Middlesex county, only lasting about two minutes. Roper arrived to court and was met by a flood of media. The 35 year old truck driver from jonesboro, georgia, pleaded not guilty. His attorney speaking for him in court. The judge kept his bail at 50,000 which hes already pos posted. He is the sole driver charged in causing the deadly six vehicle pileup along the new jersey turnpike this weekend. The crash killed comedian 62 year old james mcnair and just two blocks away from here tracy morgan and two others are still recovering in the hospital. Morgan remains in critical but stable condition. Roper and his attorney declined to speak to reporters. They said you didnt sleep for 24 hours. Is that true . Roper did not make statement leaving court, but his twitter account believed to belong to him says i thought our country said we still had right of being innocent until proven guilty. Wait, that doesnt sell newspapers or get website hits and another tweet from yesterday said i was never ch
Murphy. Good morning, to all of you waking up with us, so early, had yet another very busy news day. Our reporters are following two developing stories happening right now, fire, that destroyed a bar early this morning. Search foreman behind brutal attack. Lets fine sue serio tracking another wet day. Whats the number, sue serio . Half and half number days today, looks like another five, with more fog, starting off this morning, and thats one of your minuses, because thats going to slow you down, still humid, pop up thunderstorms are possible, on the plus side, temperatures little cooler, and we might see few peaks of sunshine today. Cross your fingers. Heres bus stop buddy, with areas of fog, some drizzle around this morning. Were saving the thunderstorms for later on this afternoon, temperatures are in the 60s, little bit cooler than they have been in the morning, still so humid, just casino of yucky out there. There is a look at ultimate doppler, most of the rain thats falling is ou
Deadly crash. The wreck also claimed the life of 62 year old comedian james mcnair. Police say roper behind the wheel of his wal mart tractor trailer slammed into morgans limo bus on their way home from a comedy gig in delaware. Did you fall asleep at the wheel . Reporter inside the courtroom roper plead not guilty and the judge kept his 50,000 bail. Leaving the Middlesex County courthouse roper and his attorney swarmed with reporters did in the address questions or the report that roper was awake 24 hours prior to the crash. They said you didnt sleep for 24 hours. Is that true . Reporter on twitter account believed to be owned by roper, he wrote i thought our country said we still had right of being innocent until proven guilty. Oh, wait, that doesnt sell newspapers or get website hits roper didnt respond when asked if that was his account. Tracy morgan still remains in critical but stable condition at johnson wood medical center. Just a couple block away from here. Hes expected to be
Israelis have been kill. Faa ban on commercial flights in tel remains in effect for 24 hours. The the restrictions disrupted flight timetables all across the world and right here at home Eyewitness News reporter jane carabao joins us from philly international with what travelers have to say about this ban jane, good morning. Reporter well, first, we are expecting the faa to update us on this travel ban, a little later today. In the meantime philadelphia area travelers are left trying to figure out ways in and out of israel while this ban is in effect. A flight was supposed to land here at Philadelphia International airport at 5 20 but, of course that flight was canceled. Reporter philadelphia area travelers with trips booked to israel are left scrambling after federal Aviation Administration prohibits u. S. Airlines from flying to that country for at least 24 hours. We have had plans for a while to go to israel. We are supposed to leave sunday night. We generally go every summer on a v
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