a state of emergency is declared in sit sitka. a geologist will determine if it's safe to remove debris and search for those missing governor bill walker will survey the damage today. >> it's a grim situation. our prayers go out to those in sitka. >> it's located in the mountainous southeast portion of the state. 9,000 live in the area. >>> the historic wildfire season reached a new milestone. 7 million acres torched this summer so far. it's hands on deck across several states with active duty military troops and even inmates enlisted to join the fight. one of the worst fires continues to burn. miguel follows developments. >> these are conditions firefighters are facing on the front lines. flames shooting closer and closer to homes in washington state. the national guard moved in bracing for a monitor. winds expected to kick up dramatically. >> there's hundreds and hundreds of houses that could be in the line of fire. >> the air attack key, dozens of drops every hour. four helicopters has been making drops all day long hammering t

the landslides came after heavy flooding hit sitka. the area saw more than 2 inches of rain in 24 hours. >>> this morning tropical storm danny is becoming strong in the atlantic. it could become the first named hurricane of the season. the storm packs winds of 60 miles right now and poses no threat to land. >>> hillary clinton stands by her claim that she did nothing wrong with her e-mail server. the controversy is taking a serious toll on the front-runner's presidential campaign. brook silva-braga is here in new york. good morning, brock. >> good morning, alison. hillary clinton once again denied breaking the law when pressed in las vegas tuesday about her use of a personal e-mail server during her time as secretary of state. >> no matter what anybody tries to say, the facts are stubborn. what i did was legally permitted, number one, first and foremost, okay? >> reporter: clinton didn't directly answer questions about whether she ordered the server to be wiped clean, even joking about it. >> like, what with a cloth or something? no. w

. >> reporter: rain came too fast in sitka alaska on tuesday. about two and a half inches of rain fell in 24 hours, leaving behind a sinkhole, and mound of debris. >> there used to be two houses up here, the houses are now, gone. >> reporter: at least six landslides were reported in the city, three men are missing, and to help in that situation, and it is a very, very grim situation. our prayers will go out to all those in sitka. >> reporter: city has a population of 9,000 which means many people here, are victims. identified as two brothers. >>> grew up with my sons. i sort of know who they are and i know the family a little bit. i had to tell them, you know, chances are slim, kids are coming home tonight or tomorrow or the next day or the next day. >> reporter: police closed off streets all around town as clean up began. the city has declared a state of emergency. heather hensy for cbs news, sitka alaska. >>> an explosion that demolish part of the motel six in washington tait has critically injured a gas company worker. motel's a acting manage

. >>> the body of one of the three missing men from a land slide that hit sitka alaska has been found. he was inspecting storm drains. >>> there's new video this morning showing the moment, look at that, the moment a motel 6 exploded in bremerton, washington. and it injured one gas company worker and flew backfire fi ers 20 aw feet. and the pantau is showing signs of being pregnant and she's carrying a developing fetus and could give birth next week or early september. that's a pretty big time frame. >>> and promising news for tom brady after the latest deflate-gate court hearing. and which athletes are getting paid most for their indorsement. >>> this morning on "today," olympic swimming star talks exclusively with matt, after winning five gold medals at the recent championship. >>> and top of the second, he knocks it 419 feet for a two-run home run. not bad for his first time at the plate. and top of the third, stends to deep left for the grand slam. his second home run of the game. and the tigers win on the road, 15-8. cardinals, giants. steven puscotty sends it deep to right field

. >> sitka is located in the mountainous southeast portion of the state. >>> the western wildfire seasoneached a new milestone. 7 million acres torched so far. active duty military troops and inmates being enlisted to join the fight. one of the worst fires continues in washington where miguel miguel almaguer is joining us. >> reporter: flames closer and closer to home in washington state. the national guard moved in bracing for a monster day. winds beginning to kick up dramatically. >> there are hundreds of houses that could be in the line of fire. >> reporter: the air attack key. dozens of drops every hour. four helicopters have been making drops here all day long hammering this hill with water but the blaze is on the move. this is where the fire is burning. too dangerous for firefighters. the perfect fuel and topography for this blaze to grow and explode. robby and john luke are among 40 families who have lost it all. >> i had a lot of stuff. stuff wasn't that important. my grandpa's porch swing from his house i can never replace that. >> reporter: california is also burning. outside o

