brian todd. thank you. let's bring in cnn senior political analyst, >> mark preston and what we should be watching for today that you try is going to be interesting because even though it's such a red state trump doesn't really do that well there. but that might be this one bright spot that nikki haley it's really looking for. and she told jake tapper yesterday, she'd stay in the race as long as we're competitive. so i wonder mark how you read that. what that can mean for her campaign? and if she doesn't have any wins tonight or if she just has maybe one. >> sure. let me first say that brian todd just brings excitement to a empty room brian todd can bring it, but also very informative, like, here's a situation with nikki haley mathematically impossible. of course, we know that the data that we'll all be looking at, will it be corrupted basically? because people aren't necessarily engaged. they're not going out to the primaries. however, she did raise 28 million in january and february, so if she wants to co

. >> right cnn's bryan todd and pete muntean join me now. brian, i know it's been about 9.5 hours since the collision where are you right now? it looks like you might be on a boat somewhere near the collapsed bridge. can you tell us where to things stand right now in terms of the search operations? >> right, jim, we've been able to get to a vantage point that we think is a little less than 2000 yards away from the vessel itself. i'm going to just have our photo journalist, andrew crissman go right past me. we have a second camera here, operated by joe merkel. he's going to train and his camera in as closest he can as well. there you get. probably the best view that we're going to have. this thing for awhile now this is the nearly 1,000 foot-long cargo vessel, the dalai that collided with the bridge. and you can and see the entire middle section of the francis scott key bridge there has basically collapsed into the baltimore harbor. you can see remnants of the bridge to the side of the boat. and if you can see just over the bow of the boat there to

they are on this seen along with brian todd. we also have ameri schiavo, a former inspector general for the department of transportation gave let's start with you. you've been there for several hours this morning. i believe it's actually danny. you've been there for several hours this morning. danny and i know you've talked to family members of those six people who are still missing. you were describing just how understandably emotional they are with so many questions not a lot of information, in fact, really none out of that press conference. what are they saying to you now >> yeah. you're not wrong, jessica, especially about the spill, lack of information from the press comments. i just concluded, but boris highlighted that line that the main focus is still on the family and the people and they did emphasize that while it's not the ntsb's priority, we're hearing and seeing the coast guard helicopter was up there. they're still at this point searching for some of those people believed to be missing in the area behind me. but yo

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brian todd, cnn, washington >> our thanks to brian todd for that report. and up next, renewed hope that we may finally find out out what happened to flight mh370 ten years after it mysteriously disappeared >> what? happy to the golden boy of new jersey, governor jim aggrieved i engaged in an adult consensual affair with another man. it was shocking. was it an instant >> attraction? >> yeah greed, these top fundraiser under investigation, he put it i want to stay payroll. >> the reasons human grieving resigned is a lot more complicated than we remember. >> did you want to be outed united states of scandal with jake tapper? i've got >> to get a therapist if they're having an interview which i >> new episode next sunday at nine on cnn. >> smile, you found it the feeling of findings, psoriasis can't filter out the real you. so go ahead, live unfiltered with the one and only so take to a once-daily pill for moderate to severe we're back psoriasis and the chance that clear or almost clear skin, if the feeling of finding you're so ready for your close-out, are fi

brian todd, thanks so much for joining us now is former fbi special agent bobby chikun while at the bureau bureau, he served as team leader of the new york dive team. bobby good to have you on tonight. >> thanks, jim >> so now that we have the cranes on site along with the tugboats, the barges, all these pieces, the salvage salvage vessels where does the salvage group begin in all this >> i think they begin by taking very detailed sonar imaging of the underwater environment that they're going to be working in. the sonar will give them a very good idea of the shape, the size, and the position of a lot of that debris down there. and it'll give them sense of how much they have to cut and where they should start, what's the first thing they should start lifting off the bottom. so it's detailed sonar imaging that they have to start reviewing before they ever get in the water you heard brian todd describing that kind of rubber band effect as as you begin to cut some of this metal to get through i wonder how >> divers and the teams will manage a challenge like that among what i'm sure many challe

