Minutes away. Plus a new twist in the mysterious Double Murder of a son and a mother from a prominent family in South Carolina. A former trooper speaking out tonight about the possible connection to a cold case he investigated years ago. And its not just parents, but now teachers and officials all at odds over Critical Race Theory. Lawmakers today feeling the heat. Were public and congressman bob good apparently called a racist during a virtual House Committee on the controversial topic today. A brain to develop internet. We begin tonight with that Gut Wrenching Scene in South Florida as First Responders are working around the Clock Searching for any possible survivors of that catastrophic Apartment Building complex. Correspondent Jonathan Serrie is there live on the scene in surfside florida senate. Jonathan, what is the latest . Well, shannon, the weather certainly is not cooperating with the rescuers. There have been thunderstorms coming in and out of South Florida. Nevertheless, fi
Making it that much harder for rescue crews. Officials say four people are dead, 159 others are still missing after part of Champlain Towers south crumbled in the Early Morning hours on thursday. A newlyreleased inspectors report warned structural damage to the building in 2018. Steve harrigan is life in surfside, florida, with the latest. Steve. Reporter jon, day three, no rescues since thursday. The key numbers remain the same, 159 people still missing, four people confirmed dead. Officials continue to insist this is a still a searchandrescue operation. Here is the mayor of miamidade. We continue to have hope. Were continuing to search. Were looking for people alive in the rubble. That is our priority and our teams have not stopped. Reporter officials released a troubling engineering report from three years ago citing major structural damage in the building that collapsed. That there were cracks around the parking area and around the pool deck as well. The mayor has ordered an audit
No word how many could be trapped and what caused the collapse. Here is what the mayor said a short time ago. They were doing roof work on the building at the time. Certainly that doesnt seem like it would be the issue that would have caused it. Some of the residents at the Community Center have complained to me the new building that went up to the south used to shake the building when they were putting the pilings in. We need to look hard at what happened there and find out because buildings just dont fall down like this. We had the dogs out there probably a few hours ago over the collapsed area and were just not getting any hits which is really heartbreaking. Bill its a sound bite that captures the moment for what were trying to understand really beneath the rubble. Dana one thing we do know the building was going under a renovation of some sorts. That might have perhaps contributed to this terrible situation. Bill the authorities have been we see the sirens all night long. At the mo
[speaking nonenglish language] [speaking nonenglish language] [speaking nonenglish language] thank you. Could you tell us how many people are still missing . Sandra you have finally been given an official update, speaking on this partial Building Collapse. Ron desantis singh moments ago we still have hope to be able to identify additional survivals. John, stating that the crew there are in Search And Rescue mode. They are doing everything they can in this moment to save lives. They are not going to rest until they do, describing a shift change that just happened as they try to identify what are still labeled as 51 missing people, one person still confirmed up your notes updates to that number at this time. And that is the update we have received. I am sandra smith here in new york. And this is America Reports. John i am john roberts. The mayor saying this was an incredible unimaginable situation, the fact that this building just came down in the middle of the night. 1 30 in the morning
Suburban miami community. A wing of the 12 stories peach front building collapsed early this morning. Search and rescue personnel are combing through the rubble being, searching for sur advisors. So far one person is confirmed dead. Correspondent Steve Harrigan has the latest tonight from surfside, hello, steve. Steve mike, officials here insist that this is still a Search And Rescue operation. They say under ground they are hearing a banging. They are not sure its human but they expect to continue the search all night long. Surveillance video shows the collapse of parts of a Condominium Tower at 1 30 a. M. Thursday while most residents were asleep. The most basic questions how many are dead, what caused the collapse, remain unanswered. This is beyond crazy, you know, this doesnt happen in first world countries. Billings just dont fall down like this. So this is inexplicable. We just dont have any answers right now but we will get them. We will find out what happened. Out of 136 units,