great ride through suffolk county. let's look at our maps, and we will talk about our subway status. possible, and 2 and 3 trains possible, and 2 and 3 trains signaling problems at central park, and 110th street. hn >>> 6:11 now. welcome back. a restaurant owner, hamlet peralta accused of raising $12 million in a ponzi scheme at his hudson river cafe in harlem. his alleged victims include two businessmen linked to the investigations of mayor de blasio's fund raising. but peralta's lawyer says don't jump to conclusions. >> he has not been formally indicted, and i ask that people we tell juries when we start a trial. >>> a veteran detective has been stripped from his badge and gun after putting in his retirement papers, refusing to answer questions about the scandal. >>> a man who triggered a lockdown at the white house was running from police after committing a nearby robbery. president obama was nearby the white house at the time, which was immediately put on lockdown. >>> tens of thousands of chickens are dead after f

the heaviest rain across suffolk county and connecticut. we getna little lull in the ac , but there's nother line of in showers right now across ohio d western pennsylvania. that gets in here later this afternoon. for today, take the umbrella along with you. showers and thunderstorms early and late. warmer south and west of the city. 70s in new jersey. 50s out across long island and the city's sandwiched somewhere in the middle in the mid to upper 60s. big range in temperatures. then today it dries out, cools off, back to the mid-40s in town. we'll see 30s in the suburbs north and west. middle of the week, probably the nicest day where we see the most sunshine and temperatures in the 60s before we get more of these showers coming back in. we do need rain, we are in a deficit, so this is okay. >> all right. we'll have to handle that. >> that's right. >> thank you, chris. >>> hey, lauren. >> good morning. very wet roads but no major problems just yet. i'm sure as the morning goes on it won't be the same case, but here's the tappan zee bridge

it is sparing in suffolk county, it is sparing no community at all. >> reporter: the suffolk d.a. saying the busts are part of a task force set up in 2009. that specialized unit often uses wiretaps during its investigations. so far, those officers have made more than 1,080 arrests. it is a massive effort trying to canaan epic problem. steve: thank you. mta officials say a metro north train struck a car at the green lane crossing in bedford hills. to have been a disabled car own the tracks. no one was hurt. the harlem line is experiencing lengthy delays. dari: potentially dangerous levels of lead have been found at another school in a jersey school district. steve: jessica is here the tell us what they're doing to protect students and staff. jessica? >> reporter: we've been hearing a lot about the high levels of lead in newark schools. that's what prompted officials here to test the waters here and the results are alarming. east lake elementary school has five water fountains with lead levels more than the federal limit of 15 parts per billion. parents are, of course, concerned. >>

. >>> suffolk county prosecutors say that they stopped a heroin operation connected to five overdoses. cbs 2's jennifer mclogan reports on the arrests in a major heroin ring in shirley. >> reporter: on the streets of suffolk family worry. their county leads the state in heroin overdoses. >> heroin is a serious drug and i see it on the streets a lot every day. >> drugs around here are a major problem. and i want to keep our children safe. >> reporter: here in mastic shirley a major heroin ring may be broken. prosecutors and police say a wiretap investigation linked multiple suspects to 17 overdoses and five deaths! >> two of the fatal overdoses were of a mother and her son. the mother was 54 years of age. her son was 19 years of age. they died on the same day in their home in manorville. >> reporter: prosecutors contend the mother and son died six hours after ian dunn of shirley supplied them with fentanyl-laced heroin making it more potent and more profitable. this pregnant amityville mother of three is charged this mom from bay shore [ non- english language ] is charged as a major tr

he didn't just go to suffolk county. he decided to campaign on the street where 37-year-old lucero was beaten and stabbed to death by racist mob that attacked him because he was a hispanic immigrant. >> the message from hispanic advocate s clear is that trump shouldn't appear on the same street where lucero was killed in a 2008 hate crime. 21-year-old residents said she remembers when immigrants were beaten routinely here. she worried that trump's visit will start the violence again. >> i'm really afraid because i don't want this bad things happen. >> donald trump is the front-runner. we welcome him to suffolk county. >> the chairman says he has no plan to move or postpone the trump appearance. >> that is a report from last night. today the suffolk county went ahead with the invitation to campaign on the same street as the fatal hate crime. literally a couple hundred yards from where that young man died. mr. trump was introduced at that event by former republican candidate for new york governor carl paladino. this is how

so we welcome him to suffolk county. >> reporter: the chairman of suffolk's republican party says he has no plan to move or postpone the trump appearance. the venue, he says, is one the gop used often. the protests, he says, are pure politics. >> because you don't like donald trump or you don't like some of the things he says, doesn't mean that you get to shut him out. >> reporter: caught in the middle of this political back and forth are suffolk police. extra officers will be there thursday and streets around the venue will be closed by mid afternoon. >> we will not tolerate any lawlessness. >> reporter: suffolk's police commissioner is expecting several thousand protesters. >> this is not a reality show. >> reporter: once again thrusting the population into >> this is becoming just as difficult difficult. >> reporter: about a thousand people are expected for tomorrow night's fund-raiser. as you heard, police are expecting thousands of protesters outside. today one of those planned protesters couldn't resist but upping the rhetoric by saying that donald trump's appearance appears to

