Scene, hes been taking it all in over the last couple of days. Wolf, what are you seeing . Yeah, its a really depressing scene as we go through meeting with families and Loved Ones. Its hard to go through this, as you know, jim, you know this area very, very well, as do i. We just learned, jim, a little while ago that Family Members of the victims were bused into a site for a private visit. Many of them still searching for answers, not knowing if their Loved Ones are among those lost in the rubble. Crews there arent just searching for victims. Theyre also searching for evidence. Floridas governor says pieces of debris are being taken to a nearby warehouse so they can be forensically analyzed. Lets get right to cnns brian todd, hes very near the Search And Rescue site where crews are continuing their heroic efforts right now. Brian, Family Members, people at home, they are praying, they are hoping for any signs of life, for any reason to be hopeful, for that matter. Whats the latest you
That at the county level. And we will be working with our municipalities to do the same. Heres new reporting from npr moments ago that a Surfside Official said the building was safe. The report says, quote, minutes of a November 2018 meeting show a Surfside Town Inspector met with residents of the building and assured them the building was, quote n very good shape. And then, just in the last hour i spoke with rachel speigle, whose mom remains unaccounted for. Heres what she told me. Obviously, i am disappointed that there were red flags that were made and brought to light and there there wasnt action that was taken. Yes, they said that there were issues, but no one said that it was unsafe to live there. Well, the Death Toll is now at nine. 156 people remain unaccounted for. Lets go to Nbcs Antonia Hilton joining me from surfside. You are getting word that families may soon be headed to the collapsed site . Thats right alex. We are hearing that families have asked officials for an oppor
That makes up just over 40 of the population. Ten states have already reached the biden Administrations Goal of vaccinating 70 of adults with at least one dose by july 4th, thats according to the latest cdc data. Cnns Paul Vercammen joins me now from Santa Monica Beach in california. We want to begin, though, with cnns Natasha Chen in Miami Beach, florida. Natasha, people excited to be back outside, i would man. Jessica, people are so excited to party, i mean, the crowds last night on the streets out here with so intense, it created Traffic Gridlocks and we are seeing people just very excited. Some of them taking their first trip since the pandemic began. Even the mayor of Miami Beach is saying the volume of people coming here is unprecedented, which, of course, creates its own problem with regard to Crowd Control and hes reminding everyone the virus is still here. We talked to people who traveled from gulfport, mississippi, to celebrate a birthday with 50 other people who also travele
Nato leaders in brussels, belgium, stay ahead of his highly anticipated summit with russian president vladimir putin. Hello, im John Roberts in washington as we kick off another edition of america reports. Sandra update week. Good afternoon, im Sandra Smith in New York. Meeting between President Biden and his russian counterpart comes as both nations a knowledge relations have hit a low. This has the lighthouses walking back, from President Biden after he signaled he would be open to exchanging cyber criminals with russia. John White House aides say the will on the table when the leaders meet in light of Ransomware Tax Targeting critical u. S. Infrastructure. Fred fleitz will join us in the moment. Sandra we began with Benjamin Hall live in brussels. Hi, benjamin. Its become good afternoon, sandra. We are seeing a different approach to nato than we sound or President Trump. President trump tough on the organization but he did force many countries to meet their 2 minimum spend on their
Department charged at least 450 people in connection with January 6th insurrection at the u. S. Capitol. Is the ultimate outcome in doubt . The ultimate outcome is not in doubt. The delay is over a separate matter. It is about how to deal with this bill to try to combat the rise of china. But it is all tied together. The January 6th Commission Bill is after this debate over this chin bill. Right now a handful of senators are dragging out The Process on this China Bill. Dhet do that under the rules of the senate for up to 30 hours. And then there are a handful of votes on that China Bill. And then there could be an additional 30 hours of debate. And then that could drag out into the weekend until we get to the January 6th commission vote. Now what is more likely is that eventually the senators who are concerned about this China Bill will relinquish their time and get to that vote. It could take some hours to play out here today. I can tell new talking to republican senators and democrat