. >> stand by, anderson cooper is on the phone. anderson, where are you right now and what are you seeing? unfortunately, i think we lost our connection with anderson cooper. we will reconnect with him. technology is very, very serious problem dealing with haiti right now. it is amazing we are getting through as clearly as we are. karl penhaul is still with us. karl, it is clear that the haitian government is in charge? we know the u.s. military has officially taken charge of the airport. but there is a semblance of the haitian government on top of this? >> reporter: it certainly is not. yes. we have heard comments from the haitian president rene preval. we see in some of the lines principally for gasoline, haitian police standing by, in the streets i have seen one or two haitian police as well. you can't say there is haitian leadership here. you cannot say that haitians are in control. that said, again, going back to past experience, past disasters in haiti, you wouldn't have expected to see haitian leadership there either. they ar

anderson cooper is on the phone. anderson, where are you right now? what are you seeing? unfortunately, i think we lost our connection with anderson cooper. we're going to reconnect with him. technology is obviously very, very -- very serious problem dealing with haiti right now. it's amazing that we're getting through as clearly as we are. carl penhole is still with us. carl, is it -- is it clear that the haitian government is in charge? we know the u.s. military has effectively taken charge of the airport in port-au-prince, but is there a semblance of the haitian government right now really on top of this? >> yes, we heard comments from the president. we've seen gasoline, i've seen haitian police standing by in the streets. i've seen one or two haitian police as well. but really, you cannot say there's haitian leadership here. you cannot say that haitians are in control. that said, again going back to past experience, past disasters in haiti, you wouldn't expect to see haitian leadership there either. they seem to be absent from the scene. again, why is that? one of the

anderson cooper have you seen evidence of this in your report

larry: before we meet john and david, let's go back to port-au-prince, haiti and check in with anderson cooper we looking at tonight, a anderson? >> we're live from port-au-prince. we have the latest on the search for americans. the state department says between 4500 and 5,000 americans are missing here. we may never know the real number. today we went to the hotel montana where american families hope they find loved ones. we're going to talk to a young woman who is waiting to hear word of her father who is missing at the hotel montana. i'll talk to another man, a wife, an american found in the rubble here. she's basically disappeared. her body dumped in a dump truck and taken to mass graves. we'll go out to the mass graves and it's the most shocking scenes i've seen in my lives. the haitian government is not fully burying people, literally dumping them out on the ground and leaving them, and it's he been two weeks now. we'll have all that ahead, larry, tonight. >> larry: boy, wow. anderson cooper, 10:00 eastern and 7:00 pacific. let's go to new york. john avalon column iist of the daily beast

call now. >> larry: before we meet john avlon and john gergan, let's meet with anderson cooper who willight, anderson? >> we're live at this hour from port-au-prince, larry. we'll have the latest on the search for americans. the state department says now anywhere between 4500 and 5,000 americans are missing here. today we went to the hotel montana where american families are holding out hope they'll find their loved ones, at least the bodies of their loved ones. we'll talk to a young woman who is missing her father from the hotel montana. we'll also talk to a young wife. an american was found in the rubble here, and she has basically disappeared, her body dumped into a dump truck, taken out to mass graves. we'll talk to him about why he feels this happened and why he wishes the u.s. government was able to do more. we'll also take you out to the mass graves. it's one of the most shocking scenes i've ever seen in my life. the haitian government not even fully burying people, literally dumping them out on the ground and leaving them. it has been two weeks now. we'll have all that ahead, la

i don't mean to interrupt the news show. >> i'm sorry and anderson cooper surprisingly host of "andersonwed up. >> four-time emmy winner. >> four? >> okay. >> wait, let's talk about new year's eve. enough about you. >> listen, sorry, john zarrella is down in key west with a drag queen named sushi. what have you guys got? >> we're in times square -- this is our third year together. >> yes. it's a new tradition. >> it's become a tradition. i'm surprised you were allowed to come back this career. >> may i -- yeah. it's kind of a miracle, and now, you know, there are rules, and i'm not supposed to cuss or say inappropriate things. >> well -- >> so we'll see how i do. >> let's keep our fingers crossed, candy. >> or not, candy. >> is there a seven-second delay? >> yes. >> no. >> like a 30-second delay, about a two-minute delay. it's cool. >> no, there's no delay because it's all about counting down to new year's. >> that's not what i was cold. i'm like to see jack cafferty right away, please. >> when in doubt anderson can reach over with his hand and put it over your mouth. again -- >> he's do

