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WABC Eyewitness News At Noon April 11, 2016

It was like that high, 7 stories high. Reporter people here at west 58th and 7th were track. Reporter rocks . Yes, it was really bad. Reporter there were chaotic moments after there was a break in the water main and sent a plume of thick, white steam up above 58th street. There was a huge cloud of white smoke and i got like a waxy substance on my glasses, and it was hard to clean off. I got it all over my coat. Reporter firefighters were considering evacuating some of the buildings in the area. But still, they didnt know what was going on. There was no steam pipe explosion. As you can see, it would be a with High Pressure steam in the street here in manhattan and water that might surround the pipe and not compromise it. It would create a small steam condition which it did. Reporter thats 58th looking west between 6 and 7, and 6th avenue is open to traffic but that block of 58th street is closed. The concern is buckling in the roadway, and again, the officials want to stress that even though people say it sounded and felt like an explosion, it wasnt. No one was hurt and its not clear what caused that initial break in 58th street. Thank you very much. And we are following a developing story where fire ripped through a home. Scene in hillcrest. You can see how much damage was left behind. House at the time. 1 of them was injured. It took more than 50 firefighters from four flames. A woman was taken to the hospital as a precaution. Her adult son suffered burns to his face and hands. New a police are continuing rutgers student, 21yearold shani patel who was shot and killed overnight in newark and another person was also shot. Toni yates is live with more. Reporter good afternoon. It was in an upstairs apartment in the building where the shooting took place. Police are investigating and followed a few leads including finding a weapon that might have been used. Take a look at this video, a gun found a block away off halsey street. Police have not confirmed that 21yearold shani patel was shot around 9 56 last night and his 22yearold roommate who also graduated in rutgers was shot and survived and is being treated at university hospital. Sources are telling Eyewitness News that marijuana and cocaine were being sold out of the apartment that the two victims shared. So this may have been a robbery for drugs, money, or both. Police have not confirmed that but say two men were seen running from the area and one of them had no shirt on, running down hallsy street in the direction where the gun was pound. No confirmation that it was the gun that was used. Most of the restaurants in that area that time of the night are closed. Police are looking for any cameras that may have captured the shootage from that. Also in new jersey, the work week is off for a rough start for commuter who is rely on new jersey transit. A problem with the overhead wires cut off power to one of the tracks and caused massive delays. This was the scene in east orange at 9 00 this morning. Commuters were ushered off the train and on to waiting buses. Mayor deblasio can expect more questions about the fund raising corruption investigation. They are looking into the mayor and two top donors. Four highranking officers have been reassigned, and the mayor told myself over the weekend that she unaware any of federal inquiry. He will talk at a News Conference later today on the topic. Now in the race for the white house, most of the ahead of the primary next week. Bernie sanders is visiting three cities in upstate and western new york. This is from binghamton. Ted cruz, however s not in new york but his wife is making three stops Stephanie Ramos has more. Reporter sandra, you said it. Many of the candidates are in new york today and trump is back on the campaign trail after ted cruz swoop inside and took his delegates. Will be the highest vote total that donald trump receives and we will win the next delegation. Reporter trump, sounded like he was comparing president ial candidate Bernie Sanderss fight to his own. Every time i turn on your show, bernie wins. Bernie wins. Bernie wins. Its a rigged system. Its a rigged system. Reporter trump taking on the media, going after the boston globe. This whole front page is a make believe source which is really no different for the whole paper for the whole thing. Reporter on the democratic side, Hillary Clinton has trump starring in her latest ad airing in new york this week. Shes the one tough enough to stop trump. Reporter but sanders is help in new york. A new poll shows that Americans Trust Hillary Clinton over trump, and when asked which would be the candidate to make america great, trumps tag line, they went with clinton. David and sandra, back to you. Thank you, stephanie. Goldman sachs reached a 5 billion settlement with the Justice Department for the role in the economic disaster. The deal will end the investigation of the mortgage that is led to the Housing Market collapse. Goldman sachs will pay 2. 4 as a civil penalty and 1. 8 billion for homeowners. And killing an iona student will be in court today, accused of opening fire in lincoln park on april 5. 