Search & rescue enters day 12 after rest of building demolished; Spread of aggressive Delta variant clouds Biden’s July 4th celebrations; Afghans fleeing to major cities as security threats grow;

The Lead with Jake Tapper

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🗓️ 5 July 2021

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Death toll rises to 27 with 118 still missing; Urgent presentations to Surfside residents in fall/winter 2020 included slides detailing repairs that needed to me done “now”; Tropical storm moving in as search resumes in Surfside; Some families forced to evacuate nearby high-rise due to safety concerns are now homeless, getting local help; Biden strikes optimistic tone as U.S misses his 70% vaccine goal & aggressive Delta variant spreads; Dr. Fauci: 99.2% of COVID deaths are among those not vaccinated; 67% of adults have first dose; White House: Biden to avoid numerical goals after misses his target; Arkansas Gov.: highly contagious Delta variant is hitting younger unvaccinated adults; Sources: U.S. urgently updating evacuation plan for embassy in Afghanistan amid violence concerns; 1,000 Afghan troops escape to Tajikistan as Taliban advances; U.S. embassy in Kabul is “constantly planning for contingencies; Top U.S. general: “we should be concerned” about Taliban advances; Manhunt underway after golf pro, two others found dead; 150 people killed in 400+ shootings over 4th of July weekend; Why Canada’s gun violence is fraction of U.S.; AAA: this afternoon among busiest hours for July 4th travel; AAA: despite highest gas prices in 7 years, 91% of holiday travel was likely by car; To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	A new obstacle for the rescue operations in Florida, the lead starts right now.
0:08.5	The rest of the surfside building is demolished and it could give rescuers new ways into
0:13.1	the debris, but the clock is ticking with a tropical storm on the way.
0:18.5	And the White House just missed a major goal in their serious concern now about this dangerous
0:23.7	new variant in the U.S. How can the U.S. stamp out COVID?
0:28.5	Plus, Country Club killings a golf throw and two others found dead on the 10th hole of
0:34.4	a Country Club and police are still trying to figure out why.
0:41.0	Welcome to the special edition of the lead. I'm Pam LeBron in for Jake Tapper. Hope
0:48.3	everyone is had a great Fourth of July. And we begin today in the National Lead and the
0:53.4	Rising Death toll in the surfside Florida condo collapse. 27 people are now confirmed
0:59.6	dead. 118 are still missing out this hour. Search and rescue efforts picked back up this
1:05.5	morning just hours after the remaining units of the Champlain Towers South condo building
1:10.5	were demolished, marking another sad chapter in this story. Survivors left without a home
1:17.0	and all their personal belongings because they weren't allowed to get back in, to get
1:21.6	those family photos, clothes, important documents, all now part of a new pile of rubble, which
1:27.0	officials say was necessary as a new threat approaches.
1:31.1	Cena's Rosa Flora starts us off from surfside.
1:37.0	It took seconds for the standing portion of the Champlain Towers South to come down.
1:44.0	Truly, we could not continue without bringing this building down. As we speak, the teams
1:49.1	are working on that part of the pile that was not accessible before the building was demolished.
1:55.0	The control demolition authorities say a necessary step, given the threat of approaching
1:59.7	tropical storm Elsa, whose impacts could arrive starting tonight.
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