And obtained certain clients in part because of her access. Jane doe number two quote was the only person that the defendant or his Assembly Staff ever recommended for hire. And was hired quote in part due to silvers recommendation and followup request. Silver is 72 years old. And was considered one of the most powerful men in new york state government. Until he was forced from office in disgrace. After his conviction for fraud, laundering. U. S. Attorney barara threat tornado disclose the affairs during the trial if his legal team sought to portray their client as a man of Good Standing and character silvers lawyers released a joint statement this morning unproven and salacious allegations that have no place discussion. So silver faces up to 20 years in state prison when sentenced next month. The judge will take these allegations into account. Lori, dave . All right, thank you. Other news the names of the four Army Reserve Soldiers injured in a crash on the new jersey turnpike have been released. They were seriously hurt when their humvee overturned yesterday in south brunswick. 25yearold debra perez from brooklyn lost her leg. And had to be airlifted to a hospital. 41yearold theadora jackson of lincoln park, new jersey is in critical condition. And 24yearold Marquis Santana of poughkeepsie and gedry nunez of the bronx are in serious condition. Turning now to new york crime area and another busy day for the democratic candidates, both in new york and abroad. New Fox News National poll Shows Hillary clinton leading Bernie Sanders by only two points. At the vatican just hours after last nights fight to debate. Hes looking forward to meeting with the pope and he was invited there for a conference. Meanwhile Hillary Clinton is at a Senior Center in east harlem. And she will head to california later today for a fundraiser. Abcs Elizabeth Hur has the latest from the campaign trail. National poll you mentioned that has donald trump ahead by double digits in the republican race and as for the two point lead Hillary Clinton is holding onto, thats down from 13 points last month. This morning, Hillary Clinton in harlem and Bernie Sanders arriving at the vatican after the two had a showdown last night in brooklyn. With the stakes higher than ever you know if senator sanders doesnt agree with how you are approaching something, then you are a member of the establishment. Reporter clinton and sanders, taking off the gloves. Does secretary clinton have the experience and the intelligence to be a president . But i do question her judgment. Reporter their attacks, turning personality just days before the personal just days before the next pivotal primary considered a must win for both with clinton need of momentum and sanders, a big haul of delegates. I think sanders has the outside chance of winning the new york primary. Reporter the republicans are also fighting for voters in new york with donald trump still leading in the polls by wide margins but the front runner, still bitter accusing the National Party of running what he calls a rigged system of delegates. Now millions of votes ahead of my closest rival. Millions of votes. You know people dont talk about votes anymore. They talk delegates by the way, i happen to be hundreds of delegates ahead too. The system has been around for a long time. It was good enough for abraham lincoln. I think its good enough for whoever the nominee is going to be. Reporter well, overnight trump landed a big endorsement from the new york post. And looking ahead, ton is fundraiser while sanders is right now taking some heat for the vatican. Inequality. This, again just days before a primary experts say he cannot afford to lose. Im Elizabeth Hur for channel 7 Eyewitness News. David . Thank you. At least 31 people were arrested last night outside the republican gala in midtown. Protesters marched from the theater district and through Grand Central terminal at rush hour last night. While police took people into custody, the tone stayed civil at the event. All the republican candidates are on the trail today. John kasich just wrapped up a town hall in watertown, new york and headed to utica after that. Ted cruz has rallies if binghamton and rochester, a quick programming note, as the countdown continues, we will have a special one hour edition of up close this sunday morning. All among our guests. Well, fire that gutted a row of homes in jersey city is finally out following a flare up again this morning. Officials initially responded to the fire on forest street just before 8 00 last night. They thought it was under control. So they left at about midnight. But 59 6 00 a. M. At 6 00 a. M. , the flames once again shot through the roof of some of the damages ad homes. Damaged homes. The second floor collapsed. Vacant and secure two story frame structure. That was the original fire building and extended into two occupied buildings. Threer were vacant. The firefighter is being treated at jersey city medical center. His injuries said to be minor. No one else was hurt but ten residents are now homeless. Now to some scary moments in the air a plane from a laguardia to nashville forced to make an Emergency Landing in the aircraft. Windshield and abcs Stephanie Ramos has the latest. Reporter a scary moment for the 57 passengers aboard this delta flight. Emergencys cracked windshield. Reporter the windshield cracked by yet another bird. A loud thud no one wants to hear when youre thousands of feet in the air. Birds and aircraft, you know, share the same pair says air space, so these things bound to happen. Gets your heart beating fast. Reporter the passengers on this plane had an unexpected layover in charleston, west virginia. The plane quickly making an Emergency Landing. None of passengers were injured. You know 99. 