in without precedent -- debbie wasserman schultz.- wasserman schultz.hultz. in the united states of _ wasserman schultz. in the united states of america. | wasserman schultz. in the i united states of america. the devastation that i witnessed today, the likes of which i have never seen and i've been to haiti and other nations but to haiti and other nations but to see one building come down like this inexplicably, having a chance to talk to the families whose hearts are breaking, who need and want answers and who need to have hope that their loved ones will be somewhere under that rubble and the confidence in knowing that we have, the ability to reassure them that we have the best search and rescue experts here, that we do send all over the world that we have right here, making sure that everything and anything that can be done to find their loved ones will be done. president biden says a bipartisan deal has been reached on his massive package of spending on us infrastructure. mr biden had initially wanted $2 trillion to overhaul and upgrade america's ro

representative debbie wasserman schultz was on the ground here. she was participating in the festival and the parade. she was just nearby, feet away when this happened. she has released a statement as well. i want to. she says, i am heartbroken by what took place at the celebration. she is deeply shocked and shaken and devastated. and may the memory of the life loss be able icing. -- also says he's devastated and morning for the life taken. and he's grateful for police action. where we are is a little bit north of fort lauderdale. it's a very large lgbt community. a lot of the restaurants and bars on the main street are owned by members of the game community. this parade is a celebration that happens every year during pride month. about 35,000 people usually come out with. there's thousands of people out here yesterday. and the theme of yesterday's events was out of darkness, into light. but this morning certainly some darkness has happened. one has died, and another injured because of this incident. >> yet, is one of the more famous gay communiti

wasserman schultz, pursuant to h.r. 8, i inform the house that ms. wasserman schultz will vote yes on s.j.res. 15. and as the member designated by mr. crist of florida, pursuant to h.r. 8, i inform the house that mr. crist will vote yes on s.j.res. 15. mr. deutch: as the member designated by mr. soto, pursuant to h.r. 8, i inform the house that mr. soto will vote yes on s.j.res. 15. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from kansas seek recognition? ms. davids: madam speaker, as the member designated by mr. defazio, pursuant to h.r. 8, i inform the house that mr. defazio will vote yes on h.j.res. -- s.j.res. 15. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from texas seek recognition? >> yes, ma'am. as the member designated by dr. michael burgess, pursuant to h.r. 8, i inform the house that dr. burgess will vote nay. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from oklahoma seek recognition? >> madam speaker, as the member designated by mr. mullin of oklahoma, pursuant to h.r. 8, i inform the

we heard from congresswoman debbie wasserman schultz and governor ron desantis, the lieutenant governor in a slew of city officials including mayor charles burkett and you are the last few questions, a couple in spanish, they did not translate into english as they have been going back and forth and doing the same for spanish, but i can tell you that the focus of that last question which was definitely understandable by all was "what about those reports from 2018 that there were structural problems here? and at one point when i reporter was asking in english about that i don't know if you could see it but we could hear it, debbie wasserman schultz began chatting with the mayor in such a way that we could barely hear the rest of the question getting out, this is certainly a point where they need to have transparency and that's exactly what you heard the mayor of surfside say there at the very end, very clearly, we will have transparency in this process. they reiterated that the search and rescue portion of this continues. the search, rescue, and recover continues at that condominium build

that woman in the car appears to be congresswoman debbie wasserman schultz. >> yeah, you can see justhe horror in her eyes. there was some initial speculation about whether there was an accident or what some, including the mayor of fort lauderdale, calling it a terrorist attack on the lbgtq community. cnn's natasha chen joining us now live from atlanta with more. natasha, what do you know about what happened and are what are authorities saying about it? >> right now it's very unclear what exactly happened. what we know is that there were a lot of witnesses when this happened because it was the start of the stonewall pride parade around 7:00 p.m. a lot of high-profile individuals there, congresswoman debbie wasserman schultz was there and she said that this was devastating to witness. now, our affiliate, wplg, who is providing some of the video that we are seeing, the fort lauderdale gay men's chorus provided a statement to that affiliate station of ours saying that the people who were injured, one person now has died, were part of the gay men's chorus. they also added that the driver

our congresswoman, debbie wasserman schultz.just wanted to be sure that we could close out the die for you, and you could, all, take a rest and come back refreshed, in the morning. [ speaking foreign language ] >>> mayor there of miami-dade county. not much new information about pointing out the latest from officials on the ground. 99 people, still, unaccounted for tonight. in surfside. it's important, as she said, that doesn't mean 99 people -- it's known that 99 people were in that building and they haven't accounted for those people who are in the building. they -- they're not sure that -- some of those 99 people may have been out. this occurred around 1:30 a.m. in the morning or thereabouts. so, they are still, obviously, trying to get in touch with anybody who -- who may have lived there but not actually been there. to try to figure out, exactly, how many people it is that they are searching for, right now. the operations are underway. and will continue throughout the night. joining us, now, is a structural engineer, who cu

