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WCBS CBS 2 News At 5 November 20, 2015

People entering with ak47 in the hotel im not sure they are here to negotiate. Reporter witnesses say the men shouted, allah is great in arabic and spoke in french and english. One man was using the gym when the violence unfolded. When i opened the door i saw on the floor bullets. So i gently closed the door, i left the hotel. Reporter over the next few hours, rescuers freed hostages rushing some of the injured to a nearby hospital with the dead and the hostagetakers still inside the hotel. French soldiers and u. S. Special forces helped in the operation one week to the day paris. Think about all the people dead and all the family. Long process. Reporter in paris, the attacks to 130. Police have conducted 783 raids since last week including the one that killed suspected ringleader abdelhamid abaaoud. But the manhunt for Salah Abdeslam has widened to the netherlands. French authorities are urging people not to live in fear. Investigators say two of the three suicide bombers who stadium last friday passed through greece last month. Today we also learned the cousin of the presumed ringleader didnt blow herself up in wednesdays police raid. Live in the newsroom, dana tyler. These attacks have Law Enforcement here in new york of course on high alert but people in the city arent letting this change their daily lives. Cbs 2s dick brennan live on the west side with more. Dick. Reporter yeah, you know, the terror attacks happened a week ago at about this time in a neighborhood like this one hells kitchen, ninth and the 50s, lots of young people, bars and restaurants and they will all be flooding these streets soon. We can tell you though the people we spoke to today said they are not going to be intimidated. In hells kitchen, places like empanada mama had room outside but inside, diners were not afraid to sit by the windows. Youre sitting in one of these seats where some people would be nervous to sit. How do you feel . True, right next to the glass. Its new york the sort of assumed when youre here its a threat. But you cant essentially succumb to the fear. I dont have second thoughts. I continue living my life. Terrorism happens all around the world. You just have to be cautious at the end of the day. Reporter across the street, some new yorkers had no fears about sitting outside. I feel safe right now. Im having coffee and the sun is shining and god is good and so but, you know, anything can happen at any time. Reporter restaurateur tommy greco who owns a restaurant on ninth says he hasnt lost business but it definitely is a fear that is in everybodys mind. Were trying as new yorkers, trying to not think about it. Reporter this morning the Police Commissioner himself rode the subway. He says because its gridlock alert day and its faster but it sends a message. I would encourage people not to engage in that spreading of fear that this idea, i heard this from this guy, i heard this from that cop, that thats exactly what they are looking to do is just engender more fear. Reporter some defiant new yorkers say they wont give in to threats. Terrorists are doing their jobs as far as putting fear into our lives. Thats what they are trying to accomplish. And were not going to let that happen. Reporter i have to tell you, most times when were doing our live shots reporting in the field, people in new york city generally ignore you. But maybe its a sign of the times. But i can feel a lot more people coming up to us saying, whats going on . Live in hells kitchen, dick brennan, cbs 2 news. Terror concerns have some local schools taking action and actually canceling field trips. Is it an overreaction or just being safe . Well have that story for you just ahead at 5 00. And then, later on at 6 00, leaders of the muslim faith a rare interview with a new york city imam. The american arrested 30 years ago for turning over classified information to israel is spending his first night as a free man in new york city. Jonathan pollard was released from prison this morning. And alana gold was the only reporter on scene when he arrived in manhattan. Reporter what do you have to say about your release . No comment. Reporter we were the only station there when Jonathan Pollard arrived at the federal courthouse in manhattan this morning after spending three decades in a North Carolina prison. The federal government granted him parole and he went right into the Probation Office to register. Pollard must follow guidelines and cant leave the country for five years. The Defense Community had to conclude that there was no reasonable probability mr. Pollard would commit a crime upon release. Reporter and thats why pollards attorney eliot lauer is fighting the parole conditions saying he is not a flood risk so he filed this emergency petition to avoid having pollard wear a gps tracking device also any computer he uses with the internet will have to be monitored something lauer has challenged, too. He says this will make it impossible for pollard to keep a job. The 61yearold will now work as a Research Analyst for a manhattan investment firm. Until the mid1980s, Jonathan Pollard was a Navy Intelligence analyst. He had access to secret documents relating to trial israel and its arab neighbors. He was relating to israel and its arab neighbors. He was convicted of conspiracy for providing large amounts of classified government information to israel. It divided israel and the united states. He is a traitor but supporters call his punishment unfair. He served longer than any other spy in american history. People who spied for enemies of america. Reporter israeli Prime Minister netanyahu welcomes pollard and says as someone who raised this case before many president s i Long Distance for this day. Reporter pollards attorneys tell us they are hoping to get that petition in court next week. In lower manhattan, ilana gold, cbs 2 news. Assemblyman dov hikind also says that pollard will be living in manhattan during his parole. A