Fires, shifting materials, Twisted Steel and water up to their waist at some points. Yeah, theyre searching for people in there. Theyre searching for mothers and fathers and brothers and sisters, children. Officials say they have heard sounds from underneath the debris. They are not confirming exactly what those sounds are. They said it is very possible the debris moving, metal, concrete, et cetera. But, with that news, Family Members are doing their best to hold on to hope. There is hope. Its just dwindling by the minute. There is a certain hope in the air but it is a very strange kind of a feeling. Ive rarely had this feeling except in the war zone. Were dealing day by day, theyre now finding more and more people and i hope and pray theyre found soon and everything is good. Those poor, poor people. Officials say that President Biden has been receiving updates on this. Hes expected to address the tragedy there later today at the white house. We dont know yet if he will then go on to v
Of sense for the country, our economy and the future. We have not heard from mitch mcconnell. Thank you so much. Thank you. This is cnn Breaking News. Top of the hour. Im victor blackwell. Thanks for staying with me. We begin with the lifeanddeath race right now in South Florida, the search for survivors more than 13 hours after a Building Collapsed and killed one, injured at least ten. Moments ago the Fire Marshall told cnn rescuers are hearing some voices there in the rubble. Surveillance video captured the moment. This is 1 30 a. M. , surfside, florida, 55 units of a condo pancaked. Floridas governor toured the Disaster Site a short time ago. We thank the fire and rescue for what they did to be able to put themselves on the line to help other folks. Theyre still hard at work. We still have hope to be able to identify additional survivors. County commissioners told cnn that 51 people are unaccounted for. She says its possible they could be on vacation or simply away from their home.
Coming up, im going to ask the White House Press secretary whether beyond the announcement they actually have the votes in the senate, not to mention the house. Tragedy in florida. The search right now after a deadly Building Collapse there. A boy one of two people pulled from the rubble alive. One confirmed dead so far. 99 more floridians unaccounted for. Plus, a Big Development on a lifeordeath story that weve been covering for weeks, months, years even on the lead. The white house announcing that afghan translators who helped u. S. Troops will be saved, but how many . Of the 9,000 who have completed the paperwork, how many are we talking about . Welcome to the lead. Im jake tapper. We start with Breaking News on our politics lead. President biden making the official announcement this afternoon, there is a bipartisan deal on infrastructure. We had a really good meeting. In answer to your direct question, we have a deal. None of us got all that we wanted. I clearly didnt get all that
No word how many could be trapped and what caused the collapse. Here is what the mayor said a short time ago. They were doing roof work on the building at the time. Certainly that doesnt seem like it would be the issue that would have caused it. Some of the residents at the Community Center have complained to me the new building that went up to the south used to shake the building when they were putting the pilings in. We need to look hard at what happened there and find out because buildings just dont fall down like this. We had the dogs out there probably a few hours ago over the collapsed area and were just not getting any hits which is really heartbreaking. Bill its a sound bite that captures the moment for what were trying to understand really beneath the rubble. Dana one thing we do know the building was going under a renovation of some sorts. That might have perhaps contributed to this terrible situation. Bill the authorities have been we see the sirens all night long. At the mo
We have news now that 99 individuals are still Unaccounted For. There could be more because of the complexity of this condo and apartments because so many were short term rentals. Were not even sure about who was there and whether they are still there or elsewhere or never got there. Welcome, everybody. Im neil cavuto. This is your world trying to got to the bottom of a freakish disaster that now has dozens waiting to hear about loved ones that they cannot reach. About a half an hour, an update from local authorities. Now to Steve Harrigan on what hes hearing in surfside florida. Steve . A lot of anxious people around trying to find out news of their loved ones. The number of people that are missing, Unaccounted For has risen throughout the day, about 99 right now. The number could go higher. Were looking at basically three stories high of concrete rubble. More than 50 Apartment Units destroyed. Theres stories of people saying i opened my door and my neighbors apartment was gone. Peopl