search for survivors after the baltimore bridge collapsed while the incidents has left the engineers and maritime experts scratching their heads. how could such a shape crash into such a large structure? was anything wrong with the bridge itself? i'm feel gail in berlin and this is the day the, it's extremely unusual to have a bridge collapsed caused by a ship. in fact, it looked like something, not of the action, but normally pays are designed to accommodate to a certain level. all of the impacts of that from ships a co worker goes j. look the birds pull that. now like your line stop line with me goes no, go, look, certainly would not have been designed for a direct strike about back century. there are many bridges like this, especially around the codes of the united states. also on the day

wiki leaks found that julian assigned will not face extradition to the united states on espionage charges. for now, is family is calling on the us to drop the cases which they say are retribution for blowing the whistle. this case is a retribution. it is a signal to all of you that if you expose to the interests that are driving or they will come after you, they will put you in prison and they will try to kill you. welcome to the day i mean investigations on the way in the united states after cargo ship crashed into a bridge in baltimore, maryland causing it to collapse several vehicles on the bridge at the time maryland governor westmore said the ship reporting losing power just before the crash and that it made emergency cool is allowed on thursdays, the limits traffic across the bridge. they added that i preliminary investigation

suggested the crash was an accident, and there was no evidence and no credible evidence of a terror attack. so just to give you a sense of scale, francis scott key bridge was 2.6 columbus as long with 4 lines on average building 31000 vehicles crossteck every day. and it's a major part of the road network on the us east, east coast. so here's a look at how today's events unfolded. the francis scott key bridge. after the singapore flag, the container ship smashed into one of its pillars. the collapse of the bridge was caught live by a web broadcast. the ship struck at 1 30 am within minutes. a major search and rescue operation was under way. the postcards, primary mission right now is search and rescue looking for any survivors in the

water were basically searching for, for everyone that was potentially on the bridge. as you can imagine, to build the night, you know, you know, what type of traffic was there of how many workers were there. this video uploaded by a ship tracking service shows the vessels path as it went off course and into the bridge . it issued a distress called minutes before the collision. authorities said workers then stopped the cars from crossing the bridge afterwards, saving lives. experts say the size of the ship simply overwhelmed the support structure. heavy ship i that for the impulse of a large load of many thousands of times when it hit something solid and the ship is obviously struck the support of the bridge. not surprisingly, the bridge cut out since, because the simple, which is a very relatively flimsy structure. us president joe biden said the disaster was an accident right now was were in pledge, federal funding to rebuild my attention that federal government will pay for the

entire cost of reconstructing that bridge. and i expect, or the congress to support my effort is gonna take some time. the people are born and i can count on. so to stick with them at every step of the way to the pores reopen and the bridges rebuilt. meanwhile, people in the region are bracing for the aftermath for the port of baltimore is key to shipping on the us east coast. and the collapse bridge will likely create traffic jams for months or even years to come. the professor having samson from called, if you reverse the history of the shipping industry since 1999. welcome to the w. a professor. i'm to try sol as experiments you, i'd like you to, to help us understand what's what probably happened on the bridge. a colleague, so we have a condo ship like the dive, it's nights, everything appears to be fine. ha, the pilots have joined the captain on board to guide this massive vessel. i was

just port and then power appears to go out and you seem to be heading for a bridge support. so what happens next the i'm, the bridge team would have worked very hard to very quickly try to assess the situation and try to obviously prevent the collision with the ship. the adrenalin levels would have been running very high and the pilot, the captain and the bridge team would have, will fit together um to try to um, follow. well, 1st of all, try to understand the situation and then try to forward all the emergency procedures to, to, to avoid the collision. which them, unfortunately appears to have been unsuccessful. it looks as if those right little time between when they they have looks propulsion and when they collided was saved for instruction. i don't say that about that loss of power or loss of propulsion is a, is a key thing. how do what, how do you try it of