heather of our anchorage affiliate ktba is in sitka. heather, good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning. sitka is a small tight knit community of about 9,000 people. the fire chief describes it as a town where everyone knows everyone, including the three men who are missing. now, all crews can do is wait for the area to be safe enough to begin what's now being called a recovery effort. >> there used to be two houses up here. the houses are now gone. >> reporter: it's the devasta devastating aftermath of heavy rain in southeast alaska. debris covering the road after the waterlogged hillsides gave way. >> it's just an unstable area at this time. so i made the decision that we're not going to dig in that area and put other people at risk. so that also meant that i had to make the decision that three people weren't going to come home tonight. >> reporter: reports of landslides and sinkholes came in early tuesday morning after the city was hit with 2 1/2 inches of rain in just 24 hours. alaska governor bill walker. >> -- any people down

the city building official went missing under a deluge of rocks and mud in sitka, alaska. >>> one of three men who stopped a shooter on a train is now back in the united states. anthony sadler and two friends received france's highest medal. the gunman might be charged with terrorism, although his lawyer says he was only trying to rob the train. >>> it is now 4:36. today, the head of fema will visit mississippi as that area marks ten years after hurricane katrina. he took up his vision with fema after the hurricane. fugate will visit schools. he will also join other officials looking at recovery efforts over the past decade. >>> the 2014 wnba champions head to the white house today. it's a longstanding tradition. and today, it's the return of the phoenix mercury. this is the team's third championship win. they defeated the chicago sky last september. the president will be honoring the team for its efforts, giving back to the community, as well as their success on the court. >>> well, they escaped, thanks to an inside job, now we're getting an inside look to the route two new york pri

. >>> the body of one of the three men missing from a landslide that hit sitka, alaska tuesday morning has been found. they were inspecting storm drains at a new house when the hillside gave way. unstable debris is hampering the search effort for the other two men. >>> and there's new video this morning showing the moment a motel 6 near seattle, washington, exploded tuesday night. according to official, the blast critically injured one gas company worker and threw several firefighters back 20 feet. >>> in washington, d.c., the national zoo's giant panda mai t shang is showing signs of being pregnant. she could give birth within the next several weeks. >>> ahead, some promising news for tom brady after the latest deflategate court hearing. >>> plus which athletes are getting paid the most money for their twitter endorsements? sports is up next. >>> this morning on "today," olympic swimming star katie ledecky talks with matt lauer after winning five gold medals at the recent world swimming world championships. now to sports with my friend betty nguyen. good morning. >> good morning, tige

three men, including a land marshal, were swept away on sitka on tuesday. it was one of several landslides that occurred after two inches of rain fell in 24 hours. police in thailand are saying that the man who carried out a deadly attack may have had helped. the authorities released this sketch of the man just a few hours ago. they're offering a reward to anyone with information leading to his arrest. he is believed to be the same mancienne in this grainy video. scott haidler with more on this investigation. >> one of bangkok's busiest and still bustling areas less than 24 hours after a bombing. >> i use this route to commute to work every day. i don't know when it will be my turn, but i have no other choice. >> this is the man thai police are hunting for in connection with the shrine attack. his image has been shown on tv, and he's a constant figure on social media. police don't think that he acted alone. they're offering a $30,000 award for information leading to his arrest. >> we want to know who they are, their identity, their nationality, but at the m

the other a sitka city official. search is dangerous because of thick mud and the threat of more land sides in this very area. >>> deputies near tampa are keeping an eye on a sinkhole this morning trying to make sure it doesn't grow larger. that sinkhole opened up in the same spot where a man died in 2013 after the earth gave way underneath his house. abc's steve osunsami reports. >> reporter: florida authorities are trying to calm the nerves of frightened neighbors. >> what happened today is exactly what was designed to happen. so there's no danger. >> reporter: but it's still frighteningly large. now 17 feet wide and 20 feet deep, and it was supposed to be repaired. the body of 37-year-old jeffrey bush was never recovered from the hole here two years ago. his family here again. >> i didn't get to say good-bye to him. >> reporter: sinkholes and former sinkholes are a part of life in florida. about 30 miles away, we saw them using more than ten trucks of sand to fill a 90-foot-wide hole that destroyed a pool and two

