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aflac! ...then you don't know quack.o find out all the ways aflac's got you covered, visit knowquack.com >> larry: maria joins us here in los angeles she was in haiti last year. what took you there? >> i went to haiti with my friend, paul hagas. he is an amazing human being, and he has been working in haiti for the last 22 years. we saw the incredible pediatric hospital that he built, a hospital for disabled children, 20 street schools in the slums, orphanages, and free medical clinics. he brings the only free drinking water to the slums. >> larry: was it your first trip there? >> yes. >> larry: were you impressed? >> i have never in my life seen such dire poverty. but in the mist of the poverty, the haitian people have so much joy and resilience, and beautiful, beautiful spirits. >> larry: when you heard about the earthquake, you must have been whacked out? >> it was devastating. i spoke to father that day in a weird coincidence -- father was in connecticut, and he never leaves haiti, because his mother was dying. and i

aflac! ...then you don't know quack. out all the ways aflac's got you covered, visit knowquack.com >> larry: maria remains. let's check in with port-au-prince with our cnn national correspondent, gary tuckman, and being adopted, we just discussed one of the orphans. what is the latest? >> two days ago i was in an orphanage partially destroyed. 25 orphans had to live outside, sleep outside. the people that ran the orphanage, they did not know what they were going to do. all 25 orphans were in the process of being adopted by americans. all the papers had been lost in the earthquake. today after we did our story, six of those 25 orphans went to the port-au-prince airport and were flown to orlando where they arrived a short time ago to meet their mothers and fathers who they will live with for the rest of their lives. what we are being told by the u.s. air force, the state department and u.n. and military and cnn helped lead to everything being picked up for the six orphans. >> larry: thanks, gary. great work. joining us now

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aflac! ...then you don't know quack.got you covered, visit knowquack.com >> larry: let's check in with our foreign affairs correspondent. what's the picture regarding aid? >> we just got the latest coming out. state department. information to agency. they are sending what is called a dart team. that's disaster assistance response team. they've activated two partners. one come from fairfax county here in virginia. a search and rescue. and then also from los angeles, search and rescue. and they say that they have 72 personnel, six search and rescue canines and up to 48 tons of rescue equipment. they also have u.s. aid disaster experts who will help to assess the situation on the ground. one of the real complications as we've been reporting, larry, is communications. they believe that they'll be able to get this team in. that's the really, really important thing that they have to do. and we also have that number that the state department operations center gave out recently. maybe we can put that graphic up again which is th

continue to reverse the momentum of the taliban, help build indigenous security forces, just as we did in aflac, and help the people in afghanistan and pakistan with a development assistance. both governments must be able to take on corruption in the institutions of civilian government. there is much to be proud of on the ground in afghanistan. we should all be very thankful for the men and women who were making such sacrifice away from their own families everyday. thank you for listening. >> did you know that the number one free news application for your iphone is c-span radio? now, you can get quick and easy access to audio channels, c-span and radio and c-span there is also a cab with a link to all of our podcasts. it is all free and available from the applications for. >> coming up monday, new virginia gov. bob macdonald did it -- it delivers his state of the commonwealth speech. you can see that on c-span. >> >> the court will decide if the f.c.c.'s indecency policy on the a live program violates the first amendment. this is the second time the court has heard the case. the first was in 20