off in the distance, those are trump protesters and there are many nassau county police officers out here keeping a close eye on them. >> reporter: nassau county police designated a free speech zone, an area for trump protesters to gather, demonstrate, and explain why voters should not elect donald trump as our nation's next president. >> he talks about women, immigrants, and muslims and attacks them in such horrible ways. that's not what a presidential candidate should be doing. >> he doesn't care about the environment at all.

the description and the long knife used seem similar to the pat american nassau county. a live probation report suffolk county at 6:30. >>> new this morning, the suspect accused of murdering a man in a manhattan subway station is now in police custody. julio vazquez is accused of stabbing herbert vergus toth. did the victim was selling metro card swipes when he took 1 dollar from the suspect's father and she called her that's when he came to the scene and stabbed vergus. >>> this man used a white marker to draw a swastica on five different locations in marine park, including someone's front door. all the incidents happened on monday. >>> 6:03, jumping now to the race for president. it was a winning night for donald trump and hillary clinton. trump says he now considers himself the presumptive nominee. he scored overwhelming wins, and he says hillary clinton will be easy to beat, but clinton won four states last night, pennsylvania, maryland, connecticut, and delaware, and rhode island went to bernie sanders who continues to fight on even as clinton and transfer turn their

>>> now at 6:00 breaking news in nassau county. a face moving fire destroys several businesses. >> another huge fire, this time in brooklyn. three buildings burned to the ground. where the investigation is focusing this morning. >> teaming up to trump trump. ted cruz and john kasich are joining forces to keep the donald out of the white house. good morning, i'm lori stokes. >> i'm ken rosato. thank you for joining us. it's monday, april 25th. you are never more than seven minutes away from weather and traffic and we begin with meteorologist bill evans with >> we got an october sunrise. sun up in two minutes as we look from our camera on the roof past the whitestone and throgs neck bridge out to flushing bay. we will have a nice day with a mixture of sun and clouds. 48 at oyster bay. 51 hempstead. 4 around eastham be ton -- east hampton. the wind coming from the south will mace the south facing shores cooler. 71 this afternoon. got a shower and a storm to talk about for late tonight and tomorrow in your accuweather forecast. heather

the description and the long knife used seem similar to the pattern in nassau county. a live report from suffolk county at 5:30. >>> new this morning, the suspect accused of murdering a man in the manhattan subway station is now in police custty. julio vazquez was tracked down by police in philadelphia. he's accused of stabbing herbert vergis to death. the victim was selling metro swipes when he took one suspect that's when vazquez went to the scene and stabbed vergis. >>> a man is drawing swasticas over marine park. this man used a white marker to draw the symbol on garbage can lids and more. >>> a major setback from the key figure in the nypd restaurant scandal. hamlet beralta is being held on $5 million bond, and his alleged victims include two businessmen linked to the federal and state investigations of mayor de blasio's investigation. >> he has not been formally charged with an indictment, and i ask that people wait to the juries when we start a trialment. >>> a veteran officer has been stripped of his badge and gun, refusing to answer a federal grand jury's quest

off in the distance, those are trump protesters and there are many nassau county police officers out here keeping a close eye on them. >> reporter: nassau county police designated a free speech zone, an area for trump protesters to gather, demonstrate, and explain why voters should not elect donald trump as our nation's next president. >> he talks about women, immigrants, and muslims and attacks them in such horrible ways. that's not what a presidential candidate should be doing. >> he doesn't care about the environment at all. he cares about promoting business, promoting what makes money. he basically i feel like wants to be the god squad for the environment. passionate protesters were trump's faithful followers. five hours before the start of the standing room only rally, supporters of the republican presidential frontrunner boarded buses to grab security. among the loyalists, one man who does not endorse trump's anti-immigrant, anti-mexican rhetoric, but will vote for him anyway, and david cast is latino. >> actions speak louder than words. what he's been doing before in his past

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and nassau county police want to keep it that way. >> nassau county we're not going to tolerate violence. everybody is more than welcome to express their views. we'll protect everybody's rights. >> reporter: now, south oyster bay road between grumman road and route 107 and all of grumman road from south oyster bay road will be closed until 10:00. the rally starts at 7:00 so if you don't have to be in this area, it is best to avoid it. live tonight from bethpage, on long island, tracee carrasco, cbs 2 news. >> no matter what party you you support, you probably won't be able to escape the presidential race in the next few weeks. >> no. it is the battle for new york! 13 days to go before voters go to the polls. cbs 2 political reporter marcia kramer here now with the latest on the campaign. marcia. >> reporter: well, maurice and kristine, it's very unusual but the new york primary has three new yorkers or people who lay claim to the empire state. republican donald trump was born and bred here. democrat hillary clinton is an adopted daughter. and vermont's bernie sanders was born in brooklyn

ben: wasn't in nassau county? juliet: in nassau county the attack on like $50 worth of fees. >> oh, i know. >> let's talk about ted cruz and john kasich. they have created this bond and they hope to slap down donald trump. curtis: john kasich is saying you have indiana and you give me a new mexico. that way it's 101. . what he ought to do is go through in california is the ninth largest economy. california by itself could be a country. there should be a debate there. it's an average. >> why wouldn't he?all of those vulnerable allies that he is showing would >> i see diblasio under investigation . >>. [applause] >> criminal issues here. >> not one , not two but investigations. . happened? >> they are going after him because just like you remember, elliott was opposed to prostitution and he locked up john's ended himself. this guy campaigned where they are not taking big money. they were wining and dining and pocket lining. people were asking, where is the money.>> they were all consultants to go diblasio. contribut

