human trafficking, you think about children who come from other countries, but the children were picked up, six of them, in atlantic city. they were picked up, rescued as the fbi agents here in newark call it, along with more than 100 other children in an operation the fbi and local and federal law enforcement agencies have been working on for nine years now. you're watching youtube video taken by fbi agents. in it you see federal agents and local police officers rush into a hotel room after a successful undercover sting operation to arrest pimps and rescue underage prostitutes. they were advertising on the internet to meet a john at a hotel room. >> run away juveniles are vulnerable to being led into prostitution because they have run away from possibly a bad

pulled into drugs or a gang life-style that leads to prostitution. >> reporter: the feds and local law enforcement say they rounded up 153 pimps and found 149 underage sex trafficking victims in cities around the country. it's called operation cross-country, and it's in its 9th year, aimed at reducing commercial sex trafficking of children in the united states. six of those minors were found selling sex in atlantic city, new jersey, in casinos and hotels. fbi fbi's brad cohen says oftentimes they're runaways. how pervasive of a problem is it? >> it's ongoing. some are repeat offenders. some we've arrested, we've seen on other operations, which is a bad thing. you think we're getting the message out to them. some we have. some we haven't. >> reporter: and, ernie, this is a problem that has been going on

for a long time. so this operation will continue to go on every year as long as necessary. the feds know they can't get every under age age sex worker, but they are trying to make at least a dent in the problem. too, the children? families. others into foster care. you heard fbi agents say it can be a repeat problem. sometimes they run away again and get back out to a life on the street ernie: thank you very much. lamar odom is fighting for his life. tmz says the former basketball star is in a coma after he was found unresponsive at a legal brothel. they say doctors found traces of cocaine in his system. >> we are told lamar has a 50/50 chance of survival.

there are four organs failing, including his kidneys. he is having major heart issues and he has had multiple strokes in the hospital and the doctors are having trouble assessing exactly the extent of the damage because in treating the organ failures, it prevents them from doing the proper scanning they need to do for the brain ernie: he rose to fame playing for the lakers, but he was born in queens. eight people were indicted today for trafficking guns on to the streets of brooklyn. police say they transported the weapons from georgia and pennsylvania sometimes using chinatown bus lines. confiscated. >> a new study suggests food vendors do not change gloves after handling cash. researchers from william patterson university in new jersey followed 25 food carts in manhattan. they found after nearly 500 cash transactions, workers changed their gloves only seven times before handling food again.

not wear gloves at all. now. nick is happening right now. i was outside for a while earlier. rain. it was clouding up. then it was blue skies. i heard you talking about snow in the forecast nick: not for here. we're talking about the coolest air of the season is coming. as you get up north towards northern new england -- ernie: keep it up there. nick: you will need to bundle up this weekend. we will be talking about chilly air. 69, 57 today. nothing chilly about that. that's above average. average high should be 64. the average low at 50. we'll be around those numbers for tomorrow. that's pretty good. 84 and 37 in the records. 7:07 your sunrise. it's down at 6:17. you will see all of it tomorrow. 65 now. humidity, 45 percent. west-northwest wind about 8 miles an hour and pressure is rising. that's a good weather sign.

apart as the night goes along. it will be chilly in the suburbs. we're talking 30s and 40s there and lower 50s in town. 71 newark. 69 in midtown for the high. about 70 as he -- you moved out on to long island. we have 59 at sussex. 54. mid 60s around town. low to mid 60s across most of long island as the wind continues out of the west-northwest. you'll see that in a second. we're down four, five degrees from yesterday. yesterday had the nice mild temperatures into the lower 70s. and there's the wind speed west to northwest. you'll see a northwest wind most of the night. that should return tomorrow as well. nothing going on on fox 5 sky guardian. even though we have the cloud cover around and it looked threatening for a while, no showers in the forecast really except for a small chance friday morning. i think most of the seven days will be dry in the upcoming forecast. there are showers off to the west.

