toni yates joins us live with more on the story. good morning, toni. >> reporter: good morning again, michelle. under the guidance of the epa, they began testing 12 newark schools today, including the alexander street school. the priority one list for this testing. an entire quality control protocol has been established to document them and to test them. all 67 schools in the district will have this testing about done. this is after you said 30 schools tested positive for higher than acceptable levels of lead. this past week, also, dozens of children were tested for lead exposure. their test results will be due back in about a week. governor christie spoke about the dilemma. he says once the superintendent realized the findings, they began correcting the situation. we also spoke to newark's mayor. >> we've been providing water, testing children, educating people around lead. remaidiation would -- remediation would take millions to fix lead pipings in schools. lawmakers in washington are also asking for federal moneys. all of the scho

. >> are the talks suddenly reporter toni yates in newark for us. toni? >> reporter: bill and liz, some union representatives left that meeting with new jersey transit earlier than others. in fact, around 4:30 this afternoon we saw several of them storm out. they wouldn't tell us why. a few minutes later it was evident. union representatives not happy this afternoon after new jersey transit issued a statement detailing what would happen to rail workers if this strike happens. >> all existing positions will be suspended. all employees on sick leave will no longer receive sick leave compensation and all strike employees will have their health, their insurance benefits discontinued effective the first day of the strike. we object to new jersey transit's conduct in this matter while the parties are fully engaged in negotiating process. >> we have a common goal to reach that conclusion in a timely fashion so that the from the heads of the commuters and they can go back about worrying about all the things that the rest of us worry about every day and don't need

tony yates joins us live from alexander street school with the latest on the story. good morning to you, toni. >> reporter: good morning again, michelle. the district is working with the epa. they are testing 12 schools in the district. the 12 schools on the priority one list to have their water tested now. the entire quality control protocol has been established to get water samples from the building to document them, of course. all 67 schools in the district will have the testing done. this is after the 30 schools tested positive for higher than acceptable levels of lead. children at early learning centers were tested for lead exposures. those will be due back in a week. once the findings were released, the state stepped in. >> there's no safe level of led. i don't want you to get into a crisis thinking it's something on the scale of flint or that level. it's absolutely nowhere near that. >> reporter: new jersey lawmakers working out of washington d.c. are already looking for federal money to help alleviate this problem. meantime, all of the schools that are affecte

deputy mayor toni yates, channel 7, eyewitness news. >>> a long island train collided with a truck on the tracks. the lirr struck a pick up truck as the driver was trying to get across the tracks. no one on the train was hurt. the truck driver was taken to the hospital. service was disrupted along the line for a brief period of time. >> very brief. >>> how many people out there want warmer weather? >> me. >> fine. we'll continue the count later. lee said you're in luck. it's beautiful outside. >> warming up. >> it's going to be warming up. the highs if you like the 60s flir i hope we have a buyer for the house. me too! what are the neighbors doing here? bill! hey! come in, come in! i didn't know your home wifi dad, it's time warner cable. 300 megs. crazy-fast. and we were right across the street the whole time. the whole time. make your home as connected as possible with time warner cable. with speeds up to ultra-fast 300 megs. get 50 meg internet for $39.99 per month. call now. would anybody like to see the kitchen? anybody? dad! you can get wifi all over this place. cool! switching

i'm toni yates. >> i'm rob nelson. thanks for staying with us. >> good morning america is next, followed by eyewitness news at 9:00. >> have a great day. warming weather. >>> good morning, america. breaking news. ted's huge night. cruz trouncing donald trump in two states. as record numbers turn out to vote on super saturday. >> today has been a very good day. >>> and rubio's disastrous showing. his rivals calling on him to drop out. is this now a two-man race? >> i want ted one on one. two wins. clinton? >>> deadly storms. the west battered by rain and ferocious winds. a double assault. from crumbling cliffs to daring rescues. plus, the major flooding now. what's in store for the week ahead?

