also, in 2020 and again in 2022, the army corp looks at cost versus benefit. the san francisco cost include seismic cost which are substantial when you build anything, in particular on the utwaer front. we have terrible seismic conditions. those cost will drag down any hope of us having federal interest and it was speaker pelosi's team that saw through many technical and legislative amendments so we can compete and in fact there was a finding of federal interest. without this finding we would not have this conversation. it was with great honor that i introduce her and thank her for sharing in this milestone. >> thank you, thank you so much very. san francisco port director elaine forbes. to you and your staff congratulation what is happening today and thank you. as you could tell from the prezen taiz of the director this is complicated initiative. when she talks about new starts, we had to fight a initiative of a previous occupant of the white house who didn't want anymore new starts and if there were new starts we had to be one of them. again, attribute to se

who will be asking for the same type of funding support from the army corps of engineers ? so are you looking for an answer on that one? i like some guidance. yes, please. yeah. i think this study is the first sort of mega study, federal mega study with the army corps on the west side. sorry, on the west coast, and so we are we are sort of out ahead, which is part of why we're really trying to get to congress by 2026. so that, you know, we can get early in line for federal funding. and i think the army corps sees this a bit as a model, both for that comprehensive benefit approach, also for how to address, kind of coastal flooding and sea level rise issues on the west coast. it's very different on the east coast or gulf coast, it's much more hurricane driven. whereas on the west coast the flood damages are really driven by sea level rise into the future. and so whereas that is a sort of an increment often on the east coast. so i think for those reasons, there's a lot of eyes on this from the army corps, from the federal government. and so i think that puts us in a good posit

army corp of engineers. really appreciate being here before you chair melger--this is i think really challenging to take this all in. i think president peskin's comments were right on point. this work over several years has gone to try to detail how we can protect 7 and a half miles of waterfront from flood risks in the seismically active place like san francisco. we think about our waterfront as being somewhat immutable but knows it formed over millenia by nature and also by 1850 by acts of man to create a new shoreline when people got here and trying to put together a concerted effort through engineering analysis to say how can we protect this and define the edge of san francisco for the next century and hopefully the next century of prosperity and this being the kind of city we are proud to live and work in. we tried to boil this presentation down to help understand what the draft plan is at this point and what it is not. because this is a mega project and delivered over decades, it has to be something wh

that is the mindset that army corps is applying with their partners in unified command. we have the best inspectors, the best surveyors, and the best engineers in the world working and setting up and executing a plan of action right here in maryland. i have been informed by the u.s. navy that they are supplying us with 4 heavy-lift cranes. two have already arrived. one arrives tonight. and the fourth is arriving on monday. one of the koreans is called "the chesapeake 1000," and it can lift about 1000 tons. but the big part in what are the challenges is that the key bridge which sits on top of the vessel right now, that weight is somewhere between 3000-4000 tons. so our team needs to cut that truss intersections in a safe, responsible and efficient way before it can lift those pieces out of the water. this crane we are looking at is massive. the thing we also know is this -- so is the challenge ahead of us,. so in the coming weeks, we expect to have the following entities inside of the water. 10 tags, 9 burgess, eight salvage vessels, and five coast guard boats. i have sa

army corps will be picking up those costs. as i understand it, there are 32 members of the army corps of engineers on the ground right now surveying the situation. the navy has been contracting with the salvage operation. there are 38 contractors under the navy's oversight, with respect to that. this is happening now. as the governor said, we've got one of the big lift cranes coming. i think it's a thousand ton crane coming around midnight and another 400 ton crane coming saturday for the operations to clear the channel. a word about the quick action that the governor, secretary and others good -- took to get the application in for the federal emergency relief program. this is designed for this kind of emergency and as you've heard, they have already been authorized with the $60 million from the federal government to cover all the costs of dealing with the surrounding traffic and issues that have come up since the bridge, right now, is collapsed and is on top of the ship. importantly, that emergency relief program is also what