this is near the city of sitka. a sea of logs and debris tumbling down in a construction site. the accident and heavy flooding triggering a state of emergency. so many homes flooded, the state declaring a state of emergency tonight. >>> and the battle against wildfires across the country. 84 major fires still burning tonight. the fight on the ground and in the air. these are smoke jumpers, parachuting into remote spots in washington state. tonight, at ft. washington, 200 active duty troops training for the firelines. including how to use emergency shelters that could save their lives. the first time in a decade. >>> we turn to a guilty plea expected from jared fogle. the former subway pitchman. for 15 years, many knew him as the friendly figure that lost more than 200 pounds eating subway sandwiches. tonight, though, the new image. now, leaving court after being presented with charges involving minors. alex perez with the story. >> i walked into a subway. >> reporter: the subway pitchman today had nothing to say, escorted by police, pushing through a swarm of cameras. after fac

heavy downpours triggered at least six landslides yesterday including one at a construction site in sitka. police believe a pair of brothers and the city's fire marshal were buried in the slide. >>> a sinkhole that swallowed a man a couple years ago in florida reopened in the exact same spot today. chopper video shows that 20- foot wide hole in the middle of an empty lot where that man's house used to stand. he was asleep in his bed when the hole opened and swallowed up part of his home. crews were never able to recover that man's body. now today no one was hurt. >>> more than 100 national guard members are now on the front lines helping firefighters battle wildfires in washington state. just overnight flames jumped a containment line and started racing toward a town of 200 people. everyone in the area evacuated but now police are sending officers in after reports of looting in neighborhoods where families had to flee those flames. firefighters will have a tough time containing the wildfires over the next couple of days because of breezy winds, low humidity and high temperatures. >>> pand

of log mud and debris seemed to have trapped the three men yesterday in the alaska coastal town of sitkad new from the overnight officials in thailand believe the bangkok schein bomber did not work alone. buddhist monks led people in prayer for the reopening of the shrine today. more than 20 people were killed in monday's attack. >> five people had to be rescued from their cars after they got stuck on a flooded road in pittsburgh. a swift water rescue team was called in yesterday to save the people who were stuck in waste deep water. one of the drivers says he was caught off guard by the fast rising water but thankful no one was hurt. >> 4:53 is the time. coming up later the popular restaurant on the main line that had to close because of a roach infestation. and the manager thinks he knows how it happened. >> but next up the fbi is looking for help trying to find artwork by a local painter stolen during a heist. that's next up when "action news" continues. >> new this morning's an autopsy will be conducted today on an alabama father who police say may have been shot by his two-year-old

sitka, alaska. it is described at a sea of trees and mud. search crews have been hampered by unstable terrain. investigators are trying to find out what caused a gas leak during the night in a motel in bremerton, washington. the explosion demolished part of the building. the motel manager pulled the fire alarm to get guests out before the blast. fire officials say three people are unaccounted for. a gas company worker who had gone to the scene was critically injured in the explosion. the 17-year-old daughter of rosie o'donnell was missing for more than a week and is now safe following an online plea from rosie. chelsea was found tuesday in new jersey. we get more now from stephanie gosk. >> reporter: rosie o'donnell has no shortage of followers on twitter or friend s on facebook. after a week and she couldn't find her 17-year-old daughter she reached out on social media for help. twice on twitter, pictures of which he wille -- chelsea and her puppy. on facebook, concerned fans left hundreds of comme

officials in sitka, southwest of juno say heavy rains caused landslides and sinkhole. among the missing it the fire marshal of the city and two brothers in their 20s. witnesses way the mudslides sent down a sea of lava and debris tuesday morning. one home destroyed, another damaged. >> to help contain the wildfires burning out west. about 200 active duty troops will join the thousands of firefighters already battling the wildfires in seven western states. in the central washington resort town, the fire destroyed about 75 buildings. hundreds more still in danger. especially the strong winds expected to return today. >>> firefighter in idaho captured this amazing video over the weekend. just like you said, pat, firenado. these form when an intense wildfire causes the air around it to heat and rise rapidly. this one sent flames 100 feet. dirts and ash on the helmets of firefighters. it looks like a tornado, right? >> formed by fire though. >> wow. still ahead, at 5:40 on this wednesday morning, a new way to cruise the green. how this golf board works and can maybe help th

