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Day. And while donald trump gets ready to rally in ohio today the walls could be closing in on his businesses, possible criminal charges could come as soon as next week. A former Trump Organization executive on with us in the last hour. So charges expected this week, think its just the Tip Of The Iceberg . Yes, absolutely. And hopefully it should be. We are going to tell you what to expect, and how the trumps are responding. Plus if you can say anything to your daddy right now, what would it be . It would be i miss you, and i love you. Extraordinary new testimony from George Floyds 7yearold daughter as former officer Derek Chauvin prepares to potentially spend the next two decades in prison. His legal troubles arent over yet. And youve heard the stories, youve seen the viral videos, unruly passengers and their bad in flight behavior, now prompting special new training for airline crews. Good morning, it is saturday, june 26th, im lindsay reiser. Its been a busy day throughout, ranging from minneapolis to washington, d. C. , of course, were starting with that frantic effort that is taking place right there in South Florida at this hour. Some 48 hours, in fact, after more than 48 hours after that building came down. Yeah, i mean, the numbers have not changed, sadly, 159 people still unaccounted for as of right now. At least four people have been confirmed dead. One of those people was, in fact, just identified as the mom of one of the victims who was safely pulled out of the rubble. Yeah, and you see these live pictures right now. At least the skies are a little bit clearer in surfside, florida right now but that effort does continue to try to find many of those who remain in that building. The conditions for Search And Rescue crews have been incredibly harrowing. Weve seen videos of them propping up Parking Garage Roofs as they try and get through that rubble. The fact that so few people, so few sadly bodies have been recovered really shows the conditions theyre working in. We also know the weather has been a challenge. Were going to get to the Miamidade County commissioner in a second. Take a look at that picture right now. You can see daylight through parts of that building where the other side of the structure should have remained. Its pretty telling and pretty shocking right now as you take a look at that. Family members have actually seen their own loved ones belongings, beds for example, but still no sign of their loved ones. Were going to go ahead and bring in a commissioner right now of Miamidade County, sally haymans, are you with us, sally . Yes. Good morning, thank you for being here. Morning. The governor of your state declaring a state of emergency, President Biden as well vowing federal support. How is the county stepping up to help with the Recovery Effort right now . The efforts have been incredible. Right from the start. Literally two days ago. Not only do we have our own fire rescue just internationally for Search And Rescue but all over South Florida, municipalities and Broward County but we have other states coming in, mexico and israel with their task force, l. A. Sending theirs, its been exceptional. We are averaging approximately 300 personnel on site in the building. You cant quite see it, or building structure. But theyre above, theyre on top, theyre below, theyre subterranean. At all levels. Unfortunately weve been dealing with thunder and lightning storms throughout, but also we had two fires, one was of great significance. We finally had the firefighters prevail over the inspectors to argue, allowing them to get into what was already classified and certified as an unsafe structure, which is unreal, and get in there to try and stop the fire so they could refocus the priority. Search, rescue, recovery. And theres still hope. Our task force have layers with pockets. We will be sending in additional dogs as the opportunities prevail once its shored up and theyre tunnelling as we speak. Theyre working 24 hours a day. Can you explain a little bit more of that process, that tunnelling . I mean you just mentioned theyre bringing dogs in, what else are we going to see happen just in the next few hours here . We have an entire team that is doing literally Bucket Sifting and shifting debris safely with the idea that bodies are below and we are hopeful some are still alive in those particular areas. They are literally shifting the debris to an area where it can be removed and clear other areas of debris. Lightening weight and hopefully obstructions, and we have all kinds of technology on the ground. We have drones in the air, and of course youre seeing a lot of wonderful Task Force Members from Search And Rescues locally and now were seeing around the world. Yeah, and i do know that it is a herculean effort thats taking place right there and our primary concern is the Search And Rescue operation right now. There will be plenty of time to figure out what happened. But were getting some reports right now, including one from 2018 that was released overnight, that shows that there was some major