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While they were sitting up on horses. it hearkened back to historic memories of when slave hunters would take enslaved black people and have ropes around their necks and drag them to the slave auctions, and that was in the 1700s and 1800s. but now its 2019, not 1819 galveston, texas, and we listened to their explanation that this is their policy, don, and that these police officers were only following policy and that theyre good people, and they are of good character. well, if that is the case, ...

How many others are out there, elected or otherwise, that have this in their past? ive said there are a lot of people out there who are like, oh, i hope they dont find that photo of me. >> well, i think youre going to find a lot more people that have this issue, no question about it. i think its going to come out because it was going on in colleges when we were in school as well as today. i mean, incidents -- we keep hearing about incidents over the last decade about slave auctions, about people...

Just think about how quickly this all snowballed. you have the number one and the number three virginia official admitting to doing this. plus down in the state of florida, the secretary of state resigned last month after this photo, dressed as a katrina victim in 2005. how many others are out there, elected or otherwise, that have this in their past? ive said there are a lot of people out there who are like, oh, i hope they dont find that photo of me. >> well, i think youre going to find a lot ...

Follow-up to her report on slave auctions in libya. she went undercover in nigeria to learn how people are smuggled through libya trying to get to europe. >> reporter: to prove just how brazen these criminals are, were trying to see if someone will agree to traffic us to europe. he call s himself one of an arm of pushermen. the brokers who work alongside smug loerns the nigeria end of the africa to europe migrant trip. condoms. dont struggle if youre raped. and ultimately, trust in god. from her...

You didnt lock you in the room you hardly eat. he did. he did good. morning and you see three days in the youll be seen beating just so you can see the money on this plane loaded for chinese as part of an international repatriation program thats been wrapped up in recent months these efforts follow a global outcry spotfire pools of migrants including girls sold in slave auctions or even if im pretty sure that when i see it thats in here or would it be one fourteen year old girl said to doesnt kn...

Skip the traditional white house gala that takes place the the night before in congratulating them. thank you for taking time out of your kennedy centers honor night to it tojoin us. next, a powerful piece of cnn reporting. we have reported on war, famine and the deadly e bo la virus, but her latest assignment gave her nightmares. >> there was just something really fundamentally heartbreak ing about peoples dreams being exploited in that way. >> coming up next, she and her cnn news crew recall...

Last month cnn uncovered shocking slave auctions in l libya. this exclusive investigative report on slavery in the 21st century sparked global outrage prompting protests in paris, london and new york and condemnation for the security council. senior international correspondent recall the pain of seeing human beings caged like animals sold to the highest bidderer and their hopes and dreams exploited, their humanity diminished. >> it was essentially a waiting game. we knew that there were a number...

Protests of u.s. embassies in the middle east. >> unsettling, to say the least. this is not the only example of troubling tweets recently. there was news out of libya, a tweet where the president called cnn international fake news, led some in the libyan media to question about people being sold at slave auctions in libya. real reporting now being challenged, using the presidents fake tweets about fake news. lets dive more deeply into this problem, if it is a problem. back with me is jeff greenf...

Its whats inside the person who opens it. ♪ give ancestrydna, the only dna test that can trace your origins to over 150 ethnic regions- and open up a world of possibilities. ♪ save 30% for the holidays at ancestrydna.com >> welcome back. in a cnn exclusive, traveling into the depths of libya and uncovering slave auctions of migrants taking place. the findings ignited international condemn nation from the un security council to the african union. they urged libya to take urgent action to end ...

Convicted a suspect in the attacks on a u.s. diplomatic compound in libya five years ago. prosecutors say ahmed abu ca tal la helped orchestrate the attacks which killed four u.s. citizens, including the u.s. ambassador to libya. the former militia leader was found guilty of terrorism-related charges but was found not guilty of murder charges. he displayed no emotion while the verdict was read out, and he now faces life in prison. just this quick programming note for our international viewers,...