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6 presumed dead in Baltimore bridge collapse and Lara Trump interview: Morning Rundown
Recovery efforts continue for the six people presumed dead in the Baltimore bridge collapse. Lara Trump talks about her goals as the Republican National Committee’s new co-chair. And seven American kids who were sent to a school for troubled teens are stuck in Jamaica.
Here’s what to know today.
Last-minute mayday preceded Baltimore bridge collapse
When the Dali cargo ship lost power at around 1:24 a.m. early Tuesday, it became effectively rudderless and at the mercy of the currents. The Francis Scott Key Bridge would crumple into the harbor just four minutes later.
Video of the ship, emergency radio transmissions and analysis from maritime veterans paint a picture of a disastrous scenario. It is rare for ships of the Dali’s size to lose power and even rarer still for it to happen in a narrow channel near the pillars of a major bridge.
Still, a last-minute mayday and quick actions on the ground most likely averted a much higher casualty count.
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“In a narrow channel at night, with a bridge in front of you, I couldn’t think of a worse situation to deal with, said Henry Lipian, a retired Coast Guard lieutenant and founder of an accident reconstruction firm. He suspects that fuel or an issue with the fuel system might have caused the ship’s power to go out.
Six construction workers who were filling potholes on the bridge are presumed dead. Yesterday evening, the U.S. Coast Guard transitioned its search to a recovery mission, saying the water temperature and amount of time that had passed since the collapse made it unlikely that those missing were still alive.
Investigators are now working to piece together what happened.
Read the full story here, and follow our live blog for the latest developments.
More coverage of the bridge collapse:
- Engineering experts explain why the bridge stood little chance against a fully loaded cargo ship.
- Co-workers worry about their missing colleagues.
- Nearby residents in disbelief went to see the wreckage for themselves.
- Customers from the East Coast and Midwest could see significant cost increases.
- Unfounded conspiracy theories blaming “cyberattacks” and Covid-era lockdowns circulated online.
Lara Trump says 2020 election is ‘in the past’
Newly minted Republican National Committee co-chair Lara Trump said that she believes the party is “past” litigating the 2020 election, comments that come as her father-in-law, former President Donald Trump, prepares to face two juries on charges alleging that he illegally tried to overturn the election results.
In an interview with NBC News, Lara Trump said that she instead wants to help the party to start encouraging early voting and mail-in voting, which Donald Trump has also repeatedly criticized. That contrast — between Lara Trump efforts to look ahead and Donald Trump’s continued re-litigation of the last presidential election — illustrates a key dynamic in the Republican Party in 2024. Read more highlights from Lara Trump’s interview.
More coverage of the 2024 election:
- Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. named his vice presidential pick: tech lawyer and entrepreneur Nicole Shanahan.
- President Joe Biden’s case for re-election is strengthening, but he still enters the general election in a weaker position than he did in 2020. Democrats have a few theories as to why.
How the lawsuit against Apple could affect digital payments
If the Justice Department gets its way, how you pay for everyday things from coffee to clothes could be affected. The nearly 90-page landmark lawsuit filed against Apple last week claims that the company’s alleged monopoly over the smartphone market also extends to its handling of digital payments, especially as tap-to-pay options become more common. (Apple has denied that’s the case.)
If prosecutors get everything they want, consumers could eventually have multiple options for wallet apps. The goal would be to have apps that work on both Apple’s iOS platform and rival ones like Android. Prosecutors also called out Apple’s practice of charging banks 15% for credit card transactions on Apple Pay, arguing that the fees impact lenders’ ability to invest in improving the mobile banking experience.
Business and economy reporter J.J. McCorvey explains the changing digital payment landscape and Apple’s effect on the technology.
A test to protect against fatal chemo overdoses is rarely used
A common type of chemotherapy called fluorouracil, also known as 5-FU, is no picnic for anyone who uses it — but for some patients who are deficient in an enzyme that metabolizes the drugs, they can be torturous or deadly. That’s what happened to Carol Rosen, a 70-year-old retired schoolteacher whose final weeks were wracked with excruciating pain. The drug that was meant to prolong her life had caused her death. “Your body burns from the inside out,” Rosen’s daughter, Lindsay Murray, said.
