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WABC Eyewitness News April 14, 2016

Starting to move again here in the southbound lanes. But a lot of questions here that was mallory hoff reporting. This is causing major traffic problems on the new jersey turnpike. Residual delays out there. 7th man no one stone is live in news copter shannon stone is live in news copter 7. Reporter what we are left with is the southbound lane getting through. The inner roadway has all lanes open, but an interesting phenom no one happening here. We are going to bring you all the way back to the happening here. As you look at the picture you can see the inner roadway delay roadway. You have a 3mile jam despite through. People are hearing the accident is on the outer roadway and are opting to take the inner roadway. As a result of that your inner roadway is a bumper to bumper jam for 14 miles. If goes all the way back to interchange 10 so avoid this at all costs. Route 130 works well as an alternate. Shannon stone channel 7 Eyewitness News. And you can follow all the latest developments with our breaking news alerts at abc 7 ny with our Eyewitness News apps. We will keep you updated on facebook and twitter. Now we get to vote 2016. All five president ial candidates tonight in new york the primary. Democrats Hillary Clinton, at the Brooklyn Navy yard while donald trump and ted cruz and john kasich attend the republican gala at the Grand Hyatt Hotel in midtown. We start with dave evans. Reporter rob a few minutes ago i talked with Hillary Clintons press secretary brian fallon and he tells me he thinks Bernie Sanders will go on the attack a lot tonight. 21 democratic delegates up for april 19th. And also if you look at the latest polling, Bernie Sanders is closing. Reporter the stage is set for tonights battle in brooklyn, a debate that could primary vote. Earlier today Bernie Sanders spoke at al sharp tonights National Action network, the same Group Hillary clinton addressed yesterday. Represents the establishment, the status quo, the rich. You want to vote for me, love to have it. You want to vote against me, that is called democracy. Billionaires who represent the wealthy and the powerful should not be about buying elections. Jane and i left new york city when we were kids. It is great to be back. Thank you. Reporter last night sanders spoke to thousands in Washington Square park and hammered clinton for not releasing transcripts of her private speeches at goldman sachs. I kind of think if that 225,000 speech was so extraordinary, she should release the transcripts and share it with all of us. Reporter yesterday clinton focused on republicans ted cruz and donald trump. York values. I think new york values are at that is why im proud to be a new yorker. Reporter as this race has gotten tighter the rhetoric has gotten newscastier. In new york clinton enjoys the backing of most elected democrats, including the mayor and his wife. I think the tone will be respectful, but i think bernie is getting desperate, so i expect well hear the volume be pumped up a little bit. Reporter and to give you the lay of the land here, behind me is spin alley, where the candidates or surrogate will come right after the debate to spin us. The debate is in another building i would say a block over my right shoulder. And if you look over to the left and you see all of these desks set up and people busy at work, there are going to be about 300 or 400 reporters busy at work tonight covering this debate. Evening. We will see you at 6 00. Brooklyn navy yard channel 7 Eyewitness News. The republican side tonight the remaining three rivals will all be in the same room for a gop gala from midtown. But first, donald trump headlines a fundraiser on long island. The event met with protests over violence against immigrants. Stacey sagger is there. Reporter this protest out here is a relatively small one. Demonstrators are kept far back from where this trump event is taking place. They are mostly immigrant activists who say trump is unwelcome here. They are offended by remarks he has made. Back here you can see the building the emporium. This is where trump ask now speaking. Is now speaking. We have pictures of trump arriving here. We want to show you the Police Commissioner updating us throughout the day, because supporters of donald trump lined up more than two hours before his scheduled arrival here at the emporium. But not everyone is cheering about it. Immigrant activists held a vigil after pleading with the Suffolk County Republican Party to disinvite trump. Saying we are criminals, we we represent. Country. We want to do our part, educate ourselves. One of the largest immigrant populations in the country and its fair share of racial tension. It was seven and a half years ago an imgrant