[indistinct conversations] gov. moore: good afternoon. let me first start by saying again and always that we are praying for all the victims of the key bridge collapse and also their loved ones. we continue to pray for you and always will.

we continue praying for you and will continue praying for you. [speaking in spanish] i also want to say thank you as always to our remarkable first responders and emergency personnel who have been working around-the-clock in advance of everything today and leading on our response. i want to thank everyone who has been part of the response, from the private sector to the public sector, to the armed forces, to philanthropy, to all parts of society and all those who have offered prayers from all over the world. i want to let you know that your prayers have been found. all who have offered kind words, i went to see that your kind words have been heard. also i want to thank. pointe atlantic. this horrific human tragedy was also an economic catastrophe. in the early hours, it was

tradepoint who said, let us help. the port of baltimore is one of the busiest in the world and the collapse of the key bridge has shut down vessel traffic. trade point atlantic and began mobilizing and accepting some cargo ships from vessels that were bound from the port of baltimore and began preparing for those arrivals and accepted their first shipment of cargo bound for the port just yesterday. we will continue working closely with their team and we are grateful for their support and for their leadership. now today, i will provide updates on the four directions have issued to our team. as a reminder, the directives are first, we need to continue to focus on recovery. because we have to bring a sense of closure to these families.

second, we need to be clear -- we need to clear the channel and opened the vessel traffic to the port because the health of the maryland economy and the national economy depend on it. third, we need to take care of all the people who have been affected by this crisis. that means the families, their means the workers, that means the businesses, that means the first responders. that means everybody. for, we need to and we will -- fourth, we need to, and we will rebuild the key bridge. first on our recovery efforts, as i mentioned yesterday, we need to do more work clearing the channel to move forward. this is a remarkably complex operation and our focus needs to be on unity of command and unity of effort.

every morning, we have a unified command briefing which includes state police, the u.s. coast guard, the army corps of engineers, our federal delegation, and other leaders who are central to this mission. during that briefing, colonel butler, the superintendent of maryland state police, discusses the conditions in the water and said it makes it unsafe for drivers. but as soon as those conditions change, his divers will go back into the water. second, on clearing their federal channel and opening vessel traffic report, as of this morning, i have been briefed by the maryland dot on clearing wreckage and moving forward. our team went out with the coast guard just a few hours ago, including the coast guard commandant, to survey the damage. to see the wreckage up close. to see if freight -- a freight

that is nearly the size of the eiffel tower. and to see that same freight with the key bridge restaurant top. to see shipping containers that were ripped in half as if they were papier-mache. to know that out there you have to navigate high winds and electrical wires. to go out there and to see it up close, you realize just how daunting a task that is. you realize just how difficult the work is ahead of us. with a salvage operation this complex and, frankly, a salvage operation this unprecedented, you need to plan for every single moment and every time you take action to move a piece of wreckage, you understand that that requires you to reassess the situation. when i lead soldiers in combat, i knew that preparation was everything. you do not go into the field of battle without getting intelligence that you need

first. so as the mission continues, you need to stay frosty, you need to reassess, and you need to adapt. that is the mindset that army corps is applying with their partners in unified command. we have the best inspectors, the best surveyors, and the best engineers in the world working and setting up and executing a plan of action right here in maryland. i have been informed by the u.s. navy that they are supplying us with 4 heavy-lift cranes. two have already arrived. one arrives tonight. and the fourth is arriving on monday. one of the koreans is called "the chesapeake 1000," and it can lift about 1000 tons. but the big part in what are the challenges is that the key bridge which sits on top of the vessel right now, that weight is

somewhere between 3000-4000 tons. so our team needs to cut that truss intersections in a safe, responsible and efficient way before it can lift those pieces out of the water. this crane we are looking at is massive. the thing we also know is this -- so is the challenge ahead of us,. so in the coming weeks, we expect to have the following entities inside of the water. 10 tags, 9 burgess, eight salvage vessels, and five coast guard boats. i have said it before. i will say it again and i will keep on saying it. this is not just about maryland. this mission is not just about maryland. what we're talking about today

