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Campaign fray. Even the white house has tried to do that. When we asked questions at the press briefing josh earnest tries to steer the conversation in a different direction. I talked to a top democratic advisor who said these comments from Mike Huckabee were just so offensive, so over the top that the president had no chance but to respond. As i heard from one white house official yes, thats in part why the president had to say that but also the president karsz very much about the Iran Nuclear Deal described this deal as his baby and that he want this is debate to be on the facts. The president also singled out donald trump today at that news conference. I want to play for our viewers what he said. Listen to this. In fact its been interesting when you look at whats happening with mr. Trump when hes made some of the remark s remarks that for example, challenge the heroism of mr. Mccain somebody who endured torture and conducted himself with exemplary patriotism the Republican Party is shocked and yet that arises out of a culture where those kinds of outrageous attacks have become far too commonplace and get circulated nonstop. Were creating a culture that is not conducive to good policy or good politics. The American People deserve better. Certainly president ial debates deserve better. Strong words from the president , jim. Mentioning donald trump specifically by name this time. I guess thats part of this theory that as you say hes going to be surrogate in chief . Just recently i tried to press josh earnest to comment on donald trump and earn esearnest would not use the word trump. So to hear the president go after trump the way he did was remarkable. But at the same time this is a president who has tangled with donald trump before. Remember back in 2011 when donald trump was demanding the president release his birth certificate and he finally did, the president referring to donald trump as a carnival barker at the time. So the president you can tell i think hes been storing up a lot of these campaign comments over recent weeks. He went after senator ted cruz saying the Iran Nuclear Deal would make the Obama Administration a leading financier. He went after tom cotton who described secretary of state john kerry as playing the role of pontus pilot. You get the sent that this president is fed up and as you know wolf this white house is coordinating with Hillary Clintons campaign for her Election Campaign for the white house in 2016 so its not surprising to hear the president come out forcefully but i think wolf from here forward the bear is loose as they like to say at the white house. It certainly is. Jim acosta traveling with the president in ethiopia. Safe travels over there. Despite criticism from president obama and some of his republican rivals donald trump comes out on not a new cnn orc poll. Trump is at 18 nationally. Form Florida Governor jeb bush comes in with 15 followed by Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker at 10 . None of the other republican candidates and there are many of them with in double digits. Lets bring in David Chalian and niamalika henderson. Donald trump, its fair to say, david, hes the frontrunner among republicans right now. No doubt. And hes solidifying his frontrunner status. Weve seen this rise. Remember this is the First National poll conducted by a Telephone Survey which we trust that was done entirely after the controversial comments he made about john mccain. So its teflon trump. Theres no theres nothing sticking him right now that we in the press get worked up about or the republican establishment gets worked up about. It doesnt stick to him. He is clearly sort of defining the rules of play in this republican so those pundits, very quickly, who were saying after the john mccain statement that donald trump made that this is the beginning of the end of donald trump, those pundits, at least so far, have proven to be wrong. We dont see evidence of that here at all. Do you see evidence of that . No evidence of that. Pundits said that republicans said that and in some ways for republicans i think it was a hope and a prayer this would be the beginning of the end for donald trump. I think hes tapping into what weve seen a lot over these last couple of years, this Tea Party Movement folks who dont like the government folks who feel left behind left out of the democratic administration. So hes been able to channel that. Hes dialing back the more harsh errett rick weve seen so far but its wokking for him. A lot of his rivals would like him to go away but 5 2 of Republican Voters according to our poll want him to stay in the race and continue his run. 15 want him to run as an independent. About a third say he should drop out. Is when you assess those numbers, what do you see . All Movement Ahead for donald trump. I mean if a majority of republicans are saying lets stay in this race, if the most enthusiastic republicans who are most animated and engaged in this election are saying, hey, youre youre my guy, all signs point to him being with us for a while. Im not sure about the 15 who say he should run as an independent. Most polling shows the election would guarantee the election gets handed to a democrat. Trumps unfavorable rating pretty high. Among democrats not surprising 80 . 