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>> larry: right on time. we're back with hour two of "haiti: how you can help." check the bottom of the screen for ways to donate to the american red cross and unicef. it's been six days since the earthquake struck, and the situation is likely going to get worse before it gets better. there are reports tonight of 150,000 deaths as a result of the quake. you can help, tweet and text with help. celebrities are on hand to talk to you from new york and here in los angeles. mick jagger will join us
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shortly, ringo star, cokobe bryt and jeff fe and jennifer lopez. with us right now is ben stiller and benicio dell toro and the haitian american actress, her brother-in-law was visiting haiti when the earthquake struck. but first we are going to go back to our reporters in haiti. anderson cooper and dr. sanjay gupta. they were with us to begin the first hour, and they'll be with us to begin the second hour. anderson, this goes on and on. what happened in the last hour? >> reporter: well, the last hour, you know, there's no telling what sort of tragedies are occurring at night. you know, a lot of work is done during the day. at night a lot of aid workers go back to where they are staying. some try to -- some are able to work all night.
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these streets empty down. right now there are tens of thousands of haitians if not more sleeping in public parks, in open stadiums, anywhere they can. it's a routine, but nothing about this should become routine, larry. it shouldn't be routine that little kids will die tonight who don't need to die if they had some antibiotics, if there were enough doctors. they're turning away -- they're triaging still. they assess who has the greatest need, who is not going to make it and isn't worth trying to save at this point. there are still untold numbers of bodies out there trapped in the rubble, untold numbers of people of families that have no idea what happened to the loved ones. every day there's a new mundane horror that seems to go on and on. >> larry: dr. gupta, you told us often in the past week you are
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first a doctor and then a reporter and you were a doctor earlier today when you did brain surgery on a young lady. do you have that sense, frirs, when you come upon the scene? are you first the doctor? >> reporter: i think so, larry. i'm a doctor first. >> larry: i'm sorry. we're having difficulty with the signal. we'll get back to you later, sanjay. let's talk to the three guests here on the panel. we'll go to them in a little while, but let's do them right now. ben, you're working on a film right now, but you're very tied to haiti? >> i had the opportunity to go down there for the first time in july. i was just sort of amazed at the
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culture and the vibrant see of the country. they have incredible poverty there. i got to see some programs that save the children was doing. we found a school that we wanted to work on expanding and making self-sustaining so that more kids could go there and learn. so we started this program to get the school going. >> larry: that hotel you stayed at was destroyed, the montana, right? >> yeah. i learned that one of the schools that we visited in city soleil was pretty much destroyed, too. >> larry: sad. benicio, it's so good to meet you. congratulations on your academy award. you're wearing your red cross button? >> yes, i was answering the phone upstairs and doing what we can. >> larry: how has this affected you? >> well, first of all, i was born in puerto rico, which is the caribbean.
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second of all, i live in los angeles, so i've experienced big earthquakes. the minute it came on the news on cnn, i watched a show with you and ben. so i called ben and said, ben, let me know how i can help. ben just pointed the way here to come and answer the phone for the american red cross and unicef. >> larry: so ben booked you? >> yeah, he did. >> i was really moved he called me out of the blue and said what can i do to help? i've gotten a lot of that. i think everybody wants to do something, anything. >> larry: i understand you spoke to someone before coming here? >> my cousins are okay. my aunt is still missing. my cousins are okay. that's a good thing. i have to say, the outpouring from everyone has been absolutely amazing. i got to speak to a few haitian callers, and we got to speak to creole, and i can't tell you how
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moved i am that everybody cares. it it means a lot because for so long no one cared or knew us. this really means a lot. thank you. thank you. >> larry: i understand we can connect with dr. gupta again now. i had asked you doctor when you come upon a scene, are you still first a doctor? >> no question about it. there's no confusion in my mind. i was surprised when some people had concerns about that, but i think putting on a press badge in no way is a barter on humanity. if someone needs your help and you can help, it's the right thing to do. i'm a doctor with a specific skill set as a neurosurgeon. anybody that can help somebody i think should. this is a country dramatically in need. over the last hour there's lots of patients in this hospital that are staying open.
