Transcripts For WABC Eyewitness News Sunday Morning 20160501

WABC Eyewitness News Sunday Morning May 1, 2016

That historic and epic mic drop is setting the internet on fire this morning. A big finish for president obamas final white house correspondents dinner. We have the highlights you dont want to miss. What a night it was. A mixing of all kinds of worlds there in dc. Im still laughing at that. Good morning, everyone. That was very good. Epic is the word. Were looking at a sparkly shot of Lower Manhattan, look platinum this morning this sunday as we enter may, may 1 may 1st. Here it is. I like it. I like it too. Dont drop the mic,. That was very good timing, mr. President. Youll see that clip about 20 times. Its a weird mix of people, those dinners. Its like a fancy dmv or a fancy jury pool. How could these people ever come together somewhere else. Just that night. Good morning, im rob nelson. And im michelle charlesworth. Good to be with you. A little sprinkle out there. Meteorologist amy freeze back in the house. We missed you out. We dont like when youre out and about away from us. The wild child is back from the zoo. This morning we go right to the maps. We are looking at rain across the area, moving in right now. Temperatures are around 50 degrees. It doesnt warm up. Much of the day will be raw and rainy. Showers wont taper off until late. Its going to be much warmer tomorrow, but the rain does hang around. Spring showers really on and off much of this week. Here it is on the accu track. Showers are moving in west to east this morning. Its just getting the sprinkles and light rain going underway in the boros. Staten island seeing the rain coming in. Northwest new jersey seeing the rain coming across from pennsylvania. Showers will be on and off. Occasional rain is the best way to describe. Any way you spell it, people are going to get wet. The big bike rides, the long island marathon, any activities we have outdoors, prepare for the events. Slick streets as well. Future cast puts us all in the rain game through the noon hour as we get into late this afternoon, and the evening hours, well see the showers taper off a bit. Temperatures in the 50s all day long. The accuweather forecast in a few minutes. Well look ahead to the first few weeks of may, and well see temperatures there. Lets start the newscast with good news this morning. Thousands of cyclist wills hilt the streets today for the 39th 39th annual five boro bike tour taking cyclists from Lower Manhattan to the bronx and queens and brooklyn, and into Staten Island. Kristin thorne is live in tribeca where the first leg of the ride will kick off. Good morning, kristin. Reporter they committed to do this, 40 miles through the five boros. We are here near one of the many starting points. Were here at Church Street and white street, the first round of riders are expected to leave here around 7 30 this morning. Some 32,000 bikers from across the country and the world for that matter. I mean, you have to remember this is very cool. You get to go biking through 40 miles of new york city with no cars at all, so you dont have to worry about that. This really is a draw, quite a draw for the city. Again, 40 miles through the five boros. The proceeds are used to support bike new york, funding bike Education Programs throughout the five boros. This is the 39th annual tour. As we mentioned at the top, closures throughout the five boros today. If youre going to have plans to be around here today head to our web site, abc7ny. Look for a story with this title under news headlines. You can see a whole list of the closures there as you head out this morning. Im Kristin Thorne channel 7 Eyewitness News. Thank you so much. Another victim has been found after that devastating flash flooding in east texas. The body of a 30yearold man who was swept away in flood waters was found in palestine, texas. A woman and her four great grandchildren were killed trying to flee the waters. It swamped as entire neighborhood. As many as 30 people have been displaced by the latest round of floods. On long island, flames rose high above the fire Island Community of fair island. Many firefighters around the authorities have reported no injuries, thank goodness. In queens, two men were injured in a drive by shooting in cambria heightings. Police say heights. They were standing on the corner of linden boulevard and 208th 208th street. One man was shot in the leg, the other in the chest. They were both taken hospital. Were learning more about an apparent bias attack in a story of queens from the neighbor who helped the young victim. A 19yearold was beaten by three people who used their fists, a pipe, and bats all while they yelled racial slurs in their face. Ron garcia saw the trio push the victim up against a gate. He says he knows it could have gotten a whole lot worse. Im just glad that it turned out for the better for him, and i guess, as a community, we have to find these guys. The victims father says the quote hoodlums with simply Nothing Better to do but hes one and we have 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 if youre told you have cancer, explore your Treatment Options with specialists who treat only cancer. Every stage. Every day. At Cancer Treatment centers of america. Learn more at cancercenter. Com experts whats with him . Hes happy. Your familys finally eating vegetables thanks to our birds eye voila skillet meals. And they only take 15 minutes to make. Ahh birds eye voila so veggie good everybody, on the republican side, donald trump will be campaigning in the critical state of indiana today. Meantime, ted cruzs wife heidi and Carly Fiorina appeared in indiana. Voters go to the polls on tuesday in what many see as cruzs last chance to stop trump from clinching the nomination before the convention in july. The candidate himself was in california where he addressed the state Gop Convention in the bay areas. In his remarks, cruz took an indirect jab at the donald. You need someone with good judgment that is sobber and stable sober