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 there s 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
she lashed out at her father, and told the judge, i just want my life back. we do want to start with the breaking news out of florida. more victims have been if you would from the rubble. more than 150 people are still missing, as the desperate search stretches into the fourth day. the mayor of miami dade told my colleague alex witt. these rescue workers are proceeding on the assumption they can still find people. we have to stand with them and have hope with them. antonia, good to see you this afternoon. talk to us on where we are with the search-and-rescue mission now on day four, and now some of the concerns from the residents, summer who are worried about their own safety. that s exactly right. there are a lot of growing concerns. now, not just among the loved ones and people affected by the collapse, but also by the people who live nearby. spoice with a gentleman who lives in the north tower, about a block away from where i am. he says he s already seen many of his
further apart than ever. hadas gold joins us live from jerusalem with the latest. good morning. reporter: good morning, christine. this ceasefire took effect at 2:00 a.m. local time overnight but even in the minutes leading up to that 2:00 a.m. hour there were still red alert sirens going on in southern israel, still reports of air strikes, but after 2:00 a.m. everything went quiet. there was fears amongst israeli officials that in those last few minutes there might be a barrage of rockets launched perhaps towards tel aviv or perhaps even jerusalem but that did not happen. the quiet does seem to be holding so far. the ceasefire coming about after egyptian negotiators were the mediators between israel and hamas and, of course, after that i know creasing pressure from the u.s. from president joe biden who spoke to netanyahu six times in recent days over this military campaign. and on the israeli side the military feeling as though they had reached most of their objectives, th
we will talk about that tonight. about the ongoing difficulty still of getting tested or even buying a home-test kit. we will look at the impact omicron is already having on our kids and what comes after the holiday break. we will also focus on the disruption at airports, and talk about one idea that sounds like common sense to many, but others say it s a step too far. i took that up earlier with dr. anthony fauci. we have been saying that vaccine mandates for domestic flights should be considered, should be seriously considered. is that something that president biden is seriously considering? is it something the administration is considering? no. what i said, jim, was that everything when that comes up as a possibility, we put it on the table and we consider it. that does not mean that it is going to be likely to happen. right now, i don t think people should expect that we re going to have a requirement in domestic flights for people to be vaccinated. when i was asked
jim, thank you. . welcome to cnn tionight, i am michael smerconish, merry christmas to all. although it does not feel like christmas. we are a step away from covid. new guidance on the cdc on how long those infected should stay isolated, not just healthcare workers, it s a big change so stay tuned for that. what a way to close out 2021 with an omicron bang. that brings me to our survey question tonight, which year do you think history will judge worse, 2020 or 2021? it s really a toss up for many of us, right? let us know your vote by going to my website, it s smer smerconish.com, we ll share the results later in the program. what will 2022 bring? can we collectively look to the new year as a nation without unity on immunity and with this virus testing us so much again, testing is still such a huge problem with the latest variant crashing down on us, something that president biden conceded on his call with governors earlier today. seeing how tough it was for some fol