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About water and the deterioration of the concrete and the structure. it is very concerning to me to see those pictures. >> the miami dade mayor says a building audit has uncovered serious issues. does the process of inspecting buildings along the south florida coast, for example, need to change? >> yeah. that's a great question. and let me just go back a second and say that the pool structure is intact. i am most concerned with the reports of the membrane that was found under the pool deck. i think people will look at deterioration at the intersections of the columns in the slab. that tends to...

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Depressing situation that's unfolding right now. the numbers keep rising as far as the death toll as you just reported is concerned. and the families are clearly distraught as this search and rescue operation continues. brian todd is at the scene of the search and rescue effort that's underway. brian, we heard from the mayor earlier today with some very, very somber tones. >> that's right, wolf. this search effort is dangerous. it is painstaking. it is heart breaking. they're still going at it very hard at this hour. as you and fredricka reported, the death toll now stands at nine. 156 people ...

A lot of these family members, when they're unaccounted for, it's really, really difficult thing because they just don't know and i know that first responders are working round the clock to be able to get all those answers and to save as many lives as they can, but this has been a really, really difficult thing, and so i just thank the community for really coming together, both here in surfside, miami dade and really throughout florida and throughout the country. we really appreciate that. i've also been talking with the mayor, and we both agree, we need a definitive explanation for how this c...

The chairman of the miami dade board of county commissioners. thank you for being here. we know that right now there are 159 people unaccounted for. that number was 99. oh, i think we -- i think we just lost the connection with the commissioner. we may have just reconnected. commissioner, can you hear me? >> yes. i am sorry. we're having a little -- >> we're going to try to power through and see if the connection sticks. you know what? we're going to try to reconnect with the commissioner, because i believe the connection is not holding right now. we're going to try to reconnect with the commi...