joining us is congresswoman debbie wasserman schultz. have you been provided information about what may have caused this? >> because they really are, anderson, still in the midst of this heartbreaking, painstaking rescue operation, they're not even approaching being a little bit figure that out. it is the most bizarre -- just unbelievable situation, especially in a community like this one in south florida where we have such stringent building codes, 40-year inspection requirements. this building was 40 years old and about to go under his inspection and they haven't been able to sport that out. >> i believe an attorney for the condo association was on with erin burnett saying in preparation for that 40-year update, they had had an engineer or multiple people looking at the building, coming up with a list of things they needed but didn't have any indication at this stage that. >> no, sir, things may have related to this, but obviously, as you said, the focus is really on the recovery efforts right now. what have you been told about -- >> r

congresswoman debbie wasserman schultz just steps away from is the incident. she's reacting this morning. >>> the january 6th insurrection involves the man in red you see there on the red. allegedly attacking a d.c. police officer with a flag pole and now trying to be released from jail. >>> the voting rights bill facing an uphill battle. senate minority leader mitch mcconnell is vowing to block it on tuesday. congress democratic sheila lee responding. >> we passed bills in the senate without mitch mcconnell. miracles do happen. >>> one time tropical storm claudette damaging homes in alabama and warnings of flash floods. what is turning out to be a very busy sunday june 20th. i'm kendis gibson. >> thanks for waking up with us. >> to the astronauts up there in the space station. you see a couple of them getting ready for a space walk including sean kanesberry as well as the french astronaut. they're going to do a cool space walk. cameras popped up the cameras in the last few minutes. >> tough week for them. they have been prepping for this. apparently install n

debbie wasserman schultz joins me now.uding the town of surfside. congresswoman. good to see you. this is a sad time for you. you've been spending some of it talking with relatives of people on the unaccounted for list. what are they telling you? >> yeah, i spent the last two days at the site. it's just -- the -- i spent -- but -- i've got to talk with families waiting since yesterday. and -- despair and hope at the same time. and have hope but knowing that we have the best search and rescue teams in the world here in south florida, that are deeply and fully immersed in trying to do everything they can to rescue anyone if it's possible, gives them some comfort. and, you know, there is just -- it's a very slow and pains taking process. there is obviously danger to the search and rescue teams. you can see there's been fires breaking out. and the rain hasn't helped. it's a precarious situation that really needs to be done carefully, pains takingly and also you want to make sure there is not shifts in the rubble that end the l

wasserman schultz, pursuant to h. res. 8, i inform the house that miswasserman schultz will vote yes on h.r. 2225. the speaker pro tempore: on this vote, the yeas are 345, the nays are 67. 2/3 being in the affirmative, the rules are suspended, the bill is passed and without objection the motion to reconsider is laid on the table. pursuant to clause 8 of rule 20, the unfinished business is the vote on the motion of the gentlewoman from texas, ms. johnson, suspend the rules and pass h.r. 3593 as amended on which the yeas and nays are ordered. the clerk will report the title. the clerk: h.r. 3593, a bill to provide guidance for investment in and research and development activities of the department of energy and for other purposes. the speaker pro tempore: the question is, will the house suspend the rules and pass the bill as amended? members will record their votes by electronic device. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. a

wasserman schultz was sitting in a convertible nearby.stigating. >>> they have stuff thrown at them. they have urine thrown at them. they're subjected to molotov cocktails. for the past year and-a-half, and even before that, they've been willing to stand up and be subjected to that. the system right now has let them down. eric: he's referring to the portland, oregon police riot squad officially known as the rapid response team. and guess what, all of the team, all 50 of the officers they quit from the prestigious team last week. they said they did that to protest the indictment of one of their members on assault charge for you allegedly assaulting a photographer while trying to break up the riots last year. the portland police association says the decorated officer who was charged was caught between an you agenda driven city leaders and politicized criminal justice system. darryl turner joins us now, executive director of the portland police association. the officers remain on the force. they quit the squad. but what message does their re

