two boys busted climbing the brooklyn bridge, trying to get the perfect picture. >>> a path of death and destruction, killing a woman and her four grandchildren. >>> i'm rob schmitt. we begin with the terrorist attack on a teen. three men yelled "arab" and "isis" and then attacked. that attack could have been worse had a neighbor not scared these three off. this happened on 10th street in queens. >> he was walking home from school when police say out of nowhere a group of teenagers attacked and started using racial slurs. camera right here in the neighborhood. >> he's doing better. he's a little shaken up by the whole scenario, getting bombarded and hit out of nowhere. >> reporter: here is where charlotte bissam raised her family. here is where she always felt safe. her oldest son was blindsided, attacked with fists and racial slurs. >> here we are trying to focus and do something good and here you have some of these kids who don't take anything seriously. >> reporter: these are the three teenagers police believe to be behind the attack. you can see one of them take out a metal pipe

the weather on your side this morning. we thank you for that. we start this morning in brooklyn where a disabled vehicle is blocking one lane on the westbound belt parkway. that's at irskin street. then we head to newark where we have another accident, this one blocking the right lane on route 1 and 9, this one southbound at deremus avenue, so watch out for that. in bridgewater this morning, very sadly, we have an accident involving a pedestrian. it has one lane blocked on route 287. that is northbound at exit 12. so a few things to watch out for this morning. alternate side parking is in effect today citywide. mary, over to you >> kyla, thank you. fncht you're just waking up, here's a quick look at some morning. a brooklyn judge has postponed today's scheduled sentencing of former np npped officer peter liang. he was convicted of manslaughter in the murder of akye girly. liang's lawyer says the verdict should be thrown out because a juror lied about his father's criminal history. vargas will be questioned today by prosecutors. girly's family will rally outside the supreme court

will take the stage at the brooklyn navy yard. that's where cbs 2's andrea grimes join us live this noon andrea. >>reporter: well, all five presidential candidates are in town today, but you're right, all eyes, at least on the democratic side are here at the navy yard behind me. many people who live here in brooklyn are excited to see it in the national spotlight for a change tonight during this campaign season. >> it's, like, wow, this is here in new york city. i can't wait to see it. i cannot wait. >>reporter: east flatbush brooklyn resident renshaw james is counting down the hours, thrilled to watch hillary clinton and bernie sanders in a borough. >> it's an amazing feeling to have two of new york's own come here to the brooklyn navy yard and just take it over by storm. >>reporter: the brooklyn-born senator clinton have spent the last several days, courting voters in the empire state ahead of tuesday's primary. tonight they'll do so in prof a prime time awed -- in front of a prime time audience. last night sanders rallied thousa

two hours are scheduled at the brooklyn navy yard. they are coming back. >> is the ninth primary debate . bernie's camp says more than 27,000 people came out to the rally in washington sq., park. >> it's a big one they were feeling the burn . >> robert joins us from the brooklyn navy yard and he has more on the debate . what's going on. >> in a lot of ways brooklyn has really been the epicenter of the race. bernie sanders grew up here and graduated from high school. both sanders and clinton have campaign offices here again at this debate . they will exchange pleasantries or something like that. call it the battle of brooklyn hillary clinton bernie sanders tangle at the brooklyn navy yard. the democratic campaign has become increasingly contentious and that likely will be on full display. >> they show clinton leading and sanders has gained ground. >> there are a lot of people here tonight! the sanders camp says 27,000 people came out to washington sq., park for a rally. that's more than the 20,000 who rally for barack obama in the same

the islanders can clench the series tomorrow in brooklyn. >>> and baseball now. the mets curtis granderson was on fire in atlanta last night. top of the second he belted a grand slam homer. the mets up 4-0. granderson was not tun. in the top of the fourth he hit a solo home run to put the mets up 5-2. the final in atlanta mets 6, braves 3. here is otis livingston with the rest of your cbs2 sports update. >>> good morning. c.c. sabathia used to be the horse of the rotation. he was the guy if they were struggling, would put an end to it. if they were on a win streak. he would dominate. unfortunately because of injuries he is not that any more. going into the last night's action, matt moore coming right a two-run pop ties it at two in the second. the rays have stung cc over the years. 6-13 since he came to new york. cc was done after just 4 2/3 innings. the yankees are having to beg, borrow and steal to get runs across these days. jacobi ellsbury in the fifth. the bombers tie it. ellsbury started last night's game. two rbi double in the eighth as the yankees take dow

a quick live look outside at the brooklyn bridge. everything is moving nicely at your lower east river crossings. alternate side of the street parking rules in effect. more weather and traffic on the 4s. >> thanks, lauren. 5:17 right now. there's no longer any doubt about the effects of zika, the zika virus on newborns. the centers for disease control made it official. releasing startling research just yesterday. tracie potts joins us with the new push for funding. tracie, good morning. >> hi darlene. good morning. they've been looking for nearly $2 billion from capitol hill and this new research could help the cdc is now saying there's absolutely no doubt that the zika virus contributes to microcephaly, a birth defect resulting in unusually small heads, skulls and brain defects in children. that has been the big focus. women who could become pregnant. they evaluated all of the evidence out there while it was presumed that this link wag there and a new article in the new england journal of medicine, the cdc, says they can now official

