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Media. brian: keep in mind if you ever meet michael flynn he is one of the finest americans you will ever meet. i dont know how this will play out. what he did in the military for 33 years most could only fantasize. abby huntsman have you more news. abby: i do. thanks for watching this morning. i do want to bring you hid lines happening right now. safety emergency in place as atlanta prepares for all-out traffic crisis. this after a massive inferno causes a bridge to collapse on interstate 85. >...

Rush hour. the fire started under the bridge creating huge clouds of black smoke that could be seen for miles. fire crews were unable to reach the scene for hours due to the extreme heat generated by the flames. authorities managed to reverse traffic on that jammed highway before the bridge collapsed and somehow kind of miraculously no injuries and no deaths have been reported. now, atlanta mayor calls it a long-term crisis with all lanes on interstate 85 blocked indefinitely. what a mess. >> th...

Brian, it looks great on you. headlines want to bring you right now. a state of emergency in place as atlanta prepares for all out traffic crisis. this after massive inferno causes a bridge to collapse on the heavily used interstate 85. oh god [bleep] thats hot. abby: police officers credited with saving lives by turning lives around just minutes before that bridge collapsed a two mile stretch of i-85 closed indefinitely. officials calling it a transportation crisis. schools in the area have bee...

General votel says there are 100,000 iranian backed fighters in iraq raising question what comes next after isis. >> chris: what many people sees a a power grab is prompting violent protests prots in venezuelala. the countrys supreme court has stripped the opposition controlled congress of much its power. that has sent critic into the streets. national guardsman and caracas swird buck shot and swung batons at demonstrators. nicholas has seen his approval ratings plunge amid widespread food short...

Hospital in critical condition. investigators say they are still searching for other subjects. a state of emergency after a massive fire caused a bridge collapse in atlanta. it happened on interstate 85, one of the nations busiest roadways. flames and black smoke could be seen for miles, amazingly, no one was hurt. at one point, traffic was backed up for miles and it is unclear when it would return to normal. to the cause of the fire remains unknown. lets take you back to "red eye," for all your...

We are back now with a look at the mornings headlines. have you heard about the overnight huge fire in atlanta, caused a bridge to collapse in the fire was reported right during rush hour on interstate 85. you know how busy it is. authorities managed to turn back traffic before the bridge collapsed. nobody was hurt. people apparently saw the flames and stopped their cars before that collapse. atlantas mayor says this is going to create a major long term transportation crisis for the city. no sur...

South dakota. as of now, 32 democratic senators have said they are again gorsuchs nomination and support a filibuster while two more are undecided but support the filibuster. now, one of those democrats, claire mccaskill, offering a warning to her own party. mccaskill is up for re-election in a state trump won by double digits says, blocking gorsuch could have dire consequences for democrats, including someone worse being appointed to the high court in the future. coming up on "morning joe," w...

The gender on their birth certificate. civil rights and gay rights groups saying the revised law still allows for discrimination. it is estimated the old law threatened to cost the state billions of dollars in lost revenue. were following breaking news in atlanta tonight. these pictures just coming in as were on the air a large fire underneath interstate 85 there, after a huge chunk of the highway collapsed. the fire creating major traffic delays around the city. theres no word on any injuries...

A row there are people demonstrating in the streets, protesting election of donald trump. want to check in with gary tuckman in atlanta. where are you, what is the crowd like? what has been happening? >> reporter: anderson, right in the heart of downtown atlanta. behind me are hundreds of protesters, probably more than 1,000. these people are intensely angry. if you would have gone to a trump rally over the last couple of weeks and come here, it would have been like you were on two different pla...

Tornado watch box across alabama and florida. one tornado warning that we have been watching just to the south of this line of storms here. this morning big storms going from atlanta stretching down across interstate 85. tornado warned in the northern part of panhandle of florida. going to watch that redevelop today. severe weather across parts of the ohio river valley and tennessee river valley and down across the southeast. biggest tornado threat is going to be from areas louisville and maybe ...