a collision when you have no power? this is obviously a absolutely critical situation is very, very dangerous. the current, some winds process that moves the vessel when you don't have any control over it yourself. and the best little i believe from things i've read, i believe it was going, it's about 8 notes. and which is going to slow as in the num, the full speed of the vessel. but it's still in a, provides the best. so with a fair amount of inertia, makes it very slow to, to, to, to stop or change direction even bringing up some control. so you're in, so emergency procedures such as dropping on cuz i believe the vessel, my time to drop to on. cuz from lunch i've read, but unfortunately it, it was too late to stop it from actually going into the, the bridge itself. um, so this the 1st then would have been into a situation whether me just immediately oversee very conscious of the catastrophic

damage has been done. they would be wanting to assess the integrity of the how to check who on board was safe. check that one on board was safe. i believe that was the case and on this occasion and switch it to think about the vessel stability of the congo stability and you know, to touch it to start to be concerned about issues around pollution control. and so the kinds of some short term issues that require very immediate attention and action would have, would have been taking place. all right, thank you so much for that. professor, professor helen samsung from college university or the court in britain has rule that wiki leaks found a julian assange cannot be expedited to the united states to face espionage charges . for now, mr. sanchez, why status attended the hearing of the high course in london by judge you said they

wanted further assurances from us so far as is about what will happen to julia assent. if the west fails to provide those assurances in the next, in the next 3 weeks, the court will give him permission to appeal expedition grounds, including breach of freedom of expression. and because he might have received the death penalty in his stomach as a hunch, talking to reporters outside the court, following the verdict. julian is a political prisoner. he is a journalist, and he is being persecuted because he exposed the true cost of war in human lives. this case is a retribution. it is a signal to all of you that if you expose the interests that are driving or they will come after you,

they will put you in prison and they will try to kill you would you need assistance . this expedition order was confirmed in 2021, but he's continued to fight the ruling from prison in london. that was closest to him fair. but this could be his final legal challenge. february 2020 for a hearing on julian massages appeal of his extradition to the us. his wife pled for his release. his health is in decline mentally and physically. his life is a risk every single day. he stays in prison, the energy use extradited, he will die, but it's not just about him being expedited. should julian should never have been put in prison in the 1st place, the united nation special rockport her on torture, also called for the us to drop its case. i am very worried about mr. sanchez health, the, his ability to survive the extradition and the real likelihood of suicide. i'm

worried about the conditions of detention in the united states, where they use solid confinement on a regular basis, and that this would cause irreparable harm to mr. sanders. i saw spaces, significant legal danger in the u. s. a prison sentence of up to a 175 years. he's been a wanted man since 2010. after his whistle blowing for him, we can leaks published classified us army material supplied by an intelligence analysts delete contain documents and video footage from the wars, enough gamma stand interact. some of the footage with shocking, seemingly implicating us troops impossible, war crimes. i believe that if those 2 things were law for under the rules of engagement, when the rules of engagement are wrong, deeply wrong. as for you'll come any applauded sanchez, fearlessness,

and shedding light on the murky side of armed conflict. he was showered with awards and voted readers' choice for times person of the year and 2010 cuts for many others. the leaves were nothing short of treason and the solace of the dangerous enemy of the state. in november 2010 swedish authorities issued an arrest warrant for assault. after 2 women accused of sexual assault and rape, he lost the legal battle to fight extradition to sweden, while on bail assault refuge in london's ecuadorian embassy. it became as home for the next 7 years, but in 2019 acro doors, new governments have enough of its controversial embassy lodger. police were invited in under rest of the songs. his supporters say that the us effort to extradite him is an attack on free speech itself. this case has alarming implications for journalism and trust. freedom around the world. not least of all as he would be. the 1st publisher tried under the us espionage act which lots of

public interest defense. we would add some reporters without borders, that there should be a political solution, but that it must involve no further time in prison. for julian, in any country, a warrior for press, freedom or a careless betrayer of sensitive secrets, a psychologist case has divided people ever since his legal saga started me. film produced a gabrielle shipped. it is julia sondra is brother. welcome to d. w. i will get to today's verdict in a moment festival, how is your brother? well, i went to visit him in the prison at the end of last month stop. and he's in a very delicate position, health wise. he's health has been in decline for many years now. he's been in the prison for 5 years and maximum security prison with no and insight to these

