florida i call this the tale of two florida's florida was separated into two colonies during the american revolution you have east florida and you have west florida and both were under british control and they remained mostly loyal to britain. so these aren't considered one of or part of that kind of colony of rebellion, because these two it's colonies or united states states until much later well and i'll touch on that here in just a minute. but the british had gotten both east and west florida from spain at the conclusion of the french and indian war. but at the end of the american revolution britain's actually going to give those back to spain. but again, we'll talk about that in a second. so east florida's capital was saint augustine and west florida's capital was pensacola. there's a couple of he battles that do take place in florida. i mentioned those before there's the battle of thomas creek may 17 1777 this took place in what is now the county of nasa just south of the city of callahan. and this was a mix of troops from the continental army and georgia militias and they were on a

florida dislikes taxes, who is going to win that battle. >> i'm hoping the red states like florida win the battle because we know what works we know tax cuts, deregulation fair trade deals and unleashing our energy sector in the trump that delivered mean economy pre-pandemic, we know that that works in the blue state governors throw it into reverse and do the exact opposite and the results are self-evident, when we talk about moving forward i hope that we get national leadership to put it into the war on the constitution and the war on free market economics and bring it back to its foundation intervals. larry: kim take this on ten or 12 seconds, ron desantis versus governor newsom in 2024. >> it's possible, as you said gavin has to survive the next couple of months first. we will see. larry: ladies night out, thank you so much for great column. the battle for the soul of america will go on. coming up on "kudlow" joe biden citing a regulatory assault on american business of regulatory assault on american business, we have texas congressman kevin brady joining us next when "kudlow" retur

. >> +sube el número de muertos en el colapso florida, rescatistas encuentran más cuerpos entre los escombros. >> ahora trabajos de rescate llegan a zos donde era imposible llegar, socorristas dicen que siguen buscando vida (sonido ambiente) . >> además, un violento 4 de julio, 150 personas murieron por armase fuego en todo el país en las celebraciones de este fin de semana . >> estamos en chicago y los Ángeles una de las ciudades más sacudidas por la violencia . >> la tormenta tropical elsa se aproxima a estados unidos, hay urgencia por abandonar la zona de los cayos en la florida. >> en caso de ser necesario de ordenar evacuaciones porque la tormenta tropical se acerca y nos afectará . >> estamos siguiendo la ruta de elsa y en la otra costa, lo que hay es un calor mortal, 90 personas muertas en oregón por las altas temperaturas en todo el noroeste del país . >> migrantes varados en méxico, el país rompe récords de solicitudes de asilo, miles de centroamericanos buscan una nueva oportunidad en méxico. >> entrar ilegalmente, todo eso , secuestro, cárteles, arriba no quiero ir a pe

before only florida was in the top 25. >> go deeper into florida. florida has every reason to be successful. it has the money, the means, lots of points of ingress and egress, medical care. what is going on there and why? >> look, coronavirus in florida average new dawley cases weekly. look at that. the week average over 10,000. new hospitalizations up daily. 358 on the average. deaths 40 averaging per day over the last week. look at these weekly changes. all way up. deaths up 22% week over week. 83% hospitalizations. 61% up on cases. why? i think a few things. one, the delta variant. very big there. two, there is a bit of seasonality to this. if you compare the map from last year to this year you see some similarities. i won't dismiss that either. there is no doubt if these states were perhaps better vaccinated including florida we would expect these numbers to be lower. >> the variant. the best data shows that the vaccines work against it as well. how so? >> i would be very cautious in understanding there is still not that much data in on delta bu

states of emergency now in effect in florida and georgia. heavy rain, dangerous winds, 65 miles per hour. one person killed. trees coming down. rescue workers searching for nine people now missing off florida when their boat capsized. more than a dozen others rescued. first responders carrying people from their homes. tornado watches now in effect from florida into georgia. then this storm into the carolinas and up the east coast. d.c., philadelphia, new york and boston will feel this. ginger zee timing it out tonight. >>> the horror in haiti. the president of haiti assassinated, ambushed in his residence overnight. the first lady also shot and the images just in tonight, she has now been brought to the u.s., air lifted to florida. the ambassador to the u.s. saying they're hoping american doctors can save her. >>> the heartbreaking toll tonight. at least 18 more victims found in surfside, florida. now a recovery operation. the mayor breaking down today as she said searchers have been working for days, as if the victims were their own loved o

