with more on the warning from the fire commissioner, eyewitness news reporter mallory hoff joins us from queens village. mallory. >>reporter: joe, this is the site of what the nydy is calling fires. continued work is going on this afternoon. this is the commissioner a parents to start a conversation with their children about fire safety with their children at a young age. the fdy says fires were started by kids. dan yell urging adults to start a conversation. >> parents should insure that children have no access to lighters or matches or don't play with the stove or other sources of fire. all times. >> on august 9th in the wakefield session of the bronx, the fdyn said a fire spread after kids were spraying with a fire and dish towel on a stove top. kids playing with matches started a fire in queens village. on august 18th, another fire. kids were also playing with matches. >> these fires damed or destroyed 14 homes. made homeless at least 100 people and injured 35 people. two of our firefighters nearly lost their lives in one of these fires. >> the fdny visited a fire in queens to talk f

mallory hoff, eyewitness news. >> you can get new developments on the investigation into the bus crash on our abc 7ny app. zone expanding tonight to one of the most popular beaches in the world. they are adding the south beach area to the alert and warning pregnant women from going there. the virus appeared to be transmitted by infected mosquitoes and they are gaiting if they should broaden the travel advisory to miami-dade county, a move that could be devastating to >>> a fire ripped through a rove homes in saint george. it started by children playing with matches. and we're live at the scene. lucy? >> reporter: we're learning they were two boys, ages six and eight playing with matches and they were lighting pieces of paper on fire and tossing them on to the porch thinking this caused all of this heartache and loss. you're looking at picture of news chopper 7. it is a bitter setback having to rebuild their lives. >> i don't understand. i've never been through a fire in my life. and in a matter of seconds to lose everything that you own is crazy. >> reporter: this woman is living out a

in suffolk county, mallory hoff, channel 7 eyewitness news. >> the senior citizen pushed down stairs and talks about the terrifying attempted robbery. eyewitness news at 6:00 starts right now. >> this is new york's number one news, channel 7 eyewitness news with bill ritter and liz cho and lee goldberg with the exclusive accuweather forecast. now eyewitness news at 6:00. >> we need to find her killer. >> tonight in an interview with eyewitness news, the father of karina is pleading for the killer. he talks about the $100,000 reward that he hopes will lead to justice in his daughter's death. >>> first, breaking news. five people hurt after a lightning strike in duchess county. good evening at 6:00. i'm diana williams. bill and liz are off tonight. the people in strike were injured as a fast- moving storm was going through the area. this happened in poughkeepsie this afternoon. the victims were in mansion square park. joe torres is in the news room with the latest. joe. call it severe weather. here is one reason why. shortly after 4:00 this afternoon, a lightning strike indirectly hit

mallory hoff has the story. >>reporter: the department of health services says this restaurant is safe for customers. the restaurant owner tells me this bartender had no idea she had hepatitis a. he it is okay. empty tables at trent italian american restaurant in farmingdale this after after the sussex county department of health services says an employee has been diagnosed with hepatitis a. >> she didn't know she was sick. she started to feel sick and she went to the doctor. >> restaurant owner amilio says when the -- the department says to when a drink at the restaurant on july 19th, 23rd, 30th are at-risk. >> anybody who was receiving drinks in that timeframe could have been exposed to hepatitis a. >> hepatitis a causing an inflammation of the liver. it may be spread by consuming food or drink handled by an infected person. >> it's a self-limited illness. it comes ill for a couple -- up with very -- mild symptoms. you make a recovery >> a recovery can lessen the illness, but it has to be given within 2 weeks

. >> mallory hoff at one of the most violent parks in new york, she's in queens at the flushing meadows corona park. >> this can be a very dangerous place to be and a lot of park goers just hearing about these numbers say they are in fact on edge. out today a lot of people remember in the summertime, this is a free activity. >> reporter: new york city park advocates say violent crime has increased 23% in the last nine months compared to the previous nine months. >> obviously the world is changing. it's not like we used to know it. anything can happen. >> reporter: in the last nine months at city park, six people were murdered. 14 were raped. 254 were robbed. felony assaults. >> the only dedicated full-time park police are the park patrol. >> reporter: president of nyc park advocates says increased safety measures are necessary. >> for years we've been calling on the mayor and city council to dramatically increase our park place and unfortunately we've been told over and over again that protecting parks and the people in parks is simply not a priority. and that's absolutely shameful. >>

live outside of yankees stadium mallory hoff, channel 7 eyewitness news. have a slide show at abc7ny. >>> a call from congress tonight to return from its summer recess for just one day to take action in the fight against the zika virus. senator charles schumer says ongoing work on a vaccine could be jeopardized unless lawmakers vote soon to approve a nearly $2 billion emergency zika funding bill, but congress isn't scheduled to reconvene until next month. >> we are on the verge of to stop zika and because congress is derelict in its duty, we're not going to get that vaccine for a long period of time because they don't have the money to do the trial. >> senator schumer says he has made this request in a letter to house and senate leadership. >>> today members of a new jersey congregation worshiped at their church for the first time since a devastating fire five months ago. flames gutted the sanctuary. they worshiped in the church's gym, this after months of sunday services at other locations. the sanctuary is still in ruins, but church leaders and the congr

