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Monday Sunrise Briefing: Search for survivors and a cause

As rescuers dug through the rubble this weekend in Surfside, Florida, looking for more than 150 missing people, new evidence emerged suggesting serious problems three years ago. A 2018 engineering report called for $9.1 million in extensive repairs to Champlain Towers South, the 12-story building that collapsed on Thursday. The report did not warn of imminent danger from the damage, and it is unclear if any of the damage observed was responsible for the collapse. But Gregg Schlesinger, an attorney specializing in construction defects

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