thank you and again to the people of our state and the people of this great city, we're with you, we love you, we will get through this together. thank you. >> secretary of transportation. a few updates since our meeting this morning. the crew that was out there working was basically repairing potholes. nothing to do with a structural issue at all on the facility. at this time one person has been rescued and so far and our efforts continue in terms of that. engineers are on site right now determining both the structural issues, the debris field and start to work that and work hand in hand with the ntsb before we take any further action in that area. i want to introduce the f.b.i. for a few comments as well.

>> hello. i'm bill and the special agent in charge of the baltimore field office. first and foremost i want to say that our hearts go out to everyone that is impacted by this tragedy especially the victims and their families. on behalf of the f.b.i., i would like to say that we are with you, we're with baltimore and with the partners every step of the way. the f.b.i. from the very first looking at and assessing this matter from an investigative standpoint, i want to be clear there is no specific or credible information to suggest that there are ties to terrorism in this incident. the f.b.i. has been part of this response from the beginning. we came within one hour to the command post and quickly latched

up with our very strong partners all along the way. we will bring whatever resources that the f.b.i. has to bear. we have already brought our crisis response, our victim services and just recently, our underwater search evidence recovery teams are on site. and we'll continue to provide all those resources as long as it takes. as the investigation goes on, we will take it to its logical conclusion along with our partners. to the people of baltimore, to the public, i ask you to be patient as we go through this and as information becomes available to us. lastly, i want to say thank you to our partners, thank you to everyone who in the f.b.i. and counts on the f.b.i. that we will always bring what we need to the people of baltimore and

we're with you. next like to introduce the coast guard. >> good morning. the coast guard is actively searching at this time using response boat crews from two of our local coast guard stations. one of our helicopter crews from atlanta city and one of our cutter crews on one of the 87 foot patrol boats and continue to work with our local, state and federal partners during this tragedy. thank you. [shouted questions] >> as far as you are aware -- [inaudible question] . >> we're still in the process of investigating exactly what happened. so we don't have any further details whether or not it was inevitable or not.

the bridge was actually fully up to code. we have no further information about what happened. [shouted questions] >> do you have any estimate early on how long it will be before shipping can resume in the port? >> we don't have any estimates on timeline. right now our exclusive focus is on saving lives. it's on search and rescue. >> the amount of victims we're looking for right now? >> one of the rescues earlier in baltimore. we heard two were rescued. tell us the total numbers we're talking about this, that you are searching for and how many have been rescued. >> there are eight individuals, six are being searched for right now. one is was taken to a hospital and one is not in the hospital. >> [inaudible question]

>> we believe it's the construction crew. >> we don't think there is anyone -- >> we do not believe so. >> we'll take questions right here. take this question here. >> governor, two questions. how quickly did you find out about what happened here? and what was your reaction when you heard the scale of what happened? >> well, it was -- i think it was probably within minutes of everything, less than an hour when my phone first rang and first the mayor of baltimore and our chief of staff. and it was -- we know the key bridge. i've ridden over the key bridge countless times. so many of us know the key bridge because it's our normal commute. it's oh normal commute route for over 30,000 marylanders every single day. to hear the words that the key

bridge has collapsed, it's shocking. and heartbreaking. and immediately the first thought and first idea is go back to what happened to the people? what was the impact on human life? but for every single one of us who are marylanders, the words that the key bridge is gone, it still shakes us. because for over -- for 47 years that's all we've known. and so this is -- this is not just unprecedented from what we're seeing and looking at today, it is heartbreaking. >> can you confirm the crew on the ship alerted authorities that it lost propulsion and was in trouble? >> we can confirm that the crew notified authorities of a power issue, yes. >> that they then lost power.

>> yes. >> [inaudible question] >> total of eight, one rescued and in the hospital, one not in hospital but we have communicated with that person and six we are searching for. >> were all eight of them working on the potholes? >> they were all related to the construction program. >> we heard multiple vehicles went into the water. any word on how many vehicles went into the water and the people in them? >> not at this time. >> shift over here. >> was there any way to shut down the bridge? was there enough time for that distress call to trigger something like that? >> the thing that we know is that even as the boat was coming

in, we had a ship that was coming in at eight knots. coming in at a very rapid speed. we do know that the investigation is currently going on but i have to say i'm thankful for the folks who, once the warning came up and once certification came out there was a may day who literally, by being able to stop cars from coming over the bridge, these people are heroes and saved lives last night. >> governor, the focus is on rescue now. but looking forward, is there any vision for how long it could possibly take to remove the wreckage to rebuild and how it could possibly be done? can you look into the future at all at this point? >> it will be a long-term build and a build that will require every facet and asset of our society and something i can tell you we'll get this done.

