wolf blitzer takes it from here. >> guys, thank you very much.s in years just about two hours or so away if that. just ahead some of the areas where president biden and president putin might agree. we have new information that's coming up next right here on cnn. this is the sound of change. the sound of a thousand sighs of relief. and the sound of a company watching out for you. this is the sound of low cash mode from pnc bank, giving you multiple options and at least 24 hours to help you avoid an overdraft fee. because we believe how you handle overdrafts should be in your control, not just your bank's. low cash mode on virtual wallet from pnc bank. one way we're making a difference. >>> good morning. this is "early start." i'm christine romans. >> i'm laura jarrett. it's about 31 minutes past the hour here in new york and we are just moments away from the planned arrival of russian president vladimir putin. we know he has now left russia for geneva, set to arrive there around 60 eastern time we're told ahead of this highly anticipated summit wi

i'm wolf blitzer reporting.ouring the rubble. they're hoping desperately to find survivors. right now at least 159 people remain unaccounted for, among them an 80-year-old mother and grandmother originally from cuba who lived in an apartment on the ninth floor. maggie ramsey, everybody calls you maggie, that's your mom we're talking about. >> yes. >> you heard about the collapse when you were at a conference in orlando. you live in jupiter. tell us about your mom. >> my mom is a very independent woman, 80 years old, came from cuba, made her way, worked hard to make her way and was trying to live her best life at this moment, by the beach, by the water, which she loved. and we were planning a trip after covid, she became 80 during covid, we're like, hey, mom, let's go to napa and the grandkids in august. she couldn't wait for that to happen. >> she's lived in this building for ten years? >> over ten years, yeah. >> has there been ever any indication of structural problems, did your mom ever complain about the bui

wolf blitzer is there. >> it certainly is frantic right now. the death toll sadly continues to rise right now. 16 confirmed dead here. it's just gone up by four. 147 people still unaccounted for. this is day seven. the search and rescue operation continues. what's the #1 retinol brand used most by dermatologists? it's neutrogena® rapid wrinkle repair® smooths the look of fine lines in 1-week, deep wrinkles in 4. so you can kiss wrinkles goodbye! neutrogena® keeping your oyster business growing has you swamped. you need to hire. i need indeed. indeed you do. when you sponsor a job, you immediately get your shortlist of quality candidates, whose resumes on indeed match your job criteria. visit indeed.com/hire and get started today. (foreign language) (child crying) - [narrator] when fatima arrived at a local hospital, sick and malnourished, she was too weak to even stand. but with urgent medical treatment and nutritious food this is fatima just days later. that's how fast a child can recover from severe malnutrition and sickness if they receive t

i'm wolf blitzer. we're live here in surfside, florida at the site of the deady condo collapse and we begin this hour with breaking news. we'll guest an update on the search and rescue effort now in the sixth day. 11 people confirmed dead, 150 other people are still unaccounted for. and it is becoming increasingly clear that a number of warning signs were missed or were totally ignored. cnn has obtained a letter from the president of the condo board written back in april, not that long ago, that warned the building's conditions had deteriorated significantly in the three years since an engineer's report highlighted major structural damage. also new today, the "miami-herald" reports that a cond tractor who serviced the pool 36 hours before the collapse saw standing wautter a cracks under the pool deck and the white house confirmed that president biden and the first lady dr. jill biden will travel here to surfside on thursday. we'll have extensive live coverage of that. let's begin our coverage this hour

i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >>> we begin with a growing alarm over a spate of cyber attacks suspected to be originating from russia, threatening to technologically cripple u.s. companies unless they pay up. our senior national security correspondent alex marquardt is here with the latest. the fbi director kpcompares thi terror threat to 9/11. >> the comparison director wray is trying to make is how important it is to root out these attackers to disrupt these attacks. he's driving home how destructive they can be. wray is adding his voice to a growing chorus of administration officials highlighting the fact this is an urgent national security threat. but there are significant questions that remain over whether the administration is doing enough. >> the cyber threats against the united states have grown so much it's like dealing with terrorism after 9/11. that urgent message from the head of the fbi, chris wray, today adding his voice to the alarm being sounded by the biden administ