9 times out of you know a million, they end this way. Reporter birds smacking into aircraft is nothing new. Last month, this egypt air boeing 737 damaged its nose after a flock flew into it. A bird caused an engine fire on this jet blue flight from puerto rico to new york. There was a huge bang. A boom sound. Aborted. Reporter all 186 passengers and crew exiting the plane via the emergency slides. The federal Aviation Administration says 60 of bird strikes take place when a plane is landing. In washington, Stephanie Ramos for channel 7 Eyewitness News. You. And newarks mayor has a direct message for uber. The Ride Share Service is saying that the city is pushing the company out against the wishes of customers it even had users tweet mayor ras baraka. Now in response, baraka posted a video online. He says the city welcomes uber and Similar Companies if they play by the rules including all fee and safety regulations. Uber not only doesnt want to pay their fair share, they refuse to get fingerprinted and background checks and they whatsoever even though theyre regulated in . M cities across many in cities across america. Uber and another drivers are already banned from Newark Airport and newark penn station. City maintains that drivers must pay license and permit fees to help invest in the city. Well, frightening car crash on long island, coming up, the car that went airborne before landing on a lawn. And also ahead, why one of the killers behind the Charles Manson murders is now being recommended for parole. And new fallout from an elevator disaster, the Housing Authority hands out punishment after some gruesome accidents. Im meteorologist bill evans here in the weather center. Just watching the temperatures rise. Here we go. Were looking at 56 now. 57 in the park. We might actually go up a little higher in the afternoon with our temperatures just a little light northeast wind and a lot of sunshine. Maybe to 70 this we when you want itchy, watery eyes and sneezes out of the picture, you go to walgreens for flonase allergy relief with walgreens right around the corner, its easy to get more complete relief in a flash. Hows that for picture perfect . Well. Perfect might be a slight exaggeration. Swing by walgreens for flonase that helps block six allergic substances, not just one. En new at noon, new york citys Housing Authority is handing out stiff punishments. Five employees have been disciplined and the agency replaced its head of elevator services. The agency says it is also implementing changes to improve safety in response to emergencies among them more staff training and accountability. Improved communications, and new policies. They plan to create a Building CodeMonitoring System and new brake monitor protocols. Well, decades after the infamous Charles Manson murders, and a member of his cult could be set free. California review board is recommending parole for leslie van houten. At 19 she was the youngest member of mansons followers. On a gruesome rampage in 1969. She admits to stabbing an innocent woman 16 times. She did end up dying. Flay called her an they called her an exemplary prisoner, shes helped the over inmates and tutored them and she herself has earned her masters degree. What is enough . I dont know when enough punishment will be enough for me. She has been denied parole 19 times over the past 45 years. The death toll from the earthquake in japan expected to rise as the desperate search continues. The quake buckled roads collapsed buildings, and even knocked out power. The government sending more than 1600 soldiers to aid in rescue and relief efforts. Nine deaths and 860 injuries have been confirmed so far. About 44,000 people are staying in shelters. Many fear going outside because well, today marks three years since the Boston Marathon bombings and the city is honoring the victims. Today the governor of massachusetts and the mayor of boston will be joined by survivors and the families of the victims to lay a wreath at the marathon finish line. That is where cooker bombs went off during the 2013 race killing three people and leaving more than 260 hurt. The city will hold a moment of silence at 2 49 this afternoon. The jets jersey mets jersey worn by mike piazza is on display in new york. He tweeted thanking the men who bought the jersey up for auction saying my family and i couldnt be more pleased. Knowing the jersey will be where it belongs. Piazza and the jersey when he hit that home run in the 8th inning against the braves on september 21st, 2001. It meant a lot to so many people. At some point the mets lost possession of the jersey though and now the jersey will be on memorial and the Baseball Hall of fame. All of them sharing at one point in their honor and that great sharrett. Great to see. A big honor for a little survivor. Coming up on Eyewitness News, a boy in new jersey beats a brain tumor. The super distinction that police gave him for his courageous fight. Plus hurricane forecast. What top meteorologists say about storms expected this season. And speaking of top meteorologists, as we take a they say theres at least a 50 chance that at least one hurricane will make it to land. The Hurricane Season runs from june to november. And all it takes is one bad hurricane to turn an an average Hurricane Season into one you never forget. Uhhuh. And only takes one. One year we had a hurricane, the a. Word. Only had one that year, remember that . One hurricane. That was all. Started with an a. Andrew. That was