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To be going around this area and not directly at surfside. and of course, the mayor of miami dade county had to really reassure the public because they had a lot of questions about pets and animals as they were preparing for this demolition. heres what she said. >> we took every action that we possibly could to search for any pets, any animals in the building. prior to the demolition. in the days since the collapse, the miami dade fire rescue team conducted multiple full sweeps of the building, ...

Can visit that website or www.miami-dade.gov/emergency. thank you. >> thank www.gov/miami-dade.gov/emergency . thank you. >> thank you. [ speaking spanish ] >> we are going to continue to monitor this news conference in doral, florida. governor desantis getting ready to start another news conference there in surfside, florida. lets listen in to governor desantis. >> when they were raising the issue about doing this, one of the main concerns that we had were -- well, two concerns. one, we did hav...

Thank you. so tropical storm watches and warnings have been issued for the florida keys an the west coast as elsa moves across cuba and into the keys as early as tonight. cnns chad meyers is following the storm. he has the brand-new forecast track. chad, what are you seeing? >> just nine minutes ago, the storm is about 20 miles south of the southern cuba border or the beach area there. and as it moves across cuba today, it will likely lose a little bit of strength. because hurricanes want to b...

Were praying, were working, and were getting through this together. that takes different forms. i just want everybody not to forget the praying part. were still praying to possibly find survivors. nbcs vaughn hillyard is in is tracking tropical storm elsa. vaughn, let me start with you. we were just listening to the governor of florida, ron desantis as well, as the mayor of surfside, and i know you have been listening along with us to these press conferences. we know the death toll has risen t...

Were very hopeful that the path now will take it far enough away from surfside that we will not have to pause the effort. you know theyve gone through so many rainstorms. its been torrential all through the 12 days, and they have not ceased their search efforts, despite the weather. >> mayor, what about other buildings in miami dade? we know that so many of them are now being evaluated in light of all of this. so, how many, or have you been able to determine if people will have to permanently or...

On day 12 these men and women have continued their mission. they have the same determination and strength as when they got out on day one. it is a true honor to surf alongside these heroes and she-heroes. from the tate and from the federal and from the international teams, all of our partners who have made this historic effort possible. [ speaking foreign language ] >> as the mayor of miami-dade county offers a spanish translation, i want to review some of the news that she shared with us about ...

Land, loses its ocean source, its heating source that weakens some and reemerges across the florida straits where it has the potential of restrengthening once again. weve zoomed in across the florida peninsula. the forecast track does not include the miami-dade county region. it doesnt mean by the nature of tropical systems this area wont experience gusty winds, strong rain and the potential of flooding as well as some other locally spined up tornadoes that are common with tropical systems of th...

120 still unaccounted for at this point, what is the likelihood that someone can survive 11 days beneath the rubble? >> you know, yeah, so this is the very sad reality about these building collapses, whether were talking about the massive fatalities we saw after the earthquake in haiti years ago, or this particular event that tragically struck that building in surfside, florida. the rule of thumb is after 72 hours, this magic kind of golden hours of 72 of potential rescue, we dont see much survi...

Minutes ago, the national hurricane center came out with an update on tropical storm elsa. parts of florida are now under a tropical storm watch as elsa approaches. that storm is the reason why officials in surfside have paused search and rescue operations as they get set to demolish the rest of the collapsed building. cnns brian todd is in surfside with more on that, but we begin with cnns meteorologist jean norman. so, whats the latest on elsa, gene? >> well, pamela, we did just get that newes...

Long as they are there, tonight, even though with the pause, and when they bring the building down, they are going to resume the search and rescue, they will do that. theyre not going to give up hope as long as they are there doing that. >> okay, brian todd from surfside, florida, just such -- so awful and we just continue to think and pray for those families. appreciate that, brian. well, the nine-hour standoff between massachusetts police and a heavily armed group is over, but authorities st...