slurs. >>> bridge breach. two boys busted climbing the brooklyn bridge, trying to get the perfect picture. >>> a path of death and destruction, killing a woman and her four grandchildren. >>> i'm rob schmitt. we begin with the terrorist attack on a teen. three men yelled "arab" and "isis" and then attacked. that attack could have been worse had a neighbor not scared these three off. this happened on 10th street in queens. >> he was walking home from school when police say out of nowhere a group of teenagers attacked and started using racial slurs. camera right here in the neighborhood. >> he's doing better. he's a little shaken up by the whole scenario, getting bombarded and hit out of nowhere. >> reporter: here is where charlotte bissam raised her family. here is where she always felt safe. her oldest son was blindsided, attacked with fists and racial slurs. >> here we are trying to focus and do something good and here you have some of these kids who don't take anything seriously. >> reporter: these are the three teenagers police believe to be behind the attack. you can see one o

important endorsements ahead of tonight's high-stakes democratic debate in brooklyn. brooklyn navy yard where that debate will take place. with just five days until the new york state primary, the contenders on both sides are in a mad dash for votes. >> the contentious race includes rousing rallies, celebrity appearances and notable endorsements. cbs 2's tony iello has more. >>reporter: it made for a stirring sight in front of a monument to our first president, bernie sanders rallied a huge crowd that wants him to be our 45th president. >> in my view, healthcare is a right of all people, not a privilege. >>reporter: support from director spike lee and actress rosario dawson, sanders railed against nafta and other trade deals and slammed hillary clinton for supporting the 2003 war in iraq. >> he's the candidate of peace, and we -- i don't want connor growing up, when he's 18-year- olds, i don't want him going to war. >>reporter: polls have hillary clinton up by about 12 points in the state she used to a 2-1 lead among african- american democrats. wednesday she spoke at an event host

released of a police involved shooting in brooklyn. we will show you more of what went on. it's april 20. julia eddie been seminal. my little brother is coming back from middle east. he is stationed there for fox news. will he get in on time? we are expecting another beautiful day. as the kids had off to school , it will start out a little bit cool. they will probably shed it and get short sleeves on as temperatures are very nice later on this afternoon. we started out really good it's out at liberty airport at 530 in bridgeport and a slip. his little bit cooler to the west with 390. 30s in monticello and sussex. it will be a bit lazy yesterday. now the wind has lightened up a little bit. the red flag warning continues for the entire state of connecticut. gusty wind and low humidity exasperating any fires that could spread rapidly. be aware of that. satellite and radar shows clear skies is plenty of sunshine for wednesday. on the next weather focus it will be on the system down to the west. will be over the next few days it hasn't made much movement. it will slowly make its way to the ea

. >>> now to campaign 2016. we are just hours away from the big democratic debate in brooklyn, hillary clinton and bernie sanders will take the stage at the brooklyn navy yard. that's where cbs 2's andrea grimes join us live this noon andrea. >>reporter: well, all five presidential candidates are in town today, but you're right, all eyes, at least on the democratic side are here at the navy yard behind me. many people who live here in brooklyn are excited to see it in the national spotlight for a change tonight during this campaign season. >> it's, like, wow, this is here in new york city. i can't wait to see it. i cannot wait. >>reporter: east flatbush brooklyn resident renshaw james is counting down the hours, thrilled to watch hillary clinton and bernie sanders in a borough. >> it's an amazing feeling to have two of new york's own come here to the brooklyn navy yard and just take it over by storm. >>reporter: the brooklyn-born senator clinton have spent the last several days, courting voters in the empire state ahead of tuesday's primary. tonight they'll do so in prof a prime time a

with hillary clinton right here in brooklyn. got on a plane, went to rome for this meeting. it was an invitation that in his words he said that was so moving he could not refuse to come. he was talking about the church's views on climate change and also this pope. he made that quick trip. there have been a number of questions this week as we look at the poll numbers here in new york, and if we look at things like the delegate count, there's been a lot of questions about whether bernie sanders should be making this trip 24 week, especially with four days to go until the primary before new york state. he was asked this question just moments ago. he said it was an invitation that was so moving that even though it took him off the trail for a day, he felt it was something he had to do. ann thompson joins us now with more. ann, good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning, erica. i don't think that question is going to go away anytime soon. there are a lot of people who really wonder why bernie sanders chose to do this when there was no guarantee that he would meet pope francis. now it i

a row of homes in brooklyn. >> and there have been injuries to report cbs 2 has more live from cypress hills, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, chris and mary. yes minor injuries to report and all residents belongings have been destroyed. i want you to take a look at what's been left behind after this six alarm fire. there are piles of rubble and two buildings extremely damaged but one build in the middle of those two. that's a home that is no longer standing almost completely leveled by this fire and residents we spoke to though they were shaken were grateful no one was seriously hurt. she watched with tears in her highs as her home on arlington avenue burned sunday night. she rushed over from work to find the flames. don't know. >> her multifamily home along with two others were destroyed by the six alarm fire believed to have started in a nearby garage, 250 firefighters battled the fire. >> this is an area of buildings are very tight together all wood frame buildings, very tight together large body of fire, fire extends rapidly in these types of buildings. >> in cell

