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still holding out hope. >> we understand that the families realize that the fact that time has gone by, they realize that chances are growing dimmer and dimmer. they are with us. they know exactly what we have been doing every step of the way. >> meanwhile, the cdc is releasing new data that 92.2% of the covid deaths in the united states involved unvaccinated people. dr. anthony fauci calling it sad and tragic and expressing his frustration at the situation. and the july fourth weekend was not the celebration that president biden had in mind, and the nation is falling short of the white house goal to have 70% of the adults with at least one vaccine dose, and that number is hovering at 67%. we begin with search for survivors in florida where operations resumed in the early morning after a demolitionk too

control of the tower after that collapse, and joining us is vaughan hillyard, and a dramatic twist of events with the controlled demolition, and what is the scene there in surfside after the south tower came down? >> you can see ayman, that the trucks are coming in truck after truck which is progress, because they can accelerate the search and rescue effort, because in the first 11 days of the search and rescue effort was under way. i want to let you hear from the mayor cava of miami-dade of what that demolition did for the search and rescue effort, and take a listen. >> the building fell as was planned towards collins avenue. only dust landed on the existing pile. the area closest to the building was the area that we had not been able to access.

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. >> ayman, this is the second part of it, the tropical storm elsa en route including towards this area here, and i'm not one to normally complain about the heat, but it is 90 degrees and humid and for the folks working at the rubble sites, they have on a lot more that i have on, and they are working through these conditions trying to go through the rubble with 118 individual still unaccounted for. >> thank you, vaughan hillyard starting us off there in surfside. and also joining me is the miami-dade fire chief mr. downy, and thank you for your time.

from your area of expertise, sir, what can you tell us about the search efforts that resumed this morning and what we heard there from the mayor that in some way, the actual controlled demolition helped to accelerate getting to a certain part of the pile that they were unable to access previously. >> absolutely. i mean, within an hour after the demolition, the search and rescue teams went back to work, and they were working at the same tempo that we have since the beginning, and what the demolition did is that it opened up the entire collapsed space for us to work in. early on after the collapse, we couldn't work within 40 feet of the existing building, because of all of the hanging debris on the building, and we refer to them as widow-makers, and we could not secure. then after we had the movement a couple of days later, we had to push back what we called the exclusion zone, and another 60 feet. so with the demolition now, all of the teams are working on the site and working to recover any

survivors and bring closure to the families. >> you used the word survivors. are you hopeful a survivor or two underneath the rubble 12 days in? >> well, clearly as the days go on, it is less and less likely. but we are going to continue to work. our goal is to bring closure to every one of those families. we hope to deliver a survivor, but it is equally as important to the rescuers that they bring closure to every one of the family members. >> from your experience there on that pile and in and around the area, are there still any concerns on your mind and on the mind of those that are working in the area, in addition to the building that was, excuse me, that building that was demolished earlier this morning, do you any other outstanding concerns? >> well, i think they you

already spoke to it, the weather has been a concern. you know, we are worried about the potential tropical storm, but honestly being a floridian, i worry about the weather ahead of the storm and working in these condition, because there is no clouds in the sky, and it is hot and humid. and with reference to the work area, there is still a lot of dangerous areas that we are working in. some of the rescuers are tunnelling in from other areas, and always the likelihood of a secondary collapse, but it has been diminished by the controlled demolition. >> and if we were to look ahead over the next couple of days with the weather and that is certainly a factor and potentially rain, and how would that impact your efforts? considerably the rain specifically? >> honestly the rain isn't the issue for us, but it is the wind. if we get sustained winds above 30 miles per hour, it makes it difficult for us to work the cranes which a vital part of the

debris removal for us. the rain, and we have worked with it since this happened pretty much up until a couple of days ago where we were getting rain everyday. we have the ability to dewater areas if we find the void space, so it is the wind that we are most concerned about. >> yes, and that could be a factor as we are seeing the strengthening of the conditions there in the caribbean. let me ask you generally about that area, sir. to your knowledge, are there any other buildings that county officials are worried about in terms of the structural integrity at this time? >> i am not familiar. i would be speculating. i don't have any information about that. >> fair enough. and in terms of the additional resources that you and the teams may need down, there and is there anything that you may need in terms of the material support, personnel, resources that you don't have right now? >> we definitely have enough

