it turns out the man is mcnair, the exact person the police are looking for.ut the smooth-talking criminal is able to fool the cop. the man tells the police officer that he has a brother who can back up his claims. >> call my little brother, man. >> all right. let me just verify. he says his brother is staying at the motel. let me verify that. if so, i'll just cut him loose. all right, thanks. >> but the officer never checks, and instead, seems to take a casual attitude. >> you know the bad thing about it? you're matching up to him. >> that sucks, doesn't it? >> yeah. >> the officer notices the man's legs are scraped. >> did you go through a brier patch or something? >> yeah, roofing. i always roof in shorts. got my scratches up on the roof. >> that's why your knees are all cut up? >> yeah. >> do you all wear pads? >> it's too hot. the pads rub the back of your legs. >> it seems mcnair has an answer for everything. but when the officer asks him his name a second time, mcnair gives a different response. >> what's your name again? >> jimmy jones. >> he says his

morgan and mcnair were passengers in a limo van when that van was rear-ended by a tractor-trailer, art tractor-trailer. morgan suffered head trauma, a broken leg and broken ribs. >>> 4:34. trapped behind a counter and beaten by a masked man. a gas station clerk walks us through the attack caught on camera. watch as the man jump kicks the door, rounds the corner, tackles his victim to the ground. it happened at the sunoco station at strawberry mansion. the clerk says it all happened so fast. >> he just punched me. i was trying to defend myself. see my eye, he put fingers on my eye and hit me on the back. >> investigators have a clue. this surveillance video shows the robber an hour and a half before the attack buying cigarettes. the giveaway, detectives say, he's wearing the same shoes. >>> we want you to also look at this video here. it shows some men suspected of slashing tires. philadelphia police say about two dozen cars had their tires slashed in queen village early sunday morning july 26th. later that morning we went out with our camera and neighbors showed us the damage here. t

they also say mcnair, morgan and others in the limo were not wearing seat belts. deadly crash happened last june shortly before 1:00 a.m. on the new jersey turnpike. >>> new york jets quarterback geno smith out of action six to ten weeks after a teammate sucker-punched him and broke his jaw. according to the head coach of the jets, smith and teammate ik en'emk pali got into a fight in the locker room. this reportedly stems over a 600 dollar loan from a plane ticket. >>> colorado authorities say no one informed them about an epa blunder that released 3 million gallons of toxic mine waste into the colorado's animas river. colorado residents are demanding answers about a pristine tributary that is painted with orange waste water. more from dan simon. >> reporter: no way for the epa to sugar coat this. this is their deal and their fulton. the epa says they are committed to making things right for the community. in the meantime, the river is still closed and you can see the sign right there. we will show you why. we first want to point out the water color has basically

fellow comic james mcnair died when their limo bus was rear ended by kevin roper.he inform tsb says roper had been driving twenty four 28 hours straight. they also determined the limo passengers failed to use seat belts. wal*mart settled a lawsuits filed by mcnair's family and morgan in connect to the crash. >>> the storms and drenching rains are now off the coast much it's time to dry out. meteorologismeteorologist kate a better forecast ahead. >> it does eel still feel stic sticky. the humidity has really yet to drop in the wake of our storms but skies are clearing at the moment. and starting to see the clouds break up can't see any stars just yet. can't see any immediate yours talk about the persied leigh meet your shower you may be able to see the next couple of times. at least the rain moved on out after a very wet tuesday. storm scan3 you can see the latest showers and storms have pushed off the new jersey and delaware coast lines. still a few showers over portions of southern and eastern maryland but those are starting to move away as well and the clouds are

james mcnair was killed in the crash. what is more, the volunteer first responders from heights town, new jersey, took 19 minutes to reach the scene and because of the severity of the crash, it took another 37 minutes to get the victims out. >> as they got them out they didn't have enough basic life support units on scene. that delayed the further delivery to the hospital. >> the fact that during the response to this crash emergency medical personnel moved injured individuals who were not appropriately i am mobilized is evidence of a training problem or a lack of oversight. >> reporter: some claim it takes more mandatory training to become a cosmetologist in the state of new jersey than it does to become a volunteer first responder. the trucker pled not guilty to a variety of charges including death by auto. we will have much more on the crash investigation on eyewitness news "first at 4:00." . >> thanks. >>> new at noon, charles schumer revealed his plan to get construction on two new hudson river rail tunnels off the gr

