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we'll detail all of this in just a moment. welcome, everybody, i'm neil cavuto, very good to have you. trying to get to the bottom of what happened in florida. we begin with charles watson with the latest from surfside. charles. >> reporter: good morning. this is still a very active search and rescue. first responders are working nonstop at the site of that building collapse sifting through concrete and twisted metal to see if they can find any signs of life. first responders deal with some pretty challenging scenarios. take a listen. >> they've had to deal with a lot of water from the rain, there's a fire that they've had to continuously try to put out. so many things have hampered their a ability, but nonetheless, you can see they're very, very active above and below, and that continued throughout the night. >> reporter: what's really making the effort even more difficult for the, for first responders are the fires

smoldering underneath the mountain of debris making some areas of the collapsed site impossible to get to. >> they're very strategic, it's a me nod call -- methodical process. we're looking for areas of survivability, and that's where we're focusing. >> reporter: we're learning more about this building. according to an inspection report from 2018, an engineer warned building managers to repair cracked concrete underneath the building and exposed rebar in the parking garage underneath the 13-story building. however, i do want the stress it's unclear if those issue were a factor in the collapse. a federal team of investigators are expected at some point so they can begin looking into what happened. and, neil, as you mentioned, there is at least one class action lawsuit that has been filed seeking $5 million in

damages for the folks who were. involved in this building collapse. we are expecting a press conference to happen sometime this morning and, as you can imagine, folks out here in the media as well as the family members who are hoping and wishing that they get some good news or hoping to hear some new information from officials. neil? neil: absolutely. charles watson, thank you very much. among those, obviously, very, very closely monitoring that press conference will be pablo rodriguez, his here and grandmother still unaccounted for. pablo, how are you holding up, first off? >> hi, neil. it's a struggle especially today. saturday, every single saturday they would come visit my son. [inaudible] i don't know what to tell him.

he's never going to see them again. so we're trying the keep him entertained and busy, but he keeps asking. he saw the building collapse. i think he's piecing together what happened. his eyes started to water up -- [inaudible] he's not a kid e that cry cans for no reason, so i think he's starting to kind of grapple -- [inaudible] neil: he has every right to cry. pablo, when is the last time you herald from your mom? you heard from your mom in. >> the night before it happened. i talked to my mom every single day, my grandmother almost ever single day, but my mom in particular, i talked to her every single day. so the night before it happened,

i talked to her x. one of the things that she had said was she woke up that morning around three or four in the morning, and she heard creeking noises and wasn't -- creaking noises and wasn't able to go back to sleep afterwards. she did mention it. i kind of blew it off. the very next day, the building fell. that conversation i had with her the night before it happened, we were just making plans to come and pick up my son. [inaudible] they were going to come over here like they do can every saturday. neil: i can't imagine what you're going through and and just waiting and waiting. we're going to get an update in a little more than 20 minutes.

obviously, some of the rescue effort was hampered by bad weather and heavy rains yesterday. have they relayed thinking to you at all in -- anything to you at all? >> no, neil. the first responders are working, they're doing everything they can. but it's very chaotic. i was down there yesterday, expect9 only reason i found out -- and the only reason i found out they were digging -- [inaudible] because a report, otherwise i wouldn't know until about 5 p.m. when police officers finally called and told me they were beginning -- [inaudible] i mean, i really appreciate the work that they're doing down there. i know it's a very difficult situation. as a family member, it would be nice to have some kind of official notice before you have to find out from a reporter. you have no information if you're not watching the news unless your glued to the tv

watching the news right now. neil: does your son follow these updates, pablo e this. >> we try not to. he's seen some of them. he saw the building collapse because as soon as we got the call, we turned on the tv to see what happened. he knows -- [inaudible] keep asking to call their cell phones, but they don't have battery. like, when the building fell, maybe the cell phone got smooshed. but, you know, keep trying, keep trying to call, maybe somebody will find the phone and give it battery so we can -- neil: obviously, your focus should be -- i'm sorry, pablo low, on the rescue and your mom and grandma are discovered, they're okay, but i want to go back to something you said in the beginning when your mother was talking to you the night before about these noises. was there any other times that she or you when visiting noticed

anything unusual at all about the building or anything? >> many times. my brother along with many other owners, some which were unaccounted for -- [inaudible] pictures -- [inaudible] i know they're under the rubble. they had a lot of concern about erosion, about management -- [inaudible] there were cracks in the building on the outside, and i think the mismanagement is pretty clear because -- [inaudible] manage the building, make sure it's safe. clearly, they did not do their job. now the report that came up from 2018 showing that the board was made aware that not doing anything to the concrete was going to eventually accelerate

the structural integrity, it's very concerning. the concerns that they have -- overblown. now -- [inaudible] it's criminal negligence. in this case i think it's abundantly clear or that somebody knew something and didn't do what they were supposed to be doing. build buildings don't just fall down. neil: pablo are, i know it sounds so cliche to say our thoughts and prayers are with you, but i know all that you're going through, worried about your mom and your grandmother and looking after your son, you sound like a hell of a dad and hell of a son and grandson. day by day, i hope you get through this. that's all i can say, my friend. hang in there. >> thank you, neil. yeah, there's -- [inaudible] horrible situation. for me, for everybody,

everybody's family. what i'm hoping is the investigation does move forward and, you know, for people that are watching, to know that the building collapse it's very easy to brush it off, well, the building collapsed, it's a horrible situation. there's real people behind it who were affected, whose lives were turned upside down forever. my son's going to have to spend the rest of his life not being able to see his grandmother ever again. and that, for me, the -- the horrible. neil: understandably. pablo rodriguez, thank you very much. >> thank you. he needed his insurance to get it done right, right away. usaa. what you're made of, we're made for. usaa

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i don't know if, you know, descendants of people who crossed through ellis island would necessarily agree that el paso and what's happening there to deal with its illegal wave of thousands similar to what this country education appearanced more than a century ago. be that as it may, that's how it's seen by many in the left right now. brandon judd, national border patrol council president. brandon, what did you think of that, that the el paso area is the new ellis island? >> i can't tell you how disappointed i am with that comment. all that does is invite more people to cross our borders illegally. we're not talking about legal immigration. what congresswoman escobar failed to mention to the american public is these people are not coming to the ports of entry. they're not presenting themselves at the importants of entry. they're going between the ports of entry which is an illegal act. people that came to ellis island, they came through the laws that were established in

