Around 40 to the east. Coldest air hasnt made it to the hamptons just yet, but its on the way. Some of the wind gusts are up near 30 miles an hour out towards montawk. Over 20 miles an hour in some spots, theyll get stronger, gusts over 30 miles an hour. This is what it feels like right now. 20 in monticello, 36 in the city. It only gets worse from there as the winds increase later tonight and tomorrow. Teens and 20s by tomorrow morning at 8 00, this is what you have to dress for, these feellike temperatures, teens and 20s all day long, its going to feel like its below freezing in most spots and sunday morning, its going to be the most brutal. Were also tracking lake effect snow now across the great lakes south of buffalo. Might see flurries in our area tomorrow. Ill talk about that in the forecast in just a few minutes, back to you. Janice, thank you. Although tonight feels feels more like it should this time of year, not everyone is having an easy time adjusting. Scarves and gloves, forgot about them. Natalie is in bryant park with the reaction to the sudden chill. Reporter well, shiba, many people tell me theyre happy it finally feels like the holiday season, while others are embracing those mild temperatures that weve been feeling here recently, but businesses are definitely feeling the up and downsides as well. One day its like shorter jacket or something really light, and then two days, itll be oh no, you got to put it back on again. Reporter fluctuating temps making it tough for folks to figure out what they wear when they walk out the door. Strolling through the westside, many were bundled up. Now we like a warmer. Reporter others have adjusted to recent mild temperatures. You dont have a jacket on . I dont. Dwrae, its been warmer than it was last year. Reporter as people try to roll with the up and down forecast. Local businesses are dealing with it too. The heater shelves of heaters that are not selling, instead requests if fans. Reporter fans . Fans. Reporter we searched for Winter Weather items like salt and shovels, but moaab says theyre still in the stock room. Theres no need to bring them out. It feels like spring. Reporter the owner of the steak house says the opposite, this years been better than last. Now people, the tourist, everybodys walking around, its good for business. Reporter as we brace for a cold snap this weekend, then a warmup next, the focus shifts to what the holidays will feel like. What do you think of a warm christmas instead of a White Christmas . Oh, i want a White Christmas. Id like to be at the beach. Reporter definitely doesnt feel like the beach out here, definitely not, but the folks i talked to do tell me theyre happy, its just not ice cold out here. For now reporting live in bryant park, news 4 new york. It should feel beachy on stay ahead with the weather with the app. Nbc 4 logo in the corner and the weather tab, see the latest forecast, interactive radar and the weather page as your home screen. Download the nbc new york 4 00 a. M. In the app store right now. Weve got breaking news to tell you about in new jersey. Arrest tonight increase with bomb threats against an amc Movie Theater this week. News 4s live in freehold with a case described as a domestic terrorism hoax. Reporter 22yearold jesse carol could spend 20 years behind bars if convicted for making the bomb threat wx not one, but two here at this amc Movie Theater. The county Prosecutor Says he wants to make it clear to anyone thinking of making threats that you will go jail and you could spend a very long time in prison. I want to show you the fallout from one of those threats earlier this morning. These are pictures and video of movie goers spilling out on to the sidewalk after they were theater this morning. This was the second time the building was evacuated this week carol. Monday evening, a similar scene played out after a note found in the mens bathroom, the one found this morning was down right chilly. It read, im coming for blood. 4 00 p. M. Bomb, 6 00 p. M. Empty mag and guests. Following recent terror attacks in paris and san bernardino, authorities again making it very clear that theyre not taking any chances and of course it shows in how theyre treating this case. Carol, being held on 200,000 bail. Were live, news 4 new york. Thank you. This is new tonight, police on long island are investigating a string of burglaries four houses targeted in Nassau County during typical working hours. The burglars took jewelry from two homes on martin avenue and belmore. Stole jewels from a house on cameron avenue. Another pair of homeowners told door removed, but nothing was taken. Happening between 8 00 in the morning and 6 00 at night. Frightening ordeal for a couple out with a walk