. >> toni yates is at the scene. she just spoke with a woman who saw the whole thing. >> we're actually standing in front of the bridgeway diner here on route 9. this accident happened just before noon this morning. here now. but they said the shift before them is the shift that saw this accident, and apparently some of those workers went out to try to help the victims so they're giving us their story. we want you to take a look at this video. this is route 9 near 516. witnesses have said that the green suv, the driver was traveling in one direction. the gold honda was traveling in the opposite direction. for some reason they say the suv jumped the divider and crashed head on in to the honda. police say at least two people were taken to robert wood johnson hospital in critical condition. they're saying there are multiple fatalities. the exact number, we do not know at this time. accident scene investigators were taking pictures. as we said, we spoke to a shop owner who told us what she heard. >> we went to the window

. >> toni yates is live at ramsey. toni? >> reporter: yes, indeed. this pursuit began up in mahwah. police officers spotted the motorcycle going very fast on route 202. he tried to stop him, but the motorcyclist made it out here to route 17. they say that he was going even faster once he got to 17, topping speeds of more than 100 miles per hour. then ramsey police picked up the cycle going through their town, also along route 17. they tried to stop him, but before they could, they say the driver crashed near the maple shade motel. we have seen a damaged car also at that spot. it was back end damage. we are told that the was taken by ambulance to the hospital. he's reportedly suffered broken bones and possibly lost a limb. he has not been identified. no word on where he was coming from. at this point, there is on northbound route 17, there is slow traffic on the southbound lanes. there are two lanes still shut down while police continue their investigation. again, a motorcyclist, it seems like, was going very fast heading on route 17 southbound. they don't know where he was coming fr

here's tony yates. >> >> reporter: ann ryan doesn't mind leaving oscar and reggie behind because she check on them remotely. the pet treat cam lets her talk to her dogs, see them, take photos and dispense treats through an app on her phone. >> i miss my pets during the day. and it is nice to see them. it is nice to see them at home and what they are doing and the fact that i can give them a treat is such a huge bonus. >> reporter: the treat cam is one of a growing number of tech gadgets designed to help owners stay connected with their furry friends as more pet tech start ups go after the multi-bond pet >> we are creating a need they didn't know existed. and they have never been able to check in on their pet remotely in a meaningful and mutually rewarding way. >> reporter: the whistle pet tracker is a gps device. it's letters you if your pet has left his safe zone. >> you can track them in realtime just like find my iphone or similar solutions and you can find that pet even if there is no other human in sight. >> reporter: the wearable device tracks how much exercise and sleep the an

toni yates, eyewitness news. >> thank you for that. stay with eyewitness news for the latest on the new jersey transition -- transit negotiations. we have contingency plans posted at abc7ny.com. >>> vote 2016 now. republican presidential frontrunner donald trump and his rivals will take to the stage tonight for what could be a very critical gop debate of the primary season. on the democratic side, hilt and bernie sanders were back on the trail after the feisty debate. we're live in washington with the latest for the fight for the nomination. >>reporter: it is getting closer and closer to the gop nomination. his delegate count is growing and so is hillary clinton's as she ramps up the attacks on sander s. the fiery fight for florida. >> i will match my record against yours every day of the week. >> excuse me. excuse me. >> hillary clinton and bernie on the issues and each other during this you know version democratic debate in the sunshine state. the former secretary of state hit with another tough question on her private e-mail scandal

toni yates, channel 7 eyewitness news. >>> still ahead, she's accused of killing her young son 25 >> the trial beginning today in the most controversial case. eyewitness news at 6:00 starts right now. >>> parents tonight demanding action after worries about lead contaminated drinking water at schools in newark reach a fever pitch. this as free lead testing for all students is set to begin. plus this. >> how many more lives do we need to lose before the system stops giving these slaps on the wrist? >> angry family members speaking out tonight about a young man who just last week pleaded guilty to charges aten illegal street racing case that killed five people. now he's been arrested again on a new charge. good evening at 6:00, i'm bill ritter. >> i'm liz cho. much more on those stories in just a minute. weather and hav rain passing through our area. >> meteorologist lee goldberg tracking the storm. >> thunderstorms scattered throughout the area. look across the hudson, parts of new jersey. we see showers moving toward staten island. want to show you a few we're keeping an eye on. ther

