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Its hard to get all the daily thats why i love fiber choice. it has the fiber found in many fruits and vegetables, all in a tasty chewable tablet. fiber choice: the smart choice. this morning we learned the lead engineer on a florida bridge project tried to tell state officials about cracks. he left the message on a d.o.t. landline and heres the problem, no one heard that until after the bridge collapse. >> still, federal investigators warn it is too early to draw any conclusions about what ca...

All right, today were getting new information about the fatal bridge collapse in miami. the lead engineer on the bridge project tried to tell state officials about cracks two days before the tragedy. he left a voice mail on a d.o.t. employees office line. >> i was calling to share with you some information about the fiu pedestrian bridge and some cracking thats been observed on the north end of the span, the pylon end of that span we moved this weekend. so weve taken a look at it and obviously s...

Collapsed and crushed cars below. and now, do we know that the n construction gaen was aware of them? >> ana, we have learned that they were aware. they had been made aware, and even though that voice mail was not heard by that florida department of transportation employee until the day after the collapse, we now know that fiu officials as well as representatives from the c construction company, and the engineering firm and the florida department of transportation actually met on thursday mornin...

So weve taken a look at it and obviously some repairs or whatever will have to be done. but from a safety perspective, we dont see that there is any issue there. >> reporter: so that voice mail left on tuesday two days before the collapse. but not heard until friday a day after the collapse because the florida department of transportation employee who received it was out of the office on assignment. now, the engineering firm that the lead engineer works for responded to the release of the voice ...

Oil well wells. we dont know the motivation. more ruthless destruction or the hope it would provide cover from air power above. the fires have burned since august, lowering the sky, concealing the sun, layering the earth and peoples lungs with toxic black filth. the heat coming off this fire is incredible. its melted much of the ground around the well. the air it is thick and foul, it really tastes terrible. it makes your eyes water. this is the poisonous atmosphere that people in this part of i...

Toxic black filth. the heat coming off this fire is incredible. its melted much of the ground around the well. the air, it is thick and foul. it really tastes terrible. it makes your eyes water. this is the poisonous atmosphere that people in this part of iraq have been breathing in and living with for months. theres now a desperate effort to fix the wells. but the lead engineer tells me its a difficult complex process. he says you cant just put the fire out because that would release vast amoun...

This apocalyptic vision. the group blew up and set fire to 19 oil wells near the town of gayatta. perhaps the hope it would provide cover from air power above. the fires have burned since augustest, lowering the sky, concealing the sun, layering the earth and peoples lungs with toxic black filth. >> the heat coming off is terrible. the air is thick and foul. it really tastes terrible. it makes your eyes water. this is the poisonous atmosphere that people in this part of iraq have been breathing ...

Pieces. >> very early in the process, in fact before construction began, the lead engineer was very concerned about the bridge, so he began to help initiate studies by the professor at the university of washington that began to closely examine the bridges movements. >> remedies are attempted before and after the bridge opens. >> they added cable tie downs at each end of the bridge on the approach spans. they did a good job of holding the approach spans in place. but the rest of the bridge across...

It literally shook it self to pieces. >> very early in the process, in fact before construction began, the lead engineer was very concerned about the bridge, so he began to help initiate studies by the professor at the university of washington that began to closely examine the bridges movement. >> remedies are attempted before and after the bridge opens. >> they added cable tie downs at each end of the bridge on the approach spans. they did a good job of holding the approach spans in place. but ...

The lead engineer was very concerned about the bridge, so he began to help initiate studies by the professor at the university of washington that began to closely examine the bridges movement. >> remedies are attempted before and after the bridge opens. >> they added cable tie downs at each end of the bridge on the approach spans. they did a good job of holding the approach spans in place. but the rest of the bridge across the center span still moved a lot. >> professor farquharson also issued a...