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Protests Erupt In Turkey Over Government's Handling of Security; Chinese Authorities Arrest Another Ex-Official In Corruption Sweep; Australian Surfer Speaks Out After Close Encounter With Great White; International Mayors, Governors Meet in Vatican Over Human Trafficking, Climate Change Initiatives; North Korea Says Iran Not a Blueprint for Talks; Toshiba CEO Resigns Amid Seven Year Accounting Scandal. Aired 8:00a- 9:00a ET

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[08:00:45] KRISTIE LU STOUT, HOST: I'm Kristie Lu Stout in Hong Kong. And welcome to News Stream.

Now outrage spills out onto the streets of Turkey after a deadly attack on the town on the border with Syria.

Now China's corruption crackdown snares another name, this time it was an aid to former president Hu Jintao.

And more details on a massive hack targeting a dating website with a difference. The site that encourages affairs.

A horrific attack near the border with Syria is igniting anger in Turkey.

And this was the scene last night in Istanbul. Several hundred protesters took to the streets, some of them blamed the government for not

doing enough to stop ISIS, which Turkey's prime minister says is likely responsible.

31 people were killed, and at least 100 were wounded in Monday's bombing in Suruc. And the victims were at a rally to show support for the

battered Syrian town of Kobani across the border.

It was one of the deadliest terror attacks that hit Turkey in Years. Now CNN's senior international correspondent went to the site of Monday's

explosion.

(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)

ARWA DAMON, CNN INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: ...is the cultural center in Suruc where the attack took place. And we do need to warn our

viewers at this stage that the video they're about to see is incredibly disturbing.

But we are deciding to broadcast it to show the inhumanity and terror of the attack.

And now 24 hours later, this is the scene. The group that had gathered not only talking about and wanting to bring attention to the

Kobani reconstruction efforts, but they had also gathered donations for the children: toys, schoolbooks, now symbolically placed here, a sign of

defiance against the sheer violence that did take place.

Many people, though, very angry at this stage, with the Turkish government. The crowds here earlier chanting anti-government slogans

believing that the authorities should have done more to protect this nation from the threat posed by ISIS.

In Gaziantep, there was a mass procession earlier in the day before the victims killed in the attack were taken to their various resting

grounds. Many of those who perished here were from different parts of the nation.

The Turkish prime minister also saying that they have identified the suspect in the attack, but they are not publicly disclosing that

information.

They're still investigating what linked the individuals may have had. The Turkish authorities had previously eluded to this attack being the work

of ISIS revenge for Turkey's most recent crackdown on individuals, hundreds rounded up over the last few weeks, suspected of having links or ties to

ISIS.

This attack not necessarily coming as a surprise. People have been bracing themselves for the violence in Syria to spill over, but still

shocking this nation to the very core.

Arwa Damon, CNN, Suruc, Turkey.

(END VIDEOTAPE)

LU STOUT: Now in China, one-time aid to former President Hu Jintao has been arrested. Now Ling Jihua is accused of taking bribes, stealing

state secrets and trading power for sex. Now, Ling was demoted from his position in 2012. And shortly before that, reports came out that he tried

to cover up a deadly car accident involving his only son.

Now, Ling is the latest so-called tiger to be caught in the Chinese president Xi Jinping's corruption crackdown. Just last week, the top

sporting official Xiao Tian was fired amidst a corruption probe. He had been leading China's bid to host the 2022 Winter Games.

Now Zhou Yongkang was sentenced last month to life in prison. The former security czar once controlled China's spy agency, police force and

prosecution office. And he was convicted of taking bribes and exposing state secrets.

Xu Caihou, former army general of China, was accused of accepting bribes, but he was spared a court trial due to illness. Now according to

Chinese state media he died in March from cancer.

And finally Bo Xilai. Like President Xi, he is a princeling, a term given to describe sons of communist leaders. Now Bo's career unraveled

under Xi's anti-graft campaign. And Bo was sentenced to life in prison for taking bribes.

Now or more on the latest arrest in China's war on corruption, CNN senior international correspondent Ivan Watson joins me now live from

Beijing. And Ivan, tell us more about Ling Jihua. Why was he targeted in this? And also the consequences. What could happen to him next?

