But the letter called on manhattan da cr investigate. Can you unequivocally say that you or any member of your team violated Campaign Finance laws . I can unequivocally say that. After this letter was leaked on friday, the mayors attorney responded with a scathing letter of his own calling in to question many of the facts here and calling this whole process anything but partisan. Well tell you why coming up at 6 00. For now were live in city hall, josh einiger, channel 7 Eyewitness News. In new jersey a Police Officer rushed to the hospital when someone rear ended his car during a traffic stop. Newscopter7 was over the scene this afternoon on route 130 south. The South Brunswick officer had pulled over a tractortrailer for speeding. He was sitting in his patrol car writing a ticket when another the officer and the driver of the car are being treated for nonlifethreatening injuries. Charges against the driver are pending. An emotional day in court in brooklyn. An nypd officer whose partner died in a fire testified against the teenager accused of setting that fire. And the family of officer dennis guererra heard his final words. Eyewitness News ReporterTim Fleischer was there and he joins us live from downtown brooklyn. As you point out, it was a very emotional trial, especially as the surviving officer took the stand and testified in the trial. They also remembered the fallen officer and then they watched the horrifying pictures as these officers struggled in this apartment fire. Reporter as Rosa Rodriguez and her partner dennis huerra took the floor they were overcome by thick smoke when the cant breathe. Reporter they immediately radioed for help. We were able to walk in the hallway but couldnt breathe well. Dockery is accused of setting a mattress fire and now on trial for murder, arson, and assault. Its a difficult day for every new york city Police Officer in that courtroom. Reporter the officers in the thick choking smoke tried to find the emergency exit. I was holding on to him because i couldnt see. We were calling for help. Then officer guerras haunting last words on a radio transmission. 85. 85. The last call for help. This family had to sit there and watch the last steps of their son. A Police Officer partner had to watch that video as they search for her partner. Her voice barely a whisper. Reporter firefighters rescue the pair from the upper floor as seen in this security video bringing them to the lobby. Injuries. Officer rodriguez toufd i testified i cant breathe well. I cant walk long distances. I cant play with my kids anymore. I lost my voice as well. There were no questions to ask her. She did her job that day and she suffered because of it. Officer rodriguez also testified at some point she may very well have to have a Lung Transplant as she endures her painful injuries. Reporting live in downtown brooklyn, Tim Fleischer, channel 7 Eyewitness News. A man that cops say is responsible for attacking and robbing elderly women in brooklyn is now under arrest. Clarence jones was taken in to custody this morning after detectives received a crimestoppers tip. Police say the 64yearold has attacked and robbed several elderly women over the past few weeks. He has an extensive criminal history and was released from state prison two years ago. Inspectors say a building in is stable enough to remain open. Police say a driver veered off the road on main street and sayreville this morning. The vehicle went in to the sidewalk and inside a building which is home to a korean rice cake store. One person was hurt. More than 50 people escaped with their lives but lost their homes in a fast moving fire on louisiana. The flames broke out early this morning in a Convenient Store in oceanside and quickly spread to four other buildings. Dozens of firefighters battled the flames for more than an hour. At one point they had to pull out after another part of the building collapsed. It was a collapse in the rear of the building which hampered the efforts to try to get hose lines and water on to the fire that was in the rear of the building so we had to attack it from a couple no one was hurt. Some residents were allowed back in to collect their belongings, however, most were left with nothing. New information. Fire marshals say a blow torch sparked a multibuilding fire in brooklyn yesterday. In a garage in Cypress Hills and quickly spread to other buildings. Three buildings were destroyed. Two were damaged. Nine people suffered minor injuries. 13 people lost their homes. We turn now to vote 2016. Today a team effort to team up against donald trump. Both john kasich and ted cruz announcing theyre going to join forces to prevent donald trump from getting the delegates he needs to win the republican nomination. Will they hold on to this new alliance . Shirleen allicot here with the latest. Were at the home stretch of primary season and cruz and kasich are choosing to lose states. It sounds like a rusky move and a very critical time, and late today some sides of the new partnership is not all that strong but they thunk joining they think joining forces is exactly what will stop donald trump. Reporter dividing the vote kasich agreeing to bow out of indiana while cruz steps out of new mexico. If you collude in the stock market they put you in jail but in politics, because its a rigged system, because its a corrupt enterprise, in politics youre allowed to collude. Reporter the strategy could block trump from gaining the 1237 delegates necessary to claim the gop nomination. I dont see this as any big deal other than the