[ yelling questions ] reporter a College Professor says mayors have a public obligation to answer reporter questions. Its beyond to imagine what they are waiting for realize that they cant hide in city hall. They have to be open and accessible to the people. And quite frankly, the peoples representatives in the press. Reporter how many times taking off topic questions . How many times . Simultaneous speakers ] reporter is he taking general questions this week . He is going to puerto rico healthcare rally. He will be having an avail in puerto rico tomorrow. Reporter well, mayoral aides think his press tactic allowing is allowing him to control his message. Ionia College Professor says what may be happening is his message isnt getting out which may be why his Approval Rating in a recent poll was just 38 . So theres more at 6 00. Okay. Thank you. By the way, to see the entire exchange with the mayors press secretary as she tried to get some answers, go to our website, cbsnewyork. Com. Now to breaking news. A faculty protest of the City University of new york and there are arrests. Joe biermann is live in chopper 2 with more. Joe. Reporter thats right. This is 42nd street between second and third more towards third avenue. Its the cuny entrance there. A couple of hundred faculty staff and students all doing a protest and civil disobedience. A few minutes ago they had a large sitin here at the entrance. So far we have counted at least 24 folks arrested. What happens is the police will go in and handcuff them and then bring them down to some wagons down the street to process the arrests. Faculty and staff and students over a contract dispute. Apparently five years without a contract here at cuny. And again, they have said large protests and they plan some civil dis disobeidians like this. Thank you. A city bus driver accused in a hitandrun crash that left an elderly woman dead in brooklyn went before a judge today. 48yearold paul roper just appeared in court. Cbs 2s meg baker was there. Reporter this walker belonging to 70yearold carol bell left lying in the street tuesday after she was struck and killed by an mta bus in brooklyn. Today, the driver of that bus 48yearold paul roper arraigned charged with leaving the scene of an accident, failure to yield to a pedestrian, and failure to exercise due care. Ropers lawyer spoke outside the courthouse. A video like this people rush to judgment. Reporter police have video showing the b15 bus which was street to go east on fulton as bell was in the crosswalk. Investigators say the bus stopped for a few seconds, then drove on, dragging bells body further down the street. Roper never got out of the bus. Its so sad the way she had to die this way. But they got it on camera. Reporter he worked 15 years in transit. His family clearly emotional. His parents were also bus drivers. He is not a bad person. [ crying ] i dont think he should be penalized or created as a monster because he is not that type of person at all. Reporter bell died only a block from where she lived at the Magnolia House womens shelter and was on the way to detox for heroin addiction. Reporter as for the bus driver, the family says. Sweet person, loving, caring. And hard worker. Enjoyed his work. Lawyer says he regrets this tragic loss of life. A 20,000 cash bail has been set. Ropers license has been suspended and he will be back in court november 9. At brooklyn criminal court, meg baker, cbs 2 news. Ropers lawyer cited pending litigation regarding a blind spot in that model of bus. Now to a developing story. Planes are taking off but cant land at san diego airport because a man is randomly firing a weapon from a nearby apartment complex located under the airports approach path. Officers swarmed the building and exchanged gunfire after responding to a Domestic Violence call this morning. No one has been hurt. And it is unknown if the shooter is alone. Back around here, was it a hate crime or random attack . Thats what police are trying to figure out about a slashing attack on an offduty ems volunteer. Cbs 2s dave carlin live in Crown Heights. Dave. Reporter maurice, that attack and then an unrelated one hours later. Police say they are investigating them as hate crimes, sparking fear and action. There are two rewards, 5,000 each. Reporter Crown Heights neighbors activists and politicians want justice for david katz, a volunteer for Hatzolah Emergency Medical Services who police say was viciously attacked without a word or provocation. It happened on Eastern Parkway near rogers avenue around 8 30 tuesday night. Uniform. Police say a man wearing a mask came up from behind and slashed his shoulder. [ beep beep ] reporter this cell phone video shows him being helped by some of his colleagues. Friends say katz always carries his radio and used it to call dispatch. Heres audio of his plea for help. [ inaudible ] reporter extra police patrols, flyers asking for the public help and thousands of reward money to catch a man neighbors fear will lash out suddenly violently and were very concerned in the neighborhood because people are walking there. Reporter katz told police his attacker wore black sweatpants, hoodie and white hockey mask. A person does not adorn a mask and attack a Security Patrol unless they are up to premeditated hate and thats the type of hate we dont want in Crown Heights. We dont want in