>> yeah. >> would that have been possible without backpage?> no way. >> reporter: she said her pimp preferred the site. >> what did he say about backpage? >> he said it's safer, it's easier not to get caught. but me in all these clothes. took pretty provocative pictures of me. and then go to backpage and you can click on post an ad. >> how dooften did you work? >> every day. it's too simple. ask if you're 18 or over, a simple yes click was as far as that went. >> it tore our family apart. >> reporter: her father, tom, spent nights looking for her. >> what ran through my mind is what i was going to do, how i was going to handle it when i found her. >> reporter: after many months, jessica was freed after a raid by police. finally going home. it wasn't easy for anyone. >> i didn't know how to treat her. i didn't know if she wanted me to hug her. it was awkward. first time since the day she was born. you know, and i was the first one to hold her and see her. i cut her umbilical cord. i felt awkward to hold my own kid. >> reporter: we teamed up wit

." >>> tonight, backpage busted. website dubbed the world's top online brothel seized by the federal government, accused of facilitating the sex trafficking of minors, as young as 14. "nightline" was on the case, traveling to amsterdam to confront a top executive nearly two years ago. >> just want to ask you a few questions. >> i have no comment. >> the worldwide rage on the company offices. >>> plus, undercover mother. when her son was convicted of murder, a juror became one of her targets. >> he committed very serious juror misconduct. >> she planned an elaborate sting operation, transforming her appearance. >> i put a whole new wardrobe, low-cut blouses, push-up bra. i had to try to attract him. >> capturing secret recordings. >> could those conversations help set her son free? >> "nightline" will be right back. back. we only have 30 seconds to describe the newest specialty flavor in the signature crafted recipes collection by mcdonald's: garlic white cheddar. it's layered with a slice of smooth, perfectly melty,

officials ellege backpages earned more than $500 million in revenue since it was founded in io04. the website has also come under fire for facilitating child sex trafficking. >> backpages.com and other companies like this must be held responsible for what they have created. >> reporter: yvonne ambros testified before the senate last fall. ere told lawmakers her 16-year- old daughter desiree robinson was prostituted on backpage.com. on christmas eve 2016, a man who found her daughter online beat r d choked her before cutting her throat. >> if there were stricter rules bs place for postings on these websites, then my child would .till be alive with me today. >> glor: paula is with us tonight from our d.c. bureau. there is some concern, paula, about shutting down the website in this way from some parents of missing kids. >> reporter: that's right. there's been mixed reaction to .his federal action. some folks say this could help civil lawsuits against backpage, but other folks are concerned by shutting down the website you may drive even more of this activity on to the dark web and m

backpage lets users post items to sell, find roommates and participate in forums. the site is also known for its listings of adult escorts and other sexual services. still ahead at 8 johnson and johnson forced to make a multi-million dollar settlement over their talcum powder... and next. a k-9 severely injured in the line of duty... gets help from a total stranger... and it was for a reason. i'm kron 4 meteorologist lawrence karnow ... i'm tracking major downpours and flood watches.details are right after the break. (pam) a colorado police k-9 is back at work. thanks to a complete stranger. "rudy" -the german shepherd - was seriously hurt tracking a suspect down. (steve) but a good samaritan covered his vet bills...and for a reason. longmont police officer billy saywer says rudy loves working. then last week... they needed rudy to help find a suspect. they ended up crossing a chain link fence. which rudy got injured on...and he ended up needed surgery. that's when officer saywer posted to facebook..asking for prayers. and he got a call from a woman offering to pay

the fbi seizes backpage, the popular classified ad website long accused of being a hub for prostitution and sex trafficking. >>> police shoot-out. new body cam video showing deputies arresting a gunman after dragging a wounded mother to safety under fire, then going back to rescue her terrified children. >>> and nightmare cruise. they set sail for two weeks of fun and relaxation only to find themselves on a floating construction site. >> it was two weeks of anguish, two weeks of anxiety. everybody was on edge. there was no relaxation whatsoever on this two-week cruise. >> tonight furious passengers speaking out. >>> this is nbc "nightly news" with lester holt. >>> good evening. we welcome our viewers in the west. new shots fired in the looming trade war with china sending jitters across global markets and potentially left a lot of american businesses in the crossfire. president trump threatening to add billions of dollars more in tariffs on chinese imports after beijing responded to washington's move. right now it's mostly threats. but the mere possibility that bravado will turn to real