, most likely cedar key florida. heavy bands on rain primarily on the west coast of florida, extending toward fort lauderdale as well. the yellow shading, a flood watch key west to orlando. it will curve, interaction with the land, the friction curving it to the north and east approaching savannah, georgia, 11:00 tomorrow night. it's weaker, a tropical storm, a big rain-maker, 4 to 8 inches of rain maximum as it moves along. the storm surge 2 to 5 feet. for tampa bay, you're not getting the storm surge at the the beginning, it's pushing the water out of the bay, as it leaves the winds shift south- southwest, that's when you will experience the storm surge, a little bit different major because to have the positioning and things. back to you. >> garrett: lonnie quinn, thank you. elsa has been impacting the search and rescue effort in surfside florida. 8 more bodies found dead, the confirmed death toll is at 36. the hope is more survivors will be found. here's cbs' manuel bojorquez. >> reporter: the outer bands of tropi

we are, in fact, going to begin in florida, with nbc's vaughn hillyard and catie beckton in cam pa, florida and meteorologist bill karins to give us an update on elsa. if we have to cut off i'll spare you guys and go over to the press conference but talk us through, vaughn, any updates we know so far early this morning. >> reporter: good morning, yasmin, we're awaiting the press conference slated to start at any minute including mayor cava as very wait for updated numbers and how the search and rescue operation went overnight. the weather stopped the operation twice last night particularly because of lightning that was here just off of the surfside shore. you can also see in video from last night when the first outer banks of tropical storm elsa struck here in surfside, you saw high gusts of winds and downpour of rain. you can see those workers trying to work through it. we've been told by the officials here that rain would not be a damper on this particular effort, but that if the winds were too exceed 30 miles per hour, they would have to stop their operation. again, we know that at least

more than 120 people still missing. >>> plus taking aim at florida. tropical storm watches an warnings for most of the state's west coast. we'll tell you where the forecast has it tracking. >>> and patriotic duty. president biden calling on americans to get vaccinated as health officials grow more worried about the delta variant and the unvaccinated. >>> welcome to a special holiday edition of "at this hour." we begin with this search for victims at the site of the deadly condo collapse in surfside, florida. overnight crews demolished what was left the building 11 days after much of the condo came crashing down. 24 people are confirmed dead. 121 others still missing. their families awaiting answers with hope for a miracle, all but gone. the demolition comes as tropical storm elsa takes aim at florida. watches and warnings now up for the keys and much of the state's west coast. the outer bands of the storm expected to have a broad impact. let's take you now live to surfside, florida and cnn's natasha chen live with our top story. natasha, bring us up t

that continue in surfside, florida. that's the site of that condo collapse. we just learned that the bodies of three more victims have been found in that rubble. that brings the death toll up to 127. i had a chance to ask miami-dade's mayor about the demolition earlier on today. >> we brought down the tower in a controlled way that did not in any way interfere with the site where we're searched. in fact, it opened up a new area we were not able to search before. >>> a big curveball to their efforts is tropical storm elsa. that storm churning forward floft right now. the latest on that storm's trajectory and what it means for the research and rescue efforts in surfside. also a new sense of freedom after more than a year of the pandemic. but we're not out of the woods yet. we're falling short of the goal to get americans vaccinated by the fourth and what it means for the future of the night. a race against time in surfside as tropical storm elsa now barrels towards the coast. just demolished overnight. the florida keys as