law enforcement and high-profile officials, you saw there in the video, congresswoman debbie wasserman schultz, everybody there to d celebrate at the beginning of the stonewall pride parade when this happened. there were many witnesses. from the witnesses what we're hearing is that this pickup truck plowed into people, as you mentioned, hitting two men, one of them has died. the other one is expected to survive. the fbi is assisting in this investigation right now. here is what authorities are saying about the investigation at this moment. >> the police department and the wilton manors police department, we send our deepest condolences to the families, to the victims, to the participants, to everyone affected by this incident. i know that out of respect for this incident, the city of wilton manors decided it not continue with the parade out of an effort to be and have the utmost respect for those involved. >> so you heard there that the parade was then canceled. everybody expected and ready to celebrate. instead, having to witness this tragedy, and i should mention a lot of the first responder

joining us to discuss what's going on debbie wasserman schultz. she represents this district.id you ever in your wildest fears and imagination imagine a condominium, a 12-story condominium building just going down like this? >> never in my worst nightmares. you think about all the people who come down here to have their lifelong dreams of vacation fulfilled. they come to retire and live out their retirement years in fun and joy. this community, as you mentioned, is so tight knit. the jewish community in particular, you know, this is a very tight knit, close community. i can't tell you the number of friends i have who had family or close friends in the building in the middle of the night when it came crashing down. this is the stuff of nightmares. >> you're talking to these people. how are they coping? it's so awful. >> it is. it is unimaginable grief mixed with hope, anxiety, frustration. thanks to mayor daniella levine cava who's done a fantastic job coordinating the efforts, she was able to make sure the families could come closer to the site in our faith making sure you hav

. >> he's coming in about 15 minutes, i believe i'm going to meet with him, debbie wasserman schultz has been very helpful, the white house has called, they are working on some ideas to help us. so it seems like everybody is really pitching in. >> emily: mayor, this is emily compagno, can you give us a little bit of insight into the actual numbers of all of those amazing experts and participating in the rescue efforts underway here? how many dogs, how many search and rescue members and fire department and the like, do you have the ability to grasp the magnitude on to play right now? >> there is no shortage of people here to help. and as i look around we've got fire trucks, rescue trucks, all kinds of high tech equipment up and down the street and if something needs to be done, it is done. late last night it was a little tough because we needed a light and of resources with a port in, the county mayor did an awesome job, dade county fire department did an awesome job, like i said, all the municipalities, it's just amazing, it's really amazing. the three kayleigh mcenany here, two quic

had a long discussion with her today and i have spoken with and come in cappingt with debbie wasserman schultz who is in charge of that district and fema is ready to go. they are down inspecting what they think is needed pu i'm waiting for the governor to declare a emergency especially as we know what might happen with the rest of the building. we are ready to move federal resources immediately, immediately. we can't go in. but fema is down there taking a look at what's needed and including everything from if the rest of the buildings have to be evacuated, founding housing and making sure they have the capacity to have a place to shelter and food to eat. that is under way now. and my chief of staff has been deeply involved in this from the very beginning and the cabinet involved in it now dealing with fema and working on it and i made it clear, i say to the people of florida, whatever help you want and the federal government can provide, we are waiting, just ask us, we will be there. we will be there. reporter: what do you say about the vice president going to the border tomorrow? [ [indiscern

we're very pleased that we're joined or senator marco rubio or congresswoman debbie wasserman schultz or chairman of the commission. vice chairman of the commission we just wanted to be sure that we could close up the day for you and you could all. take a rest and come back refreshed in the morning. it's corn, which of the it is. but it is we'll see you on scene. but i what know data. that's from dosage the workday, them again and the event a hardline not data nosotros vamos a i right. we've been listening to a live news conference surfside, florida, just north of miami beach where that building collapsed in the search. >> continues to try to find up to 50 people that are still missing in the rubble there. >> welcome back to our top story tonight at 5.30. the vast majority of san franciscans feel that crime and homelessness is getting way out of control. that's according to a poll released today by the san francisco chamber of commerce. yeah. those polled also want to see more police on the streets and more direct services for the unsheltered kron four's, maureen kelly reports this co

. >> reporter: congresswoman debbie wasserman schultz who represents the area and planned to participate in the parade narrowly avoided being hit herself. she said in a tweet: according to police the 77-year- old driver, seen here escorted away from his truck-- what was supposed to be the lead vehicle in the truck, had ailments preventing him from marching. the president of the fort lauderdale gay men's chorus which was participating in the parade, said in a statement, the driver as well as the victims were all a part of the chorus family. adding that he does not believe this was an attack lgbt community. mola lenghi cbs news new york. >> duncan: the european union lifted its covid travel ban this weekend reopening the continent in time for the summer tourism season. it comes even as the highly contagious delta variant continues to surge. lilia luciano is in los angeles. lilia how are people there varit responding to the threat of the. lilia lili delta variant? >> reporter: well jericka, the people i've talked to here at l.a.x. say they feel safe tothoo are vaccinated and that the travel

