8 in union. Seeing singledigit windchills. Bundle up in a big way. Youll need it. Dress in layers if you can. Sunshine today, a few scattered clouds. Only back to 31 by noon. Forecasting a high at the freezing mark. At best, 32. Windchills all day staying in the teens. Lets find out about the Early Morning commute. A lot of green. Yes, we like a lot of green. Even though we have green, we have an accident outz there on the roads. This is on the whitestone expressway. Southbound out by linden place, that blocks two lanes. Thats an update that just came in. As you can see by the live traffic flows, not really causing a delay because its pretty quiet out there. Roadwork to keep in mind at the queens midtown tunnel. The south tube is shut down until 5 30 a. M. The north tube will take on the twoway traffic. More weather and traffic coming up on the 4s. Lauren, thank you very much. Breaking news in new jersey. Thats where firefighters are battling a huge business fire. Its happening right now on florence avenue in irvington. Certainly is not helping. Today in new yorks acie strahan is there now. Once again, a situation where the cold is a challenge for firefighters there. Reporter absolutely, michael. And its not just the flames, its these icing conditions. Very severe. We keep looking at these irvington firefighters, this one in particular, whos covered in ice at this point, all because of all the water it took to try and get a handle on this fire on florence avenue. You see them packing up the hosing right now. The ladders have been put away as well. Possibly a good sign, but not enough to save the businesses and apartments on top of it. Lets show you how severe this fire was around 1 30 this morning. This video was given to us by a viewer who are live li ves in the area. He says he took it from the Vantage Point of headquarters bar and grill. Thats what he saw burning the most. Neighbors say it quickly spread to a couple restaurants, a barbershop in the same strip, as well as the apartments on the second floor. Was awakened out of her sleep not by the flames of the smoke but by someone banging on her door. I hear the knocking from next door. I heard knocking, get out fire. I just quickly grabbed things and got out. Reporter again, this is many Fire Departments from the area trying to get a handle on the flames here. It appears theyve done it. As we bring you back live now, we can tell you its still smoldering in this strip. As they put away the hoses right now, it doesnt mean theyre not out of the woods just yet. Theres a lot of ice, as you can imagine, all throughout the streets in this area. A little water there. Theyre telling people who had to evacuate to be very careful as they try to get themselves to a warm spot. We havent seen the red cross just yet. People who had to escape in their pajamas are trying to finds a warm place at this point. Back to you. All right, tracie. Thank you so much. Recovering after she says she was raped in washington heights. Heres a look at the men police say they want to find. The woman met the men on 179th street. All three went to high bridge park, where she says they raped and beat her. If you recognize these men, call police. Last nights winds were apparently Strong Enough to tear down an electrical pole in yonkers. More than 800 conedison customers were lefr without power. Right now coned is only reporting about 50 outages. Winds also damaged a powerline that sparked and caught fire on long island. Firefighters were called to the scene around 2 00 a. M. Fortunately, no one was hurt. More than 800 pseg long island customers are still without power. Most of the outages are in oyster bay, hempstead, and south hampton. Di and last night it was snow that terve was talking about. Snow falling in a backyard in Orange County. You can see the snow coating that deck and that patio furniture. Grill still outside, as is the case when it comes to many decks around the tristate area. Guilty. Been there. And with this winter not being much of a winter, folks arent really thinking about that. A taste of snow yesterday. Wasnt a big deal. Right now its about the wind. Still a big deal in parts of the area. From the city, northeast new jersey, on east, a wind advisory in effect until 1 00 p. M. Could see gusts of 40 miles an hour or so. That could take down a tree limb, which takes down a power line. Were watching it closely. I think as we go through the late morning, the winds will subside a little bit. 30 the gusts in newark. 36mileanhour gusts at jfk. In central park, weve seen it gust to 26 miles an hour. 30mileanhour seems to be the gusts. Gusts will ease to the west first, then towards the city. 23 degrees right now. The windchill makes it feel like 11 in town. Your high at 3 00 p. M. , 32. A day below normal around he. Lets see how the commute is treating uses so far on this wednesday morning. Still pretty quiet. A lot of bus detours. Quite a few on new Jersey Transit as well. Bus routes 30, 78, 84, 156, 158, 181, and 197, which is originating and terminating at at Greenwood Lake park and ride today. Alternate side of the Street Parking rules in effect today. Well have your next weather and traffic update on the 4s. Lauren, thank you. 5 06 now. In brooklyn, five teens are accused of raping an 18yearold woman at a playground. Years old. Four of them are being charged as adults. Larmtd officials tell news 4 two of the suspects claim the sex was consensual. But police say they do not believe those claims. They say theres strong credible evidence the 18yearold