is not just about maryland's economy. this is about the nation's economy. the port handles more cards and more farm equipment than any other port in this country -- more cars and more farm equipment than any other port in this country. at least a thousand workers have jobs that have been directly impacted by this collapse. our economy depends on the port of baltimore and the port of baltimore depends on vessel traffic. maryland's economy and marilyn's workers rely on us to move weekly. but that is not just maryland, the nation's economy and the nation's workers are requiring us to move quickly. third, on taking care of our people. i went to talk a bit about the work we're doing with the maryland legislature. i want to thank speaker jones, senate president ferguson, and

minority leader steve hirschi. they have been in touch with our team since day one. i also want to thank delegate luke clevenger, senator january sailing and other members of district 6 and districts, and i want to thank all the maryland legislators who reached out and offered their support. legislators, frankly, on both sides of the aisle. and i want to thank our federal delegation, too to include jane raskin who was here earlier, but to the members of the general assembly, we know this, we are 10 days away from the conclusion of this legislative session and there is a lot of work to do. their top priority in that work is going to be finalizing our rigid. my administration proposed irresponsible budget that makes

important investments in housing and child care and environmental protection and transportation. so now it is vital that the house and the senate find compromise as soon as possible, pass the budget, and provide certainty at this challenging and uncertain time. we also need to ensure that we pass legislation to support the families of the victims of the bridge collapse, and everyone else who has been affected by this emergency. i will be proposing the creation of a permanent state scholarship for the children of surviving spouses of transportation workers who lost their lives on this job. we will continue to push for legislation that seeks to protect workers like the six victims of the key bridge collapse. i have also asked the general assembly to ensure that any legislation we work on provides the flexibility of

administration needs to support port workers, businesses, and our transportation network. we cannot possibly find every answer to every problem in the next few days before our session ends, but we can give the state the ability to respond over the coming months. fourth, on rebuilding. as i said yesterday, we cannot rebuild the bridge until we have cleared the wreckage. i have always believed that you never learn anything about anybody when times are easy. if you really want to understand someone's mettle, watch them when it's hard. watch them when it is difficult. watch them when the stakes are high. well, that time is now. and we are going to rise to meet this moment, because we are maryland tough, and because we

are baltimore strong. so in this moment, i will hand it off to the u.s. coast guard, over to admiral gilreath. after that, we will be briefed by the kernel from the army corps of engineers, the maryland state police, the maryland department of transportation, epa administrator ortiz, congressman kweisi mfume, and county executive johnny olzweski. >> good afternoon. admiral gilreath speaking on behalf of the unified command. as i mentioned last night, our number one priority as a unified command is to reopen the port of baltimore. we have broken that into three phases. the number one phase is reopen the shipping channel. number two is remove the ship,

and number 3 is to remove the debris from the bridge from the rest of the waterway. we are beginning to make progress on those phases. phase one, we talked about that we need to do the assessments of the bridge above the waterline and beneath the water. those assessments continue. as the governor said, we were out there today and we could see the engineers and the divers and the survey boats out there on the water in these difficult wind conditions doing their job, doing their work to access that bridge and to figure out how we could cut it up into the pieces we need to be able to lift. at the unified command, the governor of the -- all the elected officials could see those engineers working on this very plans, engineers from the army corps of engineers, navy supervisors. we had state engineers there.

there were private engineers helping us permit and we had coast guard engineers there working diligently to figure out the right plan to be able to make that bridge up into the right size pieces that we can lift. the second part of that is we need to get the heavy-lift equipment here. we have been turning those cranes and equipment is on their behind us you can see the first of those things arriving. they will continue to arrive for the next several days and we will continue the planning so we will be ready to take advantage of that as soon as possible and do it safely. i will turn it over to the colonel.

