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Is prompting all of this. its clear that officials just want to bring that part of the building down as soon as possible. it is simply too dangerous, really, to rop naoperate near r now. here is the mayor of miami-dade a short time ago. >> search and rescue does have have to pause temporarily while the demolition preparation is under way. and that -- there is threat to the standing building that is posed to the first responders, as weve told you. we will begin the search and rescue once again on...

Winds. vaughan hillyard is on the ground in surfside. what do we know about this demolition and how this whole mission is bracing for this upcoming storm? >> reporter: yeah, the decision to bring down the rest of this 12-story unsturdy building was made just yesterday, which speeds up this process, this demolition process. they brought in an outside firm, a contractor, controlled demolition incorporated which has experience taking down these sorts of buildings. they took down the old trump plaza...

Its going to move over cuba. this is really going to determine the future of elsa. we did -- it breaks up the 120r78 and then will emerge into the gulf of mexico. so probably still a fairly strong tropical storm. you notice the marker around the key west to tuesday at 8:00 a.m. the impact of the storm will start well before that. surfside can expect those as early as 7:00 a.m. so monday, tuesday, clearing on wednesday. landfall for the storm we expect right around the tampa area sometime tuesday...

With. the plan is they are going to place a tarp over the existing rubble. essentially, when that -- the rest of the building comes down, they will be able to more easily sort and move across that new material in order to get back to that existing rubble where they can continue on and more quickly resume their search and rescue mission, which has been on a halt since 4:00 yesterday afternoon, shortly after the decision was made to demolish that building. >> vaughan, thanks. vaughan hillyard in s...

Those winds are coming in, essentially weve got 24 hours for that demolition to take place. of course, there is heightened concern because families are still hopeful that their loved ones are surviving underneath the existing rule. ti>> michelle, lets go to you now. your name was invoked there in lives report. else has been downgraded to a tropical storm but it could still impact the area. whether we expected it affect the area how bad could it be? >> yes, hi there. well were looking at a couple...

Because many indications you analyze a structure like that, also do certainly personal demolition of a certain area to make things go all the way down, but because theres not enough time, they have to make a certain adjustment based on the experiences. i know they also tried to bring the west side, which is away from the piles, the debris where potential survivors exist. >> theres two things going on here, right? tonight we have likely the demolition of this building in surfside. we also have tr...

Spent on that. beer and wine, that is it include liquor. >> wow, that 1.4 billion -- >> you know also, gary, kendis pointed out a lot of the picnic items for july 4th, barbecue items are more expensive this year. strawberries according to the american farmers association, youll be paying the most for strawberries this year. >> great fun fact. im glad we can share. thank you [laughs] gary basically did a chance the rapper, yeah, thats whats up. >> we begin a new hour of msnbc right now. >> breaki...

Than trump. >> it is a study in contrast when you hear them talk about immigration or even the way theyre handling july 4th. president trump when he was president had a whole rally. there was tanks. he threw a big bash. biden has taken on the role as adviser and chief this week in surfside. the cost of all of this. there was a recent report. the 2020 fourth of july celebrations, plural, total $14.6 million. that includes fireworks at mount rushmother. the white house celebration and other cost...

>> all right actually grossman and vaughn hillyard. y grossman and va>> we want to now bring ie mayor of surfside, florida, charles burkett. >> mayor, we really appreciate your time to eat here. we know its been a hellish nine or ten days for you as your community. give us an update right now on the timing. we talked about all suggest now with our correspondent meteorologist. what time do you guys figure the rest of the sham plane south tower will come down? >> were working on it right now. and ...

Everybody who is in a concrete structure who had a structural engineer evaluate it and give them, you know, this is whats going on, you need to take heed to that. we dont just say things to be hyperbolic. we are entrusted with life safety. thats what my license said. everybody should be looking at these reports and take heed. we are not just making stuff up to scare people. were experts. >> yeah, math thew. any step that can be taken to avoid the tragedy we saw in surfside is a worthwhile effort...