involved, now facing money laundering and prostitution charges. millions were seized from the fourth story of this building, headquarters of rentboy.com. earlier this morning, federal officers carried boxes of documents and computer servers out of the rent boy operation center. at the same time, the operation's bank accounts were frozen. rentboy.com is a multimillion dollar worldwide social networking site for the male sex industry, where members pay fees to list and buy services. police arrested the ceo of the company, 50-year-old jeffrey harant, along with six of his current and former employees located around new york city. police say harant ran the website and a twitter account, where he was known as the cyber pimp, quoted as saying money can't buy you love, but the rest is negotiable. the doorbell has a sign noting easy rent systems.

live on fifth avenue in union square, meg baker, cbs 2news. >> meg, thank you. in the bronx, six firefighters hurt while fighting a fire in the inwell section. the fire started around 8:30 this morning. chopper 2 over the scene, seeing flames and thick gray smoke. it took 145 firefighters to bring this one under control. the six hurt had minor injuries. well, stocks are in the middle of a rally today after yesterday's sharp drop. right now, the dow looks good, up over 300 right now, in positive territory. but many investors are still concerned. cbs 2 goes outside the stock exchange in lower manhattan with more. janelle? >> reporter: when you talk with people with 401(k)s, especially those close to retirement, rattled by the sell-off. we spoke with a number of traders on their way into the stock exchange this morning. a the lot of them said they were confident the market would bounce back and they are pleased an encouraged by what they have seen so far.

>> it's coming back today. >> reporter: some investors, optimistic, even ahead of the opening bell. [ cheers & applause ] >> reporter: today, followed by an early rebound for the markets on wall street, a huge gain after monday's performance where the dow plunged 1089 points in the first few minutes of trading, finishing down 588 points, its worst day in four years, sending many, whose retirement is dependent on the market, into a panic. >> very scary. very scary. i don't know what's going to happen. i don't want to look at my account. >> reporter: the turbulence triggered by unstable markets in asia and a feared slowdown in china, where their major index finished monday down 8.5%, an eight-year low. today it closed down again 7.6%. >> part of the real issue is we don't generally feel like we know exactly what's going on in china on a good day, and this isn't a good day. >> reporter: financial experts advise investors and those

concerned about 401(k) accounts to focus efforts on diversifying portfolios, instead of making major changes to portfolios. >> if you've got 80% of stocks, your portfolio is upside down. it should be closer to the other way around if you're nearing retirement. if you're 26, it means nothing. this is a speed bump. keep pouring money into the market. >> i'm hopeful. i can't do much about it. >> reporter: now, the chinese government has gone ahead and cut interest rates. they are hoping to stimulate some economic growth and hoping to give buyers here more confidence. traders here say, and investors here are hopeful the trends we've seen so far today will continue throughout the rest of the trading day. reporting live this afternoon, cbs 2news. >> janelle, thank you. new information. the plane that crashed on the long island railroad tracks nine days ago killing the pilot, he was directed to an air strip that closed in 1990.

those are the shocking preliminary findings of the national transportation safety bored. cbs 2 reports from bethpage. >> reporter: behind us, the nonexistent bethpage landing strip, the former grumman airfield. the pilot crashed less than a quarter mile away after being directed mere by an air traffic controller. the 59-year-old pilot, joseph mila, was killed when his small plane crashed august 16, slamming onto long island railroad tracks in hicksville near south oyster bay road. audio of the conversation was recorded by a website tracking aviation activity. >> i'm having a little bit of a problem. i may have to bring the plane down. >> just let me know what you need. >> i'm going to have to take this down at the closest spot. farmingdale is the closest, is that correct? >> there is a strip at your 10:00 in five mills, bethpage airport there. if you want to try to that one. it is a closed airport, but i

know there is a runway there about 11:00 in about a mile and a half. >> reporter: radio and radar contact was then lost. it is unclear whether the controller gave information based on personal knowledge or federal aviation administration records. the passenger mila was ferrying to new jersey from the hamptons survived. he told investigators he heard a loud pop sound, followed by a flicker of light from the engine area, and a smell of oil according to the report. the engine began to sputter and lose power. mila, an experienced pilot, was heard telling the air traffic controller he needed to put down, could not restart the engine, was unable to see the bethpage strip. grumman closed the airfield in 1990. it is now a mix of light industry and residential homes. the air traffic controller advised pilot mila bethpage was a closed airport, but available, also mentioning republic airport and even the parkway as alternates. the ntsb continues its investigation. from bethpage, jennifer mclogan, cbs 2news.