overnight a new crime n suffolk -- in suffolk county, and diana rocko is live. >> reporter: there's been a dozen crimes, and police are looking into the the possibility it could be the same man. last night here the man walked into the store, getting away with an undisclosed amount of cash. they are investigating the possibility due to the fact that it's so similar. the man was able to escape without the employee being harmed. the employee was alone at the the night investigating. if it's related to the other incidents it would be the first in nassau county, and suffolk police are deciding if this man is responsible for the robberies there. the latest robbery there was monday. dunkin' donuts, subway, 7- eleven have all been hit. this morning the police are calling him priority number one. >>> once he enters, he walks behind the counter, displaying what apoors to be a 6-8-inch knife and states to the employee open the register. after the suspect takes the cash, he flees in an unknown direction on foot. >> reporter: so, just like the case last night, the man is always wearing a hooded sweat

what police found inside. intruders is going to cost you more in suffolk county. >> police responded to more than 97,000 false alarms last year. as greg cergol explains, the costs don't stop there. >> mark seigel is soundsing the alarm about a new suffolk county program designed to stop false alarms. >> it's a moneymaker, it's not right. siegel will have to secure an annual $50 permit. after the first two false alarms, they could be fined up to $650 for subsequent ones. >> we're not looking to penalize people, we're looking to reduce false alarms. >> last year alone, suffolk police answered 97,000 false alarms. one business had more than 150. one home registered 60 about. >> what's going on there, sir. >> roughly 17% of all 911 calls >> every th time we dispatch one of our radio cars to an assignment. it will turn out to be an assignment that's a waste of their time. >> they hope this will reduce false alarms by 70% in the first year. what police couldn't tell us is how much revenue the program could generate for the county. >> it shouldn't be punitive to people who have an alarm. >>

showers and thunderstorms coming across, and lightning strikes are popping across to the north shore of suffolk county, and those are passing through the city. that was the lighting we captured on the cameras. we need the rain gear, starting at noontime, and we will talk about this with the accuweather >> she thought the flashes of lighting were the paparazzi taking her know toe. >> 2:30,s and i like -- 2:30, and i was like who is that? >> 2 and 3 trains, fast repair, and 3 trains are sus tended. and 35 six o'clock trains with overnight track track -- are suspended and 356 trains with overnight track issues. >>> the incident that started on the 59th street bridge morning we have our first look at the man police say stabbed another driver 11 times. police just released this video this morning. you can see the man in his 30s fleeing the scene. the man gets into a silver toyota, driving away, leaving a 45-year-old victim to die. two men got into a road rage incident coming over the bridge at 11:15 on saturday. the 45-year-old man got out of his car and confronted the suspect, and the suspect showe

storm tracker shows one last snow squall there across suffolk county. that could impact driving, but overall, the snow really diminishing a tot over the past few hours. that's one storm pulling away. here's our nextretorm moving in toni t and tomorrow bringing us another round o snow and rain as well. we're talking about snow, we've also got cold i whoaces. windchills in the single digits in the hudson valley after the 70s and 80s the past couple of days. 16 it feels like in white plains. you had to head outside, ou need the layers, hats, gloves and scarves in full effect. we have freeze warnings in effect for portions of the suburbs. take the plants inside. temperatures will drop below freezing in many suburbs. doyksfternoondon future tracker. at least we're rain andw snow-free through the evenin dinnertime. 10:00 tonight, the winds are lighter. here comes the clipper. tomorrow, 3:00 a.m., early morning start on monday. snow in the hudson valley. in the city, it will be warm enough for plain old rain. that is great news. it will be a wet commute for ma

didn't work or it mutated, making the shots less >>> a 6-foot alligator was taken from a home in suffolk county. you can't forget this guy. the gator was taken from a home in medford where it was being kept in a fenced-in backyard. they're reminding everyone that keeping alligators is dangerous and illegal. other reptiles could be in homes on the island, and in some cases they're being dumped. >> alligators, quite a few we recovered here in suffolk county, one of them even in an apple bee's restaurant in a tup perware container over four feet long. can you imagine a child opening that container what could have happened? >> if you have a reptile, you're told to hand it over without being charged. if you harbor it, though, you could be charged. >>> a bear was spotted in maplewood today. is when wildlife officials trang tranquilized it. >>> the sun came out for most of us, except right along the jersey shore. you're lucky in sherman, connecticut, too. we're at 62 degrees right now and plenty of sunshine. this is our weather underground partner station there. looks fantastic. but you'll be c