fact that im not going to spend resources in indiana. Hes not going to spend them in other places. So what . I think thats allocation of resources that makes a lot of sense and its devoted to the principal of beating Hillary Clinton in november. Reporter both trump and Hillary Clinton are expected to pad their leads in tomorrows plate of five primaries. Today the two rivals continued their attacks on one another. I will beat Hillary Clinton, crooked hillary. I will beat her so bad ly. Dont just fly that big jet speech and insult everybody you can think of. And then go back, get on that big jet and go back to your country clubhouse in florida or your penthouse in new york. I somehow dont think that kind of puts you in touch. Meanwhile clintons rival Bernie Sanders is campaigning in pennsylvania today. His Campaign Manager said no matter what happens in tomorrows primaries, hes going all the way to the convention. Tom brady benched by a federal Appeals Court in new york. It looks like the patriots quarterback will be sitting on the sidelines after all when the new season begins. Sports anchor rob powers is here with more. Anything but simple. The football story that simply wont go away rears its head once again. A federal Appeals Court overturning a Lower Court Ruling siding with the nfl saying yes, patriot Quarterback Tom Brady but serve a fourgame suspension. Its all about the use of those deflated footballs and the roll out of those balls. This comes from a threejudge panel in the Second Circuit court of appeals in manhattan voting 21 in favor of the league, basically saying commissioner Roger Goodell did not overstep. The nfl then in a statement, pleased todays ruling backed the commissioner and his authority under the collective bargaining agreement. The Players Union reasserting its opinion that the commissioner was wrong and bradys rights were violated. And we may not be done. This ruling can be appealed as well. The nflpa would have to decide if that would be worth it. Jets fans probably upset they wont catch a possible break with brady set to miss games against arizona, miami, houston, and buffalo. President obama is urging european allies to increase their efforts in the fight against isis. As more u. S. Troops head to syria. The president says up to 250 u. S. Military personnel will be deployed to the region, up from forces that are currently there. President obama met with the leaders of the united kingdom, germany, england and france. The United Nations is delivering desperately needed aid to places sieged by isis. About 200,000 civilians are trapped in a government held area of the city. Still ahead on Eyewitness News, she was behind the wheel when the car crashed nearly running in to a woman. Tonight the driver speaks exclusively with Eyewitness News about why she lost control. Students sing at the 9 11 memorial then theyre ordered to stop. And meet the nypd officer in the bronx whose game on the Basketball Court is scoring big sweet move. Im meteorologist lee goldberg. Nice night to shoot around, pickup game outside. Were in the 60s, dry. Not as dependable as we go through the next couple of days. Theres a front off to the north, going to bring rain, finding colon cancer early gives me the best chance for treatment. We got screened because i know colon cancer doesnt always come with symptoms. I was worried about the cost but got screened when i learned there are options. My doctor helped me find the right test for me. We got screened when we turned 50 and were so glad we did. If youre 50 or older talk with your Healthcare Provider. Theres more than one way to screen for colon cancer and its easier than ever. If youre 50 or older youre hearing middle School Students from North Carolina. Theyre singing the National Anthem at the 9 11 memorial until Security Guards tell them to stop. Tonight the museum changing its tune, especially after the eyewitness News ReporterMichelle Charlesworth talked with the students and shes live in Lower Manhattan with more on what they had to say. These kids are from wainsville, North Carolina. Theyre middle School Students. They were up here on a trip. Most had never been to new york city and none of them had been born on 9 11, 2001. So when they got here they were really shaken and moved and wanted to do something they do best, which is sing. The teachers and parents say what they did was turn this in to a teaching moment that will never be forgotten. Reporter this North Carolina middle school choir broke in to song, the starspangled banner, out of respect at the 9 11 memorial and got a quick civic lesson in bad decisions. Not one but two Security Guards ordered them to stop singing, calling it a demonstration for which they needed a permit. Western North Carolina up to washington and new york city, sing everywhere they went. When the Security Guard told us to stop singing, i was confused and discouraged because we had to stop our national song. Reporter the entire group wore these tshirts for the trip that read start spreading the news but they ended up making the news when video of what happened posted on grandmas Facebook Page went viral. She already has about a half a million views. I felt like we was doing the wrong thing even though we were honoring. Reporter the kids who were on this trip sent us video messages from North Carolina of their reaction. I did not know what was going on at all until we left and somebody explained it to me. I called the 9 11 memorial, talked to a spokesperson who says no question these guards did not respond appropriately. In