anderson cooper. the latest is what i'm told is an incredible survival story. what is this store are? >> yeah, larry a 5-year-old boy found alive today. his name is manly. he is was brought in by his ankle. his uncle was digging through the rubble of the home looking

anderson cooper in port-au-prince. usher's going to be here tomorrow night. she helping raise money in haiti with young people around the world. and more politics next. >>> by the way a prom pram note. some of you expected to see the interview with brittany murphy's husband and mother. we will let you know when it's reschedule. we will go back to haiti in a minute. first, david gergen, in no new orleans, martially matlin, our republican strategy gist. and in new york, donna brazil. and? new york, john avalon. gang, president obama was asked about the election last night. and here's what he said to abc's george stephanopoulos. >> the same thing that swept scott brown has swept me into office. people are aungry and frustrated. >> what is the strategy on health care going forward? a lot of people talked about the house passing the senate bill. >> here is one thing i know. i want to make sure it's off the table. the senate shouldn't try to jam anything through another scott brown is seated. the people of massachusetts spoke. he's got to be a part of that process.

let's check in with anderson cooper on duty in port-au-prince. you tweeted today anderson that the camera lens is too small to capture what's going on. can you elaborate? >> it is, larry. let me tell you what the noise is behind me. there's a group of about 100 men chanting and sort of running through the streets. it's the kind of thing you see a lot here in the last 24 hours. people trying to rally their own spirits singing songs, sings psalms, and praying out loud in large groups in the park. that's the noise behind me. it's like a parade-like atmosphere. it's in stark contrast to what we've seen throughout the day. this isn't just some story you go to and package. this is something happening around the clock. this is an event, a historic event that is occurring in realtime 24 hours a day just around the clock. it's a complete -- it's an extraordinary experience just to be here, and i think the camera lens is too small to capture all that's going on. that's why we have correspondence all throughout port-au-prince trying to have as many cameras a

we're joined by anderson cooper. last time he was with us, he was in the confines of comfortable studios in new york. now he's in a completely different situation. the prime minister told cnn earlier today that hundreds of thousands, anderson, may be dead. you read into that? >> reporter: well, you know, i don't know about that. it's hard to predict. i'm not sure how he can come up with a figure like that. all of us who have been here today, you know, at a certain point just stopped counting the bodies. i stopped at around 30 or 35. i know others have seen more than that. that's in just the space of a few hours. but how that corresponds, port-au-prince is a city of 2 million people. i know in a city 40 kilometers from here they didn't feel much from this quake and didn't suffer much damage. there's an awful lot of people trapped underneath rubble right now. we are still seeing people being pulled out alive. i saw a little girl, 1 years old today, pulled out alive after being trapped for 18 hours. it was an incredibly

to find out where things stand, anderson cooper stands by as he has ever since this started two weeks ago tonight. he is, of course, in port-au-prince. i saw a film from the bbc anderson in which they brought in supplies and took them back. what's going on? >> well, we're seeing a lot of food distribution at this point. they're handing out food in a lot of different areas. i say i saw one food handout by action against hunger, water distribution is a key issue right now. sometimes if there are unruly crowds or things get beyond the control, they will might have away. for the most part things are very orderly. we haven't seen, you know, any kind of large scale problems. i spent today looking into the issue of all the new orphans created in the wake of catastrophe. there's no telling how many there are at this point, but unicef is very concerned that these kids could be trafficked, taken for illegal adoptions, for shady adoptions, trafficked for sexual exploitation and domestic work. they're trying to figure out how orphans there are and protect as many as they can. but at this point th

anderson cooper, the anchor of "ac 360." the latest, what i'm told, is an incredible survival story. what is this story? >> yeah. larry, a little 5-year-old boy found alive today. his name is manly. he was brought into general hospital, write just happened to be on another story. brought in by his uncle. not even professional searchers. huz uncle was digging through the home where his parents are dead. he heard manly saying, i'm here, i'm here. with five other friends with a pick ax dug into the hole and found him. this all according to the uncle. brought him to the hospital. he was covered in dust. totally disorient pdp this little boy looked on the brink of death. rushed into a room where a doctor and a nurse from the international medical corps immediately started attending to him. got iv fluids in to him. started checking for any broken bones or internal injuries. he had none. he was severely dehydrated. if you pinched your skin, larry, it would bounce right back to normal. if you pinch the skin of somebody severely dehy