for their dog. Five month old puppy is attacked and mauled by the pitbull. We have exclusive video from the lower east side. Reporter puppy barn by has only been walking streets for a month. This week, he got a vicious welcome. News 4 obtained this exclusive video showing a pitbull mauling him on an evening walk. Had it not been for the owner jumping on the back. The dog may not have survived. I thought, how can i get this dog to release my puppy . The quickest way. I was just getting to bite himself. Reporter his mind went blank when the dog attacked and he just reacted. As a result, he suffered 26 bites on his hands, requiring four rounds of raies by and other vaccinations. Barn by has three fractures in limp, but the emotional toll this took on the family is worse. Im afraid to take barn by out on the street because i dont know whose dog it was. I dont know if that dog will be there again. Reporter feeling helpless with little options, the couple called news 4 for help. We talked to security expert manny gomez to ask what the couple can do. I dont see anything criminal there. There wasnt any reckless behavior, the dog was on a leash. The owner clearly had control of the dog and tried to maintain control of the dog during this attack. I dont see anything criminally there. Civilly, yes, theres absolutely a civil suit. Its the responsibility of the couple to find the dog owner. Gomez says because its a dog on dog fight, theres Little Police can do. A frustrating reality for this couple. My property gets damaged or my car gets hit, the police are there to take care of the situation, but when a dog attacks somebody, a person, and another living creature, its not our problem. Reporter the couple says their mission is to find the owners of the pitbull to find out if the dogs been vaccinated for the safety of them and the dog. News 4 new york. Harsh punishment for two nypd officers after a handcuffed suspect escaped from their police cruiser. Commissioner bratton yanked those officers off the streets for a month, suspended. The escape happened last night, the accused shoplift we are, barry tune faked being sick and managed to run from the police cab. He triggered a man hunt and shut down subway lines. He is back in custody tonight, bratton was visibly upset afterward. The embarrassing incident now the sixtime suspect. There is no more significant responsibility from the new York City Police officer than the safeguarding of a prisoner. One to keep their prisoner safe, but also to keep the public safe reporter the suspect has prior arrests here in new york and massachusetts. He is expected to face a judge tomorrow morning. New tonight, were learning more about a fire at the park mall until edison, new jersey. The smoke led to an evacuation, and that sent shoppers out into the cold. Fire started in a garbage dump in the victoria Secrets Store around 6 00 this evening. Gar banal can i should say. Customers were let back in around 7 00 and no one was hurt. Zblenchts hated, disgraced, and under arrest. The pharmaceutical executive to hiked the cost as much as 5,000 has resigned from the company he started. Martin shkrelis resignation comes after being arrested on securitys fraud. The chairman of touring pharmaceuticals will step in as interim ceo. Shkreli pleaded not guilty and out on 5 million bail. There is a growing conflict within the Democratic Party tonight, less than 24 hours before the debate. Hours ago, Hillary Clintons sanderss team of stealing its data. Sanders campaign admitted a staffer took advantage of a computer breach in the files to access clintons secret voter list. The staffers been fired, although he was just trying to prove the system was vulnerable. Were running a clean campaign. Were going to beat secretary clinton and everybody else in this campaign on the issues. We dont need dirty tricks. The Democratic National committee now fully involved with the chair, Debbie Wasserman schulz come cutting off sanders access. Sand ears is seeking an injunction and accused the dnc of sabotage. Donald trump is embracing an unlikely endorsement. He was happy to hear russian president Vladimir Putin call him a bright personality and a talented person. But critics chastised the republican president ial candidate when he returned the favor by calling poout an morm tweeted, important distinction, thug putin kills journalists and opponents are president s kill terrorists. Coming up on news 4 new york, a church scandal. Caught at local priest accused tonight of sexually abusing a child. The allegations against him and how parishioners are reacting. Then making good on a bad deed. What these students did after a waitress got stiffed on a restaurant bill. And see what happens when a little