outside clinton's headquarters in downtown brooklyn. dray. >>reporter: well, good morning, lori. hillary clinton definitely defended her home turf well with a very decisive win. meanwhile, for bernie sanders he's still in the running, but barely. new yorkers came through for hillary clinton in a big way, taking her one step closer to getting her party's nomination. >> new yorkers, you've always and i've always tried to have yours. today, together we did it again and i am deeply, deeply grateful. >>reporter: bernie sanders was hoping for an upset win in the primary which could have changed the trajectory of the race. sanders' campaigned hard in new york, drawing crowds in the thousands, but in the end he suffered a double-digit loss. >> today we took secretary clinton on in her own state of new york and we lost. >>reporter: clinton supporters have now stepped up their calls for sanders to get out of the race. to stay in, they sairks would be destructive. >>reporter: bernie sanders flew back to vermont late last night in order to have talks with his staff sometime today an this br

and bernie sanders will battle in brooklyn tonight. they're meeting for one and only tuesday's primary. >> meanwhile three republican white house hopefuls at a gop state dinner. protesters tbatter outside the venue. we have a live report coming up. >> governor cuomo legalizing mixed marshal arts and eager to host events at madison square garden before the end of this year. >> good morning everybody great to have you with us i'm kerry >> and i'm ben simmoneau. juliet huddy is off this morning. thursday morning april 14th almost a tax day . taxes due on monday it is 6:00 mid-40s out there in the park but it is going to warm up nicely for us. i understand you're headed somewhere very warm very soon. >> no wonder he's in such a good mood. >> you were just off. >> didn't time it out. once you book yourself you've got to go. >> you and huddy. i don't know who is negotiating [laughter] >> not the same one i'm joking actually. but yeah seriously. >> i've been here 15 years. there shall -- >> that's true. >> juliet huddy has you beat on that been here -- >> have one job? >> one job. >>

from the new york primary and the stage is set for tonight's democratic presidential debate in brooklyn. >>> and mixed martial arts is getting uncaged. what governor question apollo is set to do today with the combat sport. >>> good morning i'm lori stokes. >> and you are never more than 7 minutes away from weather and traffic. here's meteorologist bill evans. >> reporter: 45 degrees around the five boroughs. clear to partly cloudy skies, cooler across long island 37 eastern end there, 42 from river head to montauk and 34 toward monticello. >>> a freeze warning until 8:00 this morning in western and northwestern new jersey. western ocean county for temperatures at freezing and below. but it will warm up fast today. sunshine this afternoon and a high of 60. and it only gets warmer. we'll talk about that. debby in for heather today. how is it going out there? >> reporter: we have a problem already this morning. good morning. 87 northbound in franklin township. an accident out there some type of investigation. we'll keep an eye on that for you as well. if you are heading over to 19 southbo

brooklyn. she put a 16-year-old girl in a chokehold, causing the girl to black out. she's also accused of slamming the girl's head on floor. she's expected back in court may 23rd. >>> now to decision 2016. the new york primary is approaching fast. april 19th is the day. the presidential candidates are making the rounds trying to win your support. just getting underway in greenpoint. >> reporter: bernie sanders grew up right here in this building in a second floor apartment. he talked about playing games here on the street, going to school nearby and having big dreams as a child. his visit here a chance to win over voters before the primary. a warm welcome home for presidential hopeful bernie sanders . >> this is bernie country. >> come and feel the bern! >> reporter: the brooklyn native back on his home turf, campaigning where he grew up on 26th street. >> i spent the first 18 years of my life in apartment 2c right here. i grew up in this community. and i remember it very well. >> reporter: does it resonate that he's from brooklyn? >> definitely. he's a jew from brooklyn. go brooklyn, the

brooklyn. facing off at the brooklyn naval yard with bernie sanders and hillary clinton aggressive and pulling no punches. meanwhile the republicans at a black tie gala in manhattan with protesters and arrests outside. beginning with dave evans at the democratic debate in brooklyn. >> i think this debate and tuesday night's vote, they're so important. of nine last primaries, bernie sanders has won eight of them. if he's able to pull off an upset in hillary clinton's adoptive home state, that could possibly change everything. >> if you're both screaming at each other, the viewers won't be able to hear either of you. >> reporter: this feisty debate was interesting from the get-go. bernie sanders hit first. questioning not hillary clinton's qualifications, but her judgment. >> but i do question her judgment. i question her judgment which voted for the war in iraq, the worst foreign policy blunder in the history of this country. >> reporter: clinton has spent the last 10 days blasting sanders for questioning her qualifications. >> i've been called a lot of things in my life. that was a

room." >>> the breaking news, the battle of brooklyn now just four hours away. we're live from the brooklyn navy yard in new york where hillary clinton and bernie sanders will face off in tonight's critical democratic presidential debate on cnn. it's the final showdown before tuesday's new york primary. sanders still carries the accent of his brooklyn youth. hillary clinton's campaign is headquartered here. the stakes clearly are enormous. a clinton victory could break sanders' recent momentum and put the nomination in her grasp. a sanders win could shake her campaign to its core. amid the rhetoric and big rallies, the race has been getting nasty as the two sides hammer one another on policy and qualifications. will tonight's showdown boil down to insults or issues? and the insults are flying among republican candidates. all three will appear tonight at a black tie gop gala. ted cruz, accusing donald trump's campaign of threatening violence even as prosecutors decide not to charge trump's campaign manager for grabbing a reporter. i'll speak with clinton campaign press secretary bri