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petersburg, florida, tracking elsa's every move. time this out for us, ginger. >> reporter: yeah, well, you can see behind me, whit, that is called a shelf cloud. we're about to go from a hot holiday day to storms. and those thunderstorms are all tropical fueled but the bulk is still more than 24 hours away. it's more than 300 miles to our south. it will slip by key west, very stormy through the day tomorrow there. but it will make its way up to naples, ft. myers. you see everybody in the track. now, here's how it's going to time out for you. by 7:00 a.m., you see how it is touching naples there. you have the western keys, going to be very gusty. you could see gusts up to 6 0 miles per hour, easily. tampa could get a couple of inches, the impact is going to be flash flooding and tornado threat. whit? >> ginger, we know you'll be watching it closely. as ginger mentioned, elsa already a factor in the search for survivors of that devastating building collapse in surfside, florida. several more bodies recovered from the rubble today. a

florida is the, the state you want, or when you got a wind florida for the presidency here. i mean, my, my here is a, is a how much of it is a domestically driven here because abiding ministration. i know right before these events happened and queue, but we're, we're thinking about re jigging trumps. i think over 300 new sanctions here. now they're kind of backed out, which tells you this is a domestic issue. again, having very little to do with people in cuba, your thoughts on that? yeah, this is domestic issue and it's, it's cur, even politics. it's what it always has been and both sets, there's no question to remark. rubio is beholden to the cuban american community as was ileana or any smart politician in cuba from or in florida from either side of the, of the spectrum. it's, it's, it's our government works. it's a politics and policy hand in hand. i biden's order to send nations in cubans back so that they don't land in florida. but having the boarders open all over the entire mexican border and all but inviting the men actually flying people that we've deported out bac

the storm taking aim at florida. >> battling the elements. rescuers now dealing with the effects of el sa. strong winds and rain pounding the area as they search a fresht in the chest with fire works. new details on what happened. plus new video from a different incident showing a downtown l.a. high-rise blasted with fire works. >> plus new this morning. anger after police arrest a man accused in a racist rant. pelted with objects as he is taken into custody. >> the beer, the child and the foul ball. the must see catch from the devoted dad. >>> from abc news in new york. this is "america this morning." >> good tuesday morning. >> we begin with tropical storm el sa picking up steam taking aim at florida. >> winds 60 miles per hour over night the storm continues to get closer to the florida keys and the state western coast. >> the governor expanded the state of emergency to cover two dozen countries where people are feeling the initial impact. >> this morning people in florida are already feeling the effects of tropical storm el sa. powerful wi

. (♪ música ♪) (♪ música ♪) la amenaza de elsa la tormenta golpe a los cayos de la florida, 9 millones de persoans están en alerta por posibles inundaciones . >> buenas tardes, el peligro es mayor, elsa es huracán en el golfo de méxico antes de tocar tierra en florida, esta es la noticia principal, pero además, este martes (música) inundaciones en méxico, las intensas lluvias en ciudad de méxico y alrededores desbordan calles y viviendas, un hospital se inunda . >> (música) . >> emergencia por tiroteos, el gobernador de nueva york declara emergencia de desastre por armas de fuego, en este feriado ha habido más de 230 muertos 500 roteos en todo el país . >> en su tierra natal, cientos de personas reciben a la miss universo en su llegada a méxico, andrea meza dice que qure combatir la violencia contra la mujer . >> noticias telemundo, con julio vaqueiro (música) (música) elsa es otra vez un huracán, florida está en alerta ante este sistema, sus lluvias y vientos amenazan con causar inundaciones, marejadas, tornados, lourdes hurtado sigue el paso de elsa, nos vamos contigo

