that is tonight's edition of "cbs evening news" from surfside, florida., sending our prayers to all the families here. we'll see you tomorrow. good night. captioning sponsored by cbs captioned by media access >>> a police bust at another huge cache of illegal fireworks found in alameda county. how customers let them write to it. >>> the latest row data revealing a number so bad it is actually historic. >>> we're tracking warmer temperatures heading to parts of the bay area as we get closer to the weekend. >>> millions of dollars cut, the police defunding vote in oakland pick what the mayor says it will do to the city. >>> get a vaccine or get fired. >> ultimately it is something we need to do. >>> our original series project home, we take you inside the start up tackling the affordability crisis with a 3-d printer. >>> a big illegal fireworks bust in alameda county as we head toward the fourth of july. authorities doing everything they can to prevent a wildfire disaster. good evening. i'm elizabeth cook. >> i'm alan marsden in for can. how the community l

. >> i am boris sanchez live from surfside, florida. >> let's begin this hour with the desperate, difficult search under way in surfside. >> reporter: not many updates from the 159 still not accounted for, we have a clearer picture of what is happening in the debris field. officials say a fire burning under the rubble is a source of concern. the fire is making an already difficult operation more perilous. all this as there are new concerns about the condo's sister building a block away from the collapse. you see how close these two buildings are. officials say the building should be evacuated. they're almost identical. the miami-dade mayor ordering an audit of all buildings in the county over 40 years old. meantime, updates on victims of the collapse remain frustratingly limited. we know 159 people remain unaccounted for. rescue teams working nonstop, searching for survivors, even as the fire rages inside the rubble. they had to dig a trench to be able to get some safety, distance from it. it is complicating the search. we're learning that officials raised major concerns about the condo bac

at any moment we'll get an update from authorities in surfside, florida. ing more urgent by the hour. the numbers tonight remain the same. four people are confirmed dead, at least 159 people are still unaccounted for. vigils are being held for the victims. but three days into this disaster, hope is turning to anger as people wait and wait and wait for any information at all about their missing loved ones. today we learned, for example, that an engineer back in 2018 warned of major structural damage in parts of the building. concerns are now being raised about the condo's sister building right down the street. surfside's mayor is recommending that those residents evacuate out of an abundance of caution. let's discuss with david paulson who has unique perspectives on the challenges faced by the heroic rescue crews. he's a former fema director and fire chief for miami-dade county as well. what do you think on this day three of this disaster, the question on so many minds, how likely is it that crews will find survivors? >> i know the families are frustrated, w

that is tonight's edition of "cbs evening news" from surfside, florida.onnell, sending our prayers to all the families here. we'll see you tomorrow. good night. captioning sponsored by cbs captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org ♪ >>> i'm january crawford in washington. thanks for staying with us. a federal judge in washington has blocked a biden administration to pay off bank loans of black farmers, $4 billion was to address the long history of racial injustice in american farming but the judge ruled itself was discriminatory and put the program on hold. now with that story. >> reporter: john boyd has been tilling the soil for three decades, land that is been in fist family for hundred years. >> you say you're the classic case of the black farmer, why? >> many black farmers with tied to the land either through sharecropping or generational. that's the way they did it. we were old-school farmers. >> boyd is president of the national black farmers association, representing thousands of black farmers across the u.s.. >> we farm with limited

we are monitoring the search and rescue efforts in surfside, florida. burning under the rubble is a major concern as they search for survivors. >> we are facing very incredible difficulties with the fire. the fire has been going on for awhile. it is a very deep fire. it is extremely difficult to locate the source of the fire. >> it has been two days since the condominium building partially collapsed. cnn learned a structural field survey completed in 2018 warned of structural damage and that the building needed major repairs. search teams are sifting through the rubble, trying to find 159 people unaccounted for. at least four people died in the collapse. we'll stay on top of the story, bring you any updates as soon as they are available. >>> we also have breaking news out of new mexico. four people are dead following a hot air balloon crash. these are live pictures where the balloon went down. you see part of it under the trees there. alison kosik joining me live with more. what happened? >> reporter: this accident involved five people. four are dead, o

