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>> the greed that drives this is the sex, the prostitution, is 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 ...

16-year-old sue and 14-year-old ana, this is anas father. >> translator: she left on the 14 of january. to this day, i remember it was a saturday at 3:00. she left and never came back. >> for anas father, its been six long years of heartbreak. his headstrong 14-year-old daughter with big dreams has never been seen or heard from since that fateful day. >> translator: she told us, papa, mama, im leaving. i want to go. just give me your blessing rather than trying to stop me. if i make it, ill help...

>> to appreciate why girls would blindly trust the promise of strangers, one needs only to consider the extreme poverty of this village. most families like wendys live in one-room shacks with no plumbing or running water. wendys mother andrea, like most in her remote village, labors on a pineapple plantation owned by a u.s. company. her daily take for a 12-hour shift, about $5 a day. >> translator: here is a photo of my daughter wendy when she was just 14 years old. >> translator: my mom always ...

Girls like her seeking to leave the world of prostitution behind. >> most of your viewers need to realize, if you wake up in a strange country that youre not familiar with and you dont speak the language and the person thats keeping you tells you the police are bad, dont trust them, what are you going to do? you have no money, no support system, and youve already been threatened. so thats the situation theyre looking at. >> there will be no arrests here today, but for the tabc the visit is still...

But one day that card may be a lifeline to margarita or other girls like her seeking to leave the world of prostitution behind. >> most of your viewers need to realize, if you wake up in a strange country that youre not familiar with and you dont speak the language and the person thats keeping you tells you the police are bad, dont trust them, what are you going to do? you have no money, no support system, and youve already been threatened. so thats the situation theyre looking at. >> there will...

I run three days a week. so, i train two to three times day, six days week. but not only that its been, you know, support. i have what he a huge support system behind me the whole way. >> why judo? how did you get involved in that? >> my mother took judo in college. when office little girl swhaerngts node learn self-defense and about a year later, i went to my first competition and i just femme in love with fighting people. >> i want to play something that your grandfather said about you when yo...

>> gilbert was denied the transfer for various ã59qiq%=9m9ñ when we shot our extended stay series at holman a year later, gilbert was still trying to get his transfer. >> bobby had a very close relationship with his mother. for her to visit him, it took a lot. it took money. it took time. none of which she had. i think she was his sole support system emotionally speaking and knew he was going to stay in prison for the rest of his life, but at least he wanted to be closer to her. >> hey, mr. gi...

the new ipad competition. will it actually give apple a run for its money and it happened in a matter of seconds. this guy walked up to a picasso in texas and then he does that. spray paints the masterpiece. what did he write? and is it permanent? and good morning to you. im carol costello. thank you so much for being with us today. we begin with a story that really has us buzzing this morning. you are about to see why. but first, a warning. some of you might find the next image ...

>> reporter: well, we did talk to police here in rialto. by all accounts this was an accidental drowning. there were no signs of foul play. basically this morning around 5:00 p.m. a 11 call came in from rodney kings fiancee. she heard a splash, went out and rodney king was at the bottom of the pool. police responded. they were unable to revive him and he was pronounced dead later at a local hospital. rodney king made swimming a daily part of his life. it was a ritual. as weve been told...

Richard engel is nbcs chief foreign correspondent and joins us from cairo. richard, you reported last night that a western diplomat had told you the assad regime may be quote, wobbling. what can you tell us about that and are there indications that the minority around him are beginning to, there are cracks in that support system? are we seeing cracks from russia under increasing pressure and isolated as there have been more and more massacres? >> reporter: several questions there. i dont think w...