when did the brooklyn botanic garden plant trees for the cherry walk? the two key places you can enjoy the beauty are at the cherry walk and the cherry esplinad. they were planted on the cherry walk back in 1921. the brooklyn botanic garden later planted in 1931. web id 9161 is our winner. tough, huh? 7,000s and 6,000s. all right. it was not the easiest trivia. >>> we all know how to get to carnegie hall. practice, practice, practice. for a teenager from ohio it also took sheer determination. >> simmons was born with three fingers on his right hand and only one finger on his left. no bones below his knee. but at the age of ten, he taught himself to play pia know and posted the videos online. attention of the pianist who invited the teenager on stage to perform with him. >> i want everybody to know that if you set your mind to something, you really can do it. >> i want him to, you know, keep on working on his new music. >> the two met believe it or not for the very first time just about an hour before that performance and they played music that darius co

from the brooklyn navy yard, the sight of tonight's cnn democratic debate. i'm carol costello. thanks for joining me this morning and what a show we have on tap. getting ready to rumble in brooklyn just 12 hours from now. hillary clinton and bernie sanders will take to the stage and grapple in their last debate before tuesday's all important primary in new york. cnn crews have been scrambling to construct this massive stage and the stakes loom even larger. both campaigns sharpening attacks and firing up supporters. sanders electrified a reported crowd a record crowd in washington square park. clinton throes her own bombs at the bronx. looking to stop sanders recent surges of momentum. and on the republican side, things getting even nastier. donald trump ratchets up attacks on his own party. ted cruz accusing trump staffers of all being thugs. and let's begin with the democratic debit and joe johns has more on that this morning. good morning. >> reporter: good morning carol. big city, big stage. this is where it all happens tonight at a critical time for both candidates. hillary

the event space is the dugou greenhouse in brooklyn navy yard. this is the center of attention where hillary clinton and bernie sanders will stand and deliver. to my might is the moderator's table. that is where wolf blitzer, my colleague, will be speaking and asking questions as he has so many times in previous national political events. and over there is, if you will, the co-moderator's table. that's eroll lewis and dana bash. a lot to talk about here. this is the ninth debate this cycle among the democrats, and a lot has happened over the last 24 hours as well as the last two weeks. these candidates going back and forth on everything from fracking to wall street, who is more qualified to be president of the united states? so they will have a lot to talk about. they've also been talking about immigration over the last 24 hours, and even reaching out to the minority vote in new york city. as you know just yesterday hillary clinton appearing before al sharpton's national network, and as a matter of fact, bernie sanders is going to be appearing the

>>reporter: as you go eastbound side getting up into the brooklyn bridge and you can see the brooklyn bridge right here. traffic is a bit slow making your way from brooklyn going into manhattan. let's go over to this map over here and tell you what's going on. they are in the process of clearing that construction. so as you saw, we do have some stop-and-go volume. to see what's going on as you travel onto the van wyck expressway. northbound at the kew gardens interchange, that accident has been cleared away, so that's sot some good news. subway service running on or close to schedule. no major issues, new jersey transit, long island railroad, metro north, they're all doing just fine. then as you head onto the connecticut turnpike heading southbound from exits 34 to 31, we have that construction set up. they are trying to get that cleared away. but in the meantime you do have two lanes closed down. we have alternate side of the street parking rules in effect for today. ken, lori, over to you. >> all right, heather, thank you. >>> still ahead on eyewitness news this morning, an e- cigar

the flames broke out? >>> show down in brooklyn. democratic presidential >>> a live look now at midtown from news copter 7. they say it will be the biggest day of global strikes and protests ever. good morning i'm ken rosato. >> and i'm lori stokes. thanks for starting your morning with us. it is thursday april 14th. you are never more than 7 minutes away from traffic and weather. >> puts the glare right into our camera at fort lee. 45 in the park, 41 east hampton. 25 toms river. clear skies, calm wind, the heating from the day is heating the and a. right at our normal averages for this time of the year. warmer than normal as we go into the weekend. 70s this weekend. what's going on out there? >> reporter: subways running on or close to schedule. clear to subways running on time no problems to report with new jersey transit, or metro north. george washington bridge 15, lincoln busy here on 45 east. l.i.e. westbound building right past wood haven boulevard with a collision. 78 eastbound is busy exit 24 an accident going out to our oth

