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Poir point, forward momentum carried us right over, and you saw the water approaching, there was one of those -- you hold on as tight as you can, and just the white flash and cold water. it was definitely cold this time of the year. >> the bridge collapse, the latest incident to raise troubling questions about the nations infrastructure and whether they are aggressively inspected. a bridge collapsed in minneapolis in rush hour, 13 people died, 145 more injured. it was a design flauchl a couple y...

Dead, 145 were injured. jon: a major pirg in the benghazi -- figure in the benghazi scandal is up for a promotion. how the ongoing investigation could affect the nomination of president obamas pick for a key assistant secretary of state job. also some new details about the two suspects in the hacking murder of a british soldier killed while walking the streets of london. it comes as we learn more about the victim, lee rigby, and those who knew him best pay tribute. >> sleep peacefully. we love...

Any u.s. citizen, with a drone or a shot gun, without due process. >> reporter: the president, once again, made the case for closing the prison at guantanamo bay. at one point, an anti-war protester tried to shut him down. >> why was he killed? >> let her finish, maam. you being able to speak but you listening. and me being able to speak. >> reporter: she interrupted him three separate times. >> out of the hands of the cia! >> im willing to cut the young lady who interrupted me some slack. becau...

A major link between seattle and canada. obviously the bridge is out of action. what kind of traffic nightmare do you anticipate if you anticipate one at all? >> i am sure there will be significantly heavy traffic coming through the region this weekend. yeah, there will be some traffic snarls. and you know hopefully people will plan accordingly allow additional time. there are optional routes that people can take. but patience is going to be a virtue for sure. >> thanks to jim martin. public inf...

The depth of the water didnt take them down to the bottom. >> this really is reminiscent of what happened in minnesota in 2007. 13 people in that case, died, this hit during rush hour as well. there were 145 people injured so, you see these pictures. automatically i think everybody, assumes, the worst. but then we hear the good news, three cars, three people. so far everybody rescued. everybodys in the hospital. two of the three people transported for hypothermia. so the injuries, at least those...

When you look at the pictures. three cars go in the water. no one dies, essentially the water is estimated anywhere to be from 8 to 12 feet deep at its deepest point there. you can see one of the cars, got its tail sticking out of the water. clearly wasnt a big fall. the depth of the water didnt take them down to the bottom. >> this really is reminiscent of what happened minnesota in 2007. 13 people in that case, died, this hit during rush hour as well. there were 145 people injured so, you see ...

Countless rescue workers that descended on the town. the mayor has all the help he needs. he wants people to stay off the streets to let the people do their jobs. the media has been leaving those areas. we dont want to be in the way as they do those jobs. they continue today. 101 people pulled from the rubble alive, thats the good news. there is some tragic news. 51 people killed from the devastating tornado. that number goes up. 145 people injured. that number will go up as well. the number tha...

>> i just lost, lost everything. >> lost everything. a lot 06 people can say that tontd. that does it for us. cnn will be live all night long. the latest on the devastating storm, our latest continues now. >> good evening, everyone. im erin burnett. out front tonight, we have breaking news. at least 51 people are dead after a massive tornado toured through oklahoma city earlier today. among the dead, as we can tell you live at this hour, are at least 20 children. state chief medical examiner say...

The oklahoma city medical examiners office say they have 24 confirmed fatalities. nine of those are children sadly. those numbers could change over the next several hours. there have been 145 people hospitalized. a lot of injuries to talk about. a lot of danger literally flying through the area. lets go to cnns elizabeth cohen in atlanta right now. elizabeth, give me a sense of what kind of injuries, what kind of damage normally you will see from a tornado like this. >> people have actually stud...

This morning, thats where they were moving from, there is nothing left of the school. it is just a pile of brick. the other school, briarwood elementary, in all there are 51 confirmed fatalities, including 20 children. but that number, unfortunately could rise dramatically. the medical examiners office tells us 40 more bodies are on their way to them and half of those are children. at least 145 victims are in the hospital at this hour. president obama has issued an emergency disaster declarati...