PURCHASING AND SELLING GHOST GUNS. WHY SOME BELIEVE IT COULD IMPROVE PUBLIC SAFETY. THIS IS COVERAGE YOU CAN COUNT ON. WGAL NEWS EIGHT AT SIX STARTS NOW. THE SEARCH CONTINUES FOR SIX ROAD WORKERS, WHO ARE PRESUMED DEAD AFTER YESTERDAY’S BRIDGE COLLAPSE IN BALTIMORE. THIS IS THE SCENE LIVE WHERE CREWS, AS YOU CAN SEE, ARE DEALING WITH A LOT OF FOG. IT IS VERY HARD TO SEE ANYTHING THERE. GOOD EVENING. I’M SUSAN SHAPIRO AND I’M MICHAEL FULLER. THE NEWS EIGHT TEAM CONTINUES TO BE ON THE SCENE COVERING THE SEARCH FOR VICTIMS AND THE LATEST ON THE INVESTIGATION. NEWS EIGHT’S LORI BURKHOLDER IS LEADING OUR COVERAGE. LORI. MICHAEL AND SUSAN, I’M ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE FRANCIS SCOTT KEY BRIDGE. AND THE RIVER RIGHT HERE IS WHERE THAT RECOVERY EFFORT IS UNDERWAY TO FIND THOSE SIX MEN THAT WERE WORKING ON THE BRIDGE AT THE TIME OF THAT COLLAPSE AND ARE ALL PRESUMED DEAD AND STILL MISSING. IN THE MEANTIME, THE INVESTIGATION THAT CONTINUES, WE’RE HEARING THE NTSB IS HEADING UP THAT INVESTIGATION. DID MAKE THEIR WAY ONTO THE SHIP AND RETRIEVE THAT BLACK BOX, WHICH IS VITAL FOR THEIR INVESTIGATION, HOPING TO GET SOME ANSWERS TO AN AWFUL LOT OF QUESTIONS FOR THAT PART OF OUR COVERAGE. LET’S GO TO BARBARA BARR. BARBARA BARR. AND, LORI, GOVERNOR WESTMORE, MARYLAND HAS JUST ARRIVED AT A BUILDING RIGHT DOWN THE ROAD. HE IS LEADING A PRESS CONFERENCE RIGHT NOW, PROVIDING AN UPDATE. HE ARRIVED A LITTLE LATE DUE TO TRAFFIC. HE IS GOING TO BE JOINED BY THE STATE POLICE AS WELL AS SENATORS, THE COAST GUARD, AND WE’LL BE BRINGING YOU AN UPDATE ON WHAT HE HAS TO SAY A LITTLE LATER IN THE SHOW. AND OF COURSE TONIGHT. BUT EARLIER TODAY, A BIG DEVELOPMENT, THE NTSB, ALONG WITH THE COAST GUARD, RETRIEVED THAT DATA RECORDER. AND IT IS HOPED BY INVESTIGATORS THAT THAT WILL PROVIDE SOME CLUES AS TO WHAT HAPPENED BEFORE THIS CATASTROPHE. UNDERNEATH THE ABOUT TWO DOZEN NTSB INVESTIGATORS ARE ON SCENE, ALONG WITH THE FBI, TO FIND OUT EXACTLY WHAT CAUSED THE CARGO SHIP DOLLY TO APPARENTLY LOSE POWER AND CRASH INTO A PILLAR OF THE KEY BRIDGE, CAUSING IT TO CRUMBLE INTO THE PATAPSCO RIVER WITH SIX PRESUMED DEAD, WE WILL PROBABLY BE ON SCENE ABOUT 5 TO 10 DAYS. IT’S PRETTY COMPLEX. IT WAS A BIG, TRAGIC EVENT, ONE AREA INVESTIGATORS WILL PROBE WHETHER CONTAMINATED FUEL LED TO THE BLACKOUT RIGHT BEFORE THE INCIDENT EARLY TUESDAY MORNING, THE SHIP’S DATA RECORDER IS EXPECTED TO PROVIDE ANSWERS. WE’VE SENT THAT BACK TO OUR LAB AND WE HOPE TO BE ABLE TO SHARE A TIMELINE OF EVENTS THAT DID OCCUR BASED ON THAT DATA AND AND BE ABLE TO PROVIDE SOME SORT OF CONCRETE INFORMATION. RUSSIAN INVESTIGATORS WILL INTERVIEW THE PILOTS AND CREW. THE INVESTIGATION NOW IS INVOLVING EVERYBODY YOU KNOW FROM FEDERAL AUTHORITIES TO TO STATE