fact the memorial welcomes performances just like that. No word on whether or not the guards were disciplined though. Little retraining will do it. Overall, it made for a more memorable trip that was still once in a middle school lifetime. I talked to the principal a little while ago. He said they called him and said what happened was wrong, we apologize, and we want to invite all of you want. Some of the kids said theyll definitely take him up on it. But they said most of the new yorkers they met were absolutely lovely and their trip was amazing. So definitely a teaching moment. Were live in Lower Manhattan, Michelle Charlesworth, channel 7 Eyewitness News. A wrongful death lawsuit filed by the family of tamir rice has been settled for 6 million. The city of cleveland has agreed they shot and killed the 12yearold mistakenly, thinking rices toy gun was real. Rices mother said they did not give him first aid. No charges were filed against the officers involved in the shooting. The pennsylvania Appeals Court has ruled the Sexual Assault case against bill cosby can resume. Cosbys lawyers tried to prevent the case from Going Forward by arguing the former District Attorney greed not to prosecute cosby. A woman said cosby drugged and molested her in his home in 2004. No date has been set for the trial to resume with the preliminary hearing. Here at wabc were teaming up for the annual citizenship now immigration hot line. This is a live look at the phone bank at gutman community college. Volunteers are providing free and controversial citizenship and immigration information. That hot line is up and running from 10 00 in the morning since the kickoff this morning, callers have received more than 800 calls. Lots of questions from people out there. Assistance is available in a variety of languages as well. The numbers, you can see them on your screen. We also have them on our website, abc7ny. If you have a question, call. Welcome back. Good to be back. All this sunshine. You got a little bit, didnt you . Looking like summer. Nice and healthy. Outside we have some of our own in the tristate area. But we do have clouds to talk about and rain in the forecast. Outside we go now where mass transit is an option today but also nice to walk especially when tomorrow you might want to think about taking the bus because youll be dodging raindrops especially in the morning then again in the late day. Were at 67 now. The humidity is at 40 . Pressure is on the fall. And the high today in the upper 60s. So a couple degrees above the there are your sunrise and sunset times. We look at temperatures in places like toms river, 72. Montauk at 54. Islip, 60. Your temperatures tomorrow anywhere from 48 to 54 degrees. Northern suburbs and northern west in to the 70s, a mild day tomorrow but theres going to be a huge range across the area. High clouds through 7 00. By midnight a couple raindrops may be moving through but overallthink clouds are thickening. Tomorrow morning there could be a cluster of heavier downpours, even a rumble of thunder early on. Middle of the day the coverage of showers should be less then well see it rev up again during the afternoon hours. Just clouds spilling in now. Theres the boundary were looking at. One thing screams out at you. Theres snowflakes across eastern canada. Of us were going to have a monster range across the area where were looking at 40s north and east to maybe near 80 south and west. Theres also a thunder threat. There might be one in the morning and another in the afternoon. A little downpour and thunder and lightning. The front does push to the south wednesday. Although i think the clouds linger south of the city. Looking at temperatures tonight, mid 40s to mid 50s but look at the difference tomorrow. 48, montauk. Could be 78 in toms river. 59, poughkeepsie. 67, white plains. 67 on islip. A lot to take in here. Ive posted the temperature map on social media so you can see where you are in terms of temperatures. Mainly cloudy and dry. Rain develops, 55. Tomorrow, 67. Showers and thunderstorms, more book end early and late. Midday we could see thin spots in the clouds but clouds definitely dominate. Mostly cloudy. A lot cooler at 45. At 5 30 were working on the wednesday forecast. Are clouds going to linger south of the city . How about thursday, will the rain stay south . Is the weekend just right in terms of timing . Accuweather forecast in the next half hour. Hope that rain stays south. We havent had this years Olympic Games yet but in japan theyre already looking ahead to the next games in four years. Today organizers unvoled the new official logo unveiled the new official logo. They opted for a more colorful design. The winning design features three varieties of indigo blue. They represent different countries, cultures, and ways of thinking. On wall street stocks slumped today as Energy Stocks took big losses. Companies including xerox fell after reporting disappointing earnings and lowering their expectations for the year. Nasdaq lost 10 points. S p 500 dropped more than 3 points. Still ahead, a mothers message after two weeks worth of breast milk was seized at the airport. Also, priests assaulted inside his church in new jersey and tonight another priest who out. And hear from the opera singer who found out five minutes ahead of time he was it has been a day filled with rallies at the state house in North Carolina over the states so called bathroom law. Nearly 200,000 people signed petitions seeking to repeal the law. Demi lovato and nick jonas joined the performers who have cancel