CNN.com - Transcripts Return to Transcripts main page NEW DAY SATURDAY Tracy Morgan Critically Hurt In 6-Car Crash; Obama Defends Taliban Swap For Bergdahl; Walking In Restaurants With Rifles; Lawmakers Slam President On Bergdahl Trade; Lawmakers: Obama Broke the Law; Tracy Morgan Hurt in Six-Vehicle Crash; Chasing History: The Triple Crown Quest; "The Fault in Our Stars" Aired June 7, 2014 - 08:00 Â ET THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED. CHRISTI PAUL, CNN ANCHOR: Comedian and former "30 Rock" star, Tracy Morgan, we know is in intensive care in a unit there at a New Jersey hospital right now. VICTOR BLACKWELL, CNN ANCHOR: State police tell us the limo bus that he was on collided with the tractor-trailer along the New Jersey turnpike about 1:00 a.m. There is at least one fatality. CNN national reporter, Nick Valencia is tracking the latest on this story from many different angles. Nick, I wonder, I asked the officer if alcohol was a factor. He said no. But is there any cause yet? NICK VALENCIA, CNN NATIONAL REPORTER: No. We're still trying to determine that cause, very preliminary information coming out. We're still beginning to piece together all the details. Six-car accident on the New Jersey turnpike about 1:00 a.m. Tracy Morgan was traveling with several others in that limo bus. As Victor said, you're looking at it right now. According to Sergeant Greg Williams with the New Jersey state police that limo bus overturned after it was involved in a wreck with two tractor-trailers and an SUV. Again, to reiterate, one person confirmed killed. Seven other hospitalized. Tracy Morgan in critical condition. Let's have you listen to what Sergeant Greg Williams of the New Jersey State Police Department said about the incident. (BEGIN VIDEO CLIP) SGT. GREGORY WILLIAMS, NEW JERSEY STATE POLICE: Six-vehicle accident. Two tractor-trailers involved. Comedian/actor Tracy Morgan was involved. He is in intensive care at Robert Wood Johnson Hospital in New Brunswick. Looks like two tractor-trailers, limo bus, SUV, limo bus overturned. Tracy Morgan was in the limo bus, but he is alive. He's in intensive care at Robert Wood Johnson Hospital in New Brunswick. Preliminary right now that possibly one fatality. (END VIDEO CLIP) VALENCIA: Here is what we do know about where Tracy Morgan was last night. He was scheduled to perform at a casino in Delaware and earlier, we saw a comedian alongside Tracy Morgan who actually opened for Morgan last night, they performed in front of a crowd of about 1500 people and it went well, posting on his Facebook page they had a great night and went off in a luxury car. We don't know if he was in that vehicle, but we tried to make contact with him to see sort of how Morgan was last night, glean any more information from that. PAUL: Just to reiterate, these are some of the first pictures from the scene this morning. Let's bring in Nischelle Turner who is joining us via phone. Good morning you to. Morgan is so well known in Hollywood circles. I looked at his Twitter page today. He's got almost 3 million followers. Tell us more about him. NISCHELLE TURNER, CNN ENTERTAINMENT CORRESPONDENT (via telephone): Yes. Good morning to you, Christi and Victor. Not a great way to start our Saturday morning. You're right. Tracy Morgan one of the funniest guys in Hollywood. In fact, he is on tour right now as part of the stand-up comedy tour. He was performing last night in Delaware as part of this tour. He is scheduled to perform tonight in Charlotte, North Carolina, as part of this tour but, of course, we expect that not to happen. You know, Tracy is an Emmy-nominated actor for his work in "30 Rock" and also for NAACP Image Awards. He spent a lot of years with the cast of "30 Rock" because he first started with" Saturday Night Live" kind of where he met and got a really great relationship with Tina Fey going so when she developed "30 Rock" she wanted to bring him on. Of course, he was so funny on that show. He's also apparently in the process of creating a new show, working on a new show right now, the title hasn't been announced, but it is apparently with the crew from "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia." So he is doing work. He always said stand up is his first love like we see with so many comedians. That's why after "30 Rock" wrapped he decided to go back on the stand-up comedy tour. By all accounts, the tour is going very well as his standup has evolved. Tracy has had a bit of a tough road in Hollywood, too. He had a drinking problem a while ago. He did stop drinking after getting a dui a few years ago. He talked a lot about the fact that he was proud that he was very sober and that he was living this entirely different life and lifestyle now. I remember a few years back at the Sundance Film Festival in Park City he passed out and people didn't know why. It was because he is diabetic and the altitude got to him. He got very sick there. So he definitely has had a hard road going. And now, you know, there's a lot of prayers and good thoughts going out to him for being critically hurt in this car crash. BLACKWELL: His health has been a concern for some years. Now we know he is in intensive care again at Robert Wood Johnson Hospital in New Brunswick. Nischelle Turner, Nick Valencia, thank you both. We'll continue to follow this and bring the viewers the latest as soon as we get it. Now to that political firestorm over the release of Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl in exchange for five top level Taliban detainees. It will no doubt heat up on Capitol Hill again this week as it was last week. PAUL: Right. President Obama insists this prisoner swap was the right thing to do. He is defending his decision not to tell Congress about it before hand, defended it actually in an interview with NBC News. Listen to this. (BEGIN VIDEO CLIP) BARACK OBAMA, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA: The main concern was that we had to act fast in a delicate situation that required no publicity. By definition you don't do prisoner exchanges with your friends. You do them with your enemies. (END VIDEO CLIP) BLACKWELL: The former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is also coming to the support of her former boss on the Bergdahl prisoner swap. Listen. (BEGIN VIDEO CLIP) HILLARY CLINTON, FORMER SECRETARY OF STATE: I think this was a very hard choice, which is why I think my book is so aptly named. If you look at what the factors were going into the decision, of course, there are competing interests and values. I mean, one of our values is we bring everybody home off the battlefield the best we can. It doesn't matter how they ended up in a prisoner of war situation. UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: It doesn't matter? CLINTON: It does not matter. (END VIDEO CLIP) BLACKWELL: Bergdahl was in the hospital in Landstuhl, Germany. We're learning some alarming details, though, about what he went through from those five years. A U.S. official tells CNN that the sergeant was physically abused. He's suffering psychological trauma, and was locked in a cage after he tried to escape his captors. PAUL: We are covering this story from every possible angle, CNN's Erin McPike is with us from Washington right now. BLACKWELL: And CNN's Martin Savidge joins us from San Antonio, Texas. Martin, I want to start with you. Sergeant Bergdahl will be flown to the San Antonio military complex there in Texas. Any indications of what will happen once he arrives? MARTIN SAVIDGE, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Good morning, Victor. A lot of people wonder why San Antonio. San Antonio and the U.S. Army South is tasked with the job of bringing back all soldiers that have been held in captivity. Fortunately in recent conflicts there haven't been that many, but of course, Bowe Bergdahl fits into that category. Right now he is in Landstuhl, Germany. They are working to medically and mentally stabilize him. You go through three phases. One, get him into friendly hands. That happened last weekend. Two, get him to a regional medical center to be checked out. That's going on right now. Three, bring him here, because here they specialize in everything it takes in every way to bring you home both mentally and physically. Your question, Victor, no timetable has been set. No word on when he will come here. We know his personal recovery team, as they're referred to, is in Germany ready to receive him and bring him here, but they haven't got the green light. PAUL: Martin, quickly, a lot of people are wondering why he hasn't been reunited with his parents yet. Have you gotten word as to why that is being delayed and when it might happen? SAVIDGE: Well, we don't necessarily know if it's being delayed. He does have access to a telephone and access to speak to his parents.