former president trump s final days in the office consumed by personal hatred for those he believed betrayed him. we want to welcome our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer and you re in the situation room. all right. let s go to our chief national correspondent jeff zeleny at the white house for us. this was an extremely impassioned, fiery speech by the president. using words like un-american, undemocratic and unpatriotic. president biden smoke more forcefully than he ever has before since the election took place eight months ago about these conspiracy claims. but he said these claims have had a true effect and a dire threat to democracy. that s why he said there is an urgent need to protect voting rights now. the big lie is just that, a big lie. reporter: tonight president biden confronting the 2020 election more forcefully than ever before, calling the assault on voting rights the most dangerous threat to democracy since the
confirmed death toll in surfside stands at just four people but that certainly will go up and as of now more than 150 people are still unaccounted for and possibly many of those are trapped under the mountain of debris after the building came down. investigators are now trying to determine exactly with the cause of this tragedy and were learning that in 2018, major structural damage and part of the building and part of the concrete was not designed apparently to pull water away from the structure among other issues. the mayor of miami-dade ordering as factions for all buildings like that one that are 40 years or older. i am directing that are department regulatory and economic resources will immediately commence an audit of all of the buildings at the 40 year point in the beyond. life by florida, steve, the reports the structural issues, what we know about the condition of the building before the collapse. reporter: it was a 40 -year-old building and there were questions
and how effective they are against it. chilling new details tonight after the deadly grocery store shooting. grandmother and grandson shot. the grandmother trying to protect her grandchild. and tonight, authorities say warning signs were ignored. what was reportedly found on facebook. also tonight, newly released video of the deadly shooting at san antonio international airport. the gunman seen driving the wrong way at the terminal, jumping from his car and opening fire. the justice department inspector general tonight launching an investigation into whether the trump justice department went after some democrats and their phone records. the secret subpoena to apple to get phone data from house members and their families, including a minor. reportedly, no data requested on republicans. pierre thomas standing by tonight. the remarkable honor. the pulitzer prize board announcing a special citation to darnella frazier. the teenager who recorded the minneapolis police and
u.s., at least 29 states. tonight, news on the vaccines and how effective they are against it. chilling new details after the deadly grocery store shooting. grandmother and grandson shot. the grandmother trying to protect her child. and tonight, authorities say warning signs were ignored. what was reportedly found on facebook. also tonight, newly released video of the deadly shooting at san antonio international airport. the gunman driving the wrong way from the terminal, jumping from his car and opening fire. the justice department inspector general tonight launching an investigation into whether the trump justice department went after some democrats and their phone records. the secret subpoena to app toll get phone data from house members and their families, including a minor. reportedly, no data requested on republicans. pierre thomas standing by tonight. the remarkable honor, the pulitzer prize board announcing a special citation to darnella frazier. the power of an
expecting to be talking about some of these immigration policies this weekend on some of the sunday shows. that got delayed because of the delay of the nomination of the, confirmation i should say for nominating homeland secured alex mayorkas. this has been priority of then candidate joe biden and also president biden and first lady dr. jill biden. he s personally committed to his wife personally committed and invested in and he will plan to make the announcement next tuesday. the task force will be led by secretary of homeland security. once he s confirmed, alex mayorkas. david: the president wait if for mayorkas to be confirmed. clearly president biden wants homeland security with them. one of the orders, mike, the president plans to sign on tuesday would establish a traffic force that would basically reunite families separated at the border under the trump administration of the last 4 years. then candidate biden talked heavily about this issue on the campaign trail. pres