Is under way, more than 48 hours after a catastrophic Building Collapse in surfside, florida. Part of the 12story Champlain towers came Crashing Down during the early hours of thursday morning. Youre looking at right now live pictures, the scene as Day Break approaches. At least four people are confirmed dead and the whereabouts of 159 others are unknown. Its still not clear what caused the building to fall. Rescue teams have faced an uphill battle. They face heavy smoke from fires within the building, heavy winds, lightning and rain. Authorities are asking residents to avoid the area due to the large amount of smoke coming from the Disaster Site and the possibility it contains toxic chemicals. Meanwhile, a hopeful wall for the scores of people still unaccounted for now stands just about a block away from the collapse. Cnn spoke to Miamidades Fire Rescue chief who has a message of those awaiting news of their Loved Ones. Have hope. There is always hope. I was in haiti and eight days af
The Death Toll now up to four and expected to rise, with 159 people, still, unaccounted for. The cause of this horrific disaster, still, unknown. We are also getting new reaction to derek Chauvins Punishment for the murder of George Floyd. The Formerminneapolis Police Officer sentenced to 22 1 2 years in prison. Lets begin, though, with the Condo Collapsing as Randi Kaye is on the scene for us In Surfside, florida. Randi, the search for survivors has been hampered throughout the day by rain, fire, and smoke. So, where does the operation stand right now . Wolf, it is still, very much, an active searchandrescue scene. They are on the scene of a Rubble Pile behind me, still, working very, very hard to try and find survivors. We are just getting word, though. A confirmation from the Medical Examiner that stacey faang, 54 years old, did die in this condoBuilding Collapse. She is the mother of jonah handler, that was that 15yearold Boy who we have seen the video of. Who was pulled successful
Before lawmakers. As of tonight, current House Intel Chairman Adam Schiff, and Committee Member Adam swalwell both democrats from california have confirmed their records were seized. I think weve shown through to impeachments a willingness to hold Donald Trump accountable. Donald trump think hes going to be reinstated in august, hes running for reelection in 2024, you have a number of want to beat Donald Trumps who are just as corrupt and probably more competent, if we dont take steps to make sure this doesnt happen again, we could really see the erosion, the complete erosion of the Rule Of Law in our country. Swalwell says he and other House Intel staffers were notified by apple last month about the Trump Doj Grand Jury Subpoenas in february 2018. It forced apple to turn over the data in a Statement Today Apple revealed quote, the subpoenas sought Customer Or Subscriber Account Information for 73 phone numbers, 36 Email Addresses. And that the ndp oh or nondisclosure order was extende
He cannot bring anyone back to the table. There is no way to bring the longterm process of bringing palestinians who have long been excluded into the process. The first is to make sure that the Cease Hire folds and thats what a senior official told us today, trying to make sure that the ceasefire holds for the time being and also rebuild gaza with the humanitarian relief needed. The u. S. Doesnt have an estimate on the back of an envelope, but to rebuild gaza with humanitarian efforts to get the help they need and to do it without channeling money and weapons to hamas and thats the hard part. The secretary talked about this a bit on abc yesterday. That has to start now with the Grave Humanitarianism in gaza and rebuild whats been lost and critically engaging both sides in trying to start to make real improvements in the lives of people. So that israelis and palestinians can live with equal measures of security, of peace and of dignity. Its vitally important that the palestinians feel H
Back to life, back to the old reality, new York City that has the biggest School System in the country just announced students will go back to inperson learning this fall, no remote action with covid cases and deaths dropping to their lowest levels in a year people are partying like its 2019. Ball games, dining, indoors and out getting back to prepandemic levels all across the country. With that new optimism comes a potential new concern about the vaccine. The cdc investigating rare Heart Inflammation in a small number of teens and young adults. And were live in the Middle East where President Biden announced he is sending Tony Blanken to the region. President biden this morning also condemned the recent rise in antisemitic attacks here at home. We start here in washington. As we come on the air the supreme court is coming into session in the final sprint to the spring term. We could get more here in a moment. I want to bring in chief legal correspondent ari melburn. Lets talk about wh