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there's only so much this one place can do. lots of hospitals and supplies are needed, larry. >> larry: do you see any light at the end of the tunnel yet? >> you know, it's interesting that you ask that. i do see light at the end of the tunnel. there was a story where a doctor was visiting a child had come in that was comatose and didn't think would survive. they were seeing him back in the room behind me. the kid is up playing with his mom and there's a great smile on all the doctors and nurses faces taking care of the child. haiti last monday, the day before the earthquake, one week ago still is i am pmpoverished. could it be possible out of this, could haiti somehow rise above what it was a week ago and become even better?
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that's what a lot of people are focused on, and it means you can't vent compassion over this week. it has to be a long, sustained effort. >> larry: tea is up at our phone bank upstairs, and she's with jennifer lopez. tea. >> hey, larry, i wanted to relay i got off the phone with francis who is 91 years old. she told me that in her 91 years this is the worst disaster she's ever seen, and she wanted to remind us all how much that we have. it's interesting down here. we're getting calls also from kids who are calling because they want to help their peers in haiti. there's something very dramatic about that, because their peers in haiti have no communication, no television and no way of knowing we're here and we see them. so it's pretty powerful that our kids are so interested in making these calls. jennifer, how is it going on the
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phone science. >> it's amazing. all the different area codes and everybody calling from across the country. it's nonstop. excuse me. >> get this call. >> hello? oh, they hung up. oh, there they are again. >> larry, it's going really great. >> larry: call in. there's no telling who you could talk to. you can talk to j. lo. i'm so pleased to tell from 8:00 this evening until 8:54 eastern time the red cross and unicef have reported $1.5 million in donations. $1.5 million in less than an hour. we've got a tweet suite here tonight. our celebrity guests will respond to your messages on twitter. tweet to me or use the hash text cnnhelphaiti. all one word. mick jagger is next. don't go away. national car rental knows i'm picky.
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>> larry: it's a pleasure to
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welcome mick jagger. why is it important to you to be with us tonight, mick? >> well, you know, haiti is a -- was obviously one of the most poor countries in the western hemisphere. it's very closed to the united states really. it's had a long relationship with lots of countries i've been involved with, united states, france, and it's like a desperately poor place. when these terrible disasters happen in a very poor place, it's magnified over and over and over and over what it would be in a country that was more accea acce accessible with more infrastructure left. this is a huge, massive disaster for one of the poorest, poorest countries. it's so poor, it's very hard to describe how poor it is compared to all the other countries in
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our hemisphere. >> larry: we're raising a lot of money for haiti tonight, and that's the number one thing they need. what have been your feelings as you've watch this had disaster? >> well, you know, an earthquake is -- it's like an incredibly, physically damaging but it's very psychologically damaging, because all the laws that govern your life, the ground beneath your feet, everything happening to you is destroyed in those moments. you know, your whole psyche is upset, and of course, the tremendous physical damage because the buildings are so poorly constructed, as is typical in these kinds of places. the damage is so huge. it's very gratifying to see so
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much outpoweri powepowe powepop help. i think that everyone has got -- there's not been one slightest hint of problems with people wanting to send money and wanting to help in every possible way they can. >> larry: you visited haiti in years past. do you have fond memories of those visits? >> yeah. you know, it's awe beautiful country with very welcoming peek with fantastic culture for music with incredible dance and a strange history. it's a unique country, and it's just very, very sad when you see this happening to somewhere where you've been and you've enjoyed and where people have been welcoming you. so it's always very, very sad to
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see this. >> larry: mick jagger, by the way. a couple more moments with mick. he's coming to us via skype. what about the people? everyone i talked to -- i haven't been to haiti -- tells me how gracious and the wonderful aspects of these people, that they're different. they accept what they have in life, and they still have a spirit about them. what's your impression of the haitians? >> you're right. they have a wonderful spirit. they have an amazing attitude to life. a very bvibrant culture life in music, dance, poetry, carving, painting is amazing. so they have a very vaerd, very, very cultured life, but they've had terrible poverty they've endured for hundreds of years since want independence of haiti 200 years ago. they've had endure terrible
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lifestyle, mismanagement. perhaps this for haiti could be the most terrible moment but could be a turning point where haiti would get all the help it needs to restructure its society so they can take advantage of the wonderful human resources that they have. >> larry: anything you want to say to people about why they should send in whatever they can send in or call in? >> they can -- the people have been wonderfully generous, and they can text these numbers, they can send a small donation which makes lots of people send in small amounts of money. for a huge sum, they can text red cross and haiti to the red cross number, which is 90999 or they can text on their phone to unicef and the text number is 20222. >> larry: mick, thank you very much. you've been very generous to do this. you've helped a lot of people tonight, mick.
