This was necessary, officials say, because the remaining structure was being held up by little more than the rubble itself. When search crews returned to the pile at around 1 00 a. M. , they uncovered three more bodies and one more later today. In a moment, the very latest from the scene. First, though, tropical storm elsa. Surfside is already feeling the outer edge of it. But the worst could be coming instead to the Gulf Coast of florida. Meteorologist Derek Van Dam has more. Its going to be getting worse, derek. Reporter john, youve covered enough of these storms to understand that there are outer bands that can change the weather at a moments notice. The Miamidade County Region today had a Tornado Warning to the south we felt of surfside, really validating the decision to take down the remaining structure of the Champlain Towers. Its incredible, even though the center of this storm is well displaced from the surfside region, they could potentially still feel the impacts like they di
Gravity will compound an already horrific human tragedy. Officials in surfside make a fateful decision. With a tropical storm on the horizon, what remains of Champ Plain towers shouting must come down. John berman in for anderson with a special Holiday Edition of 360. The demolition began last night. This was necessary, officials say, because the remaining structure was being held up by little more than the rubble itself. When search crews returned to the pile around 1 00 a. M. They uncovered three more bodies and one more later today. In a moment, the very latest from the scene. First, though, tropical storm elsa. Surfside is already feeling the outer edge of it. The worst could be coming instead to the Gulf Coast of florida. Cnn meteorologist Derek Van Dan has been following the storm and joins us from ft. Myers in florida. No so bad there yet, derek, but it will get worse. Reporter 100 , john. Youve covered enough of these storms that you understand these outer bands that can change
our coverage continues today of storm idalia. that s the storm that s wreaking havoc across large sections of the country tonight. i am abby phillip. and right now, idalia is a tropical storm after making landfall as a hurricane. the storms rain is now covering four states, stretching 600 miles from florida all the way up to north carolina. and that wind is now impacting half of that area. now, the danger remains as idalia continues to move north into the carolinas this hour. and the record storm surge threatens communities in those areas. now, homes are still underwater. and some of the damage is catastrophic. cnn s live across the southeast, including in charleston, where there are reports tonight of flooding right in the city center. we will go right there in a moment. but i want to start first with our meteorologist chad myers. he s over in the cnn weather center. chad, what is the condition right now of this storm? and where is it headed? we are losing some wind spee
she also has breaking news tonight involving donald trump, after the supreme court said it would take up trump s immunity appeal. tonight, special counsel jack smith and what he s now requested. the horrific scene in gaza. what we re learning. more than 100 palestinians killed and 700 injured amid israeli gunfire, a stampede. as much-needed food was arriving. what the israeli military is now saying tonight. tom soufi burridge in the region. here in the u.s. tonight, the horrific images coming in, the fires raging. and they ve now turned deadly. the smokehouse creek fire now the largest in texas history. matt gutman is there. the fiery moments on capitol hill. defense secretary lloyd austin grilled about why he kept his hospital visit from the president. martha raddatz reporting. vladimir putin s stark warning tonight to the u.s. and nato allies about any western troops on the ground, and the risk putin says of nuclear war. james longman reporting. back here at home,
anything, the gas tax holiday could mean for your wallet. los angeles district attorney george gascon with his progressive policies again tonight following the murder of two police officers last week by a man on probation instead of behind bars. fox news, ask him at a tuesday news conference, what he would sit in the mother of one of those. we are going to share his response coming up. another pro-life pregnancy center vandalized in michigan. the latest in a string of incidents since the leak on abortion rights. with the next round of opinions coming just hours from now, what can we expect, the former supreme court clerk jerry sabrina joins us live to discuss. we begin with a new feature of the president s plan to alleviate your pain at the pump, white house correspondent kevin corke taking a closer look at the federal gas tax holiday plan. good evening. good evening, here is the plan, suspend the federal gas tax, that will save you a couple of bucks a tank. we can still pa