{"id":1949254,"date":"2023-06-16T14:11:01","date_gmt":"2023-06-16T18:11:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-to-survey-collapsed-philadelphia-highway-on-saturday\/"},"modified":"2023-06-16T14:12:56","modified_gmt":"2023-06-16T18:12:56","slug":"biden-to-survey-collapsed-philadelphia-highway-on-saturday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-to-survey-collapsed-philadelphia-highway-on-saturday\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden to inspect Philadelphia highway collapse this Saturday."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbiden-to-survey-collapsed-philadelphia-highway-on-saturday%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1949254&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>President Biden to Survey Damage from I-95 Collapse in Philadelphia<\/h2>\n<p>President Joe Biden is set to visit Philadelphia on Saturday to assess the aftermath of the devastating collapse of a section of I-95. The incident occurred on Sunday when a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-to-survey-collapsed-philadelphia-highway-on-saturday\/\" title=\"Biden to inspect Philadelphia highway collapse this Saturday.\">commercial truck carrying<\/a> a massive 8,500 gallons of gasoline crashed beneath an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kansas-city-chiefs-suspend-britt-reid-son-of-head-coach-after-car-crash-that-hospitalized-two-children\/\" title=\"Kansas City Chiefs Suspend Britt Reid, Son Of Head Coach, After Car Crash That Hospitalized Two Children\">entrance ramp<\/a>, resulting in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/huge-explosion-at-chemical-plant-outside-chicago\/\" title=\"Huge Explosion At Chemical Plant Outside Chicago\">fiery explosion<\/a> and the subsequent collapse of the entire northbound section of the highway.<\/p>\n<h3>Efforts to Address the Crisis<\/h3>\n<p>Principal deputy press secretary Olivia Dalton announced Biden&#8217;s trip to reporters on Friday while en route to an event with labor unions in Connecticut. During the aerial tour, the president will be accompanied by Governor Josh Shapiro (D-PA) and other local lawmakers. The White House has emphasized that Biden&#8217;s travel will not hinder the ongoing cleanup and recovery operations.<\/p>\n<p>Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg has also been actively involved in addressing the situation. Earlier this week, he visited Philadelphia to meet with city and state leaders, discussing federal assistance and support. Buttigieg highlighted the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/republicans-renew-criticism-of-gov-whitmers-efforts-to-shut-off-key-oil-pipeline-as-energy-crisis-explodes\/\" title=\"Republicans Renew Criticism of Gov. Whitmer\u2019s Efforts to Shut Off Key Oil Pipeline as Energy Crisis Explodes\">potential economic impact<\/a> of the incident, stating, &#8220;Part of what goes into the cost of everything that we pay for at the store is the cost of shipment. If a route is disrupted or lengthened, or if trucks face delays, these factors ultimately affect the cost of goods.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h3>Continued Updates<\/h3>\n<p>This is a developing story, and we will provide updates as new information becomes available.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Joe Biden will visit Philadelphia this Saturday to assess the aftermath of the I-95 collapse. A commercial truck, transporting 8,500 gallons of gasoline, crashed beneath an entrance ramp on Sunday. The ensuing fire led to an explosion, resulting in the collapse of the entire northbound section of this vital East Coast highway.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1949255,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[3620,7385,3959,9808,5522,20388],"class_list":["post-1949254","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner","tag-biden","tag-collapse","tag-highway","tag-inspect","tag-philadelphia","tag-saturday"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1949254","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1949254"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1949254\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1949255"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1949254"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1949254"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1949254"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}