This . Manal alsharif why . Tough question. I never thought of writing a book. When i started the movement, i gave a speech. I was invited to give a speech. People cried. People gave me two standing ovations. This never happened in the history of that conference. When i came down the stage, this lady came to me and she said, when are we going to read your story . And i thought, who would ever be interested in reading about my insignificant life . But that really sparked the idea of writing this book. Lamb when was that . Alsharif i gave the speech in 2012 and that is when i started writing it. Lamb where did you give the speech and why . Alsharif it was also a Freedom Forum and it was hosted by human rights foundation. It is based in new york and they invite activists from all around the world to tell their stories of standing against tyrants and standing and fighting for human rights. Lamb lets start from the beginning. Where were you born . Alsharif i am born in mecca in the year of
Good sunday morning to you. Thank you for sharing your time with us here the state department is telling cnn this morning the Trump Administration to cut off aid to three Central American countries. El salvador and guatemala and say they are setting your migrant caravans to enter the u. S. We were paying them tremendous amounts of money and we are not paying them any more. Because they havent done a thing for us. The government of honduras responded blaming the move on, quote, contradictory policies from the u. S. Custom and Border Protection says several Detention Centers are well over capacity. The city of brownsville, texas, for instance, is averaging 300 People Per Day being released by federal authorities. We have a team of cnn reporters covering the story this morning. Cnn correspondent leyla santiago in austin, texas, and Sarah Westwood is near maralago. But natasha chen is live for us in mcallen, texas. Good morning to you, natasha. What are you learning this morning from where