. >> announcer: this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt, reporting tonight from surfside, florida. >>> good evening we are witnessing a disaster of almost unprecedented scale here in surfside, florida, just north of miami beach, where a desperate search and rescue effort is under way to find those that may still be trapped more than a half day after part of a 12-story condo building simply collapsed. it happened without warning in the middle of the night, practically unheard of kind of catastrophe in this country the destruction starkly visible from in the air, while in the basement parking garage, dramatic scenes of firefighters risking their own lives searching for possible victims even now, officials fear the rest of the building could come down anytime nearby, desperate families are gathering, waiting for word about loved ones, filled with anguish and heartbreak authorities confirmed one person has died. they say almost 100 people remain unaccounted for. some may not be home, but they don't know where they are now, and they're watching the numbers carefully. as the rescue effo

steve harrigan's live in surfside florida. >> this is live after it took place at 1:30 a.m., this condominium tower had 136 units, the northeast side of it, 55 units gone, they collapsed just after 1:30, they form now a pile of debris three stories high, the big question is how many people still remain in that debris and how many are still alive? officials remain clear that this is still search and rescue operation and rescue officials were at work over nine with dogs, drones, listening devices trying to save who they could. 36 people were saved in the rubble, among those rescued was a 10-year-old boy, a passerby walking his dog, found the boy and alerted security workers to rescue him, the boy called out that he did not want to be left alone, the search and rescue operation continues now, they hope to find people allied and they their using tunnels under drones and dogs to try to save whoever they can. harris, back to you to you. >> harris: you know, steve, part of the problem they were facing as rescuers as the storm system that came in, the drywall and other materials in that building make

tonight, day five of the tireless search to find survivors in surfside, florida. effort in this state's history according to florida's fire marshal. now including help from international teams from israel and mexico. nobody on the front lines giving up despite the horrific conditions they've been digging their way through in hopes they'll find survivors. >> we're going to continue and work ceaselessly to exhaust every possible option in our search. >> reporter: crews spent saturday night digging a trench that

we are expecting an update from officials in surfside florida. it's day six of search and rescue efforts of the collapsed condo there. 150 people are still missing and 11 people are dead. the sense of duty that first responders are feeling right now is driving them deeper into the rubble. >> they respond to 911 calls in tampa, and tallahassee, and they are doing the same thing here. >> we will have more on reports of damage and new reports of the building before the collapse. we will go to the conference when it starts. >>> today president biden is hitting the road to sell the infrastructure deal, but is the bigger sell in washington. the house select committee to investigate january 6th is taking shape. if you think it's too early to talk 2024, think again. some big-name republicans are making moves. so where does the former president fit in. answers from voters in iowa might just surprise you. >>> day six of search and rescue efforts at the collapsed condo building. nobody has been pulled out alive since thursday. and msnbc's mike memorandaly i

. >>> tonight, the death toll is rising after the catastrophic building collapse in surfside, florida. authorities confirmed they have pulled four more bodies from the rubble and an additional person has died at the hospital. at least nine people now confirmed dead with more than 150 still unaccounted for. authorities now say they have built a massive trench to try to find any survivors, as hundreds of rescuers work around the clock, including international teams called in to assist. our team tonight on the ground with rescue crews. as we learn new details about the investigation. meanwhile, heartbroken families are growing desperate for answers. today, buses of relatives brought to the scene. >>> the life-threatening heat in the northwest. more than 30 million americans across seven states now under heat alerts. some temperatures 30 degrees above normal, with portland, oregon, set to hit its hottest day on record. rob marciano is there. >>> the mounting delta variant now confirms in all but one u.s. state. hospitalizations on the rise in several states where vaccination rates are lag

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you can't afford your medicine, abbvie may be able to help. >>> finally tonight, the people of surfside, floridatogether and keeping the faith. an orchid for the guara family. >> there's still hope. >> the pictures have taken >> we showed surfside we're always going to be here for them and we're here for them. >> vibrant lives memorialized throughout the surfside landscape. >> i'm having two days i cannot sleep because this tragedy. >> leo soto from miami has two friends from champlain towers south who are missing. he organized this makeshift memorial on friday. >> just seeing how people are walking up to the memorial, adding their own flowers, adding little post-it notes of personal sayings to make people feel better, it's incredibly heartwarming. because it really does feel like it's helping. >> creating a space for the community to come together to grieve. >> my emotions have gone from just utter sadness, devastation, shock, to a sense of hope and a sense of community and belief willethrough this. together, >> getting through it together. thank you so much for watching. i'm linsey davis. hope

new concerns now in surfside, florida, over the safety of neighboring buildings following that deadly collapse in champlain towers south. boris sanchez joining us now in what is appearing to be a very rainy surfside. again, it continues to hamper efforts, but it hasn't stopped them. boris? >> yeah, no question, fred, it has not stopped them. a number of updates to bring you now from this frespress confere. the thing that looms over everything is the fact that there is not an update on the 159 people who are unaccounted for here. it has now been more than 24 hours since we got that number, and as we heard the mayor of miami-dade say, there is no sign of a body or a person who might be in need of medical assistance. there is also this question of could have this been prevented? there was a report that came out early this morning that indicated that back in 2018, an engineer had studied the pool deck, one of the lower levels of this building, and discovered very serious cracks in some of the columns there that required some work, that needed to be addressed. we should be clear, that repo

