Basement behind a adjacent buildings basement behind a locked down. They hid it in the rear of the basement, unable to be accessed because the door was locked. Reporter so con ed never spotted the illegal hook up, even though they were there hours before the explosion. This is meant to send a message to contractors all over the city. Break the law, and we will find you and hold you accountable. Reporter all five of the defendants here in manhattan in criminal court have entered a not guilty plea. Four of these defendant, their bail set at a Million Dollars each. The master plumber, the one whos accuse offed falsifying document, his bail is at 100,000. For now jim hoffer, channel 7. The father of the one of the two killed in the blast says news of the charges have the family of a 23yearold have set up a shrine in their apartment in his memory. Their son was on a date on the ground floor when the blast happened. His date made it out okay. Well, im happy, i mean that theyre bringing these people to justice so far. You know, im going to let the system take care of what needs to be taken care of. So hard for that family. The family lights a candle in his memory every single night. Turning now to weather, yeah, its cold, but todays temperatures are nothing compared whats headed our way. Get ready, an arctic blast bringing some of the coldest temperatures in a century. Two meteorologists are covering the weather tonight. Lee goldberg is outside the studios on the upper west side. Lee . Reporter all right, the one two polar punch is underway. Out friday night into saturday morning. Dangerous. Fascinating. That band of clouds is actually a little squall line through parts of the surrounding county, and then a really dramatic sunset over new york harbor. Were at 23 degrees right now, and feels like 14, the winds gusting at 30, and the wind chill watch expanded too, it includes the entire Hudson Valley and also connecticut. Wind chills of 7 below already in monticello. Wind gusts last hour near 40. That will continue through the evening hour, and theyre carrying downstreamers of the clouds and snow showers from persistent band of snow showers from franklin, definitely some coatings near the garden parkway. Were steady tomorrow with less wind, then the bottom drops out friday night into saturday morning. Single digits wind chills tonight, then the extreme cold arrives early saturday morning, coming with actually a possible snow squall, and then saturday through midday sun, the record low of 2 sunday morning set back in 1916 could fall, maybe the first 0degree day since 1994 in new york city. Amy freeze is out here too. Reporter yes, we spent is day in parts of park and harlem, and we know new yorkers like to brag about toughness and facing winter weather, but theres been a lot of ups and downs so far this winter, and as we let people know another are getting trade for weather extreme. Hey news man whats going on in the world reporter an arctic blast is coming. How long will you keep going . We can work anywhere from 19 to 90 degrees fahrenheit. Even thats more than good enough for the horse. Its the driver, the drivers are the ones cold. Reporter how low does the temperature need to go for you to be cold . 25 or above im okay. Below its a treadmill. Once you hit the Single Digits thats it. Reporter everybody has their threshold, but this year the ups and downs are confusing anden comfortable. Uncomfortable. Every time i think i know what to expect it changes. There were flowers growing over there a couple of weeks ago. Reporter now we face the lowest temperatures since 1994. The wind is scariest for me. Reporter today you might risk a text with bare hands, but saturday youll do anything to keep exposed flesh from the fridged freeze. Im barricading myself in the house, not going anywhere, and just grin and bear it. Reporter grin and bear it is what youll eventually to do as weve done already so far this season. A blizzard with an entire seasons worth of snow fall, the record breaking warmth over the holiday, now extreme cold, even dangerously cold at times. Temperatures going so low and winds so high that frostbite will be possible in 15 minute, and a reminder its the exposed skin to this cold that makes it back inside to you. All right, thank you, and coming up what you can do about your home to save yourself moves in. The man hunt continuing for wife and three children. One child did survive, and tonight family sounds here at the hospital, and darla miles is there now, the hospital in West Brighton on Staten Island. Reporter well, rebecca cutlers sisters and cousins spent time visiting the miracle today, but they werers courted in and out escorted in and out by officers. Heres the father holding his daughter back in november, so hard to look at it now knowing hes accused offed stabbing the accused of stabbing the infant to death with a kitchen knife. Today the family is rallying around the only one to survive the stabbing. A 2yearold, so aptly named miracle is recovering from extensive stab wounds to her obvious do men. A cousin told me off camera, theyre taking it real bad. Especially my wife and her sisters. Rebeccas sister, theyre taking it hard. Reporter prayers needed after the 26yearold woman was stabbed more than 30 times in the back by her 23yearold boyfriend. She also had a oneyearold that died along with the 4 month old. One Family Member said the couple was together all the time, and other residents in the family shelter inside the hotel say the same. The Surveillance Video captures him in at a nearby deli an hour before going on the spree. He was later spotted on a bus and boarding the Staten Island ferry, but hasnt been seen since. And at this point investigators are still trying to determine if michael has left the new York Metro Area or if he went somewhere and took his own life. Thats what police say he told the stabbing. Island, channel 7. Okay, thank you. Day three of deliberations in the manslaughter