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Inches. with a looming hurricane, its more important than ever that the decision to be -- to take down the building be expedited. >> and mayor, gelber, a lot of people in miami beach are living in the high-rise towers in the miami beach areas. i wonder if you are hearing about worries being expressed to you not just? light of the storm but in light of the collapse in surfside, what you hear from people living in some of the taller and older structures there in miami beach. >> well, you know, thi...

Still a lot of time to go with the system. well be track going for sure. >> nonetheless tropical storms can certainly pack a powerful punch. gene norman. thank you so much. and this reminder for the latest on the storms track, check out cnn.com/weather. officials gave the update in surfside, florida. teams pulled two more bodies from the rubble overnight, bringing the number of confirmed deaths to 24. 124 people still unaccounted for. the mayor of miami-dade county says she has issued an eme...

Have seen as many people behind you as were seeing right now. thank you so much. a tropical storm is roaring toward floored and could become a threat to surfside. were going to have a live report straight ahead.

As possible no matter who kevin mccarthy appoints. were going to do something that people can be proud of and were going to do it in a professional and unbiased way. >> the irony of attacking a select committee that was put together because you opposed a bipartisan commission as partisan is an interesting play. congressman pete aguilar, thank you for your time, especially on a saturday. we appreciate it, sir. >> thanks so much, phil. up next, well take you live to surfside, florida, where its ...

The first city that actually required all of our buildings that were five stories and above and older than 40 years to get an engineering report certifying, you know, certifying the structural integrity of the buildings. but as you can imagine, miamians are sleeping in anxiety and fear because they fear something like this could happen again. its going to take time, and its going the take resources for us to get to a place where everyone feels comfortable again in their buildings. and thats just...

Life so this news conference obviously is about to begin but the idea of bringing down the 12 story structure next to the remaining part of the structure already collapsed is obviously going to be a difficult order with the news conference getting underway, lets listen. >> good evening, i represent floridas third congressional district, north of orlando and im currently ranking member for emergency preparedness response and recovery united states house of representatives im here today as eyes an...

Having to -- as mayor gelber said, potentially red tag a building and force, you know, the inhabitants of the building have to vacate like haepd in north miami yesterday. >> right. and so mayor gelber if there is a controlled implosion of the remnants of collapsed condominium -- and you underscored that mnichowicz beam is up against surfside -- do you believe that neighboring towers in miami beach need to be evacuated temporarily, or maybe longer than temporary while that controlled implosion ta...

Hour and tragic condo collapse in surfside, florida, prompted inspections of other high rise condos in the area. >> the people who live there were given two hours to evacuate. rosa flores has more. >> reporter: the city of miami beach asking all of the residents to evacuate. officials say the building is structurally and electrically not safe. this building was built in 1972. it has more than 150 units. according to the city, this building had not filed its 40 year recertification. after what ha...

Hours a day. the maximum number of rescuers that can be out on that pile are out there right now. the miami-dade mayor ordered an inspection of all buildings older than 40 years old, and it resulted in at least one large condominium tower also being evacuated. its just too unsafe. and as far as the heavy winds or rain from the storm, ill let adam klotz update you more, but officials feel like theyre in the clear through sunday, beginning late sunday, early monday could be the potential threat. b...

Patrol we forcibly apprehended three different sex offenders all of whom who tried to cross within a few hours of each other. one was on during rape, he raped a child under the age of 15. jon: bill, thank you. at the top of the hour, we brought you an update on the situation in surfside, florida by the champ lane towers south collapse, it still being excavated. authorities hope for some kind of miracle in the wreckage. officials are about to hold a press conference, weve been told the north towe...