liz dahlem has more on the importance of your family's medical history. >> reporter: meaty lane -- meet elaine. she's 61. when her sister was faced with cancer, she was faced with a difficult decision. >> i had the gene and an i would have a preventive mastectomy. >> reporter: she knew she needed a great breast surgeon. she came here to mt. sinai beth israel and met the chief of breast surgery. >> the advantage of doing prophylactic surgery is you're reducing your risk greatly. you reduce your risk of developing breast cancer 90, 95 percent. it's the biggest risk reduction you can get. the disadvantage is you're removing your breast. >> just a few months later, her oldest daughter was diagnosed with stage 2 breast cancer at 29. >> she had to undergo chemo, radiation radiation, mastectomies. that was a really tough, tough time. >> reporter: her sister decided to have genetic testing. she had the mutation. >> in a way, her decision was a bit more difficult because here it's completely prophylactic, completely voluntary. she does not have cancer. >> reporter: finally there was ben, the eld

from jamaica queens, liz dahlem, fox 5 news. ernie: thank you very much for that. we're very happy to have with us the president and ceo of the queens library. >> always a pleasure. ernie: congratulations to you. a former new york city schools chancellor. you had many government roles. here you are in your hometown, queens where you were brought up. >> it's interesting. i spent a lot of time at this library as a student. we'll be celebrating our 50th anniversary. i was probably in early high school visiting the library. it's a great opportunity. it's an honor to be a part -- ernie: what a full circle for you. i know you have a lot of great ideas. >> i want to compliment the staff. a lot of great programs. the vision is how we expand our services and make sure people are able to take advantage of the great programs that we offer throughout the borough of queens. ernie: you have a lot of programs. >> we do. we've had one million people who have taken advantage of our free programs. we are the great equal opportunity provider for services. ernie: so great. >> people a

steve: liz dahlem shows us how he's overcoming the odds. >> my name is christian. i'm a junior in high school. >> reporter: it takes a lot of courage for a junior to stand up in front of a classroom full of seniors and deliver a presentation. >> a big difference between me and you is that we both have world. >> reporter: for christian, it took a lot of work to get here, to understand that, let's go back to the beginning. christian was born a happy little boy. developing differently than the rest of children his age. >> he was able to talk about geography in words and identified the planets. but he couldn't say mama. >> there were noticeable setback. >> we enrolled him in a montessori school thinking it would be better. within two months of being there, he was rocking in a corner and all of the symptoms of what autism is were in sight. >> reporter: they moved to northport for the school district. christian worked with a one-on-one aide through elementary and middle school. his freshman year, he claims his individualized education program wasn't implemented for four

he saved my life. >> reporter: liz dahlem, fox 5 news. steve: first they told us not to now the service dogs. i don't know. >> a daycare in hamilton heights back in service. dari: antwan lewis was there as the center reopened. >> reporter: this class reunion was a year in the making until thursday afternoon, these preschoolers pretty much had nowhere to go. >> we already had 75 children waiting for -- who we asked. >> reporter: the daycare is getting back to the business of caring for kids. the first dominican founded daycare in new york city, for 30 years it was inside this building in hamilton heights but was forced to move last year when they lost their contract effectively shutting them down, a crushing blow to this proud latino community who relied on them to care for the future generations. >> after school program closed completely. >> reporter: the families and communities rallied together, never giving up. >> we are securing money out of the city council, close to a million dollars, to keep them operating and get them in a new hom

dari: liz dahlem is live in patchogue where demonstrators are gathered to protest his liz? >> reporter: good evening to you. yeah. we are here in patchogue where donald trump is expected to arrive at the empour -- station. you can see the signs with some of the sentiments and how they feel about donald trump. police set up different pens and areas for protestors and supporters. they're doing their best to keep a safe distance between the groups to avoid conflict. the line to get into this venue stretched all the way down the block. people got here early this morning, waiting to get in. a thousand are expected to be both sides are very passionate about why they're here. >> i'm here to support donald trump because i think he's the man we need. and he's our voice. >> donald trump has a right to be here. i believe he promotes violence and hatred. i have watched the coverage for the last couple of months, and he hates on a lot of people. women, muslims and so i strongly feel it's wrong. it's hateful. >> reporter: law enforcement officials were expecting thousands of protestors a

