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platforms banning the former president for his unrelenting false claims over the 2020 election and dangerous rhetoric ahead of the january 6th insurrection. and there is national disappointment with the decision to keep track superstar sha carri richardson off of an olympic relay team running days after her suspension for a positive marijuana test is set to be lifted. i ll speak to four-time gold medalist sonya richards ross about the decision. we begin with bill karins tracking the storm and nbc s vaughn hilliard in surfside, florida. bill, let s start with you. the storm made landfall late this morning. what is the forecast for northern florida and the states along the atlantic coast over the next few days? yeah. this is a giant inconvenient storm. so it s not going to cause the destruction, it doesn t look like in any low area, but as it moves up the coast it will be a six to 12-hour period of heavy rain, gusty winds and maybe scattered power outages and the high ....
hunt. we re watching the rescue effort in surfside, florida. search efforts had to pause while the remaining building was demolished last night. they say it could speed up the process because they sflou more access to the site. they really believe they will be able to make identifications, that they can accelerate now that they have access so that because because it had been inaccessible and there was likely a lot of people who were sleeping at that time unfortunately in that part of it. at the same time, florida s residents are bracing for tropical storm elsa turning off of the coast of cuba. vaughn hilliard is in surfside, florida for us and sam brock is in key west. vaughn, met he will start with you in surfside. what more do we know now about where things stand and where does the operation go after the demolition? that is right, the hope here is that the process of recovery can accelerate. they re still calling this a rescue mission essentially. they re not go ....
steph ruhle. we have a lot going on this morning. rescuers are digging through what is leaves of the collapsed condo after the remnants still standing were brought down in a controlled demolition last night. the reason for taking it down is to make this situation safer for rescue crews, but also to do heal of tropical storm elsa. meanwhile, experts across the globe are desperately try to go combat what is now believed to be the biggest ransomware attack ever. thousands of businesses have been hit, blaming a criminal gang out of the russia. millions of americans hold parties to celebrate independence day, and for a lot of people, the end of the pandemic. i want to bring in alison barber. sam brock is tracking the storm from key west, and jenessa webb is joining me as well. we spoke yesterday about the demolition of the building. we know around 10:00 p.m. last night, that took place. talk us through what is ahead? reporter: it came down at 10:30 last night on the dot. i ....
surfside, florida. 118 people are still missing as they work ahead of a tropical storm brewing in the region. joining me now with the very latest from surfside, nbc news correspondent vaughn hilliard and also with us as well is nbc news meteorologist michelle grossman. we ll get to you in just a moment, michelle. i want to see what the preparations are on the ground. talk to us about what you re seeing in terms of the search and rescue teams, what they re doing ahead of tropical storm making land fall. they re making as much much progress as they can. got news here, i ll let michelle address the actual path here. it changes hour by hour and the potential impact on surfside. but essentially the crews cut back at is being a.m. this morning. they have been working nonstop eper since. targeting some areas with that other building being collapsed or demolished overnight. they re now able to access some other areas of that building that they have not been able to get to ove ....
largest ransomware attack recorded hit businesses across the world. the group believed to be responsible traced to russia. overseas the u.s. withdrawal from afghanistan is nearing completion. what does it mean for america s strategy across the middle east? we ll get to all of that in just a minute. i do want to start in surfside, florida, the mayor told me last hour they believe they will still find survivors in the rubble. here he is. we will be in the rescue phase until we bring everyone out as far as i m concerned. in my opinion, there should be no talk about anything but rescue and that is the 100% focus of everybody who is on that site. i was there this morning. everybody is so happy that they re back on the job. things are buzzing. the heavy equipment is working, the teams are up on the pile, they are digging, they are searching. the dogs are out there. we re very hopeful and we re expecting a miracle. all right, let s bring in vaughn hillyard in surfside, ....