lower east side and chinatown. >>> let's get over to john elliot. >>> the lower east side, little italy and the west side, and the east side and the park too just bathed in sun clear and 51. cooler readings slightly cooler, 45 at monroe, toms river as well. turn that around, 54 in great

the lower east side that jack kirby grew up, which is like the 1920s and '30s, is not the lower east side of today. the lower east side of today is very much puerto rican, dominican, cuban, african-american, so to kind of, like, really reflect that kind of real culture, real-time culture, i had to show the diversity that exists there. so, there's a lot of great institutions, like loisaida, inc., that's actually been there, celebrating the loisaida festival every year in the lower east side. you have even restaurants like casa adela, and still mixes in sofrito in everything they cook. poetry on the stages of nuyorican poets cafe. so, you need to have that kind of, like, real relevance in these stories that they're going to actually appeal to a broader audience. >> abuela estela -- tell me about her. >> abuela estela was a composite character that i created. she was inspired by dr. marta moreno vega, who's actually founder of the el museo del barrio and also founder of the caribbean cultural center. it was actually marta moreno vega who actually its mysticism. it kind of opened up a doo

. >>> frightening moments for people o the lower east side. a construction lift crashed through an apartment window. what did people say they saw just days before the mishap? >> reporter: you now, this is the very busy lower east side. pep walking back and forth today when all of a sudden, that lift, hydraulic lift veered left, slamming into a window. all while the res dept idents were inside. the basket atop the hydraulic lift s lodged in the window of an apartment. >> you just tap the glass and kind of like a bent -- it didn't break. then look at that. i went to get pizza came back gand it got worst. >> reporter: failed hydraulics sent it veering into the building. ritchie franco says he joked with construction workers there working for a week and a half that something like this could happen because two of the wheels were slightly off the 2k3wr0u7bd ground. >> not really flat on that side. now it is completely up. >> reporter: no one in the apartment was hurt. no one on the ground was hit by some on the ground worry it could have been much wo

. >> the lower east side of manhattan today. >> outside the speaker's home here on the lower east side no. comment tonight from the the speaker himself. and the names of the women, they could not be confirmed late this afternoon, that we know that one is a lobbyist and the other is a woman from new york who owes her job to shelly silver. there is yet another side to sheldon silver. what prosecutors described in court papers as another level of corruption in the life of the disgraced former assembly speaker. the government has credible and corroborated evidence that while serving as speaker of the assembly that the defendant engaged in extramarital relationships with two women. the women's names have been blacked out. but jane doe number one allegedly lobbied silver, "on a regular basis on behalf of clients who had business before the state." and obtained certain clients in part because of her access. only person that the defendant or his assembly staff had ever recommended for higher and was hired, "in part due to silver's recommendation and follow up requests." silver is 72 years old.

to the people in the lower east side, this was their lives being portrayed in print. kid did that to their death. in the summer it was so hot in those tenement buildings this is the most densely populated place in the world and people would go to the roof to breathe at night. children would fall to their death and this was chronicled by a journalist, so by writing about them he was in a sense dignifying their lives. i give this comparison all the time and i asked people, if you were to take me home i bet on your refrigerator there is a clipping of some sort you have, child's graduation, child's account bushman at school or sad dude-- news. those events occurred regardless of they were in print or not so why do we keep these? because writing and print brings dignity and meaning to actions, so the lower east side class of people saw the paper as their friend that to produce this kind of dignity picked the paper also as an entry to american life for as little as a penny -- on sunday you could get a paper is because a telephone book with easy to understand stories, as lit

the rivington house here on the lower east side . we are talking about this cause this building has operated as a healthcare non-for profit and that's because there are restrictions associated with the deed . according to the new report they were lifted after $16 million paid to the city agency calling them the administrative services. all of a sudden they were sold and it's a massive profit made. we come to find out that some of the people associated with the buyer are top to baggio fundraisers. it's raising eyebrows. there is a contest on agenda with the universal pre-k. that the mayor's office has a fund for the city of new york to give was referred to as bridge loans to the preschools. they are too troubled to discover the contracts. they ensure the schools were eligible without meeting the requirements. the mayor would be using the city's fund as a personal slush fund. the department of education has dropped the providers and they report it plans to ask the city to repay the fund. >> i've said it before and i will say it again.