from ecuador was brutally murdered by a pack of teens. Lewis sayre rows brother i have been going saying this is wrong. Changing the stereotype about the immigrant community. And i have this. I mean there is a mess. Reporter but where undocumented immigrants and economics intersect you have trump supporters. I have to pay comp liability, i have to obey all the laws you know in they dont. Reporter and hundreds of others willing to forego trumps lack of sensitivity for the beliefs they share. I have no problem with legal immigration. I have a problem with illegal immigration because that is not what this country was formed upon. Reporter once again we are back here live now outside the emporium, where police have been coming and going throughout the day. The commissioner said there are k9 units, cops on bicycles, he has the aviation units up in action. Extra security. But trumps speech here will be york city for the gop dinner. Donald Trumps Campaign manager will not be prosecuted. Authorities in florida say while there is probable cause, there isnt enough evidence to prosecute him on a battery charge. He was seen grabbing a News Reporters arm at a Campaign Event last month. Trump stood by him and refused to fire him. Remember channel 7 is your home for coverage of the new york state primary. Tune in tonight at 11 00 for a complete wrapup of tonights democratic debate. Right now no times square, workers are celebrating new yorks new 15 an hour minimum wage. Governor cuomo spoke a few minutes ago. Some verizon workers who went on strike yesterday are joining them. Later tonight they plan to march down 42nd street to the Grand Hyatt Hotel the site of president ial candidates will be. Several big businesses in downtown newark are still in the dark at this hour, after a manhole fire sparked major power outages. An underground cable failed around 1 30 this morning. Workers have restored power to some buildings, including the utility headquarters but many buildings remain in the dark. Rutgers, newark and nj it, were forced to cancel classes. Full restoration will be later tonight. Power is expected to return tonight in another new jersey neighborhood after an out of control truck slammed into utility poles. An eyewitness there says the two workers who dropped off a load from their truck and the vehicle started to roll wait a minute the workers ran to roll away. The workers ran after that. It is a blessing there were no children out no cars on the the truck came to rest right outside of a fire station. Power expected to return to that neighborhood within the next few hours. A judge has denied a motion to dismiss the murder charges against a new jersey mother accused of killing her 5year old son. Lawyers for michelle low claim there is no evidence tying her to her sons murder 25 years ago. But prosecution witnesses testified the blanket found near the body came from her home not brussels bombing suspect known as the man in the hat has been ordered held behind bars for another month. Mohawk abrini Mohammed Abrini admitted he is the man seen walking with the suspects. Prosecutors say four suspects were involved in the brussels attack. Others injured when a powerful earthquake rocked japan today, the hardest hit area in the southern part of the country. The quake a magnitude 6. 5. The force of the quake knocked down 19 homes and trapped people underneath all that debris. It sparked multiple fires and buckled roads there. There was no tsunami risk. Two young lives taken too soon after a fast moving fire. What sparked the tragedy that killed two youngsters, home alone, while their mother did laundry. New video showing the moment she realizes what happened. And new developments in the case of a former nypd officer who killed an innocent man in a hallway. Will he get a new trial . And rutgers bags a big name to deliver this years commencement address. Well tell you who is coming to town. On this nice slow perfect spring weather. Couple of degrees warmer today, low 60s. Yet we have frost advisories in parts of the area tonight. vo at the forefront of treating cancer with highly targeted therapies, the worldrenowned doctors and scientists at montefiore and our Albert Einstein college of medicine are leaders in breaking news in the case of the former nypd officer who killed a man in brock lynn. The verdict against peter in brooklyn, the verdict against Peter Le Yang will stand. What is next . Reporter basically the judge saying he doesnt believe juror 9 is smart enough he snuck his way on to a jury. To use the judges words he says quote he doesnt believe intelligence and has shown over time he gives rambling answers to questions asked. At issue is whether vargas withheld his fathers conviction for an accidental shooting. When asked during jury selection if