have to go back to march 6th. the other side of the story is the wind. it makes it feel like 2 when the wind kicks incet central park. 4an below in newark and 1 below in yot iners. 10 below the wind chill in newburgh. you have to make sure you don't stay outdoors for too long. the head, ears, scarf, gloves. as the day goes on the wind will ease. brhoight and sunny and high temperature is 30 degrees late in the afternoon. on the cold tuesday morning, let's get a check on the morning commute. >> thanks, chris. good morning, everyone. we have some problems on theat road. we have an accident that shuts down our lanes. intermittenn closures. the bronx river parkway in the weegstbound lane, we're talking about how cold it is outside. there is icing on the roads. and church road is closed. 4:31. with the temperature dropping like a rock layers are a must. new york city code blue is in effect. the city is stepping up outreach to get everyone inside. >> reporter: this is their job, darlene. yes, they are out here for hours on end. we're talking about these construction workers on 58th street and second avenue. you think yor're cold, try talking to these construction workers here. it really puts everything into perspective. they start their shifts at 9:30 at night. they will finish at 5:30 this morning. they had one break today, 1:30 in the morning to eat for 30 minutes and to get warm. i thought they would have more breaks in weather like this. they had one break today. we also have utility workers and they try to move around but they are bundled up. it is still so brutally cold. we talked to one construction worker here. take a listen. >> it's brutal. it's brutal. it's cold out here. it's minus nine degrees. the wind factor. we just work through it though. a lot of people, you know, we just dress for the weather. we dress for it. as long as we keep moving, we seem to be okay. >> not t far from here there is a fruit stand vendor at 59th street and second avenue. he started his job 7:00 last night and then he won't finish until about 8:00 this morning. the fruit is frozen. he's frozen. darlene, you'll hear from him coming up in the next half hour. again, here's some live pictures from the construction workers here, 58th street, second avenue. they will be finishing up about 5:30 this morning. hard working guys and doing it out in the bitter cold, darlene. back to you. >> they sure are. another issue regarding the hd. there's a mandate in new york to get the homeless off the streets and into shioters. it is now the first day of governor cuomo's initiative that is in effect. it requires communities to bring the homeless inside when it's below 32 degrees outside. mayor de blasio says it's really not what's needed in new york. >> it doesn't change what we do d what we have done for many ars. the state law is hat's operative here and the executive order from our th understanding does not change that basic reality. >> meanwhile, governor cuomo blasted the shelters. they said it's so bad they'd rather sleep in the subways or outside. the mayor says they've not been up to par but they're working to fix that. this morning a woman will brigadier general christine holland will be the commandant of cadets. she will be the first woman to hold that post. congratulations. 4:34. time for weather and traffic on the 4s. this is it. >> this is it. >> totally i different. >> wt flipped the switch in a different way. >>he this lesn't a gradual trent. >> no, it wasn't. nothing underneath you. unfortunately that's what it feels like. the good news is it won't be a long duration. the teperatures will make a comeback. brutal morning, subzero wind chills. bright sunshine. it stays frigid throughout the day. the wind will ease some. we don't break the freezing mark throughout the day barely getting back to 30. not even close. 12. that's one of the warmer numbers by the way. we get to the low to mid 20s. 40s are back in the forecast. not too far away in a little bit. >> thanks, chris. signal p blems causing disruptions on the subway. downtown 2 and 3 trains are running. delays on downtown 1 trains and delays on downtown 5 trains and delays on amaica bound trains. there's work on 3, 4, a, d, n, f,al r. alternate side of the street parking rules are in effect. morare weather and traffic ahead on the 4s. 4:36. new this morning, a look at the man wanted in a deadly stapg at a bronx mcdonald's. breaking news yesterday. "today in new york's" tracie strahan is in kingsbridge. >> reporter: i checked in with police a short time ago. they tell me this new surveillance video we're about to show you captures imagesgrf the alleged suspect just minutes aferter he slashed the manager of the mcdonald's behind me on broadway. you can see the man walking slowly down the street in the coat with a hooded sweatshirt underneath. he's carryin reg what appears to be a dark bag on his shoulder. police do believe he's the suspect that stabbed 28-year-old adam garcia around 4:28. garcia was a manager of the restaurant. asked the customer, possibly a homeless man to possibly leave, after being inside the restaurant for eight hours. the