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69% of the public believes this administration isn't doing enough, and 55% of the public believes that this administration should have left the trump policies in place. that is not good for this administration and border security. if. neil: you know, brandon, you know these statistics far better than i, but when i did hear the ellis island comparison, never mindthere was a process there, you had to hook up with relatives who were already here who could financially look after you or help you, but the whole notion that that was, you know, the example then and this is the new example now loses the fact that we already make more than a million immigrant citizens of this country year and in and year out. it was happening under donald trump, urn barack obama, under george w. wish. my only point -- george w. bush. my only point in saying that is we have a long and treasured record in accepting people into this country. a million a year at a minimum. so when i heard the vice

president say, you know, she inherited this mess from donald trump, whatever your politics, if that's a mess and better than a million people are entering this country legally each and every year in his administration, me thinks you're shifting here. what do you think? >> yeah. i'm grateful to be a citizen of this great nation. i am grateful to be a compassionate person that wants people to come to this country legally. we want people that have issues in other countries, we want them to be able to come to this country. we just don't want them to do it illegally. but when the american mix was listening to this -- public was listening to this, they tuned out very quickly. but the group that listened to it most were the criminal cartels. they noticed that this vice president did not give anything of consequence of how she was going to go after these cartels. these cartels now have been emboldened even her because they know they're going -- even more

because they know they're going to be able to continue the status quo, continue to abuse people, traffic in absolutely inhumanity. this is what these cartels are doing, and this administration is letting that happen. and that's what's so is disappointing from a law enforcement perspective. as i put on the uniform. and patrol the border, i just don't have confidence that this administration is going to do what's necessary to help the american public get this issue under control for their safety and security. neil: you know, i don't think the remark about making this a processing center and looking at it sort of as a new wave of immigrants coming to this country was a slip-up by the congresswoman or that it was put down, which it wasn't, by the vice president. the fact of the matter is if you establish it as such, you legitimize this. and i'm, i'm wondering if the bigger point the administration might be telegraphing here is that this will become a

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neil: all right, we are minutes away from an update down in surfside, florida, on that condo collapse, the latest figures that we have are 4 dead, 159 still unaccounted for. we're also getting word of a number of lawsuits that have already been filed including a class action, but targeting the owner's board, the condo association board here for not being more vigilant in tracking down some of these issues that, apparently, have come up, some engineering issues, some of which date back to the 1990s amid reports that the building in question was sinking at the rate of 2 millimeters a year and there were problems cited as recently as 2018, structural issues. again, we're keeping track of this rescue operation. they're still calling it that. god willing, it will still be that. but anything new that develops, we'll talk you there. in the meantime, taking a look at the week that was at the corner of wall and broad, one of

the strongest performses since early winter -- performances since early winter, come to think of it. it was a strong week where the market this time said inflation isn't a worry. but, but, but, tell that to average americans who say it's a very big worry or an extremely big worry to them. eight out of ten of us feel that way. should we? dan geltrude is with us, erin gibbs. erin, are you worried about inflation? >> i'm not as worried, neil. certainly there were concerns, but as a wall streeter, you really look at the bond market because they are the predicters of real inflation fears, and we have really come down over the past month as well as every single commodity is off its 52-week high. it is painful while you're going through it, but the future definitely looks very much cheaper as prices come down. neil: you know, if it was

hurting, dan, we've not seen it. grocery stores and department stores are packed, amazon just calm off its best prime -- came off its best prime day sales ever. so i don't know whether we're over the sticker shock or, to earp's point, it's a short-lived, you know, shock. where are you on this? >> i'm not exactly aligned with that, neil. i think this inflationary period that we're in is going to last a little bit longer than what jerome powell is saying over at the fed. they keep using this term it's transitory. but here's what i say. if you're looking at newton's first law of motion, an object in motion stays in motion. so what i'm looking at here is what is going to change in order to take us out of this inflationary period? there's no question about the fact that stuff costs more, but

what is changing? what policies are changing? the federal government is looking to spend like crazy, they're looking to increase taxes, wages are going up because of of the shortage of employees which is driven by all these very rich unemployment benefits. so to me, until something changes we are going to remain in this inflationary period. neil: you know, i thought newton was short the bond market, but i could be wrong. you raise a good point. erin, in the last two inflationary spirals we've had in the early 1970s with the oil embargo under richard nixon, then on steroids a few years later with jimmy carter, the one thing that has them in common is that it started with oil. by and large, this didn't start with oil. now, it sort of filtered into the rest of the economy. how closely are you watching the energy front, what's happening

with oil and gasoline? >> you have to take it with a grain of salt because though certainly in the '70s it started with oil, that was a very different environment because opec could stop shipping it to americans, which we're in a different environment now. that's part of it. also you've got to look at all the prices, and certainly gas is less of a component of our overall spending than in the '70s. and really right now we're talking about across the board inflation whether it's the food as well as oil. so you have got to take it as one piece of the picture. but we can have -- one thing about inflation is constantly increasing, all we have to do is simply have prices stabilize for inflation to two to zero. so we -- to go to zero.

so it does look like that is very much a supply-side issue. neil: guys, we shall see. thank you very much. many are of the view that whatever is going on in washington directly affects what you're paying at the grocery store and when you go looking for a car or even a home was the more spending that happens, generally the more things tech up on the inflation front. -- tick up on the inflation front. and that's the worry with this plan on infrastructure, about a trillion dollar. by the way, if wall street's worried about overspending, they have a funny way of showing it. but this, you know, mutual republican and democratic, very much "kumbaya" agreement led by the president of the united states outside the white house, five republican senators, five democrat senators, it was heralded as a good start, then some bumps along the way. chad pergram. hey, chad. >> reporter: hey there, neil. friday was kind of a disaster for this bull because you had a

lot -- for this bill, because you had a lot of concern. the white house starting to do cleanup after the president's comments, democratic leaders saying they are insisting on doing the both the narrow, bipartisan plan and the $6 trillion plan. they had this meeting with white house officials talking to these republicans. the term i continue to use is that it is brittle because republican negotiates increasingly believe that democrats -- [inaudible] and your previous guest used the phrase newtonian physics, an object in motion tends to stay in motion. that might not apply right now, and part of the reason is because you have kevin mccarthy, the republican leader in the house, he thinks that speaker pelosi is trying to kill this deal. democrats are trying to secure their own side here. you had alexandria ocasio-cortez, the democrat from new york city, saying that the bipartisan deal making only benefits corporations, structural racism. i talked to two prominent members yesterday of the progress i caucus in the house

of representatives, the chair, pramila jayapal and -- [inaudible] from wisconsin. and they were saying, look, we need to have surgeon things in this bill. i asked them, you know, if you're insisting on that bigger bill, did you really think that republicans would talk that and not push back, and could you then accuse republican of trying not to be bipartisan, and he said to me, well, in order to push away from the table, you first have to be at the table, and there's a lot of thought that republicans just aren't game to do any sort of bill at all. and i said this before, big bill are like house guests and fish, they start to rot after about three days. [laughter] right now the senate is gone for two weeks, they're not going to come back until after the july 4th -- [inaudible] and so does this fall apart over that time because you don't have this in motion.

neil: and you don't have a lot of time, to your point. chad, thank you very much for that. in the meantime, just updating you on the florida presser that should be starting momentarily, also letting you know that the justice department's going after the state of georgia on that voting law. the secretary of state is here to respond. why? after this.