mallory hoff is live in howard beach. mallory-- >> reporter: shirleen, good morning. detectives say there's a severe community threat and this attack was likely random. this comes as we're learning the brutal death cult off a promise -- death cut off a promising future. she had gotten her masters degree and she was expressing herself as a writer. this film was based on her work. >> she never acted before on film and this was the first time. and as evident in the final product, she did a great job. >> reporter: this six minute film is based on one of her poems. >> she was just over the moon. people were interested in reading her word, let alone filming it. >> reporter: the police search for evidence is painstaking. officers are chopping down by hand. >> we're clearing a very vast area in the back next to the crime scene. and we're conducting a search for evidence. >> reporter: dna evidence is being tested. and her cellphone may give of her movements and the murder. but it's all small comfort to a neighborhood living in fear. >> we all jog and we all walk out here and e

live in howard beach, mallory hoff, channel 7 eyewitness news. >> thank you. >>> police are looking for three intruders who broke into a home and terrorized an and covered their eyes using duct tape. and then the thieves stole cash, cellphones and credit cards before fleeing the scene. if you have information on this, you are asked to call police. >>> we've learned that everyone has been accounted for following a terrifying house explosion in connecticut. phone calls flooded 911 after the blast yesterday afternoon. firefighters rescued four people who were trapped in the wreckage. three people had already gotten out. injured. three of them seriously. investigators still trying to figure out what caused the blast. >>> the american woman stabbed to death in london had planned to get back to her normal life today in florida. the 64-year-old was with her husband, a florida state professor, who was spending the summer in britain teaching. an american man is among the five other stabbing victims who survived. police believe their 19-year- old attacker had mental health facing murder charges.

mallory hoff channel 7 eyewitness news. >>> thank you. new at five, a guilty plea following a deadly stabbing in sleepy hollow. marinza pleaded guilty to first- degree manslaughter. taj robinson was killed. police say maranta and others headed to the park to hurt robinson. in prison. >>> three people were arrested in a counterfeiting bust in rockland county. 277 pieces of clothing, handbags, jewelry, even sunglasses with fake labels worth more than 50,000 bucks was seized in raids on three locations. the crack down was a multiagency operation that included the department of homeland security. >> there are items in this country, and there's a nexus terrorist organizations so they'll sell the items in america, and the money goes back to those countries. >> three people are now charged with trademark counterfeiting. the one is accused of illegally selling fireworks. >>> investigators exclusive on the tappan zee bridge train collapse. governor cuomo promised a speedy investigation into what happened. the crime -- crane's block box could provi

mallory hoff has the story. >>reporter: this is the area the mother was pulled over in back in 2010. she says what happened next that day, she will never understand. and now she wants nypd requirements to change. her mother was attempting to rush her from a carol garden's play ground to the hospital when she was stopped for driving the wrong way on a one-way street. at that time, she says nypd mendez did not provide cpr. >> said i don't do cpr and i don't know cpr. at that moment it was, like, so what do you know? he told me to call 911. i mean, you are 9 -- 91 # 1. you're stopping me from getting to a hospital. >> he drove behind her to a hospital. 6 years later, a lou suit filed against the city and the officer has been dismissed and the father's attorney says that decision by a brooklyn judge was based on the fact that there is no not an nypd -- >> they will continue their our city require all officers to perform cpr when necessary. >> as a mom and dad remember their daughter, they hope their story will bring

. >> mallory hoff is learn in williamsburg with the story. mallory? >> reporter: lori, rob, at this hour, investigators are trying suspects in the case. they spent last night many hours collecting evidence. this morning the business is locked up and closedment i want you to take a good look at this surveillance video. it shows the man in what appears to be a delivery or fedex uniform. he runs across the street. you can see the glove drops to the ground. he takes his hat off. investigators want to talk to that man. this is the scene yesterday. the armed robbery happened at at an accounting office. investigators say two suspects were dressed as delivery men. they are accused of pistol whipping the business owner and tying up the teenage secretary before taking off. they stole just under $1,000. a nearby business owner says he saw the suspects make a run for it. >> the guy was running off. went to the door. tried to open the door. open the door. >> reporter: and the secretary has been taken to the hospital and treated for trauma. the business owner, a ma

live in east new york, mallory hoff, channel 7 eyewitness news. >> thank you, mallory. this time in central new jersey. hillsboro high school placed on modified lockdown. now, we got newscopter 7 over the scene there are police cars, police k- 9s at the scene in a parking lot and school buses are lined up in case the students are released earlier. but at this point we still could not know why the -- we still do not know why the school in in lockdown. we have crews on the way to the scene and, of course, we'll update you as soon as we have any more information. >>> more breaking news, a judge in brooklyn found a new york city police officer guilty of assault for stomping on a man's head during an arrest. officer joel edouard faces up to a year in jail for the misdemeanor charge when he is sentenced in jail. cell phone video captured the incident back in 2014. it shows officer edouard stomping on jamedical cuffy's head while he was handcuffed on the ground. the brooklyn district attorney released a statement saying this police officer stomped on the head of a suspect whil

