championship. >> the huskies are the number one overall seed this year, and have dominated in both of their games so far. the tournament resumes on thursday for the men and friday for the women. you can check out how some members of the cbs news bay area team are doing on their brackets by going to our website, kpix.com. as nora said, the cbs evening news is coming up next year on kpix, live from baltimore. local news continues on our streaming service, cbs news bay area. >> the entire key bridge has fallen into the harbor. >> norah: the catastrophic bridge collapsed in baltimore. >> yo! what the -- >> norah: tonight, the search for answers and the missing as a construction company says six of its workers are presumed dead. what we are learning about the vessel's loss of power and that

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 emergency now issued by maryland's governor, and everyone from the federal government to local law enforcement pitching in to help a community in shock. dramatic video captured the horrifying moment the massive cargo ship, nearly 1,000 feet long, crashed into a support column on the francis scott key bridge in baltimore. >> the whole bridge just fell down. start whoever, however, everybody, the whole bridge just collapsed. >> norah: within seconds, a large portion of the bridge collapses, plunging into the patapsco river. >> we are still investigating what happened, but we are quickly gathering details. the preliminary investigation points to an accident. we haven't seen any credible evidence of a terrorist attack. >> norah: a closer look at the video shows the ship heading south at about 1:24 a.m.

when the lights go dark, but quickly on again. a minute later, plumes of black smoke can be seen billowing from the ship's chimney. again, it appears the ship loses its lights. a minute after they come back on, the vessel slams into the bridge. >> never would you think that you would see, physically see, the key bridge tumbled down like that. it looked like something out of an action movie. >> norah: sources tell cbs news multiple alarms rang out on ship after several failed attempts to fix the loss of propulsion, the pilot issued a made a call, giving officials time to stop traffic on the bridge. >> these people are heroes. they saved lives last night. >> norah: the impact of the crash was so loud, it jolted donald heinbuch, who lives nearby, out of his sleep. what did it feel like? >> it felt like just like an earthquake. we have had some earthquakes here before, met his exact way what it felt like. and associated with that was the rolling thunder, which i thought was very unusual. >> norah: what was the rolling

thunder? >> it was the sound of the bridge collapsing into the patapsco river. >> norah: well, just incredible to see this firsthand. i mean, we are not far from this. and of course, this bridge carries some 30,000 people every day. it is a major commuter route. and now it is completely shut down. you can see there is an active search and rescue operation going on right now. more than 12 hours after this accident. the fbi using robotic cameras underwater to search for six construction workers who were on the bridge. they are now presumed dead by their employer. two survivors were pulled from the chilly water this morning. >> a search and rescue is still underway. >> norah: 24 members of the ntsb are on the site leading the investigation. they want to examine the voyage data recorder. >> it will be critical there but it's a critical piece of our investigation, which is why we have a recorders team here. >> norah: authority say the-flag festival was headed from baltimore to sri lanka,

going 9 miles per hour. none of the crew was heard. today, president biden said the government will move heaven and earth to open the port and rebuild. >> all of the resources they need as we respond to this emergency. i mean from all federal resources. we are going to rebuild that port together. >> norah: now, federal officials tonight are here on the scene, including the fbi and the national transportation safety board. they are here to investigate. cbs's kris van cleave reports on the timeline of the incident and a similar accident that took place more than four decades ago. >> reporter: by daybreak, the force of the collision was clear. pieces of the mangled francis scott key bridge and crushed cargo containers littered the deck of the dali. at the first sign of trouble, here, when the lights flickered and went out on board. the giant ship had lost its engine, its electronics, and much of its ability to steer, leaving it on a course with the bridge and little time to avert

disaster. a made a call went out as the nightmare scenario unfolded. michael kucharski is a form ntsb senior marine investigator. >> losing power as you are approaching a bridge would be just about the worst-case scenario appeared to be loaded down with heavy containers, the captain tried to quickly slow down the more than 900-foot long cargo ship by dropping its port anchor. dark smoke could be seen billowing from its stacks, likely the backup generator coming online. but the ship never regained engine power, and it struck one of the two main structural supportcolumns of the bridge. ben schafer is a structural engineer. >> once the bridge was struck by a container ship of that size, there is not a bridge that we build that is any level of economy efficiency that is going to survive that. >> reporter: it's happened before. in 1980, during a blinding thunderstorm, a cargo ship slammed into a support column of tapas sunshine skyway bridge, a 1200-foot span collapsed.

