A very good morning to our viewers here in the United States and around the world. It is thursday, june 24th, and we are beginning with some Breaking News here. There is a massive Search And Rescue operation under way right now in south florida, after a highrise building partially collapsed in the city of surfside, this is near miami beach. Emergency crews are shifting through huge piles of rubble. Er following reports people may still be trapped in the debris. The collapse happened about 2 00 a. M. You would think people would be inside sleeping. Dozens of rescue units from the miamidade area are now on the scene. Leila santia we do is live on the scene. What is going on there . Reporter this is an upscale Beach Community north of miami beach with a mixture of old and New Buildings just to give you an idea of the area but i want to show you behind me, you can actually see in the neighboring buildings that rescue crews are on balconies, we see flash lights so we think theyre inside as
Budget requests resources to add Inspection Positions in every Field Division. The effectiveness of the Enforcement Program depends on the ability to identify and focus on those dealers that pose the greatest risk to public safety. Starting today, atf will make clear to investigators in every Field Division that as they prioritize inspections, they must consider the extent to which firearms sold by a dealer are later used in criminal activity. Third, we will improve information sharing with state, local, tribal, and territorial partners to help bring more intelligence and Law Enforcement resources to bear, as well as with the public to increase our own accountability. Today, atf has a point of contact in every Field Division to receive information from mayors, police chiefs, and other local leaders about Firearms Dealers they believe are acting unlawfully. And starting next month, atf Will Begin Sharing Inspection Data with the 16 states that license or regulate Firearms Dealers themse
Budget requests resources to add Inspection Positions in every Field Division. The effectiveness of the Enforcement Program depends on the ability to identify and focus on those dealers that pose the greatest risk to public safety. Starting today, atf will make clear to investigators in every Field Division that as they prioritize inspections, they must consider the extent to which firearms sold by a dealer are later used in criminal activity. Third, we will improve information sharing with state, local, tribal, and territorial partners to help bring more intelligence and Law Enforcement resources to bear, as well as with the public to increase our own accountability. Today, atf has a point of contact in every Field Division to receive information from mayors, police chiefs, and other local leaders about Firearms Dealers they believe are acting unlawfully. And starting next month, atf Will Begin Sharing Inspection Data with the 16 states that license or regulate Firearms Dealers themse
Here or not, whether we have windows busted or not, were going to start the breakin happened sometime over the weekend at the Freedom School of homies empowerment near 90th. And macarthur thieves stole eight laptops, two projectors for microphones and a power cell worth 6,000. School designer g. Reyes, whos also a cal state east bay professor, says someone also broke into the schools shed wednesday morning. Obviously its devastating, but if you can also see the energy of the space, were interviewing teachers right now, so we cant let those breakins devastate us and immobilize us. We have to stay focused on what were trying to do and what theyre trying to do, says principal cesar cruz, is to be a different, independent, free school for 30 at risk ninth graders who may not like school. When you walk into our building, its living history. You see asian american, African American , latino history, you see a place that feels like home for kids. The school takes pride in being a place where
Justice department for his efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election. This is the 3rd criminal case brought against the former president this year. Were taking a live look at where the special counsel will be issuing a statement on the charges the former president will be facing todays indictment focuses on schemes by President Trump and his allies to keep him in office. Despite his loss to president biden. Again, we are standing by for special counsel jack smith to make a statement. This is a live look at that room. We will bring it to you live as soon as it begins. But right now, we do want to bring in political analyst michael michael, we were speaking just about an hour ago about all of this in anticipation of this indictment coming down. The indictment has come down. Ive just kind of skimming through it right now. And in the first few bullet points, the grand jury does acknowledge that the former president has like any american the right to, you know, speak publicly abo