The ambassador ended up playing purple rain and delirious before their meeting. We put together a list of his music. Tonight we have prince, the life and death of an icon. Watch that here at 10 00. Storms are brewing in the tristate area and you need to be ready in the hours ahead. Janice huff is tracking where and when. Theyre few and far between, but theyre starting to build now. To the north of the city, parts of Rockland County and parts of Orange County right now. Were seeing a couple thundershowers popping up near lateen late laten latentown and putnam valley. You might see a heavy down pour, hail with this as the storms develop. There is a lot more back to the west. That front is still going to take some time to come through. Its moving past the great lakes and the ohio valley, but its still far to the west. Its going to take through the night and into early tomorrow morning before were completely done with the showers. Take an umbrella if youre going out, keep an eye to the sky, and be careful if you have to drive. If you see waters ponding on the road, go the other direction. It stays mild to warm for the rest of the evening. Ill let you know when the rain moves out and if its going to affect your weekend in just a few minutes. Back to you. Track the weather through the night and all night long with our news4 weather app. Click to see the latest forecast and any weather alerts you need to know about. Personal stories of loss on long island from residents of a condo complex just destroyed by this fire. Many of them are in their 80s and 90s, and tonight theyre dealing with the painful reality that their home and belongings greg cergol is there with new information. Greg . Reporter natalie, local officials have actually condemned several of the units that were destroyed in this fire. One woman here aptly described this as a very sad day, with residents rummaging through what was left of their condos trying to salvage something from this devastating fire. Which one was yours . Reporter beverly decaesar returned to what was left of her condo this afternoon. She had run from the burning unit last night with nothing more than her robe and slippers. They started banging on my door, my neighbors, and were yelling, get out, get out, there is a fire. Reporter the fire gutted decaesars condo and others. It took the Fire Department two hours to put out the fire. Decaesar lost everything. The furniture is gone, my clothes are gone. Nothing. Reporter other condo owners also saw their belongings lost neighbor lynn realy says many of the victims had lived here for decades. Everything is gone, things they saved and cherished their whole lives. Never mind their homes are gone. Its pretty devastating for them. Reporter the cause is under investigation. Fortunately for victims like decaesar, neighbors and family have stepped in to help. Starting over wont be easy, but shes still counting her blessings. Lucky im here. Its only things. Well rebuild. Reporter and then what can only be described as an astounding coincidence, the residents of this condo complex last night attended a seminar entitled after a fire just hours before fire became a reality in their lives. Were in medford tonight, greg cergol, news4 new york. Surveillance cameras catch a a group ambush two men, nearly knocking one of them out with a rock. That man spoke about those terrifying moments. I have injuries on my head, my face. Joel is still recovering from a vicious robbery caught on his neighbors surveillance camera. The 32yearold was headed home from work sunday, walking down 77th street in ozone park when cameras caught this man throwing a rock on his face, knocking him to the ground. Two other men then join in, punching and kicking pazole until he was knocked out. I was unconscious. Reporter you didnt feel it . No, i didnt feel it. Reporter it was this neighbor who caught the attack. His son said he heard the terrifying screams. I just heard, help me, help me. Then i come here and i see the car with police. Some people came to help me. They came to help me. Reporter the robber made off with his cell phone and 300. They believe the same men also beat and robbed a 25yearold man near 76th street and glenmoor avenue. It makes me nervous. Im a pretty petite woman. Its definitely not the first time something has happened around here, either. Reporter the second victim also suffered facial injuries. As for bajol,. Reporter and police say the three men theyre looking for are in their teens and 20s. They were all wearing black hood hes at the time of the recent attack. Police would like anybody with any new information to come forward. Breaking news involving your evening commute. Is causing many backups. Tonight we have new information about that, eight people shot and killed, including a child. We just learned that three other children, including a daysold baby, somehow managed to survive. The victims were found in three homes all along one road in the town of piketon. Thats about 60 miles east of cincinnati. The victims are all the members of the same family. They died of what appears to be execution style killings. Police discovered three children, a daysold baby, a sixmonthold and a threeyearold left unharmed. Police still dont know if the person responsible for the killing is dead or on the run. Tightin company with just as stunned. Maybe we shouldnt be surprised, but we are. This is so tragic. So tragic. The fbi has offered to help with this investigation. Residents in that town are being asked to remain on high alert tonight in