was stopped head. >> reporter: one ever the key questions is how close was this? how far apart were the two trains that nearly collided. metro says all of that is still under investigation. until they know what happened, they're going to slow things down a bit at this station. for the time being trains coming into the forest glen metro station are in what's called an absolute block, meaning one train at a time until investigators can figure out how two trains nearly collided here wednesday afternoon. news passengers were not too happy to hear. >> that's kind of sayy, yeah. i ride this train to work every day. >> scary. surprising given the mishaps on this system. >> reporter: the agency says it happened about 1:00 in the afternoon. a six-car train was loading passengers. a second also with passengers on boormd was coming into the station. -- board was coming into the station. the operator noticed he was too close and hit the emergency brake. fortunately no one was injured. >> i go there every morning. there's always something going wrong with the train, always. whether or not these people are trying to put -- [ inaudible ] >> of course metro has the same problem that lots of others do financially. >> reporter: this close call comes after metro's deadliest accident ever last june claimed nine lives. a computerized system failed to halt the oncoming train. since then the train took -- [ indiscernible ] the trains still has kind of a warning system which should have alerted the operator or slowed the train. apparently it did not and investigators are trying to find out why. >> just tired of all the safety problems. just wish they'd get it right. just mystified. >> i'm willing to spend more if they'll put that money into the safety systems and in training the operators. whatever it takes. >> reporter: metro says that operator is being interviewed but at first glance it appears he did everything right. engineers will go over the system trying to get some detailed analysis on what went wrong. they're hoping to have some answers within a few days. >> thank you, roz. another big story tonight. the dow's downward spiral. take a look at a high speed version of the nose-dive plunging nearly 1,000 points in the middle of the day, the biggest one-day drop in dow history because after typo and one small country's mess of an economy. the dow managed to rebound by 600 points from the low to close down 347 for the day. will thomas is here with the details on the stock shock. >> reporter: brian, fear and panic returned to wall street today. part of it was the greek crisis. the other was trader error. together that combination produced a wild day in the market. no one saw this one coming when the new york stock exchange opened. a sudden breath taking plunge. the dow falling 7, 8, 900, nearly a thousand points. turns out it was a trading error. multiple reports say a trader entered a b for billion instead of an m for million in a trade traveling procter & gamble. part of the 30 companies that make up the dow. >> it happens all the time. i know i've princed up reports and hit m instead of b and b instead of m. >> perfect buying opportunity. >> reporter: scott talbott is the senior v.p. of government affairs at the financial services round table. the investment community was relieved after it became clear there was a trading error and the market rebounded just as quickly as it dropped. anyone who thought they cashed in by buying procter & gamble stocks at record lows during the free fall did not. >> that trail will be reversed and they'll correct the error and reverse the trade. >> reporter: protesters are filling the streets in greece over the government's move to cut $38 billion from its national budget affecting salaries, pensions and taxes. the fear on wall street is greece will default on its debt. that also sent stocks into a slide for a third day. and there is a growing sense any collapse of greece could trigger a wave of defaults across europe and even the world. >> the viewpoint that i have heard in many of these meetings is that anything that we believe has the ability to affect the global economic recovery is and should be a concern to this country. >> reporter: the mistake may have come from citigroup. the company says it is investigating the problem but the dow has dropped more than 630 points in the past three days. that is the biggest three-day drop since november 2008. more evidence of a rocky friday on wall street. also the c.e.o. of the new york stock exchange says we can expect an ugly morning in the market. a big recall into the fox 5 newsroom. fresh way foods is recalling packages of romain lettuce because it could be contaminated with e. coli. the packages are marked best if used by may 12 or earlier. at least 19 people have already been sickened by the contaminated romain. about two dozen people are homeless tonight. fire destroyed their maryland apartment. skyfox over the scene near frederick earlier today. 14 units were destroyed. we're told congressman ross company bartlet owns the property did you did not live here. n.f.l. legend lawrence taylor is out of jail tonight hours after being charged with rape. his attorney is telling a very different story. dave feldman is here now with the latest. >> not good news for a guy who's had his share of problems in the past. drug and tax evasion chief among them. this according to new york police, a man named rasheed davis who had been housing a 16- year-old runaway punched and kicked the teen and then drove her to taylor's holiday inn and told her to have sex with the former n.f.l. star. when she refused davis handed her over to taylor. police say he then sexually assaulted her. on the way to the hotel, the girl sent text messages to her uncle telling her what was happening. the uncle then called the nypd. the chief of police peter brower said taylor was cooperative when police woke him around 4:00 a.m. and taylor was arraigned thursday