live tonight in oyster bay, long island, n.j. burkett, channel 7 eyewitness news. >> long way to go. >>> new jersey transit tonight defending its surveillance systems. the river line between trenton in newark and hudson county have audio and video surveillance. the agency's interim executive director said the tools are in place to keep passengers safe. we told you about this yesterday on eyewitness news. several groups have expressed concerns over privacy issues. >>> a brazen bank robbery in brooklyn. detectives now investigating the possibility the borough park heist was an inside job. $300,000 was stolen and as many as 100 safety deposit boxes pried open. the valuables inside just gone. investigators say the thieves cut holes in a chain link fence then climbed a ladder to the roof. they shimmied in to the vault. detectives now interviewing bank employees. stay tuned. >>> a wet start to the day but the sun as you can see finally how's the rest of the if you're doing everything right but find it harder and harder to get by, you're

most of long island at 25, closer to 35 degrees warmer this morning. a big swing in temperatures. sheepshead bay, 54 in staten island, 50s along the jersey shore. out east, 50 or better. mid and upper 40s. wree luck tant -- you can see the cloud cover is in place. showers may clip eastern long island this morning. this area to the west, that will start to fill on in. for the rain to pick up in intensity. future track, at 1:00, heavier showers. notice the areas of red and orange embedded in there. quick bursts of heavy rain possible. any time from noon through probably 3:00 or 4:00 in the afternoon, it tends to wind down. still showers out to the west of us, though. they have to get on through during the overnight hours. not a completely dry night either. tomorrow, 8:00 a.m. sunshine with a mix. clouds will build up as the atmosphere is chilly and unstable. a couple of string ls by 1:00, 2:00 in the afternoon. it should be a chilly day with the wind out of west, northwest. it's dry saturday morning and gets busy in the afternoon and evening. maybe even wet snow by evening. flirt wg

. >>> a small plane crashes on a long island street. the search for answers as the survivors recover. >>> and battleground new york. the empire state is crawling with candidates all vying for your vote. "today in new york" starts now. >>> crawling with candidates. >> the image. >> good morning everyone. it's monday morning. april 11th. i'm darlene rodriguez. >>> i'm michael gargiulo. chris is off. but raphael miranda is here. >> better weekend than last week. >> no snow in the forecast this time. that's always a good thing. there is some rain right now. you can see on storm tracker, we're dealing with some showers. very light and spotty. that's going to be the trend an active radar picture down the jersey shore. you do want to have the umbrellas to be on the safe side even though the rain will be light. milder, starting out at 44 degrees. by the afternoon, back into the 50s. today's high 58 degrees. it's breezy but a nice warm breeze out of the south. more on the rain coming up in a few. lauren scala is here with a look at your commute.

show you skyfox hd over long island expressway. a tractor trailer flip other carrying garbage causing this backup westbound l.e. exit 49 because of that accident enclosure causing this huge delay in service road is backed up. if you want to use northern state as your alternate that's a good idea to void it pull all closures closed westbound by exit 49, 110 because of a debris spill from a garbage truck there that flipped over. that's garbage they're trying to clear out of the way before 4:30 in the morning. the survivors was adrian haslett she was a professional dancer before she lost her leg. >> president obama tweeted thank you for being boston strong terror and bombs can't beat us. we carry on. we finish the race. it's great. two other survivors who finished yesterday were patrick downs and mark they lost a leg during the bombing also. >> terrorism is really perverted thing, peace, and love and goodness will always prevail. and something that we have felt for the last three years -- but i've felt where i was up there running. >>

then we have long island rl, long island railroad, metro north. l.i.e. going west right near exit 19, woodhaven boulevard, that is an accident. and then we have an accident on 78. it's eastbound side, the local lanes, the ramp to exit 58 in newark, it's closed. the truck is carrying 900 pounds of frozen chicken. >> whroa! >>reporter: now, the chicken is not all over the roadway, it's contained in the truck, but they still have to get out there and upright that truck. pulaski skyway closed down starting at 11:00 tonight lasting until monday morning at 5:00 a.m. they're preparing for a new construction pattern which begins on monday morning. and route 7 it's emergency construction between charlotte circle and fish house road. one lane is closed down in both directions. we have alternate side of the street parking rules in effect for today. ken, lori, over to you. >> heather, thank you. >>> officers remain on the scene right now of a police- involved shooting in new jersey. >> yeah, the sound of gunfire was heard throughout a usually quiet neighborhood. it

owner and employee at a long island gas station put their lives on the long and help police catch a suspected robber caught on camera, wait until you see this in nick's express store while police say his two accomplices distracted them, he goes straight for the register. allegedly grabbing $600. the suspect grabs a hammer and breaks the garage window and be able to see him crawl out and with him again. >> why did you go after him? >> i can't let him go. arrested chris, jason and heather in connection with the crime. >>> more disturbing news about the zika virus spread by mosquitoes linked to a birth defect and nervous disorders, may cause a condition similar to multiple sclerosis. the results will be in the meeting of neurology. policy to use bathrooms and locker rooms based upon their gender, identity not gender at birth a vote had been set for february but was tabled when parents opposed it. >>> the time is 5:48 in our next half hour california changing the way women can gain access to birth control how they can get the pill without a prescription. >>> up next saving your wallet and saving

