course is no stranger to loss. he lost his first wife it is very young daughter in a tragic car accident in the 19705 and also lost a son to brain cancer, so we are told that he is speaking to families and urging them not to lose hope. but i to say them not to lose hope. but i to say the hope that they have been cleaning too over the past eight days must be very difficult to hold onto, particularly today. we learned this morning that the early hours, these are to rescue operation taking place around the clock had to be halted largely due to concerns about the remaining part of the building that still standing. that that could also fall. and it was deemed the mound the rescue workers have been operating on over the past eight days just to unsafe now for the operation to continue. not running at the moment but there have been tropical storms here over the past few days. very difficult circumstances for the rescue workers to work under, and it is became too difficult. the rescue operation
to make speaking to anybody who would listen to make sure that those responsible for this to make sure that those responsible for this are to make sure that those responsible for this are brought to justice and that reform happens to this never happens that reform happens to this never happens again to any other family. because happens again to any other family. because that what you have to go through because that what you have to go through this. this was not an earthquake, not a terrorist attack, this was earthquake, not a terrorist attack, this was a earthquake, not a terrorist attack, this was a building people went to sleep this was a building people went to sleep and this was a building people went to sleep and then they died. a tragic story and we will talk to sophie and will tell you thatjoe biden has finished speaking to the families and he will appear and make some comments before he leaves miami and we will take you to that live as and we will take you to t
to start to prepare for the worst. all of them though have one question, how long? how long can someone possibly survive in there? it s a question no one can answer. but we were able to see what s being done to reach those trapped in the twisted metal and concrete before the hope they cling to fades completely. taste the hope they cling to fades completely- the hope they cling to fades completely. we were able to understand completely. we were able to understand that completely. we were able to understand that there - completely. we were able to understand that there is i completely. we were able to understand that there is no | completely. we were able to i understand that there is no longer a specific apartment. there is no spaces and the crews are working night and day, 2a hours a day, 12 hour shifts, working on top of that pile, doing everything they possibly can to dig deeper into the rubble to try to find anyone that can possibly be there. figs try to find anyone that can p
thank the president that came down from boston, he is here with the entire group. you know, these folks, they are always showing up, no matter what. they are risking their lives. you know, there is that old expression, the press that travels at me is tired of hearing aids, but i am not tired of saying it, god made man, then he made a few firefighters. the remarkable, remarkable people. they are always risking their lives to save lives as well as for police and other first responders. i got to meet with a whole bunch of them. we were able to employ nearly 500 personnel, including five other search and rescue teams on the ground today here because of our fema director ordered it. iwant here because of our fema director ordered it. i want to comment complement fema, all of those folks are risking their lives to save lives but also holding out hope that those will be found, hope springs
operations. they have always said that we need but we need is some luck and that so far is what they have not had. the weather conditions have not had. the weather conditions have been hugely challenging, and day after day the families of those 145 people still unaccounted for have been clinging onto the hope that maybe they might pull someone alive from the rubble. that finally after all these days, they might detect some sign of life. but all the families will be acutely aware that that has not happened now for eight days. we have not seen any sign of life since the first survivors were both directed to the building and the hours immediately after it collapsed on thursday. so i think the president is here trying to console some of the families who he met with, but it is a very difficult day. it s been an agonising wait for them and then to learn that this is rescue operation on which all their hopes are panned has had to pause, just the worst news for them it really.-