AUTHORITIES. WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GET THE ANSWERS THAT WE’RE THAT WE’RE SEEKING IN THIS. THERE’S A SHIP APPROACHING AND JUST LOST THEIR STEERING. IF THIS MARKS THE WHOLE BRIDGE JUST FELL OUT. AUDIO FROM THE MARYLAND TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY REVEALS THE HARROWING MOMENTS BEFORE AND AFTER THE CARGO SHIP CRASHED INTO THE BRIDGE’S PILLAR, CAUSING IT TO BUCKLE, SENDING WORKERS PLUNGING INTO THE CHILLY RIVER. IT’S REALLY DEVASTATING AND HEARTBREAKING. AND AND MY HEART REALLY GOES OUT TO ALL THE FAMILIES. AND WE HAVE JUST LEARNED FROM STATE POLICE IN THAT PRESS CONFERENCE THAT RESCUE AND RECOVERY EFFORTS, THEY HAVE RECOVERED A TRUCK WITH TWO PEOPLE, TWO OF THE VICTIMS, TWO OF THE WORKERS THAT WERE ON THE BRIDGE WHEN IT DID COLLAPSE AND BUCKLE INTO THE RIVER HAVE BEEN RECOVERED INSIDE A TRUCK IN THE WATER BEHIND ME HERE BY THE RIVER IN BALTIMORE. WE’LL HAVE MORE, OF COURSE, ON THE UPDATE AND THIS PRESS CONFERENCE AS WE LEARN IT. BUT FOR NOW, I’M BARBARA BARR LIVE IN BALTIMORE. LORI, WE’RE GOING TO SEND IT BACK TO YOU. ALL RIGHT, BARBARA, THANK YOU. WITH THAT NEW INFORMATION JUST COMING INTO US WITH THOSE TWO PEOPLE NOW FOUND IN THAT TRUCK, OF COURSE, MUCH MORE. WE’RE GOING TO BE HEARING FROM OFFICIALS ON THE RECOVERY EFFORTS AS THEY DO CONTINUE FOR THAT PART OF THE STORY. LET’S GO TO THE SOUTH SIDE OF THIS BRIDGE. THAT’S WHERE WE PICK UP THE STORY WITH ANNE SHANNON ANNE. YEAH. LORI, THIS AREA OF THE BRIDGE HAS BEEN EXTREMELY BUSY BOTH YESTERDAY AND TODAY. IT’S KIND OF A THE ROAD TO THE STAGING AREA OF SORTS. WE HAVE SEEN FIRST RESPONDERS, WE HAVE SEEN EQUIPMENT AND WE HAVE SEEN INVESTIGATORS HEAD IN AND OUT HERE THROUGHOUT THE DAY. I PROMISE THESE FAMILIES A PROMISE TO FIND THE SIX MEN WHO ARE MISSING AND PRESUMED DEAD. AFTER THE FRANCIS SCOTT KEY BRIDGE COLLAPSE, THE MEN WERE PART OF A WORK CREW OF EIGHT WHO WERE FILLING POTHOLES OVERNIGHT WHEN THE CRASH HAPPENED, TWO WERE RESCUED, THE MEN WORKED FOR BRAWNER BUILDERS OUT OF HUNT VALLEY, MARYLAND. ITS OWNER CALLED THE MEN, WHO WERE FROM MEXICO, GUATEMALA AND HONDURAS, LOVED AND VALUED, ADDING, OUR COMPANY IS IN MOURNING OVER THE LOSS OF THESE FINE PEOPLE. BUT OF COURSE OUR SENSE OF LOSS CANNOT IN ANY WAY COMPARE TO WHAT THEIR FAMILIES ARE FEELING. NOW THAT WE’VE TRANSITIONED TO THE RECOVERY PHASE. MY PROMISE TO THEM IS THIS I WILL DEVOTE EVERY SINGLE RESOURCE TO MAKING SURE THAT YOU RECEIVE CLOSURE DIVE TEAMS FROM AROUND THE REGION SPENT THE DAY WORKING IN THE DANGEROUSLY COLD WATER THEY HAVE TO CAUTIOUSLY AND METHODICALLY DO WHAT THEY DO TO LOCATE THESE VEHICLES, AS WELL AS THE INDIVIDUALS. AND WE CONTINUE TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THESE INDIVIDUALS, THESE VICTIMS. ONE