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>> thank you very much, larry. >> larry: as we go to break, here's mick jagger and haiti's own wyclef jean singing "hide away" in honor of the people of haiti. ♪ hide away hide away ♪ ♪ hide away and you're going to be surprised ♪ ♪ i'll be wise before my time ♪ i'm going to hide away ♪ hide away
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trending topic on twitter. that's huge. jared leto just bought my suspenders for $1,000 sending the money to haiti. thank you. i'll be thrilled to hand over another pair or five if someone wants to ante up for the cause. >> i'm in. >> larry: i have to bring more suspenders in. $1,000 a pair. ben stiller and benicio are with us. >> undergarments? >> larry: stopping making those parent movies. i've had unusual panels in the history of "larry king live," but this foursome is different. we'll start with jennifer. what prompted you to come out for this? >> like everybody else, i've been watching it at home with my family. incredibly moved and just
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saddened by everything you're seeing. something inside you just says, what can i do? where can i use my energies, you know? that's why. that's why we're here. >> larry: have you ever been to haiti? >> i never have, no. >> larry: i imagine you might be going soon? >> maybe. >> larry: paula, what brought you here? >> same thing. overwhelming despair and families not knowing who is alive and not being able to even be accounted for. it's just -- >> larry: this is what people in entertainment can do. they give their time and help people send in money. benicio, are you moved by this? >> of course, yeah. >> larry: to see all this tragedy? >> yeah, and probably moved by how long the process to get it to become better is going to take.
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it's a long race in my opinion. >> larry: you've been there, ben. it's going to take a while. >> that's going to be the tough thing, a month, two months, six months down the line when people aren't doing specials on it, when the news cycle has moved on, the support they need. we have to all sort of work towards keeping attention. >> larry: that's the fear, isn't it? like christmas, when it's over you don't think of christmas anymore. their problems remain. >> exactly. the whole idea is to keep it out there, keep mentioning it, keep the focus on making sure that in the months to come everybody's still focused on what needs to be worked on, because there will be problems that even come up because of the disaster, the actual earthquake. >> larry: isn't it frustrating when you watch people in despair? >> it's the most helpless feeling, and there's so much that you wish you could do, so
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much you wish you could walk through the towns and get there and be of some help. it's just so overwhelming. it is overwhelming. i think everyone feels this unbelievable feeling of like what more can we do? it's the fact that the worries of is the money going to stop after a certain period of time? will people forget about it? it's rebuilding an entire -- >> it's a good possibility where mick jagger says right now president clinton, what his --' special envoy to haiti. he was already doing a lot of work working with dr. paul farmer, partners in health. there's a chance here to really, i think, pay attention in a way that hasn't happened before. >> larry: okay. we're going to take a break and come back with more. queen rania of jordan is known for her compassion and caring and her genuine concern for the people of the world. here she is with your greeting for you and the haitians we're
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all trying to help tonight. watch as we go to break, and please, please call the numbers on skrur screen. we have record-breaking figures coming in. keep it it up. we'll be right back. >> nothing will ever be the same again for the people of haiti. our thoughts and prayers are with those whose lives were tragic. three jordanian peacekeepers died along with countless others. we can't replace families, and but we can ease the suffering of those left behind. the united nations foundation has committed $1 million for haiti's humanitarian needs. we ask you you support the u.n. funds for disaster. unicef is working to rescue thousanded of orphaned and injured children. we need to heal their broken bodies and we need to tend the wounds we can't see by rekindling their spirits and getting them back into school. the impact of the earthquake was
