. >> representative mario diaz-balart is cuban american congressman who family fled havana when castrower. the florida republican was a harsh critic of president obama's decision to move toward normalizing relations with cuba and supported the rurn to tighter restrictions. >> i am cancelling the lt administration's completely one-sided deal with cuba. >> as americans again turn their attention to cuba and its communist regime -- >> freedom for cuba! >> -- political leaders debate the best response. >> president biden, this is a moment of ldership. stand with the cuban people. >> what does representative mario diaz balart say now. >> "firing line" with margaret hoover is made possible in part by -- robert granieri. charles r. schwab. the fairweather foundation. the asness family foundation. and by -- corporate funding isrovid by -- stephens inc. and morg an stanley. >>> florida congressman, mario diaz-balart, welcome to "firing line". >> my pleasure, margaret. good to see you. >> 90 miles off the coast of florida there is a crisis in cuba. we have heard renewed calls for libertad. we ar

. >> announcer: this is "nbc nightly news" with jose diaz-balart. >>> good evening i'm peter alexander in tonight for jose late tonight officials in surfside, florida tell nbc news they are suspending their search-and-rescue mission at the site of that collapsed condo building as they prepare to demolish the part of it that is still standing it comes as a powerful tropical storm is approaching florida and officials fear the structure wouldn't survive the storm's punishing winds. all of it anothe heartbreaking setback for families of the missing still clinging to hope for a miracle survival story we begin tonight with vaughn hilliard in surfside >> reporter: officials in surfside making a stunning decision tonight to demolish the still-standing portion of the champlain towers ahead of tropical storm elsa landfall >> can be brought down within 36 hours. >> how will this affect's fates of those citizen unaccounted for? >> given the fact you were going to have to do this anyways, it's the prudent thing to do i think it will lead to the course of action that most minimally disrupts the resc

>> qué tal soy julio vaqueiro en lugar de josé díaz-balart los socorristas sacaron en los escombros hallazgo ha estado con los socorristas >> muy buenas tardes julio vaqueiro son 22 muertos 126 personas desaparecidas los funcionarios trabajaron con una puñalada en el corazón uno de los suyos está entre los dolientes eso los está impulsando aún más a seguir adelante >> [♪♪ ♪♪] >> [♪♪ ♪♪] >> [♪♪ ♪♪] >> [♪♪ ♪♪] >> [♪♪ ♪♪] >> dicen que trabajan con mayor compromiso que nunca yhoy el luto se volvió personal los socorristas dejaron ver las lágrimas tras el hallazgo de estela >> es más poderoso que sangre cuando uno de nosotros llora todos sentimos lo mismo >> estela su tía y abuelos estaban desaparecidos desde el colapso de del edificio >> los rescatistas hacen una fila donde el cuerpo pasa entre dando ese último adiós y un momento de reflexión de silencio y de respeto >> esta vez el papá de estela estaba en esa línea >> de nuevo no quiero dar los detalles es algo personal de él y si alguien esa historia debe ser el >> hace unos ds laura rogaba para que un milagro la devolviera con vida >

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i'm super happy right now. >> reporter: making memories their students will never forget jose diaz-balart of the students catching the bouquet not bad. >> maybe a little premature. i like it. what a connection, though. sometimes when you're a teacher like that your students can feel like your kids and involved in your life. it's cool. >> it's beyond the lessons you learn in the classroom itself. we thank you for kicking off your monday with "early today. i'm kendis gibson. >> and i'm phillip mena. before we go enjoy the show. over new york city the macy's annua >>> breaking overnight, the remaining tower in surfside, florida, demolished as it became precariously dangerous for first responders and others ahead of>m afghanistan how th u.s. is pulling out all of ourl surgery. >>> new information over

. >>> noticias telemundo con josé díaz balart . >>> los centros para el control y la prevención de laso a recomendar que los vacunados contra el covid-19 usen mascarillas en interiores, y miren este mapa, en todos subieron los contagios las últimas dos semanas pero en rojo el alza es más de 200 por ciento y entre ellos, florida, alabama, y california y en nebraska los casos aumentaron en más de un 700 por ciento y en escuelas el uso de mascarilla es obligatorio , vamos a ver . >>> la cuarta ola de contagios de variante delta empuja a los cdc a dar marcha atrás y recomiendan cubrebocas para vacunado especialmente en zonas con baja vacunación . >>> tenemos una pandemia por los no vacunados dijo el presidente y por eso planea hacer obligatoria la vacunacción entre los funcionarios . >>> vamos a salir adelante porque mi niña es fuerte y va a continuar luchando. >>> su hija está intubada y el coma inducido su familia dice que planeaba ponerse la vacuna pronto pero también cada vez hay más evidencias de que los vacundos también cntagian el virus . >>> mi hijo resultó positivo y mi mamá está

