melissa: crime is down under de blasio. the nypd says murders and shootings this year are the lowest in recorded history, but new yorkers are nervous about a spike in slashings. female: makes me scared, a little nervous. male: overall, he tries to help out every community. melissa: in recent news, the mayor brokered a deal to include gay groups in the st. patrick's day parade. his signature pre-k programs are growing each year. his relationship with the governor is still tense, but the state passed a higher minimum wage after de blasio helped put that issue on the map. the mayor says he's working to with the people more than he was at the beginning. female: i like that he's accessible. melissa: now, mayor de blasio faces a new controversy. federal investigators say they're looking at his campaign fundraising. bill: we are very, very careful about doing things in a legal and appropriate manner. melissa: the feds probing whether two generous de blasio donors in the real estate business gave police commanders lavish gifts and

. >>> plus, more problems for mayor de blasio. charged with a crime. >>> good evening am i am dick brennan. we gin with that bombshell report that claims the mayor may have a violated campaign finance laws. cbs2's political reporter marcia kramer has more tonight on these developments in the new york city corruption scandal. >> reporter: sources telling cbs2 say that cyrus vance has in his hands a scathing report on mayor de blasio's efforts to influence a 2014 senate race. i have determined that reasonable cause exists to believe a violation warranting criminal prosecution taken place, wrote chief enforcement counsel risa sugerman. the violations discovered by the investigation can only be described as will will and flagrant. the board's investigation centered on whether team de blasio violated the law by funneling big bucks contributions to senate candidates. it was sent to local county committees which gave the money the move circumvented contribution limits. $10,300 was the limit to candidates. $102,300 for county committees.

if he had the opportunity would challenge de blasio. he might reconsider if he felt he could win. >> reporter: fox 5 reached out to diaz. his team had no comment. seek re-election for city comptroller. should be interested. steve: thank you, liz. breaking news from new jersey. joe beerman over the scene of what appears to be an oil sheen in the hudson river. >> i'd call it an oil splic -- slick on the hudson river north of the george washington bridge. the u.s. coast guard is in route up here to try and figure out where this oil slick is coming from. one of the key indicators is there's a marina up here that it might be coming from. but it's a fairly big oil slick on the jersey side, runs from two miles north of the bridge down to about the gw. you can see it mixing with the water. they'll have to test the samples of the water, go back and test the fuel in the marina and see the big mystery. dari: thank you. the current governor of new jersey and former one teamed up today. chris christie and jim mcgreevey met with clients in newark to

. >> right now allegations mayor de blasio broke the law. will the city's corruption scandal lead to city charges? >> my niece said it's a miracle. >> a hidden danger derails a pamly's holiday plan -- a family's holiday plan. a bomb shell report finds mayor de blasio may have violated campaign finance laws. sources telling cbs 2 that manhattan district attorney cyrus vance has a scathing report on mayor de blasio's efforts to impact the 2014 senate races. the violations discovered by the investigation can only be described as willful and flagrant. the board's investigation centered on whether team de blasio violated the law by funneling big bucks contributions to democratic senate candidates in a pass through scheme. the money was sent to local county committees which almost immediately gave the money to the candidates. the move circumvented contribution limits. $10,300 was the contribution limit. the board's investigation came republicans in puttal county. cbs 2 first told you about this two months ago when terrence murphy demanded a federa

it came just three days after mayor de blasio reversed course himself. lawyer after the feds started questioning members of the real estate industry about de blasio's campaign fundraising activities, the story cbs 2 first told you about last week, mayor de blasio turned around and hired one of the best criminal defense attorneys in the country, barry burke, asking him to -- >> reach out to the u.s. attorney's office and offer any assistance we could provide to let them know we are happy to work with them. >> reporter: burke represented former police commissioner bernie kerrick in his federal fraud case. sources say that dio will continue to participate in the federal probe but the commissioner will not be briefed and will not know about the progress of the probe that targets and how the case is developing. >> thank you. >>> stunning revelations now surrounding former new york assembly speaker sheldon silver. federal prosecutors say the man who was once one of the most powerful lawmakers in help them. cbs 2's tony aiello has more now on the circus in alba

de blasio. state senator terrence murphy complained that a large influx of cash was being funneled from new york city to his democratic opponent in hudson valley. city and federal prosecutors have launched criminal investigations in to de blasio and his team questioning if the mayor and his aides deliberately broke campaign finance laws to get more democrats elected. >> mayor de blasio, the hudson valley is not for sale. this is clearly a statewide corruption scandal engineered by the mayor of new york city. >> the mayor's staff told reporters today he would not but de blasio and his attorney have stated since the story bloke that he did nothing wrong. >>> now to the mayor's budget. money to run new york city now on the table. $82.2 billion. that's the mayor's proposed budget for the next fiscal year. only four states in the country with bigger budgets. key items, $160 million to close the health and hospitals gap. that's counting on state and federal funding to help out. what if they don't do t

