0 this collapse happening about 7:00 p.m. last night in mount vernon. that is about an hour north of seattle. a survivor says he and his wife were driving across that bridge when the bridge just disappeared right in front of them in a big puff of dust. a portion of that four-lane bridge apparently giving way in both directions. listen to this. >> we were very fortunate that when this call initially came in some of the deputy boat operators were on duty and were within minutes of being able to launch a boat and be out there and try to rescue the people that were in need of help. >> how lucky they were. no one was killed in that and authorities are now talking to a commercial truck driver whose rig they believe actually hit the bridge and caused the collapse. listen. >> we do have the drubbing drubbing -- truck driver who remained at the scene. we had initial conversations with him to get an indication as to what occurred. that will be ongoing in terms of the investigation. >> we are also learning this morning that the design of that bridge is apparently outdated. it was built in 1955, according to federal records. its sufficiency rating is well below the statewide average rating. that bridge served as the main route between seattle and canada and now access has been cut off and that could impact traffic for some time ahead. all of this just ahead of memorial day weekend. you may remember that last major interstate bridge collapse happened in minnesota back in 2007, and that resulted in 13 deaths. about 150 injuries at the time. so this could have been a whole lot worse. we'll bring in more as we get it. >>steve: in other news, you know lois lerner, the woman who ran that unit in cincinnati at the heart of the targeting of conservatives scandal at the i.r.s. if you ask me about lois lerner, i take the fifth. here's the thing apparently she was asked by somebody at the i.r.s., lois, you're press who were wondering i thought people would be held accountable, she says no. what kind of world is this when you can say no when people ask you to resign because you're doing a poor and corrupt job and she says no i'll take the leave with pay. she gets a memorial day where she wears a smock and cooks for the entire neighborhood while still getting paid on tuesday. >>steve: she is getting paid right now $177,000. remember, she doesn't run the i.r.s. she's not even a really high-ranking officer. she is an official at the i.r.s. in charge of that unit. but she makes $177,000. that is more than a u.s. senator or more than a u.s. congressman. they make $174,000. she's making $3,000 more plus bonuses. rand paul says she's still here? what? listen. >> i would have suspended her without pay. the other thing is we have to watch closely because what they tend to do is they transfer people around and change their titles. with benghazi, no one was punished for the fact that for six months they begged for security and it was denied by hillary clinton and the state department. she says i know nothing. i'm in charge around here but that decision wasn't made by me. the same with the president. i know nothing. i'm in charge of the country but i don't know anything about that. attorney general holder has sort of same opinion. i'm in charge around here but i think i recused myself from that decision. i wasn't involved. we have all of these people, nobody wants to take responsibility. and when they say someone was reassigned or fired, we find out they're still in their position at the state department. >>brian: one thing consistent: nobody ever takes responsibility for anything. it is never your fault, the person in charge didn't know about it. it just seems to be okay. when you have congress men and women totally exasperated by people supposed to be in charge not taking responsibility for things they know went wrong, it is not the way things are supposed to work. >> pointing fingers. where's the accountability in this? really to rand paul's point being promoted for politics, state department official victoria nuland, she is the one who changed the benghazi talking points, or one of the ones who did that, she is getting nominated for assistant secretary of state. where's the accountability on this one? >>brian: i don't blame her at all. she seemed to be the mouthpiece of higher ups who said hey, c.i.a. -- >>steve: we don't know exactly what her -- we know that she asked the white house and the c.i.a., go back and whitewash the talking points. there she is back when she had that job. we don't know exactly what her capacity was -- >>brian: in the e-mails she indicates higher up in the state department would like this changed. it doesn't say i, victoria nuland, want this changed. for example, when people get mad at jay carney, if you don't like the way he's spinning it, he's not setting the spoil. >>steve: as we continue the scandal palooza at the white house, you know james rosen, investigated by the white house, also u.s. attorney general came up with crazy trumped up charges and tried to get a judge to sign -- and he did. also he was essentially a coconspirator in violation of the espionage act. who ultimately signed off on the search warrant of james rosen? the answer is eric holder, the attorney general for the united states. and what's delicious about this and troubling at the same time is that you know yesterday the president of the united states ordered a 45-day review of the leak investigation. and who did he put in charge of it? eric holder. in other words, eric holder will be investigating eric holder. here's the thing -- pwroeupb he has a habit of recusing himself without telling anybody -plt maybe he'll recuse himself from the department of justice investigation because he realizes he's the one who ordered the investigation. >> and recuse himself from the phone records, and this previously had none been reported about him signing off on james rosen. >>brian: the president's speech yesterday was i think 50 minutes of self-therapy. let me tell you why i did something. >>steve: the president was talking about how the war is over. too bad the other side doesn't know that. this is a look at all of the phone records that were seized and the phone detail asked for by the department of justice. >> james rosen just doing his job. i'm proud to work at tpobs news at this hour in his -- to work at fox news at this hour in history. it's a first amendment issue. james rosen was just doing his job, and he is a very good reporter. >>brian: james rosen will be on the radio a little bit later. >>steve: good plug. also stkaeufd -- david zurwhich at the baltimore sun writes team obama picked the wrong guy to treat as a criminal for doing his job as a journalist. james rosen is the best journalist i have ever met. >> 11 minutes after the hour. this morning we are learning a whole lot more about one of the two men who murdered aldly a british -- allegedly a british sold on the streets of london. authorities say the man reported to be michael adebolajo has ties to a radical terrorist group and converted to islam in 2003. police made two more arrests and are searching homes in an expanded investigation. police are bracing for copycat attacks sending more t,000 officers to trouble spots. the british soldier killed lee rigby leaves behind a two-year-old son. he joined the army in 2006 and served in afghanistan. the brave cub scout leader who confronted one of the terrorists head on says she was not even scared. >> [inaudible] >> she says the attacker told her he wanted to start a war in london and she told him you're going to lose. this morning more about the massive twister that tore there oklahoma this week, destroying 12,000 homes, meantime there are incredible stories still coming out of more like this one. sandra adams reunited with the guardsman who helped save her life. she wanted to give him back his jacket. he gave it to her during her rescue. [laughing] >> and he kind of laughed it off. >> it was a nice feeling to know we've got such good people out here in oklahoma. >> adams is expected to make a full recovery. >>brian: anna, you were there. pretty devastating? >> i've never seen anything like it. 1.3 miles wide and it was so massive. >>steve: 13 after the top of the hour. anthony weiner wants to be mayor of new york. if you remember what the city of new york looks like, a big weiner blunder. >> go green and get a government green light while conservative groups get mixed up in red tape. the i.r.s. may not be the only agency with conservatives in their cross hairs. stuart varney with the stuart varney with the details. ♪ even superheroes need superheroes, and some superheroes need complete and balanced meals with 23 vitamins and minerals. purina dog chow. help keep him strong. dog chow strong. mommy's having a french fry. yes she is, yes she is. 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