as they approach, they tend to dry out and fall apart. that's what i expect as the night goes along. i expect the sky to go clear. the one cold front is offshore. the next cold front is just moving down from canada. behind that is the coldest air of the season that will be moving in. tomorrow, a beautiful day. sunshine will be out there. a little chilly out the door in the burbs. 30s to 40s as i spoke of earlier. it will be about 52 in the city at 6:00 a.m. we'll hit 60 for the noontime hour and 65 tomorrow afternoon, which is right on target for this time of year. there's the futurecast. there's our beautiful day. no problems there. here's the front driving down here with a couple of showers potentially with it as we head in towards friday morning. i'm not expecting much to happen. by friday afternoon, it goes mainly sunny and here comes the colder air. look at the blue appearing. yes, that's snow across southern parts of canada. that could brush across northern

parts of new york state and new england and maybe some snow flurries in the catskills for a portion of saturday. tonight, clearing, chilly in the burbs. 52 in the city. tomorrow, a beautiful day. bright and sunny. we'll talk about a northwest wind about 10 miles an hour. beautiful with temperatures in the middle 60s. here comes the seven-day. we'll talk about that brief shower friday morning. still in the 60s on friday with a good amount of sun in the afternoon. breezy saturday. that could be a gusty day. sunshine returns, 57 for the high. sunday and monday, 30s in the city. 20s in the suburbs. a widespread frost in the suburbs. back to 67 by next wednesday ernie: we can handle it. thank you, nick. >> when we come back, up next, we continue our special breast cancer awareness week on the news at 6:00. we'll be joined by a woman who's already beaten cancer once and who is about to take a radical step to prevent another battle.

ernie: welcome back.

breast cancer awareness week with a story of survival. you know, thousands of women every year beat the disease. a good number. but it can get better. we know that. there are women who are at higher risk. listen. >> women with a strong family history can have a simple blood test or saliva test and it will tell them if they're in the high risk category of getting breast cancer. it's a brca gene. if they show the mutation, they have an 85 percent lifetime risk of getting breast cancer. they might do -- have different choices as far as screening and treatment because of the high risk. ernie: one choice, this was recently made by angelina jolie, is to take a preventive double mastectomy. that's a decision made by one of my guests. this is katherine whitley and her daughter chloe. we have a lot to talk about. i want to start with ovarian cancer, which you have gone through the treatment.

you made that decision. tell me about it and how you're doing. >> well, i was -- i found out i had the mutation for brca-1 in 2011 and had a hysterectomy. when i woke up, i had stage 3 c ovarian cancer and went into treatment for that. very much a shock. ernie: you know, you also have had a family history. you were telling me about this. your mom, your aunt, even your sister. >> right. ernie: so you made the decision and you're going to have the surgery tomorrow from what we understand. this is preventive double mastectomy. >> yes. ernie: tell me about that. >> well, i knew as soon as i knew about the mutation, as soon as i found out i had the mutation, i would go ahead and undergo the surgeries that were recommended by my genetic counselor.

five years at cancer treatment centers of america in philadelphia. they recommend these surgeries to make sure that i'm lowering my risk of breast cancer after i've had the ovarian cancer, knowing that the gene is not -- it doesn't give me the best odds. ernie: chloe, i know this is your mom. your 19 and you're a young woman. how is this affecting you? how is this impacting your life and how you feel? >> well, knowing my family history and obviously what my mom's gone through, it's -- you know, i'm preparing myself to have to go through the same type of thing. even if it doesn't happen, you have to be careful. i'm definitely ready to take the steps. ernie: you're going to be tested? >> yes. ernie: when does that happen? you have to be 24? >> they recommend you getting it by the age of 24. i would like to go sooner. ernie: now, you're getting ready for your surgery tomorrow. tell me how you feel. >> i feel great. i'm really ready. i feel great about my doctors. i'm looking forward to being on the other side. i have a wonderful support

system in my family and friends and my doctors, who are amazing. i feel really good about it. i know it's the right choice for my family, for my children. i want to set the example should my children carry the mutation, that they know they can do it, too. ernie: you know what? you were telling me you lived through this with your mom. >> i did. i did. i was diagnosed at 13, which chloe was about the same age when i was diagnosed with the ovarian cancer. so i was sensitive to what she was going through. ernie: tell me something, chloe, you have a 14-year-old sister as well. and a number of friends. do you talk about this? do you discuss this? >> i try to tell my friends about it and talk to my sister about it because obviously she has the same type of odds i will. and i try to educate my friends on it because, you know, they have to know their family history at well. ernie: of course. katherine, what can you tell people in general? there are certainly a lot of cancer patients. what can you share with them?

