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Remembering Carrie Fisher; A Historic Moment at Pearl Harbor; China Remaking Tibet Into Tourist Destination; Jerusalem Cancels East Jerusalem Zoning Vote. Aired 8-9a ET

Aired December 28, 2016 - 08:00   ET

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[08:00:14] KRISTIE LU STOUT, HOST: I'm Kristie Lu Stout in Hong Kong, and welcome to News Stream.

(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)

HARRISON FORD, ACTOR; What are you doing?

CARRIE FISHER, ACTRESS: Somebody has to save our skins.

(END VIDEO CLIP)

LU STOUT: A galaxy of fans pays tribute to their Hollywood princess, celebrating the life

of Carrie Fisher.

A historic moment for the U.S. and Japan. We'll speak to the Japanese prime minister's special adviser about Shinzo Abe's trip to Pearl Harbor.

And we get a rare look inside Tibet to see how China is opening up the region for tourists and a look at the impact it's having on the people of

Tibet.

If you look closely at the night sky, it could be a little dimmer as the universe says farewell to a bright and brilliant star. Carrie Fisher, who

played Princess Leia in the Star Wars series, has died at the age of 60, the daughter of Hollywood royalty, she shared the screen with some of

acting's biggest names. Paul Vercammen has more.

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FISHER: I should have expected to find you holding Vader's leash.

PAUL VERCAMMEN, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Carrie Fisher won the hearts of generations as Princess Leia in arguably the most beloved movie franchise

ever, "Star Wars". Princess onscreen, Hollywood royalty off it with a sharp wit and sharper pen.

Fisher was born in Beverly Hills. Mother actress Debbie Reynolds, father singer Eddie Fisher.

FISHER: I was primarily brought up by my mother, but I saw my father.

VERCAMMEN: Fisher deftly wove her experiences as a show business kid who struggled with addiction into the best-selling comedic novel "Postcards

from the Edge".

FISHER: I was writing different takes on obsession. So I think of that as sort of the edge, and I thought of it in the car one day driving back from

Palm Springs with the music up loud.

VERCAMMEN: Fisher turned her acclaimed book into a movie starring Meryl Streep as a recovering addict embroiled in constant, often funny mother-

daughter drama.

MERYL STREEP, ACTRESS: Remember my 17th birthday party when you lifted your skirt up in front of all those people?

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: I did not lift my skirt. It twirled up.

VERCAMMEN: Fisher poked fun at the absurdities of showbiz life and all manner of self-medication, including taking pills to control her emotions.

FISHER: Any mood stabilizer is a weight gainer. You feel better, but then you're fat. So what you gain is a loss. It's not a good situation.

VERCAMMEN: Fisher spoke about being bipolar and often turned pain into humor, also writing "Wishful Drinking" and "Shockaholic".

There seemed no lack of material, after all, Elizabeth Taylor became her stepmother when Eddie Fisher remarried. Fisher was briefly married to

sinter, Paul Simon in the 1980s. Years later she gave birth to a daughter Billie Catherine from her relationship with agent Brian Lourd.

She debuted in the acclaimed film, "Shampoo". In between the "Star Wars" movies, Fisher landed a mishmash of movie roles -- some stinkers, "Under

the Rainbow", "Hollywood Vice Squad".

FISHER: You have names for every part of your body.

VERCAMMEN: Received praise for "Soap Dish".

FISHER: I think we found our waiter.

VERCAMMEN: And played Meg Ryan's wisecracking friend in when "When Harry Met Sally".

FISHER: Someone is staring at you in the first --

VERCAMMEN: But nothing could, would or perhaps should loom larger on screen than Fisher in "Star Wars".

FISHER: It transported you. It was extraordinarily entertainment filmmaking.

LARRY KING, TV HOST: Do you like the princess?

FISHER: I have her over sometimes. She is a little bitchy, you know.

VERCAMMEN: In 2016, 40 years after making "Star Wars", she wrote a book based on her diaries, and for the first time revealed an intense affair

with the real Han Solo, Harrison Ford. "It was Han and Leia during the week and Carrie and Harrison during the weekend", she wrote. Ford has not

commented.

Fisher spent a lifetime trying to separate the princess from the person, one wisecrack at a time.

