Very happy to see us. Reporter french president hollande said french is oepen to the world thats why so many foreigners are among the victims. How much will the place of liberty be changed . Looking at this, the people are afraid. This is a problem. Dont be afraid. Reporter in that dress president hollande said terrorism will not defeat france because france will defeat the terrorists. In central paris tonight, many fear it is a daunting challenge. Reporting live in paris, im david ushery. Chuck and sibila, back to you. Marc santia is on the Upper East Side with that part of the story. Marc . Theyre called the Critical Response command. This team is spread out across the city. You can see them behind me right now. Theyre using high tech. That keep them in touch with everyone else. Want to show you what else is going on around town. 45 blocks from here at the empire state building. Youre looking at Nypd Hercules teams out in force across the city and this is going to be a scene, get used to it, youll be seeing throughout new york. Heavily armed nypd officers on the streets, on patrol. Hundreds of extra cops fanning out across the city here on up thor east side. The site ght a welcome of comfort. I think its an obvious response. Reporter this couple tourists from paris who landed in new york as the attacks were playing out in their city and in michaels favorite theater. Its a pretty popular venue for music. We were hanging around this area all the time. Reporter from manhattan to randalls island. Gave marching orders to a new 500officer Critical Response command. The teams focus, stopping terror in new york. Youre not part of the front line of this citys defense against terrorism. Reporter more officers on the move. Police say after the recent attacks in paris, theyre shoring up soft civilian targets. Then all of a sudden theyre there and we have that ability to move them around based on intelligence or just the idea of constantly trying to keep the terrorists potentially off guard, if you will. Reporter for these parisians while the extra patrols are comforting, they say there could be no victory lap, not with the ever present threat looming. Terrorists can do whatever they want whenever they want. Until we kind of eradicate every single one of these guys. Then its nothing we can really do. Its just, you know, keep living our life and hope for the best. For the hundreds of officers in the Critical Response command, this is their very first tour. The commissioner says theyre a permanent fixture here in the city. Were live on the Upper East Side, marc santia, news 4 new york. In Lower Manhattan people are gathering to show solidarity of the people of france. Some sang the French National anthem today and others laid flowers at the root of the survivor tree. Patricia riley lost her sister on 9 11 and she knows first hand what the people of paris are going through tonight. Just took you right back to the fear, i just knew how the people were feeling at that moment and its in your heart aches for them. This evening the french consul extended a heartfelt thank you to new york. Long live the american and french friendship. The acting Police Commissioner said today that he is increasing Police Patrols at large public gatherings. Meanwhile, parents and teachers are expressing relief that the students in the Student Abroad Program based in paris are safe and sound. News 4 long island reporter greg cergol has that story. Reporter convincing students to study abroad is shannon harrisons job. But friday nights attacks in paris tested her passions and beliefs. Friday night was the scariest night i had. These students were abroad because i told them it would be a good idea. Reporter she learned that all three students studying in france are safe. One 19yearold economics major remains in paris, posting on facebook, she could hear the helicopters and alarms friday night. In an email to the University Officials she wrote, i freaked out a little bit. One of my friends who is there, brianna, it is terrifying and she just missed it by moments. Jamie will begin studying data released today shows that more than 300 ,000 students up 5 and the highest number since 2008. But will the paris attacks change that . Parents and students considering studying abroad have no doubt been debating that very question over the last couple of days. Even when i said i was going abroad initially, they were a little nervous and apprehensive for me to go. But i would think they would rather me experience life and take the chance rather than sit back and wait. Reporter jamie is heading to australia and the College Administrator responsible for her safety has a simple warning for all students in foreign countries. Its a different world and students need to be safe. They should be sensible and take their cues from their guts. Reporter greg cergol, news 4 new york. Go to nbcnewyork. Com for all the coverage. There youll find the latest on the investigation and new video and the personal stories being shared by survivors of the for indepth coverage, stay tuned to nbc nightly news with lester holt at 6 30. New jersey took a tentative step towards issuing drivers license to undocumented immigrants. With paris as a background, its fate is still at the end of a long tunnel. Brian thompson has that story now from trenton. Reporter Latino Alliance groups rallied outside the state house for the right to drive for anyone who can prove their residency and identity no matter their immigratier legal status. Ruby soto of norristown has been here 17 years since leaving columbia through a translator. They have a 13yearold son that i need to transport to school and to soccer. To the doctor. Reporter she showed me a picture of her son, emmanuel, born here in america as he joined a long line trying to get into the state house. Without a car, soto