middle and ring finger. it is where cops say that a bleeding man and his wife ran off the train after a fight with an armed suspect. >> it is happening everywhere as you need to be on alert. >> reporter: the couple was riding the northbound 6 train at 3:20 in the morning when an intoxicated passenger started making inappropriate comments about the victim's wife. the husband approached the drunk man who pulled that small blade from his backpack cutting his hand. when that train stopped, the couple was able to get off the train and flag down help. the suspect stayed on the northbound 6. across the city slashings and stabbings are up by 20%, but those same nypd statistics show knife attacks on trains are down since last year. neverless commuters are keeping vigilant in the early morning hours. >> i keep to myself. >> reporter: i caught up with isaac gonzalez heading to work

an armed subway rider two weeks ago. >> this individual had a pair of scissors and was threatening me. >> reporter: still others say they feel secure and that thesubway is an integral part of the town. the victim in this early morning altercation was taken to bellevue hospital and since been released. as for the suspect police are still searching for that man. >> magdelena, thank you. into the fundraising practices 14 months ago is demanding more action. the claim is that the mayor improperly funneled contributions to candidates for the state senate to be able to get his agenda passed. cbs2 political reporter marcia kramer is live with more. marcia?

the complaint that started it all off. a complaint that demanded a probe into mayor de blasio's fundraising actions. but the man behind the probe is demanding more. calling on mayor de blasio to remove all city hall staffers, all campaign workers who are on the payroll right now. he wants them to be put on leave until that probe is over. >> can you say to pay to play. like i said in 2014 that this was a shake down by mayor bill de blasio on business owners in new york city. >> reporter: the senator also had praises for cbs2, which first broke the story on october 30 of 2014. >> it's something that has been going on for a long time. it is a very normal thing to provide support for party organizations. >> they say it is great? >> it is not. there is nothing new here for years and years that people have supported the organizations. >> reporter: and two years

>> reporter: now the senator is so concerned about this situation that he is already introducing a new bill that would expand penalties for illegal contributions from one year to seven years in jail. he's also calling on todd kaminski, the candidate that was occupied by dean skelos receiving a $50,000 contribution from one of the people that remains for mayor de blasio as they say that $50,000 contribution should be returned. now we put that question today, but so far we have not received a response. we'll have much more for you on this story coming up today later on cbs2 news at 5:00. for now i'm marcia kramer, reporting live from white plains, back to you. >> good work. we will see you at 5:00 today. voters in connecticut and four other states are casting their ballots and the presidential primaries.

closer to securing their nominations. live from stanford, connecticut. >> reporter: chris, for hours now we've been watching a steady stream of voters showing up at this polling site. the state says more than 90,000 people in connecticut have registered to vote since january. that means that the turnout voters started hitting the polls at 6:00 this morning in stanford, connecticut casting their ball -- ballots. >> why today? >> i felt that this one mattered, you have to make a choice. >> it's an opportunity to change the agenda, change the conversation. >> reporter: donald trump is looking to lock up the republican votes in connecticut and four other primaries today in delaware, rhode island, maryland, and pennsylvania. trump will stay in new york as results come in tonight.

little panic, a little bit of a sense that the door is closing. >> reporter: they want to turn support away from trump. kasich won't campaign in next week's indiana primaries so ted cruz gets more votes. he'll halt his efforts. today both of them have events planned in indiana including a fundraiser. >> one thing we both agree on is that it would be a disaster for this country. >> they ought to both drop out of their race. >> reporter: the democrat is looking to sweep all five states today, touring manufacturing plants and will be in pennsylvania tonight as votes are counted. she is preparing to face trump in november. >> you don't fly that jet in

>> reporter: bernie sanders also fighting for the votes as he will make an appearance tonight in pennsylvania. if he doesn't win all five -- all five states it could be impossible to get the nomination. >> real change is never given to people. people have got to fight for it. >> reporter: those candidates are certainly fighting for votes across the northeast today. if you haven't voted yet, you still have time as the polls close at 8:00. >> thank you. disturbing new details in the murder of a college freshman. the suspect was arraigned in court this morning. lou young was there joining us there white plain. >> reporter: the son of the college employee and a nurse's aide is still being held without bail today in the

freshman earlier this month. the family of the 19-year-old stiverson nyer was speechless as they walked out of court. take a look. >> it doesn't make sense to me. >> what doesn't make sense to you? >> it is a very troubling case, a very serious case. i have no comment. >> reporter: he is accused of gunning down brandon lawrence of yonkers following a weekend campus party at iota. the arraignment where deseer who did not attend the college was affiliated with a gang and that they claimed witnesses saw him knock lawrence to the ground in that part and then pull that gun from their waistband. the crime is especially uncomprehensible because both the victim and the defendant were watching two other people fight in the park at about 3:00 a.m. there was no known motive for the shooting. both are 19 years old, one was

the victim was attending the college and living at home in yonkers and deseer had graduated from new rochelle high school and was working, but he did night tend the college. if convicted he could get life in prison. we are live in white plains lou young cbs2 news. an investigation is underway at fairfield university after a student told police she was attacked on campus last night. a woman was walking from one building to another when a man in his 40s grabbed her and sexually assaulted her. the suspect is still on the run. the university alerted other students with a text alert about the attack, encouraging students to use the buddy system when walking at night. new information police say a former man accused of the death of a bronx man inside an elevator overreacted. 57-year-old joaquin feliciano faces manslaughter charges. putting the man in a choke hold.