i'm wolf blitzer.ncluding tomorrow night "the situation room", pamela, i know this is difficult for you and us. but it's been so difficult for those families who have lost people they love, their moms and dads, sons and daughters, brothers and sisters, grandparents. our hearts go out to all those people. >> unimaginable. thanks, wolf. i'm pamela brown. i'll see you again next weeken

wolf blitzer ill in surfside is growing. overnight four more bodies were found along with human remains, bringing the death toll to nine, with more than 150 people still unaccounted for. the rescue and recovery process is tedious and slow-going. crews have been brought in from as far away as israel and mexico to assist. a trench has been dug through the rubble for better access. the mayor of surfside today calling what happened here a, quote, third world phenomenon. wolf blitzer i

i'm wolf blitzer "the situation room."burnetfront" starts right now. >>> "outfront" next president obama warns the country is in danger pushing a major election reform bill that's all but doomed in the senate as republicans in georgia oust election officials that don't see eye to eye with them. two of those officials are " "out "outfront". pressure mounting on allen weisselberg as he could be indicted as soon as next month. >>> a covid outbreak shuts down a florida government building leaving three dead and two hospitalized. the only person that worked with the six employees that didn't get it was vaccinated. let's go

i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >>> we're coming to you live from geneva switzerland where we're covering the biden-putin meeting. phil, the president is clearly looking ahead to a summit with putin that will take place here in geneva. >> reporter: wolf, it's been the ever present element throughout the course of president biden's foreign trip. he have seeking to bolster the u.s. approach and the u.s. involvement in g7 in the nato summit here in brussels. through each meeting he had with any of the allied world leaders, he made clear the meeting was integral to what's coming next. the meetings all serve as a through line to that meeting. the president wanting to show a united front. taking not just himself into the meeting but all the alied western democracied. he's played coy about what he will say when he sits down with the russian president and what he expects from that meeting. tonight, he made clear these are his allies. take a listen. >> i'm going to make clear to president puti

i'm joined by wolf blitzer in surfside, florida at the scene of the deadly building collapse. we'll go to wolf in a moment. first the laters on what we know. the death toll today climbing to nine as crews continue desperate searches for survivors. officials say they have recovered four additional bodies overnight and more human remains. five of the victims have now been identified. but dozens more are still missing. four days after the collapse. >> our rescue teams are nonstop doing all we can, searching every area, every bit of hope to see if we can find a live victim. >> this has become an international rescue effort. teams from israel and mexico arriving to assist. and those teams are working around the clock. crews digging a massive trench to aid in the search, and there are growing questions about why this building suddenly collapsed. the governor saying debris is being moved into a warehouse for forensic analysis. and this as we learn that the building condominium association was warned in 2018 that repairs on the bidding could cost over 9 million. some roofing repairs h

i'm wolf blitzer. you're in plaintin "the situati room." >>> let's go right to our chief white house correspondent kaitlan collins on the ground in the united kingdom for us. kaitlan a big, historic moment coming up for the president of the united states. >> reporter: it is, wolf. right now he is putting all the emphasis on allies. in his first stop a short time ago he was framing his mission this week as critical, saying this is all about this battle between democracies and autocracies and vowing to stand up to adversaries like china and russia. of course, wolf, this all comes as he's facing big questions from some of those allies that he is meeting with this week about big new challenges related to the pandemic and what the u.s.'s role will look like when it comes to sharing vaccines. >> the united states is back and democracies of the world -- >> reporter: on his first trip abroad, president biden is hoping to restore america's standing while reassuring allies that his predecessor spent four years t

