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Drivers went into the water. >> oh, tragically and sadly i have to disagree with you. we have had nearly 600 bridge failures since 1989. we have seen what happened to the i-35w, which is one of 8,000 bridges in our nation that is not only structurally deficient, which is worse than functionally obsolete, but fracture critical, meaning they could go down at a moment's notice, just like this. our politicians turn their back on this and don't see infrastructure as a high priority. and the american public, and our economic system, is paying a terrible price. >> barry, thank you so much. we appreci...

You just, you go with it. >> reporter: now, he went with it, all right, and he got his wife out safely as well and waited those 90 minutes for the rescuers. you can see a steel girder. that's one of the top girders that was also hit by this high-profile vehicle, this semi truck, and it is damaged all the way to the right-hand side. so what we think happened was the semi truck was pushed all the way over to the right-hand side of this bridge, the far right lane because there was another car in the center lane. that vehicle, that semi truck should have been all the way to the center where he had...

The pawtuxet river which crested yesterday 11 feet above flood stage. the effects are still being felt. this homeowner dragging everything out of his home that he can to try to save what he can after these devastating floods. now throughout the region still a multitude of problems. transportation is one of them. in fact, today rhode island's governor said that i-95 is looking better. the national guard has brought in some giant pumps to get the water off of the roadways and the hope is that that will be reopening today. those sections that have been shut down now for more than a day. really cr...