was raped. Defense lawyers say the case is weak. We think that the case is built on smoke and mirrors and innuendo and witnesses will add credibility. Defense attorneys claim a video will help exonerate those teens. News 4 has obtained that video, but we are choosing not to show it until we can verify its authenticity. New this morning, police are now releasing surveillance photos of a man they say attacked a victim in chelsea. They say he approached a 67yearold man after he exited the 4th street station on east 16th street. Police say the man punched the victim in the face and ran away. The victim wasnt seriously injured. If you have any information, give police a call. This morning, a reputed gang attempt. Im innocent. They doing this because they nt to. He declared his innocence bronx last night. Police say he tried to escape by jumping out of a window, but he landed at the feet of a police officer. Hes accused of killing a man in november. Es. This morning, president obamas waking up to mixed reviews about his final state of the Union Address. He both praised the state of our country and warned about the future. Today in new yorks Kerry Barrett has a wrapup of the address. Kerry, good morning. Hey, darlene. President barack obama delivering his seventh and final state of the Union Address before a joint session of congress on capitol hill. Wasnt really a traditional speech for him. Instead of delivering a list of proposals, he talked about his achievements over the past seven years, the challenges of the future, of course the upcoming election in november. It was a speech about what he believes he did right during his help propel democrats to a win in november. He touched on four major issues that he says America Needs to address over the next decade. They include the economy, Climate Change, national security, and divisive politics. I know this is a dangerous time, but thats not primarily because of some looming super power out there, and its not certainly because of diminished american strength. In todays world, were threatened less by evil empires and more by failing states. So today the president is hitting the road to talk a little bit further about the state of the union, to highlight the progress hes made and how to continue taking action in the next year. Hes visiting omaha a little later today, and then ba tan ton rouge, louisiana, on thursday. All right, kerry. Thank you. And happening today, sixth state of the state address and budget proposal. Hell spend ten days touring the state, meeting with law makers to lay out his proposals. They include plans to spend 22 billion on roads indian and bridges upstate, raise the minimum wage to 15 an hour by 2018. Well stream the address live on nbcnewyork. Com. Today, governor chris chr ristie plans to resume his own president ial campaign in new hampshire. Yesterday he delivered his state of the state address in trenton. Weve now achieved six consecutive balanced budgets with no new taxes on the people of new jersey. [ applause ] the governor taking credit for helping to turn around new jerseys economy. He also lashed out against president obama and congress as being full of hot air. Governor christie starting his speech by saying its good to be home. 5 10 right now. Today volkswagens ceo will meet with the epa to discuss fixing their diesel emissions scandal. Regulators rejected a recall proposal submitted by vw last moinnth. The automaker used software to cheat emissions test. It was used in more than a half million vehicles in the u. S. D. If you owe back taxes to the irs, you may get a call from a private debt collector. Congress voted to outsource the work against irs recommendations. Critics say it will make it ease yes for scammers to pose as tax collectors and dupe victims out of money. There have been a lot of phone calls. Weve been reporting that, someone calling and saying call this number you owe money to the irs. Have to be careful. We have breaking news overseas. Those american sailors detained in iran are now free. 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Gusting over 30 and 40 miles an hour at times, making for that bitter cold feeling out there. Good news is the cold pulls back a little tomorrow. Then its milder by friday. Basnck into the 40s again. As the next storm approaches, that means its going to be a rainmaker. Looks like a wet start to the weekend saturday. Should dry out by saturday afternoon. Quickmoving storm. Plenty cold across northwest new jersey. 18 in franklin. In oakland. Towards the city, lower 20s. Its mid20s out across long island. The warmer spot, if you will, is montauk, where its 29 degrees. Jfk. 31mileanhour gusts at lah yard laguardia. Winds getting a little lighter as you go across northwest new jersey. The wind and those temperatures combined make it feels like 8 in newark, 11 in central park, 13 in oakland. You go to the north, feels like 0 in monticello. 11 in sussex. 11 out across islip and farmingdale. You really need to stay warm with the gloves and hat. Theres the lakeeffect snow bands. Thats where theyre going to stay, up towards the north and west. Clearing trend going on here. Just some patchy clouds around at times today. A good deal of sunshine. This is through 1 00 in the afternoon. Looking pretty good. Not feeling great because its stg ill really cold. Weak disturbance coming in may cause a flurry to the north of us tomorrow morning. Then we shake these clouds. 