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. jane sanders will be here tonight. senator bernie sanders' wife is in new york. that's because new york primary. bernie sanders will be on the seth meyers show on nbc. they are in our immediate vicinity in this building. jane sanders has agreed to sit for an interview right here on this show for the very first time ever. she'll be here in studio. i'm very excited about that. i've met her but never interviewed her before. that's exciting. that's coming up in just a few minutes tonight. since the presidential race has turned towards new york, all the campaigns and both parties are having to deal now, up close, with a new thing that's specific to new york. a new beast that they have not necessarily had to deal with or at least they've not had to pay that much attention to before right now. now that new york is the next big primary and all the campaigns are competing here, there is this one very difficult inescapable thing they have in their face every day. it is the brutal, unforgiving, frequently profane adversary known as the new york tabloid media. one of the things i'm hoping to t

words were new york values. take a look at this scorn on his face when he said it. am i right? >> for donald trump there may be no place like home. ted cruz falling behind even john kasich in new polling this morning out of new york with donald trump pulling in big numbers in his home state. the key question today for trump, can he get above 50% in all 27 congressional districts in this state in if he does he walks away with every single delegate, all 95 of them. and some promising news for donald trump this morning. >>> also hillary clinton looking like she may be able to stop bernie sanders in his winning streak in her home state. we're going to dive into all of that in just a moment. also rounding out the agenda this morning, the frenzy over a potential contested republican convention, but a surprising new number today could knock the wind out of the stop trump forces, we will tell you what that number is and what it means for ted cruz straight ahead. >> i will come into cleveland with a ton of delegates, donald will come into cleveland with a ton of delegates and it will b

the road yet for the administration of new york mayor de blasio, or not. a federal investigation, the u.s. attorney's office and the fbi probing two of the mayor's fundraisers. it's a sidebar to the same federal corruption investigation n.j. burkett in lower manhattan tonight with our lead story. >> that's right. what does a former restaurant owner in harlem have in common with police commanders in brooklyn and two borough park businessmen who are fundraisers for the mayor? there are at least three degrees of separation in this widening investigation. >> i remember a lot of people i know from borough park, i don't remember knowing those two individuals. >> reporter: the mayor today was firm. that he barely knows jeremy reichburg shown here on the left, and jonah recnits, two former businessmen currently under investigation along with the nypd's former chief of department. investigators are pouring through finance records from the mayor's 2013 campaign, amid questions about how donations from the city's real estate and business interests were solicited and whether individuals may

>>> it's wednesday, april 20th, 2016. this is the "cbs morning news." ♪ if i can make it there ♪ >> new york, new york. empire state voters deliver big wins for donald trump and hillary clinton in their home state. both front-runners scored a slew of delegates. what will it take to tie up the nomination? >>> severe storms continue to pound the south while the death toll from devastating floods ticks up, southern states bracing for even more wild weather today. >>> and president obama lands in saudi arabia this morning hoping to ease tensions with a key ally during a time of turmoil. during a time of turmoil. ♪ captioning funded by cbs >>> good morning from the studio 57 newsroom at cbs headquarters in new york. good to be with you. i'm anne-marie green. presidential front-runners hillary clinton and donald trump got what they needed -- decisive wins in the new york primary that will help solidify their leads as the general election gets closer. trump won 60%, winning all but one county. hillary clinton beat sanders, beating his long string of caucus victories. we have more

>>> it's tuesday, april 19th, 2016. this is the "cbs morning news." at least five people are dead after severe storms and flash floods leave houston under water and texas wakes up today with more rain on the way. it's decision day in new york as the candidates race to prove who's the biggest new yorker, a flub for the front runner. >> i was down there, and i watch our police and firemen down at 7/11 after it came down. >>> charlie rose goes one on one with president obama. he explains the strategy in iraq and when he sees it paying off. >>> and boston strong. three years after the blast, bombing survivors finally cross the finish line. >>> good morning from the studio 57 newsroom at cbs news headquarters here in new york. good to be with you. i'm anne-marie green. it is the last thing residents of houston want to hear. more rain is on the way. at least five people have been killed. thousands of homes have taken on water. entire subdivisions are flooded and thousands are without power. the threat of more severe weather runs over the next two to three days. residents have been told

