our chief political correspondent, linda crane. thank you. rescue teams are searching for close to a 100 people who are still missing. after a 12 story apartment building near miami, florida collapsed into rubble. a large section of the building crumbled in the middle of the night, killing at least one resident and injuring several others. us president joe biden has declared a state of emergency in florida and authorized federal assistance for the relief effort. in this law allows us to say morning, a roaring sound work residence at apartments near miami beach building. and i looked out the window and you can see, i thought it was like a store company. what happened was that when the dust cleared, there was the back half the building or back. 2 thirds of the building was gone down to the ground. firefighters evacuated shocked and frightened residence from the parts of the building. still standing. rescuers moved fast and pulled out dozens of survivors in the initial hours after the collapse. many others aren't expected to be so luc

and we're joined by the w as chief, political correspondent, and linda crane melinda. let's start with the elections national repercussions where these results likely to be most critical. well definitely for the chancellor mack of christian democratic party, as they look toward the post medical era, they are under enormous scrutiny. how to, how they position themselves on the political spectrum with a very conservative wing within the party. pushing for a move toward the right. they've also been seeing quite a bit of fluctuation in support with the left liberal green party actually surpassing them for a time in national polls and with initially lukewarm approval of their chance, the candidate. so if the cfc were to dislodge the c, d. u in sundays, local election, that could be quite painful for the national c d, u, as a party and for it's moderate middle of the road chancellor candidate. how, how solid would you say is the cds lead right now? so the percentage points, which is what they're getting in the, in some call that's quite a good strong lead above the margin of