since this morning, penndot personnel and secretary carroll himself have been on site inspecting thedway. finally, dep, the department of environmental protection, under the leadership of acting secretary negrin has been coordinating with the philadelphia coast guard and the philadelphia water department to conduct environmental assessments. while this is still very much an active scene, i just completed an aerial view of the site and received a briefing from law enforcement, first responders and transportation experts on the ground with mayor kenny. as it's been the the northbound side has completely collapsed and the soubtd side is not structurally sound to carry anything over it. in response, penndot and the city of philadelphia and leslie richards who joans me today have create detours and are wokking on alternatively have methods so folks can satisfily get to where they need to go. they connect beth sides of i-95 to get traffic through the area. with regard to the complete rebuild of the i-95 roadway we expect that to take some number of months. we expect it to take that time an

they are working together with my team at penndot led by the secretary who is doing an incredible jobcretary carol has a nice office in harrisburg, but he has not left his post here and northeast philadelphia overseeing this work and mr. secretary, we appreciate your and credible work. we all owe a debt of gratitude to our first responders, fire, philadelphia police, everyone in law enforcement together with fema and our state police. our first responders have been truly awesome. i hope this chevy has shown everyone -- this tragedy has shown everyone the pennsylvania can do big things. if we are tested, we are able to do big things. this is a great example of what's great about pennsylvania. our innovation meets our great. we work together to get this done. also even if you are not out doing the work of our tradespeople, we are doing the hard work in our federal or state government. folks here have a renewed sense of civic pride through this project. they were watching a livestream last night eating $.95 wings. there something special happening in our community, people coming together

they are working together with my team at penndot led by the secretary who is doing an incredible job. secretary carol has a nice office in harrisburg, but he has not left his post here and northeast philadelphia overseeing this work and mr. secretary, we appreciate your and credible work. we all owe a debt of gratitude to our first responders, fire, philadelphia police, everyone in law enforcement together with fema and our state police. our first responders have been truly awesome. i hope this chevy has shown everyone -- this tragedy has shown everyone the pennsylvania can do big things. if we are tested, we are able to do big things. this is a great example of what's great about pennsylvania. our innovation meets our great. we work together to get this done. also even if you are not out doing the work of our tradespeople, we are doing the hard work in our federal or state government. folks here have a renewed sense of civic pride through this project. they were watching a livestream last night eating $.95 wings. there something special happening in our community, people coming toge

for those who live in the area, penndot has recommended detours for getting around the collapse, governor schapiro says he will enter a disaster regulation so the state has access to federal funds i want to note the white house as president biden has been briefed on the situation and offered resources to state leaders there. back to you. jon: happy not to be a philadelphia commuter for the next few months. thank you. intense situation for passengers after a delta flight from new york to los angeles makes an unscheduled stop in the onboard air slide burst open and injures her crew member, jeff paul live in l.a. with more on that. >> delta says this is not an emergency landing nor was a plane diverted due to the slide being deployed, when you talk to the folks on board at the time that the passenger who took this video it was quite a shock for them some describing as an explosion, you can see the slide which is designed to open up on the outside of the plane is smooshed inside after delta says it was deployed by accident. we spoke with one passenger who was a few rows away and here is how s

penndot says an average of 160,000 cars travel this portion of the highway every day. we're advising residents to please avoid the area and plan for alternative routes of travel. the ntsb tweeted sunday that in coordination with pennsylvania state police, it will be sending a team to help with the investigation. lindsay watts, abc news, philadelphia. lindsay, thank you. the ex-marine charged in the chokehold death of a homeless man on the new york city subway is speaking out. daniel penny issued a video statement through his attorneys claiming he was protecting himself and other passengers when he put jordan neely in a chokehold last month. penny claims neely was an imminent danger. the three main threats that he repeated over and over was, i'm going to kill you. i'm prepared to go to jail for life and i'm willing to die. penny faces manslaughter charges. jordan neely's family and friends say he was battling mental illness and needed help. manhattan prosecutors are trying to secure an indictment against penny. us officials are confirming the arrest of an american music

