>> Night on NJ Spotlight News a fiery highway collapse caused by a tanker full of gasoline is sparking major commuter delays here in New Jersey and environmental concerns.

>> The complete rebuild of I-95 roadway, we expected to take some number of months.

>> Plus rebuilding Hoboken.

Politicians and community members celebrate the opening of a five acre resiliency park.

>> This park is a powerful example of how we can and should be preparing for the future.

>> Also law and order, and of Donald Trump's historic arraignment tomorrow.

How the federal charges would impact to run for the presidency.

And so the revolution.

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It could mean months of brutal commute for drivers in and around the Philly area after an elevated section of I-95 collapsed Sunday morning when a tanker truck carrying thousands of gallons of gasoline burst into flames beneath it.

Severing a main expressway for an average of 160,000 vehicles drive each day.

Remarkably, no motorists on I-95 when it collapsed were injured or die.

The devastation and impact of spilled gasoline into drainage near the Delaware River is being tallied.

>> The next several months will be very challenging, just getting around.

>> Lawmakers were blunt about the situation.

For the past day and a half crews have been working to clean up the debris.

>> This is a critical roadway, not just for Northeast Philadelphia or the Philadelphia region, for the entire mid Atlantic.

I-95 stretches from Maine to Miami.

I dear you to find a more densely populated 40 or 50 mile area around 95 they had right here were we are standing.

>> The driverless control around this curve of the truck fell on that side before exploding.

As a result, much of Philadelphia and New Jersey have been snarled in traffic as drivers figure out detours.

>> There is going to be more traffic ending missions.

We will try to get out ahead of it as best as we can.

We are very close relationship with the U.S. federal highway system, the Department of Transportation.

>> Trick carried 8500 gallons of gasoline.

Robert Long but said it's more of a short-term concern in a long-term concern.

>> Incomplete combustion products that have a large number of different compounds.

Some of them can be quite irritating.

Some people might have short-term effects if they were in the plume of smoke from burning gasoline from a tanker fire like that.

>> Pennsylvania governor held a press conference and said drinking water has an effective.

>> It was a very slight sheen in the entry area of the waterway.

It was contained with bins that were put up.

There is no threat to anyone's drinking water.

>> Governor Schapiro issued a disaster declaration.

Enabling the Commonwealth to use federal funds to fix up I-95.

>> With regard to the complete rebuild of I-95 roadway, we expected to take some number of months.

We expected to take that time.

>> We have a wonderful partner we expert that the highway federal administration will provide the funding on an emergency basis.

>> The first part of fixing the highway is demolition.

The southbound lanes are still up even though they have been compromised and need to come down.

That should happen over the course of this week.

In Philadelphia, I'm Ted Goldberg.

>> Years of planning of construction and planning are being celebrated at the opening of the city's new resiliency park.

It's a five acre area that can detain up to -- contain water during rainfall.

It filled up like a bathtub during Superstorm Sandy and the resiliency park has been in the works ever since.

Joanna Gagis reports.

>> This is a model for the communities across the country that are grappling to deal with the impacts of climate change.

>> Hoboken Mayor joined with Governor Murphy to endnotes the grand opening of the resilience city Park.

A space designed to protect Hoboken from storms.

>> This will contain up to 2 million gallons of rainwater to help combat flooding.

>> The park was designed with an underground storage system that collects water from plants and gardens throughout the park and from porous surfaces where rain trains into undercard -- underground storage basins.

>> Here in Hoboken a 14 foot storm surge left most of the city underwater.

I will never forget traveling to the city witnessing the devastation, towering debris admirable, residents kayaking in the streets.

>> Senator Menendez could knowledge the grant to rebuild infrastructure to prevent future flooding that is excited to increase as sea levels rise.

>> Focused on resiliency efforts before disaster strikes.

>> It mitigates the harmful impact of floodwater by treating the water first before it's pumped out using this set pump station.

>> There is treatment in the park itself.

The pump station is sub pumps everything back to our treatment plant.

What it's doing is delaying everything.

It's keeping all of the water here on site until we can finish treating everything we need to treat.

>> There is it still other phase of the project in the works.

Excess stormwater will soon be routed here for that too will be collected, treated, and pump because clean water into the Hudson River.

>> Calendar for Gallant this reduces the amount of untreated wastewater and that contributes to our achieving a principal goal set for us by the U.S. EPA and the New Jersey DEP, a cleaner Hudson River.

>> The park is intended to improve the community with recreational golf fields, kickplate areas and more open green space.

>> It will serve as the importance -- a reminder of the importance.

>> Something these little ones seem to already understand.

>> This is going to be a place or were going to spend a lot of time that's for sure.

>> This park is an example of how we can it should be preparing for the future.

>> Stop the field projects.