case that killer is still out there. To decision 2016, the republicans held their Spring Meeting in florida with a message of coming together as two republican candidates make a move at the convention to stop donald trump. Here we are from the campaign trail. Now, my wife is constantly saying, darling, be more president ial. Reporter heading into the weekend, could we see a kinder, gentler donald trump . His new political advisers hope to strike a balance with his image to appeal to more voters. I like the fact hes a nononsense guys. Thats why they dont like him. He pointed to the transgender bathroom debate. Donald trump agreed with Hillary Clinton and barack obama, and donald trump argued that grown men should be allowed to go into girls restrooms. Reporter while the gop candidates crossed the midatlantic looking for votes, the republican establishment met in florida. The rnc chairman told Party Members they cannot let dont. It isnt going for democrats, senator Bernie Sanders continues to to. Most voters are ever age 35 and she is out of touch with the future. These young people will respond, too, and make that part of her platform. Clinton blasted republicans, about issues, not snults, as she climbs to the democratic nation. Five states on tlus select their candidate. In washington, edward lawrence, news4 new york. Still ahead here on news4 new york at 5 00, a construction worker falls 15 feet down a trench in brooklyn, but wait until you hear who was just passing by and ran for help. That story at 5 30plus. New yorkers make an effort to recycle, but are we winning the battle on trash . Why a whistle blower says a lot of these are really going to the landfill. And wait you pay your toll on the tap z bridge is changing all across america families are coming back to Time Warner Cable for a whole new experience. Thats because weve been working hard to give you better service, and it shows. Pwe came back for internet speeds so fast even the kids are impressed. 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New york is committed to recycling. I believe that we should all just reduce and reuse and recycle as much as we can. On t s earth day, they have High Expectations for what happens when recycleables leave the curb. Paper becomes paper again, boxes become boxes. According to a study, most of the recycling in nyc is trash. The study refers to commercial recycling of businesses and restaurants. The businesses are doing their part in separating the trash, but researchers find that private trash companies are dropping the ball. That, according to nyc, is the National Average is 34 . The customer is paying for that and they are paying a high rate. Carlo orlando has worked for four different private trash collecting companies. He says he was directed to take bottles and cans to landfills. When they say on the side of the trucks, we are green and recycling experts, its really not the case. The entire structure for how we collect our waste from commercial businesses in new york city really needs to be changed. Reporter the citys Sanitation Department agrees. A spokesperson tells me it wants oversight of private trash collecting companies to reduce waste in landfills. Reporting in chelsea, rana rana novini, new york. They encouraged people to go carfree. Typical busy roads bustled with bikes and scooters instead of cars. On emissions and bring attention nding for mass transportation. Biking. It was in the 70s, close to 80 in a lot of spot and its still very warm out there right now. I see some dark clouds moving in over lake hopatcong, new jersey. Even though its not raining where you are right now and it may not be raining in your neighborhood, theres going to be a chance for showers and maybe a few thundershowers in the forecast for the rest of this evening, maybe even into the overnight because of the proximity of that front. Right now were not seeing a lot. There is a cell right here over Rockland County thats about to cross the hudson river into westchester county. There it is there. That cell like ooks like its strengt strengthening a little here, maybe even some hail. Then we look south of the city toward neptune and you have no heavy warnings or watches in effect right now. Notice back to the west, we stell see a lot of activity in buffalo and cleveland and washington, d. C. Its going to take a while for this to pass through. Friday at 7 saturday at 7 00, more storms pop up. Here we are at 6 00 saturday morning with still showers in the area, but mainly east of the city with the heavier showers. In terms of rainfall totals, it just depends on where the heavy rain sets up. You can have less than a tenth of an inch or less than half an inch of rain. 65 at Sheeps Head Bay right now. Close to 80 right now in newark, 77 in morristown, 60s along the south bay shores of long island. Winds coming out of the south between 5 and 10 miles an hour. Than that and were seeing a few wind gusts here and there but nothing significant. For tonights game at the stadium, there could be delays because of showers coming through, so keep that in mind. 72, though. It stays mild, thats for sure, but you may need rain gear if youre going out tonight even though its not raining where you are right now. Temperatures in the 40s and 50s, tomorrow, mild and humid with showers that will continue to the early part of the morning. Jersey shore, youll keep showers and clouds until later in the morning. A few showers along the long island coast as well that will hang out about noontime, then for the city, the showers