again, you be the judge. >> mayor bill de blasio made a promise to us. the animal rights community brought along this community and created campaigns that put him in office. reporter: will the bosnian team have been accused of breaking election laws by directly funneling money to specific causes and campaigns are nonprofits. these allegations are mostly connected to bill de blasio's failed efforts to help democrats gain control of new york state senate. it should be noted that prior to the report be made public that bill de blasio quietly shuttered his personal nonprofit "campaign for one new york." the timing is suspicious and now that we know these investigations have been going on since january by the third investigation is connected to a complicated new york city real estate deal involving the sale of a nursing home. bill de blasio's approval ratings are at an all-time low. city continues to decline. and now we have a mayor that seems to be way over his head. possibly part of a criminal proceeding. >> the man investigating him, sheldon silver and dea

. >> reporter: mayor de blasio reacting to the nypd's announcement that deputy chief andrew capul executive officer patrol borough manhattan had been removed from his post relieved of command responsibilities pending further review. it's in connection with the ongoing federal probe of whether cops received gifts in exchange for favors. probers reportedly asking whether capul took a paid trip to las vegas to attend a super bowl party. the president of the captains endowment association which represents capul says he is confident the deputy chief is not a target of the probe and he has cooperated. he is a dedicated hard working police commander he said. this sullies his unblemished career record. last week the commissioner removed four of his most senior commanders from their posts, two lost their guns and badges as did a detective who took the fifth before a grand jury. the mayor says there's no faith in their police force. >> let's just get real about the facts. there are some individuals who may have made a mistake. they will suffer those consequences. but the entire police force deserves

like isis has a higher approval rating than de blasio. >> and i think de blasio is for sanders. >> heas doubled down. >> that is why. that is your answer why she is courting de blasio, because de blasio voters are pro sanders. >> and i think de blasio has been pro sanders, he has been sort of forced to endorse hilary. >> is it okay to profit from cooking the food of other cultures. it was posed to listeners after an interview with chef rick bayless. although he is from oklahoma with no mexican an secestory, h has been a expert in the area. they conclude, with things involves race and class in america, there's no easy answers. we will have to agree to disagree. >> if i did not know that this was legitimate, i would think that it was written by snl, we must import food, we cannot eat what our own culture came up with. >> it's a tribute. >> it's a tribute, people want to eat good food and i any it's a compliment. >> yes, jason what would you do? >> i'm jewish, i love chinese food, what do i do for christmas? it's insanity? i love italian food, i pick it by the men. >> wow. >> there's a t

live with the details. >>> mayor bill de blasio accused of breaking the law. the bombshell document that could lead to criminal charges. >>> saying goodbye to prince. friends and family bid farewell to the music legend as fans received pipes was -- cbs2 news continues right now. >>> i'm andrea grymes. the top stories are straight ahead. first vanessa murdock is live on the upper west side at the march of dimes, march for babies. that will get underway later this morning. good morning, vanessa. >> reporter: good morning. not far away now. registration opens at 8:30 a.m. the registration and then the walk begins at 10:00. the weather is spectacular. just a little chilly. let's take you to those temperatures. you can see what it feels like out here right now. current temperature, 47 degrees in the city. and 36 in moorestown. the past 24 hour temperature change is impressive. right now, 15 degrees colder in in moorestown, 23 degrees colder. we have wind chills in the 30s and low 40s. what can you expect this morning? if you show support for the march of dimes, mar

de blasio is facing serious questions about whether he actually broke the law in his efforts to help elect more democrats to albany. >> i believe everything we did was legal and appropriate. >> a defensive de blasio took to the radio on friday insisting he did not commit fraud. on wnyc john larry he'll cooperate with investigators. uncovered and i whack - and i welcome this being done. everything was done legally and appropriately. >> the daily news obtained this memo from the board of elections. in the 8-page document, the chief recommended that city and federal prosecutors begin criminal investigations into whether or not de blasio and his aids engaged in quote, willful and violations state election laws. specifically the board suspects team de blasio may have -- in their effort to help support specific democrats running for the state senate. the pay back for city hall according to the daily news will be more friendly to mayor's liberal policies. the stunning accusations, one democratic consultant was not alarmed. if anything at all, it can disappear in a week or two. >> as we wait

today de blasio insisted he's being investigated for doing something he called commonplace. investigators will agree. after insisting he would not be discussing the investigation -- >> if there is an investigation, i can't go into any details. >> reporter: -- mayor bill de blasio discussed the investigation on a radio show this morning, claiming what he is doing is no different than what other mayors have done. >> everything was done very meticulously and carefully with legal documents all along wait and consistent with what so many other people have done. >> reporter: it was an everybody else does it style defense, an investigation being done by de blasio's team, skirted contribution limits by steering much larger donations through upstate democratic county committees, which then allegedly passed on outsized checks to several democratic candidates, infuriating some republican lawmakers. >> mayor de blasio, the hudson >> reporter: election experts say while these transactions are admissible under the law, it would be improper to coerce a chain of such deductions with a goal of circumstanc