>>> right now on "america this morning" hurricane elsa targets florida, the earliest florida to hit that coastline in generations. the biggest concern plus breaking news. nine people missing at sea and a severe weather hitting the northeast. hundreds of thousands of power outages reported. >>> new this morning, a never before seen view of the florida condo collapse. what we're learning at the site as the death toll climbs once again. >>> panic at the pool. >> we have him upside down, water is spilling out of his mouth. >> okay, hold on. >> please help me. >> a little boy unconscious is pulled from the water by his sister. what happened next. >>> paying more at the supermarket and at the gas pump. a new prediction on where prices are headed. >>> the new law in one country requiring people to disclose when they photoshop or alter their images on social media. >>> and from the new debate over hot dog packaging to something we never knew about ritz crackers to new research on whether a four-day workweek is a good thing, all the trending stories for your wednesday morning. >>> and good wednes

petersburg, florida, tracking elsa's every move. and ginger, time this out for us. >> reporter: yeah, well, you can see behind me, whit, that is called a shelf cloud. and so we're about to go from a hot li and those thunderstorms are all tropical fueled but the bulk is still more than 24 hours away. it's more than 300 miles to our south, so you can see it there passing over cuba. it will slip by key west. very stormy through the day tomorrow there. but it will make its way up to naples, ft. meyers. you can see everybody that is in the track, as it makes it into the big bend by early wednesday and then eventually into the southeast. now, here's how it's going to time out for you. by 7:00 a.m., you see how it is touching naples there. you have the western keys, going to be very gusty. you could see gusts up to 60 piles per hour, easily. and then tampa, like i said in that piece, you could get just a couple of inches, but the number one impact is going to be flash flooding and tornado threat. the storm surge, anywhere from 2 to 4 feet

la tormenta tropical elsa azotarÁ la florida. en cayo hueso los turistas se preparan para afrontar el embate de la naturaleza. en chicago hubo 10 muerte los y mÁs de 200 heridos, entre ellos dos niÑas . asÍ comienza la ediciÓn nocturna. locutor: este es su noticiero univisiÓn ediciÓn nocturna con patricia janiot. paulina: quÉ tal?, estoy en ausencia de patricia janiot. se agilizan las labores de bÚsqueda en miami luego de que anoche fue demolida la parte del edificio que aÚn quedaba en pie. tenemos la informaciÓn mÁs actualizada. guillermo: los rescatistas caminan a los escombros con la esperanza de hallar sobrevivientes o mas pero las posibilidades son cercanas a cero. >> hacen trabajo las 24 horas del dÍa, lo hacen como si estuvieran buscando a sus propias familias. guillermo: la cifra de muertos llega la cifra de muertos llega a 28.117 personas, incluyendo varios niÑos continÚan desaparecidos. >> ahora que el Área es segura para buscar y los equipos eliminaron 4.8 millones de libras de concreto, el mal tiempo ha

a tropical storm watch has been issued for parts of florida. so the storm is thrashing cuba with gusty winds, torrential rain that is after slamming into several caribbean islands killing at least three people and leaving a trail of destruction. hurricane elsa strength devastated barbados, downed trees and causing massive power water outage. a closerer look coming up in minutes. >>> but first the nation's independence day celebrations playing out amid concerns about covid-19. president biden hosting the largest event of his presidency so far at the white house and calling on unvaccinated americans to get the vaccine. abc's elizabeth schulze is in washington with the details. elizabeth, good morning. >> reporter: hey, good morning, andrew. with covid restrictions lifted across the country, millions of americans are celebrating a return to normal this holiday weekend including president biden who says america is coming back together. fireworks on the national mall celebrating independence day and the celebration at the white house marking progres

elsa is moving its way up along florida's west coast. the storm is headed for the state's big bend. >> maximum sustained winds now estimated to be 70 miles per hour, and there are potential for higher gusts. >> reporter: watches and warnings are in place in much of the state and extend into the carolinas. >> if you look at how lopsided the storm is, anything to the east of the eye will have some storm impacts for sure. >> reporter: elsa's outer bands lashed the keys on tuesday. >> the rain's coming at all angles. you can see by the palm trees, it's blowing everywhere. all angles. >> reporter: many residents said storms are a fact of life in the sunshine state. >> being here so many years we have them here and there. it's like you kind of get used to it. >> this is paradise that everybody loves so much. this is the price that we pay. some people don't like it. i'm a local myself. i love it. >> reporter: foul weather forced rescue crews to suspend work at the site of the surfside condo collapse. the area was spared a direct hit from the st

