james mcnair and other passengers. james mcnair died. the atlantic county prosecutor's office is stepping in to monitor and observe the egg harbor police department. prosecutors say this move is not a takeover. but they say the monitor is in response asking the police department to be more efficient and effective. the monitor will audit the department and make recommendations on improving the structure as well as the operation. new at 6:00 new jersey's private and parochial schools could receive more money from the state next year to improve security. would provide nearly $4 million next year. now, that breaks down to about $25 a student per school for security upgrades like cameras, new doors and locks, the bill was created to protect schools against terrorist attacks and other security threats. >>> next an all new at 6:00 emotional reunion two years after the center city building collapse. the survivor who met her rescuer for the first time and how she's still coping with this tragedy. >>> and we have some nice changes for the weekend.

morgan mcnair and others were on the new jersey turnpike last year returning from a comedy performancen a walmart truck rear-ended the limo. it wasn't until morgan came out of a two-week long coma that he learned of his friend's death. >> the case is settled. the pain is always going to be there for jimmy mac. he's a close friend of mine. comrade in comedy. he was a loving man. he was a good man. it is hard to see that he's gone. >> morgan says he's not 100% yet, but plans on getting back to making people laugh as soon as he's able. the comedian also thanked walmart for coming to an agreeable settlement. >>> we continue to track storms and the potential for flooding. here is a live look at nbc 10 first alert radar. you see the storm still moving through the area. this was the scene along birden avenue. the shore is drying out after a serious soaking. we found one cyclist who refused to be slowed down. here she is trying to peddle through waters in ocean city. >>> cars weren't making out much better in margate, streets here were filled with floodwaters after the rain fell. wipers could

one especially notorious prison escapee is richard lee mcnair, a convicted murderer who broke out three times from three separate prisons. the last in 2006 when he hid in a pile of shipping bags and in effect mailed himself out of a federal prison in louisiana. and while he often changed his physical appearance, sometimes he just talked himself out of trouble. >> i promise you i am not no >>> you would have done wrong by now. >> mcnair was eventually recaptured 18 months later in canada. perhaps the most infamous prison break is the one still shrouded in mystery. the escape of three inmates from alcatraz more than half a century ago. they used spoons to dig through the walls and just like the escaped inmates in new york, they left decoys in their beds before they fled into san francisco bay using rain coats as makeshift rafts. it is still unclear whether they actually made it or died trying. carter evans, cbs news, los angeles. >> glor: new flooding concerns in the south and severe storms in the midwest. first the red river continues to rise near shreveport, louisiana. here it is just o

did you see james mcnair after the accident?the last time i saw jimmy, jimmy wrote a joke for me it was a donald sterling joke and i asked him to call me the day before, i'll be there, i love you, peace. we went there and we did the show i did the joke and everybody got a break, i looked to the side and see jimmy standing there laughing. that was the last time i seen him alive. >> when did you find out he died in the crash? >> two weeks later after i came out the coma. lady told me we put jimmy to rest. i just -- i was -- i just came out of a coma so when i got home, it really hit me. every day i would watch the accident on youtube, and one day i came across this funeral on youtube, and i just -- i lost it for about a week. >> a lot of people wouldn't have wanted to go to youtube and see that. why was it important for you to go see that? >> had to know what happened to my friend. i had to know. i had to pay my respects. and that was my way. >> after the accident tracy, there were so many varied reports of your condition. some sa

hard to see he's gone. >> mcnair and others were on the new jersey turnpike last year returning fromomedy performance when a walmart truck rear ended the limo. morgan's family usually travels along with him. >> i told megan. i said you and the babies stay home, we'll go to delaware and i'll be right back. because i know when i look at that accident i don't think my daughter was 10 months old. she wouldn't have made it and megan wouldn't have made it. >> the accident left morgan in a koem ma. he doesn't remember the events. but watched youtube to know what happened. >> a lot of people wouldn't have wanted to go to youtube and see that. why was it important for you to go see that? >> i had to know what happened to my friend. i had to know. and i had to pay my respects. >> morgan credits his comedy colleagues people like tina fey, his family and the medical staff for his recovery. >> i love comedy. i love comedy. i'll never stop loving her. i love comedy and i can't wait to get back to it. but right now, my goal is just to heal. >> the terms of the settlement with walmart were not discl

