relationship they hve wh our chilen. >> reporter: is a different story in villages under the man aflight path. he in marran minya, locals have little sympathy wh the u.s.presence. >> translator: themericans only cause harm, tat's for sure. it wou be tter if they went home. >> translator: all th trees have withered away. all of our love pears and apples. fruit just doesn't grow anymore. >> report: villagers cmplain that e u.s. planes have been dumpg fuel before landing. causing damage to theealth and the local eironment. u.s. denial mt with a eptical response. >> translato they're as you dumping somethi from their planes. i don'know what it is but the air gets worse and e weather changes. we've been prosed help but nothingas happened so far. >> reporter: russia is also

d for us to take responsibilityor ourselves a our chilen. all of which is very tru all which is very good b that wasn't the main ory last night. >> charlie: so is there, i mean did youome away with this that he has a deep commitment to keep race at the forefro of change? >> what weame away with is he has a to keephange at the foreont of his work and change at the forefront what the congress atts to do. what he's ve clear about,f you f the problem tt most afflict black and brown peopl you actually fix the country as a ole. we haveought for, to raise the floor in this society. we haveought for ack people because historally that flow was defined by the w that black ople were treated. but each time we raised the fla, we actually improved the country for al people. ju take our first issue, right. 100 years ago we were founded here in manhattan, to end lynch mob justice. when we shamed the countryut of th practice, we made life better for blacks, forcatholics who were the second most scrimite, for jews, cowbo. that's partly what he was talking abo

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but america's chilen, america's economy, and ameca itse will be better for it. >> suzanne: the educion department wilstart accepting applications for the stimulu funding this fal officials expecthe first round of aid to gout early next ye. >>uzanne: with consumers cutting back on spding, some of life's little luxuries ar going by the waysi, and that's wilting the naon's flower business all along theupply chain. from seet vendors to flower impoers, jeff yastine has more on an dustry still waiting for a recovery to blm. jeff: inside each of these boxes is a bunch of owers-- roses, carnations, chrysanthemums, om colombia, ecuador, andther latin americ countries. ughly 80% of all the fresh-c flowersold in the united states pasthrough the miami wareuses of continental flowers and 70 other importe here. but there don't seem to any of those "een shoots" coming up in this industry. upstairs, continentas sales team ifeverishly working the phones, selling pallets of flowers to network of wholesale distributo around the couny. under and president bill feandez says this past year has been t roughe

a chilen air force pilot landed his plane yesterday.e has multiple injuries but is expected to recover. on the cbs news health watch, a drastic jump in flu deaths. in the past few weeks, deaths from the h1n1 viperus has doubled. it has killed more than 700 people worldwide. dozens of sailors and marines who tested positive are being quarantineded at pearl harbor. approximate the w.h.o. said closing schools may curtail the virus. china has one of the most aggressive campaigns to quarantine the flu. >> reporter: chinese health officials in masks and hazmat suits board international flights and point temperature guns at people's foreheads. if someone shows symptoms of the swine flu, authorities track down those seated within three rose of that passenger. just some of the extreme measures china is taking to prevent the spread of the virus. these british schoolchildren in beijing are finally able to remove their masks and breathe freely after chinese authorities forced them into quarantine in their oaths for seven days. >> we got confined to

the chilen run back to e acres to the relative sety of the shaded trees by the rodsides. patience may be hard for some but there are others who are still hopeful. employees of the local government distribute rice and juices to the returnees along the road. not far away, the loca fire bgade douses everyon with a splash of cool ter to offe some relief. inside the s, a father hold s his daughter ercome with exhausti while other children look on. we leave the con waway movng to the screening of nmerous checkpoints, even we have to register. while returnees may be connelliconnell i comingack to the valley, some are complaining that ey are virtual prisonersn their o homes. >> tse people are coming without money. the bazaa are closed. what aree to do? wetalking about hundredsof thsands of pele. >> reporter mingo is a city waitingor its peopleut it is a city in ruins. and the markets reduced to rubble. e people of swat y be coming back with aay of hope but what they will e with the own eyes may lead to someampened expectations. is was, of course, one of t busiest ties ofhe vally.