Hundreds of people are killed annually by 5-FU or a nearly identical drug in pill form called capecitabine. A test for the enzyme deficiency that could potentially save lives exists, but because it’s not required by the FDA nor recommended by the most widely followed U.S. cancer treatment guidelines, it’s seldom used. Heartbroken family members are advocating for change.
7 American kids from school for troubled teens held in Jamaica
Seven American boys are being held in the custody of Jamaican child welfare authorities, more than six weeks after they were pulled from a school for troubled teens because of sexual abuse allegations. The boys were attending Atlantis Leadership Academy in Treasure Beach, which advertises itself as a faith-based school serving teens who are struggling with substance abuse, anxiety disorders and defiant behavior.
When Jamaican authorities received information that children at the program “were being mistreated,” the students were removed. They’re currently being held in Jamaican group homes.
Tarah Fleischman — who sent her son, Cody, to the school last year — said she’s “frustrated with the system” and by the long wait to bring Cody home to Wisconsin. “Unfortunately, I was a desperate mother who got preyed upon,” she said. Read the full story here.
Politics in Brief
Alabama politics: Democratic candidate Marilyn Lands won a special election for a state House seat in Alabama. Her campaign’s emphasis on in vitro fertilization and abortion rights was seen as an early test for IVF as a campaign issue.
Trump trials: Donald Trump was slapped with a partial gag order in the New York hush money case that bars him from talking about witnesses and court staffers in the case.
Abortion rights: The Supreme Court appeared likely to reject a challenge to the abortion pill mifepristone, with a number of justices questioning whether the plaintiffs — seven named doctors and associated anti-abortion groups — had legal standing to bring the lawsuit. The rejection of the case could hinge on how the justices assess “conscience objections.” Here’s what that means.
Israel-Hamas war: U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin met with his Israeli counterpart, Yoav Gallant, a day after the U.S. abstained in a U.N. Security Council vote calling for an immediate cease-fire in Gaza. At the top of the agenda was Israel’s plans to launch an offensive in Rafah.
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Staff Pick: An unusual emotional distress lawsuit
After her son told her he had been sexually abused by his babysitter, a New York mom set about warning other parents, including through unsolicited Facebook messages. Those alerts have gotten her sued by the sitter, who denies the abuse. Reporter Janelle Griffith delved deep into this unusual court case — the suit is for emotional distress, not defamation — that will go to trial in New York next month.
“Because of this ridiculous lawsuit, he’s being forced to confront some painful memories. It is so unfair,” the mom said. — Jaquetta White, news editor
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- Los Angeles city officials are considering reparations for families forced off the land where Dodger Stadium stands.
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Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador: The 60 Minutes Interview
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Chris Noth addresses sexual assault allegations in first interview
“Sex and the City” actor Chris Noth addressed the sexual assault allegations against him in his first interview since several women came forward with accusations more than a year ago.
Noth told USA Today in an article published on Monday his only offense was cheating on his wife, Tara Wilson.
“I strayed on my wife, and it’s devastating to her and not a very pretty picture,” he said. “What it isn’t is a crime.”
At least four women came forward with sexual assault allegations against Noth in December 2021 after the premiere of the “Sex and the City” reboot series, “And Just Like That…” Three of the women were anonymous, and NBC News was not able to independently corroborate or identify any of the three women and their allegations. Noth has not been criminally charged. NBC News has also reached out to Noth for further comment.
Noth denied the accusations at the time, and told USA Today he stood by his initial statement that said the encounters were consensual, and that adultery was his worst offense.
“You give yourself the same excuses that many men do; it’s just a little side dance, and it’s fun,” Noth said. “You’re not hurting anybody. No one’s going to know about this, you know, and sex is just enjoyable. And suddenly, a lot of people want to have sex with you. It’s like, ‘Well, I’m not going to get this chance again.’”
