aside from that00 it's >> janice: weather will not be a factor. >> carley: kevin cartwright, baltimore city fire department, he has said this bridge has been in place for quite sometime and served many commuters in the balt baltimore metropolitan metroarea. there is a devastating incident individuals have encountered, our hearts go out to each and every one of them and we will work diligently to address this. >> todd: devastating comment and we need more details on it. let your eyes do the talking for you, the lights are lighting up the bridge, you can see it clear as day, sight line should not be a factor. this happened 1:30 in the morning, did somebody fall asleep, potentially piloting the ship? you have to assume there are bells and whistles that go off, you would imagine a major transportation vessel like a ship has something similar. another question that we need to ask. >> carley: that is right. just to reiterate, this cargo ship that hit the francis scott key bridge was a singapore ship c called the dolly. this bridge had stopped in baltimore for obvious reasons. it was in baltimore

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a bridge in the city of baltimore has entirely collapsed after being hit by a container ship. it hit a column of the francis scott key bridge. the baltimore city fire department is currently at the scene, they've spoken to the bbc, saying people, and several vehicles, have fallen into the water. officers say the incident happened at about 1:30am local time. there is now a large multi—agency rescue and recovery operation under way. the baltimore mayor brandon scott says he is aware of the incident, and is in contact with local authorities. the latest we have just had from the coastguard is that they receive the report at 1:27am and that the 948 foot containership dali hit the francis scott key bridge and it subsequently collapsed as we know and the coastguard says it has multiple response units deployed for active search and rescue as there are reports of vehicles in the water, as we had. coastguard units on the scene include small boats from the station in annapolis and curtis bay and helicopterfrom curtis bay and helicopter from air station at atlantic city. there are also mu

chief wallace of the baltimore city police department and not baltimore county. and i misspoke earlier the baltimore city at police department telling us the efforts right now are on the search. and rescue as they really are racing against time to try to get anyone impacted by this out of water. that is so cold. are derek van dam told us that humans survivability is only around three hours or so in water. that is the temperature, the 48 degree temperature that we understand that water to be. again, this unfolding at 01:27 a.m. we've been showing you the moment of impact. now we're able to show you the i mean, the baltimore mayor is absolutely right. this is this is out of an action movie that twisted metal on top of that ship as we see those rescue boats there i just someone who with a lot of personal ties to baltimore as well. i mean, it's just my heart goes out to all of the families that are impacted and affected here. let's get to our kevin liptak, who's at the white house when understand that the president in the united states actively monitoring the situati

a bridge in the city of baltimore has entirely collapsed after being hit by a container ship. this is the moment it happens — you can see the ship hitting a column of the francis scott key bridge on the left of screen. the bridge quickly collapses. the baltimore city fire department is currently at the scene — its head says as many as 20 works are believed to have fallen into the river. officers have confirmed the incident is being treated as a mass casualty event, after it happened at about 1:30am local time. there is now a large multi—agency rescue and recovery operation under way. the baltimore mayor brandon scott says he is aware of the incident, and is in contact with local authorities. this is where the incident has happened. as you can see, in the eastern state of maryland, the francis scott key bridge bridge crosses the patapsco river. the bridge is a key transport route in the city — traffic is being diverted throughout. here's a witness briefly describing the scene. you wanted to know what the bang was. ship hit the key bridge. sinking. the bridge is gone. we are see

to baltimore, we moment that wee baltimore. the city of baltimore cannot be broken. our federal and state partners through this. we will not be broken. but weas you heard, we will reoe channel as quickly as possible, but it is just important that it is done the right way. i am also asking for folks to have arespect. don't spread misinformation, don't play bridge engineer online media. remember that these are people's family members who lost their lives, simply trying to make transit better for the rest of us. we are strong. our spirit and our city is strong and cannot be broken. we will rebuild and heal the baltimore way, and that is together. thank you. i will turn it back over to the governor. >> thank you all, we are going to take some questions. >> we've had a lot of reports that the shi had failure -- what do you know about the state of the ship as it was pulling ■oout?>> we are still under investigation as to what exactly happened. we don't have a declarative answer as to whyrechallenges anr issues. the thing that we do know is that we have documented that ther

