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Now ricea has filed a lawsuit. the condo said that it does not comment on pending litigation. and jim and poppy, it is very early in the investigation, of course, but all of these pieces, all of these nuggets will be a part of this, especially that video showing the water gushing from the garage because of course we know from the 2018 report, that there were issues in the garage. the waterproofing under the pool deck was beyond its useful life and warned that it should be repaired, jim and poppy. >> rosa, thank you for all of that reporting and all of the families deserve answers, they want an...

Frustration or disputes over the repairs that needed to happen and the assessments, very expensive seesments that were going on, all the condominium owners. what do you make of that? >> the homeowners association generally are made up of individuals who not necessarily have knowledge of engineering or construction. it leads to frustration or politics, if you will, within the current homeowners association as to where the money should be spent and how it should be spent on the repairs, the maintenance, the waterproofing of these building s. this is something that i believe is a new day that we'...

Expertise. let's talk about this letter from april talking about the concrete deterioration accelerating, damage to the garage getting significantly worse in the to18 report which described major structural damage. when you look at all of this in totality is there anything that stands out to you? >> number one, thank you very much for having me here tonight. there is something that is quite interesting. and even though i was not involved in the design of this building and i was not involved in any of the construction, this building is rather young. and when you look at the report what stands o...

First, though, cnn senior investigative correspondent drew griffin with the very latest on what we know tonight. >> reporter: as more lawsuits are being filed across south florida in the deadly collapse of the champlain towers south condominium, there is more evidence residents, engineers and the condo board knew their building was deteriorating. a letter e-mailed on april 9, just three months ago, from the skond minutium association board president, warned the observable damage such as in the garage has gotten significantly worse since the initial inspection. that initial inspection in 2018, ...

Cost or some shortage of suppliers to do this kind of work that ballooned expenses? >> well, being a contractor and an engineer, i can speak to this. let's just assume for a second, and this is a big assumption, that it's exactly the same scope of work, because if you have a price on a set date and then three years later you have another price, maybe they added windows, maybe they added waterwa waterproofing -- >> maybe it got worse. >> yes, and that's what i'm getting at. let's make the assumption that both were equal but it's the same scope of work. it is the fact that the concrete repair an...