Seeing people falling but people just running on top of each other because were just trying to run to save our lives. You can just imagine how frightened she was. She didnt even hear the bombs go off. She was just in the middle of the crowd and all that panic and she had to run. There is a fear here to be sure by just about everybody but also a need to get back, a need to reclaim their lives. The president here will retain Emergency Powers for about three months but today kids went back to school. Adults went back to work, and people did start to get back to their lives. Reporting live from paris, jim dolan, channel 7 Eyewitness News. Meanwhile, isis has released a chilling new video, promising an attack here in the u. S. The city targeted this time washington, d. C. And the video a fighter in iraq vows to attack our Nations Capital the way its threats like this which have cities on high alert. Tim fleischer on Randalls Island on the new today. The Critical Response command which is headquartered here on Randalls Island is heavily armed and heavily trained to run in to the face of terroristic danger. We operate on the assumptions if we have one of these attacks, their intention is to kill everybody they get their hands on so we will move very quickly to move in to stop that threat. Reporter to face that deadly terroristic threat, the nypd ruled out the first 100 officers in the newly formed Critical Response command. Part of its counterterrorism unit. You are in fact the best of the best. Youre now part of the front line of this citys defense against terrorism. Reporter the officers who all volunteered for this dangerous duty and are handpicked will number 560 by the end of this year. Theyre heavily armed and trained in specialized weapons and tactics to counter a new type of threat. Theyve been trained and will receive continuous expanding training on dealing with active shooter scenarios such as we just recently witnessed in paris, france. Reporter the officers moved out in a fleet of cars and vans from their new headquarters on Randalls Island late today and deployed to Critical Infrastructure and sensitive locations throughout the city. They are trained to meet the changing face of terrorism. We look at that. We analyze that and then we translate that and turn that in to training. That training has also extended to regular duty officers. 3,000 officers have been trained in the active shooter training. Tim fleischer, channel 7 Eyewitness News. And president obama standing by. His policy in the fight against isis. He conceded the attacks were set back but says now is not the time to try to change strategy. Our political reporter dave evans is in the news room with more. President obama today chided reporters who asked basically the same question several times. Why is he resisting a broader war against isis . Ironically on friday morning the white house was bragging about success in battling the Islamic State and then paris happened. Still obamas refusing to change american policy. Reporter in turkey today the president defended his strategy in battling isis despite everything that happened in paris friday. Even as we grieve with our french friends, we cant lose sight that there has been progress being made. Reporter an intense news conference, the president refuted the idea of american troops on the ground to battle isis. He also rejected calls to block the entry of Syrian Refugees to prevent terrorists country. Slamming the door in their faces would be a betrayal of our values. Reporter republicans have blasted obamas isis strategy calling it too little too late. The president s policy has failed. We have to take much the apologetic. We need special operators, spotters on the ground to make the bombing attacks much more effective. Reporter on the campaign trail, republican candidates called our syrian refugee policy doesnt surprise me at all that president obama is saying in europe today pay no attention to these radical islamic terrorism. France is at war. Reporter in frances parliament, the president promised to defeat isis as french fighter jets continued to pound targets in syria. Reporters asked why america doesnt respond more forcefully but obama said when it comes to isis hes not in the political business of trying to make america look tough. The strategy that we are putting forward is the strategy that ultimately is going to work. But as i said from the start, its going to take time. Explaining how america is battling isis, he said the only thing he really hasnt done is put large numbers of american troops in syria and he said thats not going to happen on his watch. He said no doubt our military could win in syria but he predicted once we left the terrorists would come back. A growing number of u. S. Governors now closing their states to Syrian Refugees. At least nine governors, mostly republican, warn the refugees pose an immediately threat to americans. Some law experts claim u. S. Governors have no legal right to keep refugees out. Millions of syrians have fled to neighboring countries and europe to escape terrorism. President obama has pledged to the u. S. After thorough security checks. New yorkers and french citizens gathering today at the site of the deadliest terror attack here on u. S. Soil, all a sign of strength and solidarity, a vigil at the 9 11 memorial in Lower Manhattan where people reflected on how france stood in new york city following the attacks of 2001. Now that new york city is sharing in the grief of the european nation, those at todays ceremony said the site reflects tragedy along with the power of healing and hope. New york city rebuilt itself. New york city showed us an example of resolve. After the ceremony, items of tribute, flowers in blue, red, and white were placed at the survivor tree at the memorial. On wall street traders in the New York Stock Exchange paused for a moment of silence a single bell