today were talking about the lower east side, you can see the building behind me. this is one of the buildings in question this morning for who is according to a new bombshell report this building was always used as a healthcare nonprofit, restrictions on it. in november those restrictions were lifted, the building was so old for a hefty sum. now reports that the buyer and the nonprofit has ties with the mayor. there's that report and then this about one of the mayor's cornerstone agendas, universal pre-k. the new york post reports the mayor's office of contract services s the 50-year-old fund for the city of new york to give what is referred to as bridge loans to for preschools, to troubled to acquire city contracts. away his critics say is a way of assuring public schools to be eligible without media requirements. if true the mayor would be using the city's fund as a personal slush one. the department the department of education has a dropped these were pre-k providers, the posters planning to ask the city to repay that everything we have done the beginning has b

the man say this man tried to sexually assault a woman on the lower east side. police say the man followed a 24-year-old woman into an elevator and began to grouper. he followed her to her apartment and ran off with another guy came to the door. the suspect is described as 16/20 and 5 foot three. he had 130 pounds. if you have any information, please call crime stoppers. >> and intends few minutes in the lower east side. a cherry picker crashed into the sixth floor apartment window. street. the equipment lost hydraulic power causing it to crash into the building and luckily it doesn't appear that anyone was hurt. the cherry picker doesn't have any structural damage. >> a police chase in los angeles. instead of a car, they went after a bear . it was still spotted at mission college. students and teachers were asked to take shelter and it made its way into a backyard in the film our neighborhood. it's a rural neighborhood but has more trees and neighborhood streets than some areas. it's much to the dismay of the television lodgers.it was eventually not out with yo

a journey to the lower east side to meet the bakers behind a new york institution. christal young will take us there next. >> and coming up on monday at 6:00, remembering world war i. we're going to highlight the efforts underway to educate a whole generation about this crucial time in american history. we hope you'll join us for that. we're coming right back on fox 5. if your family outing is magical for all the wrong reasons. you may be muddling through allergies. try zyrtec for powerful allergy relief. and zyrtec . because it starts working faster on the first day you take it. try zyrtec . muddle no more nick: look at this. ernie anastos was honored with a lifetime achievement award on long island. byron harman made the presentation. it is the biggest media event on long island and recognizes the best in news. as chosen by the public. ernie: you know what? thank you very much for that. it was a beautiful day. all of our colleagues -- thank i throughout the area. i have to think our news director. he's an inspiration to all of us. thank you for doing that for me.

as he left this subway station on the lower east side saturday night. >> probably right about here. >> reporter: as he walked up the stairs from the f train at essex and delancey, a man walking the opposite direction sucker punched him and shouted this. >> that's because you look exactly like [ bleep ] shia labeouf. >> reporter: it's not the first time he's been told he looks like the actor. famous for starring roles in movies such as transformers. >> people have been telling me for a long time that that is -- that i resemble shia labeouf but in a good way, the -- you look like shia labeouf, that's cute. not like, i want to punch you in the face. >> reporter: at first he thought he had imagined the outburst but bystanders >> you're not crazy. that's exactly what he said to you. >> reporter: witnesses say the hater took off down to the station and hopped a train, licato was left bleeding, glasses snapped in half. he now has a black eye and gash over his eyebrow and is left wondering about his attacker's hollywood hatred. >> does he hate his work? does he hate me? i don't know. >> repor

they are looking for seen walking through our rec room not far from the victims building on the lower east side near stanton and pitt streets. he followed her into the elevator saturday afternoon and started groping her. >> it's kind of frightening to be honest, but, i mean, at the end of the day, you have to pay attention to your back. you have to watch the scenery. they got to find this guy, that's all i can say, because 's .cary, you know? >> investigators say this man tried to follow the woman into her apartment but then ran off with another man came to he doanor.g>>> today lawmakers will push new legislation that they say would avoid another purge of the 125,000 names were missing during last week's new york presidential primary. the bill would make it a felony to remove voters without confirmation that the person is dead or has moved. the bill would also allow the automatic registration of voters when they get a driver's license. >>> mayor de blasio is offering to spend $20 million in taxpayers money to fix the board of elections. he wants to avoid the problems that happened last week but

cancel will now represent the assembly that spans part of the lower east side and chinatown. >>> stay with cbs 2 for continuing coverage of campaign 2016 we'll have updates throughout the morning and online at cbsnewyork.com and facebook and twitter. >>> protests following a judges ruling in the peter liang case decided the officer will not go to prison for the accidental shooting of akai gurley back in 2014, the judge lowered the conviction to homicide with five years probation and 800 hours of community service. >> i apologize to the public and i wish i could undo what happened. >>> justice was not served but don't worry, what goes around comes around. sooner or later peter liang, if someone in his family is going to feel our pain. >> defense lawyer says the newly-reduced conviction will be appealed. >>> more police in a brooklyn police precinct under investigation in the growing gun licensing scandal alex was arrested accused of getting gun permits got 150 permits and sold some to borrow park part of the 66th precinct a retired detective say it is going to be tough tracking down al

