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KRISTIE LU STOUT, HOST: I'm Kristie Lu Stout in Hong Kong. And welcome to News Stream where news and technology meet.

Now a rare papal trip to Turkey. We'll take you live to Ankara as Pope Francis begins what could be a challenging visit.

Plus, some promising results in the battle against Ebola. But what does it mean for the current outbreak?

And artisanal action figures. Take a closer look at the world of high end collectible toys.

And we begin this hour in Turkey where Pope Francis is making his first papal visit there. He is expected to address divisions between

Muslims and Christians during this three day trip. Now after a welcome ceremony and a visit to the tomb of the founder of the Turkish Republic.

Now the pope was greeted in a special ceremony at the presidential palace. He and the Turkish president Erdogan, they are expected to speak

shortly. And we'll keep an eye on that for you right here on CNN.

Now let's get more now on the ground in Turkey. CNN's senior international correspondent Arwa Damon joins me live from the capital. And

Arwa, this visit has been called one of the most challenging trips for Pope Francis. Why?

ARWA DAMON, CNN INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: Well, for many reasons, Kristie. But first and foremost just because of the situation that exists

in the Middle East right now. Effectively the birthplace of Christianity, but many Christian leaders are warning that if the current situation

continues, we could see a significant exodus of Christians from the region, one that could effectively lead to a scenario where Christianity could

cease to exist in this very area.

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DAMON: In Istanbul, a generation of Turkish Syrians has something their parents did not -- a school, focusing on insuring their language,

dating back to the early years of Christianity, is not forgotten.

It's the first of its kind in this predominately Muslim country, a rare positive development for Christians in the region, juxtaposed against

that of a generation lost.

For these Syrian Christian refugee children, the staircase if the playground, blissfully too young to fully understand all they have already

lost and stand to lose in the future.

In a cramped room downstairs, we ask the young men, among the few that agreed to speak to us, if they have hope.

"Yes, we have hope," Yusuf (ph) responds, "that's why we came here, to get out and live another life, to start a new life in another country."

"If there was 1 percent of hope in Syria we would not have left our country," Maran (ph) adds.

In the last decade, first al Qaeda and then ISIS have forced the majority of Christians to flee Iraq and Syria. Only a fraction remain,

deciding to place their faith in god, or pay the terrorists a protection tax.

Growing numbers, especially from Syria, are ending up in Turkey, a nation already reeling under the influx of around 1.5 million Syrian

refugees, the vast majority of them Muslim.

Politically uneasy with a highly controversial and conservative government that its opponents fear will challenge Turkey's post-Ottoman

Empire secular identity.

And an atmosphere of increased insecurity with ISIS at Turkey's border and its leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi announcing the terrorist group's

intention to conquer Rome and the world.

It is against this complex backdrop that Pope Francis makes what is arguably one of the most challenging trips of his papacy.

Intended to not only strengthen bridges between sister churches, but across religious divides.

"In a time of chaos in the Middle East, in a time where there is Muslim-Christian fighting, it is a beautiful thing to have a pope visit a

Muslim country," Hanan Gordal (ph) says. "It is a very positive thing. And hopefully this can be a lesson to the world and that it contributes to

peace."

An optimistic thought, but for these Christian refugees who did not know of the pope's visit until we told them, little solace.

Jorgette (ph) lives in constant fear for her son and grandchildren still in Syria. The rest of her children are in Sweden. The pain of it

all is just too much. She is waiting to join them as is Jalila Georges (ph). All her children are also in Sweden. And she says she's been

waiting for three years to be accepted by the family reunification program.

"Look, these are my medications. These are all my medications," she says, her eyes filling with tears. "I just want to see my children before

I die."

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DAMON: And Kristie, it's not just the plight of the Christians, but also that of other minorities and Muslims themselves at the hands of

organizations like ISIS that are amongst the many reasons why the terrorist entity and other extremist organizations really need to be defeated.

LU STOUT: But what are the expectations of this papal visit? What do Christians in Turkey and in the Middle East want to see come out of this

papal visit to Turkey?