backpage has now been seized by federal law enforcement and can no longer serve as an open forum for the exploitation of children and the purchase of human beings for sexual slavery. these are all positive signs that the law we enacted is making a real difference and ensuring that this malignant conduct does not go unpunished. the prosecution and dismantling of backpage has sent a clear message to the pimps and the buyers responsible for sexual slavery, resulting in the shutdown of many other sites involved in the commercial sex trade. this includes message boards where individuals posted accounts of the sexual assaults of women and children as if they were reviewing a restaurant menu or product. as i said yesterday with reference to facebook, the internet can be a very good thing, but we can't be naive in ignoring the dangers it represents when put to a perverse use to women, children, and others. so what we did with fosta, the fight online sex trafficking ability, is an unqualified good thing. it is something that republicans and democrats worked on together, together with the pres

a talk show host on a feminist who supports keeping backpage up joins us tonight.ack. >> tucker: i know you are a libertarian, i don't agree with you but i respect that, i think it is an intellectually coherent way to look at the world. ioo also know you are a feminis. he seem at odds with each other. the libertarian side of you would say, people have a right to enter into voluntary contracts, prostitution falls under that heading. for the feminist part of you can't really believe that prostitution is empowering to women because it is the opposite. >> here's the thing. we are talking about governments shuttingnt down a website. regardless of what you and i think ethically about prostitution and other types of sex worker, the question to ask is whether it violates anyone's rights. we need to come in order to empowers. women, leave all chois up to them in terms of how to conduct their own personal sex lives. i think that's a reasonable thing to say. as libertarian. the feminist position is about empowerment and dignity and not objectifying women,, reducing them to th

the fbi seizes backpage, the popular classified ad website long accused of being a hub for prostitutionfficking. >>> police shoot-out. new body cam video showing deputies arresting a gunman after dragging a wounded mother to safety under fire, then going back to rescue her terrified children. >>> and nightmare cruise.

sex trafficking survivors have sued backpage in the past. now some pans of missing kids are concerned this could -- some parents of missing kids are concerned this could make it harder to find victims. veronica de la cruz, kpix 5. >>> facebook is targeting ads to fight election interference. all adds on that site will soon be labeled and show who paid for them. facebook is also placing new restrictions on third party apps, and any group airing issue-related anns, tied to the trump campaign. it may have missaysed data from as many -- it may have used data from as many as 77 million customers. >>> new fears of a possible trade war are hanging heavy over wall street. dow ended just over 24,000, losing 572 points today. >> we may have a little short- term pain, but we will certainly have long-term success. >> the dow dropped after president trump threatened another $100 billion in tariffs on chinese guy. threatening some of their products. >> a storm made for a messy private evening commute. this is how it looked like on the bay bridge tonight.

backpage has been under fire for years for allowing adult ads for sex workers and for allegedly enabling the sexual exploitation of minors. >>> next, the menendez brothers reunited in prison. lyle and erik menendez convicted of killing their parents in a case that made national headlines. the two seeing each other for the first time in more than 20 years. here's abc's whit johnson. >> reporter: tonight, the brothers reunited behind bars. the member -- menendez brothers serving their sentence for murdering their parents inside their beverly hills mansion. their 1996 interview with barbara walters, one of their last times together. >> i'm just a normal kid. >> oh, erik, you're a normal kid who killed your parents. >> reporter: back then, a detective arguing the partners in crime might conspire to escape. now prison officials allowing the infamous brothers to both live inside this san diego prison. >> lyle burst into tears, and erik burst into tears, and they hugged each other for several minutes. >> reporter: lyle and erik testifying they were molested by their father. >> he would fondle m

year the permanent subcommittee on investigations found evidence demonstrating that the owners of backpage is an online public forum that haskneo facilitate sex trafficking, an they profitedd from these activities. the owners refused to take the website down. they were not legally obligated to do so. these recent raids led by mr. lanza, who we just confirmed, came just two weeks after congress passed legislation holding websites liable for knowingly facilitating human trafficking online. the stop enabling sex traffickers act passed last month with overwhelming support, after a version passed the house in late february. i encountered to be an original cosponsor of that bill. today backpage.com is no longer operational, which means they will no longer be able to traffic young girls and women online. i know a lot of people on this committee worked hard on this issue. i just want to thank mr. lanza for his hard work on this and commend the committee for forwarding his nomination to the floor. sen. grassley: thank you. senator tillis. sen. tillis: thank you mr. chairman. i appreciate your leade

