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 silver s recommendation and follow-up 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: silver s 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
thursday afternoon when he says unexpectedly he was assaulted. the time to distract me and then just punched me. reporter: in video captured by the company s security camera. two young men thought to be teenagers are seen coming together on the sidewalk walking up the folly on the fork truck. asked me for the time which i pulled out my cell phone out of my pocket and told them the time. reporter: without warning as i started pulling away the other one reached in and just punched me in the face. reporter: he then jumps off the fork truck and wrestles one of the teenager to the ground. we ll wait for the police and tell them what happened. reporter: did he say anything? he said i didn t do anything wrong. reporter: the suspect who actually threw the punch then runs away. they could have picked anybody. they could have they circled and i think chose me personally for who i was. reporter: next door in wingate park where men workout, there s surprise at
the weekend before the new york state primary. the democratic candidates shift their focus elsewhere. two firefighters were shot, one fatally, during a welfare check in maryland. rescuers were rushing in to save trapped victims after another deadly earth quake in japan. sun creeping up on the start of what will be a beautiful weekend it s april, spring, hello, we ve been waiting for you. it s good to see you. it is saturday, april 16th. look who s back. i told you, you ve gloat to get out of town while the getting s good. you had two weekends off. you look good. this is what i should look like, all of us. get some rest! he aace nut. it s good to be back. it is going to be a glorious weekend, no? you guys look good this morning. everybody s refreshed and ready to go. we hit the ground running with very spring-like temperatures over the weekend here. beautiful numbers. better than yesterday. it keeps getting better as the days roll on. we re above average and wh
as donald trump looks to e tend extend his lead. our coverage begins with political reporter dave evans in midtown. reporter: both bernie sanders and hillary clinton in the city making one final push before we go and note vote in the new york primary tomorrow. hillary crisscrossed the city today visiting a hospital unionized car wash, and a chinese restaurant. a push for equal pay and paid family leave and women s right to an abortion. she said both sanders and donald trump have fallen far short on this issue of choice. and when trump said what he said about punishing women, i was appalled. that is a core issue and when my opponent in this primary said it was a distraction that he wanted to talk about the if reporter: and bernie sanders today. he needs to pull off some kind of an upset in new york on tuesday if he has any hope of moving ahead toward the summer. sanders met with striking verizon workers this morning and he has hammered at the issue of big money and p
garden in 1988 and then this mass performance in radio city music hall in 1993 fast forward to a performance inside the apollo theater. we have several reports this afternoon. carolina lead is at the apollo. but we begin with sandy kenyan and a look back at prince s remarkable career. reporter: liz and dave, remarkable is the word. the legacy of prescription is found in his music, of course, but can also be measured among two generations of my sessions and singers that he influenced so deeply. in the 1980s he urged us to party like it was 1999. and he kept reinventing himself until he died at his home, paisley park. his breakthrough was 1999 and he won several grammys and sold millions of albums but mere numbers can never measure the impact of the artist known as prince. he was born prince rogers nelson in minneapolis, a city he put on the musical map single handedly. a city where he crafted a rich stew of sounds from the ingredients of r & b, soul, funk and half a dozen