and good monday morning to you, craig melvin here lots happening at this hour. in about 30 minutes officials in florida will give us another update on the search and rescue efforts that continue in surfside, florida. that's the site of that condo collapse. we just learned that the bodies of three more victims have been found in that rubble. that brings the death toll up to 127. i had a chance to ask miami-dade's mayor about the demolition earlier on today. >> we brought down the tower in a controlled way that did not in any way interfere with the site where we're searched.

in fact, it opened up a new area we were not able to search before. a big curveball to their efforts is tropical storm elsa. that storm churning forward floft right now. the latest on that storm's trajectory and what it means for the research and rescue efforts in surfside. also a new sense of freedom after more than a year of the pandemic. but we're not out of the woods yet. we're falling short of the goal to get americans vaccinated by the fourth and what it means for the future of the night. a race against time in surfside as tropical storm elsa now barrels towards the coast. just demolished overnight.

the florida keys as the state prepares for a storm, and we are tracking tropical storm elsa for us. three more victims found again. comes just a short time ago in the last hour. a storm could complicate a grim situation there. officials not taking any chances. how does all of this impact the search and rescue efforts now? >> yeah, so with the successful demolition of what was left of the towers puts rescuers in a better position to deal with any potential impacts from tropical storm elsa. that was a big dharn -- concern that this was not stable. the building was moving and they recorded it moving.

rescuers were on site and they heard it moving. with the storm coming in collapse was a huge concern. now that that unstable structure is gone, it certainly puts them in a better position from whatever ramifications may come. that being said officials here are confident, seeming fairly comfortable that the impacts of this storm is minimal. rescuers worked throughout awful weather since the building initially collapsed. the only time they stopped due to weather is if there was light anyone, but one of the impacts of high winds and heavy rain impacts the way they handle the operations. even if rescuers are using hand held tools and they're able to stay on the mound heavy

machinery will have to woman out there. it will impact and day some efforts but rescuers want to be out there working on that mound. last night after the building was demolished they were back out there within 20 minutes. from the moment we saw that building demolish we saw a team of rescuers going back out to continue their search efforts. listen to what some of the assistant fire cheer said just a little while ago. >> this building that is basically being held up has been brought down. we can get into more voids, and we can search the entire site, and i think the pace will pick up. these buildings have these souls in there.

we're committed to doing the best we can to bring anyone out of the building alive. >> when we watch what was left of the tower collapse last night, it was gone within seconds. homes, family photos, turned to dust. by all accounts it was a successful demolition, but success is really complicated as it relaces to this situation. as you said you 27 people so nar have lost their lives in this. over 100 people are still unaccounted for. people, their families, they still have hope that there may be some sort of miracle. many of them still unaccounted for. their photos and faces marked with the last time that people saw them. they are placed all over a makeshift memorial that was the

south condominium. you had families of the missing and the victims that had to watch as what was left of their memories and loved ones fell to the ground. so going into the storm there is still apprehension, but the main issue of concerns about that has been removed and now they have a little more of an area to search. >> ali sop, thanks. let's talk about that storm here for a moment. how is florida preparing for the storm? >> right now, craig, we're in a weird transitional phase. it's beautiful. nearly 90 degrees, the sun is out, but it is a foreshadowing of tropical storm elsa.

a lot of warnings, or watches, i should say, were upgraded especially to the tampa bay flare that cone of concern. but look over my shoulder right now. you see people strolling along the peer. we're a number of hours away from heavy storms and heavy winds. but folks here are kind of carrying on as they were. at the same time in other parts of the state, we have seen sandbags, supplies up to a week. people trying to figure out their plan of action should they lose power. but here inkey west, i take you to duval street, and all of the businesses were open. they were waiting to site see

here. folks out there were standing waiting to get their pictures taken. i spoke to some people, it is an extension of the july 4th holiday. here is what they said. >> i will admit i freaked out a little bit. it may be the last time we have come tokey west if it was serious they would have boarded up the place. >> once you start seeing the winds pick up and the rains start, you go inside and hunker down and hopefully it doesn't get too bad. >> as tropical storm elsa was a hurricane, it wrecked havoc.