A week before the allegations became public, the premiere of “And Just Like That…” saw Noth’s character, Mr. Big, suddenly die from a heart attack. Noth’s appearance in the finale episode was cut, and he was dropped from a Peloton ad and fired from the CBS show “The Equalizer.” He also lost a $12 million acquisition deal for his tequila brand, Ambhar.
More than a year after the allegations came out, Noth told USA Today he knows lawsuits against him still remain a possibility, which he called “a money train for a lot of people.”
Gloria Allred, the lawyer representing some of the women, declined to comment to USA Today.
Sarah Jessica Parker, Kristin Davis and Cynthia Nixon, the stars of “And Just Like That…”, released a joint statement in December 2021 supporting the women who had come forward.
“We are deeply saddened to hear the allegations against Chris Noth. We support the women who have come forward and shared their painful experiences,” they said. “We know it must be a very difficult thing to do and we commend them for it.”
USA Today reported Noth initially didn’t want to speak beyond his December 2021 statement, but he spoke of the allegations’ effects.
“There’s nothing I can say to change anyone’s mind when you have that kind of a tidal wave,” he said. “It sounds defensive. I’m not.
“There’s no criminal court. There’s no criminal trial. There’s nothing for me to get on the stand about and get my story out, get witnesses. And there’s even more absurd add-ons that are completely ridiculous, that have absolutely no basis in fact. And I don’t like talking about it because as soon as I do, you’ll get the Daily Mail or someone grabbing a part of it and doing it, and I don’t want my kids seeing that.”
He added he has spoken to his 15-year-old son about what happened, but his 3-year-old son is too young to understand.
“I’m not going to lay down and just say it’s over,” he told USA Today. “It’s a salacious story, but it’s just not a true one. And I can’t just say ‘Well, OK, that’s it for me’ because of that. I’m an actor. I have other things that I want to do creatively. And I have children to support. I can’t just rest on my laurels. So yeah, I have enough to let a year drift, but I don’t know how to gauge or judge getting back into the club, the business, because corporations are frightened.”
Noth said he thinks “people are afraid of all this.”
“Fear is the overriding operative word when it comes to whether they believe it or not. … I have to just continue on,” he said. “It’s rough, because people are scared, and their fear leads them. And I have to just persevere because I still have a creative life.”
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House panel releases interview transcript of Devon Archer, Hunter Biden’s former business partner, testifying on Joe Biden calls
Washington — The GOP-led House Oversight and Accountability Committee released the 141 page transcript of its interview earlier this week with Devon Archer, a former business partner of Hunter Biden, who testified about his business dealings with President Biden’s son. Archer testified that Hunter Biden was selling “the brand,” and it was the elder Biden who “brought the most value to the brand,” according to the transcript.
Archer told the committee staff and lawmakers, “I think Burisma would have gone out of business if it didn’t have the brand attached to it.” Then, Rep. Dan Goldman, Democrat of New York, asked Archer if he had any knowledge that Joe Biden had any direct involvement with Burisma, and Archer replied, “No.”
In response to questions from Congressman Goldman about the brand’s alleged impact, Archer said that it appeared to shield Burisma “because people would be intimidated to mess with them.”
In a separate line of questioning by Republican congressman Andy Biggs, of Arizona, Archer was asked whether the brand was about “Dr. Jill or anybody else. You’re talking about Joe Biden, Is that fair to say?”
“Yeah, that’s fair to say,” Archer replied.
Archer served alongside Hunter Biden on the board of Burisma, a Ukrainian energy company, beginning in 2014, while the elder Biden was vice president and deeply involved in Ukraine policy. Archer is widely believed to have facilitated Hunter Biden’s entry onto Burisma’s board.
Republicans on the committee asked Archer about two dinners, one in 2014 and another in 2015 at a restaurant in Washington, D.C., with Hunter Biden’s foreign business associates, both of which the then-vice president attended.
“I recall that he had dinner. It was a regular — not a long dinner, but dinner,” Archer said of the spring 2014 dinner. Russian billionaire businesswoman Yelena Baturina was there, as well as an executive from Burisma.
Archer testified that in April 2014 there was an incoming wire for $142,300 which he said was used by Hunter Biden to buy a sports car, “I believe it was a Fisker first and then a Porsche…For an expensive car, yes.”