we will make sure that this is not just rebuilt, but that we are going to rebuild in a way that remembers the people who this tragedy has impacted and do it in a way that honors the community that it serves. but right now i could not give you any formal estimate on timing or cost. right now my and all of our exclusive focus is we're trying to save lives. >> can the mayor talk on the state of emergency? >> we know the governor issued a state of emergency but we at the local level felt the need to do that, too. there may be some things we have to encumber with our fire department and other agencies that we'll be able to pull down support for as we all work together again as we are focused right now on saving lives and working through this unspeakable tragedy. >> in the interim i know the focus is on the rescue and recovery, but this is such an

important thoroughfare here in baltimore for drivers, people trying to get around. how will they be able to manage while that is also going on? >> we've also already been in touch with people about alternative routes and ways people can navigate now that this tragedy has happened. mr. secretary, if you want to speak to it. >> roughly about 35,000 people a day use that facility. about double that use the harbor tunnel and double that again use the fort mchenry tunnel. we have those two other options. we'll make sure we have as much personnel out there to deal with any incidents. that can cause back-ups quickly and we'll put out communications on alternatives and looking at transit alternatives. >> what role will the legislature play in this response? are there any policies -- >> we are -- we have our senate president here. we have members of the legislature here. they will have a role in all

this, as will our local elected officials, as will state officials and the federal government. everybody will have a role in terms of how we think about the rebuild. >> how long do you expect shipping to be closed down from the port? any estimate in terms of the port here? >> we don't at this point. >> no ships are going in or out at this time. >> we don't have an estimate on time as of yet. our focus right now making sure we're saving lives. >> one last question. >> that person in the hospital, are -- [inaudible question] . >> the one that's captured under the -- oh, yes, that one is still in port, yes. >> one last question. >> was the ship being guided out by tugs firstly, secondly, did you just say they issued a may day in enough time you were able to stop all traffic from entering both sides so that the

only casualties we expect are the workers on the bridge? >> yes, ma'am. the investigation is still going on. we'll have all the full details and the full details about the timeline that took place. we're thankful between the may day and the collapse that we had officials who were able to begin to stop the flow of traffic so more cars were not on the bridge. >> there were some on the bridge or not? >> during the collapse. >> were there some on the bridge. reports sonar detected vehicles at the bottom of the water. there could still be people trapped inside or more potentially have died in vehicles, is that correct? >> the investigation is still going on to find out exactly how many people and what the situation. the thing we do know is that many of the vehicles were stopped before they got onto the bridge, which saved lives in a very, very heroic way.

>> we'll have another update later. >> thank you all. >> bill: a couple tantalizing details revealed in that press conference from the governor. we can confirm the crew notified authorities of power issues on board that ship, which would lend more credence to the theory that this thing was listing without control and just hit that bridge. the transportation secretary said about the construction workers. one went home, refused treatment. one went to the hospital, six are missing. all doing pothole repair work on the bridge at the time. what remains outstanding, it appears, maybe we need clarification from griff and grady down there, is how many vehicles were on the bridge at the time of the collapse? that answer seems to be outstanding at the moment, would you agree? >> dana: very much so because it

seemed like also they were trying to evade the question. the governor said the investigation is ongoing. we do not know if there are cars that are unaccounted for, additional people beyond the six who are unaccounted for. so let's get to griff jenkins. did you hear that the way we did? >> i did. if you could hear my question, i specifically put that question to the governor. he deflected early on in that press conference to maryland's secretary of transportation. i said in addition there are six unaccounted for they are looking for. two people came out. one rescued, the other one is fine. eight people they were considering. six unaccounted for. one had to go to the hospital. i said what about cars and people that may be in the water? and he said no, we don't believe there are any. i said you don't believe there

are people in the car. that's different than the information we were hearing earlier. it doesn't appear at this point that this search and rescue mission in the governor's team maryland as he called it is under the assumption that there are people in cars that need to be rescued. they highlighted in that press conference what they called heroic measures once the may day call went out. they coordinated with maryland department of transportation authority to stop cars from coming across that bridge. we also learned a little bit of details that the workers that likely went into the water were actually up on the bridge working on potholes. now if that's the case, dana, you are talking about a more than 150 foot drop into frigid cold 48 degree water. so that is obviously a very difficult scenario to survive in and of itself. right now to your point, the

