It is going to be a rough commute. These delays are about a 9mile jam that takes you almost all the way back to interchange 9. If you can take route 30 it is going to be better. This is something you need to avoid. Reporting live over the new jersey turnpike shannon stone channel 7 Eyewitness News. We are going to take you from the sky to the ground and check in with mallory near the scene in South Brunswick. Mallory . Reporter thats right. Cars in the southbound lanes are starting to move once again of the i want to show you the scene out here. You can see things starting to move slowly. Just awhile ago though we spoke with a man who was an eyewitness. He saw what was taking place here. He got out of his car and attempted to then those who were suffering. Humvee and three soldiers were trapped. I ran back to my truck, got ply jack. I ran back over, attempted to try and jack the front of the vehicle up to get some room to try and free the one soldier and we couldnt get it underneath. I kept looking trying to flag down vehicles to see if anyone had a floor jack and i flagged down a construction vehicle. A guy had a couple heavy duty pry bars and we were able to move the week enough to get the one soldier out. Obviously a really scary situation there, that man jumping in to help moments later. Personnel did begin to arrive on scone. You can see here the accident still needs to be cleaned up but traffic is moving once lanes, at least to some extent. We will, of course, bring you more information as soon as it becomes available. Live in South Brunswick mallory hoff channel 7 Eyewitness News. Well keep you posted on that story. Now a deadly fire in the bronx. Investigators saying burning incense was the cause of the fire that killed two little girls that had had been left home alone. The video shows their panicked mother running from the laundromat across the street as she realized that was happening. Eyewitness News Reporter darla miles is in the clairmont section with more. Reporter im hearing this mother walked out of the laundromat and almost did a double take as if she was in disbelief her apartment was really on fire. We are told at the same time someone who lives in the the family could not get in because the door was locked and right now this mother is home she went to the laundry and wash her clothes. She was about to come back quick but it takes long there. Reporter a 26yearold mother pregnant with her third child and now preparing to bury her first and second born. They know that nobody want to do this. But it happened. Reporter what happened is that her two little girls, a 2 yearold and an 18monthold perished in a fire while their mother was across the street doing laundry, seen in the Surveillance Video obtained by Eyewitness News. Horrible. It was horrible. We watched them a crowd of us watched them two little kids come out. The first one was looking like a pet. The Mother Told Police she thought another adult was in the apartment when she left but home alone when police say unattended incense started the fire. A Family Member who lives in the same building ran to the burning apartment at butler houses and dried to get the girls out but did not have a key. But that time firefighters had already arrived and the expectant mother was leaving the laundromat to run home. She collapsed when she came out because she was not allowed up there and then she just passed out. She just laid there. Reporter the smooth spent quite a bit of time talking to investigators. She has been released. No charges have been filed. That may happen at a later date. It depends upon the District Attorney and possibly a grand jury. Darla miles channel 7 Eyewitness News. Firefighters are on the scene of some sort of explosion at a business. Blast, followed by a fire at a fragrance business in an Industrial Complex this afternoon. The mayor tells us one person was injured, although it is not known how badly injured. Firefighters are now inspecting the building and trying to determine what caused the blast. All eyes on brooklyn as Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders get ready to square off in their ninth and potentially final debate. The stage is set, literally, for what could be the most contentious debate yet. This is their first face off since sanders questioned clintons qualifications. Marcie gonzalez has the latest from brooklyn. Reporter a democratic debate battle in the big apple. Tonight Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders will take this stage, facing off for the first time in more than a month following a massive rally last night in manhattan. Jane and i left new york city when we were kids. Reporter brooklynborn sanders back in his home borough tonight. Senator clinton campaigning in the state where she lives. Both hoping their new york connections will help gain leverage with voters ahead of tuesdays primary. I am so glad to be back in the bronx. Reporter the republican candidates are also in new york. Donald trump, ted cruz and john kasich all speaking tonight at a fundraising event for the gop. Following clashes outside of trumps event in pennsylvania tonight the nypd is prepared for possible protests here. Reporter and trump is leading