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Inspections. and hopefully this is an event that shall never ever happen again. >> mr. karp it's willie geist in new york. i'm curious about the sister tower, justifiable concern about the residents of that tower, should that building and evacuated? how concerned should they be? >> i don't really have an opinion. look, it's the maintenance of the buildings. obviously there was a lack of maintenance which led for the waterproofing to be broken. so when the waterproofing, which is like the skin of our body, lets the water, in this case we have salt water, let it come into the concrete and get ab...

Draining of water, so water was ponding. it would have to evaporate into the air. let me go ahead and read you a portion of this report, because it really is going to give you an idea of what we're talking about here. the waterproofing below the pool deck and entrance drive as well as all of the planter waterproofing is beyond its useful life and therefore must all be completely removed and replaced. the failed waterproofing is causing major structural damage to the concrete structural slab below these areas and here's the key. failure to replace the waterproofing in the near future will cause...

Thank you for being with us this morning. >> poppy, thank you so much for allowing me to be with you here. >> i would like to begin with that report. in addition to the photos we just showed it found major structural damage, that is a quote. they said many of the previous gauge concrete repairs were failing. they were very concerned about a lack of effective waterproofing on pool deck that extended beyond that. the report did not say that the building was at risk of imminent collapse but it did say that these repairs need to be fixed in a timely manner. that didn't happen. did you ever see thi...

Seeing the people who used to walk up and down the beach. it makes your heart break. at the same time it makes you feel good that those are the people that you help them see another day. >> the official death toll stands at ten. 151 missing. back to you. >> john: thank you. i have been going through that engineering report on this building and one of the things they point to is there was a failure with waterproofing on the concrete slab. the waterproofing caused major structural damage to the concrete slab below these areas. failure to replace the waterproofing in the future will cause the con...

Buried together. there's so much sensitivity that's necessary here, poppy. so much humanity. you know, often these disasters are a very bureaucratic, ant september ic process. i'm really so pleased to see all the work, local, state and federal officials working together to make sure that we can thread humanity through this very bureaucratic antiseptic process. >> really important way to put it, thread humanity through, when there are so few answers. if you will allow me, i want to ask you some questions, though, about what we may learn, given that 2018 report that this consulting came in and d...