let's get more on the breaking news with cnn's brian todd. brian, there's been a lot of scrutiny of willis through all of this and that may actually only intensify i'm told in the weeks ahead, that's right. >> well, some legal analysts say the gauntlet that fani willis just went through in this case was mostly self-inflicted time. we take a deeper dive on her previous reputation as a high profile attorney and how this case has affected that reputation as she fought to stay on the trump case, fulton county district attorney fani willis struck a defiant tone. if people are on >> trial for trying to steal an election in 2020, i'm not on trial. no matter how hard you try to put me on trial, that fiery testimony described today as unprofessional by district judge scott mcafee, as he still allowed willis to remain on the case, but willis isn't free and clear, just yet a georgia state senate committee is still investigating whether she engaged in an improper conduct in the trump case, and she's been in hot water for this type of thing before >> this

we're going to keep checking in with you throughout the day and let's go now to brian todd, who is there on the water in baltimore brian, what are you learning? >> well, jessica, we've been able to kind of shift our vessel around to a better vantage point now to get you a better look at the vessel in question that's the dalai that's the cargo ship. there. now you can see we're at a different angle than we were before were a few hundred yards away from it. you can see the sun hitting the vessel now, which gives you a better view. two of the cargo ship, of the container ship and the wreckage and the shear force with which it hit this bridge. you can see that you can see the damage there. there's concrete that's kind of smashed up against the boat. there are remnants of the bridge that are lying across the bow of the boat there. and you can just see that the sheer devastation and the entire section the middle section of the bridge, that's missing several vessels now are buzzing around this this vessel their rescue vessels, they're dive teams, at least 50 dive teams have been in and out of t

let's bring in cnn's brian todd, brian, this could potentially affect 170 million american users, 170 million wolf. and that's more than half the us population. that's how wildly popular tiktok has become in the united states, we spoke to experts and business owners about the platforms, economic and cultural impacts on america, and what a band would due to all of that a horse bobbing its head to heavy metal teenage stunts and skits popular perceptions of tiktok. but a ban of the app in the us wouldn't just curtail digital adolescent expression. think of businesses like summer lucille, look at all this clearance. we have looked at all this clearance. we have this stuff is good stuff. >> ya lucille runs the juicy body goddess boutique in charlotte, north carolina. she says when she started promoting her business on tiktok in 2022, it changed her life, allowing her to expand her floor space to a 15,000 square-foot warehouse and get her into a mall location. she says this to the lawmakers voting to ban tiktok in the us. >> you are voting against my small business. you are voting against m

let's break down the details with cnn's brian todd. brian first first, looking at the big picture, this is one of the most popular apps in the world to say that's actually an understatement, to say it's popular in the us, boris is also an understatement. more than 170 million users of tiktok or in the united states, that's what tiktok's ceo told congress in january. that's more than half the us population. its impact on the influencer economy is huge and it's growing. of course, you know, the influence or is growing by the minute. tiktok's impact on that economy is massive. also, small businesses use tiktok to create content to promote their stores and other things with tiktok. so its impact on the american population is enormous. now when you talk about the security concerns, specifically security analysts and some members of congress are concerned that because tiktok is owned by a chinese company, that the chinese communist government could lean on the company to basically download software a chinese malware that they can use chinese

and were told that panic is actually setting in our brian todd has joining us. he's got more on this. brian, this cuts to the heart of trump's wealth and his reputation as a real estate mogul. and he said to be increasingly concerned with how that image is going to suffer. wolff, we have new information tonight on how the former president is struggling to pay off that massive judgment against him with a deadline to do that just a little over four days away >> it trying to take us >> out tonight. the former president's campaign is making a new appeal for donations in an online posting, he tells supporters, new york's democratic attorney general, letitia, james wants to quote, sees my properties in new york and saying, quote, keep your filthy hands off of trump tower. donald trump owes about half $1 billion for a judgment against him in a civil fraud case brought by james. he's got until next monday to either pay the judgment or secure a bond for that amount while he appeals the fraud case. and recently told abc news, if he does not have funds to pay off the judgme