a call to action today to crack down on synthetic marijuana. brooklyn's borough president says it's destroying lives. >> reporter: della ellis told her story in brooklyn borough hall today, one of a powerful addiction to k2 that started with what seemed like innocent fun. >> i was introduced to k2 with some friends. we bought it from the store for $5. it was fun at first. then it became a habit. from weekends to everyday use. >> reporter: brooklyn borough president eric adams says ellis is far from alone. >> a new york city saw a 220% increase in emergency room visits related to synthetic drugs. >> reporter: adams says part of the problem is the label synthetic marijuana. >> people sometimes smoke it in the belief that it's marijuana only to find out that it's not marijuana. >> some of the impacts of using this drug is that heavy

sedation, increased heart rate, hallucination, paranoia, anxiety, vomiting, high blood pressure, seizure, loss of consciousness, and violence. >> at what point did you realize you were in trouble and you couldn't keep doing this? >> when my heart wouldn't stop, my heart was beating fast and the tingling sensations in my legs, it scared me real bad. i thought i was going to pass away. >> reporter: the other challenges k2 is often sold in a variety of branded packaging, which means drugmakers often get around bans by slightly tweaking the chemical formula, then selling it under a different name. adams is now calling for a broader definition of k2 in the law and stiffer penalties for selling and possessing it. cbs 2news. a man who came down with legionnaires disease has filed a civil lawsuit against the bronx hotel identified as the source of the outbreak. the suit accuses the opera house hotel of, quote, negligence, carelessness and recklessness. the city health commissioner says the hotel's rooftop air

conditioner was the source of the bacteria that sickened 128 people and killed 12. the suit seeks unspecified damages. a parkton yellow taxi -- drivers have shifted to the latest trend inhaling a ride. cbs 2 reports. >> reporter: it's the row that represents the woe that's hit the taxi industry. there's a lot of yellow parked on the streets of green point. >> they are taking all the parking here. >> tough to find parking in this neighborhood here? >> yeah, it is. the reason is because of all the yellow cabs always taking the spots. >> reporter: this is the manager of the company. >> do you think i want them parked? >> reporter: each key represents a car that should be out making money. so what happened? >> they went to uber. >> reporter: uber, going from a handful of drivers to more than 160,000 nationwide in the space of two years. after clashing with the company, the de blasio administration is now studying

address it. >> reporter: at mcginnis management, so many drivers switched to uber, some nights more than 100 taxis sit idle. he says some of the taxis haven't been out on the street in eight months, and guess what's piling up inside the dispatch office? millions of dollars worth of medallions. no reason to buy cars for them the street. >> i don't need parking space for it. >> reporter: the company uses a mapping program to keep track of what's parked where and when they need to be moved. >> i need five hours a day to move cars so i don't get tickets. >> reporter: he hopes a new ride hail app for yellow taxis will help the industry. for now, the lounge where drivers used to wait for a car is empty, while dozens of cars wait for drivers. in green point brooklyn, cbs 2news. a fourth american hero emerges from an attempted terrorist attack in france. what we are learning about the

virginia man who first wrestled an ak-47 from the suspected gunman. >> trouble on the train. 10 women kicked off a napa valley wine train. they say it was racism. what the train operators are saying today. >> caught on camera, a police officer allegedly bribing a driver. what he wanted the driver to do to get out of a ticket. . >> we've got some high humidity for parts of the area, already comfortable air creeping in. we'll take a look at your changing forecast, coming up. in brooklyn in 1907, four courageous ladies saw the despair of the poor, old, and sick and founded what would become mjhs.

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but they were approached by a worker, asked to keep it down. halfway through the trip, the women say they were paraded through the cars and escorted off the train. >> it felt like stories i would hear my grandmother talk about and her experiences of not being able to go into places or people escorting them out in a way in which they don't belong there. >> johnson and her friends believe they were asked to leave because of their race. the company contends that's not the case. a spokesperson says the company apologizes for their experience and say they are always welcome on the wine train. next, a camping trip nearly ends in tragedy when a 10-year- old boy wanders off. >> i was trying to collect mushrooms and i couldn't find any by the lake. it was stupid. >> he was missing in the wilderness for 28 hours. how a little dog helped track him down to bring him back to his family. >> and roadside bribery. a police officer accused of giving a driver an ultimatum to

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. a philadelphia police officer faces possible criminal charges after he was caught on camera apparently telling a driver to buy tickets to a fund- raiser or have his car towed. the department placed officer matthew zegurski on desk duty

because of the video. prosecutors are looking into it. >> you and your friend got any money to buy those show tickets, support your police department? 10 bucks each, man. either you buy these or i take your car because it's unregistered. >> there's no part about the video that i like, no part that's justifiable, at all. >> philadelphia's thrill show raises money for families of police officers and firefighters killed in the line of duty. on the video, the officer is also heard making a homophobic remark about the driver's pink windshield wipers and the driver said they were for his grandmother who had breast cancer. a young boy had quite an adventure, a dangerous one. the 10-year-old went missing after getting lost in the wilderness while hiking with his family. >> reporter: after spending 28 hours alone in utah's cold and wet wilderness, malachi bradley was met with the warm embrace of family members. >> malachi! >> reporter: braving near- freezing temperatures overnight, malachi huddled in his jacket to keep warm and

