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Monday-Friday from noon-1:00, Tom Hall and his guests are talking about what's on your mind, and what matters most to Marylander's, the latest news, local and national politics, education and the environment, popular culture and the arts, sports and science, race and religion, movies and medicine. We welcome your questions and comments. E-mail us at midday@wypr.org

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Monday-Friday from noon-1:00, Tom Hall and his guests are talking about what's on your mind, and what matters most to Marylander's, the latest news, local and national politics, education and the environment, popular culture and the arts, sports and science, race and religion, movies and medicine. We welcome your questions and comments. E-mail us at midday@wypr.org

    A day later, the latest on the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse

    A day later, the latest on the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse

    Hours before dawn on Tuesday morning, Baltimore's Francis Scott Key Bridge suddenly vanished into the Patapsco River. While many questions remains about the disaster, it will be years before a new bridge is built to replace the wreckage, and many months before a new normal is established for the tens of thousands of people who traveled on the bridge every day.

    Late Tuesday night, the U.S. Coast Guard announced it was suspending its search for the six people unaccounted for following the disaster.

    Rear Adm. Shannon Gilreath said that based on the length of time since the bridge collapsed and the water temperatures, they don't believe that search teams are going to find any of these individuals still alive.

    Today on Midday, we will talk about what happened, how it is affected our communities, and what we have to do to process this tragedy, and move forward.

    (Photo from Baltimore City Fire Department Rescue 1 Team)
    Email us at midday@wypr.org, tweet us: @MiddayWYPR, or call us at 410-662-8780.

    • 48 min
    A Midday Live Special on the Key bridge collapse

    A Midday Live Special on the Key bridge collapse

    In a special Midday evening broadcast, Tom recaps the events of the day in the search and rescue mission regarding the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse.

    In the early hours Tuesday morning, a cargo ship leaving the port of Baltimore crashed into the Francis Scott Key Bridge, wrapping the ship in a tangled mass of steel, and plunging most of the bridge structure into the Patapsco River within seconds.

    In audio of a police scanner recorded minutes before the crash, we hear first responders rushing to evacuate workers from the bridge and to stop incoming traffic from the north and south.

    As the search and rescue continues into the evening following the crash, we hear the latest updates from WYPR reporter Emily Hofstaedter, who is reporting from near where the bridge once stood.

    We also hear from Morgan State University Dean Oscar Barton, Jr., who runs the Clarence M. Mitchell, Jr. School of Engineering.

    And Ralph Siegel of Total Traffic and Weather Network about how people will get around the region for the foreseeable future.

    (Photo courtesy: Baltimore City Fire Department Rescue 1 Team)
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    • 28 min
    What we know about the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge

    What we know about the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge

    A large search-and-rescue operation is underway following the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge Tuesday morning after a container ship crashed into a support pier.

    The bridge, which links serves an important artery for the region, and is part of Interstate 695 which serves north-south traffic along the I-95 corridor.

    WYPR News Director Matt Bush joins us to discuss the latest developments.

    We also speak to Dr. Mehdi Shokouhian, a Morgan State Associate Professor in the Department of Civil Engineering, about the monitoring and maintenance of Maryland's transportation infrastructure, including the Key bridge.

    John Olszewski, Baltimore County Executive, joins us to discuss the ramifications of the collapsed bridge, which spanned from Dundalk across to Baltimore County.

    And then we talk to Dr. Vittoria DeLucia, a psychiatrist with Sheppard Pratt, about how to cope with traumatic events and manage the fears that may result.
    Email us at midday@wypr.org, tweet us: @MiddayWYPR, or call us at 410-662-8780.

    • 50 min
    Howard County's Sen. Clarence Lam sets his sights on Congress

    Howard County's Sen. Clarence Lam sets his sights on Congress

    In today’s installment in our series of Conversations with the Candidates, we talk with State Senator Clarence Lam, a Democrat who is one of several members of the Maryland General Assembly running for U.S. Congress in the 3rd Congressional District. 

    Senator Lam is in his second term representing District 12 in the state Senate. When he was first elected in 2019, the district included parts of Baltimore County and Howard County. After redistricting, he now represents Anne Arundel and Howard counties. He serves on the Finance Committee, and he chairs the Joint Committee on Fair Practices and State Personnel Oversight. He is also the Secretary of the Maryland Legislative Asian-American and Pacific Islander Caucus.

    Prior to his election to the Senate, he served in the House of Delegates for one term.

    In addition to his legislative work, Dr. Lam is the Director of the Preventive Medicine Residency Program and an Assistant Professor in the Department of Health Policy and Management at the Bloomberg School. He’s also the Medical Director for Occupational Health at the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory, where he continues to see patients every week, even when the General Assembly is in session.
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    • 48 min
    Playwright Karen Zacarias on “The Book Club Play”

    Playwright Karen Zacarias on “The Book Club Play”

    Karen Zacarías is an award-winning playwright and her popular work, The Book Club Play opens at the Everyman Theatre here in Baltimore tonight.

    The Everyman is by no means the only theater choosing to produce a Karen Zacarias play. This season she’s one of the 20 most-produced playwrights at American regional theaters, and it’s not the first time she’s made that list.

    Zacarias has also co-written ballet librettos and almost a dozen musicals for young audiences. She’s the founder of Washington’s Young Playwrights’ Theater, and co-founder of the Latino Theatre Commons — a national organization dedicated to updating the American narrative with stories of Latinos.

    Karen Zacarias joins us along with our theater critic J. Wynn Rousuck.
    Email us at midday@wypr.org, tweet us: @MiddayWYPR, or call us at 410-662-8780.

    • 14 min
    News wrap: Judging juveniles and tax reform in Annapolis

    News wrap: Judging juveniles and tax reform in Annapolis

    WYPR Senior Reporter Rachel Baye joins us to discuss the last year she spent, along with colleagues at American Public Media Reports, investigating what juvenile justice advocates say are arbitrary and inconsistent reasons to keep teenagers charged with serious crimes in adult court.

    A review of more than three dozen court hearings over the past three years found a process that subjects teenagers to adult jails, courts and sentences despite decades of research showing these tactics push teens to commit more crimes. When deciding whether to treat these children as adults, judges sometimes relied on questionable reasoning.

    Later, we speak to Benjamin Orr, the Director of the Maryland Center on Economic Policy, and a member of the Fair Share Coalition, which is advocating for changes in the law governing corporate taxes.
    Email us at midday@wypr.org, tweet us: @MiddayWYPR, or call us at 410-662-8780.

    • 34 min

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