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Of problems with that building impeding the search. so that was one of the impetuses. the other thing is the place that was the pile that was closest to the remaining structure was effectively inak eszable by the search and rescue people. when i went out there this morning, the whole building is now down. they were on that pile that had been difficult for them to access. they're making a lot of progress with the search effort in that part. when they drew this up and told me what was going to happen, obviously the miami dade was made the final call. we were supportive of it. we funded it at the...

I think it was a good effort. i think it was the right thing to do, and i think it will help us move forward unimpeded and be able to get the job done for the families, for the community of surfside, for miami dade and the state of florida. we are at least in terms of the surfside with this storm, elsa, the news is pretty positive. they continue the 11:00 a.m. update for the national hurricane center, advisory, moved it further west. so i will be signing a revised executive order later today, and we will likely remove miami dade from the affected counties. we will likely be removing desew toe ...

Storm's potential tomorrow. right? >> yes. that's correct. they are measuring it against the arrival of tropical storm elsa which could come maybe by midday tomorrow. not clear if that storm is going to track on the east coast of florida florida. it will be in the west, but they could get remnants which could be worry some. >> days after the condo collapsed, the miami dade mayor ordered an audit for all buildings 40 years or older. one of the cities that started a review is sunny iels beach just north of surfside. larrissa is the acting mayor of sunny isles beach, florida. tell me about any re...

That here whether in new york or elsewhere? not because of a hurricane or a tornado or some sort of terrorist activity, but simply presumably out of negligence? >> i thought it looked like a controlled demolition. i think one of the problems that we have in this country is our construction is so good that that's why when you have something like that that's unusual, it's hard to find -- >> hold on, tom. hold that thought for a moment. i want to get back to the news conference. here's the miami dade mayor. >> we are, day six in a search and rescue continues. it continued throughout the day, thro...

Back into these buildings, many of them the same age as the champlain towers south building, many in the same condition, and reinspect, look at every crack, every piece of exposed rebar, reinspect all of that, get those repairs done. we were in sunny isles beach, florida, yesterday at the winston towers complex. we got access to the garage down there. it is this was a process that began before the collapse. in the meantime, there is this rush to go back to these buil buildings, re-audit them. the mayor of miami dade did talk about one building where they already had to shut down part. here is ...