mallory hoff, channel 7 eyewitness news. >> she's really got game. >>> there's dancing in the streets at this hour in harlem all to remember prince. >> eyewitness news at 6:00 starts right now. >>> a 7-year-old girl suddenly dies and tonight a community stunned. this as school administrators and health officials are trying first political troubles in new york city. >> it's outrageous and i don't know what's motivating it. >> blasting a unique internal memo from the new york state board of elections accusing him of breaking campaign state laws. i'm liz cho. >> i'm bill ritter. the mayor tonight denying any wrongdoing. >> the allegation is he helped avoid campaign finance laws so the new york senate races could receive tens of thousands of dollars. >> mayor de blasio says bloomberg and others have done the same thing. >> if the investigation has been going on for months, why was this memo just now leaked to the press? the mayor tonight is calling in to question the motivations behind releasing this document but first he told me he's done

eye witness news reporter mallory hoff has the new information. >> reporter: sandra, this is a letter that really fires back. it's stern and it suggests that mayor de blasio did nothing wrong here. still there are so many that disagree. campaign firing back tonight as a corruption scandal engulfs city hall. it comes one day after a bomb shell memo obtained by the daily news suggests the mayor's office broke laws democrats help take control of the senate. they said there's nothing novel after the party to elect democratic candidates to the senate other than your attempt to criminalize it. the leak is certainly a highly prejudicely and motivated act. the eight page memo questions whether de blasio team circumvented laws. this afternoon community activists called for the mayor to step down. >> there are new yorkers who are quite concern in the direction the city is going. the mayor is compromised. he is also compromised the >> reporter: the mayor himself hasn't had any public appearances this weekend but said on friday that he denied any wrong doing while speaking on wnyc's the brian lai

reporting mallory hoff is at the scene. mallory. >>reporter: joe, that fire is out. crews wrap things up as they head out after fighting this fire. look at these photos taken earlier this afternoon. the fire in east 5th street and isabella avenue. this because of dry conditions and some wind today. there's been an elevated brush fire risk this afternoon. at one point the fire was threatening the board of education bus expo. everything is okay now. the buses were not damaged in this fire. a fire boat went across the river to contain the blaze. fire crews were able to get this fire under control and eventually able to put it out. back out here, live, the cause of this fire is still under investigation. we're told in the hours ahead, these roads will be reopen as crews prepare to head out. live in bayo, mallory hoff. >>> more on the brush fire risk through the area you talked about. jeff smith in the weather center with more. >> we've had nice, dry wealth, but that's the problem. we've had nice, dry weather. 60 degrees in central park. look at the humidity levels. down

. -- mallory hoff has the story. >> reporter: 23-year-old duke odule was arrested about an hour after running from the scene of the deadly morning crash. he was driving a 2016 bmw on the turnpike at a high rate of speed when he hit 2009 chevrolet taxi. the charges include second degree manslaughter, operating a vehicle without a license and dwi. investigators say the crash pushed the hack see from the left -- taxi from the left eastbound lane across two westbound lanes on to the sidewalk at lincoln road and into a power pole. the taxi driver died as a result of the crash. >> i just spoke to him last night. >> reporter: a dispatcher at the taxi and airport service who wasn't working at the time says he was devastated to learn about the death of his friend. >> never had any customer complaints about him you know. he was -- he was a good driver. worked hard and he seemed like he really loved his kids. >> reporter: his friend arrived shift when the crash took place. >> the guy is just going into work and his life is ended just somebody else was behind wheel going that fast. >> reporter: t

mallory hoff is live in franklin square with the details. mallory. >>reporter: joe, sandra, the victim was a 47-year-old father from elmont. both cars ultimately came to a stop right where that power pole is right there. and across the street, you can actually see the close proximity to where this i spoke to a man who called himself a colleague and friend of the victim. nassau county police say 23-year-old duke was arrested about an hour after running from the scene of a deadly morning crash. he was driving the 2016 bmw on turnpike at a high rate of speed when he hit a 200 the chevrolet taxi. his charges include second-degree manslaughter, operating a vehicle without a license and dwi. investigators say the crash pushed the taxi from the westbound lane to eastbound lanes across to lincoln road and into a power pole. the taxi driver died as a result of the crash. >> i spoke to him last night. >> a dispatcher at oli airport service who was not working says he was devastating to learn about the death of his friend. >> never had customer complaints about

mallory hoff is in frankland -- >>reporter: this crash happened at 4:16 this morning. the taxi cab driver arrived here at this airport and turned onto the road when the crash happened. both cars came to a stop where the power pole is across the street. the other driver ran from the scene, but arrested an hour later. his charges nassau county police say 23-year-old duke was driving a bmw at a high rate of speed when he hit a 2009 chevrolet taxi. the bmw pushed the taxi across two westbound lanes onto the sidewalk on lincoln road. the taxi driver died as a result of the crash. >> my love goes to his family and kids. >> his colleagues said he arrived early for a 5:00 a.m. shift when the crash took place. >> there's no reason for fast. he doesn't live in this world by himself, so you can't drive like that the world. he needs to be careful. >> that victim was from he -- he 47-year-old. released. looking for a driver in a hit and run driver that hit a sedan. it happened just before 11:00 p.m. the car ran a stop sign and t-boned the van which ended up on its roof. the three a