32 the freezing mark is the best we do. 30 in beth page. A lot of folks stay below the freezing mark this afternoon despite a fair amount of sunshine. Into tonight, 21 the low in the city. 19 in rye brook. Well see teens to the north and west. Lower teens. The winds, breezy, well call it. Doesnt get quite calm until Late Afternoon tomorrow. 36 tomorrow, 47 by friday. Rain late friday night, early saturday. Drying out to and back to cold, but dry weather, for monday and tuesday of next week. Lets get to lauren. A little after 5 8. How is the commute . Moving along nicely. We had an accident southbound on the whitestone expressway. That cleared. Well look outside. Heres the inbound side of the holland tunnel. Still very quiet out there. Lincoln tunnel, George Washington bridge look the same. No delays inbound or outbound. Heading to the van wyck expressway, heres what that looks like by the kew gardens interchange. Some delays southbound at this time. Things are moving along just fine. Expressway, smooth sailing out there by the bronx river parkway. No roadwork getting in your way. Alternate side of the Street Parking rules in effect. Well have your next weather and traffic update on the 4s. Lauren, thank you. 5 18 rught now. Breaking news overseas. American sailors detained in iran are now free. Nbcs tracie potts is in washington, d. C. With new developments. Reporter we just got this news a few minutes ago. Iranian state tv reporting that they have freed the nine men and one woman who crossed into their waters. Iran says they apologized and have been we leased back into international waters. Were waiting on u. S. Confirmation of that. Earlier this morning, irans navy chief said on state tv they acted unprofessionally after a 40minute training mission. We now know that it was a mechanical failure on one of the boats. Them that caused them to drift about three miles into iranian territory. The iranians acknowledge this was not espionage, that it was harmless. Although, those ten sailors and boats were kept, they were held overnight. The u. S. Spoke to at least one of them by phone to confirm that they were well. They were reportedly treated well and they were safe. Secretary of state john kerry spent a lot of time on the phone with his foreign minister counterpart trying to deal with this. Of course, this is also crossing into the political realm with republican candidates like jeb bush and marco rubio, blaming a weak Foreign Policy for this incident. On the other hand, youve got democrats who say the reason those sailors were released so quickly is because diplomacy is working. The breaking news this morning, Iranian State tv is reporting that our ten sailors have been released. All right. That is good to hear. Tracie potts in washington. Thank you. But nobody wants it. Now, if it looks a little familiar to you, you may know why. Living with itronic migraine feels like each day is a game of chance. Pi wanted to put the odds in my favor. Pso my doctor told me about botox that significantly reduces with chronic migraine. 15 or more headache days a month, each lasting 4 hours or more. It prevent headache days. S injected by my doctor once every 3 months. The effects of botox may spread hours to weeks after injection causing serious symptoms. Alert your doctor right away, as difficulty swallowing, speaking, breathing, eye problems, or muscle weakness can be a sign of a lifethreatening condition. 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These employees thought they hit the jackpot saturday. Unfortunately, the matching numbers they were reading were from the wrong day. This breaks my heart. I feel bad. Unfortunately, a lot of that going on. You get so excited and you look and it make sense. Wrong day that matched those numbers or it was vice versa . They had a ticket but not from that days drawing. Oh, man. Which makes it worse, right . Right. Oh, wow. That hurts. Thats going to leave a mark. Good luck to everybody tonight. A lot of folks playing. Meantime, the weather picture, its about the wind this morning. A wind advisory in effect in northeast new jersey, long island, the Hudson Valley. Could see gusts of 40 miles an hour. I think the chance of seeing a 50mileanhour gust kind of diminishing as we go through time. The wind will ease a little bit. Its going to stay breezy throughout the day. Expecting a high of only 32 today with sunshine and clouds mixing in. Were seeing singledigit windchills early this morning. Breezy at times tonight. It turns partly to mostly cloudy, low 20s in town, teens in the suburbs. Were back to the 40s by friday. These little quick shots of winter, we can handle this. Whats happening, lauren . Not too much on the roads. One problem out there. For people that live on the north fork of long island, main road right now shut down in both directions between skunk lane and indian neck lane because of a downed utility pole. Something to keep in mind. Youll need to head to north road instead. Well look outside at the roads. Heres the brooklyn bridge. No roadwork out there anymore. Things moving along nicely. The bqe is in good shape. Okay, lauren. Thanks very much. Two adorable felines who would never cross paths in the wild are now being raised together at Six Flags Great Adventure in new jersey. Its a sooi beer Siberian Tiger cub and a tiger cub. They were both delivered by firsttime mothers who failed to care for them. They appear to be very content that is super sweet. Theyre going to grow up quickly though. Theyre going to be large very soon. Big cats. 5 26. We are following breaking news in new jersey right now. Reporter a fastmoving fi