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>> larry: so many people helping tonight. mostly you. welcome back to haiti how you can help. let's go back to our guests in new york. pe pete wentz is with us. danny glover the actor and ambassador for unicef, and sean did diddy combs. danny, what's this been like for you emotionally to see this? >> i've had a relationship of haiti when i visited it in 1973. so it was really painful. the work that trans african forum has done with haiti, particularly randall robinson as the -- on the hunger strike to restore the democracy to haiti and the work that our present director, executive director does. we've had a very close
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relationship with haiti with regard to the issues around immigration, with regard to the issues around the development and sustainable development. those have been conversations we've had ongoing with trans africa forum. also, many groups, many groups. >> larry: yeah. obviously, very involved. pete wentz, how have you reacted to this tragedy? >> it's interesting. i saw it on tv when i was think heing about how i was going to explain it it to my son, and more than anything i think that it it shows how the world can come together. haiti has been one of the most poverty-stricken nations in our hemisphere for so long. it takes a disaster like this to put it on the map is kind of heart-breaking. it's not important only how we react in the first 72 hours. it matters that we are creating infrastructure and staying
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involved for the next years, you know, for years to come to keep them, our neighbors and the citizens of the globe, i guess, in hope and empowering themselves. >> larry: these folks are answering phones while we talk to them. we'll check back with sean diddy combs because he's busy on the phone. what's it this book? >> the official michael jackson opus. it's so heavy. it's pretty phenomenal. >> larry: opus meaning? >> it's the -- it's one of the most beautiful -- the only one that exists complete and utter tribute to michael jackson. every single word in here are original words created for the opus. the essays that are written are solely created for the opus. and the interviews that were done are from people who have
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worked -- have experience working with michael jackson? >> you bring it tonight? >> because we're going to donate this to raise money. >> larry: you're going to auction it off? >> yes. the artists that are here tonight signed it. the pictures are treated, they're made to look like they're -- they're all original pictures. 80% of the pictures in this book haven't been seen before. >> larry: we can bid on this. i don't know how we set up to do this while you're calling in. >> go to cnn.com/larryking and -- >> good thinking, paula. c cnn.com/larryking. let's go to ryan at the tweet scene? >> a family scene, paula bailing us out. garsel is with me now. you were talking about the
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generosity of the callers you spoke with? >> it's he been phenomenal. i had a woman who had a knee replacement in the hospital, and she was calling to donate money. she wishes she could get to haiti as soon as she could. i got one family that donated 2500 to unicef and 2500 to the red cross. i also got to speak to haitian donors, and we got to see -- when we see each other we say [ speaking in foreign language ] >> so it's been nice to be able to speak to you now. everyday people that want to help. it's awesome. >> you said you got good news earlier? >> yes, yes. we got good news, but it's never always good because there's a lot of people that are desperate in dire need of help. >> good luck. thank you. thank you for your time. >> thank you. >> do we have a second to pop up
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to the tweet suite. molly sims and jared leto are talking to people that are donating. as you give money, please tell us and let us know what you're thinking and where you are. a big question, when you donate the money, where does it go and how do you know it dpets to the right place? >> through hope builders you can donate and watch a house built virtually am it's interesting and rewarding to know where your money is going. i've worked with this organization before in the past, and people can really get proactive and be part of the solution. >> they can see which part of the house you're building. >> you can actually see what you're doing, what you're contradicting to. it's a trending topic on twitter right now. >> larry: we're running overstacked now, but we'll try to get in everybody. ringo star has something to say about haiti. take his words to heart and take action. >> peace and love, everybody.