fellow comedian james mcnair was killed. the crash left morgan in a coma for two weeks. a preliminary report determined the truck driver was speeding. >>> new details about the local business owners killed while trying to cross the street in brooklyn. police identified him as 66- year-old must staff take -- mustafa. the driver stayed at the scene and has not been charged. >>> the nypd is trying to find the man breaking into mailboxes all over the city to steal checks and money orders inside. gilroy pacheco seen in photos from social media allegedly took checks from 18 mail boxes. then used a chem dale to chemical -- chemical to burn off the rightful owner's name. the total came to about 15 grand. >>> the family of a newark dock worker killed on the job is still looking for answers tragedy. port authority police say judy jones died after being hit by a piece of equipment that moves shipping containers. crime. her father says the 18 year veteran new how to stay out of danger on the job. >> my daughter knew the safety features because i taught her myself when she started to

steve mcnair was great here in '95 through 2005. four playoff appearances. then after that, a lot of starting quarterbacks here. some have flashed. vince young, matt hasselbeck. jake locker. charlie whitehurst. that's a lot there, john. jake locker, they took him and thought he was going to be the guy. he retired last year in the off season. 26 years old. they've been looking. again, there's been some good moments in that group. they're hoping they found their guy in the middle, number 8. certainly showed some good moments tonight. he showed some good moments in the first few years. >> referee: five-yard penalty. still second down. >> kevin: as you pointed out earlier, things changed ail little bit when the regular season starts. there's going to be struggle at some point. >> john: absolutely. i think he understands that. ken whisenhunt and this offensive staff has done a nice job of making him aware of that. so much is around you. do you have the offensive line to protect you. do you have the receivers in? this is the team. they were 2-14. there's a reason

a vehicle in cranberry, leaving the comedian with brain trauma and broken bones and killing james mcnair. a year later he talked about the incident. >> he was a good man. it's hard for me to see he's gone. >> we knew each other a long time. >> reporter: investigators spoke off camera saying this could have been prevented and point the finger at the walmart driver, kevin roper. >> an examination of his work records showing he had four hours of sleep opportunity and had been awake in excess of 28 hours at the time of the crash. >> roper refused to be interviewed and they examined his work and phone records. he missed a night of sleep and was off the clock when he chose to drive to delaware to start his walmart truck route. and the deadly crash happened when he was on the clock hours later. >> this demonstrates the potential consequences of one poor decision regarding fatigue. >> reporter: the ntsb provided a simulation of the crash. they say roper was going 65 miles per hour when the speed limit had been reduced to 45 because of construction. and now walmart must adopt a fatigue safety pro

his friend and mentor james mcnair died in the accident. >> strength in numbers. that senator chuck schumer's latest proposal to get new tunnels built under the hudson river. the senator said a nonprofit development corporation is needed to plan and finance that massive feat. news 4's lori bordonaro. >> reporter: good afternoon. yes, senator schumer laid out his plan today to get more federal funding to replace those tunnels under the hudson that lead right here to penn state. he says it could be years, not decades, before they become inoperable. >> they need to rebuild the tunnels. before a big disaster. >> reporter: it's something this commuter thinks about every time. the lifeline of new york's underground railways may be shorter than expected after they were damaged in hurricane sandy. >> we may have to hang a sign on these two vital tunnels, closed for repairs. >> reporter: senator schumer spoke, saying he wanted to bring the 100-year-old system into the 21st century to keep from stranding passengers like some we spoke with today. >> had to get out of my cab

jersey turnpike, triggering a six-car accident, killing morgan's fellow comedian and friend jimmy mcnair. tracy morgan is still recovering from a severe brain injury. >>> in the interest of safety, san francisco is making some changes involving its cable cars. police will start ticketing drivers who break the law bypassing stopped cable cars. two operators were seriously hurt bypassing drivers in recent months. each car will be equipped with a mobile stop tine that operators can hold when they step out on the seat. >>> saving watter is a top priority in california and los angeles is banking on millions of plastic balls. >> three, two, one. >> 20,000 shade balls were released into the los angeles reservoir today. they prevent water evaporation. today's drop wasn't the first. there are now 96 million of these balls covering the reservoir. it will save 300 million gallons from evaporating. each ball costs 36 cents. >> that's a deal. >> i don't know, times $96 million, that's going to be expensive. >> all i know is i see red behind you, jeff. >> we are tracking the current draft and all thos