this is 70-year-old howard being escorted by police into nassau county district court this morning police say he is facing charges after calling the town supervisors office on monday and threatening two employees with a cross bow. has an ongoing dispute over parking the cessna in the drive way. saying he could no longer afford the $150 a month fee to keep it at republic airport. last week they dismantled the of using his cross bow. >> again, charged with two counts of harassment he is free on bail live outside the nassau county district court, long island, cbs 2 news. >>> a sucker punch for being a celebrity look alike. >> man says he was attacked for looking like the actor can you see the resemblance. >> trapped in flood waters after violent storms ripped through the midwest. up close and personal with the beetles in never before seen video. >> we've seen the sun before will we see it this afternoon? a forecast with a little more coming up. . >>> don't forget to follow us facebook.com/cb snewwork. >>> do you see the similarity? him attacked. >>> we have the story on the man for sucker pu

they now use independent contractors in the five boroughs and nassau county. scrubbing bathrooms on demand and offering competitive pricing. >> our basic cleaning is a minimum of two hours and $40 an hour for the service. that service is basic dusting, wiping, cleaning, mopping, what's already expected in your normal cleaning. >> reporter: need extra elbow grease? not a problem. >> you want time to live and go out. this service is giving a lot of families back their time, busy professionals back your time. >> reporter: they're running a special promotion. order two hours cleaning. they'll bring along a bottle of wine or bouquet of flowers. not a bad idea. as for the future of the business, they're currently in the process of bringing in the first round of outside funding becoming the uber of cleaning. everyone wants to be the next -- jennifer: definitely. >> reporter: they'll find a cleaner within five miles. they can get there fast. jennifer: think how many times you have to do something last minute. >> reporter: people coming over. the house is a mess. it's

we're told the 16-year-old slashed across the torso, >>> and a warning in nassau county. an armed thief is hitting businesses that you may be visiting during your morning commute. it's happened nine times. >> reporter: nassau county de antectives holding a press conference just a short while ago. the majority of these businesses have been dunkin donuts coffee shops, one 7-eleven. take a look at video. police say it shows the suspect dressed in dark clothing, wearing sunglasses at night. this was from the march 1st robbery at a donuts in new hyde park. he walked in and pulled out a kitchen knife. so far he's hit nine businesses since march. in one incident customers were inside the store at the time. police say so far no one has been hurt. but they want to catch this guy before that changes. >> we're all on heightened alert. we're intensifying our patrol around the areas of concern, the dunkin donuts, the 7-elevens and the subways. >> reporter: police believe this guy is targeting these businesses because they're open late at night and often have large glass store fronts s

i think it's good for nassau county and the island itself. >> reporter: danny on the other hand thinks the rally and the attention given to the area are positive. he's not totally sold on trump, but said this. >> i don't agree with everything that he says, but i think he's touched on some issues that need to be taken care of. >> reporter: issues like undocumented immigrants and the economy, he said. the rally tonight is expected to draw 12,000 people. trump supporters. gnaw detectors. expect road closures. south oyster bay road will be closed to traffic from 2:00 to 10:00 p.m. part of grummond road will be also closed. >> i'm getting gas and food now because i don't know how i get out. do you have any suggestions of which back roads to take? >> me, not really. >> reporter: crystal says she'll check with coworkers to see how they're going to get around. one thing many people can agree on, republican or did the emocrat, they don't want to be stuck in traffic. route 107 will be closed at 2:00 p.m. the police commissioner of nassau county says he's prepared for the thousands of people who

if you ask the nassau county police department either way it was packed. now the campaign has shifted to new york. thousands packed grumman studios in bethpage for the trump rally. trump, who lost the primary be home, the crowd soaks up his lines about building a wall and making mexico a ford and knocking the hell out of isis and making america great again. trump could not hide his disdain for the man he has taken to calling lying ted cruz. >> spell it right. l-yl-i-n apostrophe. lying ted cruz came here today. you can forget about him. forget about him. >> reporter: police stood between trump supporters and objectives. protesters say they reject trump's candidacy for several reasons. >> it is racism. when you are playing racism to build a wall to block out mexico it does not create jobs. >> reporter: ted cruz held a more sparse crowd, interrupted by hecklers. he was supposed to visit a school in the bronx but long story short some students from that school wrote a letter to administrator saying they object to him and what he stands for and the visit was c

and it appears the thief pulled out a knife. the man that police are looking for in nassau county. we'll get to it here in a second. they say he has held up 11 stores at knife point there since early march. you see him right there. >>> now to the race for the white house. for president, i should say. another round of primary victories are moving donald trump and hillary clinton closer to their party nominations. nbc news projects clinton has 2117 delegates. that puts her about 90% of the way to earp ning the democratic nomination. on the republican side, donald trump cleaned house last night. he has about three-quarters of the way to the gop nomination, he has 951, he needs another 286 to get to the 1237. trump is starting his day in washington, d.c. this say live look inside the mayflower hotel, where the donald is getting ready to deliver a much anticipated foreign policy speech with a tecaleprompt he spoke on morning joe own called on his opponents to drop out of the race. >> ted is, you know, a disaster. i guess i'm 3.5 million votes up on him or something. it is a crazy thing.

