stop turned into an hours-long standoff between police and armed gunmen shutting down part of an interstate. and there is a new ransomware attack. what we are learning about how it s spreading and who might be behind it. welcome to sunday, the fourth of july. we are so grateful to have you with us, as always. thank you for getting up so early and happy holiday to you. yeah, we appreciate you sharing part of your india independence day with us. we start this morning with a race against mother nature. search and rescue crews in surfside, florida, have temporarily had to stop work at the site of the champlain tower collapse. they are standing by as preparations begin to demolish the building s emange units. engineers have been keeping a close eye on it, but an approaching tropical system escalating concern about the safety of the crew working there at the site. tropical storm elsa is nearing the coast of florida. potential impacts are expected earlier in the work. states
college. this is not what i was taught at home, et cetera, et cetera. it s unclear precisely what cosby is referring to there. however, if he is suggesting the court freed him because he did not know what he was convicted of doing, that s not the case. the ruling hinged on due process and a promise that the local d.a. made, at the time, bruce castor. bruce castor says he made that promise. the kind of criminal immunity for cosby, in exchange for him testifying in a civil case. cosby did testify in that civil case. and years later, a different prosecutor brought charges and used that testimony against him. the court said this violated his constitutional protection against self-incrimination. which, of course, came as a tremendous blow to andrea constand and more than 50 other women alleging abuse dating back to the 1970s. in a moment, we will be joined by one of those accusers. first, cnn s jason carroll is near the cosby home just outside philadelphia. jason, what s the sce
everywhere, and we ll leave that tragedy to the professionals who need to take a look at it. and the president and first lady are on their way at this very moment. gina mccarthy, thank you so much for being with us. new day continues right now. announcer: this is cnn breaking news. good morning. i m john berman with erica hill this morning. we have two stories breaking right now. president biden and the first lady on their way to surfside, florida, wheels up moments ago. the president no doubt will summon his skills as consoler-in-chief when he touching down. he plans to meet with family members of the victims. there is new video of the water gushing into the garage moments before the building collapsed. the bodies of on 10-year-old and 4-year-old child the latest to be recovered from the rubble. and alan weisselberg s surrending. there s no case that donald trump or members of his family will be charged at this time. we have just received a statement from the trump
say wait one second. this doesn t match up with the truth. this is not what i was taught in college. this is not what i was taught at home, et cetera, et cetera. so it s unclear precisely what cosby is referring to there. however, if he s suggesting that the court freed him because he did not do what he was convicted of doing, that s not the case. the ruling hinged on due process and a promise that the local d.a. made at the time, bruce castor. bruce castor says he made that promise, a kind of criminal immune tee for cosby in exchange for him testifying in a civil case. cosby did testify in that civil case and years later a different prosecutor ubrought charges and used that testimony against him. they said that violated his protection against self-incrimination. in a moment, we ll be joined by one of the accusers. first, cnn s jason carroll is near the cosby home just outside philadelphia. jason, what s the scene like tonight? reporter: well, much different than how it w
heralded today s decision. we did not hear, however, from bill cosby himself. reporter: right. and that s what everyone was expecting. he came out with his attorneys, was joined by them. jake, we were expecting to hear something after being in prison for nearly three years. but cosby said nothing. he left all the talking to his attorneys who said legally they felt the rug had been pulled out from cosby, but now that is all over. cosby is home with his family. walking free, bill cosby leaving prison after pennsylvania s highest court vacated his conviction. he just said his heart was racing, he couldn t believe it. reporter: the 83-year-old former comedian now home after being released this afternoon. the court deciding that prosecutors violated his due process rights, writing, the subsequent decision by successor d.a. to prosecute cosby violated cosby s due process rights. he must be discharged, and any future prosecutions on these particular charges must be barred. he