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Aired November 12, 2015 - 03:00   ET

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ERROL BARNETT, CNN INTERNATIONAL NEWSROOM HOST: Hello and welcome to our viewers here in the states and those of you watching from around the world. I am Errol Barnett.

ROSEMARY CHURCH, CNN INTERNATIONAL NEWSROOM HOST: And I am Rosemary Church with CNN Newsroom. We have this breaking news, I want to take you to Arwa Damon, and she is on the Greek island of Les Bos where a boat-load of immigrants and refuges has just arrived on the shores there. And Arwa, talk to us about the number of people we saw earlier. It looks like 30 plus people had arrived there. Talk to us about where they came from exactly and their stories.

ARWA DAMON, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Well, right here is the rubber dingy that just, just landed on the shores. And you have a number of medics, volunteers that are here as well, trying to help people out as they come, because many of them, if you just look at their facial expressions and this group is from Afghanistan, you can just see trauma and relief that mother carrying her little child, being wrapped up. A lot of them are arriving because they are so densely packed in to the dinghy's, taking in a lot of water. It could be phenomenally cold, and a lot of kids are struggling with that, a very emotional moment for so many to actually, finally make it here to safely make it through these waters from Turkey to Greece.

It's an eight kilometer in terms of distance. It can take up to two hours. From here, they have to walk to the various camps and begin the registration process. A lot of them that arrive here need medical assistance. What we have seen through the coastline, we can walk with them for a bit. What we have seen through the entire coastline is not just a coastline that is littered with life jackets, but one where -- there are various different points that these boats are arriving at. There's no set schedule to them. You have volunteer stations.

You have Red Cross. You have other aid organizations here that are set up all along the way. But this is just the beginning of a very, very long journey for the migrants and refuges. As I was saying, this particular group, those two we spoke to, a good number of them were from Afghanistan. You see here, medical attention for one of those who -- seemingly just came off of that boat. What you really have along the coastline is a coming together of people. You have people from different nationalities, who have seen the needs, who have come here, who just really want to try to help out and those who are making this journey. The vast majority of them who do end up arriving on Greece's shores

are from the war zones of Syria, Iraq, and Afghanistan. They are leaving because they don't have a choice. And to get to this point, to cross what is the most dangerous part of the journey safely for them is such a relief.

CHURCH: Indeed, I am sure it is. Our Arwa Damon, reporting there from the Greek Island of Les Bos, where we have seen there, a boat- load of refuges from Afghanistan has just arrived, many thanks to you, Arwa.

BARNETT: We now want to get you to another developing story, we are watching in northern Iraq. That is where Kurdish forces are battling ISIS for control of Sinjar. The terror group captured the town in August last year, sending terrified people onto the slopes of Mt. Sinjar. ISIS also took thousands of Yazidi women as girls and slaves.

CHURCH: The Kurdish operations -- involves up to 7500 fighters working to surround the town. The U.S.-led coalition is providing close air support.

BARNETT: Our Senior International Correspondent Nick Walsh joins us now on the line from outside Sinjar. And Nick, you are with Peshmerga fighters as they try and retake the city, tell what is happening so far and what is happening around you?

NICK WALSH, CNN SENIOR INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: We are limited to what we can talk to you about with the exact location. They have said that they have taken to the west of the city, a village called Cabala, it's close to -- what many say, and actually it's the goal. It's known as number 47. It runs through Sinjar itself, brutalized by the invasion of ISIS over a year ago now.

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Many of the people were enslaved and taken captive. The taking of Sinjar -- it's hopeful that it's a show that it's being retaken. It's depriving them of an important route. The American Central Command released a statement too, we can hear it where we are in the skies above us. Drones and jet planes, there's support in the air. And they describe how taking route 47 is important because that enables them to cut off the funding that ISIS can receive from selling oil on the black market. They are using the black market around the region. And another claim from the security council is they are take ago village to the east of Sinjar, and that is of course, potentially going to give them access to the eastern side as well to route 47.

We do not know the fought of how many civilians are left inside. It is not clears at this stage. But the count we have seen is 7500. And I am standing here, (Inaudible).