. "newsroom" starts now. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> and good morning. from the brooklyn navy yard, the sight of tonight's cnn democratic debate. i'm carol costello. thanks for joining me this morning and what a show we have on tap. getting ready to rumble in brooklyn just 12 hours from now. hillary clinton and bernie sanders will take to the stage and grapple in their last debate before tuesday's all important primary in new york. cnn crews have been scrambling to construct this massive stage and the stakes loom even larger. both campaigns sharpening attacks and firing up supporters. sanders electrified a reported crowd a record crowd in washington square park. clinton throes her own bombs at the bronx. looking to stop sanders recent surges of momentum. and on the republican side, things getting even nastier. donald trump ratchets up attacks on his own party. ted cruz accusing trump staffers of all being thugs. and let's begin with the democratic debit and joe johns has more on that this morning. good morning. >> reporter: good morning carol. big city, big stage. this is

campaign trail. we're expecting to hear from senator bernie sanders any moment now who is in brooklyn to reveal a new endorsement from a union group. going to bring you his remarks live. earlier today, we learned oregon senator jeff merkley became the first u.s. senator to endorse sanders. >> do you think he can win? >> i think that anything is possible in a campaign. obviously, the math is an uphill climb. but we have been surprised by what happened in campaigns time and time again. >> kasie hunt and kristen welker are following the campaigns. steve kornacki is here with analysis. good morning to all. kasie, let me begin with you in brooklyn. what are we expecting from the sanders campaign today. >> hey, jose. this, of course, is the local transit workers union here in new york city, endorsing bernie sanders. he, of course, has made trade unions a focus of his campaign. this is something he talks a lot about. and has touted regularly in the cities that he has gone to. he, of course, also has an endorsement from communication workers of america, one of the only national umbrella union gr

, especially in polls places in brooklyn. hillary clinton, she was back in new york for the new york primary, it resulted in a victory for her. she took 58% of the vote. this huge gathering took place in midtownhmanhattan. as for bernie sanders, his day started out fine enough with a rally in pennsylvania. the pennsylvania primary is scheduled for next week. but he was certainly a bit more subdued later on when he was voters. ain, especially in brooklyn who had problems at their polling places. tasake a listen. >> the comptroller of the city of new york thlked today about voter irregularities, and about chaos at the polli places. as did the mayor of the city of new york. >> the race for ther emocratic nomination is in the home stretch and victory is in sight. >> among the numerous probltos we were told about that took place at different polling places, upper west side included, there were farms missing, elections workers trying to figure out what went wrong, making phone calls. some people couldn't vote. others had to fill out an affidavit. we know mayber er mayor deblasio looking at

debate is the brooklyn debate between hillary clinton and bernie sanders. "today in new york's" katherine creag is in ft. green with a look ahead. kat, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, darlene. the brooklyn neighborhood is where we are where the big debate will be. all eyes on the debate. the debate between clinton and sanders -- we want to show you where he was taking the stage with the borough president. also hundreds of supporters in the audience. bernie sanders and his supporters also seemed like they with thousands of people there at a massive rally. sanders received the endorsement of the communications workers of america. both candidates talked about what they can do for new york city residents. when it comes to affordable housing, income equality and higher wages for workers. >> this campaign is sending a message to corporate america. you cannot have it all. >> that's why i've said we're going to continue to make improvements. i am so proud at what's happening here in the bronx. but it can be even better if we work together. if you have a president in the white house who a

inexplicably purged from the polls ahead of tuesday's primary. absurd that in brooklyn, new york, where i was , tens ofually thousands of people, as i understand it, have been purged from the voting rolls. amy: we will host a discussion on the new york primary results. then from brooklyn to brazil or the lower house of brazil's congress has voted to impeach president dilma rousseff. she claims her opponents are mounting a coup. >> it is a coup. it is a coup dressed as original sin, which is the fact there is no legal basis for my impeachment. amy: all that and more, coming up. welcome to democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. former secretary of state hillary clinton and real estate mogul donald trump scored significant victories in new york tuesday, in a primary marked by widespread reports of voter disenfranchisement and irregularities at polling sites. on the republican side, donald trump won 60% of the vote. he appears poised to win 89 of the 95 delegates up for grabs in new york. ohio governor john kasich came in second, with 25% of the vote. m