now the same system is passing through cuba where they had to go past 185,000 people. now it takes a northward trajectory from where we are and from the keys where i'm standing and the gulf side of the state, as well. all eyes right now on that path, craig? >> all right, sam brock. the perverbial calm before the storm, what's the latest on the trajectory. >> cuba is being battered today. and you really need to prepare now. they're going to see the impacts tonight and into monday. so we're really focusing on the west coast of florida where we see the biggest impacts, but hurricanes and tropical storms

are wide, they stretch, and we'll see rain, heavy rain, especially on tuesday in surfside. even a chance of flooding and maybe an isolated tornado. the east coast is not going to come away unscathed. so let's look at tropical alerts all over the west coast nap is a big difference. you're going to see the impacts later on tonight especially monday into tuesday. right now as of that 11:00 advisory, that is good news. we just got that latest information on that 65 miles per hour winds. so this time of year, we're right ahead of the gate. we don't typically see a named hurricane until august 14th. this is way ahead of schedule. we're looking at winds that were

zooming blue at 31 miles per hour. that is pretty typical for this time of year. it will go over cuba has a lot of rough terrain. but quickly, finishing with this,key west will be west ofkey west tomorrow at 8:00. and we expect that landfall in florida right around the big bend region. this is what we're going to watch for at least the next five days. >> all right, michelle alison, thank you. i want to dig in now with kobe, a local ark tech known for his work there. he knows the buildings in surfside better than just about

everybody. with elsa churning toward florida now. the last thing they wanted was the wind gusts. the condo to go into the street. the buildings demolished, nows with as you know what concerns do you have as this tomorrow approaches? >> so thank you very much for having me. and my prayers and my heart goes to the families and friends that live in that building and the neighboring buildings. i think it is an interesting time of looking and reflecting back at the events, the data, and the investigation that we have been receiving. you can clearly see that the data is coming in at different levels. people are looking at the conditions and the build conditions of the structure. and there are opportunities and different thoughts coming in,

but most importantly what i see for the mayor and inspectors is new means and methods to inspect the existing structures with the technology that we have today. infared or whatever it is, sonar. whatever we have. question check the salinity. we have an ability better than ever before to understand clearly what is behind the walls and the concrete and see the condition of the buildings. and i am seeing like we did with hurricane andrew, we will revamp the way we look at our florida building code and our means and methods of inspections. >> larding the demolition itself, miami's mayor told me that the operation happened exactly as planned and it was executed, in her words,

perfectly. a quick demolition like that, any concern that it will affect other buildings? >> generally speaking the way this is done we have senators that we can feel the vibration and the impact on the buildings. so the short answer is no, but there is always side effects that people have to look at. and the important thing is really that we have an ability, we have sensors today to see the effect so when this building does come down is it moves through the soil and our soil is pretty soft. it is point because we are basically sitting on a sponge with the tide going up and down each and every day. >> kobe, we'll leave it there

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this morning the biden administration has officially fallen short of it's goal to have 70% of all adults at least

half vaccinated. despite missing that goal, americans are given the president high marks for his handling of this pandemic so far. one in six americans approve as how he is handling the pandemic. he used the july 4th weekend to celebrate the progress so far. >> america is coming back together. while the virus has been van acquisitioned, we know this. we no longer have it controlling our lives and paralyzing our nation. >> shannon petty piece is at the white house. with july 4th behind us now. the white house looking to it's next pandemic challenge, if you will. what are they talking about?

>> the president stopping short of declaring victory over the virus. there is a lot of work still ahead. you mentioned the administration fell short of the 70% goal. we indicate they will likely reach that by the end of july. there is a lot of issues at the white house they're concerned about. one is a wide variation in vaccination rates not only by state but also pockets and regions within states. in michigan, for example, you have the city of detroit where 39% of people are partially vaccinated. and just a short while away you have 69% of people vaccinated. so these wide ranging rates where officials warn we will see surges and spikes and we're preparing for a fall and winter

surge. and we're increasingly hearing messages from the white house and the administration targeting younger people talking about how dangerous this new delta variant can be for people under 40 who are yet to get vaccinated. >> shannon there at the white house for us. thank you. i want to bring in a doctor now who is an internal medicine physician. looking at the numbers this morning, 67% of adults have received one dose. again, falling short of the goal of 70%. do you see a reason to celebrate where we are in this pan determine snick. >> we certainly is a lot to celebrate. remembering what was happening one year ago we weren't sure if there was going to be a covid vaccine in five or ten years.

