Thanks for joining us today. Im betty nguyen. The sparks, they were flying as the democrats battled in brooklyn. In what was perhaps the most contentious debate yet. Hillary clinton and Bernie Sanders traded jabs on topics ranging from weapons to wall street. And questioned who has the right judgment to be president. Nbcs steve handlesman breaks it all down. Reporter it was a brawl, Bernie Sanders needing a knockout tuesday in the new york primary. Hillary clinton defending her big National Lead in delegates, attacking one anothers credibility. I do question her judgment. Even his core issue, breaking up the banks, when asked he could not explain how that would be done. Reporter but she gave speeches to big banks for six figure fees. Do we really feel confident about a candidate saying that shes going to bring change in america where shes so dependent on big money interests. I dont think so. This is a phony attack. Reporter clinton denied the banks bought her influence. I called them out on their mortgage behavior. Oh, my goodness. They must have been really crushed by this. Reporter issue number two was gun deaths. What about the greed and recklessness of the gun manufacturers and dealers in america . Reporter sanders opposes sandy hook parents suing the makers of the assault rifles used to kill their kids and that the judge allowed. This is a serious difference between us. Ive got a dminus voting record from the nra. Reporter a debate full of passion and personal attacks. Im steve handlesman, nbc news, brooklyn. So who had the better night . Well, if twitter is any indication clinton held a slight advantage. And despite the huge crowds sanders has drawn this week, the latest poll Shows Hillary clinton with a substantial 17point lead. And new York Governor Andrew Cuomo who is a clinton supporter and talked to chris math use after the debate. Hillary going to win. I dont want to do the points but i think shes going to win. Look, i dont play the expectation game. It was her home state. She has to win by x. I think thats setting a bar. But i believe shes going to win. I believe its going to be by a healthy margin. Sanders meanwhile is right now on his way to the vatican for a meeting on economic and social issues. Its unclear though if the senator will be meeting with pope francis. On the republican side, Donald Trump Holds a commanding lead in his home state and now he has the endorsement of hometown tabloid the new york post. Which writes quote, trump is now an imperfect messenger carrying a vital message but he reflects the best of new york values and offers the best hope for all americans who rightly feel betrayed by the political class. Last night, the candidates spoke at the new york republican gala. Trump gave an impassioned defense of his new york values and taking a subtle shot at a former candidate. You say what are new york values . Number one, honesty and straight talking. Its a work ethic. Hard working people. Its about family. New york believe it is about family. So important. Its the energy to get things done. Big energy. If jeb bush came here, im telling you hed have much more energy than he has right now. Im telling you. And ted cruz on the other hand was less well received. Check out the video during the speech the audience almost ignores him while eating, talking amongst themselves and standing and taking selfies. Some left altogether. We need our team to stand as one, and to stand and unite. The way we win a general election right now if you look at the National Polls from his remarks a confident john kasich enjoyed his time in the empire state. I think i have eaten my way across the entire state of new york and i think i have every bit of food there is. Im going to leave cleveland as the nominee, whether you believe it or not its going to happen. Meanwhile, authorities have officially announced that Trumps Campaign manager Corey Lewandowski will not be prosecuted. Authorities admit that lewandowski did grab Michelle Fields but the evidence is not Strong Enough to criminally prosecute. They say that the video shows fields defying a secret Service Order to not enter a protected area last month. And prosecutors argue lewandowski was justified in his actions to protect trump. Last night, lewandowski said he was grateful for trumps loyalty during this quote, difficult time and he doesnt remember the incident because it wasnt quote memorable. In a statement, the Trump Campaign says this. The matter is now concluded. At least nine people were killed and 800 injured after an earthquake struck in japan. It was followed by a second strong tremor. Japanese Officials Say there is no risk of tsunami. Images show the damage. Collapsed buildings and homes and buckled streets. Rescue crews, they are searching for victims at this hour and an 8monthold baby though was pulled from a collapsed home relatively unscathed. Some six hours after the initial tremor. More than 44,000 people spent the night in shelters. A massive relief effort is under way. Now to a story sparking heavy debate online. It centers around Young Children and corporate punishment. We have to do it one time. Unless you wiggle around. The 5yearold in jasper county, georgia, allegedly tried to hit and spit on his schoolmates and the principal decided to paddle him according to the boys mother. Corporate punishment is legal in georgia. Now in a statement, the school only uses its with parental consent. The mother says she had signed a form opting out, but was told if she did not allow the paddling her son would be suspended. Repeated unexcused medical absences landed her in jail. She worried it would keep her from caring for her two children and she pretended to text, but instead recorded it and posted it to facebook. Sparking a hot debate. So far the video has had over a million and half views. The School Superintendent has scheduled a conference with the mother this morning. Well, secretary of Defense Ash Carter is scheduled to visit the uss john c. Stennis today. Right now, its patrolling the disputed South China Sea which six countries have laid claim to including china and the philippines. Todays visit will inflame tensions with china. Now to a wild chase caught on camera. A chimpanzee escaping from a zoo in japan tried to avoid capture, he had the authorities scrambling. The drama went on for two hours. Nbcs Steve Patterson gives us the playbyplay. Reporter the high wire drama was carried live on japanese tv. The escaped chimpanzee named chacha fled a zoo in northern japan and showed no interest in going back. The 24yearold male perched above and swinging across electrical lines. Reporters calling the playbyplay live for nearly two hours. He just got hit one yelled. After a tranquilizer dart stunned the ape. The chimp is yelling. Hes so angry. The zoo worker warns, its dangerous, go away. Dont be here. Then the sedative starts to sink in. Hes falling. Hes