know darrell from the office, well comedian craig robinson was performing at stress factory in new brunswick. he, ashley and allison got to meet him and take a pitcher with him. then he was on bill spader's radio show, we talked about a fun time we had last night and he told a couple of jokes to the listener. >> if you want to see him peraigorm live he will be at the stress factory new brunswick all weekend long. >> they sniff for drugs, search for bedbugs, and, and now they can even detect cancer. this is why it's, the 8-year-old responsible for saving hundreds if not thousands of lives. even his new jersey orner janet thanks him daily. >> wyatt found a cancer about six years ago that i went to the dr. and he said no it's nothing. i've been doing this 32 years. it's nothing. thursday morning nothing. thursday morning i get a phone call about 9:10 a.him and he said, i'm so sorry you have adenoid carcinoma. positive for breast and liver. >> now resead lhers say docs can sniff the difference between healthy and cancer tissues. some studies say they are accurate as much is 95% of the time. >> i

reporting in new brunswick, "news 4 new york." >>> a safety concern in the bronx today. take a look. bricks littered the sidewalk. this, after they fell from a facade of an apartment building. it happened on east 18th street. it issued the owner of the to maintain the facade. >> on staten island, a loud and unusual noise may have jolted people from their sleep. what was it? residents took to social media theorizing thunder, low flying planes, maybe. nally, the mayor cleared it up saying the noise was from a nearby power plant. >>> another new jersey family was awakened when their house was struck by lightning. the lightning struck a tree, then traveled under ground and hit an electrical panel on the home. it struck a fire in their family room. their neighbor is a volunteer fire chief and rushed in to help. >> i was responding to another call, saw the flames, went in with an extinguisher and was able to put it out. they are very lucky and everything turned out all right. >> lucky indeed. there was smoke damage, but no one was hurt. we are going head to janice who is looki

janelle burrell is live at robert wood johnson university hospital in new brunswick where the soldiers are being treated. janelle. >> reporter: mary, that accident was so bad it shut down part of the new jersey turnpike for hours yesterday afternoon. them are here this morning in serious condition. the other two critical, and this morning we're hearing reports that apparently a tire blew off of their humvee leading to that accident. >> the military humvee flipped over in pieces strewn across the new jersey turnpike south near exit 8a in south brunswick. emergency crews rushing to the aid of the four u.s. army reserve soldiers, part of the 533rd unit based in fort tuton queens. the singing vehicle crash happening around 2:45 thursday afternoon. the scene causing concerned drivers to pull over. >> my first instinct was to run over to the scene and make sure everybody was okay if there was anything i could do, any sort of help i can give. >> tar harris telling us by phone that he along with others tried to free the soldiers trapped beneath the wreckage as they waited for help to arrive. >

this once-in-a-lifetime experience. >> i mean, that is nice but not everyone went to is here in new brunswick. i worked hard and this is my trophy. this is my moment of time. >> that's awesome and i'm really happy about it. but some of them can't come. reporter: the seniors have issued an online petition asking to attend the commencement. last time i checked the online petition had over 1100 signatures and the goal is 3000. dari: still looking for this cause that created this situation all the way south to the george washington bridge. the coast guard said that there is no sign of any apparent damage to the environment. >> a connecticut man, look at this video. i don't know how these guys stay upright. the investigating the reports of reckless motorcycles driving around new haven. founding and instagram account called reckless 203. also video. please crack down on this man who is now facing nearly two driving and also endangerment. and turn away if you cannot bear to watch this one. it's a tricky thing. learning a hard lesson at home in upstate new york. as he jumped through. and yeah, it saw

. >> a stress factor in new brunswick. >> got into a little bit of a tiff with the audience. >> you will one sense of the money back. >> they walked out on you. >> so, we can't edit around that? >> if you have a problem, if you can get pass thepast the screen or maybe you can hire governor chris christie. the mother called then on new jersey 101.5 last night to say she had washed the drivers permit over 17 -year-old son and a caps on. she was still trying to get a duplicate drivers permit from the department of motor vehicles, decided to the company the wife of former republican mayor. i went down to the south.field motor vehicle commission, waited, and there is the governor, probably waited on. after 20 minutes mom and son reemerged. >> it worked. >> he came out right afterwards and said he intended this to not only take care of their troubles but to be a larger message to state workers. >> it is frustrating. these folks pay the salaries, other healthcare, and they are our customers. >> i had to bring up the idea of a possible christie trump ticket, there has been some speculation. look

the father of six with another on the way was killed early yesterday morning in new brunswick during a shootout with two officers from neighboring franklin township. the middlesex county prosecutor says the officers first came across diahlo grant he was armed while he was walking in franklin township. officials say the officers followed him across the town border and that is when gunfire erupted. >> we heard five gunshots. we look outside. by that time, it was surrounded by cops. >> investigators say diahlo grant was wanted for nonpayment of child support and a probation violation on a drug charge. they have not yet said what prompted the shooting but did recover his gun from the scene. >>> three new york city firefighters are facing charges after a bar brawl near citi field. police say the three off-duty firefighters got into a fight at mcfadden's restaurant and saloon which is on the 126th side of the stadium. one of them was also charged with resisting arrest. >>> cycling for a cause. dozens of cyclists take off from connecticut to the nation's capital. what they are demanding fro