in just a minute we begin with this breaking news about this brush fire burning in copaigue in suffolk county. the flames first broke out on a -- at a home on east santa barbara road around 2:00 p.m. >> as firefighters tried to get the upper hand on the house fires, the flames then jumped over a small canal and ignited a brush fire at copaigue neck county park. right now the fire is out in some of the homes, still burning in two other houses and the brush fire is still on as well. you're looking at live pictures. you can see all the smoke there. so far no injuries have been reported. a total of seven fire departments are now on scene. >> we have crews on the way to the fire and newscopter 7, as right now. >>> we want to bring in meteorologist lee goldberg. we had the fires yesterday in secaucus and carney, and the conditions are -- >> the winds being lighter, they are always going to be gustier near the coast but we can actually see some of the plumes of the smoke near babylon, copaigue area and you can see how it's headed offshore. right now the winds are shifting a little bit and we

dramatic video of the suspect on the run. >> developing story in suffolk county. huge flames destroying a luxury condo complex. time to grab pets and run. this price is so low. trying to make me eat my greens? no, just trying to save you some green. whaaat?! thousands of blue tags. thousands of low prices. great price on this boneless chicken! yeah. we love low prices. no bones about it. [ laughter ] thousands of blue tags. thousands of low prices. >>> good morning. developing story on long island. firefighters battling a raging fire that destroyed several condos. >> his legacy will last lifetimes. the question into prince's sudden and shocking death at his home. >> a live look outside. our streak of dry weather is about to come to an end.

it is the third one in suffolk county in as many months. >> it is amazing that the two men on board survived this and nobody on the ground was hurt. the piper had just taken off from the bay port aerodrome when it went down on the street. >> reporter: the wreckage is still there on that residential street behind my. that's third avenue. you can see the firefighters are still on scene tonight, combing over what is left over. and yes, miraculous is exactly what the police commissioner called it tonight. part of the reason the men were rescued so quickly, local emts live in the neighborhood and rushed out of their homes to pull those men from the plane. the mangled plane lies flipped upside down, an ash and mess inside this residential block tonight. it is the crash sceneareft behind after investigators say fell from the sky this evening. >> i was looking out the win die, he stalled and he came down. the pole twisted around, landed and went on fire and stuff. >> reporter: officials say the plane was headed to orange county with two men on board. the pilot, 35-year-old scott clifford and his pas

crews are splicing back together the cut wires on at least 18 cameras across suffolk county. >> in suffolk county, you have the right to respect yourself and the police department will respect that but we will not tolerate the violation of law and not tolerate the destruction of property. >> reporter: controversial cameras and $80 pines $80 -- fines are at the heat of the debate. >> this is clearly someone committing crimes to justify something. that defeats the whole purpose. >> reporter: ruth, free on $1500 bail said that the legislative process wasn't >> after so many speeches in front of the legislature and them turning a blind eye over and over and me telling them i'm going to hold them accountable for serious injuries and deaths, this seemed like the only way to get attention to the, and that's why i did it. i am not afraid to go to jail. if i saved one life, it's worth it. >> reporter: police say they are not taking a position on the red light camera debate. they are only taking a position on crime and if you commit one, you will be arrested. they are investigating whether or not ru

, republicans say this is a very popular venue mostly because of its size and location in central suffolk county. they say they did not choose this venue to be insensitive. as we said, expect protests. there will be numerous road closures in the area tomorrow including a parking lot that will be closed for people who use the lirr. so if you want all the information you need to know, you can go to abc7ny. we have all the closures for you and will be sure to keep you updated throughout tomorrow. >>> meanwhile, trump himself getting ready for a rally in pittsburgh. it's going to start in less than an hour. in pennsylvania. he held a rally that just wrapped up in erie. >> and am here today with a word of hope and encouragement. all across pennsylvania, all across this country people are waking up and help is on the way. >> republican john kasich also holding a town hall meeting in maryland this afternoon. >>> still to come on eyewitness news at 6:00 for this wednesday night, we have an exclusive look inside a dna lab as workers try to identify about 1200 missing people in its case files, hopi

there's a problem in suffolk county with drug dealing. and people want to do something about it. >> reporter: orlando is charged with a variety of drug crimes, including endangering the welfare of a child. police believe there could be more victims out there and they want to hear from anyone with information. call that drug tipline. tomorrow we'll take a closer look at how big the heroin problem is in suffolk county. we're going to visit northport and tell you how the community is coming together to try to stop it. steve: a huge issue. thank you. mayor de blasio says his administration is clean. that follows reports that investigators where checking if the mayor's office gave favors to donors backing the failed ban on horse carriage. he addressed those allegations today. >> everything we've done is legal and appropriate. ours to a high standard of integrity. we follow the law very carefully in everything we do. i believe all along and i said it in my platform and i ran clearly saying this is a change we have to make in the city. steve: th

