nbc's allison barber on the ground there in surfside, as well and we heard the mayor, allison, towardther big story that's developing off the coast of florida. there is a hurricane that could complicate the efforts there now, as well. >>. >> yeah. there has been, you heard her talk about can they just get rid of this remaining structure prior to concerns about this hurricane a driving, but just concerns about it potentially falling and injuring workers who are there trying to save lives and/or just further delaying their efforts which we saw happen yesterday when there was a roughly 16-hour delay due to structural concerns. it's an idea that they are considering and they're looking for plans and a possibility of doing that, but they have been told that that is not something that could happen quickly, that it would take weeks. heading into the hurricane, that's not necessarily a solution here, but the biggest concern when it relates to this weather coming in is what it means for rescue efforts. there are still hundreds of people unaccounted for. there are still families waiting for ans

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joining me now, allison barber in jackson, mississippi. senior white house reporter for nbc news digital. let me start with you. a lot of the concern that we're hearing from the white house, from health officials, is the misinformation that is out there about the impact of getting the vaccine. we just heard from the president in what sounds to me just looking at the short comments he made the strongest he's made about the impact of platforms like facebook. what did he say? >> i agree. the white house really ratcheting up the pressure in the past few days, specifically on facebook. here's what the president had to say a few moments ago. >> on covid-19, can you comment? what is your message to platforms like facebook? >> they're killing people. look, the only pandemic we have is among the unvaccinated. and that's -- and they're killing people. >> the white house is indicating they think this is something that facebook can do more of. they cited research from may that found just 12 people account for the majority of misinformation out there t

nbc's allison barber is outside a hospital in jackson, mississippi, where they are starting to see a rise in children hospitalized with covid. las vegas an indoor mask mandate is back in america's second largest city and i want to bring in dylan byers and dr. patel. let's start in mississippi, one of the least vaccinated states in our country and now children make up 7% of icu covid patients statewide there. what are you hearing from folks on the ground about the crisis? >> reporter: yeah, the numbers are rising here. they're rising quickly. that's what's giving a lot of doctors concern is the rate at which they're seeing these numbers really start to pick up. we are outside of a children's hospital. it's part of a larger medical system. one of the largest in this state. they say they have seen hospitalizations pick up across all ages in recent weeks and that with very rare exceptions, all of the patients that they're seeing hospitalized have not been vaccinated. they just gave us some new numbers from this hospital specifically. they tell us that they have six children hospitalized

. >> guad venegas, thanks to you and allison barber in mississippi.about the medical experts and what they're trying to do to stop the spikes there and the concern they have over children and of course, the delta variant. >> reporter: right. children are a focus in part not necessarily because of the new delta variant causes more severe symptom, but because it seems to be spreading so very fast that particularly those children under the age of 12 who cannot get vaccinated, they are living in a state where a lot of the adults and the older teens who are eligible to get vaccinated have chosen not to, and that means that they aren't totally protected within oftentimes their own homes and their own communities and because when people are unvaccinated there is a bubble that protects people that are unvaccinated. the american academy of pediatrics say there's new information out today and they're seeing the trends of a substantial reduction in covid vaccine uptick around children. i want to run through numbers. at the end of may, the number of first dose va

health care officials now say they're treating much younger people in west columbia, here's allison barber >> while we were on that icu floor, a ninth covid patient arrived needing intensive care of the nine that were in the icu when we were there, all but one of them were unvaccinated. in the first room, there was a 26-year-old directly across from him, there was someone in their 40s. in the room next door to that person, there was a patient in their 30s. all of them on ventilators we met one man who spent nearly two month in this hospital he was in the icu on a ventilator at one point, did not think he would survive. he was eligible to get vaccinated months before he got sick, but he didn't do it. he thought the vaccines were too new. it's a decision he says he regrets every day. he's hoping if people won't listen to their doctors, they'll listen to him. >> i would tell them go ahead and get the vaccination because the covid is for real. like, it had me on my dying bed. and i didn't know whether i was going to make it back or not >> we also spoke to one patient who was a breakthrough cas

got the best team to help make sense of all of this, starting with stephanie gosk in tokyo, and allison barber in south carolina, and dr. gupta, a global health policy expert. you are at the same hospital you visited one year ago, when the icu unit was overwhelmed with covid patients. what's it like right now? that state is not doing very well in terms of vaccines. >> reporter: yeah, it was almost exactly one year ago when this hospital had a designated covid icu ward. they were able to officially close that ward about four months ago, but now they're having conversations about whether or not they should reopen it. last monday they had zero covid patients in the icu here. as of yesterday, they have nine patients, covid patients, in the icu. the ninth patient was actually brought on the floor while we were there. all but one of them are unvaccinated. eight out of nine have been placed on a ventilator at some point. four of them were on ventilators yesterday. when we were here a year ago, the patients that i saw in icu because of covid-19 on ventilators, they were people's grandparents, they wer

