major gang round up this morning. greg: teresa priolo is there this morning. >> reporter: a large take down >> this seems to be one of the main meeting areas. coming and going. bringing into this precinct. not only is this an nypd operation, but they have the help of the u.s. marshals service. this began at 2:30 a.m. this morning. including rounding up these individuals from a number of different housing project around the bronx. unclear to how many people were actually arrested. one hundred suspected criminals. such a sizable operation. details on this, typically in nypd and different agencies involved wait to get together. put a bow on it. when asked for information euros being, the one person who could give it to us, he sped off. we are waiting together more information. a major, major takedown. could be the largest in the nypd history. greg: all right, teresa. thanks a lot. rosanna: it is a pup form collapse. be to blame. >> okay. southbound five train service has been restored with delays. a shuttle bus between 108th street. dyer avenue. that is worth a shot cyrus. greg: they

: teresa priolo with the details. poor for good morning. is girl fought back and she won. a lot of wen exercising a loan. a ry popular area. yesterday this woman was just trying to get a run in and then >> reporter: it is not much. they believe that this is the man who attempted to rape a 23-year-old while she was out jogging yesterday morning. >> you are out running on your own. i do get scared. >> reporter: police spent months of wednesday searcng for clues. the young woman running on a path near prospect park west and garfield place just after 5:00 a.m. when the man run-up ranger, through her to the ground and printed a knife. the victim fought back. the woman was unharmed with the exception of several cuts to her index finger which needed stitches. think more about just being more safe. >> you just look around kind o assess your situation and keep moving. >> the most populated times. stay on the road. not so much on the trails. >> asking you to consider this. especially before daybreak. >> run outside. you have windows where people can see. run impacts or groups. >> reporter: even

people protesting. they were trying to make their way inside of the hyatt. didn't happen. teresa priolo outside trump tower this morning in midtown. what's going on, teresa? >> reporter: good morning, greg and rosanna and good morning, everyone. all the gop hopefuls getting a late start last night. they tried to make the case where their values are in line with new york values. >> it is one of the great, great cities of the world and it is called new york city. >> reporter: capitalizing on his home field advantage, front-runner donald trump dusts the big apple to big-time donors and explains what new york values are all about. >> when we talk about values, what do we see in new york values? we see our really, really incredible, when you look at september 11th especially, new york police and new york firefighters. incredible. >> reporter: his opponent took a shot at it too. >> you're so alive when you're in new york. the fact is you don't want to sleep when you're in new york. and the reason you don't want to sleep is because you're afraid you're going to miss something. >> i will

two years, and maybe even longer outside o the city people lements go to teresa priolo in midtown. with more. hello there, teresa. >> good morning everyone when we start talking about state budget people eyes glaze over. but when you see how it will impact people could inning workers at a place like mcdonald's who make minimum wage. >> i applaud the leaders for coming up with this diverse plan, a plan that does this much good in different areas. nearly time state budget a framework governor says will help families of backgrounds state wide. most grabbing attention headline, minimum wage hike. >> you can't raise a family on $18,000 a year in the state of new york so we want to raise the minimum wage which in and of itself would affect 2.3 million workers. deal raises the minimum wage in new york city to 15 an hour by 2018. in westchester, and on long island that will happen by 2021. there are some caveats for small businesses in the city and upstate workers. another major cue for cuomo agreement on paid leave. getting 12 weeks off to care for newborn, sick relative and families wit

service and self-service affected. let's go to teresa pelo in midtown. what is going on? see for yourself we have been experiencing for the past hour or so this rally, this protest, this job action stretches almost an entire block, one end to the next, people are requesting verizon to give better benefits and their cries here, and a lot of people in traffic beeping and honking their support. a couple hundred, probably a conservative insect, probably 40,000 workers standing massachusetts to virginia who have walked off the job today. this is one of the largest verizon strikes in verizon history. verizon customers will be impacted by this, how exactly we don't know. many of these are verizon wire in your house but some are wireless retail customers from brooklyn, and almost numb 100 workers are wireless technicians, cell towers. and because of this, we talked about what they want, what they are asking for. they say they want the company to stop outsourcing jobs overseas and want their company to stop asking them to do out-of-state work that takes them away from their families. list

teresa priolo joins us with what the mayor is saying this morning for four good morning. he said he was not going to talk to this anymore, but then he had to because people kept asking questions about it. he was prickling at allegations. he says these allegations are nothing more than a political hit job. >> it is outrageous. i do not know what is motivating it. push his progressive agenda. >> aeroflot a very good people are having their names trailed through the flood. a cuomo appointees to the state court of elections. sugarman suggested team defazio committed willful explaining how. >> he and his people did some fundraising for state senate democratic candidates. there is large contributions were sent there a second commit. direct communication between the donors in the campaigns. the mayor never denied exploiting that loophole. he claims that that is the way politics works. >> i think that there is a obvious? around that double that was leaked to the press. will questions about motivation. when reached by the press, cuomo spokesperson said it was not him. >> takes a lot there, t

