From msnbc headquarters, welcome to alex witt reports. We have breaking news on the champlain tower collapse and concerns this hour over a fire still burning under the rubble after three days. We re facing very incredible difficulties with this fire. The fire has been going on for a while. It s a very deep fire. It s extremely difficult to locate the source of the fire. And so they ve been working around the clock, these fire rescue teams, brave men and women, under the rubble. So that fire is creating heavy smoke conditions, of course complicating the search for survivors. No more rescues overnight. Four have tied, 11 injured, 159 remain unaccounted for. New questions today after the town of surfside released documents relating to the building, that show that in 2018 inspectors observed concrete cracking in beams and walls. And now officials are turning their attention to a nearby building. That building is the same design, the same building, probably the same materials, same name. I
and a new warns from al qaeda terrorists . a very good morning to our viewers in the united states and around the world. it is friday, friday, april 30th. that s what they told me when i came in. it s true. rudy giuliani is on the ropes and is speaking out for the first time. the former new york mayor appeared on fox to proclaim his innocence. his team expects to announce a court fight over this raid and they ll claim attorney/client privilege involving rudy giuliani s work for former president trump. the fbi warned rudy giuliani he was the target of a russian influence operation. the russians were trying to damage then candidate joe biden ahead of the 2020 election. joining us now, cnn senior law enforcement analyst and former fbi deputy director andy mccabe. andy, these defensive intelligence briefings that were given to rudy giuliani and then ron johnson, how big of a deal is this? what does it tell you? giuliani and johnson are trying to dismiss it as not a thing.
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inauguration. but that medal will be supplemented in cases in which our heroes have earned it by the emergency service ribbon. if you ve been on guard in the city protecting american trump voters you can add another medal to your chest. according to air force lieutenant colonel carver, and we re not making this up, he made the announcement, other federal declarations are also being considered. wow that seems like a big deal. more than 60,000 american soldiers and marines fought in the south pacific in world war ii. about 15,000 of them died or were wounded there but not one of those, not one, got an official canal medal for the experience because the pentagon didn t offer them. it may have been horrible and bloody, but it just didn t justify its own ribbon. the canal wasn t north capitol street. the imperial japanese weren t as fanatical as trump voters and not half as dangerous. no medal. so yesterday, they told us, the war likely to escalate intensely. march 4 would be th
congress madison kathorn, with proxy voting democrats were asking for because the pandemic who was a private citizen said leaders show up. no matter. leaders. they won t be voting in person for that we go to ryan nobles. abby philip. what is the latest? anderson, it looks that this bill will pass. it could be late tonight into early tomorrow morning but democrats are confident that they have the votes. they would need 217 votes to pass. it means they could only lose three democrats if it were to cross the finish line. there is a chance maybe one, maybe two democrats do not vote in favor of the package and maybe one republican crosses over and votes with the democrats but right now, democrats expressing a lot of confidence particularly because the minimum wage hike is part of this house version. when it comes to the senate side, it s a different story. for now, it s part of it so democrats are confident they will pass that legislation later tonight. abby, if the minimum wa