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Identical to the footprint of the original with concrete walls seven times thicker than a sidewalk. use watch it find shake you will see the floors rise and you watch the floors rise, one a week, from 2010 you will see the construction cranes on the roof rising with the tower, and as the tower goes up you see the construction elevator on the outside, construction stairs on the outside, and you will see a blue netting that keeps the workers and tools from falling below and the glass windows now to the 71st floor, 7,000 windows, 180,000 cubic yards of concrete to the 91st floor and the steel is ...

Taxes and cutting entitlements, but this whole business about going after waste and fraud. there is a lot of talk but there a tremendous amount of waste and fraud. but it's never about waste and fraud. >> that is a great start. a year ago there was report by the gao $300 billion. you and i have tackled that situation. we've done the programs. when you come to washington, d.c. right now, you notice a lot of construction cranes. it means the government is growing. people have less money in their pockets. >> greta: first time i met you, you were here about 30, had a days and you got a unanimous v...

Rise construction cranes across the skyline. today though and for years there have been none. >> 1, 2, 3. [cheers] [ laughter ] >> but finally the very first ground breaking of a high rise condo tower in four years in 2012 about 12 high rise condo towers are planned to be built, six in downtown miami alone. politicians and workers very optimistic. >> we're the epicenter of the real estate meltdown. talking about the economy coming back. this is a positive sign you see a lot of people go to work. have hundreds of thousands of dollars of new tax revenues. >> florida's construction industry very ...

Debris and construction cranes at work. they have recorded all the changes and the founder and director of "project rebirth" recorded all this history. welcome. >> thank you. thank you for having me. >> so why did you decide to set up these cameras to record this history? >> i visited ground zero a month after september 11th. when the debris was immense and large. as i looked at it, i began to imagine one day it wouldn't be that way. i had an upswell of hope that came to me and made me realize someone needed to capture the evolution of the site over time. so we began, simply training cameras o...

>> it's been hard to get. >> we seem to be having a difficulty finding water. >> reporter: the governor urging residents to be prepared with a three-day supply of food, warning on "gma" -- >> we can rebuild your home but we can't rebuild your life. >> reporter: fearing inevitable flooding, floridians also stocking up on sandbags. another big concern here in miami -- you see them all over the skyline, these massive construction cranes, up high in the sky. crews are now working to secure them. those crews actually secure the cranes by allowing them to spin. >> we get ready, then we put the crane...