now to that breaking news we're following in nassau county. crews are fighting a huge fire in oceanside on long beach road. >> katheri t creag just arrived at the scene with the latest. >> what an awful scene out here so many fire trucks, police officers and firefighters blocking off a long stretch of this roadway. we're zooming into that spot where firefighters have been battling a blaz this is long beach road in east rockaway. a business down the street, possibly a convenience store has gone up in flames. fire destroyed it from what we can see from the chopper and other video. >> all right. problem with kat's signal, because large fire that's working. chopper 4 heading to the scene. we heard that report from kat. we'll try to get back to her. >>> at 6:13, we'll check in with chris and lauren about weather t and traffic. good morning. >> good morning. monday morning starting kind of cloudy for folks especially to the north of the city. that's where the cloud cover is thicker. up in cornwall and range county, a thick blanket of clouds. tempera

they found the garbage bag bloody clothing alongside it. >> many agencies in nassau county that can help women who are pregnant and in distress. so a situation like this doesn't occur. >> reporter: sudat and her baby daughter, of course are beyond that kind of help. the mother facing a charge of second-degree murder. she'll appear before a judge in the morning. we're live at nassau police headquarters in long island josh einiger channel 7 eyewitness news. >>> new at 11:00, police are on the scene of the serious accident in new jersey. it happened earlier tonight in rockaway. police say that two cars collided at the intersection of mt. hope and mt. pleasant avenues. >>> a $15 minimum wage is just one signature away from becoming a reality in new york state. the state senate and assembly passed a budget deal today including raising the minimum battle has been a priority of governor cuomo. it's not clear when he'll sign off on it, but the critics of the wage hike claim that it will be a job killer. some businesses say they could not afford it. >> the nypd has identified the suspect in the s

the suspect might be the same man wanted for robberies in nassau county. police say it it appears a knife was used again this evening. if it is the same thief this would be the first time he hit a store in suffolk county. here is the surveillance video of the man police are looking for. nassau county police say he held up 11 stores since early march. it's clear video. the latest robbery happened yesterday. the suspect waits until the customers leave the stores and walk walks, brandishes a knife and ordered the clerk to open the register. >>> in lower manhattan a local restaurant owner faced a charge. he is charged in a $12 million ponzi scheme. >> reporter: a former harlem restaurant owner went before a judge here at the federal he is accused of running a ponzi scream bilking $12 million out of investors. attorneys for the government say he met some of the investors because of his nypd connections. inside the federal courthouse in lower manhattan, he sat silently before a judge. these are pictures from a similar hearing in georgia. he owned the harlem rive

nassau county police will have metal detectors. trump came this second in the wisconsin pry mayor toy ted cruz who won 48% of the vote. ted cruz campaigning in new york also, in the bronx today. >>> kat, thank you. >>> breaking news in new jersey. a car and a new york light rail train. kai simonsen is over the scene in chopper 4. kai? >> reporter: the first on the scene here. you can see the vehicle about to be removed from the scene. over franklin avenue on the north side of newark. a light rail train strike thag car. this after the driver failed to acknowledge the signal to stop. i'll show you the train involved in the accident toward the upper left hand portion of your screen. the driver suffered the light rail operator being evaluated at the scene. delays occurring. lauren, what's the rest looking like? >> it's congest fd out there like usual. we'll show you what the new jersey turnpike looks like. it's a slow ride. northbound by exit 15e. heading towards the holland tunnel, about a 30-minute wait tolls. keep this in mind. a qu

here's surveillance video of the man they're looking for in the nassau county cases. he held up 11 stores at knifepoint there since early march. >>> still ahead a man is recovering in the hospital after a violent attack and why police say a street game may be behind this. >>> and the rio olympics are 100 days away. today the excitement comes to times square as we count down to the summer games. >>> and unrealike, when these chilly temperatures will give away to warmth. we'll have weather and traffic on the 4s coming up. >>> follow us on facebook, >>> welcome back. 4:42 on this wednesday morning. the olympics are 100 days away. you don't have to wait until you can enjoy the sights and sounds of rio today in times square. nbc's jay gray is there live with the free events happening today for fans. you are our rio ambassador. >> reporter: good morning, michael and darlene. preparations continuing here in times square as athletes continue their training just months away from living out their olympic dreams while crews continue to work around-the-clock right now in rio maki

neighboring nassau county had 12odell beckham deaths. state assemblyman andrew reyes says the alarming trend needs to stop. >> a lot of these deaths are teenagers. and under 1odell beckham. children are dying from heroin overdoses. >> leaders hope to stop those teenage overdoses with new street signs like this one. 50 of these anti-drug signs >>> new tonight a westchester family hit by a frightening phone scam. as cbs2's brian coneybeare reports, the scam artist may have used social media to gather detailed information and target the victims. >> i picked up the phone and it was just a guy screaming, your wife was just in a hit-and-run accident. >> reporter: that's how the kidnapping scam started for hector martinez of cortlandt and his wife carol ann, who was with her mother on thursday. >> i was at the hospital all day long. >> reporter: but the mystery caller told martinez carol ann had injured his nephew in the hospital parking lot. then? >> they said we got your wife. we are drug dealers from the bronx and we have no insurance. he we