mayor de blasio's campaign lawyer fired back calling accusations politically motivated. dray clark is live at city hall with the story. dray, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, ken. mayor de blasio says he welcomes any investigation because he has done nothing wrong and he has nothing to hide. the allegations he is facing are serious. so serious that the mayor can't afford to keep quiet. he has to defend himself. mayor de blasio's campaign lawyer firing back at the corruption allegations in an eight page board of elections memo obtained by the daily news. it suggests the mayor and his team broke laws to help upstate democrats in a bid to take control of the new york senate. the lawyer says there is nothing novel about the candidates to the state senate other than your attempt to selectively criminalize it. it says and the leak is a highly prejudicial and motivated act. the memo questions whether de blasio's deem broke campaign finance laws to support specific democrats and senate -- in senate races. the mayor spoke about the growing scandal friday declaring his han

time to endorse her. de blasio responded about a joke about being on cpt. the joke caused a firestorm on social media. >> it is a phrase that is used, you know, by some people derisively, by some people humorously. but the bottom line is we were putting it in the context of a skit. the whole notion was to say here's this phrase and then switch to the other direction >> de blasio says neither his wife nor former mayor david dinkins took offense to the joke. >>> big allegations against a boys town charity that let three teenagers escape last year. wait until you hear the accusations. >>> an i-team exclusive, former police commissioner's fall from grace captured headlines. now an informant who helped put him away attacked. >>> and janice has a stunning forecast. >> that's right. just like today, but warmer temperatures later on this week. in the meantime we've got another cold night ahead with the possibility of frost and freezing ters. an economy. so does she. we need jobs that provide dignity and a bright future. new penalties to stop companies from moving p

. >>> mayor de blasio is fighting back. his lawyer is claiming the mayor's effort to raise money to help democrats take control of the senate were, quote, unquestionably authorized by law. >> reporter: mayor de blasio is none too happy about a scathing report. has lawyer fired off an angry letter to the state board of elections whose confidential memo was inprently leaked to the press. they wrote, i have determined that reasonable cause exists to determine a violent criminal warrant has taken place. willful and flagrant. de blasio lawyer disagrees. it is a complete disregard. adding that the way de blasio raised money is unquestionably authorized by existing law. >> we obviously received a letter from ms. sugarman. and the matter is under investigation. >> sugarman's report has reportedly led to a full-scale investigation. and united states attorney preferreira. it circumvented campaign finance laws. dede blasio's attorney is trying to find out who leaked the report. he also reserved the right to sue. >> the nypd is on the

. >>> mayor de blasio's political allies, the growing scandal at city hall. >>> imagine watching your children sail away on a cruise ship because you missed the boat. the dramatic new video. >> that is horrible. >> really bad. >> good morning i'm lori stokes. >> and thanks for joining us you are never more than 7 minutes away from weather and traffic. >>> we deal with deadlines every day people. be there. on time. >>> we have a very nice start to the day. the temperature is 51 degrees we are going to be looking at a beautiful sunrise, temperature 39, kingston, 33 at the fort. everybody else like 47 for nassau, suffolk county, long island, 41. today we are going to inch close to 60 degrees, but late in the day we have some rain coming so you'll need your rain gear after lunch time. we'll talk more about that and for tomorrow, which is a rainy day, too. so much needed rain coming. weather with heather every 7 the crossbronx? the process of being cleared away. long island railroad buses replacing trains. and we have the modified weekend schedule. new jersey transit buses, path trains are

did you vote for de blasio? >> she, but can't comment. >> i will tell you this, you've gotten so much flak about new york values in new york. you're not at this point going to win new york. do you wish you could take back what you said about new york values. >> not remotely because the values of liberal democratic politicians, the people of new york are suffering under them. you know, is with in buffalo recently. people are hungry for jobs and they're saying for example, if have the marcellus shale. there are people who have high-paying jobs because they're developing their resources. knucklehead liberal politicians in new york won't allow new yorkers to develop their resources and as a result, apparently they don't think new yorkers want jobs. let me tell you, here in the city, under bill de blasio, last year we saw murder rates go up. we're seeing homelessness go up. bill de blasio canceled stop and frisk and stopped monitoring neighborhoods where terrorists potentially congregate. that doesn't make any sense.

