September these people went through the real thing, 12 of their colleagues dead. Youre right. We dont have anything official from the department of navy, but we were counting them as they were heading out and most were headed to the subway back here. Because that happened here, just a business down. Reporter the food trucks that have become popular alternatives for navy yard workers were left starving for Business Today even after the threat was lifted. How many you normally have . Normally maybe 50, 60. Reporter at the streetyard workers who had been on lockdown for hours were heading home after the all clear sign was given. Were you afraid, concerned . No. Were in good hands. Reporter who told you it was all clear . We came to the door and announced themselves and released us. Reporter what was going through your mind . Im blessed. Im a child of god. I knew we were going to be okay. Reporter some were clearly left worried about todays unfounded Terror Threat and about the next incident. What are your fear. Fear. Fear. Reporter would you go back to work tomorrow or some point . Start back. Im just blessed that everyone made it out safely. Reporter are you going back to work today . Absolutely not. Im going home for today. Reporter most people tell us they are going to remain home today, may come back tomorrow, may wait until the 4th of july holiday. Theyre very grateful this turned out the way it did, but they also know its the nations capital. This sort thing will happen time and time again. If they all turn out the way they did today, everybody will be breathing sighs of relief. That employee did just what she was supposed to do. She saw something, called and luckily everything was okay. Whenever there is breaking news like todays emergency at the navy yard, you can get the latest information by downloading our wusa9 news app. To Prince William county now where three cyclists were seriously injured while competing in the world police and fire games. It happened in the Prince William forest south of woodbridge off i95. Our surae chinn is live with more on what went down. How did it happen . Reporter this happened during a cycling event. This is a very sad day for the world police and fire games, three people sent to the hospital. Two were lifeflighted. One had life threatening injuries, all in critical condition. This happened just after 12 00 this afternoon on whats called the loop. They were going around this course. The competition immediately ended after this crash. Cyclists were coming down a steep curvey hill on the loop, a 7. 5mile winding road. Its a very tough course and people familiar with it say it can be dangerous and cyclists caught off guard. These are police and firefighters from all over the world competing for the fastest time. Theyre probably riding in excess of 20 miles an hour, maybe 25 miles an hour on a flat, probably going close to 45 miles an hour on the back hill on the backside, so if you fall down and have a collision at that speed and all you got is this helmet on, youre going to take a beating. Reporter were hearing from participants who were in this event that these victims were people from out of the country, firefighters from brazil. In Prince William county surae chinn, wusa9. The suspect in those horrible murders in the d. C. Mansion today fired his lawyers again. Shawn hanover who had been defending suspect daron wint would only say hed had some sort of disagreement with the man accused of killing the family and their housekeeper. Did i get fired . Well, i suppose you could say no. It was a difference of opinion that requires us to no longer represent him. The lead detective believes wint must have tortured and murdered the four people and extorted 40,000 from the wealthy executive, but so far daron wint is the only person arrested. It is one of the most lucrative ways pimps make money off the women they prostitute and it is responsible for helping sell the bodies of 90 of the teen sex trafficking victims in our area. But the website backpage got slapped with a crippling one two punch. Debra alfarone joins us to tell us why. One source says backpage makes 9 million a month from pitches pimps placing sex ads. Visa and master from pimps placing sex ads. Visa and mastercard will no longer do business with backpage. Com. Reporter Andrea Powell is on backpage every day looking for souls to save. She runs fair girls, a d. C. Based nonprofit dedicated to helping sex trafficking victims escape the life. She says 90 of the underage girls she helps were sold on backpage. Com. News of visa and mastercard closing the door to the site was a huge win for her and her girls. They themselves were in this type of exploitation in hotels all across washington d. C. Hoping to find a way out. Instead men were walking in, not helping them, having sex with them, paying them money and walking out the door. Everyone profited. Backpage profited. Other sites, the traffickers and you bought sex and the girls were the ones left with stds, abuse and years of trauma. Reporter none of the survivors wanted to talk on camera. Powell said most are first trafficked between 12 and 14 years old and many come from d. C. , maryland and virginia, some from affluent families. There are many. Powell says she scrolls through 200 to 400 sex ads a day on this site. She said this is major, a possible game changer since she and other advocates have lobbied backpage for years to stop helping pimp people. It will make it harder for pimps to do their business and for men to buy girls and it will create a new shift. Other companies will be watching and theyll be pulling out as well. American express already stopped doing business with backpage. One study says