so here's the breaking news at this hour. there's a desperate search under way right now for survivors who may be trapped in the rubble of a collapsed condo in south florida. at least one person is dead. officials say 99 people are unaccounted for tonight though it is not known whether all of them were in the building at the time. president biden announcing he has reached a deal with a bipartisan group of senators on a massive infrastructure package worth more than $1 trillion. many hurdles remain including questions about support at the end of the day from enough republican senators and progressive democrats. and a bipartisan group of

negotiators trying to iron out a policing reform bill, saying tonight they're reaching -- they've reached an agreement on a framework, but a lot of work needs to be done on that as well, and they continue talking over the next few weeks. let's talk about this devastating apartment complex or this building collapse just a few miles north of miami beach. part of the building collapsed early this morning while the residents were sleeping. 99 people unaccounted for tonight. there's charles kessel. he is a missioner of surfside, florida, and he joins us now. charles, good evening to you. i have to thank you as the mayor because i know it's very busy. we have the video of the collapse up on the screen now. i imagine -- i can only imagine how painful it is speaking with families who have loved ones still unaccounted for. time is of the utmost importance. are you hopeful about survivors? >> well, thank you for this question, and it's sad to be

meeting under these circumstances. i do have hope, and i think the family of those missing have hope. but realistically, you know, i'm not sure how many or if anyone will be recovered and found alive. it's a tragedy, and it's a sad day here in surfside. >> say the last part again. you said you're hopeful but what? >> oh, i said i'm hopeful, but the reality is when we look at the rubble across the street, you know, it's possible that there may not be any survivors or many. but i remain hopeful. we have to stay hopeful at this point. >> yeah. and because the conditions are so awful, so awful, and they're dangerous and difficult. this work is dangerous and difficult for the rescue folks as well. did you want to say something, charles? >> exactly, yes. all day long, i can say that the support from the county and our fellow communities in miami-dade

county has been remarkable. fire and rescue from miami-dade has been standing by most of the day while the situation was assessed because the structural integrity of that building that's still standing -- or the part of the building that's still standing is in doubt. so that's always been a concern, and that's hindered any res cue and search effort. we want everyone to stay safe who's in the recovery, and certainly those rescuers across the street. >> can you talk to me about the equipment you're using, what the plan is here. you have special equipment. assets are on site to help find these survivors, also to keep the rescuers safe in that rubble. can you talk to us about that, charles? >> i'm not privy to that specific information. that's made at the office of emergency management and miami-dade fire and rescue, and i have my trust and faith in them. i've worked with them as the liaison via the covid task force

here in the town of surfside, which we established to deal with covid. and i have nothing but faith in them. and in terms of the equipment that they're using and their decisions on whether or not the structure is sound enough to continue the search efforts that they're doing now. >> okay. listen, there's incredible video that we have up on the screen that we're looking at. it is extremely challenging, as i said, and extremely dangerous for these rescue and recovery teams. let me ask you this, and hopefully you can answer this. maybe it's not in your purview, but i'll ask anyway. i understand that this building was under scrutiny, charles, because it was going through a 40-year recertification. "the new york times" is reporting that the building was about to undergo extensive repairs for rusted steel, damaged concrete. do you know anything about that? do you think it has anything to do with any of this?

>> well, yes, sir, i do. and if anything, that's what really makes me quite upset and angry that this catastrophe could happen because there have been many engineers in that building for the 40-year recertification, and it's been under scrutiny. and while i am familiar with an assessment that was made as part of the plan to go forward for the next 40 years, there's been no indication that the building is unsound in any way, let alone at risk of a catastrophic collapse like this. so that's what's mysterious to me, and i think that's what needs to be solved. and i know that it's a methodical process to determine the cause of this collapse, but at one level, time is of the essence because if there is

something unknown, something h missing in the inspection process, there's a sister building here, and there are many other condominiums along this ocean ridge of miami beach and surfside and ball harbor that will need to be inspected. and if there's something that's going on with the ground and the natural erosion that's been happening with rising water tables and rising sea levels, then we need to investigate that too. and the science is there to make sure that everyone is safe and secure in surfside. >> yeah. charles kesl is the surfside commissioner. charles, thank you so much. we appreciate it. >> my pleasure. and thank you for your prayers and your hope. >> yes, absolutely. i want to bring in now the former miami-dade fire chief dave downey. we've talked about. we've spoken under some other

