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
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
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
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
Debris and the partial debris was covering the door next to us, as well. We took two elderly people with us that we didnt know. We met them in the staircase to our apartment and decided to go out to the balcony and wave down fire rescue and they are heroes. Theyre just unbelievable human beings. It is just overwhelming to see when we opened the door and saw that the building had collapsed. It was just surreal. We also have new Surveillance Video showing the moment that the tower collapsed. We have to warn you, this next 20 seconds may be very disturbing, difficult to watch. So lets get right to nbcs sam brock who has been covering this Rescue Operation throughout the morning. Sam, what update can you give us at this hour about people found, rescued, injuries . Reporter the most relevant thing you said just now, andrea is an unknown number of people that theyre searching for. That is the Million Dollar question right now. So many families on edge and just hoping that well get some clari