. >> yeah. we're hoping to meet some of the democratic nominees this week too. >> teresa priolos has more. >> good morning, everyone. the billionaire businessman is due in buffalo today, later tonight actually around 7:00 for a major campaign event there. who knows what might happen throughout the morning and the early afternoon here in movement after all, there is a push on to get as many votes as possible ahead of tomorrow's primary. and a new cbs news poll shows that, in fact, tomorrow's primary really is donald trump's to lose, 54% of republicans here in new york back him. concerned, cruz and kasich are neck and neck. >> we're going to have a big day, hopefully, in new york, because i love new york, and a guy like cruz, you heard his statement on values, new york values, and i can't imagine any new yorker voting for cruz. >> the push is on for every last vote in the empire state. donald trump and john kasich have been crisscrossing new york, addressing issues big and small. >> i'm not a neutral party when it comes to israel. you count me four square in their corner. >> the infrastruct

to train. teresa priolo has more. >> reporter: good morning to you. another slashing to tell you about. more details in just a moment. this incident, just the latest in a series of slashings. police say night related crimes have increased 20% in the first quarter of 2016. 899. up from 746 in the same time period last year. murders and shootings dropped from that same time. at a news conference yesterday, bill bratton addressed this uptick in flashings. take a listen. >> you will always have this. one of the few crimes that is at a level that is concerning to us. i am comfortable that it will go down. >> reporter: increased subway control to try to deal with issues shoe. police say it happened just before 2:00 a.m. a man was flashing this phase and his back pack was stolen. non-life-threatening injuries. that is the latest. back to you. greg: think you very much. rosanna: three teenage boys were arrested after one of them threatened a 12-year-old girl with a loaded gun. then handed it over to a kid that put it in his jacket. nobody was hurt here. they are not sure what led to this

. >> teresa priolo outside the trump tower with more. hi, teresa. >> good morning, everyone. donald trump waking up here at trump tower today, he is expected to have a very good day today. the question is, how big will this win be for him? well, they're just trying to safe -- siphon off some delegates. upstate, down state, out of state and back to new york state. the three remaining republican candidates for president is mounting a herculean effort to get your vote and our delegates in today's primary. >> thank you, everybody. make america great again, thank you. >> in the 24 hours leading up to today's contest, donald trump was join by a diverse group at trump tower, organized by former apprentice contestant oral rosa. he then shuffled off to buffalo where he was introduced by famed football coach rex ryan. >> it's a great honor for me to introduce donald trump. >> but it is this gaffe that is making headlines. >> i watched our police and firemen down ott 7/11 is at the world trade center -- >> embarrassing? yes. detrimental? unlikely. the latest emerson poll shows lose, with 55% o

of the gifts were meals. overseas trips. teresa priolo has been looking into this this morning. >> not giving you a ticket. things like that. twenty officers involved in this click for oak grove investigation. the majority of them, senior members. >> tickets to the super bowl. golf outings in the caribbean. in exchange for preferential treatment. at least that is the allegation. >> all of these results in the investigation. we just have to see where the cooperating fully with. bill pratt in speaking about these allegations. the detect if pleaded the fifth when he was questioned by a grand jury. >> modified assignment. that is all i am able to save. >> an investigation into deep pocketed businessmen. both friends of mayor deblasio. there are so many phone calls. night team. norman seabrook is also receiving quick perl quotes. providing private police exports and crowd control. >> the detective says the grand jury was interested in whether or not he had ever fixed a ticket for these two businessmen. this may all circle back. two years ago, the fbi began looking into him and wheth

according to many but some don't like this. teresa pre-always live in hillsdale, new jersey. >> reporter: that is the tip of the iceberg. good morning. six students in this school district identify as transgender but it does not just affect six people. at the vote last night so many on both sides riled up, some rights, some say it puts security in jeopardy. >> our school is taking the right steps and affirming the lives of people like myself and implement a policy that will save those lives in the future. >> what about mental distress on our children, my child, nothing is getting addressed. >> reporter: contentious issue on a topic debated nationally. now students who are transgender, the bathroom corresponds to their core identity. >> it is great for all our kids that we are teaching them about the people they should be, the kind of community and society they should be part of. >> reporter: monday's vote 6-numone a the second time the board allowed public comment on this but in the past and parents have been so vocal about this proposed change, the issue was antidiscriminat