eyewitness news reporter mallory hoff has the story. >> reporter: this poster is part of the new york teen driving safety campaign. the goal, to raise awareness so there are no empty chairs this prom or graduation season. >> i think this campaign is actually one of the best things that new york state could probably do. >> reporter: mineola high school senior joseph quater says the initiative hits close to home after two of his friends died in a devastating crash. >> they went to a bar, they took a taxi, which was the smart thing to do and then they came back in a taxi later that night which was still the smart thing to do. they decided they were going to go back out and they decided to a really sharp turn by where they were. >> reporter: the campaign is designed to raise awareness, preventing future crashes as a result of speed, impaired driving, and highlights the importance of buckling up. >> the campaign is designed to do enforcement. >> reporter: they urged their friends to play it safe. on peter's key chain, a reminder. >> never drive faster than your guardian angels can take you

mallory hoff has more on trump's rallies today. we begin with political reporter dave evans. on staten island. hillary clinton began speaking about 15 minutes ago. she is talking to 2 or 300 of her supporters in a get out the vote effort on staten island before we vote on tuesday pretty 19th. the latest polling shows her about 2 points ahead of bernie sanders. today many her remarks she didn't say much about sanders but she did lambaste republicans in what she calls a divisive campaign. >> so when we have candidates running for president on the republican side who are deliberately inciting divisiveness, who are insulting whole groups of americans. when we see that, it really bothers me. >> bernie sanders is holding his own get out the vote effort right now in prospect park brooklyn. a huge crowd, we're told perhaps more than 25,000 late this afternoon. he toured much of public housing earlier, and earlier today on eyewitness news sunday morning, sanders spoke of his biggest differences with clinton and that she -- and that is the effort to reform wall street. >> the bottom li

but a lot of questions here >> that was mallory hoff reporting. this is causing major traffic problems on the new jersey turnpike. residual delays out there. 7th man no one stone is live in news copter -- shannon stone is live in news copter 7. >> reporter: what we are left with is the southbound lane getting through. the inner roadway has all lanes open, but an interesting phenom no one happening here. we are going to bring you all the way back to the -- happening here. as you look at the picture you can see the inner roadway delay roadway. you have a 3-mile jam despite through. people are hearing the accident is on the outer roadway and are opting to take the inner roadway. as a result of that your inner roadway is a bumper to bumper jam for 14 miles. if goes all the way back to interchange 10 so avoid this at all costs. route 130 works well as an alternate. shannon stone channel 7 eyewitness news. >>> and you can follow all the latest developments with our breaking news alerts at abc 7 ny with our eyewitness news apps. we will keep you updated

live in south brunswick mallory hoff channel 7 eyewitness news. >>> we'll keep you posted on that story. >>> now a deadly fire in the bronx. investigators saying burning incense was the cause of the fire that killed two little girls that had had been left home alone. >> the video shows their panicked mother running from the laundromat across the street as she realized that was happening. >> eyewitness news reporter darla miles is in the clairmont section with more. >> reporter: i'm hearing this mother walked out of the laundromat and almost did a double take as if she was in disbelief her apartment was really on fire. we are told at the same time someone who lives in the the family could not get in because the door was locked and right now this mother is home she went to the laundry and wash her clothes. she was about to come back quick but it takes long there. >> reporter: a 26-year-old mother pregnant with her third child and now preparing to bury her first and second born. >> they know that nobody want to do this. but it happened. >> reporter: what happened is that her two little gir

mallory hoff, channel 7 eyewitness news. >>> to long island now where suffolk leads in a sad statistic. heroin deaths. officials say at least 337 people in the county died from heroin overdoses in a five- year period. in 2015 suffolk county had the highest number of treatments with the heroin overdose drug naloxone. legislators say it highlights a growing problem. >> when we look at suffolk county, and just as many to offer, to have this dubious distinction is unacceptable. >> today the legislature said drug treatment programs need to be expanded. >>> a man caught on camera who breaks into a restaurant. but he wasn't after the cash. we're going to show what you did he once inside. >>> and it sounds like the beginning of a bad joke. the goat walks into a starbucks. we'll tell you how it got there. >>> and we'll take a live look outside now on this sunday night. meteorologist jeff smith is he's if you're doing everything right but find it harder and harder to get by, you're not alone. while our people work longer hours for lower wages, almost all new income goes to the top 1%. my plan --

valerie hoff has the details. mallory. >>reporter: joe, sandra, it happened in this parking lot behind me. investigators say a fight between two men escalated very quickly. now one of them is dead. the other is behind bars. 23-year-old gomez is charged with first-degree murder, first-degree kidnapping and a second-degree weapon's offense. >> somebody getting killed, it's like who did it and get them and to find the for murder in elizabeth. >> this is him. >> no. >> have you seen him before? >> yeah. >> the union county prosecutor's office says the police were called to the latino lounge on newport road at 4:00 saturday morning when that's where they found mario ortiz who had been stabbed in the chest. he was pronounced dead. >> it was scary. i was 20 feet away from my home. someone was laying there at 4:30 in the morning. >> the two were argues when gomez stabbed ortiz in the chest. he ordered a woman in a car and took off. on saturday afternoon, gomez was found in an apartment on marshal street a few blocks away from the