in the gop polls. Hillary clinton is pulling ahead by double digits, but that gap habaneroing and sanders hopes tonights debate could be just what he needs to marcie gonzalez, brooklyn, new york. Meanwhile, Donald TrumpsCampaign Manager will not be prosecuted after he was charged with misdemeanor assault. Prosecutors in florida say while there is probable cause for an arrest, there isnt enough evidence to prosecute the battery charge. He was seen on there video here grabbing a former bright bart News Reporter at a Campaign Event last month. Trump has refused to fire him. As supporters gather at Donald Trumps long island fundraiser stacey seger is tweeting out the latest. And we would like to hear from you. We have an Eyewitness News camera set up in union square so you can talk about the 2016 election. You can head to union square for a chance to enjoy the conversation. Is expressing outrage today over the delay in sentencing for former Police Officer peter le yang. 100 protesters protested. Le yang was supposed to be sentenced for his manslaughter conviction. A hearing was called to determine if a juror in le yangs trial misrepresented himself during jury selection. Le yangs attorney is making the argument the juror is prejudiced against police and they are now calling for a mistrial. We have discussed with the Justice System stop killing him again and again with your tricks. Reporter the sentencing has been rescheduled for next tuesday. He faces up to 15 years in prison. New details on the power outage in newark. Which continues for several Large Businesses in the city right now. By noon workers were able to restore power including the utilitys headquarters. Rutgers newark and ng it were forced to cancel classes because of this. Full restoration will be later tonight. And power is out in another neighborhood in new jersey after an out of control dump truck rolled down the street and knocked down utility poles. Workers dropped off a load from their truck, and the vehicle started to roll away. The workers ran after it, but it was too late. Remarkably only the poles and the truck were damaged. The truck came to a rest outside of the fire station. Power is expected to return to the neighborhood sometime tonight. One of president obamas final commencement speeches during his tenure will be delivered at rutgers university. The white house made the announcement today. Speeches is what the president gives. Rutgers more than 123,000 students and 40,000 guests will be on hand for the ceremony. The president will be delivering commencement speeches at Howard University and the air force academy. Stocks on wall street pushing the dow back toward the 18,000 marks. Stocks climbed for the Third Straight trading day. Investors were encouraged after word unemployment claims dropped to their lowest level since 1973. The dow rose a little bit more than 18 points to 17926. A local town supervisor arrested. Did he trick people into building a baseball stadium . It may sound like a 1980s spy film but this is real live drama and it played out in the and a chimp escaped from the zoo, dangling high above a residential neighborhood. Certainly not as much drama in the accuweather forecast. Spring is hitting its stride. It is a beautiful afternoon, we are in the low 60s. How about that weekend warm up . Here is your next 7 hours, nice evening coming up, light wind. Suburbs tonight, h all across america families are coming back to Time Warner Cable for a whole new experience. 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Lets get an update on the traffic from shannon stone in news copter 7. Reporter this was traveling southbound on the turnpike when the right front tire blew out, causing it to overturn. We did have four soldiers on board, three were trapped. The female soldier had a leg amputation at the scene. We did have two medevacs at the scene and because of that all lanes were shut down on the inner and outer lanes of the roadway. All of your lanes are getting through but the outer roadway we are still down to only one lane squeezing through and despite the fact they have opened so many lanes the damage here is already done. The delays on the push turnpike stretch back a whopping 9 miles almost back to interchange 9. It is a rough right tonight on the new jersey turnpike. Shannon stone channel 7 Eyewitness News. Right now Governor Cuomo applauding the new 15 an hour minimum wage. They are marching down to the republican gala. Some verizon workers who went on strike yesterday have joined them as well. Unsafe and unprofessional, that is the u. S. Military. That is what it is saying about the russian fighter jet that u. S. Warship. At one point coming within 30 feet of the vessel. Reporter it was a scene reminiscent of the cold car. Look on the deck. Reporter russian fighter jets flying dangerously close to the Navy Destroyer the uss donald cook as it navigated International Waters in the baltic sea. The planes passing 30 feet away from the ship again and again flying at le altitude, even it is wholly unsafe. There is no reason to be that low, there is no room for error and lots of room for disaster. Reporter the u. S. Navy captain judged the russian action unsafe and