brooklyn. And we dont want in the city. We have zero tolerance for unfortunately, theres too much of it out there. Reporter another possible antisemitic attack came hours later around 5 a. M. The previous case happening outside 645 efforts will avenue. Police charged 36yearold Christian Rojas with assault, aggravated assault as a hate harassment for religion. The money for the reward is from the a dl and another organization. New at 5 00 robbers in halloween masks hold up a pharmacy in flushing. Security video shows the group of three yesterday entering the pharmacy on myrtle avenue. Two of the robbers point guns at store workers demanding a large amount of prescription medication. Then they robbed both employees who were on duty and tied them up. The bandits were also caught on video outside the store. An unruly passenger forced an American Airlines pilot to land in kansas last night. The flight was bound for new york from phoenix when a passenger became disruptive. Wichita Airport Police took that unidentified passenger into custody and that flight eventually did land in new york just before midnight. New information on the russian passenger jet that crashed in egypt. Isis may have been involved in planting a bomb on board. Russian and egyptian investigators are trying to determine exactly what caused the crash that killed 224 people. Investigators were able to retrieve information from the flights data reporter. Investigators now say the death of a decorated Police Officer in illinois two months ago was not murder. We have determined this staged suicide was the end result of extensive criminal acts that gliniewicz had been committing. After reviewing thousands of text messages, phone calls and emails, investigators have determined lieutenant Joe Gliniewicz spent 7 years embezzling cash from the department. Thousands of dollars were used by gliniewicz for personal purchases, travel expenses, mortgage payments, personal gym memberships, adult websites. The u. S. Army veteran was radioed that he was chasing three suspects on foot. A short time later, he was found dead triggering a massive manhunt. The gliniewicz family has dismissed any suggestion of suicide and said the father of four sons was looking forward to his retirement. Quentin tarantino is not backing down he is making his first comments since his controversial comments at a rally in new york against Police Brutality. Cbs 2s dana tyler reports. Im a human being with a conscience reporter oscar winning writerdirector and now activist Quintin Tarantino is stanting his ground. When i see murder, i cannot stand by and i have to call the murdered the murdered and the murderers the murderers. He is completely owning what he did that day and what he said. Reporter tarn teen tow talked to a reporter from the tarantino talked to a reporter from the times. He said he is quote not going to back away from the said as the at new york city rally last month about unarmed citizens who were killed by police. Tarantino told the l. A. Times, quote, all cops are not murderers. I never said that. I never even implied that. Instead of examining the problem of Police Brutality in this country, better they single me out. He felt that he was bearing witness to their stories and he said it changed him just being there. Reporter but his comments unleashed a barrage of criticism from multiple Police Groups. The National Association of Police Organizations called on officers to stop, quote, providing security, Traffic Control or Technical Advice for any of tarantinos projects. Get in, boy reporter today nassau countys police union said its joining other Police Groups in their calls for a boycott of tarantinos upcoming film, the hateful 8. Wanted dead or alive for murder. Reporter tarantino told the l. A. And threat of a movie boycott is, quote, to shut me down, discredit me, intimidate me and shut my mouth. Tarantinos speech in new york came at a rally just days after the murder of nypd officer randolph holder in east harlem. Tarantino says the timing of his comments was unfortunate. The Weinstein Company the distributors of his upcoming film says that it supports tarantinos right to say what he wants. Maurice, kristine . Thank you. Still ahead here at 5 00, stealing doorstep deliveries. Thieves target new jersey homes. How neighbors fought back and chased them down. I hope nobody ever has to go through that nightmare. Fined thousands of dollars for her opinion. What you may not know about Online Reviews that could cost you dearly. [ music ] she is branching out. Why Gloria Estefan says her dream come true. And its another dreamy day out there today. Temperatures in the 70s. Will it continue tomorrow . Things always change in the northeast. Ill talk about that after the break. I was running 6 months after a hip repair. Hiking 2 weeks after spine care. And setting records 9 months after shoulder treatment. One special hospital, over 1,000 special stories. See them all at hss. Edu backinthegame were here in the streets of new york, spreading the news about the real possibilities because if you dont think real possibilities in new york city when you think aarp, then you dont know aarp. 