terminix. >> reporter: as of right now, this remains a waiting game in surfside, florida, anxious anticipationuciating as hours go by, but the families of those still missing in this condo collapse are anticipating answers. nick valencia joins us now in surfside. nick, you've been talking to a lot of these folks that have been waiting to hear whether their loved ones might make it out of this disaster. so many of them -- so many of us praying for a miracle. what are they sharing with you? >> reporter: boris, this has been the ultimate test of faith for so many who have friends or family among the unaccounted for and still missing, and as these hours tick by with no signs of life under those piles of debris here, that collapsed building, that hope has started to turn into desperation, and in some cases, as you're about to hear, outrage. i did reach out to abigail, who has three friends, including a 6-year-old little girl who she says is among the missing. she didn't want to talk, because she's too emotional but she did want to share this video from inside the briefing room. it is, in one, conte

our layla santiago is on the scene in surfside, florida, with the latest. so you've been there since right after this happened. what are people telling you? >> reporter: we learned new numbers. we learned that 35 people were rescued. two were pulled from the rubble. but when i asked the key question of how many are still missing, officials couldn't give me that answer. they are asking families and friends who have not been able to reach someone who may have been in that building to call in to their hotline. now, another big question that still hasn't been answered and i suspect will be a long time before we get the answer is how did this happen? what led to the partial collapse of this building that has 130 units, 55 of which collapsed. and that is something that now will be central in an investigation. i have been here all morning, when i got here the massive response and more than 80 units here responding to this c catastrophe as the mayor called it, many of whom are still on scene, a scene that now has a new challenge, poppy, we talked about the challeng

ali velshi, from the scene there in surfside, florida. with that, let's bring in our lead off guests, eugene daniels. white house correspondent for politico and coauthor of each day's addition of the political playbook. carmen best, former police chief in the city of seattle. chuck rosenberg, justice department veteran. former u.s. attorney. good evening and welcome to you all. chuck, i want to begin with your life's work which is the law and get your opinion on this sentence, considering the range was no time at all to 30 years. >> yeah, brian, you're exactly. right people look at the floor, no time in jail, and the statutory maximum, in this case, 40 years in jail. and they assume is going to be one or the other. actually, minnesota, like virtually over the state in the federal system, has a set of sentencing guidelines so that the average case is treated in the same way for like the defendants who've done like things, with like criminal history records. so, for derek chauvin, that number was was at zero, was at 40, that number was abou

rescuers continue searching in surfside, florida. champlaign towers south got a letter about decay in their building less than three months before this tragedy. the april letter warned, quote, the concrete deterioration is accelerating and the roof situation has gotten much worse. this, as families of the missing, are desperately seeking any information about their loved ones. at least 11 people are confirmed dead. they range in age from 26 years old to 82 years old, and 150 remain missing this morning. >> 150. as federal investigators and structural engineers converge on the scene, there are no clues about the building's structural integrity. these photos were taken 46 hours before the building collapsed by a contractor there to service the pool. he told the "miami herald" he saw standling water in the parking garage, and this, exposed and corroding rebar, those are metal bars within the concrete, in the concrete of the pool equipment room on the south side of the underground garage. our team is following all the latest developments

i'm boris sanchez live from surfside, florida, where officials say aggressive search and rescue effortsontinue this morning trying to locate those still unaccounted for following a deadly condo collapse. >> i'm christi paul here in atlanta. grateful to be with you and that you can be with us. we are entering day four of the painstaking search for survivors and holding out hope that we have that this is the day we might finally see a miracle here, boris. >> reporter: yeah, christie, there is hope and frustration here with news slowly trickling in. the number of people confirmed dead now up to five. four have been identified. they include an elderly comfortable and the mother of a boy that was actually rescued from the rubble in dramatic fashion on thursday morning. for dozens of families though it remains an ex kcruciating time,n anxious weight in anticipation for answers. 156 people remain missing, still unaccounted for. more than 72 hours since the collapse. the search and rescue effort continues non-stop, and crews are using every tool they have, sonar equipment, cameras, canines on t

this is 1:30 a.m., surfside, florida, 55 units of a condo pancaked. florida's governor toured the disaster site a short time ago. >> we thank the fire and rescue for what they did to be able to put themselves on the line to help other folks. they're still hard at work. we still have hope to be able to identify additional survivors. >> county commissioners told cnn that 51 people are unaccounted for. she says it's possible they could be on vacation or simply away from their home. rescue teams saved 35 people from that 12-story building, another two from the rubble. not one of those was a 10-year-old boy and the man who found him said he first heard someone yelling. >> i could begin to hear him clearly and hereby his voice that he was a little boy, couldn't have been more than preteens. i saw an arm sticking out of the wreckage and he was screaming can you see me? so we started to climb up to him to try and see if we could get him free. but it was too heavy, too much rebar, stuff like that. it was going to take quite a bit of effort to get him out. he wa

