le yang faces up to 15 years from prison. the district attorney has proposed probation and six months house arrest. a suggestion supporters agree with. one that gurley's family cannot stand behind. >> you hoodwinked us. people of color. your kind. hear from both the prosecution and the defense before making the ruling at 2:00 p.m. this afternoon. >>> one woman is dead is a neighbor hurt after a fire ripped through a home in brooklyn. flames erupted inside a 3-story house on fenmore street. the cause of the fire is under investigation but at this point it does not appear suspicious. >>> police arrested a new rochelle man suspected in the campus square. it started with a confrontation at a student event sunday night. students were told to stay in as police flooded the campus looking for a possible armed man. charges are pending against 24- year-old jean pierre fillcher. >>> a store clerk was back on the job hours after he was shot the struggle was caught on surveillance cameras. one searches forful cash. -- for cash. >> he was

they were angry the judge in the case delayed sentencing for officer peter le yang. to be the day former nypd rookie cop peter le yank learned his fate. instead we might learn if his conviction will be thrown out. supporters of gurley rallied to send a message. nearly 100 supporters demonstrating outside a it was a rally scheduled on what was supposed to be the day former nypd rookie cop peter le yang learned if he was headed to prison. a judge facing a charge of whether he perjured himself to get on the jury. >> instead of sentencing we have to wait until next week. >> reporter: michael vargas took the stand. at issue, when asked if anyone close to him had ever been but hours earlier in a same building in a different courtroom if a different jury pool, when asked the same question, vargas admitted his father had been con investigated, serving 7 years behind bars for an accidental shooting of his the defense arguing vargas wanted to make sure a cop did not walk for a similar type of shooting. and social media postings were shown showing vargas has a bias against cops.

, a judge just -- nypd officer peter le yang. the judge denied a new trial. >> he was supposed to be sentenced today, that was delayed while they discussed that hearing and we know the judge upheld his verdict. >>> we are going to head outside right now where meteorologist lee goldberg is. it is beautiful out there lee. >> reporter: so nice. he was checking out the marine forecast. waves are two to three feet tomorrow. i didn't know if you were going to hang 10 tomorrow. can we bring the audience up to speed? she is now surfer 8-k core. she did it on -- surfer anchor. she did it on vacation. >> we all got up. i'm happy about that. remake of point break. >>> winds are chilly along the coast and yeah the surf's up a little bit. but we have great spring weather and we are on day two here of what will likely be at least a 6-day stretch of dry weather and maybe even longer than that. let's look at a beautiful picture of central park. where by the way, channel 7's softball team opens the season with a 10-9 squeaker. congratulations to

le yang was found guilty of killing gurley inside a stairwell in a brooklyn housing project in 2014. his attorneys now want a new trial. >> i think this juror wasn't honest. i think this was a juror who has an antipolice bias, a strong one, and who shouldn't have been on this jury. >> le yang was supposed to be sentenced today but it is now been put off until next tuesday. >>> the battle for new york is in the final stretch. tonight the democratic presidential contenders face off in a highly anticipated debate. eyewitness news reporter dray clark is live at the brooklyn navy yard with more. >> reporter: both bernie sanders and hillary clinton have strong ties to brooklyn. bernie was born here and hillary clinton maintains her there are a million registered democrats in this borough. a bad performance tonight could be a very damaging one. the stage is set for tonight's yard. hillary clinton was tuning up last night at co-op city. vote for yourselves, for your grandchildren. vote -- your grandchildren. >> reporter: bernie sanders was packed into washington square park wowing thousands

the verdict against peter -- in brooklyn, the verdict against peter le yang will stand. what is next? >> reporter: basically the judge saying he doesn't believe juror 9 is smart enough he snuck his way on to a jury. to use the judge's words he says quote he doesn't believe intelligence and has shown over time he gives rambling answers to questions asked. at issue is whether vargas withheld his father's conviction for an accidental shooting. when asked during jury selection if he had any jury members close to him accused of a crocodile, vargas said no. he said he wasn't close to his father. but in the same building hours earlier for a different jury pool when asked if anyone he know has been accused of a crime he said his father for manslaughter. if the argument is vargas wanted to get on to this jury and off of that one by lying he could have simply said yes he had a bias to get off the jury. the bottom line the judge said the defense did not prove jury prove vargas conduct stripped the defendant of a fair trial. supporters on both sides have been very emotional about th

. >>> the guilty verdict against former nypd officer peter le yang has been upheld. a short time ago a judge in brooklyn denied a defense motion for a retrial. today for his ambulance conviction in khai gurley's shooting death. the sentencing was delayed by a hearing to determine if a juror misrepresented himself during jury selection. today the judge ruled the defense did not prove juror misconduct. >> i thought there was sufficient evidence there, where vargas was ducking questions and not forthcoming with the answers. >> this is a waste of taxpayer money. my nephew is being murdered over and over every time we have to come back to court. >> he is facing up to 15 years in prison however the district attorney is recommending no prison time. >>> still to come on eyewitness news at 6:00, a busy thursday night, trying to make it safer for you to buy stuff online. the community has created safe zones for people to deliver the goods that require face-to-face meetings that and rangers lundquist hit in the eye with a stick. ouch. >>> i'm meteorologist lee goldberg. creepin

afternoon in brooklyn supreme court on whether to throw out the conviction of police officer peter le yang. a juror failed to reveal his father had gone to prison for his attorneys want a new tr >>> going out to the staten island expressway toward bradley avenue eastbound an accident involving a motorcycle. watch for delays. metro north delays on the branch, new jersey transit on time, and also 7 train service changes due to mechanical issues. alternate side of the street parking rules are in effect for today back over to you ken. >>> thank you debby. time to check in now with meteorologist bill evans. we are looking at a great day today. the temperature is going to go right to normal levels. mid-50s by lunch and looking at temperatures around 60 for the afternoon, which is normal for this time of the year. above normal going into the weekend and next week. 63 tomorrow, 66 saturday. look at sunday, 72. nice and warm on monday, 76. a heads up tuesday primary day sun and clouds, 65 degrees on election day. have a great day. ken? >>> you too sir. that is the >>> welcome on back to "gma." happ