Looking at 3 in brooklyn. 5 around islip. A really cold day. Its going to warm into the 20s today, but were going to be looking at just a light wind low 20s. The brutal harsh cold comes tonight with snow that may call for poor travel condition. Tomorrow, the winds could be at 45 Miles Per Hour. Well talk about that next. Weather and traffic together every seven minutes. She can tell you why you can drive on a parkway and park on a driveway. I cant tell you that, but i can tell you why this tractor trailer is there because he stopped short of the overpass. We have a lot of delays as a result. Ill pinpoint where it is for you the Southern State east near exit 13. Unauthorized have the. New jersey transit, Long Island Railroad doing okay. Of the hutch, two lanes are blocked off as you go through that spot. Then we have 287 near exit 9a. Thats another accident. Two tractortrailers are involved. No injuries there. Fdr drive north, very heavy from the 70s up to the 90s. Well look at this camera and show you how bad the delays are as you go northbound on the fdr drive. Thats all because of late running construction. We have alternate side of the Street Parking rules suspended for the day. It is 6 02. Rob nelson continuing coverage from times square where people are braving the cold. Rob . Reporter remember back in november and december we were talking about what a mild, face winter were having. Mother natures getting her pay back today and through the weekend for shower. This is the coldest air we have seen all season. Things will only get worse as we make our way through the weekend. The cold snap means more than just breaking records and dressing in layers for folks any time the weather drops to 32 degrees or below, the city issues a code blue weather emergency. Were talking windchills that could reach as low as 30 below zero. We found new yorkers out in times square braving the elements. Whats the electrickic to getting through a cold morning like this . Bundling up with layers upon layers. How many layers have you got on right now . Enough. [ laughter ] reporter layering up is the trick. That is the best advice. Stay indoors or bundle up. What else can we do except wait for the cold snap to break. Rob nelson, channel 7 Eyewitness News. Head to abc7ny. Com on the web, tablet or smartphone to get the latest alerts any time and pinpoint the temperature in your neighborhood. Now to a developing story and a deadly fire in under investigation in queens in the last hour. Victim as 74yearold mario gumisa. He was found inside of his burning home in Riverside Drive at white stone. The fire began just before midnight and burned through the homes basement and first floor. The cause of the fire has not been determined. Were expecting more fallout today after the conviction of an nypd officer in the shooting death of an unarmed black man in brooklyn. Officer peter liang held his head in his hands when the guilty verdict was read. The rookie cop fired from his job now and facing more than a decade in jail. Eyewitness News Reporter dray clark is live at the courthouse dray . Lori. Jurors said it was a tough decision, a decision that took them two days to make. In the end, the verdict was guilty as charged for former nypd Police Officer peter liang. Liang dropped his head after habits in the shooting death of 28yearold akai gurley. The shooting happened in november 2014 at the pink houses in brooklyn where liang and his partner were conducting vertical patrols of the stair well of the housing unit. Liang, a rookie officer, was startled and recklessly fired his gun into a darkened stair well. A bullet ricocheted off the wall and struck gurley in the chest. Gurley was walking down the stairs with a friend. Liang said it was a mistake, but the jury did not agree. For People Living at the pink houses, word of that guilty verdict among them spread very quickly. Whats the reason for your gun being out the holster . If you have it out the holster, that means you are ready to shoot. If you are scared, you shouldnt join the force. If harmful areas are where you put the rookies, thats where theres going to be problems. Thats where people are going to get hurt, people getting killed, and there will be its bad that he was situation like that but its also bad that that boy lost his life. Reporter after the guilty verdict yesterday, there are now new calls for the nypd to possibly reconsider and reevaluation socalled vertical patrols in the Public Housing units across the city. Ed mullins, who is with the sergeants benevolence situation had this to say. Commissioner bratton who so often brags on the evolution of policing now needs to suspend the vertical patrols and re evaluate his policy. Meanwhile, peter liang was fired after the guilt verdict yesterday. He is facing the possibility of having to serve up to 15 years in prison. Were live in downtown brooklyn this morning, dray clark, channel 7 Eyewitness News. Its 6 06. In queens a small park remains