not everyone is a fan, and now some in suffolk county seem to have taken their dislike to a whole new level. steve langford reports on the latest arrest in an apparent campaign to block the cameras. many seeing red at the corner of main and landing in smithtown where police say they caught red handed 26-year-old brian valentine placing plastic bags over two of these cameras friday about 5:30 p.m. the father of the suspect camera shy as his son awaits arraignment in district court in islip. >> today i'm here in support of brian valentine. >> support at court from the man who calls him the red light robin hood, steven roof. we've spoken to him in the past. he's been arrested several times tampering with cameras which he calls a money grab. >> many people have been killed due to shortening of yellow lights only for revenue. it's become a war where people aren't afraid to go to jail. >> this isn't the first time there's been a report around here of somebody trying to blind these unblinking cameras. >> every couple of weeks someone does something to it. >> gary rothman works right next to

a massive brush fire quickly spreads across a suffolk county community forcing people to fight it from the ground, rooftops, even from the water. good evening. i'm maurice dubois. . crews will be keeping a close eye on the area overnight. cbs2's lou young is live now latest. lou? >> reporter: this is where it began, the house completely consumed where it started and then the fire spread in a widening circle of destruction, strong winds and dry conditions threatening the entire community. at its worst, the air was filled with smoke and embers swirling in a brisk changeable wind. five homes went up and it wildlife refuge across a canal was a wall of flames. >> it was intense down here, the air, the wind changed direction so vast that the island was on fire. start letting stuff up. >> reporter: this is american venice on the lindenhurst line, canal access to great south bay, the nexus of a flight -- blown fire from developing. >> all the fire departments, suffolk county, marin broken, they all came. >> reporter: it started in a house on east santa barbara, electrical short in a wall mount

if you live in suffolk county, the winds are pretty intense there. as you head west into new york city, jersey shore, that's when you notice a big difference around town and around 5:00, 6:00. also the winds finally get lighter out of that danger zone across suffolk county. besvdes ehe wind, if you have to go outside today, you have to deal with this, the c ld in place. we were in the 80s couple of days ago. now we have windchills in the teens and 20s. i guess you could say it's a typical april pattern. 23 in danbury. we have windchills in the low 20s in westchester county. if you have to head outside, you needndhe hats, gloves and scarves. storm tracker, also done with the snow but not quite. take a look at this one squ l moving into eastern suffolk county. conditions this morning. that's what this is. very intense snow from wading river, riverhead right through the hamptons. hampton bays.n the roads. you cae t see f anything when it's this type of snow with the winds blowing it around. dangerous to be on the roads in "bsuffolk county. stay off of t

. >> a new report finds suffolk county has the biggest heroin problem in new york. there were 337 deaths in the county between 2009 and 2013. neighboring nassau county had

. >>> a fire sends clouds of smoke billowing into the air in suffolk county. it started in one home and turned into this massive brush fire. flames spread so quickly crews were battling them from the ground, rooftops and even in the water. >>> this morning the flames are finally under control, but crews will be keeping a close eye on the area. >> cbs 2's lou young record from lindenhurst. >>reporter: at its worst, the air was filld smoke and embers in a brisk changeable wind. five homes went up and a wildlife refuge across a canal was a wall of flames >> it was intense down here. it was like the ashes. the wind changed direction so fast that the ashes -- that the island was on fire, went through the neighborhood and just started lighting stuff up. >>reporter: this is american access to great south bay, the nexus of an hours-long fight to keep a full-blown disaster from developing >> nine fire departments, all the fire departments in town from babylon, nassau county, suffolk county marine bureau came, fire boats from all the fire departments came. >>reporter: i

. >> we have rain near suffolk county. that's the band of heavy showers that came through the city a while ago. still more showers to the west and northwest that we have to get through this morning. so we are not quite done yet. there's a little bit of a lull in the action midday and another round of showers and storms later this afternoon. but in and around the city, considerably lighter with light showers out there. again, coming out of northwest new jersey, a couple heavier downpours if you will briefly. here's your heavy stuff exiting eastern long island and eastern suffolk county moving east at 50 to 55 miles an hour. a quick mover. temperatures in the low 50s. a little cool out there, 40s to the north and west. big spread in temperatures today from the east to northeast suburbs to the city. the city is in the mid-60s. the thunderstorm risk is with us, so take along the umbrella to play it safe throughout the day. you won't need it all the time but probably will later this afternoon. seven-day forecast and details fro

i don't know how many but somewhere in the neighborhood of 20 to 30. >> no confirmation from suffolk police on whether ruth was arrested tonight. transgender bathroom policy has passed in a new jersey school district, the board heard from parents and students tonight, cbs2's valerie castro is live in hillsdale where their meeting just wrapped up. valerie? >> reporter: maurice, the school board voted in the last 30 minutes to pass the new policy. there were lots of speakers on both sides. it was a very contentious debate and it also included transgender students. the new and improved policy will accommodate transgender students at pasqual hills and pasqual valley regional high to use the restrooms that a transgender student identifies with. restrooms and changing areas already provide for individual privacy and the students will have to show that this is indeed their core identity. some parents believe the issue was forced through and others were very happy about the vote. >> i don't think there's enough education to us, and as well as the people around to understand how to deal with

