Four confirmed dead at this hour. The cause of this is still unknown. That part of it just beginning. My niece and her husband and her son were on the seventh floor. Im asking everybody to pray for survivors. My nephew was here with his wife and three small children. 2, 6 and 9. You never lose hope. Martha never lose hope. Rachel is among those that are hopeful today as this process continues. Her mom, judy is unaccounted for. Rachel will join us in just a moment. Were watching the minneapolis courtroom team. Chauvin is on the left side of your screen. The former Police Officer convicted in the killing of george floyd is about to find out how many years he will spend behind bars. We may hear from Derek Chauvin for the first time during this process and well watch that live throughout the course of this hour. Thats where we find matt finn. Today is a big day, matt. Martha, Derek Chauvin is looking different. Three members of George Floyds family have given impact statements. The first,
Of sense for the country, our economy and the future. We have not heard from mitch mcconnell. Thank you so much. Thank you. This is cnn Breaking News. Top of the hour. Im victor blackwell. Thanks for staying with me. We begin with the lifeanddeath race right now in South Florida, the search for survivors more than 13 hours after a Building Collapsed and killed one, injured at least ten. Moments ago the Fire Marshall told cnn rescuers are hearing some voices there in the rubble. Surveillance video captured the moment. This is 1 30 a. M. , surfside, florida, 55 units of a condo pancaked. Floridas governor toured the Disaster Site a short time ago. We thank the fire and rescue for what they did to be able to put themselves on the line to help other folks. Theyre still hard at work. We still have hope to be able to identify additional survivors. County commissioners told cnn that 51 people are unaccounted for. She says its possible they could be on vacation or simply away from their home.
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
The white house blamed the proliferation of guns. Its already shaping up to be a Major Political debate for 2022. Theres no escaping how the now president , joe biden, has really pivoted on crime. He spent decades arguing with language like this to show how tough he was on criminals. Watch this. Every time Richard Nixon when i was running in 1972 would say Law And Order, the democratic mantra, the response was Law And Order with justice. Whatever that meant. Id say lock the sobs up. Martha senator Lindsey Graham has known joe biden for decades. He has watched this evolution of the now president up close. Senator, good to have you with us. Thanks for being here today. Thank you. Martha obviously we laid out the clear problem of crime across this country. Now the white house is in a position where they need to confront it. What do you expect moments from now . I hope a recognition of the problem. I think the Biden Administration is clueless. Theyre going after trying to take guns off of
Meeting with russian president Vladimir Putin in a decade, with two leaders meeting. Talking about Cyber Attacks, ukraine and americans being held inside russia. No concrete solutions announced, but the two sides agreed to begin talks on The Groundwork For Future Arms Control and Risk Reduction measures. Now after the summit concluded, putin held a News Conference in which he said the talks were very constructive. Translator i believe there has been no hostility. On the contrary, our meeting took place in a constructive spirit. Indeed, we have assessment on a number of issues, but both sides expressed the intention to understand each other and to seek common ground. Talks were quite constructive. For his part President Biden shared the same sentiment during his News Conference, but he did get a little testy, as he was leaving when a reporter asked him if he was confident that putin would change his behavior. When did i say i was confident . I said what i said was lets get it straight.