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Rubble, 50 apartment buildings, condominiums collapsed to the ground, most of the people in that building were asleep, 99 people unaccounted for. a lot of family members desperate for information. here is florida senator marco rubio and what they are going through. >> i cant imagine having someone i love, wanting to believe they are alive, hoping for a miracle and desperation folks are feeling at this moment. all we can do is help people who are in that situation and hope something like this nev...

These terms. they have to break certain areas, breach into certain areas, shore up areas. how -- how potentially dangerous is this for the rescue workers, themselves? >> absolutely, dangerous. the -- the -- the building is constantly shifting. the assault of that collapse changed that dynamic. the remaining building thats, still, standing is a concern and is being, constantly, monitored for any, secondary collapses. as the rubble pile, itself, is being assessed. and being moved. any push here, c...

Anyone, anyone, who may still be alive under that rubble. >> well, thanks for having me. and -- and, yeah, thanks for the opportunity to explain. and -- and whats happening right now is highly specialized, highly-trained, and experienced rescue workers. that are methodically, and deliberately, conducting a search of the entire-rubble pile. and theyre looking for any signs of life. well use canines to run the rubble pile and look for sur -- pick up a scent from a survivor. well use search cameras...

Multiple units on scene so at one point we have over 100 firefighters and we still currently have 60 plus actively working and we rotate to the scene. no, as of now we have no injuries of any firefighters or personnel? >> how many rescue dogs? >> we currently have four that weve been rotating through. sweet i think you, folks. >> i know theres a lot of dust, is there anything to say -- >> when we make entry we where the necessary proper respiratory protection in that environment. >> dana: author...

>> they are using cadaver and sniffer dogs. the response has been incredible from fire rescue, not just from surfside, miami-dade fire rescue as well. people coming from all around doing what they can. they pulled out one teenage boy overnight but they have done so at great personal risk. a building no one knows what will happen next and no one knew in the middle of the night in the darkness after the disaster what would happen. firefighters and rescue workers were on the rubble and in those apa...

We appreciate it. i want to go to the breaking news in south florida now. rescue workers are on scene of a partial building collapse in miami-dade county. video shows a pile of rubble from the collapse it. happened in the town of surfside, which is just outside miami beach. a witness said they were staying across the street at a hotel and were forced toevacuate. 80 units have responded, fire and police as well. well continue to follow this breaking news throughout this morning. still ahead, ...

Couple days, in rescue mode. trying to ensure that every-void space is accounted for and that theres no survivors left. >> chief downey, we are just showing our viewers some new video that weve just obtained. underneath this building, you see rescue workers there. theyre going through it. this is very, very dangerous for these rescue workers, as well, isnt it? because we dont know the structure of -- of what remains. how -- how -- how structure -- how strong it could be? >> well, i mean, therein...

And rescue and have resources inside the building but still the main question how many people could be dead? what caused this disaster? still unanswered. >> bill: what will they do during the storm, steve? does everything stop for an hour or so? >> they pulled the press out but search and rescue workers we can see of them in hard hats still working along the edges of that rubble with some dogs also. the mayor said there were no hits overnight. no sounds. the only sounds really we can hear now ar...

Were probably asleep. people come and go. more than 100 units. you heard from the mayor the devastating sound bite. they had the dogs out overnight to get a hit but silence. a few rescue workers in hard hats with dogs going over the massive pile of rubble thats a pancake. the only thing you hear right now are fire alarms and car alarms. no sense of people being rescued or people being pulled out. just speculation so far on what could have caused this disaster, there was roof work going on. a 40-...

Operation continues now, they hope to find people allied and they their using tunnels under drones and dogs to try to save whoever they can. harris, back to you to you. >> harris: you know, steve, part of the problem they were facing as rescuers as the storm system that came in, the drywall and other materials in that building make it difficult to protect the emergency crews because you can see the collapse, what is the latest on that situation in the weather where you are now? >> there was heav...