lemon tonight. in a situation of uncertainty, i got the privilege of walking that site. i saw the efforts myself. and there are a lot of people there working very hard in very challenging circumstances, and they are all of one heart and sense of purpose. and the conditions are getting worse, don. this smoke is thicker. it s more acrid. they re advising even we need to have masks on this far out. imagine the site. i showed the video on the top of what they re dealing with. it s a two-front fire burning inside the building and under the ground of the collapse. it s very hard. the work is going to be slow. but there s a tremendous sense of duty and hope with the people there, and this community needs it. there is so much pain and so many people putting their arms around one another as can only happen in crisis. and we re hoping that in the worst of situations, we see the best in the people here and there are some miracles to come. the most important word you just said is hope.
plus derek chauvin sentenced to more than 22 years in prison for murdering george floyd. we ll hear what both the chauvin and floyd families had to say in court. and the delta variant will have the, quote, upper hand this summer in europe according to one health minister. we re live in london where we re seeing a 46% increase in the variant. and we begin right here in the united states where at this hour, a massive search for survivors is under way, and that s just over 48 hours after a devastating building collapse in surfside, florida. and that is near miami. part of the 12-story champlain towers came crashing down during the early hours of thursday morning. at least four people have been confirmed dead, and 159 are still unaccounted for. the cause of the disaster still unknown. a vigil was held in surfside friday night to remember the lives lost and pray for those still unaccounted for. many families are clinging to hope that their loved ones will be somehow found
the mechanics and moving someone under secret service protection into lower manhattan courthouse and through the process that criminal defendants experience on arrival, there s the security preparations well underway there. there s a possible legal maneuvering and motions before and after the arraignment on both sides, and of course, there s how this shapes the future politically, not just in the middle of a presidential campaign, but also three other active criminal investigations of the former president. we have new details on much of it. also a conversation tonight with ronan farrow was done so much reporting on stormy daniels, karen macdougal and how those aligned with the former president bought their silence. we ve got reporters tonight on every aspect of the story. cnn s jessica schneider on the criminal justice process in in xiamen pro keeps on the logistics and security and randy kaye on the machinery moving a former president want to start with jessica schneider. wh
lead up to this moment, remember, a jury had been sworn in it was seated opening statements were ready to kick off at 1 30. but then there was that mysterious 2.5 hour delay and then the judge finally came out and said the parties have resolved their issues. in fact, the judge said that had the jury not been sworn in. the party s probably would not have resolved their issues. but that was a key factor. want you to take a listen to what one of the dominion attorneys had to say to us just moments ago here at the courthouse? the truth matters lies have consequences. over two years ago. a torrent of lies. sal s across america. into an alternative universe of conspiracy theories. causing grievous harm to dominion. in the country. today s settlement. 787,000,500. represents vindication. and accountability. lies have consequences. now, jake, the dominion attorneys. they came to the podium right after court let out. but the fox attorneys, they went down the street did not take any qu