cnn breaking news good morning everyone i m kasie hunt live, in washington dc we begin this hour with major breaking news overnight. a bridge in baltimore collapsing after it was hit by a large container ship. video from a livestream shows the moment of impact with the francis scott key bridge. that is the belly container ship you can see the bridge crumble into the water. this happened at one around 01:30 a.m. eastern time this morning. officials say that multiple cars fell into the river below and right now, rescue crews are searching the river for at least 20 people. one official called the collapse. it quote deve, developing mass casualty event this bridge is 1.6 miles long. there are four lanes of traffic on it. it is important to note for those of you who may be local to this region, this is the francis scott key bridge in baltimore. it is not the key bridge in washington, dc that that connects dc and virginia kenya. we do have team coverage of this this morning a
continues right now property now, breaking news, the maryland governor says an active search and rescue mission is ongoing at the site of the baltimore for bridge collapse, at least six people unaccounted for after a huge cargo ship rammed the bridge and destroyed it. the baltimore fire chief joins us this hour with an update also tonight, the fate of a widely used abortion pill is now up to the united states supreme court after oral arguments today, for and against a nationwide ban, we re going to tell you what the justices appeared to signal about their eventual decision. and robert f. kennedy jr. names a wealthy tech lawyer as his vice presidential pick working to heightened attention on his independent presidential bid as top democrats portray him as a spoiler who got help donald trump get elected 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. let s get right to the break
that have put restrictions in place on medication, abortion itself. but if the supreme court rules with the appeals court, which essentially has rolled back some of the accessibility of mifepristone. all of those states would be subject to the restrictions on access says to this medication, some of the challenges here are around the safety of the medicine and whether the fda acted appropriately scholars and experts in the pharmaceutical industry point out the safety of this medicine has been proven over the decades since it s been on the market. they say the risk of serious complications is about 0.3% using these medicines, sarah well, in just a few hours we are going to be paying attention to what the justices do as they consider whether to limit access to mifepristone. thank you so much. meg tirrell. appreciate it. a new our cnn news central starts now these cnn s breaking new. all right, the major breaking news this morning the entire bridge is in the wall what are you
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
cnn s breaking news welcome to lead. i m phil mattingly in for jake tapper today in this afternoon, we are live in baltimore, maryland, where just behind me, just over my left shoulder is the scene of today hey, is horrific bridge collapse. we just got an update state and federal officials on the ground here who confirmed there is still an active search and rescue operation underway in the river. now it s not clear how many people are still missing. official said earlier today but six people were unaccounted for, although a baltimore city council member told cnn just moments ago, at least one body has been pulled from the water. now this all started just before 130 eastern this morning when according to maryland s governor, a cargo ship issued a may day call then the crashed into baltimore s francis scott key bridge. president biden says, all signs point to this being an accident, something state and federal officials have repeatedly said the same video showing lights on