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all, just over russia. you leaders meat for a 2nd day after rejecting a proposal by france and germany talks with president vladimir putin, us vice president, head to the mexican border and searches for a response to a stupid increase in migration. and then for lympics organizes admit the games that could still take place without special cases because of cove. at 19, just 4 days ago it was announced that up to $10000.00 funds that would be allowed into venue. ah ok. we're going to begin with the latest developments out of miami. we're at least a 159 people still unaccounted for a day after a 12 story building collapsed. at least 4 people are known to have died, but it is expected. the toll will rise as rescue teams search through the rubble.

it's not clear what caused the 40 year old building to come done, but local officials say it was undergoing roof construction and other repairs. i want to be very clear about the numbers. are there very fluid? i will continue to update you as, as we have them. but we have confirmed for deaths. the search and rescue team worked throughout the night, and it was a very active scene from above and below. and we also brought heavy machinery onto the site to assist with the operation. i want to show you some live pictures that are coming out of the collapsed building in miami. as you can see there, the level of devastation is incredibly significant. it's covered a very, very wide area. we understand that at least a significant part of the building has fallen to the ground. it's not yet known,

as we mentioned before, what the cause could be. but we understand the weather has been particularly bad there. that of course, is hampering rescue efforts. you can see a large pool of water just to the top left hand corner of your screen there. alongside the rest of the rubble. we understand also search and rescue teams have been working through the night to try to bury the butter their way into the rubble, to try to find more people. there were reports we, we understand that knocking noise is at one point had been heard from parts of the rubble, but it's not yet confirmed further or not that led to anybody being rescued. ok, let's go to cutting down who's close to that collapse to building in miami. terry, me just talk us through what the rescue efforts are like at the moment where the rescue efforts have been ongoing. ever since the collapse yesterday. the crews worked through the night. you can see one of these heavy cranes over my right shoulder. that wasn't here yesterday. so basically they've been working through the

night through the morning. you mentioned the bad weather. we have had some heavy rain showers this morning on and off. it was rainy yesterday as well, and those are definitely affecting the search and rescue efforts. they uncovered the pulled 3 bodies out of the rubble overnight, but unfortunately they have yet to find any survivors. the mayor and other officials have recently spoken and seeing the reason why search and effort search and rescue. sorry, efforts aren't going is because they're confident that they might still find survivors. and they want to make sure they exhaust all options before they stop the search and rescue and move over into the vacation and what might have caused this. i understand, as we mentioned before, that there has been mentioned the fact that there was some roof repairs going on. some other repairs happening on the building. no, you and i were talking about this 24 hours ago when the story 1st began, but there's no clear indication yet. is there just to be to be absolutely certain

that we know about this? there's no clear indication yet, but what the cause of this actually was, but as you said, the investigation is going to start trying to work that out. that's correct. we don't have anything confirmed just yet as to what, what may have caused this collapse. we do know that the building was completed in 1981 and it needs to undergo a re re certification process to make sure that the building is structurally sound . and it was, it was, it was in the middle of that when this collapse happened, it's a 40 year re certification process. and there were some repairs needed. there was some repairs needed to the roof that were, that were being worked on at the time as you mentioned. and some residents in the building have long complained that maintenance projects in the building have been, have been delayed, have been pushed back. and they're questioning, especially now obviously why that is. and we've heard reports of just cracks in the wall and other problems with the inside the building. there were even reports of

the owner's daughter pleading with her father, the guy who owns the building, pleading with her father to do something about it. and that she was worried that there would be a collapse. we've also heard reports about a phenomenon called subsidence, and that's basically when the floor underneath the these buildings gives way. and there are some research done that shows that this building specifically had been thinking about 2 millimeters per year back in the ninety's. and it's expected that that subsidence has been continuing ever since, you know, we've long reported about rising sea levels here and south florida and the impact that has on the environment and the housing market. so there's a lot of questions, but obviously we don't yet know for certain what may have happened. the governor was speaking a short while ago, and obviously he expressed the same concern that we need to know why this happened,