the city building official went missing under logs, rocks and mud in sitka, alaska, last week. the landslide also killed two other men. >>> one of three men who stopped a shooter on a train in europe is now back in the united states. anthony sadler arrived home in sacramento, california last night. he and two friends received france's highest ranking medal this week. they stopped a man who pulled out an ak-47 on a train to paris. reports say the gunman has now been charged with terrorism. >>> we're working hard to make sure children in the area have all the school supplies they need to head back to class. >> amelia segal is part of that effort today in kingstown with the forecast. >> reporter: hey, aaron, it's comfortably cool out here as we kick off the backpacks 4 kids drive at the apple federal credit union. angie's here, lauren's here. we all right have donations coming in. this backpack is so heavy. you can head to my facebook and twitter pages to see exactly what we need you to donate. again, swing by today. we want to the see the weather looking beautiful at the bus stop

the city building official went missing under a deluge of rocks and mud in sitka, alaska last week. that landslide also killed two other men. >>> right now, new warnings as tropical storm erica moves closer to shore. new tropical storm warnings have been issued for puerto rico. the storm is moving westward towards the leeward islands. puerto rico is already dealing with showers and thunderstorms associated with the remnants of danny. >> it's been a fairly quiet hurricane season. it's getting a little busy out there. chuck, we though you're keeping an eye on erica and what we're seeing outside around here? >> absolutely right. hurricane season peaks the first week of september. it's been relatively quiet, courtesy of el nino. but it only takes one, two days was the 21st anniversary of hurricane andrew in august of 1992. that was an incredibly quiet season but it only takes one. here's the very late on tropical storm erika. don't just focus on where the icon is here. it can be anywhere in this whole cone of uncertainty. there's a widespread on the cone because there's not a whole lot

this happened in sitka, alaska, just south of june know.bout 2 1/2 inches of rain over the last 24 hours likely caused three landslides and a sinkhole. >>> 6:07. new information. a hospital in camden county is back to normal pragues this morning after a woman's illness prompted emergency precautions last night. a spokesperson says the woman recently returned from west africa and developed a fever last night. med igs took her to university hospital in stratford. the hospital diverted ambulances from bringing in new new patients. the doctors dged the woman with a travel-related illness that is not ebola and she's being treated. >>> a driver slammed into four pedestrians last night, killing a child. the driver of the bmw sedan stopped after hitting the group of people. three of the vicks are juveniles. one is an adult. the youngest victim was killed. the driver has not been charged. >>> 6:08 now. an ocean county man admitted in court to killing his mother in her bed two years ago. brian cassie will be sentenced in november after pleading guilt

ktvy in anchorage, alaska as geologists assess the stability in the coastal town of sitka where a landslide was said to have killed three people. described as a sea of logs, mud and debris is believed to have trapped the three men. it happened after 2.5 inches of rain fell in 24 hours. fox 28 in spokane, washington as more than 1,000 people worked to protect homes outside chelan from an expanding blaze. national guard firefighters have joined the effort in california. a black hawk helicopter is dropping water over fires in trinity and shasta counties. more than 1500 square miles have burned in the lower 48 states in the past two weeks. and this is a live look at new york from our affiliate fox 5. one of their top stories, topless women in times square. governor andrew cuomo, new york mayor bill deblasio, are both decrying the practice of women imbody paint and thongs interacting with folks on the street. but the women say they are protected by city ordinances and the constitution. that's tonight's live look outside the beltway from "special report." we'll be right back. >>> while the issue

storm caused landslides prompting the town of sitka to declare a state of emergency. four people are unaccounted for. the town, 600 miles south east of anchorage is known for heavy rain throughout the year. >>> some incredible video here, baseball fans in chicago's wrigley field, also ran for cover when these powerful storms moved in. you can barely see through that. at least two tornadoes touchdown were report ared in that area. fortunately though no signs of, significant damage, but still, imaging to the ballgame and that is what you are greeted with. incredible; you are saying we could see those over the next few days. >> we will start off with a nice wide zoom, very same storm that brought in that torrential downpour over wrigley field. it is pretty well organized too. we have that classic comma shape or candy kane depending on what you see here in the cloud but with that good organization, this will be just your classic midline cyclone. so at this point it is difficult to detect north front lifted north. so cold front back here. warm front lifting in. you are in

