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Families an opportunity to privately visit the site. this was something that many of the family members had requested. and so our teams worked to set up something to accommodate them. i think that it turned out very well and they were very grateful for the opportunity. we ask you to continue to pray for all of them, all of the families during this impossibly difficult time as they're waiting for news and to continue to pray for our first responders who continue to toil to find loved ones. i also wanted to mention that there are some families with missing loved ones whom our detectives have not...

Doesn't mean this shouldn't be brought as a case. what the defense lawyers are now trying to do is to minimize the charges. they're trying to in some way make it sound like, well, these aren't really serious tax charges. the proof in the pudding is going to come when we see that indictment and how much money is actually involved. >> okay. nick ackerman, thank you so much for joining us on this sunday evening. >> thank you for having me. we are back in surfside, florida, in just a few minutes as we await live updates from authorities on the ground. we're also going to speak with former fema a...

That were just living the normalcy of their lives. and the gut of this community was cut out in an instant. so recognizing and making sure that we keep that humanity threaded throughout this process will be critical. i will go back to washington tomorrow. we're in the midst of the appropriations process, making sure we can have the resources we need and they can continue to no thanks to president biden, making sure we coordinate through all three levels of government is critical and i'm happy to be part of a team to do that. thank you so much. >> thank you, congresswoman. now surfside mayor. >...

Camera people, reporters on the ground here in surfside to bring you the late-breaking developments, including cnn's randi kaye over in bal harbor at a synagogue. ryan young is over at the family reunification center. ryan, first to you. the miami-dade fire chief says they're not setting a time limit on the search and rescue effort. when it switches to become a search and recovery evidffort, that's when they give up hope for finding someone alive. >> reporter: wolf, we've been talking to several people today, especially family members who are still very upset, who are holding onto hope. today ...

Welcome to cnn's special coverage of the tragedy in miami. i'm pamela brown in washington. >> i'm wolf blitzer here in surfside, florida. we're watching all the late-breaking developments. in 30 minutes we're about to get an update from the authorities, officials here in surfside. we're going to bring it to you live, that news conference. we're now more than 88 hours from the catastrophic events that brought down the champlain tower south. the death toll has risen to nine. but still more than 150 people are unaccounted for. meanwhile, the history of this building behind me grows even more trou...