Good evening. I'm William Brangam, Jeff Bennett, and I'm a Navasra Way.

On the news hour tonight, disgraced cryptocurrency mogul Sam Bankman Freed is sentenced to 25 years in prison for

defrauding investors.

Then the sister of the American journalist jailed in Russia for year speaks out about his detention.

We have no other choice, we have to keep going, we have to stay positive, optimistic, and I know we're going to get him home.

And the legacy and impact of the late Connecticut senator and vice presidential nominee Joe Lieberman. Welcome to the news hour. Huge barges are carrying cranes to Baltimore tonight

to clear away the wreckage of the Francis Scott Key Bridge.

Officials say that has to happen before divers can locate the bodies of the four maintenance workers that are still missing.

Two others have been recovered.

Today, the collapsed bridge and the container ship

that struck it still blocked access to the port. Maryland's governor asked for

60 million dollars in federal funding to start the cleanup.

The best minds in the world are coming together to collect the information that we need to move forward with speed and safety and our response to this collapse.

Government. and our response to this collapse. Government is working hand in hand

with industry to investigate the area, to clear the wreck, and to move the ship.

President Biden has pledged the federal wreck and to move the ship.

President Biden has pledged the federal government will cover the full cost of reconstruction.

The UN's top court ordered Israel today to open more land crossings into Gaza to allow in The

court ordered Israel today to open more land crossings into Gaza to allow in more food, water, and other aid.

The legally binding order arose from a South African lawsuit accusing Israel of genocide.

Meanwhile, Israeli airstrikes in Lebanon killed 16 people on Wednesday.

One Israeli was killed by Hezbollah rockets.

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