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i maria bartiromo. coming to you live from the roof of our thoughts are studios overlooking new york city where it is primary day tuesday, april 19th. 6:00 a.m. on the east coast or the battle for new york front and center this morning. the polls are open at the polls are open at the spymaster reeks of crisscrossing the state from the candidates of their last bid for those of you fight to the finish line. donald trump hoping to sweep all of the 95 delegates on the republican side. hillary clinton taken a more cautious approach. >> when we do, we are going to get a little bit of the race. they all say traficant all say trump against clinton is going to be the greatest voter turnout in the history of our country and i think that's true. that's why there is a good thing. it good for us. the more people that come the better. historically, our country has done very, very poorly in voter turnout. >> we also have to get ready for the general election, which is going to be really challenging. maria: the latest on the race and what new york means going forward. devastating flood in houst

problem and news copter 7 up above. john del giorno here to show us a picture. good morning. >> reporter: heather, good news, the accident is pulling away. this was a bad accident northbound on route 1 and 9 right at avenue c, in front of the wal-mart south of the airport. you can see the two vehicles involved in the accident, left lane was blocked. but just as we came to air you can see it all lanes reopened. still a little bit of a left over delay on 1 and 9. >> reporter: thank you john. we are also going to talk about 78 eastbound near exit 18. an accident has been cleared away. and we are looking at the bqe southwest into the bridge, disabled truck, two lanes closed down as a result. buses replacing trains long new jersey transit, metro north doing okay. street cleaning rules suspended meter rules are in effect. ken over to you. >>> developing this morning in new jersey, dozens of people forced out of their apartments after a car slammed into a forefront below. -- a storefront below. diana? >> reporter: ken good morning. the car struck the building with such force the entire building

. kristin thorne, channel 7 eyewitness news. >>> a deadly love triangle in manhattan. tonight a 19-year-old man charged with murdering the father of his girlfriend's child. police say gustavo rodriguez stabbed 22-year-old xavier olivares in the chest. stabbed him several times. investigators say the victim confronted rodriguez while he was walking with his 20-year-old ex-girlfriend near east 95th on morning. >> i feel very bad about what happened. >> the woman flagged down a cab, took olivares to a hospital, that's where he later died. the woman initially told police the stabbing was a random crime but detectives found some surveillance video that contradicted her story. so far though, no charges have been filed against the woman. >>> police in brooklyn now searching for a man they say in east new york. happened when the girl was on her way to school this morning. police say a man grabbed her arm and exposed himself. when the girl screamed, the suspect ran off. >>> we're hearing tonight exclusively from the mother of a disabled teenager whom police say was molested by a staff membe

new jersey in mammoth county. we're told by witnesses that flames are ripping through the businesses at the center of town. the fire is first reported about an hour ago. and that there aren't any reports of injuries. we'll have more as soon as it becomes available to us. >>> the wintery weather is on the way with the arctic blast and the messy mix of the cold wind and icy rain and snow showers. >> doesn't it all sound just lovely? meteorologist lee goldberg is tracking it all. he is outside with the latest, lee? >> reporter: another april weekend and the other tuck of snow that we have not had -- and the other day of snow. you have to go back to 2003 as we shot this coating here a weekend ago. we would have breaks in the clouds with a little clearing that will come in this evening and start to back off just a little bit. now the winter weather advisories are not up yet through pennsylvania. if they would get issues on parts of western new jersey and warm and hotter in parts of the county. right now any sprinkles or the ice pellets are moving away starting to break up with

de blasio and business owners in new york city. >> reporter: the putnam county democratic committee usually transferred only a few thousand dollars every year for the five years prior to the 2014 election. that year they transferred more than $600,000, almost all of it to two specific candidates who later lost. with city and federal prosecutors now launching criminal investigations in to team de blasio, the core question is this. did the mayor and his aides willfully break campaign finance laws to try to get more democrats elected? >> this is clearly a statewide corruption scandal engineered by the mayor of new york city. >> the mayor's staff made it clear today he would not take any questions on this issue but since the scandal broke, both the mayor and his attorney have insisted they did nothing wrong. we're live outside the westchester county board of lucy yang for channel 7 eyewitness news. >>> now to a developing story involving another man at the center of the de blasio fundraising investigation. he's the former owner of a restaurant in harlem charged with running a $12 millio