>> governor moore, elected officials, thank you so much for having us here. as we just transitioned to the most critical mission that we have two open and restore the channel, to clear the shipping channel and opened the port, we have now began surveying and conducting engineer analysis and assessing in order for us to conduct the integrated salvage operations within the channel and also to reflect the vessel. as well as remove the wreckage of the bridge. however, the top priority for all the equipment we are marshaling right here is going to be focused on clearing the channel. now that does not happen overnight. the work we are doing is just phenomenal. i can't say enough about the team we have assembled here. we had a bit of a dress reversal when we had the ever forward and that's the same team we had on

the ground. the same muscle memory, that incredible wealth of knowledge, expertise, skills and experience, are being applied here. it is a really powerful partnership. i can't say enough about what those folks are doing. we should be super proud to see state, federal, d.o.t partners, together to give the port of baltimore, the people about tomorrow, the state of maryland and our nation, so much confidence to know that they have the right people here to execute this mission. we are going to be doing that safely and as quickly as possible. >> thank you. good afternoon i am colonel roland butler, of the state police. to build on what colonel pinchasin just told you, there is an incredible synergy going on with unified command, with everyone working together, hard towards a common goal. you heard the governor's

objectives. we are working hard to accomplish those objectives. the msp has a team of divers on standby waiting for the first word that it is safe and clear to go in and examine with beneath the wreckage and recover any of these individuals that perished in this unfortunate incident. in addition, the aviation command is providing aerial support to the parties involved be it surveying, photographs, whatever. we are looking forward to doing whatever we can to help this come to a conclusion. the aviation has also reached out to the faa to establish a tactical flight restriction area. that area begins three miles, three nautical miles in every direction from the center span of the bridge and goes up 1500 feet. we cannot express upon the public enough, please stay away from that area with drones or

any type of equipment like that. if there are violations of that airspace, law enforcement remains poised, federal, state and local partners, to act upon any of those violations, locate those individuals and bring them to justice. the most important thing is you exercise patience, understanding and compassion for the people lost in this and allow the workers to do their jobs safely and effectively. thank you. >> good afternoon, paul wiedefeld, secretary of transportation. thanks for the $61 approved yesterday by the federal highway administration. the department is working closely with the coast guard and the army corps of engineers on salvage operations. the team is currently at the site doing surveys so we can begin the salvage work. as the governor mentioned, additional resources will be arriving the weekend. our focus continues to be in three areas -- the impact or on

our communities, moving traffic throughout the region, addressing the economic impacts to the port, and working with our federal partners to rebuild the francis scott key bridge. the department's dedicated team is working on a number of traffic issues. the state highway administration and the maryland transit authority have deployed traffic resources throughout the region including a deployment of additional emergency response vehicles to quickly assist motorists in need of assistance and to clear crashes. we are also making changes to the system to improve the traffic flow such as making adjustments to the timing. we are also looking at the ongoing work projects we have along the region and any detours we may need to do to support traffic -- smooth traffic. our efforts include coordinating with partners in the trucking community to inform them about alternative routes. our system is working well.

in fact, there has been a temper site increased in daily ridership on the maryland bus service. in terms of operations, support for the workers, as i mentioned last night, we are just concluding the community, businesses and labor to see what services we can provide them. i would like to thank the department of labor and commerce, for being a part of this as we move forward in terms of rebuilding the bridge, our team is actively working on that front as well. we are considering innovative design, engineering and building methods so you can quickly deliver this project. i appreciate everyone's continued patience as we continue to deal with the significant impact this may have. please drive safely and respect the speed limits around all of our roads. thank you. >> good afternoon everybody. my name is adam ortiz.

governor, thank you for convening us today. it is good to be here with our core regulators at the maryland department of the environment, as well as members of our federal family. our thoughts and prayers are with the families feeling the impacts of this tragedy. [speaking in spanish] i want to thank our epa response team, overwater division and emergency response team, for the work you're doing in support of the u.s. coast guard in their response to this terrible tragedy. we have been here since day one. today we have our unseen coordinator who is in coordination and part of the unified command. i want to provide a bit of background on the structure of the response and epa's participation and how we are looking out together for environmental protection. for the federal national contingency plan which oversees and guides on how environmental responses are carried out, the

coast guard in this case, is the lead agency for incidents related to potential and actual spills and/or discharges in waterways. this means the coast guard, under the admiral's leadership oversees the priorities, operations and strategies in the protection of human health and the environment in that response. the epa, as many of you know, is known as of regret or agency, an important role, but we are much more than that. we are also a partner. we have been here since day one providing support and guidance to the coast guard and all the other partners. we play a key role in supporting and leading responses to cleanups to waterways as well as inland areas. we have been doing it for decades. thousands and thousands of incidents. we have been on the ground working with local leaders, state governments, and sister agencies at the federal level. in this response, epa's rule is