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. >> reporter: this is one of betty taylor's first foster chilen n, thatowisthsit itsh children.th eygrdm dmr,granheottyet bhe she is still taking in babies that need a home. they are still coming. for that reason, she was named foster parent of the year for the district of columbia, 2009. >> i feel like this is what isa wa meant tdowa. thjustwahai rnt bo for. >> reporter: barbara harrison, news4, for wednesday's child. >> if you are interested in adoption, call the ci salci tlhoe. outl yor can log on to the home page at nbcwashington.com. >>> beach goers beware, an unusual amount of people being stung by jelly fish. 120 people complained of being stung in the last week, compared to 30 a week. warmer waters and changing ocean currents are moving jelly fish into swimming areas sooner rather than later this year. >>> coming up on "news4 today," we will have the update on the sports and an update on the weather. steve has good news for us if you wantu= stvola: year... when companies were laying off hundreds of thousands of workers... walmart was creating 30 thousand new jobs... all right

in oer words, willse chilene raised in public? will those children be raised in private?s on who gets custody. we know a custody battle is shaping up. right now, katheri jackson miael's mother has tempora guardianship but debbierowe is willing to fight forustody and will is willg to ta a dna test to prove s is the biolical mother the childrennd would be able t ke custodyf t baby blanket. >> there is a level of considerion and wmust afford the children, the mily, their level ofcompassion, that le of consideration. that's whawe're talking about, because at the end of the day, they are whomatters most. the aduts made their decisions anbecause of the dcisi that ty' made professionally an personally throughout their life, they've en in a bubble themselves. do you understand? they have to rap the percussions from that but the childr did nothing thave the spotlight placed on them. >> 80s a reflection o our ciety how we dal with children, perd. how we raise and educa our children as country and then god help us, how we deal with children from a situation like this, ere visibility

donna watts' ex-husband who still helps her with her chilen allegedly has exchanged hostile words with barry in the past. so much so that barry last week had him barred from d.c. council offices. again, it's still unclear whether barry formally will be charged with anything wrong. he has a tentative court date for thursday to find out. wendy? >> he's on probation for failing to file his taxes. would this impact that at all? >> it possibly could. when you're on probation, you're supposed to obey all laws. if this comes to fruition and something -- he's charge woud wa new crime, that would be a reason for prosecutors to go into court and say he's violated the law again. get rid of his probation. >> more to come. >> yeah. it's a very confusing story. >> it is. >> i don't think at this point we know exactly how it's going to play out. >> okay. more onthat. >> y thahaou. ta s>ity wh ns4 aew wnd nbcwashington.com for the latest on the arrest of councilman barry. >>> we're following a developing story out of laurel, maryland. a van crashed on i-95. a van hit a median in the northbound lane an

great singer,ut also someone who he singled out in his will, if his mother could not take care of his chilen, heanted h to be their guardian. they became very close when he was very young and he was a performer in the movie "the whiz." and also, a tribute from nelson mandela. and there is also a beautil photograph of michael jackson in the program with nelson mandel ashere are with many peop that we don't recnize, just frs of h who are close to him, t also so of the incredible celeities, inuding diana ros including the former president bill clinton. we ao can show you who's happening right w in harlem. we've talkea lot inrent days about the fact that the jackson 5 very ely on won a lent contest at the apollo theater. it was where, spontaneously, people in the new rk citarea came after ty lened of the death of michael jackson. and yoca see them standing outse there, pple jst wanting to be together to share in this moment, to remember michael jackson. so manynfluentialeople in his life who a pictured in the prografor this memorial, piure of michael jackson with quin jones the legeary produchor

mil wanted me t b there for his chilen, and i will be there if they ever need me, which is a statementkes on new meaning given the fact that a lot people were surprised that after his mother heamed diana ross in his 2002 will as guardian of his three children who we saw a today's memorial. let's go back to the verly wilshire. jinah is standing with more informatn about this gathering of i guess several other people invited by the family, jinah. >> reporter: that's righ chris. we weren't able onrm it until just within the past couple hours whene talkedto the beverly hls police department who told us absolutely the jacks family along with about of their clost fily and friends will be coming ov re. heidn't know exactly what time. he just knew it s going to be over probably by about 6:00 this evening washat they were told, but they have rented a ballroo space het the beverly wilsre hotel, which is a four seasons hotel, also commonly known as t "pretty woman" hol because that's where the film was shot. the last time i spoke with you live, didn'tow what a repasse meant because the poce depar

