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Meet the Press NOW — March 26

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🗓️ 26 March 2024

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

Authorities are investigating the circumstances around the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, Maryland. The Supreme Court hears oral arguments in a case related to the abortion pill mifepristone. Independent presidential candidate RFK Jr. announces Nicole Shanahan as his running mate. Nicholas Wu, Meghan Hays and Hogan Gidley join the Meet the Press NOW roundtable. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

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0:00.0

If it's Tuesday, we're following breaking news out of Baltimore where emergency rescue teams are

0:07.8

racing to find at least six people still unaccounted for after a cargo ship crashed into the Francis Scott Key Bridge,

0:14.7

sending the entire bridge plummeting to the water. Plus the Supreme Court hears

0:19.8

arguments in a pill and teaming up on the trail President Biden and Vice President Harris

0:35.4

campaigning together in battleground North Carolina as the White House looks to

0:39.6

flip the Tarheel state and R.F.K. Jr. picks his running mate, naming an attorney with no

0:45.0

background in politics to be his vice president. Welcome to Meet the Press Now, I'm Garrett Haake in Washington. We begin today with the breaking news out of Baltimore.

1:04.1

This video captures the moment a cargo ship struck the Francis Scott Key Bridge around

1:09.2

1 30 this morning, causing nearly all of the mile long span to collapse into the

1:14.0

Patasca River below. This is all the remains of the key bridge right now. Rescue

1:19.3

teams are searching for six people believed to be missing. Moments ago, Maryland Governor West Moore, along with Transportation Secretary Pete

1:26.2

Buttigieg gave an update on the rescue operations that began shortly after the collapse. This is very much still a search and rescue mission.

1:37.0

We are still actively looking for survivors.

1:41.0

We know, and that's the pledge we've made to these families and

1:45.8

this is still very much an active search and rescue mission. And there is not a

1:50.6

single resource that we will hold off on deploying.

1:54.4

I have already authorized the deployment of everything from air, land, and sea resources

1:59.6

to make sure that this search and rescue operation is carried out to its fullest intent.

2:05.0

Our work is just beginning to rebuild this bridge and deal with impacts in the meantime,

2:12.0

to reopen this port and deal with supply chain impacts in the meantime to reopen this port and deal with supply chain impacts in the meantime.

2:16.5

But today we are most acutely focused on the emergency operations underway and on the families that have been impacted.

2:25.2

I have no doubt that we will rebuild together and that Baltimore will come back stronger than ever before.

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