believe it. make your mark in new york and you are a made man. and so goes the 2016 election. voters all over new york, and i am an upstate girl, so you're going to hear me talk a lot about upstate new york. they have two weeks to make very important decisions. bernie sanders got what he wanted out of wisconsin yesterday, a 14-point win. but considering he only picked up a net gain of 10 pledged delegates and the number of contests remaining is getting smaller and hillary clinton used to be a senator here in new york for eight years, it's no sleep till brooklyn for native son bernie sanders. he's not the only hometown boy racing back to the empire state. donald trump came up short in wisconsin, and ted cruz and john kasich had their days in texas and ohio. but now trump is the one with the home court advantage in a state where he could sweep all of new york's 95 delegates. that will happen if he wins more than half the vote here. and look at the latest polling data released just a short time ago, the real estate billionaire sitting at 52% in new york state. if all of that hap

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captioning funded by cbs >>> it's thursday, april 7th, 2016. this is the "cbs morning news." >>> the race for the white house heads to new york with pressure mounting on front-runners donald trump and hillary clinton. the back of the pack ratcheted up the rhetoric. >>> use of force. cell phone video shows a texas cop body slamming a 12-year-old girl to the ground. ♪ i'm proud to be an "okie from muskogee." >> country music loses a legend from poverty to prison to center stage. a look back at the life of merle haggard. >>> hole in one again and again! see hi history was made at augusta before the masters even teed off. >>> good morning from the studio 57 newsroom at cbs news headquarters here in new york. i'm meg oliver in for anne-marie green. >>> overnight a possible tornado caused significant damage at an alabama trailer park. the trailer park is located in montgomery, the state capital. several trailers were damaged by falling trees. some of the downed trees blocked roads hampering rescue operations but there are no reports of serious injuries. >>> with the now importa

>>> breaking news tonight. the outbreak. now 13 confirmed tornadoes slicing through communities. homes wiped out. plus, the blinding rain and brutal cold sweeping into the east. >>> also this evening, the battle for new york now. ted cruz tries to recover after facing angry new yorkers after his comments about new york values. >> no business being in the bronx. >> donald trump joining in. >> talking about new york values. i think you can forget about him. >> and hillary clinton, fighting to win where she was once senator. what happened when she tried to get on the subway. >>> the homicide on campus, and new developments tonight. the brutal killing of a young dancing student. her story just revealed. and now, the surveillance, as 50,000 students are put on alert. >>> the manhunt at this hour. two psych patients charged in violent crimes escaping. >>> and the terror attack overseas, the surveillance just released tonight. the moment we never saw before. what this suspect did right after the airport attack. >>> good evening. and it's great to have you with us here on a thursday nig

, 2016. this is the "cbs morning news." a massive earthquake levels parts of ecuador. this morning, hundreds are dead, and thousands injured while rescue crews search for signs of life. [ applause ] >>> we're one day away from the new york primary. democrats battle for every vote, packing massive parks and showing off their dance moves, while the republican front-runner is still slamming his party's process. >>> and it's patriots day in boston. three years after the deadly attack, bombing survivors are ready to run again. >> patriot should ride and run on patriots day. ♪ >>> good morning from the studio 57 newsroom at cbs news headquarters here in new york, good to be with you. i'm anne-marie green. well, rescue operations continued overnight in ecuador where a powerful earthquake killed at least 272 people. early this morning, a young child and several others were pulled from what was left of a five-story hotel. they'd been buried since the quake hit saturday evening. the 7.8-magnitude quake was centered along ecuador's pacific coast but was felt far inland. more than 2,500 inju

>>> this is "nightline." tonight -- >> thank you, new york. >> as the new york primary numbers pour in, the project the winners in that knock-down, drag-out battle for ballots. >> this one's personal. >> why the hometown showdown matters. the tally that may turn the tide in the race for the white house. >>> and major leaguer adam laroche baring his soul on what spurred him to turn his back on his multimillion-dollar career. putting family first. the exclusive conversation and the undercover mission he says changed him forever. >>> and the brotherly light saber rattling when princes william and harry tr the set of "star wars." and nothing says may the force be with you like a hug from chewy. >>> but first here tonight, the "nightline" 5. ewy. but first here, the "nightline" 5. >>> number 1 in just 60 seconds. ♪ >>> good evening. and tonight, what could be a turning point in one of the wildest presidential elections in memory. the results are in, and both donald trump and hillary clinton have brought home victories in the new york primary. late details coming in tonight. it's your v