damages, cracks even, and flooding throughout the building. And while it doesnt necessarily explain the collapse, some of these issues could have become very serious. What do you make of it . Im concerned. I have to tell you, i heard about that. You know, you listen to a lot of things. Someone suggested sinkholes. You know, climate change. You know, i like to work on fact. And im glad we have forensic people there from the county and the state that have been on site as early as they could be watching everything from Debris Removal for evidence. You know, its going to take a while to determine the cause. I have cracks of settlement in my house built in 55 but we have historic buildings. This building has been through hurricanes, our season is six months every year. And other things. But, you know, it needs to be determined. The focus, instead of hypothesizing needs to be on thoughts, prayers, and lets do what we can to avail as much opportunities with our First Responders to pull some survivors from the scene. Its been done before, hours, days, even, i think the longest was over a week. From debris in a third world country. Lets see what we can do with the best of our responders. Yeah, commissioner heyman, the latest number we have is 159 unaccounted for but i know that youve done interviews with some other news outlets in which you have said not all those people were in the building, this is seasonal, people come and go. Do you have any updated numbers that youve been able to deduce about how many people still are unaccounted for . What i heard from yeah, i actually was there yesterday, we crossed through a list without taking paperwork to see who should have been there and confirmed to be there based on their lifestyle. Thats who were classifying as unaccountable. We had 99 was the last one on that list. You have other people that may have had someone visiting, or they may have been away because the kids at camp. Its still so fluid. You know, were depending on loved ones and neighbors to tell us what was going on, were they there. We learned last night that someone that should have been there was inconvenienced, so he got a hotel. And it was just hours before the building was compromised. So its a fluid number. Were depending on people who know, matter of fact, to tell us. We have a lot of people waiting to know that are touched familywise. And i know you mentioned that there have been incidents in the past where people have been pulled from the rubble days, weeks. I believe youre referring to haiti, 27 days after that earthquake in 2010, someone was pulled alive there. But at this point, seeing that rubble, seeing the effort that has taken place, the fires, the rain, all of that, do you still hold out hope that well find somebody alive . Actually, yes. Im a work on facts person. The hope is there. You have one side that is absolutely compromised. It is rubble, rubble, rubble on top. But on the other side you have entire walls still up, and you have incredible pocket of areas and you have subterranean structure thats held up by cars below it. And so, yeah, it depends on what part of it and we were watching yesterday our Task Force Men and women going in, Clearing Out Debris Big enough for not only them to crawl through initially, but to later on, after they shored it up, put the dogs in. So im hopeful that we can find those pockets. We got the best. And i think thoughts and prayers need to be in that direction. Commissioner heyman, we share that hope with you. And we just really appreciate you coming on to talk about this, this morning. Obviously our whole nation is breaking for your community right now. Thank you for your time. Thank you. Appreciate it. This morning were following Breaking News in the investigations into former president Donald Trumps business dealings. The Manhattan District Attorneys Office is considering criminal charges against the Trump Organization and its chief Financial Officer Allen Weisselberg as soon as next week. A lawyer for the former president called potential charges completely outrageous and said donald trump himself will not face charges. We will now turn to somebody we often turn to in times like these, former federal prosecutor Glen Kirshner and matthew dowd. Glen, were hearing what these charges could be related to, tax evasion, big expensive perks for executives. What are your predictions . Lindsay, an organization, a business, is indicted for criminal activity, it means of necessity, that members of that organization committed crimes, right . Organizations dont File Tax Returns themselves. People who work for and run those organizations File Tax Returns. And cy vance is looking into whether there was tax crimes, financial crimes committed by the Trump Organization and theyre focusing on Allen Weisselberg because he was the person who knew to the penny what was going into and what was going out of the Trump Organization. This could be the first step, an indictment of the Trump Organization and that kind of an indictment would not necessarily lead to incarceration or conviction of the people who run the organization. But it can