18yearold Brandon Lawrence was fatally wounded. Police say he was hit by a bullet intended for someone else. He is held without bail. A School Security guard is set to appear in court after police say that he recorded a student in the restroom. Police say that 24yearold Daniel Williams walked into the boys restroom and videotaped a 16yearold in the stall and posting it on snap chap. He was charged with unlawful surveillance and endangering the welfare of a child. Investigators looking into what caused a plane crash that zeroed two people on long island. Shortly after takeoff, the tried to circle back when it dropped, hitting trees and a utility pole and crashed on to third street before bursting into flames. It didnt hit the utility lines and trees in the road, thats nothing short of a miracle. Both occupants of the plane are alive, also a miracle. The pilot and apparently were airlifted to Stoney Brook University medical have and both are expected to recover. The Police Department and Aviation Administration are both investigating. If you take a look outside the window, its 55 degrees and you can see the clouds and wonder when will the sun return, bill . Maybe a little later a peek its 54 on long island and rain for tomorrow, and then a warm up on the way for the rest of the week. More on that coming up in just a moment. Dont go away. A new report, whats in your water . Disturbing levels of lead throughout new york state. A new report shows at least once in the last three careers career years as many as 82 public and private water levels of lead including 16 schools or daycares with their own water supply. Lawmakers are hoping to pass legislation to test the lead level every three years. Were learning new details about the deadly terror attacks in belgium. The man in the hat, mohammed abrini, said that brussels was the backup plan. They had planned to attack paris again but changed the location because of increased security. He is now facing charges of terrorist murder. Taiwanborn flight officer edward lin is charged with spying for a foreign nation. Lin was arrested 8 months ago and the case only became public to follow a hearing to a historic visit for secretary of state john kerry to the site of the worlds first atomic bombing. He met in hiroshima with other leaders making him the highest ranking u. S. Official to physical the city since the time days of the war in world war ii. The attack killed more than 140,000 people in the first days of the attack alone. Coming up on Eyewitness News at noon, this thief didnt exactly crave money but broke into a burger joint after hours. And there is no roadside assistance here. A nasa spacecraft needs emergency help, 75 million miles away. Fios is not cable. Were wired differently. We guarantee to make switching easier. Well show up on time. Youre right on time. As promised. To install fios and set up the wifi that janet, jamie, jenny, jemma, and jasmine need on their birthday. Thank you. For all their new devices. You cant break me. You wanna piece of cake . Our switchers guarantee makes it easy to get 100 meg internet. Plus tv and phone for just 69. 99 per month online. Cable cant offer these speeds at this price. Uh, houston, we got a problem. Nasas kepler spacecraft went into emergency mode 75 million miles away last week. Oops. Yep. The spacecraft has been responsible for detecting 5000 planets outside the milky way and is operating in emergency mode meaning just the basics are up and running. [laughter] with that distance, you just cant go up and put a wrench to it. They can. Thats a planetseeking rocket . And needs its own seeking. [laughter] i would say. A little triple triple a for space . Triple a for space, i want in on that when you come up with it. Were in. And were happy because there is some sunment. Sun sun. Yeah. The sun breaking out and there is still a couple more showers off to the north and here at noon time, we are looking at a view downtown. Past 1 world trade. Lady liberty looks a little gloomy. The southwest winds will help break up the clouds, pressure is still falling but its above 30. 00, fair weather mark. And we will get close to 60 today and we might have a nice sunset coming up at 7 30. With highs near 60 and then soaking rain for tomorrow. 51 around white plains and 54 at la guardia and 52 in new earthquake newark, and down shore, breaks of sun and its 6, 61 degrees and a southerly wind is helping things with the winds at 20 Miles Per Hour and you can see the sunny breaks down south and more of those in the afternoon and still a passing shower north but this area of rain back here in the ohio valley, indiana and illinois, thats it tomorrow for the shower. And well look at 60, 61 from toms river into bellemare. And then after midnight, showers and rain in the morning commute tomorrow and lunchtime into the afternoon and after school, showers out and the sun is out late in the day tomorrow and it should be pretty nice. Breezy, a shower or two off to the north and cloudy tonight and a few showers mostly after midnight to the west and will come in early tomorrow morning, cloudy and rain at times tomorrow, 57, and here is the accuweather 7day forecast, sunshine returns on wednesday, and thats going to feel nice, 58 and 60 on thursday and 60 for saturday and 67 on sunday, and a taste back in the 70s, a taste of ill have a lemonade, thank you. Thinking of the summer. All right. Thank you. Still ahead on the noon, a man accused of fatally the shooting a former new Orleans Saints player in a road rain caught on camera, a goalie who went a little too far to defend her goal. Of it all happened in North Carolina at a high school game. You can see one player makes her way down the field but the goalie was not having it and runs towards the other player, lunges, and tackles the girl. After the initial shock, the player got up and is not the goalie will have to sit out two games and the goalies team lost. A goat gets into a starbucks in california, and it sounds like a joke, right . But police came in and apprehend today. That alone makes news. The goat was taken to the local Animal Center until the owner came and picked him up. Police in washington, d. C. Are looking for a burglar with an appetite for crime. The suspect was in a five guys restaurant firing up a grill and toasting up the buns and cooked two cheeseburgers talking on the phone. Talk about making yourself at home. The meal must have made the guy thirsty because he stole a bottle of water on the way out. As grand ma navarro would say, he has some nerve. Breaking and entering works up an appetite. Throwing its hat into the ride sharing ring and will offer a service in seattle allowing drivers to rent luxury vehicles. Tell then expand to a taxilike Pickup Service popularized by uber. Gas prices are now up to 2. 