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Reality ofhere the addict is, and pull himself up. >> so ive given a fair amount of thought to this. i think -- i think that -- well have a whole other conversation about why i think this is a really appropriate metaphor. i think what is happening with trump he never faced consequencings for his actions never, ever, ever, you can say the bankruptcies were a consequence but he still continued to live the ill lich style he was accustomed to. thats what happens to rich people who have addiction iss...

>> ray, may the force be with you. >> reporter: carrie fisher being fondly remembered in and around hollywood and again, so many people praising her for her honesty and her courage and talking openly about her being bipolar and her addiction issues. >> paul vercammen, thank you so much. good morning. im victor blackwell in for carol costello. thank you for being with me. we are now just minutes away from a major speech from secretary of state john kerry. hes expected to lay out a road map for ...

Allowed me to look very white. and he said that white girls make $1,000 a day. and when youre done, you bring me all your money. and if you steal any money, if i catch you cuffing any money, you could die. >> like most exploited women, nicoles trauma started early. nicoles biological mother struggled with addiction issues. >> i was abused by her boyfriend from 1 to 4 years old, and my mother left when i was 4. >> for nicole, this trauma started 25 years ago. >> regina labby has known nicole sinc...

Jim, im so sorry for what youre going through now. what did you see in him that made you want to help him? >> well, first of all, hes a great, great human being. you can see the outpouring from the nba players who have come to his side right there. hes just a terrific young guy. hes compassionate and friendly and nice and everybody loves lamar odom. but hes had some things in his life that if you have to go back, you know, his mother passed away when he was 12 years old and you live your life wi...

For lamar right now. >> what do you think his demons were? when you think about the circumstances and to me when you think about the circumstances of him at a brothel, which is legal in nevada, with a bunch of women, it speaks more of loneliness. >> right. >> what did you make of his demons? what happened to cause that? >> i dont want to speak for laml lam lamar. i want to speak in general, im not speaking for lamar. sometimes you can feel lonely and people try to cope different ways. i had issu...

The telephone with cnbc and the rnc a couple of days ago. up kn you know, its interesting. its much deeper than that. if you watched and you were there, the democratic debate, they were asked about adult questions about policy. they did not get into the trivial attacks, in-your-face style trivial stuff that doesnt matter and the real issues that americans doesnt want to hear about. we saw a headline in "new york times" "finally the adults show us a debate. >> does that have to do with the people...

Happen. i would only, again, be hopeful for the best for lamar. >> if you have the chance to talk to him again and we hope that you do, what are you going to say to him? >> im going to tell him, first of all, i love him and i want him to do well and come back from this and beat this. maybe youre down 15 in the second half but you never, ever give up. many, many people have come back from things like this. so im just, again, ill use the word hopeful. >> you see the tabloids and you hear what peop...

Cigarette addiction is no different than a drug addiction, a food addiction is no different than a drug addiction. it just means you have a sickness. no one should demonize lamar. he was ill. >> absolutely. >> did you know about his issue when you played with him? did you discuss it? >> im a little bit annoyed that through these issues. was going- i heard little things, little whispers but i didnt know until a couple days ago i didnt know he was going through these things while i was his teammat...

Allowed me to look very white. and he said that white girls make $1,000 a day. and when youre done, you bring me all your money. and if you steal any money, if i catch you cuffing any money, you could die. >> like most exploited women, nicoles trauma started early. nicoles biological mother struggled with addiction issues. >> i was abused by her boyfriend from 1 to 4 years old, and my mother left when i was 4. >> for nicole, this trauma started 25 years ago. >> regina labby has known nicole sinc...

And he said that white girls make $1,000 a day. and when youre done, you bring me all your money. and if you steal any money, if i catch you cuffing any money, you could die. >> like most exploited women, nicoles trauma started early. nicoles biological mother struggled with addiction issues. >> i was abused by her boyfriend from 1 to 4 years old, and my mother left when i was 4. >> for nicole, this trauma started 25 years ago. >> regina labby has known nicole since middle school. >> you can tal...