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That may be a stretch -- people will be able to buy themselves the human equivalent of performance enhancing apps. a larger hard drive. kennedy is here. she hosts "kennedy" at 8:00 eastern with gerri willis. >> we already have it. it's an external ways of accessing information almost immediately. there's studies that show that we're compromising our own memories by constantly accessing things on the web. >> shepard: there's no doubt. >> so why not cut out the middleman and put the hardware into your brain to begin with. >> shepard: you know phone numbers? i used to know 100 of them. i know two...

No sting operation, oakland pd's debbie hoffman works the street as part of opd's see care unit. she is the human equivalent of a life line trying to reach the unreachable. >> human trafficking is happening right here in our own back yard. just happening from county to county and from state to state. this is my cell phone number. okay. i want you to call me when you get out. okay? even if you don't want to get into a program. just let me know you're okay. okay? >> hoffman tries to make an emotional connection with the young girls in an attempt to wrest them from the iron grip of their pimps. >...

Hundred. >> i don't know -- all right. where should i meet you? all right. walk over there. i'll meet you. >> moments later officer saleda tells officers to grab the young woman for soliciting prostitution. >> in the old days it was a sweep. you just swept these girls off the street and dunt give a damn. you threw them in jail and you weren't attacking a problem. you weren't solving the problem. the girls would keep coming back out and keep doing it. by attacking the pimps and making them pay, they don't victimize other girls when we get them and the girls get the services and we can save one ...

>> oh, i don't know -- all right. where should i meet you? all right. walk over there. i'll meet you. >> moments later officer saleda tells officers to grab the young woman for soliciting prostitution. >> in the old days it was a sweep. you just swept these girls off the street and didn't give a damn, just threw them in jail. and you weren't attacking a problem. you weren't solving the problem. the girls would keep coming back out and keep doing it. by attacking pimps and making them pay, they don't victimize other girls when we get them and the girls get the services, we can save one or two, ...

Just quick head. >> oh, that's going to be a hundred. >> i don't know -- all right. where should i meet you? >> we can go over here. all right. walk over there. i'll meet you. >> moments later officer saleda tells officers to grab the young woman for soliciting prostitution. >> in the old days it was a sweep. you just swept these girls off the street and didn't give a damn. you threw them in jail and you weren't attacking a problem. you weren't solving the problem. the girls would keep coming back out and keep doing it. by attacking the pimps and making them pay, they don't victimize other gir...