. >>> y sobre las nuevas recomeindaciones de cdc josé díaz balart entrevistó al doctor fauci y esto escambiar de opinión sobre las mascarillas?. >>> bbueno, es que estamos lidiando con un virus diferente y la recomendación original de los cdc hace unos meses estábamos lidiadnoc on la variante alfa diferente a la variante delta y era uno o dos por cientos de casos en el país actualmente representa el 80 85 por ciento y variante delta es más efcienten en transmisión de persona a personas y lo que hemos determinado es que aunque se trata de lago insutiadoa, el hecho de que se puede tener infección mayor. >>> pero también es una situación diferencia en todo caso, la gente creo que debe estar más entusiasta para vacunarse porque el porcentaje más alto de la población especialmente 100 millones de personas elegibles para vacunarse y que no se están vacunando y si de vacunaran , no enfrentariados esta difícil situación que tenemos ahora, estamos en esta situación porque el virus se ha podido propagar de persona a persona porque mujgen no está vacuanda. >>> es usted partidario que las vacunas

. >> noticias telemundo con josé díaz balart . >> (♪♪ mÚsica ♪♪) . >> llegaron con un año de retraso, restricciones, sin público la sensación de que todo es diferente, con la del encendido del tebetero, o la sonrisa de los países, una ceremonia acorde, por esto el mensaje es de unidad esfuerzo y esperanza . >> (♪♪ mÚsica ♪♪) . >> y a partir de mañana hasta el 8 de agosto disfrutaremos con lo mejor del deporte mundial lamearemos o celebramos las victorias o derrotas de los atletas, pero tokio 2020 es una realidad, rebeca está con nosotros son excepcionales los juegos ¿no? . >> así es, en casi todo, los juegos más costosos de la historia, los más difíciles de organizar, los priros sin públo, esto es lo que más pesó en el estadio de tokio que tenía sus asientos vacíos, se echaba de menos el calor de la gente en las gradas, esto le dio un ambiente especial a la ceremonia . >> así comenzó la inauguración de los juegos olímpicos tokio 2020, retrasados un año por la pandemia, resintiendo el virus, artistasnvitaban al aplauso, entre los mil asistencias de los 60 mil posibles, la primera dama

gabriel y ella dice que solo seguira cantando solo en las ig iglesias >> noticias telemundo con jose diaz balartel pais vuelve a estar bajo alarma por la nueva ola de c covid-19 impulsada por la v variante delta que se propaga con fuerza entre los no vac vacunados, los contagios se han disparosado y el numero de fallecido se dispara con alza de 25% y 211 muertes al dia, la academia grestadounidense d pedriatria recomendo que todos los niÑos mayores de dos aÑos hagan uso obligatorio de mascarillas al regresar a las escuelas >> el hijo de ella debe c comenzar a clases presenciales >> me proceocupa porque no es vacunado, estan espxpuestos a enfermarse >> lo mismo pide la acadiatria obligatorio de mascarillas para niÑos mayores de 2 aÑos a menos que tengan un impedimento m medico >> es una de las maneras im importantes para su delsarrolloy tambien de salud fisica de sesta manera la mascarilla crea una barrera mas entre ellos y el c covid-19 >> les proceocupa la muerte de muchos menores en el pais y yesenia busca aque sus hijas esten protegidas e las n e escuelas >> hasta que tengamos proteccion es m

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den el asilo para nunca más separarse de su familia (música) (música) noticias telemundo con josé díaz-balarton la búsqueda entre escombros del edificio de surfside después de la explosión controlada de anoche . >> (sonido ambiente) así se vino abajo lo que queda de en pie de la champlain towers south y así quedó el terreno sin la amenaza de un derrumbe con estas labores, recuperaron 4 cuerpos más, esto lleva el número total de víctimas mortales a 28, hay personas desaparecidas , cristina londoño tiene la información ahora la nueva amenaza la toenta tropical elsa . >> así es, esta tarde llovió, hubo vientos pero las lares continúan, autoridades dicen que si el mal tiempo no pone en peligro a rescatistas, no se detendrán, fuentes de familiares me hablan de un muerto más esta tarde, y también dicen que el reto más grande ha sido ingresar al garaje, uno de los ntos de mayor interés . >> (música) (música) (música) (música) (música) (música) (sonido ambiente) . >> la búsqueda de un milagro entre ruinas es frenetica, está en una zona donde no habían tenido acceso, donde sergio espera encuentren a s