trying to grab the cable. Hes about to go down they say and then off the wires, on to the ground. Caught with a safety net, the ape is dazed but isnt hurt. A happy ending for the zoo, but not for chacha. Steve patterson, nbc news. What drama. And it just is weirder in the animal kingdom. This alligator in florida is caught eating one of his own. One witness described the reptile as 11 to 12 feet long. Spectators stand uncomfortably close but the gator does not seem to mind. This is disturbing. While this cannibalistic behavior may seen strange, experts say its typical for male alligators to act this aggressively during mating season. Do not come near them during mating season. Cnbcs landon dowdy, good friday to you. Hey, there, good friday to you. Its finally here. Lets get down to business. Delta Airlines Getting rid of the 25 fee for customers who want to speak to an actual human and getting rid of the 35 fee to book a flight in person at the airport. Others airlines including united and jetblue still charge to speak with a human being to make reservations. Amc is considering letting people text in movie theaters and its thanks to the millenni millennials. If this did happen, it would only be allowed in a few designated movie theaters since a majority prefer no texting. And a federal laws lets the authorities look at their emails without the individuals knowledge and says that the government is abusing the law. Back over to you. Thanks. Get ready for some girl power. Select Briana Stewart from the university of connecticut. Select mariah jefferson. 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But colorado, you are famous for your april snowstorms and this will be another one of them. Two to four feet of snow is possible in the mountainous areas. Ski resorts have fresh powder for the next week. Foothills 8 to 14 inches, including the denver area. By the time get to sunday our storm is moving into the bigger cities. San antonio, oklahoma city. It could be a washout of a sunday for you. And we could be looking at very heavy rainfall. Its because of a blocking weather pattern, that storm will sit in four corner region. Still looking forward to the weekend. You love the fact you have a beautiful weekend. We have earned this, yes, we have. Then thats this story, the youngest member of the murderous manson family is one step closer to freedom. After 46 years in prison and 19 denied pleas for parole, Leslie Van Houten w granted parole suitability in california. 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Those are the people that kids feel safe talking to. And revealing their deepest, darkest kind of fears. Nothing is more comforting than a School Janitor who is like, tell me your darkest fears. Although the truth of the matter is, you could sit alone in the woods in the middle of nowhere and still hear donalds tweets. [ laughter ] and the truth is, new york values are american values. There is no difference. We told you it was a wild week. All right. Lets get the latest on this debate, msnbc political reporter jane timm is here. It went late into the hours and i know that you were watching very closely in this debate. Lets talk about how rough it got. I mean, even Msnbcs Chris Matthews said it looked like Bernie Sanders last stand. The math really gets hard if he cannot get out here. The sheer numbers you have to win in big states if you berni sanders. The numbers look pretty tough for him so he needs to win here. I mean, he claims this is a home state as well as Hillary Clinton. So he needs to do well. Its just all there is. Is that really hard for him . Say Hillary Clinton becomes, you know, the nominee, right, hes going to have to stand up there at one point and say, shes the best bet for this country after saying all the things he said last night. You know, im not sure he will. But he doesnt seem to play by the same rules that all really . You dont see him standing up and saying he could i can see it happening but i can see him carefully endorsing her in a print statement. I mean, he has shown some promise here. We have seen him cut her lead in half in one poll. He could do well here, but he needs to do really well here if hes going to cut her delegate lead. Yeah. Shes pulling out quite ahead in the delegate counts. Which one came out ahead in the debate, would you say . We have seen it on the republican side as well, i think people hear exactly what they want to hear. So they heard their champion whoever it might be, democratic champions heard what they wanted to hear. They were yelling so loud that you could and hear what they were saying. That says it all. You didnt hear what the opposite side said. It was interesting trying to watch the moderators corral the conversation because both of them were just really going at it. Several points in that debate. I want to shift gears to ted cruz. Because hes backing what many consider to be north carolinas antilgbt law. This new law that they passed. Now, is that good with his base but could that hurt him in the general election . Anyone who has followed ted cruz is not surprised he supports this law, but it shows general election liabilities here. That yes, its about transgender bathroom rights are an issue that most americans are maybe are a little more conservative about. But its about discrimination for gay people in the workplace. I think thats a very hard position to defend. 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Im betty nguyen, and way too early starts right now. It is true that now that the spotlight is pretty bright here in new york some things have been said. Can you name one decision that she made as senator that shows show favored banks because of the money she received . He cannot. He cannot come up with any example, because there is no example. I stood up against the behaviors of the banks when i was a senator. I called them out on their mortgage behavior. Secretary clinton called them out, oh, my goodness. They must have been really crushed by this. And was that before or after you received huge sums of money by giving speaking engagements . Wait a minute, wait a minute. I have stood on the debate stage with senator sanders eight prior times. I have said the exact same thing. Senator, please if with seattle, lets do it. I put it out the statement excuse me. I think im responding now. Please, go ahead. I love being in brooklyn, this is great. Hello brooklyn. Sparks fly as Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders battle in the borough thats not big enough for the both of them. Plus, Trumps Campaign manager cleared. Well tell you why florida officials decided not to move forward with that Battery Charge against him. Plus, ted cruz and john kasich do their best dance around discussions that have tripped up republicans in the past. Were talking about social issues. Its 5 30 on the east coast, 2 30 out west. This is way too early