conditions, nothing this bad. good evening to you. thank you. >> thanks for having me. >> 99 people are unaccounted for tonight. what's being done right now to find anyone who may still be trapped in this rubble? >> well, there's an established process for any type of collapse search and rescue. so early on, as we saw, those surface victims, those victims that were lightly trapped were removed. then we brought in the technical search personnel. these are highly trained, highly experienced personnel. they're part of -- they're team members. they're right here locally, and they are now engaged in what we call the void search. so what they're doing is systematically going across the rubble pile, looking for any indication of life. they'll use k-9s.

they'll use search cameras that they can put into small spaces. they'll use listening devices, anything available to them to try to locate any survivors. and they're going to do this as a step-by-step process. many of the people, you know, see this collapse and they say, you know, why aren't the big, heavy equipment out there? why aren't the cranes out there? first and foremost, we don't want to disturb this rubble. we have part of a building that hasn't collapsed, that's unsupported. there's a lot of debris hanging off of the collapsed -- or the unsupported building, and so the rescuers are in tremendous danger in some of the areas that they're working. so it has to be a very methodical process to go through this search. >> you know, chief, there are structural engineers embedded with these rescue teams, but you're talking about why you're not bringing out the heavy equipment, just how tenuous it is because this stuff is -- you know, one thing is resting on top of something which is not

secure, which is resting on something else that's not so secure. so what are you doing to make sure that these teams are okay, and just how dangerous is it for these first responders? >> well, it's certainly a dangerous situation. the rescuers, you know, assess the risk. they rely heavily on their training, their experience, and these structural engineers that are very experienced in these types of structural collapses. they're the ones that are going to tell us, it's a go, it's a no go, or you need to stabilize the area before you can move in. they're constantly monitoring the building for the slightest movement that would indicate that there's a potential for another collapse. >> yeah. chief downey, thank you so much. i appreciate it. i'm sure we'll have you back on cnn. but you guys be well, and we're thinking about you. thanks so much. >> thank you. thanks for having me. >> thank you. you know, this shows you just how important it is to have buildings be secure, our

infrastructure secure even though this is a building that people lived in. it doesn't really have much to do with the government, but it really sort of brings home what can happen if you let these things, possibly in this case, go too long without being recertified and so forth. let's turn now to that bipartisan breakthrough for the biden administration on infrastructure and also on police reform as well. joining me now, cnn political analyst john avlon and political commentator alice stewart. good evening to both of you. i'll say from the onset as i know you -- our prayers are with the folks that may be trapped there. let's discuss this as we're thinking about the folks in florida. good evening. john, a bipartisan deal on infrastructure and an agreement on a framework for bipartisan police reform. there's still a long way to go to get this all across the finish line, but is biden's bet on bipartisanship paying off at this point, it seems? i don't know. >> looks like it.

you know, he took a lot of heat from folks who said they were skeptical or cynical that this was even possible. but biden put a lot of faith in his senate years and ability to get people to reason together. this is a long way from being a done deal, but you got to remember that during the obama years, mitch mcconnell and co. blocked a $60 billion infrastructure deal from president obama. so this is a very big deal even if it's less total dollars than a lot of democrats might wish. it is evidence that after all the promises of infrastructure we heard over and over again from donald trump, that maybe joe biden and a centrist group of senators can get it done. that's a big deal. >> well, here's the thing. let's be practical about this. i'm sure democrats in the progressive wing of the democratic party would have liked to have a whole lot more money. maybe they're banking on the next round to get more money. but when you're negotiating, that's what happens. you compromise. you don't get everything you

want. and then you start to, you know, after you negotiate, you negotiate a little bit more. you develop confidence with people. so let's hope that is the atmosphere that we'll start to, you know, spread itself around washington, d.c. i'm hopeful. who knows, though? >> i think so too. i agree with john, and i'm sure you agree as well. >> but i can hear all the folks out there going, oh, right, don. that will never happen. >> no, it's nice to have an infrastructure week actually last more than five minutes. the president said it today and everyone will agree. bipartisanship is the way to move forward and the way to make progress in washington, d.c. and it's been so refreshing to see the give and take and the back and forth by democrats and republicans and this president. and while bipartisanship is the path forward, a bait and switch is a path to stalemate. the problem we had today, we had a tremendous victory when we