rescuers. we are rotating them, and they are working 12-hour shifts and off 12 hours, and while they are working, they work at the site for four hours and then rotate, and we have enough people, and great support and supplies from the local entities here in miami-dade county and the state of florida, and from the federal government. so, we are good from the search and rescue standpoint. >> great to hear. and the morale of the people working down there still high? >> oh, absolutely. i mean, this is what they have trained for, and this is what the job is, and each and every one of those rescuers want to bring closure to these families who have suffered so much. so they will maintain that composure, and they are going to work as hard as they can. >> all right. chief david downey, and thank you, sir and i appreciate your insight.

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speaking to us there because guy dancing the funky chicken behind you, and if that is not new york, i don't know what is. >> yes, yes! we are back, baby. and really it is true. i live in new york city and as a new yorker, i avoid times square, but i am so happy to be here, because it does have the feeling that the things are returning to some kind of normal. the u.s. is falling short of president biden's fourth of july vaccination goal as the more aggressive delta variant takes hold here in the united states and accounting for a quarter of new cases, according to the cdc. and 67% of americans have been vaccinated with at least one shot, and that is just shy of the 70% mark that president biden set out for the united states. president biden did celebrate the progress made in the fight against the pandemic so far. but he did also warn that it is not over yet.

>> don't get me wrong, covid-19 has not been vanquished. we all know powerful variants have emerged like the delta variant, but the best defense against these variants is to get vaccinated. my fellow americans, it is the most patriotic thing that you can do. >> joining me now is the nbc news white house correspondent mime memoli, and this is a administration that had tremendous success for the goals they set for themselves, and the white house despite this setback by not meeting the 70% july fourth deadline, and they are looking ahead to the next pandemic challenge, and what have they learn and what happens now and what are they doing about it? >> i was on the south lawn yesterday watching the fireworks as the president hosted the largest gathering that he was

able to of his entire presidency so far, and so even as they missed the vaccination target, this is a white house on the campaign-like footing throughout the weekend and you had the president and the vice president and the second gentleman fanned out throughout the country as what they called it "america back together" tour, and they were short of the number, but americans were enjoying the july 4th weekend, and the enthusiasm was tempered by not necessarily missing the goal, but by the prevalence of the delta variant, and the concern of the white house that this is going to take hold in those parts of the country where the vaccination rates are far lower, and we will hear from the president tomorrow, and again talking about the vaccinations and the importance of this fight against covid-19 and part of the strategy is sending the surge teams to the areas where they are seeing the spikes because of the delta variant, and similar to what i saw in grand travers, michigan where the president

went to tour a cherry farm. we saw the vaccination rates of the national average 60%, but the surrounding counties nearby, far lower, and so you had a major public gathering there at the national cherry tour, and so to ease in those who were resonant to do so. and things like that ta white house will try to replicate in the months ahead knowing that the way to tackle the pandemic is going to be key for the way to fight future pandemics. >> and it is going to take a month or so to reach the 70% mark, according to nbc news data, and rashelle walensky saying that there are 1,000 u.s. counties with vaccination rates below 30%, and that is quite a contrast. is the white house confident that it can increase the vaccinations in a significant way in those areas where the numbers are staggeringly low? >> the gap that the white house

is seeing in terms of the percentage of who has gotten the vaccinations is primarily a younger population, and there is some view in the white house as we are closer towards fall, the back-to-school time, and the younger population may need to be vaccinated because so many universities and colleges are requiring it to get back to campus, and so maybe a spike later in the year among the younger population, but you are seeing in the washington post over the weekend that the younger majority are continuing not to want to do so, and so you may see them turning to nonpolitical actors as the first lady was turning to emmitt smith, a sports icon to try to reach the populations, but it is a real challenge for the white house going forward. >> we will see if it turns the corner of the reopening of the schools and the universities. mike memoli at the white house, and again, thank you as always. i want to bring in amish

hidalges, and so we did not reach the administration's goal, and was it realistic goal to begin with and how much does the fact that we missed it matter when we are hovering around 67%? >> well, it is an ambitious goal, and we should strive to meet it, but if we didn't, well, we still did a good job, and the high-risk individuals and those likely to be hospitalized and 70% of those are fully vaccinated and that is what the vaccination program is to do and to remove the ability of the virus to reduce hospitalizations and never threaten that hospital capacity again. we have succeeded with that and to get the numbers as high as possible especially in the counties lagging. but we have done a good job to taming the virus, and so more than it was six months ago.