congresswoman debbie wasserman schultz who represents the area and planned to participate in the paradearrowly avoided being hit herself. she said in a tweet, i am so heart broken by what took place at this celebration. may the memory of the life lost be for a blessing. according to police, the 77-year-old driver seen here escorted away from his truck, what was supposed to be the lead vehicle in the parade, had ailments preventing him from marching. police adding, the man has it cooperated with their investigation. the president in the fort lauderdale gay men's chorus which was participating in the parade said in a statement the driver as well as the victims were all a part of the chorus family. adding that he does not believe this was an attack on the lgbtq community. >> we owe it to our community to conduct a thorough and complete investigation and are working in conjunction with our partners at the fbi to do so. >> reporter: while this appears to have been an accident, still authorities say they will explore all possibilities. mola lenghi cbs news, new york. >>> the european union li

the truck also narrowly missing the parade vehicle of florida congresswoman debbie wasserman schultz,he former chair of the democratic national committee. the congresswoman later tweeting, “i am deeply shaken and devastated that a life was lost and others seriously injured.” police flooding the area as first responders rushed in to help. >> i went to try and help the one guy that was bleeding from the head, rendered first aid. >> reporter: two men were taken to the hospital, one later dying. authorities saying the second man is expected to survive. the driver placed in handcuffs and taken away for questioning. the ft. lauderdale gay men's chorus saying both the victims and the driver were members of the chorus. their president saying, to my knowledge, this was not an attack on the lgbtq community. police say the driver is being cooperative. they checked for dui here at the scene, and say there were no signs of impairment. >> victor, thank you. >>> tonight, concerns about the delta variant, accounting for at least 1 in 10 new covid cases in the u.s. hospitals are seeing younger patient

speaking in the last 30 minutes, debbie wasserman schultz is the congresswoman who represents the areapsed. —— speaking in the last hour or so. she says she's never seen anything like the destruction that's occurred. i will tell you after spending the bulk of the day here, that this is a tragedy without precedent in the united states of america. the devastation that i witnessed today is the likes of which i have never seen — and i have been to haiti , but to see one building come down and other nations. —— but to see one building come down like this inexplicably... having a chance to talk to the families whose hearts are breaking, who need and want answers and who need to have hope that their loved ones will be somewhere under that rubble and the confidence in knowing that we have — the ability to reassure them that we have the best search and rescue experts here, that we do send all over the world but that we have right here, making sure that everything and anything that can be done to find their loved ones will be done. earlier i spoke to beatriz dies who lives nearby. her apartment

speaking short time ago, debbie wasserman schultz better speak to nicholas balboa, a local who went tolding while he was walking his dog. building while he was walking his do. . ~ building while he was walking his do. ., ~ ,, building while he was walking his do. . ~ i. ., building while he was walking his do., ., ~' ., ., his dog. thank you for having me. his dog. thank you for having me- this _ his dog. thank you for having me. this morning, _ his dog. thank you for having me. this morning, it - his dog. thank you for having me. this morning, it didn't . me. this morning, it didn't really register what had happened, especially being its 130 in the morning, i am walking the dog, there is no storm, there is nothing, i guess, create some kind of loud underlying noise and shake the ground. the first time, there were two kind of cracks of thunder and small quakes, if you will. the first one was relatively light, so i thought that maybe a storm system was moving in but about 30 seconds to a minute, another one came and it was a lot more pronounced so it was at that point i knew there was s

i'm debby wasserman schultz.the briefing today, and to sit down and talk can our national exerts, the agency that reviews and comes in to dmds a full investigation is necessary. they were investigators in 9/11 and in a number of structural sends around the country and they're the best of the best when it comes to making sure they do a complete and thorough overview. they're determines right now whether or not they open a full investigation, and i'm not an expert, but i think it is natural that they decide to do that and their role is to forensically review the process, going through the rubble, and the search and rescue process making sure the evidence is preserved to make sure that even with the army core of engineers, some of the issues that have risen, but the questions around things like the structural damage to the spool and other points of weakness, they will look through that and determine if they needs to open a full investigation, and then they will decide if any decisions or fact finding they engaged in

remote all right, a rescue mission going on in the building collapse prompting congressman debbie wasserman schultzing. thank you for taking the time. there are three in total, the south tower and the east tower. >> we are the middle tower and the youngest tower as well. >> all right. are you confident being in your building? >> i feel confident being in the building because we've seen so many inspectors here to reassure us that we are in a good position, we don't have any structural damages as of now and we are hoping we were in a very good building, taking care of our building for many years in this very row, innovation is being done. never neglected a building and things of the board of directors, all the situation and everyone on this coastline, i would like to have more research done, whether it is our children, the future, i don't know if anybody can answer this, but it would be nice to hear from more experts about the current situation. >> a little bit closer to the south tower. >> absolutely not, our mayor expressed something in the channel seven move and we can move out if we want to and m