Archer, according to the transcript, also testified that the elder Biden was put on speaker phone with business contacts, potential business associates including foreign national “maybe 20 times” during the course of Archer’s and Hunter Biden’s business relationship. Joe Biden was put on the phone to sell “the brand,” Archer said.
“Part of what was delivered is the brand,” he said. “I mean, it’s like anything, you know, if you’re Jamie Dimon’s son or any CEO. You know, I think that’s what we’re talking about, is that there was brand being delivered along with other capabilities and reach.”
Asked what the Bidens talked about when Joe Biden was on speaker phone, Archer responded, “Say, where are you, how’s the weather, how’s the fishing, how’s the — whatever — but, you know, it was very, you know, casual conversations.”
Archer was also asked if then-Vice President Biden regularly “checked in on his son, who’s admitted he’s had issues with drugs.”
“Every day,” Archer replied. But asked whether he had ever heard them discuss the “substance of Hunter Biden’s business,” he responded, “No.”
While the speakerphone calls were described as casual conversations, Archer also testified he believed there may be more involved. “I think that the calls were — that’s what it was. They were calls to talk about the weather, and that was signal enough to be powerful.”
After Archer was interviewed Monday, and before the transcript was available for independent review, Goldman said Archer testified Hunter Biden was selling the “illusion of access” to his father.
“His exact testimony was that Hunter Biden possessed actual experience and contacts in Washington, D.C., in the political sphere, in the lobbying sphere, in the executive branch, and that that is ultimately what he was providing to Burisma,” Goldman said. “But in return for pressure from Burisma, he had to give the illusion — he used that term, the illusion — of access to his father, and he tried to get credit for things that he, that Mr. Archer testified Hunter had nothing to do with, such as when Vice President Biden went to Ukraine on his own.”
The transcript shows Goldman used the term “illusion of access” in his line of questioning, and Archer’s answers were more nuanced.
He asked Archer, “Is it fair to say that Hunter Biden was selling the illusion of access to his father?”
Archer replied, “Yes.”
Goldman followed up, “So, when you talk about selling the brand, it’s not about selling access to his father. It’s about selling the illusion of access to his father. Is that fair?”
Archer replied, “Is that fair? I mean, yeah, that is — I think that’s — that’s almost fair.”
Goldman asked, “‘Almost fair.’ Why, ‘almost fair?'”
“Because there are touch points and contact points that I can’t deny that happened, but nothing of material was discussed,” Archer said.
Archer’s interview was the latest development in the GOP’s investigations into Hunter Biden as Republicans seek to tie his controversial business dealings to the president.
The White House has repeatedly denied that the president had any involvement in his son’s business ventures. White House spokesperson Ian Sams said in a statement after Archer testified that House Republicans’ “own witnesses appear to be debunking their allegations.”
“It appears that the House Republicans’ own much-hyped witness today testified that he never heard of President Biden discussing business with his son or his son’s associates, or doing anything wrong,” he said last week.
Hunter Biden’s attorney Abbe Lowell said earlier this week Archer’s testimony confirmed that he “did not involve his father in, nor did his father assist him in, his business” and that any interaction between Hunter Biden’s father and business associates “was simply to exchange small talk.”
The Oversight Committee has sought information on any possible involvement from the president in his son’s foreign business deals for months. In a letter to Archer’s attorney in June, Oversight Committee chairman James Comer said Archer “played a significant role in the Biden family’s business deals abroad, including but not limited to China, Russia, and Ukraine.”
Archer was convicted in 2018 of securities fraud and conspiracy to commit securities fraud for his role in a scheme to defraud a Native American tribe and multiple pension funds. His conviction was overturned later that year, and U.S. District Judge Ronnie Abram wrote in her decision she was “left with an unwavering concern that Archer is innocent of the crimes charged.”
The conviction was later reinstated by a federal appeals court. Archer lost an appeal of that decision. He has not yet been sentenced.
— Ellis Kim and Michael Kaplan contributed reporting.