. >> there's a node for housing on long island. these units are 95% rented already. >> reporter: still with rents exceeding $3,000 the train station and they look gorgeous. it should help the community. >> reporter: and farmingdale official say this development has dramatically decreased store vacancies in the downtown area just a couple of blocks from here. we're in farmingdale tonight, greg cergol, news4 new york. >>> have you heard of something called the grandma scam? we've got what you need to know to protect yourself. plus this -- >>> hoped it up and pulled it out and i was like, this is a gun here. >> a 14-year-old boy finds an assault rifle dropped off at his doorstep by mistake. where it came from and why it back oh she's impressed. we're catchi pular hd channels and unlimited calling. twc's home wifi is so strong we can use all our devices at the same time. so we can all watch whatever we want. and that's kinda cool. ack today and get installed as >>> tonight firefighters have finally contained thatrt es since saturday. a

we will start on long island. this is matt in selden. 40degrees where he is. his comment, today was an improvement. ready for warmer weather. yeah, i think people are ready for warmer weather. we have some warmer weather heading our way this week. that's good news. elaina says 44 degrees. her comment, after a chilly start this turned out to be a very pretty day but clouds rolling in. yeah, i think it was. i think it was a beautiful day. the chilly side, even in the warmest part of the day, the sunshine definitely made it feel better. adam says it's 41. his comment increasing clouds weekend. we are taking a live look outside. this is times square. kind of hard to make out the clouds with all those lights. we do have a thin layer of it's 46 degrees. winds out of the south- southwest at 13 miles per hour. so here are the highs around the area today. upper 40s to the low 50s. 51 the hotspot newark. bridgeport, central park, laguardia all reporting highs today of 50 degrees. now, at 50 it's a full 9 degrees below where we should be. almost 10 degrees off the mark.

long island. the governor is the first of the 3 candidates to campaign before the state primary. kasich will host town hall meetings in huntington. away from weather and traffic. >>> we got ourselves a mess on our hands. lights on the west side of the screen. central park south on the right, there, the intersection where the plaza hotel is, 432 park, tallest building there is so far in the western hemisphere. down the jersey shore here. we have skies that are cloudy, the wind is bouncing the camera around. morris county, burrgon county, to the bronx, if you are traveling north, you got a mess, rain comes in today. not looking at a lot of rain. maybe a half inch of rain. it's a steady drizzle, chilly wind southeast, all in to the afternoon, rain pitch temperature 50 degrees. feeling like 40s, dress warmly if you are going to the stadium. the knuckle heads will be there, most all of them, 3 out north, rain showers elsewhere. 3 out of 4 knuckle heads surveyed say have your rain gear. weather and traf

ongoins headaches out here on long island. these are live pictures over the westbound side of the long island expressway between exits 48 and 49 in the melville area. we have an overturned garbage hauler. you can see garbage all over the roadway and the cleanup continues. in the meantime,ng.l westbound lanes remain closed. this happened way back at 3:00 a.m. this morning. you can see here all the delays heading back toward the east. the westbound traffic right now at a complete standstill. you're backed up to bagatell road. stay with jericho pike for the time being. we'll continu: to keep you up-to-date. i'm kai simonsen, emily, what does the rest of the traffic look like? >>> the tractor-trailer is overturned on the belt parkway that's in the right lane. then also at the george washington bridge, the lower level under the apartments, the center lane belongs here with a crash bveking things up 20 minutes to the upper level. it's building closee tp a half hour. we'll finu those big delars. 80 westbound, exit 57, two lanes block

most of long island in the 40s. you will need the jacket early on but not in the afternoon as it turns much milder. a southwest wind will take hold. we see high clouds out across pennsylvania that will move in our direction. the rain-making clouds entering indiana and ohio still hours from getting in here. one more dry day today. enjoy it. take along the shades. a fair amount of sun mixing in with the clouds. a forecast high of 75 degrees. that takes care of weather. you know what that means, let's check out traffic with lauren. >> a remind their we do have the united nations convention today. so you will see closures on the east side, 1st avenue from 42nd up to 48th. 44th through 46th will be shut down between 1st and 2nd. and 42nd street. leave yourself extra time if you're coming in from the east side a live look outside, the alexander hamilton bridge. things moving along nicely. work on the cross bronx expressway, some minor delays there. more weather and traffic ahead on the fours. >>> new this morning, we have

