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. >>> "a path appears," the latest book by journalists nicholas kristof and sheryl wudunn highlights problems in the u.s., including sexual exploitation, and was turned into a pbs series examining domestic violence. >> in 1978, in surveys, half of americans said it was sometimes appropriate for a man to beat his wife with a stick or a belt. half of americans said that. >> the husband and wife pair recruited celebrity activists as they looked at ways to tackle poverty. >> you do need to work together to raise a child to break them out of poverty. >> it's easier to help a 6 month old, than it is a struggling 16 year old down the road. >> the duo also talked about their lives and pulitzer prize winning work in china. >> when i met sheryl. she worked for "the wall street journal", and i for the "new york times". it was better to collaborate as a colleague rather than a rival. >> i sat with nicholas kristof and sheryl wudunn in new york. >> so you have a book, and a project. it's called "a path appears". sheryl, talk about where that title comes from. >> it came from a chinese author, who

it was better to collaborate as a colleague than a rival. >> i sat with nicholas kristof and cheryl.m. >> it came from a chinese author, who said hope is like a path in the countryside, as more walk, a path appears. it's about hope and strategies for shaken. that's why we thought a path appears would be about. described. >> the first episode focuses on sex trafficking. this is something the other book has to focus on. this episode was about sex states. >> right. here? >> we think it's been foreign women being smuggled into the u.s., and that's real, it's here. but there are 100,000 girls, home-grown girls who are trafficked into the sex trade each year in the u.s. the scale is extraordinary, and the response - these are victims, teenage girls. the pimples are not arrested, the johns are not arrested. they are arrested. the victims. >> it's shocking. a couple of people you profile is that they were sold by the very people supposed to love them and care for them. >> their mum sold them to a pimp at the age of 12. obviously shawna's mother herself was in the business and addicted to dru

. >>> "a path appears," the latest book by nicholas kristof and doesn't sheryl wudunn highlights problemsthe u.s., and was turned into a pbs series examining domestic violence. >> it was a 1938 survey, half of americans said it was appropriate for americans to adult. >> the husband and wife pair recruited celebrity activists as they looked at ways to tackle poverty. >> you do need to work together to raise a child and break them out of poverty. >> it's easier to help a 6 month 6-month-old. lives. >> when i met cheryl. she worked for "the wall street shawna goodwin, first of all, didn't go to school. she did go. failed the first or second grade. she remembers the one time. her mum took her to a friend's house, they go to a temp's house. the mother tried to get her to spend time with the family. >> when shawna resisted, her mother shot her with heroin. shawna goodwin remembers falling back on the water bed in a rush. that was her initiation. >> god. another shocking statistic that you mentioned is that 15% of american men regularly purchase sex. >> i think that we can dramatically improve t

. >> kristof, thank you for being with us. have prosecutors in germany made any progress in ascertaining lubitz's motives? >> cecily, no. they haven't -- sadly, no. they have talked to colleagues and to family and friends. there is no indication that would have noted this was a suicide. >> when it comes to flying, you want a cool hands and the steady pair of -- you want a cool head and a steady pair of hands behind the controls. should he ever been allowed to fly? >> that is the question in the near future. there are media reports that his pilot's license carried a remark that he needed to undergo special recurring medical examination and that may point to a mental illness issue. he was in psychotherapy for an extended time, possibly during his training at the pilot because that is what lufthansa actually said, that he had to interrupt his training. as he got his license and obviously was deemed fit to fly, there were recent visit to the psychiatrist. we also know that. but these psychiatrists left -- wrote him leaves of absen

. >>> "a path appears," the latest book by journalists nicholas kristof and sheryl wudunn highlights problems in the u.s., including sexual exploitation,

. >>> "a path appears," the latest book by nicholas kristof and doesn't sheryl wudunn highlights problemsu.s. and was turned into a pbs series examining domestic

. >>> "a path appears," the latest book by journalists nicholas kristof and sheryl wudunn highlights problems in the u.s., including sexual exploitation,

. >>> "a path appears," the latest book by nicholas kristof and doesn't