back page has -- also raided the arizona home of one of the website founders, backpage .com has been under investigation for several years. >>> deploying national guard 250 will be deployed over the next couple of hours. president trump has said he wants up to 4,000 troops helping border patrol fight illegal immigration and truck trafficking. governor brown has not yet responded to the president's plan. >> you can see low visibility. >> definitely not over. our end of the week drenching continues. here is live doppler 7. the rain is quite wide spread and the heaviest rain hasn't been hitting the south bay lately. over into the east bay. it is moving in the direction of the south bay. rainfall totals from the storm so far, 2.6 seven in santa rosa. over an inch here in san francisco and oakland. lower amounts down in the south bay but rain is moving in that direction. you can see rain drops on our camera lens. 60 degrees right now 60 across the bay in oakland. 61 gilroy and 57 at half moon bay. raining over at emeryville. at least drops on the camera lens. and traffic is slow. 59 in sa

back page has -- also raided the arizona home of one of the website founders, backpage .com has been under investigation for several years. >>> deploying national guard troops to the mexico border. 250 will be deployed over the next couple of hours. president trump has said he wants up to 4,000 troops helping border patrol fight illegal immigration and truck trafficking. governor brown has not yet responded to the president's plan. >> you can see low >> definitely not over. our end of the week drenching continues. here is live doppler 7. the rain is quite wide spread and the heaviest rain hasn't been hitting the south bay lately. over into the east bay. it is moving in the direction of the south bay. rainfall totals from the storm so far, 2.6 seven over an inch here in san francisco and oakland. lower amounts down in the south bay but rain is moving in that direction. you can see rain drops on our camera lens. 60 degrees right now 60 across the bay in oakland. 61 gilroy and 57 at half moon bay. raining over at emeryville. at least drops on the camera lens. and traffic is slow. 59 in

backpage earned more than $5 million in prostitution revenue and illegally routed through illegal entities. >>> 19 minutes past the hour. more national guard troops on the move this morning heading for the u.s./mexico border. we have the latest from arizona next. internet providers promise business owners a lot. let's see who delivers more. comcast business offers fast gig-speeds across our network. at&t doesn't. we offer more complete reliability with up to 8 hours of 4g wireless network backup. at&t, no way. we offer 35 voice features and solutions that grow with your business. at&t, not so much. we give you 75 mbps for $59.95. that's more speed than at&t's comparable bundle, for less. call today. >>> welcome back. 225 arizona national guard troops taking a position along the state's border with mexico this morning. governor ducey sent the troops off on monday on the mission he calls operation guardian shield. they are up to 4,000 national guard troops heading to the border. the president signed a memo of a crisis along the border. this is despite the fact that illegal border crossings a

backpage is now taken over by the fed. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. for what purpose does the gentlewoman from the district of columbia seek recognition? ms. norton: i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute and to revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, jommed for one -- the gentlewoman is recognized for one minute. ms. norton: mr. speaker, d.c. will recognize the emancipation of slaves, nine months before slavery was abolished elsewhere. 156 years laters, residents are still not free. congress can overturn local laws nowhere else except in the district and collects taxes without representation. the residents of the nation's capital have more than paid the price for their citizenship. most are native born american citizens. they have fought and died in every u.s. war, including the war -- the revolutionary war that created the united states of america. and d.c. residents rank number one in taxes paid to support the united states government. we ask

the website's founders are charged, along with five other top backpage officials with conspiracy, facilitatingstitution and laundering money. the indictment cites 17 cases of known prostitution was victims as young as 14 years old. >>> the arrests of 10 people in connection of 60 home burglaries in the last year and a half or announced by san francisco police. the burglaries happened in three districts. this video shows one resident opening a garage door, not knowing three burglars were upstairs ransacking his house. there has back and hands were covered. the mango out the front door, hop into an suv and escape with stolen valuables. san francisco police say the men seen here are part of a crime group responsible for dozens of home break-ins and other crimes. >> they are not necessarily under one criminal enterprise. at separate times, a number of these individuals will go out as a crew and commit burglaries. they were not always together as a group of 10.>> along with the arrests, police recovered weapons, passports, jewelry, foreign currency, vehicles and vehicle titles valued at $3 million.

