Their nextdoor neighbor didnt know there was a fire until fire crews took her out of her apartment last night. Cell phone video shows thick smoke billowing from a thirdfloor apartment while their mother was at a laundromat across the street. She was in the laundromat and she came running out screaming and when she saw the baby. She passed out. The mother was loaded into an ambulance while the emergency crews scrambled to resuscitate both girls. Witnesses say their bodies were lifeless. I didnt think they was going to make it because the little girl was not even breathing and burned up bad. 2yearold Jannubi Jabie and her sister amanda. Fire Officials Say burning incense left unattended was to blame and there were no working smoke detectors. The back and you know how they have the babe always. Yesterday. Police tell us there are no charges pending against the childrens mother identified by sources close to the investigation is hea kuntz. That investigation is ongoing. Many people who watched everything unfold here last night say jail may not be necessary because this is a much. In the bronx, tracie strahan, news 4, new york. Breaking right now. Weve got our eyes on a home jersey. Kooi simonson is in chopper 4. Kooi. This fire broke out. Were at 57 williamson avenue. We still have some flames and a minor smoke condition and this fire is up to a threealarm now and a large two and a half story home that has had extensive damage especially to the upper floors there and firefighters building and they are mak ag significant progress and this fire has died down considerably since we first arrived down here and the cause of the fire is not yet known and no injuries have been reported. Im kaye simonson. A manhole causing problems in newark. Hundreds are without power and a hospital running on backup generators and classes have been canceled. Any word on when the power may be restored . Yeah, dave, it will come on gradually through the afternoon and well into the evening according to the utility here, but much of downtown newark is in chaos. You mentioned the hospital, st. Michaels. We were able to step inside and see what it means when you have one generator that can service such a big business. Lots of dark spaces in that hospital as the generators struggled to make the power come on in other parts of that we do know that they hope to be one of the first to get on, but that remains to be seen depending on what pse g says. They do have work crews here out on the street trying to find what the problem is. At this point theyve identified certainly some charred main theater cables and they know theyll have to replace that, those, i should say and thats what will take a lot of time here. This is what we heard today from a p g spokeswoman. We had a small fire in a manhole so we need to make repairs to those cables. Ouier First Priority is just to get the power back on as quickly and safely as we can. Reporter now, pse g says only ten customers are affected by this, but oh, what customers they are. Njit, rutgers newark, not all their buildings, but many of them. So classes there obviously have been dismissed and prudentials you. Been affected and get this, among those affected, pse g headquarters on the other side of broad street. They went dark. Pse g employees told dont come in to work today. They were working remotely from home. All of this, some should get power by later this afternoon, but pse g is warning that it could take until late tonight before everybody has their power back. Live in newark, im brian thompson, news 4 new york. A lot of disruption. We turn to the race for the white house and the battleground today is the big apple. All five president ial candidates are here and its been a long time since the New York Primary mattered so much and tonight Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton come face to face in a highly anticipated debate. We have Team Coverage from Long Island City to right here in the five boroughs and well begin with news 4s katherine creag. Reporter i think there is peopleaybrook lynn is where it should be and Hillary Clinton has her Campaign Headquarters in Brooklyn Heights and this is where the debate should take place is brooklyns navy yard. Hes in his 60s and this election is so important and hes registered and he is voting for the first time ever. Reporter brooklyns navy yard wants the place with battle ships docked will see a battle tonight. Hillary clinton and Bernie Sanders will meet face to face in a debate. Bernie expanse where there is a film and television studio, manufacturing, a special events space there are also construction workers who say its a fitting spot for two debate. I mean, you come to Blue Collar Workers and you get the blue collar vote. This is a great place to have a showdown. Reporter the fight for new york has become more intense as primary day gets closer. The candidates have been all around the big apple sierking support from voters. Sanders and thousands of his supporters took over Washington Square park last night. Were going to win this thing. Thank you all very much former secretary of state clinton in the bronx talked about what she could do for new york with income equality and higher wages. I need your help on tuesday. I need your help to go to the polls. Reporter the debate is hour away and sanitation workers are sprucing up the area and expect extra security in the tonight. Reporter workers inside the navy yard tell us security guards seem to be scrutinizing their i. D. S more today and also, david, you hear about new york state being delegaterich. 