fani turns, days of fani live, some new element in that soap opera will probably take over. >> brian: todd, you went to law school. they were following the ping up into her apartment and no pings for four hours. why not? >> todd: number one thing we study at law school. you don't need to be a lawyer to glean what is going on there. >> lawrence: i think they needed some quiet time turned the phones off. >> brian: no pinging. >> todd: to your point it is going to be key to see how much of that ancillary evidence the judge uses to evaluate. we have got to pay attention to that. this judge from what i have been told very focused on not being overturned. he wants to do things above board. watch how much of that pinging, how much of that text and cell data appears. >> ainsley: they said after that they were not dating. they claim they were not dating dating will when he was at her house at 1:00 in the morning. >> todd: i'm here at 1:00 a.m. some mornings and i'm not dating any of you. [sighs] >> brian: are you pinging? >> todd: don't worry whether i'm pinging. >> ainsley: maybe they were working

cnn's brian todd is joining us live from utah and right near salt lake city. i brian, it's primary day democrats are headed to the polls, but republicans, they're doing something else. tell us about that >> that's right. wolf here in utah today, it's a caucus format, not a primary format. they switched to a caucus format in 2016. and so the voters are not going to be getting here until later on this evening. the voters will arrive here at about 06:00 p.m. local time tonight. that's 08:00 p.m. eastern time. first let's set the scene for you. this is where the caucus site is, where the foot of the beautiful wasatch mountains take a look at that view here in sandy, utah. we're at alta vista high school at the foot of the wasatch mountains and sandy just south of salt lake city. this is the caucus site, alto high school, a massive high school out here the voters will be walking in the front entrance over here later on tonight. again, they arrive here at 06:00 p.m. local time. that's 08:00 p.m. eastern time. they say they register, they check in. they listened to so

wolf, >> brian todd reporting brian, thank you very much for that report. just ahead, what president biden is saying about a potential ceasefire in gaza as the fate of hostages hangs in the balance. and i'll get reaction from a new jersey couple whose son was kidnapped during the october 7 attacks cnn saturday mornings starting tomorrow at eight on cnn >> the best advice i ever got was to invest with vanguard from my retirement the second best, stay healthy enough to enjoy it. so i started preparing physically and financially, then you came along and made every mile worth it? >> hi, mom >> at vanguard, you're more than just an ambassador urine owner helping you prepare for today's longer retirement? that's the value of ownership. >> my name is marie. i'm 49 years old and i'm a business owner. >> i >> owned a lemonade and ice cream shop in florida, so i can feel and see that my lines have gotten deeper just from a year out in the sun i've still murray and i got >> botox cosmetic i did not want to dramatic change. i wanted something subtle and a really, reall

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agenda will likely have collapsed almost completely if trump wins a second term in the white house brian todd, cnn, washington >> brian, thank you. and thank you for joining me this evening. i'm jessica dean. i'm going to see you back here tomorrow morning at 06:00 a.m. up next is king charles, followed by an episode of jake tapper's series knighted states of scandal have a great night >> gayle king and charles barkley are shaking things up on cnn. >> thank you >> us tonight. >> i don't give opinion. don't be opinionated. >> do you make a comment about the world? for years last night, i don't believe everything you read on the internet, king charles next on cnn >> small businesses like this, learning centers all away to find out help communities thrive >> that's why wells >> fargo has donated roughly $420 million to diverse small business owners when a bank does. but it says its lights on guys >> small businesses in reach doing gets it done. >> whilst carbon, the bank of duty. >> here's to getting better with age. >> here's the beaten these two every thursday help fuel today with boost type p

twisted metal and debris needs to be removed in order to reach the other four workers bodies, seen as brian todd is in baltimore >> brian >> one is the latest as we do know, some ships are still stuck in that harbor right now. >> right? jessica, first we'll tell you about that search that you just talked about. that search for the remaining bodies, the four bodies of the gentlemen who are presumed to be deceased in the water. that's been complicated by the weather conditions in the pore water conditions, plus the dangerous twisted metal that's underneath the surface that we've been reported according on for the last couple of days. so as you mentioned, the search now has gone from a recovery operation to a salvage operation. they are still hopeful to find the remains of the four victims, presumed dead. but again, that search really complicated by some dangerous conditions in the water that have been made even more dangerous by the weather. let's talk about meanwhile, the billions of dollars and maritime cargo traffic that has come to a sudden stop here in baltimore and outside of baltimore. and