welcome back. >>> right now on news 4 new york, they're delivered but stolen before they're received. thieves swiping packages from apartment lobbies and this problem is getting worse. it is a crime that is rampant in hoboken. >> for as many complaints as police have received, they're making an equally stunning number of arrests. we have brian thompson joining us from hoboken tonight. >> reporter: the numbers are absolutely amazing. in just the past month, 31 days, package thieves. now, the latest one came this morning. it was a thief from brooklyn. big, fat, juicy targets just inside normally locked doors but no doorman. seemingly almost as fast as deliverymen drop them off, thieves have been getting in and getting away. except here in hoboken not so much. here in the past three months they've made an arrest every three days. phil has had a package stolen. deliveries, well, kind of. >> if it's something really valuable i'll get it delivered to work. then again, it depends how big it is. do i really want to lug something massive home? >> it's without a doubt a 21st century type of cr

advantage. could he sweep and get all 95 republican delegates? news of another shake-up in the trump campaign has many asking, what's really going on here? the race covered the way only cnn can. beginning with chris frates live in brooklyn on the democratic race. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, brooke. so it's finally here. new york primary day, and the battle of brooklyn comes down to this -- brooklyn native bernie sanders looking to upset hillary clinton, and the two democrats crisscrossing new york yesterday. bernie sanders spending five hours shaking hands, kissing babies and trying to remind what's at stake. 250 delegates up for grab, second only to california. remember, no winner take all. if hillary clinton wan-- if brn cu bernie sanders cuts into hillary clinton's lead. hillary clinton can make it almost impossible for bernie sanders to catch her. >> i am hoping to do really well tomorrow. hoping to wrap up the democratic nomination, but -- but, i'm not taking anything for granted. i've got quickly add that before anybody has the wrong impression. >> reporter: to sho

is the "cbs morning news." >>> a former saints player is gunned down in a road rage incident. the connection between the super bowl champ and a killer. >>> a texas teacher yanked from the classroom, caught on camera slapping a student. the charges she is facing this morning. >>> the front page of the future? "the boston globe" takes a look at what a trump presidency might look like, and it's not pretty. >>> and danny willett wins it. jordan spieth gives you up the lead and the green jacket at the masters. >>> good morning from the studio 57 newsroom at cbs news headquarters here in new york. i'm meg oliver in for anne-marie green. >>> police have a man in custody suspected of gunning down former new orleans saints player will smith. don champion is here in new york with more. >> reporter: the killing has rippled through the sports world. smith was admired by fellow athletes and loved by his hands for bringing a super bowl championship to new orleans. this morning, police are calling his death a case of road rage. a black and yell tribute now marks the spot where former new orleans

has a huge new york primary. we have a team new york primary. we have a team coverage for teresa for yolo in cary drew. >> police need your help . they want to catch these guys went on a horrific rampage.they beat up eight of these guys, beat up one man outside of a brooklyn bar. he was hit with a barstool and stabbed. camera. >> they are back. get ready for the return of spending 17 years underground. no joke this makes me cry. i get so upset . >> i get so upset right your mother! >> of course we will show the video nonstop .>> that's awesome!>> good morning! i am robert moses. >> is a good morning? >> i feel like i will need to come for you this whole when you see these insects , they have a floppy wing and this should be horrible. >> they will be buzzing all around us. >> maybe it will not be a great summer. how long does it last? how are they out there?>> i might not leave my house! i have a great story for you. when i was in mississippi , oh boy! they were so bad that they put me in a hotel and i had to sweep them off the front door because it was a motel and you had to swee