attorney preet berara and if de blasio violated the law by circumventing laws and big if de blasio violated the law by circumventing laws and big donations for candidates which is not allowed. probers are also reportedly looking into whether promises were made in exchange for donations. the mayor has defended his actions, saying everything they've done is legal and appropriate. he said this on monday. >> a lot of very good people are having their names dragged through the mud over these last few weeks. that's not right, that's not fair. >>reporter: cbs 2 has learned members of de blasio's inner circle who were subpoenaed include emma wolf, a top political adviser and the city's director of intergovernmental affairs, top fundraiser ross offinger and the consulting firm berlin rosen which works on the mayor's political campaigns. >>reporter: being subpoenaed means they can be questioned and must preserve documents. the mayor's spokesperson specifically said is of emma wolf that she is, quote, a highly-regarded public servant whose integrity should not be question. reporting live outside city

. >>> and a probe zeroing in on the de blasio administration, now targeting one of his most trusted aides. >>> good morning i'm lori stokes. >>> and i'm ken rosato. you're never more than 7 minutes away from weather and traffic. >> reporter: check out this beautiful sunrise. i was just punching up our camera here. look at it across the park. look how gorgeous it is going to be today. beautiful sunrise, temperature 48 degrees cooler, cloudier weather today. a great looking saturday. cloudy with rain sunday and showers next week to talk about. 43 around morristown. 47 around newark. cool numbers, grab a jacket, you are going to need that. cloudy this afternoon and by 6:00 some rain. you're never more than 7 minutes away from weather and traffic. >> reporter: good morning bill evans. >> reporter: routes 1 and 9 north, we have this problem and news copter 7 up above. john del giorno here to show us a picture. good morning. >> reporter: heather, good news, the accident is pulling away. this was a bad accident northbound on route 1 and 9 right at avenue c, in front of the wal-mart south of the

the team de blasio response? bull on tomorrow's daily news front page. the election commissioners who to prosecutors are two democrats and two republicans. >> they take their manners very seriously for. for them to agree on anything, is something big. >> reporter: de blasio's lawyer calls the leak of the memo perhaps politically motivated. that's being interpreted as a reference to governor cuomo, the lawyer who wrote the critical memo used to work for the governor. a spokeswoman for cuomo says all his office knows about this is what's been reported in the press. maurice? >> okay, tony. >>> score one for the nfl in its epic deflategate battle with tom brady. a federal appeals court today reinstated the league's four- game suspension against the new england patriots cornerback, brady was first suspended last spring in connection with the under inflating a footballs in a playoff game. it was overturned last year in a lower court, no word yet on whether brady will appeal this sports, otis will have much more on what's next in the case. >>> a school choir st

shakedown on new york city businesses by mayor bill de blasio. attorney is said to be probing a large cast of bill de blasio intimates, at the time, the mayor told me he thought the practice was normal. >> it is something that has been going on for a long time in the state. it is a very normal thing to provide support for party organizations. >> they say it is pay to play. >> the board of elections apparently does not agree saying that team bill de blasio's actions were done "in order to evade contribution limits and disguise the true names of the contributors. a spokeswoman for the mayor insists everything was done in accordance with the law. she says bill de blasio and tends to cooperate with the investigation. marcia kramer, cbs2 news. >>> and one u.s. attorney is also probing corruption involving contributions to mayor bill de blasio and has issued numerous subpoenas. >>> friends and family celebrated prince's life at a secret their money and minnesota. the singer was cremated yesterday. his remains will be stored at a private location. >> as

. >>> new york city mayor de blasio unveiled his plan. it totalled $80 billion and comes -- it includes $70 million to build a police pre-pre-- a police precinct. >> one of the biggest, most praed out police pre-sinks in the city is there's been a desire to create a new precinct to allow for faster and better response in the neighborhood. >> the mayor also announced new plans for dealing with the health care of new york. saying he warrants to target health care before they require a trip to the emergency room. his budget is $2 billion to the hospital program. among the changes, the city's aiming to improve funding, part of that plan includes making sure everyone has access to insurance. another part of the overhaul targets local health care centers. city hall wants to see longer operating hours and higher -- this is to curve the massive financial short fall expected in the next four years. >>> stocks are remaining closing at 7,990. >>> did he go too far? coming up, we'll tell you what one lawmaker said that's prompting outrage in the bath

. >>> mayor bill de blasio accused of breaking the law. bombshell document that could lead to criminal charges. friends and family bid farewell to the music legend as fans received priceless moment to those in his honor. cbs2 news sunday morning continues right now. >>> good morning. it is 8:00 a.m. i'm emily smith. >> i'm andrea grymes. the top stories are ahead. vanessa murdock is live at the march of dimes, march for babies. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, ladies. good morning everyone. we have people streaming in. good morning. how is it going? everybody is coming here for the march of dimes, march for babies babies. , along with me this way. if you look over here in the distance, eli manning is here. we will speak to him and about 10 minutes. by now let's take you to the forecast. temperatures starting off in it is chilly out here. certainly a windchill this morning. in the city, 48. feels like 43 right now in manhattan. the wind chill in montauk, 41. this morning, the opening ceremonies for the march of dimes, march for babi

