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catastrophic collapse 12 days ago. just a short time ago, officials there confirmed the demolition was a success, created safer conditions for teams there that they can now access more of the rubble. the pile that was closest to the remaining structure was effectively inaccessible by our search and rescue people, and so when i went out there this morning, of course, the whole building s now down. they were on that pile that had been difficult for them to access, and so they re making a lot of progress. but with better access, officials say searchers sadly found three more bodies. that brings the latest number of confirmed dead to 27. 118 people are still missing. but now, search and rescue crews must also brace for severe weather. the outer bands of tropical storm elsa expected to bring strong winds, heavy rains and possible flooding. cnn s natasha chen is in surfside for us. natasha, are search teams doing anything differently now with this storm approaching? rep ....
you are live in the cnn newsroom. i m phil mattingly in washington. jim acosta is off today. we begin this hour and fourth of july weekend with unrelenting heat gripping much of the western u.s. right now. record high temperatures are baking parts of the northwest in oregon, idaho and montana. it could reach, get this, 110 degrees. officials say 94 people have died just in oregon from heat-related illnesses in the last week. in washington state, health officials say they have seen nearly 2,000 emergency room visits and at least 13 deaths they blame on the heat. right now five states are in complete drought conditions. nevada, utah, north dakota, oregon and california. that s where we head first. cnn s paul vercamen joins me now. paul, this extreme heat brings the very real threat of wildfires, especially with fireworks going off. what are officials there saying about the risk right now? reporter: they re saying the danger is extreme, phil, and they are warning everyon ....
agitators, or anyone but trump supporters. this guy makes no bones about who was responsible. we were all there. it was not antifa and it was not blm. it was trump supporters that did that yesterday. i m the first to admit it. being one, myself. so that was anthony, january 7th, a day after the insurrection. and here is part of his live stream on the border, three nights ago during which he interviewed and chatted with house members lauren boebert. you see her there. madison cawthorne, chris jacobs, john rose, ronny jackson, and mary miller. the members were there the night before the former president s visit, which they took part in. and as it turns out, so did this guy, agueiro. here he is posting on instagram. his comment reads, can y all spot me? lol. lol. a k-file search of court records found the guy has a history of criminal violence, including felony-vehicular assault for which he receive add two-year prison sentence. that s who these lawmakers are rubbing e ....
where ever it goes even if it leads to trump s doorsteps. let me ask you something, will you call trump? let me say this, we ll have a good commitment and professional investigators and we ll have the best that we have to offer to help us to conduct this investigation. where ever the facts lead us, chris, we ll call. the facts lead you to trump, will you call trump? if the facts lead us there and our investigators say that best interest, we ll look at it. there is something ironic and poetic that this is all happening when the country is celebrating the american reserve aleutian and others are fighting an american evolution. the footage released by the new york times this week paints a frightening picture of what was happening on the steps of capitol on that faithful day of january. reporter: some hear as words to call for action. you have to show strength. you have to be strong. yeah! take the capitol building. take the capitol right now! we ll be ....
see if you can save by switching today. comcast business. powering possibilities. thank you for watching and giving us the opportunity. i wish you a good weekend but first, don lemon tonight with the upgrade of laura coats the highlighter pen. neon green. depending how you gauge it. you should be naturally under scored. you know what? that s what we ll name this outfit today. this is called the under score. i love it. i love it so much. happy weekend ahead to you. great show, as always. nice to see you. be well. this is don lemon tonight. i m laura coats in for don. what a week it s been for the one time party of lincoln. still pushing the big lie in case you re wondering if that is front and center, look what got the biggest cheer at cpac tonight. [ cheers ] donald trump won! more of that in a minute and they re still pushing the assault on the most sacred rights as americans, the right to vote with the endless election frauded in maricopa county ....