53 of independents 42 of republicans have an unfall riverable view of donald trump. Potentially does that spell trouble for him . Hes still riding high in terms of people who do like him. Hes second to huckabee in terms of Favorability Ratings there. So relative to the field, in this republican field hes doing okay. Youre right, when you take it to the general, hes got problems there in matchups against Hillary Clinton doesnt do so well. 80 of democrats, independents certainly dont like him and those are the kind of swing voters that will be so crucial in a general. Exactly. Thats why we see theage da with the republican establishment over the trump candidacy. Although hes running strong and tapping into a vein of support inside the republican nomination race, he has a lot of work to do as a general election candidate. Hes losing to Hillary Clinton in the matchups. 59 of the overall public see him as unfavorable. That is not the those are not the numbers of success for a general election candidate. Guys, well continue to dissect these numbers alot to assess. David chalchalian, niamalika henderson, thank you very much. The new poll numbers dont look good for the john. Theres also troubling numbers in there for the democratic president ial candidate Hillary Clinton. Well ask the chair of the dnc if the party is worried about the frontrunner for the nomination. Stand by. And turkey joining the fight against isis in a major way right now. Could that country have its own agenda in this war . That and more coming up. You pay your Car Insurance premium like clockwork. Month after month. Year after year. Then one night, you hydroplane into a ditch. Yeah. Surprise. Your Insurance Company tells you to pay up again. Why pay for insurance if you have to pay even more for using it . If you have Liberty Mutual deductible fund™ you could pay no deductible at all. Sign up to immediately lower your deductible by 100. And keep lowering it 100 annually, until its gone. Then continue to earn that 100 every year. Theres no limit to how much you can earn and this savings applies to every vehicle on your policy. Call 18888652166 to learn more. 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In a statement, the adl National Director Jonathan Greenblatt said comments such as those by Mike Huckabee suggesting the president is leading israel to another holocaust are completely out of line and unacceptable. He went on to say to hear mr. Huckabee invoke the holocaust when america is israels greatest ally and when israel is a strong nation capable of defending itself is disheartening. Joining us now from manchester new hampshire, is congresswoman Debbie Wasserman schultz, chair of the Democratic National committee. I want to quickly get your reaction congresswoman, to Mike Huckabees comments that this Iran Nuclear Deal po ten usually, in his words, opening the door for israelis to the oven. Well i agree with aid yell and their sentiments wholeheartedly. Its outrageous and unacceptable for any president ial candidate, any politician to make cavalier references and analogies to the holocaust, no matter how people feel about the iran deal no matter where anyone comes out on it they are entitled to their opinion. They should dissect it. We should debate it. Be to make the suggestion a, that there is some comparison to the six million jews that lost their lives and millions of other nonjews in the gas chambers to preventing iran in a deal from achooefzing a Nuclear Weapon is an outrageous unacceptable analogy and Mike Huckabee owes the Jewish Community and the American People an apology. Are you going to vote for this Iran Nuclear Deal . Youre a member of the house. Im in the middle of really reviewing it and looking at all the moving parts to the iran deal. Ive had Many Administration briefings. Ive talked to experts on both sides of the deal and im going to go home and speak to my constituents who have been weighing in. Ill reach a conclusion on what im going to do with my vote once i feel like ive been able to thoroughly review the whole deal. So the president and his supporters havent yet kwunsed you convinced you its a good deal . Well i think theres merit to the deal. Theres a lot of merit to the deal but theres also a legitimate cause for concern and i think this is a decision that no member of congress should make lightly. You know i found it particularly outrageous that you had some republicans clearly who had not read the deal who had not thoroughly examined it who came out in less than 24 hours from its being announced in opposition to it. Thats just not responsible. Nor would it be responsible for me to come out in favor of it that quickly. I want to take my time my constituents at home have very strong opinions. Its a very welleducated proisrael district and i have respect from them and their opinion and i want to seek it while making sure i though roily understand all its implications. And as a proisrael legislator myself its very important to get this right. Because without, obviously, making any