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Fortunately no one inside was hurt. >> we have a lot of damage here in the county at this time. >> reporter: at least four people suffered minor injuries and a portion of interstate 95 was shut down in both directions. it has since reopened. but the cleanup is far from over. >> i dont ever want to see another one like it again. it went from sunshine to pitch black. and i guess the storm here lasted probably less than a minute. and you see what it has done. >> reporter: jen sullivan reporting. ...

Dangerous as people were trying to land plane, what was happening? the new jersey turnpike runs right along the runway and what we were seeing is for some reason the airplanes were getting down close to the ground and then the auto pilots were cutting off because there was interference and it turns -- and we continued to see this over the test period of about e oh, a month or so. and we started of asking questions and it turned out. that radar detectors on trucks on interstate 95 were encroachin...

This is center growth, community about 15 miles south of indianapolis where that cleanup effort continues tonight. as you can see, tornadoes tore through homes, ripped off roofs, and took down trees and power lines. right now thousands are made in the dark but everybody out here telling me they are really just thankful to be alive. norah. >> norah: no doubt. max lewis, thank you very much. for more on tonights storms and the record heat expected later the week, lets turn to meteorologist jackie ...

All five philadelphia mascots drive over it. a tanker truck carrying 8,500 gallons of gasoline crashed and exploded two weeks ago sunday morning. that caused the northbound lanes of 95 to collapse. the state found a solution using glass foam aggregate to pile it up in this space behind me and pave over it, that was how they were able to create six temporary lanes to get traffic moving on i-95 behind me. listen to what governor shapiro said a couple hours ago. >> this was a moment of civic pride ...

. this hour in philadelphia, countless motorists and truck drivers breathing easier, driving a bit faster. a damaged section of interstate 95 reopened at noon after a remarkable scramble to repair it. crews had been working around-the-clock since a fiery tanker truck crash caused that section of the highway to collapse. that part of i-95 carries about 160,000 vehicles through philadelphia every day. danny freeman has the latest. boy, did they work quickly. >> yeah, jim. stunning when you think...

Lot of interstate economy that was happening there on i-95. >> thats great. welcome back to "morning joe." it is friday, june 23rd. jonathan lemire, john heilemann, jen psaki are still with us. joining the conversation, we have the president of the national action network and host of msnbcs "politics nation," reverend al sharpton. and chief white house correspondent for "the new york times," peter baker. great group this hour, as usual. so lets get into this moving backwards rather than going ...

The road was months. now -- >> were getting it done here in philly. >> reporter: the governor making the stunning announcement alongside president joe biden who took a helicopter view over the site during a campaign stop. >> theres no more important project in my opinion. >> reporter: crews begin to rebuild the interstate with the plan for now to build six temporary lanes. this past week the pennsylvania department of transportation also launched a 24/7 live stream of repairs with thousands tuni...

After a strange of deadly storms barreled through the region, leaving at least six people dead and dozens of others injured were in a texas community still picking up the pieces. later highway collapse pennsylvanias governor vowing to reopen that busy stretch of interstate 95 through philly within weeks lets begin with the breaking news out of china this morning. u.s. secretary of state antony blinken just departing beijing after that high-stakes meeting with chinas president xi jinping. that ...

Shapiro saying he expects cars along this stretch of i-95 to get back on there in about two weeks. he made that announcement alongside president joe biden in town for a campaign stop the president saying there is no more important project happening right now. this morning the race to get traffic moving on one of the nations major northeast highways is on. >> i can state with confidence that we will have i-95 reopened within the next two weeks. >> reporter: over the weekend, pennsylvania governor...

Of interstate 95 in philadelphia this weekend pennsylvanias governor announced the collapsed portion of the interstate should reopen within two weeks. this critical stretch of highway shut down more than a week ago after a tractor-trailer hauling gas crashed and caught fire during a visit to philadelphia on saturday. the president committed federal resources each step of the way >> theres no more important project right now in the country as far as im concerned. im directing my team, not figurat...