eyewitness news reporter mallory hoff has the story. >> all right. news bulletin. we just won wyoming. [ cheering and applause ] >> reporter: bernie sanders appeared positive after winning the caucuses in wyoming. today he focused his efforts on new york making multiple stops after taking wyoming he told supporters the campaign is moving in the right direction. >> i think that it is very fair to say that weds were way -- we were way way first half of this contest. but we are having to say the least a very strong second half and we are closing very fast and now that wyoming is behind us we are here in new york state. also keeping her eye on new york. she stopped at junior's cheesecake in brooklyn and then came to a rally where she talked about the plan to break down barriers holding latino families back. >> we have to do more to make sure that nonenglish speaking children are given the support that they need. >> reporter: john kasich was in rochester this morning. his next stop was new rochelle. at a town hall there, a man asked what kasich would do for people with

mallory hoff is in sunset >>reporter: sandra, the crowd has grown significantly just in the last few minutes. we expect clinton to take the stage in a matter of minutes. this as all of the candidates are focusing their attention on new york. >> sanders also keeping any eye on the new york prize today. he took his campaign to washington heights for a rally there. >> we started off 60 points behind, and yet last week, the last two days, two out of the three national polls that have come out have us ahead of secretary clinton. >> john kasich was in rochester this morning. he has a stop in westchester this afternoon and scheduled to be in rock land county tonight. >> cruz and trump are going to get killed in the fall. i mean, they cannot win. they will get beaten and we will lose the courthouse. we'll lose the united states senate and people wake up to that, and then finally people are going to try to decide who could be >> donald trump made an announced trip to one world trade. cruz spent time in colorado the state gop convention. he made a stop at a brooklyn bakery this week and expect

eyewitness into reporter mallory hoff is live at that clinton rally in sunset park. mallory. >>reporter: sandra, good evening. a crowd is growing and hillary clinton expected to take the stage in 45 minutes or so. this as new york is becoming a po lit cat balle ground, clearly a prize to be won. today, sanders took his campaign to washington heights for a rally there. his focus on the republicans. and legislatures working over time trying to suppress the vote, trying to make it harder for people to participate. and they're going to war to make sure that poor people or older people or young people will find it more difficult engage in the political process. >> trump made an unannounced trip to one world trade. john kasich was in rochester this morning. he has a stop in westchester this afternoon and he is suspected to be in rock land county. he wants to remind voters of a trump or cruz ticket. >> cruz and trump are going to get killed in the fall. they cannot win. they'll get beaten and we will lose the board house, and we'll use the unite states senate and people wake up to t

live in the upper east side, mallory hoff, channel 7 eyewitness news. >>> disturbing video. we're seeing it for the first autism punched at school. school worker has pleaded guilty to hitting the student. the tape of the assault has been released. and the parents have filed a lawsuit. eyewitness reporter lucy yang. >> this $5.5 million lawsuit will center heavily on the surveillance video, which we're going to show you, so you can judge for yourself. it does show a paraprofessional striking an autistic student in the lunch room. >> reporter: annatole is 15 years old. the nightmare is far from over. >> my son now, even when we pass by any school, he runs away from me. he's afraid of the school building now since what happened to him. >> reporter: it was august 2014 inside ps225 in brighton beach. we're told the young autistic student, who has the mental capacity of a you see the paraprofessional approach young anitole, then the blow. >> it is outrageous and unacceptable for a school paraprofessional to punch an 11-year-old autistic child. >> reporter: the worker, 59-year-old

. >> eyewitness news reporter mallory hoff has just arrived on the scene and she is there now with more. >> i just spoke with a man here who didn't want to be identified but he told me he works with the school and he was actually inside when this happened. he said it was quite a chaotic situation but very quickly when everyone learned there were no injuries reported here, the situation was calmed. now on the upper east side. what we know right now is that a gun was found inside of the school at some point today, still unclear exactly when that gun was found. the status of the student that brought the gun to school still unknown at this time. what we do know, again, no injuries reported here and that police are in the process of investigating. the department of education did put out a statement a few minutes ago saying that this incident is deeply alarming. we are working closely with the nypd as they investigate this extremely disturbing report. nothing is more important than the safety of all students and staff and there is a zero tolerance policy for weapons of any kind. students and

eyewitness news reporter mallory hoff is live in harlem. mallory. >>reporter: ken, good morning. bernie sanders making a prediction that he will take new york, hillary clinton remaining confident, though. one thing is for sure, new york is a prize to be won. take a look at this video from last night in the bronx. bernie sanders spent the evening calling for a revolution. his campaign against the establishment continues today. the sanders campaign will host a women's roundtable conversation at row house in harlem featureling actor rosario dawson. sanders is heading to wisconsin today. university poll has clinton leading 54% to 42%. >> if there is a large voter turnout, we will win. and if we win here in new york, we are going to make it to the white house. [ cheers and applause ] >> i have earned 9 million votes in this election. already. i have 1 million more votes than donald trump and i have 2 1/2 million more votes than bernie sanders. >>reporter: clearly a lot of passion on both sides there. hillary clinton spent yesterday at a rally at sunni purchase reminding everyone that

live in newark, mallory hoff, channel 7 eyewitness news. >>> thank you mallory. well, turning to the weather, and after a rainy morning, there are new concerns, high winds. meteorologist lee goldberg outside our studios with the accuweather forecast. leigh. >> -- lee. we have brightened up, dried out. i wish we could hit the pause button because it's perfect. the next few hours, these winds will go up. you can just start to notice the breeze picking up right now. you look over new york harbor. it's beautiful, clouds racing by from west to east. we're up to 57. we were at 46 two hours ago. we have climbed eleven degrees just with the late afternoon sunshine. we had over a third of an inch of rainfall, even 8/10 in ivy, but that rain -- islip. that rain is long gone. there are instability showers that could push into the far northwest suburbs. look at the wind streamlines, they kicked in. the flood gates opened for the stronger winds getting into the area right now. you're going to notice a huge difference during the evening commute. gusts up to 31 miles per hour a