guillermo gonzÁlez no sex informa desde florida. la demoliciÓn controlada de la porciÓn que aÚn quedaba en pie en el edificio dio paso de inmediato a la reanudaciÓn de las penosas tareas de bÚsqueda y rescate. hoy los miembros de todos los equipos formaron cuadrillas que se turnan y se relevan unas a otras entrando y saliendo de la montaÑa de escombros. lamentablemente hemos recuperado tres vÍctimas adicionales. el nÚmero total de muertes confirmadas ahora es de 27 .las personas contabilizadas son 191 y desaparecidas son 118. a pesar de que han pasado 12 dÍas desde que se produjo la tragedia, aquÍ en la llamada zona cero nadie pierde las esperanzas de hallar a alguien con vida. Éste es quizÁs el Último aliento que conservan quienes tienen en sus manos esta tarea. >> es un dÍa muy triste para los sobrevivientes de esta tragedia, pero muy necesario para seguir y continuar con los esfuerzos de rescate y bÚsqueda. >> serÁ tremendamente fÁcil para nosotros. tenÍamos peligro y no podÍamos llegar a ciertas Áreas segÚn

it will pass near the florida keys. elsa lashed cuba after making landfall there yesterday. >>> the death toll in that condo collapse in florida has jumped to 28. search and rescue teams in surfside pulled four more bodies from the rubble yesterday. they resume their efforts after crews demolished what had remained the standing building on sunday. 117 people are still missing. >>> well, today marks six months since a mob overpowered police and stormed the u.s. capitol. since january 6th two police officers have taken their lives teran.alfarone introduces us to the canineicer who madenas says never forget the tear gas, flash bangs and utter violence he battled on january 6th. >> cannot forget a date like that. you can never forget a date like that. >> reporter: as the days went by, the navy veteran said shock turned to shame, grief over loss after loss turned to anger. he said, one night those thoughts and feelings swirled into a hopeless haze. >> i was trying to open my gun locker downstairs because i wanted to, you kno

presentadora: "elsa" se fortalece y amenaza a florida donde provocÓ marejadas en los cayos. se inician en miami y nueva york los funerales de las vÍctimas del derrumbe del edificio, donde el mal tiempo ha complicado la labor de los socorristas, hoy se >> usarÁn a texas sÓlo para vacunarse. ♪ >> miss mexico eligiÓ a su concursante, y estÁn viendo—— >> importa mÁs la belleza que la salud. jorge: buenas noches. el huracÁn elsa se fortaleciÓ y amenaza con ingresar a florida por el norte de la penÍnsula. ilia: "elsa" se sintiÓ en los cayos, dejando caos y acumulaciÓn de 5 pulgadas de agua. jorge: vamos a cayo hueso. elia: la tormenta tropical elsa llegÓ a estados unidos pisando fuerte. los cayos de la florida fueron su puerta de acceso con rÁfagas que superaron las 50 millas por horas, inundaciones y caÍdas de Árboles. >> sÓlo dios sabe porquÉ pasan las cosas. elia: la tormenta severa obligÓ al cierre de negocios y a asegurar domicilios, aunque en cayo hueso no se tomaron en serio las advertencias, incluso aprovecharon las poderosas descargas de lluvia par

son las noticias que tiene que saber hoy antes que acabe el día, soy julio vaqueiro elsa se acerca a florida, alerta de huracán peligro de lluvias, vientos y marejadas mortales. >> la preocupación por la zona inundable que vivimos, ¿verdad? es bueno siempre prepararse. >> ese fue el primer huracán de la temporada, seguimos la trayectoria a horas que toque tierra. >> el mal tiempo afecta la búsqueda de víctimas en surfside, comienzan funerales de algunas víctimas . >> hoy por primera vez la cámara de telemundo se acercó a montañas de escombros bajo la guía de autoridades, tenemos un reporte desde la escena . >> (sonido ambiente) además, nueva york es el primer estado que declara emergencia por el uso de armas de fuego, ¿qué cambiará con esta nueva orden?. >> empuje de vacunas distribuyen dosis entre méxico y estados unidos, el objetivo es reabrir cruces en la frontera cuanto antes. >> el proyecto está controlado. >> además la variante delta avanza y es más preocupante para los que no están vacunados . >> comenzamos con el huracán elsa a pocas horas de que toque tierra en

