Sounding somewhat optimistic. Today, a group of bipartisan senators head to the white house to pitch their plan to President Biden. And in los angeles, Britney Spears speaking out for the first time asking a judge to end her very restrictive conservator ship. Revealing disturbing details about the control her father has over her life, her finances, even her body. Right now, the white house is cracking down on gun violence after President Biden laid out his plan to get guns off our streets. He is directing programs to cut Community Violence to 15 separate cities. But this morning, we have to turn now to South Florida where we have breaking news. At least one person dead after partial collapse of a highrise condo building near miami beach. We are awaiting a News Conference from Miamidade Police in 10 or 15 minutes from now. Overnight, i want to show you dramatic rescues that took place. More than 80 fire rescue units rushing to the scene early this morning. Witnesses and survivors describing a scene of terror and absolute confusion. A weird sound, could have been thunder, but didnt sound like thunder, we felt the building shake. I saw a plume of smoke coming up, very unusual shape. Everything about it was unusual. I opened the door to my apartment, it leads to a long hallway, and all i saw was debris. Decided to go to the balcony, wave down fire rescue. They are heroes. Theyre unbelievable human beings. They came up with a ladder and bucket and got the four of us down. I want to go to Kerry Sanders at the scene. 80 units in the sent to the building, whats going on . The building collapsed, you look at the back side of it, it pancaked. 12 story building, 136 units in there. We believe that most of them were occupied, if not by residents, people here on vacation borrowing apartments and staying there. We know of one family here from argentina. A husband, a wife, and young sixyearold daughter that friends and relatives havent heard from. These are incredibly anxious moments, waiting to find out news. A lot of people on the Emergency Side that responded here. If theres an up side, metro or miamidade Fire Department is world class urban Search And Rescue that responded around the world. They not only have expertise but the gear and cameras they can put in there to see if there are voids where people may be inside. At this point, the waiting is agonizing. A commissioner here in surfside, a small town is north of miami. Update what you know now. We know that something was wrong with the building. A building shouldnt collapse like that. I am afraid for other buildings in town. This is the sham plain south buildings. Theres a sister building, sham plain north. Looks similar, built the same time. I think residents need to be concerned for the safety of their building. The Search And Rescue going on, nobody is giving up. I know they confirmed one death. This plays out all day . This will play out for days, could be weeks until we know who is under the rubble, who survived, who didnt survive. A lot of people are unaccounted for, lot of families concerned. Hoping there are snow birds that werent here. Happens in chaotic moments, trying to find where people are is different. Theyre taking phone numbers, theres efforts. This is florida. Hurricanes happen. Theres a system in place with emergency management. Lets talk a little about the building itself. At 40 years old, has it been inspected . Whats the status of that . The building was up for 40 year recertification. They were doing the process now. It is a one year process. I believe they were doing the roof. The inspector was last here when . Told he was on the roof yesterday. What happened today is going to take a lot of investigating to find out, we are getting to the bottom of it, residents need to know. Thank you very much. She has a busy day, commissioner here in surfside, north of miami beach. The Search And Rescue is under way as we speak. There are dogs, listening devices, cameras, perhaps going to complicate the situation, rain is moving in. Thats not going to deter anybody with the hope of finding people still alive and can be pulled to safety. Kerry, i dont want to put you on the spot but i want to ask you personally. You covered a lot of stories. When you showed up on scene earlier this morning, what is this like . Compare it to other things youve seen. Reporter it just, i heard her say this, it is so true, it does not feel like something we see happening in the united states. The first thing i thought of, this wasnt an accident, was this something caused by a terrorist or something. It appears that the authorities ruled this out. Anxiety and chaos, i got here around 4 15 in the morning, there was still, obviously people that got out were numb, they were frightened, didnt have answers, still dont have answers, want to know where their loved ones are. This is very much a very real, unexpected event that happened, and it is lack of expectation that makes things so much more raw as opposed to theres a hurricane coming, people know how to deal with it, horrible if a hurricane hits. This was like a split second, three