back to port-au-prince and anderson cooper. anderson, what happens to the dead bodies?> well, we learned that today. we've been seeing them getting collected starting late last night, put into dump trucks. today we followed one of those dump trucks out to a mass grave. the government says they buried some 7,000 people so far. i'm not sure how they're actually keeping track because i didn't see any people actually recording the numbers of dead. what i saw was dump trucks coming and literally dumping people out like refuse into these pits. as you remember from sri lanka and the wake of the tsunami, there was mass graves there as well. you have to do that when there is death on this scale. at least they were taking pictures of the dead so loved ones can at least identify them. there are no names being taken, no pictures being taken. i don't know if they're actually counting the numbers. they're digging these pits and burying them. these people could simply disappear. they could be americans, they could be haitians, they could be from some other country. we don't know where

walmart. >>> joining us now, anderson cooper, the host of "ac 360."hey travel outside of port-au-prince today. they went to a town which apparently got nothing. where were you and what happened or did not happen there? >> carl got there first. no humanitarian aid had been getting to the town until a world food program sent in a team last night. you saw doctors getting there today. >> yeah, we went in there. the main street collapsed. the mayor said the other 10% is just trying to get by. it really was a presession of the dammed there. relatives taking people to a make-shift clinic on doors, on mattresses salvaged from the ruins. and then there were very few supplies in the makeshift clinic. they were sending people out with broken limbs splinted with cardboard boxes and pieces of wood. >> i saw a little girl with her leg in a print. most of the focus has been downtown port-au-prince. and really, nobody had the time to go to leogane. it's the very early hours. it's just the beginning of some relief. larry, the need there is incredible. i was at a schoo

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. 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 tr

also maggie boyer, communications director for world vision in haiti and cnn's's own anderson cooper.worried are we about child trafficking in this tragedy? >> we were worried before and are worried now. there are a lot of stories, a number of organizations, unicef, world vision safe the children are trying to follow them up. we haven't found evidence these stories are true but that doesn't mean children are not at risk. all humanitarian actors remain vigilant. >> larry: maggie, it is a danger since so many children are scattered around, we don't know whether their parents are living or dead. they are open to this, aren't they? >> that is correct, larry. before the quake 380,000 children were labeled orphans in haiti. you can imagine that number has increased since the quake. world vision is working hard to keep track of those children and ensure their well being. >> larry: maggie is coming to us via that skype gadget. amazing how this works. anderson cooper have you seen evidence of this in your report something. >> reporter: we looked into it. we were given a heads up to two stories

we begin in port-au-prince with anderson cooper, the anchor of cnn's "a.c. 360." anderson, what's the latest on our little 5-year-old survivor? >> reporter: we actually went to find him today. the last we had seen him he was being cared for by doctors from the international medical corps. they say he was showing good signs and started to eat something. he had actually passed urine which is a good sign. means his kidneys were still functioning. he was taken, we believe, by his uncle today from the hospital. so far we haven't been able to find him. we're going to try to do that tomorrow. apparently his uncle has taken him away back to the uncle's home. we're not sure. his condition seems to be okay. we came across, larry, in the pediatric ward at general hospital. there's this whole new generation of orphans now in port-au-prince and probably other places in haiti. a lot of kids whose parents have died, in the hospital who end up with nowhere to go. little boy, johnny, broken leg, with no parents examine no and no clothes. the haitian nurses couldn't send him away. h

anderson cooper top of the hour. dan lothian is our cnn correspondent, andita mcbride is in washington, and laura schwartz in chicago served assist the director of events in the white house social office in the clinton administration. you want to get us up to date on the new crash story? >> we got the statement from the secret service this morning. a third individual managed to make his way into the white house here to that state dinner in november. this person, according to the secret service, went to a local hotel where the indian delegation was meeting, and then hopped in a vehicle there and came into the white house. now, the secret service says that they did go through that -- that individual went through a security screening and they don't believe at any time ha individual he got into the receiving line or had a chance to meet the president or the first lady. it's under investigation, and clearly another embarrassing situation here for this white house, which we're talking about security issues, national securi