new jersey transit, long island railroad, metro north doing just fine. one train fast track repairs, no trains between 96th street and dykeman street until 8:00 a.m. then the west side highway going north right here 125th street they are still doing that emergency activity where they are checking out that retaining wall just to make sure that everything is structurally safe. so we have two lanes closed down. looking at a web cam, showing that you l.i.e. accident that shoulder is getting by. street cleaning rules in effect today. is killed in a late night hit and run. police are looking for the driver who sped away from the scene. diana rocco is live in a storia with the -- in astoria with the latest. >> reporter: a 45-year-old man was crossing the street around 11:00 last night in front of the boys and girls club when he was hit. police are looking for the driver that never stopped, left the man to die in the street. the 911 call came in just after 11:00 last night. it happened at the corner of 21 it is street and 30 -- 21st street and 30th road. the man

there's the long island expressway in queens by the grand central parkway. it is quite wet out there. no construction slowing you down here but the weather certainly will. so leave yourself plenty of extra time. alternate side parking rules are in effect. we'll have more weather and traffic coming up on the 4s. >>> thank you very much, lauren. happening now, police are searching for a person of interest in connection to a shooting death of a brooklyn man. the nypd released the surveillance video of the man they're looking for and say they want to question him about the killing of 28-year-old harold kower. kower was found with multiple gunshot wounds. >>> a man terror rised and robbed elderly omen in brooklyn and now he's off the streets. pod lice arrested him after weeks of being on the run. "today in new york's" tracie strahan has what happens next live from downtown brooklyn. tracie? many neighborhoods where the assaults and robberies took place with people asking us what it would take to catch this suspect. in the end, clarence jones was finally apprehend

and we'll start with a live look at the long island expressway in queens out by marathon parkway. this is just after the cross island. there's road work out there with people tapping on their brakes a bit. delays are not too bad, but i'll let you know if that changes. then heading over to a much better picture, here's the tappan zee bridge where things are moving nicely on both sides of the span. we did have an accident northbound on the new york state freeway just before exit 10 that so a decent rock in rockland county, ride in rockland county. more weather and traffic coming up on the 4s. >>> new information on a slashing at grand central terminal that started apparently with a fight on a train. "today in new york's" katherine creag is live with what police are telling you right now. >> reporter: yes, we just lkeded to the detective minutes ago, michael, and the detective told me the weapon used was a large knife. the victim was slashed in the hand. his hand bleeding. he ended up running to the token booth clerk at the subway station here saying that he needed help right away. an

live tonight in lakeview, long island, n.j. burkett, channel 7 eyewitness news. >>> new at 5:00, a 6-year-old boy hospitalized tonight after he was hit by a car in brooklyn. that little boy was crossing the when a lexus sedan slammed in to him. he was thrown under an suv that was parked nearby. firefighters had to rescue him. the little boy rushed to lutheran medical center in critical condition. the driver did stay at the scene and so far no charges have been filed. >>> a supervisor in rocklin county stepping down from two board posts amid a scandal over a stadium. supervisor christopher st. lawrence was indicted last week on federal and fraud corruption charges for allegedly lying about ramapo's finances and using millions of taxpayer dollars to fund a ballpark. st. lawrence has pleaded not guilty. >>> a nun accused of drunk driving in new jersey convicted and sentenced today. the judge in southern new jersey decided to suspend sisterly kimberley miller's license for 90 days and fine her $257 plus fees. the nun claimed she ha

the frost advisory is here, towards the eastern long island. from brook haven, all the way towards shelter island, towards the east end to the lighthouse, montag. a lot of sunshine, nice day today, the front that's to the north, that drops down slowly tonight across the tristate area. watch the clouds cover the north. upper 70s today and to the low 80s. tonight, seeing the front driving down, the front is coming down, the air mass is dry as the front comes from north sound, a back door front when it comes north-south opposed to most of the normal weather west-east. the front slips over us, cloudy tomorrow morning to start the day. look at the temperature, 9:00. 62 degrees. the cooler air comes in, warm to around 70 by afternoon tomorrow. still 70 is going to be above normal for this time of the here. cooler at the beaches today. temperature around 70. the warm air surge is ahead of the front. plenty of sunshine, cooler at the coast today. 80 inland areas. 56 five bureaus. clouds in the morning and sunshine breaks through, breezy and cooler, arou

we are seeing showers on long island. a few showers into sussex and warren county, and up to the hudson river valley, and you're swinging a i ross rockland county, orange, sullivan, and the heaviest leading eastward, and as that pushes eastward that will be gone by 5:30, and there's a few of the lingering this front will bring a shower or thunderstorm today. after the next shower swings through, we will begin to see the sun break out for a time. the wind goes southwest, warming us up to 71 with the front to get here with showers and thunderstorms for the afternoon. be ready for that. that could produce gusty winds, frequent lightning, and the possibility of hail with the thunderstorms swinging across to the southwest, and we will talk about that in a moment. heather has the commute for you this morning. wet roadways out there. >> this is suffolk county, l.i.e., and you can see traffic is moving, and you can tell the roads are wet, and the sagtikos near the northern state parkway. the conditions are wet out there. use caut