unprofessional, but he took no action, beyond trying unsuccessfully to communicate with the aircraft by radio. The white house says there have been repeated incidents like this in recent years, raising serious safety concerns. This incident is entirely inconsistent with the professional norms of military operating in proximity of each other in International Waters. Russia said the u. S. Ship was 44 miles from a Russian Naval base and once the flyers detected the destroyer they diverted from it with all safety precautions. Following breaking news in neighborhood officer peter le yang, a judge just nypd officer peter le yang. The judge denied a new trial. He was supposed to be sentenced today, that was delayed while they discussed that hearing and we know the judge upheld his verdict. We are going to head outside right now where meteorologist lee goldberg is. It is beautiful out there lee. Reporter so nice. He was checking out the marine forecast. Waves are two to three feet tomorrow. I didnt know if you were going to hang 10 tomorrow. Can we bring the audience up to speed . She is now surfer 8k core. She did it on surfer anchor. She did it on vacation. We all got up. Im happy about that. Remake of point break. Winds are chilly along the coast and yeah the surfs up a little bit. But we have great spring weather and we are on day two here of what will likely be at least a 6day stretch of dry weather and maybe even longer than that. Lets look at a beautiful picture of central park. Where by the way, channel 7s Softball Team opens the season with a 109 squeaker. Congratulations to them. 19 the air is super dry. Luckily the winds are not gusty, otherwise wed have some brush fire danger. But right now it is just dry. That is one reason why the 61 feels a little bit more like 50s than lower 60s. No humidity to make it feel warmer out there. We couldnt be closer to average with a 61 over 44 for your high and low. Numbers this morning, definitely a chill as we are going to repeat that again tonight. There is a frost advisory over dew points when they are in the low 20s, that is super dry air and that is not going to change over the next several days. This evening 55, an easterly wind will be light. 48 at midnight. 44 tomorrow morning, double nickels through the midday and we should tack on another couple of degrees tomorrow, in the low, perhaps middle 60s in spots. The satellite is Crystal Clear right now and what you have is this slow moving area of giant pressure and reflections of the high moving down the coast and it continues to build over the next several days and helping things to be a traffic jam on the weather map is the low out in the atlantic. Nothing is moving. What you see is what you get. For us that is really great. Nice weather tomorrow, again high and dry. The only thing well watch out for . More, might be a touch breezy and a few see that spinning low on out there . Might be a touch breezy and a few patchy clouds. Numbers in the middle 60s during the afternoon hours. Clear and chilly tonight, a little bit of patchy frost in the suburbs, i know you are anxious to plant everything. Sunny and pleasant, 50s at the coast. 44 tomorrow night clear and cool and 30s in the suburbs. We talked a little bit about saturday and being nice. By sunday it will be the fifth straight dry day, david and liz, and that will be a classic spring day and well Start Talking about 70s, and maybe even a shot at 80 degrees. Wow. Gets better and better. Almost surfing weather out there. Time to open the pool too. I think we need video proof right lee . That she did it . Absolutely know chance of that ever happening. Period. Well see. We shall see. Thanks lee. Still to come, your taxes may be in the mail but that is not stopping thieves from going after your refund. Coming up, how you can avoid being a victim of a scam. And into the jungle for in new york state, we believe tomorrow starts today. All across the state, the economy is growing, with creative new business incentives, and the lowest taxes in decades, attracting the talent and companies of tomorrow. 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In theaters now the jungle book like you have never seen it. Sandy . Reporter liz neil said he never set out to be an actor, growing up here in the city he thought he might become a dentist, like his parents until fate inconveniented. And now the young man intervened. And now the young man stands at the center of the movie opening it features voices provided by a galaxy of stars. That is theville us in tiger the tiger, bill murray, they were all created in a computer, with one exception. Neil was just an average fifth grader in manhattan when a teenager suggested he audition for the lead role of mowingly of the boy raised by wolves. You are similar . Yes. Reporter in what way . We are both stubborn. We are both adventurous. Reporter neil had to make full use of his imagination. But john really helped me like a lot, the director. He would take a puppet and interact with me like off camera and that would make it a lot easier for me. Reporter neils parents, both dentists here in the gave him crucial support and encouragement during the long months of filming in l. A. He has embraced it. He