BARNETT: All right, Nick Payton Walsh, we will let you go at this point, so you can continue to work to gather more information, our Senior International Correspondent, speaking to us outside Sinjar as he is embedded with Peshmerga forces reporting that already, they have taken the city just west of Sinjar on the key route, route 47, which the city sits on. It is vital as it links the cities. These are ISIS strong holds. We will continue to get updated information from Nick throughout the day. Stay tuned for that.

CHURCH: You saw the breaking news story at the start, where we were on the Greek island and we want to continue talking about this. Because with migrants and refuges flocking to Europe, by the thousands, more country are tightening their borders, Sweden says it will enforce temporary border controls in the coming hours.

BARNETT: Officials say these controls will last for about ten days but the country may extend them further. And Slovenia says it has begun building temporary barriers on its border to direct the flow of migrants.

CHURCH: Meanwhile, in Malta, European Union leaders are meeting to discuss solutions to the refuge crisis. They arrived for the second and final day of the summit.

BARNETT: They are offering leaders nearly $2 billion to help fight human smuggling and ease the flow of the people leaving the continent.

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FREDRICA MOGHERINI, E.U. FOREIGN POLICY CHIEF: It's not only about money, I want to make it very clear. It's about building opportunities for people, protecting people's lives, fighting against criminal networks that exploit people and doing this together. I think together is the key word of the summit.

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CHURCH: And as Europe navigates its migrant issues, U.S. Republican Presidential Candidate, Donald Trump has his own ideas on how to handle immigration in the United States.

BARNETT: That's right, during an appearance on MSNBC, he defended his plan to create a deportation force to remove 11 million undocumented immigrants from the U.S. if he's elected, take a listen.

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DONALD TRUMP, PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: We are going to have a deportation force. And you will do it humanely, they have people waiting to come in legally, and I say the wall, if you build the wall, it'll be a real wall. There was a picture in a magazine that they built a ramp over the wall. They were using it like a highway. That's not going to happen. It's going to be a Trump wall.

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CHURCH: And Donald Trump argues that mass deportation has worked for the U.S. in the past and can work again.

BARNETT: CNN'S Tom Foreman has more details on that.

(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP) TOM FOREMAN, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Spurring protests and spiking his poll numbers, tough talk about illegal immigration put Donald Trump on the election map.

TRUMP: They are bringing drugs. They are bringing crime. They are rapists.

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FOREMAN: And now he is praising a program whose official name considers what's currently considered an offensive slur, Operation Wet Back. In 1954, this massive roundup of undocumented workers came after years of growing tension between the U.S. and Mexico about competition for workers, the effect on wages, and border security.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: My fellow citizens.

FOREMAN: And while the Eisenhower administration considered the program a success, due to a sharp spike in apprehensions of Mexicans, many modern historians like Douglas Brinkley do not.

DOUGLAS BRINKLEY, HISTORIAN: It was not humane. It was abusive to Mexicans, who had come to the United States at our request to work during World War II.

FOREMAN: For starters, immigration enforcement claimed over a million deportations, while later analysis suggested that they only obtained a quarter million. And tens of thousands of new immigrants were drawn. Humanitarian complaints were raised as some deportees were sent back to Mexico aboard what a Congressional investigation described as a slave ship.

BRINKLEY: Many of the Mexicans that were rounded up had their heads shaved and were beaten and abused. There are incidents in 1955 of Mexicans that died in the desert, because they were pushed out of the United States.

FOREMAN: Indeed, that summer, 88 people died of heat stroke in a single episode. No wonder the blow back to Trump's idea is strong.

JOHN KASICH, PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: For the 11 million people, come on, folks, we all know you cannot pick them up and ship them across the border. It's a silly argument.

FOREMAN: Despite claims of the time that Ike's deportation program was working, in less than a year, it was out of funding and shutting down, although the debate about it rages on more than a half century later. Tom Foreman, CNN, Washington.

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CHURCH: The clock is ticking for Russia. Its Track and Field Federation has just a day to respond to explosive doping allegations, as President Putin takes action.

BARNETT: Also ahead, the one place in the world where bringing in a new life often means death.

CHURCH: And later, the unique rehab program that helps soldiers recover from their battle wounds. Stay with us.

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KATE WILEY, CNN CORRESPONDENT: I'm Kate Riley with you CNN world sport headlines. The Russian President has spoken about the allegations of widespread doping. Vladimir Putin said that they must do everything they can to eradicate doping. They face possibly being banned from the Olympics in Rio next year. We may see a foreign expert heading up the anti-doping lab. That follows after the director quit following the allegations this week.