rang at 9 25 this morning. Then people stopped and stood with their heads bowed underneath the american flag. Trading then began as usual at 9 30. The terror attacks overseas, its impacting french tourism. Many here are canceling plans to visit the city of light. Kemberly richardson with that angle. Shes live tonight on the upper east side. Its Crystal Clear from whats happening here at the french consulate that theres a tremendous outpouring of love for the people of paris. In fact france is one of the worlds top tourism destinations. Tourism represents about 8 of the french economy. Right now it is taking a hit. Some hope its temporary. Reporter its all hands on deck here at the french way travel. Agents rebooking and rescheduling trips to paris. Stand by to see where france is going. We didnt have a lot of cancellations from europe. Most of the cancellation postponings happen from the u. S. Mostly. Reporter roughly 70 of their Business Centers around travel to france. On an average day theyll book between 25 and 30 packages to paris. Even now as the eiffel tower and other key Tourist Spots reopen, many worry what impact fridays attacks will have on the Overall Economic state of things. Right now paris and other european cities are gearing up for the normally busy holiday and winter seasons. Some saying for now theyll pass on paris. The security everywhere, still the potential for another explosion, bomb, some type of threat. As soon as they get them go to paris again. Reporter experts point out typically these types of cancellations are temporary. Ester witnessed that following its different the next two if they are coming back. Cant be fearful. Youve got to let go because its a safe country. Really havent got that many problems. Its thats how i look at it. Just a note , disneyland, paris, and the louvre remain closed. News. Our coverage continues at 5 30. Jim hoffer has been looking at new concerns on how terrorists use encrypted communicate. Well take a look at how big of a problem this is. Stay with Eyewitness News and abc news for updates. Were constantly updating abc7ny and our twitter and facebook pages it. News. Park section of brooklyn where one person was stabbed, another punched. Shannon sohn is live with an update. We can sort of peek in on the mezzanine level of the station and in there you can see Police Department officials as they investigated after as you said one person was stabbed and one person was punched inside both of them have been removed to an area hospital with nonlifethreatening injuries. The stabbing itself happened at no as we bring you down to street level, police have shut down this subway stop entirely and the j train which travels along the Railroad Track is completely bypassing the cleave street station. If youre on the train, what you need to know if you go 5 blocks to the east, you can get off at the norwood avenue station. Reporting live sohn, channel 7 Eyewitness News. Were following another breaking story. A tree falls on a food delivery man in brooklyn park. Next. Also coming up new at 5 00, investigation. What a woman says happened when she went there to get help. And a big blow to the giants today. The injury and surgery that will keep victor cruz from playing the rest of the season. And out of tragedy comes triumph. A badly injured firefighter gets a new face. Im meteorologist lee goldberg. Way above average today. 14 degrees above average. A couple spots hit 70 degrees. Look how much cooler it is to the north and east. For the girl scout meeting. Okay. For the soccer team. For the girl scout meeting. How many meetings are you having . at stop shop, prices are down. Savings are up. Which makes the checkout lane, victory lane. We have more breaking news tonight. A delivery man on a bike crushed when a tree fell on him. Right now the man is in the hospital as police try and figure out why workers who were cutting down the tree failed to block off the area. Eyewitness News Reporter darla miles has more from the red hook section of brooklyn. That is a big question in this investigation because we spoke to a number of eyewitnesss who said this street was not blocked off when those trees were coming down and sources tell Eyewitness News those two independent contractors are still here on the scene as the nypd conducts the investigation. I passed by, then i heard like a shouting, a scream. When i looked back i saw the tree was there and the bike and the guy was right there. Reporter a bicycle trushed crushed by a massive tree. A man in his 30s was riding it at the time. A delivery man dropping off an order. I heard the guy yelling whoa. And then bam. And it hit him. I called 911 and they came. The Fire Department first came then the ambulance. They were trying to help him. Reporter the Parks Department says the trees were being cut down and pruned as part of a post sandy cleanup project. I didnt ride on the trees. I saw the guy caught in the tree. So i took the other way. As i took the other way, i saw the other guy coming this way. I was going this way and he passed me. Then i heard the noise. Reporter a written statement from the Parks Department reads in part, our thoughts are with the individual injured in this unfortunate accident. Nyc parks is conducting a thorough investigation of this incident. Very nice guy. He always talks to me, asks me if im busy today. I ask him if hes busy and stuff like that. Hes very nice. Always has something nice to say. The Parks Department says there is no immediate danger or see. There are still investigators on the scene and the street is now blocked off. Weve also learned this delivery man is 30 years old. He works for ling gee which is about a block away, a chinese delivery restaurant. Hes in Critical Condition at methodist hospital. Darla miles, channel 7 Eyewitness News. We turn to sports now. One day after their disappointing loss to the patriots, another blow