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Reality ofhere the addict is, and pull himself up. >> so i've given a fair amount of thought to this. i think -- i think that -- we'll have a whole other conversation about why i think this is a really appropriate metaphor. i think what is happening with trump he never faced consequencings for his actions never, ever, ever, you can say the bankruptcies were a consequence but he still continued to live the ill lich style he was accustomed to. that's what happens to rich people who have addiction issues. addiction to twitter counting is one of them. he is so insulated so protected so enabled i h...

>> ray, may the force be with you. >> reporter: carrie fisher being fondly remembered in and around hollywood and again, so many people praising her for her honesty and her courage and talking openly about her being bipolar and her addiction issues. >> paul vercammen, thank you so much. good morning. i'm victor blackwell in for carol costello. thank you for being with me. we are now just minutes away from a major speech from secretary of state john kerry. he's expected to lay out a road map for peace in the middle east. the speech comes as you know after days of accusations of collusion and ...

Allowed me to look very white. and he said that white girls make $1,000 a day. and when you're done, you bring me all your money. and if you steal any money, if i catch you cuffing any money, you could die. >> like most exploited women, nicole's trauma started early. nicole's biological mother struggled with addiction issues. >> i was abused by her boyfriend from 1 to 4 years old, and my mother left when i was 4. >> for nicole, this trauma started 25 years ago. >> regina labby has known nicole since middle school. >> you can talk about trafficking as being this horrible thing, but people don't...

Jim, i'm so sorry for what you're going through now. what did you see in him that made you want to help him? >> well, first of all, he's a great, great human being. you can see the outpouring from the nba players who have come to his side right there. he's just a terrific young guy. he's compassionate and friendly and nice and everybody loves lamar odom. but he's had some things in his life that if you have to go back, you know, his mother passed away when he was 12 years old and you live your life without a mother and father around. that was very difficult for lamar. >> yeah, it's also been -...

For lamar right now. >> what do you think his demons were? when you think about the circumstances and to me when you think about the circumstances of him at a brothel, which is legal in nevada, with a bunch of women, it speaks more of loneliness. >> right. >> what did you make of his demons? what happened to cause that? >> i don't want to speak for laml lam lamar. i want to speak in general, i'm not speaking for lamar. sometimes you can feel lonely and people try to cope different ways. i had issues when i was depressed early on in my nba career. had a lot of ainge are issues. it took a while ...