teresa priolo with more. >> hey, good morning, everyone. we are expecting big muse to be made tonight -- news to be made hyatt and maybe outside with these massive protests planned here today. this is rare for new york to have all of the presidential candidates in the city at one time, but for the gop the focus is here in midtown. all eyes are on new york city which has found itself square in the middle of the political universe. tonight donald trump, or ted cruz and john kasich will put on their tuxes and play nice at the state's annual gop gala at the grand hyatt, a $1,000 a pop dinner that aids the republican party. what happens inside might make news, and what happens also may also. over 30 different causes are planning to disrupt the gal that. they dislike trump and his message. some past apprentice contestant, also this group, protest donald trump, tens of thousands of demonstrators could show. there is some concern that this rally could mirror what happened at an anti-trump rally in earlier this year. tonight's event comes at a time when votes and delegates greatly matter. >> w

mother teresa and her gentle touch. this trip is kate in the spotlight for her connection with children and of course, her clothes. spotted in an indian-british designer a few days ago. >> with all that tumbling hair would be great. dancing? >> a step too far. maybe not. the question. they are guests at a dinner tomorrow night with bollywood stars among others. guys, back to you. >> kelly cobiella, thank you. >>> still to come, the look at the week's big stories. did you see melissa mccarthy's >>> and which celebrity topped the highest earnings list? craig melvin? >> not unless there is a top 500 list. >> but first this is "today" on nbc. new fresh step with the power of febreze. odor control worth celebrating. fios is not cable. we're wired differently. we guarantee to make switching easier. you're right on time. as promised. to install fios and set up the wi-fi that janet, jamie, jenny, jemma, and jasmine need on their birthday. thank you. for all their new devices. you can't break me. you wanna piece of cake? our switchers guarantee makes it easy to get 100 meg internet. plu

beautiful country. >> reporter: diana is still adored in india for the ties to mother teresa and her gentle spotlight for her connection with children and of course, her clothes. spotted in an indian-british designer a few days ago. >> with all that tumbling hair would be great. >> and maybe a little bollywood dancing? >> a step too far. >> reporter: this is any guide, maybe not. >> it is not completely out of the question. they are guests at a dinner tomorrow night with bollywood stars among others. guys, back to you. >> kelly cobiella, thank you. >>> still to come, the look at the week's big stories. did you see melissa mccarthy's lip sync performance? >>> and which celebrity topped the highest earnings list? craig melvin? >> not unless there is a top 500 list. >> but first this is "today" on nbc. >>> still to come on "today," the watermelon explosion that kept million watermelon explosion that kept many hanging on to the edge of their seat. >>> and a woman lifted 155 pounds. >>> good morning. thanks for joining us for this news 4 news break. it is saturday, april 9th. i'm molette

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. teresa used to never think about crowds. i think about individuals. that's kind of a philanthropist creto. government program almost has to think about the crowd not the individu individual. treating everyone the same. you can't have different approaches for different kinds of people even though that would very often work better. now, this consistency of government programs sometimes gets romanticized. it's very ease toy romanticize. it's big, clear to define and out there. crazy in comparison. consistency is not how human beings work. if you have one child, for instance, in your family who needs a very structured environment and another one who only blooms when really given the freedom to explore his or her own boundaries, you don't want one size fits all. you don't want consistent schools. you want individualized services that recognize and work with the intimate differences between different kinds of personalities and you'll have a very hard time finding that in any government program almost by definition. but it is a hallmark of philanthropic efforts, which leads us to this grea

relationships to change power. mother teresa used to say, i never think about crowds. i think about individuals. and that's kind of a philanthropist credo. on the other hand, the administrator of a government program has to think about the crowd. they almost can't think about the individual. government programs are all about equal opportunity. they're about treating everyone the same. you can't have different approaches for different kinds of people, even though that would very often work better. now, this consistency of government programs sometimes getting romanticized. it's easy to ro mant size because it's big, clearly defined out and there. people look at philanthropy saying what a crazy quilt in some paircy. if you have one child in your family who needs a who needs a very structured environment, and another one who only blooms when really given the freedom to explore his or her own boundaries, you don't want one size fits all. you don't want consistent schools. you want individualized services that recognize and work with the intimate differences between different kinds of pe