comparisons, analogies to the holocaust and hitler and ovens or anything like that based on what you see right now, do you think this deal endangers israel . I think we need to make sure that iran never achieves its goal of attain ago Nuclear Weapon. That has clearly been president obamas top priority from day one in initiating and pursuing this deal. Thats what the deal actually says that iran will not be allowed to attain a Nuclear Weapon but, like i said wolf, theres moving parts. As far as the analogies to the holocaust, what i also find outrage jous that not a single republican president ial candidate running has called out Mike Huckabees comments as unacceptable or outrageous. This is par for the course consistent pattern where we are willing to make huckabee is not gaining much traction in the primary and is trying to get some attention bringing the holocaust into a very serious discussion that requires our attention and our careful deliberation is unacceptable insulting, deeply hurtful for the Jewish Community and, like i said he owes the Jewish Community and the American People an apology and i also would call on all 15 other candidate republican candidates for president to repudiate what Mike Huckabee said because its outrageous. On cnns new day earlier today, a spokesman for donald trump, michael cohen, he defended huckabees comments miking that comparison to the holocaust. I want to quickly get your reaction to our latest poll numbers and the cnn orc poll. Hillary clintons unfavorability number right now is at 49 nationwide. 49 of the American Public have an unfavorable opinion of Hillary Clinton. Donald trumps unfavorable number nationwide is 59 . So theyre not all that far apart. Here heres the question for you as the chaur of the dnc and Hillary Clinton is the frontrunner. Why do almost half of the American People have an unfavorable opinion of Hillary Clinton . Well wolf number one, not surprising that donald trump would defend Mike Huckabees comments. Donald trump is the king of outrageous comments and well see on august 6 the republican field busily trying to outrageous one another as far as polls, you know weve had this conversation you and i, so many times. Were 18 months from election day. Polls are going to show some candidates up some candidates down. Whats important the that the candidates both sides of the aisle, get out and communicate the direction they would take this country. Whether its Hillary Clinton or any of our Democratic Candidates for president. They would continue to make sure that we could continue the economic recovery weve been through 64 months of job growth in the private sector after we were losing 750,000 jobs a month when barack obama took off. What the republican field would do is end medicare as we know it turn it into a voucher system move towards privatization of Social Security and continue to cut taxes and take care of the wealthiest most fortunate americans at the top and to heck with the middleclass. Thats the contrast well have, the debate well have throughout this election cycle. I know on our side of the aisle we look forward to that debate because the American People are with us when it comes to continuing to move our nation forward. They dont want to go backward which is where any of the republican candidates would take us. Debbie wasserman schultes is a congresswoman from florida and the chair of the dnc. Congresswoman, thank you for joining us. Thank you, wolf. For the latest in politics by the way, go to cnnpolitics. Com for all the most important and best political coverage out there. Coming up, the latest in the war against isis. Turkey now joining in the fray and it could be a game changer potentially. What this means for the u. S. The allies and a whole lot more in this war against isis. It wouldnt make sense if you turned on something in one room and it turned on everywhere else. But thats exactly how traditional cooling and Heating Systems work. So you pay more than you should. But Mitsubishi Electric systems give you a better way. With no waste and lower energy bills. Control temperatures precisely in one or every room. With no new ductwork. So everyone can enjoy ultimate personal comfort. Mitsubishi electric cooling and heating. Make comfort personal. Heart healths important. So you may. Take an omega3 supplement. But its the ingredients inside that really matter for heart health. 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It accomplishes our goal which is making sure iran does not have a Nuclear Weapon. In fact it accomplishes that goal better than any alternative that has been suggested. The United Nations Security Council has already endorsed the deal with iran. They voted unanimously at the u. N. Security council in favor of the deal. Nato ministers are set to meet tuesday after turkey called for emergency talks. The turkish government says it plans to address its growing Security Threat. Turkey has ramped up its efforts to fight terrorists launching air strikes on isis positions in syria and bombing kurdish positions in Northern Iraq. It comes during a wave of violence in turkey. Joining us is barbara starr, Michael Weiss the author of isis, inside