Saved. Its wednesday, april 20th. Announcer from abc news, this is world news now. Happy to see that tv crew. Absolutely. Just like a lot of new yorkers seem to be happy to see donald trump and Hillary Clinton tonight. Im ryan smith. Im diane macedo. We begin today with the president ial frontrunners roaring back to victory in their home state. Donald trump, Hillary Clinton lived up to expectations in new york each win big a large margin. Trump carried the state with about 60 of the vote making him the only religion candidates with any shot of clinching the nomination before the conventioning. Clinton held off Bernie Sanders with a doubl double digit lead boosted with support from women and africanameric africanamericans. The latest from abcs marci gonzalez. No major surprises here. Trump and clinton claiming major victories here at home picking up delegates and steam after a tough few weeks. New york, new york big wins in the big for the president ial frontrunners. Thank you, everybod
Check out this dramatic escape from a smoky fire in spain. This woman wearing only underwear climbed out of her third floor apartment and that happened. She fell. Bouncing off a wall on her way down. Her fall luckily broken by blankets held bibi standers. All organized by her husband who had been out walking the dog. The woman was not seriously injured. Thank goodness. You saw that smoke bill loeg out of her apartment. She was doing all she do get away. Very quick thinking. Here in new york, a tense scene inside of a courthouse in brooklyn when a judge reduced at conviction of a former officer who killed an unarmed black man. He fired a fatal shot that ricocheted inside a dark stair well. A judge ruled he will serve no jail time for that. Heres abcs linsey davis. Reporter an uproar inside and outside this brooklyn, new york, courthouse today, after it was determined this former new York City Police officer, who shot and killed an innocent black man in 2014, wouldnt spend a single day b
You dont use no water. Reporter i want to show you one of the interesting things mae told me. This is a huge building. But the only working water is right here in this sink, and over here, this toilet. In fact, to help out mae, a Business Owner from nextdoor cut the water line going up to the apartments and capped it off. Reporter apartments upstairs are not getting any water . No water. Reporter how long ago . Over 10, 12 years. Reporter then last month mae got another water billeter. This time nearly 2500 owed. They told me i had to pate all at one time. Reporter the Water Department told me there was a major leak a few years ago that mae hasnt paid for and they shut the water off in 2013. However, ace showed you, the was there. They also told me the new bill is for the water portion and charges separate from her sear bill. That major leak through her tax bill and is still confused. Theyre sending me all these big bills when im trying my best to cooperate. Reporter im investigator jo
Feel the power of this blast. Good evening im jim armstrong. Im kate merrill. The woman inside did escape in time. Investigators are searching for the cause of that explosion. Jim smith is live in taunton tonight with the story. Reporter this is being investigated as a possible gas explosion but the issue is the cause. What exactly went wrong. Let me slow you the wreckage here. This is absolutely incredible. Theres basically nothing left of this house yet the woman who lived here somehow escaped with her life. Reports of the ground shaking explosion and on fire. Reporter a house destroyed and totally engulfed in flames. It was Late Afternoon when suddenly there was a huge explosion. Neighbor Paul Saltalamacchia took this incredible video around the same time he saw a woman living inside the house scramble to safety. Came running out saw the owner who had just run out of the house frantic come room down the street screaming for help. I recognized her. We called 911 and assisted her. The
Bar who finds her purse is stolen. The police are called n did you see anyone steal the police are called in. Did you see anyone steal it . No, i didnt. It should be grand larceny. The officers might put that in as lost property. Reporter bratton refused comment referring questions to the lapd which says its working to fix the problem. The press secretary said, quote, the mayor has complete confidence in commissioner brattons leadership. He has led the effort to make new york city the safest large city in the country. Former nypd sergeant joe jack aloan says the pressure to change stats comes from the Political Climate in new york city. There is a tie to getting promoted and keeping crime stats low. We cant blame the commissioner for everything because there are 76 precincts out there. Reporter sources tell cbs 2 that commissioner bratton spoke at a meeting yesterday and warned commanders that this type of behavior will not be tolerated. Sources also say precinct a year bit Risk Manage