FISHER: I always felt like I was restricted because I was bigger than life and twice as unpleasant.

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LU STOUT: And the Star Wars family is mourning the loss of their beloved princess. Director George Lucas said this,"in Star Wars she was our great

and powerful princess -- feisty, wise, and full of hope in a role that was more difficult than most people might think."

Co-star Harrison Ford said this,"Carrie was a one of a kind, a brilliant original, funny and emotionally fearless. She lived her life bravely. We

will all miss her."

And Carrie Fisher proved that the weapons were no match for her quick wit. Away from her moments of comic genius on screen, Fisher made good use of

her talents off camera.

Now, take a look at this picture, it's been going around circulating on social media. And it appears to show Fisher's handwritten changes to the

Empire Strikes Back script. Now, it is debatable whether these notes actually came from her, but Fisher's talent as a writer, that was never in

doubt. It was a talent which also took her to the best seller charts, also made her one of Hollywood's sought after script doctors, working on movies

like Sister Act and Hook.

Now, more tributes to Carrie Fisher later on in the program here on News Stream. And do stay with us for those.

But just days after the UN security council voted to condemn Israeli settlements, Jerusalem city council has canceled a vote to approve new

construction.

A council member says the prime minister asked them not to hold the vote on building in East Jerusalem, because it comes just hours before the U.S.

secretary of state delivers a speech outlining the Obama administration's vision of a Middle East peace. But even before Mr. Kerry gives that

speech, he's already seen pushback.

Oren Liebermann joins us now from Jerusalem with more. And Oren, first, why was the vote on settlements canceled?

[08:06:10] OREN LIEBERMANN, CNN INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: Well, Jerusalem city council made their position quite clear. For them building

is simply a municipal need, a growing city needs more housing. And they don't differentiate between east or west Jerusalem. They simply build.

But a city council member we spoke with also says they didn't want to turn this building into

a political controversy, so they decided to cancel the vote on hundreds of units in East Jerusalem, specifically hours before Secretary of State John

Kerry's speech.

Now, they say this came from a request from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. That part is more difficult to understand. Was he trying to

build just a bit of good will with Secretary of State Kerry before his speech? Unlikely, given the words and the criticism Netanyahu has leveled

at Kerry and President Barack Obama over the last few days. Perhaps, we'll get more insight into why Netanyahu ordered that or requested that after

Kerry's speech.

LU STOUT: Yeah, and more on John Kerry's speech. I mean, he's going to be making the

speech on the Obama administration's case and vision for Middle East peace, but what real impact is it going to make?

LIEBERMANN: The idea is that Kerry would lay out his conditions or his parameters for negotiations between Israelis and Palestinians, which is to

say how he views what both sides need to concede in negotiations on the most sensitive issues, which is the status of Jerusalem, borders, refugees,

and more.

It's not unprecedented. Bill Clinton did exactly this when his term was over back in 2000 and they're known now as the Clinton parameters. So, it

could be Kerry and President Obama weighing in on what may we call one day the Kerry parameters.

Israelis are very angry about this. They see this as another slap in the face and we've already seen some strikes against sort of preemptive

strikes, against John Kerry.

LU STOUT: And looming over all this, of course, we have Donald Trump. The president-elect has said that, quote, things will be different under his

administration. But from Israel, I mean, what does the government there expect a President Trump to do?

LIEBERMANN: Well, over the past eight years every time Netanyahu announced more construction in the settlements in the West Bank, in East Jerusalem,

he was criticized by Obama and Secretary Kerry. He expects, that is Netanyahu expects, less of that under

President-elect Trump, who has promised to move the American embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem to recognize Jerusalem as Israel's capital. That is

part of the expectation on this end.

In addition, Trump's pick for ambassador to Israel has views far more in line with Netanyahu's own views, it's also a clean start or a fresh start

for Netanyahu and the American administration after this one, that is to say Netanyahu and Obama after this relation is falling apart dramatically

in his last few weeks here.

LU STOUT: Oren Liebermann reporting live for us from Jerusalem. Thank you, Oren.

LIEBERMANN: Now, this picture right here, this marks a historic moment for U.S.-Japan relations. The Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe paid his

respects at Pearl Harbor's USS Arizona memorial. He is the first Japanese prime minister to do so, mirroring the

trip that President Barack Obama made to Hiroshima earlier this year.