so the fact that we have several effective and safe vaccine social security truly remarkable. 67% of adult americans got their first dose of a vaccine or one johnson and johnson shot in just a few months team is a major accomplishment that puts all of us in a better place in this fight. but there's a lot of work to do. in the over 1,000 counties in the midwest with vaccination coverage of less than 20%. the delta variant, which is more infectious, is taking off in those places. so in these locals, we may likely see large spikes in new cases in the weeks ahead. and the unvaccinated are at very, very high risk. now because we have enough people vaccinated across the untry these vaccines are effectivena surges.

we should not declare a victory too early here. >> president biden acknowledged in his remarks that the delta variant -- is that the greatest concern right now. that delta variant? >> yeah, craig. it's very contagious and it's quickly on social security way -- on it's way to becoming the dominant variant. while we know that fully vaccinated people get infected with delta they tend to have milder symptoms, but the unvaccinated are at very high risk. right now what we have to do is prioritize equity in vaccine distribution. i think right now we have to do everything that we can to prevent any avoidable suffering and death.

>> doctor, weave gone door to door with the vaccines in this country. pop up vaccination sites. it is widely available to anyone who wants it. and at what point do we say okay, well, that's it. we hav tried, we made't want to vaccinated can't be persuaded they won't be vaccinated. >> i don't know if that is that simple. we have to continue to do everything that we can to encourage people who are skeptical or who have questions to do so. we know in communities with low vaccination rates transmission is just as high as it was. so again, for people who are unvaccinated the risk of getting covid and potentially very sick

is very, very high and i think we can't stress that enough for people. we know that nearly all of the deaths in this country are now in the unvaccinated. we have to press forward to make sure we're getting the message to vaccinate the most vulnerable mention us. and continue to encourage people that you know to get their shots. so i think this is on all of us to protect the vulnerable. our children, and peopleet a vaccine. >> doctor, thank you as always. we have some breaking news to get to right now. according to port authority police, a person is in custody after a security breach at new

york liberty airport. lindsey is at the airport and is joining us now on the phone. what more can you tell us at this point? >> hey, craig, everybody is safe, we're all okay, but my wife and i were going on vacation and we were sitting in two seats right next to the flight crew desks where they make the announcements. all of a sudden i saw a stampede of people. i thought their gate changed. they were running for their lives. i saw people running on top of one another. and we heard someone yell run, and we ran. we hid behind that flight crew desk. he was one of the people who had just run from that or gate and then we saw another tam people of people and we ran through a

door that was beeping because someone opened it. we ran through that door that ended up on the jetway. a united employee yelling get on the tarmac. so we ran on to the tarmac with some other passengers. we waited there for a few minutes and then we were asked what was going on. someone said there was a security breach. after probably 20 minutes we were told the gate has been given the all clear, you can go back in. so we went back in, i found my luggage because i abandoned it. we were just waiting for answers now. we heard a little bit from the over head pagers. there was a security breach that had been contained and now we're just waiting for arrival from tsa. we know now that the airport tweeted that somebody had gone

through a security door. so don't know if that person about armed or if they just went through the secured door, but definitely some scary moments this morning. >> looks like it and sounds like it. thank you for that breaking news there. safe travels to you and your wife. folks, we're also waiting for that news conference to start on the rescue efforts in sir much side florida. when they start there we will of course bring it to you live. also, live on the u.s. and canadian border, because a soft opening is now under way after covid forced a 16 month long closure between the u.s. and our neighbor to the north. u.s. and r neighbor ttho e north.

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tropical storm preparations there. but we're going to go to the mayor first on the right-side of your screen. they're starting first, let's listen in. here we are, day 12, it has been 12 long days, it started at 10:30 a.m. a little over an hour halfward we received the all clear and then right around midnight work commenced on the pile, and by 1:00 a.m. we were in full search and rescue operation mode.