so, i'm very pleased the army corps will be picking up those costs. as i understand that there are 32 members of the army corps of engineers on the ground right now, surveying the situation. the navy has been contracting with the salvage operation. there are 38 contractors under the navy's oversight with respect to that. so, this is happening right now, and as the governor said, we have got one of the big, the big lifts, cranes coming, i think it is a 1000 ton crane coming around midnight and another 400 ton crane coming saturday for the operations to clear the channel. a word about the quick action that the governor and the secretary and others took to get the application in for the federal emergency relief program. this is a federal program designed for this as you heard, they have been authorized for the $60 million from the federal government to cover all of the costs of dealing with the surrounding traffic and issues that have come pu since the bridge right now, of course, is collapsed on top of the ship. importantly, that emergency relief progra

the army corps tells me that a fully loaded ship like the "dali," it is going to be just within 12 to 18 inches of the river bottom, and the depth is 50 feet. so, they need to clear everything off the bottom, all the way down to the sand, because otherwise, any debris could pose a lethal risk to future ships moving through there. lester? >> yeah, tough and dangerous work. tom, thank you. >>> today, even president biden acknowledged what he called a brutal stabbing attack in rockford, illinois, that killed four people and wounded seven others. prosecutors say the suspect blamed drug use for the sudden attack. here is maggie vespa. >> reporter: tonight, as rockford struggles to understand the carnage, the accused attacker in wednesday's deadly stabbing spree, 22-year-old christian soto, in court facing 13 charges from first-degree murder to home invasion for police say a rampage spanning five crime scenes across this northern illinois community. they say soto attacked 11 people total, killing four, including a mother and son, a mailman on his route, and a 15-year-old girl, jenna newcomb

ninth motorized rifle brigade of the first army corps.igade of the 41st army is trying to break through to pervomaiske, but they still can't. the 110th brigade of the enemy's first corps captured nevilske. the situation is even more dynamic in the novopavlovsk direction. battles are going on border georgiivka, pobeda novomykhaivka. the enemy brought the 20th rifle division of the eighth army into battle in almost full force in this direction. most of the 150th motorized rifle division, most of the forces of the 155th marine brigade of the pacific fleet, and here they had the 1219th motorized rifle regiment of the territorial forces in reserve, it was transferred to the 20th division and has already been fully deployed in battle, that's all is done with the aim of opposing the enemy's command, trying to maintain the pace of the offensive. regiment right here additionally with the 10th tank regiment transferred here from the pokrovsky direction and its units are already north and northeast of novomykhaivka , together with the 33rd regiment

the bottom line is the army corps will pick up the cost.mend the governor and his team for their fast action in putting forward the notice that they are going to apply for the federal emergency relief fund, part of the federal department of transportation's we will be working very closely with the governor, the secretary and others and their team as we process that, just to give you all a sense of what that means, immediately for some of the costs of diverting traffic and other immediate costs to adjust to what happened in the short term. and then going forward, that relief find provides a strong will be 90/10 in terms of the federal share. cardin and i will be working very closely with the president and our colleagues in the congress to make sure that we meet president biden's pledge to do as much as possible to make sure that the federal government picks up the cost.some have aske shipowners themselves, obviously as the ntsb conducts its review, we will have a better idea of exactly what happened, and if ie or wrongdoing, you can be assur

the 114th brigade of the first army corps and the 55th brigade of the enemy's 41st army captured the village of tonka, advanced a little... westward they reached the outskirts of semenivka, but were stopped there by the defense forces and are not advancing now. the ninth motorized rifle brigade of the first army corps and the 35th and 41st army brigades are trying to break through to pervomaiske, but they still can't. the 10th brigade of the enemy's first corps captured it nevilske the situation is even more dynamic in the novopavlovsk direction. fighting continues along the border. georgiyivka, victory of novomykhaivka. the enemy brought the 20th motorized rifle division of the eighth army into battle in almost full formation in this direction. most of the 150th motorized rifle division, most of the forces of the 155th brigade of marines of the pacific fleet and the 1219th motorized rifle regiment of the territorial troops were in reserve here, it was transferred to the 20th division and has already been fully deployed in battle. all this is done with the aim of opposing the command