will start to move out at 7 00 or 8 00 in the morning. High of 70 tomorrow. Then sunday 66. This is the best outdoor day, of course, then we start to see the temperatures back up. 60s and 70s all next week with a couple showers here and there meantime, have a good weekend. Erica is coming up with more on the forecast in a few minutes. Back to you. Disaster. Not words you typically want associated with a broadway hit. But it is one of the few words making a success of a director on broadway. Its the best and worst of the 70s here and now. Combined with discos heyday and even a broadway veteran like prince cant get away. Its like thunder, lightning disaster, now playing, is a video jukebox that leads to it filled Seth Rodetsky when he was growing up on the jersey shore. What if we had the songs and the songs filled the plot. The songs followed a ship docked on the hudson river. Including a nun who still has a thing for music machines. Its getting around, and everyone is so happy about it. Reporter and for rodetsky, its a homecoming. Seeing his parents in the front row on Opening Night brought tears among the smiles. Thats when i felt, oh, my god, this is amazing my parents lived to see me do a show on broadway that i got to write. Disaster isnt shakespeare, and thats the point. Even they knew you had to leave gus rosendale, news4 new york. Looks like fun, huh . Our theater coverage continues on the in wing section of our website where we take you on stage, backstage and behind the scenes on broadway. Our family took center stage today in long island which recognizes the best in journalism. We had a great time. We had the privilege to present some of the honors this year. Greg cergol was honored for his spot news reporting and the iteams Chris Glorioso won two awards for his congressional reports. Still ahead, cracker jack boxes will no longer have a prize. Kids of all ages, what theyll find in there now. Plus, victorias secret is making changes to the items you might be shopping for this time of year that you soon wont be able to. Chuck, ahead of the Summer Travel season, weve got a better get baquero for what you need to know. And a 56yearold woman punched and kicked in her own building. Wait until you hear what the suspect told her during this attack. And teenagers tied down and shocked with electric impulses. A news4 investigation exposed this disturbing kind of therapy being used on disabled children, [ grinding metal ] whoa, that doesn t look good. No, not you. Ordinary fuels can clog your engine with dirt. It s like lugging this around. It s dragging down your fuel economy. [ breaking glass ] but over time, using new and improved bp gasoline with invigorate helps clean up that dirt, like hundreds of scrubbing brushes. [ scrubbing bristles ] so that means a cleaner engine, which helps you get more miles per tank. I ll be here if you need me. New bp gasoline with invigorate. Sears announced its closing 68 of its kmart stores, including one in poughkeepsie and 10 sears stores later this year. The company is trying to return to profitability. The 10 sears stores and kmart stores will be closed by july. The stores make up about 10,000 of the store locations. Sears wont say how many workers will be affected by the store closures, but they say a majority of the jobs are parttime positions. Now say goodbye to swimwear at victorias secret. The popular Lingerie Department will reportedly no longer sell instead they plan to push a new activewear line in stores and on line. This came just weeks after the brand announced they would be cutting 200 jobs and eliminating certain merchandise categories. New york state is looking for a few good men and women. The houses will be closing their doors, hoping to recruit new members. Something they like to do each year to teach candidates about fighting fires. They need to do that for the number of calls theyre handling these days. Ever get a whistle in your cracker jack box . Look closer. Theyre gone for good. Instead youll find in the savery sweetness a digital code. Cracker jack is doing away with their 125year tradition of including that toy prize. Youll now find a sticker with a code to unlock baseballthemed mogul games. They say theyre taking a new approach to, quote, bring iconic prizes inside to life. I think their prizes have slipping a little bit . As i recall from my childhood, yes. Now you get the code. A local Convenience Store turns the tables on two pistolpacking crooks. What did he that had the wouldbe robbers running scared. Well tell you what went wrong with this trench. Plus an interview with the doctor who was in the right place at the right time. And the man wrongly convicted of murder and in jail for 17 years. Now exonerated, he is set to receive a huge settlement from the city. Is 18 million enough to erase right now on news4 new york, rushing to the rescue. A doctor races to help a construction worker critically hurt when an accident on the job sent him plunging down a 15foot trench. It all happened this morning on east 49th street in east flatbush, brooklyn tonight. Andrew siff has new information with the story you first saw on news4. Reporter they now put up protective orange fencing hours after that construction worker fell in this trench 15 feet down. A doctor saved his life. It began with a chain of events that went wrong. This backhoe clipped the power cables on this light pole which toppled down and knocked a construction worker deep into a trench. It was a code 99 that usually means cardiac arrests. Reporter just one block