officials here have left me with the impression that there aren't cars in the water and there is no one in cars that they are trying to rescue. we do know at this moment right now as we speak there are rescue divers in the water. of course, the coast guard boats on the water and the coast guard in the helicopter above. but a very interesting development here and obviously no announcement, bill, of any fatalities. again, they are looking for at least six unaccounted for. >> bill: either the people in their cars got very lucky or they don't know the answer at the moment. dr. marc siegel with us, fox news contributor. it is 185 feet drop from the bridge to the water. the water is about 50 feet deep and the water temperature could have been 49, 50 degrees, doc. everyone knows when you go into a cold ocean, 50 degrees is

almost impenetrable. >> let me give you the facts as i know them, bill. i understand the water is 45 degrees today. you said 185 foot drop. probably variable from one place for another. for the viewers if you fall 20 feet into water it is like hitting something like concrete. you will get a fracture at 20 feet. 185 feet is assumed to be fatal. the person that survived that's in critical condition in freezing water, that's unbelievable that somebody survived that fall. the other thing you need to know when you are in freezing water, the water is extracting heat from your body. you might hear 45 degrees and it's not freezing but 25 times more than in the air is how much heat is extracted from your body. in the hospital they use warm interveneous, heat it. use blankets. trying to get your core

temperature back up. we don't know what will happen to that person that survived. someone walked away from this, which is truly unbelievable. you heard from the navy seals before that incredible navy seal you had on said he was saying to you, there is nobody better for rescue in the water was navy seals. he wasn't optimistic at this point. if you are trapped inside a car your oxygen will run out. the trauma of the fall, fractures and the hypo thermia. >> dana: dr. marc siegel. thank you so much. stand by. we want to get to the former baltimore police commissioner and get your take. on our show we haven't heard from you yet this morning. your reaction to this press conference, what you heard. >> really sad. thanks for having me. my heart felt prayers and thoughts go out to all the victims. my thoughts is that i was in

that seat before and certainly spent 30 years on the job and just get a telephone call that that no matter what rank you are in law enforcement is just really something difficult to cope with. from what it looks like and what it appears, that the police department, law enforcement officials and city and state officials, they jumped on this right away and set up command posts and put divers in the water and did the things, you know, the checklist of things they are supposed to be doing. and this tragic incident is going to have so much collateral damage that you can't even put a figure next to it besides the loss of lives. if you lost a life so far. but it is sad to see this happening in our city. >> bill: the governor said that the bridge is fully up to code. that was one of his initial comments. he also talked about 30,000 commuters a day and for your

community, that is going to be quite a disruption. >> yeah, well, the good thing is there are the arteries that motorists can take. the transportation secretary said there is roughly 30 to 35,000 people that use the bridge on a daily basis. it is just going to cause so much collateral damage for the shipping industry, you know, the ships going in and out of the port on a regular basis. the damage estimates you can't count right now. one thing i would say there is a lot of conversation about were there additional vehicles in the water. just looking at the film, looking at the incident several times, if you really go in slow motion, you take a look at there is seven, 89 cars traveling. one was -- a few were larger

vehicles. and i think to the point the governor said that someone sent out a may day call and looked like traffic really did slow down. there weren't as many vehicles going across right before the impact. so that's a blessing. >> dana: thank you so much for getting on the phone with us. i know you are grieving for that community and that you are there to help them as they need it. thank you so much. >> yes, thank you. >> dana: we'll cover this breaking news about the bridge collapse in baltimore but also right now the supreme court hearing a high-stakes case on the so-called abortion pill. we'll talk about the widespread implications next.

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>> bill: at this hour u.s. supreme court now hearing oral arguments regarding the fda's

approval of an abortion pill called mifepristone. we're live with more on the arguments happening right now. rich, hello. >> good morning. oral arguments are just underway here. you can probably hear the protests. they've been underway for much longer surrounding the supreme court. the justices are considering whether the food and drug administration was correct in expanding access to the abortion drug mifepristone. two years after the supreme court overturned roe v. wade, abortions back here at the supreme court again. in 2016 and 2021 the fda allowed doctors to prescribe the drug remotely and send it through the mail. expanded eligibility to ten weeks. the administration argues the fda relied on medical evidence to initiate the changes and reversing them or banning the

drug will have sweeping consequences for women. >> administration will continue to stand by fda's independent approval and regulation of mifepristone as safe and effective. we will continue to fight back against unprecedented attacks on women's freedom to make their own health decisions. >> anti-abortion groups and doctors sued the restricted drug saying the fda dangerously abused its discretion to push on demand abortion. a federal judge in texas invalidated the ruling. pulled the drug off the market. appeals court said the drug is legal but restricted access to it and here we are to sort it out. alliance defending freedom is arguing to restrict the drug saying quote the fda recklessly removed its original safeguards like in person doctor visits leaving women to suffer serious complications alone. women deserve better. the court is also considering whether the doctor group that

