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Are you more carmela? or nurse jackie? >> more in the middle. >> thats safe. you take work seriously, family seriously but you also take helping others. that point that we all should, particularly as a breast cancer survivor. >> yeah. personally i know how important it is to have on the other end of a line, someone who knows exactly what youre going through. knows the right thing to say. knows the specifics of how things are going to feel. the certain treatments and what its like to lose your ha...

But well take what we can get. this is all we can get. >> it has been three days since we met stacey travillion. today hes going home. >> like i say, im optimistic. got a good support system. so, i dont anticipate ever coming back. i am a changed person and i did learn from this experience. >> i need you to state your full name and number. >> stacey travillion, 0031821. >> good luck! >> all right. thank you. >> good luck, stacey. >> all right, thanks a lot. hey.

Advantage and i get some good foundation and i meet some decent people, sooner or later, something will catch ahold. i believe that, anyhow. >> we can give them the tools here to deal with their addiction, but when they get out, theyre still going to have to have a strong support system when they get out, or theyll relapse. they do need to have a family support system or some type of support system to hold them accountable when they get out. >> with ten months left on his sentence left, josey tu...

People get high for a period of time and they think its fun. >> one of the shots was the balloons so helium in balloons, people are inhaling. >> and theyve been doing that for years, too. you can inhale helium and you get the high, squeaky voice and cool thing to do and same thing with nitrous oxide. nitrous oxide is a little different. it gives you a sense of euphoria like so many drugs do. this is legal. >> attraction on you tube. you get a ton of hits and you become a local -- >> you tube sta...

One of the biggest sex slavery busts texas had ever seen. federal authorities targeted cantinas run by organized crime figures, the brothers victor and oscar. over 100 women were freed from houston caas one of them was maria, a single mother who left a successful bakery business in el salvador, hoping to make more money to support her family. >> translator: he took me over to some clients who were drinking and said, look, fresh meat from el salvador. he pushed me between the legs of the men and ...

The back as the team quickly resets. >> im hoping this will show up in about seven minutes, which is 2:00. >> 2:00 be here in five minutes? >> yeah. >> 2:00. >> the team gets another heads-up. girl two has been spotted. >> i see her. just driving through the parking lot. >> here she comes. >> she said, hey, im serious. im all about business. lets get down to it. im here to do x, y and z. you know, he couldnt pay her the money fast enough and then we took her down. >> got anything in your purse w...

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 a successful one. inspectors uncover numerous electrical and fire code violations like this one,...

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. ...

Everybody is talking the same way. >> theyre all babysitters. >> but after speaking with a half dozen girls, jose finally contacts one who admits to having sex for money. marguerita is surprisingly up front about her situation. >> she said yes, that shes drinking and sometimes she go out with the men and they pay her $50. okay. >> unfortunately, marguerita is not quite ready to change her life today and all that geffen can do is offer her a business card. but one day, that card may be a lifeline...

The bar. theres another lady back there or a guy that will take your money for you. $50 was for the sex act and $2 and some change was for a condom, some spermicide lubricant and couple of paper towels to wipe up with, i guess. thats how disgusting it was. >> here in houston. >> advocate jose says every day for the last six years trafficked women and young children come desperately seeking help after being horribly exploited. >> theyre sleeping all day and working in the night. and they never sa...