. >> will be the ninth time they faced each other but it's going down brooklyn style. here's robert moses. >> called the battle of brooklyn. it's beginning at 9:00 hillary clinton bernie sanders are at the brooklyn navy yard. the democratic campaign has become increasingly contentious and that will likely be on full display. they show clinton leading in new york but sanders has gained ground . >> sanders camp says 27,000 people came out to washington sq., park for a rally last night. that's more than the 20,000 who rallied for barack 2007. >> when i look at an unbelievable crowd like this i believe we will win here in new york! [cheering] sanders and clinton hopscotch across the city. sanders picked up a key endorsement from the union that represents the city transit workers. >> the transit workers are feeling the burn. >> sanders and clinton show their solidarity with striking workers. clinton also appeared at the national action network. >> despite our best efforts and highest hopes, america's long struggle with racism is far from finished. >> clinton held a rally in

the brooklyn d.a. recommended that liang serve no prison time but did disagree with the judge's decision to reduce the jury's verdict and says he pluns to appeal. >>> president obama is on his way to saudi arabia for a fence-mending summit with america's middle east allies. the president left washington yestcrday and will try to use the current string of relations between the u.s. and gulf states, which includes the saud disz saudis lessening tensions withn iran. >>> the death toll in ecuador's earthquake is nowtsver 500. dramatic rescue scenes will be less frequent asch time goes on. this man was pul cd alive from a collapsed hotel. several countries are helping relief efforts to look for survivors. r>>> it is 4:39. today criminal charges are contaminated water crisis. sources telling nbc news that michigan's attorney general will make that announcement later today. as many as three government officials will be named. two of them are with the state's department of environmental quality. the other works

>> reporter: the brooklyn navy yard help revitalize the economy in this part of brooklyn but we asked voters what issues they think the candidates should focus on during the debate. >> my biggest concern is our education system starting from the beginning up to college. i mean, i have two siblings struggling with education with college funds and loans and stress and debt. >> cost of living is so high. >> housing for the homeless and things like that. i live in east new york. we need housing over there. at 9 p.m. tonight. it could be their most heated confrontation yet. 247 democratic delegates up for grabs on tuesday. reporting live in fort greene, brooklyn, at the brooklyn navy yards, brian conybeare, cbs 2 news. >>> new york's hard charging u.s. attorney steps up to the plate for a swing at another corruption case. preet bharara says a rockland county town supervisor cooked the books to finance a baseball stadium most residents didn't even want. cbs 2's tony aiello reports. >> reporter: a town proposal to build this minor league ballpark struck out with ramapo voters in 2010. 70% vo

the brooklyn bridge, unauthorized tractor-trailer. bqe southwest at the kosciuszko bridge you have an accident. you see tractor-trailers are not allowed on the brooklyn bridge, so this guy decided he was going to try that one out, but that didn't work too well for him. e trains, ems activity at parsons archer. l trains mechanical problems at bedford avenue. you have new jersey transit, long island railroad, metro north doing just fine. ed koch 59th street bridge manhattan bound it's an accident on that upper level. and then we have problems on the staten island expressway as you go -- actually, on the l.i.e. eastbound side local lanes ramp to exit 58 overturned vehicle. that truck is carrying 900 pounds of frozen chicken, and the staten island expressway bradley avenue a crash. street cleaning rules are in effect for today. lori and ken, over to you. >> heather, thank you. >>> 6:38. a long island nanny pushes a baby out of the path of an oncoming car. we're getting the details of selfless act and we'll bring you that story next. >>> an

here's the brooklyn bridge as you come into the city. the brooklyn bridge is doing just fine. >>> we are also going to talk about the closures along the east side of manhattan throughout tomorrow. 44th and 48th between second and first avenues. the un framework convention on climate change. fdr southbound 100s into the 90s, you have construction ongoing, causing a bit of a delay. our mass transit is doing pretty good. no major problems there and street cleaning rules are in effect. ken and lori over to you. >>> an eyewitness news exclusive. a grandmother shares horrifying moments when she was held captive in her own home in the bronx. is that this morning we are hearing exclusively from an 84- year-old woman attacked and held hostage in her bronx home. the victim is not comfortable in her home. a man armed with a knife grabbed her in the stairwell of her building and pushed her inside her own pardon me. >> i wanted to see my grandchildren and children again. >> the man took all the cash in her home but still didn't leave. she even made h

robert moses for us at the navy yard in brooklyn thank you. the debate and remaining presidential candidates will be across the east river at a big gop event in manhattan. >> that event is scheduled to draw large protests against front runner donald trump. let's go to fox 5's teresa priolo she swroins us from outside the grand hyatt hotel in midtown. good morning to you, teresa. >> good morning ben and kerry good morning everyone. this is rare for us even here in new york all presidential candidates will be here to be tonight in new york city but for the gop, the focus is midtown. all eyes on new york city which has found itself square in the middle of the political universe. tonight, donald trump, ted cruz, and john kasich will put on tuxes and play nice at the gop gala at the grand hyatt. a 1,000 a pop dinner that aids what happens nsdz might make news and what happens outside may also too. over 30 different causes are planning to disrupt gala they distrump. also protest donald trump, tens of thousands of demonstrators could show. there is so

sanders still carries the accent of his brooklyn youth. hillary clinton's campaign is headquartered here. the stakes clearly are enormous. a clinton victory could break sanders' recent momentum and put the nomination in her grasp. a sanders win could shake her campaign to its core. amid the rhetoric and big rallies, the race has been getting nasty as the two sides hammer one another on policy and qualifications. will tonight's showdown boil down to insults or issues? and the insults are flying among republican candidates. all three will appear tonight at a black tie gop gala. ted cruz, accusing donald trump's campaign of threatening violence even as prosecutors decide not to charge trump's campaign manager for grabbing a reporter. i'll speak with clinton campaign press secretary brian fallon. our correspondents, analysts and guests, they will have full coverage of all the day's top stories. let's begin with our senior washington correspondent joe johns. set the stage, what's the latest? >> that's true, wolf. quite frankly here in new york a

