as he was led away in cuffs but police say yesterday he was out of control behind the wheel at hicksville's broadway mall cutting off a car, shouting obscenities and then rushing up to the family inside. >> he did spray pepper mace into the vehicle which hit the occupant of the vehicle, his

. >>> a man urn under arrest, robert cutoff another driver at the interest to broadway and hicksville, the 58-year-old suspect allegedly sprayed pepper spray into the other drivers car who had 14-year-old son and 19-year-old daughter. la bell is charged with assault. >>> a man is under police after police say his backpack caused a road to be closed for two hours police got a call about a service road. >>> determining the balance of power in the new york state senate. >>> dean skelos will give him the majority now split at 1 seats. there is no clear winner. >> reporter: after casting they are waiting for the votes to be tallied. >> came down to the wire, we've going to pull this out. both were vying for the district 9 state senator left own by dean skelous charged after using his power to get his son for no show consulting jobs, no matter whcomes out victoryious they'd like to see a change in character in senate. >> i'd like to see somebody who for the county. >>> i'd like some honestly in pans out. >>> the unofficial numbers are in. according to in nassau county board of elections kam

robert labeta cut off another driver in hicksville on tuesday. the two men got into an argument and that's when la bella is accused of pepper spraying the >>> a teacher facing weapons charges entered a not guilty plea. 26-year-old jason adams did not appear to court for that hearing. he's accused of bringing a gun to the middle school not far from where sandy hook happened. concealed firearms on school grounds are illegal in connecticut. adams is on administrative leave. he's due back in court next month. >>> it's been planned for nearly 100 years. the infamous second avenue subway is only months away from opening. or is it? today andrew siff put the mta chairman on the spot about whether the decades-old project can really open in time. >> it's not going to open in december. >> reporter: skepticism runs deep on the upper east side these days, even deeper than the second avenue cav earn erns which looked like this and is due to open in eight months. >> we'll see. >> aits it's a long history of construction delays with mta. >> reporter: the challen

as he was led away in cuffs but police say yesterday he was out of control behind the wheel at hicksville's broadway mall cutting off a car, shouting obscenities and then rushing up to the family inside. >> he did spray pepper mace into the vehicle which hit the occupant of the vehicle, his 19-year-old daughter which was in the passenger seat and his 1-year-old son in the passenger seat rear. >> reporter: was this out of character? his sister and girlfriend ignored reporters as they left court in hempstead but his police got it all wrong and that labella was the real victim. >> my client may have accidentally cut some people off and they chased him and got out of their vehicle and started attacking him. >> reporter: the attorney says labella had no choice but to use mace in self-defense. but police say witnesses who tried to stop labella told a different story. >> he was pushed into a vehicle and received lacerations and pain in his arm. >> reporter: because of the way labela used mace he is charged with criminal possession of a weapon. >> thank you. >>> dangerous weapons and rounds of ammo

for a long island man accused of pepper spraying people and brawling outside the broadway mall in hicksville. police arrested robert la bellea for assault. they say he cut off a car in the mall parking lot and then sprayed the driver and his two children who were in the car with him. bystanders then jumped in to subdue la bellea, but police say that he fought his way free and was later found at his home in sea cliff. >>> 4:57. just ahead on eyewitness news this morning, the votes are in primary and the frontrunners emerge victorious. we have live team coverage of the results for you this morning. >>> new details this morning in the lead-tainted water crisis that's hitting flintcious michigan. the leaders facing charges. >>> get ready for another sunny day ahead. meteorologist bill evans has your exclusive accuweather forecast. it is a pretty one. channel 7 eyewitness news this morning is coming back in just two minutes. (vo) you were born. you live in westchester. you live in the hudson valley. you live in the bronx. you're more than one person. you're many people. you're a community. you kn