long island teenager was part of a group targeted in a deadly terror attack yesterday in the west bank. Authorities say a woodmere teen was with his friend from massachusetts and was killed when a palestinian gunman fired shots at a van stuck in traffic. The long island teenager was in a study abroad program. The gunman then crashed his car into pedestrians, two other people were killed. A stunning admission from mayor de blasio when asked what his greatest failure was, he said it was doing a bad job of explaining the homeless problem to new yorkers and also making them understand that he is on it. Cbs 2 political reporter Marcia Kramer now with more. Reporter mayor de blasio didnt want to take any questions today about the citys persistent and debilitating homeless problem. Mr. Mayor, will you take a quick question about the homeless, mr. Mayor . folks, were not taking questions right now. Reporter this after the mayor when asked earlier on a morning radio show what his greatest failure was admitted it had to did with his response to the homeless problem. I didnt get ahead of this to explain to people the problem and the measures were taking and we are going to have to do a lot more. Reporter yesterday the Police Commissioner said his boss didnt recognize the problem soon enough. I think the mistake the Administration Made early on was not, if you will, validating what we all were seeing. The problem was increasing. Reporter and then theres the mayors admission that he needs to do a better job of explaining the problem. For months and months, we have been explaining it to him showing pictures of a homeless man taking a bath in the fountain at columbus circle, of the homeless sleeping on subways and in train stations and of the woman begging with her dog and two cats. Mr. Mayor, id like to seau you show you a picture that was sean saturday night on broadway and 68th. Im wondering why nobody did anything were it. Some homeless advocates say its more than just explaining, its doing something about it. They question his focus on building permanent housing saying it will not address the problem now and get people off the streets. What the mayor should have done the solution was to have a transitional housing. But they have this endless focus on building permanent housing thats going to be available many years from now when the problem is on our streets today. And all this comes as the federal government issued a report that shows what we already know. That theres been an increase here in the number of homeless living here on the streets and in shelters. New york city has an unbelievable 14 of all the homeless in the nation but the report also found that the nationwide number of Homeless People decreased slightly with the previous year. Maurice and kristine . Thank you. You wouldnt think of Falling Leaves as being dangerous. But one man on long island learned a lesson when his car went up in flames. Also, a special delivery, who would steal a military mothers memory quilt from her front porch . A mystery at a weather watchers reservoir. What happened westchester reservoir. What happened to a plane that vanished with passengers on board . The special bond an adopted boy found with his grand new grandpa. And todays weather could roll into the weekend and i would be psyched, but im going to spend some time talking to you why i think this weekend is going to be break. Son, the Holiday Seasons just like football season. You got your big games. Cheese plates, turkey, appetizers. And regular games. Get it all at a great price. And the Holiday Season is won. Thats my boy fill your cart with everything you need this season, all at one place. My stop shop. Sa [muted singing throughout] so far ive counted 32 omgs, 75 lols, 13 yolos, and im super tired tweensfun age, huh . You have places to go. [girls squealing with delight] let us worry about getting you there. Bp gasoline with invigorate. The search for a missing plane continues in westchester county. Helicopters and divers combed the river in north salem this morning. They found a wheel and also part of a seat from a small airplane. The plane lost radar contact as it approached danbury airport around 4 30 yesterday. Its not clear how many people were on board. It might be the last thing you think of when you see a pile of leaves. But there can be serious danger under there. They can spark a fire and as cbs 2s Carolyn Gusoff reports, that is exactly what happened last night on long island. [ sirens ] reporter frightening moments on a wantagh street as a parked car erupted in flames. Im shocked because i have never seen i have never seen reporter a car fire for no apparent reason. Robin ellis says her brother parked his late model chevy in fronts of her beach street house for days with engine problems. After starting it up thursday night, this happened. This was just like a blaze. I mean, the tires exploding, it was just it was crazy. Reporter then the gas tank ruptured, sending lit gasoline the Fire Department responded fire. Heat from the cars underside vehicle. The departments second such fire in one week. Parts of the car, the emissions system, the exhaust, can typically get hot enough hot enough to ignite dry leaves. Reporter assistant Nassau County fire marshal says its a seasonal hazard. Leaves can ignite up to 400 degrees. Thats how hot a normal catalytic converter on the underside of a car can get. Parts can be twice as hot if the car is not running properly. A person drives a car home from work. They have been on the road an hour or halfhour. Its enough under normal operating conditions for the exhaust system to get hot enough. Reporter at night, drivers may not even realize they are parking on a leaf pile. He says look where youre parking, get fall leaves out of the street as quickly as possible. This burnedout car on beach street now a reminder, the danger is real. You read in the manuals, you know, when you a car is delivered to you, you read in leaves. Reporter lessons learned. The fire marshal recommends dont park on