today the democratic contenders face off in brooklyn. good morning i'm lori stokes. >> and i'm ken -- ken rosato. >>> we look down the east river here chrysler building all the way down to one world trade. a morning starting out 5:00 a.m., 45 degrees clear skies light northerly wind. 35 at long branch, 31 toms river, 3 bridgeport, and 42 out toward the east end. freeze warning in jersey, you northwestern jersey down toward not really the jersey shore but interior monmouth and ocean county. we warm up into the upper 50s to 60 by afternoon. only gets warmer. debby busy in the traffic center in for heather. what is going on? >> reporter: the belt parkway bill an accident blocking two lanes so watch for delays here westbound belt. let's see what is happening on the eastbound bqe, stop and go toward the brooklyn bridge. battery tunnel overnight construction wrapping up at this point. 57th the ongoing fire department activity and delays here on 287 northbound just a minor delay but 287 north by exit 12 in franklin township an accident involving

this is the bqe making your way into the area of the brooklyn bridge. before you get there, a couple lanes blocked. things are moving along better at the moment than a few moments ago. but this will be throughout the morning. heading over to the queens midtown tunnel, road work out there. you have one of the tubes shut down. the north tube closed, the south and you do need to move your car today. alternate side of the street parking rules are in effect. your next weather and traffic update on the fours. >>> new this morning, a vicious crime caught on camera. police looking for a group of robbers that hit at least twice in queens and their weapon of choice is a rock. "today in new york's" lori bordonaro is in ozone park with a video that police are just releasing. >> reporter: just a few minutes ago we talked with neighbors who saw that video and heard about what happened. they say it's frightening to think that something like that could happen on their block. look at that video. you can see that suspect there throwing a rock at the 32-year-old victim. th

here's the eastbound bqe, moving okay toward the brooklyn bridge. lower east river cross, moving along mathly. sides -- smoothly, alternate side of the street parking rules are in effect. back over to you. lori. ken? >>> thank you. still ahead on eyewitness news this morning, wild images out of new jersey, fierce flames engulf a car near the lincoln tunnel. look at that. >> also ahead, a school bus driver turned hero. >>> 5:20. the highway to the lincoln tunnel is now back open this morning. but yesterday new jersey transit says the car rear ended one of its buses which had no passengers on it at the time fortunately. three people in the car though were hurt. well many came to mourn former nfl star will smith at a memorial ceremony in upstate utica. it was held at the football stadium of his old high school. he was shot and killed saturday night. police say that he was shot by cardell hayes after a traffic accident. hayes is now facing murder charges. >>> well, in the morning's health alert, even though some medications cause relief. they may lead to

the brooklyn bridge right here, northeast bqe, delay there, and then the brooklyn bridge doing very well moving across the span. alternate-side parking rules in effect for today. ken, over to you. >> heather, thank you. >>> it's 6:18, and heather has morning. the hudson bergen lightrail is dump truck knocked out electrical power to a train and nearby traffic light, and n.j. transit saying fixing the wires is more complex than fixing a telephone line. tickets are being cross honored. >> the minnesota twins paying tribute to prince. the batters also used prince's tunes for their walkout music. >> yeah. >> it's 6:19. good news for new york city homeowners. the extra savings you will soon notice on your water bills. >> also, dramatic new video of an ominous preview of from the dairy farmers of fairlife, this is our promise. we start with delicious, creamy, real milk that's then ultra filtered so fairlife has more protein and and only half the sugar. and never any artificial growth hormones. >>> on to money news, and stocks on wall street slipped as the price of oil slipped a dollar, and the

foot of the brooklyn bridge. the polls will be closed across the state. donald trump and hillary clinton are looking for big victories tonight. the fight for this state has been the hardest fought of the democratic campaign. for clinton a big victory will clear her path. for sanders, it could prolong this race to the convention. secretary clinton voted this morning along with her husband, former president bill clinton. last night, secretary clinton said she hoped to win in new york and helper wrap up the nomination. that's the key fraez, wrap up. her fraez, take a look. >> i am hoping to do really well tomorrow. i'm hoping to wrap up the democratic nomination. i got to quickly add that before anybody has the wrong impression. >> wow. nobody got the wrong impression. they know what you meant, you got to wrap it up. she greeted supporters on the streets of midtown manhattan. here is what he said. >> senator, secretary clinton said she would wrap up the whole nomination today. >> i'm afraid she's going to be mistaken

hillary clinton and bernie sanders shake hands and came out swinging at the brooklyn navy yard starting with the role of wall street money in the campaign. >> do we really feel confident about a candidate saying that she's going to bring change in america, when she is so dependent on big money interests? i don't think so. is designed to raise questions when there is no evidence or support. >> what started as a civil campaign among friendly rivals turned nasty as the race tightened. sanders backed away from his claims in -- clinton is not qualified but added a new jet. >> does secretary vincent has the experience and intelligence? of score she does, but i do question -- [ cheering ] but i do question her judgment. >> well, the people of new york voted for me twice to be their senator. and president obama trusted my judgment enough to ask me to be secretary of state. >> at one point candidates shouting over each other about their support for raising minimum wage to $15. >> wait a minute. wait a minute. >> not accurate. >> reporter: both are targeting the minority vote here in new york. >>