eyewitness news reporter mallory hoff is live now in midtown. mallory. >>reporter: lori, good morning. and a reaction plan was in place and law enforcement acted on that plan. as you can see a police presence now outside of this building, this as investigators try to get to the bottom of what happened here. this was the scene last night. the nypd, the fire department, scare. hazardous materials experts packed into trump park east. this is where eric trump lives on central park south. they also rushed to donald trump's home in trump tower and other family locations. evidence taken out of the building in red bags now being analyzed and it's now believe the powder was not dangerous. eric trump's wife, lara opened the envelope from massachusetts, powder then spilled out. this comes as the hacking of donald trump has now become a federal case. the cyber group anonymous says it stole trump's personal information and made it public, this not long after a man tried ohio. republicans denouncing trump for predicting riots will break out if a brokered convention sh

mallory hoff is live. >>reporter: we're along the parade route. the parade is currently making its way through. time. they've gifted me a few things. this group, well, these folks have made their way here from all over the country and all around the world. they tell us there is nowhere else they would rather be. a sea of green flooded 5th avenue as the annual saint patrick's day parade got under way. patrick's day. >> new york is a magical place. it is great to be here. >> happy saint patrick's day. >> earlier this morning, mass was held at saint patrick's cathedral. mayor de blasio attended mass and for the first time since becoming mayor, he is marching in the parade ends his two-year boycott now that a long standing ban on lgbt groups has been dropped completely. >> the message of the pope, the good work of cardinal dolan bringing people together. i hope i contribute because is right for the city to come together. >> great to be here this morning and clearly god is happy that the saint patrick's day parade is inclusive. this is the best weather

mallory hoff, channel 7, eyewitness news. >>> penn station and grand central terminal are going dry. the mta banning alcohol on metro north and it isn't just during the parade. it remains in effect until 5:00 a.m. tomorrow. you can learn more on the web and your smart phone. we have a complete list of transit changes. send stuff in, your pictures to bc ae7ny. >>> 6:35. new details on a deadly attack in harm yell. police say the victim was illegally selling metro card swipes when he was stabbed. the 53-year-old man collapsed at the two train station at 110th street after taking the train to 116th street. started when the victim grabbed a dollar from a woman he was trying to sell a metro card swipe to. the man with the woman chased him out of the station and stabbed him the back. >>> a bloody night in newark. two people were killed in consecutive shootings at opposite ends of the city. one at the terrell homes in the east ward where two other people were also wounded. the second killing occurred an hour later with a woman shot to death on sunset avenue in the city's westward. >>> our t

mallory hoff is near the beginning of the parade route with key changes this year. mallory? >> good morning and happy sanity patrick's day. praep rigss are under with -- preparations are under way. the barricades will be put in place in the hours ahead, and this year, for the first time since becoming mayor, bill de blasio will march in the parade. the mayor is ending his two-year boycott. he will take part now that a long standing ban p on lesbian, gay, bi- sexual and transgender groups has been dropped completely. last year, only one small group was allowed to march in the this year, hundreds will march under the banner of the lavender and green alliance, an irish lgbt group that worked for 25 years to end the ban. >> i have tremendous effect for people who fought for years in the lgbt parade for inclusion and felt a great deal of pain they were excluded and kept coming back and fighting for change. it is a powerful moment. a moving m. >>. >>reporter: the parade will start at 11:00 this morning. festivities will continue until 4:30 early evening. last year, there were 2 mi

live in times square, mallory hoff, channel 7 eyewitness news. >> all right, mallory, thank you. "good morning america" will have much more coverage coming up, including live reports from the all-important state of florida. that's coming up at 7:00. >>> time now is 6:35. we have breaking news on long island. just days after admitting that he killed five teens in a street racing crash, cory glow of farmingdale has landed back in police custody on new charges. glow pleaded guilty last week to racing another driver in that deadly 2014 crash. and in a plea deal that outraged the victims' families, he got a six-month jail sentence. the new twist, nassau county police arrested him last night as a passenger in a car that parkway. glow is now charged with possession of a gravity knife and marijuana. he will be arraigned for that later today. >>> 6:36. and a brooklyn mother charged with murder in the drowning death of her toddler will be arraigned today. 2-year-old melody phang drowned in a bathtub in her sunset park home on sunday. the medical examiner ruled the death a homicide yesterda

live in times square, mallory hoff, channel 7 eyewitness news. >> mallory, thank you. >>> and stay with eyewitness news and abc news for coverage of the race for the white house. you can get the latest on the campaigns at our website, abc7ny, just click on politics. >>> 4:34. new 17,000 children are being high levels of the dangerous chemical were found in nearly half of its public schools. eyewitness news reporter darla miles is live now in newark with the very latest for us. darla. >>reporter: good morning, lori. the mayor here in newark, ross peracha, he says feas important for people to know this is an infrastructure problem, not a water structure problem, that is why they're going to be testing those 17,000 students for lead poisoning. now, we are here at two of those schools, american history high school and the samuel berlander school. both schools tested positive for elevated levels of lead. it will be the younger schools at the samuel berlander school that will be tested first. that's about 2,000 toddlers from these early childhood learning centers on that list of 30 schools th