brian todd is joining us. brian, the presidential guests at state of the union addresses have provided some unforgettable moment home. it's over the years. tell us about that, right? well, if >> there have really been some enduring stories to come out of these moments, and it took a president from hollywood to come up with the genius idea to have notable guests in the first lady's box at the state of the union address? >> president of united states ronald reagan started the practice of having illustrious state of the union guests with his address in 1982. and he had one of the most memorable guests of all time in the midst of a terrible tragedy on the potomac we saw again the spirit of american heroism at its finest. >> just two weeks before that >> address, lenny scutnik and obscure federal government employee had jumped into the icy potomac river to save a woman's life after an air florida passenger plane slammed into a bridge and plummeted into the water time magazine later reported the scutnik was unnerved

cnn's brian todd is on the scene for us. brian, obviously, this news from the port worker about electrical issues on the boat, somebody got ntsb investigators we'll look closely at certainly they will bore us. we >> should note that regarding that lady who spoke to our affiliate itn about those electrical issues, import cnn has reached out to the ships operator synergy group for response to her account. there of those electrical problems while the ship was being checked out? you have not heard a response from synergy group yet. we do have to note that those are clearly some very disturbing accounts of what may have taken place before the ship set sail early tuesday morning. what we can tell you is that the grim news from on the ground here and in the water? is that none of the apparent six victims who are believed to have perished in the water, none of their bodies have yet been discovered. and as you can see behind me, the conditions here have really drastically worsened between yesterday and today. it's been a steady drivin

shares took a hit today after a historic antitrust lawsuit was filed against the tech giant cnn's brian todd is here with the details and brian, but justice department, more than a dozen states taking on apple and one of its most popular products, right? >> the >> iphone boris, that's at the heart of this antitrust lawsuit. and what america's top prosecutors are accusing apple love is basically walling off all other products so that apple completely dominates the market it's one of the most iconic, powerful brands in the world. now worth more than two-and-a-half trillion dollars. it sold more than 1 billion iphones worldwide and apple's ability to maintain that hold on the marketplace has put it squarely in the crosshairs of the us. justice department today, justice filing a sweeping anti trust lawsuit against apple accusing the tech giant of illegally monopolizing the smartphone market for consumers. that is meant fewer choices. higher prices and fees, lower-quality smartphones, apps, and accessories, and less innovation from apple and its competitors at the heart of the antitrust suit, the

brian todd. thanks so much for that report around. >> let's bring in cnn's tom foreman to take us through what we know at this point. tom the search that brian was just talking about a minute ago, why is this so hard to do? well, the truth is, this is an incredibly difficult and dangerous job. they're undertaking here. yes, they're using side-scan sonar to locate some things underneath. but when you talk about the divers going beneath think about all the chaos you see above the water. put all of that and more below the water where you can't really see in these divers are trying to work and terrible conditions on there where they might encounter metal wires to remain this amount of debris, any one of which could put one of the divers into danger. and let's talk just a little bit about the water depth here. this is a little deceptive peptide because you can't really get it to scale with the size of the ship. in some areas, the channel here is such that these ships are only three feet above the botto

film star is alleged affair with trump now leading to the former president's criminal trial are brian todd is working the story for us. brian, walk us through how we got to this moment and the allegations against trump. will this story would seem like it was straight out of a hollywood political thriller. if you did didn't know better, it involves allegations of extramarital affairs allegations of betrayal between two longtime friends and partners, and the alleged efforts of the former president to keep it all under wraps it wasn't until almost 12 years after the affair allegedly occurred that the world first learned of the allegations of hush money payments let's to stormy daniels in january 2018, the wall street journal reported that in the weeks before the 2016 election donald trump had arranged a $130,000 payment to the adult film star to keep her from publicly discussing their alleged 2006 encounter. shortly after the journal report came out, then trump attorney michael cohen said he had paid daniels using his own money. cohen initially said he was not directed by trump or the trump c

