Soledad im soledad obrien. Welcome to matter of fact. More than 150 years after the 13th amendment legally abolished slavery in america, its still thriving in the form of Human Trafficking. Its hard to pinpoint an exact number because it often happens under the radar. But its estimated 20 to 40 Million People worldwide are enslaved and exploited through sex and labor trafficking. In america, places like new york, l. A. , and atlanta have high rates of Human Trafficking. According to the National Human trafficking hotline, in 2016, reported cases in the u. S. Increased more than 35 . One of the most famous american abolitionists of the 19th century was Frederick Douglass. The former slave was born in maryland 200 years ago this month. He was a famous orator, author, and confidante of abraham lincoln. Douglass descendents say if he were alive today, he would be at the forefront of the fight to end Human Trafficking. His great, great, great grandson, kenneth morris, jr. , is the president
Resignation follows that massive hacking breach at the federal agency in what was believed to be the largest cyber attack ever against government computers. The records of nearly 22 Million People were stolen from opm computers. U. S. Officials are not saying who is behind the attack, but many are pointing the finger at china. The chinese will use this to spy on us. This gives them an immense intelligence advantage. Millions of americans are receiving letters telling them their data is at risk. The white house says there is no indication yet those hackers have used the stolen information. At 6 00 peggy fox gets more information on the stolen information from federal information. An investigation found at Howard University hospital patient names, account numbers and Service Dates from the University Faculty practice plan were involved. About 1,400 patients are impacted. The error happened when a Debt Collection company sent parents letters to the wrong addresses. It will be a wet start
Degree guarantee. The director of the office of Personnel Management is stepping down. Earlier today Katherine Archuleta told the president that she is leaving and her resignation comes the day after her agency disclosed that hackers stole the personal information of more than 21 million people. Members of congress in both parties demanded archuleta resign and beth cobert, opms second in charge, will serve as interim director. Many of those people affected by the Security Breach live and work right here around the nations capital. Peggy fox has been out talking to people today and joins us live on capital hill and, peg, i know people arent happy. Reporter oh, yes, they are worried, but they arent just blaming the opm director who just resigned. Theyre pointing to general leadership in the federal government and also when they call animosity from congress toward federal workers. I think its a mess. You know, my information was stolen and its distressing that its not as secure as it shou
Did not survive his injuries. Even before we knew this would be a homicide investigation, the shooting rattled people in this area, shutting down the metro and drawing a crowd. Outside the westfield mall, shoppers stared across the street into a homicide crime scene on the second floor of a metro parking garage. Kind of looked like maybe a robbery going easy and somebody thought they could get away with it. Reporter the first report of a shooting came around 7 15. Officers from Montgomery County and metro police swarmed the parking garage. The victim was rushed by ambulance to a nearby hospital, but was pronounced dead not long after arriving. [ sirens ] reporter Montgomery County Police Detained two men, first calling them persons of interest. Then declining to label them at all, saying only that there was no more threat to people who live in the area. I would say they should not be concerned at this point in time. Reporter the shooting just outside the busy mall and metro stop forced
Live in wheaton bruce leshan, wusa9. Very Long Time Coming bruce, thank you. So we heard the word closure, but it comes with a push qualifier. A conviction of Lloyd Lee Welch and details that will likely be revealed in a virginia trial will help, but only the discovery of the girls remains will ultimately put an emotional end to this for some people here. So now question get reactions from the community that was changed forever by this case. Our scott broom is at the Oakland Terrace Elementary School where the kids who went there 40 years ago with the lyon girls have all grown up and where many are still living in that same neighborhood. Scott . Reporter yeah, this is the school the lyon sisters attended and there are still a lot of people around here like me about my age, theyre in their 50s and went to this school with the lyon sisters and remember all this vividly and always bruce just reported, we hear again that word repeatedly as we talk to people, closure. It feels like theres s