The United States and all around the world. Im paula newton. Coming up on cnn newsroom. A tropical storm threatens searchandrescue efforts at the Surfsidetower Collapse in florida. We will have a Liveweather Update on the conditions. Plus, england prepares to loosen its Covid Restrictions. Even as the countrys Prime Minister warns, the pandemic is far from over. And a surge in Gun Violence over the Holiday Weekend in the u. S. Leading at least 150 people dead and many searching for answers. At this hour, searchandrescue crews in surfside, florida, are keeping a close eye on tropical Storm Elsa moving across the gulf of mexico, at this hour. Now, the Miami Area is not expected to take a direct hit. Thats good news. But the thing is that Heavy Rain and gusty winds could complicate the search for survivors, in that deadlybuilding collapse. The Storm Comes just as Rescue Teams got a major boost in their efforts. Cnns Leyla Santiago explains. Reporter the controlled demolition of the rest o
Welcome to tuesday. Its Meet The Press daily. Im Garrett Haake in for chuck today. Elsa is has maximum sustained winds of 60 miles per hour. A Patrol Call Storm warning is in effect with some areas under a hurricane watch. The storm could complicate ongoing Search And Rescue efforts at the collapsed condo in surfside where crews continue to work around the clock. Well go live to the scene ahead. Elsa broke the record for the earliest enamed storm ever for the atlantic hurricane season. About six weeks earlier than average. Earlier and more sbebs storms, extreme heat in the Pacific Northwest and worsening Drought Conditions are a few of the many recent headlines further raising the a large on the growing Climate Crisis and many activists and Progressive Democrats are looking to congress for what they see as the perhaps the last best opportunity to meet this Crisis Head on. But much of what progressives want has been stripped out of the bipartisan Infrastructure Deal struck by the White
Following tonight, Bill Cosby. Released from prison after a truly stunning ruling by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court overturning his Sex Assault Conviction on a technicality. Lets begin right here in surfside. Bryan todd is joining us for the latest on the Condo Collapse. Its almost a week since the disaster. Theres no let up in the grueling delicate, very dangerous Rescue Operation. Reporter no let up. Were getting new accounts on the difficulty that rescuers are facing. Our objective is to find any way to get them out. Reporter the frantic effort to save lives neerply one week since the surfside Condo Collapse. Very difficult to move any of the large concrete slaps. Were seeing them just pulverized underneath and crumbling as were trying to move them. Reporter a rescuer where the Israel Defense forces telling cnn his team found on open space many the packed rubble. The between the balconies remains a big space of air that we crawled in those tunnels and we didnt find anything. Reporte
ocean front apartment building turned to rubble overnight. we know at least one person has died. 55 of the 136 units this portion of the building destroyed. and that portion of the building still standing could collapse as the desperate search continues. this is the moment, those 55 units came crashing down. look at that. just stunning. the surveillance video was from around 1:30 a.m. local time. so as you can imagine, a lot of people were probably likely just sleeping. and moments later, there was a remarkable rescue. crews pulled a young boy from the mangled debris. the boy talking with his rescuers before he was carried off. and earlier cnn spoke with a man who rushed to the scene after the collapse, and he heard the boy screaming. i could hear somebody yelling and screaming. myself and another individual decided to get closer. it was at that point i could begin to hear him clearly and hear by his voice that he was a little boy. couldn t have been more than in his pretee
tonight that swimmer sharing her story in an nbc news exclusive. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt good evening an unsent letter described as a murder-suicide pact by a former trump white house lawyer stood at the core of testimony in today s january 6 committee hearing. three former top justice department officials describing former president trump s efforts to enlist help from the department to perpetuate his unsupported claims of election fraud, including pressure on the doj to send an official letter to georgia election officials. that letter falsely stating the justice department had identified significant concerns that may have impacted the outcome of the election. when doj leaders refused to sign it, the president reportedly telling them just say the election was corrupt and leave the rest to me today s hearing focusing on the actions of former assistant attorney general jeffrey clark who witnesses say stood ready to do mr. trump s bidding. let