lead to serious fines and penalties. It can certainly cause clients to run for the hills. It can cause Financial Institutions to stop loaning money to the Trump Organization. It can cause contracts to be cancelled. It can be the death nell for the organization but frankly more importantly it feels like the first step toward potential criminal liability for those who run the Trump Organization. Yeah, thats what a lot of people are saying, including barbara rice, who was a former employee for more than a decade at the Trump Organization, saying its the Tip Of The Iceberg. Lets take a little bit more of the times reporting right now, because theyre saying the charges against the company could flip the ceo Allen Weisselberg and convince him to cooperate with prosecutors against trump. Glenn, so far apparently, as far as we know, has not been cooperating with prosecutors. Do you get a sense that this could be that sort of move that would flip him . You know, Pressure Versus pipes, the more pressure d. A. Vance can put on Allen Weisselberg, weve heard hes also investigating Allen Weisselbergs sons both of whom worked in Donald Trumps orbit for potential crimes. The more pressure they can put on weisselberg, the more likely it is he will flip against donald trump. But heres the big ticket question, does d. A. Vance absolutely need weisselbergs cooperation or does he just want weisselbergs cooperation . And i have to believe with eight years worth of Tax Documents and financial records that cy vance now has, he may want but not necessarily need Allen Weisselbergs cooperation. Okay. Matthew, were going to see the former president Back On The Road today in ohio. Do you think that this news of an indictment, or, in fact, if we do end up seeing charges this week, could start to chip away at this untouchable image that he has tried to present . Well, as i listen to this and all the stories coming into this what i was thinking about is how for 240 years weve struggled with the idea that equal justice applies to all which is why i think this is so important that justice applies to both the powerful and the partisanship and all of that and once we hold accountability, i dont think any of these charges will affect his base. I think theyve decided that no matter what, the ends justify the means in this approach. So theyre willing to, you know, throw away the idea that holding Somebody Accountable for whatever they did before, or now, theyre willing to throw away the idea that, like yeah, democracys a nice thing, but not if it gets in the way of what we want to do, what our own personal opinion is on this, and so i hope this Accountability Affects and is actually held against donald trump, but i dont think the 30 or the 25 of the country thats lined up with him will be at all moved against him because of this. And matthew, yes, well talk well have time to look at the political aspect, all of this, but im struck by how monumental this could end up being this week. Have we ever had a former president , ever, or his organizations that have come under criminal charges before . I know weve said it a lot with trump being in uncharted territory but this just seems just amazingly historic week ahead, possibly. Well, the donald Trump Presidency has been historic in corruption to begin with. Weve never had a president thats been impeached twice. Weve never had a president with this many people close to him that were either indicted or were prosecuted in the course weve never had that, whether it was watergate or teapot dome, weve never had a presidency where corruption seems to be the song of the day. And when weve had this, so were in historical territory which is completely unusual. But again i think the question for most americans is, will justice finally prevail in this . And i think thats still an open question. Will justice prevail, whether its Criminal Court Or Civil court. I think thats still an open question. I hope its answered because i hope it convinces americans that Justice Works no matter if youre powerful. Its an open question right now. Well leave it right there. Great to see you this morning. Thanks, guys. Former Police Officer Derek Chauvin sentenced to 22 1 2 years in prison but his legal troubles are far from over. The Reverend Al Sharpton joins us with his reaction to not only the sentence but also the upcoming civil rights case. Limu emu doug oh are you using liberty mutuals Coverage Customizer tool . Sorry . Well, since you asked. It finds discounts and policy recommendations, so you only pay for what you need. Limu, youre an animal whos got the bird legs now . Only pay for what you need. Liberty. Liberty. Liberty. Liberty. Look, if your wireless carrier was a guy youd leave him tomorrow. Not very flexible. Not great at saving. 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Before the judge came down with the sentence, the court heard victim impact statements from four of George Floyds Family Members including his 7yearold daughter, his two brothers emotional as they tried to make the case explaining to the judge they felt that Derek Chauvin should receive the maxim