Athena Jones reports on what this visit means for U.S.-Japan relations.

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ATHENA JONES, CNN CORRESPONDENT: A moment 75 years in the making, and pictures and videos the likes of which we've never seen before. These two

leaders, a U.S. president and a Japanese prime minister are going together to the USS Arizona Memorial to pay their respects to the fallen; both

leaders later delivering emotional, moving remarks. Both leaders evoking the sights and sounds of that day in 1941 when more than 2,400 people never

made it home.

President Obama saying that Abe's presence here shows what is possible between nations and how two former foes can become the closest of allies.

BARACK OBAMA, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: As nations and as people we cannot choose the history that we inherit. But we can choose what lessons

to draw from it and use those lessons to chart our own futures. Wars can end. The most bitter of adversaries can become the strongest of allies. The

fruits of peace always outweigh the plunder of war. This is the enduring truth of this hallowed harbor.

[08:10:16] JONES: Prime Minister Abe saying that his visit to the USS Arizona left him speechless. Here is more on what he had to say.

SHINZO ABE, PRIME MINSITER OF JAPAN (through translator): As the prime minister of Japan, I offer my sincere and everlasting condolences to the

souls of those who lost their lives here as well as to the spirits of all the brave men and women whose lives were taken by a war that commenced in

this very place and also to the souls of the countless innocent people who became victims of the war.

JONES: And so there you heard the Japanese prime minister offering his sincere and everlasting condolences to the souls of those who lost their

lives here, but not offering an apology for the actions his nation took here 75 years ago.

But it's important to note that President Obama speaking at Hiroshima in May also declined to offer an apology for the U.S. action there, the

dropping of the atomic bomb. Both leaders choosing instead to deliver forward-looking messages focusing on the future of the U.S.- Japan

alliance.

Athena Jones, CNN, Pearl Harbor.

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LU STOUT: Now, the future of that alliance is the focus for both countries, especially with the change in the U.S. administration.

And for more insight into this, Tomohiko Taniguchi joins us live from Tokyo. He is a special

adviser to Japan's cabinet. And, sir, thanks again for joining us here on the program. The visit to Pearl Harbor, a very powerful moment, a symbol

of reconciliation between Japan and the U.S. Could you tell us behind the scenes what did it take to get here and to achieve this?

TOMOHIKO TANIGUCHI, SPECIAL ADVISER TO JAPAN'S CABINET: I think it's a culmination of a long process that has brought Japan and the United States

ever closer together. 75 years have not been short. There have been ups and downs. If you recall in the 1980s, trade frictions so rampant.

Bitterness prevailed between the two nations, and now they are looking not at the past, but also at the future.

And Shinzo Abe, when addressed the joint house of the U.S. congress last April 2015, mentioned that the alliance must serve even a greater purpose

for the entire world, and he started to dub the alliance one of hope. And President Obama and Prime Minister Abe developed very much friendly

relationship between those two leaders, as well, so it's a combination of many developments.

LU STOUT: Absolutely, but reconciliation and achieving it is not without political cost. Inside Japan, how much pressure is Prime Minister Abe

facing, especially from far right groups, for his visit to Pearl Harbor?

TANIGUCHI; Very little, I should say. Of course, I'm close to Shinzo Abe, so my view may be biased, but I would say -- hello? Hello? Hello?

LU STOUT: Yes, go ahead.

TANIGUCHI: Yes, OK. Very little, because he has been supported by more than 60 percent of

the people in Japan. 50 percent to 60 percent of the people polled, I should say, that Shinzo Abe is doing the right thing in terms of this. So

an overwhelming majority, I would say, is supportive.

LU STOUT: OK, so he has the people's support there.

There's also the question of Japan and its neighbors. Many could be watching the scenes of reconciliation between the U.S. and japanJ but many

believe that Japan and South Korea and China have much more work to do to achieve reconciliation for World War II. How does Abe plan to address

that?

TANIGUCHI: The fact that neither President Obama nor Shinzo Abe apologized is evidence that long process of reconciliation has s brought the two

nations so close together, that there is actually no need to say sorry anymore.