to collapse an entire apartment building is devastaing decision and it i did not make it lightly. bringing the building down in a controlled manner was important. the area closest to the building was the area that we had not been able to assess and that is where we needed to go. and previously it was not accessible due to the enormous risk to the team of first responders because of the instability of the building. and as we speak, the teams are working on that part of the pile that was not accessible before the building was demolished. the standing structure also posed a threat as the storm approached given the tropical

storm force winds could have brought it down in a manner that could not have been as controlled and predicted. so i'm extraordinarily grateful to the demolition team. the engineers, the miami-dade fire and rescue team, the miami-dade county police department, and everyone who played an integral part in executing this operation safely and successfully including the town of surfside. also want to take a moment to reflect on the great tragedy that this has been for the people that survived and had to evacuate. the world is mourning for those that lost their loved ones and for those waiting for news of the collapse. to lose your home in all of these manners is a great loss as well. my heart and my deepest sympathies goes out to all of the families that had this tragedy. our teams are doing everything possible to help those who lost

their homes begin to rebuild. fema is here and has been from the beginning and they have been doing an incredible job to sign up families for individual assistance. and we're working with insurance companies to streamline the process of submitting claims as much as ss and we raised millions of dollars thanks to the generosit whelming and it is going to be very, very important to put these funds into these families hands to help them to rebuild and meet their unmet needs. and they have already been getting this assistance. i want to stress that we took every option that we possibly could to look for any pets or animals in the building prior to the demolition. in the days since the collapse,

the fire and rescue team did multiple full sweeps of the building in person including looking in closets, under beds, and other hiding places in the areas of the building not accessible to the teams they used ladders and high lift craned to put live animal forecasts at great risk. also doorways were opened and other means for the pets to escape the building if they were able. we deployed drones with thermal imaging on numerous trips and also standing in the tower areas. unsafe for search and rescue teams to enter. so i want to say as clearly as i possibly can and urge our community to understand that we went truly to great lengths to take every step that we could at great risk to our first

responders to ensure that all of the pets that were beloved family members, that none of them were lift in the building prior to the demolition. since the first responders were able to resume their work on the collapse, we have very sadly recovered three additional victims. the total number of deaths is at 27. the total number accounted for is 191 and unaccounted for, 118. please join me in praying for those still missing. i was grateful to have the opportunity to speak with some first responders on site last night before they headed back

out to the pile. on day 12, these men and women have continued their mission, they have the same determination and strength as when they got out on a day one if is a true honor to serve alongside the heros and sheros. from the state, from the federal, and from the international teams, all of our partners have made this historic effort possible. [ speaking spanish ] >> we have been listening to the mayor updating us on precisely why they had demolished the building on sunday night. the mayor saying they could not access part of the building they

needed to get to to continue the search and rescue. she also indicated that teams are working on that part of the building that they could not get to before the demolition. vaughn hilliard is in surfside at the scene of that condo collapse. vaughn, let's start there, is that what you're seeing? workers there at that part of the bidding, that here to for had been inaccessible? >> that is exactly right. to what extent to they feel more comfortable sending more of the task force crews back on to that rubble. the whole concern in the last 11 days was the potential reality that those rescue crews were putting their own lives at take. they were working very deliberately on the rubble mounds there not wanting to cause not only a collapse, but

also not to potentially disrupt the infrastructure, the base, of that still standing building. without that, that looming danger, to what extent are they able to speed up this rescue and recovery process. they're still calling it a rescue process wanting to essentially go through this and not be the ones to distinguish hope that any folks could potentially still be alive. we have that new number. 118 are unaccounted for. the other good news from the mayor just now is her saying that there is only dust from the demolition last night that landed on that existing pile. they put a tarp over the existing rubble so they could more easily access and get back to that immediately. which they did early this morning. i was on scene when we saw the crews get on buses and go 15 minutes back to the scene, but

it se part of the process here. a large population here in is a community trying to seek closure here, and also the insurance claims that the major eluded to fema being on the ground working with families. trying to submit those claims. i also know that we're waiting for a press conference to begin here in surfside. this is a multifaceted program. there is a demolition here to worry about, but also the reality that a storm is en route here. the hope is based on current tracking that potentially winds

could be as minimal as 20 plus miles per hour and there could be a downfall of rain, but we know how the storms can work and there is concern which is the very concern that lead to this dramatic decisions. the extent of the questions are still in question. what the wind tleshold is. >> it was interesting, to also hear danielle talk about the lengths towards those rescue workers, where they went to identify pets before they demolished the building on sunday night. looking under beds and on closets. it is difficult to over state

the work they do and they continue to do. stand by if you can. i want to go back to the news conference. >> we're going to work and pray and get through this together. we're praying, we're working, and we're getting through it. that takes different forms. that is allowing us to expand our serge nap is allowing the work to take place. i just want everyone to not forget the pray part. we're still praying that we could possibly find survivors. we're still praying that ke can find the answers. this, this side of the mie troe phone, is the worst place in the world in a situation like this.