. >>> at 3:00 this morning a man is in police custody after a deadly stabbing inside a brooklyn homeless she'llter. it happened at the institute -- shelter, it happened at the institute for community living. a 27-year-old was stabbed in the chest, another man who was living there was taken into custody. >>> the family of khai gurley is openly outraged at the delay in sentencing of former police officer peter le yang. a hearing will resume on whether to throw out the conviction because a juror gone to prison for manslaughter. le yang was found guilty of killing gurley inside a stairwell in a brooklyn housing project in 2014. his attorneys now want a new trial. >> i think this juror wasn't honest. i think this was a juror who has an antipolice bias, a strong one, and who shouldn't have been on this jury. >> le yang was supposed to be sentenced today but it is now been put off until next tuesday. >>> the battle for new york is in the final stretch. tonight the democratic presidential contenders face off in a highly anticipated debate. eyewitness news reporter dray clark is live at the brook

sidewalk. how she says she broke free. >> then he's trained to fight in thenring. tonight this brooklyn boxer is wanted by the nypd accused of using his fists on his girlfriend. >> he tried to rs away with her. >> ae 11-year-ola girl is grabbed as she walked to school. what the child's fathe said this man did next. >> good evenng, ev yone, i'm bila vargas. >>> and i'm chuck scarborough. >> it happened near the corner of webb avenue in the kings br ge smctiont f the bronid we're live with details. >>he reporter: sibila, this survivor tells me she was just walking down the street when she was attacked by a man she'd never saw before and she says she was saved all because of her >> the closer to the grocery store and pulled my pants down.y>> reporter: this woman does not want her identity known, but she does want her story heard. did he say something to you? >> no, nothing. he just put like this, my panties down, and in the corner. >> reporter: in this exclusive video you can see the survivor walking near webb avenue, her attacker silently stalks her from behind. pay close attention to the

brooklyn. >> she says a man tried to rape her at knifepoint inside prospect park. now police say the hunt is on for her attacker. cbs 2's janelle burrell joins us live from the scene with more. janelle. >>reporter: chris, the good news in this case is that police collected more ef trying to pinpoint where that man is exactly leading to his arrest. it was near this entrance to prospect park that that woman was jogging alone. the man attempted to attack her, but she fought back. surveillance cameras capturing this video of the man they are looking for. you can see him first walking, looking over his shoulder before running from the area near prospect park close to the time of the attack. police released this sketch giving a better snapshot of what he may look like. investigators say it was around 5:15 wednesday morning that the man zeroed in on a 23-year-old woman who was jogging alone near the garfield place in prospect park west entrance. from behind, throwing her to the ground and then with a knife in his hand told the woman he was going to rape her. >> this isn't even a seclude

. we have got the battle for brooklyn, bernie sanders v. hillary clinton. could bernie win this thing? seems to be closing in there. >> a lot of people last night in was it union square last night, washington square? all three republican candidates also in town. there are threats that there are going to be thousands of people out there protesting against the candidates. >> remember that occupy wall street movement? could it look something like that? alz we have this, boozey brunches, rosanna's favorite. >> i have not been to one in at least -- >> at least three weeks. >> it might have been a year. with mike and ines, that was it. >> they are considering even making it easier to have these boozey brunches. yep, we'll have the details. >> okay. and kobe bryant played his last professional game last night, but it was flea's rendition of the national anthem from the head hot chili peppers. >> listen to this. >> hey, i'd stand up for that and salute. he's very hendrix-esque, don't you think? >> jimi did the same thing with his guitar. >> apparently, there is some controversy. >> you always

with the clinton camp in brooklyn. what's the atmosphere after we just found out that she lost in wyoming and has now lost eight of the last nine contests? >> i don't think the news is really reached the crowd behind me yet. there are no tvs on. this is a latino organizing event in brooklyn. clinton aides say they are pretty confident as you had a wyoming democratic official say they are pretty confident they could split the delegates in wyoming despite losing the state. maybe they come out one delegate short. which is better than they anticipated. even so, hillary clinton will be speaking here at the latino event. she was just in down town brooklyn where she went to junior's cheesecake shop and while she did not eat cheesecake she told the prels she learned early on not to eat in front of the press. she did have a smorgasbord of cheesecake, and a strawberry cheesecake in front of her. she talked to people. campaigning really on a more local level here in brooklyn than you know, presidential candidates sometimes do. a couple days ago she rode the subway and took about five swipes

>>> good morning to you, everyone. i'm tamron hall coming to you from -- as you see the brooklyn bridge. we're in brooklyn bridge park. right now we're following a lot of developments this early in the morning. happening on the campaign trail including a closed door meeting in the last hour on capitol hill between members of donald trump's team and members of congress. we'll have much more on that coming up. but first bernie sanders' massive record-breaking rally in washington's square park. the sanders campaign says 70,000 people were there but it was one comment of someone who spoke before him that's causing a lot of controversy this morning. >> well, i agree with secretary clinton that medicare for all will never happen if we have a president who never aspies for something greater than a status quo. medicare for all will never happen if we continue to elect democratic whores who are beholden to the private insurance industry instead of us. >> clintnton communications director jen palmieri tweeted in response, quote, very distressing. sanders distanced himself from the comment

