Reporter tension has been rising since the terrorist attacks in paris and san bernardino. Total and complete shutdown of muslims echoing the united states. Reporter but its trumps proposal of banning all muslims even into the u. S. A spoke person for the reprehensible. An d he adds that peace movements have the most to lose from isis. Isis is damaging my religion, my faith that i love. Theyre an enemy to everybody. At the al gazali school in jersey city, she says she is proud to wear the head scarf, just as she is proud to be an so i tell them to always act kind to people. The students here would like to wish all a merry christmas. The mayor here, steve phillips, would like a Greater Police presence at this and other mosques for the time being. Were live tonight in jersey city. Im jen maxfield, news4 new york. Donald trump prompted reaction on both sides of the political aisle. Some of his fellow republicans criticized him. Some of our best and biggest allies in this struggle against radical islamic terror are muslims. The vast, vast, vast, vast majority of whom are peaceful. A lot of our friends here have encouraged me to criticize and attack donald trump. Im not interested in doing so. But i believe we need a plan that is focused on the direct threat, and the threat were facing is radical islamic for complete coverage on Donald Trumps comments and the fallout, stay tuned for nightly news with lester holt at 6 30. Meantime, the hunt is on for a man who attacked a 72yearold woman and her 103yearold mother. This happened in their home just last night. Brian thompson is in toms river with more. Brian . Reporter in this house behind me are two angry seniors who fought back not even 24 hours ago. From one of them, the 102yearold mother, a medical alert chain was yanked from her neck. That would be enough to scare anyone. But talk to this mother and daughter . Well, its quite a tale of survival. The doorbell rang here on dock street. An 82yearold woman answered the door. 102yearold Evelyn Drucker was in the way. When i fell down, he came over and picked me up gently. Reporter her mom didnt want to come on camera. But she did tell us he said he had a knife. But he didnt have a knife. He took out duct tape out of his pocket. Reporter taped up in this hallway, it didnt work. Then, says bonnie i tried to bite him when we were in the hall, but he had fabric gloves on, you know, like work gloves. Reporter the attacker took off, leaving two frightened and shaken women. I was annoyed more than anything. Reporter two brave women. Evelyn, by the way, suffered no injuries, she says. Police believe this was probably a Home Invasion for drug money. Heroin abuse is a huge problem here in ocean county, and they live in toms river, im brian thompson, news4 new york. Just disgusting. A week before jus an exec ty order to boost security on mass transit during the holiday season. He ordered security and counterterrorism officials in new jersey and connecticut to assist new york in locations that are traditionally targeted by terrorists. The executive order takes effect today. It will remain in effect for 30 days. Seven arsons in two months all in a jewish neighborhood in queens. Still no motive, no suspect, and the best lead so far, a dark Surveillance Video of the man at one of the sites that would also later go up in flames. Today a Community Meeting was held for frightened residents as they came together to create a plan to protect their forest hills neighborhood. Reporter shoring up construction sites board by board. A fence of walls in place guarding against an arsonist, invoking fear in forest hills. The owner here is so worried, theyve constructed a guard shack to keep watch. Im a. Shes on alert, constantly. Even while i am walking, i just keep an eye out on everyone. Its something we take seriously and the Community Gathers together to make sure we find this arsonist that is out there not only destroying peoples homes but peoples lives and peoples dreams. The arsons have one common link. Construction and owned by bucarian jews. They are looking at the case. Right now we see those elements arise, and they will take control of the case. While detectives try to determine a moefbl. Theyre theyre. As the nypd sork. If you have any information about this guy, you are asked to call police immediately. In forest hills, news4, new york. Both sides have rusted the case of former. Skel. They claim that skellos. Both skel loss. Coming up at 1700. The iteam exposes a bureaucratic battle that is costing patients a for. He maya void us on land, but thats not the case. 40s today, 50s tomorrow all the way up to 60s for sunday. Well tell you how long this. Huge jamup we saw over the Sawmill River parkway. Dennis, whats the latest . Reporter Police Investigation continues. That means our traffic problems continue as well. Northbound Sawmill River parkway between exits 3 and 4. That remains closed down here in yonkers. As you can see, on the left side we do have at least one lane in the southbound direction getting