jorge: hablamos de "elsa", que se debilitÓ antes de ingresar a florida. a tormenta tocÓ tierra a las 11:00 hs en el estado de taylor, trayendo agua. reportero: la tormenta tropical elsa tocÓ tierra esta maÑana en florida, trayendo lluvias torrenciales y mareas altas. sin embargo, sus residentes dicen que estÁn acostumbrados a los embates de la madre naturaleza. cuando la calma llegÓ, se apreciÓ lo que habÍa pasado, Árboles arrancados de raÍz y 26.000 personas sin electricidad en tampa. >> gracias a dios, nos tocÓ nada +1 poco de lluvia y un ——un poco de lluvia y aire. >> un poco de lluvia, nada de viento. reportero: sin embargo, "elsa" pasÓ por los cayos y sarasota, hay aviso de tormenta tropical hasta la costa de new jersey. esto pudo ser peor, dijo el gobernador de la florida, remarcando que no hubo daÑos considerables ni vÍctimas. jorge: a pesar de que "elsa" no fue tan duro, por quÉ las autoridades todavÍa llaman a la prudencia? reportero: por varias razones, una, porque los Árboles podrÍan haber quedado pendientes y en jacksonvil

that continue in surfside, florida. that's the site of that condo collapse. we just learned that the bodies of three more victims have been found in that rubble. that brings the death toll up to 127. i had a chance to ask miami-dade's mayor about the demolition earlier on today. >> we brought down the tower in a controlled way that did not in any way interfere with the site

danay: larga labor de bÚsqueda y rescate continÚa en surfside, florida. son equipos que trabajan sin descanso y contrarreloj para sacar a quienes quedan en los escombros. los resultados hoy son mÁs. >> en el transcurso de la bÚsqueda de hoy recuperamos a dos vÍctimas mÁs. ahora tenemos 22 muertes confirmados. >> el nÚmero de personas desaparecidas en el edificio que colapsÓ se redujo considerablemente de 145 a 126 luego de eliminarse nombres duplicados y de que algunas de las personas reportadas como desaparecidas se presentaron sanas y salva. >> hemos buscada por las cÁmaras. hemos usado taladros y ninguno ha indicado que hay espacio como tÚnel o un espacio donde puedan sobrevivir una persona. >> tânc ustedes esperar los familiares y aÚn pudieran estar atrapadas entre los escombros. algunos que sobrevivieron como alberto king vivian latorre cuenta detalles del trÁgico momento. >> cuando yo salÍ al balcÓn y le grita a los bomberos que si tenemos que salir y dijeron que sÍ. ahÍ le dije a los muchachos que cogieran lo que pudieran y vamos a s

we've zoomed in across the florida peninsula. the forecast track does not include the miami-dade county region. it doesn't mean by the nature of tropical systems this area won't experience gusty winds, strong rain and the potential of flooding as well as some other locally spined up tornadoes that are common with tropical systems of this nature. the arrival of tropical storm force winds monday morning at the earliest, continues will deteriorate for surfside, monday evening through tuesday and the potential for two to four inches of rainfall possible across that area with locally higher amounts up to a foot across the extreme southwestern sections of florida as well as the keys. kim? >> we'll stay on top of that. thanks, derek van dam. >>> we have an update on breaking news, at least 17 people were killed when a c130 military transport plane crashed in the southern philippines. 40 people have been rescued. flames and smoke are pouring from the crash site. at least 9 people were on board when it crashed. at least 17 killed, 40 resc