>>> it is debate night in brooklyn and how sweet it is. "the lead" starts right now. they battled over who is more new york, who is more of a democrat, who is even qualified to run the country. tonight it's the final face-off for hillary clinton and bernie sanders before tuesday's huge empire state primary, and it will be live here on cnn. it's the first time in decades that a new york presidential primary actually matters for both parties. new york city mayor bill de blasio along with new york governor andrew cuomo will both join me live to talk about what's at stake for their party and for the country. >>> plus, senator ted cruz now accusing the trump campaign of acting like union boss thugs and saying he's lucky he wasn't woken up with a horse's head in his bed as all the candidates prepare to go to the mattresses during republican convention week. >>> hello, everybody. welcome to "the lead." brooklyn is in the house. i'm jake tapper and we are live from the scene of tonight's democratic debate. the navy yard, they just don't call it that for fun, they actually used to build wa

working with this morning as they search for the gunman. >>> and the battle in brooklyn, the democratic white house contenders face off in a fiery debate. we're live breaking down all highlights this morning. >>> and new this morning, a flight out of laguardia is forced to make an emergency landing. hear what cracked the plane's windshield in midair. and good morning, i'm lori stokes. >> thank you for joining us i'm ken rosato, it is friday, april 15th. and halfway through the month. you are never more than seven minutes away from weather and traffic. meteorologist bill evans with the exclusive accuweather forecast. >> did you say the 15th? >> you have until the 18th. enjoy it. >> do you really? [ laughter ] >> here we go let's take a look outside this morning. we have ourselves some sunshine on your way today. clear skies right now. 45 degrees. going to be a great start to the day. suburbs? 34 poughkeepsie and today we hit 49 by 10:00 and going to get to maybe 63-degrees this afternoon. lots of sunshine and only gets warmer and we get to 70 this weekend. and 76 on monday. the 18th. we'

former nypd officer who shot and killed a man in a brooklyn stairwell. >>> and there's been a deadly attack at the u.s. embassy io afghanistan. "today in new york" starts now. good morning, 4:30 a.m. on this tuesday, april 19th. i'm michael gargiulo. >> and i'm kerry barrett. darlene is off today. >> so chris is here with the forecast, the primary day forecast. the weather won't stop anyone from getting to the polls today. >>> wo rain to worry about, the temperatures are already warmer than yesterday morning. but the high temperature will be cooler. we'll explain why in a minute. out across long island, in the upper 40s. west westhampton, 49. dry conditions and windier conditions this afternoon. that means fire danger, the risk is higher throughout the af rnoon hours. be extra careful out there for today. but look for sunshine after some morning clouds. itokurns partly to mostly sunny for the afternoon. it does get breezy with a high temperature at 71 degrees. we'll get the first check on our traffic now. >>> the lie is currently closed as they try to upright a truck there. we'll loo

, that's what's going to matter. >> good morning from the borough of brooklyn in new york city where the stakes could not be higher for tuesday's primary. more than 2.5 million people live here in brooklyn. if it was its own city, it would be the fourth largest in the united states, and the nearly 12 million eligible voters in the state will be handing a boatload of delegates, the most since florida and texas, to the candidates vying to be our next president. i have been hunting delegates for this network and the race to 1,237 on the republican side. and 2,383 on the democratic side. the magic numbers to secure each party's nomination. a journey that has taken me off the traditional campaign trail in recent weeks and into under the radar places. soon i'm going to pennsylvania. we'll talk about that a little more in a minute. the reason i have taken a detour to brooklyn is because the story of this borough and this city is in some part the story of this campaign. for the next couple days, this place is the center of the political world. vermont senator bernie sanders has positioned hi

-- an arts and academic program in brooklyn. and later, making lasting impressions -- an etiquette coach on why social dos and don'ts still matter. that's all ahead on >> there has been an apparent increase in race-related problems on college campuses around the country, sparking protests nationwide, as well. a new documentary, "remixing colorblind," examines how the educational system shapes our understanding of race and also takes a look at the nuances of race relations. >> if you can overcome the stigma, if you can acclimate yourself to what sometimes is a strange and alienating environment, and then if you can wrestle with and confront and overcome the biases and implicit biases that we'll be subject to as a student of color at a predominantly white graduate and be successful. >> i actually didn't think about diversity when i was selecting a college, but now i wish i did. because when i came, i didn't realize, like, how the -- there's not much hispanics here. so, since i didn't realize that, it was a very, like, big culture shock for me. >> "remixing colorblind" was produced an

islanders can clench the series tomorrow in brooklyn. >>> and baseball now. the mets curtis granderson was on fire in atlanta last night. top of the second he belted a grand slam homer. the mets up 4-0. granderson was not tun. in the top of the fourth he hit a solo home run to put the mets up 5-2. the final in atlanta mets 6, braves 3. here is otis livingston with the rest of your cbs2 sports update. >>> good morning. c.c. sabathia used to be the horse of the rotation. he was the guy if they were struggling, would put an end to it. if they were on a win streak. he would dominate. unfortunately because of injuries he is not that any more. going into the last night's action, matt moore coming right a two-run pop ties it at two in the second. the rays have stung cc over the years. 6-13 since he came to new york. cc was done after just 4 2/3 innings. the yankees are having to beg, borrow and steal to get runs across these days. jacobi ellsbury in the fifth. the bombers tie it. ellsbury started last night's game. two rbi double in the eighth as the yankees take down the rays 6-3.