ben: an intense few minutes on the lower east side when a cherry picker crashed into an apartment building, window actually, it happened that essex street, fire officials say the lost hydraulic power, a problem with the wheels giving way and the whole thing crashed into the building, doesn't appear anyone was hurt, the cherry picker has been removed as they check for structural damage. ben: it is primary day in connecticut, hillary clinton and donald trump hoping to see the delicate lead grow in today's primaries. juliet: there is fighting. polls in connecticut are open, voting begins in four other northeastern states, let's go to robert moses at one of the polling sites. murphy school in stanford and it hasn't prevented some early voters from coming out. we were just inside. besides connecticut there are primaries in maryland and delaware and pennsylvania and rhode island as well. i spoke to a couple voters about the issues that matter most to them. >> they don't support us very much and don't help us with insurance and everything. they take away. >> reporter: yesterday was a busy day on

i headed to the lower east side of manhattan at the intersection number of an alice to head in the consreator is marty. he had the vision for this gem. >> i was 13. >> and you are selling drugs right here on the spot? >> right on this corner. >> basically who were dealing drugs. the spot where he was was a 24 hour spot. cocaine, marijuana, ecstasy, you name it. >> on the side of the bodega and stuff like that. [inaudible conversations] >> anybody? >> i figured better be prepared for my prison workout. pretty much ready. right there, state penitentiary. that's what i'm talking about. >> put on my heels and i headed to the workout. >> five, four. >> our instructor. [inaudible conversations] >> he is an ex-con. >> trying to make it work. >> it was a tough workout. >> allowed to concoct a fitness regimen. >> people on the street, you can do the right thing and make a profit. you don't have to go illegally. >> the money being used. >> he has to work on convincing investors. >> that he objects? >> i saw you. i wasn't sure what's going on. >> the heels in the ma jumpsuit. i wasn't sure if he c

voters on the lower east side will choose a replacement for him. long island voters will decide who should lead with db seats will serve out. if you have problems voting, you can see them in a special hail outline. there is attorneys and staff in the civil rights bureau debate back in 2012. here is the number 100 771 , 7755. >> peter liang learned that he was convicted of manslaughter after killing 28-year-old akai girly in brooklyn housing complex back in 2014. he could face up to 15 years in prison. brooklyn district attorney has recommended five years probation and six-month home confinement with 500 hours of community service. the family is infuriated inadequate. we'll see what happens. >> the first rest made in the connection with the nypd probe . he was once boasting that for carrying guns charging up 225,000. the brooklyn native tried to get a police officer $6000 for a license last week. corruption probe has sidelined several to businessman at the center. jeremy rick berg is also a generous donor may advise your. >> i hold myself in the adm

. >> mario was still confused about why he was punched in the station on the lower east side saturday night. >> probably right around here. >> says as he walked up the stairs from the f train in delancy a man walking the opposite destruction sucker punched and said this. shia labeouf. >> famous for starring in rolls such as transformers. >> people have been telling me that i resemble shia labeouf, but in a good way, not like i want to punch you in the face. >>> at first he thought he imagined the outburst, they were like no you're not crazy that's exactly what he said to you. witnesses say the apparent shia labeouf hater went down the eyebrow wondering about the hollywood hatred. does he hate his work, me? i don't know. >> he says he doesn't hold a grudge and even considers himself a fan. valerie castro, cbs 2 news. >>> a consumer alert a bakery recalling cookies, macon tain peanuts do not have a labeled allergy warning the 7- elevencookies come in four ounce batches oatmeal chunk, m 24th. >>> seen facing making faces as they get ready for a tv appearance, the national archive release

. >>> new at 5:30, a crime alert on the lower east side. police are looking for this man wearing the backpack. he is a kud of ccused of trying to rape a wo n. he followed her into her hibuilding on stan and pitt street. the man began to grope her. he followed her out of her apartment but ran when he came to her door. if you recognize this man, call police. >>> the city of cleveland will pay $6 million to the son of ta -- family of tamir rice. surveillance video shows two men pulling up to rice and shooting him after a suspicious call of someone with a gun. that gun turned out to be a pellet gun. with the crime. >>> the mayor wants tn see money spent on enhancing training and boosting salaries for poll workers. another 8 million will go to other up grades. he is also asked to review the primary in which a thousand names just vanished from the voting rolls in brooklyn. >>> you probably heard of therapy dogs, even therapy cats. how about this therapy horse? and this is not just any horse. >>> my dog notwithstandingo . we're going to break down

