The bad news is this twoalarm fire thats burning at 209 east 156th street is far from being under control. Well show you what the scene looks like. The Fire Department just got a fourth tower ladder up and in operation. There are stores on the bottom, apartment buildings on floors of the building. East 156th street shut down with Fire Department activity between brant concourse and brant avenue and sherman avenue shut down between east 156th and east 166th street. Well keep you updated on the latest. Reporting live over the concourse village section of the bronx, shannon sohn, channel 7 Eyewitness News. Turning now to the race for president. Both democratic contenders tallying their support for labor unions today. Hillary clinton and Bernie Sanders made appearances in our area and theyre not done yet. Political reporter dave evans in Greenwich Village where sanders supporters gathered for a large concert this evening. This evening at 7 00, a couple blocks south of me in washington this evening. If you look at the latest polling, hes behind Hillary Clinton by about 10 points in todays poll. Hes hoping to change that over the course of the next six days. This morning sanders joined verizon workers on the picket line in brooklyn. He thanked them for standing up for what he called corporate greed. I say, and this union has always said, that if you dont stand up and fight, you cant ever win, and Bernie Sanders fights the fight. [ applause ] so today im here to proudly say that new York City Transit workers and tw local 100 stand with Bernie Sanders for president of the United States of america. Old, same old establishment politics. Weve got to stand together, take on the big money interests, and make it clear that our Government Works for all of us, not just the 1 . Hillary clinton today picked up the endorsement of the new york daily news. Part of that editorial reads democrats have in clinton a super prepared realist. They have in opponent Bernie Sanders a fantasist whos in war network. She blasted republicans and said White America must practice humility to see what its like for African Americans. White americans need to do a much better job of listening when African Americans talk about the seen and unseen barriers you face every day. Have you already made up your im going to go with clinton. Im sorry. Sanders is sanders. Hillary is the most qualified. Unequivocally, no matter what you think of her personally, shes the most qualified. Again, two big events tonight for democrats in new york city. One for Bernie Sanders a couple blocks south of Washington Square park. At the same time Hillary Clinton is going to be up in the bronx hosting an event this evening. Again, of course new yorks primary this coming tuesday, april 19th. Well see you at 5 00. Reporting live near Washington Square park, david novarro, e dave evans, channel 7 Eyewitness News. As for the republican candidates, theyre not in new york today. Theyre campaigning in states. Kasich is in a town hall in maryland. It followed with a quick stop at an ice cream shop. He took an indirect hit at fellow candidate donald trump. I think we have problems in our country but were a great country. Somehow were losing in america. Thats just a downer that im not willing to accept and i know you arent either. Thats just baloney. As for the other republicans, ted cruz has a rally that will start in a few minutes in erie, pennsylvania. Donald trump is also visiting the keystone state. He has a rally this evening in pittsburgh. Today a former nypd officer learned his sentence for firing in to an unoccupied car while high on booze. Brendan cronin will spend the next nine years behind bars. Marcus solis in white plains with the details. Cameras werent allowed to record victim impact statements but both men did stand up in court and addressed the fellow officer, telling them how much the events of two years ago forever changed their lives. Reporter Brendan Cronin showed little emotion during todays sentencing but did turn and offer an apology. To express and offer the most heartfelt apology to the families. Im so very sorry. Reporter the former nypd officer taking responsibility for this, unloading a Service Weapon while off duty in to a car nearly two years ago. Joseph felice and Robert Borelli were the two occupants. Felice was shot six times. Borelli was not hit and able to drive his friend to the hospital. Both victims said they were emotionally scarred. No one can possibly imagine what this event has done to my family, my wife, my son. Its indescribable. Reporter cronin was a sixyear veteran assigned to the 46th precinct. He admitted drinking whiskey and beer the day of the shooting. In september he pled guilty attempted murder, assault, and dwi. Where were all his friends and allies . His nypd officers who drank with afterwards, who let him get in his car drunk . The judge could have sentenced cronin to anywhere prison. The victims were hoping for half of the maximum, if not that. Then at least double digits. But the judge said nine years was the term significantly above the minimum. Were live in white plains, marcus solis, channel 7 Eyewitness News. And a hearing is underway right now in brooklyn to determine if the manslaughter conviction of new York City Police officer peter liang is thrown out. A judge will decide whether the former detective deserves a new trial because a juror failed to tell the court about his fathers criminal record during jury selection. Liang was found guilty of shooting and killing akai gurley in the stairwell of a Public Housing project in 2013. He will be sentenced tomorrow. He faces up to 