says she can spend all day on the bus. And lebanon at this Homeland Security committee meeting. One emphasizing this terrorist we dont know who they are and where they come from and were going to give drivers license to people who dont belong here in the first place. Reporter issued drivers license to undocumented im immigrant immigrant. Send a similar bill to the full assembly one sponsor explaining all this legislation will do is help people come out of the shadows, making all of us safer. Reporter governor christie who rarely comments on legislation before it passes put out a statement this afternoon saying, he will veto it if it ever makes it to its desk. In trenton, brian thompson, news 4 new york. Authorities are looking into several cases of tuberculosis linked to a school in the bronx. Health Officials Say that people linked to the illness at ps112 in the bronx section have already received treatment or officials wont confirm who was diagnosed with the bacterial disease, but patients are reportedly teachers. No one has died in connection to these cases. We were all concerned about what was going to happen and were they treated and where did it come from. The source. In a statement, the Health Department says it will hold information sessions for faculty and parents, conduct free onsite tb testing and coordinate follow up medical evaluation and treatment as needed. Tb is preventable and can be cured with antibiotics. Coming up as news 4 at 6 00 continues. An iteam update with our jailhouse interview with a man convicted of murder. Why he might be a step closer to getting out of jail. A scandal for the Bridgeport Police department. Where did thousands of dollars in evidence disappear to . Janice huff has a big change in our weather . Mother nature cant make up her mind. Another 70 degree for some of us. We have cooler temperatures and some rain on the way. Your forecast coming up next. Find over 1,000 special stories at hospital for special surgery. A new jersey man malled by his own pit bull is fighting for his life at the hospital tonight. Officers found 36yearold Antonio Garcia covered in blood at his jersey city home on sunday. A friend of the victim says he was visiting garcia when the dog somehow got loose from its cage and started attacking his owner. Garcia has wounds on his hands and stomach. He wasnt moving, complaining about pain. The dog also bit the friend in the leg. Animal control reved the animal from the home and this is the second serious pit bull attack in the tristate area jury selection began in the corruption trial of dean scel kelos. They wanted to discuss a plea deal but talks did not go anywhere. He is using his influence to get his son, adam, a noshow job. 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It it was a busy day for Law Enforcement both here and in belgium. Several dramatic raids trying to track down the mastermind of freis attacks, as well as the eight suspect. The eight possible attacker. As that was going on, frances president today saying it was an act of war ask treating it as such as, you know, french warplanes have been bombing isis and president obama weighing in on all of this. Lester, is the u. S. Going to step up its actions against isis now . The president held a News Conference in turkey and he basically said the u. S. Is going to stay the course, but, of course, hes getting a lot of pushback on that and a lot of pressure but he does not believe the idea of introducing Ground Troops at this point would be productive. Hes standing his ground. More of what he had to say when we see you coming up. Well see you in a few minutes, lester. An iteam update and a dramatic scene at a hearing at a highprofile murder case. A witness for the prosecution is now saying he lied about the supposed confession of a convicted murderer ten years ago. Sarah wallace first highlighted this case last week in an exclusive jailhouse interview who is trying to get his conviction overturned. The brooklyns d. A. s office is standing firm, but this is not what any prosecutor wants to have happen. Their most important witness in a sensational murder case now saying he did whatever he needed to do to stay out of jail. Including lying. The brooklyn d. A. s office is oscatorial misconduct. John a selfdescribed bipolar career criminal was back on the witness stand today in brooklyn. This time testify prognosis the man he helped put away for murder in 2005. 32yearold john duca. Did you claim that mr. Duca told you he involved with the robbery and murder at that trial . Reporter under questioning he was facing a mandatory prison term for skipping out on a drug program when he decided to concoct a story for prosecutors. He said they were on Rikers Island together and he admitted in being involved in the murder of mark fisher. In a recent jailhouse interview from clinton correctional facility, he said that never happened. He said i admitted to him all these things about the crime and he also said he overheard me and my father speaking and just totally false. Reporter now he says he made it all up in hopes of getting a deal to stay out of prison. Do you acknowledge underoath today that you lied during that trial . Yes, i have. Including about mr. Ducas alleged role in that murder . Byes. Is there anything you want to say to him now . Yes, i apologize. Deeply sorry. Ducas attorney claims prosecutors failed to turn over critical information to the defense and led him lie on the stand which the d. A. s office denies. Mark fishers parents were in court for the hearing but did not want to speak to reporters. What do you think that he testified . He has a lot of courage to do this because to come forward and sign an aft and reopen this whole thing, it took a lot of guts to do that. The hearing is expected to take about a week. The judges decision on whether or not to overturn the conviction could take months. Sibila, chuck. Sarah, thank you very much. Time for the weather and lets go back to janice. Another warm day today. Temperatures up around 70 in a lot of spots. Mother nature still going back and forth with this weather pattern. Were going to go back, again, tomorrow. With the coats and the sweaters. Heres a look outside right now. Our view from the top of the rock camera. Quiet night out there. Still pretty mild across the area after temperatures in the 60s to near 70s today and no records were set, but we were in about five degrees in most cases. 