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This is cnn breaking news. were live here in surfside, florida, where families are so anxiously waiting for answers about their missing loved ones. authorities are set to give a live update very soon. within the next selveral moment, well have a live news conference. well have live coverage as soon as it begins. nearly 90 hours since that building collapsed and 156 people are still unaccounted for. right now hope is the only thing these families have and they want answers. >> im a mother. i dont...

Because there are so many questions that the family members obviously still want answered. everyone wants answered right now. how is it going? when does the search and rescue operation, for example, become a search and recovery operation? these are among the most painful kinds of decisions that these authorities have to make. you have to give this mayor, daniella levine cava, you have to give the mayor a lot of credit and the mayor of surfside. everyone here has been working nonstop. i think the...

Weve got all the experts, seamless work together, federal, state and local. thats so critical. and mayor burkett, the mayor of surfside has been keeping track of his constituents as well. were going to be together for the long haul for these people. >> congresswoman debbie wasserman schultz. were watching all of this so closely. pa pamela, its heartbreaking to speak with family members. its heartbreaking to speak with others who have spent quality time with them. as much as you see what you see ...

With our best breeze savings of the year. oh! dont burn down the duplex. terminix. welcome back to cnns special coverage of the condo building collapse here in surfside, florida. heres what we know right now. nine people are confirmed dead and there are currently more than 150 people unaccounted for.

Tradition as well as mayor levine cavas, when someone perishes, when someones life has come to an end, we say may their memories be for a blessing. so i think it is important to acknowledge that we have lost lives in this very tragic situation. may their memories be for a blessing. i wanted to commend mayor levine cava who has really been the quarterback of this entire local, state and federal effort. we have really seen a seamless process that has shown no daylight. and the mayor of surfside an...

Families an opportunity to privately visit the site. this was something that many of the family members had requested. and so our teams worked to set up something to accommodate them. i think that it turned out very well and they were very grateful for the opportunity. we ask you to continue to pray for all of them, all of the families during this impossibly difficult time as theyre waiting for news and to continue to pray for our first responders who continue to toil to find loved ones. i also ...

Doesnt mean this shouldnt be brought as a case. what the defense lawyers are now trying to do is to minimize the charges. theyre trying to in some way make it sound like, well, these arent really serious tax charges. the proof in the pudding is going to come when we see that indictment and how much money is actually involved. >> okay. nick ackerman, thank you so much for joining us on this sunday evening. >> thank you for having me. we are back in surfside, florida, in just a few minutes as we...

That were just living the normalcy of their lives. and the gut of this community was cut out in an instant. so recognizing and making sure that we keep that humanity threaded throughout this process will be critical. i will go back to washington tomorrow. were in the midst of the appropriations process, making sure we can have the resources we need and they can continue to no thanks to president biden, making sure we coordinate through all three levels of government is critical and im happy to b...

Camera people, reporters on the ground here in surfside to bring you the late-breaking developments, including cnns 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 theyre not setting a time limit on the search and rescue effort. when it switches to become a search and recovery evidffort, thats when they give up hope for finding someone alive. >> reporter: wolf, weve been talking to several peo...

Welcome to cnns special coverage of the tragedy in miami. im pamela brown in washington. >> im wolf blitzer here in surfside, florida. were watching all the late-breaking developments. in 30 minutes were about to get an update from the authorities, officials here in surfside. were going to bring it to you live, that news conference. were 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 peopl...