this is, of course, surfside, florida. hold a briefing here on their latest efforts on that rescue mission there to find the more than 100 people, 109 people still unaccounted for in the deadly building collapse in surfside, florida. we're going to bring that all tooto you when it happens. >>> we want to catch you up on other headlines this saturday morning. 22.5 years, that is the prison sentence for fired police officer derek chauvin, convicted of george floyd's murder. it's the longest sentence for an ex-police officer in the state of minnesota and more than the guidelines called for, but it's less than the 30 years prosecutors wanted. several members of george floyd's family spoke at friday's hearing, including his young daughter, gianna. >> if you could say anything to your daddy right now, what would it be? >> it would be, i miss you and i love you. >> in his sentencing memo, the judge said chauvin didn't treat floyd with respect and denied him the dignity meant for all human beings. >> we believe mr. chauvin should

. >> nine people are confirmed dead following the devastating condo collapse in surfside, florida. we're live at the scene. jillian: she turned her back on the american flag and now u.s. track and field athlete claims she was set up. we'll tell you about it. "fox & friends first" starts right now. you're watching "fox & friends first" on this monday morning, i'm ashley he strohmier, in for todd piro. jillian: i'm jillian mele. the u.s. carries out air strikes. ashley: lauren blanchard joins us live from washington with the latest this morning. >> reporter: good morning. the air strikes carried out in the middle of the night at three locations near the border of syria and iraq. the u.s. targeting iran backed militia. we're told these were operational and weapons storage facilities that engaged in uav attacks against u.s. assets in iraq. pentagon press secretary john kirby called the strikes necessary and appropriately limited in scope. quote, the united states took necessary appropriate and deliberate action designed to limit the risk of escalation but also send a clear and unambigu

. >> i'm wolf blitzer here in surfside, florida. we're watching all the late-breaking developments. 30 minutes we're about to get an update from the authorities, officials here in surfside. we're going to bring it to you live, that news conference. we're now more than 88 hours from the catastrophic events that brought down the champlain tower south. the death toll has risen to nine. but still more than 150 people are unaccounted for. meanwhile, the history of this building behind me grows even more troubling. e-mails have come to light showing the structural engineering firm that inspected the building back in 2018 suggested repairs that could have cost more than $9 million. so why weren't those repairs addressed immediately? we have a team of cnn producers, camera people, reporters on the ground here in surfside to bring you the late-breaking developments, including cnn's randi kaye over in bal harbor at a synagogue. ryan young is over at the family reunification center. ryan, first to you. the miami-dade fire chief says they're not setting a time limit on the search and rescue eff

we're going to get an update from officials in surfside, florida, on theirsearch and recovery efforts to find more than 150 people missing following that condo collapse. that search in day four, the death toll stands at nine. when that press briefing begins, we're going to bring it to you live. >> first up for us, infrastructures back from the brink. several key republican senators making the rounds today to reaffirm their support after a comment from president biden nearly tanked their bipartisan deal. >> it was a surprise, to say the least, that those two got linked. i'm glad they have now been delinked and it's clear that we can move forward with a bipartisan bill that's broadly popular. >> mitch mcconnell wants infrastructure as much as anyone else. he wants jobs that this will create. i think leader mcconnell will be for it if it continues to come together as it is. >> those are the republicans, but a number of progressive democrats now worry about the prospects of the second part of the deal, the so-called human infrastructure package. it will cost a lot more. it's bound to face

the mayor of surfside florida. mayor charles bore can't has been kind enough to join us tonight.appen to know he's back on the pile at 6 am. mister mayor, i know this episode amid all the heartbreak, has forced you into the rule of researcher in your spare time. you've been looking into other places where seoul's have been pulled alive, against all odds and in terrible wreckage. that must be what gives you hope, the most valuable commodity and your town? >> i have gotten a lot of emails over the past couple of days, and that when the mail with the bbc article was the most relevant to me as far as the families go, because it outlined the potential for quite a long survival rate under the rubble where one woman in bangladesh was pulled out of the rebel crying after 17 days. so, we are not losing hope. we are not slowing down, we are not giving up. we are going to pull everybody out of the rubble and we are hoping and praying for some miracle. some are going to have the president here shortly and i am going to thank him for providing all the resources in cutting all the red tape. i

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the mayor of surfside, florida is standing by. he will have more on the people he's talked to at the scene and about the reports surfacing about what some officials may have known about this building. he has called the reports disturbing. first, we're going to get a report from steve harrigan who has been there live on the ground throughout with the new developments that we're seeing at 3:00 eastern in this situation. steve? >> martha a short time ago, another bus load of relatives went to the site of the building collapse. you report this story and then hear a new detail that wrenches you and makes you realize the pain that they're feeling, a rabbi that accompanies the relatives to the site said initially when they get there, many of them scream. they scream out the name of their missing relative. then they cry hand then it's peaceful. one man lost his mother who is missing. his grandmother is missing. he says his hope is that they were both asleep at 1:30 a.m. on thursday when the tower collapsed. >> we're completely devastated.