let's check in with allison barber.ple had not been in that building when it collapsed so that's good news, but the new information is also the tragic loss of that 7-year-old whose father is a firefighter. >> yes, it is a reminder of how close-knit this community is. i've been speaking with a member of the miami urban search and rescue team and was asking her just about the experiences of these firefighters, these rescuers. these are elite teams. they have been to tragedies and catastrophes all around the world, but for those from south florida, this is their home, too and this is a reminder of that. when i spoke to that one firefighter, she was talking about for the firefighters many of them were breaking down as they were searching for people who were trying to recover loved ones so that they could give these families who were waiting for answers some sort of closure. when families visited the piles of rubble that they could hear them crying and calling out to their family members and now there is news that one of the

allison barber in one of those states, west columbia, south carolina, where hospitals have troublingtions. you were at a hospital you were at this time last year. what's the situation like now, is the hospital prepared for another surge in cases potentially? >> reporter: yes, so the numbers are not nearly as bad as they were this time last year, but they're rising very quickly. that's what's worrying doctors here. last week on monday, they had zero covid patients in intensive care. one week later, monday this week, they had eight. when we were on the icu floor yesterday, a ninth patient was brought in. they said eight out of nine on the floor while we were there had been ventilated at some point of time. all but one unvaccinated. the biggest outward, obvious difference you can tell looking at patients compared to when we were seeing covid patients in the icu last year were ages. these patients were younger than what i saw last time. there were people in their late 20s and 30s and 40s. i asked one of the icu doctors if any of them had co-morbidities, said the vast majorities did not.

nbc's allison barber has been looking into that. what have you learned? >> hey.e. one that has the potential pit those who survived the condo collapse against those who lost loved ones in it. a judge ruled that the property where this condo once stood could be sold and it is valued at over $100 million. they appointed a steering committee to try to establish a track for property litigation saying there is simply no time to waste here because survivors, they need money to try and rebuild their lives. the building itself had very inadequate -- it was woefully under insured. the families, though, of those who lost loved ones said this is all happening much too fast. we spoke to three people, all of them connected not just by this nightmare but the people they lost, they were all related by blood or by majo -- marriage. nikki and luis got married in january. they planned to have a bigger wedding after the pandemic. they both recently graduated from the university of florida. they were all cousins. their families are now pleading for permanent memorial at the site wit

nbc's allison barber joining us from surf seed. ellison, how are the families reacting to the news of this demolition? what are you hearing? a pretty big shift there this weekend. >> reporter: yes. initially we're told demolition wouldn't happen, would likely take weeks. now we're told once the engineers give the go-ahead that that building or what remains of champlain towers south could come down within 36 hours. we know the families were told about these plans before the public and the media were. i actually want to turn to someone who has spoken directly with the families and can answer your question i think perhaps better than i can at this point. i want to bring in the mayor of surfside, charles birkett. mr. mayor, tell us, what have the families who have been waiting to hear news of their loved ones, who may still be missing in that rubble, what are they telling you about the concerns and how did they receive the news about the fact that this building will ultimately be coming down, and sooner. >> i think their primary concer

joining us now from surfside, florida, nbc news correspondent allison barber. ter: mika, yeah, this visit is primarily going to be a comfort visit. you can imagine what these families have been going through. it is not just the uncertainty. it is the waiting. it is a wave of emotions every single day hearing first that more victims have been found, more bodies pulled from the rubble and the lag in having to wait to find out who they are. at least 18 lives have been lost in this building collapse, grandparents, mothers, fathers, children, an entire family lost their lives here. marcus, anna and their two daughters lucie ya and emma, they were 10 and 4 years old, they lived on the eighth floor, just two doors down from them there was a newly wed couple. i met their family just a couple of days ago, they had gotten married in january and were planning to have a bigger ceremony after the pandemic. they are among the 140 plus people still unaccounted for. as far as we know, search and rescue efforts continue this morning and are under way. when we spoke to a rescuer,

my colleague, allison barber, has done coverage of the families waiting for news of their loved onesd that they went down to the site, that fema took them there, they understand with each passing hour and day the chances of their loved ones being found alive are diminishing but it was about faith, how they have closure, how they bury their loved ones. we learned something more about the incredible strength of this group of strangers that have been brought together by this tragedy and now are waiting for news of the fates of 150 moms, dads, aunts and uncles. >> this is such a terrible position to be in for these families to be waiting, to be hoping for a miracle, but understanding as the president said that this was a building that caved in on top of itself with concrete floors hitting concrete floors. the president there did try to thread the needle and describing the way the families are trying to thread the needle. they are realistic and understand with each passing day, the president said, the chances of someone being recovered alive diminished. he also said that they are wanting

nbc news' allison barber returned to one hospital in south carolina. >> reporter: a year ago the covidthe same situation. >> reporter: this man is the newest covid patient, they are trying to figure out if he needs to be on a ventilator. >> there is a high likelihood he will need covid care. >> reporter: a patient is receiving a plasma exchange because some of his organs a failing. >> we get here there were zero covid patients. today there are nine and four of them are on ventilators. the vast majority unvaccinated. >> it would be their only diagnosis of some. others had no conditions another all and the only link is that they're not vaccinated. >> reporter: alonzo chromeer was hospitalized for nearly two months. he was el general to get vaccinated earlier in the year and didn't. now he will tell anyone who will listen. >> go get the vaccination. the covid is for real. it had me on my dying bed. >> reporter: statewide, hospitalizations increased by 103% in less than a month. >> what i ask is to continue to understand the vaccine. the benefit outweigh the risks 100-1. >> oh, god. yester