i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >> we begin with the very disturbing video just released by the u.s. justice department, underscoring the violence and hatred that fueled the capitol siege. we've got the latest developments. paula, we have to warn our viewers the video contains profanity and is difficult to watch, but it's important for people to see it as some republicans are trying to downplay what really happened that day. >> that's exactly right, wolf this. disturbing new video of the capitol riot was only revealed after news outlets including cnn sued to make it public and it comes as some republicans continue to try to deflect responsibility for the attack away from the former president and his supporters by amplifying baseless conspiracy theories. tonight newly released footage showing a up-close look at what officers protecting the capitol went through during the january 6th attack. >> you don't know what you're doing. >> reporter: these knew videos revealed after cnn and other

it's big if wolf blitzer is there. if he's not only there but sneaking into our reads before we're ready to talk to him. joining us now is the anchor of "the situation room," wolf blitzer, live in geneva for this meeting. wolf, what are you expecting? you've been at all of these summits. you were in helsinki last time when president trump met with vladimir putin. what are you expecting tomorrow? >> well, it's going to be long. they're going to have hours and hours of conversations. the russian officials are already saying maybe four or five hours of talks behind closed doors, obviously. we won't know what's going on. there will be supposedly separate news conferences immediately after this historic summit between biden and putin. i don't know if they'll happen at the same time. the russians say the putin news conference will happen immediately after the conclusion of the talks. i don't know about president biden when he will have his news conference. is it possible they'll meet jointly? i suspect they'll have separate

wolf blitzer, thank you so much. we'll get back to you very shortly coming up. >>> in the meantime, i went down to capitol hill in search of answers to see if republicans like marjorie taylor greene and mo brooks can back up their conspiracy theories about january 6. guess what, they can't. >> you guys will lie through your teeth any chance you get. >> i'll give you the chance to come on, if you don't mind. it's a simple fact: nothing kills more germs on more surfaces than lysol spray. it's a simple fact: it even kills the covid-19 virus. science supports these simple facts. there's only one true lysol. lysol. what it takes to protect. when you have metastatic breast cancer, what does it mean to be a thriver? it means we grab a hold of what matters most. we sweat the details. ask for what we want. get what we need. and we need more time. so, we want kisqali. living longer is possible and proven with kisqali when taken with a nonsteroidal aromatase inhibitor in premenopausal women with hr+, her2- metastatic breast can

wolf blitzer is down at the scene, he's been taking it all in over the last couple of days. wolf, what are you seeing? >> yeah, it's a really depressing scene as we go through meeting with families and loved ones. it's hard to go through this, as you know, jim, you know this area very, very well, as do i. we just learned, jim, a little while ago that family members of the victims were bused into a site for a private visit. many of them still searching for answers, not knowing if their loved ones are among those lost in the rubble. crews there aren't just searching for victims. they're also searching for evidence. florida's governor says pieces of debris are being taken to a nearby warehouse so they can be forensically analyzed. let's get right to cnn's brian todd, he's very near the search and rescue site where crews are continuing their heroic efforts right now. brian, family members, people at home, they are praying, they are hoping for any signs of life, for any reason to be hopeful, for that matter. what's the latest you can share with our viewers? >> reporter: wolf, the

. >> our coverage continues now with wolf blitzer in "the situation room." >>> happening now, breaking news, democratic senator joe manchin speaking out only moments ago to cnn, his vote holds the key to president biden's agenda and we're about to hear what he has to say about the president's major new concessions in an effort to strike a deal with senate republicans. >>> also, federal investigators are now looking at whether congressman matt gaetz tried to obstruct justice in the ongoing sex crimes investigation targeting the florida republican. >>> and israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu gearing up to fight for his political survival, calling on the parliament to vote down a new coalition government that would replace him. >>> we want to welcome our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i'm wolf blitzer and you're in "the situation room." ♪ >>> president biden and senate republicans are moving closer and closer to a deal on the price tag for his infrastructure plan, but tonight they are still billions of dollars apart even after the president cut his request,