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Russia Ukraine war live: First lady Olena Zelenska issues sobering warning in rare interview
Russian missiles hit apartment block and Ukrainian security service building in Dnipro
Ukrainian first lady Olena Zelenska has issued a sobering warning to the world as the conflict enters its 18 month, in an exclusive interview with Independent TV.
Speaking from the command centre in Kyiv, Ms Zelenska warned that her country is in desperate need of “faster” support to enable it to fight Vladimir Putin’s troops.
“We keep hearing from our Western partners that they will be with us as long as it takes. ‘Long’ is not the word we should use. We should use the word ‘faster’,” she told Independent TV.
“Ukrainians are paying for this war with the lives of our compatriots. The rest of the world pays with its resources. These are incomparable things, so we urge you to speed up this help,” she added.
A comedy screenwriter and the childhood sweetheart of Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky, Ms Zelenska gave up her day job to become an ambassador for Ukraine after Russia launched its full-scale invasion in February 2022.
Founding the Olena Zelenska Foundation in September 2022, the organisation’s work is wide-ranging, encompassing everything from reconstructing hospitals to supporting those suffering with their mental health.
What Ukraine’s First Lady Olena Zelenska wants the world to know
In a rare interview the First Lady of Ukraine, Olena Zelenska, has spoken to Independent TV about her work rebuilding Ukraine in the middle of war, the pressures on her family and concerns for the future of her country.
From the presidential palace, she told The Independent’s Bel Trew about the need to reconstruct cities despite the fighting raging on, about building cutting-edge facilities to treat the country’s’ war-wounded and fighting stigma on trauma around the country.
What Ukraine’s First Lady Olena Zelenska wants the world to know
In a rare interview the First Lady of Ukraine, Olena Zelenska, has spoken to Independent TV about her work rebuilding Ukraine in the middle of war, the pressures on her family and concerns for the future of her country. From the presidential palace, she told The Independent’s Bel Trew about the need to reconstruct cities despite the fighting raging on, about building cutting-edge facilities to treat the country’s’ war-wounded and fighting stigma on trauma around the country. Watch the full interview on Independent TV, across mobile and connected TV from Monday 7 August.
Eleanor Noyce2 August 2023 22:07
ICYMI: Mideast countries that are already struggling fear price hikes after Russia exits grain deal
Ahmed Salah grew anxious when he heard the news that Russia had suspended a crucial wartime grain deal. The bakery owner in Egypt‘s capital is concerned it could mean global food prices soar.
“There mightn’t be immediate impact,” the 52-year-old said last week as he oversaw workers baking bread in his shop in Cairo, “but if they didn’t find a solution soonest, things would be very difficult.”
Russia pulled out of the deal brokered by the U.N. and Turkey to allow Ukraine’s grain to flow during a global food crisis. It helped stabilize food prices that soared last year after Russia invaded Ukraine — two countries that are major suppliers of wheat, barley, sunflower oil and other food to developing nations.
Eleanor Noyce3 August 2023 05:00
Putin’s troops fail to advance but are well dug in, says Ukrainian official
Even though Russian forces have not made any significant headway along the front lines, they are entrenched in heavily mined areas they control, making it difficult for Ukrainian troops to move east and south, Ukrainian officials said on Wednesday.
Russian forces have utilised ample time this year during their occupation in frontline areas to prepare defences and lay extensive minefields, Oleksiy Danilov, the Secretary of Ukraine’s Security Council, said.
“The enemy has prepared very thoroughly for these events,” he told national television. “The number of mines on the territory that our troops have retaken is utterly mad. On average, there are three, four, five mines per square metre.”
In June, Ukrainian forces launched a drive to retake occupied areas and have been pressing southward toward the Sea of Azov to sever a land bridge between occupied eastern Ukraine and the Russian-annexed Crimean peninsula.
Arpan Rai3 August 2023 04:30
Several explosions in Kyiv overnight as anti-aircraft units repel attacks
Anti-aircraft units were in action against attack drones during a three-hour air raid alert in and around Kyiv in the early hours today, the military said, with several explosions reported but no strikes or casualties announced.
Kyiv military authorities lifted the alert just after 4am (1am GMT).