trial of an yet. Yesterday jurors handled the gun used by the officer. He testified in his own defense claiming he was startled by a noise, he fired one shot in a dark stairwell of a housing complex in brooklyn in 2014 killing a 28yearold man. Years in prison. A verdict today in another case weve been following, a jury found james ryan not guilty of vehicle homicide in the death of a Nassau CountyPolice Officer. Prosecutors argued his drunken reckless driving caused a Chain Reaction crash that killed the officer in 2012, but ryan was convicted of 10 other count, and faces up to 20 years in prison when sentenced. On board a cruise ship that ran into a storm in the pacific stepped on do dry land today. It dorked last night, and will receive a docked last night, and will receive a full inspection. It traveled into a storm with 125mile an hour winds, more than 600 people had to wait out the weather. We were slanted on like a 25 degree angle, so it was very stressful. Four hours on the slant, so we didnt know if we were going down or not. Were glad to be home and arrive. Royal caribbean is standing behind the captain, and has now made changes to storm avoiding policy. And Hillary Clinton receiving the endorsement of black lawmakers. Will they chose her. Plus a teacher who tried to trouble. Hear from the student and mom defending the teachers actions, and meryl streep setting off a storm of comments after what she said on diversity. And before you break the bank on valentines day how to and chocolate, and what should never be in your bar. And were following breaking news, the fire at the Industrial Park, toni yates is there with the latest. Reporter yes, indeed, we are at the time a place called the duke park, its a private parking, a couple of thousand acres out here, and the people here tell me whats on fire literally just a few hundred yards away from their facility is called the belle meade facility thats on fire. They know there are a lot of dont know exactly how many or which ones. We came along route 206 thats partially shut down now, so avoid it if possible. We also saw several fire trucks from different departments coming out here to help fight the blaze. I can say from what im looking at now it probably is not under control. Its not spreading this way towards where we are at duke farms, again they say its a us federal facility called belle meade, and has a lot of warehouse, and the cause of the fire still under investigation, and again we saw several fire trucks coming towards this area trying to help get this year thats probably not under control. I mean we looked from one end to the other, were several hundred yards away, and it looked like just a passive pedestrian of massive bed of flames happening. Well get more information for bring you the latest. For now, toni yates, back to you guys. Hillary clinton and standers will come face to sanders will come face to face tonight while the republican candidates barn storm the palmetto state looking for votes. Dave evans is back from New Hampshire and here with the latest. As you mentioned, republicans hard at work in South Carolina, but political eyes all on the democrats tonight in this debate. Hillary clinton has reason to worry. Looking at exit polling from women, the young and middle class voters, burt got a much needed better but got but got a much needed boost today from black voters. Reporter sanderses and clinton scaring off in a pivotal debate. Sanders trying to gain support among African Americans. Its not even close, its not even close. Its Hillary Clinton. Reporter today a Prominent Group of black politicians in dc endorsed clinton, and actu blasted sanders for not supporting tougher gun laws. Hillary clinton has been there from the very beginning to deal with the gun violence epidemic, and its impact on African American communitie ross the country, and sanders hasnt been simply missing in action, hes on the wrong side. Reporter clinton kept a low profile since the massive defeat in New Hampshire, but sanders admitted the next if the election were tomorrow do you think you could win South Carolina and nevada . No, fortunately for us the election is not tomorrow. Reporter donald trump is predicting with he wins South Carolina hell likely be unstoppable. He was again blasting jeb bush. You have a guy like bush who has this big fund, its terrible. Ill be honest, the last thing we need is another bush. That i can tell you. Reporter and even kasich say hes troubled by bush attacking him. Look, jeb is spending all this time being negative. Is he worrying about his legacy . Everything is trashing people. Even trump, trump is like all this guy does is attack. He needs to start being more positive. Andumfor the democrats the next vote is nevada on the 20th, then South Carolina the 27th. Collected, but clinton has more super delegates. This primary election lookalikes its going to last for awhile, not just for democrats, but also republicans. Thank you dave we want to take you back to the industrial fire in new jersey, were going to hoe you pictures show you pictures there. If i believes in the area right now officials in the area are asking officials to close their windows and also not to go outside in this area because of the thick black smoke. The smoke is not posing a danger they say, but obviously dont want people going around breathing it in. Right now its an active fire scene, and fire is still not only control. Can you tell us about winds in the area . Winds over 30 miles per hour, a lot of pictures from viewers saying this is blowing across counties, and youre seeing it in surrounding county, and these winds out of the northwest and west for low visibilities, and unhealthy air, and then above youre seeing snow squall, so its pretty incredible in the area. Ill show you on radar. Outside what we have is kind of very turbulent this afternoon. Thats the line of snow squall, white caps on the hudson and harbor. Bumpy ride on the ferries. 