deciding what to do. he defends his actions to us saying he ultimately takes responsibility for what goes on at these scenes. it has been 650 days since the united states of america lost its top credit rating. stocks started down today but they ended the day with yet another all time high. >> and now our third story "outfront." we have new details late breaking tonight about ariel castro who is accused of holding three women captive for more than a decade. according to his attorneys who spoke to wkyc, he plans to plead not guilty. and they are planning for trial. this comes as the city of cleveland moments ago honored the first responders who helped rescue michelle knight, amanda berry and gina dejesus from castro's home last week. we're learning more about how the women were treated. while they were being held captive. our martin savage is "outfront" in cleveland with the latest. >> reporter: a family friend of one of the victims says accused kidnapper ariel castro abused all three captive women.