Opposite of that. Reporter the two new jersey counties with the most unaccounted for sex offenders are union and passaic. They each have 13. We did reach out to the prosecutors offices in both counties. We wanted to get information on how they plan to remedy this. No word back yet. Live in new jersey, madalena doris, cbs 2 news. An explosion in bayonne, new jersey, injures three contractors and two police officers. Pseg crews were installing a new gas main and conducting a pressure test when the small blast happened this morning. The line was being pumped with air not gas. Authorities say two of the contractors have serious injuries and another worker and the two officers have minor injuries. Police were on site directing traffic when the explosion happened. Tonight several people are hurt and more than a dozen brooklyn families homeless after a fire torched a row of apartment buildings. The damage is so extensive, buildings will collapse. Cbs 2s ilana gold reports from bushwick. Reporter cell phone video captured the bright orange flow and flames shooting in the air on dekalb in bushwick. Heavy wind forced them to jump from roof to roof overnight. The fastmoving fire torched five apartment buildings for three hours. Thats incredible. Im telling you. Because when i see all this flame and sitting down right here i feeling the heat. Reporter he watched the fire from across the street as it gutted his karate and Fitness Center on the ground level. I put everything there. Everything. All my sweatings inside there. Look right now, its garbage. A lot of kids have a good dream and look happened. Reporter this was your dream too . That was my dream, yes. Reporter the fdny says 11 tenants were injured. They are now recovering from bumps and bruises. Investigators also tell us 42 people had to evacuate including many children. You ran out with your my father and mother and little brother. Reporter the units charred and full of debris and so dangerous city issued vacate orders for all residents. This mans mother didnt have she lost everything in her home 263 years. She is happy that at least she came out with her life. Material things can be replaced. Reporter investigators still searching for the cause and worry about the stability of whats left. Crews have set up a safety zone in case it collapses. How do you start over . I dont know how to start over. I want to continue growing in the same neighborhood in bushwick. Reporter in bushwick, brooklyn, ilana gold, cbs 2 news. The red cross is helping 19 families find emergency housing and assisting with food and clothing. Now to the wacky weather we have been having. The calendar says spring. Has felt like a different season. Im waiting for summer. Cant come fast enough. Its way too cold. We have been here all week for spring break. Nice spring in new york, thanks. Lonnie quinn live in the mobile weather lab on the Upper West Side with what exactly is going on out there. Lonnie. Reporter guys, this is literally just a crazy sort of wacky kind of day. Wait until you see what some of the lows were. Some of you started off this day at 15 degrees and here we are in the afternoon. This is a restaurant on the corner of 85th and broadway on the Upper West Side. The waitress just cleared all the silverware and glassware off because folks just out there dining outside, and some areas started off at 15 degrees. Lets walk over to the mobile weather lab. Current readings on the top of the truck. I have all my instruments. Its all displayed right here. 50 degrees. Still a little wind but not nearly as breezy as it was yesterday. Now, if you take a look at the morning lows that i have been at this southampton started off this morning at 15 degrees 15 crazy cold. Vernon 21. Liberty 21. Newburgh 21. Degrees. Today and tomorrow. That rain off to the west wont move in until late tomorrow or friday. Start. Im going to put 70 on the board chance for an evening shower or maybe a nighttime shower but look, whether you hit 69 or 70 its going to be close but its a big flipflop from where you were early this morning. Guys, were live with the mobile let me try that again. Its my vehicle live with the mobile weather lab on the Upper West Side, back to you to you in the studio. Thank you. Lets go to the campaign trail now. Donald trump is facing fire for saying women should be punished for having illegal abortions. The controversial comments came after a town hall as call for a ban on abortions would mean. Do you believe in punishment for abortion yes or no as a principle. The answer is that there has to be some form of punishment for the woman. Yes. 10 years, what . That i dont know. Why not . I dont know. You take positions on everything else. Its a very complicated position. Trump later said, this issue is unclear and should be put back into the states for determination. I am prolife with exceptions, which i have outlined numerous times. Both democratic president ial hopefuls condemned trumps statement. Today on abortions two candidates are campaigning primary. It is a vote that has a potential to shake up the place in both parties. Cbs 2 political reporter Marcia Kramer has the story. [ applause and cheers ] reporter Hillary Clinton opened up her campaign to win the new york president ial primary with a spirited rally in harlem. Opponent Bernie Sanders but reserved the bulk of her fire for republican donald trump. Just listen to donald trump. He plays coy with white supremacists. He says demeaning and degrading things about women. He wants to round up millions of latino immigrants and kick them out of the united states. Loose cannons tend to misfire. Reporter campaigning in wives trump returned fire. Hillary is a disaster. [ applause and cheers ] Hillary Clinton will be a disaster [ applause and cheers ] a disaster as president. And i will beat hillary and the one person she doesnt want to i know this for a fact, the one person she does not want to run again is donald trump. Reporter Ohio Governor john kasich was also in new york at a pizza parlor in howard beach and avoided the bill de blasio faux pas of eating pizza with a knife and fork. He predicted there would be an open convention. Nobody is going to have ted cruz now needs almost 90 of all the remaining delegates to be the nominee. That wont happen. Trump needs about 55 or more. Thats not going to happen. Because im going to be competitive as this moves more and more on to my home court. Reporter although the other president ial wannabes were not in new york here. Its a treasuretrove. 