. >> larry: anderson cooper standing by in port-au-prince.l host "a.c. 360" at the top of the hour. what's the lead tonight? >> larry, a lot of stories here from port-au-prince. just a few seconds ago i wanted to show you what we saw. an impromptu parade of hundreds of people dancing, singing down the street, expressing their faith in god. expressing their faith in this country. their faith in their own survival. sign that even in the worst of times the people here are strong and they are celebrating their lives and want to send that message to the world. also tonight, larry, another survivor, young woman rescued from the rubble believed to be trapped there since the earthquake hit. 15 days she was trapped. how could she survive? gaurry tuchman has an update. new video to show you tonight. haitian government's first attempt to distribute food to hungry people in an orderly fashion. didn't turn out that way. people shoving to get the food. >>> we'll look at rebuilding haiti. education system is collapsed. how is it going to rebuild? that and t

that's ahead on "360." >> larry: anderson cooper, "a.c. 360" 10:00 eastern, 7:00 pacific. family. norris, you're the father and weigh 340 pounds. as a family, what do you try to do together to get rid of this problem? >> well, as a family, larry, we try to stay focused on basically losing weight and the way we're doing it is through a buddy system. we're going to the gym. we're watching what we eat. we're eating good food. i mean, we're eating food that's organic. all this stuff is new to us, but it's working. i mean, we're losing drastic weight. our confidence is up, shayne's diabetes is down. my high blood pressure is down. my cholesterol is down. it's working. >> larry: amber, did you -- >> my doctor told me to keep to what i'm doing. >> larry: amber, did you want to go on the "the biggest loser?" >> no, i never wanted to go on "the biggest loser." >> who could blame her? >> larry: could they go on as a family, jillian? >> on "the biggest loser" the most we've had is couples so far. brothers and sisters. i'm going to be dealing with families on my new show, "losing it."

. >> larry: right now let's check in with anderson cooper. what's up tonight?rges for the christmas eve bomber. also the details about how quickly this educated and wealthy young man morphed into a violent extremist. tearer in the skies again. f-15 fighters scramble. we'll tell you why. we'll look at continuing questions about what kind of job the tsa is doing to keep us safe. what needs to be fixed. we're keeping them honest tonight. and a battle in the arctic ocean. a small boat in protest takes on a japanese whaling ship. dramatic video. a small boat almost snapped in half. i'll talk to the captain and the crew coming up. >> larry: that's "ac 360." where's my car? where's my car?!!!! where are you?! arghhh... (announcer) dr. scholl's massaging gel insoles give you outrageous comfort, all-day-guaranteed. woah. it's not too far... (announcer) are you gellin'? dr. scholl's. >> larry: we're back. larry, has your client been paid damages? >> we have. there was a civil case and a settlement, which is confidential. >> larry: but polanski settled? >> the case was se

anderson cooper and dr. sanjay gupta. they will be with us to begin the first hour, they will be with us to begin the first hour. anderson, this goes on and on. what happened in the last hour? >> larry: 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 the aid workers go back to where they are staying. some try to -- are able to work all night. there's a lot of logistical planning that goes on at night. these streets kind of empty down. right now there are tens of thousands of hatians, if not more, sleeping in public parks, in open stadiums, anywhere they can. there are people playing music behind me. it's become almost a routine, but nothing about this should become routine, larry. it shouldn't be routine that little kids will die tonight that don't need to die, if they had some antibiotics. if there were enough doctors that were able to treat them. they're turning away, they're triaging still. they're assessi

anderson cooper have you seen evidence of this at all in your reporting? >> we've looked into it.llegations. two stories that were floating around. unicef turned us on to. we did not get evidence of trafficking in those two incidents. we talked to unicef and save the children who say they are clearly on the lookout. and what's really important, larry, is that now a lot of these organizations really want to start tracking, trying to get their hands around how many orphans there really are. who really is an orphan, who may have family members that they're separated from that want to take care of them. we saw this in the wake of the sue nam ne sri lanka. we investigated those. it was hard to find actual evidence of it. haiti does have a history of not just child trafficking internationally or going to a dominican republic but also internally. kids are sold, often, or given to other families living in the city. those kids will grow up as domestic servants working for a family. that's something that's a form of trafficking which happens right here in haiti and happened long before the

