• News Wrap: Biden prepones, defends U.S. pullout from Afghanistan

    News Wrap: Biden prepones, defends U.S. pullout from Afghanistan

    Jul 08, 2021 10:55 PM EST

    ... reached 64. Another 76 people are still missing. On Wednesday evening, emergency workers held a moment of silence, as they transitioned from rescue to recovery. Tropical Storm Elsa is moving up the U.S. East Coast tonight and regaining some strength. Storm warnings extend into New Jersey and New York ...

  • News Wrap: 'Zero chance' of finding the missing in Surfside alive, officials say

    News Wrap: 'Zero chance' of finding the missing in Surfside alive, officials say

    Jul 07, 2021 10:50 PM EST

    ... The crews have found no survivors since the first hours after the building collapsed. Florida has been spared major damage or any deaths caused by Tropical Storm Elsa. The storm made landfall today on the state's northern Gulf Coast and moved on to Georgia and the Carolinas. It's ...

  • WATCH: 10 more victims found in rubble of Florida condo; death toll now 46

    WATCH: 10 more victims found in rubble of Florida condo; death toll now 46

    Jul 07, 2021 02:04 PM EST

    ... eight more deaths were announced — until Wednesday, the most for a single day since the search began. It also came as rain and wind from Tropical Storm Elsa disrupted the effort. “Unfortunately, we are not seeing anything positive,” county fire chief Alan Cominsky said Tuesday night, referring to workers not ...

  • News Wrap: U.S. largely untouched by global ransomware attack linked to Russia

    News Wrap: U.S. largely untouched by global ransomware attack linked to Russia

    Jul 06, 2021 10:55 PM EST

    ... tragic loss. Judy Woodruff: The search teams paused their work for two hours early today, due to lightning and high winds along the fringe of Tropical Storm Elsa. We will return to this story later in the program. That storm churned past South Florida today, heading for the state's ...

  • 4 more victims found in rubble of Florida condo; death toll rises to 32

    4 more victims found in rubble of Florida condo; death toll rises to 32

    Jul 06, 2021 02:54 PM EST

    SURFSIDE, Fla. (AP) — The discovery of four more victims in the rubble of a collapsed condominium building raised the death toll to 32, a fire official said Tuesday as a ramped-up search effort faced new threats from severe weather with Tropical Storm Elsa lashing Florida on a path that ...

  • WATCH: Florida officials give update on Surfside building collapse, search and rescue

    WATCH: Florida officials give update on Surfside building collapse, search and rescue

    Jul 06, 2021 01:55 PM EST

    SURFSIDE, Fla. (AP) — A ramped-up rescue effort at the collapsed condo building faced new threats from the weather as Tropical Storm Elsa began lashing Florida, on a path that would mostly spare South Florida. Watch a news conference in the video player above. Bands of heavy rain were expected ...

  • News Wrap: Search proceeds in Surfside, Florida after remaining condo tower is demolished

    News Wrap: Search proceeds in Surfside, Florida after remaining condo tower is demolished

    Jul 05, 2021 10:55 PM EST

    ... on that part of the pile that was not accessible before the building was demolished. Judy Woodruff: The demolition was accelerated amid earlier fears that Tropical Storm Elsa could bring down the rest of the building. The storm crossed Central Cuba today, on track to pass over the Florida Keys ...

  • Search back on at South Florida condo after demolition

    Search back on at South Florida condo after demolition

    Jul 05, 2021 01:29 PM EST

    ... winds. President Joe Biden declared a state of emergency in Florida because of the storm, making federal aid possible. The latest forecasts have moved the storm westward, mostly sparing South Florida, but National Hurricane Center meteorologist Robert Molleda said the area could still feel effects. “We’re expecting primarily tropical ...

  • Drilling nearly done to demolish rest of collapsed condo

    Drilling nearly done to demolish rest of collapsed condo

    Jul 04, 2021 06:04 PM EST

    ... at Champlain Towers on Thursday when parts of the remaining building shifted, endangering rescuers and prompting a 15-hour suspension in their work. Approaching Tropical Storm Elsa added urgency to those plans with forecasts suggesting strong winds could enter the area by Monday. The latest forecasts have moved the storm ...

  • With storm looming, demolition of collapsed condo to start

    With storm looming, demolition of collapsed condo to start

    Jul 03, 2021 10:21 PM EST

    ... us and take it down in the wrong direction,” Surfside Mayor Charles Burkett said. Elsa was downgraded Saturday from a Category 1 hurricane to a tropical storm with maximum sustained winds of 70 mph (110 kph) as it brushed past the island of Hispaniola, home to the Dominican Republic and ...