all the way down oyster bay ro up to route 107 where bethpage meets hicksville on long island. they're ready for march for. it is still early. we're told by protesting grorous ey would get here about now. they are arriving. we have seen donald trump suppters. they come up to the light. cross the reet. about a half mile, many on shuttle buses by the way. they make their way down to t gum man studios. -- when he speaks there will be a lot of attention and focus on his comments. what does he say for the loss wisconsin. what will reaction to positi monmouth poll that came in today? is ready to claim many of the 95 delegates avlable here in the state of new york on april 19th. most of these people passing by, those are mostly donald trump supporters. e protesters on one side. the donald trump supporters on the other side. so, we're going toead in, deirdre after we speak to you, to see what trump has to say for himself. the speech doesn't begin until 7:00 tonight. deirdre: we'll be checking in withou throughout the evening, connell. good luck. thanks for the report. meantime connell

is accused of pepper spraying a man and his children and brawling outside the broadway mall in hicksville. police arrested labella. they say he sprayed the driver and his two children in the car with him at the time with pepper spray. bystanders jumped in to subdue labella but police say he broke free. he was later found at his home in sea cliff. >>> firefighters rescued a dog from a burning home in rutherford, new jersey. they found the house, as you can see there, fully engulfed in flames. this was about 11:00 this morning. that's when they learned the family's dog was inside. firefighters raced in the backdoor and managed to rescue the animal. dog and everyone okay. extensive damage and some minor damage as well. >>> still to come, we'll continue to follow the fire that's now smoldering on long island. we'll bring you the latest in a few minutes. >> plus, an ambulance crashes on the southern state parkway. two people are killed. new details behind what caused the crash. >> criminal charges filed in the flint water crisis. i don't want to live with the uncertainties of hep c. or wonder

i'm standing in the middle of the road where beth page meets hicksville on long island.y a busy intersection. at this time of day they've closed the intersection down to the main intersection peter is showing you down the line here. the local police tell us they could fit thousands of protesters inside these barricades a couple of hours for now if they have to. they're pretty much ready for anything. local immigrant groups and local progressive groups. a number of union groups have been telling us online they'll be here to protest. as for trump himself, there's a lot of political entry as for the loss in wisconsin last night, trump has been uncharacteristically quiet. no morning tv, just the one tweet saying he's happy to be home. we'll see what he says tonight. we've been told to expect something of a campaign in transition, more serious policy oriented speeches. it looks like that will start another day. this is expected to be a class rancic large trump rally. protesters and all. >> all right. they've worked well in the past and they're going back to that for the time

the hicksville-bethpage area around 7:00 tonight, you should expect extensive traffic delays. we're live in bethpage, kristin thorne, channel 7 eyewitness news. >> thank you, kristin. and remember to make eyewitness news your home leading up to the primary. follow us on twitter and on facebook, as we follow the candidates. >>> frightening moments on long island when a school bus erupted in flames, moments after the children ran off. this video shows the empty bus, near lakewood avenue in merric this morning. you can see thick, black smoke, rising from the bus that is fully engulfed in flames. authorities say when the bus stopped at the light, all the kids got off. no one was hurt. the fire appeared to start in the engine. >>> new at noon, parents on alert, and a search is under way for a possible predator who tried to lure a 12-year-old girl. that girl said he she was walking home from school on van court avenue in osnick. when a man approached her he marcus solis is live with more. >> reporter: van portland avenue, the girl working her way down the hill. when the attempted lu

long island man accused of a road rage attack involving pepper spray outside the broadway mall in hicksville. police arrested robert la bellea for assault. they say he cut off a car in the mall parking lot and then he spray the drive and his two children. bystanders jumped to try to subdue labella. police say he fought his way free and then picked up by officers at his home in sea cliff. easter day bunny brawl in new jersey. are set to appear in court today. the brawl was caught on camera at the newport mall in jersey city. 22-year-old kasim charles dressed as the east ever bunny and 44-year-old juan jimenez guerrero are both charged with aggravated assault and disorderly conduct. guerrero is accused of attacking the bunny after his child fell off his lap. >>> 6:44. a woman suing an e-cigarette manufacturer after she suffers severe burns when one of the devices explodes. katrina williams says she was stoped in her car in queens when something similar to a firecracker went off. her e-cig exploded in her pocket, giving her third-degree burns. now the 26-year-old uses a cane to help her walk an

