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"We're going to decertify Biden electors in Arizona, in Wisconsin, in the commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and in the great state of Georgia," Bannon said.

In the wake of the Surfside condo collapse, city leaders said they didn't want to wait for Palm Beach County to do its own ordinance and preferred to lead the way.

Reports, those same regulations are under review by the florida bar association, which has launched a task force to strengthen building safety measures. joining me now, the reporter on the by-line of that "washington post" story, kim bellware. what is the latest in the investigation into the condo collapse? >> were hearing a lot more scrutiny thats going on this building, specifically champlain towers south. theres more coming out about what the reserves are, how much money the condo association...

That, again, today, with a different device that can go deeper in measuring the thickness. >> reporter: just a few miles away, in north miami beach, residents at crest view towers, who were hastily evacuated a week ago, based on a delinquent recertification report that showed the building to be structurally and electrically unsafe, were allowed back in the building with a police escort, today, for just 15 minutes to grab any, personal belongings they could carry out by hand. >> they caught us ye...

Stories is now almost at ground level. >> reporter: at least 13 million pounds of concrete and debris now removed. and the mission remained the same, returned loved ones to families. meanwhile a new effort is underway at the sister tower a few blocks away. a detailed inspection of champlain tower north, to make sure it wont suffer the same fate. cnn got a close-up look at the process as inspection teams went underground, using x-raies and testing concrete for salt residue. >> we also did a scan ...

The buildings doing 40-year recertification to quickly turn in paperwork. this was paperwork that was delayed. it was turned in after this collapse but it was dated from january, showing that there were structural and electrical problems. they immediately evacuated that building about a week ago. and then yesterday, or late this past week, they allowed residents to go back into the building for just 15 minutes to grab everything they could. the north miami beach police are launching an investiga...

Country on business when this happened. thet they have grandchildren. they talk about the faith in this community and why she chose surfside. >> my mom really wanted to stay in surfside. she really likes surfside. she really likes her apartment. she likes being able to walk out and walk on the boardwalk. she likes the community. and thats why this is so hard. because, you know, she wanted to be here. like this to her -- this is her home. this is our home. >> of course, the tragedy that happened ...

Dangerous, it requires "x" amount of money to fix now, whose decision is it? can you require legally to make the changes necessary? >> well, yes. we can require that they turn in their 40 year recertification documents thats what happened in crestview tower circumstance. we requested and we gave them 30 days and we said wed close it regardless. that way we can review the paperwork and this was just a lapse in communication between the engineer and the tower. we got the documentation on the 2nd o...

Our city that were commercial residential that fit into the category of the 40-year recertification. we went through all of them within a week. we started friday morning after champlain tower fell, and we got through all of them really by the end of the week, the end of the following week. and the result is that none of them had any structural issues. we also have required all of those buildings to get a licensed professional within 21 days to issue a report on both the electrical and the struct...

Looking, and theyre searching as we speak right now on site. >> do you have identities of these people? have the families been informed? >> the families are in the process of being informed. and so once the families are informed, then well get the families to release the names to the public. >> i think the big question here is why this happened, and a lot of folks are pointing the finger at the recertification process every 40 years. does it need to be less than that. are those conversations hap...