by. Bigger problems in the nearby area and well widen out and show you them now against southbound on the throughway. Were looking at delays bumper bumper traffic through the yonkers area all the way from cross county down to the marsh loop parkway. Fivemiles plus of bumper to bumper traffic past Yankee Stadium all the way up to van camp park. If youre headed to Westchester County, keep all of this in mind. Dave and kerry, back to you in the studio. Now, more than 200 bears killed on the first day of the controversial bear hunt. They killed 216 bears yesterday. That is nearly 100 more than were killed on the first day of last years hunt. That jump could be due to an increase in the number of bears, fair weather as well. Hunts are needed to keep control of the bear population, but protesters say it is inhumane. There is a delay in outfitting Police Officers with body cameras. The state issued a 90day hold followed complaints by two police unions. They said they werent included in discussions about the cameras. Both sides meeting next month. A december to remember. It is very warm out there. Also ahead a twoinch cut, just five or six stitches, but a 17,000 medical bill. It seems utterly unreal. The iteam investigates a hospital. Are you happy with your bathroom . I wasnt. But for years, i didnt do anything about it. I thought i didnt have the money, until i learned about bath fitter. Bath fitter puts a new bathtub right over your old one. Isnt that amazing . Bath fitter will measure and make you a new custom bathtub that they install right over with beautiful matching walls. 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We have to look at Donald Trumps proposal banning muslims from entering the country. He gets support from his hardcore supporters, but its generated a lot of discussion across the political spectrum and among average americans. Before you go, a lot of of reaction to this from the American Muslim Community as well. Dearborn, michigan, a lot of discussion about this. Folks are angry. Theyre also concerned. Also tonight reflecting on the trump proposal are tom brokaw in to look at the lessons of history, some of the harsh lessons of history. Well come back into focus with this at 6 30. Moving now to an iteam ex exclusive exclusive. An eyepopping medical bill after a run of the mill visit to the er. Why did the baylor medical a cut with five or six stitches . Heres the answer. Chris . Reporter 17,000 is not what it costs to mend a cut with a handful of stitches. The reason for this whopping bill is a bitter fight between Baylor Medical Center and one of new jerseys biggest ensurers. There is no reason that a twoinch cut should have a fivefigure bill. Reporter it happened again. Another minor cut, but the bayonne Medical Center er charged an arm and a leg. Ryan eggertons index finger is just about healed now. You can see the faint scar from his kitchen mishap. The knife was new, it slipped. This was definitely a flesh wound. Reporter Bayonne Hospital charged 17,000. This is not the first time a bayonne bill has stunned a patient and an insurance we heard about one cutting himself, bayonne charged nearly 9,000. I got a bandaid and a tetanus shot. How can it with 9,000 . Bayonne Medical Center is out of network for united, and the hospital told us until united agrees to pay more for procedures, this emergency room will have to keep charging united more or risk go out of business. Being out of network is not a business strategy, it is a seizure urvival strategy, wrote a hospital spokesman. We would like to be in the network for every state provided they could provide us with a workable amount of investment. They have to be able to charge 17,000 for a handful of stitches. Business. I dont know if i believe Bayonne Hospital is really going to go out of business. Reporter Craig Coughlin says center charges patients and Insurance Companies should bear some resemblance to the actual cost of treatment. Hes trying to pass a bill that would force arbitration when insurers dispute high outofnetwork charges. There is nothing to prevent you from getting paid what you think you ought to be paid. You just have to prove it. Reporter the new Jersey Hospital Association opposes the bill, saying it removes the most effective bargaining tool small hospitals have. If they cannot threaten high outofnetwork rates, they say there is no incentive for Insurance Companies to strike fair innetwork deals. Hospitals are absolutely at risk of going out of business if they dont have this leverage in todays environment. Michael marin is president in teaneck. Although he believes they dont have a right to charge higher, he believes 17,000 might be excessive. Bayonne hospital to charge 17,000 for five or six stitches . No. No. Im not an advocate of that at all. Reporter of that 17,000 bill, ryan eggerton is now responsible for paying just over 1,000. United health care pays for the rest. A spokeswoman did not address the case specifically, but did say out of Network Hospitals should be charging rates that