through a row of stores and apartments in nassau county. we have a reporter heading to the scene to give us an update on a situation and the people displaced. >> leave your umbrella at home today. meteorologist bill evans >>> you are never more than and traffic. happy monday. i'm meteorologist bill evans. a nice sunrise. great visibility. 46 around sussex. 52 newark. a little light wind that will go south today. the south facing shores will be a little cooler. humidities are in the moderate range. a nice ride on the subway. looking at nice weather with light wind. weather and traffic every seven minutes. heather, they don't take cash at the tappan zee any more. >> no, they don't. >> i used to give them my monopoly money. >> i don't think they will take that any more either. maybe french fries. >> i would let you through the toll with that. going to the holland tunnel, you will be waiting a little longer at the tolls. we had a stall. it was cleared away. everything has been reopened at the holland tunnel. they did have all lanes temporarily

nassau county prosecutors filed charges against amy foreman of mount kisco. they say she used a long island friend's identity to get certified to work with children. she was previously arrested for that and prosecutors say she foreman is due back in court may 4th. >>> real life test of an explosive-proof suit. russia's deputy prime minister released this video showing a woman walking through an active minefield wearing the suit. they brag that the terminator has nothing on their soldier. the suit, it was charred by the flames but when she takes off her mask you can see she's not hurt. she got a bouquet of roses for her efforts. >> wow. that's remarkable. >>> we've got more remarkable video from alabama tonight. a small plane caught on camera falling from the sky and crashing in to a tree, then bursting in to flames. workers at a security business scrambled to help after hearing the plane crashed. several people braved the spreading flames to try to help free the pilot who managed to jump from the burning wreckage. a hurry to get out because i saw that i only

a different man held up a dunkin' donuts in nassau county. last time friday night. on hillside avenue. police say the suspect robbed that location again yesterday. he used a mask and told the employee to empty the register. the suspect getting away with cash. nobody was hurt. >> 4:34. the 4s on this thursday morning. we're looking at 45 degrees raphi. >> good morning guys. another cool start but not too cold. we have colder spots to the west of town. we have a freeze warning in effect for all the counties in purple. western new jersey from northwest sussex county down into ocean county. inland sections only there. we are seeing temperatures below freezing in some spots. morristown, bridgewater, flirting with freezing there. 40 in white plains. north into the hudson valley, well above freezing. 39 degrees. the other cold spot, westhampton. that's radiational cooling for you. the school day forecast shows temperatures back to the upper 50s to near 60 degrees. another sunshine day. mostly clear and 57 degrees. a warm weekend forecast coming up in a few. lauren scala is

. >>> new details out of nassau county where police say a missing teenager has been located. young is with relatives in montgomery. that's in orange county. young was last seen at home in west bury sunday night. his mother reported him as a possible run away on monday morning. >>> well, overseas now to brussels. belgian authorities now confirm the so-called man in the hat suspect is in police custody. police say mohammed abrino cornified. he is the man seen in surveillance -- confessed. he is the man seen in the brussels surveillance video. they also identified another man arrested yesterday as a suspect in the subway attack. authorities say he from sweden is you seen in video walking i longside the suicide bomber. today belgian police launched a new operation in a brussels neighborhood. it is not clear if they were looking for suspects, evidence or both. >>> secretary of state john kerry surprise visit to afghanistan came with the major announcement. kerry met with officials there about security, and he reassured afghanistan that it has the support of the u.s. and that includ

by a man wanted in a series of hold ups in nassau county. >>> the latest just last night. janelle burrell is live with more, janelle. >>> mary, police say that this suspect has been busy here in nassau county that latest incident happening in this carvel around 9:30 last night police are searching for the suspect putting out these wanted posters hoping to catch him before he has a chance to strike again. >> police say the suspect waited until he was sure that the employee in the carvel in dutch broadway was alone in the store before he walked in demanding that the employee open the register cleaning out the cash before leaving. >> the robber captured on this targets six were dunkin' donuts on long island. >> police say the spree started in newhide park on march first a day later he is accused of holding up an employee in plainview over the last seven weeks detectives say he robbed stores in ocean and meadow side. and then it was this franchise. also for similar robberies in a subway and 7-eleven described as a black man between 25 and 30, 6 feet tall, 170 pounds wearing a

scott rapoport, cbs 2 news. >> we are told almost all of the survivors now currently live in nassau county and event organizers covered the cost of transportation getting them to the seder and back home. >>> time now to turn our attention to the weather picture around here and we have had quite the week. colder. cooler. start to finish-- start to finish was better today. take a peek at the weather temperatures now somewhere in the 50s for everybody. it's a day where you want to show pictures because look at the sky. any of these shots, they just all look a lot -- a lot of blue out there. there you have it with the trees blooming. i saw one -- this is cathy, that says spring the tulips looking good. in the city right now, rooftop looking nice, sunshine overhead, 57. temperature being 57. and that's what alice was referring to. we were two degrees colder than the average and yesterday you were right there at the average, yesterday's high 59. today 57. every day is in fact going to get better than the day before. next week the 70s. first it was 69 or 70. now i'm seeing 72 and 74s out there. t