ongoing legal proceedings. it is a punishment board process. he's not serving a sentence in the united kingdom, and he's not charged with any crime. in the united kingdom, he's been kept in a maximum security prison solely at the request of the us d o j. and it's just heartbreaking thing and it's, it's really a, he's my older brother and i and, and seeing him to, to right and slowly waste away in a prison is it's very distressing for a family. and i do think that the 2 events is his health deteriorating a because of this is that legal deal? yes. and it's not just me who links these events. you in special rep, a tour on torture? neal smells to go to the doctors in to say julian, independent doctors who a specialist in assessing torture and psychological torture. and they both found

that true and suffering, the effects of psychological torture. and that was in 2019 and his situation hasn't changed. we know that if he is released he can get better. but the un special rubbish one, georgia hills mostly has called this iceland motion, murder before allies. you've talked about as he's healthy climbing. can i ask you what's wrong with him? he as i'll just say the suffering, the effects of psychological torture. so how does that amount and what does that what, what, what are you seeing in him? a physical deterioration. increased aging. he has aged and very, very quickly and you know, he's has a depressive syndrome. that comes and goes, i mean, i'm not, i'm not a doctor, but these uh what uh, medical professionals have said about julian and then also said that evidence

expect was expert witness testimony and evidence that was accepted at the magistrate's court. that if it's, if he was to be extradited, it would lead to his death. so it's not just made is saying these things, these are the expert witnesses, expert doctors from the you and who are all saying that these health is very delicate, any decline as to and to today's high court decision, judges of or to deal with so far as to provide assurances that your brother will not face the death penalty. i'm so what's your reaction to today's decision as well, this is a relief that julian is not on a plane to the united states today, but the, there is a now ticking clock for julian. it is very limited, he has, the court has recognized that he has the right to appeal on these points that he will not receive the death penalty fees extradited, but also that he is not discriminated against because he is not

a us citizen. and that the 1st amendment rights are extended to julian, but what the court has said today that they will accept a diplomatic note, a diplomatic note that says that julian would receive the death penalty and addresses the press freedom concerns. and so it's a sort of double have sold in that sense, ego is not being extra dotted, but the political nature of this case has been like that with the court saying, know, accept a political assurance from the united states, addressing the appeal points without actually giving julian, another potential hearing so it's a sort of, you know, it's mixed feelings to that. right. and if we can talk about the charges, you know, your brother is facing it. he didn't leak anything, but he did publish leaks material supplied by chelsea by the who is now

a free. i'm why do you think your brother has been singled out or well, he's been mad in examples essentially. but by the united states department of justice with the mazda d o. j. as going off to julian to make an example of him to send a message to all the other publishers and journalists around the world. that if you publish this sort of lake information, if you work with the source to publish this sort of information that we can come off to you. and it doesn't matter where you, uh, we can use our it's the national to reach into any country and put you in a maximum security prison indefinitely. ok. i think they've used this against leaving it to besides, they would have to invent one. right. let me think what has to you the thing in the arguments the really never so big come out of a so that we bought the me if,

if you would, if someone punishes state secrets that might endanger us offices, then the government should pursue the lead cause and everyone involved to the fullest extent because of a danger the publication provides. explain to us why that is wrong. i will, i would ask the united states government to supply proof of the people that were put in harm's way, or anyone who came to any harm related to these lakes. i mean what these lakes did show was concrete evidence of the us military killing. jen was from a helicopter gunship and so you have to balance these things, you know, and ask for proof. where is the proof that anyone came to any of the us is actually admitted on the us that they can find?