this as the massive effort to clear debris from the river gets underway cnn's brian todd is near the scene in baltimore for us. brian, what do you see >> well well, if we have new information tonight on the effort to get this port functioning again, and we have new images of those critical moments before impact on tuesday morning new video into cnn showing the final moments before the francis scott key bridge collapsed on tuesday, killing six people. this surveillance footage caught the last vehicles to dart across the bridge before the cargo ship rammed into one of its supports. officials are now focused on getting the port back in business. long union heads scott cowen says the closure will hurt all of baltimore and beyond the warehouses, the trucking community, and all those all the stuff around the city that is connected to the port. it's 100,000 jobs there are indirectly not connected to the port and 15.20 thousand jobs directly connected port of baltimore. >> the ports common. >> first will remain at a standstill until hundreds of millions of tons of twisted steel and concrete a

brian, todd. thanks so much for the update from baltimore jessica, and joining us now is veteran firefighter and emt gerry dworkin. he's the water rescue technical consultant for life-saving resources is a training firm and consultant and see jerry, thanks so much for being here with us right now first help us understand what the first priority is for these rescuers. >> now at >> 01:09, in the afternoon well, the first priority right now is their own personal safety. this is still considered a rescue versus a recovery incident. but the first priority is the safety of all the rescuers that are on boats around the water in the water, in the air and so forth. >> and you talk about a 1101 rule. what is that help us understand >> when somebody is suddenly immersed into cold water, we talked about the 110.1 basically you have one minute to get your breathing under control. get your senses about you and so forth. you have ten minutes of purposeful movement for self rescue in one hour before hypothermia s

cnn's brian todd is ticking and closer look at all of this. brian. >> well wolf, that far-right leader you mentioned victor orban is crowing about his meeting with donald i'm trump, proclaiming that trump will quote, end the war in ukraine by not giving a penny to the ukrainians, fueling more concern tonight about trump's rejection of nato and is coddling of dictators it was a classic trumpian embrace of a strong man at mar-a-lago, the former president hosted hungarian prime minister viktor orban and he heaped praise on orban's style of leadership in videos posted on orban's instagram account >> he said this is the way it's going to be in this. he had done a great leader fantastic leader, europe and all over the world that respected two people respect viktor orban, hey, do not. in fact, viktor orban is one of the most vilified leaders inside the european union. he's a complete outlier. >> the far-right orban's stifling of the opposition and the press and eroding of democracy has led many observers to label him an autocrat, which some analysts s

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i wanna go next to seen as brian todd, who's on the water near the scene. brian, i know you've been out there for a long time. what have you been seeing at the site of the collapse and what are conditions been like for emergency crews? i mean, it's incredibly difficult very difficult. anderson and the conditions are worsening tonight. it's getting much colder outside, as we mentioned, the water temperatures is really plummeting. so conditions are getting worse out here tonight with our second camera, you can kind of see the boat the ship behind me, it's partially illuminated by its own lighting there. but there are still rescue and recovery boats all around the dalai, the name of the tanker the container ship that crashed into the bridge just over my right shoulder there all day long, we've been seeing that kind of activity, rescue recovery boats buzzing all around the point of impact. you could see the tangled metal and the concrete from the supports draped over the bow of the vessel. they're still there what we were told this morning as we deployed out int

brian todd. thank you for that. >> now, the white house, it >> says that president biden is actually going to speak and address this incident in just a matter of minutes. he was briefed earlier today, the white house releasing this photo showing this briefing that occurred earlier this morning, we expect them to talk before he heads out to earn a campaign event in north carolina's afternoon later this so we'll bring that to you live when he does speak. but first i want to play some sound for you about what happened this morning. this is the emergency dispatch call to the first responders as they were on route to the scene? >> hey, advise the entire bridge entire cambridge in the harbor advisors in the entire cube roots has fallen into the harbor joining, me now, andrew mccabe is the former deputy director of the fbi and seniors, cnn, senior law enforcement analyst, and cnn's pete muntean, who is live near the scene, a peat. when you see the images of the collapse and you just see how quickly this