debbie wasserman schultz whose district includes surfside. entire community is going through right now. >> thank you. >> you have talked about it in terms of the gut of this community was ripped out in an instant and a lot of your time has been with the families waiting for answers. can you tell us what they are asking you for this morning? >> they are asking everyone who will listen for answers. thank you, poppy. and thank you for cnn's coverage of this. it's so important to have people on the grounds. being close to this unprecedented tragedy helps us make sure that we can really put not only a spotlight on what happened but all the way through what will be a very long process, get to the bottom of how this happened. right now we're focused on those families, focused on making sure our search and rescue team are able to get through, do their incredible work, which thankfully the families had a chance to see what they were doing up close yesterday and what they had wanted was to get close to, obviously, so many of the religious community esp

the president a candidate by sending him questions ahead of time with the congresswoman debbie wasserman schultz>> i love donna so that makes it really difficult and she single-handedly -- jimmy's radio show and that is how he's increased his audience because everyone is such a fan of his democratic candidate so it's donna brazile. kennedy: jessica is in the lead on the board. >> i got a rabid attack and she got a 2-year-old debate question. c everyone knows that about jimmy carter. kennedy: one campaign staffer asked another to do fake dna test results was it antonio villaraigosa congressman john conyers or former north carolina senator john edwards? >> it's john edwards. i remember that. kennedy: adapts the least john edwards. what did and that stupid haircut. so easy that one. we have the blasted these guys. this one is worth two anyone who wins. which of these donkeys once their oath of office on a copy of a book of hindu scripture. was it maryanne williamson hawaii congressman tulsi gabbard or congressmen. >> i have to go with tulsi gabbard for the win. c congratulations. if you guys get th

congresswoman debby wasserman schultz also spoke with cnn. she described how the tragedy is ripping through the tight-knit community in south florida. >> you think about all the people who come down here to have their lifelong dreams of vacations. they come to retire and live out their retirement years in fun and joy. this community, as you mentioned, it's so tight knit. it's had large pieces of the heart torn out of it and the jewish community, in particular, you know, this is a very tight-knit close community. i can't tell you a number of friends i have who had family or close friends in the building in the middle of the night when it came crashing down. this is a stuff of nightmares. >> later this hour, we'll hear from jewish community leaders who have been showing support for the families friends impacted by this building collapse. >>> u.s. president joe biden has warned military air strikes. they said the strikes targeted operational and weapon storage facilities and house speaker nancy pelosi says they're in response to a serious and sp

the truck narrowly missed florida congresswoman debbie wasserman schultz in a convertible nearby. she says she is deeply shaken but otherwise okay. the head of the local gay men's chorus says the driver is a member of the chorus family. police in arizona continue searching for a motive after a driver rammed his pickup truck into a group of cyclists, critically injuring at least six people. the suspect is also in critical condition after police shot him when he tried to get away. christina coleman live in los angeles with the latest on this. christina. >> reporter: hi, arthel. today we're hearing chilling details from a witness who describes this as a, quote, targeted attack. we want to warn you, the images you're about to see are graphic. the disturbing incident happened early yesterday morning in a mountain town northeast of phoenix, critically injuring at least six people. a cyclist tells the new york times that he saw the truck driving in the opposite direction and then cross over three lanes and head straight toward the cyclists. this person says the driver intentionally hit t

debbie wasserman schultz and other florida representatives have joined hands. we're all pulling in the same direction. mayor cava has been offering. we have no shortage of resources. we've had a shortage of luck. right now it's raining hard. that doesn't stop the rescue effort, but it does slow it down a bit. that is frustrating. >> martha: i want to ask you about some of these reports. i understand that your priority is the rescue after and the families. these questions just can't help but come up. there's some reporting in the "miami herald" today about an engineer in 2018 that discovered major structural damage to a concrete slab below the pool deck in the section of champlain showers south that collapsed and a failure to replacement would call the deterioration to expand. what can you say about those reports and learning about that given that it's early on, mayor? >> well, given what we know and given what has happened, it's disturbing. >> martha: what about the reports that there was a chief building official for the town of surfside that told the resident

