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Up to their knees and their waist. They are crawling into crevices through the rubble looking for possible survivors. Officials say they have heard sounds from underneath this debris, but they cannot confirm hearing any voices at this time. Officials say President Biden is receiving updates on this. He is expected to address this later today at the white house. Lets go to our colleagues in florida. Dr. Sanjay gupta there. Rosa, lets begin with you. What more have we learned this morning especially about the number unaccounted for . Reporter you know, poppy, we were expecting this to happen. I ...

It probably had the same materials. It probably had the same plans, and you know, people are asking me, is the building safe . And i cant tell them it is safe. I cant tell them that. Reporter the families affected by this, fred, are not only wondering about the conditions of their loved ones but also whether this could have been prevented, and were getting new details today that shine a light on the condition of the building before it collapsed. Actually, dating back to 2018. A Structural Field survey that was conducted of the condo warned of cracking in some of the columns that were in the po...

Welcome to cnns special live coverage of the tragedy near miami. Im wolf blitzer, near the scene of the 12story condo Building Collapse here in surfside, florida. And im pamela brown in washington. We have a lot of Breaking News to cover this hour, pamela. Well do it together. The Structural Engineering company that inspected the Champlain Towers in 2018 says they also gave estimates back in june of 2020 for the buildings 40year recertification. The consultant only provides Engineering Consulting services, not repair or restoration contracting, the statement said. And they also stated, and im ...

Mentioned, wourking around the clock putting their own lives at risk hoping there are lives to save beneath the rubble. Here in Surf Side Hope is the only thing a lot of people have right now. 159 people still unaccounted for. At least four people are dead and being here on the scene you realize not just the scope of the collapse but also the factors that are going to complicate a rescue. The smoke thats still in the air from nearly incessant fires underneath this field of debris. Of course, the scale of the challenge that is facing these emergency teams. Right now theyre racing against the cl...

More than 60 hours since the collapse took place. Rescue teams are battling fires which greatly complicated the effort to find survivors. We are facing incredible difficulties with the fire. The fire has been going on for awhile. It is a very deep fire. It is extremely difficult to locate the source of the fire. There are new concerns about the condos sister building, nearly identical building located a block away from the collapse. Officials are saying that building should be evacuated until a structural investigation can be done. Has the same name, same developer, probably had the same mater...