BREAKING. NEWS. A CONTAINER SHIP RAMS INTO THE FRANCIS SCOTT KEY BRIDGE OVERNIGHT IN BALTIMORE. YOU STILL SEE THE BOW OF THE CARGO SHIP THAT HAS REMNANTS OF THE KEY BRIDGE JUST SITTING ON IT. JUST. THERE’S ACTUALLY A PORTION OF THE ROADWAY THAT’S JUST SITTING RIGHT ON THE BOW. IN JUST SECONDS, THE BRIDGE WITH VEHICLES ON IT CRASHES INTO THE PATAPSCO RIVER. SO IN THE FACE OF HEARTBREAK, WE COME TOGETHER. WE EMBRACE ONE ANOTHER, AND WE COME BACK STRONGER. GOOD AFTERNOON. I’M SUSAN SHAPIRO, AND WE’RE EXPECTING AN UPDATE FROM THE NTSB AT ANY TIME. AND WE WILL BRING YOU THAT WHEN IT HAPPENS. THE CREW OF THAT SHIP SENT A MAYDAY CALL BEFORE IT HIT THE BRIDGE IN BALTIMORE. THAT MAY HAVE SAVED LIVES AS AUTHORITIES WERE ABLE TO LIMIT VEHICLE TRAFFIC ON THE BRIDGE. WE HAVE LIVE TEAM COVERAGE OF THIS BREAKING NEWS. WE BEGIN OUR NEWS EIGHT TEAM COVERAGE WITH JAY SCOTT SMITH, WHO’S BEEN ON THE SCENE SINCE EARLY THIS MORNING. YES. GOOD. YES. GOOD AFTERNOON SUSAN AND THE INVESTIGATION IS NOW THE FOCAL POINT HERE AS THEY’RE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT EXACTLY HOW THAT CARGO SHIP HIT. WHAT WAS THE FRANCIS SCOTT KEY BRIDGE HERE IN BALTIMORE? THE 47 YEAR OLD BRIDGE COLLAPSED WHEN THE ON THE 400. EXCUSE ME? THE 948 FOOT CARGO SHIP HIT THE BRIDGE AROUND 1:30 A.M. AND WHAT BALTIMORE MAYOR BRANDON SCOTT SAID WAS REMINISCENT OF A SCENE FROM AN ACTION MOVIE. EIGHT CONTRACTORS WERE ON THE BRIDGE AT THE MOMENT OF THE COLLAPSE, WITH SIX OF THEM CURRENTLY UNACCOUNTED FOR, WHILE ONE IS HOSPITALIZED. AND AS SUSAN MENTIONED, A MAYDAY CALL WENT OUT FROM THE SHIP, WHICH REPORTEDLY LOST POWER MINUTES BEFORE IT HIT THE BRIDGE, AND THAT MAYDAY CALL ALLOWED OFFICIALS TO STOP TRAFFIC AND LIKELY AVERTED AN EVEN BIGGER TRAGEDY. NOW, MARYLAND GOVERNOR WESTMORE, FLANKED BY SCOTT MARILYN AND SENATOR CHRIS VAN HOLLEN AND MEMBERS OF THE NATIONAL GUARD, SPOKE DURING A PRESS CONFERENCE EARLIER TODAY. HE SAID HE FOUND OUT ABOUT THE COLLAPSE WITHIN AN HOUR AND MORE. ALSO SPOKE TO THE IMPORTANCE OF THE BRIDGE TO THIS CITY. EVERY SINGLE ONE OF US WHO ARE MARYLANDERS, THE WORDS THAT THE KEY BRIDGE IS GONE. IT IT STILL SHAKES US BECAUSE FOR OVER FOR 47 YEARS, THAT’S ALL WE’VE KNOWN. AND SO. THIS IS, UH, THIS IS THIS IS, UH, NOT JUST NOT JUST UNPRECEDENTED FROM WHAT WE’RE SEEING AND WHAT WE’RE LOOKING AT TODAY. UM, IT’S HEARTBREAKING. SO NOW THE RECOVERY EFFORT CONTINUES VIA THE COAST GUARD. THAT RESCUE AND RECOVERY EFFORT THAT IS PLUS STATE, LOCAL AND FEDERAL OFFICIALS, INCLUDING THE FBI, ARE CONTINUING THE INVESTIGATION OVERALL INTO WHAT HAPPENED WITH THE SHIP AND THE WHITE HOUSE HAS BEEN BRIEFED ON WHAT HAS HAPPENED. AND. AS WE’VE HEARD, WE’LL HAVE MORE FROM THEM COMING UP LATER ON THIS AFTERNOON IN BALTIMORE. I’M JAY SCOTT SMITH FOR WJZ, A NEWS EIGHT. OUR TEAM COVERAGE CONTINUES FROM BALTIMORE WITH WJZ, NEWS EIGHT’S ANNE SHANNON. GOOD AFTERNOON SUSAN. OF COURSE, ONE OF THE BIGGEST CONCERNS AT THIS HOUR RIGHT HERE IS THOSE INDIVIDUALS WHO WERE ON. THE BRIDGE