Conference from Texas Governor Greg abbott, top of the hour. He is calling on the Biden Administration to declare a federal emergency at the border. He said tHis is a crisis of the president s own making. We have the latest from the Dhs Secretary testimony to the Senate Homeland Security committee tHis morning. Well go to the border in just a moment. John we kick off hour one of America Reports with former acting Ice Director tom holman. I wanted to play from yesterday, theres a little bit of sound from the Dhs Secretary and get you respond to it. Lets listen. Borders are not open and people should not make the dangerous journey. John he says there, tom, that the borders are not open. What do you say to that based on what we have seen in Del Rio texas in the last couple of weeks . Its a lie. Its a lie. The borders are wide open. I have never seen a border so vulnerable in my entire career. Thousands of being released every day into the United States, many with Covid. 350,000 got away.
Greg its true, its true, randy and he has gone to [indiscernible] but before we say goodbye to the dope who likes to grow, its time for. Its the end of the World Greg yes the Intergovernmental Panel On Climate Change just released its latest report and you can guess, its partly cloudy today with a 90 chance of armageddon. To be perfectly honest, what we learned today might just be the definition of helplessness. Nobody is safe and its getting worse faster. The signs are all there with fire is raging around the world in Greece And Turkey and in california. The climate is getting more hostile and today the u. N. Said it is already too late to stop some of the devastating impacts of Climate Change. Greg wait a second here. What about Code Red . I was told there would be Code Red. The world is at the Code Red stage. It is a Code Red. Code red is now. Code red for humanity, the warning from a new climate report about more devastating floods and fires. Greg yes, they all got the same memo, t
Welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. A major Rescue Operation is underway in miami in florida after an entire portion of a 12 Storey Apartment Building collapsed to the ground. At least one person is known to have died. 99 people are still unaccounted for. On the left of your screen, you can see what the building looked like before the collapse. On the right, the pile of debris scattered around the footprint of the fallen tower. The insides of peoples homes were laid bare to the elements. The bbc s Will Grant is on the scene and a warning, his report contains images that some may find distressing. Local residents likened it to a bomb going off. The entire sea facing wing of champlain towers collapsed in the early hours of the morning, 12 storeys of apartments concertinaed in seconds, the shocking moment caught on cctv. The problem is the building has literally pancaked. It has gone down and i mean, theresjust feet in between storeys where there were ten feet.
To find a precious few survivors. We know from experience that people can manage to endure for days under the right conditions if theyre trapped in the rubble. We also know officials are warning the situation could get very grim as hours unfold. As i said, were awaiting a Press Conference from officials any moment. Our Randi Kaye is there for us tonight. Reporter anderson, still 99 people unaccounted for but rescuers are not giving up hope. They have been at it for 18 hours. At one point they were working in the Parking Garage underneath the collapsed building. Now they have some teams actually on top of that pile of rubble going through it, Looking for survivors. But certainly it has not been easy. There were some heavy rains here earlier today, and every time that building shifts, it has the potential for some small fires. We saw one of those earlier today. But rescuers say, anderson, they will work through the night. In a matter of moments, a huge chunk of the champlain towers south
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