said we have a deal on infrastructure. but when the president and the gang of ten came out and spiked the football and then two hours later, we hear that they have moved the goalpost, it's really not a victory. and when we have that contention on a progressive wish list, i see it being very difficult to move forward with this successful infrastructure package if there's going to be that companion bill that progressives want to be attached with it. >> well, they said they had a deal, so let's see. who knows? this is a first step. i want to play this, alice. this is the former vice president, mike pence, pushing back on criticism that he didn't go along with attempts to overturn the 2020 election. this is what he said at the ronald reagan institute tonight. here it is. >> the truth is there's almost no idea more un-american than the notion that any one person could choose the american president. the presidency belongs to the american people and the american

people alone. [ applause ] and i will always be proud that we did our part. on that tragic day to reconvene the congress and fulfilled our duty under the constitution and the laws of the united states. now, i understand the disappointment many feel about the last election. i can relate. i was on the ballot. but, you know, there's more at stake than our party and our political fortunes in this moment. if we lose faith in the constitution, we won't just lose elections. we'll lose our country.

>> wow! that was quite a statement from the vice president. the truth is powerful, alice. >> it certainly is, and it was a very delicate line for him to walk with regard to making that bold statement without going too far and really standing up against the former president. but i think what's really important is you have to give mike pence credit for the january 6th action that he took as president of the senate, when he was being requested by the former president to stop the certification of the election. and mike pence said, i can't do that. i'm not going to do that. my role is to preside and not change the outcome of these elections. and so i applaud him for that. but i think the most important thing that he said is not only do we need to stand by our constitution. we need to stand by the integrity of our election. that's what needs to be translated across the board. >> last word quickly, please,

john, if you will. >> look, there can be no compromise with lies, and this is the closest he's come to speaking clearly on the subject. you shouldn't have to walk a line. i understand the politics of it. but what he said was light. he should say it consistently and loudly and sooner because it's important. >> thank you both. i'll see you soon. it's all anybody's talking about. the gop outrage machine in high gear over critical race theory. and wait till you hear who is piling on over the latest big lie. more protection, more sun, more joy. neutrogena® beach defense® the suncare brand used most by dermatologists and their families, neutrogena® for people with skin.

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kindergarten to be ashamed of their skin color. it represents a full-throated assault aimed at the heart of the american experiment. and it's nothing short of state-sponsored and state-sanctioned racism. our party must ensure that critical race theory is expelled from our schools, our military, and our public institutions. >> they just can't help themselves. okay. let me say this, and tell everyone you know. put it on the internet. what he just said is not true. critical race theory isn't being taught to kindergartners. it is something law students study. unless you have, you know, kindergartners in law school. and it's not about shaming white

people. critical race theory is a legal theory that has to do with systemic racism. again, law schools, not kindergartners. that is a bold-face lie, an outright lie. so joining me now, cnn political commentator amanda carpenter. i guess you would call that gaslighting, right? >> yeah. i mean, there's a lot going on with this. i mean, i think the first thing for people to understand is that in the post -- whatever this post-trumpish era is, there is a massive political media and activist infrastructure that needs things to get mad about to get people to fund-raise after. that's why you're seeing all this flash in the pan culture war stuff come up. you saw that with the campaign against dr. fauci, the

lockdowns, and now the -- >> dr. seuss, this. antifa was -- you know, the january 6th. look, you're right. i want to play this video, and then continue on. but people are flipping out, crashing school board meetings, amanda. even getting arrested over critical race theory. it's all based on these lies that you just heard mike pence pushing. why is this new right-wing obsession so successful in revving people up? it's almost like the insurrection at school board meetings, right? this isn't just trump supporters. >> yeah, because it has to do with kids. when you push that -- >> are they trying to win back the suburbs? is that what's happening? >> absolutely. steve bannon thinks this can be the tea party to the tenth degree or something like that. i do think there's a quality of life to that. you have grouped like the heritage foundation that can talk to these people in the suburbs, that can get them organized and activated extremely quickly and go to

