the us city of baltimore in shock tonight. a major bridge is struck by a container ship, and topples into the patapsco river. six people are missing. how could such an event happen? we ll bring you the latest. in the last few hours, the israeli government has recalled its negotiators from doha, the talks on a gaza truce it says at a dead end . we will hear tonight from the head of the palestinian mission to the uk. donald trump needs every nickle he can find right now. and today things looked a little rosier. shares in the parent company of truth social, jumped 55% on the first day of trading. and how would the bbc survive without the licence fee. we will hear from the director general on his funding model for the future. good evening. for nearly fifty years the ships that have sailed, to and from baltimore, have passed the francis scott, key bridge without any dramas at all. until the early hours of this morning. this was the moment the dali, a 300m container ship collided
we can. we can show you what s happening there. we have seen the bridge collapsed in the water, there you go, you can see the ship, the cargo ship there in the distance, the bridge collapsed in the water, a good two thirds of the ship is underwater now. officials in baltimore sadie search and rescue operation is still under way to try to find people who fell from the bridge when it was hit by that container ship on tuesday morning. let s take you live to baltimore, there s a press conference about to start any second with the maryland governor wes moore, scheduled for now. we will try and bring you that as soon as it happens. that s the press conference, the world press have gathered there to listen to what he has to say. in the meantime. the national transportation safety board is involved in the investigation into what happened. it says it has not been able to access the recording devices. so just how did this massive bridge crashed down so easily? rebecca morelle has been
made a call that may have saved lives. this bridge carries some 30,000 people every day. it is a major commuter route, and now it is completely shut down. the cbs evening news starts now. good evening. i m norah o donnell, and thank you for being with us. we are here tonight not far from that catastrophic collapse of the francis scott key bridge in baltimore. the devastation is beyond words, with this massive structure in ruins, twisted and broken. by daylight, the extent of what happened here became more clear. the video is stunning, and it tells us a lot about what happened after the ship lost power then collided with the bridge. tonight, we are also learning more about the survivors and the missing. construction workers were fixing potholes on this heavily-traveled bridge in the early hours of the morning. the community here, devastated, many telling us this view will never be the same, with the bridge that has stood for decades no longer in the skyline. a state of e