she has a dinner in suffolk county. this is the calm before the media and the security storm. it is so quiet here in port washington. that rally scheduled for 2:00 p.m. fewours before that. lots of security here at this venue. >> thanks so much. >>> two republican candidates will be upstate to line up votes. trump. that's after he brought on a new top adviser last week. trump drew a big crowd. he spoke about being outmaneuvered for delegates by senator ted cruz. >> i say this to the rnc and i say it to the republican party. you're going to have a big problem folks. there are people that don't like what's going on. >> ted cruz is holding rallies in southern california. john kasich will hit the albany area where donald trump will be as well. >> mayor de blasio insists he knows nothing about a reported federal investigation into his campaign fundraising. >> i have no evidence of that fact. any office and no one associated. i just can't comment on something i have no specifics on. >> last week we learned that some police commanders in brooklyn were questioned. prosecutors want to

in bayport, long island, suffolk county, scott rapoport, cbs2 news. >> tough questions. very few anticipates tonight from mayor de blasio. this afternoon he was on the hot seat the first time since launched by the fbi and the u.s. attorney. marsha kramer has the story. >> reporter: mayor de blasio clapping up a storm at the latino pastoral action center in the bronx as he stands at the center of the storm. an aggressive review of his fundraising activities by the feds. mr.mayor, the u.s. attorney seems to be asking some of the same questions that government groups have been asking about your fundraising activities. how do you feel about the u.s. attorney putting your fundraising under a microscope? >> respectfully, we have gotten no inquiry from any office. no one associated me has gotten any inquiry. i can't comment on something that i have no specifics on. >> reporter: people >> reporter: people are being called in question. >> that's what you say. i respect your reporting. we have gotten no indication of that. until we have something specific to respond to, there is n

there is a freeze and frost advisory towards the eastern suffolk county. lie, sunrise highway, montauk highway on north fork, shelter island, north port. maybe frost this morning, with the clear skies, calm wind. to north a front. it will slide towards us, by the time we get to the guidance has it in the 70s. we hit 80 to park. 82 urban areas of new jersey. might be a shower in duchess county overnight. it dries out by the time it moves south, clouds in the morning, breaks of sunshine in the afternoon, temperature gets to near 70 degrees. cooler and wind northwest, we will cool off a little bit. the front we are talking about. that slides south and east, cooler at the beaches today. 70. 80 inland areas. couple of hours, get a sunburn. 40s in the suburbs tonight. morning clouds and sunshine, breezy ask cooler weather tomorrow. temperatures all week running above normal averages, wednesday with 67. that's above normal. 72 by thursday. 74 on friday. there comes a few showers, a few april showers on friday. gone by the time we get to saturday morning. the week

. >>> a small plane went down in bayport, suffolk county. it had just taken off when it experienced engine trouble. the plane hit some trees and a utility pole as it crashed but no homes. the pilot and his passenger suffered serious injuries but >>> and an historic moment. secretary of state john kerry visited the memorial side of the hiroshima atomic bombing. he is the highest ranking american official to visit the site. he is there for the g-7 summit. >>> also topping our news this half-house, mayor bill de blasio speaks out for the first time about questions surrounding his campaign fund- raising. >> it stems from a federal investigation into two businessmen and their dealings with members of the nypd. today the mayor said he is unaware of any federal inquiry. >> eyewitness news reporter cefaan kim has details. >> reporter: at the latino pastoral action center in the bronx questions about a widening probe into mayor de blasio's campaign with the mayor denying knowledge. knife no evidence of that fact. we have gotten no inquiry from any of

reeds beach, suffolk county. socked in. a good portion of suffolk county early on. your temperature at 53 degrees. away from the ocean, it's a cloudy sky that we have to deal with. look at the temperature swings. in the 70s today. near 60 tomorrow. back to the low 40s on tuesday. the trend is not good going into next week as we head into the new month of april. it's mild now. 66 in newark. >> valley stream and westhampton. wind off the water. milder this morning. >> clouds and showers scattered around out there. nothing particularly heavy. even had showers in northern new jersey. this will be the case. you need the umbrella. lightweight umbrella. nothing heavy anticipated today. later on with the actual cold front sliding towards us with the evening hours, there might be an isolated shower or thunderstorm that puts a little brief heavier downpour. 3:00 in the afternoon, the area peppered by scattered showers. there's that line that comes through, 7:00, 8:00. it pretty much falls apart. after that, overnight. it's quiet. >> tomorrow morning, through the early afterno

expect great savings >>> a controversial clean water referendum is being float inside suffolk county. >> supporters say paying into it now would save the most treasured natural resources are saying that air and water should be tree. >> reporter: suffolk county has 360,000 unsewered homes, more than the state of new jersey, and that spells trouble. nitrogen pollution is rampant. starved for oxygen, fish and shellfish are dying. field grass and coastal marshes, needed to buffer the coast from erosion are suffocating. >> let the people decide if we are going to protect water quality or not. >> reporter: steve bellone clean water referendum. all would pay a fee of $1 for $1,000 gallons used translating to $73 for average household a year. >> every $1 generates into $1 million. >> reporter: that would go into a fund to connect homes to sewers and protect the groundwater, the sole source of drinking water. >> we have studied this to death. we are taking steps, plans that can be implemented and turn around the water quality. >> reporter: but there are problems. >> that's an absolute gimmick.

