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Laura Coates Live

Surfside Condo Collapse Death Toll Rises to 12, 149 Unaccounted For

Laura Coates Live

CNN

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3.92.5K Ratings

🗓️ 30 June 2021

⏱️ 48 minutes

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First, Chris goes one-on-one with Surfside Commissioner Eliana Salzhauer. Then, Chris discusses the future of Biden's infrastructure plan with Rep Katie Porter. Chris wraps up the show with sprinter Gabby Thomas who made history as the second-fastest runner in the women's 200 meters securing a spot in the Tokyo Olympics.  To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

All right, thank you very much, John. I am Chris Cuomo and welcome to our prime time. It is

0:04.0

Surfside Day 6. We learned tonight another body was found in the rubble. That means 12 have been

0:10.3

confirmed dead. And I suggest to you that that is the only number that we can be sure of

0:16.4

in terms of how many might be lost. Tonight we're going to test the idea of how many are missing.

0:23.1

Is it 150? Who decided that? And how? Here's what we do know. First responders have now moved

0:31.1

approximately 3 million pounds of concrete. 210 rescue workers are on that mound at one time.

0:39.5

The fires have been put out. They're still struggling with stability, but they are doing the job.

0:45.2

Today we also learned a little bit more about the moment of tragedy.

0:49.5

I see many people in the outskirts, there's the building is gone. There's no elevators.

0:55.9

This is nothing. I mean, it's almost the jump of the trace. Probably both are evacuating, saying this is how I've been heard of bomb.

1:04.5

Now each day the desire for answers understandably grows. State authorities should be carrying the

1:11.6

responsibility. The governor said rightly, governor DeSantis, we need answers. Yes, and in his job

1:18.4

to start the process to getting them, we're waiting on the formation of some group to discover

1:23.8

what can be discovered here to give families closure and to make sure other buildings are maintained

1:29.2

the right way. The mayor of Miami-Dade said today she's very supportive of the pursuit by the state

1:35.6

attorney to open a grand jury investigation to probe this collapse. Is that the best way to do this?

1:42.2

And when will that happen? We have to keep pressing on this issue in the weeks to come. Also, there is

1:48.8

now a letter that is surfaced from the board president of Champlain Towers South to residents from

1:56.0

less than three months ago. She warned then about the pressing need for millions of dollars worth of

2:01.4

repairs. We quote, the observable damage such as in the garage has gotten significantly worse since

2:06.8

the initial inspection. Concrete deterioration is accelerating. Roof situation got much worse.

2:12.0

So extensive roof repairs had to be incorporated. The initial inspection she was referring to

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