weijia jiang has the latest from the campaign trail. >> i'm very excited to be here in the vatican. >> reporter: bernie sanders took a break to visit the vatican, he did not stop delivering his message about income criminal alty caused the worst financial crisis since the great depression. >> reporter: hilary clinton visited a senior citizen center while campaigning in harlem. clintons and sanders weren't playing games during the debate, sparring in the most heated debate yet. the republicans are focused on new york, too. hometown candidate donald trump hopes his roots will help pub him closer to the nomination. >> hundreds of delegates up and i think we are going to close it out before the convention. >> reporter: ted cruz and john kasich argued trump can't win in november. >> we have been winning state after state after state. it's why i believe we are going to earn a majority of the delegates win the nomination and beat hilary clinton. >> i'm the only consistent beats hilary clinton in the fall. >> reporter: a cbs news poll backs that up. showing kasich beating clinton by 5 points.

correspondent weijia jiang shows the democrats and republicans are getting ready for tuesday's new york primary. >> it was a great debate. i feel really good about it, but we got to keep working. >> hillary clinton told supporters that a debate watch party not to take her lead for granted as new yorkers head to the voting booths next tuesday. bernie sanders, who is trailing clinton, in the polls, went after her hard in thursday night's debate. >> so we really feel confident about a candidate saying that she is going to bring change in america when she is so dependent on big money interests? i don't think so. >> cbs news political director john dickerson says there is a reason for sanders' new found sharp tone. >> what bernie sanders needs based on the democrats its is game changing moment because of where the delegates, are needs to not just win but win big. >> also zeroing in on new york donald trump hoping to stretch his lead. trump talked about his new york values during a republican party gala in manhattan. >> number one, honesty and straight talk. >> cruz, who once used the term ne

weijia jiang has more. >> it was a great debate.eel really good about it but we have to keep working! >> reporter: hillary clinton told supporters at a debate watch party not to take her lead for granted as new yorkers head to the voting booths next tuesday. bernie sanders who is trailing clinton in the polls went after her hard in thursday night's debate. >> do we really feel confident about a candidate sa she is going to bring change in america when she is so dependent on big money interest? i don't think so. >> reporter: cbs news political director john dickerson says there is a reason for sanders newfound sharp tone. >> what bernie sanders needs based on all the democrats i have talked to is a game changing moment. because where the delegate numbers are. >> reporter: the republican candidates are also zeros in on new york with donald trump hoping to stretch his lead. trump talked about his new york values during a republican party gala in manhattan. >> what are new york values? number one, honesty and straight talking. >> report

correspondent weijia jiang is at the white house now with more on how the competition is heating up between the republican and democratic presidential hopefuls. >> donald trump left rnc headquarters thursday with the wave and thumbs-up. >> very good meeting. i think they wanted to really discuss, you know, unity, and i like discussing it, too. >> trump announced this week he would no longer honor a pledge to support the republican presidential nominee. >> they're not going to get the data and the tools of the rnc and run to be our nominee and tell me that they're not going to support the party. it doesn't work that way. >> trump's chan cents of getting enough delegates to win before the convention could be in jeopardy, if he loses in wisconsin next week. he's down by ten points in the latest polls. tensions are growing in the democratic race, too, after agreeing -- green protester confronted hillary clinton at a rally on thursday. >> like about me, sick of it. >> bernie sanders campaign accuses clinton of taking money from the fossil fuel industry. she claims she has donors who happen to wo

weijia jiang, cbs news. >> atlantic city government can run out every monday any just one week. thursday chris christie laid out his case why a state take over is necessary. the governor says, ac is live with over spending, and he criticize the the state assembly speaker for holding up the take over bell after it passed the senate. >> it is putting at risk the livlihood of people in atlantic city for the speaker to be playing these games. >> reporter: speaker vince released statement saying in part despite his many excuses governor christie owns the feelings since atlantic city since 2010. he needs to except responsible and stop blaming other. >> walnut lane bridge closed, it spans the which is hocking creek in philadelphia, the bridge will be closed for five month, as existing concrete deck and sidewalks can be replaced. the bridge is expected to re-open in early september. >> well, the villanova wildcats are gearing up for the final four tomorrow night. while none of the current cat have been there before, head coach jay wright has. how this experience compares to his last. >>