IVAN WATSON, CNN INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: Well, I mean clearly the tiger hunt, as you well explained, continues. Here you had this guy

who held this incredibly influential position in the previous administration of President Hu Jintao, who had been under investigation

since December and now has been summarily stripped of his Communist Party membership and arrested. And the charges include seriously violating

political discipline and rules of the Communist Party, abusing his position to seek massive bribes and also to try to enrich his wife's companies and

seemingly in what could be a contradictory charge, then, quote, committing adultery with a number of women and trading power for sex.

So, these are some of the charges that he's facing, charges that some of these other former very powerful individuals have also faced.

And as you have well explained, this former domestic security chief Zhou Yongkang, he just last month received a sentence of life in prison and

of course you know China does hand out death sentences sometimes. So this individual could face a whole wide range of potential penalties. He's

certainly out of politics for the rest of his life.

LU STOUT: Yeah, Ling Jinhua, he was accused of taking bribes, stealing state secrets, but also in the mix here keeping mistresses. Now

we know that adultery is not a crime there in China, so why is it being used against Ling? And why has it been used against the many other Chinese

officials accused of corruption?

WATSON: It's important to note, this is not a felony -- committing adultery in China. But, boy, it sure smears the reputation of somebody who

is accused of that. And so it's not the first time we've seen this allegation used and published in the state media. And I believe just a

week ago it was one of the allegations being thrown around against some of the human rights lawyers that were rounded up in a separate completely

different investigation.

So, it does damage to the reputation of some of these individuals as they are being arrested on kind of moral grounds -- some of the grounds of

the reputation as well.

There are suggestions that this investigation goes beyond Ling Jinhua. His wife among a number of different enterprises that she was the head of,

she was also the founder of what was described as the non-governmental organization called the Youth Business China, which has offices across

China. We've tried to reach out to about a half dozen of those offices and representatives of at least two of them tell us that their work has been

suspended, at least three other offices didn't answer the phone at all.

This individual Ling Jinhua, he was kind of a behind the scenes official and there are some suggestions that perhaps his star started to

fade in 2012 after his son was reportedly involved in a deadly car accident driving his Ferrari here in Beijing. Two women in the car reportedly

seriously injured in that accident.

And it is symbols like that -- a Ferrari being driven by the son of a top government official, those are symbols of the immense wealth that some

officials have amassed over past decades, Kristie, and have become symbols of resentment for some Chinese, part also as well of why the anti-

corruption campaign is popular among some Chinese because it's bringing some of these symbolic figures back down to Earth -- Kristie.

LU STOUT: Yeah, and after today's arrest expecting more of these symbolic figures to be caught up in this anti-corruption drive.

Many thanks indeed for your reporting. Ivan Watson there live for us in Beijing.

Now the U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter just wrapped up a meeting with the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem before

heading to Jordan.

Now those talks were part of a push by the White House to ease Israeli worries over the nuclear deal agreed with Iran last week.

On Monday, the UN security council voted to endorse that accord and to begin removing 10 years of sanctions on Iran. Now meanwhile, North Korea

is still under international sanctions for its nuclear program. But as Kathy Novak reports, the Iran talks are not likely to be used as a model

for North Korea.

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[08:10:33] KATHY NOVAK, CNN INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: Now that a historic nuclear deal has been done with Iran, could North Korea be next?

The answer from Pyongyang is a resounding no way.

State-run news agency KCNA says, quote, the nuclear deterrents of the DPRK is not a plaything to be put on the negotiating table as it is the

essential means to protect its sovereignty, a message reiterated on state television.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE (through translator): It is not logical to compare our situation with the Iranian nuclear agreement because we are always

subjected to provocative U.S. military hostilities, including massive joint military exercises and a grave nuclear threat.

We do not have any interest at all in dialogue for unilaterally freezing or giving up our nukes.

NOVAK: Negotiators haven't met for six party talks on Pyongyang's nuclear program since 2008. And international sanctions seem to be having

little effect on King Jong un's determination to develop nuclear weapons. That was evident in recent months when the state newspaper published

pictures of what it said was the successful launch of a ballistic missile designed to carry nuclear weapons from a submarine.

South Korea's unification minister said last week that the Iran deal would further isolate North Korea and thus put more pressure on it. But he

acknowledged that there are differences between Iran and North Korea when it comes to technical development. And said he therefore did not expect a

link.

The U.S. State Department says its position has not changed and that Pyongyang has shown absolutely no interest in committing verifiable

denuclearization.

Analysts say that is because North Korea believes it is under genuine threat of attack from the United States and South Korea and that it must

maintain its weapons program as a deterrent.