we have cnn's brian todd in baltimore, and that really illustrates what an undertaking picking these this is going to be in getting this bridge cleaned up. what more do the governor save brian >> well, briana, he gave kind of a scale of this operation. as we can kind of show you what's going on behind me here. let's talk first about what you're going to be seeing. our photo journalist harlan schmidt is going to train in his camera over to that crane right there. now that is not the chesapeake 1,000. that is another heavy lift crane that's been brought in that you're looking at the chesapeake 1,000 is very nearby. it's just around the bend to the left, but it has not been ramped up yet as brianna mentioned, they're going to bring for heavy lift crane. here. we have assume that that what you're looking at there is one of them we have observed this crane engaging in some activity, so it is working. so they have begun this massive operation of salvage and you see the gauge of the bridge right there next to that crane on the scale of this governor moore did kind of give give us the gist of

cnn's brian todd takes a closer look. >> they attack my business. i built a great business. the former president's projection of himself as a star businessman with deep pockets facing a stern challenge. donald trump on friday, posted a bond of nearly $92 to cover the damages in the e jean carroll defamation case as he appeals the judgment against him in that case, and insurance company called chubb, underwrote the bond trump posted on friday, but trump still owes damages of 454 million dollars for a separate judgment against him in the new york attorney general's civil fraud case. and while he's appealing the case, he's only got until march 25th to pay that off. >> that isn't really big buying up, particularly because there's a clock ticking on it it's a very tight timetable, one in someone would that wealth might be able to raise cash if you give them enough time. but would this kind of situations where a hard another hit, he's been ordered to pay $385,000 in legal fees to accompany. he sued in the christopher steele dossier case and he's got other mounting legal fees that

cnn's brian todd takes a closer look >> they attack my business. i built a great business the former president's projection of himself as a star businessman with deep pockets facing a stern challenge. donald trump on friday posted a bond of nearly $92 million to cover the damages in the e jean carroll defamation case as he appeals the judgment against him in that case. and insurance company called chubb, underwrote the bond trump posted on friday, but trump still owes damages of $454 million for a separate judgment against him in the new york attorney general's civil fraud case and while he's appealing the case, he's only got until march 20 to pay that off that isn't really big buy-in up, particularly because there's a clock ticking on it. it's a very tight timetable wanting someone would that well, might be able to raise cash if you give them enough time. but would this kind of situations where a hard another hit, he's been ordered to pay $385,000 in legal fees to accompany. he sued in the christopher steele he'll dossier case and he's got other m

here's brian todd with more the army corps of engineers is now ready to start clearing hundreds of thousandsd 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 to florida, 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 of morgan state university's engineering school and was a professor at the knee hey, vl 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 it's done. >> the chesapeake 1,000 arrived this morning, but that section of bridge that straight over the front of the vessel, that porti

that's and cnn's brian todd. brian, what are you learning? >> well, wolf district attorney fani willis has enormous pressure facing her at this stage of the georgia case. pressure that are critics say is self-inflicted. still, some believe this case against donald trump will not be derailed in georgia, regardless of what happens to willis. and she's clearly determined to fight this out. fulton county district attorney fani willis, defiant in the face of the allegations against her iv, people who are on trial for trying to steal an election in 2020. i'm not on trial no matter how hard you try to put me on trial willis, a democrat and fulton county's first female district attorney, had been in office for one only one day when then president trump called georgia's secretary of state in january 2021 and urged him to find votes to overturn the 2020 election results in georgia since launching the criminal case against trump, willis says, she's received death threats. many of them of a racist nature, and has had to increase our personal security. >>

brian todd, cnn washington >> and on this week's episode of the whole story with anderson cooper, cnn anchor and chief legal analysts, laura coates investigates two missing persons cases one with a mysterious connection. here's a preview. >> there are several details that appears that what caulkins account of the events are not accurate. he didn't check out with mr. williams on the radio as you're supposed to? he didn't notify dispatch that he was transported someone from one location to another the timeline of when he said it occurred versus the independent witnesses. all of that appeared that he was not being truthful about the encounter between terrence williams and himself >> those inconsistencies surface during a months-long internal investigation. cripple caulkins took three polygraph test during the probe one of those tests indicated deception mircea, there was a time when caulkins was interviewed. i want to play this for you in this meet >> recording >> scum bags. >> my son wasn't a scumbag maybe his collar zones have a scumbag maybe he wasn't 30 car. >> be sure to tune in an

