now the time serfaty in washington in this is cnn property. now, breaking news and active search by air land, and sea for at least six people missing after a major baltimore bridge was rammed by a cargo ship and collapsed into the water cnn tbs are on the scene as the rescue operation and the investigation unfold. also tonight, most of the us supreme court appeared skeptical about imposing a nationwide abortion pill ban. we re breaking down the oral arguments and the justices questions in the most significant abortion case since roe versus wade was overturned. and the judge in donald trump s hush money case just imposed a gag order on the former president as the criminal trial is set to begin in less than three weeks, the judge blasted trump for his history of making threats and personal attacks against jurors. and court officials welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world i m wolf blitzer, a urine the situation room the skis, cnn, breaking news
to our viewers here in the united states and around the world i m wolf blitzer, a urine the situation room the skis, cnn breaking news tonight, federal and local authorities say the investigation into the baltimore bridge collapse is getting underway, but they re first priority right now is the search for the missing cnsp been team is in baltimore following this breaking story for us, pete, where does this search and rescue operation stand this hour? wolff were about one hour till sunset here in baltimore, which will no doubt complicate the search and rescue operation here, we know from officials that 22 members of the crew of mv dolly are safe, but six crew who were onboard the key bridge are still missing tonight. they were repairing potholes and doing deck repair work. and that is so significant because the search and rescue operation continues and they had maybe only seconds warning before disaster here tonight, the catastrophic collision and bridge collapse outside o
the value of this corrupt is the meeting cannot be overstated. this theme cooked up by these men could very well be what got trump elected. tonight, rachel maddow recaps the arguments with lawrence o donnell, jen psaki, andrew weissmann, lisa rubin, and katie phang who were all inside the courthouse. and nicolle wallace, chris hayes, joy reid, ari melber, and stephanie ruhle is special coverage of trump on trial begins. , now. thank you for joining us tonight. we know you have every option in the world for where to follow the news of this remarkable moment in american history. it makes us all the more glad you are with us. i am rachel maddow and i am here with the great chris hayes and nicole wallace. the one and only lawrence o donnell who was in the courtroom today in the closing arguments in the hush money, former president donald trump, lawrence will join us in a moment. he is still down at the courthouse it will join us as soon as he can get to a camera which w
what is acceptable from a political candidate in one of america s two political parties when it comes to inciting threats of violence. an urgent plea today from manhattan district attorney alvin bragg to keep in place the gag order against trump. prosecutors asking judge juan merchan to extend much of the gag order imposed on the ex-president in that hush money election interference case. bragg s team argues that merchan no longer needs to enforce the ban on statements about trial witnesses, but they do ask that the gag order remain in place when it comes to jurors, prosecutors, court staff, and their families. they note that trump s request to lift the gag order is filled with what we on this program might describe as nonsense. quote, the people note that defendant s motion once again includes a number of categorically false accusations. for example, the defendant claims that the d.a. is acting in concert with the defendant s electoral opponent and unspecified cast of associ