we think the news conference will have a baltimore city fire department, the police department, the mayormye providing an update on the key bridge collapse incident, it will focus on the search and rescue operations which are still ongoing, as you may have heard earlier about 20 people are thought to be in the water at the moment from vehicles that fell off the bridge when it was hit by a container ship that was heading out of the baltimore port en route to sri lanka, a large container ship, 300 metres long, hits one of the pylons of the bridge and caused a dramatic and catastrophic collapse of that bridge in baltimore. we know that 20 people are perhaps in the water and there is a search and rescue operation under way involving the coastguard and also police and other authorities in the area, we expect that news conference in a moment to bring us the latest. let�*s listen to our correspondent tom bateman, who was there a short time ago. apologies, we don�*t seem to have tom bateman. we willjust try apologies, we don�*t seem to have tom bateman. we will just try to apologies, we don�*t seem

baltimore beltway. it's circles the city of baltimore. it's also the main route for trucks carrying hazardous materials because the other for major highways that run through the baltimore area are actually tunnels underneath the city. it's not considered to be safe to take those materials through the city that way. so they typically use this bridge, which again, four lane bridge carries quite a bit of traffic it does look like as well that we are learning that the baltimore police and the transit authority or are creating a media staging area, which i'm sure gave, you'll be on your way to shortly so we're also gave going to listen into there's one of our affiliates is on the scene and we just got a little bit of information from some officials there. this isn't live, but it is just in to us on cnn. let's listen called sum to be. versus community going several from bridge. and then another we were worried again with would appear depending an earthquake. and a low ulama rolling salah funder so we woke up and littered are living. we can look

baltimore police department, as well as multiple marine assets from around the region, including baltimore city and around the county, baltimore county, as well as multiple local and state police agencies, natural resources police, ppd special apps here it is in here. maryland state police has here been multiple resources. we are still very much in an active search and rescue pause at this point and we will continue to be for some time. now let's go straight to washington where the w a report to stephan simmons joins us from uh as different. what is the latest that you can tell us about this incident? while it says the latest is that it's still a really massive active search and rescue operations are, as you mentioned, to people rescued, but there were more people at least 7 or more on the bridge. as this large containers have hit the pile on their, of the bridge destroying it. and again, the searches for 7 people, at least. so the parties don't really know how many people could be in there. and what we say people are in the water, you know, there's the temperatures there in the water off fridg

we want to speak to the president of the baltimore city council nick mosby who isjoining us. us. a tragedy for the city. can you tell us where you were when you found out what had happened? i when you found out what had happened?— when you found out what had hauened? . ., ., happened? i received a cool from the ma or of happened? i received a cool from the mayor of baltimore _ happened? i received a cool from the mayor of baltimore around, - happened? i received a cool from the mayor of baltimore around, i - happened? i received a cool from the mayor of baltimore around, i would l mayor of baltimore around, i would say, a little before three o'clock in the morning. —— received a call. he called and said the key bridge, which is a huge part of regional traffic in and around the city at collapsed. so i initially thought that maybe it was a slab of concrete or it was having some structural issue. but when i actually saw the video of it collapsing in a matter of seconds, i was in complete awe. i can imagine, nick. you've been at the scene pretty much all morning. can you tell us

so you've been listening to a don press conference from baltimore mirrors, thoughts, the baltimore city, fire department, and other officials about the ship that has hits that bridge in baltimore, we heard a 2 people saved from the water. one has been sent to hospital in serious condition and more details about a multi agency response underway. now, as we've heard, maryland's governor has declared a state of emergency that's of course after the francis scott key bridge collapse. as we know, after being hit by what was a large cargo ship. now in a statement we have or heard from the synergy marine group. they've said that they're single port flagged dolly container ship is the vessel involved in the collision. and it appears to have hit one of the bridges supports causing the roadway to break apart in several places. before plunging into the water. synergy says that all of its crew members have been accounted for and that there are no reports of any injuries there. although baltimore's fire department has declared at the bridge collapse, a mass casualty incident, and basically their focu

the mayor of baltimore city, brandon scott. and i'm grateful for all the partnership that they've all known this time of need. so now, i want hand it off to the coast guard and a briefing by rear admiral gilrie. >> thank you, governor. good evening. i'm here representing the unified command tonight. my name is rear admiral gillrie the people you see mind me are some of the key leaders and they're making a difference in help helping us to accomplish reopening the port of baltimore. we're going to do that in steps. we're going to clear the debris from the channel. step two, is we're going remove the vessel. and step three is remove the rest of the bridge debris from the wear way. we've got the cranes on their way to help us through that. but before we can engage in lifting, we've got to complete the assessment process of the bridge and the piece of the bridge that are in the water so that we can figure out how to cut the bridge into the right size pieces so that we can lift them with the crane. and we are doing those assessments