then make sure that it doesn't happen again. and that here in america, we don't expect to see buildings just crumbling like that. especially in a place here like surf side steps away from tammy beach kareem as you were saying, of course the, the, the focus now is under the rescue effort. and by the pictures that we've been looking at, we had all those pictures just a few moments ago. of that enormous train you were talking about, shooting its way into the side of the building to try and carry some of it. but until that rescue effort is over and done with the investigation will not start cutting thanks very much. indeed. a former u. s. police officer, derek childrens jude, to be sentenced in the coming hours for the murder of george floyd. shelven was convicted in april after kneeling on floyd's neck for 9 and a half minutes. a crime, prosecutors say shocked the nation. when john henderson's outside the court in minneapolis for, as john one would imagine that the atmosphere in minneapolis is possibly as tense as it was when the case was originally heard. but what is it like there?

it absolutely is chance. this is a city that, of course, went up in flames after this incident happened in may of 2020, and security here has been an issue, but you can see that they've taken down the security that we were accustomed to during the trial here, where there were fences all around the national guard was here. there doesn't seem to be that kind of concern right now, but the entire city is watching this trial. as, as much of the united states, derek children faces a maximum of 40 years in prison. the guidelines call for about 15 years, but there are aggravating circumstances. you can consider those exacerbating circumstances. this was done in front of children under the color of the authority of shogun. as a police officer, it was done with other people, and all of those factors would serve to increase the sentence. the judge has agreed

that those aggravating circumstances did exist in this case. and that means that practically speaking, although the maximum is 40 years he could face up to 30 years in prison, estimates range from 20 to 30 years. we spoke to mary moriarty, the former public defender, who was in charge of this court house behind me. she said her estimate is that this could go as high as 30 years. we put together a little scene center on exactly what the stakes are. take a look more than a year after the death of george floyd, minneapolis is still rebuilding a passive destruction still lies in the wake of the flaming riots that followed the killing of a black man beneath the police officers ne on friday officer. derrick, jovan will be sentenced for floyd's murder. the judge is already ruled that show vin is guilty of aggravating circumstances, acting with particular cruelty in front of children under the power of his authority as a cop and is part of a group. leaving legal analysts expecting

a stiff sentence, i think the judge is probably going to depart upward, give him a greater sentence than what our guidelines call for. and given the defense motion and the aggravating factors, i think it's, it's probable that he will go close to 30 years. prosecutors, they show ven, deserves the maximum penalty for actions that in their words traumatized, mister floyds, family. the bystanders who watched mister floyd di and the community and his conduct shot the nation's conscience. despite those stern words his lawyer is asking for probation. the murder trial watched around the world, began with the viral video of floyd's arrest and ended with children's conviction. on all counts in between was a devastating prosecution, a defiant defense, and some powerful, sometimes tearful witnesses. i didn't leave him at some point. did you make

a 911 call. that is correct. the court police on the phone. and why did you do that? because i believe our witness. murder is been night. i stated. apologizing in the pallet to sort of for if we're not doing more, i felt that derek show was justified was acting with objective reasonable miss ah, i will invoke my 5th amendment privilege to be guilty. guilty, guilty in the streets of minneapolis, minnesota. and brace for the response. many hoping it won't repeat the violence, summer of 2020 the city over and down. of course. really? yes. that's the normal response. this sentence judge peter k, he'll hands down comes with weighty consequences for shogun, the city where floyd died and the civil rights movement,

his death accelerate. among the things the judge will consider is whether that offended feels a sense of remorse, whether he's taken responsibility for his action, and in the trial, he did not do so at all. today. there is the opportunity for victim impact statements. and for derek, showed himself to speak to the judge, but he's in a difficult position because he still faces federal charges as do the other 3 officers involved for violating the civil rights of george floyd. and that means if he incriminate himself here in this statement that that could be used against him in the federal trial. ultimately, all 3 charges, although he was convicted of 2nd degree, murder, 3rd degree, murder and manslaughter. those, the sentences will be served at the same time under minnesota guidelines. so it's really only the top charge, 2nd degree murder that really matters here. so when the judge hands down that