close to schedule. new jersey transit, long island railroad, metro north doing just fine. brooklyn bridge inbound that earlier construction has been cleared away. badly getting up into the brooklyn bridge at this point. the van wyck north at the kew gardens interchange, we had that earlier accident. that has also been cleared away. and then we're looking at the connecticut turnpike going onto the southbound side exit 34 down into 31 we had some construction there. that construction has also been cleared away. i've been telling but this downed pole in north brunswick, new jersey, and we have newscopter 7 up above now and shannon sohn is here to give us an update. good morning, shannon. >>reporter: good morning, heather. yeah, this downed pole is from an accident from about 1:00 this morning. you can see verizon on the scene trying to do what they can do trying to get this pole put back in place. in the meantime the northbound side of route 27 passing finnegans lane does it have this work on it. you can see the cars getting by in each direction. they're utilizing the traffic lane to

tribute to prince. this was borough hall in brooklyn. the hard rock cafe in times square changed its marquee and displayed lyrics to his songs "purple rain" with the message r.i.p. prince. we put together a slide show of prince on our website. for continuing coverage of his passing, go to nbcnewyork.com. >>> investigators on long island are trying to figure out what sparked a fire that ripped think six condominium units. firefighters arrived at the blue ridge condo complex in medford to find four units engaged. then it spread to two others. firefighters got the flames under control before midnight. >>> president obama is in great britain where he and the first lady will have lunch with queen elizabeth. the president arrived in london yesterday. in just a few hours he'll head to the queen's home at windsor castle. the president also wade ing into british politics. he is urging britain to stay in the european union. >>> it's time for our first check of weather and traffic. good morning, chris. >> temperatures unseasonably mild for this time of year. already in the mid 60s. a few sprink

five days away. the stage is set for tonight's democratic debate in brooklyn. hillary clinton and bernie sanders will square off at 9:00. on the republican side, donald trump, ted cruz and john kasich will speak at a gop fundraiser in manhattan. we have key. coverage begin with cbs 2 political reporter marcia kramer. >> reporter: it seems all you have to do is say the name donald trump and protestors show up. here in midtown, where trump is expected to speak tonight, the police are already setting up pens on 42nd street and the side streets to make cope with large protests. the billionaire is here trying to convince people new york is his kind of town because he hopes it will help him cinch the republican nomination. >> we are home and i love long island. >> reporter: donald trump was at a suffolk county fundraiser just hours before he will take the stage with ted cruz and john kasich at a black tie gala for the state republican committee. he hopes to clean up delegates in next week's new york primary. as his advisers are telling top republicans, there will be no convention fight.

very good on the chicken soup. governor kasich: where do you live? >> brooklyn. governor kasich: well, we appreciate you having us in here. i cannot eat anymore. i have eaten so much, i cannot eat anymore. and i'm going to have dinner with my daughter. i am going to give this pastrami to kevin miller. kevin, come here. >> governor, is this better than cleveland? governor kasich: do not try to trip me up. i make enough mistakes on my own. i am not getting in on that. i have an opinion. i love new york. what kind of desserts you have? [laughter] do you do the baked apple strudel? can we have an apple strudel, cut into a little piece? we have to have it in threes. wow. wonderful. yeah, for all of you who are here, people from new york. i could not have had a better time. in any campaign, being able to campaign in new york, i mentioned earlier today, going to watertown. the only candidate who had been there before was teddy roosevelt. incredible. we love to visit teddy's home. it is beautiful. how about that theater that we played in? the paramount? it was me, frank zappa. i don't think z

sentence outside brooklyn court as supporters of the former cop and akai gurley and the media clashed. no jail time and the brooklyn da's recommendation for six months of house arrest not part of the punishment with the judge saying that liang was not aware of gurley's presence in the stairwell when he fired off the shot and even the da agreeing that prison is not necessary. liang addressed the court before being sentenced, turning to gurley's family and loved ones. i shot from my gun and took the life of another person. i apologize to you. >> reporter:liang was convicted of manslaughter for the shooting. prosecutors say that the cop accidentally fired a shot and ricocheted off the wall and struck gurley in the chest. he was unarmed. liang's supporters say he was a scapegoat treated unfairly because he is asian-american. but others disagree. >> you are a murderer. >> reporter: many believe that liang was treated specially because he was a cop. >> you took a piece of me. you took a piece of my heart. >> because of the actions of peter liang, my daughter is i am without my partn

brooklyn nets and the gave away trees in brooklyn today. they will be planted in community gardens, school yards and at private homes. the program is part of the new york restoration project's million trees nyc. that's an initiative to plant and care for 1 million new trees in the city. steve: one of rock's greatest guitar players is hitting the road once again. steve: there's that riff there. you know it's santana as soon as you hear it. dari: carlos santana talks to simone boyce about getting his original band together. steve: and stephen hawking's new planets. steve: six decades in rock 'n roll have not slowed down carlos santana. dari: he is headed back on tour with a show at the garden tomorrow night. simone is here to tell us about his big return. so many people are so excited about this. union fans have been waiting for. at a press conference, he reunited with the original members of santana to discuss their new album, santana 4, a long-awaited follow-up to the 1971 album santana 3. mr. santana, the crowd cheered when you announced this album will be the first in a trilogy. what can