a landslide sent swept through the coastal town of sitka yesterday and a sea of logs, mud and debris may have killed three men. rescue teams say the sheer force of that landslide means it's unlikely they survived. >>> first at 4:00, cheaters expos exposed, e-mail addresses leaked online linked to the big ashley madison hacking scandal. >>> we will try to help you skip the anxiety and confusion this year. dr. jackie will help us get prepared when those back-to-school health forms come home. >>> this is scott macfarlane at the live desk, developing news a plane damaged as it approached the gate at dulles international airport. chopper4 is there right now. this is united airlines flight 127 enroute from dublin to dulles. kind of crashed into the jetway there outside gate d3 at dulles. engine is damaged. there are no injuries. as we watch these images, we have seen fire crews kind of separate from the plane and passengers starting to get off the plane and some of the luggage and belongings starting to be removed. no injuries, but this is an unusual scene at dulles international, plane hi

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ktvy in anchorage, alaska as geologists assess the stability in the coastal town of sitka where a landslide was said to have killed three people. described as a sea of logs, mud and debris is believed to have trapped the three men. it happened after 2.5 inches of rain fell in 24 hours. fox 28 in spokane, washington as more than 1,000 people worked to protect homes outside chelan from an expanding blaze. national guard firefighters have joined the effort in california. a black hawk helicopter is dropping water over fires in trinity and shasta counties. more than 1500 square miles have burned in the lower 48 states in the past two weeks. and this is a live look at new york from our affiliate fox 5. one of their top stories, topless women in times square. governor andrew cuomo, new york mayor bill deblasio, are both decrying the practice of women imbody paint and thongs interacting with folks on the street. but the women say they are protected by city ordinances and the constitution. that's tonight's live look outside the beltway from "special report." we'll be right back. at ally bank no bran

photos show how devastating the impact is on the small coastal town of sitka. geologists will head to see the land is stable enough to search for missing men. the alaska governor is expected to visit later today. 2 1/2 inches of rain fell in a 24-hour span which caused landslides. >>> new video out of washington state, explosion and fire rocked a motel 6 right near seattle. just moments after all guests were evacuated. a gas leak was reported around 8:00 last night, less than 30 minutes later an explosion levelled a large part of the motel. guests reported feeling a shockwave and firefighters on scene were blown back 20 feet. gas company employee is in the hospital this morning with severe burns. >>> another development in the deadly police shoot-out near stockton last year. the familiar of the hostage killed in the gun battle between police filed a lawsuit. the report concludes that officers used unreasonable force when they fired 600 times at the car carrying the suspects and hostages. the hostage was killed by police gunfire along with two of the suspects. >

the massive avalanche of mud occurred tuesday 600 miles southeast of anchorage in sitka. 2 1/2 inches of rain fell in 24 hours causing that mudslide which lasted just four minutes. >>> well, just two days before he was set to be freed, oscar pistorius' early release from prison has been put on hold. officials say the decision to free the athlete after 710 months of his five-year sentence was taken prematurely and made with no legal basis. he was convicted of manslaughter last year for the shooting death of his girlfriend, reeva steenkamp who he says he mistook for an intruder. >>> now to campaign 2016 where donald trump has a substantial lead among the republican contenders and he's becoming a more viable general election candidate as well. here's craig boswell. >> reporter: donnell trump -- donald trump is standing by his latest controversial comment, that children of illegal immigrants who were born in the u.s. should not be citizens. >> if you were born here, you're an american, period, period. >> i don't think they have american citizensship -- zenship and if -- citizenship and if

dead in alaska where torrential rains triggered landslides that buried part of the coastal town of sitka. emergency crews raced to the scene, but unstable terrain forced them to put the search on hold. officials plan to reassess the situation later this morning. >> the story we are following overnight could spell trouble for millions of users for the cheating website ashley madison. hackers claim they have followed through on the threat and posted personal information of some of the site's clients online. justice correspondent pete williams is following this. good morning. what can you tell us? >> reporter: the hackers call themselves the impact team. they appear to have followed through on a threat last month to make the data public, if the site didn't shut itself down. based in canada it is a dating website called ashley madison.com with the slogan "life is short, have an affair." late tuesday an enormous amount of data was posted on what's called the dark web which can't be found with conventional browsers like google. the data includes millions of names, addresses, credit card number