sentence, it might sound a little complicated, but really it is likely that just that 2nd degree, murder sentence is the one that counts and that's the one people are estimating between 20 and 30 years. but of course, is attorneys are asking for time, served and probation. john, thanks very much. indeed. obviously we're going to be covering that hearing when it starts, but for not john henderson. thank you very much into united states will keep on 650 of its troops in afghanistan after the rest of its forces are withdrawn. most of the more than 4000 us soldiers have been leaving. i've got to stand in recent months, as part of a pledge by president joe biden to withdraw troops by september 11th. meanwhile, i've got a son's president shotgun is due to meet joe biden, the white house in the coming hours. and also on friday, you are a secretary of state onto the blink and acknowledged a tax on afghan forces were increasing and but washington is assessing if plans for peace are realistic. we're looking very carefully at the situation

on the ground in afghanistan. and we're also looking very hard at whether the taliban is at all serious about a peaceful resolution to the conflict. we can you to be engaged on the diplomacy, but actions that would try to take the, the country by force or of course totally inconsistent with finding a peaceful resolution on it's, i'm a bunch of it's joining us now from doha. a summer. one would imagine that people, enough canister and wondering what kind of support the u. s. is going to be giving to i've got to spend most of its troops on there, but also of course, what role the taliban plan to play in the future of the country. well that is the big question since last year, when this landmark deal was signed between the americans and the taliban. and then an inter of line agreement bits which lines were supposed to start an inter of gone

dialogue to find a last thing solution for peace in the country. but that does not seem to have made the headway that people were supposing that it would and to discuss that troubadour . we have this, the spokesman for the taliban, and we'll ask them, what did they feel about the 650 troops, which are going to be staying in understand, according to reports of mississippi trying to thank you very much for being with us . now you've seen these reports that $650.00 us troops are going to be station behind. let's start off at what is the tyler bonds reaction. and how is that going to change the situation on the ground? because more than a, since it's been more than 2 years since you've attacked american and the 2 forces. we have signed the agreement and that was negotiated with the american side for 18 months. and they have agreed and committed themselves that they will withdraw from punished on all the military forces,

advisors and contractors. i think it is a clear why lation of that agreement. secondly, it is what not told the issue of a blind span, which has not been sold the result through military approach in the past 20 years, but only prolonged the hardship the spring and complicate the issue. but the situation has not changed, even when the withdrawal was announced, you are seeing a number of attacks on the i've gone government areas. you claim that more than $100.00 district centers have fallen to the taliban. so isn't there a reason for international troops to stay there to maintain the peace? because the fear is that the taliban wants to take over on a son by force. the 1st we had committed our city that do we will for was see killed a passage to the americans to the americans while they are withdrawing from

a plan is done. and we will not attack them. we remained are lawyers to that have not attacked him during the year. we had all one that the way let it, the 1st me, full withdrawal from the sun. still we have not attacked him while we are fully got people to do that. and secondly, is the internal aspect of the one issue that is really just solution. you not see, spite through inter avalon negotiation between see the other side from the car, but they did not go not show flexibility. so that is why the progress is very slow. for example, about the regarding the release of our $5000.00 prisoners, they delete that for 6 months, not releasing that. it was one of the reason of the slow progress in the talks. it

is. i think that the other side has to be blamed and it one when we started the entire one which ation, they were not ready to accept the agreement as a basis for the in problem the which is why it was it is and the beast of that agreement that we started in trial one which ration before that, but we were not ready and there was no inter are on the which ation. so it is very important that they should show flexibility and come that it is reconciliation. but the question is that is that flexibility being shown by your side as well because the cognitive ministration, as you call it, has been saying that the taliban want a return to power. ready a returned to the islamic emerett, they're not flexible about coming to the democratic system. for instance. will the taliban take part in election? how will this process book? if it's going to be both sides coming together towards a mutual agreement? i think that the concept to impose what they say to