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brian todd is outfront, live in baltimore harbor. this hour, right by where that blurred bridge collapsed. brian, you've been out there on the water throughout the day? what. are you learning tonight >> will erica, six people who were on the bridge when it collapsed, do remain unaccounted for tonight. as you mentioned, the ship lost power shortly before impact. we can show you from our unique vantage point here, the point of impact where the dalai, this container ship slammed into the francis scott key bridge just over my right good shoulder there you can see the records there, the tangled metal and the concrete that's just still draped over the bow of that vessel conditions here becoming more challenging for the response teams because the rescue efforts continue and the investigation ramps up tonight >> this is this is this is not just not just unprecedented from what we're seeing and what we're looking at today. it's heartbreaking. >> the middle of the one-and-a-half mile long francis scott key bridge plunged 185 feet into baltimore

crane on the east coast now on the scene with more help other way let's get an update from cnn's brian todd. he's joining us from baltimore. brian, the governor, and other top officials are giving new information about efforts to reopen the port, update our viewers right well, if we can show you the excavation work that is going on right now, we've gone in earnest over my right shoulder. we're going to zoom in on a crane that's right there by the wreckage of the francis scott key bridge that crane has been there all day doing some excavation. we have new information tonight on that piece of equipment. all the other critical heavy equipment that has just arrived on site fight and on the arduous and very dangerous work that lies ahead the first of a fleet of massive floating cranes arrived on the potassiums go river today were the francis scott key bridge once stood is crane that we're looking at is massive i think we also know is this. is the challenge ahead of us. >> the army corps of engineers, getting ready to clear hundreds of thousands of tons of twisted steel and concrete. that's block

brian: todd: looks like there's a great deal of demand, this price was priced at $44 a share when it launches today and all of a sudden getting word of incredible demand popping up at 44, 48 coming out of the gate, 50 to $52 a share, it's a moving target. keep in mind this is a company that any money but is getting a lot of attention, getting the first real standoffs, social media launch in the better part of 5 years which is why it's getting scrutinized and could prove a launching pad for a lot of big tech companies looking to do the same including those that have to do with artificial technology in general. kelly o'grady is following it closely. >> reporter: this is a big moment for the ipo market, the first major tech company going public in 2024. looks like things are off to a positive start even though it hasn't started trading it. the latest is 50 to 52, you mentioned, $34 so that means the valuation goes over 8 billion or 9 billion. the company gave leading users the opportunity to buy stock in the share program. creditors are known to be loyal but also a lot of backlash and r

cnn's brian todd is in baltimore. brian, what else can you tell us about this massive salvage operation underway now? >> jessica, we can tell you that the maryland department of transportation has requested about $60 in funding from the federal government to assist in the cleanup and salvage operations here. just to the east of us where the francis scott key bridge came down into the water. that's a massive salvage operation. you were just mentioning cranes on the way here, heavy cranes floating cranes on the way to assist in removing the huge amounts of debris and the massive pieces of debris were told that once they get on site, jessica, they've got to actually chop up the pieces of the bridge into smaller pieces just so they can remove them. the first floating cranes mean we're told is going to be on-site later tonight. you mentioned the navy diving operations. they are also taking part in the diving and salvage operation. this has moved from a recovery operation to a salvage operation for people still remain unacco