AT THE TIME THAT IT CAME DOWN. THIS MORNING, THE GOVERNOR SAYING THIS IS STILL A SEARCH AND RESCUE EFFORT. HE SAYS THAT THEY’RE EXCLUSIVE FOCUS IS SAVING LIVES AT THIS HOUR. NOW, HERE’S WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT THE INDIVIDUALS. WHO WERE ON THE BRIDGE THIS MORNING. EIGHT CONTRACTORS WERE TOLD WERE WORKING TO REPAIR POTHOLES OVERNIGHT. THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION IN MARYLAND CONFIRMS THAT THEY WERE DOING WORK FOR THE STATE. THEY WERE CONTRACTOR. SAYS ONE WAS RESCUED FROM THE WATER THIS MORNING AND IS CURRENTLY IN THE HOSPITAL. ANOTHER. ONE WAS ALSO RESCUED BUT DID NOT NEED HOSPITAL OR MEDICAL ATTENTION. HE HAS SPOKEN TO INVESTIGATORS ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED. SIX ARE STILL MISSING AND AT THIS POINT, OFFICIALS ARE STILL TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW MANY VEHICLES WERE TRAVELING OVER THE BRIDGE AT THE TIME OF THE IMPACT. THE GOVERNOR OFFERED A MESSAGE THIS MORNING TO THE VICTIMS. ALL OF OUR HEARTS ARE BROKEN. WE FEEL YOUR LOSS. WE’RE THINKING OF YOU, AND WE WILL ALWAYS BE THINKING OF YOU. WE PRAY FOR THE CONSTRUCTION WORKERS WHO ARE ON THE KEY BRIDGE. AND WE PRAY FOR EVERYONE WHO HAS BEEN TOUCHED BY THIS TRAGEDY AND THEIR FAMILIES AND ALL OF THEIR LOVED ONES. RIGHT NOW, THE MEN AND WOMEN FROM THE COAST. GUARD, THE ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS AND BALTIMORE CITY’S FIRE DEPARTMENT ARE ON THE WATER DOING THIS SEARCH AND RESCUE EFFORTS. AND WE UNDERSTAND THAT ALL OF THE INDIVIDUAL. WHO WERE ON THE CARGO SHIP THIS MORNING ARE STILL ON THAT BOAT. WE DO NOT KNOW IF ANY OF THOSE INDIVIDUALS WERE INJURED IN THIS INCIDENT. RIGHT NOW. THE WATER IN THE RIVER. IS SAID TO BE ABOUT 40 DEGREES. ACCORDING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. WATER THAT COLD CAN BE DEADLY IN BALTIMORE. ANNE SHANNON. WGAL NEWS EIGHT AND OUR. TEAM COVERAGE CONTINUES THROUGH NEWS EIGHT AT NOON AND BEGINNING ON NEWS EIGHT AT FOUR. AND YOU CAN FOLLOW THE BALTIMORE BRIDGE COLLAPSE ON AIR AND ONLINE AT WGAL DOT COM. THE STATE HOUSE HAS ADVANCED AND EXPANDED VERSION OF A BILL BANNING THE POPULAR APP TIKTOK FROM STATE OWNED. DEVICES. IT BROADENED THE BILL. TO MANDATE THAT ALL STATE AGENCIES AND. DEPARTMENTS REMOVE ANY APP CREATED BY FOREIGN ADVERSARIES FROM STATE NETWORKS, WHICH WOULD INCLUDE TIKTOK, THE LEGISLATION WOULD NOT AFFECT THE GENERAL PUBLIC’S USE OF THE APP. THE HOUSE HAS TO VOTE ON THE BILL AN ADDITIONAL TIME BEFORE SENDING IT TO THE STATE SENATE TO APPROVE THE CHANGES. MORE THAN 30 STATES HAVE BANNED TIKTOK ON STATE OWNED DEVICES. METEOROLOGIST MARY. ELLEN PAN JOINS ME NOW WITH A LOOK AT OUR FORECAST. STILL A LITTLE COOL OUT THERE TODAY. IT IS. BUT TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE TO CLIMB INTO THE LOW 50S ABOUT WHERE WE SHOULD BE FOR THIS TIME OF THE YEAR. WE ARE SEEING A LOT MORE CLOUD COVER TODAY. BUT STILL SOME BLUE SKY PEEKING THROUGH ALONG WITH SOME SUNSHINE. SO WE’LL CALL