US government to pay for Baltimore bridge reconstruction, says Biden video | US news

Joe Biden said the federal government would pay for the reconstruction of a bridge in Baltimore after it collapsed when a container ship collided with it, sending a number of vehicles into the water.

The US president said the rescue effort was the ‘top priority’ as several people remained unaccounted for after the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse

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