Kathy Novak, CNN, Seoul.

(END VIDEOTAPE)

LU STOUT: Now a significant military presence across the capital of Burundi as voters head to the polls.

Now, dozens have been killed in protests since the president announced that he would run for a third term. At least two people were killed

overnight.

Now the president, he himself voted a short time ago. And critics say his run for third term is prohibited by a peace accord that ended Burundi's

civil war. The UN says more than 170,000 people have left for neighboring countries.

Now you're watching News Stream. And still ahead on the program, if you know the name Ashley Madison, you may have some explaining to do. How

the dating website for cheating spouses has been hacked.

Plus, it is a shark fight that's been seen around the world and now champion surfer Mick Fanning is back home talking about his close

encounter.

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[08:15:02] LU STOUT: Welcome back.

Now a controversial website has suffered a serious security breach. Now hackers called the Impact Team say they broke into the website

AshleyMadison.com. It's for married people looking for an affair. And now Impact Team is threatening to publish the personal information of Ashley

Madison's 37 million subscribers if the website is not shut down.

Now the hackers say that Ashley Madison lied to subscribers who paid for their personal data to be deleted.

Now the hack is pretty damaging for the website.

Now Ashley Madison is a dating service the depends on data security. And the site promised its millions of users discrete affairs and a secure

profile.

Now for cheaters have to sign up with their real name and real financial data. And in its fine print, the site says it can't actually

guarantee that the data stays private.

Now TechCrunch writer Alex Wilhelm says this crucial security breach could be fatal for AshleyMadison.com.

(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)

ALEX WILHELM, TECHCRUNCH: Once you break this bond of trust, people will not come to your site. They will not join. They will not pay you.

They will not use your service. You promised them some form of anonymity, some form of security and you broke all those trusts.

So who right now would go join the site? It's going to slow growth, slow payments. And really I don't see how they can survive. I think

people will go to other sites.

(END VIDEO CLIP)

LU STOUT: Because trust has been broken.

Now Ashley Madison's parent company Avid Life Media says it has removed all the stolen data and are offering users a free complete deletion

of their profiles.

Now one of Japan's biggest companies is apologizing. And top execs have resigned, among them Toshiba's CEO Hisao Tanaka.

Now the company has been under fire for months over accounting irregularities, including faked profits. It's being called Japan's biggest

business scandal in years.

And CNN's Asia-Pacific editor Andrew Stevens, he's been following this story very closely from here in Hong Kong. He joins me now.

And Andrew, I mean, just the scale and also the duration of this accounting scandal is simply stunning.

ANDREW STEVENS, CNN INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: It is, isn't it? Seven years that Toshiba has been in effect lying about its profits. And

there has been an independent investigation today was the report that published into exactly what they found. And it doesn't make for good

reading if you are a Toshiba employee and certainly not if you're a Toshiba senior manager.

As you say, the CEO has resigned, Kristie. His two -- his two predecessors have also resigned as well as six other senior members.

Now what this report found is really a corporate culture where the managers were setting targets, which couldn't be reached, financial targets

which couldn't be reached. And the senior management were then lying about the numbers to say that those figures had actually been reached.

That's what they say.

"There existed a corporate culture at Toshiba where it was impossible to go against the boss' will."

And it went on to say that employees were pressured into inappropriate accounting. They were postponing losses. they were moving numbers into

years ago just to keep the numbers looking good.

And of course these numbers weren't good. They were absolutely inflated. $1.2 billion over seven years. There has been a massive clear

out at the top as we know now. Deep, deep bows and apologies from Toshiba all around.

But enormously damaging for this company, 140 years old, Kristie, one of the best known brands not only in Japan but in the world.

LU STOUT: Yeah, deep bows. They seemed contrite. And, yes, they faked I mean, these profits for over seven years. I mean, how are their

investors taking in the news?

STEVENS: Well, today after the report was released, Toshiba stock actually popped. It went up by around about 6 percent. And that was

mainly relief that it could have been much, much worse that it was. I mean, it is pretty bad to begin with, $1.2 billion in a company of its

reputation being caught red-handed cheating with its numbers.

But you've got to put that 6 percent context also with the fact that the stock was down 23 percent over the couple of months between when that

investigation was announce back in May and to the report being released today.

LU STOUT: And the greater impact of all this -- what kind of impact could it have on Japan Inc. and confidence in corporate governance in

Japan?