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neil: all right, the biden administration, never a big fan of georgia's new voting law, now suing over it, claiming that it restricts the black vote intentionally. brad raffensperger kind of disagrees, he is the georgia sec tar of state -- secretary of state. secretary, good to have you back. what do you make of this? >> i don't kind of disagree, i strongly disagree with this bill. this legislation -- or the lawsuit that they're filing against the legislation. if you look at this, progressives in the department of justice have been fighting common sense election integrity measures for years. they fought against photo id for in-person voting, they said it was going to decrease minority participation, and it hasn't done that at all. we have record registrations, record participation. neil: so this idea that it is meant to limit the minority vote, the black vote, stacey

abrams and others have said that, how do you answer that? >> well, it's very interesting, it's almost -- it would be funny if it wasn't so filled with hypocrisy. in 2002 president biden, when he was a senator, voted for the help america vote a act which required if you showed up, you registered by mail and showed up to vote, you had to show photo id. and that's, in effect, what we've done with absentee voting. it's what's currently being used in minnesota. democrats love it up there. it should be something that is accepteds that is very objective. it's being used in red states and blue states. it's good, solid rex reform -- election reform measures that we put in place. neil: stacey abrams surprised me when he said she's not against

photo id, but it comes down to the type of id. what do you think of these alternative ids that some are trying to say pass as id like a utility bill or credit card bill? would that suffice, or do you need something more substantive? >> in georgia right now, we use the same requirements. driver's license, social security number, last four numbers or proof of residency which would be like something of that nature. to that is allowed. or we will issue a free government id to anyone that requests it at no charge. that's been in place for several years since we've had photo id when you show up at the polls. neil: you know, secretary, the timing of this intrigued me because next week we're due to hear a court ruling on what went down in georgia, and the justice department jumped the gun on that. why do you think that is? can you hear me?

we might have lost him. i apologize for that. but, again, i was referring to a court taking up the issue of the georgia voting law, and a lot of people are perplexed by this as to the timing of the justice department lawsuit against georgia. at least it might have been the better part of valor to kind of see what the court -- the reason why this is being so closely scrutinized is this could go a long way to influencing a dozen or more states that are or will continue to change voting laws to address just voter honesty and integrity. we'll see how that all sorts out. in the meantime, we'll be getting the latest from florida right now, again, the latest count we have is that 15 is 9 people -- 159 people are still unaccounted for and 4 are dead. authorities making their way to the microphone. also in the backdrop is a new report of still more lawsuits based on an engineering survey that had taken place dating back

to the 1990s in which -- more from governor desantis. >> as you know, they've been fighting these fires all night. and we were out back looking at the, at the wreckage, and if you were there the morning after, you didn't see it moldering like it is now -- smoldering like it is now. the stench is very thick, and it obviously has created, you know, quite ab obstacle. they're going to go into what they're doing to do that from the safe perspective. we've fulfilled all requests, fee e ma's on site. we're working well. there's resources available, were the capacity to do more if that's needed. but i think at this juncture, i mean, it really is dealing with those fires. it's a very challenging spanish, and they're doing -- circumstance, and they're doing the best that they can. you know, just pray for the folks who are impacted either

directly or families. it's a really, really difficult time right now. you wake up in the morning hoping that more and more people were pulled out, and, you know, that news just hasn't been what we had hoped. so i will turn it over to mayor cafn, and we'll -- caven, ask and we'll get the briefing from the fire isn'ter. >> the thank you -- fire inspector. >> thank you, governor. now the miami-dade county mayor. >> thank you. >> so hello, everyone. here we are two that have days into this incredible tragedy, and the world is watching, and we thank everyone for their prayers, for their support. we feel it. we feel everyone is with us. and it makes a difference. it really does. i want to thank the governor for being with us again today, for bringing the resources of the state, for participating in getting fee e ma here to the --

fema here to the tate. this is huge as we continue to move forward on our search and rescue and then what comes beyond. so as you heard, we're facing very incredible difficultieses with this fire. the fire has been going on for a while. it's a very deep fire. it's extremely difficult to locate the source of the fire. and to they've been working around the clock, these fire-rescue teams, these brave men is and women, under the rubble to fix this problem is so they can get on, but it is hampering our search efforts. we see that the smoke has spread, it's spread laterally throughout the pile. it's very difficult to isolate the source of the fire. and, therefore, to stop it. so we're using everything possible to address this fire. we are using infrared technology, we're using foam, we're using water and all the

tactics that we can to contain the fire and minimize the smoke spread. obviously, the smoke itself is the biggest barrier right now to proceeding in those areas. so we created a trench using heavy equipment to try the isolate the fire and continue surgeryinging for victims in the -- searching for victims in the part of the pile that we can access. no further victims have been found. the numbers are the same as they were yesterday, 127 have been accounted for, 159 unaccounted for and 4 confirmed dead. our top priority now continues to be search and rescue. we continue to have hope, we're continuing to search, we're looking for people ahive in the rubble -- alive in the rubble. that is our priority, and our teams have not stopped.

hour after hour through the night, they have been working. at the same time, we know everyone wants to know what is the cause, what has happened here, and, of course, we are going to conduct a full and thorough investigation with all of our local, state and federal resources coming on the scene. to people are gathering from the all around to help us with this investigation. at the county level, i am directing that our department of regulatory and economic resources will immediately commence an audit of all of the buildings at the 40-year point and beyond. so we want to make sure that every building has completed their recertification process, and we want to do -- remediate any issues that may have been identified in that process. so we're going to conduct this audit within the next 30 days, and were beginning right now. there are buildings located within city that are beyond the county's regulatory authority,

and i invite cities to join with us in this aggressive review as well of situations in these buildings to make sure that they are safe. we're going to work closely with our cities and provide technical assistance to they can get this -- so they can get this job done. as far as the buildings that have been developed by the same develop or as this building, we want the make sure that we are work with the cities to provide the technical assistance to them as well as they identify any possible state and federal funding that could assist with conducting safety inspections. so we are here together. so to the community and the world, please, be patient. please, stand with us. please continue your prayers. we, we are not going to stop. we need your support. thank you. [speaking spanish]

neil: all right. while she's speaking in spanish here, want to give you a summary here, no more victims have been found in that rubble. 159 still unaccounted for. four are known dead, 127 have been accounted for, so there is hope. this remains, they have said, a rescue mission. their not giving up. they are -- they're not giving up. they're looking for survivors underneath all of that rubble. we're dealing with, apparently, she said a lot of fires. they built a trench to deal with those fires, but it's tough going. obviously, that would probably be an understatement. but we're also learning as well separately from the mayor investigations and concerns about cracking in the facility, in this building in question dating back to 2018. abundant cracking, according to one report. separately, there were studies by engineers dating back to

