exponentially, algorithmically, whatever word you want to use, in cannes. erin, how is the thief able to pull this off? reporter: well, erin, it was 11:30 on sunday when people had gathered here at the carlton hotel to look at the diamond exhibition, when all of a sudden a man with a space-covered head in a cap walked into the hotel carrying a semiautomatic weapon and threatened to shoot both the exhibiters and the guests before walking out with what prosecutors now say is over $100 million worth of jewelry. now, there was security present at the time. prosecutors say that security was unarmed. plenty of questions remain as to how this could have happened, why the necessary security was not in place to protect the jewelry and what is looking like one of the biggest gem thefts in contemporary european history. erin? all right, thanks to erin. and now, let s check in with
i mean, these are young girls, more than 100 of them. what s the next step for them, and how do they find them? i mean, what i found shocking, looking at this story today, is how this is, you know, as incredible as this was, a victory for the fbi, a drop in the bucket compared to the number of young girls in this country who are being sexually exploited. reporter: no question. that s absolutely right. and the fact of the matter is young prostitutes used to be treated as part of the problem, and now they re starting to be treated more like victims, which is what they really are. the really sad fact is that all these kids taken off the streets, you end up hearing a lot about recidivism, too. they return to the streets, sometimes because they don t have anywhere else to go. so the national center for missing and exploited children say they need things like group homes, therapy, some alternative so they can stop this lifestyle and stop believing that the people who are putting them out t
rez za is there tonight. and what are you seeing? reporter: erin, tension has been escalating for days now in this conflict. we re on one side, you have the military-backed interim government. on the other side, the muslim brotherhood and supporters of muhammad morsi. the two sides have been in a deadlock. the violence is escalating on the streets. over the weekend, more than 70 killed in what was the deadliest day of clashing clashes dating back to the 2011 revolution. there are more signs that a possible crackdown is coming against the brotherhood, but today, a glimmer of hope with the arrival of the european union s foreign policy chief katherine ashton. she ll be meeting with authorities, and also allowed to meet with mr. morsi, the former president. many eager to see if she can play the role of mediator in this conflict. erin? all right, reza, thank you. and now to france where a robber made off with close to $136 million in precious jewels, a number that, by the way, surg
robber made off with close to $136 million in precious jewels, a number that, by the way, surged stratospherically, exponentially, algorithmically, whatever word you want to use, in cannes. erin, how is the thief able to pull this off? reporter: well, erin, it was 11:30 on sunday when people had gathered here at the carlton hotel to look at the diamond exhibition, when all of a sudden a man with his face covered, head in a cap walked into the hotel and carrying a semiautomatic weapon and threatened to shoot both the exhibiters and the guests before walking out with what the prosecutors say now is over $100 million worth of jewelry. now, there was security present at the time. prosecutors say that security was unarmed. plenty of questions remain as to how this could have happened, why the necessary security was not in place to protect the jewelry and what is looking like one of the biggest gem thefts in contemporary european history.
authorities, and also allowed to meet with mr. morsi, the former president. many eager to see if she can play the role of mediator in this conflict. erin? all right, reza, thank you. and now to france where a robber made off with close to $136 million in precious jewels, a number that, by the way, surged stratospherically, exponentially, algorithmically, whatever word you want to use, in cannes. erin, how is the thief able to pull this off? reporter: well, erin, it was 11:30 on sunday when people had gathered here at the carlton hotel to look at the diamond exhibition, when all of a sudden a man with a space-covered head in a cap walked into the hotel carrying a semiautomatic weapon and threatened to shoot both the exhibiters and the guests before walking out with what prosecutors now say is over $100 million worth of jewelry. now, there was security present at the time. prosecutors say that security