girl mistakes a man for i only buy solid gold staples. Because, um, sometimes regular staples, they just dont capture the richness of what youre stapling. Like, um, like this illuminated page from medieval monks and this original sketch by leonardo da vincis. Eh, separate theyre fine. vo a new york man buys 80 gold staples to staple expensive things. See the gold staple, it just looks right. Probably worth more now. vo youd make a way better rich person. Lotto. Making more new yorkers in new jersey a pair of armed and dangerous robbers still on the loose tonight after hitting five gas stations all of them this morning. One of the bold thefts, a black infinity pulls into an kpon station on mccarter highway. Now its hard to see, but a passenger got out and robbed the attendant at gunpoint. Car sped away. Police did find it nearby, but theyre still looking for those suspects. Parishioners in Rockland County state your named to learn their month senior is under investigation for sexual abuse. Members of st. Margaret of antioch and carl river received letters detailing allegations against john okeefe. It happened more than 30 years ago in the bronx. The same person says it happened again during a trip to virginia. Okeefe says hes innocent. Very nice, very personable, other than that, i had no idea this was going on. Dont know anything about it. This is the first thyme hearing of it. And sorry if that did happen. The statute of limitations has run out. No charges will be filed, but the church will conduct its own investigation while okeefe president obama signed a spending package that will finally fund the renewal of the zadroga act. The bill extends the program through 2090. Effectively providing Lifetime Health care for every sick 9 11 first responder. The act is named for nypd detective James Zadroga who died after working on ground zero. Now to a story about doing whats right. When students were called out on social media for leaving a restaurant without paying the bill, leaving the tip for their waitress, two other students decided to do something about it. And their effort should make one waitress very happy this christmas. Heres justin checker from our sister station, wvit. Reporter it was a Facebook Post that just didnt sit well with the University Junior katie. And i saw qu, so of course i read it. Reporter t. G. I. Fridays called out six College Students for dining and dashing without weekend. Its unconfirmed if they go to the school, but many of the comments were critical of the school. My first instinct was to help the woman because thats just my character. And second, i wanted to improve gus image. Reporter her friend was familiar with the go fund me website, they set up a page to raise money for the server. We broke 50, theyd be incredible, but then with hit 250 within an hour of posting it. We honestly just kind of made it like in hopes of just like covering the tab, which we dont even know what it was. Donations that poured in, most from qu students reached 950. After the website deduction, katie and sarah will give the waitress checks for nearly 850. Just the opportunity to give somebody and make their experience and their christmas just even that much better. It means just the world. Finally meet the waitress when they present her the money, plus christmas cards and gifts for her daughter. Very happy that this kindness is coming from our school and after students walked out on her, so she wasnt expecting it at all. And that was justin checker reporting. Unbelievable. The power of the internet these days. Christmas came early for some kids in the bronx today. For the second year in a row, the nypds 47th precinct invited families in need to see santa and pick up some gifts. Officers help everyone get into the holiday spirit by wearing festive hats and dressing up as elves. There was even a dee jay and some dancing. Kids got on stage to show off their moves. The happy occasion putting a smile on a lot of faces today. Im excited. This is really good for the community, its good that the precinct is, you know, giving back to those whos in need. And you know, its a great experience for us. The precinct gave out 5,000 toys today. Job well done by the nypd, saw some hats and heavier coats there, janice. I was just about to say that. Theyre ready if the bronx. I hope you are too for the cold thats coming. Chilly temperatures sliding. And its going to feel colder than what it is outside right now for at least half of the weekend. Well talk about that and the christmas forecast is coming up too. Big difference. Heres a look outside right now, our top of the rock camera view looks fantastic. The temperature right now in the upper 30s, a 39 in midtown, partly cloudy skies, but it feels