NOW ON WLWT NEWS FIVE TODAY...RAIN ROLLING IN ON THE WLWT LIVE RADAR. I'M TRACKING WHEN YOU CAN EXPECT TO HAVE SOME STRONG WIND TODAY, RAIN ROLLING IN ON THE LIVE RADAR. I’M TRACKING WHEN YOU EXPECT TO HAVE SOME STRONG WIND GUSTS AND A LITTLE THUNDER AND LIGHTNING. TODAY. AND A LOOK AHEAD TO OUR HOUR BY HOUR OUTLOOK ON OPENING DAY AND SHOCKING IMAGES FROM BALTIMORE THIS MORNING. YES, THAT JUST HAPPENED WITHIN THE LAST FIVE HOURS OF A MAJOR BRIDGE COLLAPSING, SPARKING A LARGE RESCUE EFFORT THAT’S UNDERWAY RIGHT NOW. DETAILS ABOUT WHAT WE’RE SEEING AS THE EMERGENCY CREWS RESPOND AND TODAY, THE SUPREME COURT WILL HEAR ARGUMENTS CHALLENGING THE APPROVAL OF THE COMMONLY USED ABORTION PILL FOR PRESTON, HOW THEIR RULING COULD IMPACT ACCESS TO THE DRUG. THIS IS WHAT WLWT NEWS FIVE TODAY, LEADING THE WAY, AND WE ARE TRACKING RAIN ON THE RADAR AS YOU START YOUR TUESDAY. GOOD MORNING TO YOU. I’M MEGAN MITCHELL AND I’M KELLY RIPPIN METEOROLOGIST RANDI RICO GIVING US THE DETAILS ON ALL THAT GREENE THROUGHOUT GREATER CINCINNATI. WHO IS SEEING THE MOST OF IT? RIGHT NOW AND HOW LONG IT’S GOING TO HANG AROUND? YOU’VE GOT RAIN IN THE FORECAST OFF AND ON ALL DAY, I WOULD SAY BY ABOUT 7 OR 8:00 TONIGHT. MOST TOWNS ARE DONE WITH IT AS WE TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT’S GOING ON HERE, THOUGH, AT 5:00 THIS MORNING, PRETTY STEADY RAIN SHOWERS FOR MOST OF GREATER CINCINNATI. A LITTLE BREAK IN THE ACTION BACK INTO SOUTHEASTERN INDIANA. BUT YOU CAN SEE OVER THE LAST HOUR OR SO THAT BACK EDGE SLIDING FROM WEST TO EAST AND NOW APPROACHING THE OHIO INDIANA STATE LINE. BUT YOU’RE LOOKING AT STEADY RAIN SHOWERS IN THROUGH HAMILTON COUNTY RIGHT NOW. MORE MODERATE ON THE WEST SIDE VERSUS THE EAST SIDE. AND ALSO THERE ALONG THE SOUTHERN STRETCHES OF THE 275 LOOP INTO NORTHERN PORTIONS OF KENTON COUNTY, UP INTO BUTLER COUNTY. STEADY RAIN SHOWERS, MORE OF THE SAME INTO WARREN COUNTY AS WELL. MAYBE A LITTLE POCKET OF SLIGHTLY HEAVIER RAIN ROLLING UP 71 BETWEEN LEBANON AND WILMINGTON, AND SOME STEADIER, HEAVIER RAIN SOUTH OF NEW MARKET. AS WE GO THROUGH THE MORNING, PLAN ON WET WEATHER FOR THE MORNING RUSH, IT WILL LET UP FOR US TOWARD THE MID TO LATE MORNING HOURS, AND THEN COME BACK AGAIN AS WE GET INTO THE AFTERNOON. YOU CAN SEE RIGHT NOW BOONE AND KENTON COUNTY IS SPECIFICALLY FROM UNION AND THROUGH BURLINGTON, FLORENCE INTO TAYLOR MILL, LOOKING AT A MORE MODERATE RAIN. AND THIS RAIN ALSO COMES WITH GUSTY WINDS. YOU CAN SEE THE WINDS STARTING TO PICK UP, ESPECIALLY WEST OF CINCINNATI, SO WET AND WINDY TO START THE DAY. THAT’S WHY TODAY’S A WEATHER IMPACT DAY PLAN ON RAIN FOR THE MORNING RUSH. A LITTLE BREAK TOWARD