pse&g employees told don't come in to work today. they were working remotely from home. all of this, some should get power by later this afternoon, but pse&g is warning that it could take until late tonight before everybody has their power back. live in newark, i'm brian thompson, news 4 new york. >>> a lot of disruption. we turn to the race for the white house and the battleground today is the big apple. all five presidential candidates are here and it's been a long time since the new york primary mattered so much and tonight bernie sanders and hillary clinton come face to face in a highly anticipated debate. we have team coverage from long island city to right here in the five boroughs and we'll begin with news 4's katherine creag. >> reporter: i think there is peopleaybrook lynn is where it should be and hillary clinton has her campaign headquarters in brooklyn heights and this is where the debate should take place is brooklyn's navy yard. he's in his 60s and this election is so important and he's registered and he is voting for the first time ever. >> reporter: brook

pse&g says the power outage sparked by a manhole fire earlier today. rutgers, newark were forced to cancel some classes. pse&g claims the problem should be fixed by tomorrow morning. >>> a serial armed robber strikes again, targeting more businesses on long island. nassau county police are searching for a man who's held up 10 businesses at knifepoint last night he targeted a dunkin' donuts in hewlett. >>> there will be no retrial for peter liang, the former cop convicted of manslaughter. a judge in brooklyn this afternoon upholding liang's conviction after defense attorneys claimed juror misconduct. liang faces up to 15 years in prison but might also get probation. >>> the fdny says burning incense is what sparked a fire that killed two toddlers in the bronx. the siblings, just 2 and a half and 18 months old were left alone in the apartment when the flames went up yesterday. new surveillance video shows the girl's mother across the street at a laundromat. police say she thought someone was watching her children. so far she has not been charged. >>> new

the permit gives pse & g a new operating license.they have no plans to build a new reactor, no immediate plans. >>> now your forecast with meteorologist bill henley. >> this is a view from wildwood, new jersey. rain showers are nearby. not steady rainfall. it's just going to be a cloudy, dreary day for most of the day. there's the seven-day forecast at the bottom of the screen. we will see some tomorrow. wildwood, the clouds overhead and cool temperatures all around, the lehigh valley, 46 degrees. the pennsylvania suburbs delaware, philadelphia, in the 40s. and while it is 47 at the shore, south jersey is seeing numbers that have come down a bit more. washington township, cinnaminson at 44 in hopewell. it's a chilly morning. it will stay chilly through the day. occasionally we'll see a few scattered showers, just to the south of cape may crossing delaware bay. you can see isolated showers in berks county, chester county, into montgomery county. it will be brief. those are on the move, moving directly to the east. those winds are goin

here is how passengers pse recanted the entire ordeal. ord >> we came to a haltt underneath the river and we and were on the upslope coming into rosslyn and the train t t came to a halt and then it the jerked forward and backwards and it -- several times overes the course of 12 or 15 minutes and the driver kept on telling l us moving shortly and thenn finally he said there was aas a train approaching from the rear and of course that was c shocking to me because i couldae just imagine it coming atin 60 miles an hour and i was on the last car. >> it was scary just sitting sig under a tunnel with nothing,ot no service. s you can't call nobody or nothing. nothing. metro need to get their stufftu together. er >> say no to metro. >> reporter: you're notorter: y going ride any? >> no. i haven't done it in awhile. awh and to be on a brand new car -- >> reporter: so you haven'tou h ridden awhile. >> yeah. >> reporter: and then this happens. >> yeah. >> reporter: so, will you ever ride again.teer r >> not the way it's going. i got better ways to go

looking live, you can see crews from pse and g. they are repairing some of the downed wires that occurred. that needs to be replaced and koller road remains closed. we're live in clifton, marcus solis, "eyewitness news." >>> a thief is using an old trick to target certain homes. watch as surveillance video from a home in hop. he opens the garage door after checking to see if the cars in the driveway were unlike. >> we got complacent and forgot to lock the doors last night. this is what can happen. we have to be more vigilant. anything missing. people in the area should lock the door as well between the garage to the home and also lock their cars. >>> he was the easter bunny who suddenly started brawling in a local mall. though, have now been downgraded. aggravated assault charges against kasim charles, aka, the easter bunny, downgraded to simple assault. the video that went viral shows him duking it out with wonga rare row in jersey city. jimenez-guerrero attacked charles after his toddler slipped off the bunny's lap. >>> this is m

