0 "early start" begins in a moment. befirst, we want to leave you with the kindness of strangers here. this is for the national prevention of starvation and we saw them marching down the street, playing some music here in moore, oklahoma. ♪ . breaking news, everyone. bridge collapse. deadlock, jodi arias' sentencing declared a mistrial and a new jury takes over. recovering and rebuilding. this morning, signs of hope in the devastating rubble of moore, oklahoma. >> good morning to you. welcome to "early start." nice to have you with us. >> it's great to see you. >> welcome home, by the way. >> thank you. we begin with breaking news, a bridge collapse in washington state. sebding cars and people plunge into the freezing river 40 feet below. the bridge had been classified as functionally obsolete by state transportation officials before the collapse. functionally obsolete, we'll tell what you that means. this happened in rural mt. washington. catherine, what can you tell us about there? what's the latest? >> reporter: you can see behind me there are two vehicles still in the water in the wreckage of this bridge collapse. remarkably though for a bridge that seize some 70,000 cars pass each day, just two vehicles fell into water. three victims in those victims were rescued by divers, taken to area hospitals and are all reported to be in stable condition with nonlife threatening injuries. but still, a heart stopping moment when that roadway gave way. >> whether the dust hit, i saw the bridge start to fall at that point. momentum carried us right over. as you saw the water approaching, there's just one of those, you hold on as tight as you can. and just a when it flash and cold water. it was definitely cold this time of the year. >> reporter: again, that survivor feeling -- saying earlier this evening that he feels blessed and fortunate to be alive at this hour. certainly the situation could have been much worse. >> much worse based on the pictures that we're seeing right now. any sense of how this happened? >> reporter: multiple witnesses described an oversized vehicle that passed over this bridge just instaminutes before the collapse. washington's governor admits at the same time that state's bridges are aging and in many cases need of repairs. >> we have a semitruck that was southbound on interstate 5 in what we call lane one, the right lane. the size of the load that he was carrying appeared to create a problem, striking him -- causing him to strike the bridge. >> we have work to do on our bridges whether or not this accident happened. we have some discussions in olympia to making sure that we make investments in bridges to prevent this thing from happening. >> of course, washington like so many states, has a very, very tight budget situation. and something has got to give. investments that need to be made perhaps were not. >> we mention that this bridge was rated functionally obsolete. that is a very specific term that means something specific. can you explain it to us? >> reporter: that's right, john. it sounds bad. functioning obsolete. what it does mean that the bridge is structurally deficient, merely the design is outdated. perhaps it's narrower than it might be if it were more modern, a lower clearance. this bridge is very old. it was build in 1955. still uncertain at this hour whether it will be able to be repaired or have to be replaced completeliment that's the latest from here in mt. vernon. >> thank you so much, catherine. appreciate it. catherine barret. we want to bring in richard desin who witnessed the bridge collapse. and a friend were heading back to seattle when traffic came to a stop. his car was some 500 feet away from driving on that bridge when it collapsed. richard, tell me what you saw. >> we were heading southbound from bellinghambach to seattle. the freeway came to a quick abrupt stop. you know, no sw down, just stop. it stood that way for a few minutes. then we started seeing people get out. we got out of our vehicle and saw that there was no traffic ahead of the bridge. we started moving forward. they were taking us off an overramp and then we could immediately see the section of bridge was gone. so then my friend and i went down and parked into the home depot parking lot next to this bridge and walked up on the levee. when we got, there they were just taking somebody out of the truck as you see there, they were loading him on to that boat right there underneath the bridge. >> these picture are terrifying. it's amazing that everyone appears okay. when you first saw it, it must have just seemed awful. >> just two hours earlier we came up northbound on that bridge. we had gone up to bellingham to see friends and to take some photographs. and then when we started heading south, like i said, just a minute difference of taking a few more photos and then getting back on the freeway and we could have unfortunately been in with that group. so, yeah, it's amazing that that little time. >> you saw this right after it happened as it sort of happening before your very eyes. was it a chaotic scene or were people being rescued? >> no, very short time that the sheriff department folks were in the water, like i said, it took us a few minutes to get off the freeway. by the time we watched the crowds grow on the levee, the first picture we took as we were getting off the freeway, there was nobody on the levee. by the time we got over the overpass, there were a number of people stabbeding on the levee. by the time i got there, 10, 15 minutes after it gone in, you could see the boats responding very, very quick. i mean the sheriff department, the fire departments, ems, some of the photos i have with how many fire engines in there that responded, they responded very quickly. >> we're so glad you're okay. thank you for joining us right now. richard dessin, a man on the scene seconds after this bridge collapse. >> that's really incredible. had he not stopped to take pictures, he could have been in the water. six minutes past the hour here. will jodi arias live or die? stay tuned for phase two in the penalty phase of her murder trial. the judge declaring a mistrial after jurors could not agree on life in prison or death. the trial is now set for july. we're facing all the developments for us in phoenix. what happens now, casey? >> reporter: well, what happens now is a new trial is scheduled to take place in july. that's because after five months of the first trial, jurors deadlocked 8-4 in favor of the death penalty. >> ladies and gentlemen, i understand you have reached a verdict. >> reporter: there was confusion and surprise, even in the voice of the clerk who announced the jury in the jodi arias case was hopelessly deadlocked on the death penalty for the murder of former boyfriend travis alexander. >> we the jury duly impanelled and sworn upon our oath unanimously find having considered all the facts and circumstances that the defendant should be sentenced -- no unanimous agreement. >> arias sighed as members of alexander's family began to sob. jurors who declined to speak with a tlohrong of on lookers. >> wish to thank you for your extraordinary service to this community. this was not your typical trial. >> reporter: that it wasn't. it lasted nearly five months during which arias took the stand for 18 days and later made one last plea for her life. under arizona law, jurors were allowed to ask more than 200 questions. throughout there war sexually graphic images and recordings and most difficult to forget, gruesome photographs of alexander's body with dozens of stab wounds, a bullet hole and his neck slashed nearly ear to ear. >> thank you, please be seated. >> reporter: judge stephens set a new trial date for july 18th. prosecutors could be allowed to bring up arias' recent string of television interviews according to lawyers with knowledge of death penalty prosecutions in arizona. for example, this statement to a ksaz reporter minutes after her conviction. >> well, the worst outcome for me would be natural life. i would much rather die sooner than later. i said years ago that i'd rather get death than life and that still is true today. >> reporter: nearly two weeks later she told the jury a different story. >> to me, life in prison is the most unappealing outcome i could think of. i thought i'd rather die. but as i stand here now, i can't in good conscious ask you to sentence me to death because of them. >> as she gestured to her family, the family of her victim has clearly struggled with the jury's inability to agree. they won't be granting interviews until there is a sentence and according to the county sheriff, neither will jodi arias. now one way out of this mess could be a negotiated settlement where prosecutors could agree to take the death penalty off the table in exchange for jodi arias accepting a sentence of life in prison without the possibility of release and perhaps dropping her appeals. but no one knows if jodi arias will accept that kind of a deal. >> how do you find a jury that is not all caught up in this trial to begin with that doesn't know anything about it? 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