nassau county police are holding the suspect for a robbery that happened in carvel. they believe this is the same person who robbed a am 7-eleven, surveillance video shows the person outside a dunkin' donuts from back an march 1st. he's usually armed with a 6-inch kitchen knife. nobody has been hurt so far. they're looking for a different suspect in several other robberies in nassau county. the first time was last friday night in willis ton. hillside avenue rather. the suspect used the knife to hold up the same location again yesterday. police say he had a mask on and told an employee to empty the register. suspect getting away with cash. nobody was hurt. >>> in an hour, minimum wage workers will begin a series of rallies in the city. including one near the gop presidential candidates. members of the fight for 15 movement, call it their biggest ever one-day event. they'll start at a times square mcdonald's. >> they'll rally for higher wages near grand central terminal. >>> time for weather and traffic raphi, the presidential candidates are calling and want to know wh

nassau county police say from protesters or trump's faithful. >>reporter: and today both bernie sanders and hillary clinton will be holding campaign events in pennsylvania. john kasich will be back in his home state of ohio. meanwhile, here at the gruntman studios behind me, you can see a small security presence. of course that will increase as the day goes on. that trump campaign rally is set to begin at 7:00 tonight. we're live in bethpage, dray clark, channel 7 eyewitness news. >> all right, dray, thank you. >>> breaking news in newark as heather just mentioned, newark light rail is suspended after an accident involving a car. >> john del gorno over the scene in newscopter 7. john. >>reporter: well, ken and lori, we can plainly see here in these live pictures that there was an incident between the newark light rail train and a car. thankfully initial indications were that that incident was relatively minor. you can see police on the scene. we're on franklin avenue. this is at the very north end of newark, right near branch brook park. this ac

now on long island police believe the man they're searching for in a string of robberies across nassau county may have held up a business in suffolk county as well. police say this carvel was robbed about 8:00 last night. just like the instance in nassau coeaunty, it appears the thief pulled out a knife. i want to show you surveillance video of the man wanted in the nassau county cases. he held up 11 stores at knifepoint there since early >>> in new jersey a man is in critical condition. witnesses say he was the victim of a knockout game. police say that man was punched while leaving a store on ocean avenue near orient avenue. this was about 9:30 last night. they say his head slammed to the sidewalk when he fell. family members tracked down some suspects and that did lead later to an arrest. >> it's a problem out here with these young kids. it's sad that the parents cannot get ahold of them. >> reporter: police say a 19-year-old faces charges and they're looking for a number of younger teens who may have been involved. >>> happening today, former house speaker dennis hastert expected to learn

county. in the city, nassau, suffolk county as well. the average wind speeds at 15 to 20. gusts of 40 to 45 are possible. this is out of the south and southwest. especially through the midday hours. here comes the rain from the west. it's beginning to fill on in. it will intensify as it gets closer to us. extra oomph and lift to the air. 56 at noon. 57 at 6:00. out there. quiets down tomorrow. then warm. let get over to lauren scala. it's 6:06. how is the commute looking? >> lot of problems today for the commute. in new jersey, on 78 eastbound, just before exit 23, berkeley heights. we have what's left of a a tractor-trailer fire in the right lanes. still pretty heavy here. head over to 22. you can see by the traffic flows and live data, that's still green. it's moving along at the speed limit. the palisades parkway, we have an accident southbound by exit 11. this one not causing too much of a problem but keep it in mind. then, if you are getting on the rails, all good news from there. subways and major commuter lines doing fine. alternate side of the street parking rules

from the extra gambling rev, aque duct would send nassau county $43 million. the county would then receive $25 million every year afterward. locals counting on a casino at belmont to bring in jobs bitterly point out the depressed community of elmont is once again left with nothing. >> very bad. the jobs is not here so what happens to the community. >> b blames county executive mangano from stepping away from the casino. a spokesman tells cbs2 this is a good reds legal conclusion providing otb, the county and the state with a reoccurring governor andrew cuomo is expected to sign off on the deal. >> the deal is included in the new state budget which is expected to be formally approved today. >>> a michigan dad says a health crisis kept him from wedding. he did the next best thing. >> we realized if we had wi-fi and we had an ipad and we had it here too that we could go back and forth and really make it interactive. >> that's mike jenkins face timing his daughter at her wedding in london after getting heart surgery this week. employees in lansing set him up with

nassau county police say they're ready for any trouble from protesters or trump's faithful. now, both bernie sanders and hillary clinton will be campaigning in pennsylvania today. meanwhile, john kasich who seem ises to have been lost in the mix is back home in ohio. again, later on this evening, that big donald trump campaign event happening here in beth page at this movie studio here behind me, the time set for 7:00 this evening. we're live in beth page, dray clark, channel 7 eyewitness news. >> dray, thank you. >>> and stay with eyewitness news for full coverage of the upcoming new york primaries. head to our website, abc7ny and click on politics. >>> 4:35. and a call for action this morning after a 17-year-old girl beaten to death right >> we as parents, we think we can protect our children at any given time. it's not like that. reality just hit me in the face, and it's not going to go away for some time now >> that is the father of the victim, tajae warner who was beaten to death in coney island over the weekend. one teenager was arrested, but community activist tony he

