For. And now there are growing concerns over the safety of some other older buildings in the area. Multiple buildings have been evacuated, inspections orders. Natasha chen is in surfside, florida, with the latest. So how much of a difference does it make that the Rescue And Recovery teams could access the full site of the collapsed building now . Reporter well this is going to be a big deal, jim. Because prior to the demolition he were were told that Search And Rescue teams couldnt access the part closest to the building, the remaining parts of the building itself and that was because of the instability of the structure. They were concerned about the storm potentially taking the building down for them in the wrong direction, making that an immediate threat on the people on site. So this is a controlled way of bringing it down and as you said, now they have more access to the rest of the debris pile. Of course a very nervewracking things for families to see because when youre watching t
People remain unaccounted for. This is multiple buildings in the Miami Area have been evacuated over the past several days over new safety concerns, cnns Natasha Chen is in surfside, florida, with the latest. Natasha, this opens up really the entire site now for these Rescue And Recovery workers. Are they already working there now in the wake of this demolition, and how much of a difference is it expected to make . Well, jim, there is a bit of activity now. We do know that the Search And Rescue mission is back on after they temporarily paused for this demolition. You can see theres a crane in the background between the buildings. Thats where we saw the rest of the standing Champlain Towers south up until 10 30 last night when that controlled blast brought it down. As you mentioned, they really wanted this to happen before the storm potentially comes through creating Wind Gusts and then picking up that Concrete And Debris threat potentially making that unstable Structure Fall in a direc
Over any republican accepting Speaker Pelosis invite to investigate January 6th. Congresswoman Liz Cheney calls his bluff. Welcome to the lead. We start with breaking news. Any Minute President biden set to speak in South Florida where at least 18 people are dead and 145 remain missing one week after that tragic Condo Collapse. Moments ago the president met with some of the families of those killed and unaccounted for. Earlier today the president met with first responders, thanking them for their service while recounting how much he relied on Law Enforcement officers during the Car Crash of his first Wife And Daughter in 1972. We also saw a sadly rare moment in American Politics where biden and in 2024, Ron Desantis, came tog together. Thank you, mr. President. You recognize the severity of this tragedy from Day One and youve been very supportive. You guys have not only been supportive, but weve had no bureaucracy. When were dealing with fema, were literally getting requested routed fr
They had basic Heart Wrenching questions. Jill and i want them to know that were with them and our country is with them. Our Message Today is were here for you as one nation, as one nation. Thats the message we communicated. Reporter jake, as he has so often during the 2020 campaign and now into his presidency, Joe Biden trying to spread a message of unity. In fact, very early on in that press conference, he talked about seeing levels of cooperation between democrats and republicans that he had not seen in a long time. He specifically went out of his way to thank Floridas Governor Ron Desantis and two republican senators Marco Rubio and Rick Scott and local leadership, democratic Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman schultz and the mayor of Miamidade County Daniella levine cava. He says he thinks the federal government will be able to pay for 100 of the cost of Search And Rescue operations here. The president was also asked about causes of the collapse. He said at this moment it still remain
and welcome to all you watching us here in the united states, canada, and around the world, i m kim brunhuber, ahead on cnn newsroom, the latest on the search for children believed to be buried under the rubble in ukraine after an apartment building was hit by russian missiles. evacuating more people from sudan. fears the mississippi river will flood while millions of people are preparing for stormy weather across the southeast. announcer: live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with kim brunhuber. we begin with a race to save lives after a massive russian missile strike in ukraine. rescuers are trying to reach two children believed to be trapped in a bombed out building in the city of uman, 17 other victims have already been rescued from the high rise which was partly collapsed. friday s strike killed at least 23 people, including at least five children while two more people died in a separate attack in the city of dnipro. nic robertson saw the rescue oper