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In these 136 apartments in this 12story building in north miami. It collapsed at 1 30 a. M. While people were sleeping. Moments ago, Governor Desantis was on the scene. Watch this. Tragic day. Some of those folks that were able to go for safety, we thank the fire and rescue for what they did to put themselves on the line to help other folks. Theyre still hard at work. We still have hope to identify additional survivors. Martha this is a video. Watch this. You can see the Cloud Of Dust in the back as this comes down. They have no idea what caused this collapse. Watch to the right. That part of the building also collapses and gives way. Heres the reaction and the heroic work underway at this moment. The building is gone. Its the craziest things ive ever heard of. I could hear somebody yelling. As i decided to get closer, i could tell it was a young boy. He was screaming and saying, can you see me . He was sticking his arm out. Women, children crying. One of the worst experiences ive witnessed in my life. Look at that presence on the ground. The boy was yelling can you please help me. We have two people with us that are very close to the situation. They have firsthand accounts. First to one person that saw the building that came down. He knows many people in the building and a friend that is still missing. Were praying and hoping your friend is okay. You have any updates on that . Right now theres not many updates that are happening. This is a tragedy that is happening right now. We heard that there are people that are yelling through the rubble, through the debris. And really just all of our prayers are going out to all of the families and friends that are trapped under and have been affected by this. Martha the news that some theyre still hearing voices in the rubble is good news to some extent. We hope theres people that can be saved in the building. We expect the reality will be that the numbers will rise and we sincerely hope that some people can be saved. You were out walking with your brothers. What did you see last night . It was pretty late. I was coming back from a party. My younger brothers and i, we just went out, happened to be walking. We were a minute walk, two minute walk from this building. You can see it from our house, from the street. You can see it all around. And we heard a loud crash. First we thought it was maybe a car or something. People are going fast at 1 00 a. M. , you know. No one is on the streets. It happens. Then we heard and saw the second part of the building just completely fall. It was ive never seen anything like this before. Dust was coming everywhere. The entire neighborhood is covered in dust, smoke. Debris is everywhere. Its a hard scene to watch. Martha im sure. I cant imagine. The fbi has been called in as well. We dont know the cause of this collapse yet. So theres a lot of work to be done. You have a friend in the building. Does he live there with his family . Is he does he live in the section that fell . I believe right now him and his wife are still missing. And we havent heard anything from them. Theyre on the list of missing people. I believe that they were not really sure and i dont want to confirm it. I hope that they werent on that side. But that its 2 3s of the building. So it wouldnt be a surprise if they were on that side, it would be extremely tragic. It wouldnt surprise me. And we havent heard back from them. Thank you for talking with us, mich. Just awful. Devastating and shocking what happened in your neighborhood. Were going to pray for your friends and Everybody Else right now. We thank you for talking with us today. We wish you well through all of this. I want to bring in michael ruiz who lives nearby. He heard the sirens and went to the scene. Thank you, michael. Its been a very tough not yet 24 hours even. What are you hearing now . Well, from what were glued to the tv right now. I keep hearing things about they have one survivor. Again, we know that theres 12 floors that came crashing down. Its all pancaked. Were hearing theres 55 people or so still missing. So were not sure. What can you think . Were hoping for the best obviously. The reality is you have 12 stories that just literally went boom boom boom straight down in a matter of three seconds, if that. Martha we dont know yet as i mentioned. Theres questions about the structual part of the building, whether or not the rest of it is secure. Theyve been evacuating people. A lot of concerns. You drove down there as soon as you heard about this. What was it like when you arrived . It was chaos. I started hearing the fire trucks around 1 30 a. M. Its not uncommon for us to hear an ambulance or a Fire Truck Go by every once in a while. It was ongoing over and over. Over 30 minutes, my wife and i are waking up seeing the big fire trucks, not just the little fire rescues. Got to the point in our building here, we have a small boutique condo where we have all of the neighbors communicate through whats app, the entire building. We started chatting, whats going on . Something mentioned something that something is going over with the building over there. I got curious. I kid you not, about 50 fire trucks going by, police. Theyre still going by behind me through you can probably still hearing them come by. So i took off over there. It was a sea of fire trucks and lights and police. It was just overwhelming. I was able to go in through the back roads because we have an ally road. I drove up to ground zero where Everybody Else was not allowed to go through. I got lucky doing that. Once i got down, i started walking and looking. The building looked normal, fine from the outside from collins avenue. So fire people are standing by. Theyre not letting them in either. But somehow i was able to go in through the right side of the building to a newer building. Nobody saw me. So i went through. I crossed overhead. I was curious. As im going through in between those buildings, the first thing i see to my left, theres firemen bringing down some elderly people from a balcony, which i took some video of that and i sent it to you guys. I was like wow. But i still didnt see until i kept going towards the beach. When i went towards the beach and kept looking, it was like it was just in awe. The pictures and the videos that im seeing on tv do not do it justice from seeing it closely. Martha when you get down here, you cant believe this devastation. Its a huge tragedy that is unfolding right now in florida. Were waiting for an update. Michael, thanks so much for sharing what you saw with us. Youre welcome. Martha well stay on this throughout the hour. Thanks, michael. Thanks to mich as well. 