tom costello has developments. >> reporter: out on the water with the army corps of engineers and the first up-close look at the massive "dali" container ship, and the wreckage of baltimore's francis scott key bridge laying on top of it, the "dali's" bow crushed, a massive piece of steel. >> that weighs between 3,000 and 4,000 tons. we have one of the largest cranes on the eastern seaboard that picks up one thousand tons at a time. >> reporter: the water so muddy and dark, divers and drones have struggled to get a clear view. submerged under the wreckage, the remains of four bridge repair workers still missing. this dash cam video shows them on the bridge a few hours before the disaster. the wife of julio cervantes, who survived tells nbc news the workers were on a break in their cars when the bridge suddenly collapsed. amazingly, cervantes survived even though he doesn't swim. the army corps of engineers will have a lead role in reopening and clearing the ninth biggest port. here's the channel. they need to clear a 700-foot-stretch right here to allow ships to get in and out. but it'

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but in terms of those details, army corps' best to answer that. reporter: thanks. what kind of changes does this mean to the operation at the ports? could we see tug escorts going through for bridges like this? and would that make a difference? sec. buttigieg: i think it's too soon todesign feature or other e would have made a difference but that's the kind of thing that ntsb does and they do it well. at the end of their investigatio they issue recommendations which often become part of policy, design or even technology for the future and it's why we'll be very interested in their work. animpact on inflation?ng an should it have been reinforced during the past decade? vice adm. gautier: again, i don't know how a bridge possibly could withstand the forces -- at play when this vessel, the same size aser, struck the key supporting beam for that bridge. sec. buttigieg: but we will always, as always, learn from the ntsb investigation. what was the first bit? reporter: inflation. sec. buttigieg: too soon to say. i think this is definitely a different ballpark from what w

with regard to the port, again the coast guard in coordination with the army corps of engineers willean on the cleanup and reopening so that can get back to full operation. we are concerned about the local economic impact with some 8,000 jobs directly associated with port activities. and we are concerned about implications that will ripple out beyond the immediate region because of the ports role in our supply chains. this is an important port for imports and exports and it is america's largest vehicle handling port which is important not only for car imports and exports but also farm equipment. no matter how quickly the channel can be reopen, we know it can't happen overnight and so we will have to manage the impact in the meantime. we are hoping to mitigate some of those impacts including using tools that did not exist a few years ago. following the disruptions to supply chains from the covid pandemic, president biden's infrastructure package included the establishment of a new freight office within our department to help coordinate goods movement in ways that were not possible bef

we're only able to get this close right now because we're with the army corps of engineers. the rest of this water is completely blocked to any other commercial vessels. we traveled by boat, getting our first up-close look at the mangled metal and debris. this goes 50 feet down into the water, that needs to get cleared before anything can pass in and out. 1,000 army corps of engineers personnel now supporting the recovery effort. >> we have to get that section of bridge that is resting on the front of that vessel, off of that vessel. >> reporter: general scott spellman telling me that piece of steel alone weighs nearly 9 million pounds, and will need to be cut into sections before it's lifted off, piece by piece, with a crane. >> this is one of the largest ports in the united states of america, and it has to get reopened quickly. >> reporter: investigators poring over the ship's voyage data recorder, obtaining preliminary information consistent with a power outage and outlining a timeline of the five minutes before the disaster. the ship's lights going dark at 1:24 a.m. tues

we work hand in hand with the army corps of engineers and navy salvage divers.onar work. it's the engineers, the army corps, the private contractors who are putting divers in the water. it's one of your earlier guests said, it's taking your time and moving slow. there's no reason to rush this right now because that's where the danger lies. if you rush it, mistakes can happen. things can be missed and people could get hurt the governor of maryland was asked how long it would take to complete the cleanup. he wouldn't commit to a specific timeline. i wonder. can you give us a sense? i mean, are we talking months, years? what's your what's your best guess? >> i think it will it'll depend on how much resources they throw out at you saw the one big crane that they have in place. now, can they get more cranes, more crews, and can they start like divvying up the work and can they do more and more than one thing at a time? and that depends on how much resources they have available. so you can be looking at anywhere from weeks to months to six to eight months on the short