we saw the toughness of the tone at the brooklyn debate. >> boy, was it. >> how substantive is this charge by the sanders campaign against the clinton campaign? what's your assessment of what it is they're alleging here? >> i've talked to as many experts as we could since this first evolved. plitti fact says it is mostly wrong. larry noble who had been general counsel at fec and is an expert on this says it's not correct. >> the allegation by senator sanders? >> the allegation is not correct. that they may be pushing the envelope, but that there really is no underlying corrupt nature to this relationship. i talked to the dnc and they say

call it the battle of brooklyn. facing off at the brooklyn naval yard with bernie sanders and hillary clinton aggressive and pulling no punches. meanwhile the republicans at a black tie gala in manhattan with protesters and arrests outside. beginning with dave evans at the democratic debate in brooklyn. >> i think this debate and tuesday night's vote, they're so important. of nine last primaries, bernie sanders has won eight of them. if he's able to pull off an upset in hillary clinton's adoptive home state, that could possibly change everything. >> if you're both screaming at each other, the viewers won't be able to hear either of you. >> reporter: this feisty debate was interesting from the get-go. bernie sanders hit first. questioning not hillary clinton's qualifications, but her judgment. >> but i do question her judgment. i question her judgment which voted for the war in iraq, the worst foreign policy blunder in the history of this country. >> reporter: clinton has spent the last 10 days blasting sanders for q

they're part of the brooklyn united music and arts program, which combines marching band experience with academic achievement and self-improvement. it is changing lives one beat at a time. joining us this afternoon is the founder of bu, tyrone brown. so nice to meet you. >> thank you. >> yeah, lot of energy. >> oh, yes, all day. >> a whole lot of energy. so, tell us about brooklyn united. what's the idea behind it? >> well, the thought is that young people really require a place to be, someplace to go after school where they know they're safe, they know they're welcome, know they're loved, and they get to kind of move out of the school environment and do something different. so, brooklyn united was designed with that in mind -- a place where we can create a community within a community, a family of students. you know, give the parents something to be proud of, something that they can tell their child, "i'm proud of you. good job, great work." so, bu, in its design, was really about that new family structure, that opportunity where young people just had a place to be and call home. >> yea

i'm don lemon at the site of tonight's presidential debate here in brooklyn, new york. blitzer getting ready for tonight, great questions for both candidates. he's going to be moderating this debate. wherever you're watching from around the world, thank you so much for joining us. i'm don lemon in for wolf. getting ready for tonight. just eight hours from now. eight hours from now. hillary clinton and bernie sanders will take to the stage. they're going to grapple in their final debate before the all-important new york primary on tuesday. it's a face-off that comes at a very crucial juncture in this campaign, as you look at pictures of inside of the hall. and on one side, you have hillary clinton, who has won more delegates. more popular votes. and more states. and then on the

the hits. and in brooklyn, an enlarger crowd. several thousand people singing and dancing in the streets outside speak lee studios in fort greene. many fans came dressed in purple which is said to be prince's favorite color. prince died yesterday at his home near minneapolis. he was only 57 years old and easily one of the greatest artists of all times. his music is time less and legacy everlasting. >> a sad occasion but at the same time a celebration. it's important that we honor prince and remember how many lives he actually touched. >> there is not anyone who can replace prince. one of a kind, one of a kind. >> back here live outside the a pop low, you can see the candles and a purple boa around those candles and several pictures. this is what it has been like all night long. the crowd is not as large as it was last night but nonetheless you can still see it's a party atmosphere and it's 4:30 in the morning. prince performed at the apollo many times. his last performance in the city was march 18th when he held a private concert

we'll head over to the brooklyn bridge. things will move along nicely. no construction in this area. in for a nice ride. >> some people live on the upper west side. they want to end all the buzz on their block this time of year. even though it's chilly out, they complained that their children are being bitten by mosquitoes. some sleep under jungle-style netting. the problem is a sewer on west 84th street. the lines have been flushed. residents insist it's not working. >>> rutgers university announced the commencement speaker, it's president obama. the president accepted an invitation to address them on may 15th. more than 12,000 students will pack the stadium on piscataway for the occasion. court system workers got the notices yesterday. they go into effect this summer. it's part of closing the budget gap. some courthouses and offices are also expected to actually close. >>> a group of thieves used face time to help pull off a high-end heist. 40 seconds was all it took for seven men to steal $100,000 worth of clothes from this expensive store in georgia.

