veteran comedian james mcnair known as uncle jimmy mac died in the crash and three others hurt. the truck hit the mercedes tour bus are from behind without warning and tossing it on the side into slow-moving traffic ahead. and we have ron allen outside of the new jersey courthouse with the lat est. ron, we are expecting a court procedure later today and what is the very latest on the investigation? well, kristen, it is delayed until wednesday of this week, and we don t know why, but that is the way that courts go. the suspect, mr. roper, kevin roper is out on bail, and he posted bail the minute after he turned himself in on saturday after this accident happened and so he is free on bail from jonesboro, georgia, and presumably he will be here wednesday to make that appearance, and the details in the complaint are stunning. to say that he is charged and alleged to be awake for 24 hours driving a truck, you can imagine that it is again, a whole day and night because of the
a paper lantern into the river to honor the people of the hiroshima atomic bombing in world war ii and 70,000 people died instantly, and today is the 67th anniversary. the next hour of the the next hour of the newsroom starts right now. captions by vitac www.vitac.com i m john berman filling in for suzanne malveaux. and this hour, we are learning more about the white supremist background of a man who gunned down six membersof a sikh temple in wisconsin, and we are hearing from the relatives of the people killed. he left this world protecting the people and the world, and now we want to know who is going to protect our hearts from this pain. the police say that the gunman ambushed the officers and gunned down people during their sunday services. he was identified as wade michael page, and some sources say he was a army member and discharged because of patterns of misconduct, and the gunman was killed in the rampage. brian todd joins us from oak creek, wisconsin,
suspected killer that gets most of the attention. eric harris and derrick klebold from columbincolumbine, and and vick from norway and in fact, today is one year anniversary of that killing. but the names we should be hearing are the names of the victims. we want to start this morning by remembering those who lost their lives friday morning as told by those people they left behind. it is not surprising to me that his first thought would be her. i mean, that is what a man does, he protects his loved ones. i m very proud of him. we are going to miss him. just a great kid. talented kid. very talented. a lot of gifts make people laugh, always make people smile. a gentle giant is the way we looked at him. the sweetest smile you have ef seen. she got prettier as she drew old older. in the blink of an eye something happens and completely changes everyone s life, forever. she was a great kid. she was just finding herself. she would never harm anybody. she did not dese
in a presidential election run thauf weekend. we should tell you that riot police, military personnel have taken up positions outside the court. ben wedeman joins us in just a few moments with the latest on this. as soon as we get ben wedeman, we ll bring it to you. back to the u.s. you know the old saying, when it rains it pours. for the obama campaign it appears to be a gully washer. lately the president has had some bad poll number, some bad headlines, some democrats are expressing doubt about his message and his chances come november. big donors are sitting tight with their money. for mitt romney, several things appear to be going right. he is raising a lot of money and his poll numbers have been getting better. a little more than two hours from now, both men take to the stump in the battleground state of ohio with dueling key economic speeches. they won t be face to face, but you can bet that they won t mince words about each other either. so, cnn s jim acosta joins us