this site accounts for 70 of prostitution among the five websites that carry those types of ads in the u. S. You can see how big of deal this is. Of course, this all came about after the sheriff of cook county, the second largest county in the country which includes chicago, asked the Card Companies to end their business relationships with backpage for moral, social and legal reasons. A maryland man who jumped the white house fence last october was sentenced today. Our Media Partners at the Washington Post report 23year old dominic adensaya was sentenced to time served and one year of supervised release. He was caught by white house dogs dogs before reaching the white house. The showers we had earlier have moved over to the eastern shore. I think if you have any evening plans the next several hours, get outside and enjoy it. Big showers down here. Down in reedville they had over. 3inch of rain this afternoon. Were nice and dry. Youve got to get well south of fredericksburg to pick up the rain. 77 for the high today, 78 fredericksburg and 73 in frederick, leesburg and manassas. If youre stepping out this evening, its cloudy, mainly dry with temperatures in the 70s. Unfortunately it doesnt look so good friday and potentially saturday. Ill be back with the rest of the forecast in a few minutes. Coming up a reason to think about the combat veterans in your neighborhood this 4th of july before you set off fireworks. But first rumbling from an active volcano has millions this power blast came from a volcano in indonesia. Villages over a mile away were covered in ash. This is among 30s active volcanos in indonesia. Its erupted sporadically since 2010 after being dormant about 400 years. The death toll from a bus crash in china is now up to 11. That bus was carrying a group of South Koreans touring historical sites when it ran off a bridge into a river. The crash killed the chinese driver and 10 south korean passengers. 17 others were hurt. Chinese and south korean agencies are working together investigating the crash and helping the victims and their families. Howard is tracking storms that could put a damper on your 4th of i love the new place. Thank you. We used a designer from havertys to help blend all of my stuff with daves one good chair. I love it. That reminds me of when we blended our furniture. Yeah. Ryan helped me get all my stuff just the way i like it. And emily helped me get all of my stuff right to the curb. That was a great day. Yeah. Refresh your space at havertys with savings in every room plus enjoy 36month, nointerest financing. Havertys. Discover something you. Just a couple days until the 4th of july, Independence Day and all the pop and boom of fireworks. As we light up the night sky in celebration, fireworks can have some unintended consequences for some of our nations veterans. The sound of them can trigger symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder. Eric calle is an iraq war veteran and said the sound of fireworks can mentally bring him back to a war zone. Its almost like tunnel vision, you know. Nothing on the outside of you even matters. Veterans say there is something you can do if you plan to light up some fireworks. Give them a heads up so theyre prepared to deal with the noise they will create. Processed foods are at the heart of the obesity epidemic according to a Health Organization study. It looked at 69 countries and found 80 of people that had access to processed food with high calorie content ate too much of them. And young kids who participate in organized sports become disciplined students. Over 2,500 children were tracked from kindergarten through 4th grade and found those who grew up playing sports were better able to follow instruction and stay focused in school. In farm country outside columbus, ohio, a Young Mothers worst nightmare. She turns her back just for a half a minute and her 2year old vanished. Sheriffs deputies race over. They bring with them a rookie with big ears and a keen sense of smell. His name is carr. Deputies figured the toddler just wandered into a cornfield, but one good sniff the dog says otherwise. The dog picks up the scent in a field of weeds high enough to conceal a lost little boy. About right here pops his head up and looks that way. About that time i looked up and see the kid laughway down and my heart drops halfway down and my heart drops. There he was right in front of me. Not a bad days work for a rookie. Natures furry on camera, video from a twister fury on camera, video from a twister in southern missouri. A transformer was taken out. It ripped off roofs, threw debris everywhere. Kind of a miracle nobody was seriously hurt. Those guys flying those alcohollers and helicopters in oklahoma choppers and helicopterrers in oklahoma and missouri and helicopters in oklahoma and missouri. Theyve got to get close but not too close. Are we going to see any yucky stuff our way . Some could put a damper on saturday. I know weve got fireworks shows. The one in chevy chase last night was pretty good. I know weve got shows the next few nights. Heres a look at whats going on right now, cloudy, cool day. We could easily be in the 90s. Its a comfy 77 now, cloudy skies, wind calm and stay light tonight and the humidity is up at 69 . Really to see a map like this in july, you dont see it often. Low 70s in andrews 71, 72 front royal, hagerstown 75 and pretty much the same down in fredericksburg and tappahannock. They had heavier rains downed down toward reedville and the Northern Neck this afternoon. The unsettled pattern stays around a few more days with temperatures below average through the weekend. We warm up some next week. Showers and norms are on and off between now and