eyewitness news reporter toni yates has details on those hurt and what caused the blast. she's in bayonne tonight. >> this intersection where the blast occurred is still closed off to traffic. you can see down the street, it's not a road that gets a lot of traffic up and down it anyway. you do see the fire house there. traffic in this area has not been disrupted. they're still working to repair the damage while the five people who were onsite, who were injured, will all be okay. >> reporter: newscopter7 capturing images of the hole a blast that blew out around a new pse&g gas line. they were testing air pressure, something routinely done. >> it was pressurized air in the line at the time, and the pressurized air, once it was released, it expelled all the dirt from the construction hole. >> reporter: nevins says the blast was a temporary cap that blew off under too much air pressure. he says those types of caps are replaced with permanent ones that are welded on to the line before the gas is pumped in. the blast injured three workers of hackensack. two bayonne police offic

. >> tony yates is in north bourbon with the details. tony? >>reporter: good afternoon david and liz. as you can see behind me, this crowd is gathering for a vigil for the victims, supposed to start at 5:00 this afternoon. as for the investigation itself, police say that car was travelling at least 50 miles an hour over the speed limit before the driver, eric paterson, lost control of that car and then within 15 minutes of the tragedy happening, even local leaders were out here at the scene where two children lost their lives. mayors, sheriff officials, police chiefs, even they were overwhelmed by the carnage of saturday night's double fatal crash. >> the devastation they witnessed first hand, without doubt, the worst accident scene i've seen in my entire career. i've been in law enforcement saturday night, i'm sure, will forever stay in my memory. >> 17-year-old brian rodriguez and 16-year-old noll herrera died after a speeding car crashed into the friends walking on the side wake saturday night. -- sidewalk saturday night. paterson driving w

new jersey reporter toni yates in newark now with this story. toni? >>reporter: parents on edge, you're exactly right. 67 families signed up for the free lead testing for the children there. the city's health department came out to conduct those tests. the health department set-up the they were read to in a quiet area while waiting for their return. not a fun experience for the patients at early childhood learning center but it is something that had to be done. berliner school is one of the 30 schools in the district that had to shut down the drinking water and bring in bottled water after the supply here tested positive for higher than acceptable levels of lead. parents are concerned about how long their children may have been drinking the water. >> we thought everybody was okay using faucet wet and we're putting it in our body ays. >> you're getting your son tested? yes. it doesn't just start with my babies or the babies before. in urban communities they tend to do whatever to us and then just say deal with it. but in this case, i'm not going to jus

new jersey reporter toni yates is live in newark with the new developments. okay, toni, looks like we're having a few problems with toni yates. we'll try to get her story back a little bit later. 1/2 days from a strike at this point. so it's getting close and both sides are putting their feet down. >>> and coming up a new twist in the case of a deadly street race on long island, coming up on eyewitness news the dramatic turn of events today in court that has left so many of the victims' families furious. >> also we've got an eyewitness news exclusive, the key material in a design for a new manhattan high rise that has firefighters sounding the alarm. >> and call it naked ambition, >>> we've got an update on a live story, the search underway people on the street. we've learned one of the victims is a 14-year-old girl. this happened on the 1000 block of presidents street in the town heights section, the girl rushed to king county hospital with nonlife threatening injuries, no word yet on a suspect or motive. of course, we'll keep you posted. back to you. >>> i w