STEVENS: Well, you know, the corporate governance in Japan -- confidence in corporate governance in Japan is at a pretty low ebb anyway.

It was 2011 when Olympus, another globally renowned brand name was found to have been fiddling the books to the tune of $1.7 billion through bad

accounting practices. So that was just a few years ago, but the prime minister of Japan, the current prime minister said that he wanted to see

better corporate governance, that was just about a year or so ago.

And today we've had the Finance Minister Taro Aso saying this is a very regrettable incident. Sort of no kidding. That's a fair

understatement there. But he does admit to the fact that this could hurt confidence in corporate Japan.

Certainly, there is a history of opaque corporate governance. Transparency in Japan has been lacking. It's been likened a club. In

fact, Kristie, I spoke to a very manager from a very big company in Japan about what lessons have been taken away from Olympus four years ago, that

scandal there. And he said, well, judging from the Toshiba action very little at all.

[11:20:34] LU STOUT: Andrew Stevens reporting there. As always, thank you.

You're watching News Stream. And still to come, was there a dry run for the prison escape of a Mexican drug lord? We get the latest on the

search for El Chapo.

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LU STOUT: Welcome back.

Now there is a new wrinkle in the investigation of the prison escape of Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman. The notorious Mexican drug kingpin escaped

his cell through an elaborate tunnel more than a week ago. And officials now believe his accomplices may have used GPS to help with their plan.

As CNN's Polo Sandoval reports, they may have even done a dry run at another prison.

(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)

POLO SANDOVAL, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): 14 months before Joaquin Guzman pulled off his escape from a prison, his organization may

have been rehearsing with a separate jail break. A Mexican newspaper snapped these photos of a tunnel leading to a prison in el Chapo's home

state of Sinaloa. Mexican officials say it was used in the escape of three inmates accused of trafficking weapons and drugs, at least one with ties to

the Sinaloa cartel, a drug organization notorious for subterranean smuggling. This 2014 jailbreak and this month's el Chapo escape are

similar. They started at construction sites and ended behind prison walls.

This engineer has worked on some of Mexico's largest tunneling projects and says digging such a precise path takes manpower and technology

as well.

IGNACIO MANTEROLA, CIVIL ENGINEER: The first thing was they must do is get the location and then start digging in that location with topographic

equipment that is so accurate.

SANDOVAL (on camera): So el Chapo had to do was find the exact

coordinates of that shower and the experts would do the rest?

MANTEROLA: Exactly.

[08:25:15] SANDOVAL (voice-over): Monterola thinks the easiest part of the dig probably came towards the end.

MANTEROLA: They have all the plans they could find the pipeline who goes right under the el Chapo shower.

SANDOVAL (on camera): And Mexican authorities are interviewing the supervisor of the prison. Investigators believe he may have given away

unauthorized access to the prison plans. But he has been added to the list of seven prison employees connected with the escape.

Polo Sandoval, CNN, Mexico City.

(END VIDEOTAPE)

LU STOUT: Now Greece's government fresh out of default plans to vote on Wednesday on new reforms. Now Greek banks, as we know, they reopened on

Monday for the first time in three weeks, but withdrawals are still limited to about 450 dollars a week. And after a bridge loan from the EU, Greece

has made billions in payments to two of its creditors: the International Monetary Fund and the European Central Bank.

Now Greece's former finance minister is fresh out of the spotlight in this bailout drama. And he spoke to our Christiane Amanpour about the

talks.

(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)

YANIS VAROUFAKIS, FRM. GREEK FINANCE MINISTER: If you look at the way that they have behaved, from the very first day we assumed power on the

25th of January to last week or so, I think that close inspection is going to reveal the truth of what I'm saying. They were far more interested in

humiliating this government and overthrowing it, or at least making sure that it overthrows itself in terms of its policies than they were

interested in an agreement that would, for instance, ensure that they would get most of their money back.

(END VIDEO CLIP)

LU STOUT: Many say that last week's third bailout agreement imposes tougher terms on Greece the deal proposed earlier this year.

Now, coming up, the pontiff weighs in on climate change, and human trafficking. We'll take you to Rome where the Vatican has brought

together city leaders from around the world to talk about how they can help.

Also after the break, he fought off a shark attack, and now the world champion surfer is talking about what went through his mind as he was

fighting off a great white.

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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, mourners in Turkey have been burying some of the victims from Monday's bombing near the Syrian border. 31 people were killed and at

least 100 were wounded in that attack in Suruc. And Turkey's prime minister says a suspect has been identified.