these school boards and crash these meetings, much like the tea party did in 2009 when they showed up to these candidates and elected officials. but i do think this one is a little bit different. yes, people get animated quickly because it does have to do with children. people think their kids are being indoctrinated and taught things they don't understand and don't like. but you know what people also don't like? their schools becoming a hostile zone. the idea of sending your kids to a place where parents are fighting. the pictures coming out of loudoun county last night where somebody was arrested, he had his shirt off, his face wad bloodied. the state police had to be called in. i don't know how that's a net win for the republican voters. but maybe people like steve bannon are telling people that. i mean mike pence, i was fairly alarmed with what i just heard. when he's talking about state-sanctioned racism, that is -- that is hot, hot language. >> yeah. and it's going to go on for a bit. amanda, unfortunately i got to

run. we have that breaking news. >> yep. >> thank you, amanda carpenter. always a pleasure. so britney spears' bombshell hearing leading to a lot of apologies over how she's been treated over the years, right? including from celebrity blogger perez hilton, who says he feels deep shame and regret. well, guess what? there's perez. we'll talk to him after the break. no, he's not in his room. ♪ dad, why didn't you answer your phone? your mother loved this park. ♪ she did.

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so britney spears shining a light on her personal struggles living under a court ordered conservatorship for nearly 13 years, most of that time under the thumb of her father who controls her life, her career and her finances. spears is now 39 years old, pleading with the judge to end the conservatorship, calling the situation abusive. i want to bring in now perez

hilton, the celebrity blogger and host of the perez hilton podcast. he's on the record now apologizing for how he treated the pop star in the past. perez, thank you for joining. it takes a big person -- >> thank you for having me. >> -- to apologize. but you've got to own up to what you did, and we have to remind the audience. you say that you carry deep shame and regret knowing that you contributed to her pain. there's no two ways about it. you were a bully, perez. you've been open about the fact that you said what you said and did. it was some very mean things. you were known for scribbling nasty things on photos. why did you say those things about her, and what has changed since then? >> i said those things for attention, and at the time i didn't care if it hurt britney spears. how cruel is that? i now realize there are way more important things than just getting attention, and you can do that in other ways, in ways

that aren't nasty, mean, cruel, hurtful, or bullying. the thing that hurts me the most is at the time, i knew what i was doing was wrong. it's like a drug addict who might steal from a loved one or just does something that they know they shouldn't do, but they do it anyways. and that's something that i will carry with me forever. >> yeah. so you've apologized. i'm not sure if you can call it directly because you haven't -- >> i have as well. i've apologized privately to britney spears. you know, last year was very challenging for all of us, and i went through a severe depression, which led me to do a lot of soul searching. so i reached out privately last year to many people from my past, celebrities and non-celebrities that i also thought i should apologize to. and britney spears was one of those. i know people very close to britney, and that person told me

that they sent her and she saw my private email to her. and they didn't reply back with if she had a response to me or not. they just said, i showed her your email. >> what did you say, perez? >> basically how deeply sorry i was. i mean i don't remember everything that i said in it. i thanked her for her graciousness in the past because after everything that i had done during those very turbulent years in her life, she asked me to be a part of her circus tour. i was in the opening montage. then she was equally kind and gracious when i went to her las vegas residency. she invited me up onstage. >> wow. >> and put me in one of her bits. that goes to show you that she is just so -- i don't want to say forgiving because that's for her to speak on. >> she was a bigger person than you at the time.

>> yes. >> let's get into what she said. britney spoke out against what she describes as this abusive censorship. she says my precious body has worked for my dad for the last f-ing years. she explains being afraid to speak without because she thought no one would believe her. she says, i've never said it openly, and i didn't think to say it openly, because i honestly don't think anyone would believe me. to be honest, the paris hilton story on what they did at that school, that's why i didn't want to say in this. people would make fun of me or laugh at me and say, she's lying. so she says the last time that she spoke to the judge, that she felt like she was dead, that she didn't matter. is she right? why do you think her voice was ignored all this time?