>> A message nearly drowned up by protesters demanding a stop to other fossil fuel projects.

>> The one I get the most amount of heat on I think there's a very legitimate debate to be had because it's a backup generator in the East Ward of Newark which exists entirely to prevent what was a catastrophic environmental reality in Superstorm Sandy one sledge and sewer was spewing into the streets of the eastward of Newark.

>> The road to resiliency is long, flavored, and sometimes this messy as the storms it needs to prevent.

>> Former President Donald Trump left his golf club today to appear in Miami court tomorrow for his arraignment.

Trump is facing 37 counts in a federal indictment the first former president to be federally charged.

It's all related to his handling of classified documents after leaving office allegedly storing the information in boxes throughout his Mar-a-Lago estate including in a ballroom, but them, and shower.

The charges include violating the espionage act, and conspiring to obstruct justice.

The former president is doubling down on his innocence going to stay in the 2024 presidential race and many of his supporters say they stand firmly behind him.

Some will be waiting for him when he returns back to New Jersey tomorrow night for a rally.

Your to discuss the charges and what happens next is law professor Ronald Chen.

I think the question is if convicted what type of sentence could Former President Trump face?

>> these are serious charges.

The ones that allege conspiracy, theoretically carry a term of up to 20 years.

They are not misdemeanors by any means.

>> I'm curious because he was charged under the espionage act.

Just how serious is that?

He is the most high-profile person to be charge there and how does it apply here?

>> Asby and Nagy, just by the sound is quite serious when you're dealing with our nation's secrets.

That can have an effect on the safety our intelligence assets, our military and those of our allies.

It is very serious which is why the penalties on this and the strictness of the act is quite intentional.

There are government workers who have done time for doing things that are less than the allegations that are in this indictment.

>> What struck you when you read this indictment?

>> It tells a story that does not require you to be a lawyer to understand what was going on.

>> Was that done on purpose?

I found it very easy to read.

>> I would be very surprised if it were not because Mr. Smith and the other officials from the Justice Department think it's a important that the American public understand what's at stake.

A lot of the testimony comes of the evidence that is described here.

That is quite unusual.

>> That's significant.

>> Usually that would be protected by attorney-client privilege but when you try to involve your own lawyers in the criminal act itself the privilege does not apply to that.

>> Wondering that we have heard from the folks who have defended Former President Trump they make this comparison between Hillary Clinton's emails, the classified documents that President Biden holds, is that a fair comparison?

>> With President Biden, still under investigation by a separate Special Counsel that all those allegations understand the documents were found.

The silver as we know President Biden and I believe former secretary clinching once it was discovered the cooperated completely.

Allegations here are that President Trump used affirmative efforts to lie to the Department of Justice and the FBI about whether he had the documents.

Appoint a president moves out of the White House it is quite chaotic, it's understandable that some papers make it mixed in.

Usually when that happens they say sorry, here, take them back.

That's the end of it.

In this case, the national archives administration asked several times and he didn't give the records back after being asked.

>> Goes back to the intention, of course.

Esteemed law professor, thanks for joining us.

15 recruits to the police department more than humans after the state seized control of the agency.

It brings the department closer to the 439 officers at scissor needed for the internal reorganization.

Attorney General Matt Plotkin took the rear step of taking control of the department's day-to-day operations after a string of police shootings at the killing of a violence intervention activist.

The state tapped a former NYPD chief to assume the role of officer in charge of the department.

Now the Attorney General's office is pushing legislation that will accept them for mandatory law enforcement training.

Arguing there is no time given the urgency of problems within the force.

At the recruitment ceremony today he said he hit the ground running already making changes.

>> I think the Patterson Police Department is in a good place right now.

We're engaging the community in a number of different ways.

Were using community engagement efforts and things have been going really well.

They want to see the police out there and they want to see them out there in a constitutionally focused community engagement way.

And that's what we are providing right now.

>> The industry is facing melting challenges largely brought by inflation and high cost causing delays.

It comes at a time of charged rhetoric and misinformation over recent whale deaths of the East Coast and is threatening to derail clean energy efforts.

Senior correspondent Brenda Flanagan the story.

>> And offshore wind rally sponsored by Sue Porter's clean energy jury a crowd.

There concerned that New Jersey's falling behind schedule getting wind turbines in place 22 floods and failures resulting from climate change.

They urged the wind industry to speed up development.

>> Because of everything that is happening.

If we do not take action for people chicken people drowned.

>> The issue drew protesters.

That cat called speakers who gave it right back.

>> This is not a moment to get into misinformation.

This is to invite newcomers to save this planet.

>> Sometimes when you have to push for change, you have a fight.

>> Deeply concerned that even with they winter port in the works in Salem County offshore wind development installed over increased industry cost concerns.

>> Understates like -- other states like New York are going to post this.