. >> mallory hoff is live in midtown. >> reporter: that's right. today could most certainly be a critical day for the candidates, some of them trying to keep their momentum, and others trying to stay afloat. lead in florida is in double digits, 44% to 24% for ted cruz, and just 21% for marco rubio who pleaded in west miami last night for cuban americans to rally behind him. >> i will never express enough gratitude for the support the community has given me. >> hillary clinton is warning democrats to unify around her to defeat trump in november. clinton is almost 20 points ahead of bernie sanders in ohio and even more in florida. but some polls show them neck and neck in missouri, illinois, and north carolina. >> it looks like missouri is ready for a political revolution. >> reporter: donald trump got in some final digs at john kasich, and according to some trump, but kasich said trump cannot make america great again. trump said he is as bad as chris christie who is feeling the heat for shadowing trump instead of attending a funeral for a new jersey

in newark, mallory hoff. . racing crash on long island that killed five teens pled guilty this morning. 18-year-old cory glow accepted a plea deal that will allow him to serve six months in prison. the accident happened in may in 2015 in farmingdale. he will treat him as a youthful offender. the families of the victims were upset over the deal. >>> two men were stabbed last night in prospect park. one was cut in the han as he fought off a robbery attack near lincoln drive. the second attack just minutes later ended with the victim stabbed in the stomach. the attacker ran away but a 26-year-old man was arrested not long after that second attack. both of the injured men were taken to kings county hospital. >> police in queens are investigating after a man was shot in the leg after a fight in a nightclub. the fight spilled on to merrick boulevard in the springfield garden section. we're told the shooting happened around 4:30 this morning. the victim was taken jamaica >>> officials are trying to figure out what cau

eyewitness news reporter mallory hoff is live in newark this morning. mallory? >>reporter: good morning. that's right. progress has been made but i have spoken with a number of passengers this morning and over the last few days. many of them telling us they're hopeful but concerned. >> lock it up. get it signed and let's keep moving. >> that is the union os hope for talks as both sides sit down at negotiating table, hammer out a deal and avoid a sunday morning strike. >> you want to make sure the numbers you're proposing are accurate in every degree. >> today, the unions and new jersey transit will review each other os counter proposals. if things are moving in a positive direction it is possible the looming strike could be delayed. >> if we're discussing something at the table and we think that the progress is going in the right direction, we postpone it for 24 hours. >> we'll remain talking until we >> if it is not settled there, is the potential for chaos. the contingency plan can only handle about a third of the 100,000 commuters that will be affected. >> we

mallory hoff, chann eyewitness news. >>> widening his delegate lead over republicans ted cruz, john kasich, cruz was the other gop winner of the night carrying idaho with 44% of the vote. over to the democratic side, senator bernie sanders pulled off a surprise victory in the michigan victory. but clinton earned mississippi and earned more than half of the delegates needed to clinch the nomination. >>> the person who caused the death on the long island expressway in 2012, officer another vehicle while responding to the crash. he faces up to 20 years in prison. >>> 4:37, all you pre-k procrastinators, this is your last time to sign up for the program's second year. today is the deadline to enroll your kids for pre-k this coming september. already, it has been extended one time. city kids born in 2012 are eligible. more than 68,000 children are taking part in the program's first year. >> the cutest point in their lives. how cute is that? >> beyond. i can't even look at the script. >> 4:37. you're never more than seven minutes away from weather and traffic. here is bill evans. >> i enjoyed pr

live in spring valley, mallory hoff, channel 7 eyewitness news >> thank you, mallory. >>> a developing story, some amazing luck for riders who survived when their train derailed and a car flip on its side into a california creek. the train was making an evening run from san jose to stockton when it hit a large tree on the tracks near sunol. passengers who were partially submerged in that car say it was a scene of total confusion and panic. 14 people were hurt, four of them were seriously injured. >> the train flipped over and then i saw people, you know, falling over from the other side of the train because the next thing we knew the water -- we started seeing water coming into the bottom of the train. >> the crash investigation ongoing. that train line will not be running today. >>> a new jersey state trooper is in very serious condition after being hit by a car during a traffic stop. it happened in gloucester county in south jersey. the unidentified trooper was hit on southbound i-295 in west debtford township last night. the driver stayed on scene. officials say the trooper got out

live in spring valley, mallory hoff, channel 7 eyewitness news. >>> it is 4:35. on to a developing story out of california where rescue officials say it is a miracle that nobody is dead after a train derailment that threw a car into a creek. passengers who were partially submerged in that car say it was a scene of total panic and confusion. an evening train from san jose to stockton hit a big tree on the tracks, triggering that derailment. 14 people got hurt, four of them have serious injuries. that train line will remain closed at least through today. >>> 4:35. police in brooklyn are trying to track down a dangerous armed robbery. check out -- robber. check out the clear surveillance video of the robbery. he pulled a gun in a brownsville bodega and put a customer in a choke headline. watch what he does. right there. he fires his weapon once. the robber stole more than $400. the good news in all that chaos, nobody got hurt. >>> we are learning more details this morning in the search for a nurse who's been missing for months after getting off of work at bellevue f