And it tells one important lesson, that it takes two to tango, to reconcile with each other. And I would say that other nations like the Philippines,

Australia, Singapore, each one of these countries has had many bitter memories towards Japan, but nonetheless, in the 1950s onward those nations

chose to work closely with Japan, and I think Japanese people deserve to be proud that the Japanese industries and direct investment in those

nations have lifted their economies.

[08:15:20] LU STOUT: Now, while Shinzo Abe was visiting Pearl Harbor, we reported that Chinese aircraft carrier was prowling through the Pacific.

When he was in the United States, did Prime Minister Abe get any additional assurances, security assurances from President Obama that the U.S. will

continue to support Japan and its security going forward?

TANIGUCHI: Well, once again, the U.S.-Japan alliance has been so tightly knit and the U.S. navy and the Japanese navy have been very much close

allies for many, many decades. There is actually no need for that kind of assurance anymore.

LU STOUT: OK, Tomohiko Tanuguchi, special adviser to Prime Minister Abe, thank you so

much for joining us here on the program and take care.

TANIGUCHI: Thank you.

LU STOUT: Now, Russia has hit back over report that there was an institutional conspiracy to dope top athletes. It says that a New York

Times report misquoted this woman, the head of Russia's anti-doping program, and the Kremlin denies the accusation.

The New York Times quotes officials who acknowledged there was an effort to dope athletes during the 2014 Winter Games, but it was not a state

sponsored program.

Now, for more on the story, due stay tuned for World Sport. It's happening about half an

hour from now.

Now, for now you're watching News Stream. Still to come on the program, we're going to bring you the second part of CNN's rare visit inside Tibet.

How China is trying to develop the region and the cost Tibetans are paying for it.

Also ahead, Paris is seeing heightened security over the holidays. What steps police are taking to help keep people safe.

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LU STOUT: Coming to you live from Hong Kong, you're back watching News Stream.

Now, yesterday we took you inside Tibet, a region steeped in both culture and political tension.

Now, western journalists are rarely allowed in, but in September for the first time in 10 years, CNN was granted access.

Now, the visit was tightly controlled by Chinese authorities who insist that changes taking place in Tibet are all for good. But CNN discovered

many do not share that view.

Now today Matt Rivers takes a closer look at Beijing's push to turn Tibet into a tourist destination.

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MATT RIVERS, CNN INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: 10,000 feet up, surrounded by stunning beauty, we stand in one of the most restricted places on Earth.

This is Tibet, a region the Chinese government rarely allows foreign journalists to see. For CNN, it's

been ten years since our last visit.

Back then tourists were just trickling in. Today, the flood gates are opening.

This year some 24 million tourists will come to the Tibetan Autonomous Region, though some question if the number can really be that high. By

2020, authorities expect upwards of 35 million, including foreigners who still need a special entry permit.

They'll stay in the dozens of hotels like this one, five stars, international brands. Not long ago, though, most western companies shunned

this place.

After a failed revolt against Chinese rule in 1959, the 14th Dalai Lama, Tibet's spiritual leader, fled overseas and has been speaking out against

what he calls Beijing's religious and cultural suppression ever since. But controversy aside, companies are lining up to come here as China's economic

appeal keeps growing.

We were invited here to cover an international tourism expo in Lhasa, the Tibetan capital. It was a government-organized trip, where minders

followed us everywhere we went, determined to show a peaceful and happy Tibet, things like painting, dancing, and opera.

Then there was construction, so much construction.

"There are infrastructure needs that are being gradually constructed and improved," says Wang Song Ping (ph), a tourism official. We are building a

world class tourist destination. Rome was not built within a day.

Since leaving Lhasa, we've been traveling on dirt roads like these for hours, for miles, but eventually that will change because of giant

construction projects like that one right there. Eventually, that will become a modern highway, stretching for hundreds of miles. You can only

imagine how much this remote part of Tibet, some 14,000 feet up, will change once it's finished.

This woman lives at the end of that new highway. She was the only Tibetan we were allowed to speak with, hand picked by Chinese officials. She got

subsidies to turn her home into an inn for tourists. There's even a picture of Chinese President Xi Jinping on her wall.

Do you ever worry part of the Tibetan culture is being lost here?

Despite being surrounded by Chinese officials, she only offers an uneasy smile and says she's not sure.