improve us. why have been why we have the intro one which ation, we didn't say any anytime that we impose anything. got them. we say it is up to the to negotiation team to reach our solution and to talk about a future goodman. and then it will be acceptable to us, but be before the coatings decide of the about the future. if let me good moment. they say you should accept this kind of government and this and that. so that is, i think they are not in the board of reconciliation, but rather they want to setting that in while this negotiation, this intra one negotiation which is on the way in it is a for reconciliation between the parties not surrendering. so i think

they are kind up in a welcome, a very quickly at this us troop station, 650 of their stay behind. are the taliban going to attack us troops now? yes or no. if they stay here, then i think it is a kind kind of continuation of the patient and that they have y lated and a rehab fully right to the act. mystery train. thank you very much for speaking to us. you have the reaction from the taliban on the reports of 650 us soldiers staying in fight of going to sun. as the big goal is underway and violence is speaking at levels that we have not seen for the last few years and peace in, they're going to san arthur. all of the negotiations which happened between various sizes and including a regional actors remains a distant possibility. some of injured reporting from some a thank you very morehead on the news are including people in chile question. the effectiveness of a chinese vaccine discovered $900.00 cases. suddenly serge and china approves are

government reshuffle in hong kong. and what critics say, the title basing is grip and the territory. i'm in support here. why advice? and then all code runs of the corporate america. fear of the story ah, divisions within the european union have been laid bare the 2nd day of the leaders on that in brussels. after a long night of debate, rejected a proposal from germany and france to hold a summit with russia. poland and bolted countries said it was send the wrong message. we are right now in a negative spiral, and we need to brace for further downturn. so we agreed to push back. when russia targets the european union on what we stands for when it violates human rights to

constrain russia, when it attempts to undermine our interests. and we will engage russia when it is in our interest to do so to achieve our goals. for example, if we talk about climate change, or if we talk about public health, or german chancellor anglo merkel insisted dialogue with routines should be possible and the other avenues will be explored. she's being seeking a less confrontational line on russia, along with french president emanuel mac chrome. he admitted that disagreements on russia as well as l g. b t q writes in countries like hungary and poland are evidence of an east west splits within the european union. natasha boss has more from paris while the thumb, it's actually wrapped up now and it's clear at the end of it, there were some, there was some resolution when it came to russia that all still divisions in terms of opinion. because going into the summit, the german chancellor and the french president of both made it very clear that they

believed that very space to open dialogue with russia on issues of common interest . and they were actually calling for an e rush, some 8 and 5, perhaps by the events of last week in which the u. s. president joe biden met vladimir putin in geneva. however, that really went down badly with the leader who said that until russia did more and it's human rights record to respect, respected ukraine sovereignty, then there was no faith for the e used to be reaching out, rolling out the red carpet for moscow. so what we heard at the end was the head to the commission, saying that leaders had agreed that perhaps it isn't the right time for something like an e rush summit that that's too soon. nevertheless, the door is not being closed on dialogue in the future on certain issues of common interest, including the wrong nuclear deal, for example, or climate change. us vice president. pamela harris has arrived in texas and our

1st visit to the border with mexico since taking office. i was meeting border patrol staff and local leaders. she's been under pressure to visit the border after a rise in migrant surviving in the us, mostly from central america. authorities say they encountered a $180000.00 people in the last month or month offload standing by 1st in the mexican city of to wanna along the us for the 1st. let's speak to roll brennan. she's joining us not a lie from el paso in the u. s. state of texas. rob, what do we know that come on the harris is actually trying to achieve with this visit? well, we're out there are a lot of political context to this visit for, for one thing. el paso, where we are right now is the place where the trumpet administration 1st implemented and rolled out. it's very controversial and much criticized family separation policy back in 2017. so part of the state it aim really by

