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susan candiotti reports. >> reporter: the news analyst juan williams talked about feeling nervous wheneople weighed in. >> i think it's a natural fear obviously with everything going on over the past decade. it's not my personal belief. i e e-mail not going to be afraid. >> he spoke for a lot of people but i think a lot of people are wrong. >> reporter: how do juan williams' views figure? a new research center poll shows favorable opinions of islam have been going down from 41% in 2005 to about 30% now. at an open house in a mosque on long island, new york, this muslim worshipper admits it hurts to know some make assumptions about her. >> it scares me to think i walk into an airplane, anyplace, and strike fear into people's hearts. that's not a very nice feeling. >> if you have fear, does that mean the same thing as being bigoted? >> yes, it is. yes, it is. because i believe fear is based upon lack of knowledge. >>. >> reporter: to overcome a look of knowledge, this bay shore, new york mosque joined a number of mosques nationwide inviting them to spend time with them, not only to liste

here now is cnn national correspondent susan candiotti. >> reporter: when news analyst juan williamsabout feeling nervous with someone flying in muslim clothing, people weighed in. >> i think it's a natural fear. obviously with everything that's gone on over the past decade but, i don't know, it's my personal belief that i'm not going to be anything like that. >> he spoke for a lot of people, but a lot of people are wrong. >> reporter: how do juan williams' views figure in the general climate about muslims? a recent pew research poll show favorable opinions of islam have been going down over the past five years, from 41% in 2005 to about 30% now. and an open house at a mosque on long island, new york, this muslim worshipper admits it hurts to know some make assumptions about her. >> it scares me to think that i walk into an airport, you know, and strike fear into people's hearts. that's not a very nice feeling. >> if you have fear, does that mean the same thing as being bigoted? >> yes, it is. yes, it is, but because i believe this fear is based upon lack of knowledge. >> reporter: t

as susan candiotti reports, the delay comes with a lot of complications. susan? >> don, many troubled homeowners are breathing a sigh of relief over the foreclosure lease because it buys them more times to stay in their home. others are desperate to get things moving. why? because they've already filed for bankruptcy and the freeze puts them in limbo. >> it's a nightmare. because i didn't expect this. >> reporter: virginia obossy wants to be declared bankrupt. the senior mother of six, a veteran new york grade schoolteacher dug herself into a financial hole she's been trying to fix. after realizing her dream to buy a home five years ago -- for you owning a home means what? >> owning a home meant success for me. >> reporter: three years and a $300,000 mortgage later, her taste of success spiraled out of control. like many other americans at that time, obossy was convinced she should buy a second home as an investment. a much newer town home in new jersey she'd rent out and would pay for itself. you didn't think you were getting in over your head? >> no. >> reporte

krrn's national correspondent susan candiotti joins us now.erstand the police commissioner just held a conference. >> reporter: tonight, police revealed that an eighth suspect has surrendered to them. they have him in custody now, and they also announced that they are looking for a ninth person as we already knew, but they said they're still looking for him. they have his name and showed his photograph. so they feel that they will be making considerable progress if people can just help out to find that ninth suspect. imagine nine people they alleged to be involved in this. all day long we were told there would be a possibility that the seven already in custody, now eight, would make their very first court appearance, but prosecutors tell us they're still working on the charging paper work, the documents that these people will be charged with, so they're not ready to have them appear in court. those charges include assault, a sex act, robbery, unlawful imprisonment and that's just some of them. >> apparently the older man, he's like 30 years ol