Critics say locals are being marginalized as the Chinese make money hand over fist using

Tibetan culture as a selling point. This brand new village, with faux Tibetan elements, will open in a few weeks, ready for business.

In order to build this village, the government had to forcibly remove many Tibetan families who

were living and working here. Chinese officials tell us that those families will now be allowed to move back in and perhaps reopen some

businesses, but these ground floor buildings are big, the spaces are large, rent might be high, and these families are poor.

We asked what kind of businesses those people could reopen, the government said perhaps they

could sell biscuits and tea.

Perhaps questions like these are why the government won't let us roam freely here, but to any

criticism, Chinese officials argue all these changes have been good for the Tibetan people. Household incomes are way up, and so are education levels.

More tourists mean more paved roads, cell towers, and good internet. But at what cost?

The answer from many both inside and outside Tibet appears to be one the Chinese government

doesn't want to hear.

Matt Rivers, CNN, Tibet.

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LU STOUT: Incredible reporting there from inside Tibet.

Now, Philippine authorities say that they have made the country's biggest drug seizure in history. Some $120 million worth of meth was confiscated

in a series of raids this month. The Philippine president is waging a controversial war on drugs, as you know. Since July, police say nearly

6,000 people have been killed in drug-related operations.

Now, the Philippines has an estimated 1.3 million drug users, that's more than 1 percent of the population. And the drug of choice there is said to

be meth, locally known as Shabu (ph) with other street names like Shabs (ph) or ice.

And according to the UN, meth is the most prevalent synthetic drug in east and southeast Asia

and long-term use can lead to weight loss, severe dental problems, and mood swings.

Now to Paris, where security has been tight this holiday season. Now, extra police are patrolling shopping centers there, even before the

Christmas market attack in Berlin.

Now, the country, of course, has been under a state of emergency for more than a year after the Paris terror attacks.

Melissa Bell reports.

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MELISSA BELL, CNN PARIS CORRESPONDENT: As in Germany, the end of the year in France means colorful and crowded Christmas markets. Even before last

week's attack in Berlin, security here on the Champs- Elysees was tight ensured by regular police patrols, 200 cameras and 60 concrete blocks.

PIERRE-HENRY BRANDET, SPOKESPERSON FRENCH INTERIOR MINISTRY, (through translator): Large crowds mean strong security measures with controls,

searches, protected perimeters. And all of that was taken into account well before what happened in Germany. Although, of course, the Berlin attack

reminds us of the need for vigilance.

[08:25:16] BELL: Vigilance that will mean 10,000 soldiers on the streets of France over the holiday period reinforcing a police presence that's 91,000

strong. Extra security measures announced earlier this month by this man. He visited the Champ-Elysees on the very week of his appointment as

interior minister. He called on Parisians to show thanks.

BRUNO LEROUX, FRENCH INTERIOR MINISTER, (through translator): They pay a heavy price. I ask that in this holiday period there be demonstrations of

friendship and solidarity to those who ensure the security of the French people in this difficult period.

BELL: For more than a year France has been living under a state of emergency. Bernard Cazeneuve the incoming prime minister told the

parliament why it was both necessary and working.

BERNARD CAZENEUVE, INCOMING PRIME MINISTER, FRANCE, (through translator): Since the beginning of the year 2016, 420 people with links to radical

Islamism were arrested and 17 attacks planned on French soil were foiled.

BELL: After the speech MPs voted to extend the state of emergency until July of next year. For those involved in policing the streets of Paris, the

extra measures are beginning to take their toll.

LUC POIGNANT, POLICE UNION REPRESENTATIVE, (through translator): Obviously, we have the means to ensure Paris' security during the holiday period.

Extra riot police will be deployed and also extra mobile units. If I may ask, at what cost? I mean there is a human cost for the security forces in

general, whether policeman, we are giving of ourselves and our time at a cost to us and our families.

BELL: For now, the interior ministry insists that such sacrifices are necessary.

POIGNANT: We have to maintain the high level of vigilance in the face of a threat that remains high even as we continue to live freely and peacefully.

BELL: Authorities here in France are relieved that the Christmas period has gone as smoothly as it has. All eyes now turn to New Year's Eve when

hundreds of thousands of people will be here on the Champs-Elysees to ring in a new year that they hope will be more peaceful than the two preceding

it.

