>> for ed walsh, the decision was a long sought victory and validation. >> are you ready for this?is is great. they know it's going to happen. because they've been through the process. the final appeal to rehear the case with the board of appeals, they got denied. so they know that we're getting ready to close them. >> when the inspectors descend upon sunflower, they find the proprietor somewhat reluctant to answer the doorbell. unable to gain entry from the front door, inspector walsh goes around back. >> and as i approached the backdoor, the gentleman who was walking up the stairs here. how are you doing, man? >> good, how are you? >> are you coming out this way? can you open it, please? thank you. >> thanks. >> he had his shoes in his hands. he's barefooted, walking out of the premises. >> san francisco police, can you open the door, please? >> with walsh now inside, sunflower has no choice but to open up for inspection. >> is there anybody else here today besides you? no girls? no? >> i sold everything. i'm done. >> after a quick search of the premises -- >> you have immigrant

johnson ojo, a nigerian doctor, and san francisco health inspector ed walsh form the backbone of thet against sex trafficking. for the last three years they have led a team of city officials on a full frontal assault on massage parlors. the message is loud and clear, san francisco will not tolerate slavery. >> we're going to have the fire department, fire inspector, the building inspector and the city planner. we're going to have a combination of two police officers from the san francisco police vice squad which will provide us security to get into the facility. >> is the manager here? who's in charge of this? >> within minutes, inspector walsh discovers a false wall and a hidden room with four-foot ceilings. >> this light must come on somehow. it's a living quarters. are you okay, johnson? >> so, johnson, what is this? >> this is illegal living quarters, unapproved room. >> how many people do you think live back here? >> i would say about four or five of them. there's another bed. >> where? >> sofa out there. you see personal belongings like excessive shoes and suitcases and excessi

it's cocktail hour and ed walsh from the city's human trafficking task force is just getting started night. >> we are conducting inspections of massage salons in san francisco. and what we are looking for is possible victims of human trafficking, women under 18 years of age and maybe forced to work in the massage parlors. >> walsh's target, the 51 remaining massage parlors licensed through the health department that city officials suspect employ trafficked women. >> people are being held against their will and being raped in essence, dozen plus times a day. it is a disgrace and very real. >> for the last five years, the mayor gavin newsom has empowered city investigators to move in and raid massage parlor, looking for evidence to shut them down. >> i have looked below floorboards and i've looked downstairs in the basement, i've seen where people are literally being held against their will. in essence, becoming sex slaves in a city like san francisco, one of the wealthiest cities in the united states. >> in 2004, san franciscans were shocked when a federal investigation targeting mass

ed. it doesn't surprise me one bit. >> no liberal, no democrat told rush limbaugh what to say. joan walsh, richard wolffe, thanks for joining us tonight. >> thanks, ed. >>> building is down, trees down, power lines down, debris everywhere. it looks like a war zone. >> governor john kasich is turning down disaster aid in ohio, democrats say he's playing politics. skiel ohio congressman tim ryan what he thinks. >>> in south carolina, people who have had sex before they are married are banned from running for office as a republican. >>> the political purity test is not a joke. that report ahead. >>> bad poll numbers have rick santorum backtracking. >> mitt romney back singing. we'll preview super tuesday with john nichols of the nation and howard fineman. >>> i'm not going to wait for apologies from the left, ever. and you shouldn't, either. they won't come. don't expect apologies, they're never going to apologize to you or to me or any of us. that's the difference. between them and us. >> really? rush limbaugh trying to defend himself by claiming liberals never apologize? as usual, he's fla

ed. it doesn't surprise me one bit. >> no liberal, no democrat told rush limbaugh what to say. joan walshrichard wolffe, thanks for joining us tonight. >> thanks, ed. >>> building is down, trees down, power lines down, debris everywhere. it looks like a war zone. >> governor john kasich is turning down disaster aid in ohio, democrats say he's playing politics. skiel ohio congressman tim ryan what he thinks. >>> in south carolina, people who have had sex before they are married are banned from running for office as a republican. >>> the political purity test is not a joke. that report ahead. >>> bad poll numbers of harahav santorum backtracking. >> mitt romney back singing. we'll preview super tuesday with john nichols of the nation and howard fineman. ♪ open up. we have come for the foul, unholy beast. the one with the red markings. the miracle whip? stand aside that we may burn it. [ indistinct shouting ] have you ever tried it? it's actually quite sweet... and tangy. ♪ i like sweet things. [ man ] shut up, henry. ♪ today is gonna be an important day for us. you ready? we wanna be our br

ed. it doesn't surprise me one bit. >> no doubt. no liberal anywhere, no democrat told rush limbaugh what to say. joan walshard wolffe, thanks for joining us tonight. >> thanks, ed. >>> buildings down, trees down, power lines down, debris everywhere. it looks like a war zone. >> john kasich is turning down disaster aid in ohio, democrats say he's playing politics, i'll ask tim ryan what he thinks. >>> in south carolina, people who have had sex before they are married are banned from running for office as a republican. the political purity test is not a joke. that report ahead. >>> bad poll numbers of harass ras backtracking. >> it was characterized the president said we should go to four year colleges if it was an error i agree with the president many. >> mitt romney back singing. >> he killed himself a bear when he was only three. >> we preview super tuesday with john nichols and howard fineman. [ male announcer ] the draw of the past is a powerful thing. but we couldn't simply repeat history. we had to create it. introducing the 2013 lexus gs, with leading-edge safety technology, like available blind spot

walsh, editor at large salon.com. great to have you with us tonight. >> thanks, ed. >> let's begin with mitt romney and the planned parenthood, does he think he's going to win against the democrats and president obama doing it this way? >> i don't know what he thinks, you know, i think he thought, ed, that he was able to fire planned parenthood. he likes to be able to fire people, and so he said that and then his staff said governor, you really can't get rid of planned parenthood, you can't fire them, so then he had to walk it back, but it's so preposterous, and as you said, planned parenthood does so much. they do breast cancer screenings, they do a full women's health screening, and they also, let's really be honest, they prevent abortions. we really would be looking at an increased abortion rate if planned parenthood were to go away, so, you know, there's so many ways to hit romney on this, and he's going to be hit on it hard no matter how many times he walks back his stupid remarks. >> here's romney again today, let's play it. >> look, we're not going to go to a brokered convention. >> we're not? >> one or the other of u

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