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Maryland officials went to Capitol Hill on Tuesday to lobby for more funding to rebuild Baltimore's Key Bridge. CBS News congressional correspondent Nikole Killion explains what's standing in the way.
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Maryland officials went to Capitol Hill on Tuesday to lobby for more funding to rebuild Baltimore's Key Bridge. CBS News congressional correspondent Nikole Killion explains what's standing in the way.
The Arizona Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled an abortion ban from 1864 can be enforced. Robert Costa, CBS News chief election and campaign correspondent, and Daniella Diaz, Politico congressional correspondent, join "America Decides" to examine how the decision could impact the 2024 U.S. elections.
Lawmakers will once again try to come to a compromise on aid money for Ukraine as they return from a two-week recess this week. CBS News congressional correspondent Scott MacFarlane has more on what's on the docket for Congress.
Crews are facing daunting challenges in reopening the Port of Baltimore following the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge. Meanwhile, a federal program is offering loans to small businesses impacted by the disaster. CBS News senior transportation correspondent Kris Van Cleave has more.
Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott announced $1 million in wage subsidies for workers and businesses impacted by the closure of the Port of Baltimore in the wake of last week's bridge collapse. CBS News senior transportation correspondent Kris Van Cleave has more.
Crews in Baltimore opened a second, temporary channel Tuesday to help with wreckage removal and allow small boats to bypass the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse site. CBS News senior transportation correspondent Kris Van Cleave has the details.
The race to clear the debris from the Francis Scott Key Bridge and reopen the Port of Baltimore continues, as two emergency channels have been opened to allow smaller ships to enter. Local businesses that relied on the nearby port workers, meanwhile, are feeling the effects too. Kris Van Cleave reports.
Work on two more alternate channels to the Port of Baltimore is underway after the first temporary passageway was established for smaller vessels Monday. It's been one week since the deadly collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge closed shipping traffic to the port. CBS News Baltimore investigative reporter Mike Hellgren has more.
Smaller vessels are passing around the wreckage of last week's deadly bridge collapse and entering the Port of Baltimore after officials opened a temporary shipping lane. CBS News' Nicole Sganga has the latest on the salvage efforts to clear the debris.
Crews are taking significant steps to reopen the Port of Baltimore after last week's deadly Key Bridge collapse. CBS News homeland security and justice reporter Nicole Sganga has the latest. Then, Biden senior adviser Tom Perez joins to discuss the federal response.
Officials have peeled open a temporary passageway to let smaller vessels cross the section of the Patapsco River once spanned by the Francis Scott Key Bridge. CBS News homeland security and justice reporter Nicole Sganga has more.
Maryland Gov. Wes Moore said divers at the site of the Baltimore bridge collapse can't see more than a foot or two in front of them because the water in the Patapsco River is so murky. The governor also said a temporary southwest channel is expected to open in the coming days.
Officials are opening alternate channels to the Port of Baltimore Monday so ships can get past the wreckage of last week's bridge collapse. A captain for the U.S. Coast Guard says the two auxiliary channels will be used by response vessels, commercially essential ships and those participating in salvage efforts. CBS News' Nicole Sganga has more.
Crews have taken major steps toward reopening Baltimore's port after the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse last week. Workers have begun cutting the bridge into pieces and have removed tons of debris in what is now a 24/7 operation. CBS News' Nicole Sganga and CBS News Baltimore reporter Alexus Davila have more.
The Biden administration said Thursday it approved $60 million in immediate federal aid to help in the aftermath of the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse.
Crews began cutting through steel beams as cranes prepared to lift debris from the collapsed Francis Scott Key bridge off the cargo ship that brought it down. The cleanup effort is key to reopening the port of Baltimore. Nicole Sganga has the latest.
A complicated cleanup operation is underway in Baltimore as crews begin removing tons of wreckage from what used to be the Francis Scott Key Bridge. CBS News senior transportation correspondent Kris Van Cleave has the details.
A U.K. war monitor says Israeli airstrikes killed 44 people near the Syrian city of Aleppo early Friday. Human rights groups have called it the deadliest attack in Syria in years. CBS News national security contributor Sam Vinograd joins with analysis.
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is leading the cleanup effort following the collapse of Baltimore's Francis Scott Key Bridge. Kris Van Cleave got an inside look at the operation.
Could anything have been done to prevent the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge? Investigators say the bridge did have some kind of impact protection, but CBS News has learned that a majority of U.S. bridges do not. Stephen Stock has more.
Maryland Gov. Wes Moore and other officials gave an update Friday on the Key Bridge collapse, announcing the U.S. Navy is supplying four heavy lift cranes to help clear the wreckage. The governor emphasized the "mission isn't just about Maryland" because the economic impacts affect the entire U.S. as the port of Baltimore is responsible for more cars and farm equipment than any other port in the country.
Cleanup efforts are underway at the site of Tuesday's Baltimore bridge collapse. The largest crane on the Eastern Seaboard arrived for use on Friday. Three heavy lift vessels will also help clear the wreckage in the water and reopen the Port of Baltimore as quickly as possible. CBS News senior transportation reporter Kris Van Cleave has more.
Eight construction workers were filling potholes on Baltimore's Francis Scott Key Bridge when it collapsed early Tuesday morning. Only two workers survived. The tragedy is bringing awareness to the dangers highway construction crews face on the job. Stacy Tetschner, the president and CEO of the American Traffic Safety Services Association, joined CBS News to discuss.
Carlos Alexis, the brother of Baltimore bridge collapse victim Maynor Yassir Suazo Sandoval, speaks to CBS News about his family's heartbreaking loss. "If I'd have known, I would not have let him go to work," Alexis said. CBS News' Camilo Montoya-Galvez brings us his story.
Overnight, the largest crane on the eastern seaboard arrived at the site of the bridge collapse in Baltimore to help lift debris from the water. Officials say the section of the bridge trapping the cargo ship weighs between 3,000 and 4,000 tons.