that is the latest from bethpage and nassau county. ben: thank you for that. the fbi is investigating whether several senior members of the nypd accepted lavish gifts in local businesses. juliet: they included pricing meals, overseas trips, lots of other things, teresa priolo will tell us about it. ben: talking about market change stuff and extent of things. >> reporter: we are not talking about double parking your car, running in to make your return someplace, these are big ticket items. when an officer is sworn in that person promises to serve and protect, never betray the badge, his or her own integrity or the public trust but these bombshell allegations suggest as many as 20 police officers violated that oath, they did serve and protect but for a hefty price. tickets to the super bowl, golf outings in the caribbean, for those of the upper echelon of the nypd. in exchange for preferential treatment. at least that is the allegation and the fbi is investigating. that results in investigations, we will have to see where the investigation goes. something we wil

. >> that is the latest live in nassau county long island. ben and juliet, back to you. >> the feds are investigating the top . >> they are accused of getting tickets to sporting events and lavish trips. teresa is looking at the possible corruption charges they could face. >> when officers sworn in, he vows to never betray the badge or the public trust. they promise to serve and protect. in new bombshell reports alleges that 20 police officers did serve and protect but for a hefty price. >> vacations to london and tickets to the super bowl with golf outings in the caribbean. lavish gifts in the nypd. that's in exchange for preferential treatment. at least that's the allegation. investigation goes.it's where he will participate in and co-opt fully with. one of the top detectives has been placed on modified duty. he pled the fifth when he was questioned by grand jury. >> has been placed on modified assignment for the good of the department. that's all i'm able to say at this time. >> the allegations came to light during an investigation into tw

muddle no more . >>> an update on our breaking news in oceanside in nassau county. accidently went off at a doctor's office. >> reporter: we are here at long beach road. this is 3227. this is actually a podiatrist's office. dr.matthew nester, officials tell us was accidently shot in the foot. accidently. when an apparently an associate of his, a friend was showing him a gun. this is a retired police officer, is what witnesses here at the scene have been telling us. the retired police officer came here around 10:30 this morning to show dr. nester an old gun, and accidently, this gunfired. hitting this podiatrist in the foot. we also hear news that a second person may have been hit as well. that a second person went to the hospital with an injury to the leg. all of this going down around 10:30 this morning. dr.nester and someone else, we understand has been taken to the hospital. now, michelle charlesworth, channel 7 eyewitness news. >>> family and friends will gather today to remember a 7- year-old westchester girl, who died suddenly over the weekend. lily will be la

tracking steadier showers into queens and nassau county, north hempstead. you're seeing a couple of downpours right now. it is pulling away through the morning into the afternoon. the showers will wind down. but this is our next storm here moving through the midwest. the clipper system and an arctic cold front that's going to sharply knock down those temperatures as we head into the overnight. let's look at future tracker and times coming up today. not at noon. it's still rainy from the south and east. but there's your break in the action. not a total washout of a day. temperatures well into the 50s here. set into motion again, dinner time you're looking fine. this is the snow moves in tonight. and when you have these snow squalls with winds gusting up to 40 to 50 miles per hour. you could have near whiteout conditions. . you have travel plans, please keep that in mind. tomorrow morning could be briefly very treacherous outside. the seven-day forecast shows it stays windy through much of tomorrow. 59 today, 42 tomorrow. feels like 20s with the windchills. n

two nassau county police officers beating a 20-year-old after a traffic stop in april of 2014. now, howard is in trouble for his own behavior. greg cergol has the details. >> reporter: we are here outside nassau police headquarters, a building rocked by kyle howell's beating accusation. today, the now 22-year-old faund himself here in handcuffs, again, insisting a victim. after his arrest targeted hn again. >> the police beat me and now it seems they are going to get away with it. he sale, then robbed $400 at knife point, slashing one of the two victims. >> i don't know enough to make any comment. >> reporter: howell's parents appeared in court, but said nothing in defense to their son. a departure fromf their vocal support in the alleged beating case. th at case ended with an acnquittal of a police officer charged with assault. today, the lawyer offered no comment. >> don't shoot. don't sh t. >> reporter: also silent were those who dmon on this. >> reporter: you may recall that in the beating case, the nassau police officer who was acquitted argued that he geg geg, greg cergol

that's how much nassau county will pay for it. coming up at 6:00, you'll hear from the man coordinating this trump rally here on long island, and you will also hear from a woman who is coordinating the anti-trump protest. live in -- kristin thorn, eyewitness news. >>> there's another hacking attack on trump. it's his hotel chain. the second time in six months that hijackers -- i should say hackers hit the hotel collection. the worry is some customer information including credit card information has been compromised. six months ago, hackers broke into the chain's computers effecting those in the u.s. and canada. >>> coming up, an army vet outraged today. wait until you hear what she says happened that got her and her boyfriend kicked off a flight. >>> they thought it was a joke. they found out how a teenager jumped into action when his coach collapsed. >>> and i'm meteorologist lee goldberg. there's another freeze warning. another night like early january and february. we'll talk about a recovery all across america families are com