there is that press conference. >> around the region including baltimore city. anne randles county. baltimore county as well as multiple local and state police natural resources police bpd special ops unit. maryland state police is in here. we have multiple resources. we are still very much in an active search and rescue posture at this point. and we will continue to be for some time. we have a large area that we have to search. this includes on the surface of the water, subsurface, as well as on the deck of the ship itself. we believe at this point we may be looking for -- we may be looking for upwards of seven individuals. that's the latest information we have. , however, what i will say is the information that i'm giving you right now is as of right now. it's what we know right now. >> this is a very large incident. it involves a very large footprint. multiple agencies are operating; therefore, information is subject to change as we get more intel and as our crews work through the morning. over the next 8 to 12 hours. can you expect to continue to see our air and maritime assets f

mayor brandon scott, city of baltimore. first and foremost, our players and shots continue to be with the families of those we lost and the thousands of people who are impacted by this horrific tragedy. as i know, both the governor and i were at opening day today. we had time to spend with those heroic members of the transit authority police department who saved lives by shutting down bridge traffic. i also had the time to spend with some of my baltimore city fire who dove in and bravely searched for those we tragically lost. speaking with them, however, made a few things crystal clear for me. one, the dedication, the determination and selflessness of our first responders to never be questioned, ever. but two, the spirit and greatness of this city and state are in its people like those courageous public servants and why we cannot be broken. i looked into the eyes of these men who looked death straight in the eye and continued to do their job bravely p. i didn't see brokenness or despair, i saw hope and determination just as

baltimore police department, as well as multiple marine assets from around the region, including baltimore cityunty, baltimore county, as well as multiple local and state police agencies. national resources police, bpd special ops units is here, maryland state police is here. we have multiple resources. we are still very much in an active search and rescue posture at this point, and we will continue to be for some time. we have a large area that we have to search, this includes on the surface of the water, sub surface, as well as on the deck of the ship itself. we believe at this point we may be looking for upwards of seven individuals — that's the latest information that we have. however, what i will say is that the information that i am giving you right now is as of right now — it is what we know right now. this is a very large incident, it involves a very large footprint, multiple agencies are operating, therefore information is subject to change as we get more intel and as our crews work through the morning. we are expecting another update from officials in about 1.5 hours. these are life p

>> we do know baltimore city fire department is involved with this.'s also been conversation with coast guards seeing as how this is happening in the waterway there. we also know that the baltimore city mayor as well as the county executive for the county of baltimore has been -- have been in contact. they're both on their way there. we also know the governor of maryland has been contacted regarding this as well. you've got to remember this is a bridge that is used by a lodge of people to get not only around the baltimore area, but there are some pretty major airports in the area, and so the baltimore washington international airport has been telling people to use alternate routes if they need to get to the airport this morning. so this could cause some pretty significant headaches for folks in the area as well. >> i wanted to ask more about this area. my understanding is it serves as a substantial link. what's happening around the boroughs? >> again, this is a key bridge that is utilized by people in this area around baltimore. it's not the only brid

line in baltimore city.ere for all of us. we have seen a huge — day here for all of us. we have seen a huge community - day here for all of us. we have| seen a huge community effort, small boats out taking part in the search, everyone rallying around the first responders. how is this recovery effort going to continue?- how is this recovery effort going to continue? there is a massive effort _ going to continue? there is a massive effort now _ going to continue? there is a massive effort now focused l going to continue? there is a. massive effort now focused on recovery and, of course, at some point the investigation and mustering resources together to reopen the port of baltimore and to eventually rebuild the bridge. unfortunate, i represent a community that is strong and resilient. it is kind of a hard—working blue—collar community. it has been for a long time. we were a steel town and automating town before the those industries left. we have a way of bouncing back, after a tragedy like this, coming togethe

that there are divers in the water as we speak are preparing to get in the water well, we have baltimore city of fire department dive or rescue team as well as assets and dive team members. rescue vessels from our jurisdictional partners from anna randall county fire department, baltimore county fire department and, many others. and the baltimore city fire department is simply leading this incident and the management of it in collaboration without jurisdictional partners. >> and kevin or any family members or local folks arriving people who worked at the port people who were driving across the bridge. we know that it was around 01:30 a.m. that the ship he is or was shortly after that? uh 911 call was made regarding this emergencies. so maybe just describe to us to our audience the scene around you yes. right now, i'm actually standing at the water's edge. it's an actually see quite a number of emergency response at vessels in the water. you have their lights flashing and almost a perimeter around this land base here. and we have a data team members also the distance probably as far as 300 yar