the army of terror. Nick, what kind of Security Threat in turkey right now, what kind of threat is it facing or how significant are these latest turkish moves. It changes the dynamic in Northern Syria and in Southern Turkey irreversibly. The you areky has long been accused of sitting on the fence not getting involved in the u. S. Coalition against isis. Perhaps some say because its worried about what it may see in the months ahead, thats retaliation against targets in Southern Turkey. One attack like that initiated the attacks as well but those critics of the turkish government say theyve been soft on isis because theyve wanted to see them in play against their other adversary who theyre also bombing here, the kurds. This is where it gets complex. The kurds are, in fact fighting isis and assisting Coalition Air power and strikes against isis but theyre the enemies or certain parts of the kurds are enemies of turkey. The kurds and isis arresting over a thousand were now hearing in sweeps across Southern Turkey. And with this desire to meet at nato and express its concerns and hear offers of support from other members, too, massively widening its involvement here, potentially dragging in further resources from nato and i think there are many looking at this and the potential cause for both american and turkish officials for a chunk of the border along Southern Turkey in Northern Syria to be turned into a safe zone. Unclear how thats really going to work. Massively changing the dynamic in Northern Syria. This is the beginning of a new chapter, zbloflwolf. Barbara the fact that turkey will finally allow the u. S. To use the f16s to launch air strikes from the Incirlik Air Base other air bases against targets in syria, what are officials saying about that . Well from the u. S. Military point of view it gives them a good deal of additional flexibility. Theyre that much closer to targets in Northern Syria, in Northern Iraq. That means warplanes can stay up longer they can stay on station, they can look for additional targets and they can strike more. All of that is translating into what everybody is now talking about, this new isisfree area on the ground. By all accounts a very narrow strip along the border. Not a nofly zone but if you have u. S. Warplanes up there its just that much more ability to keep an eye on the border and try and keep both the rebel fighters and civilians safe from isis. But i have to tell you, wolf, the pentagon today very much scrambling to keep up with all of this and try and explain what is in play here. President obama and the turkish leader agreed to a framework to talk about it, to discuss cooperation. Now its up to both militaries to atry and put detail to all of that. Its a great idea in the view of the pentagon they havent figured out how to make it work. Very quickly barbara, i know the u. S. Is pleased that turkey is launching strikes against isis in syria but whats the u. S. Reaction to turkey launching strikes against kurdish positions in Northern Iraq and elsewhere . You know as nick was just saying very complex. You have two groups of kurds. One called the pkk in Northern Iraq, a terrorist organization. The u. S. Has called for them to renounce violence and the turks have been striking them. The u. S. Pretty much would like to stay out of that. They want to keep focusing on isis. But the kurds known by their translated name, the ypg, these are the most capable fighters in Northern Syria that have been pushing isis back. That have been having success in putting isis elements on their heels in Northern Syria. So the u. S. Doesnt want to do anything to lessen the support for that group of kurds in Northern Syria because they think theyre effective against isis. How this will all sort out with the turks, what exactly the turks will let those u. S. Warplanes do still remains to be seen wolf. Michael weiss, give us perspective on whats going on. As barbara and nick pointed out, it gets complex over there. Look the pyd the pyd is the syrian arm of the Kurdistan Workers Party which is a terrorist organization. So what you have wolf, is this Operation Inherent resolve consists of the u. S. Providing Close Air Support to a turkish designated terrorist organization which turkey is bombing alongside isis which that syrian affiliate has been at war with. I mean this is something out of alice in wonderland truly. The u. S. Concern is look at the way the messageing has been going on. Turkey came out straight away after it suffered the worst terrorist attack on its soil at the hands of an isis affiliate and said look, the u. S. Has agreed to give us a nofly zone. Pentagon state Department Officials are quick to down play that and say we have absolutely nothing like that in the cards but we are considering a socalled safe zone. The question is safe from whom . We are billing this meaning the United States as isisfree. Turkey means not just isisfree, assad free and, no doubt, kurd free or at least to prevent what is their greatest National Security fear the establishment of roe java the syrian statelet that could well be creeping up on the northern border as the pyd has been so successful. So ankara and washington