. >> penndot contractors will work 24/7 in an effort to try to speed up the solution set and we continueo engineer the solution set that will come after the demolition is completed and we expect that demolition to be completed in four or five days. >>> police say they are working to identify the body recovered from the wreckage as well. they also confirm there will be no criminal investigation into this accident. >>> we're learning more about how four children survived more than a month in the colombian amazon after a plane crash that killed their mother and two others. the oldest child, a 13-year-old named leslie, is being hailed for her, quote, heroic role in caring for her siblings and keeping them alive in the jungle. >> a member of the rescue team says the children built a small shelter and that leslie used a soda bottle to get water from a nearby river. the children are now being treated at a hospital and their grandfather shared more about his resourceful granddaughter's quick thinking. >> translator: when she looked and saw that her mother was dead, she saw the feet of her younge

for the moment, penndot says it is safe to drive just take it a little slow. >> i like the way they drovee confidence there. phillie phanatic making an appearance as well. >>> the future of submersibles now in question after five people died in the titan tragedy. what does it mean for the future of underwater tourism? we'll discuss after a quick break. you're watching "cnn news central." my most important kitchen tool? my brain. so i choose neuriva plus. unlike some others, neuriva plus is a multitasker supporting 6 key indicators of brain health. to hp keep me sharp. neuriva: think bigger. i brought in ensure max protein with 30g of protein. those who tried me felt more energy in just two weeks. uh... here i'll take that. -everyone: woo hoo! ensure max protein with 30 grams of protein, one gram of sugar. enter the nourishing moments giveaway for a chance to win $10,000. ♪ ready to feel what it's like? when you can du more with less asthma. it's possible with dupixent. dupixent is not for sudden breathing problems. it's an add-on treatment for specific types of moderate-to-severe asthma.

. >> penndot's contractors will work 24/7 in an effort to try to speed up the solution set.ed. we expect that demolition to be completed in four or five days. >> reporter: four or five days to knock everything down, and then weeks and months still to clean everything up and fix it back up again. i can personally attest that traffic in this area was a nightmare throughout much of the day. a lot of big trucks on these side streets in this area. government officials asking drivers to avoid this area and try public transportation if you can. wolf? >> keywords, if you can. thanks very much, danny freeman in philadelphia for us. and, to our viewers, thanks very much for watching. i'm wolf blitzer in "the situation room." and this note, i'll be back tomorrow earlier in the day 1:00 p.m. eastern for cnn special live coverage of donald trump's court appearance. until then, once again, thanks very much for watching. "erin burnett outfront" starts "erin burnett outfront" starts right now. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> "outfront" next, trump hours away from being arrested. t

. >> reporter: and, john, just for some context here, penndot says that this area of i-95 is probablysylvania and governor shapiro said that the cleanup may take some number of months. it will be a problem out here for a while still. john? >> huge problem. danny, thanks so much. appreciate it. rahel? >>> turning back to 2024, former new jersey governor chris christie makes the case for why he should be president and why donald trump should not. in a cnn town hall tonight christie is expected to take aim a trump over his indictment and the classified documents investigation. you might remember in new hampshire last week christie also slammed his primary rivals for not directly criticizing trump. anderson cooper will moderate tonight's town hall. let's bring in omar jimenez. what more do we know about chris christie's strategy tonight? >> a big part of his strategy s one, not shying away from donald trump, but also making the case why he believes the country under donald trump would be a country we would no longer recognize. i was at that campaign kickoff event in new hampshire less tha

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on i-95 which is crippling the region right now, and so just really grateful for the innovation of penndot and the cooperation of philadelphia and our regional partners and the federal highway administration. >> any question that you had not been asked that you like to be asked? >> i have several serve, but i want to get to the finance committee before. >> my staff will appreciate that. i want to say how what joy's been here sit here today and to hear from you and hear your response to the questions that have been asked. >> i -- for the other people who may not know this, i was given the opportunity to suggest how folks to the newly elected president a couple years ago, two people to serve in his administration, and chairman -- was especially pleased to recommend. and sitting here listening to you today, i find the questions, and coming at forthright in frank way, it makes me very happy. and, to your family, who are sharing you with all of us across the country, your wife and, you have one child? >> to. daughters >> two girls. tell them that we appreciate them sharing their husband and dad