. >>> tonight several people on long island under arrest for allegedly dealing heroin. prosecutors say the suspects deaths. this is in suffolk county which has the highest number of overdoses in the entire state. long island reporter kristin thorne is in riverhead with the details. >> the suffolk da says the law does not allow prosecutors to pursue homicide charges against these defendants but he says at least getting these people off the streets will perhaps cut off some of the supply. >> reporter: prosecutors say 21-year-old ian dunn was responsible for three heroin related deaths, one involving a mother and her 19-year-old son. >> cell phone examination, eyewitness identification puts dunn at their home selling drugs at 6:30 p.m. they died or were found dead six hours later. >> reporter: prosecutors say dunn's supplier was this woman, ulissa el monte. investigators say when they they found 200 grams of heroin and tons of crash. her 2-year-old daughter was also there. elmonte's family was distraught after leaving court this morning. >> do you want to say anything to s

congestion on the long island expressway. by the grand central parkway, westbound, lots of cars and trucks out there. then heading over to the gowanus expressway, similar look past the belt merge through industry city. plenty of people on the roads. no problems on the roads. no problems on the rails. that includes your major commuter lines and your subways. more weather and traffic ahead on the 4s. >> lauren, thank you very much. >>> police are looking for a street vein tore who is suspected in a slashing in midtown. police say an argument broke out between a teen and that vendor on fifth avenue and 31st street yesterday. that's when witnesses say the vendor slashed the teen in the chest. the teen was taken to the hospital. >>> a man faces charges accused of trying to sexually assault a little girl in brooklyn. hall exposed himself as she walked to school tuesday morning. the girl was able to get away. hall is facing several charges, including attempted sexual abuse and public lewdness. >>> detectives right now trying to sort

long island railroad, new jersey transit doing fine. webcam looking on to the 59th street ed koch bridge not a bad ride off the span. effect. ken, over to you. >> heather, thank you. >>> police are searching for a suspect in an attempted rape in manhattan. investigators are looking for this man, a woman told officers a man followed her into the once inside he pushed her her. he then tried to follow her into her apartment but ran off when a man in the apartment came to the door. >>> federal lawmakers are pushing for emergency funding zika virus. charles schumer said it should concern new yorkers since the southern half of the state is in the range of the mosquito that carries the virus. the specific mosquito won't be president until -- present until june or july but with summer approaching, now is the time to act. >> they need preparation. they need the dollars. we have been successful with eradicating mosquito-borne diseases. if they have the money, they can solve the problem. >> this past week a senior senate republican said a vote wil

showers screaming toward long island. you'll have a shower or two in rain is now in pennsylvania and is coming our way. today we are looking at low 50s by midday. here comes the rain by 10:00, noon time. notice red spots in there on the guidance here. a heavy downpour of rain maybe thunder or lightning. by the time we get to 5:00, the rain is gone. yankees are at 4:00, it is probably delayed and they'll get the game in. there might be a passing shower during the game but they'll play tonight, just take your rain gear. tomorrow cooler, temperatures tomorrow in the afternoon in the low 50s. that will be great weather for the mets home opener at citi field. once again the passing rain for today going by and 5:00 or 6:00 it is gone and then i want to show you saturday on the guidance. saturday there is an alberta clipper coming. rain in the morning that creeps up by noon time. that low spins rain into the area but that, off to the west is snow. and that will mix in. saturday evening saturday night, wet snow as that passes by,

much of long island, brooklyn and queens dropped from that advisory. we're in between showers now but there are more headed our way from the west. >> we're following breaking news in california where police are chasing two suspects in a convertible mustang. this is taking place right now on the streets of hollywood. you can see this car is going at a high rate of speed. at one point they put on quite the performance, even doing donuts. it's not clear why cops are in new york state, we believe tomorrow starts today. all across the state, the economy is growing, with creative new business incentives, the lowest taxes in decades, and new infrastructure for a new generation attracting the talent and companies of tomorrow. like in rochester, with world-class botox. and in buffalo, let us help grow your company's tomorrow - today - at business.ny.gov making their voices heard. they filed suit over violence in a public school. these parents in the group are called the families for excellent schools and they say the d.o.e. does not do enough to protect childre

most of long island in the 40s. you n d the jackets, northern half of new jersey starting out in the 30s. it is dry. because of that a red flag warning really in all of the state of connecticut. winds there stronger, so the risks higher. brush fires for the rest of us. 67 the forecast high. just the beginning of another warming trend. how is the commute? >> it's good. traffic is light on the roads. a live look outside, we'll show you the grand central parkway, jul st past the q gardens interchange. the taillights heading into the l.i.e., but no problems out there on the roads. a live look now over at the george washington bridge. very minor delays into the upper level tolls, lower level doing fine. more weather and traff coming up on the fours. >>> now to the results to the new york presidential primaries. both donald trump and hillary clinton scoring big hometown victories. they both move closer to cementing their national presidential nominations. the big wins were clouded by controversy when it came to casting vo