. >> larry: anderson cooper is back. what's up tonight, anderson? >> we have breakinglarry, break.e burned down his own home and possessions except a shotgun. two men are now dead including the shooter. tonight, new details on what led a man to open fire at a federal building. >>> also, the politics of terror. dick cheney claiming president obama is trying to pretend the u.s. is not at war with terrorists. what do the facts show? we're keeping them honest and looking at whether the bush/cheney administration really did anything different. >>> almost unthinken loss. a man losing wife and newborn child on christmas eve. both thought to be dead in an operating room until both came back to life. the couple tells their story and you'll meet their beautiful baby tonight on 360. >> larry: anderson cooper, "a.c. 360" top of the hour. dan lothian is our white house correspondent. anita mcbride served as an assistant to president george w. bush and chief of staff to laura bush. in washington. dan at the white house. laura schwartz in chicago served as director of events in the white house so

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. >>> we'll check in with anderson cooper. hey, anderson. >> thanks so much.ments from "game change." he have the authors of that book. we'll get into the remarks that reid make but dig deeper into a behind of scenes version what happened between then senator barack obama and nor hillary clinton during the historic campaign, including why hillary clinton was convinced she would win the nomination and began planning her transition to the white house and why she already declined to be secretary of state. new details about bill clinton and hillary clinton and why hillary clinton's people formed a war room within a war room to deal with bill clinton. >>> plus on the terror trail tonight. the exclusive interview with the father of a radical cleric. he says his son is an all-american boy and not a terrorist. we'll have that exclusive interview, and those stories and more ahead tonight on 360. soledad. >>> thanks. to the phones in atlanta, georgia tonight. what's your question? >> caller: my question is to the panel. if you had an opportunity to advise sarah palin, b

right now, check in with anderson cooper, he will lost "ac 360" at the top of the hour. what is up? terror charges for the christmas eve bomber and new remarkable details about how quickly this educate and wealthy young man morphed into a violent extremist. >>> also, terror in the skies again. f-15 fighters scramble. we will tell you why. >>> and going to look at questions -- continuing questions about what kind of job the tsa is doing to keep us safe what's working, what needs to be fixed what is doing a good job and who isn't? we are keeping them honest tonight. >>> a battle in the arctic ocean, a small boat in protest takes on a japanese whaling ship, dram dramatic video, a small boat almost snapped in half. talk to the captain of the crew. all that at the top of the hour. >>. >> larry: "ac 360." we will be back with our panel after this. some lunch. you hungry? yeah. me too. (door crashes in) (broadview alarm) (gasp and scream) go! go! go! go! go! go! (phone rings) hello? this is mark with broadview security. is everything okay? no. someone just tried to break in. i'm sending he

we'll start by going right to haiti to port-au-prince to a hotel where anderson cooper is standing by with we understand desperation boiling over, anderson. looting, violence. what's going on? >> larry, i don't want to paint too negative a picture. this was as far as we know an isolated incident in downtown port-au-prince, but it is a taste of what could occur here if security is not brought to bear on a large scale in the port-au-prince area. there were shots fired this afternoon by two haitian police officers in the air. we arrived on the scene. a group of young men broke into a damaged stores. they were taking boxes of candles and selling those trying to profit. they were trying to profit off other people's despair. it quickly evolved into a situation with hundreds of people on the street. they started bringing weapons to the street. they started battling each other over goods. there were no -- there was no one from the u.n. there. no u.n. peacekeepers on scene and no u.s. personnel. just two haitian police employed by a local businessman trying to protect the business. the busines

and so anderson cooper has filled that role yet again. and i ain't mad at anderson. he doesn't -- >> he doesn't have to be there. >> right, and he and sanjay are on the ground, and this is not an indictment of the coverage that they've done. but who was any black face or face of color that you have seen beating -- leading the story on what is happening in haiti? . . >> one of the arguments we heard was there is no senior person of color in communication. but the question i asked was who had been prepared to be in that senior position? you don't go from wanting to be in communications to being in a senior level staffer in the white house. there has to be a trajectory of organizations and institutions preparing you to be at that level of prime time. where are those institutions? are they functioning effectively? if not, what are the strategies we need to see to do so? >> [inaudible] [applause] >> i have my complaints about a lot of things, but i do think there are african-americans -- this was not as true 15 years ago as they are today -- i was press secretary in a pre