DAMON: Well, I think there's a realization that it won't take anything short of a miracle to immediately alter the dynamics that exist in

the region when it comes to the Christian minority. One of the many challenges facing Pope Francis is he is going to be attempting to undertake

is trying to build a coalition of mainstream religious leaders across the board, trying to create that is something of a counterweight to radical

ideologies, because unless radical ideologies are defeated those Christians that you saw in that report just there and other minorities and even

Muslims themselves that are really bearing the brunt of ISIS's brutality, that situation is quite simply just going to continue.

It's really going to take an effort at the level of individuals like Pope Francis, his efforts to try to reach out to various other religious

leaders. But it's also going to take those efforts to reach out to permeate, to the lower levels of society across religious divides. And

building those religious divides, especially amongst Christians and the Muslims in places like Iraq and Syria, that's going to really be a long-

term effort, but one that most certainly people hope this trip perhaps could be the first steps to seeing that actually begin to materialize,

Kristie.

LU STOUT: Yeah, high expectations for this very challenging trip for the pontiff. CNN's Arwa Damon reporting live from the Turkish capital,

thank you, Arwa.

Now ISIS militants have been steadily expanding their reach. In Iraq, the extremist group now controls 80 percent of Anbar Province, a key area

just west of the capital Baghdad. If Anbar falls to ISIS, the group will get even closer to controlling a vast territory stretching from Iraq all

the way to the Turkish border.

Now, Sunni tribal forces are part of the offensive against ISIS militants, but now they say they need more weapons and more coalition

airstrikes. Jomana Karadsheh has the latest from Baghdad. And a warning, her report contains graphic images.

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JOMANA KARADSHEH, CNN INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: Body after body line the streets in this western Iraqi town, the killings a chilling

message from ISIS -- fight us and death will be your fate.

The men are believed to be from the (inaudible). For months they fought back ISIS, standing their ground in the town of Hit until they were

outgunned in October.

"We ran out of ammunition and we had to withdraw our forces who were defending the tribe. We were presented to ISIS as a gift on a golden

platter," says Sheikh Naiem al-Gaoud (ph), one of the tribe's leaders.

He says without support, they've paid a heavy price: 700 killed, many executed just this year.

In 2006, Abu Nimr was part of the awakening movement: Sunni tribes recruited and paid by the U.S. military to fight al Qaeda, which turned the

tide in that war.

After the U.S. military pulled out in 2011, the tribes were neglected and marginalized by the Shia-led government, sparking many to join ISIS.

The revival of a Sunni tribal force is a key part of the U.S.'s current strategy to defeat ISIS. But so far tribes, like Abu Nimr say

there's been no sign of direct help from the United States. And the new Iraqi government has yet to make good on promises to arm them.

Coalition airstrikes have not been effected, al-Gaoud says. ISIS is still powerful and capable.

Iraqi military and tribal forces have struggled to stop extremist group (inaudible) the little that remain of the country's largest province,

including its capital Ramadi.

"We rationed the ammunition we have and ISIS bombard us with tens of thousands of rounds. ISIS support their people," he tells us. "They have

a supply line from al Raqqa in Syria to Anbar."

If Anbar falls to ISIS, the militants will tighten their grip on the vast territory their control, stretching from the Turkish border through

Syria all the way to the western outskirts of Baghdad.

To shift the balance, al-Gaoud says, they need weapons and more airstrikes and they need them fast.

"People will be killed in cold-blood. And there will be more massacres. We're getting killed because of our friendship with the

Americans. Does a friend abandon a friend like this?" He asks.

For now, al-Gaoud prepares his men for their next battle. How long Abu Nimr's flag will fly high over this patch of Anbar will depend on the

country he calls a friend.

Jomana Karadsheh, CNN, Baghdad.

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LU STOUT: You're watching News Stream. And still ahead on the program, we're going to do something we don't normally do right here on

News Stream, we're going to check the latest oil prices after a very significant OPEC meeting.

Also ahead, results are in from the first human trial of an experimental Ebola vaccine. And we'll tell you why scientists are

optimistic.

And a simple idea is making a big impact on social media as the cricket world mourns a young man who died doing what he loved.

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LU STOUT: Welcome back.

Now, oil prices are sinking even deeper into for year lows. Now the plunge followed OPEC's decision to maintain oil production levels despite a

30 percent decline in prices since June.

Now this was a huge departure for a cartel that sometimes cuts production to drive up prices.

Now from black gold to Black Friday. Now eager shoppers are lining up to be first in line for some big sales.