i spoke to councilman todd crandall, who sits on baltimore city council. s communities around the eastern end of the francis scott key bridge. thank you forjoining us on bbc news and our condolences to you and the rest of the individuals in baltimore there on this tragic incident that has happened. we have been hearing the coastguard confirming the six missing individuals are presumed dead. some of those people were living in your district, i believe. yes, thank you, thank you for your kind words. yes, as i understand, three of the six that are — that are still missing did live in my district in southeastern baltimore county. and three others lived in a neighbouring community, not in baltimore county, but right across the city line in baltimore city. a very tragic day here for all of us. we have seen a huge community effort, small boats out taking part in the search, everyone rallying around the first responders. how is this recovery effort going to continue? there is a massive effort now focused on recovery and, of course, at some point the investigation a

city. the 0riels as the soul of baltimore. stock in this moment of what a difference a year can make. because a year ago uncertainty clouded everything. 0ne a year ago uncertainty clouded everything. one of the most storied franchises in baseball history had just months left on its lease. the default, often times, was to sign short—term deals because long—term deals were too hard. we had a team of youth and promise but hadn't yet shown baseballjust how good they could be. we had a city that was full of hope and potential. but hadn't yet shown the country its full strength. we were coming of eight straight years of 300 plus homicide in the city of baltimore alone. 0ur homicide in the city of baltimore alone. our economy was still reeling from an unprecedented global pandemic. so from day one we made the deliberate decision that we were going to work together to make sure that we were going to invest in baltimore because you cannot have a thriving state if your state's largest city is not thriving as well. studio: if you'rejustj

baltimore police department, as well as multiple marine assets from around the region, including baltimore city and around the county, baltimore county, as well as multiple local and state police agencies, natural resources, police dvd special app here it is in here. maryland city police is here. we have multiple resources. we are still very much in an active search and rescue oscar at this point. and we will continue to be for some time. we have a large area that we have to search. this includes on the surface of the water, sub surface, as well as on the deck of the ship itself. we believe we may be looking for upwards of 7 individuals as the latest information we have. however, what i will say is, is the information that i'm giving you right now is, as of right now, that's what we know right now. this is a very large incident, involves a very large footprint. multiple agencies are operating, therefore, information is subject to change. as we get more intel, and as our crews work through the morning or the next 8 to 12 hours, you can expect to continue to see our air and maritime assets functi

here is baltimore city fire chief, james wallace.t approximately 0140 hours this morning our 911 centre dispatched a call to the baltimore city fire department for report of a water rescue in the patapsco river in the area of the key bridge. as units were responding and they began to receive numerous calls indicating multiple people in at the water. at some point during that chain of events of calls we began to receive indications that a ship may have struck the key bridge. we got further information through multiple calls that the key bridge, portions of the key bridge had actually collapsed. at about 0150 hours our first units arrived on scene and reported a complete collapse of the key bridge. we were also given information at that time that they were likely multiple people on the bridge at the time of the collapse, and that as a result, multiple people were in the water. we were able to remove two people from the water. one individual refused service and refused transport, essentially, that person was not injured. however, there

baltimore city council president nick most be joined me now, mr. sorry for the loss to your community. just tell us how is baltimore functioning today? >> you know, obviously it's very sober moments on the city of baltimore, particularly as we continue to go after really this noun to day, fight to try to rescue the victims of this very tragic event. >> yeah >> have you been >> in touch with any of their families how are they coping the waiting game that we've heard about so much from people who are in this limbo of not yet being able to mourn in some ways, still holding out some hope until there's a body. i mean, it's just awful for these families yeah, it's, you know, the agony of watching it over and over again because the scene is >> such a devastation and it got so much attention and inherent it from, from, from countless of folks. but knowing that you're sending your family member off to do something as basic as roadwork and that they never returned home is really just a really sad reminder of some of ai essential workers and what they do and

baltimore is a city in shock today. the white house has called this an horrific incident.coming hours remains rescuing people from the icy waters of the patapsco river. graham satchell, bbc news. as we heard, the waters are about eight celsius, as operations continue. something you can't see is the waters are actually quite choppy. all of this complicates those search and rescue operations. we have the white house there commenting in that report. president biden spoke a short while ago. let's listen to what he had to say. very nearby, thank god. we immediately deployed emergency personnel. representatives from the federal_ personnel. representatives from the federal highway, the fbi, department of transportation. they're all working _ of transportation. they're all working together to co—ordinate emergency response. officials at the scene _ emergency response. officials at the scene estimate three people are on count_ scene estimate three people are on count of— scene estimate three people are on count of four. that number might change _ count of four. that number might ch

