this morning the horrific moment caught on surveillance. the entire wing of a 12-story building comes crashing down 136 units crumbling. and this very minute rescuers are working tirelessly for signs of life, with nearly 100 people still accounted for. today former minneapolis police officer derek chauvin will learn his sentence in the murder of george floyd which state is seeing the most infections and which county has only 13% vaccination rate.

teamsters delegates have voted overwhelmingly to organize hundreds of thousands of amazon drivers and warehouse workers. but does amazon want it? and in the wake of bristney spears' plea to end her father's conservatorship. i'm frances rivera >> and i'm phillip mena. a massive search and rescue continues in surfside, florida emergency crews frantically searching for more survivors from that high-rise collapse just look at those treacherous conditions a pool of water in a structure that is already unstable at least one person was killed and 99 are still unaccounted for. rescuers say they can hear banging sounds from beneath the rubble the president has approved an emergency disaster declaration to help with those rescue operations >> reporter: in south florida,

the search continues for survivors in need of rescue. >> they are so motivated to bring people out safely and restore them to their loved ones >> reporter: search crews aided by dogs scouring every inch of the disaster >> there's a parking garage that's beneath the building that's giving us better access to gain basically tunnel ways to these floors >> reporter: it was around 1:30 in the morning when the structure began to fall. >> it's going to be an entire building, 12 to 13 stories [ bleep ] most of the building's gone >> reporter: 12 stories suddenly a cloud of dust and a pile of concrete and steel >> when the dust cleared the back half of the building or back two-thirds of the building was gone it's down to the ground. >> reporter: nearby, families missing loved ones could do little but wait for news >> the cell phone is ringing but they just don't pick up.

>> reporter: authorities are looking for clues. >> we're looking at what might be concerns would be construction or condition of the building we do not have any information at this time to really say >> reporter: the rescue operation and the investigation far from over. dan scheneman, nbc news. meanwhile, the community of surfside is collectively holding their breath hoping that their loved ones will be found >> reporter: this is the place where families are coming looked for their loved ones desperate for any information. we met a woman named erica whose friend was inside the building when it collapsed. >> i'm still in shock. my mother's telling me don't give up hope, but whom i kidding? do you think i'm going to see somebody crawl out of there? it would be an absolute miracle, but i think i have to come to

terms that he's passed >> reporter: while you can feel the pain and the anguish of so many here, we have also seen a community coming together, neighbors bringing food and water to help each other go through what is certain to be a long night >> and days to come, julio, thank you. former minneapolis police officer derek chauvin will be sentenced for the murder of george floyd today on april 20th, chauvin was found guilty of second-degree unintentional murder, third-degree murder, and second-degree manslaughter under minnesota statutes, chauvin will only be sentenced under the most serious charge because all counts stem from one act and one victim the maximum sentence would be 40 years. >> this sentence is 10 to 15 years for first-time offenders but last month, judge peter cahill agreed with prosecutors that there are aggravating factors that warrant higher sentences including that chauvin abused his position of authority and treated floyd with particular cruelty

the prosecution has asked for 30 years. the defense has asked for probation with time served today's hearing begins at 1:30 central time. chauvin will be given an opportunity to speak, but it's unclear if he will victims can also give impact statements the entire process could last more than two hours. the free britney movement is stronger than yesterday. an outpouring of support continues to grow for the pop star who took to instagram >> reporter: after britney spears had her stay in court, lashing out at her conservatorship telling the court all i want is to own my life and for this to end the nation captivated by the pop icon's predicament twitter accounting for more than

a million messages in 24 hours including celebrities. >> fight on, brittany, we're with you her ex-boyfriend timberlake sweeting no one should ever be held against their will. others scrutinizing every detail of brittany's statements including when brittany described working seven days a week with no days off and losing control of her possessions including her credit card, cash, phone, and passport, saying, staff watched me change every day, naked i had no privacy door for my room this is a human trafficking issue and should be treated as such >> reporter: while brittany's testimony has clearly struck a chord with the country, legal experts point out there is much we still do not know about her case vice president kamala harris is making her first trip to the border since taking office while president biden welcomes

afghanistan's president to washington d.c it comes as the administration withdraws our troops and afghan allies as well nbc's tracie potts is here to break it all down for us tracie, good morning let's start with the president's meeting. >> reporter: hi, phillip good morning president ashraf ghani and his former rival will statistic down with president biden today in what is expected to be a show of unity, but also to talk about what's next in afghanistan, all but 650 u.s. troops will be out of the country in a matter of weeks, months ahead of the september 11th deadline. and today part of the conversation is about what happens after that, with the taliban gaining strength, will there be afghan government fall? president biden expected to push peace talks between the government and the taliban and he's asking congress for $3 billion, just a little bit more than this year for security there next year. the government also planning to

evacuate some 18,000 interpreters and others who helped the u.s. during the war their lives are at risk, and the president says they will not be left behind. also today vice president harris heading to the border. she will be in el paso with the secretary of homeland security under some pressure to visit, this will be her first visit there, although the second gentleman says the pressure isn't why she's going. >> former president trump today said the reason she's going this week is because he's going next week what do you make of that >> kamala harris is not driven by any political issues or political pressure she's really just doing what the right thing is to do for this very important job that the president entrusted her with >> critics say it's too little too late, and that the area she's visiting, that processing center where she'll talk with migrants and advocates today is not the center of the worst of this crisis.

