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Think the whole community, the whole state is doing it, especially in south florida. other parts of the state dont even have 40-year recertifications. we did that a lot of that after hurricane andrew, which i recall very well, increased our building code, we were much more exacting in the requirements. the question is, are we making sure the requirements are in fact enacted, do we need new requirements? i think all that is going to happen, but were not going to just sort of rush into something. ...

Construction architecture. its their disciplines that are going to determine what needs to happen with buildings. i know as we look at what happened to this site, im personally allowing the engineers and the experts to explain to me exactly how this happened, and what if anything we need to do to remediate it and make sure it never happens again. listen, its worth noting that while people are talking about the 40-year recertification process, this disaster of this type has never happened before....

Signs? what were the causes? what could have been avoided? theres so much to this investigation. not only engineering, construction, leadership. we have so many things to learn from this. and, of course, in miami-dade county i initiated already a very clear review of all buildings and recertification process. obviously when were talking about peoples lives nothing can be spared. our building department, the county not the citys is very, very thorough and well continue our efforts. >> biden is co...

Obvious reasons. >> and it is early. but we dont know. it is early, we have some evidence and some clues but it will be sometime before we know for certain. i do want to ask you this because it is part of the coastline, beaten by very powerful storms over the course of several years. youve got rising sea levels which speaks to the rising water table in there as well. and you also have some older buildings, right? from your vantage point, at there point, are you concerned that there is any broade...

Happened. we would have had a worse constitutional crisis than we did. >> thats actually the perfect word to describe it. hooey. okay. so, listen, i want to turn to the breaking news. i want to get right to the latest on that condo collapse and "the miami heralds" reporting on what a contractor says he saw in the pool-equipment room a day and a half before that collapse. so joining me now is miami herald reporter, erin. i really appreciate it. this is really important stuff we are talking about ...

Story. they were together. >> the overwhelming message were hearing today is they want privacy. they even told grief counselors we dont want another bottle of water or pet your grief dogs, we just want some peace and quiet. today is day six. jim and poppy. >> goodness, 150 families going through that. nick, thank you so much. joining us now, john, a structural engineered hired to investigate the condo collapse and wrote the 40 year building recertification process for all of miami-dade county....

Neighbors as you were describing to me. so 500 properties that youre now inspecting in urgent fashion because theyre within the 40-year period. how soon are you going to be able to complete those inspections and what specifically are you looking for? >> well, you know, champlain south is on our north border. so our city knows everybody there. there are -- they are our sister city. we figured it was very important to immediately go to the 500 multi-family commercial units. so i think well be fini...

Process is voluntary in the sense that you have to go through the process with your condo associations and all of the engineers and folks. but at the end of the day, if the engineers have to say it is a safe building in the recertification. if they dont, then the inspectors will not allow you to occupy it. so there is a sort of a relationship between the condo association and private engineers, and of course the local city which has to do the inspections and make sure that the recertification pr...

To make sure that maintenance and repairs are done in a timely fashion. alisyn. >> yeah. i mean it sounds like now theyre moving into overdrive on all of these things. of course, thats a blessing, but if only it could have happened sooner. rosa, thank you very much. so the champlain towers were built during the 80s condo boom in miami. there are many other buildings in the area that are also in the 40-year recertification process or about to begin that. so as rosa was mentioning, theres a rush...

But they have to be very careful. as we dont want to -- um -- cause any damage or anything to any of the family members. and so, in terms of the -- the families, they have been, you know, patiently waiting for news. and were trying our hardest to get some positive things out there. >> commissioner, i want to talk more about the building because we know the condo owners were facing $15 million worth of repair, its reported that. and it was part of the -- the -- the countys 40-year recertification...