i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >> we're nearing the end of an historic day here in geneva, scene of the first summit meeting between preponderance of the evidence and russia president putin. both leaders describing their hours of talks in mostly positive terms. our senior white house correspondent phil mattingly is joining us right now. phil, president and president putin, they covered a lot of ground today. >> reporter: yeah, no question about it, wolf, and if you just think through what president biden has done over the course of the last several days, three high-stakes summits with u.s. allies, dozens of meetings and conversations with european and north american leaders, all pushing to this one moment, sitting down with president vladimir putin in the hopes of not necessarily reaching a breakthrough but at least ikemently moving the relationship above where it currently sits. >> i did what i came to do. >> reporter: tonight president biden emerging from the highest stakes moment

i'm wolf blitzer in "the situation room." we're live in surfside, florida. we're standing by for a news conference on the search for 151 people missing in the collapse of that condo building. ten bodies have now been recovered from the rubble. tonight, questions about how this could have happened are increasing and we have just lerped that owners were facing $15 million in assessments for building repairs. we're watchi ing all of this unfold. let's go straight to cnn bryan todd. you're in the sunny isles beach not far away from here. you had an opportunity for the exclusive look at the urgent building inspections that have been prompted by this disaster. >> reporter: right. we're just north of surfside. this comes as we're getting new information on the rescue effort in surfside. tonight rescuers here say they are shifting from by hand, bucket brigade style from using huge machinery. the process is called delayering but it's not all large pieces. >> we're digging through rubbles of concrete, the size of basketballs, baseballs. >> reporter: family members wer

i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." we begin with drn correspondent jessica schneider. we're learning more and more right now about former attorney general barr's role in the trump administration's targeting of democratic lawmakers. >> reporter: we are. my colleagues are hearing from people familiar with barr's role in these investigations and they're stressing that this probe targeting democratic lawmakers, it was more than a year old when barr became attorney general. they say that barr came in urging prosecutors to complete investigations quickly, but that barr does not recall the specifics of this probe involving democrats adam schiff and eric swalwell. tonight, though, lawmakers want answers directly from barr as several investigations are being launched. tonight, democrats are demanding former attorneys general jeff sessions and bill barr testify under oath after revelations of secret subpoenas served on apple to obtain meta data. the justice department's inspector general issuing its own review of records of two

our coverage continues now with wolf blitzer and the situation room. thanks for watching. >>> happening, now. breaking news. a frantic search. through the rubble. after the deadly and unexplained collapse of a high-rise condo. i will ask the mayor of surf side, florida, about the hunt for nearly-100 people unaccounted for. >>> president biden declares, we have a deal on infrastructure. praising a rare moment of bipartisanship. but, its fate is very uncertain, tonight, as the president acknowledges his party is divided. >>> and another stain on rudy giuliani's legacy. the former-mayor, turned trump lawyer, has his new york law license suspended for pushing election lies. >>> we want to welcome our viewers in the united states and around the world. i'm wolf blitzer. you're in the situation room. >>> this is cnn breaking news. >>> all right. you are looking at live pictures coming in from surf side, florida, right now. awful situation that has unfolded. our correspondent, randi kaye, is son thon the scene for us. randi, local officials just a few moments

i'm wolf blitzer in"the situati ro room".rting live from surf side, florida beginning tomorrow as we continue the special coverage of the building collapse disaster. until then, thanks very much for watching. erin burnett "outfront" starts now. >>> "outfront" next, desperate for answers, growing questions about the fate of 159 people unaccounted for in the collapsed florida condo building and just what caused that high rise to literally crater in seconds. we'll speak to family members of two people still missing. >>> plus, former office derek chauvin sentenced to 22.5 years in prison for the murder of george floyd. chauvin denied floyd the dignity owed to all human beings and a lawyer and prosecution team is "out front" and the trump organization could face criminal charges as soon as next week.

