in surfside, florida, rescue teams have now gotten the all clear. they have resumed digging through that massive pile of rubble hoping against hope now really to find survivors. 24 people are confirmed dead. 121 still now unaccounted for. meantime officials are looking at the structural integrity of other buildings in the nearby area. charles watson is tracking that development from surfside. hi, charles. good morning, gillian and griff. what we mains of champlain towers south came down in a matter of second after a long day of planning. demolition crews imploded the 13 story tower. you can see the explosives go off and the building hits the ground. the plume of dust in the air was so thick you could see it nearly a mile away. miami-dade officials were racing to bring the building down as concerned grew over its structural stability. now with the building gone there is hope rescue crews can get toeathat up until now have been off limits. really we were stuck that we could
soul of america. and i believe it s the soul worth fighting for, democracy itself is in peril here at home and around the world. what we do now, what we do now, how we honor the memory of the fallen, will determine whether or not democracy will long endure. harris: there is more with president biden today as you know he is embracing a fiercely liberal progressive agenda calling on the left to defund the police, that continues, despite rising crime rates in cities. take a look at this. murders and shootings surging in cities here, chicago, minneapolis, portland, oregon, new york city over the past year, the list is longer. jackie heinrich is live in the nation s capital. good morning. following that stark warning about the future of democracy, president biden urged americans to reflect on the deep roots of racial terror and recommit to eradicating systemic racism ahead of his trip to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the tulsa massacre where a white mob killed 300 black
from congresswoman into taxpayer larry kudlow is here. john: will begin the tug-of-war over legislation. democrats abandon the state capital on sunday effectively blocking at least for now. welcome for a tuesday edition of america reports. sandra: governor abbott announcing he will call a special session to finish the job which will happen as early as this week. republicans say legislation is necessary to ensure voting integrity after combat of 2020 election cycle. democrats claim the bills of ports voter suppression. john: we will hear from our political panel later on. what is the latest from there? texas governor greg abbott said that he expects legislature here to have it worked out by the time they return for that special session. now, when is that going to be? there s a pretty special session on the calendar in the fall. we talked to the governor s office in the fall and if this issue would be added to the agenda. the governor not giving a timeline. the democr
the concern is whether the u.s. can vaccinate fast enough to slow the spread. new reporting on sex trafficking on republican congressman matt gates. the question is how his travel to the bahamas may factor into things. it is definitely way too early for this. good morning. welcome to way too early. i am kasie hunt. close to 25% of u.s. adults are now fully vaccinated against covid-19. that number is expected to grow higher soon with 47 adults and 5% of seniors receiving one dose. new mexico, south dakota are leading the way. fully vaccinating at least one-third of adult population. this comes as the u.s. marks 31 million mark since the start of the pandemic. meanwhile, the more easily spread uk variant is now the dominant strain in the united states. the variant known as b117 first seen in the fall. the cdc director dr. ralensky had this to say. the variant is now the most common in the united states. we are hearing clusters of cases associated with day care and youth
now. all right. here we go. let take it from here. i m brooke baldwin. thanks so much for being here with me. just a massive, massive story we re following right now. gut-wrenching images of this car. tangl tiger woods car in southern california as he clearly crashed into this woods. this is the area, if you know the border of rolling hills estates and rancho palos verdes in l.a. he had to be pulled out of this car by the emergency authorities with the jaws of life, so just let me just set everyone up with that in case you re just tuning in. he was the only person in this car. this happened right aroundp 7:20 pacific coast time. this was a number of hours ago. it rolled over. what we re looking at is the aftermath, and let me just be honest with all of you. we don t know a lot of the pictures tell part of the story. we re also hearing bits and pieces as far as he has been taken to the hospital. he was taken to ucla harbor, and we re getting a little bit from his agent that