that of advisor. we are here to use science and our experience to carry forth the u.s. coast guard in the maryland department of unified command's objectives for managing this event. in our various worlds here, the epa evaluates information provided by the coast guard on dangerous goods in the vessel, and provides recommendations on developing plans and strategies as needed. at this time, there is no indication of active releases from the vessel nor of the presence of materials that are hazardous to human health in the water. however, monitoring is ongoing. and we will work through the unified command to report and review and be transparent of any results from this monitoring as they become available. i will defer to the admiral, who is the captain of this ship, for any more details. most importantly, as the

governor said, unified command will evolve and adapt as necessary and we are on one team. the work we do together helps heal the land and our waters, the economy and our social fabric. and we never, ever do anything alone on team environment so thank you to everybody here in whatever capacity you have. it matters. we are happy to be on the field with you. >> kweisi mfume, member of congress, seventh district of maryland. my thanks to all of you particularly who are here in the press, i know you don't hear it often enough, but thanks for telling this story. it is an american story that so many people are depending on you to convey. as i think the governor yesterday, i want to thank him again for making this an open and transparent process, so that people understand what is going on here. that it is more that we can even

comprehend sometimes. now, senator cardin and senator van hollen were with us most of the day -- they have both been called away on official duties -- and congressman jamie raskin from the western side of the state left just a few moments ago. but they are, and we are together, the team that is working in a bipartisan way here in maryland. all of us. all members of the house and both members of the senate, finding a way to get the resources in that the governor so desperately needs, and that all of us need quite frankly, to be able to accomplish the three priorities that the rear admiral laid out. we had a great briefing this morning with the commandant of the coast guard. i want to thank the coast guard and particular, as well as the army corps of engineers for doing what they have done, they are really running a unified command. when you look over our shoulders at the bridge and what is left of it, you will understand why

this city, this state and indeed, our nation, cries at this moment. because we could never replace what was there. and we mourn the people who were lost there and that will forever be a reminder to all of us. i want to just say to the 8000 dockworkers out there, who know you are there, we will find a way to get you back to work. and we are going to find a way also to increase the ability for people to realize that this affects supply chains all over the country. as the governor said, it is happening here, but it is an american story. i spoke just a little while ago with the administrator of the sba so we can start expediting the way to help small businesses will rely on import-export items to be able to survive. i also want to thank, as everybody has, although many people who are nameless and faceless who have given so much to this effort now and going forward.

thank you, governor for the opportunity to be here. and your congressional delegation is on it. i have spoken twice with speaker johnson's office today. i have to say that he has, in my opinion, a real desire to want to try to assist in any way that we can. so thank you all for being here again. i will yield back to the governor, i guess, at this point. all yours. oh, johnny, i am sorry. >> it's ok, congressman. county executive johnny olszewski, i want to thank governor moore and his team for their efforts in partnership, i want to thank and acknowledge mayor scott and county executive stuart pittman who have been local colleagues and partners in this work, and i also want to thank our federal partners, especially the u.s. coast guard and the army corps of engineers as we plan to reopen our shipping lanes and reopen and

rebuild the key bridge. i want to thank the president and secretary buttigieg for their outpouring of support in our time of need in the greater baltimore area and especially our partners here at tradepoint atlantic. for those who don't know, this is home to me. as it is for so many others. and as i read this morning, residents have said, the key bridge is us. and for those of us who grew up in the shadow of that bridge, it has truly been a lifetime of connection. those of us here at home, we mourn the loss of our neighbors, the workers in the bridge. we worry about the future of other neighbors who work at the port of baltimore and beyond. and we are even grieving the loss of the structure itself, a

strange emptiness in the sky that is hard to explain to people who are in from here. but we are a town that literally was built on steel, at this site. and coming together and persevering is what. we are a community that honors our first responders. we are a community that rallies around are impacted neighbors. this tragedy will not define us, and the wreckage will not divide us. i think it is fitting that over 200 years ago, the anthem of our country was written where the structure of the bridge once stood. and in that moment in our nation's history, we were being bombarded day and night, relentlessly. in this moment, it feels like we