i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >>> we begin with a very disturbing new video of the u.s. capitol siege. this video contains pro fafanit it's very graphic. >> this newly-released video is showing close-up, on the ground and violent views of the pro-trump rioters. the video is being released at the same time some republicans are trying to downplay january 6th. tonight, new video from on the ground outside the capitol. and never before seen footage from police body cam, this one showing new jersey gym owner scott farlamb stalking, punching and taunting law enforcement outside the capitol. he's seen dressed in a camouflage jacket leaning into the face of a police officer and taunting him with expletives. he then shoved the police officer. just as the officer regains his footing, fairlamb punches him in the face, hitting his helmet. others in the crowd try to calm fairlamb down. another video shows him holding a phone, screaming about what he's going to do next. >> we fucking disarm them!

i am wolf blitzer in "the situation room," you can follow me on twitter and instagram @wolf blitzer, you can tweet the show @cnnsitroom. have a nice weekend, erin burnett "outfront" starts now. >>> the manhattan district attorney subpoenaing trump's long time adviser. it could decide indicting president trump. that's according to "the new york times." >>> president biden rejecting new pressure. >>> breaking news, new urgency inside the white house to address the spike in cyber attacks. the fbi director comparing the threats to 9/11. good evening, i am erin burnett. prose prosecutors tightening the screws on trump. the former president's senior finance executives to testify before a grand jury. as the trump's organization controller for 38 years, he knows the ins and outs. jeff jeffery mcconney wrote "it is my money." the da has been investigating trump and his company and the company's exec tutives on multie fronts including perks and taxes. reporter with the new york times who was on the team breaking the story and william, let me start with you with all the news you are breaking to

the rabbi explained to cnn wolf blitzer how he's helping his congregates keep the faith. >> you haverstand that per personally i believe in god. i feel god's presence and i've seen miracles occur. i've seen people that are given, you know, six weeks to live and are still with us and dancing with their children at their weddings. i tell the story many times, here in south florida, i remember hurricane andrew a woman and her child were found in a bathtub 100 yards away from their house days later. happens. so i tell these people persevere and believe in god. >> families of the missing were able to visit the site of the collapse. the miami-dade county mayor spoke earlier with our wolf blit blitzer about what they're going through. >> i think we know in grieving there's a process and there are steps and, obviously, people are angry and frustrated and as they see what is being done, they see the work that is around the clock, they believe people are truly caring for what happens to their loved ones, it helps them to have some peace and some closure, even as they're still grieving for the

i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >> we are coming the breaking news from all angles. let's begin with hadas gold from israel. the opposition parties reach add agreement to form a new government with a new prime minister paving the way for benjamin netanyahu's exit after a dozen years in office so explain to our viewers what happens now. >> reporter: wolf, this is history in the making and could be the beginning of the end for israel's longest serving prime minister netanyahu with 34 minutes before the med night la pid said that he managed to fortunately a coalition. i'll break down for you under the terms of the deal it is the right wing leader bennett the kingmaker to be the prime minister for two years followed by lapid as part of a rotating deal and then an arab israeli party will be part of the coalition. first time an israeli arab party signed on as part of a coalition and called a unity government is comprised of a wide swath of political parties. they don't agree on much other t

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i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." ♪ >>> let's go straight to our chief white house correspondent kaitlan collins. there are new signs of progress tonight, i understand, for some of president biden's top domestic priorities. >> reporter: there are signs of progress, wolf, but whether or not they can keep up that momentum remains to be seen. we know that president biden got back from his trip to europe in washington with a full to do list. while he was overseas, there were a lot of negotiations happening behind the scenes here between the white house and capitol hill. there is a new bipartisan idea that seems to be gaining momentum as senate democrats are privately talking about going it on their own with infrastructure with a massive package. president biden turning the focus to his domestic agenda as a new bipartisan infrastructure pitch is gaining steam. >> our focus is on a bipartisan proposal that focuses on true infrastructure and doesn't raise taxes. >> reporter: spearheaded by sen