MIDDAY INTO THE AFTERNOON, BUT A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS RUMBLING THROUGH THIS EVENING. I’LL HAVE THE HOUR BY HOUR OUTLOOK FOR ALL OF THAT. AND OF COURSE, LOOK AHEAD TO OPENING DAY IN JUST A COUPLE OF MINUTES. BUT LET’S GET OVER TO KATIE DONOVAN. WE DO HAVE A CRASH IN KENTUCKY TO TALK ABOUT. YES, ABSOLUTELY. SO RAIN LIKELY GOING TO BE CAUSING SOME ISSUES ON THE ROADWAYS FOR DRIVERS THIS MORNING. ALREADY SLOW GOING, BUT ESPECIALLY SO AT 71 WHERE IT MEETS 75. IT’S GOING TO BE IN THE NORTHBOUND LANES. YOU CAN SEE ONE POLICE CAR ON SCENE HERE ON THE RAMP WHERE 71 CONNECTS TO 75. THAT’S GOING TO BE NEAR THE SPLIT. TRAFFIC IS GETTING BY AGAIN IN ONE LANE, BUT WE HAVE REPORTS OF A FLIPPED SEMI HERE. SO WE’RE NOT LOOKING AT A CLOSURE ANYMORE, BUT DEFINITELY SLOWER TRAFFIC IN THIS AREA. WE DID LEARN THAT THERE WERE NO INJURIES, NO TRANSPORTATION. SO THAT IS A GOOD THING HERE. BUT THIS IS GOING TO BE CAUSING A HEADACHE HERE AT LEAST UNTIL THEY CAN CLEAR THAT UP. YOU CAN SEE SOME VERY STEADY RAIN IN THAT AREA. AND THEN THROUGH THE 275 LOOP ROADS, LOOKING A LITTLE BIT SLOWER HERE, ESPECIALLY ON THOSE SECONDARY STREETS, LIKELY AGAIN JUST BECAUSE OF THE WEATHER. 275 WEST ALSO RUNNING A LITTLE BIT SLOW AS YOU HEAD OUT TOWARDS THE AIRPORT THIS MORNING. WE’RE GOING TO KEEP YOU UPDATED ON THIS 7175 CRASH. BUT RIGHT NOW EVERYTHING LOOKING PRETTY NORMAL. OUTSIDE OF THAT, MEGAN KELLY. ALL RIGHT KATIE THANK YOU. WE HAVE BREAKING NEWS THIS MORNING A MASSIVE SEARCH AND RESCUE MISSION HAPPENING RIGHT NOW AFTER A PARTIAL BRIDGE COLLAPSE IN MARYLAND. THE VIDEO IS CRAZY. IT WAS CAUGHT ON CAMERA. WE ARE WARNING YOU THAT WE’RE GOING TO SHOW YOU SOME OF THAT VIDEO HERE IN JUST A MOMENT. OF COURSE, WE DON’T KNOW EXACTLY WHAT THE FALLOUT FROM THIS WILL BE JUST YET. SO WE HAPPEN ABOUT 1:00 THIS MORNING IN THE MARYLAND AREA. THE MARYLAND TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY SAYS THE SHIP HIT THE BRIDGE, CAUSING IT TO COLLAPSE. THE SCENE IS CURRENTLY ACTIVE, SO HERE IS THAT INITIAL VIDEO. LOOK OFF TO THE BOTTOM LEFT SCREEN. A LARGE SHIP CRASHED INTO PARTS OF THE BRIDGE, CAUSING THE BRIDGE TO COLLAPSE THERE AND THERE ARE MULTIPLE VEHICLES THAT WERE ON THE BRIDGE. THEY FELL INTO THE PATAPSCO RIVER. NOW WE’RE ONLY SHOWING A PORTION OF THIS CLIP BEFORE THE ENTIRE BRIDGE FALLS IN. MAYOR BRANDON SCOTT AND THE BALTIMORE COUNTY EXECUTIVE HAVE BOTH SAID RESCUE EFFORTS ARE UNDERWAY. I MEAN, THE VIDEO IS JUST INSANE TO SEE. WE ARE TOLD AT LEAST SEVEN PEOPLE ARE BELIEVED TO POTENTIALLY BE IN THE WATER. YEAH, AND JUST TO GIVE YOU A BETTER IDEA OF WHERE THIS IS AND WHERE WE’RE TALKING ABOUT THE FRANCIS