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

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

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

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

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

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

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 --

. -- 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, 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

. >> 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