>> talk about the delta variant, because we know it accounts for more than a quarter of new case, and it is soon to be the dominant variant according to models and projection, and do we have the vaccine coverages to cover that, and are the hospitals prepare and will we see tin flux in those communities lagging in vaccinations? >> it is indisputable that you will see the upticks in the places not vaccinated and you will see the upticks in the hospitalizations. whether or not a hospital gets into trouble is going to depend where the unvaccinated lie in the community, and if the unvaccinated are at a high risk for hospitalizations you could see them get into trouble like what is happening in springfield, missouri, for example, but what is different about this time around for the virus is it is not a systemic risk for country, and different regional stress levels with this virus, and you are looking at the northeast states, and

heavily vaccinated and the delta increase the cases there, and hospitalizations there with the u.k., and missouri and nevada and arkansas and upticks, and the load balance to work so that no hospital gets into trouble, but it is completely preventable by getting more shots into people's arms and no excuses for delta cases to impinge on the hospitals. >> a number of families are planning summer travel and some wanting to go to europe and canada and somewhere else, and what would you advice them in terms of how the decide of whether it is safe to travel? what are the metrics that you would want american families whether they are vaccinated but their children may not be as they consider the travel abroad? >> if you are a fully vaccinated person, i don't think that you need to fear this virus or the delta variant. you are not a threat to others, and they are not a threat to you. when it comes to children under 12 and cannot be vaccinated, it

is going to be risk tolerance and risk infections that children are less likely to have it, and spread it, so their vaccination rates in communities that they are in, the less likely to come into contact with it. if you a highly vaccinated family with the exception of the children, it is okay to internationally travel, but be careful if you have a high risk child with asthma or organ transplant, but it is a fairly safe thing to do, and we are at the point now with the success of these vaccines that it can be easier, and get some of the border policies to get clarify and for example the canadian border is closed and it makes no sense. >> and the americans and canadians can meet up with each other, but they can't cross over to go meet each other. i want to ask you about something that dr. fauci said on

"meet the press" and about what is preventable. take a listen. >> if you take a look at the number of deaths about 99.2% of them are unvaccinate and about 0.8% are vaccinated. no vaccine is perfect, but when you talk about the avoidability of hospitalizations and deaths, chuck, it is really sad and tragic that most all of these are avoidable and preventable. >> so, doctor, the coronavirus, that is down significantly from the peak, and thousands died in the month of june, and so is this the new normal in our lives? >> we don't know where covid-19 is going to settle, but it is not something eliminated or eradicated and some baseline number of cases and deaths that occur, because it is going to be one of the seasonal respiratory viruses, but the vaccines are so

highly effective at preventing diseases and death, that it is completely in someone's control to stop, and virtually all of the deaths that are happening are preventable deaths that can be solved with a simple vaccination, and that is something to hammer home and for your life and give you the ability to not fear covid-19, and that is what people have so value coming home, and that is something that you should want. >> thank you, doctor, we appreciate your time and insights. it has been almost six months since the attack on the u.s. capitol, and coming up, we will have an update on three of the biggest cases to come out of it. you are watching ayman mohyeldin reports. rts. and new adventures you hope the more you give the less they'll miss. but even if your teen was vaccinated against meningitis in the past they may be missing vaccination for meningitis b. although uncommon,