long island is one of the chillier spots. we're talking 70s for most of us this afternoon, a chill in the suburbs early on the . the city is around 50. low to mid 40s in the hudson valley. eastern suffolk county has a fost ed a frost advisory in effect, but a full day of sunshine heading our way. high clouds at times this afternoon. 74 by noontime. a little lunch break outdoors let's see if the commute still sounds good. emily west in for lauren. >> we have the closure on 84 eastbound between exit 5 to 5a. a truck accident with debris spill. ongoing road work on the sawmill closes the ride between 120 and marble avenue. a look at the l.i.e., the westbound ride towards us. volume over. coming up on the fours some soub subway delays. i'll have more about that. >>> in a little more than 24 hours from now, poll also open across the state. katherine creag is live in long island where bernie sanders will hold a rally. this is the last full day they can campaign. >> reporter: absolutely. you won't just see thousands of people around

long island railroad, metro north doing just fine. subway service is running on or close to schedule. and then as you travel onto the west side highway north at 125th street, we still have that emergency activity. it was a possible retaining wall collapse, crews are out there, they're checking things out. southbounders, that's where you're going to find most of the delay. northbound looks pretty good. our street cleaning rules are in effect for today. ken, lori, over to you. >> all right, heather, thank you. >>> dramatic video showing the real-life danger of fighting fires. flames quickly surrounding a heavy-duty construction vehicle with the driver inside. >>> uber drivers getting ready to rally today against newark city leaders. >>> and we're following where a light rail train has struck a vehicle. service on the newark light rail is suspended. we'll get an update from newscopter finding colon cancer early gives me the best chance for treatment. we got screened because i know colon cancer i was worried about the cost but got screene

developing story on long island. firefighters battling a raging fire that destroyed several condos. >> his legacy will last lifetimes. the question into prince's sudden and shocking death at his home. >> a live look outside. our streak of dry weather is about to come to an end. >> i'm ken rosato. it's friday, april 22nd. you are never more than seven minutes away from weather and traffic. >> you saw the hazy look from the george washington bridge. we have the hazy look when you look across central park. that is the jackie onassis reservoir to the left and out to flushing bay. 63 on this southerly wind coming up. 62 laguardia. by noontime. 80 this afternoon. a cold front comes by. not a wash out but you may run into a shower. weather and traffic every seven minutes looking at the l.i.e. >>> this is the l.i.e. westbound side. you can see the police activity. there were about 5 to 6 police vehicles earlier. so, it looks like some of them are starting to pull away. you can see the delay traveling on the l.i.e. this is th

it hasn't been good especially for long island. first the lie, talk about eastbound traffic such a mess. pictures from skyfox hd over the scene not too long ago, early morning accident closed all still remains closed this is traffic being diverted off of 106, 107, exit 41 since early this morning. investigation is going on. fatal accident, why it is taking so long. eastbound traffic jammed as well as westbound. go back to our maps. eastbound, that is the delay you're dealing with. try the northern state. everyone is already doing that. westbound traffic back up the to and fire by glen cove road as you approach. that is blocking a inla. bronx, southbound major deegan backed up to westchester, 230th street, northbound rubbernecking delays. go to cameras. this is lie as you approach glen cove road. i mentioned the car fire. traffic moving a little better. traffic still slow and space between the cars. trains, running on or close to schedule. street cleaning rules are in effect citywide. greg and rosanna. >> thank you very much. hit it

long island suffolk county fine on l.i.e. for your commute in new jersey good. cameras tack a look at the staten island expressway by clove road to us to verrazano brenl normal delay eastbound. windchill outs for an accident by slawson avenue. 59 the street bridge had a problem this morning on upper level. traffic slow. the traffic you see mooing that's the express lane. hov lane heading to manhattan a stall and accident leaving slowdown it on 59th street freeway. gwb 0, 5 express. other o approaches five to ten. 495 to lincoln tunnel a 30 to 40 holland 10 to 15 from each after trying brookside crunchy clusters, @carlybeyar tweeted: at this point, i should just be a brookside chocolate ambassador. well, i am sorry, carly... s something you earn. fios is not cable. we're wired differently. in the last 10 years our competitors have received a few awards. but we've received a few more, including jd power who ranked us highest in customer satisfaction for the third year in a row. only fios has the fastest internet on the most awarded network. internet tv and phone fo

nearly 500,000 wifi hotspots with select plans. >>> and we continue to follow breaking news on long island. two people were hurt after a gun accidently went off in a doctor's office. newscopter 7, as you can see, is over the scene on long beach road in oceanside. >> this is what we know at this point. nassau county police say two people accidently shot, one in the leg, one in the foot. both were taken to the hospital with nonlife-threatening injuries. we have a crew headed to the scene. we don't know why a gun was at that site at this time. as soon as we learn any information, we'll bring it to you with the details. >>> the suspect accused of murdering a man in the manhattan subway station is now in police custody. by police in philadelphia. he's accused of stabbing herbert burgess to death. police say velasquez went to the scene and stabbed him. >>> a new report of a shakeup in the new jersey state assembly. in a published report, bergen county democratic party chairman lou stalatto says a high ranking democrat approached him -- peter reportedly says he has the support of the majority dem

