Engineer Warned of Cracks in Pedestrian Bridge Days Before Collapse.
CABRERA: Someone knew that that pedestrian bridge in Miami had a potential problem but did not think it was dangerous. An engineer for the company that designed the bridge called the Florida Department of Transportation Tuesday saying this new bridge had cracks in it. He left a voice mail that nobody apparently heard until after this bridge collapsed. Here's part of the voice mail.</s>DENNEY PATE, LEAD ENGINEER, FIGG (voice-over): I was calling to share with you some information about the FIU pedestrian bridge and some cracking that's been observed on the north end of the span, the pylon end of that span we moved this weekend. So we've taken a look at it and, obviously, some repairs or whatever will have to be done. But from a safety perspective, we don't see that there's any issue there.</s>CABRERA: CNN's Kaylee Hartung is there in Miami near the place where the concrete bridge suddenly collapsed and crushed cars below. Kaylee, do we know if the construction company was aware of them?</s>KAYLEE HARTUNG, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Ana, we have learned that they were aware. They had been made aware. And even though that voice mail was not heard by that Florida Department of Transportation employee until the day after the collapse, we now know that FIU officials, as well as representatives from the construction company and the engineering firm and the Florida Department of Transportation, they actually met on Thursday morning about five hours before this bridge collapsed to discuss those cracks. And that lead engineer, who you heard leaving that voice mail, presented facts that led them all to agree that there were no safety concerns, and that crack did not compromise the structural integrity of the bridge. And yet, with this information, we are learning the NTSB is saying that it is too early to draw conclusions as to what led to this bridge's collapse -- Ana?</s>CABRERA: It is such a sad story. We know that at least six people have died and there is still an effort to lift that bridge to get to the trapped cars still underneath. Kaylee Hartung, thank you for the update. Coming up here in the CNN NEWSROOM, first, he was fired, and now he is firing back. Former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe loses his job less than 48 hours before his retirement. What he is now saying about the president. Stay right there.