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tomorrow, it will mark six months since the deadly january 6th insurrection on the u.s. capitol and currently 516 cases on trial, but many cases are still months away and as the january 6 case takes shape, jackie spieier said this cannot be happening. >> i thought that i survived it in a foreign country and here i am in the symbol of democracy for the world, and i may be dead. for the republicans to call it a

tourist activity is so -- so offensive, that it makes for great theater, but it is not reality. >> joining me now is investigative reporter for news 4 in washington, scott mcfarland and you have covered every twist and turn, and help us to recap some of the key charges. what are the major cases that we are watching right now? >> good afternoon, ayman, and some of the cases are in the infancy right now, and even now six months later. and by my count of the 516 cases that you mentioned about 2% have reached a plea agreement, and just one solitary case has gone to sentencing, so we have a long legal road ahead of us, but focusing on the three biggest cases, the far right cases that they say the oathkeepers and the proud boys and the three

percenters were here ready for action january 6th, and accused of conspiracy of bringing military-grade equipment or encrypted communications or a plan to storm the capitol that day. the feds had actually made progress in the first group, the oathkeepers and that i had secured three plea agreements against the oathkeepers and all three have pledged to help with the investigation and turn for the feds. and the other two cases are still younger still. and beyond that, another set of arrests before this holiday caught my eye. in a series of cases late last week, the feds accused the defendants against attacks of media and media equipment and burning or breaking or bashing it and in one particularly troubling case, they don't give the name, but the account of a group of men inside of the capitol january 6th, attacked a new york times' photographer and according to the charges documents these men surrounded the woman, the photographer, and asked her who she worked for, and the feds say she declined to

answer, so they say that the men reached after her credential and looked at the credential and saw that she worked for "the new york times" and knocked her down and according to the charges documents someone else in the group after seeing all of this happened, accused the woman of being a traitor and called her a traitor after knocking her down, and it is a troubling and haunt ing account, and we don't have the names yet, and we will perhaps get that, but today is the six-month anniversary of somebody dropping those pipe bombs outside of the dnc and the rnc headquarters and tonight is the six-month mark, and ayman, no arrests and no announced suspects. >> that is incredible, because we know how much the law enforcement have reached out to public for help. thank you, scott mcfarland for staying on top of that for us. today, congress is out of session as the lawmakers are looking ahead to the holiday, and as we are looking at the

legislative leaders, the de facto leader of the party donald trump used the charges against the trump organization to lash out. and so we have two analysts with us. paul, i want to start with you, because the washington post pointed out that less than five hours after the trump organization cfo entered the courtroom, the company's chief executive officer donald trump jr. was on fox news railing against this, and so, how difficult for the legal team when members of the organization, the trump family and don jr. and others are unlikely to resist talking about the case to the press? >> it is a defense attorney's

nightmare compounded by the very strong evidence in the indictment which says that the trump organization was paying employees under the table, and fortunately for the prosecutors they were keeping good records of the criminality, and the indictment says that they kept a secret spreadsheet that kept all of the illegal payments and it leads like a confession, so not a lot they can say in the defense, but they are making it worse for having people like donald trump sr. and jr. to attack the prosecutor, and in doing so, they are admitting some of the allegations in the indictment, and prosecutors can use the statements in the case against the corporation. >> and now, look ahead, president biden was to mark a new type of american independence from the pandemic, and certainly the administration is turning the agenda away from some of the key priorities and

help us to look at the priorities. you have joe biden who is going to illinois wednesday and going to try to sell the american families plan and doing so in a county that went for trump in 2020. so, does the white house here believe that biden can move the needle on some of issues and economic issues and increase pressure on republicans to pass the bipartisan infrastructure bill? >> well, even the trying is important. ayman, he is not going to convince people by going to crystal blue districts across the country that voted for him, right? so if he is going to try to move the needle, this is the way to do it to go to areas heavily contested and some that voted for president trump and others who have republicans in congress, and say, look, these are the things that you want, and whether it is a democrat or republican, and you want to make sure that the older people in your family are taken care of, and the kids are taken care of, and in addition to the physical infrastructure that is more agreed upon between the parties,