elections now underway, polls opening and russia's far eastern regions, just a short time ago cnn's brian todd has bore for us brian, how has putin been able to hold onto his job for so long? will the analysts we spoke to say there's simply no one better at this there are so many levers that vladimir putin pulls to maintain power. he controls the entire electoral process. he dominates the russian media. and if he has to, he eliminates his rivals he's already the longest-serving ruler of russia since the dictator joseph stalin. and he could easily eclipse stalin's nearly 30 years in power. is there any intrigue over whether vladimir putin will manage to win yet another election? >> hundred certain that vladimir putin will remain the president of russia. >> what is she still analysts say the former kgb colonel has rig the system. sometimes not so subtly. so that only he can emerge victorious starting with eliminating legitimate opposition like boris nemtsov, who has gunned down at the foot of the kremlin in 2015? and alexey navalny, who recently died very mysteriously in an arctic gulags. though

why a cargo ship slammed into the bridge, sending pieces of twisted metal into the water cnn's brian todd has been on the scene for us all day long. he's lived joining us now for baltimore harbor and brian authorities, i taken our focus again on the search and rescue operation. that's ongoing. give us the latest they are indeed wool from this unique vantage point, you can see the point of impact where this vessel, the dalai, this massive container >> ship, struck the francis scott key bridge. you can see the point of impact right behind me with the tangled metal, the concrete still draped over the bow of the vessel there. you can also see rescue boats and other recovery boats swarming all around this vessel tonight, we are told that six people remain unaccounted for as the rescue mission continues and the investigation just gets ramped up >> this is a this is this is not just not just unprecedented from what we're seeing and what we're looking at today. it's heartbreaking. >> the middle of the one-and-a-half mile long, francis scott key bridge plunged 185 feet into baltimore's potassiums

that's where cnn's brian todd is a brian. what's the mood there? do people on the ground there feel more of affinity or more pulled to nikki haley, or is this maybe going to >> be more of the same and what we expect to see an other states tonight well, dana, that's a good question, and it's kind of an unknown here because donald trump has gotten lukewarm support here in utah >> in past caucuses and past elections. first, i'll set the scene for you. we are the foot of the beautiful wasatch mountains here. take a look at that view here in sandy, utah. this is a caucus site that we're going to be covering tonight. this is alto high school here in san diego, just south of salt lake city. this is a place where 32 precincts are gonna be holding a vote tonight, and the voters won't even start gathering here for almost eight hours at about 06:00 p.m. local time, 08:00 p.m. eastern time, 32 precincts and 32 different rooms are going to be caucusing just inside those doors. there. and we're going to be covering it live have you mentioned nikki haley's suppor

running later today to help clear the 4,000 tons of twisted metal and other debris, we have cnn's brian todd joining us now. brian, what's the latest that you're learning about the cleanup operation? well, riana, >> we've got a very good vantage point >> to offer you of that operation as it really gets ramped up, our photo josh rfp logos is going to go over my right shoulder trainers camera in there. >> you will >> see behind the wreckage of the bridge. you will see a crane in place there. now, our colleague, gabe cohen just called me and he has disposed welcome to an official with the office of governor wes moore that official told game that that is not not the chesapeake 1,000. the chesapeake 1,000 is the biggest floating crane on the eastern seaboard. the chesapeake 1,000 is close by, but that crane that you're looking at is not it. the chesapeake 1,000 will get ramped up. it will get consumed struct it and get ready to take part in the salvage operation. but that crane that you're seeing there is a separate crane that they have just moved into place that we'll start to remove pieces of t

i want to go quickly to see him as brian todd. he's a baltimore has been there watching all of this unfold breakdown what we just learned in his briefing, brian, the new information >> but will what we just heard really illustrates the point that with every new detail we're hearing, it just seems that the details of this accident just grow more and more horrific. this coming just moments ago from colonel roland butler, the superintendent of the maryland state police, giving us the new breaking information. now that at about 10:00, a little bit before 10:00, this morning divers and other teams discovered in about 25 feet of water, they discovered a red pickup truck and they did discover two victims inside that truck again in 25 feet of water near the middle span of the bridge? in that depth. and he identified the victim, says, alejandro hernandez fuentes 35 years old and joleon castillo cabrera, 26 years old. that identifies two of the victims that we know now have perished in this accident. that means four remaining victims are pre