291 democratic delegates are up for grabs. Well send it back to you. Kat creag, thank you. Donald trump and john kasich will be on long island and trump is at a fundraiser and his controversy. Critics say that event is too close to where an ecuadorian immigrant was killed two years ago. Security is tight and streets are shut down. News 4 long island reporter greg cergol has more. Reporter roads have already been shut down and Suffolk Police are out in force as the village prepares for the arrive afl donald trump. I hope theres nothing crazy going on over here today. Reporter Dave Gonzalez owns a car audio business outside from the trump event. Hell have Trump Supporters on one side and trump protesters on the other and dave wont be seeing many customers today and will stay open to maintain his frontrow seat. I guess ill just stick around and watch and take down a little bit of history, i guess. Reporter trump opponents have vowed a large reception for the gop frontrunner, in part because his appearance takes place down the street from where thats why he does not belong here. This is not a reality show. Reporter republicans call the protest pure politics and say the fundraiser will go on. Trumps fellow gop candidates will also be in new york today. John kasich in jericho for a town hall to air on msnbc and ted cruz will be in buffalo before a visit to the tonight show with jimmy fallon. A whirlwind day for all especially the residents of this small long island village. Its going to happen, like i said, am i happy about it . Not particularly. Trumps visit is expected to last only about an hour here in patchog tonight. They have a simple message for folks coming here today, if youre looking for trouble, stay home because you will be arrested. We are live, greg cergol, news 4 new york. Greg, thank you. New at noon, two Rockland County officials are accused of cooking the books. Charges against criston lawrence former Development Eric troodler. At the heart of the allegations says the u. S. Attorney was the funding of a Minor League Baseball team at the residence of ramapo were against. As alleged, while assuring the public that no town money would be used for building the stadium, st. Lawrence and troodler through lies and accounting manipulations found a way for the town to fund more than half of the 58 million it cost to build that stadium. Ramapos deputy supervisor has released a statement saying, quote, every public official has ay sacred responsibility to conduct themselves well within the confines of the law and the charges unfailed today shake the foundation of the principle and the faith of the people of ramapo. Some big news for soon to be graduates of Rutgers University and the school has announced that president obama will be the brunswick campus graduation. Graduation will be held at the School Stadium in piscataway. Coming up next at noon, protests and drama at the peter lang mistrial hearing. Reporter could there be a mistrial in the peter liang case all because of a juror that dsht tell the whole truth . Im andrew siff and ill have a live report. Could your sunday brunch get boozier . The chance to change new yorks blue laws. Speak of lunch, maybe today is the day you go outdoors. Well have your full, sunny forecast and take a look straight through the weekend all i am totally blind. I lost my sight in afghanistan. If you re totally blind, you may also be struggling with non24. Calling 8448442424. We are back now with the a powerful earthquake with a magnitude 6. 5 struck the southern part of the country. We are getting reports that damage is extensive, houses have collapsed and people may be trapped. No risk of a tsunami. The quake was centered in mashiki city. Aftershocks are continuing in the area. A juror in the peter liang case is expected back on the stand today for another grilling. Did he lie during jury selection. Today the family of the unarmed man killed by liang rallied outside the courthouse. News 4s andrew siff has been covering this for us and he is now there live. Andrew . Reporter the big question is if the judge thinks that this juror lied, perjured himself will he throw out the entire case and what will that do to the whole atmosphere surrounding the conviction of peter liang . It began today with protest. Shut it down thats akai gurleys aunt along with other protesters out were upset that the brooklyn d. A. Was recommending against jail time for Police Officer peter liang. Now theyre upset at the possibility that there may be a mistrial. In other words, that the case may be thrown out. Let the system know and these Police Department know that we are not going to take it anymore. You are not going to shut us down anymore. You are not going to shut us up anymore. Our voice makes a difference reporter peter liang was fired by the nypd two months ago on the same day he was convicted of manslaughter for the shooting of an unarmed man akai gurley inside the stairwell of brooklyns pink houses a year and a half ago, but the issue now is juror michael vargas. It has come to light that vargas didnt disclose during jury selection that his own father had been convicted of man manslaughter he was grilled yesterday about some facebook posts which many construe as antipolice. Made him biased during the deliberations and whether he was able to sway some of his other jurors. The judge is expected to make his determination about whether that verdict from february stands as the hearing continues later on