liz dahlem is there to tell us what they're worried about. >> reporter: good evening to you. there are a lot of concerns about potential protests and rallies after thursday's decision and no matter how you slice it, one side is going to be upset over the judge's decision. so in order to prepare for any unrest, the brooklyn borough president called a closed door meeting with asian as well as african-american community leaders, clergy members, to sort of talk this out and see how they're going to continue and move forward if there is any unrest. they say they're going to come together in solidarity, no matter what the decision is. >> we don't have any impact on the decision that the judge is going to make and we don't want to do that. the judge is going to make the decision based on information that he has before him. and any judge that understands to make it based on what he thinks is right and in no way are we going to call the judge, write the judge, or reach out to try to influence the judge's decision. justice should be blind. >> the coverage of what happened in the trial,

from fordham university, liz dahlem, fox 5 news. dari: wow. that's pretty impressive for them to do that. >> the wait is over. hot 97 summer jam lineup officially announced. christina: we'll tell you the big names hitting the stage coming up. dari: first, here's tonight's new york minute. show where we're going to have a showcasing all dominican actors. dari: it is now underway. the last day is tomorrow. if you go, you'll get a chance to meet the featured artists. tickets are $10 and you'll get them at art borough.com. >> a new exhibit you'll see viking ships and bits of culture. today it was visited by actual vikings. >> we're descendants. they've come to see the vikings exhibition here at discovery times square, getting in touch with their ancestry. they're going to try our interactives. they'll test the weight of a viking sword. tomorrow they'll be taking part in the spartan day parade. dari: you'll find out more about and that's your new york minute. all across america families are coming back to time warner cable for a whole new experienc

liz dahlem, fox 5 news. dari: the investigation continues into the deadly amtrak train derailment that happened on sunday near philly. the ntsb is saying the engineer hit the emergency brakes just five seconds before the train struck a backhoe that was on the track at more than 100 miles an hour. that killed two amtrak people. ntsb investigators are still trying to figure out whether the construction equipment was authorized to be on the track in the accident. steve: take the test or to not take the test? dari: plenty of students opting out of today's controversial statewide exams. >> three seconds. it's to jenkins. dari: did you see that? steve: a stunning win for ville ville -- villanova. unc fans you don't let anything keep you sidelined. that's why you drink ensure with 9 grams of protein and 26 vitamins and minerals. come on grandma! for the strength and energy to get back to doing... what you love. ensure. always stay you. [content sigh] ah, excuse me? mr. jones? hi. already? you booked an appointment.

let's go live to liz dahlem. tell us about it. >> good evening. new york is proving to be crucial ground during this election, especially for the democrats. clinton holds only a 2-point leader over sanders according to a national poll. she is hoping to stop his recent momentum and come out victorious and deliver a victory speech at the sheraton a few hours from now. hillary clinton and bernie sanders made their last push in new york for the all important primary. brooklyn native sanders spent the morning walking around taking selfies, but most of the day was spent in pennsylvania at two large rallies, which have become a fixture of his campaign. >> where we are today is mom is out working, dad is out working, the kids are out working, and we still don't have enough money to take care of our family. >> reporter: hillary clinton cast her ballot early this morning. the presidential hopeful and former president bill clinton voted near their home in chappaqua, new york. >> it feels great. and i am so excited about both campaigning here in new york, vot

from lower manhattan, liz dahlem, fox 5 news. steve: and going to an open house without leaving your home. dari: the real estate agent who's bringing his listing to your phone. steve: and the race to the top of the world trade center is on. how an agreement was finally reached in the name of charity. >> breaking the mold of local news, particularly in this market. it's a brand new era. we want to be at the forefront of it. >> we are celebrating everything "empire". >> the legendary d.j. is with us. >> you were there for the birth of hip-hop. the public has to hear it. >> when the public gets it, that's when you know where it's going. >> in a city where every time places to eat, i find myself asking what are the hottest in town? >> are they the hottest? a little mozzarella. >> what's the secret to a neapolitan pizza? >> it's about the oven. it goes to about 900 degrees. it's got enough heat to cook the fine flour from italy. >> welcome to the lap of luxury. we visit lamborghini. we'll take you inside and for a ride. fios is not ca

