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Nation's roads and rhode island has an unfortunate distinction, percentage wise it has the worst number of bridges and roads in the country. take a look. in providence, construction crews are starting repairs on one of the busiest interchanges in rhode island. it carries 100,000 vehicles a day. when you look beneath the highway, there are clear signs of cracking under the weight of the heavy lod. >> i'm just touching it and it's falling apart. are we safe standing here? >> we are because we've installed these temporary supports underneath the bridge to really pick up the load. >> you've got su...

Says the united states needs to spend more than $4.5 trillion over the next decade. that, they say, would bring america's bridges and roads to a state of good repair. that is much more than the $1 trillion plan that's now being touted by president trump. washington debates a potential path forward and states are trying to find their own solutions. rehema ellis joins us now. you visited rhode island. i grew up in new england. one of my horror stories on interstate 95 in cranston. my car broke down after hitting a pothole. >> it could still happen if you travel that route. rhode island, like muc...

Child. mayor rahm emmanuel calling the shootings a, quote, turning point for our city. over in california, officials have lifted that mandatory evacuation order right boo the oroville dam. that means nearly 200,000 people are now allowed to get back inside their homes. construction crews as you might imagine working around the clock to make sure that spillway that got damaged gets fixed. they're trying to lower the water level before more rain comes in later this week. the water level has gone down by nearly 20 feet. in malaysia, a 28-year-old woman has been arrested in connection with the...

To control water levels at the lake oroville dam. the water is receding. more storms are forecast. nearly 200,000 people were evacuated because of fears the lake could overflow its banks because the spillway there is eroded. the oroville dam about 75 miles north of sacramento is the tallest in the nation. claudia cohen is live there with the latest. >> reporter: jon, we are at the top of oroville dam. you can get a look of what we are talking about. you can see the spray that is gushing down the main spillway there and into the feather river. to the right of that, you see the reservoir itself....

Below. but the fire quickly goes from bad to worse. >> so this is probably one of the largest fires atlanta has seen in 25 years. it actually started generating its own wind which is close to firestorm conditions. >> construction crews on the ground have safely evacuated the building. but sims can only look down helplessly upon a sea of flames. his only means of escape is cut off. >> most of the crane is built with steps and how you get up and down every day. the crane was sitting close to the building and there was no way i could go down past the flames and get down those steps. >> and time i...