man came backstabbing garcia to death before fleeing. friends say the victim i'mply a family man who was jus trying to do his job. >> the last time i saw him was here before christmas. he told me happy new year. if i don't see you, i love you. >> people in the area know him. he comes in often o the restaurant. >> again, here is your look at that newly released surveillance video from the nypd showing the alleged suspect in this case. bring you back live now, you can see a memorial has been set up restaurant for adam garcia who leaves behind a five-year-old son. michael, they say he was going to seek other job opportunitiesc and was looking forward to that. >> such a sad story. thank you very much. this morning we are getting a look at two m wanted for nine daytime apartment burglaries in queens. these men were behind the break-ins between october and december. the last break in on december nd a woman came home a found them in her apartment. they were scared away. if you know them, call police. the bronze man accused of shooting his wife on christmas morning will be in court today. he was arraigned yesterday. he shot his wife during an argument on christmas morning while their two young children were sleeping upstairs. she was hit in the arm and neck but survived. a 15-year-old brooklyn girl her mother and her mother's girlfriend. it shows destiny garcia being taken into custody. she was accused of killing 30-year-old rosie sanchez and porice say garcia said she was being abused. according to investigators there are no signs that the killings were in self-defense. today president obama plans to tell americans how he plans to tighten gun sale rules working out the details with attorney general loretta lynch. nowsse're expect being expanded rules on background checks. paul ryan condemned the move calling it executive overreach. and in oregon a standoff involving the armed protestors overran muching rights goes into thn e fourth day. taken over a building at the malcure wildlife refuge. they want a peaceful resolution but haven't talked about a response plan. thers at the center of the fight were transported back to federal prison. they say they're not part of what's happening further north in oregon. your 401k hangs in the balance trying to hang. shanghai closed down only slightly. yesterday it found so fast the economic safety break shut down trading. that caused the dow to close 276 points lower a 1.5% plunge. this morning stock futures are uncertain. new legal troubles for vo atlkswagen. they're being sued by the justice department. washington seeking civil damages but no criminal charges have been brought. voeks wag gone's accused of loading software into 600,000 tdi vehicles that helped them cheat on emission tests. the german automaker insists it's working on a fix for those engines. 4:40. juatst ahead, an emergency re oquest. what bill cosby's wife is asking he'll quickly cut the head off isis and take their oil. >> donald trump is taking familiar messages. this is his first television ad. we're go g to tell you why one part of this add, one clip in particular is being criticized. be prepared for a shock to your system when you step outside. weather and traffic on the 4s is coming up. don't forget follow us on facebook and twitter, darlny, e michaelg4ny. it's 4:43. here are 4 things to know this morning. some of you are waking up to temperatures that feel below freezing. well, a look at the weather and traffic on the 4s. today it's the end of the era for the new york giants. coach tom coughlin is going to speak about his decision to step down. the consumer product safety commission stepping up its probe of hoverboards after dozens of rendports of fires. the agency has collected samples is looking into the safety of the entire product line. so if you want to think some warmer thoughts though, cotoday it's moving day at the java center for the new york boat show. that show opens tomorrow. it t will run throuan sunday. all right. 4:44. time for weather and traffic together. the weather picture, dramatically colder this morntng. we talked abou tit coming in. it's here. it's a promise. this is the deep part of the cold with the air mass. the chill will stay in psace all day today. the wind will ease a little bit as we go through the day. that's good news. itot clear and quiet. e cold continues to ease. we could see 40 degrees by the time the day is out tomorrow. 13 in astoria. 10 in largemont. 9 in armonk. go to the west even colder, parsippany, 5. 7 in ringwood. 7 in basking ridge. the wind is the other part of the story. these are the actual air temperatures. looks lonely when it's 1 digit out there at monticello. wind chill warning in effect for -- excuse me, advisory in suck section county. let's get a look at some of the wind chills. 