Melissa Bell, CNN, Paris.

(END VIDEOTAPE)

LU STOUT: Still ahead here on News Stream, we will introduce you to women in Costa Rica who were promised a better future but ended up as victims of

sex trafficking and how another woman is helping rebuild their lives.

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[08:31:19] LU STOUT: Now, on the streets of Costa Rica's capital, a tragic but familiar story: women who are promised a bright new future, but instead

became victims of sex trafficking. One woman has made it her mission to help survivors of the sex trade, and Shasta Darlington has more in this

Freedom Project Report.

(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)

SHASTA DARLINGTON, CNN CORRESPONDENT: It's Saturday night in downtown San Jose, Costa Rica. A vibrant nightlife keeps the streets full and the clubs

crowded well into the early morning hours.

But away from the bright lights in the shadows you can find sex for sale on nearly every corner. Some are not here of their own free will. Victims of

sex trafficking. Marilia Morales says she was called by God to pull as many off the streets as she can.

MARILIA MORALES, FOUNDER, RAHAB FOUNDATION (through translator): We go out on the streets to look for them, night after night, week after week. We

talk to them.

DARLINTON: Morales runs Rahab Foundation a non-profit she founded nearly 20 years ago that rescues, rehabilitates, and supports survivors of sexual

exploitation.

MORALES (through translator): These men and women who come here come to build a new dignified life so they can live in peace.

DALINGTON: Like Karina who spent her childhood begging in the streets. By 15 she was selling sex for money and drugs. She wanted out but didn't have

anywhere to go until she met a woman who offered her a good job in Mexico. Karina says she made it sound so easy.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE (through translator): She told me they got you a passport and gave you money for your family and if you didn't like the

place you could go back. So I asked her what type of work was available there and she said there was work as a waitress or at an office, nothing to

do with prostitution. It was all good.

DARLINGTON: It was all a lie. When she arrived in Mexico, Karina says she was immediately forced into sex slavery. Held against her will, forced to

have sex with as many as five men at a time and paid nothing. She managed to escape and made her way back to Costa Rica and eventually to Rahab

Foundation. She says this place changed her life.

How do you feel about your future now? How do you feel?

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE (through translator): I feel it's more promising. I have higher expectations about the future. But the past always follows you.

The memories always haunt you. Sometimes I'm fine but then other times I remember and I cry. It's not easy. Even though it was many years ago, for

me it feels like it was yesterday.

DARLINTON: Although Karina was trafficked out of Costa Rica, Morales says many are trafficked into the country.

MORALES (through translator): We have a lot of undocumented victims, especially from neighboring countries. Migrants are so vulnerable that

whoever offers a good job they believe it. They are trusting and want to believe that human beings are still good.

DARLINGTON: Yurerika (ph) says that's what happened to her. She was struggling to support her family in the Dominican Republic when she heard

about a good job as a house maid in Costa Rica.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE (through translator): They told us that you can earn $500 a month, working family homes, but when you arrive here what they want

you to do is prostitute yourself. They keep your passport and they told us we couldn't leave. You are a prisoner there because you have debts to pay.

They want you to work hour after hour in the bed.

[08:35:07] DARLINGTON: Yurerika (ph) says she was stuck in slavery for six months, unable to contact her family back home until she was rescued by

Rahab Foundation.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE (through translator): My future is good. Things are going well. Above all they help me with self-esteem. I've learned a lot

here because I tell you, they helped a lot.

MORALES (through translator): She has succeeded in overcoming. She has succeeded in restoring her life. But it's still a process.

DARLINGTON: A process that Morales cherishes. And she says this isn't just her mission in life, it will be her legacy.

MORALES (through translator): I am leaving something for my grandchildren. For future generations so they can live in peace. When I'm gone, when this

is gone, I left something, a contribution.

DARLINGTON: Shasta Darlington, CNN, San Jose, Costa Rica.

(END VIDEOTAPE)

LU STOUT: Thank goodness for a few decent people among us. Now, on Thursday you will hear how some border towns in Latin America are using

education to fight the human trafficking problem.

