Fires, shifting materials, Twisted Steel and water up to their waist at some points. Yeah, theyre searching for people in there. Theyre searching for mothers and fathers and brothers and sisters, children. Officials say they have heard sounds from underneath the debris. They are not confirming exactly what those sounds are. They said it is very possible the debris moving, metal, concrete, et cetera. But, with that news, Family Members are doing their best to hold on to hope. There is hope. Its just dwindling by the minute. There is a certain hope in the air but it is a very strange kind of a feeling. Ive rarely had this feeling except in the war zone. Were dealing day by day, theyre now finding more and more people and i hope and pray theyre found soon and everything is good. Those poor, poor people. Officials say that President Biden has been receiving updates on this. Hes expected to address the tragedy there later today at the white house. We dont know yet if he will then go on to v
Mentioned, wourking around the clock putting their own lives at risk hoping there are lives to save beneath the rubble. Here in Surf Side Hope is the only thing a lot of people have right now. 159 people still unaccounted for. At least four people are dead and being here on the scene you realize not just the scope of the collapse but also the factors that are going to complicate a rescue. The smoke thats still in the air from nearly incessant fires underneath this field of debris. Of course, the scale of the challenge that is facing these emergency teams. Right now theyre racing against the clock and yet having to move in a painstakingly slow fashion to sift through debris as, again, those frequent fires, bad weather, and smokey conditions complicate their work. Were all essentially Stuck Waiting for news, any sign that would keep hope alive and as we speak, there are teams standing by waiting to treat anyone that they may find on site. As we hope for answers, theres now a wall honorin
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.
Americas other epidemic shows no signs of slowing. This time a mass shooting at a rail yard in san jose, cam. There have been 17 Mass Shootings in the last week. 17 in the last week. Deaths from gun violence in the u. S. Up 23 so far this year. Its another case where the victims were frontline workers. Last month it was a fedex facility in indianapolis, before that a supermarket in boulder, colorado. And now its rail workers helping other Essential Workers get to work during this pandemic. These are the folks who are showing up every day throughout the pandemic to ensure that transit would operate every day to support members of our community to depended on transit for their livelihoods or for their lives and, you know, these are Essential Workers and they took risks to themselves, showing up every day for work, and now their friends and their Family Members are mourning their loss. The mayor says the gunman was a coworker and the victims due them well. This is happening everywhere in
Americas other epidemic shows no signs of slowing. This time a mass shooting at a rail yard in san jose, cam. There have been 17 Mass Shootings in the last week. 17 in the last week. Deaths from gun violence in the u. S. Up 23 so far this year. Its another case where the victims were frontline workers. Last month it was a fedex facility in indianapolis, before that a supermarket in boulder, colorado. And now its rail workers helping other Essential Workers get to work during this pandemic. These are the folks who are showing up every day throughout the pandemic to ensure that transit would operate every day to support members of our community to depended on transit for their livelihoods or for their lives and, you know, these are Essential Workers and they took risks to themselves, showing up every day for work, and now their friends and their Family Members are mourning their loss. The mayor says the gunman was a coworker and the victims due them well. This is happening everywhere in