and stable and level helded and not likely to ex headed and not likely to explode at the latest twitter storm. John kasich campaigned out west in california as well. Meantime, Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders will be in indiana today. Yesterday off from the campaign trail. Bill and Chelsea Clinton appeared at events on behalf of Hillary Clinton. Stick around with us. Eyewitness news, abc news will keep you updated throughout the primary season. Tune in this week today at 10 00 a. M. Here on channel 7. Last night was a big night if youre one of those folks that likes politics or youre a news junky or want to see what celebrity so and so is wearing or doing or whatever. All in one. Yes, yes, big night in dc, president obama took one final shot last night of course at being comedian in chief. It was pretty epic. The commander in chief stood in front of politicians, journalists and celebrities, cracking jokes about public figures, the president ial election, and himself. I do apologize, i know i was a little late tonight. Which stands for jokes that white people should not make. Of course a reference to our mayor, and that now infamous skit with Hillary Clinton a few weeks ago. No one was safe last night from some obama quips. Even some foreign leaders, they have been looking ahead, anticipating my departure. Last week Prince George showed up to our meeting in his bathrobe. That was a slap in the face. One of the most controversial president ial races and the president obamas last year in office, he took a few swipes at the candidates, democratic and republican. You got to admit it, though, hillary trying to appeal to young voters is a little bit signed up for facebook. Dear america, did you get my poke . Is it appearing on your wall . Im not sure im using this right. Love, aunt hillary. I am hurt, though, bernie, that you have been distancing yourself a little from me. I mean, thats just not something you do to your comrade. On the republican side, things are a little more, how shall we say this, a little more loose. Just look at the confusion over the invitations to tonights dinner. Guests were asked to check whether they wanted steak or fish, but instead a whole bunch of you wrote in paul ryan. Well, then, of course the more serious moments, thanking the White House Press core and praising the need and importance of a free press in this country. He finished his speech, leaving the audience with this legendary instant classic of a moment. And with that, i just have two more words to say, obama out. It was not just the president who was dolling out jabs. He was on the opposite end of the jokes as comedian Larry Willmore gave jokes about the president. The media and the president garnering a lot of laughs. It is nice in the middle of the wild election season where they step out of themselves, you know what i mean. Its a shame he didnt have a lot of material, you know. But a little levity goes a long way. A long way. Straight ahead, Eyewitness News sunday morning, new questions surrounding the mystery of princes death. Not just that but also the future of what could be up to a 300 million fortune. If your family outing is magical for all the wrong reasons. You may be muddling through allergies. Try zyrtec for powerful allergy relief. And zyrtec is different than claritin. Because it starts working faster on the first day you take it. Try zyrtec. Muddle no more. Millions of people around the world are celebrating easter told. Orthodox christians are celebrating the miracle of easter at several churches in new york. The Orthodox Church celebrates the holiday a little bit later because it follows a different calendar than most western countries. So happy easter. Look who is back with us its me. Im back. A little back street boys, i heard that. Theres a great picture of you and those animals that you put on twitter. With the elephant and the gorilla. They held out, the animals held out. They were camouflaging the background of the zoo, and finally it got wild at the end. After we were off the air, it went crazy. The bronx zoo, what a great place. Check it out this summer. It was all for wildlife conservation, and i learned a lot yesterday about what they do, not just the bronx zoo but the different wildlife locations across the boros. Happening here. Going back to saving the buy bison. How many runners yesterday. About 5000. And theres a lot more runners heading out to long whats going to happen because long island has a full marathon, and its going to be a mainy day today, not just the runners out east. Were waiting for the rain there, but weve got the boro bike ride, and we have rain underway. Be careful out there. Its nothing to cancel the plans out there. Just remember were going to have wet streets, so take your time and be careful. Lets get you up to speed with live pictures over the park. Manhattan waiting for the rain. 50 degrees and east wind at 50 Miles Per Hour. Pressure is holding steady. Look at the temperatures here, low to mid40s north and west. Yesterday we did start in the 30s in places like monticello. Were slightly warmer. 48 in newburgh. 49 for bridgeport. Temperatures will hold steady. We have an easterly wind and thats going to bring the air off the ocean inland and for the most part, were looking at a cool, raw day. Will be uncomfortable at times. Showers moving from the west, and they will spread eastward, so while its still okay out east for the runners, i think by the time you get into the race, youre dealing with rain. It will be light rain. This moderate batch of shower activity thats a little bit further west comes early afternoon and thats when we could get a little bit of heavy off. We are getting wet outside. Prepare for your rain gear, if you have outdoor activities. Yesterday was the better day. I dont knowers, delegate ready for the moderate rainfall. Along yonkers getting ready for the moderate rainfall. From about 11 to 1 00 p. M. , that could help make for lighter rainfalls around the boros. At least youre not having any heavy