35 people were killed. since then, cargo ships have more than quadrupled in size. beagle in the world of infrastructure system, it's a failure, right, the bridge is gone, the port is closed, people have died. >> norah: and kris van cleave is with us now. okay, so this investigation is just getting underway. what's the ntsb looking for? >> kris: well, norah, they are going to have to contend with a lot of debris. this was like a nimitz-sized aircraft carrier. they want to find the data and voice recorder that should be on board. they are also going to look at the maintenance history of this ship, including reports that the propulsion system may have failed an inspection over the they also want to look at the bridge's maintenance history and its design. >> norah: yeah, how does the power go out? kris van cleave, thank you so much. a short time ago, we spoke with maryland governor wes moore to ask about the families of the missing and the survivors. and what do we know about the victims families? how are they doing? >> i had the chance to spend time with the victims' families,

and they are distraught, and they are heartbroken. but i tell you, the hopefulness that they have. these are very prayerful families. and i had the chance to pray with them and pray for them. you know, they defined what it means to be maryland tough and to be baltimore strong. >> norah: two people were miraculously rescued. what do we know about the survivors? >> though, there are two people that we know, one who is actually in shock trauma right now, and so we have a remarkable shock trauma unit here in the city of baltimore. and they are actively working on one individual. and another individual, who was actually the leader of that group, who watched it all take place, and i had a chance to spend time with him, and literally, he tells the story where he was actually walking away from the bridge when the bridge began to collapse.

and so, he's a -- watching what happened to him, and even as he said, he said, that was all god's grace. >> norah: that's incredible, so essentially he barely escaped? >> he barely escaped. this was an absolutely catastrophic event. >> norah: and governor, i know so many people depend on this bridge to get to work. how quickly can this bridge be rebuilt? >> this is going to be of a top priority for us. to make sure that we can get this bridge built back up. >> norah: part of our conversation of maryland's governor wes moore, he has actually been at the sight of this collapsed since early this morning, and he also told us that every day, $191 million of economic activity crosses over that bridge, and the port of baltimore is responsible for at least 8,000 jobs. so we asked cbs's ramy inocencio to look at the impact for the city, state, and our country.

>> reporter: collapsing in seconds, baltimore's francis scott key bridge was the gate way too much of the country. thousands of trucks, transported goods on a daily. goods, much of which would end up at this 350,000 square foot warehouse. john smith is vice president and chief operating officer. >> it's going to out a front be a couple hundred dollars minimum to every truck load. speed to each truck load carrying everything from dry goods like food to reams of paper and office machinery. >> reporter: what is your warning to consumers? >> your product might take a little longer to get to you. >> reporter: the port of baltimore is 1 of 3 ports along the east coast that are at least 50 feet deep and can handle large ships like the dali. its u.s. busiest port for trucks, cars, and sugar, handling more than $80 billion in goods last year, employing more than 15,000 jobs. >> there is no question that this will be a major and protracted impact to supply chains. >> reporter: and on fedex and multi-like other multinationals tell cbs news they are still

assessing the economic impact. >> with the port in terms of getting it to be working again is probably about a month. >> reporter: worst-case scenario? >> you are looking a minimum of a year and i would be surprised if it is not two years. >> reporter: and before the port of baltimore can reopen, authorities first need to remove all of the debris and then redredge that part of the river, but norah, there is no timeline at all for when that might happen. >> norah: the interesting. ramy inocencio, thank you so much. in today's other major news, nearly two years after the supreme court overturned roe vs. wade, abortion rights returned to the nation's highest court. at issue is access to the widely used abortion pill mifepristone, along with the fda's authority to regulate other prescription drugs. cbs's jan crawford was there fo% the oral arguments. >> mifepristone kills! >> reporter: protests made clear the controversy. but inside the court, there appeared to be agreement, with a majority of justices on both sides of the ideological aisle