and even that is going to remain up in the air right now. >> and jonathan, as i said, the administration has had a tremendous success record by their own standards in terms of the goals they have set out for themselves with the exception of the july fourth goal to have 70% of the american adults vaccinated, and tomorrow, biden is going to receive a covid briefing to update on the country's vaccination progress, and what is the strategy going forward, and does the administration pivot on domestic and economic goals to try to recover or to try to get the recovery back up on track or are the two interlinked and what should the strategy be here? >> what you are going to see is that the president is going to continue to talk about covid, because he has an easy logical argument to make that he came into the presidency, and he did the american rescue plan, and he got people vaccinated and that

is a sucess story with 67% having gotten one shot instead of 70% and it is not a big gap. so not a lot of voters saying, oh, my god, you missed by three percent. so i think that this is going to continue to be a theme throughout the presidency that she guy who came in and rid the country of covid. >> and so one of the big legislative agendas on this was passing meaningful police reform, and south carolina senator tim scott said that passing that window if it were not wrapped up in june would essentially mean it would be difficult to get anything done, and now we are nearly a week in july with the deal stalled, and do you think that police reform is going to remain realistic at this point? >> i do, but that is thanks to the states and local governments that all over the country have

responded the death of george floyd, the murder of george floyd by an acting meaningful reform. it is the national legislature, the congress of the united states that needs to be embarrassed. it has not passed a single legislative reform in response to the national protests all over the country last year. and some folks are looking at the police unions which always exercise an outside influence with regard to reform. reportedly, they are concerned about things like qualified immunity and the republicans are listening to them, and that is why the bill remains stalled in the senate. >> all right. paul butler and jonathan allen, thank you both for your insights. overseas is, several palestinian families in east jerusalem are living in fear right now, because their homes could be demolished at any time, and we are live on the ground after the break. you are watching ayman mohyeldin reports.

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nearly one month after israel's new coalition government came into office, we are beginning to see what approach it is going to take towards some of the country's most sensitive issues. right wing prime minister nef neftali bennett is taking control of the demolition of palestinian homes in israel. and ralph sanchez is in israel, and what is the latest on the controversial of the settlements? >> right now, they are taking a quick approach to these settlements, and we visited a palestinian settlement here in

israel, and we found that the authorities are treating these two communities differently. >> reporter: on a wind swept hill top, a first test for israel's new government. this is a jewish settlement in the occupied west bank. settlements are widely seen as a violation of international law, but eviatar breaks israel's own laws built without authorities. the army was going to demolish it, but it was a compromise that they left the settlement for now, but the homes won't be knocked down, and the government is going to carry out a study to lead to retroactive building improvements. but the settlers say they will be back. >> we are here to stay, and the people of israel are not afraid from obstacles. >> reporter: and the israeli settlers may go today, but they are raising this massive israeli flag and star of david and a

clear sign to the palestinians and the israel government that they plan to return. in occupied eastern jerusalem, no last-minuteed for demolition israeli forces and the reason is like those other settlers, these were built without permission, but this woman says they have tried again and again to get permits, and her home is under threat. >> reporter: so this could be demolished at any time? >> yes, any time. >> reporter: they say they have no confidence in the israel justice system. >> we know that the law is going to be against the palestinians, and to go with the settlers even if it is the same situation. >> reporter: for each community each day it brings fear and uncertainty, and for others, the

confidence to put down the roots of ire. and ayman, we asked the israel government about the apparent difference of treatment, and they declined to comment. the state department is condemn ing the destruction of that settlement, and it is not clear if the biden administration plans any further action beyond those diplomatic words. ayman. >> and quickly, the palestinians there not having a lot of confidence to have any due process within the israeli courts to rule in their favor. do they express to you or what allies they have to get any recourse? >> they say that the best protection they have is raising awareness in the international community about what they see as a creeping but systemic effort to drive palestinians out of their homes in occupied east