new jersey reporter toni yates is there. >> orange mayor duane warren said the fire department was on the scene of this fire exactly three minutes after they got that call, but unfortunately that fire was so destructive as you can see, they had to tear down that house. family members say they believe the three people who died inside could have been saved. >> reporter: neighbors watched, neighbors went to try and help as people from ran inside 251 inferno before dawn. family members say their great grandmother woke up, saw flames, and tried to get everyone out. >> she yelled fire, fire, fire, and tried to put the fire out. >> reporter: several extended family members shared the home. at least eight people were inside. word spread and more family arrived on the scene. >> reporter: it -- >> it took a man, a stranger to come in the house and get my grandmother out. my grandmother ended up going back in there to save her grand kids and her son. >> reporter: this family said more should have been done to rescue their loved ones. two little boys and an adult male didn't make it out alive. sh

for now we're live here in newark, toni yates, channel 7 eyewitness news. >>> a $10 million handwritten lawsuit filed against uber in the name of the driver charged in that deadly michigan shooting authorities in kalamazoo became suspicious because the envelope for the lawsuit was mailed in a philadelphia post mark. suspect jason dalton is jailed in michigan. dalton denied filing the lawsuit. authorities say the handwriting doesn't match him. >>> commuting back to normal in our nation's capital after an unprecedented shutdown of the washington subway system. the issue that caused the closure is not an easy fix. that means headaches will continue for riders. the 29 hour shutdown ended at 5:00 this morning. inspections in that time revealed 26 areas that need replacement or repair. >>> we've got lee back with us. you trying to work on your models? >> i'm looking at them, like oh, my goodness. there's not much of a way out. i know people don't want to hear about snowfall obviously this late in the season. but that's what we have to deal with. >> i feel sorry for the trees. >> it's a good s

toni yates, channel 7 eyewitness news. >>> it is the biggest night yet in the race for president. primaries are underway right now with high voter turnout reported. those primaries taking place in florida, illinois, missouri, north carolina, and ohio. and tonight could be the turning point for both democrats and republicans. eyewitness news political reporter dave evans here now with what's at stake. >> i think all eyes are going to be on ohio tonight. kasich of ohio could pull off a win there. the latest polling shows he's neck and neck with donald trump right now. a lot of democrats in ohio, they may go ahead and cross party lines and vote for kasich to try to stop trump. that could hurt hillary clinton. in a state where bernie sanders is already awfully close. >> reporter: it's another election day, but this one is crucial. votes in five states, including florida and ohio. for republicans, it's winner take all in those states. if it's trump, his path to the nomination is clear. >> always a complicated process but i think we're going to very well. we seem to be having great poll

toni yates, channel 7 eyewitness news. >>> suffolk county at least 15 dogs killed in a fire. this happened on middle county road in corem. the fire in the building that used to house the pancake cottage. some dogs did survive and they the cause of that fire is under investigation. >>> an indicted former staffer for governor chris christie wants to get names of people who possibly knew about closed lanes on the george washington bridge. in a court filing, it says the government admitted it has names of people that may have knowledge of the conspiracy but didn't join it. kelly and former court authority official face charges that they created traffic jams near the bridge to punish a local mayor for not endorsing christie. >>> the supreme court taking up the most important abortion case in two decades today. demonstrators rallied outside the supreme court building as the court took up the first high profile issue to be heard since justice antonin scalia's death. >> reporter: pro choice protesters joined by house speaker paul ryan. on opposing sides of an abortion case argued at

i'm toni yates. topping headlines, friends and family are gathering in north bergen where they say two teenagers were killed in a crash. this happened when the driver of a car jump the curb, across the street from union city high night, and plowed into the group. friend say one of the victims was a sophomore at the school, and another went to a nearby high school. friends tell us a third victim is in the hospital being treated for a broken leg. >>> and police in brooklyn are searching for a man who tried to shoot a woman in front of the children who were with her. police say this man approached the 30-year-old woman as she was walking up the stairs of a building in crown heights yesterday afternoon. he pulled the trigger on the gun, but it jammed. the woman ran into an apartment and locked the door. police say the suspect fired several shots into the door before he ran away. does not governor andrew cuomo: there is an unhealthy income inequality gap that is only growing. if you work full-time you sho