. >>> days after the fed shut down backpage, an indictment has been filed against the founder. >> thees include prostitution and money laundering. >> reporter: the attorney's office is unsealing the statement against michael lacey and james larkinbackpa founders. they are named along with five others. the company provided guidance to employees on how to moderate ads. the goal was to make prostitution ads look more like escort services, adult companionship, dating or other lawful activities. computerized filters and human moderators were used to edit words that explicitly offered sexual services in return for money. when such ads were published featuring children, the company would edit the ad and post an updated version of the act. spreadsheets were given to employees with keywords to use and not use. in one document it shows lacey admitted in private meetings to knowing about the website's involvement in prostitution. in terms of money, investigators say the company moved accounts offshore. this was after some banks stopped processing payments for the website. people were then asked

it may peak office talk show host and a feminist who supports keeping backpage up.s for having me back. >> tucker: i know you're a libertarian, i think it's into actually coherent way to look at the world. i know you are a feminist. they are at odds with each other. the libertarian side of you says people have a right to enter into voluntary contracts. falls under that heading, it's fine. the feminist part of you can't really believe that is empowering to women because it's the opposite. >> we are talking about government shutting down a website. regardless of what you and i think ethically about and other types of sex work, it violates someone's rights. we need to empower women, leave all choices up to them in terms of how to conduct their own personal lives and everything else. >> tucker: that's a libertarian side and i get that. i don't fully agree, but i think it's a reasonable thing to say. the feminist position has nothing to do without. the feminist position is about empowerment, dignity, not objectifying women, reducing them to their physical appearance. >>

." >>> tonight, backpage busted.ons. >> i have no comment. >> the worldwide rage on the company offices. >>> plus, undercover mother. when her son was convicted of murder, a juror became one of her targets. >> he committed very serious juror misconduct. >> she planned an elaborate sting operation, transforming her appearance. >> i put a whole new

the organizers of the women's march tweeted -- "the shutting down of #backpage is an absolute crisis for sex workers who rely on the site to safely get in touch with clients. sex workers rights are women's rights." and those are some of the headlines. this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. facebook ceo mark zuckerberg faced off with senators tuesday in a marathon five-hour hearing on the privacy scandals plaguing the social network. zuckerberg was called to answer questions about how the voter-profiling company cambridge analytica harvested the data of more than 87 million facebook users, without their permission, in efforts to sway voters to support president donald trump. in the first of two days of hearings, zuckerberg repeated -- repeatedly apologized. >> we did not take a broad enough view of our responsibility and that was a big mistake. and it wasas my mistake and i am sorry. i started facebook. i run it. and i am responsible for what happens here. amy: the facebook data was first obtained by a cambridge university academic named a

the organizers of the women's march tweeted -- "the shutting down of #backpage is an absolute crisis for sex workers who rely on the site to safely get in touch with clients. sex workers rights are women's rights." and those are some of the headlines. this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. facebook ceo mark zuckerberg faced off with senators tuesday in a marathon five-hour hearing on the privacy scandals plaguing the social network. zuckerberg was called to answer questions about how the voter-profiling company cambridge analytica harvested the data of more than 87 million facebook users, without their permission, in efforts to sway voters to support president donald trump. in the first of two days of hearings, zuckerberg repeated -- repeatedly apologized. >> we did not take a broad enough view of our responsibility and that was a big mistake. and it was my mistake and i am sorry. i started facebook. i run it. and i am responsible for what happens here. amy: the facebook data was first obtained by a cambridge university academic named ale

, when they went after backpage in that case, they were unsuccessful. why? because they said, yes, desiree died. yes, debt -- desiree would havea lawsuit here as well as other women and families who came to testify before us -- viky pride is one, her daughter was there today. but there's a federal law that says we, the courts can't even take up this case because the federal law provides an immunity, a shield to these websites. unbelievable. we had a court in san francisco, in sacramento last year to tell congress basically please change this law. they said we can't stop this exploitation. they said this alleged exploitation of women and girls. we can't stop it because congress has passed a law that protects these websites. no one can go after them. so the more we learned, the more we dug, the more we found out what was really going on, we determined that our report which you can see here -- and i encourage you to go and check out this report, you can find it online, backpage report is the search. and look on portman.senate.gov. go to portman.senate.gov