. >> i'm kendis gibson 11 days after the surfside condominium collapse, what remained of that building has now been reduced to rubble officials there on the ground say it was crucial to detonate the remaining part in order to keep searching for survivors safely and in preparation for tropical storm elsa. nbc's jennifer johnson has the latest. >> reporter: the last part of the surfside condominium building has been demolished that section came down as possible high storms from elsa it increases their chances of finding more remains. >> bringing down this building in a controlled manner in is critical to expanding our scope of the search and rescue efforts and allowing us to explore the area closest to the building which has currently not been accessible to our first responders. >> reporter: rescuers promise a mission to find the missing will intensify as crews try to stabilize the rubble ahead of the storm. >> we are, of course, continuing to monitor tropical storm elsa and it's approaching florida likely sometime monday afternoon or evening >> reporter: on this day when millions of ame

i'm kendis gibson. >> i'm phillip mena. breaking overnight, what remained of the surfside condo has now been leveled this happened just 11 days after the structure initially collapsed. it wasn't supposed to be taken down for a few weeks, but officials accelerated the detonation because of tropical storm elsa ellison barber is at the site. >> reporter: what was left of champlain condominium south came to the ground. they use bring this building down essentially where this on a controlled footprint. officials say this demolition was necessary because of concerns of tropical storm elsa moving in. they say that the building that was left from the collapse that took place some 11 days ago, that it was not structurally sound and that they needed to remove it in a controlled manner they also said by removing what was left of this building, it would expand the area that search and rescuers were able to look for the people that were still unaccounted for. for thos there's still 121 peoplender th rubble fam families, many of them sti

i'm kendis gibson. >> and i'm phillip mena. just 11 days after the surfside condominium collapse, what remained of that building has now been reduced to rubble officials say it was crucial ton order to keep searching for survivors safely and in preparing for tropical storm elsaf champlain towers south condominium came to the ground crews used a controlled technique, energetic celling, using small strategic detonations and gravity to bring this building down essentially where it stood, on a very specific controlled footprint. officials say that this demolition was necessary because of concerns of tropical storm elsa moving in they say that the building that was left from the collapse that took place some 11 days ago, that it was not structurally sound and they needed to remove it in a controlled manner. they also said by removing what was left of this building it would expand the area that search and rescuers were able to look for the people who are still unaccounted for. for those closest to this, emotions are wide-ranging. the

. >> and i'm kendis gibson. we're live in new york. correspondents are fanned all around the country this morning from charlottesville to here in new york city and d.c. we're beginning with breaking news out of charlottesville. any moment now, confederate statues including robert e. lee will be removed. >>> neo-nazis marched through charlottesville with burning tiki torches with a plan to remove the symbols of con federalcy. >> deon, we know there's been fencing around that area, almost like a construction site. what do we know about the timeline here? >>. >> reporter: we don't have a timeline yet. we figure it's going to be sometime this morning. behind me you can see the robert e. lee monument that's coming down. one of two. the other is stonewall jackson. both of these guys were former generals with the confederacy. all i can say for now is the longer we wait or the longer it takes officials to take these monuments down, it wouldn't surprise me if we start to see crowds start to gather. right now it's early in the morning. this was

i'm lindsey reiser. >> i'm kendis gibson.rts say this may be the tip of the iceberg if watching his cfo get perp walked into handcuffs is only the beginning, what could be in store next for donald trump? >>> and republican leaders are crossing over from denying the insurrection took place to actively participating in an effort to cover it up. >>> state-level republicans across the country are already lining up their voter suppression packages when the supreme court decided to holded door open for them. what the new landscape looks like for democracy, for your ability to cast a ballot and for democrats trying to push through voting rights reforms. "velshi" starts now. >>> good morning. it's saturday, july 3rd. there's a big plate of news as we start the holiday weekend including positive new jobs numbers, but with some big caveats the united states is saying good-bye to afghanistan's bagram air base after two decades. >>> and a live report from