15 years in prison. Well let you know as soon as todays hearing ends. Ranking members of the nypd. Deputy chief andrew capul has been transferred and reassigned to administrative position following further review. Investigators are looking in to the actions of four nypd commanders from brooklyn south to see if they traded special favors for cash or gifts. Two businessmen connected to mayor de blasios inauguration are at the center of the investigation. Earlier mayor de blasio said his administration is taking action. I authorized yesterday a lawyer representing my 2013 campaign to reach out to the u. S. Attorneys office and offer any assistnce we could provide. Well let them know were happy to work with them in any way that would be helpful. The mayor said his administration was never contacted by federal investigators on this case. Nearly 40,000 verizon workers walked off the job today. Theyre picketing in brooklyn, manhattan, and newark. Their contract expired last august. Verizon has hired thousands of nonunion workers to replace those on strike. Picketing is happening in nine different states along the eastern seaboard. An arrest has been made in the Fatal Shooting of a Rutgers University shooting in newark. The Essex County Prosecutors Office said marcus feliz is charged with murder and robbery. The University Said hes not affiliated with it. 21yearold shani patel was shot dead on sunday night in an off campus apartment. The Rutgers Newark campus. His 23yearold roommate was also shot and is in stable condition. Police in new jersey say a series of fake bomb threats led to the evacuation of 13 schools in bergen and passaic counties. The schools in fair lawn, elmwood park, midland park, lodi, fort lee, leonia, englewood, hackensack, and hasbrouck heights. Removed. Some of the schools are on spring break this week. Multiple bogus threats have been phoned in to northern new Jersey Schools over the last few months. It is 4 09 as we continue on this wednesday. A father who admitted kidnapping his son and changing the boys identity faces a judge. Well tell you what the young man had to say immediately before his dad was sentenced. A 72yearold woman lost in the wilderness for more than a week. How she survived a message for all of us to Pay Attention to. Im meteorologist lee goldberg. Maybe weve turned the corner here with this spring stretch. The longest dry stretch in over a month coming up on that 7day accuweather forecast. Can we warm up for good . Well let you know. Heres your signal if youre traveling out and about tonight. Just a little sun glare out there. Make sure you have the sunglasses. Perfect for any practice after school. You need the spring jacket warnings and frost advisories hey what are you here for . You getting poked, prodded or pinched . . Uhhh yeah, colon cancer screening. Hey me too, second time. Its a piece of cake that sounds good right now. Its no big deal. Thats what everyone tells me. Today there is more than one way to screen for colon cancer and its easier than ever. If youre 50 or older talk with your Healthcare Provider and choose the best test for you if youre 50 or older get screened for colon cancer. Plus a thousand more that just dropped. All these low prices what are you trying to do, get me to feed the whole neighborhood . No. Just trying to save you a whole lot of bread. [ laughter ] thousands of blue tags, thousands of low prices. Its 4 12 on this wednesday. Lets check the roads. We have video of the long island expressway. Live pictures from queens. The heavier traffic is on the eastbound lanes. Over on the hudson river crossings, 20 minutes at the outbound holland tunnel. 10 minutes at the outbound lincoln. Fortunately at this point no delays at the George Washington bridge. A man who abducted his son 14 years ago and gave him a new identity has been sentenced to four years in prison in ohio. 53yearold Bobby Hernandez pleaded guilty last month to several charges including kidnapping. Hernandez took his 5yearold his son spoke at the sentencing. Yes, growing up without my mother was painful at times, but taking my father away from me now just increases the pain from that. The story unraveled last year when julian started the process to apply a School Guidance counselor noticed there were problems with his Social Security number and discovered he was listed as missing. After the discovery of a gun in his car, an attorney for the family of slain nfl player will smith said the football star did not draw the weapon during the confrontation that led to his death. The former new Orleans Saints player was shot and killed saturday after a threecar fender bender. Yesterday Police Revealed they found a gun in smiths suv. Today an attorney for the smith family gave an account of the shooting based on his interviews with the witnesses. He had a state concealed weapons license from state the protection of his wife and his family. That firearm, i understand, was in the vehicle, never taken out by will smith. A coroners report shows smith was shot eight times. Seven of those times in the back. 28yearold Cardell Hayes charged with Second Degree murder. Congressional republicans have succeeded in diverting almost 600 million in unspent ebola funding to fight the zika virus in the u. S. Criticizing the legislation they have passed, but theres far more significant steps they could take, even as it relates to expediting the production of a vaccine. Top republicans say they will probably wait until september to grant a portion of president obamas 1. 