our team out on the water today with the army corps of engineers. cranes are on the way to clear the debris and tow the ship away. and then to recover theed bos of the four missing construction workers trapped underneath. abc's elizabeth schulze on the scene tonight. >> reporter: tonight, a massive >> reporter: tonight, a first look inside the cargo ship that crashed into baltimore's francis scott key bridge. ntsb investigators combing through the catastrophic damage, collecting evidence, surveying the mangled wreckage and twisted steel encasing the bow of the ship and examining the what darr douse materials onboard. a massive operation is now under way to clear the wreckage. the u.s. navy sending three giant cranes to the scene. officials hoping to refloat the cargo ship "dali" to begin clearing this vital east coast port. we're only able to get this close right now because we're with the army corps of engineers. the rest of this water is completely blocked to any other commercial vessels. we traveled by boat, getting our first up close look a the

i know the army corps . rectified? that i don't know. no one | knows yet.t and it depends on how the wreckage is lying and how far across the channel it is and we had to come the channel it is and we had to come the channel accepts two—way ship traffic so i believe it is about 700 foot wide. if they can get half of the channel opened and one we ship traffic we can get the port open. what is the impact being felt on the ground by your members, the workers? i represent 2&00 union dock workers in the port of baltimore and they are very nervous obviously. they don't know when this thing will open back up and their lives depend on it to put food on their tables and take care of theirfamilies. to put food on their tables and take care of their families. everyone to put food on their tables and take care of theirfamilies. everyone is still in a state of disbelief at this time. do still in a state of disbelief at this time-— still in a state of disbelief at this time. i. ,, ., this time. do you think that the local communities _ this time. do you think that the loc

again, the coast guard in coordination with the army corps of engineers will lead on the chain panel, cleanup and the reopening so that that port can get back to full operation. we are concerned about the local economic impact with some 8,000 jobs directly assault seated with port activities. and we are concerned about implications that will ripple out beyond the immediate region because the roles excuse me, because of the ports role in our supply chains this is an important port for both imports and exports and its america's largest vehicle handling port, which is important not only for for car imports and exports, but also for farm equipment no matter how quickly the channel can be reopened, we know that it can't happen overnight. and so we're going to have to manage the impacts in the meantime, we're working to mitigate some of those impacts, including using tools that didn't exist. just a few years ago following the disruptions to supply chain danns from the covid pandemic. president biden's infrastructure package included the establishment of a new freight office within our depar

it's the engineers, the army corps, the private contractors who are putting divers in the water. it's one, of your earlier gaetz said, it's taking your time and moving slow. there's no reason to rush this right now because that's where the danger lies. if you rush it, mistakes can happen. things can be missed and people could get hurt the governor of maryland was asked how long it would take to complete the cleanup. he wouldn't commit to a specific timeline. i wonder. can you give us a sense? i mean, are we talking months? here's what's your what's your best guess? >> i think it'll it'll depend on how much resources they throw out at you saw the one big crane that they have in place now, can they get more cranes, more crews, and can they start like divvying up the work and can they do more at more than one thing at a time? and that depends on how much resources they have available. so you can be looking at anywhere from weeks to months to six to eight months on the short-side, probably two to three months maybe shorter if they can get additional crews in there, that's just to ope

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the study was divided into four different areas or called reaches as the army corps calls it. the first one is fisherman's wharf from aquatic to herrington park. in this case, we saw that the area gained elevation relatively quickly and we don't see the extensive level of damage that we see in other planned areas so. in this area, we went with a non structural solution which is flood proofing as well as adding flood walls around the piers. moving south along the water front into the embarcadero we're looking at the area a the about pier 27 wault way to the bay bridge this is an area to the heart of historic district building. we see flood damages and economic damages overtime. as well as sort of a dense concentration of land aout and utility infrastructure. in this area, we're propose to go raise the shoreline to elevate up to three and a half sea level rise with a slopping kind of graded elevated shoreline that retains visual and access. we would also raise the wharf that's are parallel to the shore and historic buildings on top of those and on short flood walls around the pi

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as always, more than one thousand us army corps of engineered personnel. now activated to help in the aftermath of baltimore bridge collapse. a main part of their mission to clear the shipping channel, a critical shipping channel at that with us now to discuss all this us army corps of engineers commander in chief of engineers, the tune of general scott spellman. we appreciate your time. i know there is an enormous amount on your plate in the played that your team right now. just can you explain to people how big of an issue this is the undertaking you guys are currently experimental, phil, thanks. first of all, for having us on the program on behalf of the 38,000 men and women, the army corps of engineers, our hearts go out to those who have lost loved ones in this terrible accident. as governor moore said yesterday, job number one is returning those loved ones back to their families. as the president said, our role in the recovery from this tragedy is reopening this ship channel and your team of graphics and showed it very well to your viewers. we're gon