where clinton tried to build on that lead hammering sanders for his >>> i love a room filled with suffolk county democrats. >> and outside, roughly two dozen protesters shouted at guests walking in. >> i don't want the world to think that suffolk county supports hillary. >> better than making a promise you can't keep, let's have a plan that you can implement which is what i will do. >> we have got to make public colleges colleges tui on free. >> big cheers for tha yot plan, more than 11,000 supporters turned out to hear him speak. he told them this primary will come down to voter turnout. >> clinton was in q ens and th - en talking gun control at a oupanel discussion in port wash gton. >> i have nosoed that under the ight spotlight senator sanders has had trouble answering questions. >> as most of you know secretary clinton voted for that war. >>ca number of celebrities are expecting to attd the rally this weekend. >>> and app ximate, 10 now people turned out tonight for a donald trump rally in albany including a number of protesters. >> those antti trump protesters interrupted the presid

. >> suffolk count police, and local officers tried to keep protesters and supporters away from each other. one point they mixed. but police sketched ed -- stepped in and diffused the situation, they both wanted their message heard. >> it is far to get our message across, i understand that suffolk police is trying to keep us safe. we would like to be closer because you know, our voices are -- should be heard, andure voices matter. trump i think he is the man we need. he is our voice. >> i love long island, but, we are finally home. reporter: inside the music hall 1100 people paid up to $300 to hear trump speak. >> what is more important to you the wall or trade deals. >> we'll talk about trade, i then area, they want business coming back in i see what is going on, i know what is going on. reporter: security of tight in and around the village, pa lose officers -- all of the officers and secret service shut down every road. >> we will be actively monitoring social media and other sources for intelligence, we prepared. reporter: we asked suffolk county police deputy how much it cost to

she covered nearly 200 miles across suffolk county all for a good cause. >> reporter: eva began the last of her seven marathons in seven days with one thought, to finish strong. >> i just put one foot in front of the other and think of who i'm running for. >> reporter: she was running for 24 long island servicemen killed in combat. logging close to 190 miles in rain, cold and high winds. along the way, the 51-year-old stopped at the graves of the fallen heros, visited their homes and loved ones. and even ran with family members like diana whose son was killed in afghanistan last year. >> i think it's the community's veteran. >> reporter: to that end, team eva has raised more than $140,000 all for an organization that helps surviving veterans. >> those who are sitting at home who are veterans see her going out and doing this and putting this effort forward and they know there's something out there who really cares. >> reporter: on this day, her journey took her to a high school memorial for medal of honor recipient michael murphy. >> that kind of warms my heart and it also brings a m sage

we will see that sooner in essex county than we will in nassau and suffolk county. don't forget, chilly enough for a little bit of frost. a freeze watch going into effect late tonight into early wednesday. watch out for the rain, and what else are we looking out for, kyla? the rain starts to cause problems on the roads. it's not reached the city yet, but some the accidents have. in the bronx, one lane on the southbound major deegan expressway at 230th street. and delays are back to yonkers avenue. stick with the bronx river one look outside, and we have a 40 minute delay here. you can see getting busy there. the 30 minute wait for the lincoln and holland tunnels. >> kyla, thank you. >>> facebook and microsoft announced there's no gender pay gab. it's been dubbed equal payday. microsoft said women with the same title as men are making 99.8 cents to the dollar. >> let's hope it continues for everybody else. >>> good morning chris and mary. john kasich is in studio 57, and a cbs news investigation into a donald trump business venture that failed despite his get rich qu

. >>> 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. johnson was last seen five days earlier at sycamore plaza in brentwood. if you have any information, you should call police. >>> an orange county school district trying to crack down on fake threats. now getting help from the governor. the fcc has granted the school district a waiver to allow caller id's to remain anonymous. they hope this will help track down the people making the bogus calls. story you saw right on news 4 about the connecticut bar serving underaged drinkers. the gold star bar has lost its license after the sexual assault of a 19-year-old sacred heart student who went home with a man she met at the bar. >>> attorneys for two former aids to governor christie charged in the so-called bridgegate case called their indictment a, quote, fantasy. brinlt they argue creating a traffic jam like what