she -- toni yates is in court. >>reporter: yes, indeed. we are actually learning new details about the incident in general. the investigation revealing that off-duty officer vincent harrison had actually gotten out of his car with his gun drawn. they say he walked up to the other driver, a 26-year-old woman who had her 2-year-old were in a minor accident. they say as he was backing away from her car is when he was hit by that other driver. that other hit-and-run driver in court today. the attorneys saying that he will likely be out on bail. he is calling this whole incident an unfortunate accident. 35-year-old william espinnal meija made his first appearance since turning himself in on monday, his attorney entering a not guilty plea in the hit-and- run death of off-duty nypd officer vincent harrison early sunday morning on the turnpike. this morning's appearance was all about getting es pinnal meija out on bail. his attorney calling the incident an accident, explaining his client had no malicious intent in leaving the scene. >> it was just

toni yates is live in woodbridge with more. that critical service advisory saying his rail workers are the problem in this strike threat. but the good news today also, that strike deadline seeming adjustable, as long as talks are productive. >> it's going to be hectic. it's going to be hectic. going to do. >> reporter: new jersey transit commuters' worst fear, trying to get from here to there with no trains. just additional buses that even new jersey transit admits -- >> we cannot replicate the railroad with buses and we'll make every effort to provide a level of service that's consistent with the resources. >> reporter: no face to face talks today. instead both sides separately reviewing ideas offered in yesterday's negotiations. >> 13th is when the cooling off period ends. that does not mean that a work stoppage has to happen exactly at 12:01. if we're sitting there and discussing something at the table and we think the progress is going in the right direction, you postpone it for 24 hours. meeting where community activists s

. >> that was toni yates in north bergen in new jersey. >>> there's been a verdict in the erin andrews stalking lawsuit. a jury aawarding her $55 million. michael barrett found to be 51% at fault. that makes him liable for about $28 million. he was convicted in criminal court of stalking andrews. he spent two and a half years in prison. the company who owns the hotel where he took a nude photo of her will pay more than $26 million. >>> a brooklyn deli owner is hoping surveillance video will help catch the man who robbed the store. the man walked in, pulled out a gun, and took one of the customers hostage. he took out a gun. the store's owner gave the the suspect is still on the loose. >>> it was a murder that horrified a community in connecticut. a teenaged girl stabbed and killed by a boy who she turned down for their junior prom. tonight a plea deal. the killer facing 25 years in prison for the murder on campus of maren sanchez two years ago next month. joe torres at the courthouse in milford with the story. >> fair and appropriate. that's how lourz here at the courthouse in fill mrd

i'm toni yates. >> i'm rob nelson. gma is next. 9:00. >>> good morning, america. happening right now, the saturday showdown. they're voting in five states today. will it be another trump triumph? >> did you get him out? >> overnight his rally turned ugly. the biggest conservative gathering. >> someone told him megyn kelly was going to be here. >> and hillary clinton tries to extend her lead over bernie sanders. is this his do-or-die moment? >>> shocking find. the new twist in the infamous o.j. simpson murder case. that knife allegedly found buried in o.j.'s old estate. >> the facts of the case remains an open case and that is the case here. >> how it suddenly turned up and the new crucial details. what we're just learning about it now. >>> high-tech heist. how armed robbers stole $5 million in gold.