i will say, just being out there when baltimore city and county police today,■= who were doing a loty mission -- it's cold. it's cold water. it's raining. you have current. all sorts of waterway challenges. it can be very dangerous. the right thing which is reuniting families with their loved ones. that has to be our main focus. everything else in the investigation can wait. we are doing what we can do but that's everyone's focus right now. thank you so mucright now it ca. >> are they sitting in the dark? >> they are not sitting in the darkigmove right now. that's a question on whether the ship can move. no. >> joe lieberman has died. jake's sermon from punch bo news reports that the former senato@yr passedwathe stamford e died from complications from a fall. during his decadesong career, he represented connecticut in the senate from 1989 to 2013. he ran as al gore's running matn 2006 as an independent and endoed republican john mccain for he later worked r the bipartisan no labels organization. >> c-span's washington journal, alive form invol latest issues n government, politics, an

people that are impacted and those people who are risking their lives right now from not just baltimore city and baltimore county but all over the state to try to save lives. that should be our focus. the preservation of life. >> griff: obviously now with the sun coming up, it will be easier to conduct these rescue efforts, although the conditions the elements we talked about the last hour, it is still very cold in the 30's here in the air. high 40's in the water and there is going to be navigating obviously a tremendous amount of debris in the water. now, one of the things that we want to learn from the maryland press conference that's about to happen here where we are standing is really more information on how that ship could have hit that major part of the bridge to bring that entire span down. a significant statement there from the white house here in the last hour saying there was, quote, no information of nefarious activity. baltimore also saying they don't believe it was intentional. which, if it was an accident, how does this nearly a thousand foot long singapore flagged ship hit the

i will say, just being out there when baltimore city and county police today, who were doing a lot of the work on the recovery mission -- it's cold. it's cold water. it's raining. you have current. all sorts of waterway challenges. it can be very dangerous. listen, everybody is focused on the right thing, which is reuniting families with their loved ones. that has to be our main focus. everything else in the investigation can wait. certainly we are doing what we can do, but that's everyone's focus right now. thank you so much. >> does the ship have power? >> right now it cannot move. >> they are not sitting in the dark, right? >> they are not sitting in the dark right now but it cannot move right now. that's a question on whether the ship can move. no. >> washington journal. our form evolving you to discuss the latest issues in government, politics, and public policy from washington, d.c. and across the country. thursday morning, rebecca roberts discusses her book, untold power, about first lady edith wilson and the significance of women's history month. and then aaron filardi talks a

baltimore city police confirmed they were notified just after 130 this morning that the francis scott key bridge partially collapsed, with workers possibly in the water. according to our baltimore fox affiliate. a large container ship struck the bridge, causing the collapse, and then caused multiple vehicles to fall into the water. crews are now working to rescue at least seven people that we know of. we're also learning the ship caught fire before sinking. the maryland transportation authority says all lanes to the bridge are closed and traffic in the area of the bridge is being detoured. the francis scott key bridge, or, as it's better known, the key bridge, spans about a mile and a half across the patapsco river. a busy four lane highway known as i-895 runs across the bridge connecting other major highways together. and again, if you're just now joining us, we are following what we do know about this mass casualty response that's underway in baltimore, maryland. but right now, i want to bring in fox news contributor ted williams. he's former law enforcement and ted, thanks for gett

and so it's been a lifeline artery to both sides of baltimore city and baltimore county. and the key right now try to find a way. once we do those other things to dredge and to get all of that scrap out of the water because you can't put a vessel through there as long as you don't know what's underneath the surface. >> important point, you heard the transportation secretary buttigieg say rebuilding this bridge won't be a quick, won't be easy or cheap what steps congressman or you're taking right now to ensure that congress funds both the short and long-term needs of your community well, the secretary was right. it's actually going to take months to clear out the debris. when i say debris, i'm talking about steel now and it's going to take a couple of years to rebuild this bridge. you don't want to play games about this. this is going to be a long process. fortunately, i talked to president biden yesterday, spent time with secretary booty chegg and, both of our senators, senator cardin and senator van hollen, had been in touch with the leadership on the senate side, myself