They have suffered a body break down. He is in the hospital and in a good mental and physical state. Blatter has been suspended by the Ethics Committee who (Inaudible) opened criminal proceedings against him. He is expected to have his appeal heard in the coming weeks.

And England's rugby team is looking for a new head coach. Lancaster has stepped down as their coach. The team knocked out of the tournament. They were the first host nation to fail to qualify out of the group stage.

That is a look at all the sports headlines. I'm Kate Riley.

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BARNETT: We are learning more about the plane crash that killed nine people Tuesday in Akron, Ohio. Now take a look closely at the top left portion of your screen. You'll see this surveillance video as it shows the twin engine aircraft plowing into an apartment home. No one in the building was hurt, but everyone on the plane was killed.

CHURCH: Investigators say it was flying low and banked left, and a wing scraped the ground. The passengers were from a Florida-based real estate company.

BARNETT: Now with the deadline looming over his country, President Vladimir Putin has ordered an investigation into alleged doping among Russian athletes and coaches.

CHURCH: The scandal could lead to Russia being banned from international competitions. The all Russian Athletic Federation has just a day to respond to the allegations of widespread doping. The governing body will decide what to do. Mr. Putin has pledged cooperation.

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VLADIMIR PUTIN, RUSSIAN PRESIDENT: We must carry out our own internal investigation and to ensure the most open. I want to stress that we will have the most open professional cooperation. Here in Russia, we must do all we can to get rid of this problem.

(END VIDEO CLIP) BARNETT: Alex Thomas of CNN World Sport joins us live from London to talk about this. And Alex, this is such a bombshell, how much is Russia admitting to and what is it saying it will do about it?

ALEX THOMAS, CNN WORLD SPORT: Well, you could hear the conciliatory tone taken by Russia's President Vladimir Putin. And it's a very different tone from the one we heard earlier in the week when there was such a shock from the bombshell by the World Anti-Doping Agency, and the commission talking about a deeply rooted culture of cheating across the whole of Russia really, hinting it was beyond track and field athletics and beyond Russia as well. But Russia was the focus of the commissions' inquiry.

The Kremlin earlier in the week, said until any proof has been put forward, it's hard to accept any accusations as they seem rather groundless, and we had a lot of defensive attitudes coming, particularly from the Moscow lab of the scrutiny that's had this WADA accreditation removed, but Vladimir Putin sounding a lot more diplomatic -- maybe someone spoken to him because what is at stake is Russia's place at the Rio Olympics next year.

BARNETT: I want to follow-up on that point. It's the realization that in this current scenario, the Russian track and field team would be suspended from next year's Olympics, and in fact, have we seen a scenario where allegations like this take place, and teams go ahead and perform in the Olympics despite the widespread, alleged proof that is there?

THOMAS: It would be unprecedented to have the track and field squad from Russia banned from the Olympics because of the widespread doping. They would know in the wider report earlier in the week, they talked about London 2012 being sabotaged and Russia did well there. We go back to 1976, really, African nation's boycotting the games in Canada, in 1980, there was no USA and Moscow, and in 1984, no Russia or eastern European soviet block nations at the Los Angeles games.

So we have seen boycotts before, but not for these sorts of reasons. The deadline is actually Thursday night European time, and then there's a crucial vote on Friday.

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BARNETT: And the worst part is for folks like you and I who love to enjoy sports, it taints the game, it takes the enjoyment of it, and of course it takes away from the hard work of those who do not take the steps. But we will continue to watch it, Alex Thomas, live from London. Thank you.

CHURCH: All right, we do want to take a lock at some other news. An Indian prime minister is set to start his three-day visit to the U.K. In just a few hours in fact, activists in London are planning to protest. Modi is criticized for not doing enough to stop Hindu extremist's attacks on Muslims. Modi and British counterpart David Cameron are expected to announce deals on trade and defense.

BARNETT: Two relatives of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro are under arrest on drug charges. The source says the first lady's nephews were arrested in Haiti and were accused of trying to smuggle 800 kilograms of drugs into the U.S. Reports say they'll appear in a New York court Thursday.