1990s of potential structural issues with this condominium sinking at the rate of 2 millimeters a year. she inti if may noted as well that -- inti may noted as well that those who were concerned about the safety of surrounding buildings, throughout the county their going to conduct a 40-year audit overview for the next 30 days. it depends on the lawyer, every decade, two decades, three decades there are structural reviews that buildings, condominiums have to go through to get their engineering green light to remain operable structures. that is ensuing right now and will be for the next 30 days. back to the mayor. >> [speaking spanish]

>> thank you, mayor. and now the chairman of the commission. jose. >> thank you. these are, as we all know and we're all suffering, very hard moments. we have seen the families suffering, and it's very difficult what they're going through. your prayers have been extremely well received. please continue the prayers. they're very important. the hope is very important. people need it. the firefighters that are working hard 24 hours a day need it. we have our firefighters and firefighters from all over that are participating and helping. they're switching out and and working as fast, as dull gently as possible -- diligently as possible. this is very us frustrating bece we want it all done. we want to rescue as many people as possible. we want to get to the bottom of this situation, but we can't because the process is very

slow. and we need to understand that. it has to be done properly to respect all those that could be rescued. so that's where we're at. as far as the mayor and, first of all, i want the thank the president for sending resources, our governor, thank you for all the resources and everything, for being here. and everybody that is work together, mayor, and working with other mayors in other cities and other departments, thank you for all the work and the leadership and the people of miami-dade county and all over the world. thank you for everything you are sending. that's not only your love and your prayers, but all the things that you're sending to help out the families and those that are working here. thank you so much for all that. as far as my colleagues and i, we will do everything that needs to be done, legislation, so this will never happen again in our community. that is a promise promise. [speaking spanish]

neil: we'll continue to listen to this, and for those who do not speak spanish, we are getting a separate series of inspection reports that were released late yesterday that seem to show some structural concerns and inadequate waterproofing in this particular building. the town of surfside released the documents including some of these unverified 40-year inspection report findings. so so we couldn't verify all of that. but a letter to the condominium songs' treasurer -- association's treasurer dating back to october of 2018 included details of recommended repairs. quoting "usa today" on that million mow, one warned of failed waterproofing causing major taj on a concrete -- damage on a concrete slab over

garage and failure to repair it will cause the taj -- the damage to expend exponentially. there have been a number of class action suits, some on behalf of those who survived this in the condo e who are thousand saying that the condo association was well aware of these findings and studies if engineer reports. there's no way to know. keeping track of that. priority right now, quite obviously and naturally, is on fining survivors. this remains -- finding survivors. this remains a search and rescue effort. all those people before that microphone are saying that in unison, it's a search and rescue. now back to florida. >> good morning. again, or our thoughts and prayers are with the families and first respond if ors. as a fire chief, i couldn't be

prouder of our efforts right now, of the brave men and women working around the clock. we continue search and rescue efforts, a majority through the evening. as we continue removing debris, the smoke has been picking up. as i stated earlier, we're also dealing with a deep-seated fire, obviously, producing a lot of smoke. one of the most difficult situations, one, the type of collapse itself and what we've been dealing with and going throughout the debris and trying the attempt to find voids and looking for opportunities for survivors. we'll continue those efforts. we have to stop briefly as we dug the driven, as the mayor mentioned, looking with infrared, different components and seeing how we can mitigate that situation as we continue to our search and rescue efforts. we reevaluate, and we'll rotate our efforts and work together in the sense of simultaneously as we're addressing the fire and the smoke concerns, the search

and rescue efforts as well. it's a very difficult situation, and we continue the modify e and adjust what we need to to hopefully save some lives. thank you. >> and miami-dade fire rescue in spanish. >> [speaking spanish] neil: all right. i apologize in the delay, update you on this situation here. you're hearing from authorities in spanish, if you'll indulge us, because this is being simulcast worldwide, of course, but we thought we'd bring you up-to-date thus far. they have not changed the number of unaccounted for. that remains at 159.

four known dead, 127 have been accounted for. they are still treating this as a rescue effort. they are looking for, as the mayor of miami-dade said, survivors in that rubble. we are hopeful of finding survivors in that rubble. separately, they are assessing every building in the area and throughout miami-dade county in this 40-year audit. this is kind of law in florida that particularly other states have the same thing, varying degrees of when they require the large high-rise structures to go through this engineering audit. let's go back to florida right now and how all of that is being addressed. >> -- but right now, obviously, we're trying to stabilize the situation because of the fire and the smoke. >> [inaudible] civil engineering report issued overnight -- [inaudible] that there were no red flags as far as imminent collapse? >> we are, obviously, very

interested in all of the evidence that's coming to light, and we're going to be including it in our, what happens after the rescue. and in the meantime, we're taking actions to make sure that every building's safe. [inaudible conversations] >> no. we knew nothing about this report. no, we did not know about this report. >> [inaudible] how many -- [inaudible] and do you know how many buildings that finish. [inaudible] in miami-dade county? >> so for the county audit, we'll get you a number later. we'll get that number. as for the city of surfside, i know there is one other building by this developer up the street. i do not know how many others. >> [inaudible]

>> at this time we haven't located any victims. as we continue our search, again, it's a very delicate matter because we're still searching, search and rescue operations is what we're focusing on. is as we're moving debris, as the smoke is increasing, we still haven't come across any sign of life. >> [inaudible] >> yes, ma'am. everything -- i mean, just the magnitude of this collapse and the type of collapse it is is one of the most difficult. we've been searching through any void, any crevasse that we see. and that's why we're searching from below. we'll continue based on our circumstances and where we're looking and, again, the biggest thing here is hope. that's what's driving us right

now. that's what's driving my decision right now to continue our search and rescue efforts. it's the an extremely difficult situation. [inaudible conversations] >> -- concerned about air quality and, if so -- [inaudible] >> well, we normally have air respirators. yes, that's definitely a concerned. we have to two on self-contained breathing apparatus. last night we aggressively attacked certain areas of the fire, firefighters particularly were addressing those components to try to minimize the impacts. yes, the air quality's a concern. we still have ventilation fan set up in specific areas, and we use them to the best that we can. there's also concern with regards to adding more air that you could increase whatever is smoldering, whatever in this deep-seeded area is still burning could intensify as well. so that's the logistics, the complications we're dealing with. [inaudible conversations] >> one second, guys.

we have a question for the governor. >> given the -- [inaudible] would you feel safe going to sleep -- [inaudible] >> so i talked to the mayor of surfside, and i think danielle has talked to them as well. as you mentioned, this is a sister building right down the street. i know they are looking at because it was built at the same time with the same designer. i know they are considering potentially evacuating them. but that's something that, ultimately, the mayor's going to have to make the call on. i don't know that there's think indications there's problems with that building, but just given the sumties, given the age -- similarities, i think he may have an announcement on that today. [inaudible conversations] >> -- evacuate that building. >> i answered the question. go ahead. [inaudible conversations] >> one more question.