reaction crash that sent morgan into a coma and killed his friend and fellow comedian james "jimmy mac" mcnair. >> i came out of the coma, my lady leaned over and said we buried jimmy about a week ago. i didn't know how to take it. >> reporter: federal rules mandate truck drivers take a ten-hour break before getting behind the wheel for a shift. but they can't regulate what drivers like roper do during their time off. >> the truck driver already going too fast was slow to react. >> reporter: roper has pleaded not guilty to vehicular homicide, and his lawyer is disputing the ntsb's findings. federal data shows 1 in 8 crashes involves a large truck and 13% of those are related to drowsy driving. now the ntsb's recommending stronger fatigue management programs. and because none of the riders in the back of that limo van had been wearing seat belts, it's also recommending passenger briefings to remind people to buckle up. >> one day when i'm 100% i'm going to grab that mic and i'm never going to let it go. never. >> reporter: his story shared in hopes of stopping more scenes like this one. hallie

it happened when roper slammed into the back of a limo carrying morgan, mcnair and several others.four counts of assault by auto. >>> and before i show you this next video, keep in mind we are showing it to you because i can tell you this guy survives. it's tough to watch, keep your eye on the highlighted bike on the left of your screen. >> that guy's hurt. >> i don't care how many times you watch that, it's just -- the first cyclist, he broke several ribs, punctured a lung, fractured his pelvis. other than all of that, he is okay. that was the support vehicle that he slammed into, it happened on a mountain during the tour of utah. okay. enough, before i go, you don't want to miss the second republican debate on september 16th at the ronald reagan library in california, and cnn will be hosting the first of the six democratic debates, the october 13th debate live from nevada right here on cnn. >>> that does it for me here in new york, i'm brooke baldwin, thanks for being with me. see you back here tomorrow. in the meantime, keep it on cnn, "the lead" with jake tapper starts right no

morgan's friend and fellow comedian, james "jimmy mack" mcnair was killed in the crash.eliminary report found that kevin roper was going 20 miles an hour over the posted speed limit in a construction work zone at the time of the crash. >>> now to news from our delaware bureau, drivers should start to notice a -- at one of the state's busiest interchanges. the reconstruction at i-95 and route 202 in wilmington is now finished. the project took three years to complete. governor jack markell helped celebrate at a ceremony yesterday. they widened and extended ramps at the interchange and added a traffic signal and installed better lighting. >> this is in places where they can get products to market quickly, they want to be in places where their employees can get to work. i live very, very close to here. i know senator lovell does as well. >> the entire project cost more than $33 million. >>> in cape may county, a cat adopted from a local shelter has attracted quite a fan club as nbc 10 jersey shore bureau reporter ted greenberg shows us, it's because of where he prefers to s

crash on the new jersey turnpike that injured comedian tracy morgan and killed his friend, james mcnair the two were in a limo van when their vehicle was rear-ended by a walmart tractor-trailer. morgan suffered head trauma, a broken leg and broken ribs. >>> this morning, a 12-year-old boy remains in stable condition after sand on a beach in ocean county collapsed on him. witnesses tell us the boy was digging a hole at the beach at 17th street in surf city when the sand caved in on him. lifeguards and other people helped remove the boy from the sand and beach patrol staffers worked to revive him. >> it points out real vividly, the inherent danger of digging in the sand, an unstable structure, it will collapse in an instant. >> in surf city, it is illegal to dig a hole on the beach more than a foot deep. >>> trapped behind a counter and beaten by a masked man. this morning, a gas station clerk walks us through that attack caught on camera. and you'll see in the video soon here, the man jumping the counter there, kicking in the door, tackling the victim to the ground. this happened at a su

in morgan and fellow comedian james mcnair were in the limousine on the new jersey turnpike when a wal-mart truck rear ended them. ntsb says roper had been driving for 28 straight hours. they also determine that the limo passengers were not wearing seat belts. wal-mart has since paid settlement to mack nair's family and in connection with that crash. >>> 5:37. an ugly scandal allegedly involving a pennsylvania beauty queen. >> she's accused of faking cancer and then scaming money from fundraisers. "eyewitness news" reporter jan carabao joins us now to tell us more about this. the just turns your head, jan. >> reporter: it is not first time we have heard about a scam like this involving faking cancer and scaming people out of money but it is surprising and horrible every time you hear it. this pennsylvania beauty queen scammed people out of thousands of dollars by telling them she had leukemia they say she trick her own sister into believing she was sick. beauty queen, recently crowned miss pennsylvania, u.s. international, is no longer riding in parades and making public appearances, but in

