Missing. The big fear now is tropical Storm Elsa could further complicate search efforts. The storm is battering the caribbean with strong winds and Heavy Rain. Officials are worried if the storm does hit south florida, it could cause remaining condo structures to topple over on its own. We have fox team coverage, adam is tracking elsa the first, matt is live in Surfside Florida with the latest. Who want to show you the tower we are referring to, remaining standing portion of the Champlain Towers, this round building in the background initially officials were telling us the demolition perhaps could begin in a matter of weeks but now we have pending storm off the coast of Florida And Governor desantis and local officials here so the building could be demolished in a matter of days. There is reporting that perhaps Search And Rescue has been suspended in the tower could be taken down in a matter of hours. A short while ago i spoke to the mayor who said the storm which was hurricane tropic
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churning story we have been covering for about a week now. gaetz is a republican congressman from florida. as that headline alludes to. he was a staunch supporter of trump. it was first reported the new york times that matt gaetz is currently under federal investigation for allegations of alleged sex trafficking of an underage girl. now, this is an investigation that started during the trump administration when bill barr was running the justice department. bill barr, as attorney general, was himself reportedly personally briefed on the matt gaetz investigation on multiple occasions. the federal investigation into congressman gaetz is reportedly examining whether federal campaign funds may have been used to facilitate the child sex trafficking ring, whether drug use may have been involved. congressman gaetz repeatedly denied the allegations. he said they re all made up. this breaking news in the times tonight puts those denials in a different light. here s the lede. quote,
from florida that has been one of the most stanch and flamboyant defenders of former president donald trump. first reported that matt gaetz is currently under federal criminal investigation for allegations of alleged sex trafficking of an under aged girl. this started during the trump administration with bill barr being personally briefed on the matt gaetz investigation on multiple occasions. it is examining whether federal campaign funds might have been used congressman gaetz said they are all made up and he did nothing wrong. the breaking news in the times tonight puts the denials in a different light. here is the lead from the new york times. michael schmidt is the lead on the story along with maggie representative matt gaetz republican of florida was one of president trump s most vocal allies in his term. in the final weeks congressman gaetz sought something in return. privately asking the white house for blanket preemptive pardons for himself and unidentified congres
congressman gaetz repeatedly denied the allegations. he said they re all made up. he did nothing wrong. this breaking news in the times tonight puts those denials in sort of a different light. ear here is the lead from the new york times. michael schmidt is the lead on this article. along with maggie haberman and nicholas fandos. quote. the times reports it s unclear whether congressman gaetz or the white house knew at the time he was under federal criminal investigation for child sex trafficking when he asked for this pardon, but the times does note that if he was aware at the time he did not tell the white house when he made the request. congressman gaetz didn t get any such pardon from trump, at least one that we know of. the times is reporting tonight that the white house thought that kind of preemptive blanket pardon in the absence of any charges is something that might set a precedent, not that s not the thing they cared about in other scandals. the times r