he was a good man. >> wow, that is his friend and mentor, comic james mcnair. morgan also talks about his own recovery from the crash. watch the full interview on "today" at the top of the hour. >> it's been so long and emotional. >>> it is 6: 34 right now. let's look at the golden gate bridge. you can see all the drizzle. folks using their windshield wipers this morning. maybe not in the south bay though. let's check in with meteorologist kari hall this morning. >> good morning, kris and sam. the rain drops may be enough to bring in light accumulation for san francisco and maybe even the north bay this afternoon. increasing clouds, a shower or two for the north bay. the rest of us, by noon, will see some clearing and 69 degrees at lunchtime. 60 degrees in the east bay and the tri-valley, 70 degrees at lunch. and as you head home, about 4:00, getting ready for the evening commute, we will see those temperatures in the lower 70s for the peninsula, east bay, 62 degrees. the north bay reaching 71 degrees. not a bad way to start out the week. the future cast shows

in addition to our student support services program we also run a mcnair scholars program committed to empowering higher risk and underrepresented students with access to graduate education. nationally, only 11% of doctoral degree recipients in 2013 were from historically underrepresented racial backgrounds. programs like the mcnair scholars work to expand our nation's population of highly trained intellectual leaders by creating a pipeline for greater diversity and future doctoral degree recipients. by showcasing our innovative approach to fostering greater access in the community while also creating a campus ecosystem conducive to retention and graduation, cal state fullerton can be seen as a case study for what may be possible at the national level. we are already achieving great things with our past and current initiatives, but without continued and expanded federal support, these initiatives are unsustainable. the current limitations in federal funding disproportionately affect the students that rely most heavily on programs and grants from the federal government. these limitation

he also thanked walmart for stepping up and settling with mcnair's family. make of that? >> well i think that may have been part of the settlement. i do think that walmart stepped up and did the right thing and the thing that they had to do and that was monetarily provide for these families. there's really no way to ever bring anyone back but you do have to do that. that could have been part of the settlement for them to publicly say walmart did the right thing. because we've heard his attorney say it. we've heard tracy say it over and over again since the settlement. i did think that was interesting. i also thought that one of the things that stood out to me was the fact he said that he went on youtube and watched the crash and watched the funeral and i just thought, wow, he's literally trolling the internet to see what happened because he didn't remember and he said he watched it over and over again. that struck me. i think maybe accident victims have to do those sorts of things but that struck me to hear him say he watched it over and over again. >> inter

. >> tracy, you mentioned a second ago jimmy mac, james mcnair, who died in this crash. you didn't get to see him after the impact, did you? >> no. >> when did you learn he had passed away? >> a week after i came out of the coma, my lady leaned over to my bed and said we buried jimmy about a week ago. i didn't know how to take it. >> for a long time, we would discuss how guilty he was feeling because of all the people who were there and especially jimmy mac wasn't even performing, just was there for him. >> emotionally speaking, do you experience depression? how are you getting through that? >> i love comedy. i wonder how i'm going to be funny again, remembering my identity. what do i do? and the fans have let me know we can't wait for you to come back. we can't wait for you to come back and i can't wait to make them laugh again. i want to say thank you to the people. thank you very much for saving my life. thank you. thank you. thank you from me and my family. >> you know what would be a nice way to thank them? one day walking down those stairs again on "saturday night

in addition, we also run a mcnair's scholarship program. nationally, only 11% of doctoral degree recipients of 2013 from historically underrepresented backgrounds. programs like the mcnair's scholars work to expand highly trained intellectual leaders like reading a pipeline for greater diversity and doctoral recipients. foster greater access in the community will create a campus ecosystem conducive to free -- retaining federation rates. -- graduation rates. we are achieving great things. without continued and expanded federal support, these initiatives are unsustainable. current limitations in federal funding disproportionately affect students that the like most heavily on programs and grants on the federal government. these are adding additional obstacles for students on the property to transformative learning. we are keenly aware that these limitations could be easily remedied we believe every turn to year-round telegraph or gums would serve as a powerful driver for students to finish their college degrees in a timely manner. my present o