a crime scene after workers discover possible human bones the disturbing find was made at have buyers remorse when it comes to president obamas leadership and legacy. Some last i heard, we live in a democratic society. Last i heard, a United States senator had the right to disagree with the president , including the president whos done such an extraordinary job. Sanders also pointed out Hillary Clinton was the only person on the stage who ran against president obama in 2008. Republican president ial hopefuls are getting ready for their next debate. Thats tomorrow night in South Carolina. Donald trump, the leader of the New Hampshire primary apologized to a crowd in louisiana for using foul language when he repeated an offensive term describing senator ted cruz. Several of the gop candidates have events today in South Carolina leading up to tomorrows debate. 6 08. You are never more than seven minutes away from weather and traffic. We begin with meteorologist bill evans from the exclusive weather forecast. Here on the roof, what a your way. In the distance there, you can see the news copters flying around, planes flying around. All of its getting going. Look at 6 09 as the time. It is cold. It is going to be a cold day. I think its cold enough actually, but its going to get colder as we head into the weekend. 16 degrees right now. The winds have died down a little to single numbers. So the windchill is not so harsh. Its plenty cold outside. Our front with the frigid air is up in canada right around lake superior. 10 00 temperature 20. 26 at lunchtime. 29 this afternoon should be the high. Still below freezing. The wind wont be so harsh until late tonight and tomorrow. At the bus stop, kiddos, after school will be kind of cloudy. Breaks of sun and cold 28 degrees. Weather then heather every seven minutes. Shes got an unauthorized tractortrailer rig. Right. Somebodys in trouble. You must respect her this tractortrailer, this is the Southern State parkway. Lets get right over to our maps. This is the Southern State parkway, and its event app eastbound at central avenue. That tractortrailer is not allowed on the parkway. Metronorth on or close to schedule. Going onto the new england thruway, we have that accident. Two lanes are closed down as a result. As you head onto route 287 east, there is an accident where two tractortrailers are involved in that crash. The fiveday forecast drive going north from the 70s up to the 90s, we have that construction. Check out the delay as you go to the northbound side. You are barely moving without any major problems. Then we have a problem as you travel onto route 17 south. Alternate side of the Street Parking rules are in effect. Breaking news right now. Just learning new details about take a look at this. News copter 7 just arriving over hillsborough township where this sevenalarm fire is still burning right now. Well have a live report next. Hes done it again. The latest you cant predict the market. But through good times and bad. At t. Rowe price. Weve helped our investors stay confident for over 75 years. Call us or your advisor. T. Rowe price. Invest with confidence. Ive been a turkey farmer my whole life. And i raise turkey for shady brook farms. We dont use growthpromoting antibiotics, thats just the way things should be done. 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The Fire Department says this will continue out here for several days. Theyve been here all night long fighting the blaze. We saw reports all afternoon yesterday of the smoke being visible. Some cases more than 30, 40 miles away. I think were going to see that again this morning as the wind towards the southeast. The latest update we got from local authorities is that route 206 is being reopened. The biggest thing that we have right now is that Hills Borough township schools have been closed for the day. There are localized Power Outages associated with the fire and localized road closures. So hillsboro township schools will be closed for the day due to the ongoing Fire Department operations. Route 206, a major artery here through the area was shut down all afternoon causing a real traffic headache throughout the afternoon rush our. If i pull this shot out wide, you can make 206 out right here. You can still see Fire Department activity. The roadway itself runs this direction. Thats where you follow 206. That has been reopened this morning, so at least the morning commute will be easier. Well bring you updates throughout the broadcast. John del giorno, channel 7 Eyewitness News. The suspect in a machete attack inside of an ohio restaurant is dead after being shot by police. Investigators say the man randomly attacked for people last night inside of a restaurant in columbus. He took off and when officers caught up with him, they tried to take him down with a stun gun. The suspect lunged at the officers, and thats when an officer opened fire. The victims are in the hospital. They are expected to be okay. It