>> [inaudible] >> that's a question for the city. >> thank you, guys. [inaudible conversations] >> we'll be announcing it soon. and now, yeah, now we're going to have ivan -- [inaudible] [inaudible conversations] >> can you say that on the mic? >> what part? >> [inaudible] [inaudible >> the last question, as we continue we'll still use our resources and our sonar equipment for sound. no, we haven't heard sound for a while and again, when we say sound, it's not distinct, it hasn't ever been distinct. we're focusing on the area when we do our search. we haven't heard anything in the sounds to guide us a different way. i couldn't say that now. >> thank you.

>> all right, we're getting, again, a bit of a startling development here on this building that collapsed has a sister building, i don't know and i couldn't understand from the governor whether it was right next door to that building. sometimes along the florida coast you have the twins buildings, a tower one and tower two, they're called different things. there is apparently a sister building to this one collapsed built at the exact time and specifications and concern whether out of abundance of caution it should be evacuated. the governor seemed to sense that news on that and the development on that will be coming later on, but i'm sure residents in that particular building are concern, as are residents across this entire area, particularly in the immediate area of surfside. let's get the latest from charles watson. 's been monitoring all of this. charles, that's one question i would have if i were there myself, the concern about other buildings might have some of

the structural issues that had come out over the years on this one. do we know of that? >> neil, i can't hear the question clearly, but as far as the concern about the structure of these buildings, you just heard from the mayor of miami-dade county who says that they are evaluating other buildings that are nearby the collapse site and working with her counterparts in other jurisdictions to try to see if they will get on the same track to try to take a look at some of the buildings that are of the same age and same design as the building that collapsed just a few days ago. now, we just heard from governor desantis who says that the developer of the champlain towers south has another building in the area that is of similar age and of similar design, so that building is expected to be looked at and the governor says they're also

considering evacuating that building just out of precaution. now, as far as the collapse site, i'm not sure if you can tell, it's a light rain out here. this is what first responders have had to deal with today and yesterday. these on and off rain showers and the search and rescue efforts, making a wet and slick situation. another issue they're dealing with right now is those fires that continue to pop up around the collapse site. there is one main fire, we're told, that is ongoing at the collapse site that we heard from the miami-dade mayor. she says that's really hampering their efforts to search for people and rescue them because firefighters just cannot find the source of this fire. they've been working around the clock, as we've been mentioning, throughout the morning to sort of find this -- these hot spots and put them

out, but the source of this fire that continues to pop up has really hampered their search and rescue efforts. we're told that they've sort of made a moat around where the smoke is coming from to contain the fire, but right now that's a big issue with the search and rescue efforts right now. we're told that fema is on the ground and the state of florida has fulfilled all requests of the family members and those who have been displaced, they do have resources that they can tap into right now, as they try to investigate what's going on, as well as search and rescue people from that collapse site. and, you know, we're also told that folks out here are going to conduct a full and thorough investigation once they're able to sort of shore up this collapse site. but right now, again, neil,

there are fires that are burning at that site that are really hampering the search and rescue efforts right now and you know, the officials out here are really asking for people to be patient, they're asking for prayers from people, and they're asking that people keep up the hope as they deal with these very sticky situations, neil. neil: charles watson, thank you very very much. the latest updates of this in the south terror that -- the south tower, there's a north tower about a block away and residents in that particular building had been advised by the mayor of surfside to evacuate the building out of abundance of caution. the governor can't take that leap yet. we'll talk to daniela levine cava, the dade county mayor who

had been handling the crisis, two and a half days ago. mayor, thank you for taking the time. it remains as you seem to stress and want today stress a search and rescue effort, right? >> yes, we are continuing. we still have hope. our search and rescue team is still there trying to use all the equipment. obviously, we have the smoke, but we've created a trench to segregate an area apart from the smoke so we're continuing our search in that area and we are continuing. neil: mayor, i know you touched on it in your press conference, but these pinging or noises heard, they're not necessarily proof that someone is alive down there, but can you explain how rescuers on the scene are distinguishing? >> yes, so unfortunately, it's a very deep fire and it's been going on for several days and

it's very impossible to locate the exact source. and they can't go from the bottom because of the smoke now, but they're using fire suppression methods. the smoke has been moving laterally so that's why they created this trench to try to segregate an area where they could continue to search without the smoke. and unfortunately, in the course of doing that, they did not find any victims or survivors. neil: you know, and you addressed them in your remarks, mayor, the concerns that there were warnings or engineering issues that were brought to light as recently as 2018, issues that go back to 1990's in this particular building sinking, i don't know whether those are isolated incidents. we do know enough about the so-called twin tower to this, the north tower, not necessarily next to it, but a block away, and residents urged

to evacuate, the surfside. do you agree with that? >> i'm supportive of the mayor and we do need to know any similarities of construction or risk factors and we have fema to assist with that relocation so i am supporting the mayor in that effort. >> now, excuse me, you mentioned that it's a 40-year audit in place certainly for this building, but of course, it's county-wide and this 30-day assessment of where the audits are going will start today. can you explain how that will go down? >> so we have a team of code enforcement officers and inspectors, and they're going through the items, particularly in the unincorporated miami-dade county so the cities have their own process. about 60% of our counties are cities and 40% unincorporated so we're going through all of

that in the next 30 days so we can be reassured of the status of their-- >> so when you look at the buildings, those along the beach. what do you tell those who are concerned no matter where they are in a high rise so close to the ocean, are they safe? do you have any reason to believe they're not? >> look, at this point we have no indication that anybody else is at risk. clearly the elements, the salt water is very corrosive. you know, we have very strong building standards here coming out of hurricane andrew, 25 plus years ago, so we have a very good building code and we need to make sure that everybody is doing the necessary inspections and following the recommendations. neil: mayor, finally, you know, a lot of the relatives, friends of those still unaccounted for,

as each day goes by, they get more worried, they lose hope. any message to them? >> we've been meeting with them and it's just heartbreaking because, of course, they're desperate for any word and we tell them, as i tell you, that as long as our first responders, who are the best in the world, as long as they tell us that they have hope, that we have hope, too. neil: mayor, thank you very much. mayor daniela levine cava, the dade county mayor, where things stand right now. lets get into other details with the commissioner. good of you to take the time. the issue of structural soundness of the building. i know the focus is on the rescue effort, but a lot of folks in the neighboring area

is wondering how safe it is for them to go back to their highrise or back to their building. >> you know, the focus needs to be on the champlain towers south and that sate and devastation. to start having a ripple effect, coastal, my entire district is coastal, from the county line down through the lower beaches and we have highrises that are 40, 50 stories versus a 11 story building, the midrise. the concern the fear is real for this unit and this site, but the reality of ripple effects for everybody else, they don't need to have fear instilled in them by speculation. we have experts in the field and they are smart enough not to opine right now because they need forensic data to deal

