here is larry jacobs. >> reporter: occupy protesters are hunkering down despite the warnings to stay.> i will make sure people are safe. >> the tensions are as they lose the patience with the people across the country n portland they confronted the demonstrators and they were injured overnight. >> this is not a game, this is real life and people's lives and safety are at stake. >> on sunday they started dismantling the encampment,. >> we want to make sure they get them done. they have been removed. >> officials cite life threatening conditions and they attract drug users. the police presence outside of city hall after a woman was sexually assaulted in a tent. >> and it has changed. we are seeing issues daily. the people of occupy have changed. the intentions have changed. >> reporter: from san francisco to denver, calls are intensifying to give up the occupation or face immediate arrest. larry jacobs, abc news. >>> hundreds took part in a rally to urge the mayor to invest more in education and they sponsored the tour. they highlighted the spending on development downtown. and he belie

here is larry jacobs. >> reporter: occupy protesters are hunkering down despite the warnings to stay.> i will make sure people are safe. >> the tensions are as they lose the patience with the people across the country n portland they confronted the demonstrators and they were injured overnight. >> this is not a game, this is real life and people's lives and safety are at stake. >> on sunday they started dismantling the encampment,. >> we want to make sure they get them done. they have been removed. >> officials cite life threatening conditions and they attract drug users. the police presence outside of city hall after a woman was sexually assaulted in a tent. >> and it has changed. we are seeing issues daily. the people of occupy have changed. the intentions have changed. >> reporter: from san francisco to denver, calls are intensifying to give up the occupation or face immediate arrest. larry jacobs, abc news. >>> hundreds took part in a rally to urge the mayor to invest more in education and they sponsored the tour. they highlighted the spending on development downtown. and he belie

larry jacobs in new york with the latest. >> new york city officials announced they have thwarted a terrorist plot. >> yesterday afternoon new york city police officers arrested a 27-year-old al qaeda sympathizer who was plotting to bomb police patrol cars and also post al facilities as well as targeted members of our armed forces returning from abroad. our office today filed charges against jose pim tel of manhattan for conspiring to build a bomb for terrorist purposes and for building a pipe bomb which he was alleged to use commit violence. >> he used al qaeda inspired instructions on bomb making particularly an article called how to make a bomb in the kitchen of your mom. officials constructed a duplicate of the explosive device he built and showed a video of how he intended to use it. >> we think that an event that really set him off was the elimination of alackie that happened on september 30 of this year. >> the mayor have said there have been at least 13 other attempts in new york city. >> he was not part of a larger conspiry emanating from abroad. he represents exactly the kind of thr

larry jacobs, abc news, new york. >>> that's exactly what we have been hearing for months -- these lone wolf suspects out there inspired by the stuff they find on line and decide to carry it out here at home. >> it's scary. i wonder if he has some mental health issues. just doesn't make sense. and as a native new yorker, i'm horrified. horrified that my hometown seems to be the target so often. >> constant target. one of the dangers living in the city. always under that spotlight. >>> switch gears now, because outrage is growing after a peaceful protest on the university of california campus were pepper sprayed by police. two officers involved in friday's incident at uc-davis have been put on leave. the school's chancellor is now taking heat for initially supporting the police in all of this who claim they used the pepper spray because they were surrounding, clearly not seen in the video. in the midst of this, 11 students had to be treated for minor injuries. hard to watch. >>> important tests are being done today in the case of the missing toddler near seattle. 2-year-old sky metalwala

larry jacobs, abc news, new york. >>> the numbers tell the whole story. the average shopper spent $400 this weekend. up from $365 last year. on average, on the web, folks spent about $151. >> interestingly enough, people were buying cars as well. i had no idea. auto sales were brisk over black friday. dealers were advertising bargain deals and cut-rate financing which apparently put these car buyers really in the mood. i didn't know people were buying cars this time of the year. i think i might have gone shopping had i known. >> when the shopping bug bites. big ticket items going. that's crazy. and for all the talk, black thursday. coming up too soon, they say nearly a quarter of shoppers at the shops by midnight on friday, way up from previous years. people like the early start. spend, spend, spend. >>> well, turning to more serious news on this monday morning. there are more shocking sex allegations against a long time coach at syracuse university. bernie fine has been fired now that a third man has come forward to say he was molested as well. on top of

let's find out right now from larry jacobs in new york. >> reporter: new york city officials announced they thwarted a terrorist plot. >> yesterday afternoon, new york city police officers arrested a 27 year old al-qaeda police supervisor that was planning to bomb police cars and postal facilities and targeted members of the armed forces returning from abroad. >> he was arraigned sunday night in a manhattan court. >> our office charged jose pimentel for terrorist activities. >> she had been tracking the suspect for two years. he used al-qaeda inspired instructions on bomb making, particularly an article called "how to make a bomb in the kitchen of your mom." officials constructed a bomb based on the instructions that the suspect had and showed how to use it. >> we think what set him off was the elimination of alaqui. that is what set him off. he was not part of a larger conspiracy from abroad. he represents exactly the kind of threat fbi director robert muller and his experts warned about. >> and as for a developing story out of california. two officers at university of california davi

larry jacobs, abc news. >>> it's really, i think the landscape has changed. it started out as this cohesive movement. i think. and now, i don't know. you have the crime. factor the health. you wonder if people are just sort of not on message anymore. >> i was down at occupy wall street, spent the night down there. wanted to see what happens, 3:00, 4:00 in the morning. and you had a wide range of people down there, some with a distinct purpose and message. other people that are down there, drifters in and out. want to be part of the crowd. tough for them to get cohesive message now. now it is spreading in a violent form. tough to get a hold on that kind of situation. d president obama spe pennsylvania's governor says that he wouldn't be surprised if even more victims come forward. a hotline in fact has been set up just in case. >>> turning to politics. in the latest poll that's tracking the gop presidential race, after last week's regrettable debate performance. 31% say texas governor rick perry should drop out. 37% say herman cain should leave the race due to