richard lee mcnair. he escaped everywhere that they locked him up. he got away 400 meters running from the canadian cops in the end. he would escape and get caught. escape and get caught. that's the thing here. no matter how good that you are and no matter how amazing and the skill or luck or violence goes into the escape, these guys that escape, they also get caught. in 2008 it was a prison in michigan city and they got out and lasted a few days before all three of them were recaptured. in 2008 it was in new mexico. eight guys escaped all at once. they went up pipes in the prison wall and popped out through the roof. eight guys all at once and all recaptured. in 1999, it was a rare escape from death row at the louisiana state pen. they smuggled blades of the doors and cells. they did not make it off the prison grounds before recaptured. even the famous daring helicopter escapes. those guys get caught too. this one was a year ago today. remember this one. it landed on the prison ground and picked them up and flew away. they got caught and within a co

did you see james mcnair after the accident?onald sterling joke and i asked him to come with me the day before. he said i'll be there. i love you, peace. we went there and i did the joke and everybody got an applause break and i saw jimmy there laughing. >> when did you find out he died in the crash? >> two weeks later when i came out of the coma. my lady told me we put jimmy to rest. i had just come out of a coma. then when i got home it really hit me. and every day i would just watch the accident on youtube and one day i came across his funeral on youtube and i just -- i lost it for about a week. >> a lot of people wouldn't have wanted to go to youtube and see that. why was it important for you to go see that? >> because i had to know what happened to my friend. i had to know and i had to pay my respect. and that was my way. >> after the accident tracy, there were so many varied reports of your condition. some said you were in a coma. some said just broken bones. what injuries exactly did you suffer? >> well as you can see the

his friend james mcnair died in that crash. walmart and morgan reached an undisclosed settlement. >>> i told you i'd show you how much rain the computer is estimated we may be getting and the amounts are impressive. could get upwards of an inch and a half of the two inches. there could be pockets towards northern counties two two inches of rain. in southern maryland some rainfall amounts could be excessive, computer estimating between three or four inches of more of rain across parts of southern maryland. this could be a problem for us. lots of our southeastern suburbs had an inch of rain this morning so when you pile this much more rainfall you could have flooding issues. we'll talk more about that and show you the seven-day forecast coming up. >> the smithsonian's museum of african-american history and culture will put artifacts from a sunken slave ship on display. the museum is still under construction and is scheduled to open in the fall. the ship sank along the coast of south africa. the objects were retrieved just this ye

it left morgan with brain trauma and broken bones and killed his friend james mcnair. >> bones heal. but the loss of my friend will never heal. >> reporter: he learned of his friend's death after a two-week-long coma and watched coverage of the accident and the friend's funeral on youtube. >> my friend. i had to know. i had to pay my respects. and that was my way. >> reporter: the former "30 rock" star says he's especially thankful he asked his daughter and fiancee not to travel. >> she was 2 months old. she wouldn't have made it. megan wouldn't have made it. and i don't know man. that's really thing the thing that tears me up. >> reporter: last week morgan reached a settlement with walmart on behalf of himself and other victims. meanwhile, his physical and emotional recovery continues. with an eye towards returning to comedy. >> i'm not 100% yet. i'm not. when i'm there, you'll know it. i'll get back to making you laugh. i promise you. >> reporter: a promise the fans look forward to him fulfilling. nbc news. >> hopefully he continues to get a lot better. >>> the work towards a bette

coming out of the coma he found out his friend and fellow comedian james mcnair died in the crash and he says he lost it. he's thankful he asked his fiancee not to travel with him that night. >> my daughter was 10 months old. she wouldn't have made it. megan wouldn't have made it. and i don't know man. that's really the thing that just tears me up. >> he reached with a settlement with walmart last week. as for getting back on stage, he is getting there and promises there will come a day when he's going to make us all laugh again. jim? >> great the see him. thank you. >>> he was a rising star in the political world and the loss of beau bide season still being felt beyond washington. we'll take a look at how he touched the lives of so many. >>> i'm still tracking it. red mode here. still tracking the storms. warren county virginia. anne arundel county and watching it for you here. >>> more than six weeks after a mary washington student's murder news 4 learns today police are looking for any threats made against her on social media. as northern virginia but owe chief julie carey reports,

