Announcer its 10 00 p. M. Do you know where your children are . Right now on fox 5 news at 10 00 p. M. I was demonized. My life was shattered. Dari rappers speaking out about how they are treated by the media. Many outlets are set to only focus on the negative or it if you ask about artists, the majority would say yes. Steve is the media partly to blame for perpetuating that . Lisa evers has some answers . Right or wrong, there is a sense that the bat is blown out of proportion in the media and that that is largely ignored. Misunderstanding . We were there, but most Media Outlets were not. This rapper received a prestigious award from Harvard University just days ago. You can read about it online and on his Instagram Page without more than 27,000 whites. But it did not make headlines. That does not surprise this hiphop founder. When we think about how its being covered from its generally unfair. When the tour bus of lil wayne was shot up, it was breaking news on mtv. And commissioner W
Well flirt with the 70 degree mark. Lets get the first check on this morning commute. Good morning kwb everyone. You may have just seen video from the Tanker Accident that took place yesterday on the new jersey turnpike. The accident investigation is finally over and just moments ago the area of the turnpike reopened. That should not affect your morning commute which is fantastic news. Lets look at the gowanus expressway. Theres an accident on 39th street. Both directions not moving right now. They are in the process of clearing it. More weather and traffic come ing up on the 4s. Police investigating a hit and run. A pedestrian rushed to the hospital overnight. At the intersection of madison avenue. Reporter good morning to you. A very terrible morning for the he is in bad shape at a hospital. Actually in the back of the vehicle, it looked like he had been checking something. We were told he was near the trunk. When he was hit, the driver who struck him took off. It happened about 1 20
Which flipped on a guardrail and erupted in flames. He had a dash camera rolling the entire time. It felt like i was starting to burn my arm and i my leg, justnbeing as close as i was. Reporter kevin howard can still feel the intense heat from the flames. The truck driver from michigan was on the new jersey turnpike wednesday afternoon when he first spot advance carrying several mattresses. I saw a mattress up ahead. It l ked like it scattered out into the lane. Reporter watch as cars swerve, including a tanker truck. Truck. It was trying to avoid a small white suv in front. It tried to maneuver around the suv and flipped over the guardrail. The truck instant burst into flames. I wanted to get the guy out. But being a tanker and as a big as the explosion was, i mean, you could see where i got was as close as you could get. The heat. Reporter the awful crash unfolded in kearny in the northbound lanes of the turnpike by exit 5w. The billowing smoke could be seen for miles. On the road, t
Suspected mastermind of the terror suspects returned to the concert hall while police were there. Thank you for the update. Amid growing International Unrest theres been another deadly attack. At least 12 people are dead and dozens more wounded after an explosion struck a bus carrying members of tunisias president ial guard. It happened in the heart of the capital city. Tunisias president who wasnt on the bus at the time, declared a 30day state of emergency across the country as well as a curfew. Terror fears have u. S. Citizens on alert as Holiday Travel gets underway. Dick brennan is live on the Upper West Side with more on the security measures. Reporter a few warnings are out there right now. The state Department Tells people to avoid public places, large gatherings but here in new york, the Police Commissioner is saying right here, you should be safe at the parade and at at this location which is where they are gonna blow up the balloons in 24 hours. Its one of the kickoff events,
Morning. Good morning, chris. We have some problems out there on the roads already. Well head to duchess county where route 9 is shut down southbound between main street and middlebush road. And an accident on the new york state throughway southbound at exit 14. Well have more weather and traffic coming up. Thank you very much. Right now police are waiting for test results to see if a gun taken from the east river is one used to kill an nypd officer. Tracie strahan is in east harlem where that officer was stationed. Reporter darlene, a lot of work ahead for Forensic Experts this week. Now that they have that possible break in the case, they have to tests that 40caliber block to see if it was the same one used to claim the life of randolph holder. By side sunday, looking for evidence to help the d. A. Prosecute 38yearold tyrone howard. Authorities say the firearm recovered early sunday has the same characteristics as the one that theyre looking for. It was down in 20 feet of water, and