. >>> a bold promise tonight from new york mayor de blasio. he says he will not again talk about the widening federal probe in to possible influence pedaling by two of his fundraisers. this is the same investigation that's sent scandal waves through the nypd. good evening at 11:00. i'm bill ritter. >> and i'm shirleen allicot in for sade baderinwa. the federal investigation by the u.s. attorney's office and the fbi now widening and where it might end, that's the big question. >> eyewitness news reporter jim dolan at city hall with our lead story. >> the mayor found himself in the uncomfortable position tonight of fending off questions about two brooklyn businessmen campaign in 2013 and who are now under investigation for their ties to four nypd commanders. >> we are very, very careful about doing things in a legal and appropriate manner. we're very, very careful about disclosing the support we get. >> reporter: some of that support came from these two men, jeremy reichburg on the left and jonah on the right, a pair of brooklyn businessmen now

. >> new york city mayor bill de blasio. >> boo! >> reporter: a bronx cheer for mayor de blasio at the hometown opening of the mets baseball season as the feds start looking into his fundraising. sources tell us the united states attorney's office has started asking questions of members of the real estate industry about donations solicited by team de blasio including a former campaign manager. the move is an offshoot of the nypd corruption probe. while looking at ties to former chief of department phillip banks the phones of two businessmen were tapped who also served under the inaugural committee, two men, one on the left, one on the right. one gave $9,900 to the mayor's 2013 campaign. he also gave $50,000 to de blasio's controversial nonprofit campaign for one new york that was used to raise money for his initiatives and asked for help to get democrats to take control of the state senate. the other hosted a campaign for one new york fundraiser netting $35,000. a de blasio spokesman dan levitan said, we are fully confident that the

the business men who served on de blasio's inaugural committee are seen here in this picture. one gave $9100 to the mayor's 2013 campaign. he also gave $50,000 to de blasio's controversial nonprofit campaign for one new york that was used to raise money for his initiatives and ponied up $102,000 when de blasio asked for help to get the other man helped raise money for a fund-raiser that netted $35,000. a de blasio spokesman said we are fully confident the campaign has conducted itself legally and appropriately at all times. >> this is not a particularly good day for the department. >> reporter: police commissioner william bratton removed four of his most senior men from command posts. two lost their badges and guns. today, we learned how far they fell. deputy inspector james grant, demoted from commanding officer of the 19th precinct to working a desk in the medical division. deputy chief michael harrington from executive officer of the brooklyn housing division to a desk job in transit. deputy chief eric rodriguez demoted as executive officer of brooklyn south to handling fle

mayor de blasio is expected to propose two new projects when he releases his budget. the 2017 spending plan will call for the overhaul of city hospitals. more outpatient services, less in-patient hospitalizations. also new, s coocial programs will be rolled out on staten island cluding a brand new $50 llion indoor pool. also an expandea drug abuse treatment. >>> mayor de blasio releases his budget today a may get more questions on his campaign's fund-raising practices. yesterday he insisted his team didn't break any laws. that comes after a newly-rele sed memo from the state board of elections that charges de blasio's campaign with willful and flagrant violations dating back to 2014. >> it's outrageous. motivating it. a predecessor and so many other people live by the exact standards. i think it speaks for itself. >> de blasio's campaign is already under federal investigation. the probe of two of the mayor's donors led to the reassignment of several members of the nypd's toitp class. >>> hours will be held today in scar ale for lily love. no one is releasing the cause

will bill de blasio get that honor this year? >> i think it's unlikely that bill de blasio will have any engagement at the convention this year. >> reporter: for de blasio who aggressively sought the national spotlight since he became mayor follow-up from the corruption investigations has apparently dimmed his luster. >> he is toxic for the democratic party. i don't think clinton's will want to showcase anyone who has a challenge in the areas of big donor money. >> reporter: this after a week of stunning disclosures and subpoenas issued as part of a joint state and federal probe into how de blasio sought to raise money to elect a democratically-controlled senate to advance his political agenda. probers are seeking to investigate charges that team de blasio sought to evade individual campaign contribution limits of $10,300 by having donors make big donations to local county committees that in turn earmarked the money to specific candidates. if you do that, you are breaking the law. de blasio was grilled about that on the brian lar

metrocards. >> the best part is hillary clinton giving bill de blasio a high five. joining us for an early start on your money is alison kosik. >> let's talk about the markets. a rough start. markets are turning around from earlier losses. that's a good sign. asian markets are lower. europe markets are higher. u.s. stock futures are following their lead. on friday, oil prices soared 6%. that was not enough for wall street. the dow gained 35 points. s&p 500 and nasdaq closed higher. all three ended the week down 1%. president obama meeting with fed chair janet yellen this afternoon. they will talk about the economy and wall street reform. also on the table, talk about executive compensation for top financial executives and whether the big banks need to do more. i would like to be a fly on the