are still at cross purposes and i think theyre trying to split the difference. Were giving them something in exchange for them giving usair base which is will put u. S. Aircraft only 250 miles away from isis de facto capital. Now compare that to the 1200 miles u. S. Bombers and drones have had to fly from either aircraft carriers in the persian gulf or other bases in the middle east. I think the turks will try to get the most out of it themselves. Thanks very much for the latest developments Michael Weiss, barbara starr, nick paton walsh. A horrific tragedy from gun violence in the United States is now crashing into the politics of the 2016 president ial contest. Controversial comments from republican president ial candidate rick perry saying gunfree zones are a bad idea. Were going ask mark kelly whats going on. Hes the husband of former u. S. Congresswoman congresswoman congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, well get his reaction. Ugh heartburn no one burns on my watch try alkaseltzer heartburn reliefchews. They work fast and dont taste chalky. Mmm. Amazing. I have heartburn. Alkaseltzer heartburn reliefchews. Enjoy the relief. It wouldnt make sense if you turned on something in one room and it turned on everywhere else. But thats exactly how traditional cooling and Heating Systems work. So you pay more than you should. But Mitsubishi Electric systems give you a better way. With no waste and lower energy bills. Control temperatures precisely in one or every room. With no new ductwork. 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Mike huckabee wasnt the only candidate making eye raising comments over the weekend. Fellow candidate rick perry spoke to jake tapper about the tragic shooting in lafayette, louisiana. He said theres no reason to ban guns from places like theaters. These concepts of gunfree zones are a bad idea. I think you allow the citizens of this country who have been appropriately trained, appropriately backgrounded know how to handle and use firearms to carry them. Funeral services for two victims of the theater shooting mayci breaux and Jillian Johnson are being held in louisiana. Mark kelly is joining us, a former Space Shuttle commander and his wife, the former u. S. Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords is was wounded in an incident injured severely, the cofounder of americans for responsible solutions. Captain kelly, thanks for joining us. I want to get your Quick Reaction to what we just heard from former governor rick perry of texas. Wolf ive flown in combat more than 30 times. Ive been shot at a lot, its not what people expect. I would suspect if you have a dark theater with multiple individuals, even people that think of themselves as the good guy with the gun and one person starts shooting and then there are others and instead of in this case instead of two dead individuals, you know maybe thats four or maybe thats ten. Just consider how difficult the police have in handling somebody with a firearm. How often the police make mistakes. I appreciate that governor perry thinks that maybe under some circumstances this could help. But the majority of the time i dont know everybody is clint eastwood. Hard to understand, where to point the gun, who youre shooting at. And often i think wed see more bodies. Bodies. What do you think about the shooter had mental problems was convicted of criminal things yet he can go ahead in alabama and buy this. 40 caliber handgun. Well my reaction is the same as other times that this happened. We have a background system where you could literally drive a truck through it. 40 of all gun sales are done without background checks and in a case like this individual who should have failed the background check, often you see their information has not been shared with the state which then goes to the National Instant criminal background check system. So we have holes in the system but we know that the system works a lot of times. Weve stopped over 1. 7 million felons from getting a gun when they failed a background check. Why do we allow them to go somewhere else. So if we dont make changes in our laws and i appreciate governor bobby jindal who after this said we really need to make sure that people like this cant get guns and all states should be looking at their background check systems. So id be as an organization id love to partner with him and figure out how we can make this better in the state of louisiana. Are you going to reach out directly to him . Yeah yeah. Well do that. And to others as well who you think may be beginning to come around a little bit to your perspective . Well weve been working currently were working in 12 different states. We have a lot of work we do in washington, d. C. But around the country in a dozen different states weve helped pass strengthened background checks in eight different states and its something we continue to work on. Background checks gun trafficking is another major issue. How we deal with domestic abusers and Domestic Violence and stalking. Were not 15 to 20 times worse than any other industrialized country for just one or two reasons. Its complex but over time and with some common sense laws we can make our country safer from this gun violence. Mark kelly, thanks very much for joining us. Youre welcome, wolf. Up next, the u. S. Automaker is facing a massive fine after mishandling years of recalls on millions of vehicles. Well have details coming up. Its been a very rough day for investors in china. The shanghai index, the chinese equivalent of the dow jones plunged 8. 