new jersey transit, long island railroad, metro north doing just fine. we still have this issue as you go onto 22 west right near park avenue, overturned vehicle. all lanes remain closed down, and we also have an issue west of this problem in bridgewater. we have newscopter 7 up above. we'll check in once again with john. any progress there, john? >>reporter: well, heather, a little bit of progress. you can see that a tow truck has finally pulled up here to the scene. this accident has been out here now for about an hour and a half. we're on southbound route 202, route 206 right at route 22. a lot of people familiar with he are right outside bridgewater -- we are right outside bridgewater commons. that suv overturned, crashed into a utility pole. the pole and the wires are now down op the roadway and we've got ourselves a traffic mess. once they get that car out of the way, we still have the wires down in the roadway to deal with. so i think this closure is going to be here for quite some time. let me take you through the traffic, though. the southbound

alternate side in effect. >>> a pilot and passenger survive a fiery plane crash on long island. small plane crashing in the middle of a neighborhood. an update on their condition ahead at 6:30. >>> former defensive end for the saints killed in a road rage shooting. details on the gunman under arrest. the oscars maybe over, we haven't seen the last of the year's best movies. which blockbuster came out galaxies ahead of [ laughter ] thousands of blue tags. thousands of low prices. this price is so low. trying to make me eat my greens? no, just trying to save you some green. whaaat?! thousands of blue tags. thousands of low prices. >>> police are on the scene, this is off of atlantic avenue, in ozone park queens, see the evidence markers in the middle of the street. the shooting happened just before 5:00 this morning. two males walked in to jamaica hospital, a few blocks from here and reported their own gunshot wounds, one shot in the leg, the other one shot in the thigh. reported to be non life threatening. police called the level one mobilization here, the scene of the shooting,

. >>> investigators looking into what caused a plane crash that zeroed two people on long island. shortly after takeoff, the tried to circle back when it dropped, hitting trees and a utility pole and crashed on to third street before bursting into flames. >> it didn't hit the utility lines and trees in the road, that's nothing short of a miracle. both occupants of the plane are alive, also a miracle. >> the pilot and apparently were airlifted to stoney brook university medical have and both are expected to recover. the police department and aviation administration are both investigating. >>> if you take a look outside the window, it's 55 degrees and you can see the clouds and wonder when will the sun return, bill? >>> maybe a little later a peek it's 54 on long island and rain for tomorrow, and then a warm up on the way for the rest of the week. more on that coming up in just a moment. don't go away. >>> a new report, what's in your water? disturbing levels of lead throughout new york state. >>> a new report shows at least once in the last three careers career -- years as many as

two people were shot when a gun accidentally went off inside a doctor's office on long island. it happened this morning on long beach road and oceanside. nassau police say one person was shot in the foot. 9 -- the other in the leg. police are investigating. steve: preliminary charges have been filed against a key suspect in the paris terror attacks that killed 130 people in november. abdeslam was in a french court today. his arrest triggered terror attacks several days later on a left 30 dead. the 26-year-old charged with terrorist murders and possession and use of bombs and weapons. dari: ted cruz says the race is not over and he's turning to an outsider to spark his campaign. he's tapped businesswoman and former presidential candidate carly fiorina to be his running mate should he win the nomination. she joined cruz a short time ago in indianapolis. >> in naming her as my vice presidential nominee, i am telling you she is someone you can be confident in if the occasion should arise to be commander in chief and keep this country safe. >> i've had tough fights all my life. they

now to an accidental shooting inside a doctor's office on long island that injured a doctor and a retired nypd officer. as cbs 2's raegan medgie reports, patients and neighbors are stunned. >> reporter: inside this building on long beach road in nypd officer was showing his licensed handgun when a gun went off. >> i think it was about 10:00 early in the morning right at the going of our day. we saw all the police cars, ambulances, s.w.a.t. teams, crime unit. they were pulled into the parking lot. >> reporter: hope pearlstein was work your waying inside her spice outlet store when all the activity drew her and her sister outside. she was working inside. >> there were all kinds of cop cars and bulletproof vests and they took each person out. >> reporter: one person police say was the retired nypd officer. >> he seemed to look okay. >> reporter: police say the retired officer was struck in his thigh. the bulletined through his leg then hit the doctor in the right foot. >> he was on the gurney texting somebody. >> reporter: he was brought to south nassau community a hospital spokesman says th

long island voters decide on dean scully. visible seats only serve out the remainder of the return and in the fall they >> if you have problems, report for a special hot line. eric snyderman announced he has a hot line staff i attorneys in the civil rights bureau. 107 71 , 7755. >> peter liang learns his fate after killing a car regularly in a brooklyn housing complex stairwell. it was back in 2014. he is facing up to 15 years in prison. brooklyn da has said that he recommended five years probation and six months home confinement with 500 hours of community service. gurley's family is not happy and they call it an adequate . >> a lot more still to come. the first arrest in connection with the nypd corruption. we will tell you what role an orthodox jewish leader aubrey is watching her feet and the forecast. >> is looking really good. temperatures at 630 and that's the normal high for the day. we will go with above average readings and we'll see clouds this morning with sun breaking through. it's breezy today and dry. you could

rosanna: it is going to rain. long island expressway. rosanna: lots of traffic in that area. greg: eastbound and westbound. rosanna: donald trump. he worked the crowd. >> lying ted. he puts it down and then he lies. if ted cruz came today, he could not draw 100 people. rosanna: anyway. lots of demonstrators. rosanna: a long welcome.