with. if there's a related concern for the same type of construction with the same design and everything else at the same time, a block away, yes, that's on the side caution, but for others, i don't think it's appropriate, especially whether it's a politician or a theer theoryist in any other field, building inspector and others to opine on it. the issue here is, you know, the 300 people that are actively in task force mode in fire departments across different areas, including the state and country, trying to get through this situation and in the process, collect evidence. we have forensic people on site right there watching for any evidence when rubble is removed

to determine anything as it specifically may assist in evidence for causative factors. and that's what's important here, the emphasis is on this site and for goodness sakes, miami-dade county, the state of florida, we're in a hurricane zone that's six months a year and this building and every other building up and down the state and other states that are in the hurricane zones have sustained crazy weather and natural disasters and gotten through it okay. if there's problems it merits attention, including what was discovered from 2018, and surprise, what the heck happens with people sharing it with authorities that could have done something about it instead of keeping a report possibly internal? that should be challenged and that should be a law change, but otherwise, i'm really

comfortable with a 40-year inspection, so whether it's a historic building, century old, or some of them coming up. if there's reparations, make it, the people deserve that and deserve to have peace of mind in their own homes and the decision makers should support that, but we have a good building code and we have a good inspection system and it's worked so far. this is our first and unfortunate, really unfortunate devastating tragedy and it should be put in the proper perspective. it's isolated. we need to make sure it remains isolated and move forward to prevent others. neil: commissioner, thank you very much. commissioner sally heyman, miami-dade. and review of buildings in miami-dade over which some it

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>> all right, she came, she visited and went. now back home in california and the visit to the border of the vice-president of the united states isn't universally well-received. alex hogan has more. hey, alex. >> hi, neil. this is the rio grande valley, the busiest section along the southern border. meanwhile, the vice-president visited el paso about 10 hours away from here by car and she faced questions about that during her visit. >> right now was the right time to make your first trip to the border? >> it's not my first trip.

>> the first in-- >> so, this important aspect of this visit is leaving this visit after the work that we did in guatemala and mexico, i said back in march that i was going to come to the border, this is not a new plan. >> harris visited the el paso section, where visits increase from last year. former president trump will visit rgv where they're up. and she toured a processing center and customs facility and spoke about the need to fight root causes of migration and critics say she didn't witness the reality of many border agencies in the rio grande valley who work 12-hour shifts making rescues and processing hundreds of people every day. here in rgv, borders work with

the help of state troopers and police. the la hoya police say they're focusing on finding those lost and injured and focusing on the humanitarian challenge. >> working with goggles. >> it's not worth it. even if it's one person, we'll go out there just for one person. >> and that's exactly what we saw yesterday. a group arrived, telling officials they needed to go back and find the children. while police were able to go out with utv's and found 20 children left behind because of the amount of red ants that they were seeing there in the brush. so, neil, just again showing how needed these resources are along the border. neil: wow, all right, alex thank you very much. alex hogan. the guy was scrutinized very carefully what the vice-president would do at the border. bill hagerty, u.s. senator, the senator was made aware that

some-- the migrants, particularly migrant minors were shipped off to tennessee and their origins were unknown. and i want to get what you discovered in that process and first on the vice-president's tour of el paso, what did you make it. >> neil, it's great to go bab on with you. thankfully president trump is putting more pressure on the biden administration, and she rushed to get there, and to the wrong place, this is part and parcel after crisis the biden administration has created. i went to guatemala and mexico fully a month before vice-president harris did. i met with the president of guatemala and he told me the root cause. she talks about the root cause all the time. the root cause are the messages coming from the biden white house encouraging people to come, encouraging children to be reunited.

the coyotes market this immediately and encourage families to put their life savings into the hands of these coyotes and put children at risk. 20 children left at the border like this, they've created a humanitarian crisis and it's going to come to a town near you and me. it's happening in tennessee now. they're shipping unaccompanied minors to tennessee reports of one of them lost in chattanooga, tennessee. it's a humanitarian crisis as well and it's the biden administration's own doing. neil: senator, where do the minors go? in your state trying to track it down they weren't very forth coming, but where do they go and then what's that process? >> neil, you're exactly right. they've not been forth coming and senator marsha blackburn and congressman chuck fleischman and i have put immense amount of pressure on the administration to be more forth coming and visible what's happening. our local schools don't know what to expect. they're already overcrowded. what's going to happen?

our hospital system doesn't know whether they'll be overwhelmed by a flow of people coming into the system and law enforcement needs to know what's happening. the department of homeland security and hhs have been mum. we've written them and written secretary becerra and mayorkas and put legislation for them to come clean what's happening with migrants in america, they have he a turned the border into a turnstile. they're set on processing them and putting them into america. fentanyl deaths, fentanyl coming over the border, this is a true crisis. neil: so, senator, when an el paso congresswoman was saying in her area, el paso area is the new ellis island. what did you think of that? >> i was shocked to hear that. it really does reveal their whole strategy here.

it is converting our border from a secure location, protecting our nation, to, as i said, it's turning it into a turnstile. they are fundamentally trying to reshape america on so many dimensions. you look at the infrastructure package, quote, unquote, they're trying to push through, it will destroy our economy. what they're doing with the crisis at the border, they're collapsing our border, they're doing a remake of america so it will be unrecognizable and it's up to us. neil: and you mentioned the infrastructure package and many of your republican colleagues went along with it, thinking they had a deal with the president, only to find he wants to attach it with a broader measure. do you think they've been duped? >> i've been a business person all my life. and what's not in it is what's in the package. biden made it clear it's not a bipartisan deal. he's going to put a partisan package alongside it. this is the same bait and

switch we've seen since the primary campaign with the democrats. bernie sanders is standing right off in the offing, delighted to see that they're going to shove all of this into the guise of bipartisanship. they're going to destroy the 2017 tax act that made our economy the strongest in the world and want to see that destroyed, inflation unleashed, taxes up. job killing policies throughout america, and more and more spending that's going to make our country weaker. neil: and should they have at least the republicans in that group after meeting with the president, anything else you want to tell us? >> i just think they must be very disheartened. the people that came together and thought they were negotiating on the level, i think that what biden revealed. can you imagine working as long as as hard as they did, i wasn't part of this group, but watching it working as long and hard as they did and biden steps up, actually that's not

the deal that we negotiated. i'm going to put everything we took out alongside it and i'm going to put won't pass one without the other. neil: they said that never came up. big haggerty of tennessee. good economic news you've been hearing how things are firing on all cylinders, auto sales, department sales, grocery stores and planes the most crowded they've been since before the pandemic. now the issue is, so crowded and so temperamental. you've heard of the incidents in the skies. they keep happening and sara nelson the flight association president says we've got to do something about it, everyone is in danger when that happens. good to see you. >> good to see you, neil. neil: we just had an incident last night at lax, nothing to do with passenger rage, but a guy trying to storm the cockpit