5 . The biggest oneday drop since 2007 and with such an influential market dropping that much it will be felt around the world. Lets bring in paul la monica from new york. Hes cnn moneys digital correspondent. Chinas markets have been struggling for a while now. The Chinese Government has put a lot of effort to into making sure they didnt fall off a cliff. Whats going on . Whats going on is that it appears theres renewed skipped schism about the help of chinas economy because you had lousy profit reports. That seems to be scaring investors. Chinese stock market have rebounded in the past week or so because of the big steps the Chinese Government is taken to prop up the stock market and stem the leading but now it looks like everybody is worried once again. What about the markets here in the u. S. . How are they doing today . Fortunately the markets in the u. S. Are not down that much but the bad news is theyre down again and this is often a bad week last week so the trend for the past week or so has been having stocks in the red and theyre following china down today. Dow jones down 140 points. Fiat chrysler has been slapped with a record 105 million fine. U. S. Federal safety regulators say the automaker mishandled 23 recalls involving some 11 million vehicles. Our government regulation correspondent rene marsh is with us right now, has the latest on whats going on. Huge numbers. This is huge. Federal regulators are coming out hard against the auto maker saying it failed in several ways. It failed to protect american drivers, regulators also say it failed to come up with effective remedies to fix defects on its vehicles and it failed to give the government information it needed to make sure that drivers were safe. Now, this is a record fine. 105 million. This stems from the mishandling of 23 recalls involving 11 million vehicles which included but not limited to the Jeep Grand Cherokee 1993 to 2007. The jeeps faulty gas tanks, they had this potential leaking that could cause a fiery explosion if there was a rare impact. Now people who own those cars they can trade in the suv for abovemarket value or they can get cash to fix it. Also owners with vehicles that have defective suspension part which is can lead to loss of control of the vehicle. They can now sell their vehicle back to fiat chrysler. Besides the hefty fine, we know chrysler will be under the watch of a third party auditor. So that is Something Else that theyll have to submit to. So whats the auto maker saying about all of this . Obviously safety concerns are critical. Right, they reached out to cnn with a statement and acknowledged the consequences. They acknowledged the violations and they say that they will be moving forward to make sure that they have the consumers safety in the best interest. So theyre not denying the claims here and that again, thats the largest fine weve ever seen from the federal regulator. So they want to correct this problem quickly. All right, rene marsh, thanks very very much. Well stay on top of those stories as well. Coming up, u. S. Secretary of state john kerry honors cnn for its freedom project, an effort that has helped raise awareness of the tragedy of Human Trafficking worldwide. Munch more on this story coming up. 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. I think we should get a Medicare Supplement insurance plan. Right now . Whether youre new to medicare or not you may know it only covers about 80 of your part b medical expenses. Its up to you to pay the difference. 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Welcome back to our viewers in the United States and around the world. Earlier today, cnn received a really special honor. The u. S. Secretary of state recognized cnn for its critically important work shining its light on international Human Trafficking. Closer to home from the United States mr. Tony maddox. Mr. Maddox we congratulate you for your sustained campaign to raise Public Awareness and understanding of Human Trafficking on a global scale. Your advocacy on behalf of victims and dedication to ensuring that survivors and trar. Tony maddox our cnn managing director is joining us now. He spearheaded our freedom project. Hes joining us from the state department. Congratulations to you and all of our cnn team that began this froj equity five years ago. For those around the world who are not familiar with what we are trying to do give us a brief update. We decided that we could use resources to highlight levels of slavery and Human Trafficking. Just like five years ago, i dont think this story was as mainstream as it is now. To shine the light on the stories, distribute to over 250 countries around the world, take into account our websites and the audiences that we have the domestic audiences that we have and we realize that