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You see the pictures. its so heartbreaking, i got to tell you. i know the president, president biden, first lady dr. jill biden will be here tomorrow. youll be among those meeting with them. what do you want to say to them and what do you want to here? >> thank you for dwrooing your . he called me the day oafter, hi office did. were drowning in resources here. we have a luck problem. you see the rain. you mention the rain. weve had challenges but through the challenges, we have kept going. im ex...

Meeting with state, federal, and local officialsing to go over an immediate checklist for buildings in the area, put together a prescription for people to go through their buildings to ensure minimum safety standards, and i support that. >> the president of the united states joe biden planning to visit surfside on thursday and going to visit with families and first responders. are you planning to meet with him and what do you hope to hear? >> im looking forward to thanking him for calling me ear...

Together a prescription for people to go through their buildings to ensure minimum safety standards and i support that. >> the president of the united states joe biden planning to visit surfside on thursday and going to visit with families and first responders. are you planning to meet with him and what do you hope to hear? >> im looking forward to thanking him for calling me early in this crisis. im looking forward to thanking him for cutting the red tape and im looking forward to thanking him ...

The work goes on. full force. were dedicated to get everyone out of that pile of rubble, and reunite them with their families. we have all the resources, what ive been saying since the beginning. we dont have a resource problem. we have a luck problem. as you know, we just got dumped on by some rain, but thankfully it looks like thats clearing. but the work will go on. well continue to work at 100%. thank you. >> thank you, mayor. for the board of county commission, the honorable jose diaz. >> t...

There? >> it does like a fire break. it will break, since the trench is in place, the fires have been really nullified, but it gives the men and women an ability to work and to get underneath some of the rubble through a different perspective. the trench is essentially in between the collapse between the two buildings that failed. >> and you were just telling me, theyre pulling out enormous pieces of concrete. >> one of the pieces they were able to pull out because of the trench weighed about 12...

Earlier today after meeting with those families. >> theres many emotions in that room. there are a lot of questions that are getting answered now. you know, i went to that -- we have been updating the families all along, but early on in the process, during one of the updates, i asked them what they needed and they said they needed less politicians coming to talk. can they wanted to hear from the experts and the rescue teams that were doing the work, and they wanted their questions answered. we d...

Morning. more than 77 hours and counting now of searching for survivors and the people who love them, these people who are missing, these people are being asked to stay patient. they are being asked to stay hopeful as the rescue crews work against clock. boris, we know how hard that is right now. >> reporter: thats right. they are in a very difficult limbo. the uncertainty of not knowing the fate of their loved ones and the desperate search now entering a fourth day with, sadly, no new signs of ...

Amount of effort. and so as you know, theres unbelievable numbers of people that are working. so i think its important, and i think everybody is doing it. miami-dade fire rescue does a great job. you know, state fire and rescue does a great job. weve got a group from israel. i called the state department to make sure the israeli group could get in. weve got a lot of people working. and were still optimistic. but your heart goes out to these family members because they want their family member fo...

Was underscoring that they are grateful to everything thats going on and youre not hearing the anger and the partisanship, youre seeing the country at least in this area, pamela, getting together, working together, because this is such a horrible, horrible situation that has unfolded and everyone wants to do whatever they possibly can to help. >> right, theyve all put their politics aside so they are all focusing on this and as you heard the mayor say, look, this isnt a resource problem. this is...

>> first thing i do every morning is i talk to the guys doing the work. we got -- weve got at least 240 men and women on the pile right now, hand picking that stuff out. we have got cranes, we have gigantic cranes lifting off huge slabs. the governor has provided infrastructure, the senators have worked to do -- we dont have, we dont have a resource problem, we have a luck problem. we have to get lucky and start finding people and pulling them out. >> you still have hope. >> i absolutely have ho...