i'm kendis gibson. >> we appreciate you spending part of your holiday weekend with us. i'm lindsey reiser. the macy's fireworks show, of course, you can watch it on nbc tonight. this is some behind the scenes footage of the setup. they will be set off along several barges on the east river, and the empire state building also going to be setting off fireworks as well. >> the empire state building will have a starring role in tonight's festivities. it's going to really feel as if, yes, america is back. what a wonderful thing. >> we're excited to celebrate that new normal. we have a team of reporters and analysts following the latest news this morning. new developments in the surfside condo collapse. search efforts have been paused as crews get set to demolish the rest of the building. >> they are racing against time because of the tropical storm that's barreling toward the u.s. right now threatening southern florida with dangerous winds and rain. some 24 people now confirmed dead and another 121 still missing. nbc's vaughn hillyard has the story. vaughn? >> demolition cre

boomer rockets going to space as we do say good morning, everybody, it is saturday, july 10th, i'm kendis gibson. >> and i'm lindsey reiser. i was talking to somebody about the news. i was telling them about the billionaire space race and he said nobody called me. >> exactly. >> a little out of touch. but we have a team of reporters and analysts following the latest for you right now. >> all right. but we are going to begin with the latest on charlottesville. we are there removing those confederate relics. it's been a long time coming you might say according to the charlottesville city councilman michael payne. the statues were at the center of the rallies that took place four years ago or in 2017 and of course resulted in the death and the injuries of many people there in charlottesville. these are the live pictures that we're getting in right now from charlottesville. we were told that the removal will happen sometime within our hours and of course now we're starting to see some heavy equipment pulling through into the downtown area. it's actually two different monuments that will be removed,

i'm kendis gibson. >> i'm lindsey reiser. we have a live shot from tokyo we can show you as well.have a lot of olympics headlines we'll get to in a little bit. how covid of course is impacting everything, the new headlines from simone biles we'll dig into. >> we have a team of correspondents spanned out across the country and the world for that matter with the latest from austin to texas -- austin, texas to tokyo as well. >> we'll start with those bombshell documents from congress that show just how far former president trump was willing to take his big election lie, the house oversight committee says they've gotten key evidence that they say proves trump directly tried to overturn the 2020 election results. >> now, according to the handwritten notes taken by then acting deputy attorney general richard donahue during a december phone call with trump the former president pressured both him and former acting ag jeffrey rosen directing them to, quote here, just say the election was corrupt, and leave the rest to me and the "r" congressmen, the "r" of course meaning republicans. a spo

. >> i am kendis gibson, have a great day. >>> today on velshi, they are investigating january 6 attack on the capitol. >>> we are keeping a close eye on the side of the tragic apartment building collapse in florida where officials are rushing to demolish the rest of the building before i winds from tropical storm elsa threatens to collapse the remaining part of the condo. >>> investigating the trump organization and turning over boxful's before watching her former father-in-law marched into court with handcuffs. jennifer joins me in just a few minutes. and donald trump let's just say as the remarks do not have peer to have been vetted by a lawyer. velshi starts now. >>> happy independence day, i am ali velshi. there is a lot you should know before you start your holiday. we begin with the bizarre yet scary situation which unfolded in massachusetts. partially closing sections of interstate 95 during the heavy holiday rush. the police they early yesterday morning a state trooper stopped to check on two trucks that were stopped in the emergency breakdown lane on interstate 95 about 50 mil

. >> and i'm garrett haake filling in for kendis gibson. >>> as covid cases continue, outbreaks of the virus are being seen in pockets of the country that have the lowest vaccination rates. >> the trend continues with icus filling up, this time with young people. meantime l.a. county will reinstate its mask mandate tonight. nbc correspondent miguel almaguer has the latest. >> reporter: new misery in the metric as the numbers trend in the wrong direction, fueled by the highly contagious delta varchlt and unvaccinated americans, new infections are spiking 70%. hospitalizations climbing 36% as deaths rise 26%. >> this is becoming a pandemic of the unvaccinated. we are seeing outbreaks of cases in parts of the country that have low vaccination coverage because unvaccinated people are at risk. >> reporter: with nearly a third of the nation still not vaccinated and covid cases rising in almost every pocket of the country, the cdc says last week four states accounted for more than 40% of new infections. one in five coming from florida. in nevada, the feds are deploying a team of 100 to desper