to determine whether or not the wheel came off before or after the accident as they try to from new brunswick, new jersey, janelle burrell. >> the commander released a statement saying thoughts and prayers are with the families. >>> firefighters were on forest street this morning returning hours ago. flames broke out inside a vacant home and the fire spread to other houses. two were occupied. firefighters left at midnight and then the flames rekindled. one firefighter had burns to his neck and the fires are under investigation. >> a brooklyn teen was left injured after a routine trip to the mall. it happened when he stopped to look at e-cigarettes. >> reporter: after five days of recover in a hospital bed, the 14-year-old boy is left with permanent injuries after he was blinded and maimed by an exploding e-cigarette. >> reporter: he have at the shopping center with friends and they approached a kiosk. >> the guy was showing me different products and when he gave it to me to hold it exploded in my hands and face. >> reporter: he now wears sunglasses after shrapnel went into his eyes. >> my lef

so we are a young adult ages 18-30 treatment facility in new brunswick, new jersey. we're a long-term program, 6-12 months, and so advocacy director with that, i just, it's a big piece to have some changes in the way that we address substance abuse disorders, recovery support services for individuals who are coming out of treatment back into the community and just an overhaul of the education, one of the biggest pieces that i advocate for and use my personal story to educate people is just a shift in public perception. so many people don't understand addiction as an illness or as a disease. it's very much considered a moral failing issue and a criminal justice issue rather than the public health issue that it needs to be to address that. so i do a lot of that as well. >> you mentioned, we mentioned at the top and you just touched on it yourself about you had a personal connection with it. share with us what your connection is. >> sure. i'm a person in long-term recovery from a substance use disorder. for me that means i haven't used alcohol or any other drugs since 2

he addresses the graduates on the 15th, rutgers university in new brunswick is one of the oldest universities in the country. >>> still to come on "action news" another check of that really nice forecast. looking live outside showing you a nice picture of downtown wilmington. there is nothing but sunshine today. a little child with big dreams. dwight evans. first a community activist. a legislator at 25. always looking out for us. he worked to create a thriving commercial district. and he's brought new grocery stores to underserved areas. dwight evans is committed to revitalizing neighborhoods in all of philadelphia. he'll be a block by block congressman for us. i'm dwight evans and i'm proud to approve this message. >>> disney's first live action remake of the jungle book. >> where am i? >> this is a cave, my cave. >> all right the latest movie based on the jungle book story stars newcomer neil saysy as mowgli the boy living in the wild. >> i was acting with puppets it was cool the way they did that on the computer and i'm running along a blue platform going back and forth but it looks like

reporting live from new brunswick, jim dolan channel 7 eyewitness news. >>> following another very serious accident, this time where a car fire is causing some traffic problems. you can see emergency crews are still on scene, they have just put that fire out. shannon stone is over the scene in news copter 7. shannon? >> reporter: we have now seen the ambulance come and take away one person injured in this accident. we are to bring you a little further up the eastbound side of 495. there is a new jersey transit bus here, it appears the car rear-ended that bus and then caught fire. so what you are seeing now is the eastbound side of 495 around kennedy boulevard, all lanes shut down as they wrap-up this accident. clearly they are going to have to clean up the roadway. huge delays inbound at the lincoln tunnel. getting off 495 and going up to 30th street. reporting live, shannon stone channel 7 eyewitness news. >> what a mess. keep us posted shannon. >>> a big debate tonight, hillary clinton and bernie sanders facing off yet again. senator sanders winning eight of the last nine primaries and c

reporting live from new brunswick channel 7 eyewitness news. >> thank you. a hidden surprise that was waiting for the customs officers as they would search the bag at jfk as they would say that it looks like a package of coffee and look closely as that is cocaine that will be hidden inside with the java $50,000 worth of it. and the jamaican citizen was carrying the suitcase now facing smuggling charges. >> and they say that the all- star game is staying put in charlotte, north carolina, despite their issue with the state's problematic anti-lbgt laws. after a meeting today, the commissioner says that the league, that they want to be a part of helping to protect people who are being discriminated against and that they added though that they do not think that threatening to pull the all-star festivities would send a proper message. >>> a major new recall involving more than one million gm pickup trucks a steel cable that connects the seat belt to the trucks, they could bend overtime. and they could become loose. they say that they have not gotten any reports of