IT PARTLY TO MOSTLY CLOUDY. THOSE CLOUDS WILL THICKEN UP AS WE GO FURTHER INTO THE. EVENING HOURS, DUE TO A SYSTEM THAT’S APPROACHING FROM THE WEST, AND YOU CAN SEE THE RAIN ASSOCIATED WITH THAT SYSTEM ACROSS PITTSBURGH AND THE WESTERN PORTION OF THE STATE. AND WE WILL SEE SOME WET WEATHER MOVING IN, BUT THE REST OF THE DAY IS DRY. THERE COULD BE AN ISOLATED SHOWER THIS EVENING, AND OUR FAR WESTERN COUNTIES, BUT IT IS AN ISOLATED CHANCE. TEMPERATURES RIGHT NOW 50 DEGREES IN EPHRATA AND. LANCASTER AND CARLISLE. WE HAVE 49 IN YORK, 48 IN GETTYSBURG, LANDISBURG AND IN HARRISBURG. YOUR NEXT 12 HOUR FORECAST CALLS FOR THOSE TEMPERATURES TO CONTINUE TO CLIMB INTO THE LOW 50S. THIS AFTERNOON. AND AS I MENTIONED, THOSE CLOUDS WILL CONTINUE TO THICKEN UP. I AM TRACKING SOME RAIN AND I WILL LET YOU KNOW WHEN THAT RAIN ARRIVES AND. HOW LONG IT IS HERE AND HOW MUCH WE COULD PICK UP. COMING UP IN YOUR FULL FORECAST. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. DISPLACED VENDORS AT THE FIRE DAMAGED BROAD STREET MARKET IN HARRISBURG ARE STARTING TO MOVE INTO A TEMPORARY. SPACE. THE VENDORS ARE MOVING EQUIPMENT INTO A TEMPORARY TENT WHERE UTILITIES ARE NOW HOOKED UP. THE DATE FOR THE OPENING HAS NOT BEEN SET, BUT VENDORS SAY IT MAY BE A 3 TO 5 WEEK TIMETABLE. WHILE THE U.S. SUPREME COURT IS CONSIDERING THE FUTURE OF THE MOST COMMON METHOD OF ABORTION, THE JUSTICES WILL DECIDE WHETHER TO ROLL BACK YEARS OF POLICY FOR MIFEPRISTONE. THAT COULD UPEND PRECEDENT FOR OTHER MEDICATIONS. NEWS 8 AMY LU HAS MORE FROM OUR WASHINGTON BUREAU. THE ALLIANCE FOR DEFENDING FREEDOM, WHICH REPRESENTS A GROUP OF ANTI-ABORTION DOCTORS, SAYS THE FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION. PUT WOMEN’S LIVES AT RISK BY MAKING AN ABORTION DRUG MORE WIDELY AVAILABLE. IT’S TIME TO HOLD THE FDA ACCOUNTABLE AND TELL THE FDA IT’S TIME TO PUT WOMEN’S HEALTH AND SAFETY FIRST. ANTI-ABORTION ADVOCATES ARE SUING THE FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION, CHALLENGING THE SAFETY OF MIFEPRISTONE. THE FIRST OF A TWO STEP DRUG REGIMEN TO END A PREGNANCY. ACCOUNTING FOR NEARLY TWO THIRDS OF ABORTIONS IN THE U.S. THE FDA DID NOT HAVE THE AUTHORITY OR THE EVIDENCE TO SHOW. THAT THESE DRUGS ARE SAFE, WITHOUT SAFEGUARDS. THE CASE SPECIFICALLY TRYING TO ROLLBACK CHANGES MADE IN 2016 AND 2021, EXPAND ACCESS TO THE DRUG THROUGH TEN WEEKS OF PREGNANCY. ALLOWING IT TO BE PRESCRIBED THROUGH TELEMEDICINE AND SENT BY MAIL. DESPITE THE FACT THAT IT’S BEEN USED FOR DECADES, IT’S INCREDIBLY SAFE, AND MEDICATION ABORTIONS. ARE INCREDIBLY COMMON. ABORTION ADVOCATES POINT TO STUDIES SHOWING THE FDA FOLLOWED PROPER PROTOCOL, WARNING A REPEAL COULD HARM MORE THAN HELP WOMEN’S HEALTH AND ACCESS TO MEDICINE IN ALLOWING COURTS TO COME IN AND UNDERMINE THAT ACCESS. THAT’S A REALLY. DANGEROUS PRECEDENT FOR THE FUTURE OF MEDICINE IN THE SUPREME COURT HAS TAKEN UP A NUMBER OF CASES EXPLORING THE SCOPE OF GOVERNMENT AGENCY POWER. THE CASE BEING ARGUED TODAY SPECIFICALLY