CHURCH: Environmentalists are condemning Montreal, Canada after it started dumping 2 billion gallons, that's about 8 billion liters of raw sewage into the St. Lawrence River. The mayor says it is unavoidable while the city repairs its waste treatment system. He also insists that the drinking water and the marine life are safe.

BARNETT: We have a bit of encouraging news in the area of women's health. A report out this hour from the United Nations says maternal deaths dropped 44 percent from over 500,000 back in 1990 to about 305,000 this year.

CHURCH: The greatest improvement was in eastern Asia, where maternal mortality dropped by 72 percent. The highest death rate occurs in developing regions. Africa recorded 66 percent of the deaths.

BARNETT: The World Health Organization says that the deaths are eliminated by 2030 and that's the primary goal. Given the death rate, it not surprising that the most dangerous place in the world to give birth is near Somalia's border.

CHURCH: Yeah, Robyn Kriel travelled to Kenya's northeast county of Madera to see the maternal care there in action.

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ROBYN KRIEL, CNN CORRESPONDENT: In this delivery room, bringing life into the world so often brings death. Tense and quiet, the beds are filling up.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: It gets quite busy, quite busy, like you can have, three mothers giving birth at the same time.

KRIEL: On Kenya's volatile border, this hospital is quite literally the county's life-line, the only free 24/7 referral hospital in an area significantly larger than Wales. Is this your miracle baby?

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Yes.

KRIEL: Eight weeks premature and weighing less than a kilogram, he has made remarkable recovery, but his mother will not see it, as she died a day after he was born. His grandmother must now raise him.

KRIEL: To give you an idea of how grave it is, the mortality rate is 9 1/2 times higher than Afghanistan, 4 1/2 times higher than neighboring Somalia, and 937 times higher than Sweden and Spain. More women die here giving birth than anywhere else in the world. Security is a major factor. Repeat attacks have caused government and aid agencies to shy away from the remote region. Child marriage is another factor. With girls giving birth before their bodies are ready and cultural practices such as female genital mutilation, produce horrifying consequences.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: You are overwhelmed.

KRIEL: Kenya's first lady, Margaret Kenyatta, the U.N., and other agencies have stepped in to try to help by launching an awareness campaign. But the problem is vast and they're imploring for more help. It's nearly midday in the delivery room and (Inaudible) four centimeters dilated with her eighth child. She is not complaining. In the world's most dangerous place to give birth, she is surrounded by professionals, and we learned the mothers and their babies all lived to see a new day, Robyn Kriel, CNN Madera Kenya.

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CHURCH: Sobering statistics there. All right, let's take a short break here, still to come, Russia is reportedly floating a peace plan for Syria.

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Just ahead, what it has in store for the country's embattled President Bashar Al-Assad.

BARNETT: Also coming up, from tornadoes to brush fires, we will bring you the latest on the extreme weather hitting the states. Stay with us.

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CHURCH: And a warm welcome back to our viewers here in the United States and all around the world. This is your last half hour with us. I'm Rosemary Church. BARNETT: And I'm Errol Barnett. Let's update you on the top stories

we are tracking right now. Up to 7500 Kurdish troops are on the move, they are fighting to retake the town seized by ISIS in August of last year. They captured several villages and the key stretch of highway used by ISIS as a supply route.

CHURCH: A boat-load of migrants from Afghanistan is now on the shores of the Greek island of Les Bos. CNN's Arwa Damon was there as the rubber dingy made the crossing from Turkey. This comes as European Union leaders meet in Malta to discuss solutions to ease the migrant and refugee crisis.

BARNETT: Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered an internal investigation into allegations of state-sponsored doping by some of the country's track and field athletes. Russia's athletics federation has a day to respond to the allegations made by the World Anti-Doping authorities. The scandal could lead to Russia being banned from international competitions.

CHURCH: Syrian forces once again have control of a military airport near Aleppo. News reports that troops have broken an ISIS siege that lasted for two years. It says soldiers fought their way in to the base Tuesday, freeing military personnel inside, hundreds of ISIS militants was reportedly killed in the operation. Syrian troops backed by Iranian Hezbollah forces have been advancing on ISIS positions in recent weeks in a push to regain territory. [03:30:01]

BARNETT: Now Russia denies it's drawing up a plan for Syria. Moscow has drafted a proposal for constitutional reforms and Presidential elections, but the plan does not prohibit President Bashar Assad from running. Russia's foreign ministry says no such document exists. But it is working on identifying rebel groups that should take part in peace talks.