is unclear what triggered the attack. Infamous pharmaceutical executive Martin Shkreli is making a big offer to kanye west thats sure to make more ennies. Hes offering 10 million for exclusive access for his new album. Thats five times what he paid to own. Wu tang clans latest. A couple of hours ago he wrote that hes hit his direct message limit and doesnt know if kanye replayed. On capitol hill dodging questions about his companys aids treatment medicine. He is a brave man, meteorologist bill evans is. You know, it is cold enough. This is good, right here, right . Its about 16 degrees here on the upper west side. That number is good enough, but its going to get colder, windier, and it will be dangerously cold on tomorrow and into sunday. Lets take a look outside this morning. Were looking at skies that are clear to partly cloudy. A brisk and cold day. Looking at a windy and cold night tonight. Its frigid tomorrow. Temperatures will be around 18 and falling during the day. In the sevenday forecast, you will be looking at 19 by the time we get to monday. We start out the day with a temperature of 18 degrees. 45 humidity, the winds are west. And we will see tuesday of next week. Winters coldest weather so far is this weekend money we can tie a record high or even break that. A 100year record high starting at 8 degrees around brookhaven. Zero over westhampton. Always a cold spot. You know these numbers actually by the time we get into the upper 20s may feel quite balmy today at 28 which will be the warmest for a while. Were looking at windchills making it feel like the Single Digits. So you really need to dress warmly with lots of layers, scarves, and a windchill watch in effect. An advisory. Everybodys going to have dangerously cold windchills tomorrow night with 20 or 30 below. The temperatures will be in the upper 20s this afternoon. Look at the burst of snow that comes out of the northwest. Snow squalls tomorrow morning and bursts of snow. Some are late tonight. You could have roadways coated with snow. Into the 20s to 30 Miles Per Hour sustained tomorrow. The gust could go at the coast as high as 40 Miles Per Hour. So check out these windchills down into the Single Digits by tomorrow morning. Look, the windchills drop like a rock to 10, 20, even 30 below up toward monticello as we go overnight saturday into sunday. At the bus stop, kiddos, dress warmly. 17 degrees this morning. Were minus the wind, but its still brisk and cold and the afternoon high of 28. That might not feel so bad. Watch out for the snow squalls to support travel conditions. A coating to an inch is possible. Then its frigid tomorrow. 18 is the temperature in the morning. Itll be down to 2 by the time we get to saturday night. We could tie or break that record high. Then well be looking at warmer weather by the time we get into next week. There you go. Its going to be brutally cold this weekend. Pets indoors, check on your neighbors, medicines. Make sure all of the heating get through it in the next week. Take it seriously. Thank you, bill. You want to take a nice, warm train . You have new jersey transit, Long Island Railroad running on or close to schedule. The souther state east right near exit 13 is prohibitive. Right near exit 25, another accident is being cleared away. We have this problem on the new england thruway south of the hutchinson parkway. Two lanes are closed down as you go through this spot. Then this problem is still with us on 287 eastbound. Two tractortrailersoffed in this crash as you head north with that construction still with us. Metered rules are in effect. Lori and ken, over to you. A hidden danger on the roads. When it comes to cabs, well tell you how officials crack plus why youll soon be able to get a toilet flush if you need an opioid to manage your chronic pain, you may be sooo constipated it feels like everyone can go. Except you. Tried many things . You may have opioidinduced constipation, oic. Its different and may need a different approach. Opioids block pain signals, but can also block activity in the bowel. 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What was bill muttering before saying ill take legumes sounds good. Why not . [ laughter ] you are never more than 10 minutes away from weather, traffic, and bill. You are looking at zero. 9 around sussex here. Bit. Wind in la guardia. Windchills are in the Single Digits here. Were going to be looking at winds that are about west 8, 10 Miles Per Hour. Also a good ride ferries here. Today were going to see over the next several hours temperatures just driving on up into the mid20s. Upper 20s later on in the day will be cold and well be looking at sunshine today, 28 the high. Weather and traffic together every seven minutes. Whats going on out there, heather . Im watching them move this camera around. If you look right over here, here is where the truck is. It looks like a box truck. We have a lot of help on the scene, including a tow truck. This is on the