. >> for all those watching developments in surfside, florida, tonight, search and rescue workers are about to begin a seventh day of looking for any signs of survivors, any sign of life in that wreckage of the condo building that collapsed in two sections last week. tonight, 12 people confirmed killed. 149 souls remain unaccounted for. the head of miami-dade fire rescue tells the "new york times" crews have moved piece by piece, bucket by bucket about 3 million pounds of concrete from that pile. white house says the president and first lady will visit surfside on thursday. meanwhile, nbc news has learned that an april letter from the condo building's board to residents there warned of this accelerating concrete deterioration along with a growing renovation cost to residents. with that, let's bring in our leadoff guests on this tuesday night. white house reporter for the associated press, national political correspondent with the "new york times," and founding director of columbia's national center for disaster preparedness. he advises us on public health and happens to be a columnist

i'm john berman in surfside, florida. along with erica hill in new york.r survivors in the condo collapse has been going on 24/7. nine people dead and 159 unaccounted for and 152 families clinging to hope even though no one has been found in the collapse five days ago. they dug a deep trench to help in the search effort and special equipment was brought in to help detect signs of life through the concrete. a grim assessment of what they have found so far. >> it is horrific. that is one word i will say and, again, one of the most difficult collapses to deal with and the operation of what we're seeing is just a very difficult situation. >> the type of debris, unfortunately, that we're coming across, this is assuming it is a tough to describe. you know, we don't have the things we were looking for. that's what i mean by horrific. it is a very difficult, difficult situation. >> so, this morning we're learning that a 2018 report detailed significant damage to the shamplain towers building including cracks and breaks in the concrete. experts are trying to zero i

president biden and the first lady will head to surfside, florida, tomorrow, to visit the site of the deadly condo collapse and meet with victims' families and first responders.e with 149 people still unaccounted for. authorities have asked the government for additional rescue teams as two storm systems in the atlantic could pose a severe weather threat to florida and hamper the search efforts. laura podesta is tracking the very latest developments. the condo board president warned about the building's safety. >> reporter: good morning, anne-marie. she did. in a letter to residents last month, she said that damage to the garage had gotten significantly worse. now the exact cause of the collapse is still under investigation, but we do know fom reports of phone records that residents saw a portion of the pool deck collapse into the underground parking garage in the minutes before the building fell. piece by piece crews are methodically removing debris from the collapsed building in surfside, florida. >> we find strollers and baby bottles, stuffed toys, you know. it just brings a sense o

make it nu with nu finish. >>> tonight, as crews search the rubble of a condo collapse here in surfside, floridalorida to make sure it doesn't happen again. cnn's brian todd joins us with that. brian, you were in sunny isle up the street from here. you were going on some of these initial inspections. what were they looking for? >> they were looking for cracks in the foundation, compromises in the rebar. any crumbling. significant damage. they were finding a lot of it at this complex, the winston towers. it's a complex of seven buildings, many of them with a similar layout to the champlain south complex where the pool is on the side of the building, the garage is underneath the pool. and these buildings were about the same age if not older than the champlain towers complex. there was a ton of cracking, exposed rebar, exposed post-tension bars which take the place of rebar. they're steel bars that reinforce the concrete. when those get exposed, especially when there's salty air coming in from the sea, that's a problem. they've got to replace it. some of this looks horrific to us. but the building

. >>> and we begin, once again, in surfside, florida.here search-and-rescue operations are growing more aggressive, after another body was found in the wreckage of a 12-story building collapse. this is what's left of champlain towers' south condominiums after part of the structure came crashing down, in just a matter of seconds, thursday. right now, the death toll stands at five. and unfortunately, the whereabouts of 156 others is, still, unknown. the mayor of miami-dade county gave an update on the search, saturday evening. >> 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. >> tough words to hear there, from the mayor. meantime, we have learned that major-structural problems with the building were flagged, back in 2018. and that's leading to concerns about the nearby-north tower. and just how safe it is, at the moment, with each-passing hour, meantime,

rescuers continue searching in surfside, florida.eir building less than three months before this tragedy. the april letter warned, quote, the concrete deterioration is accelerating and the roof situation has gotten much worse. this, as families of the missing, are desperately seeking any information about their loved ones. at least 11 people are confirmed dead. they range in age from 26 years old to