east side, alanna gold, cbs 2 news. >> police are trying to figure out where the problems between those two drivers initially started. >> the hunt continues for a man who raped a woman on the lower east side. the 24-year-old woman told police she followed her into stanton and pit street saturday afternoon. globed her but ran off when a man in the apartment came out. >> reporter: the trial of marcel dockery continues in brooklyn today. he is accused of setting a mattress on fire in the hallway of his building in coney island in 2014. responding police officer dennis cuera was killed. >>> now to campaign 2016 and the race for the white house in what could be an unprecedented step. ted cruz and john kasich's campaigns announce they are going to work together. >> -- to try to stop john trump -- donald trump. >> they are teaming top stop donald trump from becoming the presidential nominee and going up against hillary clinton in the fall. >> we are at a fundamental. >> the pact between cruz and kasich means they will get out of each other's way in upcoming they said we will shift our resources west and give the cruz campaign a clear path in indiana. cruz is returning the favor out wes

. >> reporter: here at the mission a shelter in the lower east side management says they are much more in demand in the wintertime and all 250 beds here at the shelter are not counted in the city survey. >> the city counted 2800 people on the streets but the city's also housing 60,000 people in shelters. >> reporter: the city said it's not about how many they are counting but how many they're helping. >> so we're looking at the hope count and added quarterly counts, daily canvassing and a ton of services for this population because at the end of the day what's most important is that we're helping people rather than counting people. >> reporter: the first quarterly night street count begins in may. on the lower east side, ali bauman, cbs 2 news. >> more than 4,000 people were counted during the city's first street homeless survey back in 2014 five. >>> coming up, will ferrell isn't usually a controversial comedian but people didn't ronald reagan very funny. the turn this story took late today. >> how homeowners are giving burglars access without realizing it. >> building a better knee t

east side where a road rage incident left one man in the hospital. and now police are searching for police say attacked a woman in a lower east side elevator. >> plus road rage may be to blame for a violent stabbing on the upper east side. >>> and big toll changes on the tappan zee. how this should speed up your commute. good morning. welcome to "today in new york" on this sunday. i'm pat battle. >> i'm gus rosendale. a bit cool out there as you head out the door. things are going in the right direction. erica grow has the details. good morning. >> good morning. we have the sunshine to thank for that. the sunshine will warm things up quickly. 48 degrees, mostly sunny out there. by 10:00 we're at 55. 63 at 1:00. 65 at 4:00. that's also your high temperature today that is just about where we should be for this time of year. a few high clouds drift in as we head into the afternoon and early evening. you can see them on storm tracker, not a lot of cloud cover. some people will just see a big blue sky overhead and won't see the rain is more than a day away. that's not going to arrive until monday night. right now we warmed up to 49 in farmingdale and bridgep

. >> many neighbors on the lower east side still vouch for the convicted politician. >> he did a lot for the neighborhood. i have nothing bad to say about him really. >> while silver's lawyers say

. >> down on the lower east side of manhattan, near ludlow street station, mario got blasted in face by an as i -- for oddist of reasons saying he looked to much like shia lebouf. >> it was an emotional morning h moms, who have kids who are addicted to heroin. >> i can not get him to stop. i 7i am so afraid for his life every day. >> another mom called by her daughter. >> i live in fear, minute by minute, that she will be dead. >> peg wright is ceo of center for great expectations that helps moms who are homeless, pregnant and suffering with addiction. >> could charles lindbergh be responsible for planning and executing the crime of century? today. >> if a child is kidnapped, first people you and interrogate for the family. >> is this important piece of nerved the case? -- piece of e ♪ to you, they're more than just a pet. so protect them... ...with k9 advantix ii. it not only kills fleas, ticks and mosquitoes, it repels them, too. so do more to defend your four legged friend... ...with k9 advantix ii. for the love of dog. >> something is up with mercy county park, investigator from

today legal aid, on the lower east side, helped people with low level offenses. a judge was dismissing offenses like disorderly conduct or offering to dismiss them if a defendant stays out of trouble for six months. this is an effort to clear 1 million outstanding warrants from new york city's system. >>> tragedy at a carnival. two teenagers thrown from a popular thrill ride. new information from the investigation that is still underway. >>> history in the making. one of the country's top military academies is set to get its first female dean more opened its doors. >>> and new video of the powerful storm that swept away an entire section of road. >>> and nothing that dramatic around here. >>> teens are thrown from a ride, that incident in texas killed one girl, and another is seriously hurt. from a spinning ride, called the saysler last night. a third, terrified girl, was able to hold onto the safety bar. police are investigating the operators of that ride. >> there are inspections that are required. whether or not this vendor is up to par with that, it hasn't be