Now in the U.S. some stores have started moving up their Black Friday deals to Thursday in order to attract more customers.

Now sales at brick and mortar shops have been steadily declining during the busy U.S. shopping day as more people choose to buy online.

Now Black Friday has spread to the UK. And shopping, it turned pretty rowdy at several stores around Manchester. Now police there say that they

arrested at least two people after, as you can see, things got a little bit out of hand.

And on the list for some shoppers this season, hot toys. Their action figures with high-end appeal. Now the Hong Kong-based company has a

passion for precision and meticulously creates high-end collectibles.

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LU STOUT: There's the original Terminator: Arnold Schwarzenegger. Heath Ledger as The Joker. Angelina Jolie's Maleficent. And Chris

Hemsworth as Thor.

These aren't wax figures in a museum, they are Hot Toys, models made to a one-sixth scale with impeccable detail.

Howard Chan is founder and CEO of the Hong Kong-based company. Secret Base is its first and only concept shop, but Hot Toys works with

distributors in more than 30 countries around the world.

This is no mere toy store, it is a haven for high-end action hero fans, fans who are true connoisseurs of the genre and willing to shell out

280 U.S. dollars for this finely crafted Luke Skywalker.

Hot Toys recently announced a new Star Wars line. The company has licenses with Marvel, Warner Brothers, Hasbro and more.

Some collectors keep their pricey figures safely behind glass, but Henri Wong does something a little different.

The Hong Kong movie director made a six minute stop motion video with his Batman figures.

HENRI WONG, COLLECTOR (through translator): I like Hot Toys figures, because they're action figures. They aren't static. I can make them do

whatever I want. When I want it to fly, it flies. When I want it to shoot, it shoots. It's not just a figure that looks like the movie

character.

LU STOUT: Passion for movies is what Chan says sets his company apart from his competitors.

His team of artists use film stills and 3D data to help in the Hot Toys design process. But Chan believes their creations capture the soul of

the characters, because they are all true fans.

WONG: Most of us in the production team love sci-fi movies. We pour a lot of feelings into making these figures, that's why they're so special.

(END VIDEOTAPE)

LU STOUT: The likeness is amazing, isn't it?

Now Hot Toys has also perfectly captured the likeness of Kung Fu legend Bruce Lee. It was one of the most surprising items I found in the

store. And Chan told me that as a Hong Kong company, he just had to pay tribute to the city's own action hero.

You're watching News Stream. And coming up next, we catch up with last year's CNN Hero of the Year. And he takes us inside his impressive

cleanup operation that has removed 3.5 million tons of trash from America's rivers.

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LU STOUT: And coming to you live from Hong Kong with a particularly dramatic light display tonight. You're back watching News Stream.

Now the French President Francois Hollande is traveling to the West African country of Guinea today. His visit marks the first time a western

leader has been in the Ebola hot zone during the current outbreak. And Mr. Hollande says that he wanted to make the show solidarity.

Now after Guinea, he will head to Dakar, Senegal for the 15th summit of Frenchs speaking nations.

Now the outbreak has claimed more than 5,000 lives. And now U.S. scientists say human trials of an experimental vaccine have shown promising

results. Nima Elbagir has more.

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NIMA ELBAGIR, CNN INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: Finally some good news in the war against Ebola, the first human trials of an experimental vaccine

have been called by the New England Journal of Medicine an unqualified success.

ANDREW EASTON, UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK: There still are some unanswered questions. We know from some of the preliminary work that went on in

animal studies previously that the antibodies that are generated in response to the vaccine don't last as long as we would like. There was a

clear reduction over a fairly long period of time, about 10 months.

ELBAGIR: GlaxoSmithKline, the company bringing this vaccine to market has said that by the end of 2015, they could have as many as 1 million

doses ready to go. But in West Africa, the need is growing and the need is very much present.

The United Nations has said that a December 1 deadline to contain as many as 70 percent of Ebola patients safely and to bury as many as 70

percent of those bodies of those who have died from the disease safely will not be met. It's very much a disheartening blow to the scaled up

international response to bring this epidemic under control.

Nima Elbagir, CNN, London.

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LU STOUT: Now, a number of other Ebola vaccine trials are either underway or about to get underway. And among them, Doctors Without Borders

has announced plans to start clinical trials next month at sites in West Africa. But, as Nima said, it will take time before any vaccine is widely

available.