take on the unexpected. >>> welcome back to brooklyn bridge park. there a lovely shot of east river and the beautiful brooklyn bridge. 170,000 people during the summer visit this park every weekend. you can see why. right here on the waterfront underneath that bridge which links brooklyn to lower manhattan. as we keep pointing out and it is so crucial to say, new york city does not define new york state. when we take a look at upstate new york, for example, we find a much different situation on the ground. kate snow is joining us now live from the village of flag creek, where she's been speaking with voters who are struggling to find decent paying jobs. kate, what have they been telling you? what is the biggest hurdle at this point? >> reporter: hey, erica. thank you for mentioning upstate new york. this is the real new york state. this is the mill pond that feeds into an apple cider mill. it is a great place. they're doing very well. they're prosperous, but as you say, part of the story up here is when you drive around and you get out of this little

that is our stunning shot tonight from the park at the brooklyn base of the brooklyn bridge.hris matthews is there tonight able to take it all in. chris? >> yes, brian, thank you. we've got rick tyler here, chief spokesman for ted cruz until awhile ago. let me ask you, if donald trump wins at 9:00, if he gets the call early tonight, big win, double digits, maybe 20 points, who knows -- what is the rest of the stop trump movement look like to you right now? >> it's going to be a bad week for ted cruz this week and next week with the new england states although cruz has a chance to pick up some especially unbound delegates in pennsylvania. he seems to be strong in maryland. his goal here hopefully for him would be to key donald trump under 50%. he's got to get above 20% and maybe pick of some delegates here. >> if that doesn't happen, if trump peaks 50%, if used to be your guy comes in under 20, kasich second, it looks like it could be a bow none intra night. >> it could be. but then cruz has got to move to indiana and indiana's going to be a strong state. it has a lot of deleg

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: brooklyn's navy yard wants the place with battle ships docked will see a battle tonight. hillary clinton and bernie sanders will meet face to face in a debate. >> bernie! expanse where there is a film and television studio, manufacturing, a special events space there are also construction workers who say it's a fitting spot for two debate. >> i mean, you come to blue collar workers and you get the blue collar vote. >> this is a great place to have a showdown. >> reporter: the fight for new york has become more intense as primary day gets closer. the candidates have been all around the big apple sierking support from voters. sanders and thousands of his supporters took over washington square park last night. >> we're going to win this thing. thank you all very much! >> former secretary of state clinton in the bronx talked about what she could do for ne

dari: the brooklyn nets and the gave away trees in brooklyn today. they will be planted in community gardens, school yards and at private homes. the program is part of the new york restoration project's million trees nyc. that's an initiative to plant and care for 1 million new trees in the city. steve: one of rock's greatest guitar players is hitting the road once again. steve: there's that riff there. you know it's santana as soon as you hear it. dari: carlos santana talks to simone boyce about getting his original band together. steve: and stephen hawking's new planets. steve: six decades in rock 'n roll have not slowed down carlos santana. dari: he is headed back on tour with a show at the garden tomorrow night. simone is here to tell us about his big return. so many people are so excited about this. union fans have been waiting for. at a press conference, he reunited with the original members of santana to discuss their new album, santana 4, a long-awaited follow-up to the 1971 album santana 3. mr. santana, the crowd cheered when you announced th

>> proceed as you may.>> those workers that you heard from in the brooklyn office are fighting for their first contract. the last time they went on strike was 2011 and lasted for two weeks. according to the post, half of the time there has been some work stoppage. verizon is prepared in a training other nonunion workers since early 2015. this will happen as a result of all this. latest. much. from downtown to uptown hillary clinton bernie sanders are going to >> is a very busy day in the area. >> the three republican candidates will be out-of-state. donald trump and ted cruz are in pennsylvania and john casey is in maryland. hillary clinton bernie sanders are very much year. sanders is expected to get a hero's welcome at a rally in washington sq., park . >> thousands are expected to show support for bernie sanders tonight in washington square .spike lee, tim robbins and they are expected. the secret service say the park should be closed all day and sanders hopes the message will resonate loudly for him in new york. >> hillary clinton will be in the city today. she speaks at the national

the brooklyn da will appeal the reduced charge. this is a long ways from over. reporting from downtown brooklyn, channel 7 eyewitness news. >>> developing in the new york primary, the comptroller scott stringer announcing he will investigate the board of elections after widespread problems at some polling places. thousands of people were removed from voter rolls mainly in brooklyn and no one can figure out why. stacy sager has more. >> reporter: we are talking disappeared from voter rolls and officials called the problem widespread. we have had municipalerous -- numerous complaint, and here what they said moments ago. >> the incompetence of the board of elections puts a crowd over these results and it's time to clean up this mess. so i'm going in to investigate, to audit, and to hopefully clean up a process we have accepted for too long. >> reporter: according to the board of elections, it appears at this point that brooklyn fell six months behind on voter rolls. we'll have a lot more on that, but this was not the only problem today. there were hundreds of compla

the brooklyn d.a. recommended that liang serve no prison time bu did disagree with the judge's decision to reduce the jury's verdict and says he plans to appeal. >> sh> 5:09. today officials in michigan expected to announce charges in the flint water crisis. michigan's attorney general will annonounce criminal charges against as many as three government officials. lead from aging pipes was leaking into flint homes and businesses when flint switched the water source to try to save >>> 5:09 now. breaking newers over seas. magnide 6.1 arthquake was just reported, this time off the coast of ecuador. this one is north of where that massive 7.8 quake hit over the weekend. rescue operations from that quake ent on through the night but fewer people sadly are being found alive. the death toll at this point more than 500. hundreds more are missing. many of those survivors, they're homeless, sleeping outdoors at this point, and they don't even have clean water to drink. their homes are gone, literally no place for