brought the suit originally had standing in this case. we're expected to hear from the security on a decision by june. >> bill: we can hear the folks in the background protestors are out. assuming on both sides. is one more prominent than the other, rich? >> we are saying -- >> the volume level they both matched one another. >> bill: gotcha, okay. i heard you say at the top as of now. rich edson, supreme court. >> dana: we continue to follow breaking news from baltimore after the francis scott key bridge collapsed at 1:40 in the morning. a press conference finished up and sorting through the details we learned from that and we'll be back in just a moment with more. god. we take this moment just to give you thanks. we thank you for this time to come together as a family,

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>> bill: 10:34 at the u.s. supreme court.

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don't know. so there is a possibility that there were cars on the bridge at the time of the collapse that officials here don't know about. of course, as they search that will be something that they are looking for. the other focal point of the press conference was the six unaccounted for construction workers they're searching for. there were eight construct hundred workers fixing potholes nothing to do with the structural integrity of the bridge. of those 82 were rescued. one is fine and there were no injuries, the other is seriously hurt and was taken to the hospital and the timeline, if you will, of what led up to this. we're told there was a may day call from the crew on the ship they reported that they lost power and that gave authorities with maryland d.o.t. some time to shut off traffic going over

the bridge, which may have ultimately saved lives. but still crews searching for those six unaccounted for construction workers and unclear if any commuters were passing over the bridge at the time and if they may also be looking for cars in the river below. >> dana: that mayday call. that information was received by the construction crew as well. grady and griff are on the ground for us getting more information on the breaking news story from overnight. meanwhile the story at our southern border continues. texas has reinstalled razor wire at parts of the border where migrants cut through to enter the u.s. illegally as shown in this stunning footage released yesterday. check this out. casey stegall is live in eagle pass, texas with more. hi, casey. >> this footage was captured by a "new york post" photographer at what's known as gate 45 along the main border wall right here in el paso not far from where we're standing. the most recent incident happened on sunday.

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what we know from the civil lawsuits he goes 20 years of allegations of sexual abuse, sexual violence and sexual trafficking going from 2003 all the way up to 2023. i think that the feds look at the lawsuits and got interested and started to do an investigation into that. that's likely what the searches are related to. >> dana: call for number three. some video from tmz of diddy pacing through the miami airport, around the miami airport apparently finding out that this does take a dramatic turn from the civil to the feds getting involved. there is no specific allegation yet but would you expect that? >> i do expect that at least for somebody involved. the feds putting forth all of these resources. they are looking for something. they have some sort of probable cause that allowed them to get the search warrant. he was at the private airport in miami yesterday. rumors of another jet of his

actually flying to a caribbean island. we believe he is still actually in the united states. without him having been named a target or suspect he seems to have some freedom to move about as he would like. i think we'll hear more from the feds in the days to come and certainly they have to act quickly. >> bill: it seems like it came out of the blue. did it? >> it didn't come out of the blue in that he has been accused of this for months and months. >> the raids came out of the blue. in the civil complaint what do they allege against him? >> everything from rape, sex trafficked and being drugged and sexual harassment and workplace abuses going on. i put it somewhere in between an a weinstein and kelly case. the criminal aspects are something that have to be deeply investigated. there are these civil aspects of it as well and he will be dealing with that for years to come. >> dana: what about the statute of limitations? is there any on a case like this? >> we know some of the

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>> certain key edits were ignored including a request to add a condemnation of hamas. and we did not agree with everything in the resolution. we believe it was important for the council to speak out and make clear that our cease-fire -- any cease-fire must come with the release of all hostages. >> bill: a major row between washington and jerusalem. there was no veto. israel was asking the u.s. to veto this yesterday. the u.s. abstained on the u.n. security council calling for a cease-fire regarding gaza. the first time it failed to protect israel at the world body since the war began. all this coming now while hamas rejects the latest hostage deal on the table and former israeli ambassador to the u.s., a member of israel's war cabinet with me now. thank you for your time. how deep and how big is the disagreement between your government, the people of israel, and the biden

administration? >> well, we were disappointed with the decision, as you mentioned, of the united states to not veto this resolution. the reason why we were disappointed is that for the last five almost six months now the u.s. has had a principle decision to not delink the issue of a cease-fire from the release of the hostages. and i appreciate the fact that since the resolution was passed, that u.s. officials have come out and said our policy hasn't changed. the problem is the resolution doesn't say the same thing. what the resolution says, it says there should be a cease-fire and also you should have the release of hostages. there is no linkage between the two. that linkage was there as late as five days ago when the u.s. put forward a proposal that was vetoed by the russians and chinese because they wanted to deal with these two things. bottom line for your viewers, iran and hamas have welcomed this u.n. security council decision.

