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WCBS CBS 2 News At 5 April 19, 2016

He stole akais life and stole mines, as well. [ indiscernible ] my life will no longer be the same. Reporter then we heard from liang, who looked directly at gurleys family and expressed his remorse. The shot was accidental. [ indiscernible ] i apologize to the [ indiscernible ] [ inaudible ] i wish i could undo what happened. Reporter a spokesman for liang says they are pleased with the sentence but liang still plans to appeal his guilty verdict. It is absolutely good news but most of the people in the Community Still think that he should not have been indicted. But under the circumstances, this is good news. Reporter brooklyn District Attorney ken thompson disagrees with the judges decision to reduce the jury verdict and says he will fight to reverse it on appeal. Live in downtown brooklyn, hazel sanchez, cbs2 news. Now to a developing story. Brush fires in new jersey that smoke was visible for miles even seen across the hudson river. Elise finch reports. Reporter Train Service is restored but there are delays on amtrak and new Jersey Transit trains. Around 1 00 two brush fires started around these tracks. Smoke could be seen for miles. Drivers could see the smoke and flames from the new jersey turnpike. Some people could see it from their yards. It was huge black smoke, a lot of black smoke, and flames. We saw a large billow of smoke from our back porch and you could see flames coming out of the bottom. It then progressed higher and higher. Reporter the National Weather service issued a red flag warning for the entire tristate area today because a combination of strong winds brush created ideal conditions for small fires to spread. Secaucuss mayor says thats what happened here. The fire started on the eastern side of the new jersey turnpike obviously crossed the rail you see behind us and then come over into the Industrial Area and spread along county road into jersey city. Reporter the mayor is also a volunteer firefighter and says it took more than 50 firefighters from at least 6 companies to contain and put it out. He says there was no property damage, no injuries, but estimate 100acres burned. The fire spread rapidly. A lot of these meadows in prior years were landfills so you will still get tires and debris that may have been left there for decades burning. So im going to guess from my experience the firefighters will be out here for hours putting out those hot spots. Reporter now, trains are but for two hours there was no or from manhattan. Service was restored around 3 00 in the afternoon but to 30minute delays between manhattan and newark because of the brush fires that broke out here. So that applies to both amtrak and new Jersey Transit trains. Live in secaucus, elise finch, cbs 2 news. Lets take a look at that red flag warning. Center. The entire area is under that red flag warning until 8 p. M. Tonight. You saw that picture with elise out there. The wind is blowing. We have had gusts over 20 miles per hour. And radar is a beacon that goes up in the air and reflects off snowflakes or raindrops and returns to its site and reports it as this conditions are ripe until 8 p. M. The situation continues. 47 degrees tonight. It will be cooler north and west. Tomorrow sunshine. Tomorrow high around 66. The extended forecast coming up. There is breaking news in the new york president ial primaries taking place today. At this hour, the Attorney Generals Office is reporting an Alarming Number of complaints about problems at polling sites. So far, they have received 562 phone calls and 140 emails statewide. Thats more than 4 times the total number during the 2012 general election. The most predominant issue people who are told they are not registered to vote or not registered with a particular party. But there have also been complaints about poll workers denying voters affidavit ballots when requested. Cbs 2s Steve Langford is on at 5 30. In the meantime, the surging complaints may stem in part from a rise in turnout. Polling stations have reported heavy traffic throughout the day. We have extended Team Coverage tonight beginning with cbs 2s tony aiello. He is covering the democrats. He is live at clintons Election Night headquarters near times square. Tony. Reporter maurice, were outside the sheraton new york because the secret service is inside doing a final security sweep of the ballroom. Tonight the Clinton Campaign is confident that new york state, which gave her a primary victory eight years ago is ready to do it again. The former and perhaps future president cast their ballots in chappaqua where they moved 16 years ago. Secretary clinton kept her remarks brief and upbeat. I love new york. And this has been a joy, um, during the last two weeks to be here all over the state and i hope everybody gets out to vote. Reporter on the upper west side, turnout was steady. The neighborhood boosted she is counting on it again today. I hope she wins by a lot because she deserves it. She is president ial. She has had the experience. Reporter to Many Political observers, mrs. Clinton looked relaxed this time around. Her campaign focused on retail politics, greeting voters on the subway. It is so good. Reporter and even breaking her own rule against eating in public at an ice cream shop in the east village. Brooklyn native Bernie Sanders found a warm welcome in new york turning out impressive crowds at enthusiastic rallies including one in Long Island City monday night. This is a Political Revolution sweeping america reporter when the deadline for choosing a party passed in new york last october, sanders was way down in the polls. He has to hope enough of his supporters registered as i followed him since i was 13. Reporter sanders made a walk