. thanks for being with us. our special coverage of the new york primary continues now. >>> i am so glad to be back in the bronx. >> these are my people! we're going to win and we're going to win so big. >>> an epic battle for the empire state. unleashing a war of words. >> i do question her judgment. >> they have questioned my judgment, well, the people of new york voted for me twice. >> can kasich and cruz slow down trump on his home turf? >> this is america. we don't pledge allegiance to a man, we pledge allegiance to a flag. >> it ain't over till it's over. >> a republican system is absolutely rigged. it's a phony deal. >> and can sanders pull off his biggest upset yet? >> i think we've got a surprise for the establishment. if we have a large voter turnout we're going to win this thing. >> this is msnbc's special coverage of the new york primary. >> good evening. in one hour's time the polls will close across the state of new york. for our coverage of the new york primary we will have our first characterization of the results of the race in one hour's time. this is turning into

what i'll do in new york and if so fortunate, as president. >> and street cred. democratic front-runner tries to prove she's no token new yorker, riding the fore train and swiping metro card and pounding pavement in the bronx. >> i love new york, and i am just thrilled to have the time to spend here and see my friends and people i've worked with. and looking forward to the primary. >>> coming up, new york city mayor bill de blasio joining us live. >>> and values voters. ted cruz tries to hold his own on donald trump's home turn. defending his comments about new york values. >> you know, it's easy to talk about making america great again. you could even print that on a baseball cap. >> we all know people that died and i've got this guy standing over there looking at me talking about new york values with scorn in his face. i think you can forget about him. >>> good day, everyone. i'm andrea mitchell in washington. hillary clinton and bernie sanders taking a page out of the republican primary play book ramping up their attacks against each other as their private frustrations pour ov

check in with lauren in a moment. first, we want to go to "today in new york's" tracie strahan who is at the scene where the repairs are taking place as we get into the rush hour traffic. tracie? >> reporter: smooth sailing so far, michael. it was down to one lane open at one point. now two lanes are open. i'm going to step out of the way and show you the work going on at this hour. we don't see a lot of crews out on the roads. but you can see the trucks remain where the flashing lights are. they're blocking the lane right near the retaining wall. now, this is work that's been going on throughout the overnight hours. they're assessing the structural integrity of the wall's facade. evening rush, it led to major headaches, traffic nearly a standstill at several points. the concern was that the wall was bulging and in danger of collapsing on to the roadway below. we don't know what possibly may have caused any of that. that led to a lot of traffic during the evening rush. while that happened, the traffic near west 125th street where they're working on it now was backed up for miles becau

. >> we have fox news team coverage for you beginning with rich edson on the republicans. good morning, rich. >> reporter: good morning, abby and heather. it is looking more like a contested convention. senator ted cruz's victory in wisconsin makes it increasingly difficult for front-runner donald trump to collect the delegates needed to secure the republican nomination ahead of the gop convention in cleveland. cruz says this latest victory is a turning point in the race. he says he can unite the republican party though he may have to wait until the convention in july to do so. >> either before cleveland or at the convention in cleveland, together we will win a majority of the delegates and together we will beat hillary clinton in november. >> reporter: trump had a second place finish. in a statement the trump campaign rights, ted cruz had the governor of wisconsin, many conservative talk radio shows and the entire party apparatus behind him. ted cruz is worse than a puppet. he is a trojan horse attempting to steal the nomination from donald trump. no republican will seize the nominati

, >> this is breaking news from channel 7 eye witness news. >> right now, police skouerring an area after a report of an armed suspect on campus. >> students received alerts this is happening right now at suny purchase. >> sefan kim is there with the breaking details. >> reporter: well, joe and sandra take a look at the heavy police presence here. state police, county cops and harrison police are taking part in this search. this is 500 acres and a heavily wooded area. if there's an armed suspect out here in the dark it'll be difficult to find him. the suny purchase campus looks like a crime scene. there was a check point as harrison police and county cops checked every vehicle leaving the campus and boarding buses. police are searching for a possible armed suspect. students here were told to stay indoors and close their blinds. we spoke to students via face time inside their dorms. they say it was swarming with police tonight and some students say they were frustrated at the a senior spoke to us and he said the incident may have started at a campus block party. >> there's no shots fired,

see on eyewitness news, those suspects quickly learned they picked the wrong guy. >> reporter: pegged as an easy target sitting in his car in this parking lot, he noticed three suspects circling around. the trio approached his vehicle with hammers and tried to pin him in place with another car. he rammed their vehicle to escape and circled around for payback. in this shocking exclusive video you'll only see on eyewitness news, kofi claims he lost control of his van before it collided with this nearby wall. with the tables now turned, he wasn't going to let these guys get away. with one suspect detained, he returned for a third suspect with the box cutter and ordered the remaining two to drop their pants until police arrived. and treated at a nearby hospital for their injuries. they're facing robbery charges. >> my life was at risk. i want to do whatever is necessary to protect myself. it's not like you came at me -- you have a weapon, but it's not a gun. if you shoot me with a gun, i'm dead. there's no pain. but you're coming at me with a hammer. which means you intend to caus