downpours or deluge coming in. More rain is coming early in monday, heavier showers with a frontal passage there. We cant shake the showers. Even as we get into midweek, we have chances for rain on and off at times. Its not a completely dry week. Today is definitely the cooler day. Upper 40s, low 50s. The chances for rain. The rainfall rates are very light. What this means is just a few hundredths of an inch of rainfall. It will be light rain and drizzle through the afternoon. Future cast temperatures today, best we can do is the blue on the map. Tomorrow well turn it into the green and that means we go from 50s to 60s, almost 70 degrees on monday afternoon, despite the overcast conditions were expecting there. Heres the wet weather pattern. Were going to see rain across the entire east today. We dont see this pattern completely breaking until midweek when we get relief for dryer skies. Expect 51 today. Raw and nasty at times. Tonights fog with drizzle and 49. Tomorrow near 70 degrees. Overcast but mild. Well break down the week for you. First full week of may, wow, temperatures are much warmer tomorrow. Almost 70. A 20degree temperature difference tomorrow. Still a shower in the area, especially early on. On tuesday were at 64 degrees. Mostly cloudy on wednesday. Thats our break from the rainy pattern. Thursday rains possible. Low 60s will close out the week. Today, a lot more than like november than may because the average temperature is around 50 for november. Not a great feeling day. A lot of people have plans, though. I say make the most of it. Take your time if youre on the bikes. Take your time because its wet. Five boros. The whole week looks wet and rainy. On and off. Thanks amy. Next. But first, police need your help identifying a suspect welcome back, everybody. 6 26. Time for sports with laura behnke. Its the mets offense grabbing the attention. They hosted san francisco, wasting no time if the bottom of the 1st. Neil walker up with the bases loaded. Hell bring in 2 with the single. Melts threatening. Its michael conforto. The double scores two more. After the giants cut the lead to one, the offensive answer, guess who, conforto again. This time, the solo home run. Wilmer flores going long in this one. The melts have won eleven of the last twelve. With as well as the season has started for the mets, its gone the opposite way for the yankees who head into may in last place in the ale. Despite that, theres plenty of satisfaction to be had if they can beat one time. This was a lopsided affair, which was unfortunate for the yankees, 2nd inning, double, david ortiz hit the go ahead his 49th career home run against the yankees. Jackie bradley jr. Had himself a night. Two rbi triples in the game, the second bringing in two runs to blow this one open as the yankees lose their fourth game in a row. One win to open a playoff series on the road, any team would take that, but two wins and a chance of the series early, that was the ultimate goal. Yesterday it was possible for the islanders. But it was the bolts who came out with more urgency. Tyler johnson with the first of two lightning goals in the first period. On the power play, coolman, cutting the lead to 21, but tampa getting the twogoal lead back in the second. Thomas rice, johnson would add an empty nether, 41, the lightning tie up the series. Theyre a good hockey team. Theyre going to make pushes. We handle the momentum. Its part of the playoff series. You have to be hard to play against. We have to keep fighting. When youre losing, you have to keep building. Were expecting a long series here. Game three tuesday in brooklyn. And thats your morning look at sports. Im laura behnke. Were back again with you later tonight with basketball. Much ahead on Eyewitness News on sunday morning, including a live look at todays top stories. Thousands of bikers are getting to bike some 40 miles through new york city. We are live with the festivities, coming up. Also this morning, dramatic pet moments are beautiful, unless you have allergies. Then your eyes may see it differently. Flonase is the first and only nasal spray approved to relieve both itchy, watery eyes and congestion. No other nasal allergy spray can say that. When we breathe in allergens our bodies react by over producing six key inflammatory substances that cause our symptoms. Most allergy pills only control one substance. Flonase controls six. And six is greater than one. More complete allergy relief. Flonase. 61 changes everything. If you wanted to be in the park this weekend, yesterday was your better day. Today going to be kind of a rainy mess. Look on the bright side. Its may 1st. April showers bring may flowers. Thats right. So not bad. Good morning, everybody, happy sunday morning. Im rob nelson. And im michelle charlesworth. Good to have you with us. Welcome to Eyewitness News sunday morning. A little bit dreary outside. The movies were good. Its a good, on the couch. Theres laundry, a little snack. Popcorn lunch. Not bad. Thats what we call it, popcorn dinner. Exactly. Amy freeze, and i know today is a mess, but you kind of said off and on for most of the week were looking like this, right. You know, youre talking about the sayings, april showers bring may flowers, and were going to have may beautiful flowers are expected and it wont be long before the great blooms around her neighborhood so we do need the rain in order to get all the beauty around here, and were going to make up for dryer days we have had this spring. Through the afternoon. Beautiful lush lawns yesterday over the park. A lot of people out. We had 65 degrees once the sun splashed down. Were expecting 64. We got a 2degree bonus, and today we are setting back into the 50s. Our lows this morning were in the low to mid50s this morning. Closer to the boroughs we had 50s overnight. This is pretty much it. Looking at these temperatures, i think a few spots get a few degrees warmer. Thats about all we can do with an east wind dominating and the rain

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