we also run a mcnair scholarship program committed to empowering higher risk and underrepresented students with access to graduate education. only 11% of doctoral degrees were from underrepresented racial backgrounds. they work to expand our nation's highly trained intellectual leaders by creating a pipeline for doctoral assistance. cal state fullerton can be seen as a case study for what may be possible at the national level. we're already achieving great things with our past and current initiatives, but without continued and expanded federal support, these initiatives are unsustainable. the current limitations and federal funding disproportionalitily affect students that rely most heavily on programs and grants from the federal government. these limitations are adding additional obstacles for students. we are also keenly aware that these limitations and obstacles can easily be remedied, we believe that a return to the year round pell grant program would serve as a powerful driver for our students. my president, mildred garcia often speaks about higher education being a private good and a

spoke about for the first time after the accident that almost took his life and killed his friend mcnairr ago. the limousine was rear ended by a wal-mart truck as they were returning from a comedy performance. last week morgan settled in a lawsuit. in his emotional interview today with matt lauer today. he promised he will return. >> i can't believe i'm here. i can't believe i'm in front of you. can't believe i'm here just seeing the tragedy happen. it kind of -- it touches me. >> what are your goals tracy? want to get back to performing? >> i love comedy. i'll never stop loving her. can't wait to get back to her, but for now my goal is to heal and get better. i'm not 100% yet. i'm not. when i'm there, you'll know it. i'll get back to making you laugh, i promise you. >> we know you will. more on the big news coming up from the clinton campaign. all the political details and what it means next here on msnbc. prz chocolate! yeah! for the grand prize... fruity and honey nut! yes!! that's not a cheerio! [laughs] no can we play again? yeah! happy anniversary dinner, darlin' i'm messing up eve

today about an accident that almost killed him, and also took the life of a close friend named jimmy mcnairlly hit me, and every day i would just watch the accident on youtube and one day i came across his funeral on youtube, and i just, i lost it for about a week. >> morgan was visibly upset talking about the loss of his friend when a wal-mart truck hit their big limo last june. morgan stars on 30 rock and two other friends along with them were also seriously injured. wal-mart reached a settlement last week. morgan says the case is settled, but the pain of the crash will never go away. he says he would like to get back into comedy, but right now, he just needs to focus on healing. >>> singer enrique iglesias had hand surgery after a drone blade cut his fingers, but he kept performing for about another 30 minutes, even though his land was clearly bleeding. after the show, he flew to los angeles to see a hand specialist. he plans to resume his tour on july 3 in mexico city. >>> the state senate approved a two step boost to california's minimum wage. senate bill 3 is authored by state senator

the accident killed his friend comedian james mcnair.ies, last week morgan reached an undisclosed settlement with walmart. this morning he was emotional, speaking to matt lauer on the "today" show. >> i can't believe i'm here. seeing the tragedy happen. it tuxes me. the case is settled but the pain will always be there for jimmy mack. a close friend of mine. a comrade in comedy. he was a loving man and a warm man. he was a good man. it's just hard for me to see that he's gone. >> and then he was asked about future goals and returning to comedy. >> i love comedy. i love comedy. i'll never stop loving her. i can't wait to get back to her but right now my goal is to get better i'm not 100% yet. when i'm there, you'll know it. i'll get back to making you laugh. >> we can't wait until you get back to making all of us laugh. our thoughts and prayers are with all of you in this tragedy ou need done... ...and angie's list will find a top-rated provider to do the job. start your project for free today. ♪ ♪ ♪ it took serena williams years to maste

it left morgan with brain trauma and broken bones but killed his friend comedian james mcnair. >> bones heal, but my friend will never heal. >> reporter: it wasn't until morgan came out of a two-week-long coma that he learned of his friend's death. he repeatedly watched video of the accident and his friend's funeral on youtube. >> i didn't know what happened to my friend. i didn't know. i had to pay my respects. that was my way. >> reporter: the former "snl" and "30 rock" star said she was especially thankful he didn't ask his fiancee and child to travel with him pause she was teething -- because she was teething. >> my child was ten months old. they wouldn't have made it. that's the thing that tears me up. >> reporter: last week morgan reached an undisclosed settlement with walmart on behalf of himself and other victim. his physical and emotional recovery continues with an eye toward returning to comedy. >> i'm not 100% yet. i'm not. and when i'm there you'll know it. i'll get back to making you laugh. i promise you. >> reporter: a promise tracy morgan's fans look forward to him fulfil

