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>> in the last decade, cash profits from sex trafficking have driven the profliferation of massage parlors in virtually every city in america. but experts say the trafficking of men, women and children for labor is much more common. from indentured servitude in hotels, restaurants and factories, advocates say that modern day slavery is alive and well in even the most affluent of homes. for four long year, a family in suburban san francisco enslaved lily samat, a native of indonesia. >> i feel li...

The passenger door. >> have you ever been arrested before? >> no, sir. >> for nothing? how old are you? >> 34. >> all right. good thing you used your head, man. you took off or tried to take off, that would have been the biggest mistake of your life. >> i wouldnt even try it. >> you were reaching over for that door. >> as soon as i saw you guys, trust me, i wasnt going anywhere. >> detective flores searches the car to see if this is anything to explain why the 34-year-old tried to flee. >> take ...

He was reaching over to close the passenger door. >> have you ever been arrested before? >> no, sir. >> for nothing? how old are you? >> 34. >> all right. good thing you used your head, man. you took off or tried to take off, that would have been the biggest mistake of your life. >> i wouldnt even try it. >> you were reaching over for that door. >> as soon as i saw you guys, trust me, i wasnt going anywhere. >> detective flores searches the car to see if this is anything to explain why the 34-ye...

Wall street. and so we had racial lines affluenza law making. >> if youre affluent, you can claim that actually as a defense despite the fact you can be not affluent and have bad parents. the point -- i know you work on judith as well, this really starts a lot earlier than i think we realize. it starts in the schools and the way kids are treated in schools and the way kids are punished in schools. i know you guys talk about the sort of school to prison pipeline. talk a little bit about that. >> ...

And being angry and expressing rage about wealthy people making money and taxing them as a way to make up for it. everybody in this country whether theyre middle class or less affluent want to be more affluent. they all want to be the rich person. a better message is lets grow from the middle class out. thats the message that hillary clinton needs. >> i agree. every time ive seen a candidate about to lose the election on the democratic side, ive almost always been rooting for that person. they g...

Then theres pedro of new jersey. he won 338 million in the powerball lottery worth about 152 million after taxes. presto. pedros ex-girlfriend suing him for half. there are legions of lawyers lined up to bludgeon wealthy americans and corporations. they work for a piece of the action. they dont charge you up front. so ruthless people can hire them to try to extort money in civil court. if they lose, so what? every affluent person in america is in danger. every one. thus the two folks who have wo...

Cameras. why havent the videotapes been released already for people to help? >> absolutely, that is something that the prosecutors office is the lead investigator on this case. that is something that you would think would help in this case especially the high end retail stores, nordstroms and saks fifth avenue. that would be helpful if we could see that unless the police are closing in on who they are looking for. one of the things the investigators have said is that usually they steal a car but...

Suicidal man back into the building he was trying to jump from. steve? >> thank you, elisabeth. in skwroupb a texas teenager -- in june a texas teenager killed four people and injured nine others while he was driving drunk. his defense? he was suffering from affluenza telling the court he never learned right from wrong because his parents were wealthy. he was from a very successful family. >> the judge agreed giving him a ten-year probation rather than a 20-year sentencing there was push for. wh...

You want to provide for your children but now somebody looks at this and says if my kids come from a successful family they might not have to work as hard. they might use that as an excuse going forward. >> i think the whole attack about having money, thats just a load of crap. theres nothing that backs that up that says if you have money that youre going to raise kids who are not responsible. that is not fair to people who have done well, as i said, and become affluent. the other problem i see ...

Money to get your values and morals across? >> no. actually i believe it might have been easier because i told them and showed them through my results that if you do the right thing, take responsibility for your actions, work hard and become affluent, then thats what you really should be striving for. again, being responsible has nothing to do with money. there are poor parents who do a great job teaching personal responsibility. but there are rich parents who also do areat job teaching personal...