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 miamidade 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 yearold building and there were questions raised about poss
Voting against the establishment of a commission on the greatest assault since the civil war on the capitol. But, anyway. I came for ice cream. I call upon all nations to do everything they can to stop these terrorist killers. Thank you. Now watch this drive. Okay. Miss that guy. Great moments underscoring your serious political point. That was a good swing. Yeah, you go there to do something and you answer the question, you re kind enough to answer the question, then you eat your ice cream, or you watch him make a drive. It s a good swing. It s like welcome to morning joe. It is friday, may 28th. It s friday, everybody. It s friday. Yay. With us, we have prize winning columnist and associate editor of the washington post and msnbc political analyst, eugene robinson. White house reporter for the associated press, jonathan lemire is with us. And the cofounder of axios, mike allen. Wait for it. Wait for it. How you doing, mike? happy holiday friday. Okay. One thing, though, it was not a
let me just say we re going to pass the bill this week i m never bringing a bill to the floor that doesn t have the votes. you have to go when you have the votes in a reasonable time, and we will. we re also following new developments in the fight against the coronavirus. in the next hour, president biden will receive his pfizer booster shot as recipients of the moderna and johnson & johnson vaccine still eagerly await word on when their third shots will be available. and the national debate over vaccine mandates is taking center stage in new york city with millions of parents sending their children back into classrooms this morning despite a federal judge blocking a vaccine mandate for teachers, but we begin with the critical week for democrats on capitol hill joining me now nbc national political reporter isahil kapur and pchief white house respondent let s start with the debt ceiling, where does all of it stand at this hour reporter: it will be a chaotic week, dead
russia has a different explanation. russian troops now gearing up for a major offensive in the eastern region. and president biden is asked if he will go to ukraine. ames longman in kyiv for us. back here at home, the dangerous storm threat as we come on the air. severe storms pushing into the northeast, heavy rain and damaging winds from d.c. to philadelphia to new york. ginger zee timing it out. pfizer submits new data on booster shots for children ages 5 to 11. and prepares to ask the fda for emergency authorization. the company says human trials show a 36-fold increase in protection against severe infections. health officials are now tracking two new versions of the omicron variant now making up 90% of new cases in central new york. and late today, the fda authorizing the first covid breath test. the battle over abortion rights in america. florida governor ron desantis signing the state s new law banning most abortions after 15 weeks. florida joining a growing numbe
explosion. russian troops now gearing up for a major offensive in the eastern region and president biden is asked if he will go to ukraine. james longman in kyiv for us. back here at home, the dangerous storm threat as we come on the air. severe storms pushing into the northeast, heavy rain and damaging winds from d.c. to philadelphia to new york. ginger zee timing it out. pfizer submits new data on booster shots for children ages 5 to 11. and prepares to ask the fda for emergency authorization. the company says human trials show a 36-fold increase in protection against severe infections. health officials are now tracking two new versions of the omicron variant now making up 90% of new cases in central new york. and late today, the fda authorizing the first covid breath test. the battle over abortion rights in america. florida governor ron desantis signing the state s new law banning most abortions after 15 weeks. florida joining a growing number of states restricting a