for the giants. Victor cruz is going to be out for the rest of the season. Cruz needs calf surgery. Laura behnke joins us now with more. The team left for its bye week. The receiver did plenty of talking in an online message this morning. After battling a calf injury for months, today he confirmed the worst Case Scenario has indeed happened for the receiver. His comeback attempt is over. Reporter the giants have been anxiously awaiting all year the return of victor cruz but now they must move on without him. Cruz announcing on Bleacher Report this morning his season is over. I have to retool my brain and my body to get back to 100 of full 100 and really attack this thing and come out the other end firing. Reporter cruz hasnt played a game since october of last season when he tore his patellar tendon and was knocked out for the year. He was set for the opener this year but suffered a calf injury in camp and never recovered. Took time for me, took time for my family, took time for all of us because we were so excited about coming back and being apart of Something Special this year. I feel badly for victor cruz. He worked hard to try to out for them. Tough loss. Thought hed be able to come back and help the next guy got to step up. Weve got to be ready for the next guy. Reporter when cruz returns in 2016 he wont have played a game in nearly two years but the giants star has a message for fans. Hope you guys dont lose faith in me because i havent lost faith in myself. See you guys next year. Yoouz is under contract to return cruz is under contract to return to the giants. No one knows how effective he will be on the field after missing nearly two years. The team will not discuss his status on the roster until the offseason. You never know what can happen in rehab. Such a likable, good player. This has just been a wonderful fall. Unbelievable. If i told you were going to be 66 on november 16th and havent had really any big chill, youd sign up for that, right . Absolutely. [ laughter ] the other question is when is the bottom going to drop out . You know we have to get in to the chill. Its coming in phases. Certainly not coming in a long stretch of chill but this is a gorgeous shot from midtown to Lower Manhattan. Sun went down before 4 40. Around 4 37. Were at 64 degrees. The air is very dry. The wind is light and variable. Its going to be in a transition phase. Going to drop dramatically during the mid to late evening hours. 66. Can update that to 67 the high. 5 degrees away from the record in 1928. There are your sunrise and sunset times. A little bit of rainfall out there under mostly cloudy skies. Were still not seeing the chilly air get in to the hudson valley. Still several hours away from getting down in new york city. It is 54 in carmel. 64 in yonkers. Long island with mid and upper 50s right now. 61, belmar. Look at west orange at 67 degrees. 58 at 7 00 tonight. Then your wind shift happens. So by the time we get to midnight, its a different feel. 40s to many suburbs. By tomorrow morning weve dropped all the way about 25 degrees from our daytime highs today to our morning lows. 42 in new york city. Even with a lot of sunshine, 48 at noon and struggling in to the low 50s during the afternoon. We have mainly clear skies right now but more importantly are the wind stream lines. A backdoor front just because its coming coming down from the north and east and bringing with it 40s and 50s, replacing the 60s that we have in place now. Theres also a big storm in the middle of the country. Right now were a couple days away but theres tremendous rains in the mississippi. Big snows in the rockies, blizzard warning here. 1 to 2 feet of snow. Lots of moisture coming in with lots of rain. Were going to get some of that rain by thursday. In the meantime our concern is temperatures. Only 52 tomorrow. Lots of sun shine. Youll need the overcoat again. Wednesday is a transition day. The clouds are increasing and theres that rain off to the west. Heres your accuweather forecast. Clear and partly cloudy tonight. 42 degrees. Different feel tomorrow, 52. Youll need the sun glasses and the overcoat. 5 30, our wednesday high more likely at night. Were forecasting 58. Will it stay dry for the morning drive thursday and could we get an inch of rain or more . Maybe a flurry in the 7day forecast. A flurry. Its coming. The step forward today to legalizing marijuana in new jersey. Charlie sheen is set to reveal a personal health announcement. Why an elaborate Christmas Display at one mall had people so upset and how the mall is now responding. The glasses that could what the who doesnt like a good surprise . Youd be surprised how easy it is to get a good lowcost health plan at ny state of health youll find many quality plans to choose from, help paying for your plan, a new essential plan at less than 1 a day for new yorkers with lower incomes. Be surprised visit nystateofhealth. Ny. Gov or call 18553555777 to learn more. An arrest tonight in the stabbing death of a 26yearold man in manhattan charged with criminal possession of a weapon. Police say he stabbed Michael Hernandez as he was leaving work at 9 55 last night. Investigators say he and hernandez had an ongoing dispute. Police are investigating a bias attack in brooklyn where three jewish men were hit with eggs. Surveillance video shows the suspects on the sidewalk at borough park. They attacked at least three people, throwing eggs at them and yelling antisemitic slurs. Jury selection began today in the corruption trial of new yorks former senate leader. Skelos is charged with extortion and bribery. Hes accused of abusing his position in order to help his son make more than 300,000. The long island republican was arrested back in may. Skelos pleaded not guilty and says hell be vindicated in court. Kicking off the trading week with significant gains following a discouraging start to november. The dow rose. The nasdaq