submerged vehicle, but that the remainder in other vehicles are likely beyond recovery we have exhausted all search efforts and the areas around this this wreckage and based on sonar scans, we firmly believe but the vehicles are encased in the superstructure and concrete that we tragically saw it come down they also went on to say that conditions for divers under the water simply just too dangerous. so this is no longer recovery operation, he said, but its salvage effort and without divers right now in the water again, we re waiting for the ntsb to start a press conference. we expect that any moment while we re waiting, want to bring in cnn s brian todd, who joins us from the scene with more on what has developed over the last 24 hours. so what are authorities saying tonight about the collapse? well, anderson to reiterate what you just mentioned, that was the main piece of news today. the maryland superintendent of the maryland state police, colonel rolling butler, saying
vehicle, what we believe are the vehicles divers were no longer avril, able to safely navigate or operate around that we have exhausted all search efforts in the areas around this this wreckage. and based on sonar scans, we firmly believe that the vehicles are encased in the superstructure and concrete that we tragically saw it come down at this point as this moves to a salvage recovery effort the maryland state police will continue to support the unified command as the salvage assessment phase takes place. and the us coast guard will review additional additional information regarding what to expect and possibly how long this could take but i ll tell you now there s no definitive timeline on this please be patient please keep the family members in mind. in coordination with our fbi partners we ve determined the countries of origin of those that are presumed deceased to be mexico what the mala el salvador and honduras the notifications. so these individuals, family m
thanks very much for watching. i m wolf blitzer in the situation room. the news continues on cnn right now i ll front next a breaking news officials just announcing they have recovered the bodies of to men were on the francis scott key bridge when it collapsed. new details as well on the two survivors. and also the investigation is outfront shows you what happened on the ship in the moments before impact. plus mike lindell is mine hello evicted. reportedly tossed out of his warehouse for not paying rent as he s also forced to pay legal bills tied to trump s election lies tonight. it s not the only trump ally facing a reckoning closet more breaking news this our joe lieberman dead, the age of 82 after a fall in new york. a long time senders last mission before he passed asked to a third candidate who could you not? this country. let s go out for good evening, america hill in for erin burnett outfront tonight, breaking news officials revealing they have now recovere
trying to wait us out. we will be here as long as it takes. i think that is the view of these two principals, these two presidents. interestingly, of course, they re under pressure from their parties and the opposing parties most certainly. you get the impression that what they re trying to do is cognizant of the fact that they might be voted out, they re trying to frontload as much as possible and make things like once you ve given ukraine a number of f-16s and the way to support them, that s not something that a next administration can reel back, like you can undo an executive order. a lot to watch for in that two and two. clear both leaders fond of each other. we ll see what it means when it comes to democracy and the war in korean in ukraine. thank you so much. right now, donald trump and a small group of his aides are huddling at his club in bedminster, new jersey. there are more advisers who are expected to join him there in the coming days. and his team has als
of mar-a-lago. but they chose to do that only in recent weeks, which tells us a lot. it tells us they are near a decision to bring possible charges against the former president. obviously, jack smith, the special counsel, works under attorney general merrick garland, who could at the last minute decide to intervene. but what this tells us a lot and the reason why you see the trump lawyers very concerned is that this signals that the special counsel is heading towards an indictment and the question is when that indictment might come, who else might be under it, and certainly the former president should believe that, you know, at this point he has the option to go to the prosecutors and say he wants to speak to the grand jury to present his own evidence and to try to persuade them at the last minute that they should not bring that case. we do not expect that donald trump will do that, jake. no, we don t. katelyn, the special counsel s enlisted a second grand jury, this one in