already in the 30s in islip and white plains and suffolks is you - - suffolks, and the next seven hours, looking at temperatures dipping to the mid and low 30s under clear skies. another mid of sub-freezing temperatures. cover the plants if you put them out early. the difference tonight? the drop in wind, and the radiational schooling, not as harsh through tomorrow. 60s may be within reach on thursday and we'll get soaked as well. more cold for weekend and the accu-weather forecast coming up. back to you. >> thank you. >>> and attorneys are filing a leang. they are saying a juror did not reveal he had a family member punished for a crime, his father serves more than 7 years friend. the district attorney said that the motion should be tried because the evidence at trial was enough to convict the former officer who is scheduled to be sentenced next week. >>> at the polls, bernie sanders and ted cruz are leading in wisconsin, an important state for each senator. and after wisconsin, the new york primary, 2 weeks from today. we have kristin thorne in nassau county where donald trump support

suffolk county had the highest number of treatments with the drug, narcan. state and county legislators say it highlight as growing epidemic. >> when we look at suffolk county and as many positive things we have to offer, to have this dubious distinction is unacceptable. >> legislators say drug treatment programs need to be expanded. >>> police are looking for three bar burglars that made off with pricey liquor. investigators released the photos of three men that kick insides the window. once insides the thieves stole a $2000 bottle of louie the 13th con yak. >>> gerald hamilton has kept a positive outlook on life after undergoing several brain surgeries. the grandmother asks for birthday cards, instead gifts started coming in. >> i need a full time assistants to help me with all the gifts. >> looks like gerald might get everything he wants after seeing the story , the family of another boy who went through the same surgeries reached out planning a day together. fios is not cable. we're wired differently. in the last 10 years our competitors have received a

suffolk county is one of only 10 communities in new york using the cameras including s0ven in ourarea. some say they save lives, critics call them nothing more than a money grab. steven ruth was arrested on long island yesterday. back in august rurj as arrested light cameras, they was found tilting the lights up so they can't read the license plates. he cut the wires of several cameras and used a saw to chop down a camera pole. >> in suffolk county, you have the right to express yourself. you have the right to disagree with certain public policy, and you have the right to protest. but you do not have the right to vi olate the law and destroy public property. >> if convicted he faces 7 years in jail. he's accused of causing an estimated $25,000 in damage. >>> we have video we want to show to everyone. this is out of central california, a portion of the roadway actually collapses into massive sinkhole. they think the massive rainstorms contributed to this. you can see the street crumbling the whole is 15 to 20 feet deep. the roadway will have to be closed for some time while crews make

winds will die down, there is a frost advisory only in effect for eastern suffolk county. any farm stands, bring the sensitive plants indoors. tomorrow, streak continues and temperatures close to 80. i'm pretty sure we might hit 80 in the city. new jersey, couple spot at 80 degrees, for water locations, the beaches in the 70s tomorrow. and we're going to keep things mainly dry until friday. that's next good chance of keying rain and looks to be on and off rain all day long lasting until saturday morning. we've had such a dry streak, so i think many of us will there's the frost advisory in effect for eastern suffolk county and parts of eastern connecticut as well. temperatures will be near freezing because we have clear skies and calm winds. very nice right now. cooler cooler in montauk. 71 still on the warm side for you in newark. and temperatures were 15 degrees warmer than normal. wind out of the south has briefly picked up. tonight winds go calm and variable towards morning. since we have high pressure overhead, the bubble of dry air, our quiet weather trend will contin

suffolk county officers and the secret service will be here make sure the area stays safe. back over to you. alison: thank you. the new york state republican gala is taking place tonight at the grand hyatt on the east side. donald trump, ted cruz and john kasich will be there. so will hundreds of protestors event. >> this is what made america, people coming out and expressing their sentiments and how they feel and what they feel and because it's such a great moment in america. >> we are not about racism. we are not about islamaphobia or building a wall between us and mexico. justice. we're all human beings. alison: the democratic presidential hopefuls go head to head tonight days before the new york primary. hillary clinton and bernie sanders will take part in a live debate at the brooklyn navy yard. that's starting at 9:00. >>> in other news, a crucial ruling in the manslaughter trial he will be sentenced next week. arthur chi'en is in downtown brooklyn to explain the decision. >> reporter: the conviction stands in this case. all it centers around a question that was asked

everybody else like 47 for nassau, suffolk county, long island, 41. today we are going to inch close to 60 degrees, but late in the day we have some rain coming so you'll need your rain gear after lunch time. we'll talk more about that and for tomorrow, which is a rainy day, too. so much needed rain coming. weather with heather every 7 the crossbronx? the process of being cleared away. long island railroad buses replacing trains. and we have the modified weekend schedule. new jersey transit buses, path trains are going to cross hudson rail tickets and alternate rules are suspended for today. >>> developing in new jersey a car slammed into a building displacing dozens of people overnight. this happened in plainfield. diana rocco has more. >> reporter: 24 people are homeless this morning, 18 adults and six children, and this is why. you can see the damage left here overnight. the building is deemed structurally unsound after a driver lost control, driving right through the storefront. this is what it looked like after it happened around 10:15 last night

