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but one eu member, the uk, is refusing to give up any of its budget powers. well get details from our own richard quest just moments from now. and still no agreement in washington on the future of payroll tax cuts. both parties say they want to prevent what amounts to a tabs hike on 160 million americans come january 1st. but they differ on how to pay for it. democrats want a surtax on millionaires. republicans want spending cuts. well, now republicans in the house want to tie a ta...

and good morning, everyone. its friday, december 2nd. ali and carol are both off today. im christine romans along with alina cho on this "american morning." >> so glad you got the memo. >> i know. were both feeling a lot like christmas this morning. up first, the countdown is on for herman cain. hes heading back home to atlanta this morning in the decision to whether continue his campaign could be in his wifes hands. cain says we will know by monday at the latest whether hes in or ou...

Curious to know what does he really have going on in iowa? caucuses are very complicated. theyre very complex. you have to get people into your corner. get them out there and in really bad weather. martha: structurally he needs to ramp up? >> i still think he is at a significant disadvantage. i get poll numbers and this recent endorsement which i dont necessarily think means a lot. >> thank you, martha. martha: good to see you as always. karen, thank you as well. very interesting, bill hemmer. b...

Nightmare, wendy says shes lucky. since being separated during that first two weeks of captivity in 2003, wendy has not seen either of her teenage friends. >> translator: when i spoke to my mother, i asked her if they had received any news of my two friends. she told me that sues mother had died without ever having heard from her daughter. no one knows the fate of ana either. her parents are still in honduras hoping shell appear one day. >> translator: its hard, ill tell you honestly. whenever i...

The number of tricks they can perform on a daily basis, putting the money earned into the pockets of those who are exploiting them. thats human trafficking. >> during her six years in captivity in mexico, wendy worked with schoolgirls from el salvador, guatemala and honduras. >> translator: almost all of them were 14, 15, 16 years old. all of them told me the same thing, that they had been tricked. >> wendy says that the traffickers ruled by daily beatings and terror, running was not an option. ...

>> relying on the kindness of strangers to free them from captivity. >> this is something i would never expect here. >> open the door, sheriffs office. >> while devoted public servants do their best to fight those who prey on the vulnerable for big profits. >> its nothing but modern day slavery. >> msnbc presents "trafficked -- slavery in america." today in the u.s., the invisible reach of human trafficking traveled from the dusty enclaves of houston to californias most affluent suburbs. it. >...

Ever legitimate. no consensual relationship with anyone other than that forced upon her by her kidnappers. >> she later said, and members of her defense team said, that basically, she took up with him to avoid becoming the property of the whole group. the sexual property of the whole group. >> following pattys terrifying description of her captivity, the defense presents their explanation for why she joined the sla. they tell the jury that patty lost her freewill. >> i dont remember ever dealing...

Captivity allows you to speak, to eat, to use the toilet, to move. and you experience something like being an infant who is given the gift of life by your mother. it doesnt hurt to get the stockholm syndrome. it really can help you survive. i believe it happened, and i believe that she developed her affection toward cujo, who would have been the more maternal of her hostage holders. the stock hole syndrome may be the perfect explanation for pattys conversion to the sla. but theres a catch. >> i ...

A kidnapping the first 24, 48 hours so there was a real effort by the fbi and by the hearsts to have everybody not say anything. no coverage, no nothing. >> as investigators begin the search for patty hearst, her nightmare is just beginning. she describes in her own words a hellish captivity. >> they put me in the closet. i didnt know it was a closet at first. i was afraid. an hour, maybe two hours, they opened the door and spoke to me. he said, "were the sla" and that i was going to be held as ...

Afghanistan. >> correct. >> you promised it wouldnt happen again, right? >> yeah, i did promise it wouldnt happen. i was at the marriage of one of the editors of this book. and this is summer 2008. four months later, im kidnapped by the taliban in afghanistan, and im in captivity, and i never mentioned holbrook to the captors. they read about him in the news and the taliban are very savvy. ive been taken over the border into a safe area they have in pakistan. they google me, they find my title h...