the board. he wants to know why so many democratic voters in brooklyn were booted off the voting board. teresa priya low is live in brooklyn with a closer look >> good morning everyone. today we hear of problems from time to time but they are usually not on this scale. this is one of our basic rights. the ability to cast a ballot . supposed to be free, fair and efficient. they are angry they were shut out. >> for new york state general's office says it's been overwhelmed by voter complaints. 700 by phone and email at last count. the city comptroller is promising an investigation. i've decided to audit the management and operations of the new york city board we will go in and asked some tough questions. >> some polling places open two hours late or voting books going missing. valid scanners malfunctioned and why voters were inexplicably stripped from the rolls. michael j ryan is executive director of the city's board of elections. >> i would find that highly unusual. if anyone tailored with the roles and outweigh . >> the hardest hit borough is brooklyn. 120,000 registered democrats dropp

stick with the lower level this morning. in brooklyn we've got a disabled truck and that is blocking two lanes also. this is on the southbound bqe at the kosciuszko bridge and it is causing delays. they go right back to the long island expressway. mass transit this morning, hudsonberg and light rail, they're resuming normal weekday service this morning, following overhead wire repairs in jersey stivment so looking better there. again today on the long island railroad, buses will replace trains from 9:00 a.m. to noon, that's between babylon and patchogue on the montauk branch for track inspections. just make a note of that. alternate side parking is suspended today, that's because of orthodox holy thursday, but you do still have to pay those meters. chris and maury, over to you. >> kyla, thank you. >>> several new jersey families are looking for a place to live after a car slam noose a building, forcing an evacuation >> it happened last night in plainfield, now police are investigating what caused the crash. cbs 2's janelle burrell joins

the vof now on trial in brooklyn charged with assault. prosecutors are calling this blind and untrollable anger as the officer allegedly stomped on the man's skull. no police officer could possibly believe that act to be necessary the prosecution said but the officer's defense attorney tells the court should smoke and drink weed in public and resist arrest, adding that civilians are not entitled to resist arrest. the man who videoed it said that the other police officers appeared just as shocked. >> they tried to stop the officer in from continuing. >> reporter: an officer testing that he saw a foot come up and down. both the officer and the man he is accused of stepping on are expected to testify tomorrow. steve langford, cbs 2 news. >> the officer could face a year in prison if found guilty. >>> of a fight against prescription drug addiction in the rise in heroin and opioid abuse. >> i am incredibly fortunate to be alive and standing before you today. >> reporter: at the age of 16, amanda was prescribed percocet to help her to deal with

the cell is approaching the brooklyn bridge giving us the traffic him here. it's backed up to atlantic with the lincoln tunnel . same goes for the weekend and the george washington bridge. federal and state investigators are looking into the fund-raising operation. we learned that taking the efforts to ban horse carriages. gary drew is here now. >> the wall street journal said investigators are looking into whether laws were avoided while a politically connected group tried to end the horse carriage rides. this is according to a says that it's all connected to the probe that's trying to determine whether can't campaign contribution limits were avoided and whether donors were given official benefits. they had an effort to ban them and they were not accused of any wrongdoing. records show they did give more than $100,000 to a non-for profit group run by the various allies called the campaign for one new york. they gave money because they supported his agenda. it is against the law here in new york. it's a felony to solicit or coordinate expenses connected to a

the brooklyn dodger broke the color barrier back in 1947 in the game. all around major league baseball, every player wearing the number 42. yankees opening a nine-game home stand. the mariners in the bronx for the first of three. breath brett gardner got his first of the year. that got out in a hurry. naturally in the fifth, baseball karma catches up. iannetta gets a fastball from sevarino. gone. 3-1 mariners lead. in the sixth, bases loaded. mark teixeira grounds out to short. the yankees stranded 12 runners in scoring position. 0 for 12. 3 for their last 34 in the last 30 games. cano had two hits and the >>> a bothersome lat muscle stops -- he'll try again on sunday. meanwhile bartolo colon got a ton of support in cleveland. batting third in the lineup but making a good case to stay there. deep and gone to center. then in the fifth, the mets homer not once, not twice, but thrice. alejandro de a za his first as a met. and then yoenis cespedes at the plate smokes his second of the year. neil walker also homering in the inning. the mets hold on to win 6-

first we want to mention we're at the brooklyn navy yard. i don't have to tell you the history of the brooklyn navy yard. battleships used to be docked here. there's a big battle set for tonight. the debate between the democrats, clinton and sanders. hillary clinton for one was in the bronx yesterday. she took the stage with the borough president there and hundreds of supporters in the audience. then bernie sanders and his supporters as we mentioned essentially took over washington square park. tens of thousands of people at a massive rally there. both candidates talked about what they can do for new york city when it comes to income and equality. reforming the criminal justice system and several other issues. >> i also want to tackle the problem of affordable housing. the people in the bronx, throughout new york city and across our country. >> it is about creating a government that creates a decent standard of living for every man, woman and child. >> reporter: then bernie sanders is scheduled to go to the vatican. he may be meeting with pop

