Biden pledges federal funds to rebuild [Video]

President Joe Biden got a firsthand look Friday at the devastation left behind after Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge collapsed last month. 

“To the people of Maryland, I’m here to say your nation has your back and I mean it,” said Biden Friday afternoon in Baltimore. 

“I fully intend … that the federal government cover the cost of building this entire bridge, all of it,” Biden said. “As we’ve done in other parts of the country in similar circumstances. I stand here, I call on Congress to authorize this effort as soon as possible.”

Biden assessed the magnitude of the disaster during an aerial tour of the collapse site with Maryland Governor Wes Moore, and leaders from the United States Coast Guard and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

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The president met with the families of the six workers who died when the bridge collapsed. The …