The winds, and the winds are much lighter now compared to wh ere they were yesterday and even this morning. Yesterday we were seeing gusts between 30 and 35 miles an hour. Now the winds have calmed down in a very light fashion across the area, so were not seeing gusts across the region, and very little in the ways of wind windchill, either. Everybody is mainly in the 20s, just below freezing in danbury, 19 in islip. The winds are not all that strong anymore. Were not expecting them to be, and the temperatures will start rising for us by tomorrow. Into the 40s for tomorrow afternoon. So thats the saving grace. The wind changes direction and the warmup begins. As a matter of fact, we may even come close to 50 degrees by this we ekend. Ill have all that in the 7day forecast in a few minutes. Back to you. A big concern tonight is getting the homeless out of the freezing cold. We told you Governor Cuomo has police using force. Marc g santia has been keeping an eye on all of this. Marc, how is it going out there . Reporter right now teams are fanning out across the city. Theyre trying to get the homeless off the streets, out of the cold and into safety. Hidden behind whizzing cars, scattered bags and crumpled cardboard, we found a new yorker trying to keep warm near a concrete barrier. When temperatures drop this is the time when folks are in danger. Reporter they know the dangers of these temperatures. They work hand and hand with the city to find the homeless a place to stay. The homeless are finding sanctuary in more than just the sanctuary here at fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church manhattan. When the temperatures do get colder, we see an immediate uptake in the number of people who are walking through our doors. Reporter the church is those in need with clothes, beds and a stockedup pantry. Back to the bronx and the homeless man we found freezing in the cold. He agreed to take refuge in a bronx shelter for the night. A victory, at least one potential life saved. Their job is far from over. We cant focus on the heroism. We have to do what we have to do. Reporter so what should you do if you see homeless folks out on the street . Exivperts say call 311. The city has a system in place. Theyll notify an Outreach Team and that Outreach Team will meet with the homeless folks within one hour. If you give them your number, theyll also call you and give you an update on just what happened. Were live tonight in the fordham section of the bronx. Marc santia, news4 new york. Temperatures with the nbc4 logo in the corner. Youll get any alerts you need to know about. Executive action and raw emotion for president obama today as he unveiled new ideas to curb gun violence. The president criticized for being stoic and detached at times. Not so much today. Unencumbered by an election campaign, the president forceful at times and taking action, limited though it may be when it comes to gun purchase background checks. Even when he was done, politicians were calling it government overreach. The president of the united states, barack obama, and Vice President joe biden. Reporter introduced at the white house by a dad who lost his little boy at sandy hook elementary, president obama later broke down when he recalled that 2012 mass shooting. Every time i think about those kids, it gets me mad. The streets of chicago every day. [ applause ] reporter lamenting what he feels is a lack of action by congress, he is now ordering more background checks, hiring more fbi examiners to do them 24 7 and banning anyone on a nofly list from buying guns. At gun shows now, no background checks are required for socalled private sales. Same for anyone in the united states. Right now the president says, youre in the business of selling guns, you must do background checks. The gun lobby may be Holding Congress hostage right now, but they cannot hold america hostage. Allison parkers killer passed his check and bought his gun illegally. If a background check can save one life, it may not have saved allisons. But thats not a reason to do nothing. Paul ryan says his word does not r trump the second agreement. Gun violence is committed by care what the law is. Reporter the president also wants congress to fund half a million for Mental Health care. Chuck, the president will attend a town hall in virginia on gun violence thursday. David, thank you. Coming up at 6 00, the significant changes and impact it could have here in the tristate area. Well tell you exactly how it can affect your safety. Authorities are working to piece together an 18minute gap in the timeline of the San Bernardino shooters the day they killed 14 people and theyre asking for the publics help. They cant account for the shooters movements between the attack and the shootout in which they were killed, specifically from 12 59 p. M. And 1 15 p. M. On december 2nd. They want to know if the shooters contacted anyone during that time. Soldier has died by the taliban. The taliban has made recent gains in that area. Two other american soldiers were wounded. Were told all three members were the militarys elite special operations forces. Inspiring, gracious and poised. Just some of the ways Tom Coughlins