has more than 4,000 customers without power, and atlantic and cumberland counties are most affect and pse&g tells bus 500 residents are without power for them and if your power is out what you want to do, of course, is contact your electric company. do not the assume they just know about it. we will turn it over to meteorologist justin drabick with eyewitness weather. what a wild night. >> that cold front, is here and now brought in the cold air. we are seeing more reports of the down branches. >> yes. >> that is what we will be seeing this morning when you wake up, you will note that is on the ground. it is not just from the thunderstorms but strong wind we are dealing with this morning. potential for some more down trees abe branches are possible over the next several hours from this wind energy that is moving in the region. check out wind gusts at the top of the hour up to near 50 miles an hour in some locations in berks county, reading gust ted to 48. philadelphia did gust to 52 last hour. these wind will be strongest specially during morning hours. high wind warning stays in effect u

has more than 4,000 customers without power, and atlantic and cumberland counties are most affect and pse and g tells us 500 resident are without power, now if your power is out you will want to contact your electric company, too to ensure that they are aware. you do not want to assume they know bit. what is ahead for rest of the the day. lets turn it over to justin drabick with eyewitness weather and what a night. >> that goes to show how strong this strong air mass is building n yesterday wasn't that warm. we made 60 degrees. it is that temperature difference that caused this storm. >> really coming with the bang. >> it will be windy through the rest of the morning and even into the the after noon. from last night's storms we have reports of hail covering the ground, trees down and we have temperatures, and similar down trees and power lines throughout the morning with the strong wind. outside right now it looks nice with the sunshine and a few patchy clouds but chilly, 38 degrees at the airport. northwest winds sustained at 29 but does feel like the mid 20's. we're talking about wind c

right now, pse & g is telling us there is no power to the entire block of francisco avenue. it is going to be shut down in e area of jackson avenue nd bellford avenue. we'llontinue to keep you up to date. reporting live in chopper 4, i'm ed hughes. back down to you in the studio. >> not much of the house left. breaking right now in brooklyn, an 18 wheeler hit and killed a cyclist this morning, near stseerling avenue and sixth street in the park slope section. the driver of that truck did police haven't toll us if any charges will be filed. >>> now to an attack that shocked many people in brooklyn. a man armed with a knife grabbed a jogger, threw her to the ground and tried to sexually assault her. this happened in prospect park. by garfield place. news 4's marc santia is live at the scene this morning with more. >> this is an active scene. the search for the attacker ongoing. you can see police blocked off the area where the attack happened this morning. i want to get some video shot a short time ago as police, they were going through storm drains, looking through shrubs, de

. >> employees at pse&g workers simulate add gas leak in a residential neighborhood as part of theirreparedness program. this training allows for pse&g to increase public safety and try to prepare for worst case scenarios. >>> police in south jersey are trying to track down a suspect after a popular community figure was found murdered. "action news" anchor rick williams live in our news room with more. >> hi, monica. his name was sylvester combs better known as buttons. while he may have been homeless many say he was the heart and soul of swedesboro. neighbors banded together pay for his funeral. now police are trying to find his killer. nora muchanic has the latest on the investigation coming up tonight on "action news" at 5:00. >>> and it's fitness friday. this week we're talking about the broad street run and staying healthy ahead of the race. in health check tonight ali gorman explains ways to keep yourself injury free and ready to run on race day. those stories and much more when we see you in just a little bit on "action news at 5:00 until then back to the studio, brian, see yo

