hatred. with that being said we need to take a leap of faith and no that god is in control. reporter: they were once known only as silent victims. now they want the world to know they have a voice and have reclaimed their lives. pamela brown joins us live. you ve been following this from if beginning. tell us why you think they came out now, the timing of this announcement and do we think this is the format they will continue to speak about their recove recovery? it s a good question. i spoke to the women s attorney and a family friend of one of the victims and i m told that this is a way for the young women to give a direct thank you to all the people who have not only supported them but donated to the courage fund. more than a million dollars has been donated to the courage fund. as the attorney told me this was their message delivered the way
i don t want to be consumed by hatred. with that being said we need to take a leap of faith and know that god is in control. they were once known only as silent victims. now amanda berry, gina dejesus and michelle knight want the world to know they have a voice and have reclaimed their lives. as michelle knight put it at the end of the video i m looking forward to my brand new life. 9,200 donations have raised more than $1 million for the women. as for their alleged kidnaper if a plea deal is not reached trial will be august 5th, he faces 329 charges. for now it s incredible to see the women speak out and likely the last time we re going to see them speak out for a while. pamela, thank you so much. they have a long road ahead in their recovery. they say the privacy is helping them, giving them
with that being said, we need to take a leap of faith and know that god is in control. they were once known only as silent victims. now amanda berry, gina dejesus and michelle knight want the world to know they have a voice and have reclaimed their lives. as michelle knight put it at the end of the video i m looking forward to my brand new life. 9,200 donations have raised more than $1 million for the women. at this time the women don t plan on making any additional public statements and continue to ask the public to respect their privacy. thank you so much. let s talk more about this. will these women ever fully recover from this nightmare they went through and what is their healing process like? wendy walsh is a doctor of psychology and she s joining us from los angeles this morning. wendy, thank you so much. i guess i wanted to just ask you kind of what you thought about the video. it s clearly an edited video, youtube video, but what do you
pacific islander legal outreach represents over 200 victims of forced labor trafficking in the san francisco area. but according to a 2004 report from the u.s. department of justice, an estimated 14 to 17,000 people are trafficked into the united states every year. making the crime as prevalent as homicide. put to work in popular restaurants, major hotel chains and factories, these silent victims says lu are the human cost of the low prices customers pay for food and services in big cities like san francisco. we seen anyone as young as 7, anyone as old as 75 years old. men and women. we ve also seen sex trafficking cases. but also a lot of labor cases so that involving domestic servitude, hotel restaurant work. and says liou, when they re healthy foreigners or diplomats, they have little incentive to respect u.s. laws. heidi who works out of her