>> knowledge is power. and knowing about your family history, knowing what the possibilities are, and also just your general health. take care of yourself as you get older. take it seriously. my daughter's 19. i'm telling her already you have one shot. you have one heart. we rely on doctors to fix us. let's prevent this stuff before it's too late. ernie: i know you and your family will be there tomorrow. we wish you lots of good luck. we know you'll be well. us. ernie: thank you for being here. thank you, too, so much. good luck tomorrow. >> thank you. ernie: we want to hear good news tomorrow. thank you. please remember that we still have two more days in our brefr week. how many more women are undergoing targeted therapies with better chances of survival. friday, we focus on education. we'll see how things like the

avon walk are working to raise awareness. >> still coming up tonight, do i have a question for you. listen. with all the technology, do you think our attention span has increased or decreased? better or worse? your answers are coming up next right after the break.

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>> that's in the air to center field. that is a 2-2 series. ernie: that's right. the series is tied. now the mets are off to l.a. for a one-game winner take all showdown tomorrow night. russ is joining us. you talked about it yesterday. kershaw was going to be a tough one. russ: there's a reason he's won the cy young the past four years, he's considered the best pitcher in baseball. he is the best pitcher in baseball. the mets were up against it. ernie: a lot of intensity. russ: big time intensity. you can see him coming out. he was so fired up prior to the game. take a look there. he showed -- he gave them seven innings. he gave them seven innings on three days' rest.

he was everything that he's been built up to be. he was the real deal. and as soon as they got three runs, he was going to be tough to beat. ernie: steven matz. he looked good. >> it was a bloop -- he was okay. he has nothing to be ashamed up. he went up against the best pitcher in baseball. it wasn't just the best pitcher in baseball. he was against the guy he and his team, the dodgers, were in a must win situation. they beat them once in game one. ernie: what are the mets' chances tomorrow night? russ: you know what? i got to -- i had a better feel for last night than i do for game 5.

just because last night, i knew it was kershaw and he was going to be tough to beat. game 5 is a coin flip. it was up in the air. can the mets win in l.a.? without question. they've got jacob degraham on the mound. however, the dodgers have zack on the mound and he is a guy who is -- listen, he is a cy young candidate this year. it's -- i don't have a feel. i don't know anybody who has an edge. the mets could win on the road. it is in l.a. i don't have a feel. i tell you what, i wouldn't like to be playing from behind. i'd like the lead early. ernie: we're wishing them luck. you see a lot of mets fans in los angeles and dodgers fans in new york. it's interesting. russ: you know, people move from new york to l.a., and i think there are less dodger fans in new york than they were 30, 20 years ago. ernie: you remember the dodgers here.

you grow up -- knowing the brooklyn dodgers, a lot of people don't realize. a good series. and the winner gets to play the chicago cubs. series. ernie: looking forward to it. coming up, our session with technology. how has that affected our attention span? we'll see what you think coming up next. it took joel silverman years to become a master dog trainer. to master depositing checks at chase atms. technology designed for you. so you can easily master

ernie: okay. i'd like to invite you to join me on facebook. that's facebook.com/ernie anastos. we'll share some fun behind the scenes stuff from the show, some of my favorite quotes as well, and other positive things. we'll also be getting your answers to our question of the day, like this one right now. >> how about this, do you think our attention span has increased or decreased due to technology? >> i'm trying to increase my attention span, but i'm getting older. it's decreasing naturally. ernie: does technology help you? >> i think so. yeah. i mean, i can sit on the computer a good long time and concentrate and pay attention and listen to music at the same time. >> i think it has decreased dramatically. we're always on our phones. i walk down the street looking at my phone and i don't look like. i'll probably be hit by a car. >> we want everything quick. yesterday. ernie: yesterday. instant isn't fast enough.

>> it used to be that we could have a conversation uninterrupted and get some points across. these days it's very difficult. people i'm talking with will divide their attention between, you know, me and the person that they're -- someone else on the other line. ernie: a lot going on. >> tons going on. >> i think it's helped decrease our attention span because we are always -- even walking, i'm annoyed i bumped into you. it's great multitasking. but attention span less. i see people in the movie theatre watching a movie and texting. i hate that. it's like no one can pay attention. they have to be on their phone. ernie: have to have something going. too much happening. >> too much happening. ernie: pay attention now. >> absolutely. ernie: say goodbye. >> bye. ernie: have a good day. love talking to the people out there. i want to hear from you on facebook. that's it for now.

i'm ernie anastos here in the studio and studio 5 and our control room. wave to us, guys. thank you, boys. thank you for being a part of the broadcast every night. have a good night.

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