sitka city and borough officials hope they can declare it a disaster. back to you. >> heather, thank you. >>> fast-moving flames are forcing more people out of their homes. the line belt fire is one of 17 fires in washington and among dozens burning in the western united states. >>> across the country more than 7 million acres have burned so far this year. that is an area bigger than the state of massachusetts. one of the most devastating is in chelan, washington. more than 100 national guard members have been brought in to help. danielle nottingham is at the guards' base camp. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. as you said, i'm at the national guard base camp. about 170 square miles have burned here so far with a dozen buildings destroyed and the conditions they dealering with here are similar to dozens of fires burning across the west. as wildfires burned across washington state more people are being forced out of their homes. one fire jumped the containment line racing toward a mountain and a town of 2 hub. everyone is being ordered out. it's a

in a massive sea of logs and mud. 24 hours of heavy rain triggered three landslides and the town of sitka. they are all presumed dead and terrain is so unstable recovery efforts had to be called off and people are bracing for more slides. >>> outside seattle an explosion that leveled most of a motel 6. some firefighters were blown back 20 feet. a gas company worker was critically injured. >>> major developments in the bombing of a tourist site in bangkok. that city is on edge and abc's terry moran is on the story. terry. >> reporter: good morning, dan. this morning police in thailand released this sketch of their prime suspect, young, spectacled, asian in appearance. they think this is the man captured on camera at the scene of the attack leaving a backpack behind just minutes before the palace and they say they believe he is a part of a network of conspiracies behind the bombing and believe two other men seen in that video are also suspects but still don't know who they might be, what their motive is. whether they're thai or foreigners. at the scene, the shrine re-opened and people layin

of logs and mud. 24 hours of heavy rain triggered three landslides in the coastal alaskan town of sitka. the force so powerful, they are all presumed dead and terrain is so unstable recovery efforts had to be called off and people are bracing for more slides. >>> also breaking overnight. leaking gas leveled a motel 6 out of seattle. motel 6, reduced to rubble after a gas leak forced evacuation. officials say at least two guests remain unaccounted for at this hour. one gas company employee, critically injured, air lifted to the hospital. flames born in the early morning hours in the hotel west of seattle. emergency personnel raced to the scene. the motel's manager, credited for quick thinking for pulling an alarm after the leak, likely saving many lives. neal karlinsky, abc news, washington. >>> thank you. this morning police in thailand released this sketch of their prime suspect, young, two other men seen in the video are suspects. and the shrine reopened this morning. >>> talks between the league and tom brady broke down yesterday. now a judge will likely decide if the nfl acted impro

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developing news from alaska, recovery efforts today for three men presumed dead after a mudslide in sitkaust over 6 hours yesterday. alaska's governor expected to visit the site today to survey the damage. >>> following a breaking story out of south africa. oscar pistorius prison release for friday may be in jeopardy. the decision they say was made prematurely. they're gathering information. nbc's jeff rossen has a look at the life inside prison. >> reporter: it is one of the most notorious prisons in the world. known for violence and gangs. but oscar pistorius' reportedly isolated in the hospital wing living in a tiny 6 x 8-foot cell. pistorius said to be so paranoid that food is poisoned, eats sardines and baked beans, only allowed outside one hour a day. getting another hour in the weight room. >> we thought he was a vip prisoner. he could do whatever he want. >> reporter: this man says pistorius got special treatment. he was an inmate there, the same time pistorius. >> how can you get your own gym, your own gym alone? why the cell never given and his was prepared special. >> why do yo

alaska this morning where torrential rains triggered landslides that buried part of the coastal town of sitka. emergency crews raced to the scene but unstable terrain forced them to put the search on hold. they are planning to reassess later this morning. >>> another story we're following overnight, could spell trouble for millions of users of cheating website, ashley madison. hackers are claiming they followed through on their threats and just posted personal information of in of the site's clients online. justice correspondent pete williams is following this. what can you tell us? >> these hackers call themself the impact team and they appear to have followed through on a threat last month to make this data public if the site didn't shut itself down. it's a kind of dating went called ashleymadison.com with this slogan, life is short, have an affair. late tuesday an enormous amount of data was posted on the dark web, that can't be found with conventional browsers like google. and experts who analyzed it say it includes millions of names addresses and credit card numbers and amounts paid, dat