the man that nearly annihilated them at brooklyn and yorktown. stuart fights through the south and is close friends with william washington. he is paroled and meets his wife in charleston. the war is over, and it stuart and washington are tending william washington's wedding. it's here that jack is riding towards the wedding and falls off his horse and breaks his neck. the man that only lives once is killed in a tragic accident. last person i will briefly talk about -- the book is not only about rich men that are white, it is an integrated unit. freewere african-americans. one of my great characters is private thomas carty, a forgotten hero of the revolution. he was a free black man that believed in liberty and fought for over 7 years of war. he first joins the marylanders at brandywine, then fights through the epic battle. the battle of guilford courthouse, where it changes the course of the revolution, kearny is noted to have bayoneted 7 british soldiers. an incredibly heroic figure. his finest hour is at a place called 96. this book covers all

the driver of the bronx is also in serious condition. and debra perez of brooklyn sustained serious leg injuries. the cause of the crash is still under investigation. >>> a wild seen in babylon today when an out of control car made a spectacular entrance onto a homeowner's property. it went airborne, crashed through a fence and landed on the lawn in north babylon. it didn't end there. stolen car somehow lost control, hit a boulder and crashed right through this fence here, labd nding here on the front lawn. you can still see the giant hole here in the fence. all of this was caught on the homeowners sid video surveillance cameras. it lands upside down on his front lawn. the sound startling him and his neighbors at about 1:30 this morning. >> i actually thought it was a tractor trailer. >> my husband ran outside immediately, saw what happened, ran over. tried to see if somebody was in the car. nobody was there by the time he got there. >> you can see the driver run off on the surveillance video. police say the car was stolen. >> i don't know how he got out and ran aw

debate tonight here at the brooklyn navy yards is a very hot ticket. some people even comparing it to the broadway smash hit musical, hamilton. it is not open to the public. there's only about 1100 seats inside. people accessing those tickets through the campaigns or the democrat national committee. both candidates have been out recently aggressively courting the minority vote here in new york. [ applause and cheers ] >> reporter: bernie sanders took a break from debate preparations thursday afternoon to speak at the national action network's convention in midtown manhattan, one day after hillary clinton addressed the same gathering. he talked about racial and economic justice and blasted what he called voter suppression laws being passed by some republican governors across the country. >> the idea that they are passing laws restricting the right to vote making it harder for people to vote, poor people, old people, people of color, that is moving in clinton get a warm welcome at what was billed as an organizing event in co-op city in the bronx and made

officers now have access to the new mobile fingerprint devices. in brooklyn, it helped detectives identify a man they found unconscious. the technology can be used to scan fingerprints to confirm the we'll see if that person is wanted on outstanding warrants. >>> the high school team that had equipment and jerseys stolen will be back on the field for a game today. the students spent yesterday evening practicing with borrowed bats and a few balls they still own. the coach says someone broke into his car in the bronx earlier this week snatching all of the team's gear. >> kids need the equipment in order to play the games. in order for us to play, when you're the home team, you have to provide the bases and stuff. the catcher's equipment as well. >> the team will use the borrowed equipment in the game today at 4:00. the coach is not sure what they'll do for the rest of the season. hopefully somebody sees this, steps up and donates some equipment. these coaches, you know this, your kids play sports. they carry everything with them. >> in the trunk of their car. >

later tonight the democratic -- brooklyn, later tonight the democratic candidates face off at the brooklyn navy yard. hello again i'm david navarro. >> and i'm lori stokes. we are going to start this half hour with the arrest of a town supervisor. this morning the fbi arrested christopher st. lawrence. >> he is the supervisor for the to a new minor league baseball stadium. marcus has details. marcus? >> reporter: dave and lori, christopher st. lawrence will appear in federal court this afternoon. this was a complex scheme, which involved hiding public funds used to pay for that baseball stadium, also involved lying about the finances in order to sell $150 million worth of bonds. christopher st. lawrence was arrested this morning. besides being the town supervisor, he is the head of the local development corporation, and the feds say he essentially cooked the books in order to secure bonds to pay for pet projects, and claiming his budget was in the black when it was really in the red. but the heart of this, a $58 million minor league baseball stadium that st. lawrence was a huge proponent o

at the brooklyn navy yard in brooklyn, new york, for the cnn democratic presidential debate. 've come to brooklyn just five days before the new york presidential primary, a very important contest for the democrats with an enormous number of delegates at stake. we want to welcome our viewers in the united states and around the world. i'm wolf blitzer, and i'll moderate tonight's debate. joining mess errol lewis, with time warner, or partner in this debate, and chief political correspondent dana bash. brooklyn has personal meaning for the candidates who both have been new yorkers at one time or another in their lives, so ladies and gentlemen, let's welcome the candidates. senator bernie sanders of vermont. [ cheers and applause ] >>> former secretary of state hillary clinton. [ cheers and applause ] >>> ladies and gentlemen, the democratic candidates for president of the united states. >>> now police continue to stan for our national anthem sung by morgan james. ♪ o say, can you see by the dawn's early light ♪ ♪ what so proudly we hailed at the twilight's last gleaming? ♪ ♪hose