about nothing but those families and people impacted and those people risking their lives from baltimore cityaltimore county and all over the state to save lives. thal is our focus, preservation of life. >> griff: out of both press conferences, no answers as to how this account have happened. i asked the transportation secretary if anything like this had happened. he said not in baltimore. we are waiting for an update and may hear from governor wes moore. search and krescue officials ar trying to connect people that are believed to be related to those in the middle of this tragic turn of events that happened around 1 t:30 this morning. >> lawrence: we have now a live shot, it looks like a boat closer to the water right now. i'm curious and steve pointed to this earlier, you saw cones on the bridge from the construction workers on the ramps doing work. has there been any statement from their union or anything about those construction workers? >> no, we haven't heard from them and the effort here was a j joint press conference between coast guard and transportation officials and transportation

baltimore resident nathan cabrera. asi as i mentioned, you are a resident of the city. f this bridge which is such a feature of baltimore and baltimore life, what was your reaction? , ., ., reaction? yes, good morning, and thank ou reaction? yes, good morning, and thank you for— reaction? yes, good morning, and thank you for having _ reaction? yes, good morning, and thank you for having me _ reaction? yes, good morning, and thank you for having me on. - reaction? yes, good morning, and thank you for having me on. i - reaction? yes, good morning, and| thank you for having me on. i woke up thank you for having me on. i woke up to a flurry of text messages and phone calls from concerned family and friends living so close to where the incident took place. so you can imagine the hysteria and the fear from folks that live close by. you might have actually heard a helicopter as there is a continued search for those and also the long—term severity of the incidents that took place. haifa long-term severity of the incidents that took place.— that took place. how important is the b

we've reconnected with it chief or the baltimore city fire department, james. james wallace, chief. thank you. once again for joining us. first of all, can you update us on the active search and rescue mission that's underway right now for the six people who are unaccounted for yes, sir. >> and thank you so we are still in an active marine search operation at this point what that means is we have boats on the water. we have divers that are in the water, and we also have aircraft overhead we started this mission with approximately eight dive teams, 50 personnel mission has grown and the amount of resources that we've, we've dedicated to it but we continue to actively search the waters in and around the actual collapse site and we're going to continue to do so over the next hour or so, and we are grateful to all those who are trying to find and help locate these individuals i know chief you told cnn earlier that you believe you found five vehicles already in the water, three passengers your vehicles? a cement truck, and one on vehicle. is that the latest count or have you found any mo

i'm sumi somaskanda in baltimore, a city reeling from an "unthinkable tragedy" on the river. a city reeling from an "unthinkable we a city reeling from an "unthinkable are live on the: bring we are live on the scene. we'll bring you the latest developments. also coming up on the world today — after hearing rival arguments, two ministers quit rishi sunak�*s government. we'll have the latest from westminster. welcome to the world today, an hour of international news from the bbc. "an unthinkable tragedy" is how the mayor of baltimore has described the collapse of the francis scott key bridge in the city. rescuers are still searching the icy waters of the patapsco river for people who plunged from the bridge when a singapore—flagged container ship hit it. six people remain unaccounted for — they're thought to be construction workers. two others were rescued — one of them is in a critical condition. the ship, called the dali, left the port of baltimore at 12.41iam and was ultimately headed for sri lanka — but within 45 minutes, it had veered off course president biden has promised any federal s

lines in baltimore city. _ tragic day for all of us. we have seen a _ tragic day for all of us. we have seen a huge - tragic day for all of us. we have seen a huge community effort, small boats out there taking part in the search. how is this recovery effort going to continue?— is this recovery effort going to continue? , ., ., , , to continue? there is a massive effort now _ to continue? there is a massive effort now focusing _ to continue? there is a massive effort now focusing on - to continue? there is a massive effort now focusing on recovery| effort now focusing on recovery and subsequent investigation and subsequent investigation and putting resources together to reopen the port of baltimore and rebuild the bridge. as far as community support goes,, i'm fortunate in that i represent a community that is strong and resilient, hard—working, blue colour community, and we are an automation town and we have a way of bouncing back and we have a way after a tragedy of really coming together and supporting each

baltimore police departments, as well as multiple marine assets from around the region, including baltimore city and around the county, baltimore county, as well as multiple local and state police agencies, natural resources, police dvd special option is in here. marilyn sick, the lease is here. been multiple resource. we are still very much in an active search and rescue pos here at this point. and we will continue to be for some time . we have a large area that we have to search. this includes on the surface of the water, sub surface, as well as on the deck of the ship itself. we believe we may be looking for upwards of 7 individuals as the latest information we have. however, what i will say is, is the information that i'm giving you right now is, as of right now, that's what we know right now. this is a very large incident, involves a very large footprint. multiple agencies are operating, therefore, information is subject to change. as we get more intel, and as our crews work through the morning or the next 8 to 12 hours, you can expect to continue to see the on our air and maritime assets f

