when less clean energy is available. because that's power down time. this morning, the stark reality of a recovery operationn in full swing at the surfside condo site where hope of any rescues has been extinguished. just hours after the president of haiti was gunned down, four suspects were killed by police. when it comes to what parents need to know about the tiny batteries. to a celebration of heroes once at the center of the

pandemic. puckering up to kiss your loved one. it's thursday, july 8th, early today starts now. good morning i'm frances rivera. >> i'm phillip mena. hearts are heavy in surfside today after the search and rescue operation sehifted into recovery mission dozens of first responders prayed alongside public officials and faith leaders. the painful decision made after two weeks of digging. miami-dade's mayor, daniella levine cava, hugged grieving families severaling breaking down at the memorial wall. cava said the decision was incredibly difficult. >> nothing we can do can bring back those that were lost but we can and will do everything in our power possible to identify all the victims and offer closure to the families in this time of unimaginable grief rescuers hauled away more

than 7 million pounds of concrete and debris. yesterday 18 more victims were found in the rubble, bringing the death toll to 54 haiti where police say four suspects were killed and two others arrested after the assassination of president, jovenel moise. officials reported they also freed three police officers who were held hostages they're blaming mercenaries for the attack that left the president dead and his wife critically injured. >> reporter: haiti's prime minister is now in charge and calling on the international community to investigate the crime. the first presidential assassination in haiti in more than 100 years the attack unfolded at the private residence of president

jovenel moise. the government said they were merce mercenaries, killers who shot dead 53-year-old jovenel moise and shot and now the prime minister is calling for calm while declaring a state of emergency with the world watching. >> we need a lot more information but it's very worrisome. >> reporter: in the last few months haiti has grown increasingly chaotic with gang violence and inflation protesters had accused moise of being an authoritarian >> did president moise anticipate an assassination attempt? >> probably. if you refer to the last statement he gave in january he said he knows a lot of people want him to be killed because of his reforms. >> reporter: haiti is the poorest nation in the western

hemisphere and the airport is shutdown, the dominican republic has closed its border with haiti and the u.s. embassy is telling the staff to shelter in place. the ambassador tells me that the first lady has arrived in miami for treatment and that the u.n. here plans to hold a meeting later today on haiti president biden will meet with his national security team today before giving remarks on the u.s. withdrawal in afghanistan. the white house set a september 11th deadline to pull out all of our forces but most have already left let's bring in our consider sp correspondent tracie potts what do we expect to hear? >> reporter: the pace of the withdrawal, which is much faster than expected. bagram air force base, the hub

of operations for the last two decades, has been emptied of u.s. troops. also the white house said the president will be talking about humanitarian concerns. asked last night if the taliban may take over, it's been gaining strengths in some areas, the president said he'll address that today after this the president turns his focus to civil rights, sitting down with vice president harris and civil rights leaders to talk specifically about voter suppression among minorities in states a number of efforts, including today's special session in texas may restrict voting rights the justice department gearing up, doubling its civil rights staff to try to deal with that civil rights leaders say they want the white house to put some action behind their talk on voting rights. this is something that the vice president has been tapped to lead this issue and she will be

speaking about it later today as well specifically, a democratic campaign and expanding that campaign to fight voter suppression. >> watching both of those remarks from the president and vice president those crucial issues thank you. south dakota's governor is set to send 125 more national guard members to the u.s. mexico border later this year according to a press relief from her office she said in part they are prepared for the sustained response the crisis at our southern border requires the soldiers will be deployed for 9 to 12 months and offer support to customs agents. this comes after she announced 50 members would be sent to the border. former president trump has announced he's suing twitter, facebook and google and their ceos because of bans they imposed on him after the capitol riot he's slamming the ban as part of

big tech companies censoring him and his supporters. in the year and a half of the time of the pandemic, there have been over 35 million infections and over 4 million casualties it comes as the world health organization cautions about a rush back to normality he warned nations not to lose the gains they have made, he said it at a briefing earlier this week. that as the cdc said the delta variant is the dominant strain in the united states >> reporter: the ticker tape parade in new york city honored front line heroes. >> it's amazing. we have worked so hard every day of the pandemic. >> and thank you to all the

ca essential workers. >> and leading the parade, the first nurse to get inoculated, as many today still refuse vaccination. >> if you don't want to go to the hospital, get vaccinated. >> reporter: the delta variant is now fuelling community surges already believed to be the most dominant strain in kansas, missouri, iowa and nebraska, it accounts for 80% of new cases. russell taylor wasn't vaccinated and spent three weeks in the icu. >> i thought i was going to die. that's probably the closest i've ever been to dying. >> reporter: it's not just vaccines some americans are rejecting. after scenes like this, this week some high school graduates on an american airlines flight refused to wear masks, became disruptive and were forced to exit the plane before takeoff.

while at the same time, honoring the heroes who save lives. dr. fauci said the vaccinated who are healthy don't need to wear a mask, unless it's required those with an underlying health condition can choose to for an extra layer of protection. turning to tropical storm elsa, which has been slamming the carolinas this morning with rain and powerful winds. more than 30,000 power outages are reported in south carolina elsa has already had a deadly impact in the u.s. at least one person was killed in florida after a tree crushed a car. millions are still facing threats of flash flooding and potential tornados. >> janessa webb has been tracking elsa for us all week and has the latest for us. good morning. >> hi, good morning. unfortunately still a tropical storm, and this doesn't look like it will go down to a tropical depression until about mid afternoon across north

carolina really watching south carolina, too, raleigh, durham area this morning where we're going to see massive flooding, forecasting 3 to 5 inches in that area sustained winds are gusty up to 45 miles per hour, going to watch some potential power outages, even for west virginia. this gets real interesting because it goes back down to a depression, then becomes a tropical storm once again tomorrow across new york city into the boston area also, really watching this storm system taking over houston and parts of texas we're seeing rainfall rates of 3 to 6 inches per hour northwest into the rockies back in the triple digits

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right now at 4:30, the bay area rocked to its core after a vta employee killed nine colleagues. when they could begin rolling again. >> by the time i came back out she was gone and the car was gone. >> a desperate plea for help, a rental car stolen in the bay along with her dog. and then what you need to know