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Hyalined for you. there are going to be three areas that have to be focused on. obviously the building itself. the ground underneath and outside stresses. you keep hearing the term spalling, rusting, cracking. cracks -- there are two types of concrete. cracked and concrete that is about to crack, okay? not all spalling, not all cracks are the same. not every picture you see is instructing. so, again, lets start with the best information we have. this 2018 report that found, quote, major structur...

Commitment is that we will take everything that we have, boxes, digitally, and get it scanned and get it up on the website. it is what it is. and we will let you guys sort of review it, and well address it, you know, as it comes. we will be 100% transparent. >> so the mayor there is referring to events dating back to 2018. i dont know if you caught that, but he says he learned about it from the media. so here is what we know. three years ago a structural engineer found evidence of quote major st...

This morning residents of champlain towers north can evacuate voluntarily, adding hes not aware of any current issues there philip and his wife have lived in the north tower for six years. and he says theyre not leaving. >> your building was made by the same builder do you feel safe living there? >> same builder. same architect more or less the same design a little bit different as far as the number of units. so yes, im concerned. >> the 2018 report from morabito consultants citing an abunding c...

With him twice today. hes offered any assistance that is needed. debbie wasserman schultz and other florida representatives have joined hands. were all pulling in the same direction. mayor cava has been offering. we have no shortage of resources. weve had a shortage of luck. right now its raining hard. that doesnt stop the rescue effort, but it does slow it down a bit. that is frustrating. >> martha: i want to ask you about some of these reports. i understand that your priority is the rescue aft...

Authorities to understand why the structure failed. the miami of miami-dade is working on accommodating requests from the family members who visit, pray and reflect there at the site. in surfside, florida, isabel rosales. a field survey in 2018 is raising questions about the structural integrity of the building. the report revealed alarming concerns about concrete below the pool deck and parking garage. brian todd has more. >> reporter: we have news a structural confirm has acknowledged it did...

Of floor on top of floor left very few void or pockets where somebody could theoretically survive. days of rubble fire. all that smoke. 8 days of rain followed by that searing south summer heat and ultimately just simply the length of time since the collapse. but the recovery effort is really picking up speed. 8 bodies recovered from the rubble yesterday. another 10 recovered overnight. these are the two highest numbered days for the recovery effort as sundays implosion of the fragile remaining ...

The support of the state attorney to probe this collapse. is that the best way to do this? and when will that happen? we have to keep pressing on this issue in the weeks to come. also, there is now a letter that has surfaced from the board president of champlain towers south to residents from less than three months ago. she warned then about the pressing need for millions of dollars worth of repairs. we quote, the observable damage, such as in the garage, has gotten significantly worse since the...

Worth of repairs that were delayed for years. one of the slides for a series of presentations is titled "why we have to do all of this now." a driveway on tp of the garage had poor drainage, design flaw. and a third said there is no waterproofing layer over the garage in the driveway or any area except the pool deck and plantars. this has exposed the garage to water intrusion for 40 years. where there is waterproofing, it has failed. water has gotten underneath and caused additional damage to th...

>> stand by as we wait for updates. we have boris sanchez. and perhaps we could put up the video that you obtained that of water pouring into the garage moments before the collapse of the building. tell us as were watching this now, boris, how soon before the collapse did this take place? >> just minutes, jim. minutes before the collapse took place. so this video comes from a pair of tourists that were visiting and they were staying at a hotel next door to the champlain towers south. and the wif...

And when will that happen? we have to keep pressing on this issue in the weeks to come. also, there is now a letter that has surfaced from the board president of champlain towers south to residents from less than three months ago. she warned then about the pressing need for millions of dollars worth of repairs. quote, the observable damage, such as in the garage, has gotten significantly worse since the original inspection. concrete deterioration is accelerating. the roof got much worse so exten...