grew up in the lower east side. and i want to say that we don't need to be divided. we need to be reaching out and talking to those folks who are supporting trump. why? because they are supporting him for a reason. they are standing up behind him because he is against the establishment as well. are literally standing behind a guy who they know is going to go into the oval office and go you are fired. i can understand that. but i'm supporting the guy who is looking at all of us and saying you are hired. so help him do that. [cheers and applause] and i know that means a lot to you because i know new yorkers and we are not interested in being bamboozled. or duped. or divided by our race, or gender, our age. that's the past. when people did have to vote for the lesser of two evils. we don't have to do that. the reality is, when 9/11 happened, people came together. syriany saw, when the g theirs were mirrorin experience, crossing bridges, we wanted to reach out and pull them in. we celebrated when there was a blackout for three days because they weren't attacked. my mom w

. >> many neighbors on the lower east side still vouch for the convicted politician. >> he did a lot for the neighborhood. i have nothing bad to say about him really. >> while silver's lawyers say salacious allegations that have no place in this case or public discussion. but for one constituent -- >> i think it's a big disappointment. >> the accusation her assemblyman used tax dollars to help his lovers hurts. >> it's exhausting is what it is. it >> this is just another example of how he used his public post for private gain. >> the new discovery peels back another layer of corruption at the state capital. >> there's the real world and then there's the albany world, that doesn't follow any rules, doesn't think anybody's watching and that they can make the decisions that serve their own interests. >> the jury last -- he faces up to 20 years in prison when the judge sentences him on may 3rd. >>> and you won't just be voting for presidential candidates next tuesday. election day. you're going to be voting for somebody who takes sheldon silver's assembly seat, that seat he lost when he

lower east side and chinatown. >>> let's get over to john elliot. >>> the lower east side, little italy and the west side, and the east side and the park too just bathed in sun clear and 51. cooler readings slightly cooler, 45 at monroe, toms river as well. turn that around, 54 in great neck, it is closer to us with the exiting low a little further away there is not as much wind, 67, the regular flag fire warning don't forget thesunscreen. >>> uv forecast is a 7. >>> we'll be back with another local update in 25 minutes "cbs this. >>> it is wednesday, april 20th, 2016. welcome back to "cbs this morning." more real news ahead including much-needed primary wins for hillary clinton and donald we look at the major impact of the new york sweep. >>> first, here is today's "eye opener" at 8:00. >>> trump regained his front-runner status with a blowout that left ted cruz on the edge of elimination and kasich as far behind as ever. >> is anything likely to stop him now? >> it seems awfully hart to see how he would get stopped. >> clinton's decisive win outstripped many predictions and put sander

. >>> new at 6:00, new video tonight of a suspect in an attempted rape on manhattan's lower east side. police say the man followed a 24-year-old woman in to the elevator in her building on sunday. investigators say he pushed the victim against the wall and then began to fondle her. they say he then followed her in to her apartment. he ran when a man came to the door. >>> tonight the tragic death of a second grader sending shock waves through an elementary school in westchester county. 7-year-old lily love died over the weekend. so far there's no official cause of death. to reassure parents of other students. lucy yang is at the school in eastchester with more. >> she loved outdoor sports and arts and crafts. she was a bubbly second grader here at green vale. grief counselors were made available after lily love passed away this weekend. >> reporter: the kids went out for recess today but there was definitely a dark and difficult cloud over greenvale elementary school. >> i feel bad for the family and community. hopefully they find out what happened. >> we're all saddened by the death o

police ay she was found unconscious in her lower east side apartment in the knickerbocker village complex on monroe avenue. questioned y police at the 5th ecin w downtown. so faro charges have been filed. >>> it is sentencing day for the foldrmer nypd officer convicted of fatally shooting an unarmed person in brooklyn, peter lang will learn his fate. pei-sze cheng has more. >> reporter: in a few hours, peter lang will learn his fate, a fate that has hung in the balance since 2014 when a bullet from his gun killed an unarmed man. today is the culmination of a long saga that began 18 ad months ago.la first, brooklyn district torney ken thompson pursued an indictment against liang for the accidental s oting of akai gurley in the pink houses and after liang was nvicted, thompson wrote a letter recommending that he not get any jail time. and instead face five years probation, six months house arguing there is no evidence liang intended to hurt gurley and he's not a danger to the public. some felt betrayed by the recommendation of a weak sentence. meanwhile, liang who has been home throughout t

