great, religion is so important. so missing. but it s going to come back and come back strong just like our country is going to come back strong. i m proud to endorse you to get this bible again. we must make america pray again. oh, god. at least he s holding it right side up. remember? park, lafayette, it was upside-down. there he is hawking a new product to his supporters using religion. more about the former president s latest effort to raise cash, it comes as he s under a new gag order this morning, we ll have that also ahead a case challenging a popular abortion drug. we ll get expert legal analysis on the arguments and how the justices responded and what it means for women s health care rights. good morning. welcome to morning joe. we begin in baltimore where the urgent search and rescue effort has shifted to recovery effort. the u.s. coast guard called off the search for six missing people who were on the francis scott key bridge when it was struck by a container
we want to say we re with you, we re going to stay with you as long as it takes. around 850,000 vehicles go through that port every single year and we re going to get it up and running as soon as possible. 15,000 jobs depend obthat port and we re going to do everything we can to protect those jobs and help those workers. that was president joe biden yesterday at the white house addressing the bridge disaster in baltimore. we ll get the latest on the collapse with a live report from the scene in just a moment. also ahead, an effort to ban a popular abortion drug went before the supreme court yesterday. we ll go through all the arguments and tell you how the justices responded. plus, we ll bring you an update on donald trump s legal issues. the former president under a new gag order this morning even as he s hawking a new product to his supporters. good morning and welcome to way too early on this wednesday, march 27th. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day
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 emergency now issued by maryland s gove
sea and by air. and the questions, why did the ship lose control? and how could it happen in one of the country s biggest ports? our full coverage ahead. also tonight, the high-stakes battle at the supreme court over the abortion pill. the major case that could restrict access, including through the mail. what the justices signaled today. the new details and what was found in the federal raids on the homes of sean diddy combs, and his attorney firing back tonight. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt, reporting tonight from baltimore. good evening, everyone, from baltimore. it was described as a cathedral of american infrastructure. tonight, the francis scott key bridge is a mangled ruin. daylight revealing the twisted wreckage. pinning the ship below. two people were rescued, but six missing road workers are now feared dead, according to their construction company just before impact gave officials just enough time to stop . officials say a mayday
authorities on their radios just moments before, sending out warnings to keep drivers off the bridge. and then the collapse. the whole bridge just collapsed. david: the ship going dark just moments before impact. the crew issuing a mayday. an eight-person road crew still on the bridge when it went down. and tonight what we have just learned about the ship. just moments ago my interview with maryland governor wes moore. what happened in the moments before that collision? and our team here in baltimore with the history of this ship. the crash just a couple of years back. also tonight, the high stakes battle over the abortion pill, following the overturning of roe versus wade by the supreme court. the court now deciding whether to restrict the abortion pill across this country. what the justices said today. what they signaled already. rachel scott at the supreme court. tonight, the federal raids at the homes of sean diddy combs in los angeles and miami. and sources ton