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GOOD AFTERNOON.
I'M CHRIS WRAGGE.
AND I'M MARY CALVI.
WE BEGIN WITH THE WAR ON ISIS.
THE ALLEGED MASTER MIND BEHIND
LAST WEEK'S TERROR ATTACKS IN
PARIS IS DEAD.
FRENCH INVESTIGATORS CONFIRM
THAT ABDELHAMID ABAAOUD WAS
KILLED BY FRENCH S.W.A.T.
TEAMS IN AN APARTMENT RAID
YESTERDAY.
CONSTANTLY ON THE OFFENSE
AND IMPROVING OUR DEFENSES.
MEANWHILE, THE NYPD SAYS
IT'S TRYING TO LEARN AS MUCH AS
POSSIBLE FROM THE PARIS ATTACKS
AND DOWN PLAYING THREAT OF AN
ATTACK HERE AFTER ISIS RELEASED
A PROPAGANDA VIDEO WITH IMAGE
OF HERALD SQUARE AND TIMES
SQUARE.
THAT'S WHERE JANELLE BURRELL IS
LIVE THIS AFTERNOON.
Reporter: WELL, CHRIS, I
SPOKE WITH NYPD COMMISSIONER
BILL BRATTON THIS MORNING.
AND HE SAYS RIGHT NOW HIS MAIN
CONCERN IS HOW WAS ISIS ABLE TO
ATTACK PARIS, SEEMINGLY
UNDETECTED.
BUT FOR NOW HERE AT HOME
INCLUDING HERE IN TIMES SQUARE,
WE CONTINUE TO SEE EXTRA
SECURITY.
FEARS IS THE OXYGEN OF
TERRORISTS.
THEY WANT TO SPREAD AND IT
STOKE AND IT KEEP IT ALIVE.
Reporter: AND NYPD POLICE
COMMISSIONER BILL BRATTON
REMAINS ADAMANT THAT HIS
DEPARTMENT WILL NOT BOOK DOWN,
CONTINUING THEIR SURVEILLANCE
AGAINST ISIS, SEEMINGLY
UNPHASED BY ISIS' NEW
PROPAGANDA VIDEO, A POSTING CBS
2 NEWS HAS CHOSEN NOT TO SHOW
DEPICTING A SUICIDE BOMBER.
IT'S LIKE THE LOTTERY.
IF SOMETHING WERE TO HAPPEN, IT
WOULD JUST HAPPEN BUT I CAN'T
BE RUNNING AROUND NEW YORK
AFRAID OF PEOPLE.
I'M SORRY.
I'M JUST NOT GOING TO DO IT.
Reporter: BOMB-SNIFFING DOGS
AND HEAVILY ARMED OFFICERS
KEEPING WATCH AROUND THE
CONGESTED AREA.
POLICE COMMISSIONER BILL
BRATTON SAYS ONE OF THE KEY
QUESTIONS HE HAS RIGHT NOW, HOW
WAS ISIS ABLE TO GO UNDETECTED
BEFORE THE PARIS ATTACKS?
HOW IS IT THAT ONE OF THE
MOST PROFESSIONAL INTELLIGENCE
SERVICES IN THE WORLD HAD NO
WARNING OF THIS COMPREHENSIVE
AND SOPHISTICATED SERIES OF
ATTACKS?
WE'RE LEARNING A LOT ABOUT THE
ATTACK, ABOUT AFTER THE ATTACK.
BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, WE NEED
TO KNOW BEFORE, WHAT HAPPENED
THAT THEY DIDN'T DETECT?
Reporter: AS THEY WORK TO
GET THOSE ANSWERS, HERE AT
HOME, EXPECT MORE SECURITY AT
THE MACY'S THANKSGIVING DAY
PARADE NEXT WEEK WHERE MILLIONS
WILL LINE THE STREETS OF
MANHATTAN, INCLUDING EXTRA
OFFICERS FROM THE CRITICALLY
RESPONSE TEAM.
FOR THANKSGIVING, WE WILL
HAVE ABOUT 300 OF THEM IN
ADDITION TO EVERYBODY ELSE THAT
WE HAVE FOR THE PARADE.
I AM AWARE.
I AM NOT SCARED.
Reporter: AND THAT IS THE
ATTITUDE THAT THE COMMISSIONER
IS URGING THE PUBLIC TO ADOPT.
AS WE GET INTO THE HOLIDAY
SEASON, WE WILL SEE MORE CROWDS
AND HE IS URGING EVERYONE TO
REMAIN VIM ATLANTA.
AND THEY HAVE -- REMAIN
VIGILANT.
AND HE TELLS US THAT THEY HAVE
DETECTIVES IN FRANCE WORKING TO