Now, Liberia is one of the West African nations hit hard by the Ebola virus. But statistics show that the rate of infection there is slowing.

Now this week, Liberia's president called on her country to redouble its effort to fight the disease. She wants it eradicated by Christmas.

Ellen Johnson Sirleaf recorded an exclusive video diary for the CNN program Amanpour.

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ELLEN JOHNSON SIRLEAF, PRESIDENT OF LIBERIA (voice-over): It's affected the lives of many people. Many have died, including health care

workers.

That has brought our regular health care service to a halt because health workers were afraid to go and treat anybody.

We've had to close schools and that meant -- that means that most of our young people, most of our children, you know, are now suffering a

psychological effect of having to stay home.

The most difficult days, we were the poster child of the intensity of this disease. This country prayed, all the churches went to prayers and

fasting prayer, like with a very strong religious nation.

Today we thank God that our communities have taken charge. We're much more experienced. Our health workers are back at work. We're accepting our

issues and our partners have come in. We see positive signs and we're bringing this epidemic under control.

The overall number of health care workers -- wouldn't believe, there are something like 8,000-plus all over the country. Not all of them are

trained and certainly most of the facilities are not up to the level where they can provide efficient health service.

We're making sure that, unlike initially, that they have enough protective -- their gear.

Took us a while, given our circumstances. But now we think we're responding quite well to the needs of our health care workers.

(END VIDEOTAPE)

LU STOUT: The Liberian president there in her own words.

Now the resilient football legend Pele is intensive care at a hospital in Sao Paulo. Now officials say the 74-year-old's condition has improved.

He has apparently been battling an infection since he had surgery recently to remove kidney stones.

Now a statement on Pele's Twitter feed says this, quote, "I want to take the opportunity to let you know I'm doing fine."

Now Australia's cricket board has announced an immediate review into player safety. It comes after the death of Phillip Hughes.

Now the 25-year-old was struck on the head by a ball during a match and died on Thursday from his injuries. Now some matches have been

canceled and players are being asked to wear armbands in his memory.

Now one simple idea that someone in Sydney has come up with to honor the Australian batsman has taken off on Social media. It is called hashtag

#putoutyourbats. And it speaks for itself. Now right now if you go on Google Australia, this is what you see.

Now as we countdown to the worldwide premier of CNN Heroes: An All- Star Tribute, we check in with last year's top honoree.

Now the man made it his mission to clean up America's rivers. Meet Chad Pregracke.

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ANDERSON COOPER, ANCHOR, CNN'S "AC 360": In 17 years, Chad Pregracke and his team picked up 8 million pounds of trash from America's rivers.

CROWD: Yeah!

COOPER: Last November, for his inspiring work, Chad picked up a big honor.

(on camera): The 2013 CNN Hero of the Year is Chad Pregracke.

(voice-over): One year later, we caught up with him to get an inside look at what he does and how he does it. At the heart of his work is a

massive 800-ton barge that stores the huge piles of trash Chad's team collects. It looks like a floating junkyard, but --

CHAD PREGRACKE, CNN HERO: Welcome to CNN Cribs (ph).

COOPER: It's also Chad's part-time home. PREGRACKE: So pretty much everything is reclaimed or recycled out of either old buildings, old barns.

COOPER: The goal is serious, but there is definitely quirk in this work.

PREGRACKE: So this would be a creepy doll collection. Why do we have it? I really don't have any idea other than we find a lot of creepy dolls.

COOPER: And trash isn't all he needs to look out for on the river.

PREGRACKE: One of the safety concerns is actually the flying carp. They really do fly out of the water at high speeds and they get rather big.

COOPER: It's all part of Chad's work. Work that also includes growing trees. Chad started this environmental effort in 2007, but he was able to

expand it after being named CNN Hero of the Year. In the end, Chad's crusade is about much more than cleaning rivers.

PREGRACKE: It's about people taking action in their own communities. And that's really what it's all about. That's how you change the world.

(END VIDEOTAPE)

LU STOUT: And we will have much more on Chad's work on News Stream next Friday. And for a look at this year's CNN Hero of the Year, tune in

for CNN Heroes, an all-star tribute. It is a star-studded event you don't want to miss it. It airs on Monday, December 8th at 9:00 a.m. in Hong Kong

and Sunday December 7 at 8:00 p.m. eastern.