that chase came to an end in new brunswick where the suspect grant got into a shootout with officers. he was shot and killed. >>> we have new information tonight on the brussels terror attacks. after a frantic three-week search police say they now have the elusive man in the hat in by now everyone has pretty much seen this surveillance video of him walking alongside the two suicide bombers at the airport. >> reporter: very significant news from the terror investigation here in brussels. a mystery solved. we diplomat dn't know who the man in the hat at the brussels airport was just before bombs went that you have killed 16 people. now a man in custody has apparently according to prosecutors confessed he's that man. he's called mohammed abrini. he says he was present at those brussels airport attacks. he said he fled the scene. he got rid of his jacket in a garbage can. s a ston he says he sold his hat. it's significant that he's investigators a great deal, not just about the brussels attacks, but also about paris. because his dna and his fingerprints were also found on a car used in th

as well as eastern canada and winds are going to be very strong across new brunswick, 110 kilometers for wind gusts are expected. combination of winds and rain coululd toss low visibility. hazardous driving conditions could occur. the system could b be gone b by friday but a new system will be moving into the northeast coast. areas like new york city and washington, d.c. may see icy precipitation. across the southeast, looking pretty dry and quite warm. so people in florida are enjoying beach weather. now across the flip side of the u.s., beneficial rain is falling across the desert southwest. we are looking aheheavy rainin continue for the next three days or so, becauause another systems moving in from the pacific. temperatures are going to be like this. 21 in l.a. 27 in portland. it was a very hot day on thursday as well. record daily temperature was set in seattle on thursday. the high was 27 degrees. northern chilly conditions. across europe, there are two systems i want to mention. this system cut off from the jet stream has been moving into the balkan peninsula in italy and brin

which is more than cops in clarks town, new brunswick and suffolk counties. >> we could go all day on the economics. clearly we need the best police, particularly in these times. whatever that costs, it costs. >> reporter: i asked the pba today hew they came to the conclusion that nypd officers were among the worst paid. that was based on average hourly pay over the last 20 years. he also said they took into account cost of living. reporting live from park slope, ida siegal, news 4 new york. >>> new at 5:00, take a look at this security video. this man tried to rape a woman yesterday in the bronx. followed the 47-year-old victim along web avenue, grabbed her from behind and pulled down she fought back and ran. ended up running off. a long island dance teacher accused of raping a 14-year-old rl will be arraigned on friday. he was supposed to appear in court today. a judge postponed it. he began a sexual relationship with the teen last year while he took lessons with him in bayshore. police say she told a family member about the affair, who then alerted authorities. >>> to decision 2016

eyewitness news reporter jim dolan is in new brunswick this afternoon with the story. jim? >> reporter: liz, mike saw things yesterday. he will never be able to forget. when he pulled over on the turnpike to help those three soldiers who has been injured one of them lost her leg in that accident. >> it was very tough to see. night trying to sleep. >> reporter: you can imagine mike wattsy was one of the first to stop on the turnpike yesterday when an army reserve humvee which had left fort totten yesterday afternoon with four soldiers on board flipped over. essentially trapping the four soldiers inside. >> i ended up grabbing my jacket and i was -- attemptable to help them jack -- attempting to help them jack up the vehicle. we got it up enough that the one soldier was actually able to you know, breathe and to move. >> reporter: one soldier even got out but the other three remained trapped until emergency workers arrived. by then, the traffic was piling up on the turnpike and it was horrifying to see the injuries. but to wattsy who has worked on cars for more than 20 years,

prosecutors say grant was wounded in the shooting and 1:30 in morning in new brunswick. the 27-year-old died at a hospital two hours later. police recovered his gun. investigators say they were pursuing grant for failing to pay child support and for violating parole. >>> there was a bar brawl -- firefighter were arrested after a fight broke out at a mcfadden's restaurant. michael, john, charges. cartizon is charged with resisting arrest. >>> a teacher in trouble for slapping a student. coming up, the viral video and its repre-cushion. >>> a german sheppard found 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, where medicine meets the future. let us help grow your company's tomorrow - today - at business.ny.gov >>> caught on camera. a high school teacher slaps a student several times on the back of the hea

to three guests some seniors are blasting the change on social media and only students from the new brunswick campus will be allowed parking passes. especially chartered nj transit trains that day. >>> in today's money report, a stunning admission from a major automaker. >> bill griffith joining us. >> kind of a quiet day now f a couple of reasons. we had some weak economic data this morning. e federal reserve began its meetings today. they'll meet again tomorrow. nobody is expecting them to raise interest rates this ieek. maybe not this year. but we'll find out tomorrow for sure. then you got big earnings reports coming out later today, whtoich i'll get to in a moment. right now, the dow is not doing a whole t. open higher, trading lower, now it is up by 8 points at this hour. let's talk a out this stunning announcement this morning from mitsubishi motors. the japanese automaker after an internal investigation revealed that it ha been fudging fuel ecy onomy data for the last 25 years. it means roughly 600,000 of the many cars it produced over that efficient as advertised. the internal invest

jim dolan at the hospital in new brunswick. >> witnesses say the front right flying off at 60, 65 miles per hour on the turnpike, and that 7,000-pound humvee flipped over, landing essentially on top of the four soldiers trapped inside. >> reporter: when the front right wheel came flying off the army reserve humvee, the driver lost control. it flipped over right there in the southbound lanes of the turnpike, trapping all four soldiers inside and instantly severing the leg of one female soldier. in eyewitness still photos, you can see one soldier's legs dangling from the wreckage but he couldn't get out. >> we're going to need some fire apparatus. emts are coming northbound. they're going to be standing by. >> a military humvee, and there were three soldiers trapped. >> it looked real bad but i didn't see any major injuries. there was blood in the truck. queens and headed south on the turnpike. the humvee was traveling with another vehicle and reservists from that truck tried to help before medics arrived. traffic was stopped for the rescue and backed up the turnpike for miles as two of t

