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Trump organization expecting to be hit with criminal charges as soon as next week and his team is lashing out. New reaction as Derek Chauvin is sentenced to 22. 5 years for the death of george floyd. Floyds family is saying its not enough, but it wont be long before hes back in court. This right here, this 22year sentence they gave to him today, that hurts me to death. And have aliens visited earth . Well, its complicated. The longawaited ufo report and what the findings could mean to our National Security as we say good morning, everybody, to saturday, june 26th. Im kendis gibson. And im lindsey reiser. Sometimes i feel a little alien. You do. Im not sure it was reassuring. Look. We knew we werent going to get a ton of answers because so much of the report is classified. Thats true, but we got a lot of questions out of this, which is a little freaky. Theres in the report a Catchall Bucket for everything we cant identify. Were going to put it in the we dont know category. We have a team of analysts following that later this morning. We begin with surfside, florida near miami beach. Kerry sanders is live. Good morning to you. Theres a report coming out of the New York Times saying an engineer actually warned in 2018 of major structural damage at this compound right there . Florida. With all of that said, youre there some 48 hours since this horror rained down on that building. Whats the latest on the situation there . Reporter kendis, i read that report well into the morning. The New York Times not the only one with access to it. The 2018 report was released by the city late into the evening, and the reason they did it, they never had a copy of it. This was a report provided by a Consulting Company to the actual Condo Association, and they had the information or at least there were members of the Condo Association who had access to the information. Lets take a look at some of the pictures here because perhaps the pictures begin to show the disrepair of this condo building built 40 years ago. You can see the concrete columns down into the garage that have cracking and spacing. According to the report, it says the companys review of the Parking Garage revealed signs of distress and fatigue. Abundant cracking and sprawling was observed between the concretes, beams, and walls which included instances with exposed deteriorating rebar. Rebar is the metal that goes inside the concrete. Thats the steel. Thats really what ultimately holds a building together. So, again, a 2018 report. Theres no reason to conclude at this early stage that this is the reason that the building collapsed. We need to warn you about that. But nonetheless, what youre hearing from officials looking at the situation and now gaining first access to this is was there a problem with the Information Flow from the Engineering Consultants to the Condo Association and perhaps from the Condo Association to local governments. This is what one State Senator had to say. Its all of our faults if weve been neglecting proper inspections, as far as Building Codes and recertification process doesnt include subsurface and all that. Its all of our faults from the city all the way up. Reporter so a lot of eyes, kendis and lindsey, on this report. Theyre looking for clues. Its extensive. I did a lot of reading. Its perhaps suggestive, but, again, important to note that that report from 2018, which may have been a warning, certainly did not say if these repairs were not made, a building would collapse. Guys . Certainly that report was pretty startling you read late into the night, kerry. I know youre just getting to the scene this morning. Its only 6 00 a. M. What do we know about the efforts . Is the latest still these 159 people unaccounted for . Yes. 159 people still unaccounted for. Four dead. They have identified now the first of the dead as stacy weng. She was the mother of that young boy who was pulled out of the rubble, you may remember n the early moments of this disaster. The firefighters were at least able to pull one person to safety. The efforts right now to continue to find people that may be trapped is still ongoing. This is still a search and rescue. No one should deem this as a recovery. I smell the smoke. There have been multiple fires inside the debris field has caused delays and problems. Now with heavy equipment from the top, theyre pulling out some of the debris. The teams are working in shifts. They brought in reinforcements from other cities to help. So there are enough people on site, but were now three days into this, and three days into this, if somebody had been alive, they may be literally just hanging on by hours now. Guys . And theyre facing so many things, the fires that took place, the rain that has been relentless there . South florida throughout the last couple of days. Thats just beyond the structural damage itself. Kerry, i had a friend arrive there on scene last night and said the scene is surreal. The scale is