not only from the nst be, but also here in the city of baltimore and at the state level sure. that this did not happen, but i'm willing to hear where we are in the investigation and making sure that the investigation so we finishes before i make a make a final justification >> sure. i'm curious to get any update you might have on the search and rescue, the ntsb he said that local officials might have an update on that, might have that sort of information. are you hearing anything from those crews >> so we are hearing that one body was found on but this is still an active active search and recovery. i'm investigation here at the site, but we did hear that one body was found >> and i'm assuming that it was removed from the water. is that correct >> that is correct, yes sir. >> got it >> as far as your constituents go how are they reacting to all this? because it is as brian todd was just describing in an enormous disturbance, not only to traffic or to commerce but to those who call that area home and now have to deal with this influx of investigators and eventually accrues to cl

baltimore. a bridge collapsed in the us city on tuesday when a container ship crashed into it. ship was leaving the port of baltimore — one of america's largest. it has since been closed, causing havoc on the movement of goods. it's thought that 8,000 jobs have been affected by the collapse of the bridge.

i'm the chief of the baltimore city fire department . i'm joined this department. . council president mosby, scott. council president mosby, councilwoman porter county executive johnny olszewski, and baltimore county fire chief joe anne. ron our brief this morning will be an update on the search and rescue operation that's ongoing at this point. so at approximately 101 40 hours this morning, our 901 centre dispatched a call to the baltimore city fire department for a report of a water rescue, in the patapsco river in the area of the key bridge. as units were responding, they began to receive numerous calls indicating multiple people in the water. at some point during that, that chain of events of calls , we began to receive calls, we began to receive indications that a, a ship may have struck the key bridge . we have struck the key bridge. we got further information through multiple calls that the key bridge, portions of the key bridge had actually collapsed at about, oh, one 50 hours. our first unit arrived on scene and reported, a complete collapse of the key brid

second time in one year construction workers were killed on the job along the same highway in the city of baltimore>> nicole sganga, thank you. >>> new there is big news from the big apple. driving into the city could get more expensive. the metropolitan transit authority in new york has given the green light to congestion pricing. that's something a lot of other cities will booking at. the plan, the first in the u.s., calls for $15 toll on cars entering midtown manhattan. the money would go transit projects. it's not a done deal. multiple lawsuits have been filed to block it, including small business owners who worry about the impact on their customers. >>> tonight some rough weather is heading towards the east coast. heavy rain is forecast from the deep south all the way to maine on thursday. there is also the potential for flash flooding. baseball's opening day games have been postponed in new york and philadelphia. >>> there is a lot more news ahead on the "cbs overnight news." oh... stuffed up again? so congested! you need sinex saline from vicks. just sinex, breathe, ahhhh! what is — wow! sin

that is how the mayor of baltimore described the collapse of the francis scott key bridge in the cityrs are still searching the icy waters of the river for people who plunged from the bridge when a giant container ship hit it. six people remain unaccounted for. they are thought to be construction workers. 2 were rescued, one is in critical. president biden promised the people of baltimore any federal support required will be given to them. he said "we will rebuild the port together." the ship left the port of baltimore at 12:44 a.m. and was ultimately heading for sri lanka. within 45 minutes, it veered off course and collided with one of the bridge's main supports at approximately 1: a.m.. the structure collapsed shortly afterwards. authorities say there were no structural problem with the bridge. all shipping in and out of the port of baltimore, one of america's busiest, has been suspended until further notice. the planned route of the ship in green, the direction it drifted into the bridge. this is the moment of the collision. the cargo ship experiencing a power issue in the run-up