has loved it. I see a smile on his face and feel like im doing the right thing. Our job is to basically keep him ground and that is our biggest challenge. We strive for that. Reporter do you still have to do chores at home . Yeah. Definitely. Reporter like all child actors, neil had a tutor onset and spent much of the time preparing for the new york state standardized tests, tests he had to take immediately after he finished. He never got near any jungles. The entire movie was filmed in downtown l. A. Same Parent Company as abc 7. Dave . Liz . The effects look incredible. And i am a fan of neil, right now. What a charming young man. Looks like he is going to knock it out of the park. Reporter he does. Review tomorrow. Thanks sandy. A town supervisor arrested by the fbi. Coming up how the allegations against him surround a Minor League Baseball stadium in fo we continue to follow that breaking news on the new jersey turnpike. A military vehicle overturned brunswick. Scene. Four soldiers were injured, including one who lost a leg at the scene. They have all been taken to the traffic is backed up several miles, you can see crews are still on the scene, trying to clear that accident. One southbound lane is blocked we are going to check in with shannon stone . A few minutes. A town supervisor under arrest in rockland county. Christopher st. Lawrence is the subject of a corruption probe linked to a new Minor League Baseball stadium. Marcus is there with the details. Marcus . Reporter liz and dave, christopher st. Lawrence pled not guilty before a federal magistrate a short time ago. He is facing 22 counts of conspiracy, securities fraud, wire fraud, this the result of an investigation that lasted several years. St. Lawrence was arrested today at his home. He is accused of cooking the books, hiding the fact public money was developed through a corporation used to help build baseball bark. Providence park cost 58 million to build. Lawrence also accused of claiming the general fund was towns finances, when in fact it was in debt. All told the town in rockland sold 150 million worth of bonds, money that taxpayers are on the hook for. This is, by the way, especially troubling. Because according to the state crueler, it is one of the controller, it is one of the most fiscally stressed towns in new york. There was no financial gain for anyone. That park is an economic loser every single year. The gain was basically just ego. Reporter that group that submitted documents to the fbi for years hoping this alleged wrongdoing would be brought to light. St. Lawrence, as we said, pleaded not guilty. He is expected to leave the courthouse here any minute now. He is free on 500,000 bond. Two separate weapons arrest at laguardia this morning. A 24yearold from georgia was arrested after 6 00 this morning after she tried to metal knuckles. A few minutes early a 19year old from alabama was arrested when she tried to get on a flight to detroit with a stun gun. A nanny, charged with the murders of two children in her care on the Upper West Side has rejected a plea deal. Ortega rejected a plea deal. She was offered 15 years in prison for each of the two murders. Prosecutors are asking for life without parole. Ortega is accused in the brutal stabbing deaths of a 6yearold and her 2yearold brother in 2012. Colombia is confirming cases of a rare birth defect linked to the zika virus. Of the 33 cases reported so far have been caused by the virus. In brazil zika has been linked to a surge in babies born with small heads but this is the first time micro encephally has been reported elsewhere. The irs estimates more than 57,000 new yorkers have not filed returns for 2012. And the april 18th filing deadline is right around the corner. All those nonfilers will be giving up millions of dollars in refunds. Ross barack is posting saying all the city is asking of uber is that it play the same rules as every other Transportation Company by submitting drivers to background checks and paying license fees. Uber says people have overlooked the mayors twitter the city council is slated to discuss an ordinance next week that would kick uber out. Microsoft is suing the u. S. Government over its secret searches of customer emails and online files. Microsoft claims federal authorities are abusing the law that allows it to use a court order to demand data without telling customers. Microsoft says this violates the constitutional right of free speech and protections against unreasonable searches. Microsoft has responded to more than 5600 requests in the last 18 months. Coming up the recall involving a popular infant cradle swing. Plus she state a bag of potato chips every day. 