weijia jiang, cbs news, washington. >>> trump is trailing ted cruz and the wisconsin polls. his performance on tuesday can make or break his momentum toward clinching the republican nomination before the convention. >>> political insiders are breaking down the presidential race tomorrow morning. >> including trumps terrible week. >> is unbelievable whatever he says something considered stupid and inappropriate he follows up the next day with something that blocks out everything and keeps people focused on his new comment. this week he suffered from the comment about abortion sticking to him all week. every effort to move it some other place only exacerbated the rejection of his initial comment. bad week. >> combine that with his loss in the polls out of wisconsin and it seemed there was a connection between his comments and poll numbers. >> insiders looking at the ground game campaigns which are laying in california ahead of the june primaries. coming up with kpix news at kpix news at 7:30 am tomorrow. >>> president obama will make a visit to the bay area this week. no word

weijia jiang for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >>> and still ahead on "eyewitness news" putting smiles on the faces of children with autism, how some area police officers are doing just that, with a bunch of new ipad. we will also have this. >>> it is a very philly visit and it is in the doylestown bucks county. we will take you through a century of fashion, coming up surprising role philly played in the ind >>> today marks global awe advertise am a wearness day. local children living with autism are getting free exams all thanks to one of the philadelphia finest. philadelphia police officers sammy sanchez raised thousands of dollars in order to make the donations possible. >> these happy, smiling people here are people of the faces with autism. the pain, on this man's face, apparently a parent who just wants the best of his son. >> this is my football, baseball player and all of the dreams that i had and then i found out, i learn what autism was all about. >> reporter: autism effects people differently but tends to include trouble with social interaction and verbal and non-verbal communi

weijia jiang reports. >> reporter: polls show bernie sanders has an edge over democratic front runnerlinton in tuesday's wisconsin primary, after winning the last three states. on cbs this morning sanders accused clinton of accepting money from the fossil fuel industry. >> if people receive money from lobbyist of the industry i think you're receiving money from the industry. >> reporter: clinton snapped at a protester who made a similar claim at a rally on thursday. >> i'm so sick of the sanders campaign lying about my record. >> reporter: today she change the subject announcing a 10 billion-dollar plan to revitalize the manufacturing industry. >> the best way to do that is to create more good jobs with rising incomes. that is my goal. >> reporter: g.o.p. candidates trailing donald trump are hoping his latest controversies over abortion and his campaign manager, will slow the front runner's momentum. trump is trailing ted cruz by ten points in wisconsin. while campaigning in pennsylvania today john kasich predicted that the g.o.p. nominee won't be decided until the republican national

weijia jiang for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >>> we have learned tonight that camden county women tested positive for zika virus. on april 2nd woman visited health care provider with symptoms of fever, rash, fatigue and joint pain. woman, hoist not pregnant, return from a country where zika has been prevalent. >>> well, there is no shortage of unusual names in horse racing but this one, might take the cake. >> yes. >> this is two-year old horsey mchorse face. his owner was inspired by a british poll that shows tabernacle to name a ship boaty mcboatface. >> he is expect today buy this spring. >> how about that. >> staying with the animal theme, meet some new baby american porcupines, both male where is born in the elmwood park zoo in norristown. baby porcupines have a different mother but same father. at birth their wills are soft but they harden and then grow as the babe matures. this zoo is holding a contest to choose the name of both. >>> they are pretty cute. >> they are cute. >> little porcupines. >> when they grow up, watch out. >> coming up i'll take you hundred the scenes of the l

and as weijia jiang reports, for the first time, that race seems to be more subdued than it democratic counterpart. >> i am very excited to be here in the vatican. >> bernie sanders took a break from the campaign trail to visit the vatican. but he did not stop delivering his message about income and inequality. >> widespread financial criminal at this on wall street played a direct role in causing the world's worse financial crisis since the great depression. >> hillary clinton visited a senior citizen center while campaigning in harlem. >> and i now know where to come when want a good game of dominoes. >> but clinton and sanders weren't playing games during thursday night's debate. >> we can raise -- >> the two candidates starred in their most heat dollars debate yet. >> if you're both screaming at each other the viewers won't be able to hear either of you. >> the republicans are focused on new york, too, hometown candidate donald trump hopes his roots will help push him closer to the nomination. >> i'm hundreds of delegates up, and i think we're going to close it out before the conve