One report by the military said airborne targets had been downed, but no details were provided.
Alerts were also lifted in most other areas of the country.
Arpan Rai3 August 2023 04:07
Face to face with a mercenary: Inside Wagner and its blood-soaked role in Russia’s invasion of Ukraine
Amid the ravages of war, Sergey, a seasoned Wagner mercenary, found himself grappling with the relentless violence that has become a way of life and death on the front line. The savage conflict, the sense of betrayal from the Kremlin, and rumours of plots, all combined to create an atmosphere of uncertainty and dread.
At the end he decided to abandon the Wagner group and the savage, meat-grinding combat of Donbas where corpses piled up, and towns and cities were razed.
Kim Sengupta meets a fighter – a father of two – who has recently left the mercenary group and hears about the daily routine of ‘fight, eat, pray’ on some of the fiercest frontlines in the war:
Eleanor Noyce3 August 2023 04:00
Areas near Bakhmut recaptured, says Kyiv
Officials in Kyiv have said its troops have retaken areas near Bakhmut, an eastern city seized by Russian forces in May after months of battles.
Deputy Ukrainian defence minister Hanna Maliar said Russian forces had “tried quite persistently to halt our advance in the Bakhmut sector. Without success.”
Russian forces, she wrote on Telegram, were beefing up reserves and equipment in three areas further north, where heavy fighting has also been reported in recent weeks.
Arpan Rai3 August 2023 03:51
Russia attacks grain port across River Danube from Romania
Russia attacked Ukraine’s main inland port across the River Danube from Romania yesterday, sending global food prices higher as it ramps up its use of force to prevent Kyiv from exporting grain.
The attacks destroyed buildings in the port of Izmail, south of Moldova, and halted ships in their tracks as they prepared to arrive there to load up with Ukrainian grain in defiance of a de-facto Black Sea blockade reimposed by Russia last month.
The port, which lies across the river from Nato-member Romania, is the main alternative route for exports.
Arpan Rai3 August 2023 03:44
Mapped: The latest strikes on Ukraine and Russia as war rages on
“Gradually, the war is returning to the territory of Russia – to its symbolic centres and military bases, and this is an inevitable, natural and absolutely fair process,” he said in a video address from the western city of Ivano-Frankivsk.
Russia’s defence ministry conceded on Sunday (30 July) that a 50-storey building containing the offices of a number of government agencies and a shopping precinct in the capital’s western Moskva-Citi business district were both hit by drone strikes it blamed on Ukraine, claiming to have brought down three more devices.
Joe Sommerlad has the full story:
Eleanor Noyce3 August 2023 03:00
Why are Wagner mercenaries in Belarus – and would they try to invade Poland?
Thousands of Wagner mercenaries have arrived in Belarus since the group’s failed mutiny against Moscow led by its founder Yevgeny Prigozhin – leading to Nato member Poland reinforcing its eastern border against the “potential threat” they pose.
Adding to the tension, Poland’s government said that two Belarusian helicopters entered Poland’s airspace on Tuesday, with Warsaw authorities saying it is rushing more troops to the border in light of the incident. It said it had informed Nato of the border violation, which Belarus denies.
The country’s defence ministry said: “There was a violation of Polish airspace by two Belarusian helicopters that were carrying out training near the border.” It added that Belarus had earlier informed Poland of plans to carry out training exercises in the area. It said they were flying at a low altitude and were not picked up by radar.
Eleanor Noyce3 August 2023 02:00
ICYMI: China imposes curbs on drone exports citing Ukraine and concern about military use
China imposed restrictions Monday on exports of long-range civilian drones, citing Russia’s war in Ukraine and concern that drones might be converted to military use.
Chinese leader Xi Jinping’s government is friendly with Moscow but says it is neutral in the 18-month-old war. It has been stung by reports that both sides might be using Chinese-made drones for reconnaissance and possibly attacks.
Export controls will take effect Tuesday to prevent use of drones for “non-peaceful purposes,” the Ministry of Commerce said in a statement. It said exports still will be allowed but didn’t say what restrictions would apply.
Eleanor Noyce3 August 2023 01:00