. >> president obama will be the commencement speaker at the new brunswick campucampus.nly be allowed to bring three guests to the ceremony on may 15th. >> everyone is upset. that's all i can really say right now. >> some people can't even bring their immediate family. >> everyone is freaking out about it. i actually think it's incredibly reasonable. >> rutgers says the limited ticket policy is the only way every graduating student can have a chance to bring guests. students from the newark and camden campuses are being shuttled in to hear the president speak. >>> wentz arrived yesterday in chicago where the draft is being held. comcast sportnet's john clark, we call him johnny airport for this reason. he was there. >> why do you think you can be the franchise quarterback for the eagles? >> i've shown i'm a winner. i think i show a lot of intangibles that people might not see. i think my physical abilities speak for themself. i think i do a lot of things behind the skenes, as far as can make myself a great quarterback going forward. >> john will probably hang out at the

president obama will be at the commencement and will be the speaker at the new brunswick campus.he first time a sitting president will speak at rutgers. students will only be allowed to bring three guests to the ceremony may 15th. >> some people can't even bring their immediate family. >> everyone is freaking out about it. i think it's incredibly reasonable. >> rutgers says the limited ticket policy is the only way that every graduating student can have a chance to bring guests. students from the camden and newark campuses are being shuttled in to see the president speak. >>> now your nbc 10 first alert weather with meteorologist bill henley. >> clouds are still overhead. the showers for most of the area have come to an end. philadelphia, for example, clouds have stopped producing any rain. don't expect to see any today. we should see breaks of sunshine this afternoon. your seven-day forecast scrolling at the bottom of the screen will be cooler today. some cooler weather ahead. 50 degrees right now. we'll still be at 50 degrees at 6:00 in philadelphia and just a little bit warmer

reporting live over north brunswick, shannon sohn, channel 7 eyewitness news. >> all right, shannon, thank you. trump carrying new york by a wide margin, and that's exactly what happened. trump secured 60% of the vote, more than john kasich and ted cruz combined. and that adds another 89 delegates to the frontrunner's bank. eyewitness news reporter diana rocco is live now outside of trump tower. diana. >>reporter: lori, good morning. donald trump swept every county in the state last night with the exception of his own here in manhattan. he celebrated here for about two hours, but today he is once again looking to the future and heading to indiana. >> so we don't have much of a race anymore. senator cruz is just about math mathematically eliminated -- mathematically eliminated. [ applause ] >> and we've won another state. >>reporter: new york voters gave donald trump the big win he was looking for in his home state. trump took nearly all of the him the only republican with a chance of clinching the nomination before the convention. governor john kasich came in a distant second in last

the new concept that is being tested right here in our area. >>> and i'm meteorologist lee goldberg. we asked our viewers to confirm rain. we got it. north brunswick, you can see some of the steadier rainfall right now, actually moving toward edison. even though it looks sunny over parts of new york city you might want to take the umbrella. rain would be light. it is 55 degrees. >>> nasa is offering insight into the battle against the zika virus. scientists created a forecast map showing the potential spread of the virus in the united states. it indicates the southern and eastern u.s. are at higher risk. zika is mostly spread through mosquito bites. nasa scientists hope the new map will help the u.s. target future search and destroy missions for infected mosquitoes. >>> the singer who day beaud at notice is being called on againton to step in -- debuted at the met with five minutes's notice is being called on again tonight to step in. >> he got the chance when the lead singer suddenly got sick during the show. with five minutes to get ready he couldn't get into costume, so he simply put on a black cape over his t-shirt and jeans. the audience went

president obama will address more than 12,000 graduate students and 40,000 guests on the new brunswick campus. >>> and a mess in a new jersey neighborhood as a dump truck slams into a utility pole, knocking out electricity. after hitting the pole, the truck jumped the sidewalk, came to a rest in the grass. repairs will take up to 10 hours, no word about injuries or what led up to the crash. >>> new at noon, the family of a man killed by an nypd officer wants to know when they will see justice. this morning khai gurley's family held a rally. they were angry the judge in the case delayed sentencing for officer peter le yang. to be the day former nypd rookie cop peter le yank learned his fate. instead we might learn if his conviction will be thrown out. supporters of gurley rallied to send a message. nearly 100 supporters demonstrating outside a it was a rally scheduled on what was supposed to be the day former nypd rookie cop peter le yang learned if he was headed to prison. a judge facing a charge of whether he perjured himself to get on the jury. >> instead of sentencing we have to wai

