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To -- any of the family members and so in terms of the families, theyve been patiently waiting for news and were trying our hardest to get some positive things out there. >> i want to talk about the building. the condo owners were facing $50 million worth of repair it reported that and it was part of the countys four-year recertification process. the building is 40 years old. does examination and recertification of buildings like this need to happen more often? >> absolutely. i think they need t...

Were talking about because you spoke to a pool contractor that took those photos in the garage area 36 hours before that building collapsed. tell us what you are learning and what these photos show exactly. >> sure. thank you so much for having me. we spoke to a contractor who was working for a company that was bidding to renovate the s champlain tower south pool as for the of the 40-year recertification process and on tuesday, two days before the collapse, he did a walk through of the property....

Welcome back. im wolf blitzer in surfside, florida. were live here at site of the deadly condo building collapse. rescuers are now on day six of their desperate, desperate search and rescue mission. were learning that there were, there were several warning signs before this tragedy. cnn has now obtained a letter from the president of the condo board written back in april just a couple of months or so ago that one, the buildings condition had deteriorated significantly in the three years since th...

Its designed that way. but, i mean, its the concrete elements, reinforced concrete buildings. its the nature of the material. cracks will develop. its not an uncommon thing to see cracks in concrete members. but things like excessive displacement and things like that could be signs that there is a more serious problem. again, this was a true anomaly. but those would be things to note as a more serious issue. >> i want to ask you, every building in florida needs to be recertified every 40 years. ...

>> reporter: sunny isles beach points out if the owners of each unit that have to pay for the repairs. >> these buildings are up against ahuge assessment, up to $25,000 a piece. this is where your families live. our middle class, working class, the people working in restaurants. all the kids go to school and would use this pool. these people are not in situation where they are able to afford that kind of money. >> reporter: now as urgent as this process is, its also pain staking. city officials ...

They are used to work for a few hours then stop. the type of equipment and resources are being overnighted from other starts of the state so they can continue to work the job because the time is so precious. the debate is taking place. i totally understand how the family members want the answers. theres been a grand jury con careened. it will be a whole other silo of efts to get people those answers or start the process to get the answers. my job and our teams job is focus on saving lives. >> we...

Others had raised concerns about cracks in the building. >> the complaints were there that just haunts me. remembering every complaint they had and i heard other people talking about. mismanagement, allowing the building to get into this condition, to me thats -- its criminal that they have let this happen. >> dana: there is a question about what happened here and what could happen in other buildings. joining us now a kobi karp. listen to the mayor about what other buildings might have to go thr...

Reason why i survived, a bigger picture. >> reporter: new satellite images showing the tower before and after. and tonight, serious concerns about its twin sister building just down the block, built in the same year by the same developer. >> i cant tell people that its a safe building. i just -- you know, given what weve seen happen here. >> another concern in all of this. victor oquendo joining us from the scene in surfside. victor, youre learning officials are taking immediate action to make s...

Understood the rubble that hindered search efforts and new details tonight about what may have caused the collapse and if it could happen elsewhere. we are covering it all tonight and we begin with sam brock at the scene. >> reporter: tonight urgent hours for desperate families as around the clock efforts to find more than 150 unaccounted people run into more roadblocks. >> fighting the fires all night. the stench is very thick. >> reporter: plumes of smoke from the fire in the belly of the rubb...

>> theres a crack in a column that was not here before the collapse >> reporter: robert listman said this crack with debris is determined structurally sound and the building has steps to maintain safety but he wants to know why engineers wont arrive here until next year. >> they knew about the issues in the building for so long and they allowed it to go and get past a point where it collapsed i would like to prevent that. >> reporter: jose, the mayor of miami-dade is directing a mandatory audit ...