FAMILY MEMBER TELLS US THAT ONE OF THE VICTIMS, A 38 YEAR OLD, HAD TWO CHILDREN. THEY TELL US HE WAS ALWAYS HAPPY AND LOOKED FORWARD TO LATER IN LIFE. RETURNING TO HIS HOMELAND OF HONDURAS. WE DO EXPECT TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THOSE LIVES THAT WERE LOST IN THE HOURS AND DAYS TO COME. LORI. ALL RIGHT. ANNE. YEAH, MANY OF THEM COMING HERE TO OUR COUNTRY FOR A BETTER WAY OF LIFE. AND SAD TO HEAR NOW, WE HEARD THAT TWO PEOPLE HAVE BEEN RECOVERED FROM A TRUCK FROM THAT PRESS CONFERENCE THAT WAS JUST HELD. IN THE MEANTIME, THE MARYLAND’S GOVERNOR, OF COURSE, SAYING THAT THE COUNTRY REALLY IS RALLYING AROUND MARYLAND. HE SAYS THE PEOPLE UNDERSTAND THAT THE CLOSURE OF THIS PORT IS MORE THAN JUST. ABOUT MARYLAND. THIS PORT IS RESPONSIBLE FOR OVER 51 MILLION TONS OF FOREIGN CARGO. THAT’S THE LARGEST IN THE COUNTRY THAT FOR EVERYBODY WHO WAS BUYING CARS FOR EVERYBODY WHO WAS BUYING FARM EQUIPMENT, WE’RE THE LARGEST PORT IN THE COUNTRY THAT DOES THAT. SO THIS IS NOT JUST IMPACTING MARYLAND. THIS IS IMPACTING THAT FARMER IN KENTUCKY. IT’S IMPACTING THAT AUTO DEALER IN MICHIGAN. IMPACTING AN AWFUL LOT OF PEOPLE. THE ECONOMIC REPERCUSSIONS OF THIS ARE GOING TO BE FELT FOR QUITE SOME TIME. SO MUCH MORE STORIES WILL BE DONE ON THAT. BUT IN THE MEANTIME BALTIMORE STRONG THAT SAYING, BOY, IS THAT BEING TESTED. THESE PEOPLE HERE HAVE A LONG ROAD AHEAD OF THEM. IN THE DAYS AND WEEKS AND MONTHS TO COME, BUT HOPEFULLY THEY HAVE A LITTLE SOLACE KNOWING THAT THE NATION IS ALSO SUPPORTING THEM. OUR COVERAGE CAN CONTINUES LATER TONIGHT ON NEWS EIGHT AT TEN AND 11, WE DO EXPECT TO HEAR FROM THE NTSB, SO HOPEFULLY WE’LL GET AN UPDATE ON THEIR INVESTIGATION AS WELL FOR NOW. MICHAEL, SUSAN, BACK TO YOU. SO MANY PARTS AND PIECES ARE OUT. OUR HEARTS GO OUT TO EVERYONE INVOLVED AND OUR TEAM COVERAGE CONTINUES TONIGHT AT TEN AND 11. WILL BE LIVE FROM BALTIMORE FOLLOWING THE LATEST DEVELOPMENTS. YOU CAN ALSO GET UPDATES ANYTIME ON THE WGAL APP. THERE YOU CAN SEE MORE VIDEO AND FIND OUT WHAT WE’RE LEARNING ABOUT THE VICTIMS. MORE FALLOUT FROM THE CANCELLATION. OF THE DRAG QUEEN STORY HOUR OVER THE WEEKEND AT THE LANCASTER PUBLIC LIBRARY. THERE WAS A BIG TURNOUT AT TODAY’S COUNTY COMMISSIONERS MEETING. SINCE THAT CANCELLATION AND BOMB THREATS THAT WERE MADE ON SATURDAY, WGAL NEWS EIGHT’S ED WEINSTOCK JOINS US LIVE FROM THE COUNTY GOVERNMENT CENTER. YEAH, RIGHT OUTSIDE THE LANCASTER COUNTY GOVERNMENT CENTER. SUSAN, JUST UP THE STREET WHERE I AM, RIGHT NOW. AND THIS IS WHERE THE MEETING TOOK PLACE. THIS MORNING. THE LANCASTER COUNTY COMMISSIONERS. AND AS YOU’VE BEEN HEARING, THIS WAS A PACKED HOUSE WITH A LOT OF PEOPLE ON BOTH SIDES OF THE ISSUE OVER THE DRAG QUEEN STORY HOUR ISSUE. WELL, THE COMMISSIONERS HEARD