from newark, liz dahlem, fox 5 news. steve: if you're having trouble finding a citi bike recently, you're not alone. dari: what's being done to make sure that you're not left without wheels when you need to take that spin. >> he was right about the breeze. steve: did you see this? jordan spieth's meltdown at the masters. we'll put it in context collapses i solemnly swear that my kfc $20 fill up will fill your family of four up, with eight pieces of delicious original recipe chicken and sides. it's a meal that's freshly prepared every day. court adjourned! colonel quality, guaranteed. if you're doing everything right but find it harder and harder to get by, you're 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. i'm bernie sanders. i approve this message because together, we can make a political revolution and create

from northport, long island, liz dahlem, fox 5 nice. christina: it's not clear what caused prince's death, but we're learning the pop icon nearly died days before from an overdose of percocet. steve: harvey levin joins us with more on what happened. this whole thing is so crazy. he was someone who was never associated with drugs or alcohol, especially coming of age in the '80s, going through that whole thing. it seems so out of left field. >> well, out of left field in terms of public persona, but a lot of times people manage their public persona and it's very so it was with prince, we're told, in various ways. i will tell you this, that the story we got when we broke that story a week ago, that he made that emergency landing where his people said it was the flu, we are told by multiple people in illinois not true at all, that what happened was that he had oded on percocet. it was so life-threatening, they literally couldn't wait to get him to the hospital, that they administered the save shot right at the airport. it was really dire. n

steve: liz dahlem joins us with more on how police and the community are fighting a major heroin epidemic. >> reporter: good evening to you. suffolk county has more heroin overdoses than any other state. police arrested one dealer who injected customers himself to insure they would get hooked and keep coming back for more. behind the front door of this east islip home was a drug hell, according to suffolk county police. investigators say 18-year-old heroin, but was injecting young girls with the drug. >> when a 15-year-old is injected with heroin by an adult, it's against their will by nature. this is a disgusting act. it's a barbaric act and a business model. >> reporter: suffolk county narcotics officers had been watching this house for weeks. after arresting orlando this morning, they recovered heroin, scales and xanax. >> we executed the search warrant. we see hypodermic needles in front of the house on the street, baggies. it's disgusting. >> neighbors say they noticed some unusual activity on this quiet block. dozens of cars would come and go at all hours of the night. just around t

around 5 million today -- >> so liz dahlem is outside in h&r block where you can get that rapid refund somewhat controversial. but man oh man it is nice to get that money right away. liz,s what's going on? >> i think that's a big appeal for a lot of people. we sort of have the new way of doing your taxes and old way. h and a r block open early about half an hour from now and staying open late until 11 p.m. and then you have old fashioned way which is, of course, o the farley post office, i'll just go over to your left to show you post office over here. it's the largest in new york city and postmark tax forms all the way until midnight tonight and that is the decline. normal it is tax delay last holiday, washington, d.c. emancipation delay it was moved to tonight at midnight. more than 5 million tax returns expected to be filed and if you haven't done your taxes why yet file for an extension but it can't be in late but cause for penalty and interest and essentially forced to give more money to the government. 3 filing penalty is 5% portion of a month up to maximum of 25% of the amount o

[laughter] >> concentrate on the tesla, because that's where liz dahlem is. she's in manhattan's -- are you inside the showroom or outside the showroom? >> we're just outside on 25th street between 10th and 11th avenues, and this car is so new, they don't even have it on display yet. what has people so crazy about this model 3 is the price. that's what everyone is talking about. there was so much interest yesterday, specifically in burbank, california. there were 500 people waiting outside in line pitching tents, trying to get inside to make a $1,000 down payment in order to secure this luxury electric car. and it has a lot of perks to it. it can go up to 215 miles on one pretty fast, can go from 0-60 in under six minutes. and the crazy part about it, all these people are showing so much interest without having even soon the car yet. take a listen. >> it's true. it's funny to put a deposit down on a car you've never seen but it's, you know, it's a tesla, and it's affordable. so i'm in it for the future. >> the tesla, you know? but because of my passion to hav

liz dahlem has more on that. >> reporter: good evening. trump just wrapped up speaking