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. it s going to be getting worse, derek. reporter: john, you ve covered enough of these storms to understand that there are outer bands that can change the weather at a moment s notice. the miami-dade 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. it s incredible, even though the center of this storm is well displaced from the surfside region, they could potentially still feel the impa
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. you ve covered enough of these storms that you understand these outer bands
connection to what is happening largely to black and brown bodies, to low-income bodies, to folks who are living in the south and the midwest, like to be able to tell the story of what the impact will be over this next year in particular, i think is really important for us to draw the connection. we want britney to be able to decide her future, and we also want every other person who is worried about whether or not they can make the fundamental decisions about how to control their own bodies is also respected. and how we do that is to make sure that we are educating everyone and making sure they understand what s at stake when these state legislators are making those decisions for them instead of themselves. alexis, joyce, as always, thank you both so much. as we begin a new hour, deal or no deal? it appears the president has gotten a also ahead, new battle lines. the doj s new pushback against new election laws that not only make it harder to vote, but allow lawmakers
is priority will be working day today. now on bbc news, hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk, i m stephen sackur. these are tough times in south africa. officially, covid has taken more than 55,000 lives. researchers reckon the real figure is much higher. and right now there are fears of a third wave of infection. but many minds in the ruling party are consumed not by this national health and economic crisis, but by anc infighting and mudslinging over corruption and accountability. my guest is finance minister tito mboweni. has the anc lost the plot? tito mboweni in limpopo province, welcome to hardtalk. thank you very much for having me here. i ve been here before on hardtalk, but those days i was at the studios in london. this time i m speaking to you from modjadjiskloof in limpopo province. thank you very much indeed. well, it s a, it s a pleasure to have you on the programme, minister. last time you were with us on hardtalk, of course, none of us had heard of covid 19. now yo
alert to force the plane to land in minsk. the journalist was immediately detained at the airport. this past thursday, two women, both of them journalists, were giving two-year prison sentences for covering a protest. in the past six months, more than 400 journalists have been detained throughout belarus. democracies across the globe are responding, outrages over the authoritarian actions. the house foreign affairs committee a short time ago saying in a statement, lukashenko s violence oppression of the pro democracy opposition and independent media knows no bounds. to arrest an activist for simply exposing the truth of the regime sanctioned police brutality against anti-government protests in belarus is abhorrent. more now from nbc news foreign correspondent matt bradley. yeah, alicia, this is the reason why people still refer to belarus as europe s last dictatorship. it s led by alexander lukashenko, and he s been running the country with an iron fist since the mid-199