i'm jim acosta alongside my friend wolf blitzer who's at the scene of the deadly building collapse. in the meantime the breaking news we're following at this hour, fires are burning inside the wreckage of that collapsed condo building in florida. officials say crews are battling those fires on top of a desperate search-and-rescue effort. four people are confirmed dead, and the search for those 159 people still uned for at this hour grows more desperate by the minute. investigators are struggling to learn what caused this seemingly stable building to crumb tobl the ground in an instant, and today we learned engineers raised concerns about the structure back in 2014. now there are growing concerns about its sister building a block away. residents are being told to evacuate out of an abundance of caution. officials say there's still hope of finding survivor, but cnn's wolf blitzer can tell us on the ground in surfside. wolf, it's getting more desperate by the hour. and this big revelation today, which is not going to come as any comfort to anybody on the ground there that an engineer w

i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >>> president biden turning back to his challenge domestic agenda facing republican opposition and divided democratic party. our chief white house correspondent is joining us right now. tonight there are signs of progress on the president's top prio priorities, what are you learning? >> president biden returned to washington with a full to-do list. there is momentum gaining behind a proposal, a bipartisan one, on capitol hill but that also comes as senate democrats are weighing going it alone with their own massive package. >> a new bipartisan infrastructure pitch is gaining steam. >> we focus on a proposal that focuses on true infrastructure and doesn't raise taxes. >> the new proposal calls for $1.2 trillion in total spending on roads, bridges and other physical infrastructure with roughly 579 billion in new spending. one sign of progress, 21 senators including 11 republicans are now onboard. aides briefed president biden on the proposal today after h

i'm wolf blitzer. you are in "the situation room." ♪ >>> this is cnn breaking news. >> the big summit in geneva did not last as long as some ex expected. both the u.s. and russian president are portraying their talks as a success. let's go to our senior white house correspondent phil mattingly. this was a very important test for president biden against a man he called a worthy adversary. >> reporter: no question about it, wolf. the president emerged from the three hours of sitdowns with president putin and his top advisers confident in the role america is playing in the globe now and the role he believes the u.s. can play in at least some areas with russia. however, it's also very clear for a relationship that has hit a low point, there's significant issues that remain. >> i did what i came to do. >> reporter: tonight, president biden emerging from the highest stakes moment of his young presidency satisfied. >> it was important to meet him personally so there could be no mistake about or misrepresentat

i'm wolf blitzer in "the situation room". >>> let's get straight to the white house right now. we're following the breaking news. our chief white house correspondent kaitlan collins is working the story for us. the president was very forceful in his condemnation of republican efforts underway right now to restrict voting here in the united states. >> reporter: he was forceful, wolf. he is saying they are vowing to ramp up efforts to protect voting rights and push back on those efforts to suppress them. the president announcing he is putting the vice president in charge of the administration's efforts on this. wolf, all of this came on a day when you finally saw a sitting u.s. president acknowledge what happened in tulsa in 1921. >> truly unprecedented assault on our democracy. >> reporter: one day after warning democracy is in peril, tonight president biden is blasting efforts to restrict voting. >> with intensity and aggressiveness we've not seen in a long, long time. >> reporter: biden addressing the dramatic fight in texas over one of the most restrictive voting bills in the

i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." ♪ >>> ukraine and cyber attacks are two critical issues on the table for the biden/putin summit next week in geneva. our chief white house correspondent katelyn collins is with us. the white house has been working today to defend the summit. >> reporter: they have. highlighting that president putin is going to be meeting with other leaders first before sitting down with putin. the white house is also working to reassure ukraine today given that he is going to be meeting with russia's leader er before theirs. president joe biden preparing for his first summit with vladimir putin. >> there's no substitute for face to face meeting. >> reporter: biden's top aides say it is because of their differences not in spite of them. >> being able to look putin in the eye and say this is what america stands for, this we believe is an essential aspect of u.s./russia diplomacy. >> reporter: biden is planning to confront putin on several fronts, including chilling ransom

