In our backtoschool series, the search for Three Million students nationwide who havent been to school in a year. In depth the eviction wave. We will meet a landlord who is homeless, after her tenants stopped paying rent. Heat and humidity. The 95 Million americans who face extreme temperature. Plus, why Lake Tahoe now has the worst Air Pollution in the country. Williams sisters drop out. Why two of tennis top players are skipping the u. S. Open. And, the power of determination. How a wounded warrior became a paralympic medalist. This is the Cbs Evening News with norah odonnell, reporting from the nations capital. Odonnell good evening to our viewers in the west and thank you for joining us. There is a lot of News Tonight out of afghanistan, where the u. S. Withdrawal has reached a critical phase. As the evacuation of americans and our afghan allies reaches the final days, we have just learned tonight that the u. S. Military is secretly rescuing americans stuck outside of the kabul air
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And i would hope that there are people there, but you speak to every single expert, and the possibility is just not there. Listen, we all get it. Here is my head space on it. I ll hold out for a miracle because there is no downside to doing it. Hold out for a miracle. I agree. I don t think that s being abusive of the victims. They hold their own head and heart. I m not holding out am miracle for answers. That is about pressure and time and we are learning there were things to know, and there is a system at a minimum that did not work well enough here about inspections, safety, and forcing the hand of a building to do what it may or may not deem cost effective in the moment. I agree. I think that that we have to do. I do. I think the folks there need something and i m just repeating what he said. She wants something. She wants either her loved one to be found. That would be the ultimate alive, and to go on and lead a fulfilling life. Would be a miracle. Would be a miracle. She also if
Tonight, questions about how this could have happened are increasing and we have just lerped that owners were facing $15 million in assessments for building repairs. We re watchi ing all of this unfold. Let s go straight to cnn bryan todd. You re in the sunny isles beach not far away from here. You had an opportunity for the exclusive look at the urgent building inspections that have been prompted by this disaster. Reporter: right. We re just north of surfside. This comes as we re getting new information on the rescue effort in surfside. Tonight rescuers here say they are shifting from by hand, bucket brigade style from using huge machinery. The process is called delayering but it s not all large pieces. We re digging through rubbles of concrete, the size of basketballs, baseballs. Reporter: family members were allowed to visit the site, see tunnel and the constant threat to rescue workers. They witnessed a rescuer tumble 25 feet down the mound. Reporter: the cause of the collapse stil
Our rescue teams are nonstop doing all we can, searching every area, every bit of hope to see if we can find a live victim. This has become an international rescue effort. Teams from israel and mexico arriving to assist. And those teams are working around the clock. Crews digging a massive trench to aid in the search, and there are growing questions about why this building suddenly collapsed. The governor saying debris is being moved into a warehouse for forensic analysis. And this as we learn that the building condominium association was warned in 2018 that repairs on the bidding could cost over 9 million. Some roofing repairs had already just begun recently. We have team coverage on the ground in surfside tracking all the latest developments. Wolf? thanks very much, fred. This is a really, really depressing situation that s unfolding right now. The numbers keep rising as far as the death toll as you just reported is concerned. And the families are clearly distraught as this search an