Now Chinese authorities have arrested a top official. The aid to former President Hu Jintao is accused of taking bribes, stealing state

secrets and trading power for sex?

Now U.S. defense secretary Ash Carter departs for Jordan this hour, the latest stop on his tour through the Middle East. And earlier, he met

with the Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem as part of an effort to ease regional concerns over the nuclear deal with Iran.

Faked financial reports have led to real resignations at one of Japan's biggest companies. Investigators say Toshiba overstated its

profits by more than a billion dollars over several years. The CEO and eight board members have now stepped down.

Now Pope Francis appears determined to push measures to address climate change. And right now he and city mayors and local leaders from

around the world are talking about it at a meeting hosted by the Vatican.

Our Vatican correspondent Delia Gallagher joins us now from Rome. And Delia, we've talked about this earlier. We know that the Pontiff has a

firm opinion on climate change. But what impact will today's meeting have on the fight against global warming?

DELIA GALLAGHER, CNN VATICAN CORRESPONDENT: Well, this is a really fascinating conference, Kristie. Not only is the first time that the

mayors have all gathered in Rome, but it's the first time that the Vatican is sort of putting together the two issues that are closest to Pope

Francis's heart -- human trafficking, or modern slavery, and the question of climate change.

And really the purpose is to get the mayors to share some of their best practices. And it's been interesting this morning to hear, you know,

Gandhi and Gramsci quoted at the Vatican. They're names that you don't normally hear around here.

But, for example, the mayor from a town called Kochi in Kerala in southern India said India has the most slaves in the world, but they've

enacted laws now to try and give families the right to work and ensure that children have the right to go to school.

The governor of California, Gerry Brown, quoted Gramsci. He was the founder of the Italian Communist Party, saying pessimism of the intellect,

but the optimism of the will to try and encourage mayors and local government authorities to affect change at the local level.

And that is what the Vatican is after with this meeting.

Now, you know Pope Francis has worked tirelessly on both of these issues at an international level. He had UN representatives here in April.

The UN General-Secretary Ban Ki-moon. He met with international religious leaders in December. Of course he wrote his encyclical, which in large

part was devoted to climate change. So, he's really been working tirelessly at the international level.

But now they're addressing the local level, because for the Vatican they say the two questions are interconnected. They're interconnected

emergencies. And indeed they say that global warming causes poverty, which causes forced migration, and so the two can be dealt together on both

levels. And they are hoping to affect a change at the upcoming discussions for the UN on sustainable development goals, which will happen in Paris in

December -- Kristie.

LU STOUT: All right, CNN's Delia Gallagher reporting live from the Vatican, from Rome for us. Many thanks indeed for that.

Now the Australian surfer Mick Fanning, he is back home after a run-in with that great white shark that literally just threw him onto the world

stage. Now Fanning's close encounter off the coast of South Africa captured the world's attention, not least of all because the miraculous

escape took place on live TV.

Now Fanning was taking part in a surfing competition when the shark looked like just went for him.

Now he said that he threw a punch at the shark and was nearly pulled under before he managed to get away. But, for the Australian surfer, he

says the true impact of the confrontation didn't hit him until after he spoke to family and friends.

(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)

MICK FANNING, PROFESSIONAL SURFER: To walk away, you know, a shark attack with not a scratch on you is like -- it's a miracle, really. You

know, I spoke to different people. I actually had dinner with a guy who had been attacked three times. And, you know, it was just like, yeah, you

know, you just count your lucky stars and if there is someone up there looking after us, thanks.

(END VIDEO CLIP)

LU STOUT: Now, in the last 48 hours, Fanning's reaction has been praised. But as one expert points out, it is man, not beast, that should

be blamed.

(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)

ANDY CASSAGRANDI, DISCOVERY CHANNEL SHARK WEEK EXPERT: Some of the best surfing hotspots in the world just so happen to also be some of the

sharkiest spots. And the reality is the sharks have always been there first. Everyone wants to say they are shark infested waters, but they're

really surfer infested waters.

So, I mean, it's a risk that they take. I'm sure Mick doesn't hold it against the shark. I'm sure he's a bit rattled by it. But I'm sure he's

going to come back on his board quick.

(END VIDEO CLIP)

LU STOUT: Good point to make there.

Now whether it's the fault of the shark or the surfer, Mick Fanning tells CNN that despite his sea standoff, he will continue to surf.