kaminsky and mcgrath, votes are still being counted in nassau county. the seat was once held by dean, a republican convicted of todd kaminsky, former prosecutor based his platform on the people. last night he spoke confidently. >> i can't wait to go up there, work as hard as i can. >> until every ballot, still hanging in the balance. as for the senate majority. democrats and republicans hold each. >> came down to the wire. >>> chris mcgrath is counting on every vote being counted after receiving a million dollars in campaign donations the former attorney endorsed by 14 police unions, last night's speech was not a concession. >> hopefully when everything is counted we are going to prevail. >>> whoever wins this special election will have a two year has chosen a replacement for speaker sheldon silver, as he projected a winner beating back a challenge, on the working party ballot, now represent parts of the lower east side and chinatown. for a list log onto our website cbsnewyork.com. >>> arraignment is set for so- called ninja burglar, also expected to ho

including a father and two sons then sold up tond 10,000 a week in four south ore communities in nassau county. >> this is a significant drug distribution ring. >> reporter: police say one from his freeport c is a former heroin user and drug dealer. she didn't buy from this man, but her use led to jail time before she fin ly decided to get help. >> they're controlling me, i can't control this. >> reporter: green has been clean for five years, but 45 others in nassau have died of a heroin overdose thi year alone. that's more than a third of all overdose deaths in the county between 2009 and 2013. >> we know that individuals and families a losing loved ones at a rate we've never before seen. >> reporter: drug chancellor steve chassman said dru busts like this one help, but more drug toeatment options are needed to end this epidemic. tatiana green is now working with addicts to achieve just that. people need individual help. one-on-one life coaching. soonmeone that inspires them. they have a better chance of getting better. >> reporter: now, police tell me at least three of the alleged dealers ju

nassau county with 128 deaths. >>> one lawmaker wants to make sure patients are educated about options when having an indoss camacho pee. that's the procedure that june rivers was undergoing when she experienced complications that led to her death. the reform act introduced today by new york assembly man david would require patients to be educated about -- that includes a nasal procedure. the lawmakers say medical professionals ignore it because they do not get a full insurance reimbursement. >>> spacex marks another milestone after it barge in the ocean. the aerospace country delivered the first inflatable room for astronauts. it should swell to the size of a small bedroom once filled with air. it would be attached to the space station next weekend. how about that. >> we're really going forward to the future, are we not. >> i wonder what the rent is? >> not as high as [indiscernible]. >> okay. >> that joke is getting old. >> yes. >> true. >>> today, i would pay -- happily pay for another day. >> okay. we're still 10 degrees below average. there's baby steps and growing pains in the fo

with a southwest wind, cooler here in brooklyn, queens and out across coastal connecticut and nassau county, suffolk county, long island. got this south wind, that will keep it warm today. we're going to be looking at these humidities that will be picking up ahead of this front. if you're taking the ferry over, a southerly wind here. you'll be just fine. ferry captains are the best on the staten island ferry. here we go. heather, every seven minutes, we do weather and traffic together. >>reporter: that's right. do i have some relief. we had the hudsonberg and light rail suspended with police activity. everything has resumed. north, subways doing just fine. bqe south on the kosciuszko bridge, that is an accident. also two problems on the l.i.e., exit 19, right near exit 27, ed koch 59th street bridge manhattan bound upper level an accident. our street cleaning rules are nefnght for today. lori, over to you >> all right, heather, thank you. >>> new this morning, new figures show autism numbers are holding steady in the u.s. a report from the centers for disease control shows one in 68 school-

according to in nassau county board of elections kaminsky won the ninth treat seat, last night he gave a victory speech. >> i can't wait to go up there, work as hard as i can. chris mcgrath says it isn't over, 1300 democrat, 1100 republican, mcgrath doesn't all counted. >>> because this is a special election whoever comes out victorious will have to win another vote come november, if you would like to secure a two year term in the senate. cbs 2 news. of the board of elections will certify the election results he says he wants to avoid a fight over the final count which would be the waste of the taxpayer money in time. >>> the presidential primaries ahead. janelle burrell is here with the very latest. >>> hillary clinton and donald trump spent a few hours relishing in their victories but now they are back at work, winning gave a substantial boost and doing all they can to guarantee they'll be the ones on the parties ticket come together the empire state celebrating hometown wins. now aim even more laser focused where they consider the final lapse in the marathon to the conventions. nomi

they've come from queens frod from nassau county to support her. >> reporter: although they are described as close, nassau police tell us sadat hid her pregnancy from her family for the entire term. on thursday morning an ambulance was called to the suspect's house in glenhead because she was bleeding badly. a prosecutor thi morning in court told the judge officers suspected sadat had just given birth and kept asking where the baby was. existence of the baby, the prosecutor said. police later found the newborn girl in a plastic garbage bag wrapped in bed sheets in the suspect's town, many remain shocked. >> i live right down the road. it's a little scary that this is happening right here. >> we've seen her around, but as far as like any personal information, i don't know her too well. but it's just a sad thing that happened. anything with a baby involved is, you know, it's pretty sad. >> reporter: we've learned sadat gave statements saying she covered the baby's mouth with her hand. police say the baby's 7 1/2 pounds, 20 inches long, was born healthy but died from suffocation. during her

