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00:00 is obviously of the absolute essence as Maryland Governor Wes Moore announced on Thursday that the
00:05 Maryland Department of Transportation has requested an initial emergency relief funding of
00:11 60 million dollars from the Biden administration to pay for initial mobilization operations and
00:18 debris recovery from the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore. The initial funding
00:23 was needed he said to lay the foundation for a rapid recovery. Moore promised that the best
00:27 minds in the world were working on plans to clear the debris, move the cargo ship that rammed into
00:32 the bridge from the channel and recover the bodies of the four remaining workers presumed dead
00:39 and investigate what went wrong. Yes, President Joe Biden has pledged the federal government would
00:44 pay the full cost of rebuilding the bridge. U.S. Coast Guard officials said Wednesday night that
00:50 barges were on their way to the spot where the bridge crossed the Patapsco River but it was not
00:57 clear when they would arrive.
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