you don't want to be delivering bad news to a community. it's not just those families, it's the weight of those buildings coming down that is on this entire community. it is a long ride for us. it's not lost on me that we celebrated the 4th of july yesterday and we didn't actually celebrate. but last year we didn't actually celebrate like we do now. my commitment, our commitment, is that we're going to pray and we're going to get through this. i know we can do that and i know we will. i appreciate all of you, thank you. >> thank you mr. vice chair. the national weather service robert wayman. good morning, we're tracking tropical storm elsa ensure cuba this morning. the center of the storm is

forecasted to pass closer to the west part of floor, we will have intermittent showers and thunderstorms that will have some brief but gusty winds and they could still be quite strong across the area. as well as locally heavy rain and localized flooding possible. and even the possibility of one or two tornadoes. [ speaking spanish ]

vaughn hilliard is back with us. apologies, vaughn, let's -- let see, let's listen in to make sure. >> good morning, everyone. residents and visitors are urged to continue to monitor tropical storm elsa as it makes it's approach. starting this evening residents should avoid any unnecessary travel as strong winds and heavy rain will make driving hazardous. you can always call 311 if you have questions. it is open between 8:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m. you can also access information 24 hours a day on what to do before, during, and after a storm at

miami-dade.gov/hurricane. due to our own perhaps rigs, we continue to work at the county emergency operation center. we will begin to implement plans at the collapse site. our office of communications will provide you with information on when we will move for the hours and teams of our future briefings. we will remain service hours between 12. and 5:00 p.m. daily. the total number of families served today is 127. fema is also supporting our efforts. in order to access information for families, survivors, please go to fema.gov/disaster/3560. anyone impacted by this tragedy or wanting to stay up-to-date

can visit that website or www.miami-dade.gov/emergency. thank you. >> thank www.gov/miami-dade.gov/emergency . thank you. >> thank you. [ speaking spanish ] >> we are going to continue to monitor this news conference in doral, florida. governor desantis getting ready to start another news conference there in surfside, florida. let's listen in to governor desantis. >> when they were raising the issue about doing this, one of the main concerns that we had were -- well, two concerns. one, we did have a storm approaching, we weren't sure

what track that was going to take. we did not want to see any type of problems with that building impeding the search. so that was one of the impetuses. the other thing is the place that was the -- the pile that was closest to the remaining structure was effectively inaccessible by our search and rescue people. so when i went out there this morning, of course the whole building is now down. they were on that pile that had been difficult for them to access, so they are making a lot of progress with the search effort in that part. when they drew this up and told me what was going to happen, obviously miami-dade made the final call, we were supportive of it. we funded it at the state level. they explained to me how it was going to happen, it would basically just fall down in place. and lo and behold, it fell down in place. if you look around, there was not a lot of debris. after it coming down, you could still drive a vehicle down the road. and now you wouldn't have even known, if you hadn't known that

was there, that something just came down within the last day. so i think it was a good effort, i think it was the right thing to do and i think it will help us move forward unimpeded and really be able to get the job done for the families, for the community of surfside, for miami-dade and the state of florida. we are, at least in terms of the surfside with this storm elsa, the news is pretty positive. they continue the 11:00 a.m. update for the national hurricane center advisory, moved it further west. so i will be signing a revised executive order later today and we will likely be removing miami-dade from the affected counties. we will likely be removing desoto and hardy, who are interior florida, but in the southern part of the state, we'll likely remove them. that's because the track is pushing it further out into the gulf of mexico. on the other hand, we're going to have to add a lot of counties in the northern part of the state, particularly in the big bend region, so you're looking

at counties that we had had in there north of places like dixie and levy county, and some interior counties. so we're working with the meteorologists and we will have that done very soon. so the impact, the landfall impact of the storm is likely to be north of tampa bay and probably even north of citrus county at this point. oing to continue to monitor the track. cuba today.to start passing once it gets on the other side of cuba, we'll have an even better idea of what the track looks like. but our plan is the same. we understand that this is just part of living in florida. we are reminding people just if you do have power outages, and we do anticipate some power outages, if you do have those power outages and you're using a generator, please make sure the generator is exhausting outside your home and outside your garage. if that is inside a garage or inside a home, you will have

carbon monoxide poisoning, and more people have passed away in florida in the last four years from carbon monoxide poisoning responding to a power outage than from direct impacts of the storm. so be smart, understand that that's a risk. and then just listen to folks on your local community about if there is a need to do any type of evacuations. we don't anticipate the need for any type of widespread evacuations based on this storm. it's going to be a strong tropical storm. if you are in certain areas, you may have a local emergency manager recommend an evacuation. if that's the case, then heed that. but i think we're really looking at folks who are special needs or power dependent and likely wouldn't see that for a broader section of the community at this point. we'll continue to provide updates. we're working with the national weather service. obviously we're working with all the local counties affected.