he had any jury members close to him accused of a crocodile, vargas said no. He said he wasnt close to his father. But in the same building hours earlier for a different jury pool when asked if anyone he know has been accused of a crime he said his father for manslaughter. If the argument is vargas wanted to get on to this jury and off of that one by lying he could have simply said yes he had a bias to get off the jury. The bottom line the judge said the defense did not prove jury prove vargas conduct stripped the defendant of a fair trial. Supporters on both sides have been very emotional about this reactions to the decision i dont obviously we are decision. Obviously we are very disstandpoint. I thought there was sufficient evidence there where vargas was ducking questions and not forthcoming with answers. There was no need, this is a waste of taxpayers money. My nephew is being murdered over and over every time we have to come back to court. Sophia is hurt every time her sons name is mentioned in the papers. We have to stop. Peter le yang needs to go to jail. The judge points out some of the posts on facebook are from two years ago. Peter le yang will be sentenced tuesday but keep in mind the da has called for no jail time, so both sides are preparing for a very emotional sentencing day. Two former allies of new Jersey Governor Chris Christie are trying indictments in the bridgegate scandal thrown out. Bridget kelley and export authority official bill barone claim they did not violate any federal laws when lanes to the George Washington bridge were shut down in 2013. Kelley and barone are set to go on trial in the fall. Newark mayor defending his proposal to ban uber in his city. In a post he says all the city is asking of uber is that it play by the rules as every other Transportation Company by submitting drivers to background checks and paying license fees. Uber says people protesting the plan have overloaded the mayors twitter account. Lee goldberg joining us now. It just keeps Getting Better and better. Take your before pictures now because the whole landscape a lot of leaves will push out. Will bloom, a lot of leaves will push out. Outside we go right now, a lot of blue sky. As we look from oh that is what you were doing. Rob tried to take a before picture of me. Hopefully i dont change that much over the next week. Youll notice haze over midtown, some pollutants could get stuck, so the air quality is going to be good tomorrow but may become a little poorer over the weekend before we get a breeze next week. Number. The humidity is so super low right now, so it doesnt feel as warm as the lower 60s right now. Upper 50s. There is no climbing of the days. The pressure is Holding Steady and the high is right on the 62 mark. Last year in the state just a trace of rainfall, a hundredth your temperature. Lows this morning we certainly dipped into the lower to mid 30s in spots with a few hour stretch of clouds overnight, a little blanket. There will tonight so a few numbers could be lower tonight. There is a frost advisory over interior parts of new jersey. Rockville coming in at 59. Hampton bay only at 50. Away from the water newark 61. And the air is dry into the upcoming weekend. Only sunday and monday will these creep up. Delightful whether coming in. 55 this evening. Sunny tomorrow. 55 at noon and 62 or 64 during the afternoon hours tomorrow. This is satellite and radar, which is super clear. Slow moving over Eastern Canada and a couple reflexes after to the south. Unseasonably cool air is getting all the way down to the deep south. We are stuck in this great weather pattern. Nice tomorrow. Have to watch this storm offshore. Kick up the breezes along the coast. Clouds are staying away, well have to watch that. Nice and mild on saturday and even warmer by sunday. Wake up temperatures tomorrow mid30s and lower 40s. Near freezing in a couple of spots. Spring jacket in the morning, carry it in the afternoon. Frost in suburbs tonight 42. Tomorrow 63, very pleasant in the afternoon. Tomorrow night 44, clear and cool, once again 30s in some of our suburbs. Charlene and rob, will there be more clouds and wind at the coast as we head into the weekend . Well check on that. 80 in some spots monday. Week all coming up on the 7day accuweather forecast, back to you. New information about the zika virus and danger for pregnant women, just ahead. Plus diana ross hurt in a crash. Well tell you what went wrong and how she is doing tonight. It is a high intensity interval training class, the first of its kind in america, offered at Asphalt Green. It is a workout that is computerized and pushes you to your limit. That story, coming up. You have just decided to buy something from someone on craigslist. 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