with four people dying after being trapped in their flooded basements. tornadoes reported in pennsylvania and new jersey where homes were reduced to rubble. bryan llenas is live in one of the hard hit areas in queens, new york. what are you seeing, bryan? good afternoon, emily. we re talking about at least 16 people that have been killed as a result of the historic flooding and torrential rains from yesterday including nine people in new york. two people, a mother and her son, died in this apartment when flood waters came rushes in to the basement apartment. four feet of water came in there. they had five minutes to get out. unfortunately they could not. the father and the other son were able to get out. they were not. 2-year-old boy died in a similar basement apartment. the governor of new york, kathy hochul was here. they were caught off guard by this record level of rain. listen. we did not know that between 8:50 and 9:50 p.m. last night that the heavens would open up
not looking pretty. sustained winds of 120 miles per hour. rain throughout the day. it s not hurricane force, but is that weather impacting the search? you know, it s quite a blessing that elsa did move to the west and so we are not getting those outer bands any more today, jim. we did get some yesterday, but even though there was pouring rain, even though there were some wind gusts, these brave men and women continue to sift through the rubble, looking for survivors. according to officials, they only took breaks when some of the lightning was very dangerous. but as you were mentioning, the big point that officials are making today is that they have access to 100% of that site. because of the portion of the building that was still standing before the demolition, they couldn t access a third of that area. well, now, for more than 24 hours they have actually been able to look for survivors in that entire section according to the fire chief, they continued to de-layer which me
bill: good morning, everybody. america trading one crisis for another this weekend, about 260 reportedly shot and killed across the country over the fourth of july holiday weekend. the bloodshed setting to overshadow a moment that was supposed to mark our independence from covid. dana: great to have you back. fun and family. bill: a great time to be away. i highly recommend it. everybody at home, make sure you take the time to get away. speeeighteen i feel like i m as relaxed as a wet noodle. but we have major cities struggling to stop the bloodshed. chicago sods must violently get of the year, nearly 100 people shot and among the wounded a 6-year-old girl. we have team fox coverage. ted williams is standing by with reaction. casey stegall is in dallas where police officers fighting for his life after he was shot. first, mike tobin live in chicago. mike? dana, anyone willing to make the argument that chicago is out of control has this weekend to point to as evidence.
meteorologist bill karins to give us an update on elsa. if we have to cut off i ll spare you guys and go over to the press conference but talk us through, vaughn, any updates we know so far early this morning. reporter: good morning, yasmin, we re awaiting the press conference slated to start at any minute including mayor cava as very wait for updated numbers and how the search and rescue operation went overnight. the weather stopped the operation twice last night particularly because of lightning that was here just off of the surfside shore. you can also see in video from last night when the first outer banks of tropical storm elsa struck here in surfside, you saw high gusts of winds and downpour of rain. you can see those workers trying to work through it. we ve been told by the officials here that rain would not be a damper on this particular effort, but that if the winds were too exceed 30 miles per hour, they would have to stop their operation. again, we know that at l
president biden travels to miami to thank first responders at the collapsed apartment block. and britney spears is invited to testify before congress about the conservatorship arrangement which has controlled her life for the last 13 years. hello, welcome to bbc news. i m shaun ley. donald trump s company and its finance chief have been charged with tax related crimes after a long investigation into allegations of fraud at the trump organization. at a hearing in new york, the prosecutor said there d been a sweeping and audacious illegal payment scheme at the former president s company. allen weisselberg who s worked for donald trump for decades and company lawyers have denied the charges. our north america editor, jon sopel, is outside trump tower in new york for us. if you listen to the district attorney, he makes it absolutely clear this is just following the facts and following the law, and that a grand jury has approved what happened. listen to the trump organization