and the allegation is that mayor de blasio did. that 27-page memo alleges the mayor and his team knew exactly what they were doing. and how they were circumventing contribution limits. and gets specific democrats elected to the state's senate. >> from their very beginning where it was raised that they knew that it would be a specific candidate. >> that is illegal. >> that is illegal. >> but they contend that they have done nothing wrong and even hinted maybe the governor would help release that secret memo. >> how a state board of election officials would single us out, apparently not understanding how the state election law works and that they would need to leak their documents to the media, which in and of itself, that it might be a violation of the law and as i would find it telling. >> the governor's team said that cuomo was not aware of the investigation until reported by the press and also that the state official who would refer all of this for possible prosecution had to have it signed by the state board of election and two

mayor bill de blasio asked if he could unequivocally say h team broke no laws. faced new questions today, three days after the memo had asked them to donate to the obscure putnam county democratic committee, all to help upstate de mocrats in 2013 seize ontrol

state investigators have subpoenaed people close to bill de blasio . teresa perdomo has the latest. >> the mayor wakes up and this is what he will see . involving mayor dimaggio creating an element of fear. the post does not mince words. three advisors were recently served with subpoenas in the ongoing investigation into the mayor's fundraising practices. emma wolf is the mayor's director of intergovernmental affairs. he served as treasurer for the mayor's not-for-profit , campaign one new york. this is a consulting firm that works on his campaign in the city's teachers union was also served. the subpoenas came from the us attorney's office and the manhattan da. they are looking into allegations of circumventing campaign donation limits. it's in order to stack the statehouse with legislators agenda. he was directly involved in discussions with these political donors. the mayor's attorney responded to these reports with city hall has been subpoenaed . we are fully cooperating in the mayor has not been personally served. >> former new york state senator

de blasio was commenting why he was slow to endorse clinton. based on the colored people time, a joke about being late. >> it was a staged show, a scripted show, and the whole idea was to do the counterintuitive and say cautious politician time. every actor involved including hillary clinton and leslie odom, jr. thought it was a joke on a different convention. that was the whole idea. >> both the mayor and mrs. clinton has faced pushback. de blasio said people criticizing the point missed the point. >>> meanwhile, we have disturbing new video tonight. a traffic stop and a new york cop giving a driver a ticket and a piece of his mind about the cop's opinion about mayor de >> mayor de blasio wants us to give out summonses. okay? i don't know if you voted for him or not. i don't live in the city. i wouldn't have voted for him. he wants us to give out summonses. >> we are blurring the face of the officer because right now the nypd says it is investigating this case. no findings or actions yet. according to nypd statistics, moving violations have no

mayor de blasio denies the allegations. >>> a lot more news ahead here. the terrifying moments that unfolded as a gunman opens fire, wounding two people before being killed himself. that story coming up in our next half hour. >>> also ahead, pool plunge. look at that. what led a couple to crash into a swimming pool on their way to church. >>> and a sold out performance of "the king and i." why this show has a very special meaning to this crowd and to the actors themselves. >>> all right, rob. we have another pleasant day on top tomorrow. it's going to be cloudier, but warmer. then the rain arrives. we'll time out the arrival of the rain and we'll look at some you live life your way. we can help you retire your way, too. financial guidance while you' re mastering life. >>> well, a dangerous detour for a couple on their way to church in michigan. as you see, their suv landed in a backyard swimming pool. the driver lost control and hit an air-conditioning unit before smashing through ayfence and landing into the swimming pool. they were not hurt. >>> the uni

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 candidat

a new report in the criminal investigation involving mayor bill de blasio. did he violate election law. >>> a cab killed in a violent hit-and-run crash. the driver busted by police. why he should have never been behind the wheel. >> i'm joe torres. >> and i'm -- the man slammed into the taxi. >> the impact pushed the taxi across onto a sidewalk and into a pole. 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 s

mayor de blasio says he barely edknew two cona-oversial fund-raisers. sources confirm the two realtors for allegedly offering money to top police officials including banks. banks' lawyer saiu nothing was improper. can you elaborate at all on how well you did know them and whether you had any impression that something wasn't quite right? >> i'm going to start by saying i'm happy to take questions today but i'm not going to be speaking about this after today. in terms of these two individuals, as i said, i met them around the time of the general election. had not known them preefrs viously. haou spent little time with them in the scheme of things and not much at all in the past year. >> reporter: the man as his wife contributed the legal limit to mayor de blasio's general election campaign and $50,000 to the campaign for one new york, a fund the mayor created to help lobby for universal prekindergartein and affording housing.