the state government, the governors, our two senators, we've got our mayor, we've got debbie wasserman schultz. we just need some luck and we have it. we were having the rains. we were having the fire. those have both subsided and now it is 100% focused on getting the people out. >> you were speaking with the relatives who are so worried about their mothers and fathers and brothers and sisters. what are these folks saying to you? we've heard some of them are understandably frustrated. they wanted answers. they're saying please do more. please put more people there. the answer is we're doing exactly that. we have armies ready to go. 24 hours a day, seven days a week. it won't stop until we pull everybody out. >> they said they have the resources. what they need is luck. and they got some. improved weather conditions are adding to hope as rescue workers are able to make more progress sifting through the debris. ryan young reports from outside the hotel where family members have been gathering. >> a very difficult few days with the families. they have a been very upset. they started to get more u

debbie wasserman schultz has been here. she's been incredible. we have had our county mayor, mayor kava, who has drowned us in resources. we have so many resources. it's unbelievable. we need to get lucky and find as many people as possible. we have the committees and the backing and the resources, everything we need, we need that luck. >> yeah. it's so weird that just one portion of this building collapsed. and you said, now is the time for rescuing. the cause, we'll get to. and i think you're right on that. that's what you're devoting your time and attention to. you just said, you told my colleague, wolf blitzer, you're not lacking any resources. you're drowning in resources. is there anything that your community is not getting while you have the attention of people watching? >> no. no. we really need some prayers and luck. that's all we need. we got guys that ran into the building, just like 9/11. that building was in danger of collapsing. but they ran right in and they went and they grabbed a few people that were leftover that couldn't walk o

wasserman schultz: d have any reason to believe that joe biden was not the duly elected president? dir. wray: i do not. >> trump tweeted, statistically impossible to have lost the 2020 election. big protest in d.c. onto nori six. to be wild. -- be -- big protest in d.c. on january 6. will be wild. is it fair to say that president trump is what cause people to show up on generally six? dir. wray: i can't say. >> it was a pretty motivated group of people and they were storming the capitol was trump paraphernalia and trump clothing , so i don't know how you could not acknowledge that it is fair to say that he was successful in getting us -- getting his supporters, but i will answer the question that it was pretty clear. do you agree that donald trump continue to repeat false claims and conspiracy theories to the crowd on generally six? dir. wray: as i think i have said in response to some of the earlier questions, i really do not think that as fbi director, i should be commenting or weighing in on other people speech and rhetoric, so with respect, i -- >> i was just point out that he

we're going to follow with debby wasserman schultz. >> thanks, mayor, the members of the county commission of seeing a building that had collapsed in surfside, which is entirely included in my congressional district. i spent the morning before i got on the plane to come down here speaking with the mayor and the the officials in the city of surfside that have done a remarkable job mobilizing with the mayor and her team. this is -- it's essential that we have a whole of government effort here. so making sure -- my responsibility as a member of congress that represents this community is to make sure that we can have there be no daylight with the federal, state and local governments and ensuring that we have the assistance of the federal government to make sure our community has the resources that they need to make sure that not only the unexpected expenses that come with this kind of disaster are accounted for but also there will be need for federal housing assistance that only comes with a disaster declaration that we've been working with the white house to make sure is declared. once the go

florida congresswoman debbie wasserman schultz was riding in.raying for the victims and their loved ones." >>> a suspect has been charged with murder in russia in the death of an american student who vanished there the body of 34-year-old katherine surro was found in a wooded area about 250 miles east of moscow. in a statement today a russian court alleged that the suspect gave her a ride before killing her an hour later. the woman was a former marine and attended uc davis where she received a masters degree in art history in 2019. one of her russian language professors remembered her as a good student. >> she was just a lovely person inside and out. she exuded positive energy. she was smart. she was inquisitive. she was articulate. >> her mother who lives in mississippi says the last text message from her said, "in a car with a stranger. i hope i'm not being abducted." >>> in developing news, residents along the gulf coast are cleaning up after tropical storm claudette pounded the area. claudette is expected to intensify and reach tropical stor

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debbie wasserman schultz is here, and the mayor of dade county has been here on scene.esources are unbelievable. we are not short of resources. we are just more short on luck right now, and we are hoping that is going to change. judy: is there any information on what might have been the cause? >> this is the united states, we are a first world country. buildings do not fall down like this. these two buildings went down, notnlike what we saw in 2001. it was just a riffing. --t was horrific. there are no words for it, except we are dealing with it and we are going to stay on it until the job is done. the answer to your question is, no, we don't have any information on why this happened, other than a couple of theories. now is not the time for those theories, now is the time to save lives, and that is what i intend to do. judy: in connection with that, there are also reports that the building was about to undergo refurbishing, having to do with the structure. can you add anything to that? >> i don't know if that is completely accurate. i know they were reroofing the buildi

debbie wasserman schultz has been instrumental in providing resources. we are all set. all we have to do is say people now, and we've got guys out on the pile of rubble desperately searching for people. >> sandra: mayor, have you been able to confirm that the rest of the building can stay intact enough that those that are trying to rescue people are safe enough to do so? >> no, we have not been able to confirm that, although the first responders when in any way, with their lives, to bring people out. which was amazing. i mean, that is the only bright spot in this whole story. but you know, we are diligently doing search and rescue right now, and we are making arrangements for the folks that are displaced. that is our primary job as it is right now. >> john: mayor, at last count, we heard that there were 51 people missing. what we see there, the pile of rubble on our screen is eerily reminiscent of what we see in earthquakes around the world, and i mean, earthquakes obviously take a huge toll of human life, but sometimes when buildings come down, they also create spaces.