>> people dismissed her. they -- the judge said -- i don't want to speak for the judge. i'm not sure. but it's really frustrating because we're in 2021 now, and two years ago britney previously went to this same judge asking to make changes to the conservatorship. even last year, once again asking to make more changes to have her father removed completely, and that wish was not granted. there's another court hearing scheduled for next month. it's my sincere hope that britney's able to live her own life now and enjoy it however she wants, mistakes or not. you know, she says that she's traumatized, that every day she cries. you know, she wants to have another child, but this conservatorship has control over her body, forcing her to use this contraceptive device that won't allow that to happen.

that does not seem like a way to live to me. >> listen, you are a celebrity blogger and a reporter on the entertainment industry. do you think others owe an apology to her, like justin timberlake personally? >> i think the world owes an apology to britney spears. i'm not here playing a victim. i will call out that, you know, since the court appearance on wednesday, i've been getting so much -- more than hate. i've been having people daily, hourly, every minute tell me to kill myself, saying i look disgusting, and the most awful things. and it's just very hypocritical of me -- of those people to bully me for my past bullying behavior, and everybody who took part in the past, i think we're all to blame. the world, the legal system, her family, her manager. everybody failed britney spears. >> yeah. listen, this was earlier.

justin put out something after this, but earlier in the year, and we saw that britney spears doc. he apologized to her and also to janet jackson as well. but, man, britney, it's a lot. i think that this story actually, perez, is going to open up a lot of issues that we have with conservatorships, with mental health, the way we look at people, how we treat people with the entertainment industry, how people report on it, and quite frankly with the legal system and judges as well. thank you, perez hilton. >> yeah. britney said that herself. she said the concept of conservatorships, that there's so many people under them that are being abused. so i think like we've seen with paris hilton, we might see britney now become an advocate for others that have experienced what she has. >> yeah. thank you, perez. i appreciate it. >> thank you. possible breakthrough on police reform. negotiators in congress say they have reached a framework

agreement. how will it play into the crime surge we're seeing across america? that's the question.

so congressional negotiators have reached a framework agreement for policing reform with talks continuing over the next few weeks. but key negotiators tell cnn they still have a long way to go to get a final deal. the months-long negotiation happening as president joe biden is addressing a nationwide spike in crime. so let's discuss now with sandra samuels, the president and ceo of northside achievement zone, a

nonprofit that works with thousands of families in the most underserved communities across minneapolis. thank you so much for joining us. so, listen, amid this crime spike across the country, including minneapolis, there's a big split in the country on what to do to reform policing. some are saying defund. some are saying that we need more police officers. you say you fall somewhere in the middle. so what's your solution? >> that's so good. first of all, i have to say, i'm talking to don lemon. hey, don. >> how are you doing? >> i'm doing, great. thank you. i am in the middle. and we need some middle of the road people because we have people on two extremes. and by the way, nobody's an enemy of mine. i'm not a hater. but we have extremes because we are in a country that is a mess right now, okay? we don't know what to do in terms of policing, in terms of so many areas of discrimination.

and so you have the far right and the far left. and the far left is defund, get rid of, demolish, dismantle. and on the far right, you have, our police officers are so great. how can anybody say anything bad about them? and, then, don, there are people like me who are right in the middle, who are demanding, demanding radical reform of our broken police system but also understanding that we have to have a both/and approach. every police officer is not officer chauvin. i live in one of the most high crime neighborhoods in minneapolis. it's north minneapolis. i can't live here without police, so we need radical reform. we need the social support, don, and more than special support. we need to get at the discrimination and education and housing and health. >> let me ask you this. i just want to put this up

there. this goes to what you're saying. the gunshot victims in minneapolis, they're up 123% from this time last year. there are fewer cops on the street. you sued the city for failing to keep its residents safe. so who is hurting the most here? go on. sorry. >> yeah. so i was going to say the and is we have to have sufficient staffing levels. that's what we're talking about. i'm not talking about more cops. i'm just talking about just sufficient staffing for a city that has 422,000 residents. and so, yes, don, to your point, around who's getting hurt, shootings are up astronomically. we've had 288 this year -- this time this year. last year at this time, 179. and here's the crux of it, getting at what you just asked. black lives matter. when george floyd was murdered, don, we all know that, you know,