>> so in terms of the debris assessment removal now, again, the army corps of engineers under general spelman are being aggressive in mobilizing surveys and necessary actions in order to first understand what they're facing in terms of challenges with not just the debris on the surface but underwater. so they can give you an idea on what that assessment looks like. >> we can safely say the process for cleanup and opening a channel is underway because you're assessing what's going on down below? >> the coast guard incident and commander general are coordinated on the necessary actions to do this. not waiting in order to begin this process. now, we do need to be sensitive. the state of maryland is conducting the recovery operations in and around the same area where the debris assessment removal needs to take place. in terms of the details, the army corps is the one to answer that. >> what kind of changes could this lead to the operation at the ports? could we see tug escorts going through for bridges like this, and would that make a difference? >> for us, again, i think it's too soon to

engineers from the army corps of engineers, navy supervise of salvage. private engineers helping us, coast guard engineers working there, and they'll working diligently to figure out the right plan to break the bridge up into the right size pieces that we can lift, and the second part of that is we need to get the heavy lift equipment here, and we have been telling you the cranes are on the way and the equipment is on the way. behind us, you can see the first of those things that are arriving. they're arriving, and they're going to continue to arrive for the next several days. and we're going to continue that planning so that we will be ready, so you'll take advantage of that as soon as possible, and do it safely. i'll turn it over to colonel pinchasin. >> we have lost audio, obviously, but you can hear, all the folks working in baltimore to get things back up and running. as governor wes moore said, this is a complex and unprecedented operation laying out four priorities, the coast guard. the rear admiral say they have three things they're working to do

so we see the coast guard, we see the army corps, we see the national transportation safety board we see the department of labor the president directed us to make sure that we are doing everything possible >> success >> occurs when everybody is working together. that's exactly what is happening here. i met with the families earlier today and it is really, really tragic and we will get through this. we have no doubt about it. and the president has directed us to move heaven and earth. those are my words. those are his words to make sure we are helping the remarkable people great state of maryland to move forward and we we will indeed governor, i can inform you with confidence that we will process your request promptly because the situation calls for prompt action they have boquita and upon you love victim is son latinos mahmoud abbas, paris. you travel, i hope, or presented biden euler some d are moving with three, but withdraw tavo my stroke by his l precedent in ten dbn l suffering mantou, they lack community that president ludhiana primera yes so gone. laugh. familia, they love vic

so we see the coast guard, we see the army corps, we see the national transportation safety board. we see the department of labor the president directed us to make sure that we are doing everything possible success occurs when everybody is working together. and that's exactly what is happening here. >> i >> met with the families earlier today and it is really, really tragic and we will get through this. we have no doubt about it. and the president has directed us to move heaven and earth those are my words. those are his words to make sure we are helping the remarkable people of the great state of maryland to move forward. and we we will indeed governor, i can inform you with confidence that we will process your request promptly because the situation calls for prompt action they have boquita and upon you love victim son, latinos mahmoud abbas paris you travel, i hope or presented biden oil is on d are moving with three thursday, but were dr. tavo waste dropped by his el presidente and ten dbn l sue fremantle yes son gone. laugh amelia daily, victim us president joe biden in tnt abn

with regard to the port, again, the coast guard in coordination with the army corps of engineers willnup and the reopening so that that port can get back to full operation. we are concerned about the local economic impact with some 8,000 jobs directly associated with port activities, and we are concerned about implications that will ripple out beyond the immediate region because of the roles -- excuse me, because of the port's role in our supply chains. this is an important port for both imports and exports, and it's america's largest vehicle handling port, which is important not only for car imports and exports, but also for farm equipment. no matter how quickly the channel can be reopened, we know that it can't happen overnight, so we're going to have to manage the impacts in the meantime. we're working to mitigate some of those impacts including using tools that didn't exist a few years ago, following the disruptions to supply chains from the covid pandemic, president biden's infrastructure package included the establishment of a new freight office within our department to help coo