PUBLIC COMMENT ABOUT THE CANCELLATION OF THE STORY HOUR AFTER THREATS WERE EMAILED TO BUSINESSES AND INDIVIDUALS AS A RESULT, TWO BLOCKS IN DOWNTOWN LANCASTER WERE EVACUATED. EXCUSE ME. EVACUATED? TWO REPUBLICAN COMMISSIONERS SAY THEY’VE TAKEN A LOT OF HEAT FROM THE COMMUNITY OVER THEIR OPPOSITION TO THE STORY HOUR. THE POLICE NEED TO WORK ON THE INVESTIGATION, AND MY HOPE AND EXPECTATION IS THEY’RE USING EVERY POSSIBLE ASSET AVAILABLE TO THEM BECAUSE IT IS A SIGNIFICANT CRIME, AND I HOPE THEY SOLVE IT VERY QUICKLY. THERE’S A REAL CONCERN IN THIS COMMUNITY ABOUT HAVING A PERFORMER WHO DOES ADULT ENTERTAINMENT TONIGHT COMING AND HAVING A STORY HOUR FOR KIDS. POLICE HERE IN LANCASTER CONTINUING TO INVESTIGATE THIS INCIDENT IN LANCASTER COUNTY, ED WEINSTOCK WGAL NEWS EIGHT. ALL RIGHT, ED, THANK YOU. WELL, TO LEBANON, WHERE A MAN WAS ARRESTED FOR A SHOOTING THAT WOUNDED ONE PERSON LAST NIGHT. 22 YEAR-OLD OCTAVIUS BURRIS IS CHARGED IN THE SHOOTING AT THE FAMILY DOLLAR STORE ON CUMBERLAND STREET. OFFICERS WERE CALLED TO THE STORE AROUND SIX LAST NIGHT FOR A REPORT OF SHOTS FIRED, BUT THEY SAY THAT THE VICTIM AND BURRIS WERE STILL INSIDE THE STORE. NOW, INVESTIGATORS SAY BURRIS AND THE VICTIM KNEW EACH OTHER, AND THE VICTIM IS EXPECTED TO MAKE A FULL RECOVERY. A PERRY COUNTY MAN IS CHARGED WITH SEXUAL ABUSE OF CHILDREN. 46 YEAR OLD JEROME BAUM WAS ARRESTED MARCH 20TH. JEREMY STATE POLICE SAY BAUM HAS BEEN IN CONTACT WITH MULTIPLE JUVENILES WHO HAVE REPORTED SEXUAL ASSAULT BY HIM. POLICE ARE ASKING IF ANYONE HAS COME IN CONTACT WITH BAUM OR IF THEY KNOW A POSSIBLE VICTIM TO CONTACT STATE POLICE IN NEWPORT. WELL, A BAN ON SELLING AND BUYING GUNS AND FIREARM PARTS WITHOUT SERIAL NUMBERS WAS PASSED BY THE PENNSYLVANIA HOUSE TODAY. NEWS EIGHT’S TOM LEHMAN HAS MORE ABOUT THE PROPOSED CRACKDOWN ON SO-CALLED GHOST GUNS. TOM. MICHAEL, WE’RE TALKING ABOUT FIREARMS THAT DON’T HAVE SERIAL NUMBERS. THEY’RE ASSEMBLED USING COMPONENTS THAT ARE PUT TOGETHER PRIVATELY, PERHAPS AT HOME, AND THEN THEY’RE NOT EASILY TRACEABLE TO THE PERSON WHO ORIGINALLY BOUGHT THEM. THE BILL ENDED UP PASSING ON NEARLY PARTY LINES, BUT THERE WAS PLENTY OF DEBATE. SUPPORTERS OF BANNING THE SALE AND PURCHASE OF GUNS AND PARTS WITHOUT SERIAL NUMBERS SAY NOT TAKING ACTION WILL ENABLE VIOLENT CRIMINALS WHO CAN’T SIMPLY BUY A GUN FROM A DEALER BECAUSE THEY WON’T PASS A BACKGROUND CHECK. DON’T PRINT IT IN YOUR BASEMENT. SELL IT ON THE BLACK MARKET BECAUSE YOU KNOW IT’S UNTRACEABLE AND THINK THAT’S COMMUNITY SAFETY. DON’T DO IT BECAUSE YOU THINK THAT’S WHAT THE FRAMERS OF THIS CONSTITUTION WANTED. ALL BUT ONE HOUSE DEMOCRAT VOTED FOR THE PROPOSED LAW, WHICH WOULD HIT VIOLATORS WITH A FELONY OFFENSE. IT’S ALL GOES BACK TO LAW ENFORCEMENT’S ABILITY TO INVESTIGATE