rocco is live in brooklyn with new video for us. good morning diana. >> reporter: good morning lori. we have new video of the morning. police say that victim here, a 23-year-old jogger was jogging through this park around this time yesterday when the suspect knife. like. police just released the sketch. he is also caught on the nearby buildings, first walking and then later jogging down prospect park parkway west in the prospect park section of brooklyn around this time yesterday. the attack happened just after 5:00 yesterday morning. the woman was jogging when the man came up behind her with the knife, he wrestled her to the ground, assaulting her, but she fought the suspect off. police were here for the better part of the afternoon yesterday, investigating the attack. this is a very busy park and they want people living in this area to feel safe, but many don't until this predator is caught. >> i hate to have that happen in this park, it is so well used. it truly concerns me, that it could happen. >> reporter: that woman was taken to the hospital. she did suffer a stab wound to her ha

edition of hardball. chris matthews live from brooklyn. chris will join bryan williams and rachel maddow for our election coverage. that starts at 8:00 eastern. stay with us. >>> new york values. let's play hardball. >>> live from the foot of the brooklyn bridge. the polls will be closed across the state. donald trump and hillary clinton are looking for big victories tonight. the fight for this state has been the hardest fought of the democratic campaign. for clinton a big victory will clear her path. for sanders, it could prolong this race to the convention. secretary clinton voted this morning along with her husband, former president bill clinton. last night, secretary clinton said she hoped to win in new york and helper wrap up the nomination. that's the key fraez, wrap up. her fraez, take a look. >> i am hoping to do really well tomorrow. i'm hoping to wrap up the democratic nomination. i got to quickly add that before anybody has the wrong impression. >> wow. nobody got the wrong impression. they know what you meant, you got to wrap it up. she greeted supporters on the street

model and new mom brooklyn decker hasn't gotten the memo yet. >> okay. >> oh goodness. all right e.t. let's go. i have always been a little built of a daredevil. that changes now that i'm a new mom because i'm thinking about my child and his future. but i push it a little bit. >> new mom and dad chrissy and john getting information from brooklyn. >> you take them outdoors. brooklyn is a sierra club ambassador and her need for speed in the nines is for the services 100th anniversary. >> up camping and outdoors..o cf1 o this is so much fun. >> listen, brooklyn someone tough cookie. at the super bowl in dallas she got caught in a freak ice storm. he pulls over the ice storm brooklyn hops on the hood of car and scrapes the ice off the windshield. she's like wonder woman. >> we will always know doris roberts as raymond's tv mom. she won four emmy's and she sat dou down a couple of years ago. the bond that they all shared. everybody loves doris. >> we believe that we were the best there was and were. >> th were a realfamily. when they were all together they couldn't stop chatting and gossi

. >> another huge fire, this time in brooklyn. three buildings burned to the ground. where the investigation is focusing this morning. >> teaming up to trump trump. ted cruz and john kasich are joining forces to keep the donald out of the white house. good morning, i'm lori stokes. >> i'm ken rosato. thank you for joining us. it's monday, april 25th. you are never more than seven minutes away from weather and traffic and we begin with meteorologist bill evans with >> we got an october sunrise. sun up in two minutes as we look from our camera on the roof past the whitestone and throgs neck bridge out to flushing bay. we will have a nice day with a mixture of sun and clouds. 48 at oyster bay. 51 hempstead. 4 around eastham be ton -- east hampton. the wind coming from the south will mace the south facing shores cooler. 71 this afternoon. got a shower and a storm to talk about for late tonight and tomorrow in your accuweather forecast. heather o'rourke is talking about the 7 train which we just absolutely love the 7 train. >> we do. we have been mentioning it a lot this morning. we

. bernie sanders and hillary clinton agree to can't debate in brooklyn. heading to polls today in wisconsin's primary. >> another subway slashing, this time in the bronx as the city's slashings are one of the few crimes going up. >> another round much common core morning. students are growning i'm sure as they head to school. new york state education officials say they have made major changes to the controversial exam. do you remember all in elementary school they brought in extra pooted those days. they tbaif us treats. >> we department have food in olden days. >> they wanted us to be on a sugar high or -- >> nothing not at all. >> i liked standardized testing days because no home wok with no other lessons. >> only child. test day, yay. >> there's no homework. >> no homework. they couldn't assign other work. >> still you're taking a test. >> i'm juliet huddy. >> do you see my logic but it doesn't surprise me. >> i'm excited about the no home wok. >> i would over the entire day of testing. stress. out to the bus stop this is not only cold but windy at the same time. we have warnin