on charges of third degree rape and patronizing a prostitute. i'm not that important taylor told media after being released. he was inducted into the hall of fame in 1999 and competed in abc's "dancing with the stars" last year. he had a highly publicized struggle with drug addiction and has had multiple legal run- ins since retiring from football. police said no drugs were found in his hotel room on thursday but a bottle of alcohol was. >> the investigation indicates that mr. taylor engaged in sexual intercourse with a child less than 17 for which he paid the victim $300. >> taylor's lawyer said he is innocent of all charges. taylor is due back in court on the latest charges on june 10. >> feldy, thank you. take a close look at this sketch. police say a man that looks like this sexually assaulted a woman in rock creek park sunday afternoon. it happened on the holly trail near 16th and holly streets northwest. he grabbed the victim from behind, wrestled her to the ground and assaulted her. she fought back and believed she hurt the man. >> when she was attacked, the assailant was armed with a knife. we believe she may have taken control of the assailant's knife and may have cut the assailant in the hand. she may also have bitten the assailant in the hand. >> here's one more look of the composite sketch. he's about 5'6" with a slender build and he was -- had a black -- he was riding a black mountain bike. a pair of runaway teenagers from the district turned up today after being missing since late april. police found them in the woods in silver spring in a makeshift camp. it's what was in that camp that's raising questions. roby chavez has the news force in maryland. >> reporter: the two teens were reported missing two weeks ago here in the district. today they turned up in a bizarre wooded encampment filled with drugs and weapons. tonight we give you an inside look into how they were living. it was a bizarre find inside the woods near the sligo creek trail. police arrested five people, including two teen runaways. all appeared to be living here and had weapons and drugs. those who jog this peaceful path say it's an unusual find. >> i had no idea that there were even people up there. i'd never seen anybody go up there, you notice. there's a lot of people that go on this trail every day and it's kind of scary to know that's going on. >> reporter: when police arrived at the unusual encampment, one of them was marching with what appeared to be a military rifle. it later turned out to be just a bb gun. still the group, including two adults scattered and were arrested. >> park police are out here patrolling these areas trying to look for this sort of thing. this is what we're here to do and hopefully we can continue to curtail it, find out when it happens. >> reporter: by the looks of it these signs were used to make money by the group, a search with a canine and a team of park police officers turned up syringes, razor blades and a host of drugs, including cocaine, pcp, ecstasy, and oxycontin. there was also several knives. the group even had combat training manuals and a wilderness survival handbook. >> if they wanted to live in the woods, as you can see by what you have here, there's evidence of alcohol and we of course have taken the drugs. >> reporter: those who use the trail are just glad the alert park police officer made the discovery. >> you don't expect this kind of thing to occur in this kind of area. it's a pretty nice area. so it's definitely worrisome. >> reporter: all of this started after maryland national capital park police officers spotted a motorcycle on the bike path and it wasn't supposed to be there. he decided to investigate. now, one of those arrested actually had to be tasered after police say he resisted arrest. we're live in the newsroom, roby chavez, fox 5 news. >> thank you. tonight we're staying on top of several stories. all eyes right now on the gulf coast where crews are working right now to lower what could be the fix to stop the massive oil spill. but tonight there is yet another problem. the times square bomb plot taking another twist tonight. find out what the taliban is saying now. the university of virginia tragedy could be a wake-up call for the signs someone you love could be in a dangerous relationship. it was a beautiful thursday here in d.c. our high temperature 84 degrees. but you may have noticed that breeze this afternoon. temperatures are going to drop into the 40s tonight in the suburbs. what about friday and the weekend forecast? we'll have those details for you coming up a bit later on fox 5 news at 10:00. stay with us. r we're staying on two developing stories tonight. new details in the times square terror plot. first the rush for relief in the gulf of mexico. the last-ditch effort to stop the massive oil spill. the latest tactic to stop the flow, giant steel concrete contraption being lowered nearly a mile underwater over the busted well. it's risky. it may not even work and louisiana says it doesn't have enough booms to contain the slick. fox's chris gutierrez has the latest on the oil spill. >> reporter: it's never been done before on a scale of this size, trying to contain a gushing oil well 5,000 feet under water with a box. it needs to be positioned over the well just right or it could damage the leaking pipe and make things worse. interior secretary ken salazar says the government is working to make sure bp is doing everything possible. >> i hope that they are. we are providing oversight to make sure that they are pushing with everything that they have. >> reporter: the coast guard says oil has reached the chandeleur islands, itself first time thick oil has hit the u.s. shoreline. homeland security secretary janet napolitano also tresses this is bp's financial responsibility. >> at end ever the day we're going to make sure that they pay for the cost of cleaning up this spill, protecting this shore line and the damages that are