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
Migration continues. Escalating backlash over the decision to ban uniformed Police Officers from taking part in this weekends new York Pride parade. Ajudge in the us City Of Minneapolis has sentenced the former Police Officer Derek chauvin to 22. 5 years in jail for the murder of George Floyd. The 46 year old African American died in may last year, after Chauvin Knelt on his neck for more than nine minutes during an arrest. The lawyer for mr Floyds Family says the sentence is historic and that it brings america a step closer to healing, by delivering accountability. Our correspondent, neda tawfik, is in minneapolis. And a warning her report contains some distressing images. This courtroom has been the scene of powerful testimony. Today, it became a place of closure for the floyd family. The judge began proceedings by inviting them to speak. Mr blackwell, you may proceed with victim input. His daughter, gianna, appeared first, on video. Atjust seven years old, she is too young and innoc
within 45 minutes people are still holding on to hope that at any moment there could be word someone has been found alive beneath that rubble. hope is the only thing people here have right now. the latest update from the scene, a state of anxious anticipation. 159 people still unaccounted for. literally a short distance from where i stand rescue crews have not stopped working since the building collapsed thursday morning. they re carefully sifting through debris. fire, smokey conditions complicate their work. there s a wall honoring the missing not far from here. of course, adding to the frustration and uncertainty of the families here, the mystery. we still have no idea what brought most of this building down. we are getting some very important contexts, potentially clues as to what may have led to this collapse. the new york sometimes saying an engineer worried of, quote, major structural damage. they were urged to make major repairs. that work was about to get underway.
The sun is out across more southern and eastern parts of the uk and it is a much better Day Today. No sign of rain for the cricket in southampton. And with the sunshine in the midlands and late in the day we could see some cloud. Further north it looks different, The Cloud just spinning in from the atlantic bringing with it some pockets of mostly like Rain Or Drizzle specially for western areas. That will push further into wales. Across the eastern side of Scotland And North east england it is brighter and warmer but feeling much warmer with an Icy Wind in the sunshine through the midlands and East Anglia in southern england. Overnight we see cloud moving very slowly south again. Some like Rain Or Drizzle here and there. Clearer skies towards East Anglia and the South East and here it will be chilly first thing on Thursday Morning but much milder elsewhere. We have the pocket of warmer and more humid air coming in to some parts of the uk during thursday. That warmer Air Parts of the uk