10 for regular. Gas station owners are passing on the wholesale prices to consumers. 1. 89 is the lowest in the area. Just ahead on Eyewitness News at noon, a former employee at a connecticut hospital faces Sexual Assault charges after an investigation reveals he may have taken advantage of patients. And Bruce Springsteens concert cancellation may have been just the battle over North Carolinas bathroom law intensifies, and a Company Fires a worker because he didnt have a High School Diploma after several years of service, but hundreds of people are helping him to fight for his job. Eyewitness news is coming midday new york state lottery if youre doing everything right but find it harder and harder to get by, youre not alone. While our people work longer hours for lower wages, almost all new income goes to the top 1 . My plan make wall street banks and the ultrarich pay their fair share of taxes, provide living wages for working people, ensure equal pay for women. Im bernie sanders. I approve this message because together, we can make a Political Revolution and create an economy and democracy that works for all our top story this afternoon a watermain break leads to a steam leak in mid town manhattan. 58th street at 6th and 7 is shut down. There were luckily no injuries. And a student killed in his offcampus environment. His room made all shot. Drugs may have been sold at that apartment. No one is in custody at this point. Most of the president ial candidates are in new york, Hillary Clinton, donald trump, and ted cruzs wife is in long all new this half hour, the emergency manager arrested. He is accused of assaulting four male patients at Bridgeport Hospital and taking photos of at least a dozen other patients at the Nursing School. Tim . Reporter sandra, this is a developing story this noon hour at bridgeport, the arrest of the ems coordinator that you pointed out here at the Bridgeport Hospital Nursing School and shocking new details on what police have discovered. Bridgeport police have arrested and accused a 62yearold of Sexual Assault. He was an ems accord mater and teacher here at the Bridgeport Hospital school of nursing and came under investigation after a victim claims that barkinski allegedly examined a patients no 1 answered the door here at his apartment where Police Confirm they found 200 other pictures and videos. Bridgeport hospital officials said they were aware of the investigation back in december. And barzinski 2 did not work inpatient care areas is no longer employed there saying its an inexcusable violation of trust. The suspect will be arraigned on charges april 19th. Reporting live in bridgeport, tim fleischer, channel 7 Eyewitness News. We have learned that a serial robber on long island threatened a woman with a knife last night and got away with register in the business. He is suspected in 8 other robberies. Police combed the scene for clues outside the jefferson houses in east harlem where a 19yearold was slashed after 10 30 last night. Now, investigators say two men approached the victim, attacked him and ran off. The teen was taken to the hospital and expected to recover. Police announced the arrest of a ing of a tourist in the subway last week. 24yearold Marvin Taylor was taken into custody yesterday, accused of slashing a man from taylor is also charged with robbery, assault, and criminal possession of a weapon. A former pro Football Player gunned down on the street and the reason why remains a history. Of it happened over the weekend, and now, questions about a possible link between the victim and the suspect. Abcs Elizabeth Hur has more. Stunned and saddened by the loss of former new Orleans Saints player will smith continues to pay tribute, calling his death a huge loss to the city. Were a community. Were a family. Made us feel so good after katrina. It was the super bowl. Reporter smith, considered one of the best defensive ends in the nfl helped the saints win its only super bowl in 2010 and on saturday, the 34year old was shot and killed. I heard pop, pop, pop issue pop. Reporter according to police, 28yearold Cardell Hayes killed smith in a road rage incident after he bumped his hummer into smiths mercedes suv. What started with an argument allegedly ended with hayes opening fire killing smith and injuring his wife. We do not have any they knew one another. Reporter but they have an outside connection. Wrongful death lawsuit against the city over the 2005 Police Shooting death of his father. One of the officers named in the suit had dinner with smith the night of the shooting as seen in this picture posted by wwltv. Hayess attorney is denying revenge was a factor maintaining that hayes was not the aggressivor. And aggressor. Smith was voted into the hall of payment just last month. Thank you, elizabeth. Overnight closures on the George Washington bridge begin tonight. The Port Authority said that the new york bound lowerlevel lanes will be closed for repair and repaving. Beginning tonight and for the rest of the week, the lanes will close at 9 00 p. M. And reopen the next morning. Got all that . Check our website for any questions. Meteorologist bill evans with the after school accuweather forecast. After school on

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