. >>> and lower east side, police say police caught cameras behind a bar. these are the men who made their way over a week ago, and made off with around $3,000 worth of li84. -- liquor. one was a $2,000 bottle of cognac. >>> hundreds of passengers got stuck during the morning commute. chopper 2 was over a stalled train this morning, as crews worked to fix a problem on the overhead line of the morris essex line. it was headed to hoboken when it could not continue. 400 passengers had to be off- loaded and put onto buses. chopper 2 was also over a house fire in rockland county. firefighters tried to put out hot spots as smoke poured from the roof just before 9:00 this morning. the second floor of the large home appears to have been destroyed. damaged two buildings, leaving several families without a home. the yonkers deputy chief said the fire started in the basement of a church and quickly spread to a home next door. families living there had only moments to get out safely. >> i realized he told me he couldn't breathe no more. right now, the dog and all i can

. >>> police are searching for a suspect in an attempted rape on the lower east side and now they have surveillance video. cbs 2's steve langford has more. >> reporter: the middle of the afternoon saturday on pitt street when a 24-year-old woman gets in the elevator, followed by this young man who police say gropes and fondles the victim before she can escape. the n.y.p.d. releasing these images of the suspect, but showing more explicit video to some building residents. >> she exits the elevator, he takes her by the back of the neck and grabs her by the behind and pushes her to the side. >> reporter: the suspect followed the young woman to an apartment here, but according to police, he fled when a man from in here raced out to see what was going on. >> sir, can we ask you, how is >> she's fine. >> reporter: family members comforted both by the fact their loved one was not seriously injured and by the outpouring of concern among neighbors. >> you know, any woman would be upset if a man would come and grope them or do anything inappropriate to them, you know? >> we all have kids out here

. >> reporter: sanders also visited a lower east side art gallery where he was met with art work he inspired. senator clinton, meanwhile, headed to california where she rallied for support in los angeles. >> we're going to have a great campaign in california. >> reporter: clinton is up by double digits in new york but she is not taking it for granted. her husband bill campaigned on her behalf up state. >> she also realizes in a world where you cannot kill all your enemies, you have to try to make more friends and fewer enemies. >> the night ended with a 3,000 dollar per couple fundraiser. he agrees with sanders, there's too much money in politics. >> it's an obscene amount of money the sanders campaign when they talk about it is absolutely right. it's ridiculous we should this kind of money in politics. >> reporter: tomorrow both candidates will be campaigning here in new york again. bernie sanders will be holding a hillary clinton, meanwhile, will have a get out the vote event on stanton island. michael george, news 4 new york. >>> thank you, michael. now to the republican side, donald trum

moment. >>> the search is on for the man police say tried to rape a woman in the elevator of a lower east side apartment building the a edged attacker was caught on surveillance camera. do you recognize the man in the video? we'll have details on the investigation coming up. >>> when he took his shirt off the blood was coming out of his chest. >> witnesses describe that it's a scene out of a horror story a driver repeatedly stabbed in a road rage attack in manhattan now hospitalized. campaign based on yelling and screaming and cursing. >> presidential candidates ted cruz and john kasich are teaming up to stop the gop front runner donald trump one day before another round of pry maries including one in connecticut. >>> could have drowned and also non-verbal so he couldn't call for help a close call for a boy with autism after wandering away from his brooklyn school and this case brings to mind another incident in queens that ended in tragedy. >>> for the first time in 23 years the new york islanders have won a playoff round. >> there you is it for the first time in over two decades the islander

mario says he was walking up the stairs of the f train station on the lower east side saturday night when he was sucker-punched. the man yelling, quoting now, this is because you look like shia labeouf. he was knocked unconscious, suffered cuts and bruises. police are investigating. >>> a teenager says she went in for a routine root canal and said she came out with a needle embedded in her tooth. they're suing for a 2-year-old root canal. they say the dentists were negligent, not realizing a part of the needle was in the girl's tooth. girl's lawyer says she still suffers pain. there was no comment from the >>> a lawyer for former nfl quarterback johnny manziel says his client will plead not guilty to assault charges. manziel was indicted by a dallas grand jury today for beating and threatening to kill his ex-girlfriend back in january. he was cut from the cleveland browns after a lackluster year filled with headlines about his partying. he could face a year in jail and a $4,000 fine if convicted. >>> investigators could soon have important new clues to what caused the cargo ship el f

video in the search for this man who cops say sexually assaulted a woman on an elevator on the lower east side. the suspect believed to be 16 to in the elevator of her building saturday at stanton and pitt streets. then pushed her up against the wall and groped her. cops say he then tried to follow her in to her apartment but ran off when another resident came to the door. >>> toxic news for folks who love near one of the most toxic waterways in new york. it's taken forever to clean up the polluted gowanus canal in brooklyn. it's now going to take even longer. how did this happen again? >> we just want this water body to be a healthy water body again. >> reporter: 16 years up and down the 2-mile length of the gowanus canal, reserve keeper patrol boat captain john lipscomp has seen the waterway. >> this waterway is waiting that's the tragedy. >> reporter: the city and the epa disagreed on the location of the necessary retention tank after a lengthy negotiation, the two sides reached a deal but it pushes back the start date by several years. not the news neighborhood people wanted to hear at the