comedian james mcnair died in that wreck.oper is now facing charges of death by auto in a new jersey courtroom. morgan and his two friends settled their wrongful death lawsuits against wall march. >>> forget those lawnmowers if you're hiring a company to do the lawn. >> perkasie has new city blows to keep a weed problem from growing much as fox 29's photo journal live bill rohrer shows us these new hires are very hungry for their job. >> reporter: when are you doing guys. when it was time to clear out hiovergrown water basin in perkasie public work director dan gilbert knew the perfect way to get job done. >> i think it's very forward thinking. i think it's a natural way to do things. >> he hired five very hungry goats. >> there's a lot of municipalities that are going to this now. some are using sheep. others are using goats. all the great success. >> reporter: he says goats are able to work on very steep inclines and don't mind the base since rocky terrain much too dangerous for people. >> every time they're not eating when

steve mcnair was great here in '95 through 2005. four playoff appearances. then after that, a lot of starting quarterbacks here. some have flashed. vince young, matt hasselbeck. jake locker. charlie whitehurst. that's a lot there, john. jake locker, they took him and thought he was going to be the guy. he retired last year in the off season. 26 years old. they've been looking. again, there's been some good moments in that group. they're hoping they found their guy in the middle, number 8. certainly showed some good moments tonight. he showed some good moments in the first few years. >> referee: five-yard penalty. still second down. >> kevin: as you pointed out earlier, things changed ail little bit when the regular season starts. there's going to be struggle at some point. >> john: absolutely. i think he understands that. ken whisenhunt and this offensive staff has done a nice job of making him aware of that. so much is around you. do you have the offensive line to protect you. do you have the receivers in? this is the team. they were 2-14. there's a reason

comedian james mcnair was killed. a preliminary report determined the truck driver was speeding call 1-800-royal-caribbean or your travel agent today. >>> good morning, america. and right now, a flash flood watch in effect here in the northeast, torrential rain hitting the area hard this morning. >> that's for sure. >>> fox news anchor megyn kelly says she will not apologize for those tough comments that led to donald trump's angry response. >>> rick perry has stopped paying campaign staffers. >>> and the nfl could take one step closer to returning to los angeles today, the league is meeting in chicago, the owners for the chargers, raiders, rams, expected to apply to move, so a team could be heading back. >>> good morning, america, on this thankful tuesday. a lot to get to. coming up in our next hour, a little taekwondo star, could he or couldn't he? trying so hard. >> come on, buddy. >> he's trying to earn that belt. wait until you see what happens next. >> we're going to hold it. >>> also coming up this morning, tha

his friend james mcnair was killed in the crash. >>> teen hearts are breaking this morning.tion is going in four directions. >> our floor director is very upset about this. the british boy band is taking a break. starting next march all four of them will allegedly take at least a year to focus on solo projects. the band has been together for five years. breaking hearts. oh. there will be a comeback tour. >> late summer storms are popping up along the east coast. >> maria is in the weather center with more. >> the front we are tracking is quite a strong one. behind it we are noticing a big drop in temperatures and also a big drop in humidity levels. you can see the numbers 50's didn't minneapolis, chicago and down into cakansas city. feeling more like fall than august. you will feel the humidity and also temperatures climbing into the 80's and 90's for some of you. otherwise seeing below averages across the great lakes region and parts of the upper midwest with high temperatures in the 60's and 70's. early this morning we don't have a lot of activity on the radar. you can see

slammed into the bus of tracy mar gone, he was seriously injured while his friend and comedian, james mcnaird. now wal-mart is addressing proper sleep amongst its drivers. >> they supplied the board with multiple steps in addition to the training, they are also going to alert the driver on their call come and sending out daily messages about fatigue. >> driver fatigue was a major factor in the crash but the board also said that morgan and other passengers riding in the limousine van were not wearing seatbelts and that contributed to the severity of their injuries. over to rick. >>> it's only 45 days until the pope visits philadelphia for the world meeting of families, he will call the seminary in wynnewood his home away from home. but it's not a relaxing time for people living around that area, road closures will likely create headaches for drivers and reads. vernon odom has more. >> we are looking forward to welcoming pope francis to the seminary. >> i walked the grounds of st. charles seminary with bishop timothy sr., he has been here since the 170s, popes have stayed here during trips to

his friend james mcnair died in the crash. morgan says he has not fully recovered but is getting there. another high-profile couple is breaking up. is leaves me choked up. miss piggy and kermit the frog called it quits. ben: 40 years they spent together but they announced on facebook and twitter this breakup convenient becomes a month before the premiere of the muppets tv or read do it. maybe they're trying to drum up some publicity for their new show. stay tuned. i hope they get back together. juliet: they don't throw themselves out there with p r spin. i think she has gotten older, no offense to her, she toned that down a bit. fantastic four making its new york debut in brooklyn. ben: starnes walked the red carpet kai: action packed movie tells the story of two young outsiders who teleport to an alternate universe and obtain new abilities that allow them to fight to save earth from an easily and opens everywhere friday. that franchise w caress presents the world's first body wash with fragrance release pearls. touch your ski