confirms the news. >> you need to get home right now. >> don't move. >> what? cannibals? zombies zombies? >> reporter: no, it's not a scene out of "the walking dead." it is a prank pulled off by her brothers, they say, who posted the hoax online. the video quickly going viral, with more than 4 million youtube views and counting. you can see here millicent's brothers begin mock preparing for the worst, throwing garden equipment and other weapons into the back seat. >> kevin, a garden hoe isn't what we want. we have guns. why are you putting garden equipment -- >> i'll get the guns. >> -- in the car? what is this supposed to do for me? get me a knife. >> reporter: watch as she's forced to make some tough decisions. >> we can only take one pet. the cat or the dog? >> the cat, you idiot! >> reporter: they talk about heading to mexico. but when asked about her spanish -- >> i can say pants. >> reporter: after thoroughly freaking their sister out, the brothers gently bring the hoax to an end. >> there's no zombie apocalypse. >> oh. >> she may never speak to her brothers again. alternat

. welcome to "the kelly file," coverage of the new york primary. my friend bret here with me. as polls close across the state, fox news can now project that new york businessman donald trump will win the empire state's republican presidential primary based on fox exit polls. how big is trump's victory? he may end up exceeding 50% of the vote here, which would be a first for him in any state. ohio governor john kasich is currently well ahead of texas senator ted cruz in the race for second place. but it is too early to say who will take the silver and who will take the bronze on that side. >> it is also too early to say whether former secretary of state hillary clinton will beat vermont senator bernie sanders. that's big news. fox exit polls show a tight race between clinton who you may remember representing new york for eight years in t u.s. senate and sanders who was born and raised in brooklyn. this is a huge story tonight, obviously donald trump and the margin of victory that he will have here is a big story. but if it's five points, if it's less than five points, i know it's

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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 warships here and it's fitting that hillary clinton and bernie sanders are going to r. not only b

miles in midtown manhattan york. >>> now to the wild scene in new jersey you'll only see right here. a man sleeping in his car sudden ly targeted by robbers but he refused to become a victim. >> this could be troubling to watch. using his car as a weapon, the victim goes on the attack and he wins. >> it all went down yesterday in a parking lot in paterson. aj ross getting the video today. she's live in paterson with the eyewitness news exclusive. >> this is some of the debris left over from the crazy exchange. the victim pegged as an easy target. the man asleep in his car. you'll only see on eyewitness news, he not only fought back, he chased those guys across the street and taught them a lesson in the school of hard knocks they'll never forget. >> reporter: a botched robbery paterson early monday morning when three suspects ambushed a man who fell asleep in his van in this grocery store parking lot. the trio first approached his vehicle with hammered and tried to pin him in place with another car. he rammed their vehicle for for payback. >> it's a chaotic situation. think about it. yo

weapon. >>> first a brooklyn mother vanishing. she hasn't been seen for days. new developments in the frantic search to find her. >> eyewitness news reporter with worried family members. she's in bed-stuy with more on the search. >> obviously this woman's mother is worried sick. she's hoping whoever has information will walk through the front door at the 79th precinct, go to detectives and tell them exactly where her daughter is tonight. >> baby, momma is looking for you. can you please call somebody and let someone know you're all right? >> reporter: it's been a week since 21-year-old destiny dawson disappeared. her mother suspects foul play because she knows in her heart her daughter would never abandon her 2 and 3-year-old daughters. >> you're telling me she left the kids and never returned? i'm confused with that. >> reporter: her boyfriend reported her missing thursday, saying the last time he saw her was 8:30 that night. she left her apartment, the bed-stuy, to grab food nearby, but a friend of the couple tonight telling me at her home that she said she was meeting a friend

answers as the survivors recover. >>> and battleground new york. the empire state is crawling with candidates all vying for your vote. "today in new york" starts now. >>> crawling with candidates. >> the image. >> good morning everyone. it's monday morning. april 11th. i'm darlene rodriguez. >>> i'm michael gargiulo. chris is off. but raphael miranda is here. >> better weekend than last week. >> no snow in the forecast this time. that's always a good thing. there is some rain right now. you can see on storm tracker, we're dealing with some showers. very light and spotty. that's going to be the trend an active radar picture down the jersey shore. you do want to have the umbrellas to be on the safe side even though the rain will be light. milder, starting out at 44 degrees. by the afternoon, back into the 50s. today's high 58 degrees. it's breezy but a nice warm breeze out of the south. more on the rain coming up in a few. lauren scala is here with a look at your commute. >> hey, raphael. good morning everyone. for eirr commuters, we have a problem. this is because of an y.unauthoriz