are being bombarded relentlessly , day and night. but with the partners we have here, justin, as now, we are coming together. in the same way that in recent years we came together at this site as we last said goodbye to our steel plant. but we were able to transform this site through ingenuity, partnership and the kind of collaboration that we are seeing now. we know this will take time as the governor has said. but we will also be old in insisting that we work as quickly as possible and also as safely as possible. because it is we are. and because the stakes are beyond just baltimore, beyond just maryland, as governor moore said. this has global implications. so we stand ready to continue working with you, governor. we thank our partners, and we

look forward to showing that steel resolve as we always do. thank you. [inaudible] gov. moore: i am sorry. reporter: [inaudible] gov. moore: i can't say what was done after 9/11. i know that the evaluation of all of our critical infrastructure is something that has been consistent and thorough and ongoing. i can't be too exactly what happened after 9/11, but we know that the infrastructure protection is something that has been a priority and something

that will continue to be a priority and as the investigation continues to endure about what happened specifically with this incident, we will make sure we are keeping the people of our state safe. reporter: same question. do you [inaudible] gov. moore: trust me, i really appreciate the question. you know, when we went out there today to go take a look at the wreckage, and we got a chance to get up close to this massive vessel that had 2000-3000 tons of steel sitting on it. going in a place where the key bridge once proudly was erected, and to be able to go underwear

it was an look up and see the blue sky and not see the bridge -- it underscored the long road that we have ahead of us. so i can say right now that this is going to be -- what is the time period. i can tell you, it's not going to be days or weeks or months, this will take time. every single phase we have to focus on safety of the people who are doing the work. we have to make sure that we are doing it in cooperation and collaboration with all the parties involved. we have to make sure we're doing it in an environmentally sound way. and we have to make sure we are focusing on completion. so i can tell you, we are focusing on moving speedily. i want this done quickly. i wanted done right. we are committed to getting it done and you can bet that we are going to get this done. but this is going to be a long road.

reporter: [inaudible] can we expect that explosions will need to be used to clean this up? then can somebody describe -- the process to move it out. in the equipment we see here --[inaudible] gov. moore: why don't i bring in cold open chasing -- colonel pinchasin. >> as i mentioned, we are in the state of assessing it. it is entirely too early to give you a schedule and also to determine whether or not we are going to use that option. there are so many assets being brought and marshaled here. and the work happening now, i know you're looking at out of this equipment here but you have

to know that behind the scenes, what was described is the engineering analysis taking place, the divers in the water, of the survey work going on, the information that has to be compiled to make sure we get the engineering right so that everything is happening. it will be an iterative process of lifting and reassessing, making sure it is stable, confirming it is safe for them to handle. the removal take it with our decree and that will allow us to go faster. by investing this time now in the engineering, we will be able to move faster later. i know everybody wants to see things moving right now, but you need to know that behind the scenes, it is moving. it speaks to what we have with our salvage community. they have come together incredibly. i keep saying it is like a brotherhood. you can see it. they bring their experience from around the world and

wherever they have been and they are applying it here. together with the salvage community and the unified command, i think we are on the right course to be able to do this as quickly as possible. . as far as movement of equipment, i don't answer your question? reporter: we're just wondering -- new [inaudible] gov. moore: thank you. right now we are going through the assessment of how we can use tradepoint to assist with these efforts. we know the priority is not just to get the channel cleared, but to get the port of baltimore reopened. it's such a unique asset not just to the region, but, frankly, to the country. getting it open is a priority. but we will look to and explore leveraging elements such as tradepoint to get the flow of commerce going. reporter: two questions. 1 -- more about this morning for

lack of structural workers on the bridge and those defining steps. we know nbc news is reporting that they don't know whether or not, the spouses of the survivors, do not know whether --. do you know anything about that? and they understand there is no definitive timeline yet, days, weeks, months, so what do you say to the family members of the four people who are still missing who are seeing this news? it's a really tough pill to swallow. gov. moore: yes. first, i will say that the investigation is still ongoing. the thing we know is that the work that the first responders did the work that the mta officers did in terms of being able to move weekly as soon as they heard information about the