that was the tip of the racist iceberg. there's an iceberg. that's not the only racism in terms of policing. under the iceberg, so many other things. but anyway, that really kind of catapulted this movement in earnest, right? i mean it was really leading up to that. but brother george really took us over the edge, around dang it, all black lives matter. so the very people we want to protect from the police are the ones who are being most harmed by this defund rhetoric, right? and the demonization of all -- >> got to run, sandra. >> yeah. and saying we don't need them. so that's where we are. we're getting hurt the most. >> i agree with you. listen, we need police reform. there's no doubt. but we also need police. we also need police. >> we also need police. >> thank you very much, sandra. it's a pleasure meeting you.

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jackie collins. >> jackie collins. >> there are people who are wonderful writers. by that i mean people who use the language beautifully and elegantly, which was almost the direct opposite of jackie. >> is it exhausting doing the search for your books? >> joining us now is jackie collins' daughter tiffany lerman. thank you so. huge fan of your mom. i'm so grateful that you're doing this. she was a superstar. she's glamorous, sexy, sophisticated, influential. you must get asked all the time, but what was it like having jackie collins as a mom? >> i do, don. i do get asked all the time, and it's funny because people are always surprised by my answer. i always tell them, it was very normal. we had a completely normal

upbringing. there were no chauffeurs. there was no cooks. there was no full-time staff. she was just completely present, full of love, full of laughter in our lives. she would wake up every morning. she would make us breakfast. she would drive us to school. she would go home, work all day. then at pickup time, she would pick us up, make us dinner. she was completely present, and everybody is surprised to hear that because they see this glitz and glamour. >> it's interesting because she considered herself a feminist, and correct me if i'm wrong, but critics often dismissed her and her books. what did she teach you about a woman's place in the world? >> well, like i say in the movie, her motto was "girls can do anything," and she saw from a very early age the double standard in her own household, also in hollywood as she, you know, tried to be an actress early on before she became an author. and she didn't like what she

saw. she was so ahead of her time because she knew there was something wrong with it. she didn't understand why women couldn't be as equal as men. so that's what came into her writing. that's what she wrote about. she wrote about these strong female characters, and she taught my sisters and i to be strong too, which is a great lesson to have learned from her. >> tiffany, thank you so much. i really appreciate it. best of luck to you. >> thank you, don. >> thank you, thank you. be sure to tune in. the all new cnn film. it's called "lady boss: the jackie collins story." premieres sunday at 9:00 p.m. only on cnn. we'll be right back. i don't just play someone brainy on tv - i'm an actual neuroscientist. and i love the science behind neuriva plus. unlike ordinary memory supplements, neuriva plus fuels six key indicators of brain performance. more brain performance? yes, please! neuriva. think bigger.

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i want to tell you about this week's cnn hero, who has been working to change the disproportionate effect the coronavirus pandemic has had on people of color. she is a pediatric surgeon who has spent the last 14 months building trust and bringing testing and vaccinations to

those in need in her hometown of philadelphia. meet dr. isla stanford. >> african-americans were dying at a rate greater than any other group in philadelphia, so i jumped in. we were intentional about getting black and brown communities the access and care they needed. those who are most vulnerable, they need to have the support. >> i'm done. feel great. >> just seeing folks come out day in and day out, their presence, says everything. >> yes! and she's smiling. >> there was all this narrative, black people don't want the vaccine, but they were lined up. we had to earn the trust of the people. you know it's saving lives. the data shows it. i could not allow one additional life to be lost when i knew that i could do something about it. everything we did was for them to make sure they can get the care they deserve.

>> to date, dr. stanford's group has tested and vaccinated more than 75,000 people. see how she does it and get her full story. nominate someone as well that you know to be a cnn hero at cnnheroes.com. thanks for watching, everyone. our coverage continues. crews are working around the clock in florida desperately searching forsurfor survivors o condo building collapse. it could be a big win for the president. the framework of a bipartisan infrastructure deal is in place. why it could have trouble passing in congress. and the big lie proving to be a big problem for rudy giuliani as his mislea leleadin attempts about the presidential election cost him his law license in this morning. live from cnn world headquarters