Now the U.S. comedian and actor Bill Cosby is staying silent on sordid testimony from a decade ago that is now public.

A 2005 deposition obtained by CNN reveals that Cosby admitted to being a philanderer. He described his encounters in detail and said he went to

great lengths to keep his wife from finding out.

Jean Casarez has more.

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[08:35:25] JEAN CASAREZ, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Bill Cosby describes in graphic detail extensive sexual relationships with women outside of his

marriage. "I thought I heard her moan. I'm not sure. I was happy feeling that she had an orgasm. I took my hand out. I don't remember if there was

buttoning, or zipping, or whatever. We stood up." The explosive testimony from a 2005 during a civil suit brought by former Temple University

employee Andrea Constand, who claims she was drugged and sexually assaulted. Cosby claims it was consensual. "I don't hear her say anything.

And I don't feel her say anything. And so I continue. I go into the area that is somewhere between permission and rejection. I am not stopped."

Reaction from those women who say they were his victims -- outrage.

BARBARA BOWMAN, ALLEGED VICTIM: It makes me sick. And it sends a very wrong message about what consent really means. Consent is not the absence

of a no.

CASAREZ: Cosby says he had sexual fun with women and steered away from intercourse to prevent women from falling in love with him. "The act of the

penile entrance is something that I feel a woman will succumb to more of a romance and more of a feeling, not love, but it's deeper than a playful

situation." As for drugging women, Cosby admits he had seven prescriptions for quaaludes during the '70s for a bad back. His intent was to give them

to women he socialized with. "Quaaludes happened to be the drug that kids, young people were using to party with, and there were times when I wanted

to have them just in case."

Although he denies any criminal sexual behavior, he says this when asked about Constand. "She believes she was not in the position to consent

to intercourse after you gave her the drug. Do you believe that is correct? Cosby says I don't know."

We are also learning details of Cosby's methods, asking one of his accusers, Beth Ferrier, about her father, who died of cancer, in order to

get closer with her. "Did you ask those questions because you wanted to have sexual contact with her? Yes." Through it all, Cosby's wife has stood

by his side, and the deposition may explain why. As Cosby admits to sending secret moneys to some of his accusers to keep decades of infidelity hidden.

"And the reason you were doing? Who were you preventing from knowing that? Mrs. Cosby."

Jean Casarez, CNN, New York.

(END VIDEOTAPE)

LU STOUT: You're watching News Stream. And up next, a young girl ignored and then exploited. Still ahead, a woman tells the CNN Freedom

Project how her path of isolation led her to criminals who stole her youth.

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LU STOUT: Welcome back.

Now the CNN Freedom Project is dedicated to investigating modern-day slavery. And it has just released "Children for Sale: The Fight to End

Human Trafficking."

Now in this excerpt, we hear from a young survivor who was sold for sex at the age of 15. She says that she was lured in by someone she

thought was a friend.

(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)

[08:40:12] JADA PINKETT SMITH, ACTRESS: Sasharay was born and raised in Florida. By the time she was 14, she was constantly being teased at

school.

SASHARAY, TRAFFICKING SURVIVOR. : What I got picked on a lot about was being black, like really, really dark-skinned I guess.

SMITH: She felt alone at home and at school. Sasha Ray says that's why when an older classmate offered friendship she jumped at it.

SASHARAY: I thought she was like my best friend, because I can like tell her anything. One day she asked if, you know, I want to skip school,

want to have fun, you know. So, we went to this barber shop. When I was there, she introduced me to these guys.

SMITH: Sasha Ray's new "friend" had just led her to the man who would eventually become her trafficker.

SASHARAY: They talked about how we was going to make money, how it was going to be easy. We didn't have to depend on nobody. And it was all

sounding good and stuff, so I fell for it.

SMITH: Was there kind of grooming process like when this first started where it is just something that is just happened and you -- he was

just expecting you to learn on the way?

SASHARAY: He slowly brought it on when we got closer, when he felt like he got closer to me. He usually did it out of the back of the barber

shop. And he even had people that worked with the post office, mailmen come in. Mailmen came in and paid their money to him, came back there to

me.

(END VIDEO CLIP)

LU STOUT: A horrific personal story and such a brave young woman to share it. Be sure to watch "Children for Sale: The Fight to End Human

Trafficking." It airs Wednesday night at 8:00 in London, 9:00 p.m. in Berlin, only on CNN.

And that is News Stream. I'm Kristie Lu Stout.

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