and happening now, investigators are looking for a man, did they say attacked a woman on the lower east side. looking at surveillance video from inside an elevator of an apartment building on staten and pitt streets. this man followed the woman inside the elevator, when they groping her, pushed her against a wall, followed her to her apartment but took off when a man answered the door. >>> and this is video from the scene of a six-story apartment fire in soho. happened early this morning. firefighters were busy knocking down flames on the top floor of that building, 59 thompson street. two firefighters were hurt, not seriously. one neighbor who was burned didn't need to go to the hospital. the fire is out. >>> right now the toll collection booth at the tappan zee is shut down. this is a live look at the tapp. beginning today all the tolls across that span, cashless. if you don't have e-zpass, you will get a bill in the mail. if you do have e-zpass, no worries, you'll be billed as usual. the thruway authority says the move will help keep traffic flowing smoothly. >>> an investigation is under

a symptom work order has been issued at le the site of a construction accident on the lower east side. authorities say a hydraulics fahailure sent a lift crashing into the sixth floor window of an apartment building on essex st treet. we're told construction crews were raising supplies to an upper floor when the lift tipped over. witnesses say they saw the lift basket leaning against the window before it broke through the glass. >> it just tapped the glass and then it kind of bent but itl didn't break. then i was like, look at that. then i went to get pizza, came back and it got worse. >> no one inside the apartment was hurt. no one on the ground was hit by falling glass or bricks. the top two floors f the building were evacuated as a precaution. >>> 5:19. today the investigation into the execution-style killings of eight family members in ohio enters its sixth day. we're learning new details about the case that prosecu rs say all eight victims were shot in some were asleep at the time. al g with a marijuana grow operation with hundreds of plants. investigators say they also found evi

on "today in new york," surveillance video of a man accused of trying to rape a woman on the lower east side. >>> and a big toll change in effect on the tappan zee bridge. how this should speed up your commute. >>> and a private ceremony for music icon prince.

reporting on the lower east side of manhattan, cbs 2 news. >>> dramatic video released of a riverdale police officer preventing a suicide posted the video on facebook on monday, a man spotted walking in and out of traffic north near the hamburg, the sergeant responded and tried to calm him down suddenly that man made that dash through the edge of the over pass about got to him just in time he was taken to the hospital for a mental evaluation. >> we get back to that poor kid who got popped. still how much do you have to hate an actor to want to punch him on the subway? hopefully he is feeling okay. >>> time now 5:19 the search for a big bird on long island. >> video of a woman dancing at the white house went viral. >>> why the mayor of washington d.c. paid a personal visit. >>> we have a check of traffic your way right after this. . >>> this is a new song released by this new grew called the beetles. cbs 2 news here at 5. 22. okay. what am i getting at? never before seen video, taken by an artist in 1965. for a round in the make up room before a performance. >>> 5:22, traffic and weath

. >> we are here at mindful and meditation studio on the lower east side. it has only been open for five months and already becoming very popular. this is an individual that is one of 20 teachers here and he has been meditating since he was six years old. reporter: during the class i learned that michael focused breathing is key. and so is positivity. >> i was the first meditation cover that i've ever taken. >> that was the first meditation class i have ever taken. >> and overtakes the hippocampus of the brain. in this our immune system. reporter: for a lot of eople it's meditation overmedication. the only possible adverse side fect if you can call it bk, it may be a little bit sleepy afterwards. lidia curanaj for "fox 5 news". steve: showing off her newborn daughter, chrissy tiegan. it is the first picture of little luna. she and her husband john legend posted a tweet on sunday. dari: a preant man eceived a divine intervention during a pre-prenatal checkup. it looks like jesus on a crs. she said she didn't notice until a baby shower. the mother to be said