being incurred by people and businesses in the gulf coast area. >> meanwhile gulf coast governors are asking for grants from the obama administration to cover any potential cleanup and recovery costs. >> the weather has been very good to us. and we're grateful to god for that. but we also have to be realistic and be prepared for the worst and certainly hope for the best. >> reporter: interior secretary ken salazar plans to submit a safety review on the spill to president obama by may 28. until that review is complete, no new off shore drilling permits will be issued. in venice, louisiana, chris gutierrez, fox news. >> just to give the very latest on that. the associated press is the only news organization with a reporter on that vessel 50 miles off the coast. it is reporting just a short time ago that that has all been delayed. everything you just heard about lowering this thing down over the well because of oil fumes that could ignite a fire. so right now it has been temporarily delayed. we'll continue to follow it and bring you the latest. the interior department has ordered a halt all new off shore drilling permits nationwide at least till the end of the month. it's also canceling hearings off the coast of virginia indefinitely. new developments in the botched times square bombing. the pakistani taliban is now denying any involvement in the bombing attempt but is praising the suspect for a, quote, "brave job." also tonight we're getting a look at surveillance video that reportedly shows faisal shahzad buying fireworks in pennsylvania in march. fox 5's katherine herage has the latest on the investigation and the fallout on capitol hill. >> reporter: after two near misses, one at christmas and the other last week in times square where bombs designed to kill americans on u.s. soil failed, senior republicans went on the offensive. >> yes, we've been lucky but luck is not an effective strategy for fighting the terrorist threat. >> reporter: the house speaker dismissed the charge as politics. >> the harder we work, the luckier we get. >> reporter: the white house said its focus is on law enforcement, not the politics of national security. >> rather than rely on politicians in washington, we're going to continue to rely on the experienced professional, law enforcement, military, and intelligent professionals who have been keeping this country safe in the efforts against al qaeda for decades now. >> reporter: there's a bipartisan push on the hill to pull the citizenship of americans who are overseas and hitch their wagon to terrorists. >> shahzad is just the latest in a growing and accelerating line of cases where american citizens have supported or fought for al qaeda or affiliated terrorist organizations against the united states. so somebody wants to burn their passport, let's help them along and take away that citizenship. >> reporter: u.s. investigators are going to pakistan to see if faisal shahzad's claim that he went to a bomb-making training camp are true. pakistani intelligence sources say shahzad met with taliban's number three in pakistan. separately shahzad was put in the government database in 1999 for failing to tell customs oiferls he was carrying more than $10,000 into the country. the attorney general told congress his department is still gathering strength good this is an ongoing investigation and we're in the process of looking at indices, files and to see exactly what we knew about this gentleman and when we knew it. >> reporter: new evidence suggests that shahzad did a dry run before he left the suv in times square. he also parked a getaway car at scene but in his haste he forgot the keys which were in the suv with the bomb. shahzad was forced to take public transit back home to connecticut. in washington, fox news. a scary ride for passengers in new hampshire. someone aboard a greyhound bus called 911 and reported an explosive on board. 16 passengers and the driver exited with their hands in the air. the suspect stayed on board and he finally surrendered to police tonight after a nine- hour standoff. the bus was enroute to new york city. crews are doing track work on metro so expect delays up to 30 minutes. that work will take place along various parts of the red and orange lines in d.c., maryland and virginia. we posted all of the information on myfoxdc.com under web links. the tragedy on the campus of university of virginia. a star lacrosse player allegedly killed by her ex- boyfriend. the warning signs someone you love could be in a bad relationship. plus, inside on star's mission control. find out how the company is tracking vehicles across the country right now. plus, see the cutting technology in the works. as if the airport wasn't already bad enough. more of this out of control cart coming up. the kincaids live here. across the street, the padillas. ben and his family live here, too. ben's a re/max agent, and he's big part of this community. there are lots of 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just returned from the university of virginia in the past few weeks where she spoke about domestic violence. >> we often justify abuse and say questions like was he drunk, did he lose his temper. there's no excuse. >> reporter: huguely -- [ inaudible ] an all american lacrosse player at a prestigious university but he also had a drunken run-in with the law that revealed a temperamental and abusive streak. >> now people can stalk people online and it kind of feeds this jealousy and aggression where people can't let go. it's harder to make a clean break. >> no woman beaten -- [ indiscernible ] >> reporter: the warnings are usually there. the mental or verbal abuse long before the physical violence fast someone's life. -- violence takes someone's live. here are some of the things to look for. if someone becomes controlling, overly obsessive -- here are some of the things to look for. if someone becomes controlling, overly possessive or jealous and cuts off