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governor cuomo and mayor bill de blasio. we know he's looking carefully at de blasio's campaign fundraising activities. he's looking for two things. one, he's looking for violations of the law by which they used loopholes and maybe walk a little over that line. gone up to the line. we haven't crossed it. his interpretation may be different. they'll look for quid pro quos. i give a donation and i get something back for that. you're not supposed to get anything back. we looked at the mayor's list of donors and almost all of them we found had some kind of business before the city. so these people are not giving out of the goodness of their hearts. they're making business transactions. ernie: we heard the attorney for de blasio, de blasio himself, that this is politically motivated, inappropriate leaks and so forth. what do you make of that? >> it's good public relations ploy to say these aren't real charges. this is politically motivated. that's very thinly veiled accusation against governor cuomo. they're saying that the board

right now mayor de blasio is at an event in midtown. marsha kramer will have the latest on cbs 2 news tonight beginning at 5:00. for manhattan, andrea grymes, cbs 2 news. >> thank you. >>> several families are out of their homes after a car slam med into a building in new jersey. take a look at the damage left behind. janelle burrell is live. >> reporter: a lot of people are shocked by what took place here last night. crews are working to clean up the scene, to patch up the massive hole that was left in the structure of this building after the career careened right through this intersection leaving dozens homeless. >> i heard this big boom and then all the sudden a car smacked right into our tax office. >> this cell phone video capturing the car. the driver still inside. >> then all the sudden it was like a thousand cops out here. >> what was his demeanor? >> like he was drunk. >> two air bag s deployed and was left with minor injuries. post. this fire hydrant knocked off the foundation and the apartments above so unstable these familie

. >>> mayor de blasio will be in brooklyn later today. he is certain to face questions about his campaign's alleged democrats in 2014 in violence of state election laws. lawyers for the mayor's campaign fired back last night after a board of elections memo was leaked to the daily news. the mayor's lawyers accuse the board of trying to selectively criminalize common political practices. but community activist tony herbert is among those calling for the mayor to step aside. >> you have several different investigation going on, mr. mayor. we ask that you step down. you cannot honestly represent the city having these criminal investigations on your back. >> the mayor says he has done nothing wrong. he is offering full cooperation for federal prosecutors tracking the campaign fund- raising. more details in a live report at 6:30. >>> unprecedented back room deal between ted cruz and john kasich. they are struck a bargain to deny donald trump the necessary kasich will give cruise a clear path in indiana and cruise will stay out of his way in ore

it's part of the investigation into de blasio's fund-raising. melissa russo was there when the mayor was confronted with questions. >> reporter: mayor de blasio put on a big smile today looking business and usual as if his close circle of advisers being served with subpoenas wasn't front page news. >> i feel fine because everything we've done is legal and appropriate. >> the mayor's spokeswoman said that the investigation is not a distraction from serving the people. >> we're working just like we do every day. >> reporter: but it's not every day that investigators and the media are literally circling the mayor and his team. >> i've said before -- hey, guys don't knock each other over. we're going to fully cooperate >> reporter: the subpoenas are seeking documents and information related to the governor's failed effort to help the democrats in 2014. he solicited money from big donor to help youp state democrats that year. at the time donations the individual candidates were limited to $10,000 a piece. de blasioey's team has been accused of circum

attorney nor de blasio's lawyer would comment. in the newsroom, marcia kramer, cbs2 news. >>> moscow has used its warplanes to make a provocative gesture towards the united states. video from the baltic sea shows russian fighter jets buzzing a navy destroyer. flew by 31 times in simulated attacks this week, it does not appear however that the planes were carrying any weapons. the white house is filing a protest with nato. >>> next at 11, a thief on wheels. >> we found the box across the street. >> the suspect seen on camera stealing packages and then taking off on a skateboard. >>> a slab of concrete on the ground, dangerously close to the cars on a major highway. is not safe. (laughing) except making sure their tomorrow is taken care of too. financial guidance while you're mastering life. from chase. so you can. to take advantage of this offer on the 2016 volvo xc60 crossover >>> this warning to residents in brooklyn about a suspected skateboarding thief, seen on camera stealing packages from the day. cbs2's tracee carrasco has t

. >> 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 >> can you unequivocally say that you neither any member of your team violated finance laws? >> i can unequivocally say that. >> reporter: his administration, he says, has approached political fundraising the way his predecessors did. over the weekend de blasio's lawyer likened the allegation to a red light ticket for running a green light. >> i'm quite convinced the facts will show it was done legally and appropriately. >> reporter: when you see something done in this kind of fashion, when you see an inappropriate leak, of course it begs the question of motevation. >> reporter: today the manhattan da said he's been investigating city hall for months before this regulator alleged what she described as willful and flagrant violation of election law. it involved the 2014 race for state senate.