resignation is being addressed tonight. He addressed the media today, this time to say goodbye. Ne ws4s bruce beck was there for it. Bruce . Tom coughlin is going out in style. The hall of famer delivered a powerful speech after resigning as head coach of the new york giants. The 54yearold coughlin talked about life, family, character, relationships, and, oh, yes, some football, too. Championships are won by ter ams who love one another, who enjoy and respect one another and play for and support one another. Reporter what a farewell from tom coughlin, who thanked his family, his coaches and his players, specifically quarterback eli manning. He thinks hes the reason. Hes not the reason that im eli, its not you, its not you. Its us. We win, we lose together. Remember, when we win, i lose. When we win, you guys win. Thats the way it is. Thats the game. I got the game. I got it. Reporter coughlin was so fired up when he finished his presentation, he stormed by team owner john mara. It caught everyones attention. Although it turned out to be nothing personal. All good things come to an end at some point in time. He walks out the door with his head held high, and were very grateful for everything that hes done. Reporter so whats done for coach coughlin who says we havent seen the last of him . Im not necessarily done with coaching. Thank you very much for asking. My wife will not want me to be home longer than probably 48 hours. Someplace to go . By wait, the the way, the only time coughlin teared up was when he thanked his wife, his rock solid personal quarterback judy. Steve tisch asked coughlin to stay on in some capacity. Tom said he would consider it. Now he begins the unenviable task of trying to replace a legend. Chuck . We just got word of this minutes ago. Long island congressman steve israel announced he will not run in the upcoming november election. Hes been in Congress Nearly 16 years serving nearly eight terms. He represents huntington. The congressman says its time to pass the torch. Once hes out of office he plans to work on his second novel. A mixed bag on wall street today. Stocks stabilizing after yesterdays low start to the year. The closing bell rang about an u. S. Averages fluctuated between gains and losses all day, the dow closed about 10 points higher. The nasdaq closed nearly 12 points and the s p was up at 4 points. New signs linked to miscarriage. We want you to know about that. A cell phone lost and found on the floor of this new jersey restaurant. A mother may have told a boy to do the wrong thing in this case. Well tell you why police are now looking for them. Big news about the popular brain game luminosity. Why the sct says youre being there is no end service between times square and astor astoria ditmar boulevard. You can expect delays on the b, d, f and r trains. Well keep you posted. A couple criminals responsible for burglarizing nine apartments in queens. Take a look at this. The breakins happened between october and december. In each case the suspects would pick the door locks, making off with electronics, jewelry, bikes and thousands of dollars. The most recent breakins was on december 22nd. In that incident, a woman came home while they were actually in her apartment. They took off using the fire escape. If those men look familiar to you, police want to hear from you. Police are also looking for your help to find a missing pregnant woman in the bronx. Family said they last saw caruth in her home on sunday. Shes about 5 feet tall, weighs 107 pounds. The restaurant on 37th and sixth voluntarily closed after the city cited these stores for six violations. Fruit flies in the restaurant, keeping cold food at a lower temperature. This was their First Standalone location in manhattan. The new study out of denmark found that high doses of fluconazole raised the risk of pregnancy by 60 . Doctors are told to use caution when prescribing that medication. If you have the game lumosity, you have been deceived. The people behind lumosity were cited by deceptive claims, claims like the game will make you better at school. There is no science to back up that claim that lumosity will reduce or delay cognitive impairment. Consumer refunds and provide an easy way for consumers to cancel their auto renew. Lumosity is one of the most popular brain games on the market with an estimated 1 billion in sales a year. If youre on the fence playing tomorrow nights powerball lottery, you have about 450 million reasons to buy one. Nobody has won the powerball since november 4. Its played in all states except washington, d. C. And the Virgin Islands islands. I could use some of that money. We looked up a statistic yesterday, we were in the weather center, and of all states in the tristate area, i think jersey had the most winners. Get over to jersey now. In the cold, definitely, and you still need to bundle up. This morning. Mifor. Nus 19 is what it felt like in monticello monticello, 19 below zero with all that wind. It was brutal this morning. Even in the city with the wind chill this morning at its coldest of minus 2 degrees. The actual temperatures by this afternoon were in the 20s. Thats cold, too. Below freezing for everyone across the