. >>> let's check in anderson cooper. what leads tonight? >> we have breaking news, actually. the top of the hour. disturbing new details of a major failure in one of the nation busiest airports. a security breach not caught on tape, at least initially. newark airport security cameras were broken, had been for days. remember this is one of the airports the 9/11 hijackers left from. we'll have details. and the terror in the skies above detroit could have been averted. president obama calling out the nation's intelligence community calling out accountability. is he really? no one has lost their jobs. no one has stepped down. we're naming names and keeping them honest. >>> and our new series what's next kicks off. a big 360 interview with one of the greatest of our time. find out what they say and how your life is going to be different ten years from now. all that at the top of the hour. >> 10:00 eastern. 7:00 pacific. back to the dilemma of joan rivers. your passport reads joan rosenberg aka joan rivers. what name was on the ticket? >> the ticket was rosenberg but they had mixed

anderson cooper joins us with an amazing story of survival one week to the day since the earthquake struck. what happened, anderson? >> larry, incredible doesn't even begin to describe it. one woman rescued, four more people right now being searched for in two separate sites near the national cathedral. the woman who was rescued, her name is anna zizi. she is in her 70s. the fact that a woman in her 70s was able to last a week, she says, without food, without water, it is really extraordinary. but the struggle for her life continues, larry, because getting pulled out of the rubble is one thing and being saved living is another thing entirely, and once she was pulled out of the rubble, they didn't know where to bring her. they brought her about a block away where a number of people are living in a park and there is sort of a triage set up there. but they didn't have the facilities to care for this woman. she is severely dehydrated, she has crushed bones. someone who was crushed under the rubble for this long needed immediate care. she needed surgery. they didn't know where to take her, what

. >> larry: anderson cooper just informed me that later tonight, early in the morning he'll be headingn motoring into haiti. that's his job, that's what he does. anderson, take it. >> larry, our breaking news coverage of the earthquake in haiti continues in the next few hours. we'll be sharing photos like these, the damage of the 7.0 quake still being assessed. what we do know is when daylight arrives, we expect to see widespread destruction and loss of life. they say to expect serious loss of life. we've been talking to a number of survivors. the country is incredibly impoverished, the infrastructure already compromised before the quake struck. we'll see you there live tomorrow. larry? >> larry: how do you know where to go when you get there? >> i've worked a lot in haiti over the years all throughout the '90s. the first battle is just trying to get in. the airport is shut down right now in port-au-prince. i'm hoping to drive across the border from dominican republic, but frankly, i don't even know if the border will be open. you grab what you can and you do the best you can. i hope t

. >>> want to take a moment to check in with anderson cooper, see what's happening on "a.c. 360" tonightnks so much you're talking about it tonight. so are we. senator reid's comments from the book "game change." at the top of the hour on 360, we have the authors of that book. not only will we get into the remarks reid made but dig deeper into a behind the scenes version of what really happened between then senator barack obama and senator hillary clinton during the historic presidential call pai campaign. including why hillary clinton was convinced she would win the nomination and why she almost declined to be secretary of state. new details about bill clinton and hillary clinton and why hillary clinton's people formed a war-room within a war-room to deal with bill clinton. plus, on the terror trail tonight, exclusive interview with the father of a radical cleric. he says his son is an all-american boy, not a terrorist. we'll have that exclusive interview. those stories and more ahead on 360. >>> a call from atlanta, georgia, tonight. hey, atlanta. >> caller: hey, how are you? >> great,

i'm soledad o'brien in for anderson cooper. for all of us here, have a great weekend. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >> larry: tonight the children of haiti need help. now. their lives were hard before the earthquake. after the disaster, it's hell on earth. orphaned, injured, desperate for bare necessities, they are target for human predators. they're vulnerable to physical and sexual abuse and exploitation and enslavement. can these children be protected? actor and activist sean penn joins us from port-au-prince. plus, how you can save a life. we'll give you all the information you'll need to help or even adopt these innocent kids. it's next on "larry king live." >> larry: our subject tonight is children, there's nothing more important than that, the children of haiti. first, let's check in with ivan watson, our cnn correspondent in port-au-prince. we understand there was some drama earlier today involving children at the airport on a plane. what happened? >> reporter: we're still trying to get to the bottom of this, la

according to anderson cooper, he says he thinks they are afraid of security issues and he says theree no security issues and the doctors are pleading for the supplies. guest: you are right. . after a disaster. we have to make sure we do with those individuals, too. host: the miami dade rescue team was there and you watched as they rescued a little girl from the rubble. guest: i was with the urban rescue team, and they were digging out this girl. that is the father in the yellow shirt. i started recording. she had a great glow about her, the father must so happy to have her. unfortunately, he lost his wife in that structure, which was his home. host: did they only have one child? guest: i believe he has a few other teenagers. it is a mother and this baby two-year old. these rescues are taking place every day. host: the child had been in the rubble for six days. what condition was she in? guest: she was in good condition, needed to the hydrated and to make sure that she did not had any infections, but they did great work. now the comfort is there. we will be able to take on the number