back in the '60s governor robert mcnair did it to test how it would be received by the south carolinian general public and according to clyburn in his 2014 book, the furor was so great he put it back up by midday and told the people calling in that it had just been taken down to be cleaned. now, again, the governor says she doesn't have that authority, at least some here believe she did. >> victor, i want you to stand by because obviously everyone wants to remember senator pinckney minister pinckney on this important day. his body lying in repose the casket there. but i also want to remember the others. as hundreds gather to honor these people we want to remember the eight others also killed in that brutal church shooting. >> the youngest victim 26-year-old tywanza sanders, he tried to fwhoigt thenegotiate with the gunman and shield his great aunt from the volley of bullets. both were killed. then there was cynthia hurd a 54-year-old charleston native. she worked for 31 years as a librarian dedicating her life to improving educational opportunities in the community 59-year-old myra thom

stadium will be about 285 -- $285 million, and it will be located at buzzard point adjacent to fort mcnair between r and t streets in northwest. the new digs will hold between 20,000 and 25,000 people and will be a world class soccer atmosphere. d.c. united has always played at rfk since they first began in 1996. while they already have a really big fan base here, the new spot will hopefully generate even more soccer fans. what do current fans think about leaving classic rfk? what they had to say. >> it's big [ inaudible ] it doesn't feel soccer'ish. >> reporter: we asked d.c. united goalkeeper travis what he thought about it. he said d.c. is absolutely a soccer town despite what anyone says and this new stadium will make it even more of a passionate fan base here. the press conference will begin at 11:00 at the wilson building. we'll be there and bring you updates all morning long on wusa9 news at noon. it will put rumors to rest that the soccer stadium will be in virginia. not the case. mayor bowser says it will be in d.c. where it belongs. i'm nikki burdine, wusa9. >> we were saying ear

morgan was traveling with fellow comedian james mcnair home from a show when their limo was hit by actor-trailer on the new jersey turnpike. morgan says the worst part was that the grief didn't really hit him right away. listen to this. >> then when i got home it really hit me. and every day i would just watch the accident on youtube and one day i came across this funeral on youtube. and i just -- i lost it for about a week. >> morgan suffered head trauma, a broken leg an broken ribs. he says it may be a while before before he can perform again and that he still has good and bad days. last week morgan settled a lawsuit with walmart over that horrendous crash. >>> first day of the atlantic hurricane season brings with it the second named storm. it is expected to reach hurricane strength tomorrow. but now researchers are using a hurricane simulator tank to figure out why one tropical storm stops developing at a cat 1 while another grows into a monstrous cat 5. our own phil keating got to see that simulator firsthand. phil what was it like? >> reporter: oh, it's pretty loud for one. tha

. >> he had a tough time talking about the death of fellow comedian james mcnair. he thanked those who helped at the accident scene and the doctors and nurses who treated him. a walmart truck driver slammed into the back of morgan's limo on the new jersey turnpike. last week morgan reached a financial settlement with walmart. >>> new information now about a man accused of making threats on facebook. the supreme court has thrown out anthony elonas' conviction. he was prosecuted after he posted rap lyrics about killing his estranged wife and shooting up a school. the justices ruled it was not enough for prosecutors to show that his comments would make a reasonable person feel threatened. >>> well the city of philadelphia continuing to prepare for a visit from the pope. and today, they announced a philadelphia based company will serve as the official retail provider. has been tapped to provide 200 different types of merchandise for the world meeting of families. some of the event merchandise was unveiled as you can see. it includes t-shirts hats and religious based it