the nassau county police commissioner says several hundred police officers were at the scene and i can attest to that. yesterday even at this hour there's a fairly large police presence and the police commissioner says the rally cost the department somewhere $400,000. that is the latest. ben and juliet, back to you. >>juliet: we missed you yesterday . we missed the bim bot. very sad. meantime, the attacks are heating up between hillary clinton and bernie sanders. presidents questioning his truthfulness and preparedness for the presidency, sanders hit back at a rally in italy going after her voting record. >> i don't believe that she is qualified , i don't think you are qualified if you have voted for the disastrous war in iraq. >> i am concerned that some of his ideas just won't work because the numbers don't add up. they rely on republican governors suddenly having a conversion experience and becoming progressive. >>juliet: the attacks, head of the april 13 primary in new york. >>ben: he is one step closer to characters in times where. the council approved a bill allowing the dot to r

nassau county police say william secretly recorded the student then posted the footage on snapchat. williams is now facing several charges including child endangererment. >>> the more -- according to her, the fight began when she confronted the child's parents. avery says her son stepped in en the knights threatened he n that's when clifford knight allegedly punched them. he is charged with third degree assault. >>> today brought an encouraging sign that summer could soon be here. rockefeller center, there it is. i don't think that's live. the ice is being picked up. >> crews have spent most of the day removing ice to make way for the rink bar, the restaurant that's there during the warm weather months, which hopefully are coming soon. >> i'm looking at the flags. >> those wind brought warm air in here today. i understand that they play anti-freeze over the top of it to help it melt a lot quicker so they can get it up. it's almost there. spring is coming. long beach island in ocean county, sun is out, 55 degrees. the farther south and east you were away from the city today, the more

nassau county has a program similar to sussex. >> we are getting penalized to those people who are putting in false alarms. >> the fines could be issued in suffolk june 1st. >>> that will do it for us, we thank you for watching. continues at 6:00. >>> if i had left the house one second sooner or later. >> the truck driver who narrowly escaped being crushed by this tree. >>> can a terror drill go too far. an exclusive on the terror exercise that could have escalated into real violence, no one told police it was only a drill. >>> where did spring go? the unseasonably cold temperatures, when will it finally warm up? >> we heard today from the driver of the pickup truck caught on camera narrowly avoiding possible death as a tree fell during the high winds on sunday. >> his survival all a matter of seconds. a police car captured the fright thing moment on dash cam. heart stopping call. >> oh, my it was, chuck. i also talked to the police officer whose dash cam video captured what happened. he never saw the pickup truck run into the tree. when he finally talked to the motorist, to alex conklin,

this time a long bridge spanning the long island sound for the north shore of nassau county and forking to westchester county and the bronx. who pays for this and what about the environmental impact? eyewitness news reporter n.j. burkett with the story in oyster bay. >> you can't let a pebble stand in the way of a bulldozer. those are the words from the governor of new york who says a bridge across long island sound needs to happen. he said that before. but he's sounding more and more serious. >> i wasn't for it as a little kid and i'm not for it now as an adult. >> reporter: residents say it's unthinkable. a super highway through oyster bay and a bridge across long island sound to westchester but the governor seems determined to move forward. >> why can't you have a bridge that goes from nassau to westchester or the bronx? >> reporter: in a speech to the association for a better new york, governor cuomo called for a feasibility study to make it happen. the seaford oyster bay expressway was not intended to end in syosset. the expressway would be extended north for a crossing not unlike

parts of nassau county, parts of the five boroughs. that is for tomorrow night. so we have a couple different freeze advisories, but freezing temperatures coming in and more cold air, we'll time it out for you in the sevew-day forecast. back to you. >>> and tonight the mess is far and wide. look at this. the cleanup just beginning. homes in need of repair, streets littered with debris, power lines still dangling. our coverage from queens village. >> reporter: -- street tonight impassable, thanks to the tree that settled right in the middle of the road. it fell at 8:00 in the morning, 60-mile-per-hour wind gusts brought it to its knees. >> theres with a loud crashing ise. so most of the people in the block, all of us in this pair ya area came out. this guy, he came out. didn't hit my neighbor's house, we are saying it was god's work that it fell this way ane d not that way. >> reorter: ed >> reporter: edition son was here to clean it out. >> i'm hoping by tomorrow they can start cutting it off. they got the electricity on really quickly. >> reporter: no one was hu

votes are slowly coming in from nassau county, the republican is currently leading on long island's ninth district race to replace dean a republican and has been elected in lower manhattan to replace sheldon silver, a democrat. >>> all sorts of voting investigation and even an over haul. the biggest problem, 126,000 registered voters some how expunged from the rolls, how many actually were prevented from voting? here is rob nelson. i don't trust this election right now, i don't trust the outcome. >> annie and her daughter kayla both registered republicans recorded this exchange with workers who apparently didn't even know that both democrats and republicans were allowed to vote today. >> it is strictly the democrat primary today, just democrats? >> i have no idea. >> this is just a snapshot of the pit balls that city officials say plague today's election. scott stringer says he will now audit the board of elections. >>> the next president of the united states could very easily be decided tonight and yet, the incompetence of the board elections puts a cloud of these clean up this mess. >>>