weijia jiang for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >>> well, mayor jim kenney pulled an april fools day prank.e tweeted this photo with a big bandage over his nose and says you can only visit so many before you get tired of hearing kid point out your large nose. of course, mayor did not have surgery, he has previously used self deprecating humor to describe his nose. >>> and officers in the lansdale police department, also had a little april fools day fun, it was a photos on facebook, claiming to be sort of baseball cards for officers. the card gave officers, astros logical signs and fun but faced facts about the officers such as buying doughnuts and uniforms. >> good to see everybody have a sense of humor. justin is not joking about this forecast. >> you need a good sense of humor to deal with this weather. we are jumping, to 80 degrees, thunder, humidity and bringing in the winter-like conditions. it happens, it is april. we will get wild swings in weather. we will break it down. up and down over the next couple days. outside it is not that bad, maybe running into some light rain showers, an

weijia jiang cbs news new york. >>> deadly flooding hits the south. coming up a news crew tries to save the driver just moments before his car is submerged in rising floodwaters. >>> several varieties are sold in grocery stores but which type of milk is actually the most healthy. the answer may surprise you. >>> sears customers are seeing red over canceled service calls . the excuses the company is making. ,, recently announced it's speeding-up plans to close t 50 stores. as consumerwatch reporter julie watts explai, while sales are falling... compla >>> it is no secret that sears is struggling right now. the release plans to close about 50 stores. >> while sales of filing complaints about the company are rising. >> reporter: at sears sales are down and complaints are up. one of the most common is no- show service employments. -- appointments. crystal says they canceled for appointments to fix or microwave. the employee -- they say each time he give a different reason. >> and then we get a call that says i'm sorry we cannot make it because of inclemen

weijia jiang is live from philadelphia. thank you for the update. >>> much more coming up at 5:30 on the cbs evening news with scott pelley. >>> the white house was briefly put on lockdown after a man jumped the fence this all whenever -- went down around 4:00 pm washington time. the man was arrested and may have been involved in a nearby robbery. >>> investigators are working to identify the human school and other bones -- school -- skull and other bones that were found last week. they have not been able to to determine the person sex or length of time that the body was in a drainage ditch. the only thing that is known for sure is that the bones about from a native american. >>> san francisco is unveiling a new way to get homeless off the streets. the city's new navigation center is following the chronic homeless to this shelter. for than 140 people have been given a roof over their heads. >> i've got to help 1000 people get off the streets permanently in the next four years and that's a promise we are going to keep. >> th

weijia jiang for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >>> clinton supporters in pennsylvania are also getting ready for next tuesday's primary, campaign hosted a new york primary watch party at field house in center city philadelphia clinton will be in town today, first to closed event in north philadelphia and then tonight she will hold a rally at fillmore in fishtown. bernie sanders is holding a town hall in reading tomorrow. ted cruz will head to hirsch think morning, john kasich plans to two local stops tomorrow including a town hall in penn state's brandywine campus in media. both pennsylvania and delaware are holding primaries next tuesday, voters in new jersey will cast their ballots on june 4th. >>> seventh, excuse me. >>> flyers will try to extend their season tonight a begins washington capitals. a loss and flyers go home for the summer. hopefully the flyers and their fans will have a better night then monday when a cascade of wrist band delayed the game and gave capitals a power play. top seeded caps won the most games in the nhl this season and lead the best of seven series three games

weijia jiang is in our washington bureau with more on that. >> reporter: u.s.elligence does not believe isis has the capability to build a nuclear warhead but it could steal one, hijack a nuclear facility or create a dirty bomb with the materials, which is why president obama urged world leaders to recognize the risk as catastrophe. >> we didn't just come here to talk, but we came here to act. >> reporter: president obama wrapped up a two-day nuclear security summit attended by dozens of the world's most powerful leaders and leaving them with a warning. >> the danger of a terrorist group obtaining and using a nuclear weapon is one of the greatest threats to global security. >> reporter: he says 2,000 tons of nuclear material are scattered in the international community. groups like isis have already used chemical weapons and lkal qaeda is looking to make them. >> it is a global threat and requires a global solution. >> reporter: the vice president of the nuclear security institute in washington. >> it's critical we have some sort of a global system because in m

