happening now, breaking news, president biden is set to address the nation tonight. from the oval office following the attempted assassination some of his political rival donald trump, we re following all the latest developments in this truly historic moment in american history. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer in washington. this special edition of the situation the fbi is now saying yesterday s attempt to shoot donald trump is being investigated. that only as an attempted assassination. but as a potential act of domestic terrorism. they say the shooter, timothy matthew crooks, acted alone and had no known ideology. meantime, the u.s. secret service says, it is fully prepared to maintain security at the republican good national convention in milwaukee and has no need to change its protocols in the wake of the attack. just ahead of his planned oval office address, president biden spoke of making a personal call to forme
for. and now there are growing concerns over the safety of some other older buildings in the area. multiple buildings have been evacuated, inspections orders. natasha chen is in surfside, florida, with the latest. so how much of a difference does it make that the rescue and recovery teams could access the full site of the collapsed building now? reporter: well this is going to be a big deal, jim. because prior to the demolition he were were told that search and rescue teams couldn t access the part closest to the building, the remaining parts of the building itself and that was because of the instability of the structure. they were concerned about the storm potentially taking the building down for them in the wrong direction, making that an immediate threat on the people on site. so this is a controlled way of bringing it down and as you said, now they have more access to the rest of the debris pile. of course a very nerve-wracking things for families to see because when yo
move materials, the better a chance that you hurt or disrupt whatever is underneath it. they have two active fires going on at that site. the men and women are working on top of one of them. you will see pictures and videos of this. i wanted to start with thinker because of the significance and the eeriness of this. the last time i saw an image like that is when our first responders were standing on the buildings that had been the trade centers and were working through smoke that was so acrid and so choking, and they worked tirelessly because they wanted to find who was there and give answers to the families. and it s happening once again here in florida right now. those men and women are working on top of an active burn, okay? and that is dangerous. they are trying to manage risk. they are standing on top 12 layers of building. it s all been so exprcompressedd it s been so challenging. there is zero quit in anyone that i saw on that site. and it s really important that the f
the operation that is happening. and there are a few things that are important to say, right off the top, now, about-48 hours in. the idea that there are not resources here is absurd. the idea that this is not work that s moving quickly is demonstrably false. this work, by its nature, is methodical. there are people who could be alive. and the faster that you move materials, the better a chance that you hurt or disrupt whatever is underneath it. they have two active fires going on in that site. the men and women are working on top of one of them. okay? you will see video and pictures of this. now, i wanted to start with this picture because of the significance and the eeriness of this. the last time i saw an image like that was 9/11 when our first responders were standing on the buildings. what had been the trade centers. and they were working through smoke that is so acrid, that is so choking, and they work tirelessly because they wanted to find who was there and give answer