. >> reporter: the mayor also saying the truck narrowly missed florida congresswoman debby wasserman schultz who was participating in the event. the congresswoman seen here surrounded by staff. bystanders saying the truck appeared to be part of the parade, lining up with other vehicles and floats. >> there are a lot of people that don't know what to make of this, and they're thinking of the worst. was it deliberate? was this an attack on the lgbtq community? >> reporter: authorities have yet to say what caused the incident and whether or not the driver intentionally attacked the crowd. overnight the ft. lauderdale's gay men's chorus said both the victims and the driver were members of the chorus, saying, this was not an attack on the lgbtq community. we anticipate more details to follow and ask for the community's love and support. the investigation is under way. at this point the fbi is also involved. police say that they are speaking with the driver and several witnesses as they work to determine if this was intentional or an awful accident. whit? >> still a lot of questions about what hap

importantly, as a member of the homeland security committee, and knowing congressman debbie wasserman schultz, we have been ready to be of assistance in any way we can, which have been very much in the forefront by president biden. so we continue to pray for that community and there lies, even though it's a private ownership, it emphasizes we have no other option than to work this through. and some of the senators that i've had the opportunity to speak with, even though there's disagreement about size, and the idea of the bipartisan deal, i believe that there will be no option other than to get it done. and here's how i think it will be done. obviously, the discussion is that whether we take the smaller deal, which is the compromise, but we've heard speaker pelosi. we've had a number of us in the democratic caucus and certainly part of the progressive caucus, vice chair, we have been working for a long time to tell the president that america does need a much larger deal, which would include infrastructure, just a few days ago a pedestrian bridge in washington, d.c. collapsed. it didn't get a

conversations happening at a high level, especially with fema playing a lead role in debbie wasserman schultz been in touched with the white house. the president likes to as often as he can get down there and see things firsthand so the indication based on the president's comments just now is they feel comfortable that he can go there, get that firsthand look but not be a distraction to the kinds of recovery efforts that are still very much ongoing. >> looking for that possibly as early as thursday. mike memoli racing out to the north lawn after the president's comments on the south lawn. thank you for that. >>> we have a lot going on. president biden after making those remarks about florida is now heading to wisconsin to try to sell this infrastructure plan. >>> that plus on basically charge watch now for the trump organization, lawyers for the former president's business mounting this last ditch push to try to avoid charges, charges that could get filed as early as today. we have one of our top legal experts, chuck rosenberg how this works if this were filed against a corporation rather tha

debbie wasserman schultz has been here and she's been incredible. had our county mayor, mayor cava, who has -- has drowned us in resources here. we just have so many resources, it's unbelievable. all we need to do is get lucky, and start finding as many people as possible. so, we've got the commitments. we've got the backing. we've got the resources. we've got everything we need. we just need that luck. >> is it so weird that just one portion of this building collapsed. and you said, look, now is the time for rescuing. the cause, we'll get to. and i think, you're exactly right on that. and that's what you are devoting your time and attention to. you just said -- you also told my colleague, wolf blitzer, earlier, that you are not lacking any resources. you just said you are drowning in resources. but is there anything that your community needs that it's not getting, while you have the attention of people watching? >> no, no. we really just need some prayers and luck. that's all we need because we've got -- you know, we got guys that ran into the buil

i also commend congresswoman wasserman schultz who has been amazing, supportive like you can't believe. like i've said all along, we don't have a resource problem. we've only had a luck problem. but our luck has at least with almost to the weather and the fires, has seemed to turn now. we just need a few more miracles each day. we need to start pulling people out of that rubble and reuniting them with the families. i'm excited and expectant and i'm looking forward to that. thank you. >> thank you, mayor. >> i would just add that today the mayor, myself, commissioner garcia, representative bush. we have a chance to actually meet over on the beach with a group of clergy, just to hold hands and pray. it was interesting because one of the prayers, the minister start off and he said, god doesn't have a gender or race or color, he doesn't know cities or counties or countries. god is love. we can petition god together right now in this place. it was moving. it reminded me that we look at things and we define ourselves by differences. when tragedy confronts us, we're best defined by how we com