weijia jiang, cbs-3, "eyewitness news". >> volunteers at the democratic national convention in philadelphia this sum letter have to go through backgrounds checks. philadelphia host committee started seeking requests for proposals for experienced security firm to conduct the betting process. 10,000 volunteers have registered to help out during the convention. >> time for little spring cleaning. philadelphia holding its city-wide clean up for the ninth straight year, and you can help. "eyewitness news" reporter anita oh live in fishtown to tell us more about it, good morning, anita. >> good morning, rahel, an initiative launched basilica of saints peter and paul the city but of course relies on the helping hands of so many in this community, that includes the fishtown neighbors association, and also, their beautification committee. you can see, i have broom in hands. a loft trash strewn around here. so this is the kind of trash that they'll shall picking up, sweeping up today, this is some of the equipment that we have on hand joining us now, block captain, committee member, thanks so much fo

cbs news correspondent weijia jiang joins us from the sky deck with the latest. orter: neither donald trump or hillary clinton will be able to secure the nomination tonight but at least for clinton if she does as well as the polls predict she can eliminate all doubt that eventually she will be the nominee. trump's road a head is a lot less certain and you are right, a lot more chaotic. voters in five states are playing key rolls in the presidential race today. especially on the republican side. front runner donald trump says it is time for his challengers to go. >> they ought to both drop out of the race so we unify the republican party. >> reporter: polls suggest trump will win all of the tuesday's contests, rivals ted cruz and john kasich made an unconventional pack to slow trump's momentum. kasich went compete in indiana the next state to vote. >> you don't want to see hillary clinton as president and nominating donald trump ensures that hillary clinton wins the general, then i would ask governor kasich support tours stand with us. >> reporter: latest cbs news

weijia jiang for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >>> texas senator ted cruz will be in philadelphia tonight, at the national constitution center for a watch party as new york results roll in. hillary clinton will visit philadelphia tomorrow night. >>> democratic national convention will be in philadelphia in july but before that there will be some special visitors. large ducks will be going up to welcome convention goers. kyw news radio john mcdevitt will have more on 5:30. >>> taliban is claiming responsibility for a dead lay tack in have again stan's capitol city. suicide bomber blew up a truck full of explosives and afghan government security compound in cab he will today. at least 18 people were killed, more than 300 people were injured. afghan security forces, say that they shot and killed a second attacker after a two hour gun battle. >>> the white house has condemned the taliban attack and is urging the insurgent group to choose the path way of peace. >>> job seekers are ready to take their careers to new heights. "eyewitness news" at temple university's liacouras center for 2016phl j

weijia jiang has the latest from the campaign trail. >> reporter: donald trump met with minority supporters including a rent advertise star am rosa at trump tower on the eve of new york's primary. >> our country is divided, we're totally going to come together. >> reporter: new york businessman head in the contest with the the 33-point lead over nearest rival ted cruz, cruz isn't even in new york, he is campaigning instead in maryland which votes next week. >> we're here today because our country is in crisis. >> reporter: in upstate new york, ohio governor john kasich tried to present himself as the alternative to trump. >> we don't lose anything. what are we losing. we live longer, we are healthier, our education is better. >> reporter: in the democratic race hillary clinton is trying to hold on to a ten-point lead, both she and bernie sanders urged supporters here in new york city, to show up at the polls. >> we're not taking anything for granted. it turns on who comes out and votes. >> reporter: clinton met with union workers at a car wash in queens. while bernie sanders thanked strikin

more from cbs 2's weijia jiang. >>reporter: abolitionist harriet tubman will soon be the new face of the 20 dollar bill. treasury secretary jack lew says hearse is an american story >> a woman can grow up as a slave, remain illitterrate and through her heroism and her vision and her determination help to change the course of this country. >>reporter: tub man escaped slavery in 1849, then helped others to freedom through the underground railroad. she later became a member of the sufferrage movement. >> someone who is a freedom fighter who freed so many people who were in bondage. she is our moses. >>reporter: the move is a victory for barbara ortiz womenon20s.org. but she wants the bills in circulation by 2020, the centennial of voting rights for women. >> the federal reserve has a huge stake in this and they need to put it on the front burner. >>reporter: in june the treasury department announced it would put a woman on the front of the 10 dollar bill, moving alexander hamilton to the back. but the huge success of h