but we do start with a search and rescue efforts that continue to surfside, florida. trues trying desperately to keep into that massive pile of debris. in the last hour they explained just how delicate and meticulous and risky this entire process is. >> 25,000 pounds of concrete in one piece, when you move it it creates a monumental shift in the debris field that could risk the lives of those above and below the surface. we have laser beams that target the debris field. >> sam broke and antonia hilton are on the ground there. antonia i will start with you. 30 minutes from now we'll be getting another update from miami-dade officials. we're on day five now on the search and rescue. new concerns about the safety of surrounding buildings as well. take us through these new developments, if you can. >> good morning, craig the situation here in surfside has been growing more desperate. we're now in the fifth day of an incredibly complicated search and rescue mission. to give you a sense of what it feels like here on the ground the first responders and rescuers are going out

more than 116 hours after that condominium collapse in surfside, florida. more than 400 rescuers assigned to this search. about 200 on the wreckage, at any, given time. a state fire marshal is warning that they are standing on a giant piece of metal with lightning and -- and a constant threat. okay? families trying to hold out hope, really. but it gets harder and harder as these days -- every moment -- goes by. and night after night after night, after it goes by. i -- look. i can't even imagine. i had have loss in my life but i can't imagine this. the agony. and this kind of waiting. they are hoping there, they are praying, that they won't get the terrible news that every family is dreading. so tonight, this is where the death toll is. it is rising to 11. >> in total, the number of people accounted for now stands at 136, with 150 unaccounted for. the number of confirmed deaths is 11. tragically, 11. >> i don't know if you ever want to imagine that but if you will, just put yourself in these folks' shoes by imagining what it is like. what it's like, not know

and laura podesta is in surfside, florida.as there been any progress when it comes to finding the missing? >> reporter: good morning, anne-marie. well, this morning there has been a constant stream of emergency personnel and vehicles carrying heavy machinery to the site of the partial building collapse right behind me here. as you can see, spotlights are blazing, creating near-daylight conditions so the search and rescue effort can continue through the darkness of the night. rescue crews are working around the clock in hopes of finding survivors of the building collapse in surfside, florida. >> they are so motivated to bring people out safely and restore them to their loved ones. >> reporter: search dogs scoured the rubble for any signs of life. one miami-dade fire rescue team used heavy equipment in the basement garage. >> it is a slow process. every time we start breaching parts of the structure, we do get debris on us. >> reporter: surveillance video captured the moment the building buckled. one section teetered before also

to take several weeks in surfside, florida. steve harrigan, fox news families of the missing are now being asked to provide dna samples t identify remains that are found in thebrs us now with more on this and the other challenges search and rescue crews are facing emma. julie small fires that were burning underneath the rubble has been a challenge for cruz. but today they got them under control, sunday in surfside, florida, the smoke began to clear as rescue teams delicately dampened fires within the rubble. careful not to cause more damage in the process, but its control there. if you can see there's no smoke today, so it's better work conditions for the rescuers because they have more visibility. fema administrator, dan chris well visited the crushed remnants of the collapsed condo tweeting her thanks to urban search and rescue crews and first responders. the exposure for rescuers. it's very dangerous. they're reading the dust, the reason breathing the smoke. they're bringing breathing all the you know the chemical contaminan

this tragedy is playing out in surfside, florida, coastal town of 6000 people just outside of miami beach. cbs news correspondent peter king is live at the scene right now. >> reporter: liz, the sun is starting to go down, that will make it a little bit easier, a little bit cooler for search and rescue workers who are working underneath the rubble and digging up to try to find any sign of survival among the 99 people or so they believe are buried underneath it all. dramatic video shows the middle section of the condo building in surfside collapsing first followed by the section closest to the ocean. the air quickly filling with smoke and debris, 55 apartments gone in a matter of seconds. >> literally half of that building is not there anymore. >> reporter: you can see 12 stories of exposed apartments and air-conditioners still clinging to the side, bunkbed, teetering on the edge. bystander nicholas balboa is one of the first on the scene and helped save a child. >> i was able to hear her the boy that was pulled from the rubble yelling. as i got closer i was able to see his hand sticking t

we're live in surfside, florida. >>> also, the u.s. military launching air strikes in the middle east, targeting militants backed by iran. what the pentagon is now saying. >>> feeling the heat like never before. 112 degrees in portland, oregon. it's so hot a street car cable melted. the once in a millennium heat. what's on top today. >>> we take you on the first cruise to set sail from the u.s. since the pandemic. what's different. >>> a yaba daba doo and the legal fight over this house with flintstone character statues in the yard. >>> the new sighting some are calling the hand of god. >>> good morning, everyone. we begin with new details about the condo building that collapsed in south florida and the history of complaints about safety. >> nine people are confirmed dead and 152 people are unaccounted for. any hope of a miracle is dwindling with each hour that passes. >> we've learned about an email from a member of the condo association in 2019 voicing concern about the structure of the building. faith abubey joins us from surfside,