morgan injured, the crash happened june of last year on the new jersey turnpike, fellow comedian james mcnair was killed. three more passengers were hurt. investigators said walmart truck hit morgan's limo at 65 miles an hour. traffic was stopped and speed limit had been reduced in that zone to 45 miles an hour. they said the truck driver had been out for more than 24 hours before the crash. he has pleaded not guilty. juliet: we were told by the city that it was tapering off and been contained apparently there are questions about that. two more people have died in the bronx legionnaires' outbreak bringing the total number of people had died to 12. ben: 113 people have been diagnosed with the pneumonia like disease, largest outbreak of legionnaires' in new york city history. kerry drew following the latest for us, once again in the concourse section of the bronx. kerry: we are outside the daughters of jacob nursing home in the bronx. the cooling tower on top of this building one of 8 teen detested positive for the legionella bacteria in the area. obviously people who live in this home have que

. >> additionally, five people, including james mcnair, who were killed, were sitting in the so-called captain's chairs in the rear of the limousine bus. they were not wearing their seat belts. if they had been, according to investigators, it would have limited injuries from bouncing around the interior of the cab and after impact. lastly, some of the first responders are in need of refresher courses as far as training. investigators found they transported some victims onto stretchers without first immobilizing pem. live in the digital operation center, jesse gary, "nbc10 news." >>> changing gears now. you know we're just five days away from the eagles' first game of the preseason. right now, head coach chip kelly is taking some questions from the media. let's take you there live to training camp in south philadelphia. >> going to operate on or with us, injured reserve, he'll stay with us on injured reserve. he'll go to all the meetings and get him up to speed. next year won't be his rookie year. he'll learn everything he needs to know from a mental standpoint and start rehab as soon a

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the new jersey turnpike that critically injured tracy morgan and killed his friend, comedian james mcnairmorgan is still recovering. investigators say the driver of the walmart truck that hit morgan's limousine was awake for 28 hours before the crash. they also say the limousine was customized, leaving passengers few ways to get out in an emergency and that several passengers were not wearing seatbelts. the truck driver is facing criminal charges. the ntsb is working to come up with safety recommendations based on what happened in this crash. jamie: some new information in the case of 2:30 teen-year-old girls -- two, 13-year-old girls, they were 12 at the time, stabbing a classmate an leaving her for dead. a judge in wisconsin move ruling that the two girls will be tried for adults for attempted murder. why are we naming them? because they are being charged as adults the girl was stabbed 19 times and miraculously survived. they did it as part of a plot involving a fiction alizeed character they thought was real. they could each face 45 years in prison. lis wiehl, former federal prosecutor

morgan's friend and fellow comedian james jimmy mack mcnair was killed in that crash. ntsb report found the truck driver kevin roper was driving 65 miles an hour shortly before the crash in an area where the speed limit had been lowered to 45 because of construction. >>> trouble on the rails now. patco officials say they found a defect that's causing trains to stop suddenly. they said it happened 43 times from may to july, causing operators to remove passengers from trains traveling between philly and south jersey. patco's general manager told the "courier-post" the problem is in the brake pads. he also said the agency has notified the part manufacturer and is working on temporary solutions. back in may, patco rolled out six refurbished cars to help give commuters a more comfortable ride. the cars also have several safety features which patco calls more important than ever since the recent amtrak derailment in philadelphia. >>> thieves targeting women and their purses at local restaurants. a warning you need to hear about before you head out tonight. >>> plus dumping y

morgan's friend and fellow comedian james "jimmy mack" mcnair was killed in the crash. the ntsb says the passengers are to blame, too. they weren't wearing seat belts and didn't adjust their head rests. investigators say that's why their injuries were so severe. harry hairston, nbc 10 news. >>> 20 minutes of nonstop news continues with this. not guilty. that's the plea from kathleen kane's driver, the man here on the right. he's charged in the corruption case against his boss. he entered his plea in court today. nbc 10's deanna durante was there and peppered the driver with questions. >> reporter: patrick reese is accused of spying on co-workers, going through e-mails and getting information he was not supposed to have. did you go through e-mails trying to find out what you could about the investigation? why did you follow orders of the attorney general? neither patrick reese nor his attorney spoke to reporters outside court today. reese sat in court and said nothing as investigators read the allegations against him. >> it's alleged that there is an evil system, it's ca