. >> noticias telemundo, con josé díaz-balart. >> (música). >> el fundador de amazon jeff bezos hizo completar el primer viaje espacial sin piloto, y tripulado solo por civiles. estaba acompañado por su hermano, piloto de 32 años, y un estudiante de 38. el vuelo de la nave duró 10 minutos y 12 segundos, rrebasando la frontera espacial establecida en 62 millas de altitud. y durante cuatro minutos pudieron experimentar ingravidez. tras este exitoso vuelo muchos querrán repetir la experiencia. la pregunta cuánto van a costar los tickets. todavía no han revelado el precio, pero su competencia virgin galactic tiene 600 reservas por $250,000 cada uno, un precio no alcanzable para la mayoría. pero como dice cristina londoño, el paso de hoy es uno gigantesco para el futuro del turismo espacial. >> (habla en inglés). >> la ráfaga de fuego y un estallido de humo escribieron el nuevo capítulo de exploración espacial. una vez en órbita los nuevos astronautas jugaron como niños. los primeros hermanos que viajan juntos al espacio saludaron a su madre y se lanzaron caramelos. esperaba mucho y salió

rápida deportación a méxico y lo podrá ver esta tarde en noticias telemundo con mi compañero josé díaz balartdo fueron halladas 100 personas completamente cubiertas de cal en un remolque de limpieza soportando altas temperaturas, qué peligro y la primera audiencia en el senado después de una década en búsqueda de ciudadanía para los inmigrantes indocumentados, expresa apoyo a la ley que moderniza la ley agrícola, también en el senado el conocido de regalar 350 mil libras de espárragos de su finca porque no tenía cómo cosecharlos, dijo hay que regularizarlos. >>> tantas personas han venido para mejorar sus vidas y han mejorado al país mejorando su situación económica y nosotros tenemos el deber como país y empleados, como humanos, de ayudar a las personas de arreglar el papeleo y tener estabilidad viviendo en el país. >>> y el proyecto de ley fue aprobado por la cámara de representantes, la opinión de republicanos es que solo va a empeorar la situación en la frontera y desde el gobierno insisten que los trabajadores agrícolas son vitales para el futuro económico del país y también en la capita

bystanders who rushed in to help >> announcer: this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt with jose diaz-balart >> good evening. i'm kate snow in for jose tonight we begin with yet another climate headline that isn't just a one-day news story, but part of a disconcerting pattern of climate change across the globe for the second time in two weeks, parts of the west are seeing a record-setting heatwave, and it's expected to last through the weekend. you remember 200 people died in the extreme heat we saw two weeks ago, and there are concerns tonight about keeping people cool and keeping the power grid online we begin with erin mclaughlin >> reporter: tonight yet another staggering heatwave striking the west california once again declaring a power grid emergency, one step short of rolling blackouts. in oregon threatening power lines and the golden state's ability to import electricity. >> fire is rolling downhill here. >> reporter: north of lake tahoe a blaze forcing evacuations. continuation of the extreme conditions that gave birth to this, a fire whirl recorded nearly two weeks ago, so intense

embracing wedding season to help her patients ♪ ♪ >> announcer: this is "nbc nightly news" with jose diaz-balart good evening. i'm peter alexander in for jose >>> tonight nearly all 50 states are seeing a rise in covid infections, alarming health officials nationwide, and making the possibility of a prolonged pandemic a frightening reality. experts warn right now the risk for those who are not vaccinated is extremely high, leading many counties to re-up their restrictions in los angeles beginning at midnight tonight, masks are once again required at indoor public settings >>> in just one week to the tokyo games, a new concern for athletes at the olympics the first covid case confirmed where many of them will stay. >>> we begin tonight with kathy park. >> reporter: in just hours masks indoors will once again be mandatory in los angeles county regardless of vaccination status >> it is the pandemic. it is not going to just, like, disappear. >> reporter: a move coming just one month after california businesses fully reopened, but ever since the restrictions were lifted cases have doubled. >> this is