sounds, one, two, third sound, thats when it pancaked, thats when a cloud of Concrete Dust filled the area. Thats when people said what do i do, how do i get out of here. They went downstairs, down hall ways, first floor, couldnt get down. Went to the basement, found the door locked. Thats an area thats a Parking Garage when i say basement. Started to make their way up. Went upstairs. One couple made it back to their balcony on the third floor, brought strangers with them, neighbors, people they didnt know. Then the Fire Department arrived, they put up a Cherry Picker and started to pull them out, extracting them. When i see all of this unfolding, when i talk to people that have gone through this, hearing the raw emotion, you cant help but feel for them, knowing that those that got out are damaged but are lucky to be alive. Those that are still in there hopefully are still alive somehow in the midst of all this. Kerry sanders, thank you. Were coming back to you in a moment. We are expecting a Press Conference in seven or eight minutes. Back to the white house, i mentioned it at the top of the show, cracking down on violence after President Biden laid out his plan to get guns off our streets. He is directing programs to cut Community Violence to 15 separate cities, the plan includes five areas to stop Gun Trafficking. With the administration targeting what they call Rogue Gun Dealers who break the law. Well find you and we will seek your license to sell guns. Well make sure you cant sell death and mayhem on our streets. Lets go straight to Peter Alexander and shannon watt, founder of moms demand action. Peter, we saw hundreds of Mass Shootings in bidens first 100 days. He said his focus was on infrastructure. What changed his mind . Reporter i think it is clear that his focus is on more than just infrastructure, obviously the pandemic has been a priority, but guns certainly and rise in crime has been significant as well. I think it is largely driven by numbers we have been seeing in recent months. Take philadelphia, Record Number of murders since the pandemic. Portland, oregon, homicides are up 530 just this year. These are numbers noted by those in the white house. I think thats why we heard from the president on this very issue. You talk about new policies he is rolling out, including an effort to try to hold Rogue Gun Dealers accountable, getting involved with Department Of Justice to send Strike Forces as theyre describing them to five communities, cities in the country, new york, l. A. , chicago, san francisco, and washington, d. C. , and help for local Police Departments here as well. Some of these pose real challenges for the administration as they are effectively suggestions, like their desire that some communities would spend more covid relief money received on efforts and support of the Police Departments there, Community Intervention efforts there, especially as relates to young people in those communities. The white house still faces challenges, but the effort to speak out yesterday was to show it is something they take seriously, will try to do their best to crackdown on that. Shannon, you have been calling for action at the federal level for years. Youre not getting anything out of congress but getting something from this white house. Whats it going to do . Well, what joe biden did yesterday and since he was elected is so important. He has done more than any president on this issue in a generation. He is taking action on ghost guns, funding violence intervention programs, he nominated a strong leader to the atf which is huge, and then announced as you said yesterday he is going after illegal Gun Trafficking, going to hold bad actor Gun Sellers Accountable and make more investment in communities around gun violence prevention. These things are really important. But as you said, we have to have Congress Step up. Acting on Gun Trafficking but shannon, heres the problem. The president is going after those that are breaking the law. So much of whats happening is actually legal. And congress is doing nothing. So just going after those breaking law doesnt solve it. Lots of whats happening is aokay. To your point, Gun Trafficking is an issue, guns are moving from states with weak gun laws to states with strong gun laws. Last five years, 2 of trafficked guns come from states without Background Checks. Yes, thats why we need congress to act on things like Background Checks. We just did an analysis that found over 300,000 gun sales were stopped thanks to the Background Check system, more than ever before. We dont know how many guns were purchased through loopholes in the system. We know about a quarter of guns sold every year are sold without a Background Check. What President Biden is doing is important, and a huge change, but yes, we need congress to act. This data, analysis on Background Checks shows anything, it is that we can keep guns out of the hands of people that shouldnt have them, but also our elected officials should be racing to close loopholes to save lives. Peter, from here whats President Bidens plan, to think of more things he