the search for survivors and victims of the building collapse in surfside, florida, is now in its fourth. last night four more bodies were recovered, a fire burning below the massive pile of rubble and debris was extinguished, and teams began digging a trench to reach new areas. the 12-story condominium building collapsed just around 1:30 a.m., thursday. more than 150 people are still unaccounted for. today officials said they are notifying families as they are able to identify remains. >> as of today, one victim passed away in the hospital, and we've recovered eight more victims on-site. so, i am confirming today that the death toll is at nine. >> sreenivasan: the search and recovery work is continuing 24 hours a day. as of this afternoon there were no signs of survivors. for more on the building collapse and the dangerous conditions facing first responders, i spoke with npr correspondent brian mann who is covering the story in surfside, florida. >> and wt we've heard from officials here is that they have actually made some progress, they've managed to extinguish that terrible fire that

the devastating condo collapses in surfside, florida. moments ago, officials with that grim announcement. >> today our search and rescue teams found another body in the rubble. and as well, our search has reveale resu human mat five confirmed dead. 156 remain unaccounted for. authorities relying on dna testing to confirm the victims' identities. tonight, crews on fires deep in the rubble. rescuers using cranes, lifting huge chunks of debris. crews using their bare hands removing brick by brick, painstakingly sending debris down a massive slide. this is magnus here? >> this is magnus. >> reporter: sinead imbaro is with florida urban search and rescue task force six. her and her canine magnus are part of the search for survivors. can you describe what it's like seeing it from that perspective? >> it's -- it's a lot to take in. the magnitude of it, it's the feeling when you're there. you know? it's very quiet, but it's just surreal. >> reporter: determined crews putting their own lives at risk. >> have hope. there's always hope. i was in ha

search and rescue efforts continued today following the collapse of a condo building in surfside, florida, but no additional survivors were found as of late this afternoon. more than 150 peop are still unaccounted for, and at least four deaths are confirmed. firefighters and rescue teams are carefully digging through piles of debris, but a fire deep beneath the rubble is slowing their work. >> we are using infrared chnology. we are using foam. we're using water, and all tactics to contain the fire and minimize the smoke spread. >> sreenivasan: overnight, the city of surfside released documents, including an neer's report from 2018 that pointed to evidence of“ major structural damage” to the slab below the pool deck and entrance drive. for more on the search and the engineering reports, i spoke with npr correspondent brian mann, who is in surfside, florida. brian, first, the news that the city has been looking at engineering reports, that showed that, even as of three years ago, there were problems with this very building. now, it's not saying that that's the cause of why this disaster hap

in surfside, florida, the search >> o'donnell: tonight, holding on to hope.n surfside, florida, the search for victims and answers as the death toll rises in the condo collapse. the new reporting tonight about the building's structural issues, and extensive water damage. the new reporting tonight about the building's structural issues, and extensive water damage. what the former maintenance manager is telling cbs news. the agonizing wait-- families pray for word, and a family's stunning discovery in the rubble. why it gives them hope. plus a survivor tells us what he heard as he saw the building collapse. dangerous heat wave. more than 85 million from maine to california are under heat alerts as cities like seattle and portland experience their hottest days ever. plus tropical storm danny threatens the east coast. long-term protection, the encouraging news tonight about the pfizer and moderna coronavirus in setting sa wfirst cruise ship tt from the u.s. since the start of the pandemic. breaking news, u.s. forces under fire in syria after the u.s. airstrikes o

a special edition of "world news tonight" begins now. >>> good evening tonight from surfside, florida, just north of miami, where you can see there is a grim and desperate search under way behind me tonight. giant plumes of dust rising where they have begun to remove big piece of rubble. all this as they try to remove the debris here. an extraordinary scene playing out just as we come on the air tonight. rescuers on top of the pile throughout the day with dogs and equipment. and from time to time they have called for all-stops to listen for life, all in an effort to find survivors in the rubble. we talked with so many families, desperate for word of their loved ones. one family telling me until they receive final word it's over, it's not over. halftime the condominium gone, flattened on the ground. the massive operation around the clock. they went right into the night and tell us they plan to do so tonight. heavy equipment on the scene. and there have been very difficult moments here as well. the sad discovery, a body recovered and brought down from the rubble. at least four confirmed