it. Doesnt matter. Now the the people in Colorado State doing a wonderful job with that. Thats dr. Gray and his assistant. I like he knows their names. Bill evans here. He retains so much. And the noggin. I know them personally. Im sure you do. So we dont play golf together or share a cobb salad or anything. A cobb salad . That sounds good right now. It does right . Looks like the noon show we should have some food on the program. Lets take a look outside and we have sunshine for you, a it absolutely is. You can see one of the ferries going back and forth there. The sea street working its way underneath the brooklyn bridge. Its really pretty outside. Just some high then clouds and a lot of sunshine and our temperature here at noon has been creeping up slowly. Seeing the temperature now get to about 57degrees and the humidity is dry. 22 the winds are northeast at 9 and the pressure is 30. 49 and steady. Thats strong High Pressure. Yesterdays high was 62. Normal is 61. Looks like were going get to about 63, 64 maybe even 65 degrees off to the west possibly in new jersey. Its going to be gorgeous. So tack on a couple more degrees of temperature today to our high from yesterday. So yesterday 62. Today about 64. And great looking spring weekend is coming up and the next chance of rain will come early Tuesday Morning before sunrise if we get at all. Our air quality is good. Uv index is a 6. The sun gets stronger now as we go along and tree pollen starting to bust out. If you notice something thats what it is. Trees always come out first with the blooms. 57 murray hill and Cambria Heights and on staten island. Its 56 newark and 53 poughkeepsie. The numbers are greet. The winds out of the northeast and so with little light northeast wind, you know its very nice. All across the area. Might be a little cooler at the coastal sections this weekend. Because of that wind out of the northeast turning around to the southeast. We got a big old ridge of High Pressure. This is actually satellite and radar animation. You can see no clouds or rain on that from this ridge of High Pressure. So for the afternoon well get be a little cooler at the shore areas. With that northeasterly winds coming in. 57 degrees down the jersey shore. Tomorrow well start the day in the mid 40s. And then by afternoon, were into the mid 60s tomorrow. And thats going to feel great. And well start off with temperatures in the mid and upper 40s for sunday. So were looking at sunshine and a nice afternoon. Were going to go to 64 tonight. Its clear and cool. 30s in the suburbs and 44 in the five boroughs. Tomorrow weve got a cool start to the dayen saturday. But then day on saturday. But then pleasant sunshine and 66 degrees. 50s at the coast and heres your accuweather seven day forecast. We got sunshine on sunday. A really pretty day. And we got a high thats right around 70 degrees. Were looking at 76 on monday. Parts of the area particularly west of the city the urban areas of new jersey possibly hit 80 on monday. Then the front moves through monday night. And thats when well see a maybe a shower after midnight. But after midnight then early on tuesday. Ling and then we got some nice weather and then we got some nice weather for primary election dayen tuesday. What a run. You guys registered to vote . Of course. Yes. I cant wait. We were born registered. Not in new york. No. Im registered though. You can register both places. Somewhere. Things are. Well talk about that later. All right. Folks, listen to this story, its got a lot of people questioning, did discipline at a school go too far . Coming up on Eyewitness News the 5yearold boy cries for his mom as the principal paddles him. Why the mother says she agreed to the punishment. And an unusual hot pursuit. On well, caught on camera, discipline that has some wondering if a School Administrator went too far. She paddled a 5yearold child as the mother watched. The boy was reportedly paddled for spitting on another student. The school in georgia does allow this kind of punishment. And the mother gave consent for the paddling because she claims officials threatened to throw her in jail because her son had been truant. To be honest if i could go back, i would have just grabbed him up and said you know what . No you cant paddle him. Just go ahead and take me to jail. Well, police say theres no evidence that the school threatened the mother with jail many parents in the School District say they are now appalled by the video. Lots of prayers for a daredevil. Spectators were stunned when a bmx rider had the accident during the ringling brothers Barnum Bailey extreme show. His bike came crashing down to the ground and he was immediately taken to the hospital. We dont know the bmx riders condition but a lot of prayers going out to him right now. Man tries to Outrun Police on of all things a moped and usually that doesnt work out well. The chase many michigan. The guy rode as fast as he could down the neighborhood in that moped and wound up driving off the road can crashing. Think tried running away but officers got him and you know, police they just wanted to pull him over because the moped didnt have registration sticker. But because of this stunt, hes now been arrested for fleeing rezesting arrest and driving with a suspended license. Yikes all right. Coming up on Eyewitness News, out of control. Car goes airborne and lands upside down. The driver, running away from it all. We are on the scene. Also new questions from the nba will the league move all the allstar games because of a and all across america families are coming back to Time Warner Cable for a whole new experience. That