They plotting. And thousands join rare antigovernment protests in cuba amid the worst pandemic there. The question is, how is the government responding? it s way too early for this. Good morning and welcome to way too early, the show that would take a beach vacation before i book a ticket to outer space. Really something. I am kasie hunt on this monday, july 12th. The biden administration is responding after thousands of cubans took to the streets what s being called the biggest antigovernment demonstration in decades there. It s erupted amid food shoutages, high prices, and blackouts. The antigovernment protest lasting about 2 1/2 hours before it was eventually broken up. The cuban security personnel used tear gas and other things to disperse the crowds. The cuban president blamed the united states for agitating the population. The country is going through its worst economic crisis in decades as it suffers the ongoing consequences of u. S. Sanctions. A u. S. State department official
More obvious than ever, we ve got the tape to prove it. First we turn our attention to the heartbreaking scene that is surfside and the great state of florida where many of the fellow americans are feared dead tonight after shocking building collapse took place. Joining us now on the ground with the latest jonathan serrie. Jonathan, last night were not sure about 99 people around the number it s frightening. Yeah, 99 people unaccounted for. It doesn t mean that all of them were in the building and there may have been some seasonal residents native snowbirds. They are that was the case. It won t be 99 victims, they re hoping the numbers will be considerably less. But until they account for everyone i m a firefighters searching through the rubble around the clock, not letting up. They have shifted operations away from the portion of the building that is still standing, everyone there is now accounted for for about 102 people accounted for. If now shifting to the rubble, much harder to se
The heartbreaking scene that is surfside and the great state ofe florida where many of the fellow americans are feared dead tonight after shocking building collapse took place. Joining us now on the ground with the latest jonathan serrie. Jonathan, last night were not sure about 99 people around the number it s frightening. Yeah, 99 people unaccounted for. It doesn t mean that all of them were in the building and there may have been some seasonal residents native snowbirds. They are that was the case. M it won t be 99 victims, they re hoping the numbers will be considerably less. But until they account for everyone i m a firefighters searching through the rubble around the clock, not letting up. They have shifted operations away from the portion of the building that is still standing, everyone there is now accounted for for about 102 people accounted for. If now shifting to the rubble, much harder to search the rubble. They are actually accessing it through a basement parking garage an
eye on the ukraine border where some experts say an invasion is imminent. from a picture of a teacher taping a mask to a student to a mother s threat to bring guns to her school if kids are forced to wear masks. the debate over covid and schools boils over. plus, later this hour, the man whose case led to the legalization of gay marriage is announcing a major new chapter of his life as he takes on politics in ohio. he joins us live. we ll begin with the breaking news out of arizona. the state democratic party s executive board has voted to censure senator kyrsten sinema over her support of the filibuster. in a statement, the board characterized her protection of the filibuster as, quote, a failure to do whatever it takes to ensure the health of our democracy. senator sinema issued her own response to the vote telling nbc news via spokesperson that, quote, she has always been honest about the where she stands. with me to discuss is nbc news senior political reporter sahe
uk and south africa where omicron has already peaked with no major increase in deaths deadly flooding in the northwest. one man swept away, others rescued from the tops of their cars now 57 million are under winter weather alerts new details as tennis star novak djokovic sits in isolation trying to enter australia. his lawyers say he already had covid. the terrifying cliff collapse caught on camera. boaters racing to safety and special delivery a message from this ups driver that inspired so many across the country this is nbc nightly news with jose diaz-balart. good evening we are entering a new phase in this latest covid wave driven by the highly contagious omicron variant. first, came the explosion in cases and now come the hospitalizations in some areas the health care system is buckling under new pressure the virus is so widespread many healthcare workers are testing positive and calling out sick, and there s a lot of seemingly conflicting information. this