president biden travels to miami to thank first responders at the collapsed apartment block. and britney spears is invited to testify before congress about the conservatorship arrangement which has controlled her life for the last 13 years. hello, welcome to bbc news. i m shaun ley. donald trump s company and its finance chief have been charged with tax related crimes after a long investigation into allegations of fraud at the trump organization. at a hearing in new york, the prosecutor said there d been a sweeping and audacious illegal payment scheme at the former president s company. allen weisselberg who s worked for donald trump for decades and company lawyers have denied the charges. our north america editor, jon sopel, is outside trump tower in new york for us. if you listen to the district attorney, he makes it absolutely clear this is just following the facts and following the law, and that a grand jury has approved what happened. listen to the trump organization
e.r. doctors forced to pack patients in ice. tropical storm elsa moving rapidly, the whole state of florida currently in its path. supreme court weighs in. what it means for new voting laws. covid spike: new cases are up by 10%, plus tsng out for parents to get their kids vaccinated before the start of the school year. blown to bits: what happened when a fireworks bust when horribly wrong. remembering diana: what made princes william and harry put aside their differences, at least for what would have been their mom s 60th birthday. and the inspiring story tonight of a custodian who ended up teaching everyone in the school a lesso e as they were escaping. cbs omar villafranca is going to lead off our coverage tonight from surfside. helpful and friendly and keeping it light. reporter: another concern for crews here: the weather. there are two systems that are churning in the atlantic. the people are keeping an eye on it. if they turn into a hurricane, it could affect the e
spokesperson, morgan ortagus. in the center virtual seat, ben ferguson, host of lee ben ferguson podcast. let s get to bill cosby. controversy raging over the opinion the court found that the prosecutor was bound by his predecessor s decision not to charge for the sexual assault of andrea constand in 2004. she called it disappointing. another is also blasting the ruling. my stomach is lurching, and i am deeply distressed about the injustice of the whole thing. you know, he is a sociopath. he is a serial rapist. this is a man who has no conscience, he has no sense of remorse. harris: cosby took to twitter, or somebody did on his behalf. i have never changed my stance nor my story. i have always maintained my innocence, and that we are hearing from cosby in his own ws shortly after release. you can see how powerless many of us feel, because this is my mantra. it s not what they re doing to you, it s what you are not doing. because this is not just a black thing. this
meaning we ll learn exactly what charges the former president s company and the top executive are facing. the chief financial officer surrendering to prosecutors this morning. and he is vowing to fight, not flip, but could the charges change that? we know prosecutors have been investigating a mult dude of potential violations. we are told attorneys have narrowed their focus, specifically on cash bonuses. and whether the organization properly paid taxes on those and other benefits. while we wait for these indictments to be unsealed, i want to bring in former assistant u.s. attorney for the southern district of new york and cnn chief political analyst. good to have you both here. ellie, if these charges are solely related to whether taxes were paid on bonuses, that seems pretty small. it s my understanding prosecutors rarely do this. if this is where two plus years of investigation has led, what does that tell you? if this is all prosecutors have, it s not much. now, the key
fleischer, and mark brenner. john: it would begin with i got punch to families of those still missing is the search for survivors in florida comes to a sudden stop. the big fear now is that the rest of the building could come down. a major setback as president biden arrives surfside to meet with victims families. hello, this is america reports and it would got a busy afternoon for you. i m john roberts on welcome back, hope you re feeling better. i m gillian turner come in for sandra smith. president biden met with the members of the families of the grieving and surfside, it s been more than a week since a building collapse that shocked the nation. as of this hour, 18 people are confirmed dead and 145 people still missing amidst the rubble and at least for now the search mission is on hold temporarily due to those safety concerns that john just mentioned. john: this as the water is pouring out of the condo s parking garage ceiling just moments before the whole thing c