Attempting to figure out, to explain, how this might have happened. In the meantime, Family Members are holding onto hope, and they are desperately waiting for answers. My nephew was here with a wife and three four children. Im just asking god. My mom is an absolutely amazing person. Shes a fighter, and she fights for every single one of us. And we wont stop, until we wont stop fighting, until we find her. I want to get, now, to sanjay and cnn correspondent, rosa flores also there at the scene of the building collapse. Rosa and sanjay, this is you know, this is heartbreaking to hear from these families. And there are, still, so many questions about what happened here. No doubt, brianna. And rosas been here since yesterday morning. It is tough, i just have to say, listening to those Family Members. I cant even imagine if your if you dont know, at this point. And that is the case for 99 people, theyre still unaccounted for. I i wonder, do we have any more insight, as to what, exactly, ha
Tonight 99 souls are listed as unaccounted for officially. Theres been one fatality. Crews have been on the scene for almost 24 hours now using extrication tools, their hands, search dogs, microphones. Earlier today a boy who was trapped in the debris was pulled out alive. For the very latest, were joined tonight by telephone by charles briquette, the mayor of surfside, florida. Joining us by telephone, because the weather has turned so suddenly severe, we cant get a tv signal out of there, which also means think of the underground rescue effort and how that will be slowed down and hampered by rainfall. Mr. Mayor, ive been watching you on television all day. I think were pretty close to the same age. When i woke up this morning, saw the pictures in your town, i thought of the Marine Barracks bombing. I thought of oklahoma city. And then ive seen your comment all day long. Buildings dont fall down like this in america. Obviously theres that investigation, but update us tonight on the se
And another stain on Rudy Giulianis legacy. The formermayor, turned trump lawyer, has his New York Law License suspended for pushing election lies. We want to welcome our viewers in the United States and around the world. Im wolf blitzer. Youre in the situation room. This is cnn breaking news. All right. You are looking at live pictures coming in from surf side, florida, right now. Awful situation that has unfolded. Our correspondent, randi kaye, is son thon the scene for us. Randi, local officials just a few moments audio, they gave us an update on the condo collapse. What is the latest . Update our viewers. Some good news and some bad news, wolf. They are telling us now, that 102 people have been accounted for. Which is very good news for some families. But they are still saying 99 people remain unaccounted for. So those families, certainly, on edge at this hour. But i should emphasize this is, still, a very active searchandrescue operation. They are searching in the Parking Garage b
And another stain on Rudy Giulianis legacy. The formermayor, turned trump lawyer, has his New York Law License suspended for pushing election lies. We want to welcome our viewers in the United States and around the world. Im wolf blitzer. Youre in the situation room. This is cnn breaking news. All right. You are looking at live pictures coming in from surf side, florida, right now. Awful situation that has unfolded. Our correspondent, randi kaye, is son thon the scene for us. Randi, local officials just a few moments audio, they gave us an update on the condo collapse. What is the latest . Update our viewers. Some good news and some bad news, wolf. They are telling us now, that 102 people have been accounted for. Which is very good news for some families. But they are still saying 99 people remain unaccounted for. So those families, certainly, on edge at this hour. But i should emphasize this is, still, a very active searchandrescue operation. They are searching in the Parking Garage b
good morning it our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m kasie hunt. it is tuesday, january 2, 2024 and we begin with breaking news. japan airlines plane bursting into flames as it touched down at haneda airport according to nhk. cnn s will ripley is live for us in tokyo. will, this just happened. information still coming in. what can you tell us at this hour? reporter: the headline here is that all nearly 400 people on board this plane, as horrific as the pictures look, they walked away. they evacuated safely after what appears to be some sort of a collision between two planes on the runway. this airport sits right next to a japan coast guard base. it is right in the same area right along the bay. and what nhk is reporting and cnn working to confirm independently is that as this japan airliner from a very, very popular tourist destination especially this time of year, especially on a holiday weekend, that is why the plane was packed with 367 passengers an