Well, were going to go ahead and turn to the controversial comments from senator ted cruz. The republican president ial candidate taking a swipe at what he called new york values, which set off a Heated Exchange with donald trump during last nights debate. There are many many wonderful, wonderful working men and women in the state of new york. But everyone understands that the values in new york city are socially liberal. Everybody in the world loved new york and loved new yorkers and i have to tell you that was a very insulting statement that ted made. Well, mr. Trump spoke about the citys response following the 911 attacks. Today, though, several new york politicians spoke out against senator cruzs comments. On behalf of all new yorkers i am disgusted at the insult that ted cruz threw at this city and its people. And the bottom line is he does york values. I find myself for once in agreement with donald trump. I think it was right for donald trump to defend new york city and talk about the heroic actions of the people of this city after 9 11. New york governor yo moe is joining us now on the cuomo is joining us now on the phone to talk about the comments by senator cruz and the controversy. Its liz cho and o rob powers, how are you today. Pleasure to be with you. Were happy to have you. Were all very familiar with your comments you made earlier today calling senator cruzs comments unamerican. You had asked for an apology from senator cruz on behalf of new yorkers. Just wondering at huhuh 02 at 4 002 in the afternoon, have you received one. We have not received an apology, not only was it ugly, you know, controversial, it was worse than controversial. It was insulting. In 30 seconds, he insulted gays, he insulted women who tried to divide once again, new new yorkers from the rest of the nation. He tried to divide americans, and thats been going on for too long. And it has to stop. You cant pit us one against the other. And it was the height of hypocrisy. How about this, were counting now, but i believe in the past year he has received about 400,000 from people in this state, and he gets on tv at a debate and criticizes the money in new york. Let him give back the money he received from people in this state. Let him give back the 400,000 and we wont need an apology. Give back the money because it is really the height of arrogance and hypocrisy. Now, the flip side to that, have you come across any who are maybe reconsidering their contributions to cruzs campaign . I have not, but im sure they will. You know one thing people forget, we have conservatives in new york. We have about 30 of the people in this state will call themselves conservatives. And we have them in our new york state legislature. I work with them every day. We can have political differences. We can have cultural differences. But we dont bring you to the point of division. And thats what made this state different than washington. Governor, do you think that this is going to mark a turning point for the gop race . I think it should. I think people should really start to notice that these are not Just Campaign tactics. This is going to philosophy that is dangerous for this country. We are premised on the fact different places across the globe and forge one. Our motto is out of many one. Youre bringing people from different races, ethnicities forging one community. When you start to separate us, liz, when you start to say, oh, those people are gay, and those women are prochoice, now society. And if you fracture us, you take what is our open strength and make it a dangerous weakness and thats what they have been doing, and they have been doing it more and more, and cruz was the worst in the debate and he should be roundly condemned by the Republican Party and any party that believes they can govern this nation. Well, we spoke with lots of new yorkers on the street saying that new york values are american values. Governor, we really appreciate you taking the time to talk to us today. Thank you, liz, thank you rob. Thank you, sir. A former Suffolk CountyPolice Sergeant convicted of stealing money from drivers. Six hispanic men say they were missing money. The sergeant was acquitted of n. J. Burkett is in islip with details today. Reporter the Suffolk County courthouse centralized in long island, where yes, the officer was cleared of the top count that he deliberately targeted latino motorists in a series of traffic stops. That sergeant, Suffolk CountyPolice Sergeant scott green was found guilty as you said of stealing cash from the motorist, including an Undercover Police officer posing as a latino motorist with an unsecured license plate. Now that encounter was captured on surveillance video, and led to the arrest nearly two years ago. To prove that the motorists were singled out because they were hispanic. Thats despite the fact that all of the motorists hes accused of stopping were hispanic, activists are furious tonight but the sergeants lawyer declared victory told. Thirddegree been the thirddegree been the verdict we were expecting. We beat the top charges. We knew it was not a hate charge. The jury looked at every piece of evidence and agreed. It boggles my mind, they were all hispanic, and you know, and the jury still couldnt, you know, come to that conclusion that it was a hate crime, and it fit the definition of a hate crime. Reporter the sergeant faces a minimum of 16 months in jail. He has since retired from Suffolk County police. He faces another trial on similar charges. They did the same thing to two dozen motorists, all of them latino. Activists say one big problem with this trial is the fact the entire jury was made up with white men with one latino on the panel. More on that part of the story on Eyewitness News at 6 00 to be. N. J. Burkett channel 7 Eyewitness News. Six people were hurt on a flight from La Guardia Airport to miami when it experienced severe turbulence. The American Airlines flight was 40 minutes from