"mayday," it undoubtedly saved lives. the ability to stop traffic to make sure there were no additional cars that would end up on the bridge. in addition to that, it didn't just support those and save those who didn't make it on the bridge, but also anyone who would've come after the collapse. the investigation is still ongoing as to the communication flow that was taking place with the people working on the ground -- who were working on the bridge. but, again, our debt of gratitude to these first responders is boundless. to their families, i would continue to say that you have an entire state and country and world who are lifting you up in prayer. we know, and i indicated that our first priority is making sure we can help to bring a sense of closure to these families. that they are living a nightmare right now. one that sits with me, one that sits with each and everyone of

us. and we know that the priority that we have is making sure that those families feel supported and that they can have a sense of closure. reporter: i understand this is very much a work in progress, but do you have a best case, best timing scenario to --[inaudible] gov. moore: the fact that we are here at tradepoint and we were able to look up and see these cranes, it shows that we are already moving and putting things in place in order to make things happen. it is important to recognize that every since the wee hours of the morning when this first happened, this work has not stopped. people have been working in multiple different ways in order to get us to the point that we are having momentum in progress and that will continue to be the case. we are not going to stop, we are

not going to stop working. this team will not stop working together in order to get to final completion. so the thing i would say is that the work pace and the fact that people have worked consistently on creating progress and results in getting the completion of our four goals is not going to stop. reporter: in the 1980's, a bridge collapsed her. happened in florida. and it was recommended that a warning system was needed. i wonder if you have ever considered a railroad style in cases of a bridge collapse, or is that something you will consider moving forward. gov. moore: we are and will explore any and all options because there is nothing i will not do to make sure the people in my state are safe. when you think about what is happening here, there is an

unprecedented nature to what we're talking about. we were with the coast guard earlier speaking with the coast guard commandant and saying that we have tampa and minneapolis and the bridge collapse in minnesota. the uniqueness of what we're seeing here where you not only have a massive vessel that is then stock, but you also have a bridge collapsed on top of it, all the other factors, makes this a remarkably complicated situation. so we know there are lessons learned from other tragedies that we will incorporate into our thinking going forward. there will be lessons learned taken from what happened here that happened with the key bridge and that we will intro incorporate. it will be our ability to continue to assess and make things better. reporter: [inaudible]

gov. moore: do you want to speak about the impact? >> that was 45 years ago. we are actually researching to see what was done at the time and as we get to that information, will share it. reporter: i am wondering, what percentage of port cargo from the bridge collapse can be handled here at tradepoint atlantic, and do you have any plans to expand capacity here and if so, how soon will these public resources be deployed to expand capacity? gov. moore: part of the thing we are doing now is assessing. what percentage and capacity. there is a uniqueness about the port of baltimore, both the size, capacity of vehicles, look simply at the dali to look at the size and enormity of the

kind of vessels we can take on at the port. we are doing a continued assessment now of what type of cargo can be taken in places like tradepoint and how that can serve as not just a stopgap, but potentially an additional supplemental. we are consistently looking at different options of continuing to increase capacity for here and other locations as well. >> in terms of what is happening here right now with the materials, we are working with the group here and they will do some paving and things like that to support that. in terms of the overall business model, we are doing a lot of processing of vehicles that come to the port. right now we're getting cars in other ports and bringing them here for processing. we'll keep working the business model to see how we can keep the business here and keep labor

employed. reporter: abc. there has been media reports that crews we have detected a large vehicle under water in the wreckage. is that the case? additionally, you have the chesapeake 1000 behind you. can you confirm that it is the largest crane on the east coast, and is it currently in use? if not, when will it be in use and how will it be used? >> in terms of anything that has been discovered, it is way too early. divers down there, they may the able to see after two feet in four of them. so as we start the removal of some, to us and we will deal with the souls that are down

there as we find them. second part of your question? reporter: [inaudible] gov. moore: there has been different things detected, but until you get down there and start to remove things to see what you really have, that's a different exercise. reporter: i just wanted to confirm that the crane is the largest crane on the east coast? is it currently in use, and if it's not, when will it be your use, and how will it be used? gov. moore: my understanding is that it was the largest the available that we could get down here and will be made available as soon as the engineering and the safety aspects of starting that process begin. that is what it will begin. >> thank you all. >> thank you. [indistinct conversations]

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