morgan's friend and fellow comedian james mcnair was killed in that crash. a preliminary ntsb report found truck driver kevin roper was driving 65 miles an hour shortly before the crash in an area where the speed limit had been lowered to 45 because of construction. >>> a carbon monoxide leak forced residents and staff out of a retirement home in hokesson. one person was taken to the hospital. no word on the source of the leak. everyone has been allowed back inside. >>> seven people were taken to the hospital after they were overcome by carbon monoxide fumes in southwest philadelphia. investigators say two elderly people left their car running inside a garage on the 2700 block of island avenue around 11:30 last night. the fumes spread through their house and the house next door. everyone is expected to be okay. >>> two people are recovering after a school bus and taxi collided in philadelphia's fern rock section. this was the scene around 10:30 this morning. no children were on the bus in the background there but the driver was taken to the hospital along wi

his friend, james jimmy mack mcnair died. will be the subject of an ntsb meeting on tuesday in washington. >> the fbi has released new surveillance video in hopes of finding some priceless works of art last seen in philadelphia a decade ago. this is video from inside boston's isabella stewart gardner museum from march 1990. it's grainy but it does show a security guard allowing a visitor into the museum just 24 hours before the theft. the fbi is hoping somebody will be able to identify that mystery person. in all, 13 pieces of art were stolen worth half a billion dollars. police believe the art was taken to connecticut and philadelphia sometime after that heist. >> pennsylvania lottery officials have that issued a warning tonight about scammers. they've gotten reports of scam artists posing as lottery claim agents directly contacting people saying they've won some kind of prize. lottery officials stress they would only contact you if you won a second chance drawing which you have to physically enter. they also say claim agent

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comedian james mcnair died in that wreck and morgan is still recovering. investigators also say the wal*mart truck driver that slammed into the limo was going 65 miles an hour in a 45 miles an hour zone in june of last year. the ntsb says the trucker kevin roper was also too tired and they believe he had driven 12 hours to work before his 14-hour shift. roper is facing charges of death by auto. >> a warning from police in gloucester township after two men posed as public works employees to pull off a recent burglary. the kind of crime authorities say you can prevent just by finding out who is really knocking at your door. fox 29's dave kinchen is in gloucester township tonight. that message echoes far beyond residents there. >> reporter: that's right. police say this is something that happens frequently throughout the region. and in most cases like this one, they're targeting the elderly. >> what happened to morals. >> reporter: it's a question many are asking after police say two men posed as water company employees and ripped off an elderly woman at hone

he spent two weeks in a coma, comedian james mcnair was killed in the accident. earlier this summer, morgan talked to "the today show" about healing and eventually getting back to work. >> i love comedy. i love comedy. i'll never stop loving her. i love comedy and i can't wait to get back to her but right now my goal is to heal and get better because 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. >> morgan tweeted today that he's quote stoked to be going home to "snl" and tracy, we can't wait to laugh right along with you this fall. very organizn has unlimited access to information, no matter where they are. the microsoft cloud gives our team the power to instantly deliver critical information to people, whenever they need it. here at accuweather, we get up to 10 billion data requests every day. the cloud allows us to scale up so we can handle that volume. we can help keep people safe; and to us that feels really good. at ally bank no branches equals great rates. it's a fact. kind of like shopping

morgan's friend and fellow comedian james "jimmy mack" mcnair was killed. investigators say no one in the van was wearing a seat belt. >> the perception is maybe that they don't need their belts because they're in a limousine or something and, which is why we're trying to change that with the safety recommendations we have. >> the ntsb recommended that walmart develop and implement a fatigue management program. they also recommended developing guidelines to urge limousine passengers to use seat belts and head restraints. >>> elsewhere, a co-defendant of pennsylvania attorney general kathleen kane appeared in court today. patrick reese on the right-hand side of the screen, has been kane's head of security and driver. prosecutors say the former cop was acting as a spy for his boss. investigators say reese violated a court order and dug through employee e-mails looking for information on an investigation into kane, and a grand jury leak from her office. reese appeared before montgomery county judge today where he pled not guilty to the charge. >> it's alleged

it occurred on the new jersey turnpike last summer it killed his friend and comedian, james mcnair.rt truck driver who hit them was driving on very little sleep. >>> she will never forget the day a crash hill kill herd two high school friends, 1986. nearly 30 years later, a woman who survived that wreck get thank the prince george's county rescuers who saved her life. news4's derrick ward takes a look at what made today's bittersweet reunion possible. >> reporter: hundreds of people travel good luck road every day climb this hurricane not knowing its role in the fate of the three close friends, the handful of first responders and how those lives are forever linked. >> i am truly happy to be here right now. >> reporter: lisa beers was driving home with high school friends, gloria graham and jennifer everhart, about all she remembers of that fateful day 29 years ago. rich remembers more in his rookie year with the fire department and as fate would have it, in the right place to be of first on the scene of a tragedy. he saw the dump truck, he knew something was wrong. >> all of a sudde