reporting in new brunswick, nbc news. >>> a new way to get help needed when you have a consumer complaint called nbc 10 responds, an extension of the nbc 10 investigators. we have a team of more than 20 producers working tirelessly to help no matter what your complaint's about. our goal is to answer every viewer who reaches out to us. nbc 10 responds wants resolutions for your problems whenever possible. here's how to reach us. send an e-mail to nbc10 responds@nbcuni.com. include information about the issue, of course, and we'll try our best to help you out. that's our new niftive there. following a severe thunderstorm watch issued for the entire region. >> we are use iing the new firs alert neighborhood weather to show what's happening right now where you live. >> that's right. tracking strong storms, even severe thunderstorms now. this just happened right around trenton. it's quickly moving out of the county, but we'll zoom in on the storm here because there's pretty heavy rainfall. it's going to be moving in ocean county very soon, but trenton, 195, heavy rain in the middle of this, no

check these out around the area. 74 in the park. 75 morristown, new brunswick, down to belmar. 76 at newark. we've got just a little wind out there. we're going to talk about an 80- degree temperature. we've cooled down a little bit. lots of sunshine. coming up in justice a few minutes in your accuweather forecast. >> also, a dramatic rescue in flood waters on live tv. we'll talk live with the tv iraq. the announcement coming during a surprise visit to the country carter. the secretary pledging an additional 200 troops and apache helicopters to help fight isis. he has a series of meetings with officials, including the top commanders there in iraq. >>> turning now to rising tensions between the u.s. and russia. the pentagon says a u.s. recognizance plane was intersuspected by a russia fighter jet while in international airspace. it happened over the baltic sea. unsafe, saying it was merely trying to identify the aircraft. this comes just days after russian aircraft repeatedly flew near a u.s. ship. >>> a muslim student outraged. he said he was kicked off a plane for speaking a differe

witnesses say a tire flew off the humvee they were riding and caused it to flip over in new brunswick. one female soldier had to have her legs amputated to free her from the wreck. two other soldiers were also all four are with the 533rd brigade support battalion in queens. the army has not said where they were going. >>> after colliding with a new jersey transit bus, look at the scene here. the accident shut down kennedy boulevard for about an hour last night. there were no passengers on the bus at the time. four people inside the car, they had to be taken to hoboken medical center for treatment. driver of the car was cited for reckless driving. >>> 5:41 right now. another history making night for the university of connecticut women's basketball team. >> three players were chosen as the first three picks in the wnba draft. >> select brianna stewart from the university of connecticut. >> no surprise there. brianna stewart headed to seattle. second selection san jose chose mariah jefferson, the home state of connecticut chose morgan tuck the three lady huskies, winning four consecutive

he was killed early yesterday morning in new brunswick. during a shootout with two police officers from neighboring franklin township. the middlesex county prosecutor says the officers first came across diahlo grant when he was walking in franklin township. officials say the officers followed him across the town border and that is one gunfire erupted. >> we just heard five gunshots gunshots. we came and looked outside. it was surrounded by cops. >> investigators say diahlo grant was wanted for nonpayment of child support and a probation violation on a drug charge. no word on what caused -- provoked the shooting. >>> 26 gun control advocates they are calling for tougher gun laws honoring the 26 children and six educators murdered in the 2012 sandy hook elementary school shootings. the ride's is expected to last four days. >> we will continue this fight for as long as it takes. and work just as these bicycle riders do, to keep moving forward, so we have a safer america. >> upon arrival on the nation's capital, the cyclists plan to deliver a

the father of six with another on the way was killed early yesterday morning in new brunswick during a shootout with two police officers from neighboring franklin township. the middlesex county prosecutor says the officers first came across diahlo grant while he was walking in franklin township. officers say the officers followed him across the town border and that is when gunfire erupted. >> we heard five gunshots. we look outside. by that time, it was surrounded by cops. they closed off the roads. >> investigators say diahlo grant was wanted for nonpayment of child support and a probation violation on a drug charge. no word yet on what provoked the shooting. >>> police in the bronx have released a surveillance photo of a slashing suspect. police say a 19-year-old woman was having an argument with two people. one of them, a 21-year-old woman, slashed her across the face with a nice. the unidentified man been slashed her. the woman was caught. the man was that -- the man is at large. >>> three new york city firefighters are facing charges after a bar brawl near citi field. police say

that's why off the ocean we've seen our numbers put on the brakes, approaching 50 in morristown and new brunswick. 39 in monticello. the numbers kind of flat line during the early evening hours, and they rise a little bit later on as a front is approaching from the west. got some nice warm air approaching, so it would be warmer than previous nights and we can get back into the 50s tomorrow. in terms of when you need the umbrella and raincoat. first thing, there's many places dry. the best chances of seeing rain is long island and connecticut, but i have the umbrella and jacket ready to go late morning. the rain heaviest from 11:00 to 4:00 or 5:00 and we could get thunder in there, and downpours. maybe ponding as we start the evening commute. conditions are improving during the evening commute, and then by 7:00, there might be lingering showers into the first part of the evening hours. watch the future cast. this gives me hope about a pretty sunset as the clouds thin out especially south of i-287. 45 in the city and clouds thicken up. there are your morning showers. best chance over the island. a