95 republican delegates up for grabs, 291 democratic primary. Ted cruz was in a women for cruz rally in madison, wisconsin, with his wife, mother and former candidate carly fiorina. This event this morning is a celebration of strong women. As the democrats love to pigeonhole women. Put them in a little box, okay, you have a set of issues that are womens issues. And you can wear that hat and thats what youre allowed to think about. Reporter Bernie Sanders billionaires are able to buy elections. That is not democracy. That is oligarke. Reporter Hillary Clinton will be in westchester tomorrow. Bernie sanders in the bronx. April 19 is the primary. Expect a lot of campaigning before that. Thank you. The new plan to stop aggressive panhandling in times square got a hearing today in the city council and there was quite the cast of characters. Batman minus the mask and penguin looked down from the gallery. The proposal calls for the creation of special areas. Anyone to looking a buck like naked women and other characters would be restricted to designated areas and no longer allowed to roam freely around times square plaza. Some people are feeling that they are getting unwanted and aggressive solicitations and we want to find a way to create a space where people can continue to ply their trade and express themselves others walking through the space can do so in away they dont feel they are being molested. Opponents say the vast majority of these characters and ticket sellers behave themselves. They fear they will lose money under the new plan. If passed, it could be ready to go by summer. Syracuse university is in the grip of march madness the school today held a sendoff for the mens and Womens Basketball teams both heading to the ncaa tournament final four. [ music ] bands crowded the fieldhouse for the pep rally. This is the first final four trip for Syracuse Womens team while the men have been a surprise getting so far as the tenth seeded team. They will face North Carolina on saturday. The women meantime play washington on sunday. Ill be watching. Everything will be orange on sunday. In just a moment, he was rushed to the hospital without his wheelchair and then his why was it given away without him knowing . New information about casting questions for a hit broadway show with the producers of hamilton just what the producers of hamill done just had to say. You may need to spend extra time at the airport. Why security lines will get longer. Mapping Health Issues on your face where acne on your about your body. Not enough people enrolling in tsa precheck is leading to long security lines at our airports. Frustrated passengers say the extra long lines are causing them to miss their flights. The tsa had hoped 25 Million People would enroll but only 9 million have done it so far. And on that promise, congress cut more than 4600 tsa screeners leaving the agency scrambling. Im convinced that we can improve the process with effectiveness targets and improve the passenger experience. The tsa is using dogs to sniff bags and help the lines move faster. Making news tonight on the casting controversy involving the megahit Broadway Musical hamilton. The producer agrees to amend an audition notice that called for nonwhite performers. Cbs 2s tony aiello broke the story last night and reports outside the theater with the latest. Reporter this is the casting call that hit a sour note with the broadway Performers Union and a lawyer says it violates city hall. Tonight, hamilton producer jeffrey sellers says, quote, the casting will be amended to also include language we neglected to add, that is we welcome people of all ethnicities to auditions for hamilton. One critic says hamilton takes white guys and redefines it with black, latino and other ethnic performers playing americas Founding Fathers but as the blues cal musical looks to expand, this cast notice seeking nonwhite performers is a problem. What if they put an ad out that whites only need apply, other ethnicities would be outrage. Reporter he says it violates the new york city human rights law which makes it unlawful for an employee because of the actual or perceived race of any person to discriminate. You cannot advertise showing that you have a preference for one racial group over another. As an artistic question, sure, he can cast whoever he wants but he has to give actor eligible for the role an opportunity to try. Reporter the press rep for the show told meet the language in the notice seeking nonwhite performers was approved by actors equity the Broadway Union but the union and pointed out the union approved casting notice posted at back stage. Com says all ethnicities can audition. They all specify that actors of any race are permitted to attend auditions and be considered equally for the roles. Reporter again, tonight, the producer has agreed to revise that casting notice to comply with union policy. Jeffrey sell, says he intends to continue to cast nonwhite performers in the lead roles in hamilton because thats what the Creative Team intends. Live in midtown, tony aiello, cbs 2 news. Thank you. Lets talk about the weather now. Next couple of days may feel like a summer vacation. Lonnie quinn on the Upper West Side to fill us in. Lonnie. Reporter couple of days well be feeling really nice. Today the temperature right now very similar to yesterday at this hour but the winds it looks and feels like spring on broadway. You will see the flowering trees doing their thing. Im going to spin around and check on the mobile weather lab for the current temperature reading. I have it parked right here between 85th and 86th and im coming in currently with the temperature reading of 51. 