bottom line is, we're going to take miami-dade out, woing to cake a couple other interior counties in south florida out. we'll be adding a number of counties in the northern half of the state. and, again, the most recent track is we're looking at impacts north of citrus county, probably in that dixie county area. and if we continue to see any movement beyond that, then obviously we will update people. we do, though, not anticipate when it's in the gulf of mexico that this storm is just going to end up going west of florida. every single model is in agreement, once it's in the golf, there is going to be a movement back northeast and we anticipate that will impact the state of florida. so we're ready for that. but as much as you don't want to have to deal with these, the movement west, at least for the surfside site, means that the impacts should be incredibly minimal. may get some rain, a little bit of wind, but nothing like we were looking at maybe a couple

days ago with tropical storm force gusts. with that, i'll introduce kevin guthrie, emergency management director, and then we'll do the surfside mayor, burkett. >> thank you for your leadership on this. being able to respond to two incidents at the same time is something we're accustomed to and it makes it easier when you have leadership, sir, and ma'am. the other thing i'll put an exclamation point, i did talk to the state meteorologist and dr. king graham of the national hurricane center. both of them wanted me to let all of our residents know probably the most two significant updates we're going to get is at 11:00 tonight and 5:00 a.m. in the morning on the next updates. as it comes and emerges off the coast of cuba, there could be the situation where the center may reform to the east or may reform further west. we just don't know what it's going to do when it hits cuba.

again, as it comes off of cuba, somewhere around 7:00, 8:00 tonight, they're going to try to get a really good forecast on it at 11:00 p.m. if not 11:00 p.m., 5:00 a.m. tomorrow morning. if you watch late night news, pay attention to the forecast there, if not see the ones in the morning on the latest updates. the last thing i would say is, again, do not focus on the center of the storm. do not focus on the center of elsa. it is going to start encountering some wind sheer and it's going to become lopsided and it is going to push a lot of rain onto the east side of the storm. so be very cognizant of that and make sure you look at all of the weather forecasts that come out of your local area. and please pay attention to your local emergency managers. they know your area best. we will order the evacuations based on what's going on in their county. thank you. >> good morning. first i want to thank the

governor and lieutenant governor for being here and i want to correct a serious misstatement that i made recently. i said that the governor had been here very often, almost every day. that was incorrect. he's been here every day. so i want to thank you for that. i also want to touch on a couple of things that i learned from walking the site this morning early and listening to the families at the morning briefing. we have rescue crews working now in six different places. we were back to work 20 minutes after the demolition was completed. the demolition was executed flawlessly and the rescue teams said none of the existing pile where there are victims still was affected. heavy equipment is now being able to be employed in the rescue effort, where before it was not. that's a significant change because now our men and women who are out there on the pile can utilize that equipment because we've got millions of dollars worth of equipment,

thanks to florida governor desantis and lieutenant governor. we've got everything we need. operations are now moving much faster than they ever have. the only remaining potential barrier is dangerous weather, which may or may not occur, bad weather, the search and rescue will continue for 24 hours a day, bad weather excepted. lightning specifically. the search will continue for 24 hours a day, seven days a week until we pull everybody out of that rubble and reunite them with their family. again, i want to thank the governor for his flawless support here. surfside and little surfside really appreciates it. the fact that he's been here every day is amazing. he's got his staff here. the dade county mayor has been wonderful. i want to congratulate the dade county mayor for her decisive leadership with respect to the demolition. i met with the governor two days ago and he and i talked about the need to bring this building down in light of the storm.

there was a potential the storm could have knocked the building down in the wrong way on top of the pile. that message i delivered to mayor cava. all her experts had told her it would take three weeks. to her credit, she went back and talked to additional experts and came back 12 hours later and now we know what happened, the building is gone, the threat is gone, the work continues and i'm hopeful we'll be seeing some miracles in the coming days. thank you so much. [ speaking spanish ] good afternoon. happy