Just after midnight the 19yearold victim was waiting for a bus here at 96th street and brodz way when he says four men approached hep got nervous and tried to run across the street in a nearby subway station and altercation and he was slashed in the top of his head. It is getting bad. You know its going all over, you know, and different boroughs up here. Residents across the city conscience of the more than 900 assault this is year, a 22 increase over 2015. A terrifying copycat like bad guys read about and i should slash someone. Nypd unveiling a new plan to contain the crimes earlier this week that is called operation cutting edge. The agency increasing personnel specific problem areas targeting spots close to nightclub and bars. This is mayor de blasio speaking tuesday. Occur at a point in the week when unusual number of people are out and unfortunately many of alcohol and dpruption unclear if attack overnooght is tied to city nightlife an some say Law Enforcement simply cant stop ev
Back to you. Steve thank you. A big mess on the new jersey turnpike after a terrible crash involving a military vehicle. Dari ines is joining us with details. This is horrible for the commute. A huge mess on the new jersey turnpike. The damage has been done. On our maps, im going to show you how far back the delays are. Southbound traffic jammed from interchange 9 heading southbound towards interchange 9. Between 9 and 8a, thats the delay. The car lanes are heavier than the truck lanes. Everyone is going for that option. The truck lanes arent as bad. On the northbound side, traffic is slow. Lets show you the situation earlier. Skyfox was over the scene. The humvee flipped over this afternoon. There was an investigation going on. Medivac was on scene. Approach interchange 9. Car and truck lanes were closed, trying to get serious injuries out of the way. Thats why theres a huge backup. The scene. They cleared the humvee. Only the left lane opened there on the new jersey turnpike. 9. All
Donald trump is favored to win tomorrow. He will be in buffalo tonight. With so much at stake, ted cruz and john kasich are trying to figure out how to win some delegates and keep trump from sweeping new york. Thank you, everybody. Make America Great again. Reporter republican frontrunner donald trump met with supporters at trump tower in midtown. The group called the National Diversity coalition for trump is led by a former contestant on trumps tv show the apprentice. We stand strong with donald trump. If you look around, you see the overwhelming support from women. We have muslims, sikhs, africanamericans, latinos, all in this room. We have to combat the narrative that people have said that donald trump doesnt have a diverse amount of support. Reporter trump is far ahead in the polls for the new york republican primary. Hes hoping to win by a wide margin. Senator ted cruz is campaigning cruz held a rally at the American Legion post 22. Disbll all across 9 country, republicans recogni
Were live in Gramercy Park this evening, back over to you. Steve thanks, liz. Also developing at 5 00, a tsunami advisory has been lifted in southern japan after the island nation was rocked by a second strong earthquake in a little more than 24 hours. Dari Lidia Curanaj joining us from the newsroom with the latest on the rescue and recovery. Reporter not only was the area hit with an earthquake 24 hours ago, but they also suffered through more than 100 aftershocks in the interim. Todays quake struck eight miles south of where thursdays quake hit. This latest quake was extremely powerful, with a preliminary magnitude of 7. 1. The quake shook the region at 1 25 saturday. Several aftershocks followed, some as strong as 5. 3 magnitude. Japanese media is showing collapsed streets, crumbling buildings and homes. The number of dead is unknown. There are many reports of people being trapped inside their homes because the earthquake was its technically a foreshock. Dramatic video has surfaced
Affecting both muslim and nonmuslim nations alike. Reporter recognizing the city as a target, city leaders joining the nypd for a terror drill simulation, practicing a response to attacks at four more landmarks, including suicide bombings and active shootings, chief oneal recognizing the importance of everyday patrol officers on the scene. As soon as theyre another couple of cops there, theyre to go to the threat. Reporter the nypd has the largest Critical Response team with 500 officers. These are sober and serious exercises but a reminder of how prepared the nypd is. Reporter the mayor and police commissioner, bill bratton pushing back on rhetoric about muslims from republican president ial candidates donald trump and ted cruz saying the department is working to build a better relationship with that community. We need to work with information from the community. Whether breaking down the mafia, getting informants in the mafia, getting people to help us out. Thats where the thrust wev