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>> larry: since 8:00 tonight, get this, folks, the red cross and unicef have raised $2,900,000. that's since 8:00 eastern time tonight. wow. soledad o'brien is on the scene for us in port-au-prince tonight. let's check in with her now. if you haven't already donated, maybe she can convince to do it. soledad, what's the latest from there? >> reporter: larry, maybe these babies can convince you to do it, because look at them sleeping here. this is the back of a truck. 25 babies are here, and it's become this makeshift nursery. across the way another 100-plus other young children. here's the problem, larry. let me show you. people are donating things like powders milk, but infants can't drink milk. they need formula. they ran out and they feed them milk and they get diarrhea and they get dehydrated. we need water and formula to come to the orphanages. there are so many orphanages
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here in port-au-prince. it's really, really critical. if you think of something to donate, formula is good and important to get to everybody. big thank you to the folks helping out with all the information and advice tonight. >> larry: we want to thank the spokesperson for unicef. also there in port-au-prince is matt merrick. they've worked so hard throughout the past six days and then continue to work. there's matt and we salute him. when you call it tonight, you contribute to the american red cross or to unicef. we thank you so much. again, as we announced $2,900,000 has reached since 8:00 eastern time tonight. there you see our stars on the bank of phones answering your calls. we have ryan and the tweet suite set up, and we'll be back with lots more to come. don't forget, seal is still to
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i'm charles barkley. we had the devastating earthquake in haiti, and i'm asking and please give anything you can to help the people of haiti. thank you very much. >> larry: thank you, charles. jennifer lopez is back with us in los angeles. nicole richie is here, supporter of unicef and a backer of unicef's project raising funds for water and sanitation prachl. joel madden has stopped, goodwill ambassador for unicef. his twin bengie wanted to be here tonight and couldn't make it. he'll tweet to urge help for haiti throughout the somehow. how has this affected you? >> it's hard to watch. you look at a country with haiti with almost half the population is kids. so to just think about, you know, what they've already been through, what haiti has been
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through and the possibility of the future is -- that's why i think something like this is really important. trying to stop that second wave of disaster what could happen in the next couple weeks. >> you know it's coming, right? >> yeah. >> larry: j. lo, is it hard for you to watch? >> absolutely. a lot is watching the children. when you finally have your own children and you feel he be what it must feel like for everybody out there. it's just -- it's daunting, all of it feels so huge. you just want to do anything or everything you can and just urge everybody else to do the same. >> larry: nicole, what is t.a.p. >> they bring clean water to places like haiti, and right now clean water is what they need. >> larry: how did you get involved? >> i got involved through unicef actually, and joel is the head of it. >> larry: you're involved with t.a.p., too? >> he was the spokesperson for the project and i'm a goodwill
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ambassador for unicef. i goo on field visits. i was on the show talking about t.a.p. project. with haiti he right now, clean water is key. that's what they need, is clean water. >> larry: does t.a.p. stand for something? >> it originally -- t.a.p. project.o project.org. it's the diraimondo onidea thate money for a glass of tap water. >> larry: oh. that makes sense. >> we can drink clean tap water in our country. places like at a tihaiti don't access. >> larry: is it hard for you to watch nicole? >> it's so tragic and it feels so big and overwhelming. it's nice to see everyone come together and do everything they can. it's actually -- it's a very
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warm feeling, especially being here and seeing everyone come together and want to help is just -- it's sad. gives me a lot of hope. >> larry: don't you find the little children the hardest to watch? >> oh, my gosh. really. there was one image in the first few days of i don't know if it was his daughter but of a man carrying this little girl, and in the back of my mind all the time. they've been using it, periodically, and it just literally breaks my heart every time i see it. just to see her there helpless in his arms and him helpless trying to help her and nowhere to go. it's a lot. it's a lot to watch, but you know, it's good that we get to see it because we need to do something. everybody needs to do something. it's great like she said that everybody pulls together to help in moments like this. upstairs answering the phones. that's what i loved about it. i said i was having a great time, and what i he meant was it