, today. >> i've got this guy standing over there looking at me talking about new york values with scorn in his face, hatred of new york. >> the republican candidates are in a new york state of mind, and what donald trump and ted cruz are saying to voters there. >>> and lots of green showing up on storm scan three, live as the rain heads this way, katie is here to tell us about one thing not showing up on radar that will be impacting your day as we track the showers. >>> well to day is thursday april 7th good morning i'm jim donovan. >>> i'm brook thomas. what is going on with the wet they are week. the it is snowing, sunny, cold, warm. it is all over the place. it is a affecting what is going on the road. >> it always do, weather and traffic we go hand and hand. we are looking dry. it will stay that way, right katie. >> at least for now. eventually rain will be here and when it does get here it will impact your commute. i would say especially midday when most of us will see the most widespread coverage of wet weather. for now not a lot going on at local zoom of storm scan. a storm

to an entirely new level. trump now accusing the republican national committee of conspiring to stop him from winning his party's nomination. the rnc chairman shooting back "give mae break." >> trump argues he has been outmaneuvered in the fight in louisiana and colorado. here's what he told anderson cooper on a cnn town hall last night. >> the colorado thing was very, very unfair. i thought louisiana was unfair. i won louisiana. i won it easily. >> the popular vote. >> because of all the shenanigans that goes on. >> shenanigans. those are the rules. >> i know the rules very well. i know it is stacked against me and by the establishment. i fully understand it. we had people out there and they weren't heard. they disenfranchise the voters. they disenfranchise all of the voters. >> you are saying i don't want the rnc wants you to get the nomination? >> i don't think so. >> do you think they are actively working on it. >> i don't see it. i don't have 15 miles of proof. >> reince priebus was quick to respond with the tweet "nomination process known for a year and beyond. it's the re

live over bedford hills, shannon sohn, channel 7 eyewitness news. >>> we've got more breaking news. a man getting in to his suv in bayonne was hit and killed by a passing pickup truck. new information tonight about how students from seeing the horror. johnson live at the scene for us. >>> let's tell you exactly what happened. the students were outside of the walter f. robinson school. there had been a fire drill a little bit earlier this afternoon. they were going back inside the school at the time. the horrific accident happened right out here on west 31st and jfk boulevard. the principal made the decision to go ahead and put a human chain with all the adults around the school so the students would not see the accident happening outside of their school. we understand the patient had just left out of a doctor's office here on the corner of west 31st and jfk boulevard. he had walked out of the doctor's office. apparently he was getting ready to get inside his vehicle at the time. that's when the 43-year-old man was struck by a pickup truck that was heading northbound here in bayonne. h

, new york. the voters in the state head to the polls tuesday. tonight, 2016 presidential candidate senator ted cruz joins us for the entire hour. we have a large audience watching the show and they were invited by the cruz campaign. welcome, binghamton. anyway, so 2016 republican presidential candidate, ted cruz, how are you doing? >> great to see you. >> you have a step detector thing. >> fitbit. >> how many on the campaign trail? >> you spend a lot of time on planes, buses, cars and so, my count is embarrassingly low. the goal is 10,000 steps a day but crisscrossing the state that doesn't always happen. >> a lot is made and even last night, new york values. we have a governor in new york, andrew cuomo. and he -- >> popular man. >> very popular guy. he actually talked about, well, those conservatives that are pro-life and believe in the right to bear arms and that are anti-gay. well, i'm not anti-gay. i'm protraditional marriage. they have no place in new york. so, i said, well, okay. i'm going to take my money and leave because we have a 10% state income tax. >> the phrase new yo