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pse&g hope to have power restored this morning. rutgers university newark just announced that classes will resume on schedule today. we're waiting for fan official announcement from njit. both schools canceled classes yesterday. >>> a social media campaign to raise awareness of the crime of up skirting. it's taking photos of a woman's skirt, up a woman's skirt. the d.a.'s office wants women to stay aware. they've posted anti-skirting -- upskirting posters on facebook. there's a rise in the crimes as temperatures get warmer. >>> lawyers for two former aides creating a traffic jam is not a federal crime. they are now facing charges connected to the 2013 lane closures of the george washington bridge. but their attorneys are again fighting to have the case thrown out. in court pamers filed last week, the lawyers call the indictment a fantasy and no constitutional right to be free from bad traffic. >>> school districts in new york city will get something the parents have been fighting for. special classes for gifted children. that progr

pse&g along with local police and firefighters were rehearsing what they would do if a construction crewamaged a gas pipe. officials say this kind of drill crucial to making sure crews are ready for worst case scenarios. >> ♪ >>> the flag of greece was raised above philadelphia city hall today to kick off a weekend to celebrate greek heritage. mayor jim kenney was on land to thank the community for -- on hand to thank the communities for its contributions to the city. on sunday the greek independence day parade will step off from 17th and parkway at 2 o'clock. >> ♪ joe sestak supports a plan that the new york timesfactreported makes cuts to social security benefits. and the plan raises the retirement age. it's true. the a.a.r.p. opposed the plan, citing dramatic cuts to medicare benefits. the plan sestak supports means higher out-of-pocket costs for millions on medicare. any way you spin it, the truth about sestak is gonna hurt. women vote is responsible for the content of this advertising. >> flyers play tomorrow night. they do not want to go two down. >> no, they can't. they can't affo

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utility crews are continuing their work to get several buildings back on the grid in downtown newark pse&g says that the outage was sparked by a manhole fire yesterday. rutgers newark and njit were forced to cancel some classes. the njit library and several other buildings were running on backup generators. pse&g also claims the problem should be fixed sometime this morning. >>> time now is 5:43 and meteorologist bill evans joins us with an a plus report card accuweather forecast. >> you are correct sir! here's the chrysler building this morning. brought to you by yep. and it's going to be a -- jeep. it's going to be a beautiful day as we look across the east river. right across roosevelt island and on tout flushing, queens and laguardia airport. what a great day here, love the chrysler building brought to you by jeep and today we have clear skies and beautiful weather. 44 degrees and humidity is in the moderate range. the winds are calm and the pressure, the barometer is rising. right there. 30.41. i mean it's going to continue to just be strong high pressure if it were 30.00 that's goo

. >>> pse&g grews are on the scene of of a dump truck accident in new jersey. it happened 2:30 this morning on orient way in lyndhurst. a man parked the dump truck, then got out and walked in front of it. the truck then began to roll and the dump truck then hit a pole knocking out power on the street no word on the man's condition. >>> investigators say engine problems caused a plane that took off from newark airport to make an emergency landing. united airlines flight 38 was headed to nebraska when the pilot was forced to land in cleveland around 5:30 yesterday evening. here's a look at the plane after it landed. investigators say about an hour into the flight the engine made a noise, the plane dipped to the left. the pilot declared an emergency and steered that plane to the nearest airport. some passengers screamed. others prayed until the pilot landed that plane safely. passengers then boarded other flights. there were no physical injuries. certainly a traumatic experience for everyone on board. >> especially when you see that. >>> 5:04 right now. time for w

pse and g crews were here on the scene with some of the cleanup involved and the investigation continues. four people hospitalized, one critically after that early morning crash. we're live in clifton, marcus solis, channel 7 "eyewitness news." >> marcus, thank you so much. >>> funeral services will be held today for t neck may are lysette parker. the 44-year-old died sunday after being rushed to the hospital as the first african- american woman to be elected mayor in a bergen county community. her funeral will be held this morning at mount olive baptist church. >>> you can expect a traffic mess this weekend while crossing the tappan zee bridge. three out of four northbound lanes are now closed for theirs. work started at 9:00 last night and continues until 2:00 this afternoon. work will pick back up again right now, construction crews are driving piles into the river bed or the new bridge. drivers are being told to take another route or at the very least expect some delays. you can find full details on our web site, abc7ny.com. >>> this is marathon weekend on long island. the mets kicke