immense. Reporter were talking about a 12story building and the portion that faces the Atlantic Ocean came down. On the back t deck, the Swimming Pool area, even though we have shown images, people have seen it, people have seen helicopter shots, drone shots, shots from the beach, from across the street looking back, even with all of that, its still very hard to process that were in the united states, a building has collapsed. People were if there at 1 30 in the morning, most of them asleep, and at this point, authorities have told us only four bodies have been removed. As we noted from lindsey, 159 still unaccounted for. Were going to leave it there for right now. Well check back shortly. Kerry sanders joining us from surfside, florida. Kerry, thank you. We could be days away from a monumental announcement concerning Donald Trumps company. The Manhattan District Attorneys Office is considering criminal charges against the organization and its chief Financial Officers Allen Weisselberg as soon as next week. Theyre looking into whether tax s were paid on perks. Joining us right now is barbara weiss, a former executive with the Trump Organization. Good morning to you. You worked for the Trump Organization for well over a decade. When you first heard this news, what did you think . Well, i thought it was about time. Its interesting when you say theyre going after the Trump Organization. I never really understood what that was. When i was there, we all had loose titles. Now going after the Trump Organization for say, i understand, means going after Allen Weisselberg. Im just wondering if theres a way to go after trump himself at this point. We do know this is one of the multiple investigations hes facing. But lets dive into this and what theyre looking at. Theyre looking at extrash gant perks. For example, tau physician for weisselbergs grandkids and whether they were recorded in the ledgers or taxes were paid on any of them. Were you aware of these benefits dur anything of your time there . Not to this degree. I know that trump liked to give things away, especially things that didnt cost him, in order to engender almighty or some other favor. He did that a lot. The degree to which he did it, im not sure, but it was not like giving away 10 million apartments of whatever it was that he was accused of doing. A contributor was on our air last night, a contributor to msnbc. Its clear that Allen Weisselberg right now is not cooperating. Based on your interaction with him, do you have any reason why he isnt . You know, i was surprised initially that he wasnt cooperating. But then it occurred to me, trump is a very powerful man and allen was always in awe of him and adored him, worshipped him to a degree. So now what is trump doing to be silent . It has to be something thats scaring allen. Either theres a promise of a quid pro quo, which wont get him out of jail, and thats something that you would say, i dont know that he would take that. But maybe hes being threatened one way or the other. Maybe trump has some information about allen. I would not be surprised if he did. And maybe or maybe other kinds of threats that allen is very aware that trump has done in the past and pulled off, and maybe allen is very, very terrified of that going forward. You had alluded to trumps power and that weisselberg was in awe of him. If the company were to face criminal charges, what impact do you think that would have on the organization . Again, i go back to what is the organization . You know, theres so many Different Companies within it, and i imagine the buildings were held in llcs. Im not sure what exactly the prosecutors are going after, but from my knowledge, allen is the most responsible person and he would be the target, and the penalties are very extensive, quite extensive. The pressure is on weisselberg, its clear. If the prosecutors dont get what they want out of him, they seem to be willing to go ahead and go after him and the company. Well see what that involves by way of indictment and penalties down the road. Do you think theyve reached the tip of the iceberg . Yes, absolutely. And hopefully it should be. You know, trumps worst problem is not giving chits away. The Tax Situation is very extensive. Barbara res, we always call on you for context. Thanks for joining us today. The man who murdered george floyd starting his first day of a 22. 