(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE (through translator): We have heard from the students in the education center who live side by side with migrants with regards

to people being trafficked, we have heard horror stories.

DARLINGTON: The goal is to teach students how to identify risky situations, how to care for victims of trafficking, and how to protect

potential victims from falling prey.

(END VIDEO CLIP)

LU STOUT: More on these workshops on Thursday as part of our Freedom Project special series Perilous Journey only on CNN.

Now this just into us here in the newsroom, police in Germany say they have detained a

Tunisian man who may have had ties to the suspect in the Berlin Christmas market attack. German federal prosecutors say the man's phone number was

found on a phone belonging to the suspect, Anis Amri.

Amri was killed in a shootout by police in Italy. And prosecutors say that police searched the home of the possible contact, but they are still

investigating. At least 12 people were killed when plice say Amri drove a truck through a market in erlin.

You're watching News Stream. Still ahead, she played a woman who helped save the galaxy and now her world is saying thank you. Coming up, more

tributes to Carrie Fisher.

(COMMERCIAL BREAK)

(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)

FORD: You didn't see us alone in the south passage. She expressed her true feelings for me.

FISH: Why, you stuck-up, half-witted, scruffy looking nerf herder (ph).

FORD: Who's scruffy looking?

(END VIDEO CLIP)

LU STOUT: Now, there is a deep disturbance in the force today, as fans and colleagues mourn the passing of Carrie Fisher. She was a gifted actress

and writer, one who helped the Star Wars saga sparkle with moments of comic brilliance. And even when she wasn't performing or writing, she carried

that energy with her. Now, here are a few of her unforgettable interviews and appearances.

(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)

FISHER: Aren't you a little short for Stormtrooper?

Somebody has to save our skins

Go to the market if I want.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: How has it changed your life, though, being in this incredible movie?

[08:40:01] FISHER: I have much nicer furniture.

The fact that you made me into a little doll that my first husband could stick pins into, a

shampoo bottle where people could twist my head off and pour liquid out of my neck.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: How much convincing did it take from JJ and the gang to convince you to revisit Leia?

FISHER: They put me on one of those racks from the medieval times.

UNIDENITIFIED FEMALE: You actually physically transformed for this role.

FISHER: Yes, I did lose weight.

But normally I wouldn't talk about it with someone else, but you're so thin, let's talk about it. How do you keep that going on? You exercise

every morning?

UNIDENITIFIED FEMALE: I do. I work out every day.

FISHER: And isn't it boring?

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Yes.

FISHER: But you love it.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: I try to put some music on.

FISHER: What music makes this worthwhile?

I tried to get him in the movie.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: What's up with the tongue?

FISHER: The tongue comes with him as kind of, like a prize.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: It's an accessory.

FISHER: It's a side.

ELLEN DEGENERES, HOST ELLEN: With Harrison Ford.

Well, you say it.

FISHER: Yes, I did.

DEGENERES: All right, so how did that stay a secret for 40 years?

FISHER: I was good at that, wasn't I? I told other stuff, they'd never have figured it out. And no one thought it was happening at the time. I

don't even know if he did.

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LU STOUT: Now, you may have noticed in that report something Carrie Fisher was rarely seen without towards the end of her life was her dog, Gary

Fisher.

And the actress who worked with Fisher on the TV series Catastrophe told News Stream told News Stream that the dog was very sensitive and would

follow Fisher everywhere.

Another actress, Amanda Barlow, who did not work with Fisher, told us she was at a train

station in New York one day and bent over to pet a dog. When Amanda looked up, she saw who the owner was and apologized.

And Carrie Fisher replied, no need to say sorry, sweetie, he deserves all the attention in the world.

Writer, script doctor, activist, but above all, an actress. Carrie Fisher was a woman of many talents, but it is her portrayal of Princess Leia that

ensured her legacy, so finally tonight, we leave you with her own words on the craft that she will be remembered for. She said this, quote "I'm not

really one of those actresses like Meryl Streep, those actresses travel outside themselves and play characters. And I am more of an archaeologist.

I play what I am. I dig what I can. It's a character that's not too far from myself, except I don't have any laser guns."

Carrie Fisher, may the force be with you.

And that is News Stream. I'm Kristie Lu Stout, but don't go anywhere. World Sport with

Amanda Davies is next.

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