for now we're live here, toni yates, channel 7 eyewitness news. >>> the funeral of a new jersey state trooper or campaign for donald trump? governor christie is responding to critics who say he should have gone to the funeral instead of trumping for stump. christie is insisting he decided earlier his lieutenant governor would be at the funeral and the governor is rejecting calls for his resignation because of his trump endorsement. lucy yang is in linden with the story. >> governor christie came here today to highlight jobs growth but really he spent most of his time insisting he's not ignoring his state duties while traveling for donald trump. >> i can do more than one thing at one time. >> reporter: that was governor chris christie this afternoon, defending his ability to run new jersey while hitting the campaign trail for donald trump. >> i'm never out of touch with folks. which things do you need to be appearing at? which things can you have other people in the administration cover? and which events are really important? >> reporter: even if he can multitask, one thing christie ca

in hackensack toni yates, channel 7 eyewitness news. mushrooming tonight in the republican party, outright revolt by mainstream republicans against the likely nomination of donald trump as the gop presidential candidate. tonight former new york governor saying she'll vote for clinton if the race come down to donald trump and hillary clinton. >> i could not write for donald trump. i could write in somebody depending what happens during the course of the i could vote for her if it was donald trump, not happily, not willingly, but i would do it. >> nine while trump pulling out -- meanwhile trump pulling out of what's known as a command appearance. >>> ben carson officially stopping his campaign for the republican nomination for president with just eight delegates to his name in the primaries earlier this week saying he'll stop campaigning. he will now lead an organization that in his words encourages cristians to vote. the midwest, hillary clinton in michigan saying bernie sanders is not offering any specific plans. >> the vast majority of

for now, live at penn station, toni yates, channel 7, eyewitness news. >>> the biggest complaint buys new yorkers when it comes to place where is you spends your money? we'll tell you what tops the list and a 15-year-old girl shoved on to the subway tracks. the new clue that could lead to her attacker and new fallout over this tennis star, maria share poaf after's failed drug test confession and what serena williams those say about the scandzal. >>> i'm lee goldberg, and not as many people on the beau >>> the nypd releasing a new sketch for the search for a man who pushed a teenager on subway tracks and into the path of an oncoming train in queens. the 15-year-old was shoved from a platform on sunday at the 103rd street corona plaza station. she survived. >>> the better business bureau releasing the top 10 consumer complaints categories from new yorkers in 2015. complaints concerning telecommunications and in third place, health, beauty, and fitness followed by automative and electronic and appliance complaints. two days and send it out to the business, and the business has a chance t

tony yates in hackensack with the story. tony? >> reporter: bill willoughby told me today up until now he had never even been arrested in his life. he says he had never been in he is accused of resisting arrest, which he says he absolutely did not do. he said he himself was assaulted. willoughby has two black eyes, a fractured nose, cuts and bruises. wednesday night he was coming home to the carriage house apartments where he lives with his 88-year-old mother. hackensack police say they had gotten a call about a suspicious person. and an officer arrived began questioning the 6'8" tall bill willoughby. he told police i'm going home. he said he asked what did i do? police reports say he was evasive. willoughby says it turned into a violent arrest when several other officers arrived. >> they grabbed me and patted me, handcuffed me and then just threw me to the ground, and kick me in my face. punch me in my eye, taking turns kneeing me in my face. and i'm on the ground handcuffed. the handcuffs are so tight that i'm like losing consci

we're live here in orange, new jersey, toni yates, channel 7, eyewitness news, back to you. >>> also in new jersey we're following a developing story, a wild shooting on the streets of jersey city. injuries. michelle charlesworth is in jersey city with the story. >>reporter: this young woman, david, was chase and shot and killed in a car where she was trying to find safety early this morning around 7:30 here on monitor street in jersey city. the police are still looking for a gunman. this happened next to a six johnson and monitor. the victim had been sitting in a white hyundai with the gunman. there was an apparent argument. she ran, he ran after her and she tried to seek help or shelter from a stranger sitting in the honda, the car removed from the scene with shut out windows the woman driver and the honda had nothing to do with this. she parked to head to work. connection. whatsoever. that woman was parking her car to go to work and the other girl was running from down the block, up the block, saw the woman in the car and went for help. that is how she got caught. >> she was tryin

