Im Peter Alexander here in for Andrea Mitchell. We are following that Breaking News from georgia where we are monitoring an incident. Its 40 miles outside of atlanta. As you just heard, the Georgia Governor Brian Kemp is directing all available resources to that Schools Campus right now. You can see the pictures we are getting. The Chopper View from above. A lot of Police Presence and other Emergency Vehicles on scene right now. We want to get to nbc News Correspondent Anne Thompson joining us alongside Jim Kavanaugh and former Fbi Assistant Director Frank Figliuzzi right now. Anne, acknowledging we are learning little bits of information, trying to get a better understanding, whats the best information you have been able to gather at this point . Reporter right now, we know that the High School has about 1,900 students. They are from grades 9 through 12. We have seen many of them come out of that building, the building is said to be on a hard lockdown. The governor put out this statem
Don t think of them. The pain becomes a part of you. Get everybody out here to my house now. He came home and found her, his entire family gone. I said what are you talking about, what are you saying? it was surreal. As fellow cops suspected him. I did not do this. I did not do this. She was upset. She felt like history is repeating itself. Or police just plain wrong? it s like a twilight zone. Lies become truth and the truth becomes lies. May be the real killer was still out there. You have lied to the police about this case. So devastating. We know that was probably the key to solving this. 13 years of hell. Such an awful crime. The wife, the little boy and girl, shot at pointblank range. I was dumbfounded with shock. How to comprehend it? i said what, wait, what are you talking about, what are you saying? the husband had an alibi. He could have done anything, but he didn t. 13 years, three trials, appeals, reversals and changing stories. The big picture here for a lot of people as i
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
[speaking nonenglish language] [speaking nonenglish language] [speaking nonenglish language] thank you. Could you tell us how many people are still missing . Sandra you have finally been given an official update, speaking on this partial Building Collapse. Ron desantis singh moments ago we still have hope to be able to identify additional survivals. John, stating that the crew there are in Search And Rescue mode. They are doing everything they can in this moment to save lives. They are not going to rest until they do, describing a shift change that just happened as they try to identify what are still labeled as 51 missing people, one person still confirmed up your notes updates to that number at this time. And that is the update we have received. I am sandra smith here in new york. And this is America Reports. John i am john roberts. The mayor saying this was an incredible unimaginable situation, the fact that this building just came down in the middle of the night. 1 30 in the morning
Suburban miami community. A wing of the 12 stories peach front building collapsed early this morning. Search and rescue personnel are combing through the rubble being, searching for sur advisors. So far one person is confirmed dead. Correspondent Steve Harrigan has the latest tonight from surfside, hello, steve. Steve mike, officials here insist that this is still a Search And Rescue operation. They say under ground they are hearing a banging. They are not sure its human but they expect to continue the search all night long. Surveillance video shows the collapse of parts of a Condominium Tower at 1 30 a. M. Thursday while most residents were asleep. The most basic questions how many are dead, what caused the collapse, remain unanswered. This is beyond crazy, you know, this doesnt happen in first world countries. Billings just dont fall down like this. So this is inexplicable. We just dont have any answers right now but we will get them. We will find out what happened. Out of 136 units,