leaves, even out and ignite. And if you smell or see smoke in your car, get out and call in Nassau County, long island, Carolyn Gusoff, cbs 2 news. Fire marshals also point out even garbage can catch on fire from a cars exhaust system and thats why you never want to park on anything thats combustible. Breaking news that could slow down the commute home. Joe biermann is live in chopper 2 now to explain. Joe. Reporter well, this is not what you want on a friday night after working all week. Westbound route 80 express lanes coming up to exit 66, they have emergency construction. Right now they have one lane closed. We are backed up from jones road, thats coming away from the George Washington bridge, all the way out here to lanes. At least an hour. Now, come 8 00 tonight, they say they are going to close all las thexpress lanes westbound route 80 coming up to 66 to do more work. You think about heading over route 46 . That is completely jammed due to the ongoing construction over the hackensack river. So either way, tough go tonight getting away from the geor washington bridge. Live in chopper 2, joe biermann, cbs 2 news. All right, joe, thank you. Starwood hotels is warning its customers of a data breach. The company says hackers accessed customers debit and credit card iormaon tiat 54 of its hotels. Thcompany found malware in Payment Systems at Hotel Restaurants and gift shops. Hotels include sheridan, westin and w locations. Several cities including new york. Payments at the Hotel Front Desk were not affected. Packing is one thing consumers have to worry about. Bar codes could also put your identity at risk. They give away everything from your email to home addresses and future travel plans and all the thief needs is a free smartphon. Now its every piece of information that we have for almost everything we do in life. But with a little digging by the right person, they can reset the password or the p. I. N. To the account. Find out how you can avoid becoming a victim of bar code bandits tonight only on cbs 2 news at 11 00. A little boy who was recently adopted already has a special bond with his new grandfather. They were both born without one of their hands. Last march, the family received a picture from an orphanage of a little boy without a hand and immediately they kw eyhad to adopt him. When the 4yearold met his new family for the first time, he saw something he had never seen in his na country of kazakhstan, another person missing a hand. I just stuck out my hand and he reached out with his stump and he touched mine. At the orphanage, the child was passed up for adoption six times. But the family didnt hesitate because they knew that their Family Member was born the same way and accomplished so much in his life. Wow. Amazing. Isnt that great. The best ever. Yeah. All right. Lets change gears and talk lonnie is here. Rain is done, hopefully its done for the weekend. Yes. I dont think rain is going to be an issue with your day tomorrow. As of right now, clear skies, 53 degrees. 53 is the coolest temperature we have had all day. We first hit it at 9 15 a. M. Thats where we are now. Down. So well end up rewriting the almanac page but we wont get warmer than the high we hit at 12 58 a. M. It was 64 degrees. But all in all it was a nice afternoon, lots of clear skies and temperatures, you know, above what should be the typical reading for this time of the year. Now, youre asking about rain this weekend. Theres a bit of rain off to our west. We are going to watch that maybe late tomorrow night into sunday. Okay . But for the most part your daytime tomorrow looks good. Its going to be cooler out there. Whats happening the jet stream is taking a dip. The cooler air to the north so cooler more seasonable more novemberlike temperatures. Monday potentially the coldest day yet. Tomorrow highs 50. 50 degrees. Mostly sunny skies overhead. Well talk the extended forecast coming up. Back to you. Thank you. He has been fighting cancer for years. But this is not your typical cancer patient. How this top Soccer Player is beating the odds and crediting his disease for his drive to succeed. And how going retro at home could help peoples memory. First, though, dana tyler has a look at whats coming up at 6 00. Reporter reporter meg baker tonight reporting from inside the Islamic Cultural Center of new york on east 96th street. The imam spoke to us because he wanted to let us know that he does not consider isis terrorists to be of the muslim religion. You also give us a rare look inside afternoon prayers. Thats right. And he said some surprising things and also has a message thanks, meg. Nationwide there are 10,000 children fighting cancer and when parents hear that diagnosis for their child they imagine the worst. But one survivor has overcome that challenge and risen to the top of his sport. Cbs 2s Steve Overmyer has more. Reporter everyone who fights cancer dreams of beating it. Sometimes they beat the disease, and sometimes they crush it. And thats a save another bigtime stop from logan keys. Reporter logan keyes is one of the best goalkeepers in fact nation. His 87 saves percentage is fifth in the ncaa but he is also a survivor. I never, uhm, look back and say i wish i didnt have it. You know, i carry it with me and its something i carry with pride that i beat it. Reporter at the age of 6 he was diagnosed with leukemia and over the next three years he was given an Aggressive Program of chemotherapy. He lost his hair, his days were filled with spinal taps and bone marrow biopsies. It was rigorous. I mean, it was a bone marry biopsy right when i got in and that was brutal. Whenever youre going through a hardship, find something that you can go to that gives you a norm which for me was sports. Reporter sports was his outlet. Soccer his passion. Saved by keys reporter in some ways it saved him. Im a big believer in anything you go through in early life kind of depicts what youre going to end up being, becoming. In my early development,

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