You're watching News Stream. We'll be back right after the break.

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LU STOUT: I'm Kristie Lu Stout in Hong Kong, you're watching News Stream. And these are your world headlines.

Now Pope Francis is in Ankara, Turkey on a rare papal visit to the predominately Muslim country. He is expected to address divisions between

Muslims and Christians during the three-day trip. He is expected to speak soon with the Turkish President Erdogan.

Now, in Hong Kong, student protest leader Joshua Wong is accusing police of using excessive force during his arrest. This video shows a man

wearing a police vest dashing toward a man said to be Wong and dragging him away.

Now this happened on Wednesday during a police operation to clear protest camps in the area of Mong Kok. Now Wong claims that police beat

him and grabbed his genitals. Now he's been charged with obstructing officers.

OPEC's oil producing nations have decided not to cut production, sending oil prices to a four-year low. The oil cartel sometimes cuts

productions to drive prices up. But OPEC's heavyweight producer Saudi Arabia firmly supported maintaining current production levels.

Now John Defterios has more on the decision out of OPEC's meeting in Vienna.

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JOHN DEFTERIOS, CNN CORRESPONDENT: It was billed as the most contentious OPEC meeting in years and without a clear consensus it lived up

to expectations. The dozen countries, some richer than others, chose not to cut production despite falling prices.

Here's my exchange with OPEC's secretary general.

Are you sending the signal that you're happy to let prices drift lower, because of marketshare?

ABDALLAH EL-BADRI, OPEC SECRETARY GENERAL: As I said many times to you that we don't want to panic. I mean it. And also we don't want -- we

wan to see the market, how the market behaves, because the decline of the price does not reflect the fundamentalist change. This is true as far as

we see it here in OPEC.

DEFTERIOS: Prices were down 30 percent since June when the ministers arrive for their one-day secession. They fell even more, nearly 7 percent

after the market interpreted the decision as leading to a potential price war.

This strategy was authored by Saudi Arabian oil minister Ali al-Naimi who seemed pleased he carry sway.

ALI AL-NAIMI, SAUDI OIL MINISTER: I told you before that there's no cut.

DEFTERIOS: So they stuck with this idea that you don't need to cut, you just let the market determine the price.

AL-NAIMI: That's right.

DEFTERIOS: As you predicted.

In the meeting room, there was no one laughing during the price debate.

This is the ministerial conference, which of course is packed. There's a lot of people here from the industry who meet with the ministers

on the sidelines. It has garnered a lot of media attention as well as a product of the $40 fall we've seen in five months. With the advent of

shale production, it's like adding another OPEC member to the mix the size of say Kuwait.

Members like Algeria and Nigeria with bigger populations and budget constraints were forced to go along with this tough stance, hoping it will

lead non-OPEC players to intervene.

DIEZANI ALISON-MADUEKE, NIGERIAN MINISTER OF PETROLEUM: Well, a lot of us are feeling the pain right now. But again, we have a situation where

you have OPEC and you have non-OPEC. And I think that very shortly now both sides of a coin will have to share the burden of oil -- falling oil

prices.

DEFTERIOS: After this meeting, it may be a question of who will blink first.

John Defterios, CNN, Vienna.

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LU STOUT: Now calls for protests are just starting to pick up in the Egyptian capital. Now two Islamist political factions have called for

widespread demonstrations against the government.

Now authorities have ramped up security just in case things turned violent. This is the first time a protest has been called by the Salafi

front in coordination with the Muslim Brotherhood.

Now as we told you on Thursday, the younger sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong un is now being referred to as a senior party official by

Pyongyang state media. Brianna Keilar tells us more about her.

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BRIANNA KEILAR, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): In the secretive hermit kingdom, she may be the only person more mysterious and enigmatic

than her older brother. But today, just weeks after Kim Jong Un resurfaced from a months-long disappearance, it appears Kim's little sister is taking

a leading role in her family's iron-fisted regime.

Overnight, in an unexpected twist, North Korea's official news agency began referring to Kim Yo Jong as a vice department director of the

country's governing party. Aside from the new title, experts say they know very little about the move or even about her.