through midtown with his wife jane. I think well do just fine. Reporter quite a year for new york political junkies. The state had the political spotlight for two full weeks. There was that feisty debate last thursday. We have seen big rallies and end doesment events. It all endorsement events. It all comes down tonight when the polls close at 9 p. M. Tony aiello, cbs 2 news. On the republican side, donald trump hoping for a little hometown help to propel him to victory. Cbs 2 political reporter Marcia Kramer live at trump tower. Marcia. Reporter were on fifth avenue outside trump tower where its all about the big d for the republican front runner. The d stands for delegates. Donald trump wants to win it all here in new york. He wants to completely shut out his two opponents. Who are you voting for . Easy decision. Voted at the Central Synagogue on the east side accompanied by a secret service agents. He was probably praying for divine intervention to run the table. I think im going to do well. I mean, well see. Who knows . Its politics, right . You know that better than i do but i think well do really well. It feels legally good. Great support. You see the people over there all positive. No hecklers, no nothing. Mr. Trump. So i think were going to do really well. Reporter to avoid a floor fight at the convention he needs to get it back and after losing the last four contests to ted cruz, he needs to boost his delegate count. New yorks 95 delegates would help. The big question is can he do it . Can he get more than 50 of the vote in each of the states 27 congressional districts . John kasich thinks not. He is hoping to grab about a dozen votes in upstate districts. A survey found trump above the 50 threshold in five of error in 14 districts and below 50 in 8 districts. Thats the reason for kasichs optimism. He campaigned in pittsburgh today ahead of next tuesdays pennsylvania primary. We really want to get a few delegates. I cant make a prediction but we worked hard up there and hopefully well come out of there with some delegate momentum. Reporter ted cruz second in a number of delegates nationally may have made a few Campaign Stops here but probably wont get any delegates. Donald trump has been supporting liberal democrats for 40 years. Reporter already as you can see, the crowds are starting to build outside trump tower. Some of the tourists are walking by taking selfies with members of the media who are out here. Some are just walking by and shouting trumps name. The excitement of primary day is definitely building here. Were live in midtown, im Marcia Kramer, cbs 2 news. Thank you. A tight race on long island could determine which party leads new York State Senate republican Chris Mcgrath and democrat Todd Kaminski are running to replace disgraced former Senate Leader dean skelos who was convicted of corruption. Right now the senate is split between the two parties because of gop support from some rogue democrats. That could change if kaminski wins todays election. Stay with cbs 2 for continuing coverage of the primary. Tune in tonight at 11 00 for live coverage and the latest Voting Results after the polls close on cbsnewyork. Com. As we were saying, a School Bus Driver caught in the act. Police say he is accused of dealing heroin. Up next, how police say they caught him and whether students were impacted. Also attention, shoppers. Thieves prowling Grocery Store isles to find new victims. Plus, going back to braces . Why adults who have already had their teeth straightened are getting it done again. Plus, it is the hottest ticket on broadway now and now a man is behind bars for an next. We need jobs that provide dignity and a bright future. New penalties to stop companies from moving profits and jobs overseas. For businesses that create manufacturing jobs, a new tax credit. And lets invest in clean energy jobs, with 500 million solar panels installed by the end of her first term. A real plan to create new jobs and industries of the future. Hillary clinton. A bus driver is of drive on long island ask arrested for dealing drugs. Police say he was selling heroin after hours not far from two high schools. Jennifer mclogan reports. Reporter parents of children in massapequa and copiague are frustrated learning that a driver for educational about transportation is under arrest for allegedly peddling heroin. Im just like speechless. Its terrible. They are taking care of our children. Reporter the bust came here in North Massapequa at 8 p. M. According to the Nassau Suffolk Heroin Task force, 26 yearold man from copiague a trusted School Bus Driver was caught selling heroin to a buyer. He declined comment after posting bail of 12,500. Dealing heroin . This is proof that the heroin crisis knows absolutely no boundaries and it has the potential to impact you even reporter detectives have been beefing up patrols to catch the dealers in an attempt to help young addicts as heroin ravages the suburbs. Parents would be upset around concerned with this. Nobody would like their bus driver to be dealing or purchasing any type of drugs or heroin and possible using them. Reporter parents hope more can be done. Thats absolutely disgusting. I have children that take the bus. Thats horrible horrible. Why dont they scrutinize the employees more carefully . Reporter educational bus transportation responded. We act immediately if we suspect a driver is involved in illegal activity. Our drivers are randomly tested for drugs and alcohol employment. The man pled not guilty and is removed from service pending out come of the charges. From the School Bus Company headquarters in copiague, jennifer mclogan, cbs 2 news. The the manhattan District Attorney announces an arrest hottest show in town. 32yearold anthony hooger is accused of selling fake the