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Up to their knees and their waist. They are crawling into crevices through the rubble looking for possible survivors. Officials say they have heard sounds from underneath this debris, but they cannot confirm hearing any voices at this time. Officials say President Biden is receiving updates on this. He is expected to address this later today at the white house. Lets go to our colleagues in florida. Dr. Sanjay gupta there. Rosa, lets begin with you. What more have we learned this morning especially about the number unaccounted for . Reporter you know, poppy, we were expecting this to happen. I know Governor Desantis mentioned it yesterday, that they knew that more bad news was going to be coming in the coming hours, and we learned that overnight three more bodies were pulled from the rubble. That, of course, brings the death toll to four. We are also learning about the challenges that firefighters were facing overnight. Fires that not only started, but then were reignited. And so that j ....
Block away. Residents are being told to evacuate out of an abundance of caution. Officials say theres still hope of finding survivor, but Cnns Wolf Blitzer can tell us on the ground in surfside. Wolf, its getting more desperate by the hour. And this big revelation today, which is not going to come as any comfort to anybody on the ground there that an engineer warned three years ago that there were major structural issues with the building. Wolf, that is devastating news. Reporter its devastating, and its so heartbreaking to so many of the families, loved ones who are gathered, waiting, hoping, and praying right now. Experts say it may take months to get to the bottom of what happened here in surfside, florida. Back in 2018, managers were urged to make repairs and we understand that work was set to begin soon. Were going to have much more on that coming up in a few moments. But lets begin with the latebreaking developments on the rescue efforts. Fires and rain are making this very diffi ....
Well, just to bring you a little bit behind the scenes here, alicia. We know, all day yesterday, topwhite house aides were working the phones including the president , himself, for a portion of it. To try to ease some of these tensions and these feathers that were clearly ruffled. Republicans, upset by the president linking these two things together. But clearly, that didnt work. That wasnt enough. So they had to release this very lengthy statement. More than eight paragraphs in the president s own voice with a commitment saying, essentially, to the two parties, i understand, to the gop, why you might be a little bit upset by what i said in that press conference. But to democrats, rest assured, i am still going to pursue the traditional infrastructure bipartisan package. While also wanting reconciliation process, the one that doesnt require republicans, which democrats had already started down the road a couple of weeks ago. So, he is saying, to the two parties, this was not meant as a ....
Well, just to bring you a little bit behind the scenes here, alicia. We know, all day yesterday, topwhite house aides were working the phones including the president , himself, for a portion of it. To try to ease some of these tensions and these feathers that were clearly ruffled. Republicans, upset by the president linking these two things together. But clearly, that didnt work. That wasnt enough. So they had to release this very lengthy statement. More than eight paragraphs in the president s own voice with a commitment saying, essentially, to the two parties, i understand, to the gop, why you might be a little bit upset by what i said in that press conference. But to democrats, rest assured, i am still going to pursue the traditional infrastructure bipartisan package. While also wanting reconciliation process, the one that doesnt require republicans, which democrats had already started down the road a couple of weeks ago. So, he is saying, to the two parties, this was not meant as a ....
Well, just to bring you a little bit behind the scenes here, alicia. We know, all day yesterday, topwhite house aides were working the phones including the president , himself, for a portion of it. To try to ease some of these tensions and these feathers that were clearly ruffled. Republicans, upset by the president linking these two things together. But clearly, that didnt work. That wasnt enough. So they had to release this very lengthy statement. More than eight paragraphs in the president s own voice with a commitment saying, essentially, to the two parties, i understand, to the gop, why you might be a little bit upset by what i said in that press conference. But to democrats, rest assured, i am still going to pursue the traditional infrastructure bipartisan package. While also wanting reconciliation process, the one that doesnt require republicans, which democrats had already started down the road a couple of weeks ago. So, he is saying, to the two parties, this was not meant as a ....