they extend all the way to the east coast of florida. and we have a tornado-watch from key west all the way to orlando, a big swath of the peninsula of florida. once it makes its landfall, it will start curving to the north and east, moving to savannah, georgia, by 11:00 p.m., but it is weaker. now you have a tropical storm, and a rain-maker, and at its peak, it could be putting down four to eight inches of rain, but the storm surge is interesting. if you're in tampa bay, and that storm is approaching you, it is pulling the water out of tampa bay. once it passes over tampa bay, and you're on the back side of the storm, that's where it will push that storm on shore, and you could experience two to six feet. so that is the very latest, major. let's go back to you. let's go back to you. >> garrett: lonnie quinn, thank you for that. for the first time cbs news, along with other news organizations, has been given up close access to the site of the condo collapse in surfside. eight more bodies have been discovered there tonight. increasing the

the governor of florida saying his policy will not change, even though florida leads the country in new covid cases and seeing an increase in hospitalizations. >> i get a little bit frustrated when i see some of these jurisdictions saying, even if you're healthy and vaccinated, you must wear a mask because we see increased cases. understand what that message is sending to people unvaccinated, it's saying the vaccines don't work. that's the worst message you can send to people at this time. >> it's the wild west when it comes to masks, with cities and states taking matters into their own hands, prompting the former surgeon general to speak out, calling for more clarity from the cdc. adams, of course, last year questioned the effectiveness of masks. and he came out and he owned that, tweeting last year, tony fauci and i wrongly advised against masks. i felt it was the best call at the time but regret it. i'm worried the cdc also made a similarly premature, misinterpreted but harmful call of unmasking in the face of the rising delta variant. kaitlan collins is in front of the white house.

guillermo: decÍa este mediodÍa el gobernador de la florida. la celebraciÓn del 4 de julio en el sur de la florida serÁ este aÑo muy diferente. algunas ciudades como miami beach cancelaron la tradicional ceremonia de fuegos artificiales como una manera de honrar la memoria de las vÍctimas de la tragedia. las cifras confirmadas hasta el momento indican 24 personas muertas. todas ellas identificadas y sus familiasnotificadas asÍ como 121 personas que aÚn continÚan desaparecidas. los bomberos confirmaron que una de las vÍctimas mortales es graciela de 48 aÑos de origen argentino y madre de la niÑa de siete aÑos cuyo cuerpo habÍa sido hallado. a pesar de que la tormenta tropical elsa no impactarÁ directamente a miami, las condiciones meteorolÓgicas serÁn difÍciles en las prÓximas horas. las autoridades dicen que los ingenieros adelanta los preparativos para la demoliciÓn de manera prioritaria, pero con todas las medidas de seguridad posibles. las autoridades acaban de confirmar que la demoliciÓn del edificio ocurrirÁ entre 10:00

jay gray from clearwater beach, florida, what are you seeing there? >> reporter: yeah, good morning, right now not that bad, slight breeze you expect along the beach. rain overnight into early morning but forecasters warning this is going to intensify into midday as the storm gets closer to the shoreline here. after battering the caribbean, high winds, heavy surf and flooding rains, elsa takes aim at florida gulf coast. some on the western side packing sand bags and stocking up on supplies. >> batteries, check. make sure the radio works. make sure that we have extra light. >> reporter: crews pulling in chairs, tying them down at the beach, although a closer look at shorelines shows more partying than preparing conditions picture perfect to close out the long holiday weekend. >> been through several storms but i don't think it's going to be that big of a deal. >> reporter: but forecasters warn conditions could slide downhill pretty quickly as elsa gets closer to landfall. >> seeing the wind pick up and rain start, going to go inside, buckle down and ho