and then exited the plane as it was taxiing on the runway, separate from this, but again, another reminder that it's getting crazy up there, or on there before you get up there. what do you make of this? >> it's a little crazy up there and i want to remind everyone that flight attendants are there to help keep everyone safe, and so when there are little problems on the plane they can become very big very quickly and everybody has to follow the same rules, but i'll tell you the reports of unruly passenger incidents are up so high if we were to stay on this trajectory, we'd have more in this year than in the history of aviation. i think that people have forgotten how to be together and neil, i want to be clear we have a lot of people back on our planes, we don't yet have all the planes in the air and don't yet have access to the international travel, business travelers back so the aviation industry is not normalized yet and we're having everyone come to the door of the plane don't

necessarily know the rules even though they agreed to them when they buy the ticket and check in. but they really need to follow our instructions and just think about the people around them. i know you don't like it when someone puts your seat back on you. this is really about being aware. neil: yeah, don't get-- that's something, there ought to be a law against them, but sara, on this i'd be curious to get your take on some of the policies airlines have to-- instituted to get them through this whole thing. for example, no liquor and the coach section right now a lot of people are ticked off about that. what do you make of that? >> yes, there's been a pause on alcohol sales on most airlines and that's because this-- these incidents of unruly passengers is so huge that it's disrupting the schedule. at the very least, it's incredible inconvenience for the people who are on that flight and for the people who are waiting for that plane to take them to the next place. but in some cases it means that people are in jeopardy of getting really hurt. so we don't want to have

anything that adds to the problem and alcohol is usually a major contributor to that. but also, i would say that this is a unifying issue. if everybody wants their alcohol back on the plane, hey, let's all just work together and be nice to each other and figure out how to get along and then we can have the things that we used to have. neil: i was looking at these incidents. a common theme in most of them at least the ones that we've seen, the issue of masks. either individuals wearing it or their kids wearing it, the kids can't keep it on and throws a scene there. do you think this mask mandate goes too far, that it only creates more problems? >> so, i really don't, neil and here is why. we still don't have access to international travel, masks are worn around the world because we haven't gotten pandemic under control so we don't want transportation contributing to it and extending the harm to all of us economically and potentially with our health and we don't yet have everyone who has access to a vaccine. so this is about protecting

children on our flights and people for medical reasons who can't get that vaccine and we have one level of safety. so we've got to get the full recovery of aviation. we have to make sure that this mask mandate stays in place and is enforced through september 13th. i think there's another look at it after that point. and i want to be really clear, flight attendants don't like wearing the masks either, but we're there to enforce the rules. so we don't make them, but we're there to enforce the rules and we make sure that everyone stays safe in at that way. everybody has to wear a seat belt on that. if you don't wear that you can fly to the ceiling of the airplane and when you come down, you're going to hurt other people, too. the same policy and reasoning around the masks. neil: you do something about the dude who is pushing his seat back, i think we've got a deal. sarah, wonderful seeing you. have a wonderful weekend. >> thank you, neil. neil: she works and for people in their corner and passengers

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>> all right, well, better late than never when it comes to the cruising industry. for the first time today and the first time before the pandemic, a ship is leaving out of the u.s. port. first time we're seeing this and they couldn't be happier about it. ashley webster in port everglades, florida, with more on the importance of this. >> neil, this is the celebrity edge. it's a cruiseline that's empty right now, but within hours passengers will be getting on board and that's a pivotal moment. the cruise industry has been shut down now 469 straight days and it's been crippling to an industry that contributes some $32 billion to the u.s. economy. more that and quarter of a million jobs were also lost, but this is a time where things may start to turn around. this particular ship will leave for the western caribbean for seven days, it will be 99% full

of passengers who have been vaccinated. for those who haven't, they have to undergo a series of tests, 72 hours before they leave, when they get here in the middle of the cruise and then after the cruise. so a lot of testing for those who cannot prove they've had a covid shot ap they have to pay for it at their own expense, $170 per test and that's a good incentive for people to get vaccinated before they get on board. as for the ship, it's ready to go. the captain i spoke to earlier today said it's surreal that she will be the first captain to lead a cruise line out of a u.s. port for more than 15 months. as for demand, it's very high. the cruises, certainly royal caribbean who run this ship and others, says the demand for cruises have skyrocketed, even above the 2019 pre-pandemic levels. so all the industry wants is to get back out on the high seas and with ours, the first ship

will be able to do that since the covid pandemic hit. good news and i hate to say it, maybe the tide is turning for this industry, neil, back to you. neil: i had a feeling. all right. ashley, thank you. he looks very at home on a cruise ship. a little too at home. we've got richard with us, royal caribbean chairman and ceo, the guy making all of this possible. richard, very good to have you. >> thank you, thank you for having me. it's an exciting day for us. neil: all right, the most important question on this crucial day will be the buffet. so will there be a buffet on your ship? >> you know, i get that question all the time. you're right, and the answer is absolutely. a normal buffet, the only difference is, now instead of you reaching with the tongs, we have a waiter to do that for you, but the buffet is terrific. >> all right. so, i find that the people who issue the food, richard, said

to be stingy on the prime rib. i'm staying there until they put four pieces on. that's another story. how are you protecting passengers? you have very strict policies you try to adhere to for those who work on the ship and come on the ship. could you explain that? >> sure. and you know, our objective was to make sure that the ship was actually safer than you can get in your local community and the reason we can do that is we actually control this complete environment. so, we know who is on board, and we can set protocols to make sure that we meet that goal. specifically, our guests want to be vaccinated, and on this sailing this afternoon, 99% of the people on board will have received their vaccine at least two weeks before the cruise starts. so, that's the first level of defense. we also have contact tracing in a way that you couldn't begin to have on land and we also have testing capabilities on board.

so, we can make sure that we have taken all the steps to protect against the virus coming on board, and in the rare case when it does, that we can control so it doesn't hurt other people's vacation. neil: now, you're actually going on this initial cruise, right? >> oh, it's a tough job, but you know, i'm willing to make that sacrifice. [laughter]. my dedication knows no bounds. neil: clearly, clearly. you know, i'm just wondering, you've heard, richard, about some incidents happening on airplanes and they're trying to keep track of that. i know it's very different, the mood of people on the cruise versus the crowded plane. how do you police people, some of whom, you know, might not like, you know, the testing and some of the other issues that come up or might feel crowded or that people are being selfish on other areas, how do you police that or do you? >> well, i think first of all, you put your finger on it. the mood on board.