>> I'm issuing a recommendation to those developers.

Put your nose to the grindstone and let's get this going again.

Because my patients are short --patience are short tenure delays are intolerable.

>> Three offshore wind farm trucks approved.

Claims arising inflation higher interest rates, and supply chain issues have pushed up costs.

That is why Orsted would like to obtain federal tax credits.

>> We've been talking with policymakers about ways that we can take advantage of those federal tax credit to put towards these investments it added cost to taxpayers.

There will be no added cost whatsoever for those.

>> The developers making progress, and expects to begin construction this fall and will make its deadlines.

New Jersey's division of rate Council director has expressed deep concerns.

>> It's supposed to be paid back to rate payers to lower the amount they will pay.

>> The original deal struck down obligated repairs to help pay for off shore construction.

Of 20 years.

That's just the beginning.

>> We are already working over a significant amount of money.

Now we are asked of him or money without really understanding how much money Orsted will be making out of this.

It's problematic.

>> Figuring out is complicated and depends on energy prices years in the future when it's a price we need to pay including tax credits.

>> We have seen other states like New York but that on a scale.

We know we are creating a new industry.

It's not going to BEC.

But we don't have time to wait.

>> I'm Brenda Flanagan, NJ Spotlight news.

>> A contentious plan to rewrite the corporate tax code is opening through the legislature.

The 51 page bill includes dozens of intricate changes to New Jersey's already complicated tax codes for businesses.

It's being hailed by the Treasury Department and business groups as a way to make the state were competitive.

Opponents are calling at a tax break for corporate giants.

One of the biggest changes would allow the state to depart from the federal government in how corporations can shift profits from the U.S. tax base and into SimCity aiders -- subsidiaries overseas.

Global intangible low taxed income and is opposed by citizen advocacy groups who says it enables corporations to not pay their fair share.

The industry says the state is already an outlier because it taxes at a higher rate than most other states.

It has the backing of the m Murphy administration.

>> On Wall Street, here is how the markets ended today.

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Membership and event information online at ChamberSNJ.com.

>> A former solar power is now catching on in the U.S..

Floating solar arrays are coveted for both their clean power and lack of the land footprint.

That's especially attractive to a densely populated state like New Jersey now how to the largest floating solar project in North America.

Melissa Rose Cooper has the story.

>> Environmentalists are celebrating one of the latest projects in the fight against climate change.

>> This is a long time coming but a great outcome.

>> The installation is a joint collaboration.

The state's largest water and wastewater provider.

It has the capacity of 8.9 make of what's providing roughly 95% of the power plants needs which produces 14 million gallons of drinking water for about 84,000 customers.

>> It focuses on our efforts to impact greenhouse gases and gas emission reductions.

If you don't know, American water has announced several goals in that regard and targets that support the strategy.

We expect to reduce our emissions 50% by 2035 off of our 2020 Baseline.

We expect to achieve a net zero by 2050.

>> It's amazing undertaking.

This year and annually we will be on setting 8000 metric tons of greenhouse gas emissions and it takes a lot of energy to move water.

We are going to be supplying over 95% of the energy needs of this facility.

It's a terrific project and an exciting one.

>> There are more than 16,000 panels that make of this floating or remaking at the largest one in North America.

Floating solar projects during the more than 650 schools in New Jersey that now have solar power.

The second most in the country.

And state also boasts 26 megawatts capacity.

The largest solar array on a land full on either country with more than 30 solar projects on landfills and brownfield what is otherwise compromised property.

>> Not only known for its ability to produce clean energy environmentalists say it can reduce evaporation from the water surface but acting as a cooling agent for the panels.

Increasing their efficiency without affecting the oxygen content or harming aquatic life.

>> Climate change is real.

It's here and it's now.

It's not Hayes that you see behind us hovering up in the air.

It's the remnants of wildfire in Canada that's blowing Galanis today affected negatively our air quality.

Our forest fire service has been stretched to the limit all across our state the last few months fighting wildfires here.

These occurrences are product of our drying conditions, our changing climate itself and the fact that we aren't able to build partnerships like this one to reduce our emissions and mitigate the effects of climate change.

It is not only necessary but on behalf of myself and the governor so deeply appreciate it.

>> Another step in fighting climate change they hope will continue to grow.

>> That's going to do it for us tonight but join me tomorrow afternoon at 4:00 p.m. for the third and final panel discussion in our virtual roundtable series on the mental health crisis in New Jersey.

A group of experts will take your questions and talk about mental health challenges as we age including how to detect mental health issues, the effects of isolation and loneliness and how to find services.

To register had to NJ Spotlight News.org and click on the roundtable tub.

I'm Briana Vannozzi thanks for being with us.

Have a great evening.

We will see you back here tomorrow.

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