carolyn gusoff, cbs 2 news. >> suffolk county republican chairman endorsed trump last week. at 5 p.m. >>> miss are looking for a person connected -- police are looking for a person connected to more than a dozen burglaries in squeeze. to a victim and has more on the suspect and who he may be targeting. >> they broke the lock and window. >> reporter: this woman is shaken after her home on 80th street in glen oaks queen was blaze add. she described what happened. >> everybody was upside-down, everything top to bottom. >> reporter: the entire family went out in celebration of her upcoming wedding and returned to a once locked door open. >> there was a lot of julie and things we had for the -- jewelry and things we had for the bride and groom sides. >> reporter: something similar happened in january. john called the police when his neighbor's home was ransacked while they were on vacation. >> they took out the air- conditioner and stole everything. >> reporter: police connected 16 burglaries all following the same pattern all in the 105th precinct since january surveillance phot

police in suffolk county are looking for the suv involved in a deadly hit and run this morning. they say 64-year-old warren karstendick was hit on main street in east patchogue. the driver of a ford explorer did not stop. he died at the hospital. the blue ford explorer has noticeable front end damage on its hood and grill. >>> the tenants of a queens apartment building got a slithering start to their sunday after a 7-foot python was found unattended in the building. that snake was found in a police say it was inside a cage and left near a garbage shoot. the snake was taken to the bayside animal clinic where it was picked up later by its owner. fortunately no one was injured. >>> springing into sunshine. >> coming up on eyewitness news, lots of people out and about enjoying this beautiful sunday. what's on tap as we head into the workweek. meteorologist jeff smith has the exclusive accuweather forecast. >> first here's abc's tom yamas with a look at what's -- what's coming up on world news tonight. >> for the first time ever reported a drone possibly crashing into a passenger pla

a shower there in the atlantic is going to hit suffolk county in the next half hour. otherwise we got popup showers today. we have breaks of sun too, and a temperature of 73 which is way warm for this time of the year. we could have a popup thunderstorm this afternoon which we will talk about on this april fool's day. cold weekend coming up. weather then heather every seven minutes. she's going to be talking the mass transit? >>reporter: that's correct. hudsonburg and light rail suspended in both directions. then we have long island rl, long island railroad, metro north. l.i.e. going west right near exit 19, woodhaven boulevard, that is an accident. and then we have an accident on 78. it's eastbound side, the local lanes, the ramp to exit 58 in newark, it's closed. the truck is carrying 900 pounds of frozen chicken. >> whroa! >>reporter: now, the chicken is not all over the roadway, it's contained in the truck, but they still have to get out there and upright that truck. pulaski skyway closed down starting at 11:00 tonight lasting until monday morning at 5:00 a.m. the

suffolk has 360,000 unsewerred homes. fish and shellfish star for oxygen are dying, eel grass and marshes are suffocating. stove blown is calling for a -- steve blown is calling for a referendum. >> let the people decide whether we are going to protect >> a fee of $1 per 1000 gallons used. the county will need state legislation to get the referendum on the november ballot. still ahead, the battle of the barge's, over a plan to park the large boats at liberty state park in ellis island. . >>> a school require tribute at the 9/11 memorial cut short. why guards silenced their singing. >>> busy weather to start your day today. it gets a little cooler later. you have to have the jacket and umbrella at times, too. later. we built our factories here because of a huge natural resource. not the land. the water. or power sources. it's the people. american workers. they build world-class products. and that builds communities. and a better future. for all of us. because making something in america means so much, to so many. >>> raini

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

i think that they made a big dent in heroin trafficking in suffolk county. and it's critically important. they've had a huge problem with overdose deaths there. and it seems to be getting worse. ernie: they ran a two-month wiretap investigation on this. a lot of people have applauded what's happened, like you have just now. then they say it's not enough. >> no, it's never enough. right now in new york city, overdose deaths. it's the biggest source of accidental deaths here in new york city. the death rate went up by about 10% and the biggest increase is in the age group 15 to 24. ernie: that's so painful, isn't it? when you think about families and young people, this is awful. >> it's just tragic. it's tragic for the young people. it's tragic for their parents, for their friends, for their loved ones. and the problem is that to the extent drug use continues, it just expands. ernie: you have said it. you've said it. warning people that there are drugs in your own home. this is what you have to watch for, the center of your own house. it starts there. >> absol

that is why the suffolk county sheriff's office set up two safe transaction zones. they are located right outside the sheriff's office and in a direct line of sight of an on duty deputy. >> what is better than being within a few yards of a police officer? >> reporter: and right near tons of surveillance cameras. >> if someone is not going to come to a sheriff's office location, to make a deal, you probably didn't want to do business with them anyway. >> reporter: the transaction zones are open 24/7 and you don't need an appointment. but the sheriff still recommends you come during daylight hours. other things you should know. the deputy on duty will not and he or she will not serve as an official witness to your transaction. >> if we see that the traffic and the volume is good and you know the public is receptive to it we would expand to other locations in the county and implement the use of technology, you know video cameras and remote observation. >> reporter: yes your online shopping just got a little bit safer. kristen thorn channel 7 eyewitness news. >> great i