. >> reporter: a baltimore city landmark now a personal tragedy. >> these were fathers, and these weres, and these were husbands, and these were people who their families relied on. >> we have determined the countries of origin of those that are presumed deceased to be mexico, guatemala, el salvador, and honduras. >> reporter: miguel luna, a father of three, was originally from el salvador. the 40-year-old left for work at 6:30 p.m. to fill potholes on the key bridge. >> he's supposed to come in the morning, back home, and never come. >> reporter: maynor yassir suazo sandoval would have celebrated his 35th birthday next month. he believed in giving back and donated to a children's soccer league in honduras. his brother prays his body is found so they can bring him back to be buried. >> we know that they were hard workers. we know that they loved soccer. we know that they loved, you know, their families and the community. >> jesus said call no one good, but these were good men. >> reporter: father walker has been mourning alongside families. >> my advocacy is that we don't abandon these

we know that the port of baltimore is extremely important to my district and to the city of baltimorere had, we'll be able to have a better plan of economic recovery for the region. >> do you have a sense of i know the dive effort to recover these bodies is beg hampered by the fact that the bridge is still in the water, it's making it very difficult and dangerous according to the fbi dive team, which tom llamas interviewed earlier in this hour. do you have a sense of when more divers will be able to get into the water to try to locate these bodys? >> i believe we're deploying more divers very soon. i believe that we are undergoing some additional assets that are coming in from the region to assist with the diving efforts, but to my knowledge, there's no confirmed time line. >> have you been in touch with any of the families? has anybody in local government been in touch with the families about their next steps? >> yes, ma'am, so mayor scott and governor moore have been in touch with the families given that i'm a local representative. i've been in touch with philanthropic organizations

baltimore city fire telling us the ship hit one of the columns on the key bridge, sending it collapsing into the river there. a tractor trailer was on the bridge when it collapsed, possibly other vehicles. the "associated press" is reporting multiple vehicling fell into the water. we're told a diving and rescue team is searching for at least seven people to be believed in the water. that's as of an hour ago. no word on why the ship hit the bridge. the mayor says he's been in contact with the governor of maryland as well as everyone tries to figure out what happened here and save as many lives as possible. >> i know the focus is on the search-and-rescue operation, obviously the investigation still in its early stages. but do we have any sense of whether this was an accident or whether there's something spishsz here? >> we just don't know yet, chanel. >> lots more to learn. thanks for the information, we appreciate it. >>> in some other news this hour, there are questions about why federal authorities raided two homes owned by entertainment mogul sean "diddy" combs. they descended on his

baltimore, this is the inner harbor. this is likely where a lot of people have been in the city, right? well my kanri right there, the star spangled banner written as francis gke was gazing out in 18, 14 over the harbor right there in the baltimore washington airport is down here. you're talking about the current in an out a baltimore harbor where the francis scott key bridge was. how strong would that current be right about now >> okay. so that's the question that we still are trying to get some clarity from the national weather service. but if we just kinda broaden out, look at the larger map here. this is the chesapeake bay. here's the delmarva peninsula, the he's coast of the us. and more particularly, we've got the podolski river that's patel ski river that is flowing out from baltimore. so both of these working together as the tide starts to go towards low tide, do we start to change the currents from not only the ocean, but also the river. does that impact. what's happening near where the collapse of the bridge occurred last night at 01:30 in the morning, or does that just make th

. >> well 0140 hours this morning, our 911 center dispatched a call to the baltimore city fire departmentresponding, they began to receive numerous calls indicating multiple people in the water. >> juju: as daylight broke, search and rescue teams combing through the extremely cold waters. several agencies, including the fbi, led by the united states coast guard, looking for survivors via land, air, and sea. president biden addressing the nation from the white house, pledging support. >> we're going to send all the federal resources they need as we respond to this emergency. i mean, all the federal resources. we're going to rebuild that port together. >> juju: this afternoon, transportation secretary pete buttigieg, dispatched to the site of the collapse, appearing alongside maryland officials. >> this is no ordinary bridge. this is one of the cathedrals of american infrastructure. so the path to normalcy will not be easy. it will not be quick. it will not be inexpensive. but we will rebuild together. >> juju: with so many unanswered questions, ntsb chair jennifer homendi says the search f

baltimore police department as well as multiple marine assets from around the region, including baltimore cityaltimore county, as well as multiple local and state police agencies, national resources police, bpd special options unit is in here, maryland state police is here. we have multiple resources. we are still very much in an active search-and-rescue posture at this we will continue to be for some time. we have a large area that we have to search. this includes on the surface of the water, subsurface, as well as on the deck of the ship itself. we believe at this point we may be looking for -- we may be looking for upwards of seven individuals. that's the latest information we have. however, what i will say is the information that i'm giving you right now is as of right now, what we know right now. this is a very large incident. it involves a very large footprint, multiple agencies are operating, therefore, information is subject to change as we get more intel and as our crews work through the morning. othe over the next eight to 12 hours, you'll continue to see our air and maritime assets