not a single person who came to any home because of these lakes. and that was in the chelsea . many hearing a form, a general was hired by the obama administration to, to do research. and they spent $10000000000.00 looking for someone who was home by these lakes. i couldn't find anyone. okay, good to hear. thank you so much for joining us on that. welcome to serve that gabriel ship to film producer and brother. we can expand julian asylums. thank you so much. thank you. just this is on the supreme court. i have to pay a skeptical during oral arguments on rolling back access to a widely used abortion. so it's the 1st of all, she related case since the same code over time, the constitutional rights to the procedures 2 years ago. the final rules and code have huge ramifications for access across the united states. a little pills giant stakes. a legal battle over access to mr. prestone or commonly used drug to and

pregnancies has made its way to the supreme court. on the one side, a group of anti abortion organizations. and on the other, the food and drug administration. a little under 2 years after the supreme court here behind me, overturn roe vs wade ruling that abortion is no longer a fundamental right in the us. the issue is set to take center stage here. yet again, whatever this court ends up deciding will have profound implications on abortion, access, the drug approval process, and the already explosive political discourse around reproductive rights. so court has to decide whether the food and drug administration acted unlawfully when it loosened regulations around mr. prestone seuss without entire force and activist thing safety issues were overlooked. but medication abortion makes up nearly 2 thirds of all abortions in the west. and nearly 6000000 women have used a drug since it's approval in the year 2000 would serious side effects being

extremely rare, reproductive rights, campaigners fear that a move to limit access to mr. prestone is a step on the way to a republican lead national abortion ban. it is absolutely a slippery slope. i like to emphasize this time and time again is that over 70 percent of people in the states once the right to decide on their reproductive health. and that definitely aligns with the access to abortion. and so i think it comes down to the fact that while there is a majority in this country, that support reproductive health and support rich reproductive rights. we have an agenda that is being driven by a small minority that is very well funded. that is politically very well established and making moves not only nationally, but also at the state level to overturn and undermine the will of the people. a decision from the supreme court is expected by the end of june, a few months ahead of the general election,

where few dispute the reproductive rights will be on the ballot to. all right, that's good. most indeed, the blues science, that gall welcome parents focus through initial reactions from the supreme court justices. as we've heard before, the justice of today's seemed skeptical. these are of course, the same justices as we've heard also that past robi weighed 2 years ago. and basically, what was the reason for their skepticism is that they are unsure whether there is even the basis for this car to be brought for this case to be brought before the supreme court put simply the organization that has filed the lawsuit, needs to prove that making access to abortion medication easier could injure someone into justices than to just not seem very sure that this is given in this case. but of course their decision, as we've heard, is still out and will be expected at the end of june. okay, and there were protests outside the supreme court building. what was going on

yes, a few 100 protesters gathered in front of the supreme court building. it was relatively loud and colorful. most people there were there to show their support for the rights to abortion. for the right for choice, there was a wide variety also of them as long as he groups. and we spoke to some of the people who were there. um, let's have a listen. of course and access is something that is critical for our nation for our families, for people to be free. i believe very strongly that the federal drug administration's processes should be protected from active it's federal judges. i believe the abortion has health care and health care as a right of everybody in this country. i think attacking as a prestone is important and i think our voices should be heard. so start with some strong pro choice views as that was the majority of the protestors. but there were of cause of course, also groups and boys who were against divorce and very critical of the of days previous decision to ease access to this medication. um, but yeah, there were,

there was some heated exchanges between these groups but a little peaceful and it was the minority of the product system was against abortion today. and is this case likely to have any impact on this is the election it definitely looks like it. we've seen in many polls before that, abortion is one of the top issues for us. voters divided ministration has already taken a clear stands on the issue and says it will continue the fight for reproductive freedom. republicans on the other side to seem less clear on this. they are come to donald trump has also not taken a very clear stands on it. regardless of the outcome of this court ruling, which we'll see by the end of june, probably it seems clear that most americans, as we've heard before, and the reports are in favor of choice, are pro choice things that individuals should have a say. and whether they have an abortion or not. so this issue is probably gonna stick around until the elections and probably even beyond that. okay,

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