pse&g says 6,000 people have no power. ac with 500, about00 in n 600 i newcastle.c 10 app. if you have trees that have come down we'd like to see it. you can also get forecasts and weather alerts. >>> villanova's march to victory. all time best wildcats heading to national game after record setting romp in the final four. you're looking at wildcats leaving the floor in houston after they crushed oklahoma by 44 points. quite a turnaround from their matchup with oklahoma in december. 'nova moves on and plays north carolina tomorrow night. nbc 10's matt delucia live in houston where fans won't be returning to work or school until at least tuesday, matt. >> no, not at all, rosemary. you just mentioned it. true villanova fans will remember the game. a few months villanova against oklahoma but oklahoma won by 23 points. this is a game of revenge if there ever was one. the folks here enjoyed every minute of it. >> let's go 'nova! >> reporter: celebration continued into the night as fans left nrg stadium. many fans felt hopeful for a win but they did not expect this. >> un

pse&g is reporting nearly 22,000 people. down the shore ac electric reporting another 6,000.thout power. more than that. >> yes, this is all as you're getting this cold arctic air that came through leading edge of that last night and it is here now. the wind will stick a round for awhile here's a look at center city despite the sunshine it's cold. grab the coat before you step outside. if you are going outside, here's something you might want to check out. >> weekend wendy is here to tell you in case you missed it last month that the first sunday of every month is pay what you wish day at the philadelphia museum of art. that's right. they like to you start at a dollar but after that, anything you want is a donation to the museum. and you can enjoy all their treasures including their current exhibit which is international pups v a good time at the museum. will it be cold enough for to us want to stay indoors, dave. >> that wind making it out there. you may want to run from the car to get inside you might even pass through a snowflake or two. one or two flurries coming down acr

pse & g in new jersey says nearly 6700 customers are in the dark this morning. and pseg long island reporting 2300 customers without power. >> police are searching for a on a train in the bronx. it happened around 2:40 friday afternoon on a southbound 6 train. >> police say the woman who brutally robbed a 103-year-old woman in the bronx is off the streets and in custody this morning. cbs2's dave carlin reports from co-op city where the victim says she will not let the attack get her down. >> reporter: louise signore is plucky 103-year-old who is tougher than she looks surviving a brutal robbery inside her high-rise. it left her battered and sore. >> my head, my hands, my back, my neck. >> reporter: the senior has lived here 45 years. she is under 5' tall and she says she is legally blind and hard-of-hearing. and, therefore, must have appeared to be an easy mark. police say this woman in handcuffs, 53-year-old sharon mcneil, followed signore into elevator with her and in the hallway on the eighth floor assaulted and robbed her. a break for police in this case was

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pse & g in new jersey says more electricity. pseg in long island is reporting more than 3300 outages. >> police are searching for a man they say exposed himself on a train in bronx. it happened 2:40 in the afternoon. the suspect acted in front of an 18-year-old woman before she exited the train on wood lock avenue. >> police say the woman who brutally robbed a 103-year-old in the bronx is off the streets and in custody. cbs2's dave carlin reports from co-op city where the victim says she will not let this attack get her down. >> reporter: louise signore is tougher than she looks. surviving a brutal robbery, it left her battered and sore. >> my head, my hands, my hand, my back, my neck. >> reporter: the senior has lived here 45 years. she is under 5' tall and she says she is legally blind and hard-of-hearing and, therefore, must have appeared to be an easy police say this woman in handcuffs, 53-year-old sharon mcneil, followed signore into her building, got into the elevator with her, and then in the hallway on the eighth floor a

pse and g says 28,000 customers are powerless. jcp is reporting 17,000 outages. >>> and we got new video in from the bronx where powerful wind caused a vacant building to partially collapse. you can see the damage done to easen we would. the -- edenwald, the department of buildings is monitoring the damage. >>> amy freeze is here with us. any end in sight? >> we have to get through the next 36 hours with the combination of winds, maybe more snow accumulating tonight and the feels like temperature is pretty extreme. teens and 20s through tuesday. just looking out the window, you may not think it's such a bad day at all. blue skies trying to peek through here. looking up the hudson, we have visibility to the gwb. feels like temperatures are in the 20s. 34 for the thermometer reading and a high wind warning until 2:00 p.m. strong wind gusts could go up to 60 miles per hour. the thermometer readings which are in the mid-30s to upper 30s feels more like teens and 20s because of the wind gusts feeling strong. widespread across the area,

