washington sq. park is off-limits. keeping watch, there are barricades surrounding the park. the public will be allowed in beginning at 5:00 this afternoon, the rally itself begins at 8:00, it is free and open to the public. a new siena college also shows hillary clinton leading in new york but bernie sanders is narrowing the gap. >> expected to show their support for bernie sanders at the rally in washington sq. park. tim robbins, rosario dawson, expected to make appearances, security will be tight, the secret service requested the park be closed all day. sanders hopes his message will resonate loudly enough for him to win in new york. >> there has got to be a change in the culture of corporate america. >> reporter: hillary clinton will be in the city, she speaks of the afternoon action networks 25th anniversary convention. tonight she hopes -- host and organizing event in the bronx, in midtown she spoke about the >> failure to ensure equal pay for women also impacts families and the broader economy. >> reporter: like clinton polls show donald trump leading in new york but h

. >> washington sq., park has been closed for a bernie sanders rally while hillary is heading to the bronx. another busy day. alternative ways to pay it's wednesday morning on april 13. thank you for being with us. >> juliet i don't know who gave her permission to go to the concerts. she is taking a couple days off. mike woods he is standing by. this could be the nicest stretch of spring weather that we have had the season. >> we are ready! >> we are ready. it's called around parts of in the metro to not so bad. i knew it was coming. >> that might happen a few times. we have 410 and 40 in newark. we have to deal with the rainfall. it's well offshore. windsor coming in from the northwest indicating the cold front went through yesterday. it's coming in the northwest at five 10 miles per hour. we have a clear sky with high pressure and control. it's a cool hi and that means temperatures will be just a little bit below normal. here's the fund that came through and it was not a tremendous amount of rain but it's a sloppy tuesday morning. high pressure is building of clear skies coming to

robert moses in washington sq. park. >> reporter: already the park is off-limits to the public, you will see people scurrying about, the massive setup is underway. rally beginning at 5:00. it gets underway at 8:00. this as we are hearing news, a new siena college poll shows over bernie sanders according to this paul sanders is narrowing the gap. thousands expect to show their support for bernie sanders in washington sq. park. spike lee, tim robbins and rosario dawson will make appearances. security will be tight. the secret service has requested the park be closed all day. sanders hopes his message will resonate loudly enough for him to win in new york. >> there has got to be a change in the culture of corporate america. >> hillary clinton will be in the city speaking this afternoon at the national action network's 25th anniversary convention. tonight she hosts an organizing event in the bronx was yesterday in midtown she spoke about the importance of equal pay for women. >> failure to ensure equal pay for women al

bernie sanders scheduled a rally in washington sq., park on april 14. that has now been canceled to accommodate this debate . >> less than five seconds to play with villanova back it's good.if a massive celebration on the court as noble wins 70 7/74. is it the title for the wildcats of 1985. it doesn't look that rowdy. >> there were some arrest and bonfire that are lit . ben: if you know where the school is, it's a tony neighborhood . juliet: for the most part, it's a great gathering from what i understand. need to watch that kind of stuff. ben: bonfires are not good . juliet: there was a handful arrest and several injuries. they appeared to be minor. let's talk about the play the homeowners today. oliver ripped one team official for suggesting that certain fans did not belong in that section. matt king will tell us about this. the resulting explosion on twitter. >> maybe the fan is someone who is never seen location. it's frustrating to the existing fan base. >> these rich people couldn't wait to sit next to people who aren't as rich.>> john oliver pla

. >> washington sq., park has been closed for a bernie sanders rally while hillary is heading to the bronx. another busy day.

. >> 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 bronx.she has turned her attention to the man that she thinks will be her republican opponent. >> mister trump wants to other.he wants to build walls and i want to build bridges. >> the democrats to be in the candidates gather for a gala. it's expected to be interrupted by anti-trump protest. 30 different causes are planning to interrupt it. one group organize a massive anti-trump chicago rally

the sanders camp says 27,000 people came out to watch the washington sq., park. it's about 7000 more than the rally for barack obama in the same park in 2007. clinton held a rally in the bronx and increasingly she is ignoring sanders and trying to turn her attention to the man will be her republican opponent. >> mister trump wants to set americans against each other.he wants to build walls and i want to build bridges. >> i look at an unbelievable crowd like this and i believe we will win here in new york. [cheering] sanders and clinton both show their solidarity with striking verizon workers. >> the democrats to be in will gather for a fancy black tie new york state republican gala. >> the gal is expected to be disrupted by antitrust protests.teresa joins us now from the hyatt in midtown with more. >> we have every presidential candidate in the city at the same time here. when it comes to the gop, you better believe all eyes will be here in midtown on the grand hyatt. they are hosting the gop gala and it will feature donald trump, ted cruz and john kasich there.

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 park in 2007. >> when i look at the unbelievable crowd like this i believe we will win here in new york! >> sanders in clinton hopscotch to cross the city and sanders picked up a key that represented the transit workers. >> today, they are feeling the burn. >> sanders and clinton showed solidarity with striking verizon workers. clinton also appeared at the convention of the national action network. >> despite our best efforts in her highest hopes, america's long struggle with racism is far from finished. >> last night, clinton held a rally in the bronx and increasingly she turned her attention to the man that she thinks will be her republican opponent. >> mister trump wants to put americans against each other. >> he wants to build walls and i want to build bridges ! >> perhaps that line from hillary clinton is one we will hear the price tonight. i will give you a lay of the land. we show you this guideline and you can

they settled on it and bernie sanders will have to campaign the rally in washington sq., park . he says it's worth it so that he can participate. >> thank you robert. >> the new round of common core starts today. the education officials say they have made major changes to the controversial set from when they were first handed out. teresa is live outside ps 123 with more. >> the question this morning is are the test improving in any way? they mention today that it marks the first time that the new test will be given here in new york. it's controversial to say the least. we will see how it's all it's not just controversial here in new york it's really something that nationally has drawn the eye of parents, students and teachers. parents do have a legal right to not have their child set for the test. the big question mark is, who will sit for it and how many students? will they do well on it? there's a lot of reasons why parents, students and teachers are not in favor. they claim the old test were not grade appropriate and they said it assumes that all students learn at the same pa