live in rockefeller center long island. cbs 2 news. >>> more now on campaign 2016, a new york's primary election, hillary clinton and donald trump where the big winners in yesterday's voting in the race for president. >> janelle burrell joining us live here with more. trump and clinton reveling in winds pulling off double digit victories in what both >> i can think of nowhere that i would rather have this victory. >> today you proved once again there is no place like home. >>> most needed empire sized wins for both of the empire state favorites. the billionaire native pulling off a decisive win celebrating with family and hometown crowd. now donald trump is hoping to ride this momentum all the way to the republican convention. the gop front runner confident he'll have the most delegates and even if he doesn't get exactly all of the 1237 votes needed he says the republican party has no right to deny him the nomination. >> nobody should take delegates and claim victory unless they get those delegates with voters and voting. >

also the southwest wind continues to push in fog here around jfk and out across the south shore of long island here around fire island and eastward. so we're going to be looking at what will be temperatures today that will be very warm. we also have a wind advisory in effect for saturday night, sunday as we were showing you. so, really, we're going to be looking at what's going to be a couple of showers this morning. the front is back here to the west, and with the front sliding eastward, we'll have these gusty thunderstorms popping up after lunchtime today. so you see a shower and a thunderstorm here with temperatures in the low 70s, but look at the south-facing shores by 4:00, 61 degrees here. that's that southwest wind. then the front pushes through tonight. but look at saturday. saturday is cooler. there could be a passing shower saturday in the afternoon a passing shower. and then look at sunday overnight. so if you're traveling overnight saturday into sunday morning, this colder air pours in here for sunday. look at 5:00 a.m. temperatures, 40, and it's not going to get much warmer than t

sanders held a rally in long island city. polls show him trailing clinton, but you wouldn't know it from the throngs he has drawn. >> this is a movement getting the establishment very, very nervous. [cheers and applause] >> haven't seen somebody, somebody this coherent about most issues in a long time actually being taken seriously in politics. >> while huge rallies have been a fixture of sanders' campaign, he spent part of the day yesterday meeting with voters one-on-one. he again showed his support for striking verizon workers. >> i just want to say a word to thank all of you for the courage to stand up for justice and against corporate greed. [cheers and applause] >> clinton was also out and about. she visited st. johns riverside hospital in yonkers, met with newly-unionized workers at a car sun day named -- sundae named for her in the east village. the shop's owner had high praise for clinton. >> she's been, since a long time a fighting for us as people for many years. >> clinton also held a get out the vote event alongsi

developing story on long island. firefighters battling a raging fire that destroyed several condos. >> his legacy will last lifetimes. the question into prince's sudden and shocking death at his home. >> a live look outside. our streak of dry weather is about to come to an end.

showers over connecticut, long island. back in to new york city and jersey shore and parts of westchester. it's getting more widespread and steadier late morning, peaking around 2:00 or 3:00 in the morning. then trying to make a quick exit during the morning commute. patchy showers later on tonight. cloudy and windy. spotty showers, about 50. tomorrow, 59. breezy and milder. periods of heavy rain during the midday and afternoon. maybe a delay for the yankee game if they were to stagger it in to the early evening. shower in the evening, otherwise mostly cloudy. mets should be dry. here's the deal on saturday. there will be a storm that's pivoting underneath the area. look how there will be a band of snow. the trend has been to bring it farther north. that's pretty good snow. too close for comfort. we'll be watching that for you. windy and cold on sunday. 46. we do warm it up in to early next week. not for good. but we'll be in the 50s to around 60. i think one more cold shot in a week's time, then spring will be here on a c

of the new york state senate still on the line this morning after special election occurred on long island. the former republican senate yesterday, but less wind too. doesn't that look great? morning long. we get to see this everyday without that cloud cover. going to be a beautiful day today and tomorrow. we're going to talk about that. first things first. temperature this morning 50 degrees, nice and comfortable around the five boroughs, a little cooler north and west with these clear skies. to our west is warm air. you can kind of see the line of the warm front back from washington d.c. up toward lake michigan. that will come up over us tomorrow and then this rain to our west will come to us in the afternoon friday. but today a really nice, refreshing spring day. 55 at 10:00, 62 at 1:00, 67 this afternoon. that's a little bit above normal for this time of the year. kids at the bus stop, grab a jacket or a sweater. you'll need that. and then after school it'll feel great. you can take that off and enjoy 67 degrees and sunshine. next week lugnuts, huckleberries, there'll be a whole new li

out across long island, in the upper 40s. west westhampton, 49. dry conditions and windier conditions this afternoon. that means fire danger, the risk is higher throughout the af rnoon hours. be extra careful out there for today. but look for sunshine after some morning clouds. itokurns partly to mostly sunny for the afternoon. it does get breezy with a high temperature at 71 degrees. we'll get the first check on our traffic now. >>> the lie is currently closed as they try to upright a truck there. we'll look at the lower george washington bridge, looking opne. the lincoln and the hollaalnd are okay. more weather and traffic coming up on the 4s. >>> to decision 2016, the path to the white house today runs right through new york. weeks of campaigns lead up to today. polls open in 90 minutes and with katherine creag in ndchappas a. a lot of people are watching that area, cat. >> reporter: we are in the street because secret service isn't allowing us tha close to the school. so we have to park just a little ways down the road, but we should see mrs.