and i hope they kept up with it. >> that is charles castle, a commissioner in surfside, florida. in just a short while, we'll be hearing from the mayor of surfside, so stay tuned for that. experts have cautioned us that it may takes months to know for sure what happens here. the focus now remains, though, on finding survivors. 159 people still unaccounted for. we know of at least four that have passed away. rescue crews at this point carefully sifting through the debris. and there are challenges. frequent fires, bad weather, and smoky conditions that are complicating their work. and just steps from where we are, there's actually a wall honoring the missing that's been set up, as officials urge families to keep hopes and prayers up. >> you've got to have hope. and we're doing everything that we can to bring your family member out alive. >> let's go straight to cnn's rosa flores. rosa, you've been here on the scene in surfside right from the start. what information do we know about where this rescue effort stands right now? >> kbroun, boris, there's been so many intense moments wher

." >>> we begin in surfside, florida, where search and rescue operations are growing more aggressive after another body was found in the wreckage of a 12-story building collapse. this is what's left of champlain towers south after part of the tower came crashing down in seconds on thursday. five people are confirmed dead and 156 others remain unaccounted for. the miami of miami-dade county gave an up date on the search on saturday. >> 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 mayor also announced the county will immediately begin an investigation of all buildings 40 years and older. major structural problems with the building were flagged back in 2018, concerns about the nearby north tower and how safe it is. with each passing hour, families grow ever more anxious for the news about their loved ones. isabela rosales has the latesest. >> reporter: the intense search and rescue has not stopped a

vaughn hillyard in surfside, florida. >>> coming up in our 4:00 hour i'm going to be joined by fortunakler who is a commissioner for the city of surfside beach and also has friends amongst the missing. we will talk about how friends and family are getting through this horrific tragedy in florida. >>> let's talk about the trump organization. so the walls are quickly closing in on the trump organization with a new report from "the new york times" claiming the former president's company is set to be hit with criminal charges by the manhattan's da's office as early as next week. the indictment is expected to be the, quote, first strike for manhattan da cy vance. at the center of this case extravagant perks, gifts and fringe benefits allegedly distributed to trump executives including the consider. fo allen weisselberg. to break town the details for us nbc news senior investigative senior producer anna shecter. walk us through what we know about the potential charges against allen weisselberg and company, specifically the trump organization, and when they could feasibly come down. >> so, ya

jacqui: steve harrigan following all of it from surfside, florida. hey, steve.nd smoky haze around the area, an area that's already dangerous we are talking about a partially collapsed building. the structure that could give in way in places and the water making some of the debris heavier and making job more challenging. the report you cited has major structural flaws from 3 years ago cited in the building that collapsed. laws in and around the parking garage as well as the pool deck and even eroded concrete. there are real concerns that other buildings in the area could be vulnerable and many buildings are ordering and ad it of their structure right now. a memorial has sprung up, opposite the site of the collapse. people posting photographs, pictures, hanging them on chain-link fence of some of the people who are missing and we are hearing more and more stories of what people went through that thursday night after the collapse 1:30 a.m. here is a survivor. >> we got down to third floor. there was an elderly woman, she needed help. my son and i helped her get do

rob, thank you. >>> now, to the search and rescue in the condo collapse in surfside, florida.lling new video surfacing, shot just seven minutes before the building came down. a look inside the building's parking garage at what appears to be a stream of water falling to the floor, as well as debris on the ground. crews are still working round the clock. florida is now asking the federal government for relief crews as they prepare for possible tropical weather. and tonight, a survivor's haunting call to her brother on the night of the collapse. here's abc's victor oquendo. >> reporter: tonight, chilling new video shot just seven minutes before that deadly condo collapse in surfside, florida. adriana saramiento shot the video. in it, you can see water falling into the garage below the building, as well as debris on the ground. she says she tried to alert the residents about the danger. >> weight builds up as you come down the tower, so those columns on the first floor are essentially supporting the entire tower. >> reporter: and if they're unstable -- >> if there's an issue with

first to phil keating in surfside florida with the very latest. phil? >> charles, today is day 5 of this round-the-clock search and rescue operation. the build is behind me. what is left of the champlain towers south. the brown building that you can see there on the other side of it, that's where the pile of rubble, pancaked rubble is and where the hunt for survivors continue. no survivors have been found since last thursday morning, just shortly after the building partially collapsed. the search and rescue operation is intense, it's massive. all eight state of florida urban search and rescue teams are here in surfside. this is around-the-clock operation. one more body was recovered today on top of the four more bodies found sunday bringing the confirmed death toll to ten. nine identified with 151 people unaccounted for. this remains a search and rescue situation. everybody is well aware that the window of survivability is shrinking. over the weekend, crews dug a trench hoping to find someone that could breathe and survive. voids have been found but no