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was so great to see how many people from all over country were calling in and doing what they could. >> larry: i can't imagine how fortunate we are, right? >> i count my blessings every day. >> larry: you think about it and see something like this, joel? >> you know, it's -- i was thinking about what they were saying, and there is good news with unicef. they've been on the ground in haiti for over 40 years, so they know what to do and they know how to handle a situation like this. we have to help them. so i think that it's hard to watch, but at the same time the response time that everyone has had in this disaster has been great and it's a real sign of hope. i'm kind of hopeful. >> larry: isn't this impressive tonight, the kind of money that's poured in here? >> it's amazing. really, it's amazing. when you think of -- we do charity events. i work with different charities trying to raise money like that. to think that much money was raised in an hour shows you how
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big-hearted people are. again, taking you back to, wow. we actually are around so many beautiful thing of the it's a beautiful thing. it says a lot about all of us. >> larry: the whole world kicks into something like that, because we're all our brothers, aren't we, supposedly? >> i think that, you know -- like i said, especially now in 2010 watching the network of people, how fast everyone got together and how fast we started sharing information. to me, like i said, it's hopeful. so we have to -- i think if everyone pulls together and everyone has that hopeful attitude, i think that we can really make a difference and i think that everyone that's involved in this in the world watching and wants to be involved, we're all haiti has. we really have. >> larry: we are the world. you going over there soon? >> yeah. hopefully i'm hoping once this, you know -- once the cameras
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leave, because there will a time when the cameras go away, we have to continue the work there. >> larry: we're going to hear from kobe bryant next and sean combs is with us and seal's live performance is around the corner. call 1-800-4-unicef or 1 h 1-800-help-now. you're looking at the phone banks in new york, and they want to hear from you. let's help haiti. overly sensitive skin? you would never know. introducing aveeno ultra-calming with active naturals feverfew. we know feverfew... has properties that help neutralize irritation... to strengthen skin and calm redness in just one week. discover new aveeno ultra-calming. like she was drifting away. we wanted to be there for her... to hold on to her. mom's doctor said his symptoms were signs of alzheimer's,
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>> larry: before we check in back to new york, we want to say thanks to jennifer lopez for coming out tonight. she has to go. thank you so much. >> thank you, guys. everybody keep doing everything you can. every little bit helps. that's it. >> larry: you must feel good when you do something like this, don't you? >> it's always rewarding to be involved in an effort to help somebody else. >> larry: you always do good when you help someone else. >> that's right. >> larry: thanks so much. >> thank you. >> larry: we're going up to new york now and check in with sean combs. he's in new york doing his part. we didn't get a chance to talk to him earlier. of course, he was on the phone. sean, this must be pretty tough for you to handle, isn't it? to see all this? >> yeah. it's something that weighs so heavy on your heart, but something so beautiful coming out of it.
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the way us as a people are coming together in this time of tragedy. people from all over the world. you have to understand haiti for me is an inspiration al country. they were the first to take back their freedom and weren't going to be slaves anymore. growing up the haitian people were always people i looked up to because of the way they fought for their freedom. living in miami, and if you've ever met somebody that's haitian, they have so much love in their hearts. he don't just shake your hand. they give you a hug and kiss. they're a loving people. to see this is heart-wrenching and heart-breaking. what's going on today with cnn and unicef and also wyclef's organization yele, i think wyclef should be -- he should run for president of hate iti ar this. what he's done is truly commendable. i pray for the people of haiti.