nestle between rocks to dodge the howling winds. he treated the survival stent as just another walk in the park. >> yeah, it was actually really fun! i hiked literally 30 miles. >> reporter: malachi began the adventure on a weekend camping trip with family. while fishing with his dad sunday morning, he wandered off. >> i was trying to collect mushrooms and i couldn't find any by the lake. it was stupid. >> reporter: after his father called for help, more than 100 search and rescue workers combed the rugged terrain on foot and in the air, looking for malachi. but it was a small search dog that picked up the boy's scent and pointed teams in the right direction. >> proud of my boy. proud of the team. proud of the fact that i am not going to have to have a tragedy. i don't have a tragedy. i just have this cool story that my son gets to tell! that feels awesome. >> the boy's father is an avid hiker and taught his son exactly what to do if he got lost. that really came in handy this time. >> it's funny, the parents, they are frantic.

the kid's, like, oh, my god, that was fun! >> exactly. lot of hours lost. thank goodness. time for your exclusive forecast with cbs 2 and mr. john elliott standing by. johnny, how are you? >> i thought the same thing. it was fun. oh, man. >> so glad he's okay. >> absolutely. let's have fun in the weather. lot of variety. checking in with the weather watchers, 85 warm degrees for anthony. he's very excited about the fact we're four months away from christmas. he's counting the days. appreciate that. now, 78 for mark and janine, and they have this reminder, which i think is great. today is the opening of the 170th duchess county fair. you have fun. but i want to use this picture they send in. they had a series of pictures. if you go to the northshore right now, bruce adams is socked in with clouds. over to plainfield, ralph is

starting to see breaks in those clouds. it's brighter in brooklyn. then i'll tell you, kenneth sent this in from the delaware river. so the farther east you go, you still have the clouds, but lower dewpoints painting the skies a pretty blue to the west. in our area, while we have clouds, still a relatively humid air mass, 85 in the city. relative humidity at 46%. 83 in the hamptons. dewpoints are telling and compelling. 70 for babylon. 59 in edison. there's a drop in the humidity values to the west. it's still quite humid to the east. all of us are going to see numbers drop wednesday into thursday, which is good and welcomed news. it will feel better starting tonight. we're at 85 right now, easily hitting 87, 5 degrees above normal and you're feeling it. if you're sneaking away to the beach, make sure you're ready. moderate rip current rip for the south-facing. moderate for the jersey shore as well.

also this news, pollen is high today. higher tomorrow, thursday into friday as well. there's the front. we're going to leave the possibility of a stray shower or thunderstorm in the forecast for this afternoon. that clears out. we see some and feel some relief tonight. then tomorrow's just great. 84, sunny skies, less humidity. staying nice thursday into friday. warmer for the weekend. >> okay, john. >> nice stretch. >> looks really wonderful. thank you. mussels, wine and broccoli, a winning combination. >> the tantillos are cooking up a dish. i love mussels any time of the year. and when i see them the way you make them, it's beautiful. >> it's a great combination, especially this time of the year. the mussels are coming on the markets really great. also, one of their favorite pairings, broccoli. >> broccoli and mussels, i see them once in a while, but you added other ingredients. >> not many. they pair together beautifully, but i only use the very top of the broccoli. we always say when you buy

broccoli, look at the crowns and don't see too much yellowing. right now, that's really true because that's all we used. we shaved the top of them, put them in a pan with hot peppers to give it a nice balance. the mussels are cooking in white wine and threw them in here. the reason we cook them separately first, with mussels or clams, if they don't open in the pot, don't use them. take them out. they were already dead, not going to be any good. >> look how beautiful this is, with the white wine opening the mussels, adding a touch of pepper. no salt. >> a little bit of salt when we cooked the broccoli and the hot peppers to bring out the flavors of everything. >> okay. >> you need to have the seasoning layer. then serve it like this. >> look at that. >> and there's a lot of liquid on the bottom. make sure you have a nice bowl and a really good piece of bread. >> stephanie, that looks beautiful. i got to find bread right now, maybe a glass of white wine. thank you, bella. look at this. three glasses of white wine. >> i'm sorry! [ laughter ] i'm kidding. >> share, share.

we'll be right back. coming up on cbs 2news tonight beginning at 5:00, facebook could become a player in custody battle also. how exes are trying to use social media against each other in court. then at 6:00, what will it take? new pressure on the governors of new york and new jersey to fix the hudson rail tunnel before something terrible happens. those stories and much more,

tonight on cbs 2news beginning at 5:00. and that is it for us at noon. for john and the entire cbs 2news team, thank you for joining us. i'm mary calvi. >> and i'm chris wragge. we'll see you back again tomorrow morning at 4:30. until then, have a great afternoon. look how beautiful it is... honey, we need to talk. we do? i took the trash out. i know - and thank you so much for that.

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