6 with winds about 6 miles an hour. Sunny skies, 48. The radar picture no problems. Tomorrow its going to be southwest wind. The majority of area will warm up nicely. But the east end of long island southwest wind for you travels over the ocean water which is still in the 40s. It will be cooler for you. Afternoon highs tomorrow most everybody in the 60s and 70s. The lower 70s. But boy thats nice. East end of long island your temperatures will be in the 50s. But by the time you get to the end of the weekend, were talking the cold air returning well talk about that later. Back to you in the studio. Good. The sorry if we were chatting amongst ourselves. Thats what we do sometimes. I hope none of that got out. Because it wasnt good. [ laughter ] it wasnt pleasant. We were in deep discussion. Back to the news. It was supposed to be complete and ready at the end of this year so has the renovation of a nassau coliseum stalled . Today the developers gave us a sneak peek of whats happening behind the scenes. Carolyn gusoff put on a hard hat to find out. Reporter a new improved coliseum is supposed to be coming soon but four months since breaking ground it doesnt look that way from the outside. Look inside, say its developers, inviting us to be the transformation in progress. We are on time. We are on schedule. We are on budget. Just where we want to be. Reporter bruce ratner says despite a threemonth delay for labor negotiations, overhauling the outdated year as planned. The arena now gutted with demolition and Asbestos Removal under way. When this is completed then it will be one of the great structures in this country in terms of the way it looks inside and out. Reporter planners say get ready for a huge upgrade, a modern facade, a grand lobby, a new Minor League Basketball team. Gone are the 1970s Concession Stands that clogged hallways. There will be a new beer garden, lounges and double the bathrooms. And there will be better circulation within the arena because nearly 4,000 seats have been ripped out. Planners say the new capacity 13,000 is what the original coliseum was actually designed for. Reduced capacity, a sore point with islander fans still reeling after the teams move to brooklyn. The isles had promised to come home for six games each season but even thats unclear. The team is being sold and the nhl must sign off on the smaller arena. There will be 6 islander games practices, two exhibition, four regular season here. Who knows what the future holds. Reporter just last week the association for a better long island plasticked the pace of the project blasted the pace of the project calling it a tepid makeover. It doesnt represent local interests. Long islanders have been expelled from the process and thats something thats of concern. So we would like to see a lot more transparency. Reporter but officials call it an historic Public Private partnership and expect doors open next march. In uniondale, long island, carolyn gusoff, cbs 2 news. The development is privately funded. You might recall Nassau County voters turned down a referendum to build a new coliseum with taxpayer money. The new additions coming to local ballparks this season at citi field. And some bad news for people who love their baked goods and other sweet treats. Short supply. In new york state, we believe tomorrow starts today. The economy is growing, with creative new business incentives, the lowest taxes in decades, and new infrastructure for a new generation attracting the talent and companies of tomorrow. Like in rochester, with worldclass botox. And in buffalo, where medicine meets the future. Let us help grow your companys tomorrow today at business. Ny. Gov Early Detection is critical in fighting cancer. Can have serious consequences. 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We have some turf, corn hull. If you are going to have a backyard. Yes. Exactly. It doesnt matter what sporting event it is, cornhole is always there . This is a smaller version. Its not up to league standards. 11 now. Reporter for those who play videogames this is a motion sensing video monitor. Against virtual mets. We have the technology in the screen to kind of measure your power, measure how far its going. It will stitch together a gift of your swing and share it on your social media. Win the whole damn thing reporter the mets have added various chefs. This 38ounce tomahawk rib chon goes for 150. The hot dog is still 6. 25 which is still the most expensive in baseball. 20 bucks will get you two dogs and a drink. But the mets say their value is in the event. They want to make sure youre providing a 360degree Entertainment Experience when youre here. If you are here with your children theres fun things for them to do and see. Thats our dna from 1962 on, to be really fan and family friendly. We said lets stick with that. Reporter and they have. By the way the mets have turned the success in t