, given the fact that the storm is coming and given the fact you were going to have to do this anyway, is the prudent thing to do and i think it will lead to the most -- the course of action that most minimally disrupts the rescue efforts. >> when will the building come down. >> whats that? >> when will the building come down? >> all i know kevin is working with mayors burk...

Transportation engineers to examine the remaining structure and propose different paths forward for demolition. im pleased to announce the state will pay for all costs associated with the demolition of the remaining structure. yesterday we spoke with both county mayor cava and city mayor burketts teams, and im supportive of it. i think its the right thing to do. its too unsafe to let people go back in. i know there were a lot of people who were able to get out, unfortunately, who have things the...

Morning and how did they receive this news. >> the second question im going to let mayor cava talk about because mayor cava talked to those individuals. >> emergency management, we make the best decision at the time, and im mayor the mayor made the best decision at the time. another contractor-- not a contractor, but set of engineers gave a new briefing which allowed there to be a opportunity, and i want to let mayor cava give the details. explosives or a wrecking ball? >> ill let the mayor talk...

Chairman of the commission pepe diaz for his ongoing collaboration on storm preparation and particularly his work with the south florida water management district to prepare. we are truly experiencing an unprecedented disaster and the extraordinary men and women of miami-dade and our federal and state partners continue their mission and the search and rescue no matter what is thrown our way. [ speaking foreign language ] >> were going to break away from the news conference for a few moments. but...

They will look at what the condition of the pilings were in because those pilings are the legs that hold the building up and if those legs are weakened for any reason, that presents a gigantic problem and as we could see something gave way from the bottom and i think thats going to be one of the first places theyre going to look. >> there was construction next door that had recently been completed. any concerns about that? >> yeah, you know, ive got concerns about everything. i mean, but you kno...

You know the effects from the heavy rains and other things that have happened in terms of the winds. you can see it off to the right if people are watching it live and can see the right side box. the wind and a dry day today but that hasnt been the case. everything soaked with water gets heavier on that pile over time. so moving the pieces, charles, i understand is really difficult in some instances. well go back to the news conference now. lets watch. >> the mayor of miami-dade county. mayor ca...