i'm kendis gibson. sorry, lauryn. >> first lady jill biden is overseas participating with the american delegation and she met with the french president emmanuel macron for the opening ceremony. >> it is the cauldron, the olympic flame that was lit by naomi osaka, which was a wonderful moment yesterday to watch all of that, and also this is the rainbow bridge as they call it in tokyo. >> the rings where the opening ceremony is taking place. >> it's sunrise here in the u.s., but the sun is setting on the first full day of the pandemic-delayed olympics. >> here's a new number. at least 127 people linked to the olympics have tested positive. one match has been canceled. a tropical storm is now threatening to disrupt the competition. >> cicadas are going to be there. stephanie gosk has more. good morning to you. >> reporter: it hardly seems fair, right? this country grappling with the pandemic, having to delay the games for a year, and now a possible cyclone? well, right now it's a tropical storm. if it does

i'm kendis gibson. it's a beautiful sunset after 7:00 p.m. we're one week in. >> it's like a bombshell new headline. some of it is positive like simone biles taking health time, but some not so good. >> we're going to have the latest on the numbers in japan. we have a new team of reporters all over the place, but we're going to begin with the startling new developments on covid-19 here in the u.s. the u.s. recording some of the highest numbers of new cases since january. the delta variant largely to blame. the cdc warning the vaccinated people can carry the virus as much as those who didn't get the shot. >> none of this information is what we want to hear. and the war against the pandemic has changed. nbc's miguel almaguer kicks off our coverage with this report. >> reporter: as americans face infection and hospitalization at a staggering rate, new findings from the cdc say the kwar has changed in the battle against covid. new data likes the delta variant to the chicken pox as the virus leaps person to person. it's more contagious than the co

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. >> i'm garrett haake in more kendis gibson. >> we have a lot of reporters and analysts following the latest for us this morning. >> and today we're marking one year since the late congressman john lewis's death, and tensions over one of the core causes remain extremely high. both sides are locked in on the texas voting rights showdown, vowing to not back down. >> some state democrats are still holdingous in washington, d.c. after leaving the state monday to avoid that vote on the gop back restrictive elections bill. governor greg abbott is now threatening their arrest once they return home. tensions are high in austin, the impact is also being felt in washington. so we are going to bring in nbc news political reporter vaughn hillyard and nbc news white house reporter lauren egan. what is the mood there as we wait to see who blinks first, the texas democrats or governor greg abbott. >> reporter: the texas democrats have indicated their staying in washington, d.c. through at least august 7th when the special session ends. but the republican governor greg abbott has said he will call as

i'm kendis gibson. >> i'm lindsey reiser. we are tracking breaking news of the space launch. we talked about a little bit of a delay but we have plenty of experts to break down everything we can expect. >> it is rocket time so it does take a little bit of work. >> rocket plane science? >> exactly, asterisks. we do have a good team with us this morning of reporteders and analysts who are following the very latest for us. >> we are hours away from the beginning of a new space race. we have breaking news that we told you about, billionaire richard branson will have to wait an extra 90 minutes or so at least before blasting off from new mexico's southern desert, due to a weather delay. he'll, of course, be in a commercial space ship he hopes will soon carry paying passengers. it was supposed to happen around 9:00 in the morning eastern time. the launch was delayed due to weather. excuse me. >> gesundheit. amazon founder jeff bezos set for launch nine days from today, bezos sending well wishes on instagram writing, wishing you and the whole team a successful and safe flight. best

good morning, everybody, it's saturday, july 24th, i'm kendis gibson. >> i'm lindsey reiser. we've got a lot of covid news to get to, but last hour when we spoke to tyler crab, the men's beach volleyball player, who made the hard decision, do i test negative -- he decided to bow out and that's it for him this games. >> it was really tough. he's saying it's completely devastating. that's part of some of the things so many of these athletes are dealing with right now, the battle off and on the field. >> tough conditions. we have a team of reporters and analysts following the latest for us right now. in the meantime, we're learning this morning yet another major u.s. city is reversing course on indoor mask requirements as these covid cases surge. st. louis joining the growing list of cities reinstating mask requirements for residents. the biden administration and the cdc are also now considering changing mask guidelines for vaccinated americans as this delta variant drives up case counts. >> msnbc correspondent corey coffin and antonia hilton have the latest for us. you're up in