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♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> tucker: you may have seen the awful footage of a condominium tower collapsing earlier this morning and florida, surfside florida just north of miami beach. we have the latest on that, andrew. >> what we can tell you right now is that we know 102 people have been accounted for, but at this time 99 people are still missing. this operation has been going on since 1:30 in the morning. just think about this, people were fast asleep in their rooms, and our condos. that is when this ...

$15 million assessment to the owners of the condo about repairs that needed to be done. and at 40 years, concrete restoration on a building is rather typical. that happens on most buildings. in fact, people buying condos often want to know when was, because of the age of the condo, when was the restoration done or is it going to happen? because if you buy a condo, you may face a big assessment. so those are all the things theyre going to be looking at. but those are questions, theyre not answers...

Vaughn hillyard is at the scene in surfside, florida, with the latest. vaughn, what have we learned? >> yeah, good evening, chris. this morning, there were two individuals that were pulled from the rubble. but ever since the sun rose here over miami beach area, no-other individuals have been recovered, at this time. authorities. they just held a press conference, in which they said that there are 99 individuals that are unaccounted for, at this time. it doesnt, necessarily, mean that 99 are miss...

And i said if there is anything we can do to help them, if they need authorization from us, were willing to do that. >> well put that number on the screen. that people can call. but again it is 305-614-1819 or they could go to i believe it is miami-dade.gov/emergency. you told vice mayor "the washington post" that this collapse came a day after this building passed inspection. is that correct? and what kind of inspection? full structural down to the foundation inspection? >> no. what i had said ...

The entire building. 12 or 13 stories most of the building is gone. >> stark images show the building before and after. officials say there were more than 130 units, at least half of them destroyed. in many of the condos left standing, the outside wall is now gone from the beach, you can see inside now empty homes that survivors scrambled to flee in the middle of the night. >> right now, i have goosebumps feel like my heartbeat is going 100. >> from a hotel, witnesses say they could hear screams...

24 from south america. 20 from israel. guys, back to you. steve: steve, thats a condo area. there are a lot of people who live in copped doughs. are they allowed to go back to their homes if they are adjacent to the disaster site. >> initially steve the buildings on either side of the building that were collapsed were evacuated. people are now allowed back. in certainly this disaster has raised a lot of concern all along these million dollars condos along this beach, steve. steve: yeah, no kiddi...

People need answers. more and more heavy equipment has been arriving.weve seen urban rescue traffic and the ladder track in operation spaying water in the damaged condos there, setting the dust and putting out fires. this is still a search and rescue operation. heres what governor desantis had to say. >> they are trying to identify survivors. they have made contact with some and theyre doing everything they can to save lives. they were on the scene before we knew whether there would be more coll...

Rubble. >> were listening for sounds. could be human sounds, twisting. debris raining down. were concentrating those areas. >> once firefighters finish the dangerous search and rescue process, police will conduct an investigation into the cause of the collapse. mike fox affiliate says the champlain towers homeowners association hired an engineer for the buildings 40-year recertification. but the process flagged no grave dangers. more than $5 million asked for. we strongly believe that this was p...

News reporter van hillyard is on the scene in surfside, what have we learned? >> good evening chris. this morning there were two individuals that were pulled from the rubble, but ever since the sun rose here, no other individuals have been recovered at this time. authorities held a press conference saying that 99 individuals are unaccounted for at this time. does not necessarily mean that 99 or missing, but they essentially went from unit to unit assessing how many individuals are typically over...

On. the rain is going to cause additional problems with the search as they continue it right now. >> thats right, dana. conditions getting worse here along the beach. the rain just beginning to come in. lightning in the distance as well. not only will it make it tougher for search and rescue but weaken the structure of whats left of the building. new numbers in the press conference. 136 apartment units. 55 of those units are gone. search and rescue that was here on the scene almost immediately r...