i think we have the clip of what he said to wolf blitzer. >> elections that have been held with mail have found substantial fraud and coercion. >> as far as widespread fraud, we haven't seen that since -- >> well, we haven't had the kind of widespread use of mail-in ballots that's being proposed. >> you're worried a foreign country could send thousands of fake ballots to people and it might be impossible to detect. what are you basing that on? >> i'm basing that, as i've said repeatedly, i'm basing that on logic. logic. >> so your point is he was stoking the big lie all along. >> he was. later in that interview, he tried to say doj had indicted a case involving 1,700 false ballots. the next day, doj had to issue a correction saying it was actually one ballot and somebody lower at doj was mistaken there. >> let's bring in gloria. gloria, why is bill barr now speaking out to jonathan carl about this? i mean, he's trying to, i guess, show that he knew it was b.s. and rehabilitate his image now? >> i think that's -- that's probably it. it's kind of a rehab tour, a little bit of conversio

i'm wolf blitzer. you are in "the situation room." >>> chief white house correspondent katelyn collins is standing by. the president warned americans that crime is on the worse and may get worse this summer. >> reporter: he noted that typically there's a spike in crime in the summer but now that the summer is happening as the states emerge from the lockdowns it could be even worse this summer than previous ones and dedicated a day's events talking about how to adrsz this rise in violence but tightening gun regulations, boosting police departments in an effort to curb the violence. >> enough. >> reporter: with vie leapt crime surging, president biden is putting himself at the center of the deb on how to solve it. >> this shouldn't be a red or blue issue. this is an american issue. we are being reasonable. >> reporter: focusing on cushing gun violence after sitting down with the attorney general and mayors of major cities. >> we have an opportunity to come together now as democrats and republicans. as fe

surfside's mayor spoke earlier to cnn's wolf blitzer. >> we're very early in this process. we're just, we need to focus on supporting the families and providing 100% attention to the rescue effort. >> one whatever are the rescuers, the search and rescue team members, they're risking their lives. >> i see them every morning, every afternoon. >> what are they saying about the chances that more will be found alive? >> i think we all believe and expect miracles. we all believe and expect miracles. just like the israeli representative said a few minutes ago. we do expect that miracle to happen. and many of them. >> and it will continue. >> there's nothing else. >> is there anything else you need? >> good point. we've got every resource we could ever want. we've got the white house, the state government, the governors, our two senators, we've got our mayor, we've got debbie wasserman schultz. we just need some luck and we have it. we were having the rains. we were having the fire. those have both subsided and now it is 100% focused on getting the people out. >> you were speaking

our coverage continues now with b wolf blitzer.f blitzer in "the situation room." we're live in surfside, florida. we're standing by for a news conference on the urgent, desperate zesearch for 147 peop still missing since the condo collapse disaster right here. 16 people are now confirmed dead. those numbers could change when officials update us shortly. the effort continues for us tonight. we'll get the very latest when the mayor of surf side joins us in just a few minutes. he's standing by live. the other breaking

erica hill and wolf blitzer pick up their coverage right now. >>> i'm wolf blitzer in surfside, florida. we're watching the late breaking developments in surfside. today the death toll and demand for answers growing as the search for survivors enters day five. families praying for miracles in the rubble. here's what we know right now. ten people are now known to be dead. but 151 people are still missing. what we do not know, what exactly caused this building all of a sudden to come crashing down. but reports of structural damage leading up to this tragedy are raising some very, very serious concerns. let's begin with rosa flores who is here with me in surfside. update our viewers on the latest. >> a press conference just wrapped up, wolf. i can tell you one of the things that really stood out to me are the conversations that are first responders are having with the families. bauds, again, they're the focus, the ones that want to know exactly what's going on right now, because it's their family members under the rubble. and these families, able to go to the site of the collapse. and acco

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"cnn newsroom" continues with jim acosta and wolf blitzer, next.sroom." i'm jim acosta in washington joined by wolf blitzer in surfside, florida, at the scene of that deadly building collapse. we'll go to wolf in a moment but first, breaking news, official say fire smoldering deep in the rubble of a collapsed building in florida is making the search for survivors incredibly difficult. it's now been 60 hours since the condo in surfside came crashing down. four dead, 159 people unaccounted for. and the big question, why.

coverage continues with wolf blitzer live from surfside, florida.today in surfside, florida. we're following breaking news. we're standing by for a news conference on the urgent search for 150 people missing in the collapse of the chamlain tower. that number hasn't changed in 24 hours, nor has the number of confirmed dead which stands at 11. new numbers coul

i'm wolf blitzer in "the situation room." we're live in surfside, florida.een recovered from the rubble.