reporter tony yates has more. >> reporter: yes, liz and dave, toms river's mayor, its law department, township clerk, they have been getting hundreds of complaints and they say this has been going on since 2015. real estate agents are going to neighborhoods saying they need to hurry up and sell and move, because their neighborhood is about to change. toms river took action to stop this. >> people say my house isn't for sale, i don't want to sell it, and they would badger them to say we want to buy it. of houses here and right now we can offer you a nice price but later, when you don't want to live here, you won't get such a good price. >> reporter: toms river officials identified two zones of neighborhoods in the north dover section of town where homeowners said they were being hammered by real estate agents, mostly hassidic jewish agents. laura anderson told us. >> the realtors started coming around and they started you know, state that go to sell, you're not going to want to live here, all of that. then they you know, pretty much convinced two of our neighbors to put up right away.

toni yates, "eyewitness news." >> we have you covered and you can find contingency plans. diana? >>> an investigation is under way into how a handcuffed suspect managed to take off in a police vehicle in nassau county. police first arrested this man in freeport. he was then put into the back of the vehicle and somehow managed to take off. he went about 2 miles before crashing in merrick. stefan kim is at the police station with more. stefan? >> reporter: diana, police say this is a dangerous man with a long criminal history and not only was he able to get his him, he managed to squeeze through a roughly 12 by 12 inch hole in the partition to get behind the wheel of a police suv before speeding off and crashing into several other cars. >> it was a sliding plexiglas partition. nobody ever thought an individual could squeeze through an 11.5 by 12.25 square hole. >> reporter: this is the hole similar to the one police are describing. he was secured in the backseat away from access to the wheel. andrew howard is not only a very violent man but also very slender. >> it is a very nimble

toni yates, channel 7, eyewitness news. >> thank you. >>> in new york city, concerns over lead in the public housing system are now the focus of a federal investigation. approximately is part of a probe by the manhattan u.s. attorney's office april according to court documents, prosecutors are investigating complaints about unsafe and unsanitary conditions. residents with high levels of lead in their blood are at the hear of the investig. >>> we're learning more about a deadly stabbing outside a subway station in harlem. police released this photo of a suspect. 48-year-old julio valesquez. the victim collapsed after taking the train from 116th grabbed a dollar from the suspect's daughter while trying to sell her a metro card swipe. >>> right now, the country's largest saint patrick's day parade marching along 5th avenue. this is a live look from news copter seven. 200,000 marchers and a million spectators taking part and for the first time this year, lgbt groups are being allowed to march in the group under their own banners and mayor de blasio that. mallory hoff is live. >>reporter:

tony yates is live at the scene. >> reporter: liz and dave, investigators removed that officer's dark-colored personal car from this area about a half an hour ago. you can see the scene behind me. they were still doing cleaning up there just a few minutes ago. now, the middlesex county prosecutor's office is saying very, very little about this at this point. he did speak to us earlier this morning. news copter 7 was over the long-closed movie theater sayreville. investigators from the middlesex county prosecutor's office and the sayreville police were on the scene. the report came in at 7:15 this morning of a body in a car. not long after that, the body was that of a sayreville police personal car. middlesex county prosecutor andrew kerry. >> the police responded. at this time we identified there is a victim of one male police officer with sayreville police department who has died from gunshot wounds. >> reporter: police have not released the identity of the officer, nor have they said anything about the possible circumstances surrounding his death. at this point, eyewitness news will not ide

new jersey reporter tony yates has the story. >> reporter: 35-year-old william made his first appearance since turning himself in on monday, his plea in the hit and run death of 06 duty nypd officer vincent harrison. this morning's appearance was all about getting he is spin knows aout on -- espinoza out on jail. >> >> reporter: investigators say about 3:00 a.m. sunday morning officer harrison had gotten out of his personal car during a traffic altercation with another driver. even had his weapon drawn along the turnpike when he was hit. video cameras show he stopped briefly, but then drove away. >> he didn't stay on the roadway. he left. he didn't pull over somewhere further down and make a phone call. he didn't get off the highway and make a phone call. he didn't drive to a police station and make a phone call. >> reporter: the judge kept option which the -- cash option, which the attorneys said would be posted today. >> genuinely a nice guy. you didn't have to ask him for anything, because he was already giving to to you. justice should be swift. it should be swift. because from what