VICTOR CHE, AUTHOR: All we know is she's a younger sister, went to school in Switzerland, in her mid 20s. She started showing up publicly from

earlier this year at a couple of party functions.

KEILAR: Analysts say she is the youngest of seven children that her father, Kim Jong Il, had with four different women. While he was still

alive, experts say she took on important responsibilities for her father, like inspecting sites before official visits. After her father's death and

her brother's selection as supreme leader, she apparently began receiving intelligence briefings and handling government policy.

She is said to enjoy unfettered access to her brother, but the public announcement of her new title will most likely lead to speculation about

whether she is gaining power, especially after months of questions related to her brother's health.

After being out of the public eye for several weeks this fall, Kim Jong Un only recently reappeared in photographs, smiling and walking with a

cane. Some reports have speculated Kim was in hiding after surgery on his ankle or foot.

Still, even if her brother is healthy, this new positioning of Kim Yo Jong is significant in a country where power has been handed down from her

family for three generations.

CHE: Clearly on a slow track to becoming somebody who is important within the system again, because there really aren't many bodies left to

carry on the sort of Kim clan rule.

KEILAR: Brianna Keilar, CNN.

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LU STOUT: Now you're watching News Stream. Still to come, it is called Drybar. After the break, find out how the multi-million dollar

chain of salons went viral in the U.S.

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LU STOUT: Welcome back.

Now our Leading Woman this week combines her entrepreneurial spirit with a passion for great hair. Ally Webb is the founder of Drybar, a

multi-billion chain of salons focusing only on blow dries.

Now she shares with our Amara Walker her most important business lesson and the challenge of being a working mom.

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ALLI WEBB, FOUNDER, DRYBAR: I mean, gosh, knock on wood, but we can't -- like, we can't open them fast enough.

AMARA WALKER, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Alli Webb believes she's right where she's supposed to be.

WEBB: Looking back, it just makes perfect sense that I'm doing what I'm doing based on you know how my life started out.

WALKER: What she's doing is turning hot air into big business. And she's a power player in a burgeoning new industry. Webb is the founder of

Drybar, a popular chain of blow dry only salons in the U.S., a company that's grown into a $50 million business.

WEBB: From the time I was a little girl I had naturally curly hair and I always wanted it blown out. And my mom used to always -- I used to

beg my mom to blow out my hair. And it's funny all these years later I'm in this blow dry business.

WALKER: 38 stores later, 2,000 plus stylists, your sitting back and you're looking at your life. How do you take it all in?

WEBB: It's never like I'm sitting back saying, like, OK I can get out of here now.

My parents had their own business growing up. So I think it's in my blood. I have that entrepreneurial blood.

WALKER: Webb spent her teen years working for her parents. She says it was during that time she picked up one of her most important business

lessons.

WEBB: The customer is always right. My parents really instilled that in me as a kid that, you know, I may not agree, but she's right and this

business -- and this is a very service oriented business.

WALKER: Tell me about a typical day for Alli Webb.

WEBB: Oh, well, my days are very different than they used to be. I get my kids off to school, that's first and foremost.

I'm based in L.A., so I try to hit as many L.A. stores as I can. I like to pop in unannounced and just kind of make sure everything is running

smoothly.

WALKER: There's a quote that you say -- even though it will feel impossible sometimes, you need to try to balance your life. Are you -- I

mean, have you been able to balance your life?

WEBB: Not so much.

(LAUGHTER)

WEBB: The honest answer is it's just hard. And I have two little boys, they're 9 and 7. And I don't think I could be as good of a mom if I

wasn't happy in the other side of my life. And I think that that's the really important to keep in mind as a working woman.

My kids know mommy and daddy work really hard.

My parents worked a lot when I was kid, but I think it taught me that, like, that work ethic and value.

WALKER: The pace is not likely to let up. Drybar is looking to open 10 to 15 new stores in 2015 and expand internationally.

For a company that's only a few years old, I asked Webb if she's worried about growing too fast.

WEBB: We really did take a step back in 2014 to kind of catch our breath and to, you know, say you know is everything as it should be? We

hired a professional CEO, John Hefner. He came from OPI and now we're ramping back up in 2015. I mean, every day is a new adventure.

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LU STOUT: And that is News Stream. I'm Kristie Lu Stout, but don't go anywhere. World Sport with Alex Thomas is up next.

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