phillip? >> all right, tracie potts with the latest for us. thank you. after months of negotiations, a rare sign of bipartisanship in d.c. president biden and ten senators from both parties announced yesterday they have struck a deal on infrastructure >> we have a deal. and i think it's really important, we've all agreed that none of us got all what we wanted this reminds me of the days we used to get an awful lot done in the united states congress >> america can function, can get things done. >> we can use bipartisanship to solve these challenges >> america works, the senate works and we can work together >> the $1.2 trillion plan would improve and expand the nation's roads, bridges, and broadband. however, it still needs to clear the hurdle of winning 60 votes in the senate. and the phoenix suns had a golden opportunity to go up 3-0 in the western conference finals but the clippers weren't going

down without a fight paul george and reggie jackson combined for 50 points including this half-court buzzer beater at the end of the third l.a. pulls away in the second half they get the 106-92 win. let's get an early look at your friday and weekend with nbc meteorologist janessa webb janessa, what should we be planning for the weekend >> oh, man, we have some severe weather that's making its way from the midwest to the ohio valley right now and it's consistent all weekend long so there's this big flood threat along with this massive heat wave that we'll continue to watch. first let's focus on the severe weather we're seeing this afternoon, stretching from northern texas all the way into detroit. 9 million people where damaging winds will be the primary threat it's a warm front so it's lifting in some warmer air and then causing this torrential rain 10 million people going to be impacted this is just the beginning by tuesday these locations could see over 7 to 8 ines of rainch

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just as cases of the delta variant are surging. nbc's gabe gutierrez has more from minneapolis >> reporter: the statewide covid positivity rate here in minnesota is around 1% but other states and more rural areas have been seeing a rise in covid cases because many people have not been vaccinated while covid vaccination rates are rising in much of the country, most missouri counties are still under 40% fully vaccinated one is at just 13% hospitals in springfield are now stretched thin what do you attribute this covid surge to >> there are two things. one, the delta variant is very much prevalent in our community. and the second thing is the extremely low vaccination rates here in southwest missouri missouri now leads the nation with the highest rate of new covid infections neighboring arkansas this week also reported its biggest one-day jump in cases in more

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the world will soon learn the fate of derek chauvin, the former minneapolis police officer who was found guilty of all counts in the murder of george floyd nbc's jay gray joins us now live from minneapolis and, jay, tell us more what we're expecting from today's hearing. >> reporter: yeah. look, frances, for more than a year, protesters gathered right here outside the hennepin county courthouse, demanding justice for george floyd today a bit later in the afternoon they'll learn exactly what that justice is more than two months after he was led from the courtroom in

handcuffs, a convicted murder, derek chauvin will learn later today how long he may stay behind bars. >> what's been happening in the last two months is that both lawyers have written memos about what they think the sentencing should be. >> reporter: defense attorney eric nelson requesting time rved and probation for the former minneapolis police officer, writing, chauvin shouldn't go to prison because he was unaware he was even committing a crime in fact, in his mind, he was simply performing his lawful duty in assisting other officers in the arrest of george floyd. prosecutors are asking for a 30-year sentence, arguing chauvin's actions that day traumatized george floyd's family and the community and that his conduct shocked the nation's conscience. state guidelines call for a sentence in the middle of the two requests, ten to 15 years. but judge peter cahill has already ruled that aggravating factors in the case do allow for a stiffer penalty, something

george floyd's family is expected to demand in their impact statements during today's hearing. yeah, and, look, derek chauvin will have the opportunity to address the court y, though it' not clear whether he plans to take that action dwayne "the rock" johnson, he had a heartfelt message for a fan who's battling cancer. >> her name is luna. luna, i just received your beautiful video as i'm driving in my pickup truck, i watched it very safely, by the way. thank you for the beautiful words, you are such an inspiration to everyone around you and now to me. i am your biggest fan literally. >> the rock says luna is battling a form of bone cancer he also said that he has a few other surprises in store for her, and he adds that she inspires all of us

the rock does put a smile on people's faces and the hope he does the same for luna >> and there's more in the works. i hope we keep hearing about it. >> and if it's the rock chances are we will. thank you so much for starting this friday with us i'm phillip mena >> get great values like $650 off exclusive samsung refrigerators at the home of great appliance brands. lowe's. home to any budget. home to any possibility. why o-cedar ? because when i get home, we like to play crocodile on the floor o-cedar easywring removes over 99% of bacteria, even with just water... easy and truly clean floors o-cedar. it feels great to feel at home

like, if it is just a dream, wake me up. i don't get it. >> right now at 4:30, a desperate search for life. family and friends waiting for any answers as rescuers comb through that rubble hoping to find survivors of the condominium collapse near miami beach. good friday morning. i'm marcus washington. >> i'm laura