. >> reporter: six days a week anissa gets an early start. alone she leaves her home in kabul before dawn, not normal for an afghan woman. 56-year-old anyssa is in a hurry. there are still many in afghanistan who disapprove of women in school. at 16 when she married her father-in-law objected. so school would wait until her youngest child turned 18. anys srvega april walk is half a mile. on this bitter cold day it takes about 20 minutes. anyssa is proud she hasn't missed a single day. it's exam time. the subject today islamic study. her university classmates are young enough to be her children. when she started here last year that's exactly what her professor thought she was, a mothers of a new student checking out the university. >> she is happy to help her classmates. after the exam she compares absences, explaining why her answer is correct. it's because much things like that that she has earned the respect of her classmates. she's even become an example for some parents. >> this is ann sa' anyssa's secr in school. special private high sch

janet wu, cbs 2 news. >> other parents have come forward to praise anissa and her incredible way with crying babies. she is based in florida but flies to new york frequently for southwest airlines. so maybe you will meet her and she will calm your baby, too. that's all for us here at 5:00. we'll see you again at 11:00. the news at 6:00 starts right now. >>> your realtime captioner is linda marie macdonald. a real-life towering inferno. a high-rise hotel in dubai goes up in flames as a huge crowd gathers to celebrate the new year. a new york man arrested accused of plotting to kill people on new year's eve. >> but first the countdown to 2016. hundreds of thousands of people gathering in times square. how the nypd plans on keeping them safe tonight. good evening, happy new year. i'm dana tyler. >>> it is an iconic celebration seen around the world. tonight an estimated 1 million people will pack into times square. 6,000 nypd officers there to keep them safe. chopper 2 over the crossroads of the world tonight. you can see the crowds cordoned off already. but they are ready for the celebr

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. >>> we're ask i think she surrender her passport. 24-year-old anissa made her appearance thursday. accused of taking nearly 100,000 from an elderly man. she shows little emotion. she was quite amused by her arrest. >>> she giggled and appeared to have no appreciation of the severity of the charges against her throughout the whole process. she arrived three years ago and befriended donald hopkins where she had been working as a waitress. >>> she's giving me story how pour she was. his wife died six years ago. he has lived alone since. he paid her 50,000 to pick up around the house five days a week. shouldn't have. she told him she needed money for tuition. he wrote personal trucks for $20,000 to help her pay. recently lega told him he had terminal brain cancer and needed money for surgery. she denies scheming against still hodkens gave her the information that was supposed to be done last friday. >>> she never had cancer. never had an operation. she pocketed the $30,000 that i gave her and put it in her own bank account. took off. with her boyfriend to miami. >>> that he just angry