but some in the rutgers new brunswick class of 2016 feel they're being shortchanged because each grad is only receiving three tickets for guests. >> i'm a little upset. i have a lot of siblings that aren't going to be able to watch me graduate. >> reporter: the three-ticket president obama is the commencement speaker marking rutgers' 250th anniversary. the president's appearance on may 15th means more people want to witness the graduation. dylan says relatives traveling from around the world will not be able to attend. >> maybe 16 people in total. unfortunately they booked their tickets but only my brother and my parents can come to commencement which breaks my heart. >> school officials say the ticket limit is being dictated by the math. with 12,000 students on the field, 36,000 friends and family sitting in the stadium and 4,000 students coming from the rutgers newark and camden campuses. >> the fact that we're letting in a number of students from rutgers camden as well as rutgers newark makes them feel like they're intruding on their commencement when in reality we're all under the

prosecutors say deollo grant was wounded in the shooting about 1:30 this morning in new brunswick. the 27-year-old died at a police recovered his gun and investigators were pursuing grant for violating probation and failing to pay child support. >>> new tonight in the bronx, a family hoping that prayers will bring a missing loved one back to them. now this is a vigil for 35-year- old javier horta. family and friends gathered at the spot in sound view where he was last seen. two weeks ago. he is the father of a 3-year- old daughter and he worked as a librarian's assistant at the new york public library's jerome park branch. >> right now we're working with the same amount of information that we have since day one which is nothing. we have no information. no new leads. basically, it's -- a mystery. we have no idea where my brother could be. >> horta was last seen wearing black jeans and black hoodie and black t-shirt and black sneakers. anyone with information call police. >>> new details out of nassau county where police say a missing teenager has been located. young is with relatives

initially the plan was to go to new brunswick, where there's a massive war chest of 70,000 pounds. which, at the time, was an enormous fortune. the men were so tired from any days of being up and marching that it was impossible. washington marches off into high ground and fortifies for the winter. it's just the beginning of this epic saga. this book also covers not only the for the computer of operations, -- the northern theater of operations, but also the southern. the marylanders and delaware blues were one of the few minutes in the army that fought in both areas. the marylanders were crucial. war goes on,e there is a great deal of trauma. there is hyperinflation. economically, the american economy is devastated. the continental is worthless. the men captured in the book, there is a needs that occurs =-- a mutiny that occurs that needs to be brought down. america is wavering once again in 1780. the war is stalemated in the north. the british decide to go south, where there are many loyalists in the carolinas. they first have great success at charleston, where the capture thousand

it ended in new brunswick. that's where grant died in a shootout with officers. he was wanted for not paying child support and for a drug probation violation. >>> the rockland county woman serving 20 years for kill her son with an overdose of salt infusions is insisting she didn't commit that crime. >> take your child to the doctor seek help to find out what is wrong with them. i didn't ever once harm my son. >> the network television interview, lacy spears blamed a valhalla hospital for a medical mistake that she claims killed garnet died two years ago. spears suffered from a mental health problem, she denies that as well. >>> the suffolk county spca is investigating a heartless case of animal cruelty. they want to find the person who abandoned a dog and muzzled it with duct tape. it was found -- the spca is offering $2,000 as a reward for anyone with information leading to an arrest. >>> this is a story we've been following all week. some 67 puppies found in a van that had been left there for 20 hours out in the cold in new jersey. the man who owns that van, vi

a >>> we'll continue to follow that accident on the new jersey turnpike, south brunswick area there. let's get an update on the traffic from shannon stone in news copter 7. >> reporter: this was traveling southbound on the turnpike when the right front tire blew out, causing it to overturn. we did have four soldiers on board, three were trapped. the female soldier had a leg amputation at the scene. we did have two medevacs at the scene and because of that all lanes were shut down on the inner and outer lanes of the roadway. all of your lanes are getting through but the outer roadway we are still down to only one lane squeezing through and despite the fact they have opened so many lanes the damage here is already done. the delays on the push turnpike stretch back a whopping 9 miles almost back to interchange 9. it is a rough right tonight on the new jersey turnpike. shannon stone channel 7 eyewitness news. >>> right now governor cuomo applauding the new $15 an hour minimum wage. they are marching down to the republican gala. some verizon workers who went on strike yesterday have joined

this one is meant to go from alberta east across to new brunswick to get oil to tidewater.s any company trying to plan its future is looking at its transportation options. another option would be to go to the west coast, which looks to be dead in the water. lng has been on the books for years but does not seem to be getting any traction. many of the plans looking to delay the overall estimate. that is what is being asked for. how to lessen the prospects of stranded assets in the future. mr. trudeau has to balance who are not in favor of fossil fuels being used , and also the crumbling situation in alberta with resources needing to get out of the province. it seems it may eventually get through but they need help. scarlet: what did his recent budget a lot to the oil and gas sectors? not a time. the alberta government has lost about 20% of its revenue in the past few, tens of thousands of jobs lost. up thed speed unemployment payout system, so there is not a long wait to receive payments, looked at some affordable housing, infrastructure plans, and the government released les