can do from the oval office or is it to Lobby Congress on Something Like a Background Check bill . Reporter i think it is a little of both. Obviously yesterday we heard him pushing congress to followup, to deliver on a background bill. He was asked whether he believes there should be another Assault Weapons ban that he helped support years ago, and he said he did and thought it might be possible, but obviously theres significant resistance in congress to that taking place. Peter, i need to jump in. We have to turn now to the breaking news in surfside, florida. Officials are giving an update on the situation. Lets watch. Thank you so much to our brave, brave fire rescue workers. They have years of experience in this type of operation. And theyre doing everything they possibly can do. We need to allow them to do their work. Very important. Need to allow them to do their work. Every minute in this search can make a huge difference. We set up a Family Reunification hot line for those trying to get information about loved ones. 3056141819. Or go to miamidade. Gov emergency to report online Missing Persons or to check in if someone is safe. 3056141819. Chaplains, Victim Advocates are on site, ready to support survivors and Family Members in need of resources. Our social Service Agencies are coming in, theyll be here to assist in hours and days ahead. I am thinking of all of the First Responders. I know you are as well, praying for their safety as they go about their difficult work of saving lives. [ speaking Foreign Language ] [ speaking Foreign Language ] [ speaking Foreign Language ] next to speak, the board of county commission chairman. This is a very sad moment in our community and especially when Something Like this happens. It is important all your prayers go out to Family Members and those that are suffering now. I want to thank all the First Responders for the incredible job theyve been doing, have done, will be doing the next several days dealing with this. It is important that we rally around the families and the people that are actually suffering so much at this time. I want to thank my colleague here with all my colleagues calling nonstop to find out anything to do to help. We are together as a community, working together, as the mayor said. Details have been given. We are here together to find anything we could do to help the families that have gone through the tragedy. Behalf of Miamidade County commission, chairman of the board, we are here in support to surfside and this community and everything we could do. [ speaking Foreign Language ] [ speaking Foreign Language ] [ speaking Foreign Language ] next speaker, assistant fire chief of operations for miamidade fire rescue. Good morning. So miamidade fire rescue at 1 30 this morning responded to reported building collapse, to summarize, a 12 story, 136 unit Apartment Complex that had sustained a partial collapse. The Northeast Corridor of the apartment collapsed approximately 55 apartment units. Our units began Search And Rescue efforts. Pulled 35 occupants. In addition to the 35, 10 assessed and treated, two were transported to various hospitals. Search and rescue efforts are still ongoing. We do have operations conducting inside based on additional intel from inside. To echo the mayors words, we have established a reunification center. If you have loved ones that are not answering the call, we ask you contact the phone number thats been given to you. 3056141819. Thank you. The spanish for Search And Rescue. [ speaking Foreign Language ] [ speaking Foreign Language ] [ speaking Foreign Language ] the director of the police. Good morning. First and foremost pray for victims and families. Miamidade Police Department role will be the lead investigative agency, working with surfside Police Department and other municipal partners. The goal to provide a thorough investigation for families. [ speaking Foreign Language ] freddie ramirez, director of Miamidade Police department. City manager of surfside. First and foremost, our thoughts and prayers are with families and victims. Also i just want to make sure Emergency Personnel understand how important it is that we have their participation here. We appreciate it very much. Weve been in contact with senator scott, senator rubios office, in touch with the governors office, governor desantis, county mayor, other towns in the area. We are very appreciative of what theyve offered and the assistance, anything we need. This is not something that will be brief, it will be something thats going to be for the long term and possibly at least a week. These people behind me, it is important that you recognize them. Theres a lot of support. We can resolve this as quick as possible. Thank you. They said 35 people were pulled from the building. Due to the Lightning You saw, were only allowing for four questions and for safety of everyone here, we are moving out. You are moved the next block over. This will be vacated for safety reasons. Four questions, then well continue on. Fire . Real quick. What can you tell us. In regards to equipment, we have heavy rescue and equip