. >> noticias telemundo, con josÉ dÍaz balart. >> maÑana sÁbado llega a su fin la moratoria federal aon el alquiler debido a la pandemia, millones de familias latinas corren el riesgo de quedarse sin techo, lourdes hurtado nos dice cÓmo y a quiÉn solicitar ayuda. >> en pleno pico de contagios, se avecina un tsunami de desalojos que podrÍa dejar a millones sin hogar. >> hay doble preocupaciÓn porque los pueden sacar a la calle, ¿dÓnde voy a ir yo con dos muchachos con esto del covid-19 que de verdad no se ha ido? porque ni con la vacuna ha mejorado. >> maÑana 31 de julio expira la moratoria de desalojos tras el fallo de la suprema corte de justicia que limitaba la extensiÓn hasta finales de mes, de acuerdo a la oficina del ceno so unas 3. 6 millones de personas en el paÍs dijeron a principios de julio que podrÍan ser desahuciados en los prÓximos dos meses. >> si reciben una notificaciÓn de desalojo, no se muevan automÁticamente. y no se muevan sin primero asesorar cuÁles son sus derechos. >> algunos estados han extendido sus propias moratorias, la de hawÁi expira el 6 de agosto, maryla

. >> noticias telemundo, con josÉ dÍaz balart. se reanudÓ la bÚsqueda de lirÍa.unas horas suspendidas por riesgos de derrumbe en lo que queda en champlain towers south. tras una semana se han confirmado 18 muertos, pero mÁs de 140 personas aÚn no se tiene noticia. rogelio mora-tagle estÁ en el lugar, ¿cuÁl es la situaciÓn ti noti ahora de los rescates? >> quÉ tal, josÉ, buenas tardes, la situaciÓn, josÉ, es de que ya se han reanudado despuÉs de ser interrumpidos en la madrugada de este jueves, las autoridades dicen que ya nuevamente se estÁ realizando, pero solamente en las zonas que son seguras para los rescatistas y trabajadores que se encuentran en la zona cero, mientras tanto josÉ, siguen apareciendo imÁgenes y testimonios que nos acercan cada vez mÁs a las entraÑas de esta tragedia >> ♪ (mÚsica) ♪pareciendo imÁge testimonios que nos acercan cada vez mÁs a las entraÑas de esta tragedia. >> entre la oscuridad y los escombros. una mujer y un hombre miran de frente a la tragedia. testigos del colapso, tuvieron que correr para ponerse a salvo. >> un trueno inmens

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diaz-balart: thank you, madam speaker. for more than two weeks we have seen the horrors of the oppression taking place in the island of cuba. by the communist jet stream. let me tell you, i am outraged that the democratic majority refused to make in order two amendments, bipartisan amendments, which i co-sponsored, that were led by two of my democratic colleagues who, by the way, are passionate about the cause of a free cuba and the freedom of the cuban. people the murphy amendment would have provided an additional 7.5 million in democratic -- $7.5 million in democratic assistance to support the free flow of information to the islands in this moment. the amendment would have provided an additional $50 million to usagm for cuba bro casting. at a time -- broadcasting. at a time when the cuban people are struggling by this incredible oppression, getting murdered, getting killed, getting dragged out of their homes, the fact that we are inadequately funding the broadcast, the radio broadcasts onto the island, is hard to accept.

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and our colleague, mario diaz-balart, whose family fled cuba, like so many of our colleagues, some first generation, carlos gimenez, personally fled cuba seeking freedom. talk about the american dream. first generation who fled a socialist nation who is now a sit, voting member of the united states congress and wants to express support for the cuban people there's a resolution, h.res. 527 that express ours solidarity standing with the people in cuba seeking free dom. i would ask the gentleman to look at bringing that to the floor. as the people of cuba are trying to get that freedom, for being oppressed, many may be being murdered right now as they've shut down the internet, shut down the media because there's no freedom of the press, we are hearing stories that are alarm larming, if we can express our support that we're standing with people in cuba who seek freedom as well, i think it would be a strong signal. i would ask the gentleman if we could look at bringing that to the floor. mr. hoyer: i thank the gentleman for his comments. the president of the united states has strongly expres

diaz-balart for three minutes. mr. diaz-: balart i rise in opposition of h.r. 8502. i thank the chairman and ranking member. we have disagreements, that cannot stop us from working on behalf of the american people and i thank chairman price for his openness and integrity. he is committed to transparency which we should expect from agencies that we fund. this includesry questionses from members from both sides of the aisle. it keepts the best ideas coming forward to improve the way that our government functions and that's important. the bill continues investments to our nation's highways, rails and and port infrastructure which is key for our supply chain. the chairman has made d.o.t. safety programs our roads and rails are safer. chairman price's to address homelessness and housing for the homelessness is in this bill. we share for providing ar safety net to our most valuable citizens. while i applaud many of the decisions in this bill, the $9 billion top line increase, 13% increase over last year is something i cannot support. let me give you an example, the dramati