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Mike gallagher wrote a letter to defense secretary lloyd austin and general mark milley writing given Unanswered Questions surrounding the origins of the pandemic, information involving the health of Service Members that participated in the 2019 games could provide key evidence in understanding when covid19 first emerged. Joining me now, the author of that letter, congressman Mike Gallagher and Steve Scalise who you saw there. He led the gop press Conference Today on the origins of the pandemic. Great to have you with us, gentlemen. I want to start with this, Mike Gallagher. This is a sound bite from the then secretary of defense, mark esper that was asked about this. I want to remind everybody that the games happened in the early farther of 2019, september, october of 2019. This was a crucial moment in history. Watch, this. Okay. Thank you very much. [question inaudible] yeah, im not in november they had a team in wuhan . You see how that went. Congressman gallagher, do we think that any of our athletes that attended have tested for covid antibodies . Do we know if any of them got sick then . We dont. Thats why we need answers from the pentagon. What we know is that athletes from france, italy, germany have reported having covidlike symptoms. So all im asking Secretary Austin and chairman millie to do is review the 284 americans that went to those games and asked simple questions. Were they sick, do we have antibody tests. Its too late for some testing. We need a better understanding of the origin of this pandemic to understand all of the things that the Chinese Communist party did to cover up the disease, thereby costing us precious time and potentially millions of lives. Martha are you suggesting, Congressman Gallagher, that the pentagon knows something that theyre not sharing . Im suggesting it would be a good idea to talk to all of the athletes that went to the wuhan games and get an assessment as to whether they think they were exposed. Right . We know thanks to declassified information from the outgoing Trump Administration that lab workers at the Wuhan Institute were infected in november, some points earlier. Imagine if the Chinese Communist party knew that they had an outbreak but still allowed the games to happen. What we would have is the first Super Spreader event where 9,000 athletes go back to their country expediting the pandemic. Martha what about you, congressman scalise. You think the pentagon knows more than theyre letting on . Any reason to think that . What were finding out every day theres a mountain of evidence, scientists here in america that knew the likelihood started in the wuhan lab and werent sharing it with others. Those of us a year and longer ago were suggesting, not claiming, suggesting it started in the lab were called conspiracy theorists. Those posts were blocked on social media. Now most of the medical community and most people around the world recognizes it started in a lab but not a single hearing been Speaker Pelosi on this. Its like theyre trying to cover up for china instead of getting basic answers that we want to find the trust about. Martha understood. To go back to my question quickly. Do you think the pentagon has been forthcoming about what they know about whether or not any of the athletes in the military, more than 200 in the fall of 201 nip got covid . We dont know that, martha. Like Congressman Gallagher said, we should be trying to get the answers to this. Were trying to get those answers. If they dont avenue lou hearings, its hard to get the answers. The officials dont come in. Thats why well have our hearing next week and called a lot of witnesses to come forward. Good respected scientific medical experts that can shed more light on this. Speaker pelosi, they have the subpoena powers. They should bring in everybody that had communication with the scientists at the wuhan lab. China is not being forthright. The communist party is probably destroying evidence. Lets see what we can while we can get answers. Martha this is what i heard dr. Marty makary bring up earlier in another interview on fox. He said its great that congress is looking into this, but theyre not likely to find anything. So much has been destroyed. The Chinese Government has a vested interest in making sure that none of this ever gets out. And there are not any samples from those Early Covid Genetic Dna Samples that theyre not youre not going to find them. Is this effort going i dont necessarily agree with that assessment. Were learning more today in the last few weeks. Look at the email trove that came out a few weeks ago. Theres more reports that gain of function research, whether directly or indirectly funded had a role to play in this, the way they genetically modified the mice in the wuhan lab. All of these things are things that we can find out more. American people know more. Lets get the answers on the table. Martha i think the coordinated pressure on china to tell us what they know is even if we dont get it, we have to do that and certainly in conjunction with many other countries in the world. Thanks very much, congressman scalise. Good to see you today. Congressman gallagher, thanks very much. Thanks, martha. Martha a professional United States Basketball Player held in isolation in a tiny room in china for eight months. No tv, no computer. No pen, no paper no, radio. He was alone with his thoughts in a very unappealing environment locked in his room wondering if he was ever going to make it home. 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