CHURCH: Andrew Tabler is a Senior Fellow in the Arab politics program at the Washington Institute for East Policy. And I spoke with him earlier and asked him if he thought this peace plan could work.

ANDREW TABLER, SENIOR FELLOW IN THE ARAB POLITICS PROGRAM: Highly doubtful. It's not the first time that the central plan has been leaked. And interestingly, whenever the plan is leaked, it shows that actually the Russian position has not gravitated towards a transition in Syria. That is not going to end the war and it's not going to lead Syria back in to one piece any time soon.

CHURCH: And of course, we have known all along that Russia wants to keep Assad in place, so, presumably it's a effort to do that. How clear is it in the peace plan when it comes to deciding who should participate in peace talks here.

TABLER: Well, it's not clear. It says -- non-terrorist opposition. It's a constitutional process that leads eventually to elections. And then, at the same time, that they are parliamentary elections -- all of it is not a real change. And I think it indicates that, you know, just how hard the diplomacy is, despite some recent meetings in Vienna, where U.S. diplomats and John Kerry in particular have expressed optimism.

CHURCH: And what impact do you think Russia's bombing campaign had so far in an effort to negotiate an end to the civil war in Syria.

TABLER: It makes the formula of the rebels placing military pressure on our side to make concessions more difficult to achieve. But the interventionist -- the involvement by the Russians is not enough to deliver a decisive change. So I think you will see some -- we have seen it this week, them retaking the areas and the question is will they be able to hold them and that's a big if.

CHURCH: You mentioned at the start, that you believe the Russian/Syrian peace plan was leaked. Who would have leaked this? Who benefits from leaking it?

TABLER: It's a good question. I am not sure. The west could leak it to show that the Russians are not serious. And the Russians could leak it to show they're suckering the western countries that are not in line with the opposition. We know the opposition has rejected it, and most of it matches the regime's main talking points and some of that, of the Iranians and Russians over time. So it's consistent from what we have seen from pro regime circles, in that way, it's not new.

CHURCH: Andrew, thank you so much for joining us. Appreciate it. TABLER: My pleasure.

BARNETT: All right, we are going to change gears here now. And show you extreme weather that we have seen in part of the U.S. over the last few days. This is in Iowa, where a line of storms, including some tornadoes knocked down trees and utility lines. Thankfully, no one was hurt there.

CHURCH: And in Simi Valley, California, firefighters are trying to get control of a 40 acre brush fire, but crews are having trouble getting close to the ridge where the fire is burning.

BARNETT: Will the weather continue on Thursday? Meteorologist Derek Van Dam is the man who can answer that question. He's on just now from the International Weather Center.

Derek, what do you say?

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DEREK VAN DAM, CNN METEOROLOGIST: Good morning, Errol and Rosemary. The severe weather threat is diminishing quickly, however there's stronger storms exiting the greater Chicago, Illinois region. Look out Grand Rapids and Michigan, but on Wednesday, as a whole, we had over 100 reports of storm damage across the central U.S., specifically near the boarder of Iowa, and Missouri. You can see the tornado images that we have. Take a look at the damage that ensued from these results tornadoes and strong straight-line winds.

This is an image coming out of Melrose, Iowa, and you see the farming areas and homes impacted by stronger winds and trees up rooted. You can see how intense the storm system is. You can see how quickly this storm developed across the upper Midwest and into the central plains. You can start to see the counter clockwise rotation in the cloud cover, it's where the storm on was deepening, fortunately, again the severe threat diminishing. But now we focus on the strong winds that are settling in behind us.

I am not talking about strong winds from thunderstorms, I am talking about the tight temperature grade across the U.S. That will bring in the wind gusts in excess of 60 miles per hour for instance, if you're located near Des Moines. Just east of Chicago, once again, Grand Rapids, Michigan, in to Detroit and Cleveland and Buffalo, we have 55 million Americans under some sort of wind advisory watch or warning for your Thursday.

So, hold on to your hats, folks, it will be windy. Look at the values. Chicago to Detroit, no wonder Chicago has the nickname of the windy city, it's certainly living up to that this Thursday, as wind gusts will be in excess of 40 to 50 miles per hour in that location. Look at Panama and Atlanta and Nashville, temperatures 15 to 20 degrees colder thanks to the chilly air. And this is the forecast for the weekend. If you are located in the big apple, finally once the front clears, 47 degrees.