this was -- >> bring it, lee. >> this was long beach island this morning. 65 to 68 in long beach island. >> that's really nice. i have 3 inches of snow at my house. >> we don't tell you to live where you live. we have a lot of clouds. visibility has improved a little bit. the clouds have started to lift. almost looks beautiful out there. northeasterly wind at 7. pressure on the rise. 44 for your high and that's 13 degrees below average. amazing considering we were touching 80 early last week. that's the record back from 1892. rainfall today over a half an inch in some places, most of this in poughkeepsie was snow. we have rain mixing over to snow in long island. montauk, .7 of an inch of rainfall. the northeast. we're dropping to 29, hopewell junction. watch out for slippery roads off to the north. long island, wet snow over here. you can see right where the front is. that's the wind shift flying right there. that's why it was so mild to the south but now those colder winds are beginning to work in from the north. gusty north wind. rain and snow showers winding down. notice gusting to 3

plus this. >> police on long island searching for a man accused of robbing 9 stores on long island 6 of them dunkin' donuts we'll have a live report coming up. >>> tens of thousands of verizon workers are expected to strike this morning i'll explain why coming up. >>> giving the cold shoulder to a certain kind of cancer how disease caused by acid reflex. . >>> live from studio 46. this is cbs news this morning. >>> it is 5:30. 41 degrees you can ditch the umbrella, highs in the 50s the weather will only get better from here traffic and weather coming your way. >>> less than half an hour tens of thousands of workers are expected to go on strike across the country and here in the tristate area we're live at one of the locations. >>> first business after business robbed on long island person could be behind the crime. good morning i'm chris wragge. >>> i'm mary calvi thanks for waking up with us a man wanted in a series of knife point robberies in nassau county strikes again. >> the latest hold up last night, janelle burrell live in north valley stream with more this morning, janelle. >

trains long island railroad babylon until noon today. hudson bergen light rail we have this issue it involves the overhead wire. six trains express 125th union square suspended between 139th and 96 -- 95th. >>> prescription drugs were found in prince's possession when he died. law enforcement officials tell abc news drugs were also found inside the musician's home. the drugs included opioid medication. if drugs were involved in prince's death the dea may be called in to join the death investigation. investigators are still awaiting toxicology reports. >>> a 13-year-old boy is in the hospital after being shot by when they say he refused to drop what looked like a real gun. this picture was released by police. it turned out to be a replica of a semiautomatic pistol. the boy was spotted holding the replica handgun yesterday afternoon. the boy took off running and they shot him in the leg when he refused to drop what they assumed was a real gun. >> i put my own eyes on it. it is an absolute identical replica semiautomatic pistol. those polic

for now we are live in lakeview, long island, n.j. burkett, channel 7 eyewitness news. >>> police in brooklyn searching for a sexual predator who tried to rape a jogger in the park. the woman says the man grabbed her from behind in prospect park this morning. he threw her to the ground, held her at knife point and tried to sexually assault her. the woman managed to fight him off but cut her hand in the struggle. the man then took off on foot. >> this is one of the safest parks in new york city, prior to this incident there were no serious reports of crimes that took place and we want to have a very swift and aggressive response not only from the civic and community groups. >> the woman's cut required several stitches but she is otherwise all right. >>> and we are learning new details on the arrest of a suspect known as the so-called ninja burglar. police say robert costanza led a typical life despite taking part in a crime spree that spanned decades. he's accused of committing more than 150 burglaries across the tri-state stealing mor

police tonight are asking your help finding the thief who stole long island last month. the chair belongs to 10-year-old cody. cody has leukodystrophy and cerebral palsy. police tell us his chair was taken from the family's suv, but the family tell us it was taken off their porch. his mom says although cody can walk a little bit, she needs the chair when he leaves the house. he weighs 60 pounds and carrying shim a struggle. >> it's the only way i can think about it and not be sad is that somebody needed. maybe more than we did. maybe it was somebody homeless who needed to sell it for money and didn't have food, didn't have somewhere to sleep at night. >> wheelchairs are often stolen and sold for parts or scrap. the family is hoping insurance will cover the chair. >>> the new york security council will vote on a bill that could restrict costume characters to certain areas in times square. a committee gave the green light that designates commercial zones where workers can ask for tips. the move comes after an uptick of complaints over aggressive >> let's go back to janice