i still try to have reported news that cnn be the core of it with anderson cooper and aaron brown andmany others. it is cheaper and it's easier to get a solid audience a laugh by having very strong opinionated talk shows. and that goes not just with cable tv but for the blogosphere as well. in the blogosphere, if you're pithy army you have this great one-liners, you can get a following just as surely as if you were really courageous and scraped up all of your money and went and covered what's happening in helmand province now in afghanistan. so the worries me as well. what is the antidote to that? one of the antidotes is what i talk about at the end of the speech. if we have a system where people could pay for, not all-news comic is most news will still be free and generic, opinions will definitely be free because opinions proliferate on the web. but if high-quality journalism, people could get paid for it easily on the web economy would need a whole lot of people, 50 million people go to "new york times" website. if one 10th, 5 million paid $2 a month, that's more money than "the new

anderson cooper right now in haiti, if urent following him on twitter, you should be, because the lightsay go out on his show at midnight. he's doing two-hour live programs every night from haiti, but on twitter and other social media, the reports continue throughout the night and are on cnn.com. and so, in a way, we are going door-to-door now. because you don't just have that one at 6:30 p.m., getting that one romplet it's constantly being updated. >> how in this world of splintered media, where you can go 50 million places for your information, how are campaigns going to cut through that to reach pope terrible voters? >> well, it's an excellent question. i think that what you'll see is -- and are already seeing -- is campaigns choosing not just one, but to go through multiple routes. so now each year there seems to be a new tool or a new website that they need to have a presence o. you know, facebook isn't only social networking website out there. you need to have -- if you're an active campaign, you might want to have profiles on multiple social networking sites. twitter, leak david s

. >> i don't think anderson cooper knew it was coming. but she did. >> that is what is expected of her. we show you the low lights and you didn't have to tune in the entire evening. >> rick has been youtubing the highlights. >> they expected it and they had a contract worded for if she dropped a curse word. >> they hired kathy krivin. >> what else does she do well? >> they knew what they were getting. (buzzer). >> and minus 14 in minneapolis. that is really cold and i am sure people would like to say that word. temperatures like that brutal and going to stay that way all week long. we'll have a lot of snow in the northeast. heavy snow in new england and lake-effect snowing right now . that's going to continue in the next few days. we have a storm that is sitting in strength and out in areas overnorthern new england . parts of this is going to see two feet of snow . good news for the skiers and they are getting a lot of it, back to you. >> good news. >> update for you on rush limbaugh's health. stay with "fox and friends". we'll have more

yesterday there was a dialogue between to media persons, anderson cooper and another media person, who really spoke truth to power. the haitian people are patient. they are non-violent, grateful, and they are in devastating conditions. they are begging for the world's support. i am gratified that the team of president obama and secretary clinton heard that. as relates to our soldiers, we are always grateful for their presence. i would suggest that their presence before logistics', managing to get supplies to doctors that are in desperate need, but the question of security, we should address again. we should look to the behavior of the haitians and working with the government and provide our support in a way that does not indicate that we are an armed camp. i think it is very important that we give credit to those who have come to provides and maybe security, but we should recognize the haitian people. two other points i would like to make, i believe we should continue to make a were voices loud for rescue and recovery, and there should not be a date certain in the near future for endin

anderson cooper right now in haiti, if you're not following harriet miers on twitter, you should be, -- him on twitter, you should be, because the lights may go out on his show, he's doing two-hour live programs every night from haiti, but the reports continue throughout the night and are on cnn.com. and so in a way, we are going door to door now. because you don't just have that one at 6:30 p.m. getting that one report. it's just constantly being updated. >> toe bin, how in this -- tobin, how in this world, like splintered media, where you can go to 50,000 places to get information, how are campaigns going to cut through that to reach potential voters? >> well, it's an excellent question. i think that what you'll see is and are already seeing, is campaigns choosing not just one, but to go through multiple raps, so now, each year, there so many to be a new tool or a new web site that they need to have a presence on. you know, facebook isn't the only social networking web site out there. you need to have -- if you're in an active campaign, you might want to have profiles on multiple s