You have a cool and windy day ahead of on you today. And partly cloudy and a daytime high of 58, look at Saturday, something to look forward to, I guess. It is fall, this is what we expect. The good news is that the severe weather threat, slowly starting to come to an end here across the U.S.

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CHURCH: We like a bit of good news.

VAN DAM: That's right.

CHURCH: Certainly to end on that. Thank you.

BARNETT: Now the world paused on Wednesday to remember the dead from what was called the Great War, World War I, and honor war veterans everywhere. U.S. President Barack Obama was in Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia for Veteran's Day (Inaudible) honoring Americans who served their country and two of them died.

CHURCH: And in London, crowds gathered for Remembrance Day, they observed 2 minutes of silence, 11:00 a.m. local time. On November 11th, 1918, the Amities ended World War I.

BARNETT: Now in California, some British and American soldiers wounded in combat, but trying something new on their road to recovery.

CHURCH: It's a program that gets them out of rehab facilities and on to a surf board. We hit the beach to check it out.

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UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: These bodies powering in to the Pacific Ocean, have stories to tell. They belong to American and British soldiers, some retired and some still active duty. All men and women, injured while serving their country.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: We have our guards.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: This is Operation Serve, a camp designed to aid the wounded heroes' mental rehabilitation by focusing on the physical.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I have always wanted to try surfing.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Jake (Inaudible) joined the army in 2005. He was injured in Afghanistan.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: My truck hit an IED, and I broke my arm, ankle, and leg.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Five years later, Jake elected to have his leg amputated below the knee, a choice he says greatly improved his life, and allowed for this adventure. Cameron Crosby was on patrol in Korea when he was stabbed by a fellow soldier. He was paralyzed and had a collapsed lung. More than a year since this soldier's injury, he is better, but has challenges.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: My right side cannot feel temperature and pain. It's a privilege to be out here.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Not all of their wounds are visible.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Bosnia and Iraq, and Afghanistan.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Stacy Ashton was a medic in the British Army for nearly 14 years.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Do you mind telling me why you're medically (Inaudible)?

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UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: PTSD, I have suffered for about ten years on and off and then kind of suffered from depression and anxiety.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: What do you hope to gain here?

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Just an inner peace, I think, just stop being so sad.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Ninety nine percent of the time, they are standing up by the end of the day.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Sure enough, she is on her board.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: For 42 years, Van (Inaudible) has been catching waves. He began Operation Surf in 2009.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: It was not like a grand idea, it was the opportunity of being able to be a service is to our servicemen and women in transition.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: The closing ceremony is bitter sweet.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: I want to give this award to Stacy.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: A time to celebrate goals that were met and surpassed, friendships forged, and lessons learned in the water.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Surfing is amazing. It's great rehab. A lot of my anxiety has gone down and I feel confident.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Stephanie Elam, CNN on California's Central Coast.

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CHURCH: Great there. All right, still to come. We go to a small but dangerous Mexican village, known as the sex trafficking capital of the world to talk to a reformed trafficker. Be back in a moment.

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[03:40:01] CHURCH: Activists who fight human trafficking says a town in Mexico is the epicenter of a vast syndicate that exploits women and girls. Hundreds of victims in the U.S. and other countries say the criminal rings based in the village have forced them into prostitution.

BARNETT: CNN's Raphael Romo traveled there to interview a convicted human trafficker who is now telling the secrets of the operation.

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RAPHAEL ROMO, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Across the United States, law enforcement officials are fighting a international crime that is worth $150 billion in illegal profits.

SUSAN COPPEDGE, U.S. STATE DEPARTMENT AMBASSADOR: It's a high volume, low cost business, we're told the highest they charge is $35 for that 15 minutes of time. And often times the trafficker will count out the condoms that he gives the girl at night and then count when she comes back how many are left. And they do expect them to see 20 and 30 men a night.

ROMO: Susan Coppedge is the U.S. State Department's new Ambassador to combat human trafficking. A former federal prosecutor, Coppedge has seen a troubling trend. Many of the victims and the traffickers have a tie to a single place, a small village in Mexico that is known as the sex trafficking capital of the world.