are consistent with other facilities in the community rather than using emergencies as an opportunity to bill patients excessive amounts. People shouldnt be forced to choose between a medical emergency and a financial one. Reporter the Parent Company of bayonne Medical Center, carepoint health, says it does not use collection agencies to go after patients, and in about 77 of its business last year, patienthospital encounters are those that have out of network insurers, but that number is going up. Another hospital in jersey city always staggering numbers, chris. Thank you. Relatively higher temperatures notwithstanding. Look at this. Boaters spotting humpback whales very close to the beaches, and these spectacular videos are proving it, including one that captured a very close call with a boater. These whales seen less than a mile from the beach in stone harbor. It was just this week, as a matter of fact. Experts say theyre being drawn close to the coastline by the same bait fishing that is being devoured by striped bass. The whale was so intent in getting food, it didnt Pay Attention tie o a little boat like that. They could crush a boat instantly. They were just next to them. They said they could keep servicing here for a few more weeks. I would like a little more distance myself between the boat and the whale. You think . A smidge. It is an arresting video, ill tell you that, but you are right. The warm weather is going to stick around a while, so maybe the whales will as well. Temperatures on the rise right now. A little dip into the 40s, but were back into the 50s and on our way to 60 degrees. Were going to stay dry. Were going to put an asterisk at the end of this, and why . There is a chance of a shower to the south and east, as slight as it may be tonight, thursday as well. Well talk about it when we look at the maps. For the weekend, get sunglasses and maybe a sweater and you should be set. We talked about the temperature in central park being mid40s, 46 in bridgeport. A little cooler in duchess county and as you head out to monticello and sussex, were still in the 40s in morristown, and were hanging in the 30s at white plains as well at hpn Westchester County airport. Todays highs, were at the half islip and 49 at central park and jfk. What well see tonight is a couple clouds beginning to push through the area. A little bit of moisture connected to it, but mild air, really, for all of us in the northeast. If youre looking for cooler conditions, the jet stream keeps all of that back as you head to the Northern Plains states. This sticks around for a while. Were going to enjoy this protection and High Pressure for the most part. Temperatures typically average 41 to 45 and were going to be way above that by the time we get to sunday. Future tracker. Heres where we see, boom, a little spot of rain pushing through as we head into the overnight tonight, and then wednesday into thursday, and thats about all she wrote. Not a major concern at all. So what can we expect over the next seven days . Lets take a look at that forecast right now. Thursday, again, the graphic looks a little more ominous than i really think it is. A slight chance for showers will push it higher on the island, but well see cloudy skies that warm up on friday and saturday 64 is the record. 61. Well see how much sunshine we get. But some folks will be into the mid60s, i think. Whispering at that record, i think. Whispering. Bruce beck is coming up next 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. Enrollment for 2016 is happening for a moment at the winter meetings and the mets are still waiting to hear from their number one target, ben zobrist. They saw firsthand what the super utility man could do in the world series. The 34yearolds preference is to play second base fulltime, and the met vz an opening with the unexpected departure of daniel murphy. It is expected that zobrist has million, but no one knows if they made an offer. In the bidding war is the rivals the nationals. The giants rooting for the cowboys . It makes for strange bedfellows. And yesterday eli manning said he would be rooting for dallas to beat first place washington, though he did stop short and say he wouldnt wear a matt castle jersey. With the game tied at 9, the redskins finally returned to sam jackson, backtracking 20 yards before dallas made a touchdown. One of the best kickers in game history kicked from 50 yards to three teams are 57 and the cowboys in a losing stream are still very much alive. However, they dont have tony romo and their schedule is tough. The giants placed tight end larry danell on seasonending injury reserve. Coach k. Gets an honor at the world famous arena. They joined the garden 366 exhibit with salutes one moment in msg history for every day of the year. Coach k. Was saluted for his 1,000th career win which took place january 25th against st. Johns. I talked to the winningest coach in College Basketball history. This is a place, an arena that brings out greatness for performers, for coaches, for players