i'm steve handlesman, nbc news, brooklyn. >>> so who had the better night? well, if twitter is any indication clinton held a slight advantage. and despite the huge crowds sanders has drawn this week, the latest poll shows hillary clinton with a substantial 17-point lead. and new york governor andrew cuomo who is a clinton supporter and talked to chris math use after the debate. >> hillary going to win. i don't want to do the points but i think she's going to win. look, i don't play the expectation game. it was her home state. she has to win by "x." i think that's setting a bar. but i believe she's going to win. i believe it's going to be by a healthy margin. >> sanders meanwhile is right now on his way to the vatican for a meeting on economic and social issues. it's unclear though if the senator will be meeting with pope francis. >>> on the republican side, donald trump holds a commanding lead in his home state and now he has the endorsement of hometown tabloid "the new york post." which writes quote, trump is now an imperfect messenger carrying a vital mess

live from brooklyn, steve handlesman, news4. jim? steve, thank you. >>> metro service is back to service along the orange, blue and silver lines after a train stopped work thing afternoon. a mechanical issue left almost 200 passengers stuck here near the rosland station. >>> metro is also for a new electronic payment system. it's been testing that system that would allow riders to pay for their trip with their smartphones and bank cards. during the testing period, some of the new gates didn't work. metro's gm says tonight the agency will focus on improving the system already in place. >>> the d.c. mayor was in our building tonight to make an appearance on the rachel maddow show and mark the upcoming emancipation day. he said the courts agree with budget autonomy and for the first time ever, the district's bum et will not be part of the federal budget. but it still has to go through congress and rachel asked the mayor if he's bracing for a fight. >> i think the fact that the courts weighed in suggest to everybody that sending our bin

i'm steve handlesman, nbc news, washington. >>> some of you may have noticed this already. whatsapp has strengthened its encryption settings as the face-off between apple and the fbi spurs tech companies to rethink approaches to safeguarding customer data. whatsapp messages will only be available to the sender and recipient. staying in tech, financial disruption is a buzz word at the money 2020 fintech conference in copenhagen with social trading company itoro making strides. nancy spoke to the firm's ceo and asked about the innovation taking place in the banking space. >> i definitely see a lot of the big banks in europe, starting with commerce bank, whose venture arm invested in etoro. so that's one of the largest banks in germany. you see sort of a very refreshing breeze of people understanding you have to innovate or die. sort of that statement of the silicon valley has now entered europe, into the financial services. they understand that they need to innovate or other banks who simply innovate or partner with etoro are going to come for their lurch. >> well, nancy is s