COPPEDGE: We have been told that this town raises pimps, and that is what they have done for generations.

ROMO: Who are the cold hearted criminals? In 2011, Coppedge helped convict Amador Cortez Mesa, four of the victims were juveniles and the youngest was 14.

COPPEDGE: He took a broom stick and beat her, and beat her so much that the broomstick broke, and when that broke, he took a rod from the closet and started to beat her with that.

ROMO: We traveled to the village Teninsengo of Mexico; locals tell us many organized crime families call it Teninsengo and several other towns around it home, their main business widely known to be the selling of girls and young women in the sex market. In the town center, an older woman selling fruit whispered a dire warning.

Mario was once a human trafficker.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I got to the point of raping the girls that used to work for me. I used to beat them up and not just with my fists. I used baseball bats to beat them up so they would work for me.

ROMO: He spent more than a decade in a Mexican prison for the crimes.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I took their children away so they were forced to work for me. I could tell you 10,000 more things like that.

ROMO: Mario says he would pimp several girls at the same time, and rehabbed, he agreed to talk to CNN despite the danger, because he wants to see an end to the practice of exploiting women and children by kidnapping and drugging and forcing them to have sex with dozens of men each day.

There have been reports over the last few years that there are girls as young as nine years old that are trafficked in and around Teninsengo.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: There are things beyond your imagination. Much more than what you can fathom. People only get to see three percent of reality.

ROMO: Making it absolutely critical, these human trafficking operations are broken up before they reach the next child's front door, Raphael Romo, CNN Mexico.

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BARNETT: Welcome back, everyone. You know it seems like hardly a week goes by without a major recall being sent out by one of the big carmakers. And this week is no different, luxury automaker Rolls- Royce is joining that unfortunate club. But listen closely, it's recalling a car over a faulty airbag that is right, one single car and its here in the U.S. It's a 2015 ghost model that looks like this. And it was made last year.

CHURCH: And the Financial Times quotes the company saying an "An air bag had an incorrect label," according to the paper, the $320,000 car has not yet been delivered to its owner and there are no safety risks here. But Rolls-Royce wanted to show its "Attention to detail." Now that is an abundance of caution.

BARNETT: Absolutely.

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BARNETT: Now, it was a flight seen around the world, a pilot took a whirl around New York's Statue of Liberty by jet pack. This is very cool.

CHURCH: We actually shared it with you yesterday. At this time, we are now hearing from the man who made aviation history.

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UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Is it a bird, is it a plane, it is a man in a jetpack flying around the Statue of Liberty.

DAVID MAYMAN, JETPACK AVIATION: It was awesome. It was a dream come true, I was having a blast.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Though the actual blast-off from a boat was fairly gentle. The founder of Jetpack Aviation, David Mayman is the test pilot and yes, he and his chief designer had to get all kinds of approvals to pull this off.

MAYMAN: The FAA asked what it is. What is it?

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: The flight lasted about five minutes. The pilot uses hand controls and his body to steer, though Mayman took one hand off for a second.

MAYMAN: I saluted Lady Liberty, and I stopped and turned around and gave her a salute.

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UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Mayman has been hooked on jetpacks ever since he first saw James Bond take off in one in Thunderball. For ten years, Mayman and designer Nelson Tyler have worked together. Tyler helped design the rocket belt that sent up a man for less than 30 seconds at the 1984 Olympics. For the Statue of Liberty flight, he told his pilot...

NELSON TYLER, DESIGNER: Fly slow and careful, and not too high.

MAYMAN: Yeah, I did not hear that message, I don't think.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Next thing you know, he was 100 feet up doing 65 miles an hour. Mayman said he can imagine eventually selling a jetpack for the price of a super luxury car. Some machines that transform men in to flying machines, some are big and bulky. But Mayman wants a jetpack, like the one 007 wore.

No well dressed man should be without one, especially when taking liberties with the certain well dressed lady, CNN, New York.

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BARNETT: Our producer asked us this question, jetpack or Rolls-Royce.

CHURCH: I go jetpack -- a third of the price, yes.

BARNETT: Exactly. Thanks for watching everyone. Our two hours are up, I'm Errol Barnett.

CHURCH: And I'm Rosemary Church. Early Start is next.

BARNETT: Stay tuned for CNN Newsroom. We'll see you next week.

CHURCH: Have a great day.