today. For now, the sentencing for peter liang is scheduled for tuesday. Well have a full update later today. We are live outside the courthouse. Andrew siff, news 4 new york. Thank you. Members of the fight for 15 Labor Movement are just wrapping up, a second in a series of radillies today. Earlier today chopper 4 got this view, they were outside of a mcdonalds demanding what they called a living wage and they were on east 42nd street and that was where republican president ial debates. Governor cuomo has released a new list of recommendations to they would start selling drinks before noon on sundays and it callses for a simpler license ing system and the governor and state lawmakers would review those recommendations. Whatever you do today, do it outside, i guess and enjoy it. I would like to propose a toast to the wonderful weather well have for the next seven days. Here, here lets walk over to the weather call, david and let ate go to chopper 4 flying in the sunny skies today. Im guessing anywhere from 1500 to 2,000 feet over Bergen County covering the tristate area like nobody can. Another shot from the chopper right now and we can go under the belly and we can see what it looks like and our cameras are right by the skids and they can rotate 360 degrees around and thats the tail cone shot and if you are out and about right now, look up in the skies in northern new jersey and you could see chopper 4 right over your neighborhood. Thanks, folks. 53 degrees that the hour and beautiful conditions stretching all of the way down the 95 york, philadelphia and washington, d. C. And its just going to stay that way and lets move on right now and ill ask our weather produce tore continue to move the graphics for us since were having a technical issue. As we take a look at what were seeing today, unlimited sunshine and the pattern continues and will go right into the weekend and look at temperatures throughout the area in the 50s for the most part. A couple of cooler spots, but were looking good and the sun will warm you if youre in one of those spots and cooler Ocean Temperatures and keep things chillier along the shorelines and morning lows and weve made a remarkable recovery considering we were below the freezing mark in places like sussex and monticello. It will be very, very nice. Storm tracker shows not a lot will change as we head through the next three hours and through the next three. It will be just terrific and widen the picture and this is why. Nothing is coming in our direction and the dome of High Pressure protects us and thats as we continue to move on, what can you expect . Well, we are going to see sunny skies through the tristate area and this is the picture right now. Courtesy of Weather Underground and thats stanford, connecticut, where its 55 degrees and not a lot of effect and theyre pretty much out of the east and as we head through the rest of the day. Nice conditions and sunny and pleasant and winds out of the south five to ten Miles Per Hour and the sevenday forecast looks like this. Dont you love to see that . Look at those temperatures jump up to 70 degrees by sunday. Monday, 75 degrees and the winner of the week by a long shot, but all of this weather really spectacular and there is nothing to suggest that things may not remain the same even after next thursday. Well keep an eye on it. Janice will join you at 5 00 and ill see you again at 5 30 and on the web throughout the day. Thank you. New york live next, heres sara and jacque. Hi, david. In force for the premiere of the first monday in may. Well take you to a stylish Opening Night for the tribeca film festival. Does aaron have what it takes to compete on american Ninja Warrior warrior. I think ive seen too much already, but ill come back. Prepare yourself. Thank you, ladies. 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Im Hillary Clinton and i approve this message. A couple of kansas kids decided to take their parents pickup truck for a drive. When i say kids, they were 5 years old. One steered while the other operated the gas pedal and when all was said and done the kids damaged three more vehicles and damaged mailboxes. An air bag deployed in the truck and thankfully the children were not seriously hurt. A video gone viral shows a couples response to an armed robbery. Surveillance video in a bar in billings, montana, shows a couple kissing while three people walked in and robbed at gun point. They kept smooching while other Customers Put their hands in the air and they dont stop and the robber walks right past them. They look up when the robber is getting away been now thats love. The runaway chimp. This guy got himself into a have a tip for new yorks biggest iteam . Call 866news244 or email tips nbcnew york. Com. Before i let you go i want you. This chimp escaped from a zoo in japan they found him on top of the telephone pole and they tried to coax him down and they had to shoot him with a tranquilizer and catch him when he fell. All right. Theyre not sure how the 24yearold chimp escaped his cage. Tonight on news 4 new york starting at 5 00,s reading the news is great to get the dish on when its wrong . Go to nbc new york. Com or use the mobile app. New york live coming up next. Its thursday. One more day and its friday, everybody. Happy thursday. Thanks for spending a little time with us on this mild, springlike day and we have such a fantastic show. The tribeca festival kicks off in style. Were with anna wintour and the fashionforward stars of the documentary the first monday in may