for days, machines could dredge but nobody commands the tide. sunday night offered a high water mark and an opportunity to refloat the stricken ship. the tugboats pushing with all their might. finally, monday, 11:00 a.m. local time, movement. the engines revved. the tide began to float the ever given, the stern was lifted, pushed 50 meters toward the center of the canal. the bow freed a little from its entrenchment in the clay bank. but again by midmorning, the tide was going out. one more great tug was needed, and by a quarter past 3:00 local time, she comes free from the shore. the ever given was guided away. it leaves an almighty bottleneck in its wake. billions of dollars of cargo stranded on the ships all backed up and waiting. in three days or 3 1/2 days, i
might make up for the loss, osama says. we ll work around the clock until we get the ships through. time, of course, money for the shipping companies waiting to get goods through what should be a shortcut from the mediterranean sea to the indian ocean. the ever given now taken to a place called the great bitter lake where it will wait to be deemed sea worthy. a joyous farewell to a ship that could continue to fuel much bitterness as an investigation gets set to determine who foots the bill for this great big blunder. ben wedeman, cnn. thanks to ben wedeman. president biden is warning americans not to let their guard down on the pandemic. we have the bottom line of what that means, next. to prove our aa battery is the world s longest-lasting, we tested it against our competitor s best battery. (meowing) (clicking) and energizer ultimate lithium wins again!
of yemen s needs, and now in the first quarter of 2021, we are receiving only 8% of what yemen would need under normal conditions. reporter: cnn has now independently verified that three of the four tankers that have been allowed to berth at hodeidah are carrying fuel and gas intended for a small number of private companies. the thuraya is the only ship carrying fuel for the public sector, but its supply accounts for what the public sector would use in less than ten days. translator: of the four ships that have been released, only thuraya is for public consumption. but it only covers 8% of the country s needs for the first quarter of 2021. reporter: that s barely enough to cover the needs of the country s health care sector, which is already facing the threat of near total collapse. there are more vessels still waiting for approval to enter this port. it s unclear if or when these
laura? ben, so great to have you there for us. really appreciate it. thanks. all right. so the ever given is freed but the backlog is coming to a gas station or big box store near you. think higher prices for gas and shortages of toilet paper and instant coffee. it will take months to straighten out disrupted supply chains once these ships are to move. 12% of global trade passes through the size. maersk said it had 29 vessels waiting to get into the canal, it redirected more than a dozen vessels. that adds days and dollars. maersk told customers it will take six or more days to clear the backlog. containers full of oil, car parts, instant coffee, all clogged here. we will be right back. lactaid is 100% real milk, just without the lactose. so you can enjoy it even if you re sensitive. yet some say it isn t real milk.
starting gun for what is expected to be months of negotiations on capitol hill between the white house, democrats and some republicans as well, but it will be the start making clear the biden team s next big agenda item will be infrastructure and it will be big. phil mattingly, cnn, the white house. after nearly a week-long saga the ever given cargo ship is free and the suez canal is back in business. the ship was blocking the canal s water way and it took a massive international effort to free it. cnn s ben wedeman takes a look at the events leading up to this dramatic rescue mission. reporter: at last the ever given is on the move again. it took a flotilla of tugboats and a massive dredging effort to free the container ship from the suez canal. the sal line of scrimmage team was able to shift the stern in