the army corps of engineers declining to speculate outside engineers are thinking it could be a monthr so, even with the best efforts and the best engineers in the business. as for rebuilding the bridge, probably five years or so to rebuild a bridge. back to you. >> it is insane to think about the herculean task of getting that bridge out of the water and the search for the other bodies that are still down there, just what the governor was saying about how the divers can't seat a foot in front of them because of all of the debris and how dark the water is. it does really make you sit and think about what this is going to take. >> reporter: not only that, not only that, but that wreckage, the twisted metal under the water, it is razor sharp, and these divers can't see. the concern is that razor sharp metal could potentially cut their suit, cut their oxygen, and still pose a risk to other vessels out there. it is potentially a lethal threat. they have got to be very careful. >> can they use rovs to get it up? is that possible? >> reporter: in fact, as we speak right now, they got rovs o

engineers from the army corps of engineers navy's supervisor of salvage. we had state 30 there there were some private engineers helping us an update on the bridge collapse outside the port of baltimore. we heard we're hearing here from the coast guard. we heard just a moment ago. governor wes moore saying we're going to rise to this moment because we are maryland tough and baltimore strong. he said this is a human travesty, but also an economic travesty. and that is where so much of the focus is right now as he detailed that there will be seven cranes, ten tugs, nine barges, eight salvage vehicles, and five coast guard boats. that are involved in what is it going to be an incredibly arduous process of getting this port backup and running, getting that bridge collapse cleared. we're going to get an a quick break and monitor this press conference we'll be right back with more there is no media personality >> business woman a pretty sharp like her >> many lives of martha stewart. now streaming on macs >> everybody wants super straight, super white teeth they

here's brian todd with more >> the army corps of engineers is now ready to start clearing hundreds of thousands of tons of twisted steel and concrete. that's blocking ships from entering or exiting the port of baltimore. >> there is a massive steel truss bridge going across that channel. and at the bottom 50 feet down at the bottom, there's also concrete. possibly some containers, other debris that we have to get off the floor, but it's a delicate operation, is going to be a monumental task. this is going to be piecemeal section by section, piece by piece until they can estimate the entire area. >> dr.. oscar barton is the dean morgan state university's engineering school and was a professor at the naval academy for 21 years. what would you be most worried about if you were supervising the crane and this entire operation going too fast, meeting the expectations of the public to move to quickly. we've got to be very methodical, very slow, and very precise and getting and stuff the chesapeake 1,000 arrived this morning, but that section >> of bridge, that straight over the front of the

he's the commanding general of the us us army corps of engineer, which is leading the mission to clean this up. this is a complicated operation. they have to beat mathias article about how they take every single step and it could take several weeks, listen to what he said >> the vessel looks small from where we're standing here on the yeah. the sure. that vessel ways on your of 95,000 tons the bridge span. that's behind us that when i mentioned we're going to sever that piece ways 5,000 times alone. so that's a lot of downward pressure on that vessel already here we are. correct. >> we have one of the largest crane here on the eastern seaboard arrives 23, 11 tonight's ago and so imagine we're going to have to cut those steel sections it's too much smaller components to live them out safely and efficiently >> so you can really just start to understand the magnitude of the work that is ahead. and again, fred about those four families, they understand now that there off the ones are gone, but they're hanging on to the hope that they can recover the bodies so that they can at least have a

the coast guard, the army corps, they are on the job. we will work as quickly as possible.re is bridge rebuilding. again, we will move forward with federal support. >> one quick last question. who should pay for it? president biden said the federal government will and conservaves in congress say the cost should not be borne by the federal government, but, the state and local officials. >> the fedal government has paid for major bridge collapses around the country in the past and we should do the same now. it should not be a partisan issue. this is a time when america should come together. there is a federal program called the emergency relief program. that will fund 90% of the cost of rebuilding the bridge. senator cardin and i intend to offer legislation to cover the full cost. ice -- i will say that whatever we can recover from any wrongdoing or liability on behalf of the shipowners or anyone else will, of course, go to the project. this is a time for the country to come together and done what we have done in the past, to help in a great american city that needs the assis