5 below the wgnd chill at jfk. 4 in mutt tontown. go to the north 10rks below in newburgh. sussex, morristown, bridgewater even at long branch it feels like 5 below zero now. in the clear. clouds off shore. ocean effect snow. a bunch of snow off shore in new jersey. u typically would get lake effect. not an impact on us. we have clear sky heading our way for todaynd future tracker shows for the most part that's what's going to dominate today, tonight, tomorrow. for tomorrow the wind begins to shift. it goes westerly and more southwesterly. nothing going on here. maybe a few clouds getting br aought into the picture. our next weather maker around here is on friday. 30 the expected high in the ciatty. by mid to late afternoon, 27 largemonth. upper 20s through northwest new jersey. another cold night tonight, not as cold. 21 in the city with a lighter breeze. five to ten miles am hour. teens and lower teens north and west of the city. cold start tomorrow. look at the seven day forecast. what happens to these temperatures over the nexti couple of days? quickly bouncing back to the low 40s tomorrow. 44 on thursday. 46 by friday. going to be some showers later on the day friday. shseowers on and off saturday. some questions on how long it will last. even with the rain chances in turns chillier next week. lauren scala on a tuesday rning, hopefully no problems,a lauren. unfortunately the north branch. the eastbound side of the roadway is shut down and two lanes blocked because of an accident. they're now repairing the guardrai on the eastbound side. that's what's causing the closure there. head to local streets or the bruckner. westbound is not too bad because it's early. not the area you want to travel rough right now. another area not in good shape, new york state throughway between ex15i9 and 16, you have an accident blocking two lanes. 94 is shut down because of icing conditions. this is in both directions between hopkins corner road and church road. we also have a disabled vehicle onhe l.i. on t.e lower level heading westbound before the bqe. you have a minor delp ay here. if you're traveling into the city now, the mid town tunnel, road work that started last night between 10:30 p.m. and 5:30 a.m. the south tube and north tube will be closed. more weather and traffic coming up on the 4s. 4:47 right now. in presidential politics, donald trump will start airing his first tv ads today. it's already drawing fire. >> he'll stop illegal imugmigration by building a wall in our southern border that mexico will pay for. >> well, that scene of migrants does not show the mexican border. it's actually video from morocco of people streaming into spanish territory. trump's camp defends the use of it saying it shows the threat that america faces. bill clinton made his debut yet on the campaign trail for his wife. he stumped in two new hampshire towns. trump was tweeting, quote, i hope clinton starts talking see what a krit continuing he is. he did not take the bait. >> reporter: how do you feel about the kind of campaign donald t mp is running? >> the republicans will have to decide on that. >> right now hillary clinton is trailing bernie sanders in newspaper. a van slams into a building in the bronx and sends several people to the hospital. we'll show you the skeechb. bruckner boulevard and brown place. a van hit two other vehicles, jumped the curb, smashed through the doors of the storage facility. eight people were taken to area hospitals. officials say their injuries were not life threatening. nobody was seriously hurt after an ambulette crashried in macanhattan. the driver lost control and plowed into a scaffold which collapsed on the vehicle. now this all happened near the hospital's emergency room on east 70th street. very crowded area there. no passengers in the ambulette the driver was treated for minor injuries. in boklyn vectors ruled a deadly new year's day house fire was accidental. it killed michael floyd and it was deemed puspicious because the flames started in the stai drwell in the brown stone. the fire was caused by someone smoking in the home. police are offering a $10,000 reward for the death of a volunteer firefighter. justin spate's family is pleading for people to come forward. the 20-year-old was stabbed to death w en he was trying to break up a fight. as many as 100 people were at the new year's eve party where he died. grand jury has indicted a man for an alleged hate crime. the victim was punched in the face last month by a man who said he wanted to, quote, kill muslims. the accused attacker from jacksonville, florida, was released yesterday on his own recould go any sanction. he is due back to court next month. bill cosby are trying tothelay his wife's scheduled deposition. tomorrow camille cosby's expected to answer questions in a defamation lawsuit against her husband. the lawsuit was brought by seven of the more than 50 women who claimed cosby assaulted them. they claimed cosby called them liar. he's counter suing. a south carolina p rolman pat the center of a racially arged shooting death is free now on a half million bond. the judge yesterday released north charleston officer michael slager bec ause his trial is not going to get underway until late be tober. he's been held there at the jail since last april. that's when slater was charged with murdering walter scott. video appears to show scott running away and unarmed when he was shot. this morning some west chester county students are heading back to school after an unexpected holiday extension. slashed tires forcing the district to cancel classes. ane damage was estimated at more than $20,000. 