i rememr thinking, is tis appropriate for chilen? to be honest, on't know i they'll fuy grasp. of places that are dark and dank. some people's basements might have mildew and they're n inherely scary places. what makes at place so horrifying is when you understand what happened there. so ty may be too young to fully grass the horro hundreds of thousas of people being treate like animals for nturie i don't know if ey can really asp that. and if theycan't, actually think th may be a benefit because they're very young and that's very scary concept to try tograsp. >> i absotely agree. i'm hopeful they can' grasp the entire thing at this point. at wha point does the prident take off, then, and head back t the states? >> he'oing to head o later on this evening. it was a very short trip, about 21 hours. but the white house was commitd to having him make a stop in sub-saran africa. at this poinhe's been to europe several times. it was about time for him to come here. th ghanans are very hpy that he did. but he's heading out later today back to whington. >> w wish him safe rafing and yo

apl 2008 senator johnnsign's parents each made gifts to douhampton, cindy hampton and two of the chilenin the form of a check totally $96,000. each gift was limited $12,00 e payments were made as gis, accepted as gifts, and complied with tax rules governing gifts aftethe senator told his parents abouthe affair, his pants decided to make the gifts out of concern for the weeing of long-time family friends during a difficult time. the gifts are consistent with a pattern of gerosity by the ensiamily to the hamptons and others. oh, boy. todd, where do you guys go fro here d let me just point out for the audience$12,000 is the irs limion nontaxable gifts. if hgave,000, there would be a tax on the $1,000bove the $12,000. so $12,0 was a very carefully picked number. they're called gifts by e lawyer. there are ways of looking at t world in which those coulde called bbes. am i being t cynical about that >> well, yeah, i think we're going learn a lot more in the coming maybe en urs, certainly days and weeks. i think there are two ises here. the first is the handling ofll of t and senator ensign an

the cole's home at the time of the muer the couple w shot dea thursday night while nine of their chilen were in the hopingslping. c's mark potter joins me now live from pensacola. i understandnvestigators interviewed twpersonof interest saturday. what can you tl us about that? >> rorter: hi, nora thre indeed classified right nows persons of interest. they are being interviewed, not interrogated. they are not arrested at this point. they areot in custody. but the sheriff said the investigation isoing along very well. the discovery of th red van was huge f them and so he sa do not b surprised if they come out here in a few hours fr now to announce at least one rrest, if not o. they think they arehat close to it at this time. they are also looking for a third man wh is also bieved toe been involved ithe killg of the parents of thos children at that house west of pensacola. but as yet thatrson has not been identifi. norah. >> mak, inderstand that nine of the couple's children were at me at the timeof the shootings. hove you heard about how those children are dog? >> it's got to be rough on

is investigigation reportly will looook intohether the chilen had anany exsure to drug use byy theirme and who wou care for thehem if katherine jason isn't t able to ok after theem. david smitith is defefense attorney and forr prosecutoror and james feahy, formrmer cminal defefense attoey and prosecutor as well. >>>> hello. >> i'm curious whethther or no you think ththiss routinene, th normal? >> i tnk it is normall if a pare dies of drug overdose there's only one pent in thee house ththey hava responsibility to make re those childn didn't obsee drug use and things of thatat sort so this ia coon practice. >> okay, s in thissitutuation, vid, from what you know what do you think t they're ing? >> i interviewg people, tryining to find o what the k kids may have b been exposed to inhe house. obviously this guy lived a private life s so there's a lotf ople in the general p public who hahave a l of questions about what was going on bebehind clod doors. 'not m much of surpristo a lot of people he may ha been ininvolved wh drug use. ey're trying to d determine who should get custody of the c