learning new details about the crash that injured comedian tracy morgan and killed fellow comedian james mcnairs have learned at the time of the crash the walmart truck driver kevin roeper had been awake for 28 hours and was driving 20 miles an hour over the speed limit. the deadly accident happened when rope e roeper slammed into back of a limo van last june. he's been charged with death by auto and four counts of assault by an automobile. >>> we're learning alarming new information about the safety of your air travel. the faa is releasing a startling study show manager air traffic controllers suffer or suffered from dangerous fatigue. the study came after several air traffic controllers fell asleep on the job calling it an extreme safety risk like this one in 2011 when a pilot was forced to land a plane on his own without the help from the control tower. liste listen. >> american 1900, so you're aware, the tower is apparently not manned. i made a few phone calls, nobody's answering. a few airplanes went in in the past 15 minutes so you can expect to go in as an uncontrolled airport." >>> the

now, comedian james mcnair died in that wreck. rope supper facing charges of death by auto in a new jersey courtroom and morgan and his two friends settled their wrongful death lawsuits against wal*mart. but the comedian says that he's still in a lot of pain and he's far from phil fully recover. iain and lucy. >> all right, joyce. thank you. >>> accused thief storms the county avenue local wawa but he's not after money. what the clerk asked him right before he jumped into action. >>> a local pastor is already witnessed one pope's visit to philadelphia. he won't be able to make it this time around. how he's making the best of it though and helping others at the same time. >> and protests continue in ferguson, missouri. one year after the shooting death of unarmed black teenager protesters morning latest round of demonstrations are doing something a little different. >>> lucky is the right name for this dog. he is blind and he was in big trouble recently until a good samaritan rescued him and his luck, it only continued to improve f

. >>> new details emerging in the crash that killed comedian jax mcnair and left actor tracy morgan severely injured. the national transportation safety board says kevin roper, the driver of the walmart truck that rear-ended limo van, they say he had not slept for 28 hours. they say the passengers in the limo were not wearing seat belts. the accident happened last year on the new jersey turnpike. >>> residents are saying no one informed them about an epa blunder that released 3 million gallons of toxic mine waste into colorado's animas river. they claim they learned it bit from a local newspaper. colorado residents demanding answers about a pristine tributary is full of heavy metals and chemicals. we get more from cnn's dan simon. >> reporter: no way for the epa to sugar coat this. this is their deal and their fulton. the agency says it is committed to making things right for the community. in the meantime, the river is still closed and you can see the sign right there. we will show you why. we first want to point out the water color has basically returned to normal, but there are still remn

mcnair, morgan and others in the limo were not wearing seatbelts.ened last june. >>> nick wallenda did it again. the longest high wire act yet about 120 feet up at the wisconsin state fair. it took about a half mile. it was on the wire the thickness of a coin. he holds nine world records. he will talk about a future event that may involve egyptian pyramids. >> i have such anxiety knowing somebody is doing that 3,000 miles across the country. this guy is how many feet in the air on a wire the size of a coin. i could not sleep. >> he has eight toes on his right foot. >> is that true? >> nobody has eight toes. >> he's going to love this. >> some people do. >> eight toes? >> a birth defect or something. have you heard about the six fingered man? >> this is going to be an interesting week. we are taking a look at what's going on in the new york state prison where the two inmates escaped. prisoners filed dozens and dozens of complaints about abuse by guards. one claiming he was threatened by water boarding. are corrections officers taking out their frustr

fellow comedian james mcnair ways killed in the crash. it left morgan in a coma for two weeks. a preliminary report determined the truck driver was speeding. >>> on the money this morning, asian stocks take a dip. >> nikkei and hong kong hang seng index are down a fraction. >> there is a radical restructuring underway at google. >> abc's reena ninan and phillip mena have the morning business headlines. >> good morning. topping america's money, a shake up at google. >> the tech giant is forming a parent company called alphabet. some businesses including you tube that were operating under the google umbrella will be part of alphabet. internet users will see no change. >>> strong start to the week on wall street with the dow snapping a seven-day losing streak. >> the rebound was due in part to a major corporate deal by warren buffett. >> before spotify there was columbia house, a mail order music giant famous for the one cent deals. >> it likely sold its last album. a few years ago columbia house was pulling in more than a billion dollars a deal. >> i remember the one cent deals.

