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CEO of Cambridge Analytica Alexander Nix speaks at the 2016 Concordia Summit - Day 1 at
Grand Hyatt New York on September 19, 2016 in New York City. (Photo by Bryan Bedder/Getty
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Facebook on Friday suspended consulting firm Strategic Communication Laboratories, the parent
company of data analytics firm Cambridge Analytica, for violating its policies on data collection
and retention. President Trump's 2016 data guru Brad Parscale, who has been named campaign
manager of the 2020 re-election bid, hired Cambridge Analytica during the campaign. Cambridge
Analytica has said it was key to Mr. Trump's victory.
Paul Grewal, Facebook's vice president and deputy general counsel, said that they learned in
2015, a psychology professor at the University of Cambridge named Dr. Aleksandr Kogan lied to
us and violated our Platform Policies by passing data from an app called "thisisyourdigitallife"
that was using Facebook Login from Cambridge Analytica. He also passed that data to
Christopher Wylie of Eunoia Technologies, Inc. Kogan gained access to the data in a legitimate
way, but Grewal wrote that he violated the policies by passing it on to third parties.
"60 Minutes": Facebook "embeds," Russia and the Trump campaign's secret weapon
After Facebook learned of the violation, Grewal said they deleted the app and demanded he and
all the parties who had the data delete it. Grewal said Cambridge Analytica, Kogan and Wylie
provided certification they deleted the data.
But several days ago, Grewal said, they received reports that not all the data was deleted.
Cambridge Analytica -- including Strategic Communication Laboratories -- and Kogan and Wylie
have been suspended, "pending further information."
Cambridge Analytica uses the controversial practice called psychographics that microtarget ads
based on personality.
Special counsel Robert Mueller in December asked Cambridge Analytica to turn over internal
documents as part of its investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 election, according to
The Washington Post.
Parscale told "60 Minutes" in October that the campaign never used the psychographics that made
Cambridge Analytica famous. He said the practice of psychographics "doesn't work," but he said
he doesn't believe it's "sinister."
Julian Assange has said Wikileaks was approached by Cambridge Analytica in 2016 about
potentially working together about the release of Hillary Clinton's deleted emails. According to
The Wall Street Journal, Cambridge Analytica's CEO Alexander Nix was emailed by Trump
donor Rebekah Mercer asking if they might be able to better organize the release of Hillary
Clinton emails by Wikileaks. According to Politico, Mercer is a large investor in Cambridge
Analytica.
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SWEETWATER, Fla. -- A newly installed pedestrian bridge connecting the campus of Florida
International University (FIU) with the city of Sweetwater west of Miami collapsed Thursday,
crushing several cars on the roadway below. Miami-Dade Fire Chief Dave Downey said late
Thursday that there are six confirmed fatalities and that the search and rescue phase is not
complete and will continue around the clock. Florida Highway Patrol Lt. Alejandro Camacho told
CBS News that the bridge was still under construction and not open to pedestrians.
Questions raised over construction of pedestrian bridge that collapsed at FIU
Witnesses describe hearing victims trapped in Miami bridge collapse
Florida Gov. Rick Scott addressed the media Thursday evening saying that if anyone did anything
wrong they will be held responsible. He pointed out that the bridge project was not part of the
Florida Department of Transportation, but that of FIU and funded with federal money.
"We're going to do everything we can for the victims," Scott said. "There will clearly be an
investigation into why this happened and we will hold anyone accountable if anything was done
wrong, but the most important thing we can do right now is pray for the individuals who ended up
in the hospital and the family members who lost loved ones."
bridge collapse
Vehicles are seen trapped under the collapsed pedestrian bridge at Florida International
University on Thu., March 15, 2018 in Miami, Fla. GETTY
Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Florida, also was part of the press conference and expressed his
condolences. He has been a FIU adjunct professor for the last 10 years.
"Ironically this [bridge] was designed for safety ... it was going to be a signature project and one
of its kind in terms of its engineering design," he said. "The public deserves to know and the
families deserve to know and the people who lost their lives deserve to know what went wrong.
These people doing the engineering studies will tell us what went wrong. It will prevent
something like this from happening again because we learn from those things."
"We're utilizing all the tools and equipment," Downey said. "We're going to continue to search
this pile until we're sure there are no other victims." Downey said that there were at least 100 first
responders at the onset of the incident Thursday afternoon. He also confirmed that nine people
were recovered from the rubble and that there have been four fatalities so far.
Miami-Dade fire chief: "We were able to remove nine victims early on, they have been
transported to local area hospitals." https://t.co/Ivw2WJckED pic.twitter.com/5iXo3ZIrpS
— CBS News (@CBSNews) March 16, 2018
Authorities have yet to identify the victims.
FIU president Mark Rosenberg addressed the media Thursday: "On behalf of the entire FIU
community, I want to express our condolences to all those family members, sons and daughters,
loved ones involved. This bridge was about collaboration, about hope, about opportunity and
about determination. This bridge was about strength and opportunity about being good neighbors
with the city of Sweetwater. It was about goodness, not sadness. Now we're feeling immense
sadness ... and our hearts go out to all those affected. We're committed to assist in all efforts
necessary and our hope this sadness can galvanize the entire community to stay the course -- the
course of goodness and hope of opportunity." He also thanked the first responders.
Mayor Orlando Lopez of Sweetwater, Florida, said he was notified of the bridge collapse by a
local business owner who called him about the devastating news.
"My heart stopped. I can hear the crackle in his voice as he explained to me that the bridge
collapsed and there are vehicles trapped under it. I couldn't believe that this very bridge that was
being erected to provide safe transfer between students of FIU to the city of Sweetwater actually
collapsed. It is a very tragic day."