colder than that from time to time as the wind starts to gust. And those winds are going to pick up in intensity as we go through the night and into tomorrow. So its going to feel more like teens and 20s versus the actual temperatures which will be in the 20s, 30s, to near 40. Sundays a better day in that we wont have the wind and the wheelchair to deal with, itll be cool, but pleasantly cool across the area. Right now, cold in monticello in bridgewater, 36 in long branch. Its reaching the jersey shore now too. The colder air is over the northern planes. Three in fargo, and all that cold air is swinging across the great lakes, creating some lakeenhanced snowfall on the east side. Cleveland, erie, buffalo, buffalo is expected to get up to six inches of snow, and they havent seen much, any snow at all so far this season. And a few flurries are already starting to move into the catskills and poconos tonight. Thats probably as far as theyll go. If you see any at all, theyll be few and far between. Theyll be around tonight and tomorrow too. In the city, feels like the 20s throughout the day. If youre going to be out and about tomorrow, dress for whats going to feel like for that wind, youll need to shade yourself from the wind too. Sunday, not as cold. Certainly doesnt feel as cold either with less wind and more sunshine. Temperatures in the mid40s. Then next week, here we go again as the southwest wind kicks in into the 50s and 60s christmas week, even into christmas day. So for tonight, 20s and 30s on the map. The winds are out of the west, northwest, 15 to 25 miles an hour. So with those gusts, it will feel colder than this. And thats going to be the case in the morning and throughout the day tomorrow. Even though were expecting a high of 40 in midtown, its going to feel more like 40 all day. Winds may just 30 miles an hour, freezing for the temperature in monticello, but the 20s for you. Heres the seven day forecast. It feels more like winter this weekend than when winter officially begins on monday. Because then, well be back into the 50s. 56 on tuesday, rain is in the forecast wednesday, maybe a few showers on Christmas Eve and Christmas Eve, may come close to setting records again. 67 67 . Yes, i did. Increased that a bit. Day. Its beautiful day, shall be, degrees above average. Wow. Yeah. Thats what we have for now. Stay tuned. We will check back with you. Harry, whats up in sports . Were here to talk about basketball. Coming up in sports, the knicks looking for their Third Straight victory and philadelphia is the place to get it. Well see if the knicks and their rookie sensation could keep the leagues worst team in check. And dont look now, the rangers have lost nine of their last 12 games. Could they turn things around tonight in canada . Thats coming up when news 4 new york at 11 00 continues. And winter become christmas. The radio city Christmas Spectacular presented by chase. Dont wait could happen to any of us. A man with a white beard and a red shirt in december. Yeah, couldnt get passed one little girl. Spotted him right away and thought he was old st. Nick. Ive been told a lot i want to hear more. This happened inside a walmart in hurricane, west virginia. Little sophia jo, stopped this guy who played along and they chatted about her Christmas Tree and how she would leave cookies for him. Sophia jos mother captured it on video and of course it went viral. How cute is she . How do we know hes not santa . Im not clear on that. All right. Who all want to get online. So hurry and get verizon fios. Only fios has the Fastest Internet and wifi available, with speeds from 50 to 500 megs. And right now, for only 79. 99 a month online, you get 50 meg fios internet, tv and phone for your first year. 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Less than four minutes to go, indiana up by five, ellis, finding paul george in the corner. You can count that, he had 23 points on the night, pacers up by eight. And heres the exclamation point, indiana working the ball around, george going to find jordan hill and he throws it the nets were outscored by 12 in the fourth, brooklyn falls 10497, they have lost four in a row. As for hockey on the ice, islanders and devils have the night off. Rangers traveled north of the board we are winnipeg. Second period, rangers down one, tyler myers going top shelf, beating henrik hund lundquist for the victory. Rangers fall for the second straight night. And its a big weekend for new york football. Three weeks remaining in the regular season, jets and giants both still are in the hunt for the post season. And the 85 jets have won three in a row. Tomorrow night they face off with the koubs in dallas. 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