In surfside, florida, Rescue Teams have now gotten the all clear. They have resumed digging through that massive pile of rubble hoping against hope now really to find survivors. 24 people are confirmed dead. 121 still now unaccounted for. Meantime officials are looking at the structural integrity of other buildings in the nearby area. Charles watson is tracking that development from surfside. Hi, charles. Good morning, gillian and griff. What we mains of champlain towers south came down in a matter of second after a long day of planning. Demolition crews imploded the 13 story tower. You can see the explosives go off and the building hits the ground. The plume of dust in the air was so thick you could see it nearly a mile away. Miamidade officials were racing to bring the building down as concerned grew over its structural stability. Now with the building gone there is Hope Rescue crews can get Toeathat Up until now have been off limits. Really we were stuck that we couldnt get to a cer
Failures of california s water supply are due to the state resisting trump administration policies as much as a lack of rain. john moore is a central california farmer. he is in charge of things there. thank you for coming on and i hope you had a good fourth. i want to play for you a sound bite from comedian bill maher who talked about the drought and what he had to say. listen and i ll get your reaction. with the drought, really, a water shortage problem. it is more a where the water is going problem. we actually have enough water we give away too much to farmers who get their water subsidized by the government because we still act like it s 1890 and farmers are small and independent when they are mostly part of big ag. griff: your reaction? i m glad that you showed that to me now and not the first time i watched it. i think the first time i watched it my response would
Defenses around kabul and keeping the airport open is the only way the government will stay in power. if that airport starts to be threatened, everybody is going to leave. it will be an ugly situation to be sure for the afghans to deal with and americans to bear witness to. gillian: especially tragic considering the number of american lives lost during the last two decades, the trillions of dollars in taxpayer money funneled to that country. general jack keane, thank you for taking time for us today. we appreciate it. great talking to you. griff: the ufo report is in but one democratic lawmaker wants more answers. house intelligence committee member andre carson calling on congress to hold additional hearings on the suspected ufo sightings. he says the intelligence community s report to congress is inconclusive. the public has a right to know
the june numbers will look exactly like they did in may. maybe a little bit uptick more. again this crisis continues and mayorkas is ignoring the simple fact that we ve got to do something to control the border. griff: brandon judd, thank you. gillian. gillian: the white house has narrowly missed its goal to have 70% of adults partially vaccinated by yesterday july 4th. president biden struck an optimistic tone last night addressing the country s recovery from the pandemic. mark meredith is at the white house this morning tracking all of this. good morning to you. last night president biden hosted a huge crowd here at the white house for the fourth of july. it was one of the biggest events yet we have seen from this administration and it seemed to mark a new era for the administration. a post pandemic lifestyle but last night the president talked about the still ongoing battle
Upswing among your students these days. is that an encouraging sign for the future? absolutely, yeah. enrollment in my classes semester to semester keeps increasing. and i think it s due a lot of kids are passionate about this and want to be a part of the team in the system and offer opportunities in the classes and students get interested and excited. we have criminology, forensic science. we also do a lot of hands-on learning. toured the colorado bureau of investigation. i believe it s a combination. gillian: for our viewers at home, it is the destinations career academy of colorado. check it out online if you are interested. beth vasquez, thank you for joining us. thank you. griff: gillian, devastating drought keeping its choke hold on the american west. farmers and ranchers worry it