if we were to tap into the great work that was being done we could really make a difference. We just put the word out to staff and talk about the freedom project. I expect about 30 people to come to the first meeting. We had around 100. The next one had over 200. Its absolutely remarkable the extent that people have taken this on board. You and i have worked on cnn for a long time wolf. Its important to some people and not so much to others. But not this one. They have experienced nothing but goodwill and support and thats a key reason why we have the recognition for cnn that weve got today. Its very humbling and were also very proud. All of us are extremely proud of what our entire team has been doing led by you. Five years later, our network has done over 400 investigative stories from dozens of countries and crews and correspondents around the world have been involved and, get this as you well know more than 1,000 survivors have received assistance. Millions of dollars have been raised. So heres the question. Where does this project go from here . Well i think were really just Getting Started. I think everybody recognizes that Human Trafficking and slavery is something that everybody can take action on. These things often feel a long way away. We have the recent documentary that Jada Pinkett Smith highlighted it inside the u. S. But also in the choices that we make the products that we consume and places that we travel and behaviors that we do. When you have a choice that can really impact on how this dreadful evil wicked business develops. Bus after all is said and done its still a business. And if a customer decides to turn away from that business then it will impact that business in a negative way. We want to keep shining the light on that and also highlighting the successes, there are a number of people that do extraordinary work and before cnn got behind the project and they were the vital people. The people i was on stage with today, their stories bring tears to your eyes. You realize the chances that they are making and really really fundamental change that they are affecting. We want to continue to work with those groups. Were just Getting Started on this. And its a problem, Human Trafficking, that doesnt just exist in one part of the world. It exists all over the world, right . It does. One of the ways i got into this story, i was taking my son to college and we were driving from atlanta to savannah and alongside auto shops and fast food outlets, they were advertising thai massage, an asian massage and young girls. And i thought, how could young asian women possibly find themselves in that place at that time . Its well worth investigating. And the people who choose to use those services need to think about that. Who are the people who they are visiting . What circumstances have been kept and are they consenting to that . From the back of that weve been able to build it into something that is truly global but also personal as well. Individuals can make a difference here. Were going to keep bringing these stories to them to help them do that. Are these World Leaders, they know about this crisis involving Human Trafficking. Are they doing enough . That depends on the country and many of the countries that Human Trafficking is a really big problem are failing countries, they are failing states and its a question of priority. Some of these countries dont put enough high priority on this and we believe when cnn as well as anyone wolf when cnn decides to look at a story, that will attract World Leaders interests so we can use a cnn effect to say, were highlighting this. What are you doing about it . If you want to be a player on the world stage, what are you doing about this problem . Tony maddox, thank you for leading this project for us. Were proud of what weve achieved. Theres a lot more that needs to be done. I think i speak for all of us when i say were only just beginning. Thank you very much. Thank you, wolf. Thank you for talking to me. To learn more about the efforts to fight Human Trafficking, go to cnn. Com freedomproject. Cnn. Com freedomproject. Before i let you go i need to reflect on the passing of one of my producers, joe connelly passed away suddenly over the weekend. He joined this network almost 20 years ago. He worked with me and i got to know him very well. I learned that i could always rely on him 100 . Joe was an inspiration to all of us. He simply had it all. He was smart, dedicated, funny, humble. And someone who any of us could talk to about the news or life in general. He was a very dear friend and a loss that we will feel for a long time. Our deepest condolences to his wife lisa and joes family. He was only 52 years old. Thats it for me. Ill be back at 5 00 p. M. For our International Viewers amanpour is coming up next and for our viewers in north america, newsroom starts right now. Wolf thank you so much. Im brooke baldwin. Even while traveling in africa its clear that president obama is paying close to the race for the candidate who may secede him. Mike huckabee talked about signing the deal with iran and a holocaust reference has caused quite a stir. Well get into that. Also it adds to the raw