if they get a few thousand, south oyster bay r road to route 107 where bethpage meets hicksville on long islaland, thy could house all protesters here, keep it secure from m the even. half mile drive where donald trump speaking 7:00 tonight. two big events. protesters here, trump event inside. a lot of attention on both especially what happened last night, david, in wisconsin. david: will be interesting. my heart g goes out to the folks in bethpage. they're in for quite a show. thank you, connell. good to sesee you. melissa. melissa: republican candidates turning their attention to new york. how crucial is a win in the empire state? ed rollins, former reagan political director. monica crowley online opinion editor at "washington times." they're both fox news contributors. thank you both for joining us. we move here to new york where ted cruz accused donald trump having new york values. he said it in a way not to be nice. yuck, he has new york values, yuck.. now he is asking new yorkers to vote for him. ted cruz. >> trump has new york voters if he maintains 50 percent plus he pretty much

investigators say la bellea attacked a man in his kids and sprayed them with pepper spray at hicksville's broadway mall on tuesday. >> he did spray pepper mace in the vehicle which hit the occupant of the vehicle, his 19- year-old daughter which was in the passenger seat an his 14- year-old son which was in the passenger seat rear. >> my client may have accidentally cut some people off and they chased him and got out of their vehicle and started attacking him. >> mace is legal whens used in self defense. but because of the way la bellea allegedly used it, he is possession of a weapon in addition to assault. >>> the city council has approve add plan to turn brooklyn's east new york into a mixed income area. it is the first of mayor de blasio's 15 proposed neighborhood rezonings to create affordable housing. the east new york plan is expected to create 1,300 affordable apartments over the next two years. they'll go to families making between $23,000 and $70,000 a year. critics say far more market created that affordable units resulting in displaced families. >>> the flint, michigan water cr

for a long island man accused of pepper spraying people and brawling outside the broadway mall in hicksville. police arrested robert la bellea for assault. they say he cut off a car in the mall parking lot and then he spray the driver an his two children. bystanders jumped in to subdue labella but police say hen up fighting his way free and found at his home in sea cliff. >>> let's get a check on the your morning commute with heather o'rourke. lori, relief on the 5 trains. we had signal problems at pelham parkway, those signal problems have been repaired. then we had this problem on 495 going eastbound. so this is your entrance to the lincoln tunnel. that accident has been cleared away. but coming around the helix, going into the tolls, it's going to be about 45 minutes inbound lincoln tunnel, the holland is 40 minutes. the george washington bridge has a 30-minute delay. we have alternate side of the street parking rules in effect. lori, back to you. >> all right. thank you, heather. evans and your accuweather forecast >> well, as you can see we got sunshine, a beautiful morning here and you

we've guilty a little rain through yonkers into hicksville. there's a little bit of shower activity, not a lot. just watch out. you want to make sure. going to be some slippery sidewalks. another area of low pressure brings if some rain. tonight it's mainly dry, more clouds than sun. it's cool though. east wind will do that, my to upper 50s. that's about it. then saturday better of the two weekend days. wet on sunday. just want to see if this number has changed. this is a model run. it still has us at about an inch of rain. that would be for your sunday. that's definitely more of a soaker. hey, i tell you what. what's going on now kyla. >> we've got the roads and the subway to talk about. let's start with the roads. in scotch plains we have an accident with angier turned vehicle and downed wires. it's got all lanes blocked on route 22 westbound at park avenue. watch out for that. then in bridgewater we've got route 202, 206 closed southbound. that's between route 287 and route 22, and that due to an accident downed pole and also some wears to