these people are excited, they're happy. so you don't have the environment that irritates people and the friction you see in other environments and everybody is in the same boat. sorry to use the pun. [laughter] >> so, everybody is -- and because almost everybody is vaccinated, the-- one of the comments is, this is such a freeing experience because on land, i need to protect myself because i don't know who i'm with. i don't know what protocols there are, but we've been very open about it, transparency is a big factor and so, yes, we have procedures to deal with it, but we don't think that's going to be a serious issue. neil: apparently you're going way beyond c.d.c. guidelines. go ahead. >> i was just going to say, remember, we've carried 150,000 people outside the united states and we've never had a significant incident in all that time. so we know what we're talking about.

we're not just guessing. neil: so where did this cruise, it goes to mexico and where else? >> this cruise? >> yes. >> yeah, this cruise goes to mexico, the yucatan and into the caribbean and the caribbean islands are, by the way, you talked earlier about people suffering from the lack of employment, many of these islands, 50% of the gdp comes from tourism. so they're as excited as i am. well, maybe not quite as much as i am. neil: well, you have the hard work ahead of you, i know it's a tough job, but i think you're up to it. richard, the royal caribbean chairman and ceo and a great sense of humor, we wish him well and told you well as we get back to business and fun. again, the whole covid experience has people asking it better not happen again. how best to check how it started in the first place.

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>> the chinese are still unwilling to help out on the sources of all of this. can we sue them to force answers? >> there's a model for this legislation. we've done it before with the 9/11 victims, we've done it for various terrorist victims as well. there's legislation that's got bipartisan support. this is one of many ways we can make china pay for unleashing this pandemic on the world. neil: all right, the senator kind of open to that trying to make sure that anyone affected by covid or lost relatives to covid to sue china. the wrinkle is to getting china to pay or acknowledge it in the first place or that they had anything to do with it. the republicans are trying to

force hearings on the origin. and it's for next week and lucas tomlinson has that. >> nancy pelosi is getting a committee to investigate the january 6th riots and others are looking at the origins of the coronavirus on tuesday. speaker pelosi still refuses to hold a hearing on the origins of covid-19. why would speaker pelosi want to try to cover up for what china did. >> nancy pelosi and democrats still try to stall the origins of covid-19 and with evidence each and every day. >> 79% of republicans and 58% of independents, think that it original rated in a lab leak in

wuhan. 46% believe that it bee involved naturally from nature. in an interview, senator tom cotton says he wants congress to pass legislation forcing china to pay back americans for the harm brought on to the harm from the pandemic and similar to other victims of terrorism. there's a search on popular investments. do you know what is number one by a country mile, not stocks, not bonds, not real estate,

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with our money. >> i currently own dodge coin. i'd like to own bitcoin. >> do you think it's a gen z type of things or anyone can get involved. >> i think if you want to learn how to trade it, you can. we're slow to learn it. >> i have two kids, they're 13 and 14 and they are into that. they talk about it and they know all about it so that's, you know, i know-- they teach me. >> depends on the person. if you're planning on investing in the future, i would go with cryptocurrency. mostly the younger generation and maybe even middle, in the middle there. not so much the older. >> if i give you $100,000 do you want it in cash, credit, or do you want it in digital cryptocurrency. >> crypto. >> once i learn more about digital currency, i think i would jump on the band wagon. >> any of the above. i'd take it anyway you want. i'd say crypto. >> cash. >> i would take it in digital currency right now. i don't need $100,000, so the

100,000 in currency doesn't mean as much as bitcoin in five years. did you yourself take your stimulus check and invest some testify into crypto? >> yes, yes. >> how much of your stimulus check did you into the crypto? >> half. >> what crypto did you buy. >> the dodge coin and-- >> just thinking, if that guy, you know, took the money and put it in deutsche coin, he'd have a lot of money. and mike gunsleman, that was great. >> thanks. neil: despite the volatile nature, we've seen that in crypto coin and other ones, the fact of the matter is, they're still topic one among people of people getting interested in money and they looked at bitcoin for a while quick making money scheme. now it's a bumpy ride. does that concern them? >> what we found the younger

generations, millennials, gen zers, they're willing to do the research about it and a lot of them have invested in it. as far as being concerned, i spoke with some people that were saying that, listen, if i had, say, $500, i can buy cheap, like five-- one was five points at one point. and cheaper than counties that possibly go to 40 cents. rather than buy one or two stocks of disney for $172 that might go up a couple dollars, down a couple dollars. if you put it into the cones and the internet jumps on board, we saw that. 5 cents to 40 cents. if you put $500 in there you can make a quick buck very fast. so, they might be a-- they're willing to take risks. the young ones out there are willing to take risk and even myself i got pretty heavily involved in crypto.

you don't put your whole entire life savings, just like you're not going to in any stock. it's a two way street. some is an i crypto, is eventually going away. we are so far beyond that crypto is not suddenly going to disappear. that's not going to happen. but on the flip side, i would highly suggest don't throw all of your money into crypto because right now it's still volatile. but if you do your research and you saw the younger generation is really interested and they're definitely buying. neil: you know, it's interesting, too, all kidding aside. everyone wants to make a quick buck, i understand that and i think i think those invested in technology understand it's money they could lose. if they're okay with that in a worst case scenario, that's fine. a lot of people are putting everything they have in it and you've bumped into people that have that view. they're usually young, not all the time, but usually.

what do you think? >> i think that, i mean, just like anything, there's risk involved. i would suggest don't put it all in. the thing is crypto is being fueled by the internet. it's almost like a community that's happening. a lot of people including myself we're in the reddit groups and influencers like dave portnoy from barstow, he's into it and it's a community and all of a sudden the coins are becoming more popular and people are throwing a couple hundred bucks in there maybe a couple of thousand and when they go it's like a sense of accomplishment. you don't have to buy a whole bitcoin for $30,000. you can buy $50 of it or $100 or the cheap coins and you know, you can really make a ride on it. i think though, like i said before, we've gone too far for crypto to just kind ever being taken away. you know, like el salvador introduced cryptocurrency. another story interesting, venezuela, when their president, you know, was coming

off humanitarian aid and people weren't able to get money or supplies or anything, people here in the united states were sending their family members crypto so they were baseball to skirt around the venezuelan government and get money. it's interesting to see what the potential for this could be. neil: and the minute we have left, my friend, but you're planning for your future, right? you're not just doing on the hare-brain schemes and doing the things that i told you to. >> neil, you're my man and i trust you and have faith in the great neil cavuto, if i call you please answer, if i call you please answer i might need some money. [laughter] >> we'll see. we'll watch it closely. it's fascinating because you are that bitcoin base. thank you very much, mike

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>> an update about the deadly condo collapse in florida. the miami-dade county mayor saying minutes ago that she is committed to a full investigation as more than 150 people remain unaccounted for. welcome to fox news live from washington, i'm griff jenkins. >> i'm jacqui heinrich. a newly surfaced report from 2018 said there was mainly structural damage under part of the building although it's unclear if that directly contributed to this week's collapse. steve hergan is at surfside, florid