StAtes And Around the world. It is mondAy, july 5th. And the SeArch And Rescue operAtion At the collApsed Condo Site in surfside, floridA, hAs resumed just hours After the rest of the chAmplAin Towers Building wAs demolished. Demolition speciAlists begAn lAying explosives in the remAining structure On SundAy Afternoon. It wAs reAlly this threAt of tropicAl Storm ElsA looming thAt hAd engineers And rescue crews worried About the sAfety of the seArch operAtion. And AheAd of the demolition At the south tower, the Kondz Mi Condominium boArd for ChAmplAin Towers eAst suggest they hAd evAcuAte. The mAyor of surfside suggests theres A SeArch And Rescue operAtion. 24 people hAve been found deAd. 121 others remAin unAccounted for. Joining me A isrAeli Rescue TeAm in surfside, floridA. Colonel, thAnk you for joining us on new dAy. On sundAy, surfside mAyor ChArles Burkett sAid this remAins A rescue effort. Do you Agree . I think As long As the determinAtion of this phAse, SeArch And Rescue is wi
Remaining part of the structure. It was up until that point really unsafe for the people searching and rescuing on site. They were actually not able to reach the Area Closie st to the remaining part of the structure. Now that the building has come down that will be easier for them to do that. Here is the mayor of surfside talking about how this timeline of trying to get this demolition done before this coming storm might have been a lucky thing. It appears as though the approaching storm may have been a blessing in disguise for us in that it initiated the demolition discussion. That discussion has accomplished several things. Its eliminated a looming threat, a dangerous threat for our rescue workers. It will potentially open up probably a third of the pile so we can all, you know, so the teams can focus not just on two thirds of the pile but on the whole thing. Reporter the mayor and other officials at that Press Conference wanted to reassure the public that searchers had done multiple
Here in the bay area by this power safety public shut off. Thats just coming from pg e because of the high fire danger thats coming our way this week. Cities impacted include ag win calistoga deer park. Pope valley saint helene and also unincorporated parts of napa county. The estimated shut off time is anywhere on the 7th which would be monday between 10 00pm and 02 00am with power not being turned back on. I assume this means the earliest on the 9th which would be 2 days later at 07 00pm this will impact about 2700 customers that just for napa Sonoma County only has about 3 customers are saying impacted in cloverdale were still working on getting all the information about this a p s p s people who are impacted should be getting an alert at some point tonight that this is coming. Meanwhile earlier this evening cal iso the state Energy Monitoring agency declaring a stage 2 emergency. Which meant rotating Power Outages were possible. But once again that flex alert that we were under end
The field. I hope this is a moment where everybody stands up and pays attention and says this cant go on like this. Plus catastrophic and imminent, thats how hurricane laura is being described. The powerful category 4 storm set to make landfall within the hour. And encouraging news from the firelines, as we get new video of the devastation. Were following several breaking stories. First, we want to begin with a check on the fires, containment continues to climb. The lnu complex fire now 33 complained. Scu 30 . And in the santa cruz mountains, now 21 contained. Another piece of good news, the first Evacuation Orders have been lifted in a santa cruz mountains. Uc santa cruz employees are going back home. The rest of the koompecampus re closed. The impact and heartache is being felt nationwide. Inspiring protests like this one in oakland, youre looking at 580 atthal exit, briefly shutting it down. A major sports boycott is happening as we speak after a black man was shot seven times in th
Taking away Police Protective Gear and nonlethal weapons. Or at least trying to. Anarchists, leftwing activists this weekend attacked Law Enforcement officers as they seem to do every weekend now. They tried to destroy Federal Buildings and local police precinctings. Dozens of people were shot. Violent mobs attacked Law Enforcement officers all across the country. And lawless activists rioted in at least a half dozen cities. Much of the weekends violence once again concentrated in the Pacific Northwest where thousands gathered overnight outside the federal courthouse in portland. There radical antifa anarchists, black lives matter activists started fires near the federal courthouse before agents fired tear gas against them to disperse the crowd. Disburse the crowd. The Trump Administration ordered 150 more federal agents into portland to protect the Federal Building and those Law Enforcement officers who are under siege. The citys radical dem leadership continues to escalate their war