. >> a intense few minutes on lower east side, a cherry picture crashed into an apartment wim an apartswin doe. it lost -- apartment window, it lost hydraulic power nobody was hurt. >> a group of middle schoolers visiting from north carolina silenced at 9/11 memorial. 50 students singing national anthem, last wednesday, security guards forced them to stop, they called performance a public and told kids they needed a permit to sing, a spokeswoman said that guards did not handle situation correctly. steve: criminal case again bill cosby is moving forward, a pennsylvania court dispieded not decided not to hear his appeal, cosby said a former district attorney promised he would never be charged if he agreed to questioning, but a different d.a. reopened case last year and filed charges in december. >> sport caster erin andrews settles her lawsuit with owner and operator of pair marriott hotel, jury awards her $55 million. hotel operator on the hook for the rest. dollar amount, is being kept confidential. prince, new reports surface that he may not have slept for days before he died. his brother

george mcgovern going to the lower east side and ordering corned beef with milk. but i think we had one of the big gaffes in modern political history -- was ted cruz going to the south bronx thinking that he could pick up support there, and in fact, obviously, he didn't do so well. that was contrasted with donald trump getting more than 10,000 people -- >> on long island. >> yes, which is where he should be and where cruz should have been, as well. >> cruz also eating matzo at a matzo place in brooklyn, and you had john kasich eating deli sandwiches, which i thought was kind of an interesting thing. in play. >> thinking about how this really works, it's about delegates in a particular congressional district. so they're trying to pick up pieces here, there, and everywhere -- not a dumb strategy, but you know what? doug's right. >> quick prediction from each of you about who's gonna win the democratic and republican primaries in new york on august 19th. doug? >> secretary clinton, i think, will win the democratic primary, donald trump the republican primary. >> clos

. >>> the people in upper west side and lower east side. looking across. you see that it is raining and wet with a little light wind. not the wind we had yesterday. 64 mile-an-hour wind gusts, but the pressure is falling. there will be a little wind behind this system, and that will be coming in for tonight. you see the pressure's of 29.84. with this light, northeast wind. we're going to be looking at a bit of wind when this clipper pushes on through. might be some thunder to our south. heavier rain as this clipper goes by. hard freeze tonight. going to be really cold for the commute tomorrow morning. tomorrow afternoon, a brisk wind, and temperatures fighting to get to 40 for about 20 minutes tomorrow. looking at 43 from north port to massapequa. these numbers are chilly for this time of the day. we should be in the low 50s but we are not, we're seeing south. there's a winter weather advisory until 9:00 tonight. there will still be ice and snow mixed here along i-84, through 684. just above 287, even central fairfield county is in that. overnight, a hard

woman told officers that a man followed her into the elevator of a building yesterday on the lower east side. once inside, she says the man pushed her up against the wall and groped her. he then tried to follow the victim into her apartment and then ran off when the man came to the door. >>> a scare at a prom in wisconsin. a gunman opens fire with a rifle. the suspect shot and killed by an officer assigned to the dance. officer prevented a bigger tragedy. marcy gonzalez has the story. >> reporter: tonight a wisconsin community reeling. a gunman opening fire outside of a high school prom injuring students. >> we have another shooter. the school is going to need to be cleared. >> reporter: the dance was about to end when bullets started flying. jacob wagner armed with a high powered rifle and a large ammunition clip took aim shooting a couple as they left the dance. a young man was hit in the leg. his date grazed by a bullet. students inside forced to take cover. >> i was just shocked and surprised that something like this could happen in a small town. i was completely in disbelief when i hear

. >> matt klein came from new york's lower east side by way of the battle of normandy. >> i came here warm weather was much better for me. >> but there was a lot of g.i.s during the war here, right? >> they saw a world that they didn't believe. >> during world war ii, miami saw a massive influx of military personnel. hotels, which had seen a sharp drop in business, made a deal with the government to house troops at the empty resorts. >> they told their parents about it. their parents came down, son came down, they opened their businesses here, and they were basically jewish at the time and that's how it started. >> by the fall of 1942, more than 78,000 troops were living in 300 hotels in miami and miami beach. >> how long have you been running the deuce? >> i took over in 1964. half of my life i've spent here. miami beach has turned over at least six times since i've been here. all i need is "miami vice." they put it in there. this was their favorite bar. >> it makes sense too. >> still, it was very flattering. the same as how flattering it is to have you here. >> i love this place. i

looking through the lower east side, we'll have a really nice afternoon and the high, thin cirrus clouds and there are clouds off a storm system to the west and the upper level winds carrying those across with a great afternoon on the way, and going through the afternoon, the winds will warmer today, 60s at the coast and 70s inland and showers overnight tonight and tomorrow and the sun returns on wednesday, a picture-perfect die wednesday, and the uv index, a 7, an hour to get a sunburn and if you are really noticing the sinuses, it's the tree pollen. it's busting out. last week it was birch, and now, it's oak. long island, 62, and 57 at bridgeport. the coastal sections will be cooler. here is the wind we're talking about coming right in the the water temperature is 54, and so with the wind coming over that, it makes it cooler. there is a boundary here and a front here and the 2 will give us showers and thunderstorms tomorrow. so a mixture of clouds and sun and a really nice afternoon and the temperature, 71. tonight, cloudy and temperatures, 57, but that's comfy for this time of year an