that truck overturned late last night, this morning as police went to investigate and a bunch of chilen gathered around. those explosives detonated and leaving just a hrific trail of devastion. what's particulay disturbing hre is that ther is a belief that these explosives mightave been their way to kabul, the afghan capitol and logar provincis one of the quarter -- areas that has seen a significant irease in the numr of u.s. troo over the past year. and to see an ac of violence like this er there certainly raises some disturbing questions about the sorts of securi condition just on the very outskirts of the cital he, judy. >> odruff: now you just came back from southern afghanistan which is the site of the main u. marino fenceive. tell us whatou observed there? >> well it was a massive operation that i saw over there. but one that was far ss fosed on ts of overt military power. on fire fights and nighttime raids. the real focus there ha been on tryg to win oer theocal population. it's averynique position these thousds of u.s. marines arbeing put in. they're outherealking around tryingo

school-aged chilen plus community collegeniversity age students pme targets r the h1n1 flu. so a lot of planning needs t go into effect. we need to beeaning forwar what happens if and when this flu circles back around from the southern hemisphere back up here in a me severe form. rose: are we prepared? >> yes. we are prered. rose: we have ough vaccine? >> we don't ha vaccine. we are prepared in the sen that a lot ofthese issues that i've just described which sound dry and technil until you actually have to dea with them like forxample if a worker shows up athe workplace and he or she has the flu can or should an employer direct that they go home. >> rose: what's th answer to that? >> well, the awer is going to be it' up to e employer if it's a private employer. but our whole goalere is obviously going to be to reduce the rate of infection, to reduc the rate of transmission to keep those who are si at home. so we're goi to be askg employers to be sympathetic and understanding. and also to be thinking ahe about how much work can be done by telecommuting a the like. >>h 2h0ñose

i've talked to parts who are concerned for their chilen and the world that ty're going to gr up in.farmers in the midwestho are cing another year of floodin you know, fireghters in cafornia. myrother is a firefighter who has ne to southern california three years in a rowow to ght record breaking fires. these are the things that arat ste. to me,here's a balance you know, ecolically, economically. and are not addressing it properly. and that's why wreally feel like president obama nee to step up. he needso be the leader that we're waitg for him to be. >> and if he were ronger, and if he were out the more, i thk he could break through thisind of special interes den that controls washington d.c. and he just hasn't de it. >> moyer the special interest den you talk about h been spending, i me, the energy companiehave been spending. i readjust this week, almost $2million already in the first quarter of this year. that's about $260,000 a day lobbying. is it conceivable to youhat he didn't reali the powerful interests th gridlock washington? >> think that's part of it. and i think that, you

people coming in and out butt's kind of le r a two-parent household that is a good stable thing for chilenstable by many indicators -- >> false, fae, false! >> so -- >> go ahead. >> hold on, sandra. >> why are we ctted to th idea likeanta claus and tooth fairy is a long-term -- >> unhappy. >> iried to connce yourself- >> i got married and happy. you're suggestinmarriage is a job contra. u ge married five ars and if you're enjoying then you work hard to have it renewed at the end of the fiv years. if i hate it, then you ca move on and find a new j. >> dyan very quickly. >> say one more thing. for women -- >> y do wome live longerhen they a in marriages? we kn that. men . >> a difference. bad marriages, no, good marriages, yes. andra, thank you souch and knew this was goingo be out of hand and it was. many gooints were made. she is actg like nobody gets a point. the ttome it comes dwn to this. if you'rhappy, you're hapy. if you're not hpy, you're a miserable person area y're going tory to get out of the situation. >>et out, right. >> sometimes a divorce, sometimes it's an adulterous affair a

jonathanan capehart just rereferenc, or from our children area r children childreren and our children chilenut the checks, t the taxpayer is going intotoot onl banks but our stimulusus money d the rest of itnd geing veryy little s stimulu change inn the nature o o our overnment. you have 21st century universe and 19th century of bking. no tnsparency. we canuild a t table for av show l likethis, you think we ould be abletoeep whats gogoing on o a feral, sttate a municipalevelnour gogovernmes since that is when spend so much money. the oversisight committttee of house hahang hearing tracking stimulus mey. we'll see again howow that goes. the republicanan sen a memo ababt bide misreading. they s say stas are using e money toto -- as opposed toto b able t to use that mney to depy for long-term prorocts an all of thehings that we talked about nting to use thhat mey r and when the check was originally cut. before wewe g any deeper into this conversrsation, i want too bring somebodydynto it who hasa to dal with all of thesehings all day, every ay, every y, every day for aa ving and i it' the vernor