rutgers new brunswick badge with. the school has constraints. immediate family. it would take a really big venue to accommodate everyone. look at the positive. you are graduates now. greg: i would volunteer to stay home. is that nice of me? >> they go to st. john's. i will be speaking at their commencement. another honorary doctorate. greg: another. did you hear that? receiving it. >> i will talk about it afterwards. the mac air teaming up to fight a very serious problem. prescription drug abuse. greg: tracking prescription sales of the deck if products. >> you go from one position with your symptoms. you go to multiple pharmacies to get your prescription filled. that is the good. >> they keep detailed information on every prescription. including potentially the dick if opiate painkillers already sharing monitoring data with new jersey. rosanna: i know you really want the united states does not have an official animal. greg: we are narrowing it down. rosanna: mammal. i could not sleep that night. how could we not have in animal. greg: the bison / float. >> think

--associate professor of history and journalism and media studies at rutgers university, new brunswick. he is the author about nixon, coolish and a wonderful book called the republic of spin, and inside history of the american presidency. again, a timely moment. good work, david. david is a longtime contributor to "slate" and now writes a history column for "politico." to david's right, although not politically, is annette gordon-reed. charles wharton professor of american legal history at harvard law school, professor he of history in the history department and carol hayes for professor of american history. she has published six books. a winner of numerous awards including the poor surprise in history and the national book or for nonfiction. a leading and field, changing scholar, her most recent book is about thomas jefferson into the empire of imagination. they will be signing the book outside in the book exhibit after this theater. for those of you who got a program early, you may have would beean relents here, but he is somewhere else. jacob weisberg has agreed to join us, which is

professor.associate professor of history end of journalism and media studies at rutgers university, new brunswick. he is an author of books about hoover and coolidge and a wonderful recent book, and insight history of the american presidency. a timely moment. good work, david. a history of the white house machine. longtime contributor to "late" and now writes a totory column or "politico." david's right, although not politically, is a net gordon reed. annette gordon reed. and scholarrofessor of american history, she has published six books. among them a book in 2008 which won numerous awards, including the pulitzer prize for nonfiction. a leading and field, changing scholar, her most recent book is about thomas jefferson into the empire of imagination into actually, and and peter will be signing that book outside in the book exhibit after the plenary. for those of you got a program early, one of the panelists will not the here and jacob weisberg has agreed to join us which is very exciting. he is a veteran journalist and political writer and currently chairman of the "late" group. he is the autho

event told to come to the stadium early to come to the event for the 2:30 commencement on the new brunswick campus, cb s2 news. >>> you can see why they had a problem, paid for four years of education and can't come to graduation. >>> the big price tag for a small brooklyn home would you pay it? look that's been tweeted around the world did the first lady of new jersey roll her eyes duringthe victory speech? >>> and the dow jones industrial average rose a 3, nasdaq added 7. . >>> time magazine honored 13th annual lists of the 100 most influential people of the world. >>> it was a star studded carpet home of jazz including leonardody dicaprio, and wanted to see the creator and stars broadway hamilton. >> have some hope that they'll sing among others. >>> i was hoping linmanuel could come but doing a show. >>> 6:22. time for traffic and weather on the 2's, let's bring in john here 47 degrees currently. >>> i wonder if charlie will be tired this morning. he is sometimes fun to watch. >> full of energy. flying all over the place. i want to take you outside again today. no need for an sos on mor

live from south brunswick, new jersey, tracee carrasco, cbs 2 news. >>> campaign 2016 now. all five presidential city tonight with the new york primary now just five days away. the stage is set for tonight's democratic debate in brooklyn. hillary clinton and bernie sanders will square off at 9:00. on the republican side, donald trump, ted cruz and john kasich will speak at a gop fundraiser in manhattan. we have key. coverage begin with cbs 2 political reporter marcia kramer. >> reporter: it seems all you have to do is say the name donald trump and protestors show up. here in midtown, where trump is expected to speak tonight, the police are already setting up pens on 42nd street and the side streets to make cope with large protests. the billionaire is here trying to convince people new york is his kind of town because he hopes it will help him cinch the republican nomination. >> we are home and i love long island. >> reporter: donald trump was at a suffolk county fundraiser just hours before he will take the stage with ted cruz and john kasich at a black tie gala for the sta

some seniors are blasting this change on social media and only students from the new brunswick campus are actually going to be getting the parking passes. students from newark and camden are told to take specially charte yored nj transit trains t t day. >>> nbc's next live musical added a big name with a big voice. jennifer hudson signed on to star in "hairspray live" to play motormouth maybel. also joining the guest, harvey "hairspray live" will air on nbc live. isn't he perfect for that? >> i saw him in the role when i saw "hairspray." >> that's right, he did that role originally on bradway. >> all i want to be is loved is the song. >> he did a wonderful job. >>> meantime, not so psyched about the th weather. oh! strike up the band, we have clouds and showers moving through. and we have a few more to the north of the city right now. let's hone in on fairfield county, connecticut, rightealong there. you can still see moderate downpours just north of 95 and ong 95 as well. we'll two to go to the west, we have portions of sullivan county in the bull's-eye of rain. that will move throug

