HUSH MONEY FROM FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP PIS ON THE STAND. WE BEGIN WITH THAT CRASH IN CONNECTICUT. YOU SEE HOW FIERY IT WAS. THE GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE. >> THAT TANKER FIRE CAUSED A BIG MESS ON THE HIGHWAY, SIDE ROADS. THAT'S WHERE LARGE TRUCKS LIKE THAT ARE BEING FORCEDED TO MANEUVER NARROW STREETS, EVEN LOW-HANGING WIRES. HOW LONG WILL THIS BE SHUT DOWN, LINDA? >> THAT'S THE BIG QUESTION RIGHT NOW. LET ME TELL YOU, LOTS OF DRIVERS NOT HAPPY TODAY AFTER THIS ACCIDENT. WE'RE ON STEWART AVENUE. RIGHT BEHIND ME, YOU CAN SEE THE FAIRFIELD AVENUE BRIDGE WHICH IS WHERE THIS ACCIDENT TOOK PLACE THIS MORNING AT EXIT 15. THE CREWS ARE STILL CLEANING UP RIGHT HERE. THE TANKER TRUCK IS STILL ON SCENE. TRAFFIC AS YOU CAN SEE, A NIGHTMARE ALL DAY LONG WITH TRUCKS ON THIS BUSY I-95 CORRIDOR TRYING TO GET AROUND THE ROAD CLOSURE AFTER THIS MORNING'S MASSIVE FIRE. >> Reporter: HUGE FLAMES ENGULF THE FAIRFIELD AVENUE BRIDGE OVER I-95 STARTING 5:30 THIS MORNING. VIDEO SHOWING THOUSANDS OF GALLONS OF FUEL FROM A TANKER TRUCK FEEDING THE FIRE AFTER A COLLISION INVOLVING A TRACTOR-TRAILER AND A VEHICLE. THE BUSY STRETCH OF I-95 BY EXIT 15 SHUT IN BOTH DIRECTIONS CAU CAUSING MASSIVE TRAFFIC DELAYS. CONNECTICUT AVENUE CLOGGED WITH TRACTOR-TRAILERS MAKING THEIR RUNS. STILL, THIS WOMAN LEFT NEWHAVEN AT 9:00 THIS MORNING. >> THAT WAS FOUR HOURS AGO. >> NORMALLY HOW LONG WOULD THAT BE? >> MAYBE LIKE AN HOUR. >> Reporter: HOW IS THE TRAFFIC BEEN? >> SO FAR, IT'S BEEN LIKE THREE HOURS. >> DRIVING IS A MESS. IT IS TOTALLY CLOGGED. AND THIS -- I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO SAY. THIS IS MADNESS. >> Reporter: POLICE POSTED AT INTERSECTIONS THROUGHOUT THE AREA. HUGE TRUCKS TRYING TO DETOUR, LIKE THIS ONE WHICH SNAGGED POWER LINES WHILE NAVIGATING NARROW WINDING ROADS BETWEEN EXITS 13 AND 17 OFF I-95. >> IT WILL BE A WHILE. AND THE BRIDGE WILL BE -- WELL, THE ROAD WILL BE CLOSED DOWN A DAY, MAYBE TWO, THREE DAYS. >> ANYBODY THAT CAN WORK FROM HOME FOR THE NEXT COUPLE DAYS, DO SO UNTIL WE CAN GET THINGS STRAIGHTENED OUT. >> Reporter: CREWS TRYING TO OFF-LOAD THE FUEL ON THE TANKER TRUCK, A GOOD AMOUNT OF IT BURNING AFTER THE IMPACT. THE FOCUS NOW ON ASSESSING STRUCTURAL DAMAGE ON THE FAIRFIELD AVENUE OVERPASS AND GETTING DRIVERS BACK ON THE ROAD. >> THE PLAN, I THINK, IS TO REMOVE THE BRIDGE COMPLETELY. AND OPEN THE HIGHWAY. AND THEN FIGURE OUT REPAIRING IT LATER. >> WE'RE WORKING WITH STATE D.O.T. TO COME UP WITH THE TRACTOR-TRAILER PLAN. >> AND, OF COURSE, INVESTIGATORS AT THIS HOUR TRYING TO FIGURE OUT EXACTLY WHAT CAUSED THIS ACCIDENT. IT'S UNCLEAR AT THIS POINT EXACTLY HOW LONG THE ROADS WILL BE CLOSED. WE'RE EXPECTING THE GOVERNOR TO HOLD AN UPDATE IN AN HOUR OR SO. OF COURSE, WHEN THAT HAPPENS, WE'LL GET YOU ANY NEW INFORMATION. BUT THE ONE PIECE OF GOOD NEWS AFTER THIS TERRIBLE ACCIDENT HERE IS THAT DESPITE ALL OF THE DAMAGE THAT WE SEE HERE AND, AGAIN, MUCH PERHAPS STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TO THE BRIDGE, THERE WERE NO INJURIES. THAT IS THE ONE PIECE OF GOOD NEWS. LOTS OF TRAFFIC. AVOID THE AREA OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS IF YOU CAN. THAT'S THE LATEST. >> AMAZING NO INJURIES, LINDA. THANK YOU. >>> LET'S GET AN UPDATE ON THIS TRAFFIC. IT WILL BE BAD FOR A WHILE. THIS IS A LIVE LOOK AT THE BACKUP ON I-95. WE'RE GOING TO GO UP TO NEWS CHOPPER 4 PILOT. JOHN? >> AND THAT'S RIGHT, DAVID. WE'RE OVER 95 WHERE THAT CLOSURE IS. YOU CAN SEE THE SOUTHBOUND TRAFFIC FORCED OFF THE EXIT BEFORE. AND AS WE PULL OUT EVEN FURTHER, YOU CAN SEE THE EXTENT OF THE DELAYS. IT IS BACK TO WESTPORT, EXIT 18. THAT'S AT LEAST A FOUR-MILE BACKUP ON THE SOUTHBOUND SIDE OF 95. CONNECTICUT AVENUE, AS LINDA MENTIONED, IS TAKING ON A LOT OF THE EXTRA TRAFFIC AS ARE THE LOCAL ROADS. THAT IS TIED UP AS WELL. IF YOU'RE PLANNING TO HEAD TO THIS AREA, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO WAIT FOR A FEW DAYS WITH THE BRIDGE REMOVAL AND THE CLOSURE OF 95 WITH TRAFFIC BEING FORCED OFF RIGHT BEFORE THE IMPACT AREA. LIVE OVER 95