new jersey reporter toni yates continues our live coverage from >>reporter: dave, if this strike happens it will be a different world completely for commuters, there will be a lot more cars on the railroad to get to the park and ride lots and the buses can not handle the usual train capacity and it does sound like chaos looming. new jersey transit trains are the plan a commute to and from work for thousands. with it now on the b's must be on the map for thousands of riders. >> i plan to park the car and pick up the metro in new york city there. >> are you worried about traffic on the roads? >> definitely. it will be a lot. >> this student praying that perfect timing works in her favor. >> i have spring break. if it goes on that week, hopefully it won't affect me. if it goes on longer it is the only way to get to school. i go to rutgers and i don't have my own car. >>reporter: they have the contingency plan mapped out for to new york and back without the trains. new jersey transit is setting up five park and ride lots to accommodate commuters. they will provide buses only on week days dur

live here in sayreville, toni yates, channel 7 eyewitness news. >>> turning to vote 2016, democratic presidential candidate hillary clinton blasted republican contender donald trump in front of an influential pro-israel group in washington this morning. clinton told the public affairs committee that iran's growing ever. she said trump is not qualified because he thinks israel's security is negotiable. >> we need steady hands, not a president who says he's neutral on monday, pro-israel on tuesday and who knows what on wednesday negotiable. >> meanwhile, clinton's rival bernie sanders in washington state also took shots at trump. he said trump should not be elected because he's a liar. trump dismissed the insults. >> it's very sumpal. i have -- it's very simple. i have more votes than anybody. we had 17 people that i was going against and add some of that back, hillary essentially had one. >> tonight trump will lay out his plan for a peace deal between israel and palestine in front of the same pro-israel group clinton addressed. >>> president obama is making history in cuba, calling it

thanks for ending it with us, early on your sunday morning, >> and i'm toni yates in for michelle charlesworth. welcome to eyewitness news sunday morning. always good to see you. >> amen to that. exactly. and always good to see 70s and 60s and 50s in the forecast! coming soon. >> not today, though. don't get too excited. don't overadvertise just yet. >> sorry. i can't contain myself. >> from here on out, that is degrees. it doesn't get colder than the 32 degrees we had to start the day. 36 and still climbing. real fast flurries still to the west of us. sun came up at 6:22. looked real nice to the east, and there's some sunshine in the upper hudson valley in long island. the clouds are over the hudson here on the upper west side: we'll see those clear out this afternoon, the disturbance that's rushing through is producing a little cloud coverage, and producing light snow showers. the temperatures are still going up. 30 in newberg. 31 for sussex. 28 in monticello. everybody else at the freezing warm up is underway in a real big way because the temperatures will continue to be warm from here on o

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tony iaello has more. >> reporter: the lot is empty. vernon township is full of buzz >> and i'm interested to see what is going to happen. >> reporter: she's yate there dismay. and she had gotten to know the owner. >> always greeted you nicely there. >> reporter: but she is now charged in some nasty business impeding the investigation into the fire. according to the assistant prosecutor. >> and that she offered money or compensation in exchange for a witness and performance and no the to provide information or false information to law enforcement. >> reporter: the fire ruled suspicious and cbs 2 learned surveillance video shows someone driving up to the diner that is closed before the fire erupted. and before the diaper rubble was carted away, lots of evident was collected and we learned it was shared with experts at the federal bureau of alcohol, tobacco, firearms and explosives. across the street, there is curiosity. going on here. >> and indications from investigators that there will be additional developments in this diner drama. in vernon township, new jersey, tony ielo, cbs -- iello, cbs 2 news. >> and the cold case of the son is to resum