. >> and i'm wolf blitzer here, in surfside, florida. scene of the stunning collapse that turned this 12-story condo into a smoking pile of rubble, in a matter of only seconds. within the past hour, the miami-dade county mayor, daniella levine cava gave an update on the victims of this tragedy. listen to this. >> our teams have been working, around the clock, as always, to search for survivors. they have not stopped. and today, our search-and-rescue teams found another body in the rubble. and, as well, our search has revealed some human remains. the process of identifying these victims is very difficult. we are going to be relying on dna testing, and that is why we've, already, been gathering dna samples from the family members. so, they have all participated, and provided dna to assist us in the identification. this allows us to do rapid-dna test testing, onsite, for bodies that we find. and, you know, we identified three bodies in the rubble. and had, already, notified the next of kin. so that is an update, as well, because the three-p

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our coverage continues with wolf blitzer next door in "the situation room."us. >>> investigation of the trump justice department's secret seizure of data on house democrats. one lawmaker is calling it a shocking abuse of power. also tonight, president biden and other world leaders are all smiles as the g7 summit gets a reset with the pandemic easing. we want to welcome our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." we begin with drn corresponden

erica hill and wolf blitzer pick up their coverage right now. >>> i'm wolf blitzer in surfside, floridang developments in surfside. today the death toll and demand for answers growing as the search for survivors enters day five. families praying for miracles in the rubble. here's what we know right now. ten people are now

i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." ♪ >>> here in geneva, switzerland, we are two days out from the critical biden/putin summit. we're covering that and the president's talks with nato leaders in brussels. phil mattingly is on the scene for us in brussels. the president says the nato meeting was productive, but his upcoming summit with putin is clearly very much on his mind. >> reporter: over the course of the last several days, meeting after meeting with u.s. allies, one thing has been clear. while there's a significant agenda the president wanted to address both at the g7 and here in brussels at the nato summit, the meeting with president putin is an ever important piece of every conversation that he has. >> i have found that he is, as they say, a worthy adversary. >> reporter: president biden deep into preparation for his high-stakes sitdown with russian president vladimir putin. >> i'm going to make clear to president putin that there are areas where we can cooperate if he chooses. an

he even came on our air and tried to tell wolf blitzer that doj had 1,700 false ballots.s bill barr pumped up the big lie as much as anybody in the crucial lie leading up to the election. >> according to this article where did he this interview, he claimed he knew from the beginning trump's claims were b.s. and yet he waited weeks and weeks after the election to make that statement to the a.p. and even after mitch mcconnell, which we'll get to in a second, was pleading with him to come out and say that basically, there was no validity to what trump was claiming. you mentioned some of these exams from bill barr. i'll go through the time line. we do have a graphic to show. here we go. you have june 2020. npr interview, barr raised concerns over the expanded mail-in voting but he didn't share any evidence. fast forward to september 2020, barr told my colleague wolf blitzer, that mail-in voting is, quote, playing with fire. fast forward to after the election, november 9th. barr authorized federal prosecutors to pursue substantial allegations of voting irregularities, which by

wolf blitzer right next door in "the situation room."the united states, and around the world. i'm wolf blitzer in "the situation room." we are covering two major, breaking stories. in surfside, florida, right now, crews are heading into another night of a massive search-and-rescue operation. they are sifting through the rubble of a collapsed 12-story condo, as families desperately hope survivors are found.