unconscious in the elevator. feliciano told investigators that "it was not suppose to happen that way." he is being held on $50,000 cash bail. concerned citizens would help sink a plan to anchor barges. cbs2 reported yesterday on the proposal by the upstate company that sparked outrage. jersey city mayor phillips says that more than 5,000 people signed a petition against the barge stationed in the hudson. the company will now look for another location. >> there is much more ahead here at noon. new clues in a mass murderer of the ohio family that is leading police to the international drug cartel. plus this 7-year-old topples into a weld 50 feet deep. how they were able to get him out, plus this. >> 9/11 shocker, a choir stopped from singing the national anthem. well, we've got a very interesting weather day underway. we will see all kinds of

is there for some stormy skies as well.

you. dramatic rescue of the boy that accidentally fell into a 40-feet deep well in china. the 7-year-old was playing at construction site when he fell on monday. firefighters pulled that boy out.

the cbs news learned that investigators are looking at the possibility of the mexican drug cartel killed eight members of an ohio family in a pre-planned execution. the family had marijuana operation on their property. cbs2 david bigno has more. >> reporter: a large source confirms to cbs news that investigators found some 200 marijuana plants. they were inside an indoor grow operation that was found in some of the homes. where eight members of the rhoden family were executed. they estimate that the street value of the marijuana plants is nearly half a million dollars. >> do you think that it may have been a factor of these murders? >> we have no idea that we are running the leads out. there's many different theories. >> reporter: more than 60 people have been interviewed by investigators. isaiah jones was detained at gunpoint during a traffic stop, questioned for six hours, then released. >> i want people to know that i

these were friends of mine. >> reporter: they also spoke to his friend rusty mongold. apparently about a facebook post that appeared to threaten the youngest murder victim. among the eight victims shot in rhoden. he thinks that her daughter knew the killer or killers. >> whoever did it, they knew the family because those two dogs would eat you up. >> reporter: they believe that there may be more than one killer because there are four different crime scenes. they are not convinced that one person could have done the job by himself without being noticed. the sheriff is convinced that the killer had help. cbs news, pike county, ohio. recalling the 30th anniversary of the world's worse nuclear power disaster that it was 30 years ago today when the plant explode sending poisonous gas over ukraine,

there are widely varying estimates as to how many people died due to radiation poisoning years that followed. still to come at noon a school trip to the 9/11 memorial takes a strange turn. why a security guard stopped that choir from singing the national anthem. cooler weather on the way.

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the experience turned into a deeper life lesson for everyone. >> reporter: is imagine visiting the september 11 memorial and you feel so overwhelmed and patriotic that you want to sing the star- spangled banner. that is exactly what happened when the choir students from waynesville, north carolina visited the site for the very first time last week. >> they actually asked are we going to get to sing and i said well we hadn't planned on it, but let me check with the security guard. >> reporter: these young patriots were born after the

>> it was very sad. and if we offer a song and he told us yes. >> the choir started to sing. >> a lot of people gathered around. and the second security guard would stop this when they walked up and they thought that it would be a better, to hear better. >> reporter: but that wasn't the case. >> i cannot remember the exact words, that it could be defined. that you will need to stop unless you have a license. and i don't see you on the list for today. >> reporter: right after they

singing the national anthem, the group left the park when they decided to turn that situation into a teaching moment. >> reporter: that space is being protected by the rules, that would be allowed to go and sing other groups that might be allowed to do things that are not respectful. a tough lesson about staying patriotic. cbs2 news. a spokesperson has apologized, explaning that the security guard didn't act appropriately, being invited back for another visit. >> yes, this time they will be able to sing the full song.

one of the inbreed cents, a lot of instability. the evidence of that. all these numbers as you head down to the shore, 72, even warmer to the south. and now we do need the rain. that they could keep staying busy, but also if you have noticed that the pollen count is nice and low, which is a blessing. also more great pictures, the eagles and the blue jays. and a little angel there with an umbrella. did you know that? we will get out there and see what's going on in the city through parts of the hudson valley, all morning long that you can see the low clouds in

55 the wind out of the east at 7. 55, bellmar at 20 degrees warmer than the city. see, that's what we're talking about, the south and west, 10 degrees cooler in the city as opposed to this time yesterday. that is why they want you to know there's a risk for the isolated severe thunderstorm, meaning that we will be concerned about the potential damaging winds. it'll be above normal and parts of connecticut into the hudson valley may see their temperatures stay below normal through the forks, but as noted that they will help with pollen count as it is down today and back up tomorrow. you can see some of those showers exiting the island, still off to the west. that we will dive right in and turn that future cast on and show you between now and say 2:00 to 3:00 that we'll be waiting for that line to develop with that potential for the isolated storm with the

that it will not be widespread, but any individual storm that could be powerful with this system that they should clear in time for the mets. then we will see a brighter wednesday that will be waiting for you. another chance for the shower or two on thursday. but on thursday it is a different story. thursday it's showers because it will be cooler on thursday. highs will be below normal and that is not as dynamic as we would see today. just be mindful when you get that heavier rain, you can get the brief localized flooding. >> we do need it, good point. >> yes, exactly. it looks fantastic. >> thank you, johnny. when we come back, a bear

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just keep him. >> on cbs2 news tonight beginning at 5:00. how fresh is your food? the new technology that is coming to your smart phone that's revealing secrets about to do. >> then coming up at 6:00, cameras pointed in the family's backyard. the neighborhood dispute last week, now lawmakers are getting involved. those stories tonight on cbs2 news at 5:00. that is is it for us at noon and for john and the entire cbs2 news team i'm mary calvi. >> i'm chris wragge. we'll see you tomorrow morning at 4:30. until then, have a great afternoon. when your type 2 diabetes numbers aren't moving in the right direction, it can be a burden.

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