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Rules and regulations here in florida, good governmental inspections. i think the inspectors in this community and government officials that are very pro being active into our building structure, especially our existing buildings, will look at this event and look for ways this will never happen again. >> there are lots of buildings that look like this in south florida. for residents that live in any one of them, should they feel safe being in their building, should they be asking new questions, demanding new information? >> look, i have been an architect since the late '80s. renovated the stru...

Carried out three years ago which set out some serious flaws in the integrity of the building structure. i have a few quotes. the report said that there was a major structural damage to a concrete platform beneath the swimming pool deck, that there was abundant cracking of columns, beams, and walls in the parking garage and perhaps worst of all, a major error in the original design itself which affected both drainage and waterproofing. together, that combines to create a very questionable picture of the state of the building itself. and, of course, that keeps the distress on the families who a...

That number could change. right now they are still determined, this is a surgery and rescue operation. they -- search and rescue operation. they haven't had any signals all a day, but they think it's possible, they hope, and they're going to keep at it. griff, back to you. griff griff steve harrigan in surfside, thank you very much. guys, you know, as we learn more about this, that report from 2018, we've learned that the building inspector was actually some 14 hours earlier on that building. and another quote from that survey report said this: the main issue with this building structure is th...

Concerned are you about the stability of the sister tower right nearby, built almost exactly at the same time by the same construction company? and a lot of authorities are now recommending that building should be completely evacuated out of an abundance of caution. >> i'm sorry, can you repeat that? >> how concerned are you about the sister tower that was built right around the same time, by the same builders, and the recommendation now by some authorities that out of an abundance of caution, that sister tower should be evacuated? >> well, i mean, evacuation, it would be a major decision to b...

>> morning. >> the governor of your state declaring a state of emergency, president biden as well vowing federal support. how is the county stepping up to help with the recovery effort right now? >> the efforts have been incredible. right from the start. literally two days ago. not only do we have our own fire rescue just internationally for search and rescue but all over south florida, municipalities and broward county but we have other states coming in, mexico and israel with their task force, l.a. sending theirs, it's been exceptional. we are averaging approximately 300 personnel on site in...