life force. crowds gathering around our area from brooklyn to harlem to remember prince. plenty of tributes but also an unsettling question tonight. what happened to him? how did a man just 57 years old suddenly die? prince aptly named because for so many he was indeed like music royalty. >> so many new yorkers, including performers tonight, immediately reacting to his death. a van carrying prince's body tonight left his estate in minnesota. tonight his cause of death remains very much a mystery. but prince's staff says he was seen by a doctor yesterday for an undisclosed illness he had been suffering from. brooklyn in front of spike lee's film company, they were jamming until about an hour ago. right now the party still going on in harlem at the apollo theater where prince performed eyewitness news reporter carolina leid is there tonight. >> this party has not stopped since early this afternoon. people still remain here tonight. as you can see there's a crowd of people here surrounding, many of them spending the entire day remembering prince. and thanking him for the music and his

the rolls in brooklyn, 47,000 declared inactive should have been given an affidavit so the vote could be counted today. 70,000 previously declared inactive and warned they could not vote in this primary. >>> i want to clear up the misconception that there are mass problems throughout the city. the over whelm overwhelming majority, had a positive experience. >>> rob nelson, channel 7 eyewitness news. >>> story not over that's for sure. as for what tonight means for the delegate count, for more results come in for each county for the latest results we'll post on our website abc7ny. go to my facebook page for exit poll information in this election. >>> we'll turn to the other news, a man was shot and a gun in front of officers in downtown brooklyn, happened at the house as police say when officers stopped a man for a warrant that man's friend pulled a gun from his waistband. three officers open fire shooting him in the hand both men were arrested. >>> strong reaction tonight some of the it angry to a judge throwing out the jury's manslaughter conviction against peter liang and lowering t

brinsley directions on the day brinsley shot and killed two nypd officers in brooklyn back in 2014. both detectives have been suspended without pay. >>> the new york state attorney general is launching an investigation tonight in to the board of elections and voting irregularities during yesterday's primaries. the attorney general says he's deeply troubled by thousands of complaints that were lodged on the voters' hot line. he says most of them were from people who claimed they tried to vote but were told they were unregistered or not registered in the correct party to cast a ballot. >>> now to vote 2016. those voting problems not withstanding two new yorkers running for president. these two new yorkers. tonight still riding high after two victories. hillary clinton and donald trump each winning by double digits. trump picking up 89 republican delegates in new york. kasich picked up four. cruz got none. abc news estimates trump has 845 total delegates, 392 short of nomination. trump nearly 300 delegates ahead of ted cruz who is mathematically now eliminated from securing the nomina

, is the former rookie nypd officer who killed unarmed akai gurley inside the stairwell of a brooklyn housing development in november of 2014. as for the juror, today prosecutors questioned him and asked, quote, you took it very seriously, meaning this case? he said, yes, i did. he said, i believe i did, yes. you thought about it? he said yes. you cried about it? he said, yes, that's true. outside court the family of akai gurley reacted with relief. >> accountability. he shot someone! there was negligence. he walked over the body, walked on his blood. no cpr, he did not all the ambulance! >> they wanted it to be a mistrial. they wanted peter liang to not be held accountable for anything. that's the message that the defense is trying to send. but now justice, the judge made the right decision. >> he's going to be sentenced. we don't know how judge is going to sentence him. out of these cases normally 59 95% of the time the judge follows the district attorney's recommendation. >> reporter: you may know there this. brooklyn d.a. ken thompson has recommended no jail time for liang, citing

. >> a heated democratic debate in brooklyn, and the republican gala in midtown is interrupted by protestors. we begin with the battle in brooklyn. the gloves were off as hillary clinton and bernie sanders faced off in the democratic debate cbs2's brian conybeare has this report. >> hillary clinton and bernie sanders came out swinging. >> do we really feel confident about a candidate saying that she's going to bring change in america when she is so dependent on big money interests, i don't think so. >> this is a phony attack that is designed to raise questions when there is no evidence or support. >> what started as a civil as the race tightened. sanders backed away from his claim clinton is not qualified jab. >> does secretary clinton have the experience and intelligence to be a president, of course she does, but i do question her judgment. >> well, the people of new york voted for me twice to be their senator from new york, and president obama trusted my judgment enough to be secretary of state. >> at one point the candidates shouted over each other about their support for raisi

camera in brooklyn. 10 people gang up on a man outside a restaurant. >>> presidential hopefuls have one more day to win over voters ahead of the state's primary and they will be out in full force. >>> good morning, i'm lori stokes. >> i'm ken rosato. it is monday april 18th. you are never more than 7 minutes away from weather and traffic. bill evans is here. >> nice spring week of weather. temperatures 52 degrees. a little warmer than normal for the overnight hours. 44 north port and mass peekwa. 45 white plains, 44 around poughkeepsie. fog from brook haven, across river head, shelter island. 77 by 4:00, somewhere in there going to couch 80 degrees. -- touch 80 degrees. >>> we have the track work going on. 57 to 34th. metro north, running on or close to schedule. on the sawmill river parkway. between 32-33, that construction, we have all lanes closed down, that's in both directions. jersey turnpike western spur, northbound, 18w up in to the george washington bridge, two lanes are closed down, that's until 5:00 a.m. we have street cleaning rules in effect for today. >>> one more thin