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new jersey, pse&g tells us that more than 6,000 residents are without power and ac electric has more than 5,000 customers, without power, atlantic and cumberland counties are most affected. if your power is out, you want to contact the electric company immediately to assure they are aware. do not just assume about that. here's meteorologist justin drabick eyewitness weather. what are we looking at, moving forward. >> storms are done. we had gusts near 07 miles an hour with those storms. that is why we dealt with that wind damage. still windy behind this cyst them that will continue. it is potential for down trees, limbs, and additional power outages throughout the morning and into the afternoon today but story right now is also the colder air. it is opening day of baseball for some teams and certainly not feeling like baseball weather especially out in pittsburgh where they are home today but that temperature right now 37 degrees at the airport. northwesterly wind at 28 miles an hour, feels like mid 20's. we are talking about wind chills in the teens and 20's for early april. it happ

pse&g said the outage was caused by an underground cable failure that sparked a fire around 1:30 this morning. chopper 4 was overhead while crews were at the scene. it's not known how many customers are affected, but some may not have power restored until this afternoon. >>> let's look at the morning commute. >> on the new cannon branch 40 to 60 minute delays heading southbound, as well as some service changes and on the 7 train we have delays and service changes, as well. otherwise the roads look good. if you're getting on the roads eastbound this accident by bradley avenue, two lanes are blocked. >>> another chilly start, pleasant and cool by this afternoon with a high of 60. tonight clear skies, 40 degrees. tonight lots of sun, 63 is the high. saturday breezy, still sunny 65 degrees. >>> coming up on the "today" show, actress, writer, and producer stops by to talk about (vo) we developed the world's first transvenous cardiac pacemaker, performed the world's first coronary bypass, and have world-renowned specialists taking on complex cases others can't >>> how are you? >> it is thur

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ironically, the pse&g headquarters also without power. back over to you. >> thank you very much, kai. >> we'll check in with lauren, see what's going on. >> a couple of problems on the roads. start with staten island on the expressway eastbound after clove road or exit 13. there is a disabled vehicle. delays as you make your way towards the verrazano bridge this morning. over on 287, this has been out there all morning long. northbound before weston canal road, an accident in the right lane. delays back a few miles before exit 17. this is in the inner roadway. there's an accident as well that blocks the right lane. an update on the 280 incident. it was reported as an accident. disabled truck. that's out there eastbound by eisenhower parkway. delays keep getting worse by the minute. >> wow. thank you, lauren. >>> raphi, one more check of the weather. >> another chilly and dry morning out there. lots of sunshine. temperatures in the 40s in the city, 30s and 20s north and west of town. 30 at morristown. 32 in monticello. under beautiful blue

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at last check pse&g hoped to have power restored some time this morning. >>> let's look at the commute, here's lauren skala. >> thanks, darlene. still a disaster in the bronx eastbound, a third of the morning out by webster avenue. 90 minutes at the george washington bridge upper level, 60 in the lower. we also have reports of a minor accident at the lincoln. 78 westbound this accident, as well. two lanes shut down. one on the garden state parkway at exit 131. back to you, darlene. >>> another chilly start, we'll 44 in the city, 30s to the north and west. tomorrow breezy, sunny, high of 76. coming up on the "today" show, dr. jill biden tells us how she balances her own career while helping to launch nationwide >>> it's 8:30. it's a beautiful morning on the plaza. we're happy to have you along. great crowd. they're noisy, loud, they're happy. it's friday and it'll be a beautiful weekend in lots of parts of the country. >> yes, it is. >>> coming up still on the show, we're happy about this, the multi-talented jason bateman is here in studio 1a. >> there has been a competition who is crus