Cnns liveSpecial Coverage of the tragedy near miami continues, this hour. Im pamela brown in washington. And im wolf blitzer here, in surfside, florida. Scene of the stunning collapse that turned this 12story condo into a smoking pile of rubble, in a matter of only seconds. Within the past hour, the Miamidade County mayor, Daniella Levine cava gave an update on the victims of this tragedy. Listen to this. Our teams have been working, around the clock, as always, to search for survivors. They have not stopped. And today, our searchandrescue teams found another body in the rubble. And, as well, our search has revealed some human remains. The process of identifying these victims is very difficult. We are going to be relying on dna testing, and that is why weve, already, been gathering dna samples from the Family Members. So, they have all participated, and provided dna to assist us in the identification. This allows us to do rapiddna test testing, onsite, for bodies that we find. And, you
Cnns liveSpecial Coverage of the tragedy near miami continues, this hour. Im pamela brown in washington. And im wolf blitzer here, in surfside, florida. Scene of the stunning collapse that turned this 12story condo into a smoking pile of rubble, in a matter of only seconds. Within the past hour, the Miamidade County mayor, Daniella Levine cava gave an update on the victims of this tragedy. Listen to this. Our teams have been working, around the clock, as always, to search for survivors. They have not stopped. And today, our searchandrescue teams found another body in the rubble. And, as well, our search has revealed some human remains. The process of identifying these victims is very difficult. We are going to be relying on dna testing, and that is why weve, already, been gathering dna samples from the Family Members. So, they have all participated, and provided dna to assist us in the identification. This allows us to do rapiddna test testing, onsite, for bodies that we find. And, you
Alive. Families like the spiegels. One second to the next second a dramatic change in life. She was the glue that kept our family together. We are hopeful that today will be the day they find our mom. Shes just the most amazing person in the world, and we would do anything to have her back. The death toll from the Building Collapse up to four this morning. Officials caution it may go much, much higher. The big focus right now, Signs Of Life. But a sad truth this morning from the scene with every hour the rubble grows more quiet. We havent really heard anything in a while now. But thats not to say that theres still not people trapped that are alive for different reasons, you know, they might be obviously as time is running out, they might be getting a little more sick or ill. Not as focussed as they were before, but like i said, were going to keep searching. Nick valencia is there on the scene of the tragedy. Theres so much heart break right now, but also a lot of hope among families wh
Mentioned, wourking around the clock putting their own lives at risk hoping there are lives to save beneath the rubble. Here in Surf Side Hope is the only thing a lot of people have right now. 159 people still unaccounted for. At least four people are dead and being here on the scene you realize not just the scope of the collapse but also the factors that are going to complicate a rescue. The smoke thats still in the air from nearly incessant fires underneath this field of debris. Of course, the scale of the challenge that is facing these emergency teams. Right now theyre racing against the clock and yet having to move in a painstakingly slow fashion to sift through debris as, again, those frequent fires, bad weather, and smokey conditions complicate their work. Were all essentially Stuck Waiting for news, any sign that would keep hope alive and as we speak, there are teams standing by waiting to treat anyone that they may find on site. As we hope for answers, theres now a wall honorin
Range was expected, now were waiting to hear the reaction from various parties including from the floyd family themselves because Derek Chauvin did speak today. Well give you the details of that. First to Matt Finn In Minneapolis that has been chronicling the case from the beginning and how things are going now. Matt . Hi, neil. Right now peaceful in the streets. Theres a semi large crowd outside the courthouse. People were chanting black lives matter no protests or any riots in minneapolis that weve seen. Moments before, judge cahill handed Derek Chauvin a 22 1 2 year sentence. The judge said that he did not make his ruling on emotions or on public demand. He said instead he based it on the rule of law. Hes releasing a 22page memo that will explain how he arrived at his sentencing. The big question is whether Derek Chauvin was doing to speak. In fact, he did for the firstime since George Floyds death. He never gave an interview and did not speak during the time and he did not testify.