that wreck killed his friend and colleague james mcnair.irst interview since the accident in june, saying he loved comedy and couldn't wait to return. morgan was an s-n-l cast member from 19-96 to 20-03 and after that appeared on "30 rock." tonight no doubt actor morgan freeman is still wrestling with the tragic news that his step grand daugter was stabbed to death on the manhattan street where she reportedly lived with the insider's louis aguirre is in los angeles with more on the case. >> reporter:pam, multiple reports say that it was her boyfriend who allegedly killed her in what eye witnesses say looked and sounded and many people are now asking how the aspiring actress became the victim of a stabbing in plain sight. a guy yelling and i heard a woman scream' chilling details of the stabbing death of e'dena hines, 33, reportedly at the hands of her live in boyfriend, 30 year old lamar davenport. gma bryndon tarafa 'i go to the window and i see him on top of a bryndon tarafa told daily mail dot com that he was in his apartment when he hea

his friend and mentor james mcnair died in that accident. if you ride if you ride the train from new jersey get ready for even more delays that is the word from a top amtrak executive. he warns new jersey lawmakers in trenton that ageing tunnels under the hudson need lots of work. they could see the current capacity of 24 trains an hour often cut to six. >> it's quite possible that these delays could have been the norm at some point. >> they need ney to build the hudson tunnel called gateway built by 2025. and the old tunnel will be closed and fixed. >>> it's coming up on 6:34. it's a very busy day when it comes to weather. checking in with chris. good morning. >> that it is, as we go deeper into the morning. the rain is covering a larger portion of the area. more people on the road. we've got that flash flood watch in effect. nassau county, fairfield county, that's through the afternoon. that's not what i want to seee that's what i want to see, we're talking about heavy rain over the city right now. it's really going to pick up in intensity

investigators are meeting to discuss the cause of the 2014 crash that injured tracy morgan and killed james mcnairmed in the back of the limo killing several others last june. the truck driver was speeding and had not slept in more than 24 hours. he's been charged with death by auto and four counts of assault by auto. >>> a disturbing report kept secret by the federal government for three years says the nation's air traffic controllers are dangerously sleepy, possibly putting you at risk when you're flying. in the 2012 study, nearly two in ten controllers admitted to errors on the job including allowing planes to fly too close to one another. many blamed them on being too tired. the faa says fatigue is less of a problem now though than when they study was done. changes have been made since then, including more off-time between shifts. >>> want a raise? i do. head to columbus, ohio, or san francisco. we have a list of the cities that are giving people more money. >> more money, depending on where you live. wage growth is so stubborn, 2.1% for the nation as a whole. you can see in the most recent mo

that seriously injured actor/comedian tracy morgan and killed one of his friends, comedian james mcnairccident. it happened last june when a wall mark truck slammed into the back of the limo van carrying morgan and several of his friends, ultimately involving six vehicles and 21 people. the walmart truck driver had been awake for 28 hours when the crash happened. some of the passengers involved in the crash were not wearing seatbelts and the limo van morgan was rydering in was customized, limiting availability of emergency exits. charged with death by auto and four counts of assault by auto. morgan and two friends injured in the crash settled a lawsuit against walmart in may for an undisclosed amount. >>> up next, check on wall street under pressure in the opening hour thanks to a currency move in china. the dow is up 150 points. >>> plus a major announcement for one of the most powerful tech companies in the world. we'll tell you about google alphabet. have you heard about alphabet? we'll fill you in when "the rundown" comes right back. te cl. have you touched the stuff? it's evil. and

. >> the crash killed comedian james mcnair and injured four passengers in the van including the "saturday suffered a brain injury. the passengers were not wearing seat belts which did contribute to their injuries. >>> time for a little weather. officials in los angeles are resorting to interesting measures to retain as much water as possible in the city's reservoirs. we are joined now by our meteorologist. basically 96 million black plastic balls. >> what? >> to prevent evaporation, among other things. >> the size of an apple. they are filled with water. they are weighed down and dispersed them across the city of los angeles over four reservoirs. the city's mayor posting this on his facebook page say aing take a look. we have come up with this. it keeps algae out and water in. they estimate they will preserve 300 million gallons of water a year from evaporating in to thin air. >> desperate times. >> is the plastic safe, though. >> they are saying it is bpa free but on the facebook page so many people have questions about chemicals leeching in to the water, is it safe? how long will they l