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>> larry: sean, i understand someone is going to give $1,000 for your sunglasses? >> yes. i'm trying to raise more and i heard the young man at that donated $1,000 for your success sperndz, i got him to donate $1,000 for my shades. i'm always wearing shades, so i sold him my shades and an autographed picture for $1,000. whatever it takes, we're going to raise as much money as we can. >> larry: unicef wants you to know what the money is buying for the people of haiti. pete wentz joins us at a tent unicef has set up on the set. pete, take us through some of the details here. what is this all about? >> i think part of it is that people want to see actually part of the solution. so if we go inside the unicef tent that is actually down there right now, you can see that the problem is solvable. for example, you have these
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tablets that -- one of these costs 1 cent, and it can keep five liters cent for five liter water. you have a blanket that costs $3. just $3 for this blanket. you come over here, there's a -- actually a cooler for vaccines that unicef workers carry-on them at all times, because following obviously devastation like this keeping kids vaccinated is very important. something that's interesting i think for people to see always as well as for 200 bucks you can get this, it's a school in a box which is actually -- so kids can keep learning and empowering themselves and staying involved. obviously you get black board paint and are able to stay involved. this tent is utilitarian and can be used for schooling purposes
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or for medical purposes or for kids to do recreational things in, because if you think about it, you know, six months from now you want your kids psychologically happy. you want them, you know, you have a $3 soccer ball and want kids playing, kicking it around and doing that kind of stuff. as well, you know, we have food, high protein biscuits, formula for infants. that is specifically designed for infants that are malnourished or mothers that are malnourished and it's all very cheap. this is a solvable problem. that's what i wanted to kind of put out there is that every cent counts. and when it comes down to it that's what i meant with this tablet for the water. if you even donate a cent to this cause you are donating. >> larry: wow. pete, i salute you. that's amazing to see that tent in operation the way it's set up. tents like that in haiti,
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helping people. we go back to sean combs. i understand we have another donation, sean? what happened? >> larry, i'm here, i'm really working these phones, larry. there's something about your suspenders the people want. i have a dr. boone from trumble, connecticut. he put up $2,000 for a pair of suspenders. so, larry, i have an idea. we're going to sell your suspenders for $5,000 a pair. okay? you call us up here. larry is going to sell his suspenders for $5,000 a pair. we only got four pair of those. the next five pair go for $10,000. how about that, larry? >> larry: sean, you're a man after my own heart. i'll have to bring them from home tomorrow. i got one pair i got to give here tonight. then i'll bring them all in tomorrow. >> that's right. we have dr. boone, thank you very much from trumble, connecticut. we're raising money. everybody, you may not get some suspenders, but just, you know, call up unicef, call 1-800-for-unicef and donate anything. we'll take anything for the
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people of haiti. haiti, we love you. >> larry: sean, for the next night we do anything to raise money, you the host. >> let's go. >> larry: we have a few ambassadors with us tonight. kobe bryant certainly falls into that category. he does so much through sports to bring people together. the nba and the players union donating $1 million to haitian relief efforts. here's what l.a. laker kobe bryant has to say about haiti and how you can help. >> hey, larry. just wanted to say it's wonderful what you're doing tonight. we're truly blessed to be able to have this platform to be able to spread the message of helping, of assisting, and obviously the tragedy in haiti goes without saying, and important for all of us to contribute to do whatever we can to help and to lend a helping hand. tomorrow's not promised to anyone, and everybody must do whatever they can to help no
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matter how big or how small the contribution. please join in and do whatever you can. $$$$$$$$$$$
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>> larry: want to thank nicole richie, joel madden for being
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with us. you're going to join us for our finale. you're going to be on set. since the start of our show two hours ago unicef and the red cross have received almost $5 million. it will help those babies in haiti that you've been looking at live. we can get the $5 million. come on. we're almost there. make the last push and help the babies and their parents. i want to thank you for your interest and your support. don't forget the disaster in haiti is going to have repercussions for years. the also the phones are going to stay open through anderson cooper and right through the two-hour repeat of this show atmy night. 2:00 a.m. eastern time, 11:00 p.m. pacific, the phones will remain open. we're this close to $5 million. here's seal to get everybody ready. ♪ oh yeah, my, my, my yeah
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♪ people get ready there's a train acoming ♪ ♪ you don't need no baggage you just get on board ♪ ♪ all you need is faith to hear the hear the diesels humming you don't need no ticket you just thank the lord ♪ ♪ so people get ready there's a train picking up passengers from coast to coast ♪ ♪ faith is the key open up the doors and board them there's
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those you love the most ♪ ♪ oh there ain't no room for the hopeless sinner ♪ ♪ have pity on those ♪ oh people get ready there's a train acoming you don't need no baggage you just get on board ♪ ♪ all you need is your faith to hear the diesels humming and you don't need a ticket you just
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thank the lord ♪ ♪ one more time ♪ people get ready there's a train acoming you don't need no baggage you just get on board ♪ ♪ you don't need no ticket, you just thank the lord ♪ ♪ yeah ♪ people get ready ♪ come on, people get ready

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