over the weekend south florida congressman mario diaz-balart dismissed suggestions that the cuba unrestty. this has everything to do with lack of freedom, with repression, with the communist system where there have been no elections, no freedom for 62 years. >> reporter: and he's also calling for the biden administration to organize with the united nations as well as the organization of american statements which handles -- states which handles a lot of the cuban countries -- or a lot of the latin countries in latin america to try to get them to do something, something that has never been done for the past 50 years while the communists have remained firmly entrenched. meehl? neil: yeah, like you said, easier said than done. thank you, my friend, very much. phil keating in miami. >>> all right, a couple of things i was noticing about jeff bezos, right? it's been taking years, 20 years to get straight -- you're pissing away a lot of money on this, and there's no return on investment. you're probably thinking i'm talking about blue origin space program. actually talking about when he took o

gop representative mario diaz-balart has a theory. >> there doesn't seem to be a way to convince emthatuba is even a dictatorship. clearly they have great admiration for radical left ideologies. they themselves espouse radical left ideologies. reporter: democrats lost two house seats in south florida partly because gop had a better case against socialism. senator bernie sanders considers himself a socialist. sanders says the cuban people decipher democracy. >> i urgently hope the government there will tolerate and respect peoples right to protest. reporter: senate foreign relations committee chairman bob menendez applauded president biden for telling the cuban regime for not using force. gop senator marco rubio said the administration's response was quote, lame. neil? neil: okay. chad, thank you very, very, he much. alejandro mayorkas, homeland security secretary had a stern warning for protesters and those coming here. >> allow me to be clear, if you take to the sea, you will not come to the united states. the time is never right to attempt migration by sea. to those who risk their liv

over the weekend south florida congressman mario diaz-balart dismissed suggestions that the current unrestown leaders, something they've been denied for more than five decades. as for what's been happening on a daily basis in cuba, are there still daily demonstrations large or small? it's very difficult to discertain that from here statewide -- discern that because the government-imposed social media blackout has almost been universal, so videos of anything happening down there are coming in in short supply, but some posts suggest there are still demonstrations going on and more than a hundred arrests. ashley: all right. yeah, all right. ful phil keating in little havana, thanks again for your report. i want to stay on this. florida governor ron desantis is slamming the biden administration's stand on cuban immigrants. listen to this. >> they have a hundred times stronger case for political persecution leaving a communist dictatorship than the other migrants who are coming across the border who are basically coming across the border because they want more economic opportunity. it is a tota

i want to start by thanking my partner, ranking member mario diaz-balart, for his collaboration and his cooperation, which have made this a better bill, reflecting many bipartisan priorities which we can proudly support. division g, the t-hud section, represents a renewed commitment to the upgrading of our aging transportation infrastructure, addressing our nation's affordable housing and homelessness crises, bolstering our resiliency to natural disasters and climate change. remedying inequities and disparities in our housing and transportation systems, and promoting safety, whether it be preventing carbon monoxide poisoning in public housing or imprombinging the certification ofably -- improving the certification of complicated aircraft to improve aviation safety. overall, the bill includes $84.1 billion in discretionary funding, that's an increefs nearly $8.7 billion over the fiscal 2021 enacted level. the bill also includes major increases in contract authority for formula grant programs that draw on the highway trust fund, rather than discretionary funding, and in that respect, of c

and our colleague, mario diaz-balart, whose family fled cuba, like so many of our colleagues, some first generation, carlos gimenez, personally fled cuba seeking freedom. talk about the american dream. first generation who fled a socialist nation who is now a sit, voting member of the united states congress and wants to express support for the cuban people there's a resolution, h.res. 527 that express ours solidarity standing with the people in cuba seeking free dom. i would ask the gentleman to look at bringing that to the floor. as the people of cuba are trying to get that freedom, for being oppressed, many may be being murdered right now as they've shut down the internet, shut down the media because there's no freedom of the press, we are hearing stories that are alarm larming, if we can express our support that we're standing with people in cuba who seek freedom as well, i think it would be a strong signal. i would ask the gentleman if we could look at bringing that to the floor. mr. hoyer: i thank the gentleman for his comments. the president of the united states has strongly expres