down, the federal emergency officials, the fire and police and, of course, congresswoman debbie wasserman schultz and the sad news that there are now ten victims recovered and 151 still unaccounted for. joining us now amidst all of this terrible sadness, rachel sigel, whose mother is among the dozens still not accounted for and she's joined by her brother josh as well. thank you for being with us. tell us about your state of mind right now. obviously, terrible sadness. do you still have hope as they begin to get higher in the pile and begin to look through other parts of this debris? >> first of all, i just want to tell you my mom really enjoys watching you and i know that's such a weird thing to say. >> i feel a connection to you. >> we feel a connection to you. and i wrote about it in my instagram and my facebook post, specifically about how my mom watches the "today" show every morning. she's just a religious nbc watcher in general. she watches the news every day. so, like, she refers to the team on the first name basis. but in terms of the search, i think that my family is just really scared

we're going to follow our representative, debbie wasserman schultz. >> thank you very much.mbers of the county commission, i woke up this morning in washington, d.c., to the horror of seeing a building that had collapsed in surfside, which is entirely included in my congressional district. i spent the morning before i got on the plane to come down here speaking with mayor burkett and the officials in the city of surfside who have done a remarkable job of mobilizing along with mayor levine cava and her team. it is essential that we have a whole of government effort here. and so my responsibility as a member of congress that represents this community is to make sure that we can have there be no daylight between the federal, state and local governments and ensuring that we have the assistance of the federal government to make sure that our community has the resources they need to make sure that not only the unexpected, unanticipated expenses that come with this kind of disaster are accounted for, but also there will be need for federal housing assistance that only comes with a

our heart goes out to them, and the people of florida, i want to -- i've spoken to debbie w wasserman schultzation, the congress are doing everything to be of assistance now and after this occurs. after they decide exactly what the state of play is. but i'm glad to welcome everyone here to the adjunct to the white house here, in-person and virtually. survivors and family members, victims and the path breaking leaders like senator baldwin, just over five years ago, the pulse nightclub, a place of acceptance and joy, became a place of unspeakable pain and loss. and we'll never fully recover, but we'll remember, and we have to -- what we're goingo

we've got debbie wasserman schultz. we've got everything we need and more. we just need some luck, and we had it. we were having the rains, we were having the fire. those are both subsided, and now it's 100% focused on getting those people out of there. >> i know you've been speaking with some of the family members who are so worried about their missing relatives, moms and dads, brothers and sisters. how are those sessions going, what are these folks saying to you? we've heard some of them are obviously and understandably frustrated. they want answers. >> they're saying do more, please do more, please do more. please put more people there. and, you know, the answer is, we're doing exactly that. we have armies ready to go, 24 hours a day, seven days a week. it's not going to stop until we pull everybody out. that's just the way it's going to be. >> when we spoke yesterday, you said you would support family members, if they want, to go actually and see the site of that destruction, see the site. and today that happened. >> and i was very pleased that our mayor

want to -- i've spoken to debbie w wasserman schultz, and i promise you the administration, the congress are doing everything to be of assistance now and after this occurs. after they decide exactly what the state of play is. but i'm glad to welcome everyone here to the adjunct to the white house here, in-person and virtually. survivors and family members, victims and the path breaking leaders like senator baldwin, just over five years ago, the pulse nightclub, a place of acceptance and joy, became a place of unspeakable pain and loss. and we'll never fully recover, but we'll remember, and we have to -- what we're going to do is with the members of congress here did, enshrine in law, as a consequence of that law, enshrine in perpetuity a literal monument to the loss that occurred there and an absolute determination that we're going to deal with this every single solitary day, and make sure that we're not in a position to see this happen again. behind me, you see on either board there the 49 lives lost, family members, parents, friends, veterans, students, young, black, asian, latino, all

joining me is correspondent leigh ann caldwell and debbie wasserman schultz. congresswoman schultz is the share of the committee and sits on the house oversight committee. welcome to you both. what can you tell us about the meeting the speaker is having with committee chairs and any plans they have to move forward? >> reporter: so those committee chairs and the speaker have been meeting for an hour and ten minutes, still huddled in there. we haven't gotten any news yet what they've decided or are leaning towards. they do have some actions and there's a couple of them including having another vote on the creation of a january 6th commission by potentially making some changes people like senator susan collins, republican of maine, wanted. they can create a select committee, they can have the standing committees authorized to continue to investigate or they can deputize one specific committee to take the lead on these investigations and that would be something like the homeland security committee. now that seems to be an option that a lot of democrats do like and