so for folks leaving new brunswick, princeton area expect delays right where 295, joins 925 at the intersection of route one. septa having problems on the wilmington line. this is second train that has been canceled coming from wilmington, into philadelphia. the 7:37 canceled. so expect overcrowding, on the will mink ton line and pothole patrols coming today, they will be working on 322, as well as i-95, in delaware county. alex, back over to you. >> thanks, bob. >>> how often do your kid call or stop by home? parents in one country could soon take their kids to court if they do not visit. fight back and rebuild an economy. so does she. we need jobs that provide dignity and a bright future. new penalties to stop companies from moving profits and jobs overseas. for businesses that create manufacturing jobs, a new tax credit. and let's invest in clean energy jobs, with 500 million solar panels installed by the end of her first term. a real plan to create new jobs and industries of the future. hillary clinton. i'm hillary clinton and i approve this message. kind of like this look. i'm calling it t

. >>> a humvee overturned on the new jersey turnpike, injuring at least four soldiers. the crash happened this afternoon in south brunswick. new jersey police say a female and male soldier are in critical condition, a second in serious condition and another soldier is being treated at the loss. the trapped passengers and turnpike crews are working to get all southbound lanes back open. >>> now we get new details in the fire tragedy in the bronx. we now know what sparked the fire that killed two youngsters. >> new video shows their mother across the street, doing laundry when she saw fire trucks pull up and realized what happened. eyewitness news reporter darla miles is in the clairmont section with new details on this. darla? >> reporter: this fire was accidental, started by incense burning inside the home. at this point the question is whether the mother will face charges at a later date for leaving those two children inside alone. >> i just heard screaming and come zooming across the street. >> reporter: in this sur violence video you can see a 26- year-old bronx mother in her purple coat walk outside of a laundromat an

today -- >>> all the way in new brunswick, canada.ons are. >> all the way here to see matt lauer. ♪ >> celebrating our tenth birthday today. >> all the way from texas and north carolina celebrating our 13th birthdays. ♪ >> we are back now at 8:00 on this friday morning, the 7th of april, 2016. that is senator bernie sanders: we brought vermont weather. >> might be vermont fall weather. a hearty crowd, they have questions for senator sanders and they'll get a chance to ask questions. >> we have a lot to get to. we'll spend a lot of time. let's go inside first to tamron in fortunately with a check of the headlines. >> good morning everyone. the presidential candidates are getting a taste of new york's diversity ahead of the state's crucial april 19th primary. republican ted cruz quotcourted jewish voters where he learned to make matza. >> john kasich enjoying a plate piled up with pasta and sandwiches. donald trump stayed home in new york to discuss campaign strategy with his inner circle. democrat hillary clinton sat down at a diner in

some folks at this hour are above 82 with 85 new brans wick -- brunswick. if you go to the island, linoka harbor. 68 is one of the coolest highs we had in our area. 68 for this time of year, you everyday this week. well, it will change. there are a few high thin clouds, 77 degrees. front rolling through. the 82-degree reading we had today with nothing but sunshine 27. today's afternoon actually felt like what you would be getting fourth of july. that's what you had today. there is a front coming through our area. it's not going to bring much rain. there is a chance for sprinkles big part of the front. it will move through and temperatures will be ten northwest winds. so you will have those to deal with tomorrow. a better bet for rain this week will be by the end of the week. i don't think what you get in the morning will be much of anything in the rain bucket. temperatures are 77 in the city, 80 in edison. 81 sparta. 81, that's an elevation as well. the shoreline communities are a little cooler. taking a peek at what the skies are serving, from the north th

live from south brunswick, new jersey, tracee carrasco, cbs 2 news. >>> campaign 2016 now. all five presidential

news right now, an accident involving a military vehicle that flipped on the new jersey turnpike near exit 8a in south brunswick. the crash has now been cleared by but traffic still backed up as much as ten miles on the southbound side. >>> we have new information in a disturbing case we've been following for years now, the upper west side nanny charged with murdering two children in her care turned down a plea deal today. prosecutors offered her 15 years to life for each murder charge. the time would be served consecutively. she pleaded not guilty in the killings. >>> a woman is being treated for burns after a fire at a new jersey perfume company. chopper 4 was above the scene thois afternoon as the the workers were rushed out. it's not clear what caused the fire. but officials say there was some sort of spark in a chemical vat there. >>> on long island, suffolk county police are looking to the public to help crack an unsolved murder case. 29-year-old michael johnson's body was found back on february 2nd in a wooded area between suffolk avenue and 2nd avenue in brentwood. his death was caused by a head injury.