i guarantee you that any security council decision welcomed by iran and hamas is not good for the state of israel or the united states of america. >> bill: i want to play a sound bite from over the weekend. vice president kamala harris on the consequences if indeed the idf goes into that southern gazan town called rafah. >> looking at a million and a half people in rafah there because they were told to go there, most of them. so we've been very clear that it would be a mistake to move into rafah with any type of military operation. >> are you ruling out there would be consequences from the united states? >> i am ruling out nothing. >> bill: from that last comment i'm ruling out nothing. that is not normally how the u.s. government talks about israel. what does that say to you? >> well, i understand that's the position of the vice president and the u.s. administration when it comes to a major military operation in rafah. when it comes to consequences, bill, let me tell you the consequences of not going into

rafah and not getting rid of these four remaining battalions of hamas. we have five battalions left. four in rafah. they have 7,000 or 8,000 terrorists there. we cannot afford to not go into rafah and finish the job because then what they will do is october 7th again and again and again. so there is no chance that israel is not going to go and finish the job in rafah. i was supposed to be in the united states today in washington to discuss the proposals that the u.s. administration has. they were going to suggest us ways where we don't have to do it with a major military operation. i don't see it's possible to do it. of course we were open to listening to them. the mistake was that yesterday when they decided not to veto that resolution, they sent a terrible message to hamas that you can get a cease-fire without giving up the hostages, without making a hostage deal and i this i the combination of that message that was sent to the

u.n. security council and israel discussing how we won't do a major military operation in rafah would have sent the exact wrong message to hamas. that's why the prime minister made the right decision to not send a delegation. and i hope we can put the u.s.'s relationship back on track. for five months, for over five months the u.s. has backed israel and we will win this war. i think it is important to win it with the united states. >> bill: president biden has had your back almost for his entire political career. do you believe he still does today? >> i think in his heart he does. i appreciate very much when this war started he came out of the gate with a very clear statement that made a difference between right and wrong, good and evil. he called hamas worse than isis. he said they were sheer evil. and hamas hasn't changed. you can't leave part of sheer evil in place. you have to finish the job and i hope, as we move forward to

victory, that the united states will continue to stand by our side because, bill, we have no choice. we are not going to allow this army of terrorism, this army of terror, hamas, to survive in gaza. we will take them out. and we're very close to victory. once we start in rafah, because the prime minister said we'll be weeks away from finishing the major military operations of this war. remind you, i don't know if you and dana have covered it now. we're operating in the north part of gaza in shifa hospital after arm ored divisions and warning ahead of time. when we went back there a few days ago we went with a commando force? you know what happened? we killed 170 terrorists. we had captured over 800 terrorists. we have not had a single civilian casualty and unfortunately we lost two israeli soldiers in that operation. that shows you the precision

that israel takes. that can only happen after you have dismantled the battalions in the north you can go in with a smaller operation. we have to finish rafah. once we finish rafah the heavy phase of this war will be behind us and the terror arm of hamas will be dismantled and then what happens the day after. how do we get to a future for is lease and palestinians. >> bill: mr. ambassador, thank you live in jerusalem. we'll see if the trip is rescheduled to washington. right now there is nothing on the books. thank you for coming on today. >> dana: we'll give you a fox news alert. president biden will leave the white house at 12:30 p.m. today. he could make remarks about the bridge that collapsed in baltimore overnight and we have word it's possible that president biden would visit the site in the coming days. we don't have specifics on that but he is likely to make remarks.

baltimore right there near the white house. >> bill: griff jenkins is filing some information that could be significant in the end. they talked to the maryland transportation secretary whether or not any cars were on the bridge at the time. the point of confusion we had 30 minutes ago. he said we don't know. that's part of the investigation. when the mayday call went out on board that ship, transportation authorities in maryland closed the bridge, stopping vehicle travel onto it but could not say how much time had passed between the mayday call going out and the ship hitting the bridge. that leaves open the question how many vehicles were prevented from being on that bridge at the time and that in the end saved lives. how many we cannot say. >> dana: we do know they are looking for six construction workers who were on that bridge filling potholes doing their jobs in the middle of the night. >> bill: it has been a morning. >> dana: harris faulkner will take you through the next hour. here she is. >> harris: it is going t