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Her husband noticed her tonsils were swollen. What happened . They went to the doctor thinking there was something with the potato chip, strep throat. Instead they found out she had cancer. It is called squameous cell carcinoma of the left tonsil. I wouldnt have found out for another year. Moore believes years of smoking may have caused the cancer but she quit cold turkey. Good she quit smoking. A remarkable act of kindness from a 13yearold girl. When she saw a young boy being bullied, she did something reporter it all started when an unexpected player a little boy showed up to a childrens basketball game. He found out he wasnt all that welcome there. His name is richard, and he was wearing some torn shoes. And that made him an easy target for other children. His shoes was like coming apart on the bottom. They were what you would call not designer. Reporter so during a break from the game, richard sat all by himself. But one little girl, hamton, decided she would help. When she came out of the bedroom she had a box of shoes in her hands. With those . She was like they are making in his shoes. I didnt like that. So i mean, to stop that, that feeling for someone else, made a collection of sneakers. She decided to give richard a pair of 200 lebrons. They were brand new. Reporter her mom posted the video online. Not just because she was proud, but because she wanted to share this good news. I think that there is still good in the world. Reporter good in the heart of a 13yearold girl. He was happy and surprised that somebody would actually care that much. Wow. She made a big difference. She really did. My cousin collects sneakers. I tease him all the time. Put them to good use. That is a good use. Right there. Exactly. Coming up, performances, what ended up being one of the top trending moments from kobe bryants final game and it had nothing to do with the play on the court. 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Gov changes to new yorks liquor rules, including rules about drinking on sundays. The Panel Suggests allowing bars and restaurants to serve alcohol before noon on sunday. Right now they are not supposed to serve those enjoying an early sunday brunch. The group wants to cut red tape by overhauling the rules of the the legislature and the state law for any of this to happen. A chimp escaped from a zoo in japan and what followed was story. The chimp was shot with a on power lines. A lot of people were scared for him. He did fall, but they say officials caught him in a net and he is okay. Oh. Got hurt there a little bit. That is tough to watch. I dont know if i want to be necessarily the workers going up there. But he is okay. On a power line. He is okay. Thanks mom. Exactly. Had to get that out there. Just go back to your dinner. Im actually looking forward to sandys review to jungle book. Which is just awesome. Go wrong with talking animals. But the way they do it, you can see how long it took to make. Absolutely cool. But this weekend, with the folks seeing a movie might be competing with the weather. Going to be nice . Reporter during the day, it is so fantastic. This is the weather we have been waiting for, for a long, long time. We havent put it together consistently and now we have it through the next really week or so. Outside this afternoon, it is beautiful. There is Lower Manhattan and a few of the ferries creating a wake. Maybe you could water ski behind one of those. That is as wavy as it was when we were in hawaii. She is a surfer not a water skier. She can do anything dave you know that. Wind around 5 miles per hour. There is a frost advisory again tonight for interior parts of new jersey. We are going to dip down in the 30s briefly overnight in parts of the area. So the month has started after the two really warm days you see all the blue squares, so we finally got back to average today and you are going to see a lot more red squares to end the month. I also think the last week of the month, you probably get more rain events, although i really think we are dry over the next 710 days. It is all about this big area of High Pressure over eastern canada, building down the coast. A storm offshore, another storm staying to the west. You are going to see pictures well show you from the gulf coast scanning rainfall and snows out in the rockies while we are tranquil around here. Lots of sunshine, a light wind, breezier at the coast with winds 10 to 15 miles per hour, gusts 20 eastern long island. Otherwise, just like the transition from yesterday to today, you tack on a degree or two. That is what we do tomorrow. So low and middle 60s. Still a chill in the air out the door tomorrow. Light winds clear, 35 to 43 to start the day and lower 60s lower to middle 60s over interior parts of new jersey. Mariners visiting the yankees, great night for baseball. 58. Cooler feel as we go after sunset into the middle and isolated innings. In terms of weather wellness this is the only not great news. An extended stretch where the pollen count is going to spike. At least the wind isnt too gusty, but enough of a breeze where the tree and grass pollen are going to be very high. So you go into saturday, another beauty, 66. Your warmest day will be monday. Clouds mixing in with an approaching front. We could get to 76 degrees. I wouldnt be surprised some thermometers in new jersey close in on 80. Then you have your rain threat. A lot of places could stay dry tuesday, a brief cool shot follows, 50s on wednesday before we bounce back again. Pediatric Cancer Foundation the annual walk a great day for it on 17. Cant wait again. Come out. Good stuff. Heres whats trending on this thursday. And hashtag thank you kobe. Getting lots of traction after the nba