Lopez said that three of the officers at the Thursday evening press conference arrived at the scene
within 30 seconds and did CPR and helped some victims stay alive and brought back to life to
allow fire and rescue to arrive on scene.
Officials urged motorists to steer clear of the area as the investigation continues.
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) also held a Thursday evening press
conference to say they are launching an investigation and sending specialists from the office of
transportation disaster assistance to help families affected by the incident.
NTSB also responded to a question about the bridge saying, "If we find that there are deficiencies
with that type of bridge or construction, we have the ability to issue urgent recommendations."
They pointed out that there's much to investigate still and that NTSB "will be there tonight talking
to people and have our team on the ground first thing tomorrow."
White House press secretary Sarah Sanders said President Trump was aware of the situation and
that dfederal resources would be provided.
Mr. Trump praised the first responders for their courage:
Continuing to monitor the heartbreaking bridge collapse at FIU - so tragic. Many brave First
Responders rushed in to save lives. Thank you for your courage. Praying this evening for all who
are affected.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 15, 2018
In a news conference earlier Thursday, officials said there were eight vehicles trapped under
rubble at the scene, and several people were transported to various hospitals. Aerial footage from
CBS Miami showed the vehicles stuck underneath the 174-foot, 950-ton bridge.
Deadly bridge collapse at Florida International University
Deadly bridge collapse at Florida International University
One of the witnesses of the bridge collapse spoke with CBSN earlier Thursday to describe the
scene.
"Me and my boyfriend had just driven under the bridge," Isabella Carrasco said. "We actually
commented on how new it was ... We had heard a loud bang. At first, we thought we had hit
something, and when we looked around, we realized the bridge had collapsed on multiple cars. I
didn't see any pedestrians walking on the bridge. When we looked around we saw that it was
much, much worse."
"So many people go through this particular intersection every day, so it's very terrifying,"
Carrasco added.
Carrasco told CBSN she saw one construction worker who had sustained injuries. She said
authorities pulled him to the side of the road and later transported him to a hospital by ambulance.
She also witnessed paramedics performing CPR on another person at the scene.
Witness Damany Reed told CBSN the bridge was constructed "for the safety of the students" in
order for them to cross 8th Street "comfortably."
"I heard a big 'kaboom,'" Reed said. "It sounded continuous. We thought something had fallen,
but it was the bridge that collapsed. It was just surreal at that moment and pretty scary."
FIU students are currently on spring break, reducing the number of pedestrians in the area.
In a statement, FIU said it was "shocked and saddened about the tragic events" at the bridge. The
university says it is focused on rescue efforts and is "working closely" with first responders.
"Right now, the most important thing is to try and save these people who are hopefully still
alive," Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart told CBS Miami shortly after the collapse. "Our thoughts and
prayers are with them and the first responders who constantly risk their lives."
Munilla Construction Management (MCM) -- the company that was hired to build the bridge --
tweeted a statement in response to the collapse that reads in part: "Our family's thoughts and
prayers go out to everyone affected by this terrible tragedy."
pic.twitter.com/ehWhNcJd5d
— Munilla Construction (@WeAreMCM) March 15, 2018
"Our deepest sympathies are with those affected by this accident," FIGG Bridge Engineers, the
company hired to design the bridge, wrote in a statement. "We will fully cooperate with every
appropriate authority in reviewing what happened and why. In our 40-year history, nothing like
this has ever happened before. Our entire team mourns the loss of life and injuries associated with
this devastating tragedy, and our prayers go out to all involved."
Two of the firms that built the bridge have been accused of unsafe practices, CBS News' Jim
Axelrod reports.
Ten days ago, MCM was sued in South Florida by a TSA employee who was hurt at the Fort
Lauderdale airport. The employee's lawyer alleges that a makeshift bridge MCM built for
workers to use while the company does construction at the airport broke under his weight.
As for FIGG, a 90-ton portion of a bridge the company was assembling in Virginia in June 2012
fell apart while under construction. The Virginian Pilot reports four workers were hurt and that
state regulators fined FIGG $28,000 for safety violations saying it was "pure luck no one was
killed."
During a news conference Thursday afternoon, Maurice Kemp, deputy mayor of Miami-Dade
County, said more than 100 firefighters were working to find victims in the rubble.
"We have multiple fire rescue units on scene. We have our urban search and rescue technicians
on the scene," Kemp said. "We have our technical rescue technicians on the scene. We also have
live search dogs working a pile right now."
"All of our thoughts and prayers go to the victims of this tragedy that has occurred here today ...
We thank all of the agencies that are out here supporting these efforts," added Juan Perez, director
of the Miami-Dade Police Department.
Perez said the department's homicide division will take over the investigation. A reunification
center has been setup at FIU. Perez said members of the public can call (305) 348-3481 for more
information.
The bridge was constructed using an innovative approach called accelerated bridge construction
(ABC), meant to reduce potential risks to workers, commuters and pedestrians and prevent traffic
tie-ups in the area. It was moved into place Saturday.
Construction, which cost $14.2 million, was expected to finish in early 2019. The 32-foot-wide
bridge was supposed to be 289 feet long and 109 feet tall once completed. The span was the first
in the world to be constructed entirely of self-cleaning concrete, which helps to reduce
maintenance costs, according to a press release from the university.
Monique O. Madan of the Miami Herald captured dramatic video from the ground showing the
aftermath of the deadly collapse:
This is the scene at @FIU after bridge collapses. Police moving the media away “just in case the
rest falls down.” pic.twitter.com/Vw2wZKraj1
— Monique O. Madan (@MoniqueOMadan) March 15, 2018
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