highly skeptical of arguments to restrict use of the so-called abortion pill. a key question: why should courts be second-guessing scientific decisions by the fda on how a drug is prescribed? do you have concerns about judges parsing medical and scientific studies? >> reporter: at issue in the case, the drug, mifepristone, used with another drug in nearly two-thirds of abortions. a group of antiabortion doctors argued the fda wrongly expanded access to the pill in 2016, when it extended the window women can take it from 7 to 10 weeks. and during the pandemic in 2021, said an in person doctor visit was not needed, allowing mail-order pharmacies to ship the drug nationwide. erin hawley represents the doctors who say those changes lead to increased emergency room visits and compromised women's health. >> women are now left to receive these drugs in the mail or out in their dorm room without ever having been checked by a doctor for life-threatening conditions.

that's reckless. >> reporter: abortion-rights supporters say mifepristone is the safest method of abortion, and the fda, not the court system, has the final word on drug safety. >> the fda acted on an extensive body of evidence and well within its authority and in accordance with the law. >> reporter: in court, most of the 90 minute argument focused not on the merits of the fda's decision to expand access, but whether the doctors even have legal standing to sue. >> norah: and jan crawford joins us now. so, jan, did we get a sense of how the justices might rule? >> reporter: yeah, i mean, i think the arguments suggested it is meant to be a narrow, procedural ruling for the fda. and that nationwide access to the abortion pill. but we should have a decision by the end of june. norah? >> norah: jan crawford at the supreme court, thank you. former president donald trump was hit with another gag order today. this time it was imposed by the

new york judge overseeing the trial connected to trump's hush money payments to former porn star stormy daniels. they gag order came after the former president lashed out at the judge and his daughter on social media. in other news, shares of trump's media company sword more than 16% in the first day of trading, which now has a market value of nearly $8 billion. tonight, the first public statement from music mobile sean "diddy" combs, following raids on two of his homes as part of a possible sex trafficking investigation. cbs's carter evans reports on what authorities may have been looking for. >> reporter: there was nothing subtle when federal agents conducted high-profile raids at two large properties in los angeles and miami, owned by music mobile sean "diddy" combs. raids that tonight his attorney calls a gross overuse of military level force. why a simultaneous cross-country search? >> well, i think they wanted this to be a bit of a surprise.

it's a big raid, and what they were going in was to try to find all types of evidence. >> reporter: there are two distinct images of combs. the iconic performer, and the one named in multiple lawsuits, accusing him of everything from rape to sex trafficking. last september, combs posted a statement saying "i did not do any of the awful things being alleged." the lawsuit so far have been in civil court. as for the latest searches. >> if it involves sex trafficking or drugs or weapons or other illegal behaviors, it can easily go from a civil investigation into what we see now, a criminal investigation. >> reporter: tmz published video it says was after the raids began. that showed combs walking around opa locka airport near miami. a short time later, at the same airport, miami-dade police arrested brendan paul for drug possession. paul was described in a previous lawsuit as diddy's mule, someone used to get drugs and guns.

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>> norah: we wanted to end tonight here, near the francis scott key bridge, which has significant meaning for the country. this is where it's believed francis scott key witnessed the battle that inspired him to write america's national anthem, "the star-spangled banner." he saw the rockets red glare just a few hundred yards from where the bridge bearing his name stood for decades. this red, white, and blue buoy marks the location. in the war of 1812, key was detained aboard a boat, while the battle of baltimore waged for 25 hours. by the dawns early light, as he rode, the american flag yet waived. his patriotic poem set to music officially became the national anthem in march 1931. almost exactly 47 years ago,

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