Good afternoon to you. Im Steve Kornacki, at our msnbc headquarters here in new york city. Sitting not too far away from two separate stop trump protests one is right in manhattan, in new york city, the other out on long island. We have reporters are in the field ready to cover the latest. All of this, of course, ahead of the New York Primary next tuesday, the next big test for the republican fold. Good news for trump today as well. Prosecutors in florida say that they will not press charges against Campaign Manager Corey Lewandowski. Remember that lewandowski was arrested last month, charged with simple battery, after allegedly grabbing reporter Michelle Fields at a campaign event. Meantime, nearly 30,000 people turned out for a rally in a park in new york city last night. This was in the democratic race but the reality for Bernie Sanders, who was the star of that big rally here in new york city, reality for him is very simple at this point. He has five days left now before the New Yo
bomb attack. police say smoke started coming from an suv. still running with no driver in sight. then you heard this little pop, pop, pop, pop, almost like a fire cracker going off and stuff. and then sparks inside. everybody went running. we were scared, didn t know what to do. police cleared times square saturday night, lining the streets with barricades, keeping people away from shows. . a bomb squad went in, carefully removing pre-pain tanks, fireworks, two gasoline tanks, wires to connect it all. eight bags of an unknown powder, and a large 2-pound metal gun case that would have acted as shrapnel if the bomb would have detonated. luckily, for some unknown reason, the bomb malfunctioned. it was the attempt of anyone who did this to create casualties. the taliban claimed responsibility, but investigators say there is no evidence of that. they also found the suv and plates do not match up. appears the plates came from a junk yard and the suv from a dealership both