landing this morning when it encountered strong wind gusts at about 34,000 feet in the air. The flight landed safely in miami, however a Flight Attendant is being treated for a possible broken nose. Five passengers were evaluated by paramedics on rival and release. What about the weather around these parts. Heavy rain headed our way later tonight. Will it ruin any of your weekend plans. Meteorologist lee goldberg timing out the storm for us, live outside the studios with forecast. Its not a weekend wash out. If youre going out the next 4 umbrella. The rain is going to come down, we have a lot of clouds out there right now. Clouds have been thickening during the day. Pretty comfortable. I have so many comments saying it feels great out there. Theres really no wind and temperatures near 50. Well above the freezing mark, which is good news. Were a little too close for comfort with 30s in monticello. Concerned about wintry precip, ill get to that in a moment. The storm that were watching is over the mid atlantic. It stretches down to south florida, and there has been Severe Weather and tornado warnings across south florida this afternoon. We are concerned with this part of the storm. We see the heavy rain over the carolinas, moving into virginia. Thats headed our way, and the other concern is over the spine of the appalachians, you can see wet snow and icy mix. Thats in the highest elevations and may translate into the poconos and cat skills. The first rain drops should start at 9 00 or 10 00. The heavier rain is overnight. Look at the wet snow and mix, elevation of suffolk and pike, and allostery county. That heavy rain is moving quickly. Between eight and ten its leaving the scene. It is not going to wash out your saturday. Youll get wet early on and might be residual ponding on area roadways early in the morning. Heres what you need to know, the window for wet weather about 10 00 tonight to about 8 00 to 10 00 tomorrow morning. Rainfall amounts will range from about a 1 2 inch. That will be most common but even an inch or more across parts of long island, coastal new jersey, and 50 degrees with breaks of sunshine. The wind will be kicking up. Might not feel as warm as it does right now. The rest o. Weekend, we may of the weekend, we may end with a little bit of snow. Thats in a few minutes. Thank you. A steady stream of mourners filled into a synagogue on manhattans upper eastern side to pay their respects to one of the Columbia University students who was killed in a bus crash in honduras. Flipped over. Today so many people came to pay their respects to her, they couldnt all fit inside the synagogue. They had to listen to the service on loud speakers outside. Of support. Everybody loved her. From the time she was little she worked to improve the lives of others. She was always thinking about taking care of other people. A remarkable young woman. Also remarkable 20yearold columbia sophomore Olivia Earhart and 45yearold Abigail Flanagan were killed in the crash. At least a dozen other americans were injured 8 of them critically. Coming up next, we are going to hear from the first powerball winners. They have now come forward. Also ahead, looks like a scene out of an action movie. That explosion happened in real life. Find out what sent a chunk of a building flying on to the street. And a horrifying turn of events for patients participating in a drug trial. Some people could have well tell you what went wrong here. And another live look at the big board on wall street. The dow finished down at 391 points to end the week at 15988, the worst two week start we have much in new york state, we believe tomorrow starts today. All across the state the economy is growing, with creative new business incentives, the lowest taxes in decades, and university partnerships, attracting the talent and companies of tomorrow. Like in utica, where a new kind of workforce is being trained. And in albany, the nanotechnology capital of the world. Let us help grow your companys tomorrow, today. We welcome you back with a commuter alert. An overturned car on harlem river drive. Shannon sohn with details. Reporter what a mess this has been. The northbound side of the entrance of west 155th street. The dark car on the backside was overturned but obviously he hit that car that is now on the wrecker as well. A big accident here. For a while we had all lanes shut down. In fact since about 3 20 this afternoon we had all lanes closed. They just managed to get two lanes open but the damage already done. It is a mess. These delays take you back onto the fdr drive, well back into the 30s. If you can take it to the west side, certainly going to treat you better this afternoon. Report live over the harlem river dry. Shannon sohn, channel 7 Eyewitness News. A long drive home on a friday, shannon, thank you. Another commuter alert, big changes to subway riders who use the n line to get from brooklyn to manhattan. Starting monday, the mta is working on the manhattan bound platforms of nine stations. That leaves two open of ohs inconvenience. 7 on your side disruptions because of construction and this time it will last more than a year. The mt says this work has to get done. From crumbling overpasses to cracking platforms platforms and outdated stairways to the speaker systems. Crews will work on nine stops along the n line in brooklyn between 8th avenue and 86th 86th street, knocking out service for 14 months and when thats done, no brooklyn Bound Service for another 14 months, but the mta has built temporary platforms, between 8th avenue and bay parkway stations so riders wont have to backtrack to the end of the line to get into manhattan. The riders we spoke to, though, had mixed reactions. Its going to be really really tough. Im going to figure it out. I mean, new york theres always other trains. Im really unhappy about it, because its in the middle of everything. Everybody comes here. No one has to deal with the delays, but you live