he says he is getting better, but the loss of his friend, fellow comedian james jimmy mack mcnair is a wound that will never heel. last week morgan settled a lawsuit with wal-mart, owner of the truck that slammed in the back of the limousine he was riding in that night. >>> an assembly panel has approved legislation to make it harder for domestic violence offend tours get their hand on the gun. it bans carjackers and gang members from owning a gun. the bill requires courts to tell people quick of domestic violence cases that they have to prove that they handed over their weapons. >>> well, parents could be turned away from the local high school graduation, if they are in the wearing the right clothes. the dress code for guests is causing some controversy tonight in south jersey, fox 29 weekend anchor bill anderson is here and bill, district is not backing down on this. >> no, they are not backing down at all. here's how it all happen. at a recent school board meeting in washington township graduation dress code was discussed. that discussion made its way to social media and just like

so if you were sending to kevin goldman and it goes to kevin mcnair by accident it finishes the last that happened -- it was a big snafu. >> you reply all, though a lot. >> i reply all. >> on "the five". >> here's good hints. twitter if you go on tweet deck they give you an option. are you sure you want to send this tweet? you can set it up so you literally check the box, read the tweet first. maybe i shouldn't. i'm telling you, it saves you a lot. >> you should probably use that mark. inside joke. >> so people are getting in a lot of trouble in social media. >> this happened to me yesterday, actually. i was working for three hours and sent this e-mail that was so passive aggressive and terrible but it got the outcome i needed. so sometimes just go for it. >> dana i know you have rules and lists for things. like how long is appropriate to wait? how long should you wait and reread an e-mail or text before you -- >> i think you better do it right away. we had a scenario a few years ago. my husband and i were going to texas to work on some p.r. stuff for the bush book that was coming ou

this in his 2014 book "blessed experiences" in which he said back in the '60s then-governor robert mcnairwn for a half day just to test what the responses would be. at that time it was above the capital dome. and according to clyburn, the furor was so heavy that he put it back up immediately and his excuse was that it was just being cleaned. so he says there is precedent here and it should have come down. >> so it's not lost on main the president and the first lady will be coming to south carolina. i don't know if their plans are to be anywhere near the statehouse and the capital for friday's plan to be at the funeral services. butesque ily that confederate flag would be flapping in the wind above an african-american president is is eulogizing an african-american state senator and reverend who was killed for being african-american. >> the president will not be here but in the context of what we've heard from the president about race relations and racism in that podcast that has gotten so much attention there is no doubt that the president will talk about that as clementa pinckney was not

it left morgan with brain trauma and broken bones, but killed his friend comedian james mcnair. >> bonest the loss of my friend will never heal. >> reporter: it wasn't until morgan came out of a two-week-long coma that he learned of his friend's death. morgan says he repeatedly watched coverage of the accident and his friend's funeral on youtube. >> i don't know what happened to my friend. i didn't know. and i had to pay my respects. and that was my way. >> reporter: the former "snl" and "30 rock" star says he's especially thankful he asked his fiancee and infant daughter not to travel with him that night because the child was teething. >> my daughter was 10 months old and she wouldn't have made it and megan wouldn't have made it. i don't know, man. that's the i think that that tears me up. >> reporter: last week morgan reached an undisclosed settlement with wal-mart on behalf of himself and other victims. meanwhile, his physical and emotional recovery continues. >> i'm not 100% yet. i'm not. and when i'm there, you'll know it. i'll get back to making you laugh, i promise you. >> reporte

tall -- tollson an accident a valley forge and mcnair drive. >> let's go outside to david murphy let'srd. not only is it hot and humid there's an air quality alert. don't fill your gas tanks during the afternoon or overexert if you're in a risk group. 95 tomorrow, doing all over again. 90 on saturday. >> that's it for "action news," we're back in a half-hour i'm erin o'hern stay tuned for "good morning america." ♪ girl you don't want ♪ [ cheers and applause ] >>> there he is jason derulo center stage and he will be here center stage tomorrow for our big summer concert. cannot wait for that. ginger, it's warm here today. >> we'll be in good shape. >> we're excited to kick off our father's day week with our biggest man makeover yesterday. who could forget this amazing transformation. that was him before. look at dapper dad there. if you think your daddy serves a makeover head to our website goodmorningamerica.com on yahoo! it's so great. they feel it. they know they look good and your dad could be the next man makeover george. >> looking forward to that. now a father's day edition of "de