those same businessmen gave money to de blasio's 201 campaign. difficult de blasio says he's returning them and that was before the probe and before his own campaign was ever put under the microscope. >>> to breaking news in westchester county. two buildings destroyed, a third damaged. this broke out in a building on harriet street that appears to house a storefront church right there on the first floor of the building. news 4 is live there at the katrina with the latest tonight. ida? >> reporter: that's right, rob. residents in the neighborhood tell me there is a small church that operates on the bottom floor of the building that was set on fire. still a very active scene. unclear if anyone was in the church when the fire broke out. you can see firefighters on scene. they're still working in the back rear end of the greenhouse. that's where the fire started. at this point firefighters are trying to prevent it from spreading even further. again, this all started just after 2:00 this afternoon. the fire chief says it started in the greenhouse in t

mayor bill de blasio's job approval rating sings to an all time allow. 35% of people think de blasio's doing an excellent or good job. 62% think he's doing fair or poor. headed in the wrong direction. >>> former nypd officer peter liang won't be getting a new trial. a judge refused to toss out his manslaughter conviction. the judge said he didn't believe vargas intentionally withheld that. liang will be sentenced next tuesday. the brooklyn d. a. has recommended probation. >>> a brooklyn woman says her pleas to the building department were ignored for a year and now she's concerned her home isn't safe to live in. elgin elias says her walls have been cracking thanks to a construction project next door. these cracks started in january 14 when construction began. engineers say the cracks are structural damage from the construction and should be fixed immediately. >> you know how much this have to go through for this to happen. d. o. b. instructed the site in july 2015. the department has not received additional complaints concerning the construction work. elias took the construction compan

>> reporter: another day another problem for the de blasio administration. suddenly city hall has become the focal point of a major the mayor has not been named but some of the people around him are being called in. >> reporter: some of the most trusted aides have been served. a spokesperson for the mayor's office says we are not commenting on the details of the investigations. all followed the letter of the with investigators. emma wolf, a chief aide in the de blasio administration was given a subpoena. wolf is a highly regarded public servant whose integrity should not be questioned. the joint local and federal investigation is a follow-up to a report by the chief enforcement officer at the state board of elections. the report claims the mayor and his advisors broke campaign finance laws by finding a loophole in the system and including with political contributors to donate as much as 10 times the legal limit to democratic state senate candidates in 2014. the allegation is de blasio was funneling money to those candidates to help support his agenda in alba

it it involves the organization blasio to ban horse-drawn carriages. investigators are trying to determine if promises were made in exchange for donations. cbs2 political reporter marcia kramer asks the mayor about it. >> you ever talk to them about raising money for you? >> at city hall i talked to them how to get horse carriages off the streets of our city period. >> an ny class spokesperson says investigators have not contacted them but they'll cooperate fully if they do. >>> almost 8 minutes after the hour. millions around the world are celebrating earth day and making a conscious effort to protect the environment. >> and this year new york is taking a new step in going car free. ilona gold is live. >> reporter: starting at 10:00 this morning several locations free. that means some of the streets are going to close including broadway here in union square. today city leaders want the public to either walk or ride a bike to cut down on harmful emissions. earth day in the city. if you're commuting across manhattan, here's what you can expect from 10 a

. >>> also calls for mayor de blasio's impeachment. why two community activists say it is time for the mayor to go. >>> rob, we had another nice day, beautiful sunshine, high temperatures in the 60s throughout the entire metro area, but warmer and cloudier weather is on the way. we're also going to time the arrival of rain for you. it's all coming up in the full you live life your way. we can help you retire your way, too. financial guidance while you' re mastering life. >>> investigators in ohio now calling the deaths of eight family members a preplanned execution as the search for whoever killed them continues. the state attorney general also says marijuana grow operations were found at three of the four crime scenes. seven adults and teenage boy were murdered execution-style 60 miles south of columbus on friday. two babies and a small child were left unharmed. operation operation, and those who carried it out were trying to do everything that they could do to hinder the investigation and their prosecution. >> so more information com

> is de blasio in serious trouble? >> i don't think so. i think that we should not jump to any conclusions. there's a lot of smoke. we don't know whether there's fire until the conclusion of the investigation. >> reporter: the mayor's event was to highlight savings on water bills for new york homeowners homeowners. he only took a handful of questions on the investigations. it lasted under eight minutes before quickly leaving. jen: thank you. special justice activists primaries went. some voters in the primary malfunctioning ballot machines and polling places opening late. others dealt with missing and purged voter rolls. >> the election has many tools. unfortunately, i think often utilized to repress voters as opposed to opening up avenues for voting. investigating. mayor de blasio is promising $20 million to the city board of elections to help pay for the reforms, including improving poll worker staffing. steve: ted cruz and john kasich publicly teaming up to stop donald trump. jen: sharon crowley is here to explain h