here, you have to deal with the mta, people, and you take the good with the bad. Reporter also some of the stations will get Wheelchair Accessible ramps and elevators, these Service Changes begin on monday. Report live at the 8th avenue subway station, channel 7 Eyewitness News catch. John and Lisa Robinson appeared with their dog at a News Conference at the tennessee lottery headquarters after their Winning Ticket was verified by lottery officials there in tennessee. He along with his wife lisa and their daughter hit the jackpot worth an estimated 533 million. That is before taxes. And the couple says theyre just taking it all in. Im a little overwhelmed and excited. We knew in our heart it was the right number but to hear them come out, yes, this is the winner. Lisa says she works in a dermatology office. Shes going to be there. Theyre taking the lump sum cash payout, because they are not guaranteed tomorrow. The lump sum after split with the other owners is about 327 million. Theyll be fine. Still ahead for us, a disturbing crime that came in an unlikely place. Police say this man was flashing unsuspecting people in a local library. Now they look for other possible victims. A beauty queen is giving back her crown, resigning because of two different scandals. Dramatic video of a powerful gas explosion in mexicos capitol city, the blast at a restaurant in mexico city was caught on surveillance footage. It sent debris reigning onto busy roadway. Nine people were injured and taken to the hospital. Macadu takes over a giants team with a losing record. Despite all that he says he expects this team to compete immediately. Hes never been a head coach challenge. I like the pressure. For. Lifetime. Its a capital world, its the what could be better. Old. His top priority is winning the super bowl and im sorry to do this, did you notice anything about the suit. He received so much grief about that suit suit. So much grief. It doesnt look that bad. We will draw this out as long as we can. Thats coming up in the trend. They said it was a really big suit. If you listen to the news good. He seemed piloted. Just put the he seemed excited. Just put the shoulder pads in, it will work. Hell get the new york makeover in a flash. Youre so funny with the dynasty reference. Thats hilarious. So we have a mild afternoon out here. Feels great. We dont have much of a wind on the west side. The winds at the park around 7 to 17. Clouds around in a comfortable, early evening. Theres Lower Manhattan and the we dont have any imminent rainfall. The pressure is on the fall, and the high today at 51. So were running at a good 13 degrees above average. The record high is 67 back in 1932. Check around Sheepshead Bay at 48 degrees. The wind is coming off the water and its still 48 in Sheepshead Bay. That really speaks to the water temperature nearby. Its in the upper 40s and 50s. That plays a big role in the weekends storm. Numbers are working in the mid to upper 40s. Heres a planner for you this evening. Youre dry at 7 00. Midnight, were raining, heaviest rain overnight. And winding down around 8 00 in the morning. Also notice the winds, those will pick up after one or two in the morning, and a gusty northwest wind will try and clear us out during the day tomorrow, and temperatures make a run at the 50degree mark. We have a lot of clouds around right now, and there is the rain off to the south. Its just getting into maryland and working through northern virginia. Thats where some o. Heavy rain is working through the carolinas. It takes a track that this time of year should be a classic snowstorm track just offshore. Theres no cold air available, and the ocean temperature is mild. If you look at the future cast here, you see the rain drops moving in, and it should be fairly light as it comes in after 10 00. It may weight until 11 or midnight, north and east of new york city. Heaviest rain is overnight, the wee hours of the morning, and wet snow and mix in the highest elevations of cat skills and poconos. This is cruising right along. We get a good soaking. The Early Morning travel around sunrise, might be big puddles on the road, and the rain is leaving the scene around 8 00 in the morning, and temperatures recover in the upper 40s to 50 with a couple of breaks. Youre hearing 50, you think that looks like a mild afternoon. The wind is gusty, and the humidity is lowering, you still need a decent coat tomorrow afternoon because of the gusty winds. Expected rainfall amounts, a 1 2 inch to an inch. Some of the amounts on the underdone a little bit. And we could pick up coatings in the highest elevations. Most roadways just going to be wet. Rain arrives late evening. Mild, patchy fog, 42. 50 form, early rain and fog. It is not the flavor of the rest of the day. Mostly cloudy, breaks of sun. Paresthesiay, on the mild side for january as we get toward 50 degrees. Tomorrow night, temperatures back to freezing. Partly cloudy, chrising and colder, and brisk and colder. And well look ahead to next week, well feel like were in the teens, and there might be light snow and coatings on monday. Looking at new information, maybe we have to worry about coatings on sunday afternoon. Thats coming up, coatings and a coat on sunday afternoon. 7 day accuweather forecast. Nice that you can wear the coat this evening, and not wear gloves. Dynasty watch party coming mystery unfolding in new jersey. Strange sounds keeping people awake, leading to several complaints as well and growing concerns about mosquitoes and why some of them could be especially dangerous for women who are pregnant. A man police the common core rollout was a disaster. Parents knew it. Teachers knew it. And now, governor cuomos task force is doing whats right. State tests dont unfairly count against students. And test scores wont be used in teacher evaluations. Less testing. Greater focus on learning. Thats a start, but theres more to do. 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