d. A. Alleges the man advertised on craigslist sold or tried to sell to unsuspecting theater goers at least three times. Victims discovered the tickets were phony when they tried to see the show. If you had braces as a teen and still have less than perfect teeth in your 30s or 40s, youre not alone. A growing number of adults relapsed. Cbs 2s emily smith explains. Reporter for kristine, being in an orthodontist chair school an embarrassing painful threeyear experience involving metal braces and a key. To make room for this tooth to come up so i had to turn it every other night. Yes. Reporter now, at 34 years old, she is back in the chair for another set of braces. This time she is going for that cant easily be seen but little did she know she would ever have to experience braces again. S as a kid i didnt listen to the dentist when he said wear the retainer all the time so its partly on me. Reporter you remember them saying that . Yes. But i didnt think it would be for life. Reporter thats right. For straight teeth, its a life sentence with a retainer. Dr. Joseph hung says 30 of his pages are in the same situation as osullivan. So that every night for the rest of your life you miss a day, you wear it the next day. The average story is they had braces, metal ones, 10 years, went to college teen years, went to college and their teeth got crooked. They only acted on it when it got bad. Reporter three out of four patients here in a row today are here from a relapse. We spoke to some teens who experienced brace recently. Trisstin got his off and had a permanent retainer put on to avoid relapse. I kind of think its a waste of money and doctors are about the permanent one. I wouldnt wear a retainer for the rest of my life. Reporter osullivan expects to have straight teeth by summer. She is say she will happily wear a retainer to bed and this time she went forget, just to have the picture middle. Smith, cbs 2 news. Some orthodontists steer patients away from permanent retainers because they say it deterrence people from flossing due to the positioning and difficulty of the device. This is actually a sore subject in my household right now. Flossing . No. [ laughter ] the wearing the retainer. Ah, speaking to you, huh . Ah. Spent a lot of money on those braces and then dont wear em. Oh. [ laughter ] anyway. [ laughter ] lets flip over to lonnie here talking weather. How about it . Look at this, beautiful looking picture right there. You are looking south. There was a time you could city. But we dont see it right now. Sky. 70 degrees right now. The winds have been an issue per hour. 33 . At all. Heres your vortex satellite and radar. So big batch of clear air nice High Pressure system in control. Our wind are coming in from sort of the northnorthwest. And again, thats the fan thats whats fanning the flames of the fire out there. They will relax tomorrow. Mostly pleasant week from this point forward. It looks really good. The only hiccup is thursday into friday. There will be more clouds and a passing shower chance. You rebound nicely for your day on saturday. So youre waking up tomorrow to 48 degrees in new york city and you get to the afternoon the High Temperature will be 6 degrees with a lot of sunshine so another good day in store for us tomorrow. Later. Back to you. Thank you. There could be new targets in the nypd corruption investigation. The new focus just ahead. O say can you see plus battling their way to a stadium crowd. The one person who beat out hundreds for an anthem experience. 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. Coming up at 6 00, where are the guns . Thats the question in the scandal involving a businessman accused of bribing the nypd. He allegedly secured permits, gun permits, for 150 people. Tonight where did they end up and can police get them back . Plus this. It felt like it was right outside. Its the sign of summer. What residents in one neighborhood want this Ice Cream Truck to do, be silenced. Thats coming up at 6 00. Depends on your perspective those trucks. Today the mets narrowed the annual search for a winner to perform the National Anthem during the subway series. Jill nicolini shows us which singer stepped up to the plate. Finalists came out to citi field to show off their chops the National Anthem this summer. [ singing ] reporter george was among over 200 people who auditioned. I was like wow, maybe i actually have something and i have a opportunity in life to world. [ singing ] reporter she is no stranger to the process. Spot years ago. When youre a singer its a rough world. You just have to keep trying and trying. Reporter appolonia is just six and taught herself how to sing. I been singing since i was a baby. My Favorite Song is the National Anthem. Reporter why do you love singing . Because it makes me happy. And the home of the brave [ duet ] [ music ] reporter then theres the mother and son team from new jersey. Shes been performing my whole life so i just been going to her shows and things so i would just learn as i went. Reporter all the finalists had Pretty Amazing voices. But we want to know what you think. Which of the top could maic it to the big game . Was it george, melody, appolonia or bethann and paul . Make your choice on our Facebook Page. Thats facebook. Com cbsnewyork. I know you all want that little girl to win. Well let you know if your park at the end of the broadcast. Its too hard. Its so difficult. All stars. She is so cute. But theyre all so talented. Its unbelievable. But they have the opportunity to come back during the rest of the season. They may get a call and they may be allowed on that field. Very cool. They should all get calls. There are enough games in the season for all of them. Exactly. Hopefully ought

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