superstar planned his final game last night. In epic fashion. Scoring sixty points a lot of love and respect for the nba champion. The bass player for the Red Hot Chili Peppers after his rendition to kickoff the game. [ music ] i thought it was cool. But apparently not everyones cup of tea if you listen to what is being tweeted out about it. But he thought he rocked it. That is just Charlie Browns you could hear it. Im sure fleet will be so thrilled to hear that. Beyonces ivy park athletic wear fashion line arrived and ivy park the Collection Featuring sports bras, leggings, sweatshirts, bodysuits. From 30 to 200. Shows today at 200 different retailers. I got lost in the dramatic zoom. I was lost at the rain there for a second. You could to get lees attention . Lee star wars spoiler. There you go. We now know why c3 p. O. Has a red arm in star wars. The force awakens. Do you want to know . Close jurors if you dont want to know this. He had a right arm . It was in the film to honor sacrificed itself for him during a mission for the resistance all according to a marvel comic star wars in the stores right now. I love that. Good stuff. Surprise parties and other gimmicks to reveal the gender of the baby all the rage. A doctor told a womans colorist first and let her reveal it to the soon to be mom. Blue layer a boy pink hair a girl blue hair a boy, pink hair a girl. Mom cant wait to get pregnant with baby number two. And finally, i have got some video of the first at 4 00 team taking a nap. There i am by myself. You and lee cuddling. It was such a fun time relaxing. As always check out the trend. I dont know why i get a kick out of that. They are having fun. They work hard. It is thursday. Coming up next your taxes are done, the refund is in the mail and the scam artists, they are on the prowl. Well tell you what you need to know to avoid getting ripped off. Meanwhile, we continue to follow the big problems on the new jersey turnpike after this horrible accident there. At least two southbound lanes remain closed in South Brunswick after that accident involving a military vehicle. You can see they have just ther he says we should punish women who have abortions. There has to be some form of punishment. That mexicans who come to america are rapists. Theyre rapists. And that we should ban muslims from coming here at all. Total and complete shut down. Donald trump says we can solve americas problems by turning against each other. Its wrong and it goes against everything new york and america stand for. With so much at stake, shes the one tough enough to stop trump. The phone rings and on the other end, the dreaded tax man. Only really, it is not. Sadly, tax season has become scam season for millions of americans, with phishing phone calls like that one only getting more common. It seemed very unrealistic but my fear got ahold of me. Reporter the first big tip in sniffing out a scam, remember, the irs does not e mail or call you. If you have been audited you are going to get a letter in the mail. Reporter immediately report the call to the irs. The government is cracking down, convicting thousands of people just last year. Another big and extremely identity thieves are ripping off taxpayers to the tune of billions of dollars every year numbers. Are a victim until they file their own return and the irs says we already have one for you. You can get a pin so only you have access to file your return. If it is already too late go to irs. Gov and fill out an Identity Theft affidavit and get a Police Report for additional proof. Youll still get your refund, it is just going to take several months and a lot more paperwork. Of course the breast advice every year, file early, so you punch. Rebecca jarvis, abc news, new great tips. Still more news ahead. Begins right now. Breaking news is in new four soldiers hurt when a the turnpike. These are now live pictures from news copter 7. You can so for miles. Good evening,. Im rob powers. Diana off tonight. Two soldiers critically hurt. The humvee was part of a two vehicle caravan when it crashed in South Brunswick. Reporter the humvee has been taken off the roadway just in the last half hour or so. New Jersey Police still on scene but what you can see now a different scene than earlier. Traffic is starting to move once again in these southbound lanes. I want you to take a good look at this picture. This picture shows the scene moments after the accident accident. Four soldiers were traveling in this vehicle you are looking at when the right tire blew out. When the vehicle overturned soldiers were trapped underneath. A woman is in critical condition, her leg had to be one man, also in critical condition, another in serious condition and a third mans condition still unclear at this hour. They were all taken to robert johnson. This humvee was part of a two vehicle caravan traveling turnpike. The other vehicle pulled over to help but was not involved. Help. I saw it was a military humvee and three soldiers were trapped. I ran back to my truck, i got my jack, i ran attempted to try and jack the front of the vehicle up. It looked real bad, but i didnt see any major injuries the truck. Reporter and we are learning that humvee was coming this happened