63 right now in central park under clear skies. Thats down just a few degrees from a high of 67 today. Jfk was up to 70. That was about three or four away from the record High Temperature. 69 at laguardia. Temperatures quite warm across the region and will remain that way for the rest of this evening. But the cool air will be flowing in later tonight and into tomorrow. Much cooler day tomorrow by some 10 to 15 degrees and rain coming up later this week, which well be glad to see around here. Still been so dry. 50s to low 60s right now around midtown from harrison, madison in estoria and across long island southampton at 53 and 55 and little bit cooler out this way, but still mild for this time of year. 51 in danbury and 53 in stanford. Most of the jersey shore temperatures are just below 60. 59 in cream ridge and 60 degrees right now in princeton and north and west, 49 in lagrangeville and upper 50s. Skies remain clear. Weak cold moving in the opposite direction. Thats whats going to cool us off. In the meantime, this rain that is over the midwest is trying to move our way, but gets stopped by high pressure. This storm system that is out west producing snow over the four corners and in the rockies and severe thunderstorms out ahead of that east of the rockies and the planes. Thats what will help to bring the heavy rain coming up for thursday. In the meantime, its very pleasant this evening. 60 by 7 00 and then generally in is when it starts to turn colder. We start to get an easterly wind in here for tomorrow. Back to the autumn chill. Instead of 70 degree temperatures, were talking 40s to near 50s. It will be much cooler. By tomorrow morning, down to 35 in ryebrook and 41 in the city. Breezy and much cooler across the area. Youll need your jackets, your heavier jackets for tomorrow as the temperatures do drop. We go from the 60s in the city today to 50 for the High Temperature tomorrow. Back back up into the 50s on wednesday and most of the day on thursday and everything is clearing out for the weekend. Thats your weather. Just in time. Thanks. Say it aint so about victor cruz. Twotime, 1,000 yard receiver victor cruz is officially shutting it down. Coming up in sports, you can forget about the idea of beckham and cruz playing together this year for the football giants. And with thanksgiving just around the corner, Carmelo Anthony was in the giving mood in the bronx. 4z new york at 6 00. P now only ford offers 750t black friday bonus cash on select vehicles, on top of ford friends and neighbors pricing. That doesnt happen every day. Make black friday hasslefree with low prices on ford cars, trucks and suvs. And get 750 dollars black friday bonus cash on select ford vehicles, on top of all other offers. Its an inside deal, now for everyone. Hurry for a limited time, get 750 dollars black friday bonus cash on select vehicles, friends and neighbors offers. The verizon fios sports desk brought to you by verizon. Two heartbreaking losses over the weekend. That squeaker for the patriots. A onepoint loss there. What a ball game. Yep. Today the inevitable became reality. Victor cruz who is yet to play thveis season tore a calf muscle on saturday and will undergo seasonending surgery. His futer with the ure with the giants now hangs in the balance. Tough time for me and my family and tough time for all of us because we were so excited about coming back and being a part of Something Special this year. Certain things that happen to your body that you cant explain but im excited for the next chapter. Hope you guys dont lose faith in me because i havent lost faith in myself. Were still rooting for you, victor. As for the rest of the giants, they head into it bye week in the first place in the nfc east. Two weeks to think about their blown opportunity against the patriots. You know, its remorse for opportunity lost today. Obviously, were disappointed, were frustrated. And looking at the tape doesnt help. How much will the hurt from this loss linger with you and your teammates . We know what we did, we just watched the film and i feel a lot of plays we just left just like they had a lot of plays. But they want to win it. We know what we have to do. Were in a position where if we can do that, we can Start Playing our best football and finding ways to win these close games, were right where we need to be. We can be a tough team going into the playoffs. The jets are in a wait and see mode with quarterback ryan fits patrick who underwent thumb surgery on friday. Unclear if they can start on sunday in houston. Carmelo anthony was scoring big late this afternoon in the bronx. The Carmelo Anthony foundation and Avon Products partner with feed the children to bring children and essentially to over 800 needy families. I went oneonone with the knicks superstar who turned in an mvp performance. Youre smiling a lot today. Are you enjoying the aspect of giving back . I just love kind of the you know, the people, they laugh and they make it a fun event for me. I hear a lot of the stories. I hear a lot of things. Carmelo gets it. Finally a belated congratulations to the new york kozmos who won the soccer and the legendary raul one of the most proliffic scorers of all time goes out on top as the kozmos franchise celebrates its