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21-year-old american track star sha'carri richardson continues to receive an outpouring of support following her suspension to potentially keep her from competing at the tokyo games. this comes after she tested positive for thc the chemical found in marijuana. since the suspension, thousands of people have signed a petition saying that the rule is arbitrarily enforced. alexandria ocasio cortez and jamie raskin asked the anti-doping agency to reconsider the one-month ban on richardson. on the nbc "today" show, she said that she took full responsibility for her actions

and it was a result of coping with the death of her mother. she called it unfortunately and pledged to work with sha'carri to make sure that she has ample resources to overcome any mental health challenges. joining me is nbc news how things have been shaking out over the past couple of days. it seems like her olympic dreams are on hold over the weekend. she tweeted reaction to the controversy. i can't be olympic champ this year but i'll be your world champ next year. her agent also told three wire sports that they really vice president been preparing for the

relays. she is under this one month suspension. she can't move forward with the 100 meter dash. she could compete on the four by 100 meter team relay. we're supposed to be getting word as to who is on that official roster. but based on that tweet over the weekend and based on what her agent is saying, it doesn't appear that she will be at the games this time around but keep in mind, she's 21 years old. she told savannah on friday on the "today" show she still has a lot of games ahead of her. she also has a lot of talent to back her up. so she's definitely looking ahead. she certainly has a bright future ahead because she is a dominant athlete. we just saw her last month just crushing it on the track. she is grieving right now and she is processing everything that has happened over the past couple of days.

she lost her biological mother. she said she's going to take time to focus on herself. but as far as what's next for her competitively, her agent seems to suggest that she will be back competing next month at the pre-fontane classic in eugene, oregon which is a premier track and field vent here in the u.s. >> i'm sure the world will be watching. kathy park thank you very much. one of the most exciting athletes in the world. and sha'carri richardson is not the only one facing controversy. swim caps design for natural black hair. the organization claimed the special cap does not fit the natural form of the head. the british company soul cap responded in a statement that reads in part, "how do we achieve participation and representation in the world of competition swum irz if the governing botti stopped suitable swimwear being available to those who are underrepresented"?

>> joining me with more on this is the chair and co-founder of the black swimming association. thank you so much for your time. first, i want to get your reaction to the international swimming federation's decision and their claim that athletes have never used nor needed these special caps. >> the issue that we have with the statement is much bigger than just soul cap as a brand. it is a message going forth not only to africans, caribbeans, ethnically diverse communities, it is going forward to governing bodies to say that the sport is not inclusive for all. and what we would like to do, what we would like to see here is, you know, to review their position. at the end of the day, this goes in direct breach of the constitution and objective of promoting the sport worldwide

regardless of race, gender or ethnicity. so, i mean, really we were disappointed when we picked up on the initial statement on valuing the product that has been designed to work for inclusion in the sport. >> the governing body there, i'm curious to get your thoughts on what message you think this ban sends to young black athletes who aspire to be swimmers and who are, as you mentioned, already underrepresented in this sport. >> a lot of your elites up and coming swimmers do not see themselves represented in the sport. and we have been doing a lot of work as black swimming association to ensure that we take this to the community and take the work really to the sector to ensure we work towards more ethnic diversity in aquatics. you're not going see yourself in the sport any time soon. what we're hoping that having to review that decision would mean that we have young athletes taking up the sport at its

highest level. but also, when we think about how this reflects the figures of the uk, so right now in the uk, 80% of black children in england do not swim. and that is 79% of asian children as well do not swim. so decisions like that put forward by them would make this gap even wider. and it would -- it's already a wide gap. it will widen this even more. we don't want that. we don't want to have the young people feel like they are intentionally precluded from a sport and actually the only sport that is also a life skill that goes as far as reducing drowning rates and working towards ensuring that they stay alive. >> yeah. >> besides just competing in the sport. >> staggering numbers and very important point that you made. there it makes you wonder generally what are some of the other barrier that's you see that prevent more representation of people of color in the world of competitive swimming? why don't we see that balance

more? >> well, we don't see that balance more and i think that that is the case with the statement. so the statements that they didn't see the current elite using caps of the configuration, that soul cap put forward for approval. now this is because they're not aware that hair is a significant barrier that precludes people of color from engaging in aquatics. there isn't any industry research or insight or evidence that has really looked to tackle the understanding the aquatic behaviors of people of color, of ethnically diverse communities, africans, caribbeans and asians. and if we lead with research, if we lead with insight and engage the community and understanding what the barriers are around the bone density to the issue with air to the issue of modesty and having the right equipment to engage in aquatics, we'll

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