. >> morgan had a difficult time talking about the loss of his friend, jimmy mcnair and the night a walmart other friends were serious inalreadied. walmart reached a confidential settlement with morgan last week. he says even though the days is over, the pain of the crash will never go away. he said he would like to get back to comedy but for now he wants to toe cussed on feeling -- to focus on healing. >>> there will be questions on technology about slowing down the train in philadelphia noes in place before that crash. investigators say that train was going 106 miles an hour on a curve that has a 50-mile-an- hour speed limit when it jumped the tracks. eight passengers were killed, about 200 others were hurt. investigators still want to know what caused the crash. but there are reports that they may be looking at human error. >>> 8:26. well, speed bumps, secretly installed by people living in antioch have been removed. coming up in ten minutes, why they took matters into their own hands. >>> a frightening morning for a group of people who escaped a fire at an historic home in the south bay

governor mcnair did that some years ago, took it down he said, for repairs. but it went back up.'s not a solution. what we need to do is modify that heritage act because it's not just this flag the citadel, the military academy, they are flying that flag in their chapel and they have been told that they cannot get rid of it because of the heritage act. they have voted yesterday 9-3 to take it out but they can't do it because the law will not allow them to do it. >> well the root of this debate, sir, is focus owned issue of heritage. ron allen spoke with a man yesterday who says it does not represent racism so listen to him. >> so many of the people in this state and the country see slavery, they see racism they see the klan in that flag. >> they stole it! they dishonored that flag. that flag never had anything to do about slavery. >> all right. is his argument valid in any way when you hear that? >> the gentleman is uneducated if not ignorant. the fact of the matter is there were three conservative -- i mean confederate flags of america. none of them looked like this. that is the

critically injured in a traffic accident that killed his friend and fellow comedian james "jimmy mack" mcnaireaking exclusively to nbc, morgan gave his first live interview since the crash. >> the case is settled but the pain is always going to be there for jimmy mack. he was a close friend of mine a comrade in comedy and he was a loving man and a warm man. he was a good man. it just hurts me to see that he's gone. >> morgan says he doesn't remember details of the june 7 crash when a walmart truck slammed into the back of his bus on a new jersey turnpike. a reminder to get prepared. it's officially hurricane season. and while the storm forecast appears to be light, there's one key factor experts are warning out. >>> plus, a new effort to highlight diversity in the classroom. nbc's own ida segal joins us live to discuss her new book series. you don't want to miss this. y take an omega-3 supplement, such as fish oil. but when it comes to omega-3s, it's the epa and dha that really matter for heart health. not all omega-3 supplements are the same. introducing bayer pro ultra omega-3 from the hear

as a result chris mcnair and his wife christine s. two participate in the service, that was an unforgettable experience and just to be there in bombing and at that time and to feel the tension that created in the black and community being incensed and enraged in the white community, basically passing it off, a few people were deeply concerned that many passed it off and even suggested the perpetrators of the bombing is seals eat people, and drawing attention to the movement. that is how why else, the gossip line was to defend themselves in the southern way of life and constant criticism of the movement. >> one thing i am curious about, it was very dangerous. and to step up and be part of it. was it that people didn't have any sympathy for it or where people simply afraid? what was it like at that time? >> if i had to pass it to something, i thought this was the way things do. i remember in montgomery we were across the bridge and i was on the other apex of the bridge and everything stopped. i thought i am going to die today. not knowi

. >> he's talking about his friend jimmy mcnair there. crash that nearly killed you. this was a fiery crash on the new jersey purnturnpike. the video was horrifying. and then to be able to watch the funeral as well on youtube it's sort of unimaginable. on the one hand you might think it might retraumatize someone to see that. on the other hand you could imagine that maybe helping with the recovery. zl that's not unusual for someone who has lived through something to understand why and how things happen to you and if they're terrible things. is not unusual. but it also speaks to the gravity of the situation he's in. >> the moment that struck me most was when he talked about his family. that usually his wife and his child would travel with him on trips like this. but in this case they did not. and he was so thankful about that because as he watched the video he concluded that his daughter wouldn't have survived. that it would not have been -- that it somehow could have even been even worse for him than it was. >> here's what he said about t