sunday morning. The timing could be such that we have fireworks up in the air. Weve got a cooler northerly flow today that kept us in the 70s, high today only 77. Were in the 80s and 90s in the carolinas. This front which stretches back into missouri and oklahoma doesnt want to move much. Its going to be kind of undulating, waving across the region as low pressure rises out front increasing the rain chance. Quiet night, isolated shower or two possible, about it, maybe a patch of fog. Friday morning pay a road race in rockville, better chance in the morning. Look how the showers start to pop by lunchtime into the afternoon hours. We could have a few heavier downpours. Friday night into the 4th in the morning a few showers here and there, to the afternoon and potentially heavier showers and storms Late Afternoon and evening hours. If this blob of yellow and orange heavy activity is over the mall at 9 00 saturday, yeah, you know what that means. No fireworks. Hopefully things will change, but i got to let you know the threat exists for some interruptions. Tonight isolated shower, maybe a storm, mostly quiet, 60s to 70. Well be in the 60s and 70s friday morning, mostly cloudy, a few showers developing midday and the afternoon. Still cool 76 to 81. Heading towards saturday potentially yellow alert day, low 80s, watch the storm threat. Sunday in the morning a better chance of showers, maybe afternoon sun, 86. Next week temps more like it, upper 80s to around 90, but tuesday through thursday that afternoon shower and thunderstorm threats. Lets talk about bryce harper. Hes a great baseball player. I think he could be an underwear model. Hes not talking about baseball today. Him and me. No, im just joking. Eww. Get that picture out of your mind. Turning to baseball hes the cats meow and now bryce harper has all the why are we watching this again . I pay for all these channels, so i make myself watch them all. Joey, ill watch anything except this. Except this. Go back, go back, go back, go back, go back, go back. Fios custom tv lets you pay for the types of channels you want, not the ones you dont. 100 fiber optics is here. Get out of the past. Get fios. Now for 79. 99 a month. Go online or call. Call the Verizon Center for customers with disabilities at 800. 974. 6006 tty v now wusa9 game on sports with dave owens brought to you by xfinity. Heres something sports fans have trouble accepting. Change is inevitable when it comes to your team. Mic green, paul pierce, santana moss, they cant stick around forever. The caps are transforming right before our eyes. There they are. Get used to this name. Justin williams who the team just signed in free agency. Pundits have been saying the team needs more oomph out of wingers other than alex ovechkin. Williams could be that guy. We went over to the sportsplex today and sat down with barry trotz and he tells us why he likes williams so much. Hes known sort of as mr. Clutch everybody is telling me and ive seen it many times in those game sevens. Hes a three time stanley cup champion. Everybody who has dealt with him has said hes a terrific person and player. Well see. Williams comes in. Troy brouwer leaving after four seasons with the team, very popular guy, put up good numbers, 20 goals a season. The caps traded him and goalie phoenix copily for this copley who spent seven seasons in st. Louis. Lesli, Pay Attention and all the ladies, too. Weve been telling you about bryce harper baring his body for espn the magazine, the body issue, the video shoot releasing today, and there he is, harper in his birthday suit taking swings for the camera. Bryces body has been scrutinized since he entered the league. Last year he was bulked up, this year trimmed down and he got shredded, a no brainer having him in in issue with other let in this issue with other elite athletes, hammer buff in the buffed. Looks good, wouldnt you say . Just thought id ask. Looks good. Im the only one who spoke up. Im not going to say anything. You have strong feelings. May, i wish i look like that. From the thank you captain obvious section of todays forecast, max scherzer has the name pitcher of the month. His last three outings hes given up an average of two hits. He faces the braves the first time this season. Tiger woods shoots 66 today and the world goes crazy. Think about that. He used to do that in his sleep. The last time woods posted a score as low as 66, 11 tournaments ago. Whoa. A year ago in march. First round of the greenbrier classic tiger starting on the back 9. Look at this tee shot on 15. This thing is radar locked. He would birdie that hole. On the 8 hole woods with the birdie putt hangs on the lip, hanging, hanging and then there she goes. El tigre not surprised by the performance today. I wasnt very far away. People think im crazy for saying that, but i felt like i wasnt that far. I just had to make a couple little tweaks. I feel ive pulled that off. Theyve got four rounds. Three more to go. See him do it again. Thats it for us. The cbs evening news is next. Were back in 30 minutes for your only local news at pelley cops on edge police rush to the scene of a 2013 massacre as the government warns of possible terror attacks over the holiday weekend. Also tonight, a fiery derailment forces thousands to evacuate. Danger on our shores whats behind a surprising number of shark attacks . And the National Conversation turns to guacamole. Basically theres a bowl of good chips and guacamole he loses. I lose i lose my mind. Pelley as america looks forward to our annual celebration of freedom, Law Enforcement is on guard against the greatest threat to liberty terrorism. Weve learned that more
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