Search Continues for Six Missing After Baltimore Bridge Collapse

WSJ What’s News

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🗓️ 26 March 2024

⏱️ 15 minutes

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P.M. Edition for March 26. Rescue workers continue to search for six people still unaccounted for after a bridge collapse in Baltimore. The bridge was hit by a cargo ship overnight. C. Ryan Barber reports from the scene. And a $20 billion merger deal between Kroger and Albertsons could hinge on the definition of what is a supermarket. Agriculture business reporter Patrick Thomas explains. Plus, shares of Donald Trump’s social-media company, Truth Social, surge in its trading debut. Annmarie Fertoli hosts. Listening on Google Podcasts? Here's our guide for switching to a different podcast player. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:13.0	The search for six missing people continues in Baltimore after a major bridge collapse.
0:22.0	People in the area are just completely in awe of this image,
0:26.7	which is a bridge, a major bridge effectively severed.
0:31.2	It went from a major artery, a federal interstate, to a literal bridge to nowhere.
0:36.2	And what is a supermarket? Federal regulators disagree with Kroger and Albert sense.
0:42.0	Plus shares of Donald Trump's truth social surge
0:45.1	in its first day of trading.
0:46.7	It's Tuesday March 26th.
0:48.5	I'm Anne-Marie Fertoli for the Wall Street Journal.
0:51.0	This is the PM edition of What's News, the top headlines and
0:54.3	business stories that moved the world today. In Baltimore, rescue workers
1:01.5	are searching for six people who are still unaccounted for
1:04.8	after the collapse of a vital bridge at one of America's biggest ports.
1:09.1	The Francis Scott Key Bridge collapsed after it was struck by a Singaporean ship.
1:13.7	The ship's lights could be seen going dark, coming on, and then going out again, before it hit a bridge
1:18.8	support column around 1.30 this morning, Eastern time. President Biden called the bridge collapse a terrible
1:24.9	accident and said the federal government would pay for the entire cost of
1:28.6	reconstruction.
1:29.6	Reporter Ryan Barber is on the north side of the bridge and joins me now with more.
1:34.0	Welcome Ryan and thank you for being here.
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