, worse, a wife without her husband and three children now without a father. former new orleans saints player and super bowl champion will smith with his wife posting this picture right before his death. the message having fun in the french quarter, 2016. hours later the couple's good time turned into tragedy. now the burning question, was it road rage or revenge. cardell hays rear ended his wife while they were driving home. hayes and smith got into fire. smith's wife was shot in the right leg. >> we will build a strong case for the district attorney to prosecute cardell hayes to the extent of the law. >> in a bizarre twist, hayes's father was killed in a standoff with police in 2005. hayes's family sued and just before smith's death he was having dinner with an officer named in the civil suit. now police are trying to figure out whether this coincidence relates to the investigation. >> when mr. hayes's story gets out there and the story of the multiple witnesses that saw everything, the public will have a different opinion of what occurred. >> reactions to smith's death are po

judge tonight. aj ross, channel 7 eyewitness news. >> just heart wrenching. thank you, aj. >>> an arrest tonight in connection with a destructive fire in new jersey. three adjacent businesses were destroyed in the fire in keyport last friday. 28-year-old andrew meyer is working without a permit. he was doing roof work on one of the buildings before the fire started. >>> a raging fire ripped through a home overnight in suffolk county. the fire broke out in a house on west smith street and north amityville just before 1 a.m. by the time firefighters arrived, flames were shooting out of windows. the good news is no one was home at the time and no one was hurt. there's no word yet on what caused the fire. >>> a deadly love triangle and tonight the father of a woman's child is dead. her new boyfriend, a teenager, is now charged with murder. a bloody stabbing on the streets of the uber -- on the upper east side of manhattan. darla miles on the upper east side with the latest. >> that teenager now charged with murder is 19-year-old gustavo rodriguez. he's expected to leave the 19th preci

>>> coming up next on neebz night nbc nightly news, a new push to have food levels show how long it takes to burn off the calories from your food. >>> tonight, campaign shake-up. trump and clinton on the ropes as cruz and sanders score decisive wins, but can the front-runners really be caught? it's getting nasty in new york. >>> getting out alive. a frantic rescue caught on camera as wildfires explode out of control. evacuations come just in time. >>> blood and treasure. nbc news on the isis money trail. how brutal kill remembers smuggling and selling some of the world's great antic which is to fund their reign of terror. >>> burn notice. an eye-opening notice at how much time it of your favorite snacks, over an hour for two slices of pizza and that's just the start. >>> and the okie from muskogee is again. merle hagyard dies on his 79th birthday. tonight we remember a country music legend. "nightly news" begins right now. >>> from nbc news world headquarters in new york, this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt. >>> good evening. did we just witness a turning point in the republ

breaking news. voting underway in new york. tonight crucial for both parties, donald trump and hillary clinton need major wins in hour home state. also breaking in brooklyn, the new york comptroller says more than 125,000 voters were just removed completely obliterated off of the voter rolls and adds to reports of voters having trouble accessing voting sites. this could be significant in a tight race tonight. much more on that throughout the hour as that news breaks. new york in the meantime is one of the biggest prizes in the race. 247 delegates up for grabs for the democrats, 95 on the republican side. >> who are you voting for? >> easy decision. >> a sweeping victory could put him within reach of clinching the nomination in july. >> great support. you see all the people there, all positive. >> ted cruz is campaigning in pennsylvania today taking to talk radio to slam trump over his repeated claim that the system when it comes to the dell get selection process is rigged against trump. >> donald trump's campaign does not know how to organize. the campaign doesn't know what they are do

sanders. in an interview following her loss, hillary clinton gave her rival a taste of new york magic. >> jeff weaver said something very interesting, inflammatory on the air, saying the clinton campaign, secretary clinton, the need to be careful not to destroy the democratic party merely in pursuit of her own ambition to be president. very strong words, your response? hillary clinton: it is just ludicrous on the face of this. i have been campaigning for democrats, fundraising for democrats, recruiting democrats to run and win for a really long time. i think about 40 years. i understand they are getting anxious, i get that. but they need to be thoughtful about what they do say, because at the end of the day we need a democratic president. he has been campaigning now for a year on his core issues of inequality, which i agree with, and i have put forward my own plan. in the interview it seemed unclear as to whether he understood how dodd frank -- i think i was a little bit surprised there did not seem to be a lot of substance to what he was saying. john: she went after him hard, harder