board. Right now most of the Area Temperatures are in the 20s as well. Its going to be another cold night, though, you just wont have all that wind. The cold eases tomorrow. We start to see the temperatures rising. Were back in the 40s again. Theres some rain coming up later in the week. Right now 20s across the board from ringwood to melville. Secaucus is in the 20s, white plains 23, 26 in westhampton, 119 on the 1 9 on the map and thats newburgh. Coming out generally from the north to northwest, but the wind is changing direction and that will help us warm up. The wind is helping to clear the Beautiful Day up and down the eastern seaboard. All the clouds are offshore all the way to the southeast coastline where they felt the cold this morning, too, but everyone will start to warm up slowly but surely. This evening were in the 20s. Its not brutal with the wind chill, but well stay in the 20s and the teens. Rye brook down to 13, rock hill and 13 in arlington. Coastal connecticut, Beautiful Day tomorrow, but upper 30s and low 40s by the afternoon. Same thing for the city. Bundle up in the morning but you can shed a layer or two in the afternoon. Its a cold start for the jersey shore at 22, but youll be near 40 tomorrow. 30s by noon north and west. More sunshine expected across the area. Look at the temperatures by this weekend. Weve got some rain chances but we also have a chance for some mild weather approaching 50 degrees by saturday and sunday. Here comes another little meantime, your 7day forecast shows that were done with the brutal cold for now. Even when it cools down next monday and tuesday, highs will be in the upper 30s with lows in the 20s across the area. Saturday friday afternoon, again on saturday. Looks like a wet weekend mostly friday into saturday. Well start to clear off for the rest of the weekend. No snow yet. We felt spoiled by the season. That causes confusion. Cherry blossoms are blooming in grant park. Does this mean they wont bloom in the spring when the crowds flock to see them . We went to find out. Reporter a cold winter sun now shines down on dead Cherry Blossoms. Record high temperatures in november and december had hundreds of trees in essex countys Branch Brook Park it goes to 60, 65, 70 degrees in december reporter there are some 4,000 cherry trees here, the largest park collection in the nation. Many juveniles, however, planted in the past few years. In full bloom, out shining washingtons tidal basin, drawing tourists from around the world, and many locals walking dogs anxious for the spring display. Many come here to take pictures for their weddings. Its comforting. It just brings a sense of pretty prettiness to so much ugliness in the world. Reporter that prettiness has never been seen now. They say the trees will survive and even blossom yet this spring if the weather cooperates. Assuming the weather stays cold, there are still plenty of dormant trees in this park to ensure a very colorful Cherry Blossom festival come april. In newark, brian thompson, news4 new york. Her bridesmaid dresses are picked out and paid for, but heres the problem. The store suddenly closed. A subway disruption tonight. There are delays or suspensions on half a dozen lines, including the b, d, f, n, q and r trains. There is a broken line on the r train thats causing it. If youre trying to get to alternate route tonight. Talk about a wedding nightmare nightmare. Imagine you pay all the money, order all the dresses but you cant get them. The brooklyn shop they ordered those dresses from suddenly shut down. So now what . Reporter lisa and doug have been planning their dream wedding for over a year. Then without warning its something that you really wouldnt imagine ever happening. You trust a business to, you know, put up their end of the deal. Isabellas Wedding Center on coney island avenue shut down suddenly, a few months before lisa and dougs big day. They were told their dresses would be ready by the end of december. When they couldnt reach them by phone, they came down here and were surprised to see the place completely locked. There was nothing inside the store. Completely gutted. Her dress and wants her money back. Shes not the only one. The new tenants that took over this space tells news4 weve had at least two people a day coming in looking for their tuxedos, dresses, bridesmaid dresses, and they havent been able to get it, unfortunately. Isabella glaser owns the shop, and like everyone else, we havent been able to track her down. Carol and some of the bridesmaids have been trying to get their money back through their credit card companies, at the same time scrambling to get the dresses by april. Its not fair she just took peoples money and just betrayed our trust. Reporter in brooklyn, lori bordonaro, news4 new york. Natalie is here now with a look at whats coming up at 5 30. Shib a why a woman could be in trouble wlt law. Plus a man allegedly tries to set a pet store on fire and ends upsetting fire to himself. Its a wild story, coming up. This might leave a bad taste in your mouth. A woman con fronts a coffee shop cashier who she believes stole her credit cardin pho. Info. 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