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On capitol hill wednesday, lawmakers held a hearing over a bill to make gag clauses illegal. Its happening every day across the country. Reporter other expects mentioned in the hearing a diet pill manufacturer accused of threatening to sue customers critical of their products. And a New York Hotel told guests a negative review would cost them 500. We arent the only victims of this type of conduct. Reporter palmer testified she did not remove the post or pay the 3,500 fine. Clear gear reported it as a delinquent debt ruining her familys credit for years i hope nobody ever has to go through that nightmare that nobody has to feel scared, humiliated and bullied by a business. Reporter palmer sued clear gear and won. But she still is fighting to protect consumers who want to express themselves online. Weijia jang, cbs 2 news washington. California has its own laws prohibiting gag clauses. Both the senate and house are considering bipartisan bills to make them illegal nationwide. They are expected to pass. A key witness for the prosecution takes the stand in the corruption trial of former Assembly SpeakerSheldon Silver. Cbs 2s dick brennan reports. Reporter former Assembly SpeakerSheldon Silver said nothing as arrived at federal court in Lower Manhattan for his corruption trial but the star witness talked on the stand. Dr. Robert taub said he referred cases to silvers law firm in order to get research funding. Taub testified that when he was initially approached by investigators, he lied and denied the referrals saying, i was terrified and i panicked and i wanted to divorce myself from any pending investigation. But taub later admitted he referred over 25 complaints to silver, hoping the powerful Assembly Leader would fund his research center. Taub testified, i hoped to so hole that i dont mean were research and help my patients Mesothelioma Research and help my patients. Silver is charged with earning 5 million by selling his office for bribes and kickbacks. He was referred to Weitz Luxenberg but the head of the firm testified silver never told them the referrals came from a doctor who got state grants. There wasnt any discussion about that. Silvers lawyers argued that he was making a legitimate income out side his Assembly Salary and they are trying to make it a crime and it isnt. This trial could take six weeks. Sheldon silver says he will be vindicated. Dick brennan, cbs 2 news. Dr. Taub also testified Sheldon Silver helped his children get jobs. The Rockefeller Christmas tree is on the way to manhattan. The tree was cut down from a yard in gardner in upstate new york. The family donated it. The tree is about 80 years old. The family said they were worried it might tip over and threaten a house. It weighs 10 tons. It will go up at rock center on friday. The Lighting Ceremony is on december 2. Its that time of year again. I know it. The house is going to look so empty now for those homeowners because they are so used to having that massive tree. Set up a football field or something, thanksgiving. Yeah. Wide open. How about is it like summer . [ laughter ] totally feels like it. 70plus today again. Lonnie is here. Maybe thereabouts, rights . It feels like the end of september beginning of october. Thats not what the calendar says as we get into november. That sky is beautiful. The temperature comes in at 63. Obviously a lot of sunshine out there although the sun did dip down behind the horizon at 4 30 this afternoon. Almanac shows us for new york city the High Temperature was 70 degrees. Now, yesterday you were 72 degrees but its a funny situation going on in our atmosphere right now because we were 70 in new york city. Thats still a dozen degrees where we should be. But look at this. Look where we found the warmest readings for today. Ridgewood, new jersey, 74. Sparta, new jersey, 73. Thats with elevation for sparta. Newburgh also an elevated spot of 72. The further you got away from the ocean, the warmer your temperatures were because we had a wind coming in today off the water. That ocean temperature is running now i dont know if anybody is going swimming but its running around 60 degrees or so. So if you are close to shoreline youre going to be 60 plus and then you get those warmer readings inland. The Bigger Picture is going to show you decent looking sky out there for the nighttime hours. Clouds tomorrow. So for tonight youre looking at 56 degrees some clouds some fog starts to develop and for tomorrow the High Temperature 69 so youre close to 70. There could be a stray shower which well talk about later. Back to you thank you. Strangest sight today along the garden state parkway. Goats couple of them roaming through the grass where did they come from . a waterfront plan for long island takes a turn. The new look that has some people fighting now to shut it down. First, though, dana tyler is here now with a look at what were working on for cbs 2 news at 6 00. Reporter hi from the newsroom. This is edit room 7 and our editor Tiffany Duncan working on a story with cbs 2 reporter diane macedo. And tonight at 6 00 its about a bronx man thrown from his wheelchair and robbed. Diane . Thats right. We spoke to the vick home who says this is the second we spoke to the victim who says this is the second time. The same man robbed him. There was video. They hope it will help catch him. Reporter youre going to talk about how concerned residents are . We spoke to residents. A lot of them recognize this guy. They say he robbed other people in the building before.