mallory hoff is live now on the west side of manhattan. mallory. >>reporter: lori, ken, good morning. thousands of clinton supporters will gather here this evening to show their support for clinton. take a look at this video, though, and let's talk about a very positive evening. clinton solidified her lead yesterday. she won big in the biggest states, stacking up delegates across the board. her wins were decisive. she took virginia, tennessee, alabama, georgia, arkansas, texas and massachusetts. she barely mentioned her primary opponent bernie sanders. he took vermont, oklahoma, minnesota and colorado. he pointed out that with proportional representation he did gather enough delegates to stay in the race, but instead of focusing on sanders, hillary clinton's focus is now on donald trump. >> if we all do our part, we can restore our common faith in our common future. that's the spirit powering this campaign. >> you know why we are gonna win? because our message is resonating and the people where we stand together will be victorious. [ cheers and app

live on the wtdz, mallory hoff, -- live on the west side, mallory hoff, channel 7 eyewitness news >> mallory, thank you. >>> we've also posted all the results from super tuesday right now at abc7ny and on our free news app. you're never more than seven minutes away from weather and traffic, beginning with meteorologist bill evans and the accuweather forecast. >> all right. we take a look from our camera here at 4 times square, all the cameras are kind of bouncing around here with this wind. it is windy. we're going to have wind gusts up around, you know, 35, 40 miles an hour later on today. we got some wind gusts in the 20s already this morning. it's raining and this will continue through the morning. here we go, temperature 54, winds are gusting to 21 out of the south, coming right into our camera here. we're looking at temperatures in the 40s up to the north and west, low 50s, mid-50s in some spots, the numbers are way warm, around 32 -- should be around 32 in the five boroughs and about 22 north and west. here's the rain and the wind is coming out of the south, some moderate south

mallory hoff has a big scare for at least one family there. mallory? >> reporter: lori, good morning, yeah. it certainly was. now the sun is coming up. you can get a good idea of what the storm left behind here. you can see this tree just came crashing down. this is chicago avenue and massapequa. it's some of perhaps the worst damage we've seen. we're told the homeowners are okay this morning. take a look at this video of other damage we've spotted. a power line crashed down on two cars, setting them on fire there. and the flames grew very quickly. there are downed wires and trees on the roof of a home. they are a problem all over. damage took different forms across the area as you are seeing one. biggest problems, initially 43,000 customers lost power on long island. 37,000 still don't have power this morning. the largest outages are in north hempstead, huntington, and oyster bay. back here live, we've seen ape lot of folks biking by, walking by, driving by to get an why the of what this storm looks like. the homeowners are trying to figure white's ne

live in east williamsburg, mallory hoff, channel 7 eyewitness news. >> scary stuff. thank you, mallory. >>> another slashing suspect on the run from an attack at a bronx bodega. eyewitness news spoke to the victim. hear what he says happened coming up in our next half hour. >>> investigators believe a portable space heater may have caused the fire that killed a 2- year-old girl in brooklyn. now the girl's mother faces criminal charges. police say leila aquino left her daughter home alone when she went to work as an exotic dancer monday night. she returned home nearly three hours after the fire broke out. her daughter, kalenah was found under a bed. aqiino says she left the child with a babysitter, but the babysitter said she no longer looked after kalenah after a dispute over money. >>> a babysitter with a length yiz criminal rap sheet faces charges in the death of a toddler on staten island. fleischer live on the st. george section with this. tim. >>reporter: david, at this noon hour, we are awaiting for the suspect, that babysitter to be walked from the 120th preci

live in east williamsburg, mallory hoff, channel 7 eyewitness news. >> mallory, thank you. >>> it is 6:33. and there is new video out this morning of another slashing attack, this one happening in the bronx. now, it happened inside a bodega on east 170th street and clermont back on february 7th. police say this man got into an argument with another man and then slashed him in the face. the victim is expected to be okay. >>> a babysit with a criminal record now faces a murder charge in the death of a staten 31-year-old gloria fields is behind bars this morning. police say 16-month-old anthony delgado was left in her custody over the weekend. he went into cardiac arrest when he was returned to his family on sunday. he was later pronounced dead. neighbors say they are heartbroken for anthony's mother. >> it definitely hit especially an angel like that, you know? she was a good mother. she was to her son. it's ashame the babysit did what she did. >> well, fields is also charged with assault and sex abuse. she has nine prior arrests. >>> 6:34 is our time. the ugly weather headed our way h

live in nassau county, mallory hoff, channel 7, eyewitness >> thank you, mallory. the officers were the fourth officers shot in the line of duty this year. one of the first priorities after an officer is shot is to notify the family. if possible, you want the officer who struck to make the phone call, the initial phone call so that the loved one hears from he or she that they're okay okay. we invite you to continue for continuing coverage for the two nypd officers shot in the line of duty. you can also find out information and updates around the clock at abc 7ny. >>> politics now. to vote 2016. breaking news in the nevada caucuses. hillary clinton claims victory. we can show you a live look in las vegas. on the republican side, donald trump trying to solidify his standing as the front runner in south carolina's primary. abc's meghan hughs has more from columbia, south carolina. >> from the ballot box, voters in two states choosing who they want to nominate for president. >> i chose who i thought would be the best president. >> it comes down to who you trust. report