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Inspections. and hopefully this is an event that shall never ever happen again. >> mr. karp its willie geist in new york. im curious about the sister tower, justifiable concern about the residents of that tower, should that building and evacuated? how concerned should they be? >> i dont really have an opinion. look, its the maintenance of the buildings. obviously there was a lack of maintenance which led for the waterproofing to be broken. so when the waterproofing, which is like the skin of our...

Draining of water, so water was ponding. it would have to evaporate into the air. let me go ahead and read you a portion of this report, because it really is going to give you an idea of what were talking about here. the waterproofing below the pool deck and entrance drive as well as all of the planter waterproofing is beyond its useful life and therefore must all be completely removed and replaced. the failed waterproofing is causing major structural damage to the concrete structural slab below...

Thank you for being with us this morning. >> poppy, thank you so much for allowing me to be with you here. >> i would like to begin with that report. in addition to the photos we just showed it found major structural damage, that is a quote. they said many of the previous gauge concrete repairs were failing. they were very concerned about a lack of effective waterproofing on pool deck that extended beyond that. the report did not say that the building was at risk of imminent collapse but it did ...

Seeing the people who used to walk up and down the beach. it makes your heart break. at the same time it makes you feel good that those are the people that you help them see another day. >> the official death toll stands at ten. 151 missing. back to you. >> john: thank you. i have been going through that engineering report on this building and one of the things they point to is there was a failure with waterproofing on the concrete slab. the waterproofing caused major structural damage to the co...

Buried together. theres so much sensitivity thats necessary here, poppy. so much humanity. you know, often these disasters are a very bureaucratic, ant september ic process. im really so pleased to see all the work, local, state and federal officials working together to make sure that we can thread humanity through this very bureaucratic antiseptic process. >> really important way to put it, thread humanity through, when there are so few answers. if you will allow me, i want to ask you some ques...

Wall behind the elevator shaft that prevented that portion from collapsing in any way. >> part of this 2018 report that struck me as it pertains to your initial concerns is that it says the waterproofing below the pool deck was failing and causing major structural damage. what does that mean, the waterproofing? is that something that if it were addressed could have been fixed in the last three years? >> attacking these problems really is unconscionable. the fact is that failure of the waterproof...

Problem at the sister building, because its the same design, same developer, and all the fingerprints are there. a third building, which is also called champlaign and i understand that one was built sometime later. it has a different design, and -- but well be looking at that too. >> lets bring in tom foreman. what have you learned? >> well, everyones focused right now on this 2018 report about this building, which looked at things like major structural damage and abundant cracking and spalling ...

Seriously. i think that its a very sad event and my heart and my soul and my prayers go out to the members of the families and the neighbors and the families that lived in this building and neighboring buildings. the mayor is correct. we need to do this rapidly and get the process started. these engineering reports that are being given to homeowners associations and individuals who may not have knowledge or understanding of these reports or their importance. the maintenance and care that needs t...

It? cheryl casone on fox business with some of the answers. good morning. >> this is a very complicated question. according to the a.p. the residents of champlain towers south have the assessment payment due this thursday that covers the $9 million in repairs for tblg. they hadnt started that. for the smaller units they had to pay $80,000. the penthouse would have been a $330,000 payment. they could be a one-time payment or pay in installments. now the residents or sadly the families of the vict...

Survivors. >> reporter: on sunday, four more bodies were discovered, bringing the death toll to nine. officials say rescue crews are also finding human remains but five days into the rescue mission, more than 150 people are still unaccounted for. in fact, crews have not pulled anyone alive from the collapse site since early thursday morning. yesterday, the families of the missing were allowed to visit the collapse site. many shouting messages in hopes of finding loved ones under the heavy concre...