9 billion request for zika funding. The house passed a bill to offer incentives to Companies Working on zika treatment. The head of the National Mosquito prevention is also needed to stop the spread of the virus. He is a fivetime nba champion and 18time nba all star and one of the most recognizable players in the world. But tonight kobe bryant will take the court as a pro for the very last time. Bryant, who spent the last two decades with the los angeles lakers, will retire after tonights game. Hell end his career as the nbas third leading scorer. Bryant is 37 but has proven he can still play with two 3point performances last month. I grew up a diehard laker fan. So its like a dream come true for a kid to grow up, play for his favorite team, and play here for 20 years his entire career. Ive seen the city grow. Ive seen the city develop. And vice versa. My career. Kobe says this is it, but the finality of it all has really not hit him yet. Just be historic for kobe bryant. The Golden State Warriors are chasing the best regular season record in nba history. If the warriors beat memphis tonight, theyll finish the season with 73 wins. One more than the 1995 chicago bulls. But it wont be an easy one because that team has given them a hard run. They won by one point the last time. Did the grizzlies beat them ago no, garden state won but by a point. Gotcha. Garden state. [ laughter ] im like mmhmm. This is me wishing we had steph curry. [ laughter ] who would you pick, that bulls team or this Warriors Team . Ill go with this Warriors Team. Im about today right now. Lori, what do you think what he said. [ laughter ] smart woman. Brilliant. Jordan and pippin and that era. Beautiful afternoon, guys. Great afternoon for a pickup game maybe. Headed outside, the type of nights growing up where you played before and after dinner. Ma, can i go out again . It makes a big difference this afternoon going from the sun to the shade. Definitely need the jacket later on. Heres a picture of central park and this forecast is kind of a walk in the park. Its a snooze and cruise with a lot of dry weather. 55 degrees our number right now. The air is really dry. So it doesnt feel like spring warmth right now. Theres still a crispness to the day. The high today coming in in the mid 50s so far. 5 degrees below average right now. Well get average and above as we head to the weekend. The lows this morning, this is what were going to deal with over the next few days, temperatures at or below freezing in many suburbs. Right now were in the comfortable low and middle 50s. In the sun feels good. The shade a little cool, breezy, especially along the coast. Mid 50s right now. Low 50s in lakehurst, toms river and poughkeepsie. Over night. 52, 7 00. Once the sun goes down theres definitely that coolness in the air. 44 at midnight. At least theres a little cloud cover coming tonight. Temperatures dont drop off too rapidly. Light wind but noticeable breeze coming from the north northeast. Mostly sunny skies. Id say add 2 or 3 degrees to todays highs. With that said you have freeze warnings in the hudson valley, parts of northern new jersey, connecticut. Frost advisories across much of new jersey. We still have a lot of chill. Its just not the time to put the delicate plants out just yet frost. Notice clouds upstate and over western new york state, a few of those are going to stroll through later on tonight. No harm, no foul. Heres the good news about the weather map. Youve got rain which has soaked new orleans throughout the day. Thats going to slide off to our south. Then theres a big storm coming through the pacific northwest. The rockies. That leaves us with what you see is what you get. A little patchy cloudiness those clouds leave the scene tomorrow morning. Mostly sunny skies for the balance of the day. In terms of temperatures, yes, theres still a chill each morning. Next several mornings. That nice spring recovery during the afternoon. Its really Pleasant Spring weather and a couple spots could get in the lower 60s along the coast. Its patchy clouds tonight. Some areas of frost outside the city. For tomorrow its a High Temperature of 58. Lots of sunshine, just a couple of patchy clouds that are leaving eastern sections during the morning hours. Once again tomorrow night, mostly clear, 42. Well still have 30s in many of the suburbs. Coming up at 4 30, well look at the friday map thats going to be the Third Straight dry day but the winds are going to be a little gusty along the coast. Well have to see if that storm offshore stays there for the upcoming weekend. Well also talk about a big warm up for the second half of the weekend as well. Theyve been joined at the torso for 11 months. Were hearing their story their grateful father. The tribeca Film Festival begins this week. Saying about the controversial there are those who say we cannot defeat a corrupt political system and fix a rigged economy. But i believe we need to lift our vision above the obstacles in place and look to the american horizon. To a nation where every child can not only dream of going to college, but attend one. Where quality healthcare will be a birthright of every citizen. Where a good job is not a wish, but a reality. Where women receive equal pay and a living wage is paid to all. An america where after a lifetime of labor, there is time for rest and grandchildren. But no longer carries so much of that burden alone. I know we can create that america if we listen to our conscience and our hearts and not to the pundits and the naysayers. Im Bernie Sanders. I approve this message, and i ask for your vote. If your family outing is magical for all the wrong reasons. You may be muddling through allergies. Try zyrtec for powerful alle