the impact. this extremely dangerous hurricane is now a category 2 storm and expected to intensify. one of the greatest threats is a storm surge. perhaps it s 15 feet high in florida s big bend region. officials there say it could be a once in a lifetime event. florida s governor warning that now is the time to get out. mandatory evacuations are under way in county after county. thousands of national guard members have been activated. we are monitoring it all. i m kaitlan collins, and this is the source. hurricane idalia is intensifying very rapidly tonight, now packing winds of 105 miles per hour. the eye of the hurricane is now 155 miles or so southwest of tampa and moving north. it is expected to slam into florida as a category 3 storm by early tomorrow. governor ron desantis is warning everywhere in the big bend area that they are going to see a storm surge and now is the time to get out. officials in taylor county, which is southeast of tallahassee, say that the surge
the mission is intense to recover six people who went into the patapsco river in baltimore, maryland. for all those families and loved ones for closure, this mission again is as intense as ever. a container ship lost power and propulsion before slamming into the francis scott key bridge and it happened around 1:30 in the morning yesterday. the bridge plunged, toppled, fell into 48-degree water. people on the bridge, cars on the bridge going into the river bringing several cars again with it. six construction workers presumed dead. maryland governor wes moore says this about the impact of the tragedy. it is breathtaking. that s not the baltimore skyline that i know. i know that in addition to my heart going out to these families, i know this was not what they expected when family members left that night to go to work, i know we owe it to the people of this city and the people of this state to get this fixed and to get it done. harris: and we owe it to everybody to know wha
how a made a call just seconds before impact, save lives and the search for six people still unaccounted for. now, presumed that also tonight, a new york judge has now issued a limited gag order. again, and it s trump. he can still attack the district attorney who s already got death threats against him, but he can t go after witnesses prosecutors, or jurors, and a day after homeland security officers rated two of his mansions and senior law enforcement tells a source tells us sean diddy combs is a target of the investigation and he s just responded to the news. good evening. thanks for joining us. it is a grim night on the waters outside baltimore. take a look at live pictures where the francis scott key bridge, key bridge should be and where the container ship dali or any large vessel should never be just moments ago, the coast guard suspended the search for survivors. it was 01:28 a.m. early in the morning that the bridge collapsed the whole well now start, sorry, whoeve
collapsed as we ve been telling you all morning long, this is the moment that the francis scott key bridge plunged into the potassium river in baltimore piece-by-piece taking with it a number of vehicles and people, six people are missing at this hour after a huge container ships slammed into a column supporting the bridge a short time ago, maryland official said the crew warned it was having power issues before the collision. two people have been rescued from the 48 degree water. one person seriously injured. this is the emergency dispatch call to the first responders as they were in route to the listen he. advised the entire bridge entire cambridge in the harbor advise again, the entire team bridge has fallen into the harbor all. right cnn s bryan todd and pete muntean join me now. brian, i know it s been about 9.5 hours since the collision where are you right now? it looks like you might be on a boat somewhere near the collapsed bridge. can you tell us where to things
are still missing. you were describing just how understandably emotional they are with so many questions not a lot of information, in fact, really none out of that press conference. what are they saying to you now yeah. you re not wrong, jessica, especially about the spill, lack of information from the press comments. i just concluded, but boris highlighted that line that the main focus is still on the family and the people and they did emphasize that while it s not the ntsb s priority, we re hearing and seeing the coast guard helicopter was up there. they re still at this point searching for some of those people believed to be missing in the area behind me. but you re right. just got i had a chance to speak with a number of people who say that they had immediate family members on that bridge behind me earlier this morning when it ultimately collapsed those family members very distressed, very upset, as you can imagine, still hoping for more information. let me tell you a l