SCOTT KEY BRIDGE CARRIES TRAFFIC FROM INTERSTATE 695 OVER ONE OF THE MANY AREAS OF WALTER OF WATER IN BALTIMORE. NOW, NOW, THAT BRIDGE WAS BUILT IN 1977. IT’S ABOUT 40 ISH YEARS AGO. SO HERE’S A LIVE LOOK FROM THE AIR IN BALTIMORE. NOW, WE HAVE SEEN A LOT OF LIGHTS OF FIRST RESPONDERS. OBVIOUSLY, IT’S STILL VERY EARLY MORNING, SO IT’S VERY DARK OUT THERE. IT’S HARD TO SEE. SO WE ARE TOLD SEVEN PEOPLE, MULTIPLE VEHICLES IN THE WATER. WHEN THAT BRIDGE COLLAPSED. SEARCH AND RESCUE EFFORTS ARE UNDERWAY THIS MORNING. AGAIN THIS IS JUST OUTSIDE OF BALTIMORE. WE’LL KEEP YOU UPDATED WITH LIVE PICTURES. ANY DEVELOPMENTS AS WE GET IT THROUGH THE MORNING. BUT AGAIN, A SHIP CRASHED INTO THE FRANCIS SCOTT KEY BRIDGE OUTSIDE OF BALTIMORE, AND RESCUE EFFORTS ARE NOW UNDERWAY. THAT IS WILD. WE’LL KEEP YOU UPDATED. HAPPENING TODAY, THE U.S. SUPREME COURT SAID TO HEAR ARGUMENTS IN A CASE THAT COULD BRING SOME MORE MAJOR CHANGES TO ABORTION ACCESS. THIS COMES TWO YEARS AFTER THE HIGH COURT OVERTURNED ROE V WADE, CLEARING THE WAY FOR BANS AND SEVERE RESTRICTIONS ON ABORTIONS. NOW, TODAY, THE JUSTICES WILL HEAR ORAL ARGUMENTS IN A CASE THAT COULD DECIDE WHETHER MIFEPRISTONE, ONE OF THE TWO DRUGS USED IN MEDICATION ABORTION, WILL REMAIN EASILY ACCESSIBLE. CRITICS WANT TO STOP THE DRUG FROM BEING PRESCRIBED ONLINE AND DELIVERED BY MAIL, EVEN IN STATES WHERE ABORTION REMAINS LEGAL. THE COURT IS EXPECTED TO MAKE A DECISION BY LATE JUNE 506. MEANWHILE, THE SUPREME COURT, REFUSING TO HEAR A FORMER COVINGTON CATHOLIC STUDENT’S CASE AGAINST SEVERAL MAJOR NEWS OUTLETS. NICHOLAS SANDMANN WENT VIRAL AFTER AN ENCOUNTER WITH A NATIVE AMERICAN ACTIVIST IN WASHINGTON, D.C., BACK IN 2019. SINCE THEN, HE HAS SUED SEVERAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR LIBEL, INCLUDING THE NEW YORK TIMES, CBS, ABC, AND ROLLING STONE FOR THEIR REPORTING ON THIS VIDEO. IN 2022, A FEDERAL JUDGE IN KENTUCKY DISMISSED THE SUIT. THE HIGH COURT’S DOCKET SHOWS THE MEDIA OUTLETS WAIVE THE RIGHT TO RESPOND TO SANDMANN’S FILING IN JANUARY. THE COURT’S REFUSAL TO HEAR THE CASE MEANS THAT CASE DOES REMAIN DISMISSED. A MONTGOMERY COUNTY MAN FACING CHARGES IN CONNECTION WITH THAT CHAIN REACTION CRASH THAT LEFT A SEMI DANGLING OVER LOUISVILLE’S CLARK MEMORIAL BRIDGE, POLICE SAY. 33 YEAR-OLD TREVOR BRANHAM WAS SPEEDING AND WEAVING IN AND OUT OF TRAFFIC WHEN HE CRASHED INTO A STALLED CAR AND HIS TRUCK THEN CROSSED INTO THE NORTHBOUND LANES AND HIT A SYSCO TRUCK. THE SEMI CAB AND PART OF THE TRAILER WAS HANGING OVER THE EDGE. WATCHING THAT RESCUE WAS PRETTY CRAZY STUFF. LOUISVILLE FIRE RESCUED THE DRIVER AND BRANHAM IS NOW CHARGED WITH WANTON ENDANGERMENT AN