5year sentence behind bars this morning. A mixed reaction to Derek Chauvins sentence. The floyd family wanted 30 years. His woes are not other yet. Hes accused of violating floyds civil rights and anothers civil rights. We have the latest. Reporter good morning to you. It was an emotional day inside the courtroom. Before the judge came down with the sentence, victim impact statements from four of the floyd Family Members including his 7yearold daughter. Two of his brothers very emotional as they tried to describe to the judge why they felt Derek Chauvin should receive the maximum sentence. Take a listen. I havent had a real nights sleep because of the nightmare i have of my Brother Pleading for his lifeover and over again, even saying, theyre going to kill me, please, officer, screaming for our mom. Were part of a fraternity o those fraternities that you enjoy. Reporter the court also hearing for the first time from Derek Chauvins mother who says her son is not a racist, hes a good man, and she was calling, of course, for a lesser sentence. Then we heard from Derek Chauvin himself who spoke very briefly, but offered condolences to the floyd family. Now that Derek Chauvin has been sentenced, he can appeal the conviction here, but many legal experts say its likely that he could face more prison time since he is facing two federal indictments. Kendis and lindsey. Meagan fitzgerald joining us from minneapolis. Thank you. Well hear frew from a civil rights attorney after the break. Coming up in the hour, the truth isnt out there . The release of a highly anticipated pentagon report of these near nightly appearances of unidentified flying objects in u. S. Airspace. The many questions we still have next. E many questions we still e next spending is trending. 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We say forget occasions. snap fine jewelry for every day, minus the traditional markups. Were back now with more on the chauvin sentencing. 22. 5 years for murdering george floyd. Prosecutors wanted 30ees. Chauvin faces a separate civil case concerning George Floyds civil rights and another teenage incident. The three officers due to face charges next month. All four officers will be arraigned come august. Thank you for being here. As i mentioned, the prosecutor wanted 30 years. Got 22. 5. If hes good behind bars, hell get out in 15 years. Is this a good sentence . As a former prosecutor, one of the things i always do, i measure whether or not a sentence is clear based on the victims family whos left behind. One of the things that struck me is brandon williams, who you did hear during the sentencing hearing, we got justice, but not enough justice. They wanted the max. Prosecutors sought 30. He got 22. 5 years. One of the things thats highlighted here and is echoed in those sentiments, we rarely get to a point where a nonfederal officer is convicted of fatally shooting while on duty an individual while on duty. We got there. And we got a sentence on the upward departure from the sentencing guidelines. We have the guidelines, and i think its a fair sentence. Many people including myself would have wanted more giving the nature and severity of the offense. We got justice, but its not enough. There needs to be more accountability, not just for chauvin but for officers who engage in this type of misconduct altogether. Kristen f this had been a black guy, how much would the sentence have been . Interesting you say that. One of the things i looked at when looking into this, generally when you see officers facing manslaughter charges, the average sentence for conviction is about 21 years. The average sentence for a civilian, not necessarily based on race, but we now know how systemic racism exists around the justice suspect, around 40 years yochl sigh the disparity in that when the position is gone, despite the fact there should be a heightened responsibility and a heightened severity in the sentence when you abuse your position of authority. And coming from a former public servant, that is something that is really important because people depend on you to protect, to serve, and to ready make sure that they are safe. I mean, its still the lower average, what you mention there. We did hear from Chauvin Briefly yesterday. He said he was unable to provide a full formal Statement Due to other legal matters, but heres what else he had to say. Briefly i want to give my condolences to the floyd family. Theres going to be some other information in the future that would be of interest, and i hope things will give you some peace of mind. Thank you. Any idea what thats about . Its interesting, kendis, i emailed all of my friends who are legal defenders and others. Nobody could guess. At least he gave condolences to the family. Its the first time we heard him speak out. He couldnt say it in a way that would waive his appellate rights. To be honest, its way more than his mother offered. She didnt even acknowledge a loss of life. Dont even get me started about the mother. She kept talking about a mothers bond is unbreakable and thats why they shouldnt put him in jail, and i kept thinking about thats why george floyd kept screaming mama and he was being murdered, but well leave it there. Kristen gibbons fedon, thank you so much. Just when you thought bipartisan shp was back, lawmakers may be having a change of heart. And later on the Cross Connection, Jemel Hill Talks about sports. It all happens on Cross Connection at 10 00. On Cross Connection at 10 00 thousands of smarter towers, with the 5g coverage you need. Broader spectrum for faster 5g speeds. 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