23 degrees, the humidity at 32 percent, the winds gusting to 32. The pressure is on the rise, and high just after midnight. The Daylight Hours in the 20, way below the average of 41. Were in a sub freezing stretch now. Sun rise and sunset times right there. Last year this day sunshine and 34. Down to 20 in white plain, and 23 in the park. Its just incredible to understand this is just the first of two shots, and the wind chill 8 below in monticello. 10 in belmar right now. Single digits throughout the night. One positive, the winds die down by tomorrow morning. Sun giving way to clouds tomorrow, upper 20s during the high. Theres the fire there, and 206, and you can see how its blowing, towards north and east brunswick, then a snow squall from highland park, over to red bank, and just to the north, now into long branch and monmouth beach, so be careful with low visibilities on the garden state parkway, and thats really the only game in town. So one cold front by, and the next one up to the north, the fierce chill that comes in friday night into saturday morning. Watch the futurecast, couple of flurry, teens and 20s overnight, and tomorrow morning teens, get into the mid and upper 20s with increasing clouds. Wind chill, Single Digits overnight, during the day it eases a bit, but then the wall of arkic chill comes in arctic kill comes in saturday. Chill comes in saturday. Tomorrow 28, almost not as harsh, sun giving way to the weekend. Increasing wind and flurry, heavier snow squall to greet saturday morning, then temperatures in a free fall. The potential for the first 0 degree day in new york city since 94, and can we go from a snow to soaking rain early next week, a lot going on in the sevenday forecast, plus tips to prepare your home and family for the upcoming deep freeze. Okay, thank you lee. With an arctic blast on the way you need to protect your home. Coming up things you can do around your house when the dangerous cold arrives. And an apology over the in new york state, we believe tomorrow starts today. All across the state the economy is growing, with creative new business incentives, the lowest taxes in decades, and university partnerships, attracting the talent and companies of tomorrow. Like in utica, where a new kind of workforce is being trained. And in albany, the nanotechnology capital of the world. Let us help grow your companys tomorrow, today at business. Ny. Gov [ male announcer ] ten years after you quit smoking your risk of dying from lung cancer is about half that of a smoker. But right now. Youre one cigarette closer to cancer. Every cigarette makes you sick. Valentines day is sunday and if youre buying chocolate, expect to pay more for it. Nearly 70 percent of americans prefer receiving holiday, but when w a chocolate with a chocolate shortage this year you need tips. Nina pineda is here with more. And well be shelling out more than ever before, the price going up 40 percent in the last two years, so we put together a chocolate checklist so you get the best bang for your buck and your bite. At mindys its crunch time. Its sweet, its simple, its delicious. Reporter but some chocolate isnt this simple anymore. They have number, term, wild ingredient, and prices. This box of real gold encrusted chocolate, 14,000 for six precious pieces. So we came to the Chocolate Lab at the institute of Culinary Education for answers, is all that high end chocolate really shaped box for a hershey bar for 71cents . As with most things in life you get what you pay for. Reporter he runs the bean to bar lab like a scientist, and says cost varies are on where the chocolate comes from. Youll also pay up for bars made according to Community Minded manufacturing rules. Certainly Something Like organic fair frayed and rain forest trade, and Rain Forest Alliance are evidence of care put into the product. Reporter the numbers are not about quality. But the quantity. How much of that bar is from a cocoa bean. Reporter 80 percent of this one is purely from the bean or butter. Theres about 19 percent sugar added. Reporter the less sugar the more intense the chocolate flavor. This is about 72 percent. Reporter whats something chef youd never want to see in fats not from a cocoa bean. Reporter like palm oil band. Dont purchase based on price, trust your own taste. Definitely more expensive chocolate doesnt make it taste better. And were projected to spend 764 million on chocolate this valentines day. Thats cording to the national according to the National Confectioners association, and dont store chocolate in the fridge. It absorbs odors and gets discolored. Instead put your investment in a plastic bag and put it in a cool, dry place. I was just going to say or eat it all at once. Shes so lucky she got to do that. Yeah, i was looking for our chocolate, but i dont see any. An act of compassion gets teacher banned from the class room. From a veteran teacher on long and the city of cleveland sends a bill to the victim of a shooting family of a we continue to follow breaking news in new jersey. Firefighters still battling the massive fire ripping through an Industrial Park. Heavy flames and black smoke still pouring out of two buildings. This is a live picture right now, and you can see kind of the flames in the background there. No homes in any danger, but residents have been told to keep windows closed because of the smoke, and right now no injuries reports. A section of route 206 is closed due to the heavy smoke. And new at 5 00 oclock, a for going out of her way to help a student. The veteran art teacher was barred from the class room after leaving the high school with a student during school hours. Now parents, colleague, even the student herself are coming to the teachers defense. A witness reporter rob nelson has the story. Reporter it was meant to be nothing more than an act of compassion by a teacher helping out a young student going through a double dose of grief. She needed someone to talk to. She was very distraught. Repo