the white house is to have harris here as way of trying to showcase the harsh of the contrast between the harsh policies of the trumpet administration. and what the by did ministration says are it's more you main policies, but there is political pressure from both sides over this issue. republicans are saying that the situation at the border is a crisis that the administration was unprepared and that they've bungled the the, the situation. and in fact, in order to score some political points, the former president donald trump, is due to visit the board or somewhere here in the state of texas at the end of this month. but on the left, you have democrats and other activists urging the, by the ministration to ditch a trump error rule. it's called title $42.00, and it allows us forties to immediately deport families and individual migrants who

are coming to the border and have cross the border without giving them an opportunity to claim asylum, single children, unaccompanied miners. they are allowed in and they are taken into chair, but others are not so a lot of pressure on the, by the ministration to cancel title 42. many republicans probably tell you in a moment about what that implementation of that rule which was originally does not designed or at least described as a way of preventing coven 19 from spreading along the border. how that as affected the situation on the other side, on the mexican side, even the united nations has said that the enforcement of title where they do may be a violation of international law. so the by the administration is also considering

a streamlining of the entire process of, of asylum, which is currently very, very lengthy, very cumbersome, can take years for a single asylum claim to come through. and what also, what vice president harris and her delegation to el paso today have been saying that the ultimate goal is some comprehensive overhaul of entire us immigration system which has gone for years without any changes, despite changes in the real world. rob rob, thanks very much. indeed, that's rob ronald talk just from el paso in the united state of texas, one to speak to manual real palos. i mentioned he's live at the us border in honda in mexico. is any of this visit going to resonates with the people that are particularly those behind you, my money? because i can see that the tense that the people are living in there is they are clearly attempting a hoping that some point to be able to get across the border for

many the visit does represent hope. people are very much aware that vice president harris is visiting the border. people are very much abreast of the news of what's going on in the changing policies in the united states. but we want to give you a sense of where we are. we are an ad in chapparal. this is one of several ports of entry here in see want to into the united states and this migrant camp. this makes you can't, that you see behind us 1st rounded up back in february, back then we estimated anywhere anywhere between 80058500 people who were staying at this camp today. the estimate from human rights groups is closer to 3000 people . most of the folks that we have encountered here are from central america, specifically from hunters. we've met several people at this point now also from el salvador and a growing number of individuals that are from safe like mich, what gun and get right here in mexico that are flood that are flea, increasing violence here in mexico. nevertheless, it does seem like more people are arriving by the day again,

many people here are hopeful not only because of the changing policies in the united states, not only because of the visit by vice president common le harris. but because of the phasing out of trump era policies, specifically the so called migrant protection protocols that force people to remain in mexico while they're silent. cases are being heard of phasing out of these policies. represents hope for people who now see that may be their turn to plead their silence cases to us. officials could be next, but we should note as rob mental title, as rob mentioned on the other side of the border title, 42 remains in place. this is the united states, citing the ongoing health emergency from cope 19, which is continuing to obstruct the traditional legal asylum process for migrants. we're hoping to plead their asylum cases on the other side of the border. so when you couple both of these things, the fact that the asylum process remains obstructed. there is a need to streamline that process any way. but you couple that with the ongoing

implementation of title $42.00, which not only is resulting in more migrants being deported to mexico and continuing to, to, to wait on this side of the border further, some cases to be, to be heard. those 2 things coupled together is the reason why we're seeing so many people still stranded on the side of the board. when you're talking to us from to want to in mexico. i want to bring in eric, he's the author of the g o. p. civil war. he's also contributor to the washington dip the not newspaper. he's joining his life from washington dc via skype. good to have you back on august 0. eric, i'm reading here. there are reports that a white house official who asked of course not to be named sent. how does it always intend to go to the border? but only after she'd visited guatemala and mexico, but she's been tied up with vaccine vaccination awareness programs and infrastructure negotiations. how much of this do you think has done to bad messaging and how much of this is.