AND MAKE SURE WE CATCH PERPETRATORS WHO ARE COMMITTING CRIMES WITH GUNS. PERIOD. POINT BLANK. BUT REPUBLICANS ARGUED THE BILL MAY INFRINGE UPON FIREARM AND PROPERTY RIGHTS. WHAT THEY SAY IS IN THE BILL IS ACTUALLY NOT WHAT HAPPENS. AND THE WORDING IS VERY IMPORTANT. ADDITIONALLY, IT’S ALREADY ILLEGAL TO SELL A FIREARM THAT WOULD BE MADE IN IN THE WAY THAT THEY ARE TRYING TO GO AFTER. SO WHAT WHAT WE REALLY HAVE IS A CASE OF THE EXISTING LAWS NEED TO BE ENFORCED. NOW, THIS LEGISLATION BUILDS OFF EFFORTS BY THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION TO TRY TO BRING THESE SO-CALLED GHOST GUNS UNDER SOME OF THE SCRUTINY THAT WE SEE WITH FIREARMS AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL THAT ARE USUALLY LEGALLY PURCHASED BY A DEALER, FOR INSTANCE. BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, THIS BILL IS NOW GOING TO HEAD OVER TO THE STATE SENATE, WHICH IS CONTROLLED BY REPUBLICANS, WHO MAY NOT BE ALL THAT KEEN TO TAKE UP THE MEASURE. A SPOKESWOMAN FOR THE SENATE REPUBLICAN CAUCUS SAID THAT THE LEADER POINTED OUT THERE ARE PLENTY OF FIREARM RESTRICTIONS AND LAWS ON THE BOOKS ALREADY IN HARRISBURG. TOM LEHMAN, WGAL NEWS EIGHT. A GROUP OF LAWMAKERS WANTS TO MAKE SURE THAT VETERANS GET THE BENEFITS THAT THEY’RE ELIGIBLE FOR. A HOUSE RESOLUTION CALLS FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A PENNSYLVANIA TASK FORCE ON AGENT ORANGE AND OTHER TOXINS. THE GOAL IS TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO BEST CONNECT VETS FROM ANY ERA WITH THEIR BENEFITS. THE HOUSE PASSED THE RESOLUTION. WE OWE THEM NOT ONLY OUR GRATITUDE AND OUR RESPECT, BUT AN ONGOING COMMITMENT TO HONOR THEIR SERVICE BY CARING FOR THEM AND FOR THEIR FAMILIES, PARTICULARLY WHEN THEY WERE HARMED. AS A RESULT OF THAT SERVICE. IN THE CASE OF AGENT ORANGE AND OTHER TOXINS, THE HARMS TO THEM AND EVEN TO THEIR FAMILIES MAY NOT BE KNOWN UNTIL YEARS OR EVEN DECADES LATER. THE GROUP ALSO SUPPORTS A RESOLUTION DESIGNATING MARCH 29TH VIETNAM VETERANS DAY IN PENNSYLVANIA. IT’S ALREADY NATIONAL RECOGNIZED. THE RESOLUTION ALSO PASSED THE HOUSE. COMING UP NEXT, FOR MANY PEOPLE, THERE, SMARTPHONE IS A LIFELINE CONTAINING PERSONAL INFORMATION LIKE BANK ACCOUNT NUMBERS AND DIGITAL WALLETS. THAT’S WHY SCAMMERS HAVE FOUND NEW WAYS TO HIJACK YOUR PHONE AND YOUR NUMBER. I’M ON YOUR SIDE WITH HOW TO SPOT THE SCAM COMING UP NEXT, AND A SLOW MOVING COLD FRONT WORKING THROUGH THE VALLEY, KEEPING THINGS UNSETTLED FOR OUR WEDNESDAY EVENING, WE CAN SEE THAT RAIN CONTINUING TO WORK TOWARD THE EAST, BUT WE’RE EXPECTING ANOTHER AREA OF LOW PRESSURE TO KEEP THE RAIN CHANCES AROUND. WE’LL TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT HOW LONG THEY DO LINGER THROUGHOUT THE AREA, AND WHEN THE SUHINE R