4:51 now. police in west chester looking for the man suspected of stealing from a church collection basket and you can see this. you'll see the man at st. joseph's in bronxvil . this is new year's eve. police say he stole the holiday mass donation bag. the church says there was about $2,000 in it. if you recognize this man, call police. stealing from a church donation that benefits the running of that church and the various charities. >> a whole other level. >> whole othtr level. 4:52. just ahead at 5:00, the bill being signed today making new york city streets safer. 4 investigates. getting to the bottom of a new surcharge at the bottom of new york's bills 26789 percent %. what's it actually for and why it's actually illegal. you're watching "today in new welcome back. 4:54. i'm so happy -- >> i missed you guys. >> we mad it. >> they tried to stop us. >> i know. >> we got here through the cold. >> here we are. it's rude. >> i was walking. they have the soldier -- the contractor soldiers. >> yeah. i think i heard the teeth going da, o. we dropped into teens and single numbers, that's where we are now. the feels like temperatures below zero. it's 12 in the city. a lot of single numbers out across new jersey. not a big rebound today but some. the good news is the wind will gradually ease. it's still brutal out there. 35 at the end of the day. still a cold breeze throughout. much lighter wind, clear sky. still cold. wteens in the suburbs. we'lstbegin the rebound. in the low 40s. then it's 40s the rest of the way. >> winter 2016 out of the way. >> done. commute's not much better than the weather this morning. unfortunately we have a l of problems out there. the van wyck expressway. road work. not a fun right southbound here. heading over to the cross bronx expressway, we have all of the eae stbound lanes shut down there. tho ey'r holding traffic. they're supposed to be diverting it off the road. they're fixing the guardrail from an accident that's in the westbound lanes. some lanes getting by there, but still a very slow ride in both directions. >> lauren, thank you. 4:56. broadway is beginning the new year on a record breaking note. looking live there at the great white way. $43 million in ticket sales. 20 oo the l shows now playing made more than $1 million each. four of them passed the $2 million mark. according to the broadway league, the mild weather, premium pricing and extra performances all helped the week the giant ball that rang in the new year will be moving. it will be relit and raised back to the top of a 130 foot poll at times square. it will stay there for the rest of the year until it's needed agtrain next new year's eve. about 28,000 minimum wage employees will get a raise. yesterday governor cuomo announced plans to gradually raise the pay for state university workers to $15. that move will be fully enacted by 2021. just days ago new york state boosted the base minimum wage to $9. the governor is h ing to eventually raise the hourly minimum wage for all new yorkers to i $15. on new year's eve the hourly minimum wage for tip restaurant workers also increased to $7.50 an hour. in a news 4 exclusive we learned that cost iseing passed on to you. york state's minimum wage mandate. the restaurant says it's to help pay the mandate but the city says it's illegal. >> it violates the city law. you're at risk of a $500 per plate essentially fine. >> they think they should abide by new york law. >> hillstone says the charge is clearly stated on the menu and the bill and doesn't bel ve it's illegal. the city says if you see the surcharge on your bill you should file a complaint with consumer affairs. new jersey's most populus county, bergen counin, has a new prosecutor. he'll hold the prosecutor's job in the garden state. he comes from the u.s. attorney's office in newark and before that in brock lynn. gray wall will serve as acting prosecutor until he can be confirmed by the state senate. today staten island's borough president appeals to landlords. james otto is hoping to get short-term leases for people still rebuilding their homes. he'll be making an announcement the staten island band said there are few that are underway. a fast food spot will stay closed for a little while longer. chick-fil-a voluntarily closed last week after being cited for health code violations. among them, improperly refrigerated food and fruit flies. the restaurant was supposed to reopen yesterday morning. chick-fil-a says it's decided to stay closed until it feels everything exceeds standards. coming up on 5:00 a.m., if you're about to head out the door, take us with you. >> download the news 4 mobile app on your device. our next hour starts right now. new this morning, a good look at the man police are looking for in the fatal stabbing of a mcdonald's manager. plus, it is the end of an era. today coach tom coughlin will talk about his decision to step down. and it is teeth chattering temperatures pushing zero in some places.