crucial to taking back congress in the 2022 midterm hitler yvonne from fox business is live in tampa florida with the latest. >> former governor ron desantis for a possible presidential run in 2024 his message tonight. jon: go ahead. >> i was saying if governor desantis was testing out to voters for a presidential run in 2024 his message was this your florida is an oasis of freedom for many americans he think the whole country should be that way, desantis put himself at the center of every conservative issue taken on big government and big tech and president biden desantis said he's kept florida from getting what he calls dr. fauci shutting businesses down and keep an economy open,

tropical storm elsa slammed cuba and now it's taking aim at south florida. the outer bands of rain and wind already making an impact and that's making it tough on rescue crews in surfside as they look for survivors in the rubble of the collapsed condominium. 28 people confirmed dead, 117 missing. i want to bring in sam brock, meteorologist bill karins and morgan chesky in surfside, florida. sam, what's the latest where you are? >> reporter: chris, good morning. overnight and certainly into the early morning hours here in key west, we are seeing storm conditions pick up as elsa's bands are lashing key west. the most noticeable change is wind speeds which are 35 to 40 miles per hour. we had a wind gust overnight that hit 62 miles an hour. the florida straits here, the water is choppy and kicking up, breaching the sea wall. the businesses, where i'm standing right now, at an institution in key west, luis back yard. it was closed yesterday, again today, all flights around key west have been cancelled through 2:00 this afternoon, which is problematic for the july

we're live in florida following breaking news. we're standing by for a news conference on the collapsed condo search and rescue effort, which the surf side mayor now says has just resumed after being halted over concern of further collapse. also, president biden meeting first responders and families of the victims. e

south florida -- the florida peninsula is going to bear the brunt of the storm, which was a hurricane, now a tropical storm. the hurricane hunters went out and found the winds were 70 miles an hour. below the criteria of 74 for a hurricane. i've been watching it the last couple hours. it's lopsided. you see the red to the right of the symbol showing the storm. that let's me know the storm is noting a organized. still has the potential to bring damage. the storm surge threat is very high across southern cuba. anywhere from three feet to five feet. i'm a six foot guy. think about the water from my waist to my shoulders. that's a three foot to five foot storm surge would do. the storm is just impacting the southern tip of the dominican republic -- rather, haiti. heading towards cuba. hurricane warnings are in effect. even though it's not a hurricane. they want to keep people abrett what's going on. the track brings it over cuba tomorrow. that will be the key decision point as to what will be the impact in florida. because if it stays over the water of the caribbean and doesn't come over

obviously florida and texas are big states, florida is in the middle of the vaccination picture there, 27th out of 50, not on the bottom of the vaccination picture, so how do you view those numbers? >> well, first of all, it doesn't matter where you are in the vaccination picture in terms of numbers, it is about what is your number. even in those locations with 60 or 70% of population vaccinated, the question is do you have large pockets of people who are not vaccinated who live in that very state. so in the end, the virus will find you, if in fact you're not vaccinated. you can't wait out the clock. that's important. the second issue here has been raised, remember last summer when we had a big surge, it was primarily in the southern sun belt states. others asked maybe that's what will happen here, maybe four or five states will happen like we saw in april, michigan and minnesota were hit hard with alpha variant, most of the rest of the country spared. what's different is we are seeing increases around the country. i pointed out, all 50 states and district of columbia are seeing incre

myers, florida, tampa is also in elsa's path. you are very familiar with this, you grew up in florida. >> yep. >> how much can this change? it has been upgraded within the past 45 minutes. >> it looks locked in. and tampa is looking at potentially the most damage. they have a higher threat of storm surge through the tampa area, also into the bay. >> one of the biggest cities in florida, too. >> a lot of rainfall headed there. more at nbcbayarea.com and the heat we're tracking back here across the bay area. let's go ahead and get you into the micro climate forecast tonight. and i wanted to show you a live look at the heat warnings, and you can see it's not just isolated to the bay area the next couple days, but for a lot of the west, that's because the hot air is building over the desert southwest, and it's basically going to move right up here through california. remember the heat event we had two and a half, three weeks ago? it's a similar setup to that. doesn't look as widespread hot as we got, but big-time warming coming back