david ariosto traveled to haiti and has this special report. >> reporter: in the rural places, far outside the haitian capital, poverty, even in the western hemisphere's poorest country can take on new meaning. those like josminna na na yousef, under those circumstances josmina said she met a soldier near the community of port salud. at just 17 years old, she became pregnant, the father she says was that u.n. soldier . but she says the soldier left haiti soon after her pregnancy and returned to his home country of uruguay. four years later, josmina is raising her son anderson on her own and is petitioning the u.n. for help and with the soldier gone and her armed with only a birth certificate her options are limited. >> the father is not listed on this birth certificate for anderson her young son. that's one of the problems with getting child support. she went to the u.n. to get dna testing done but it's been two years and she still handy had word. >> the issue goes much deeper. over the summer the united nations released a scathing report about its soldiers, detailing their widespread sexu

international community instead of building the civic soatz that haiti really needs as a country. >> david ariosto, thank you for bringing it to us. we appreciate it. and that is our show for today. i'm david schuster in for ali velshi. thanks for joining us. have a good night, everybody. >> we're here to fully get into the nuances of everything that's going on, not just in this country, but around the world. getting the news from the people who are affected. >> people need to demand reform... >> ali velshi on target. [ ♪ ] >>> american parents are moving away from shame, scorn and cutting ties with children who consider themselves different from their birth gender. that doesn't mean all the challenges that go along with changing from the gender on a birth certificate disappear. a lot of adjustment is required to see gender identity less as a binary this or that idea. but for some, as a journey. it's tonight's "inside story". welcome to "inside story". i'm ray suarez. the idea that a person's gerpd is fixed ot birth -- gender is fixed at birth, defined on the h

david ariosto travelled for this report. >> reporter: december 17, 2014, president obama dropped a bombshell. >> today the united states of america is changing its relationship with the people of cuba. >> reporter: the u.s. and cuba would seek to normalize relations. for many it was a shock, yet the surprise gave way to the prospect of opportunity, a market of 11 million people, with half a century of pent-up demand for u.s. goods and services. >> it's no xajlation since september 17th that my phone at not stopped from a company that is interested, someone that wants to understand the limitations. >> a u.s. bem barringo dating back to 1960 today still prevent most american trade and commerce with cuba. >> there are exceptions. somebody once said it has more

earlier you heard david ariosto report on the state in a port-au-prince nation.had high hopes for a red cross project designed to build 700 homes. no one at the red cross could tell us how many homes were built. i spoke with lesley schaefer, the american red cross's regional director. here is our conversation. >> we have built today homes for 350 families. but that is out of a total target of 500. and that's only a fraction of the work that we have done to date. in haiti, the american red cross helped to put 22,000 families back in safer homes, safer conditions helping them leave the camps. and it's really not - it doesn't do justice to not talk about the bigger picture. the american red cross is in in all types of programming, aside from housing. we invested in health and health infrastructure, we funded the operations and construction of eight hospitals and clinics. we have funded first waste water treatment plant. we are involved in economic development programming that helps create savings & loan groups in the communities, all work. >> and you heard our repor

international community instead of building the civic soatz that haiti really needs as a country. >> david ariosto, thank you for bringing it to us. we appreciate it. and that is our show for today. i'm david schuster in for ali velshi. thanks for joining us. have a good night, everybody. >> we're here to fully get into the nuances of everything that's going on, not just in this country, but around the world. getting the news from the people who are affected. >> people need to demand reform... >> ali velshi on target. >> everyone has a story... and the only way to see all of america, is to see the human stories... one at a time. get to know the people, their struggles, their hardships and their triumphs. >> it gives me a lot of pride. >> our american story is written everyday. it's not always pretty, but it's real... and we show you like no-one else can. this is our american story. this is america tonight. ♪ making their final pitch democratic candidates for president face off with just six days until the iowa caucuses. >>> gaining ground and syrian forces retake a strategic town ahead of a new ro

. >> six years on, david ariosto travelled to find out. here is more of our report. haiti on shaky ground. [ ♪ ] >> reporter: we have come to a place which is on the outskirts of port-au-prince. the reason we have come here, this is an area where earthquake refugees were sent. we came to see for ourselves what progress has been made >>> there were some signs of development here, houses built in this complex, but many of the people here are living in the transitional shelters built after the earthquake, you see what is behind me, thin wooden boards that do not provide much protection from the elements. it's not clear when you walk around the neighbourhood, where all the money was spent.

david ariosto traveled to haiti and has this special report. >> reporter: in the rural places, far outside the haitian capital, poverty, even in the western hemisphere's poorest country can take on new meaning. those like josminna na na yousef, under those circumstances josmina said she met a soldier near the community of port salud. at just 17 years old, she became pregnant, the father she says was that u.n. soldier . but she says the soldier left haiti soon after her pregnancy and returned to his home country

international community instead of building the civic soatz that haiti really needs as a country. >> david ariostothank you for bringing it to us. we appreciate it. and that is our show for today. i'm david schuster in for ali velshi. thanks for joining us. have a good night, everybody. [ ♪ ] you want to talk about what you have, homicide. dad. >> plane crashes. one-year-old. disorder. >> what is the number one cause of death for police officers in the country? >> suicide. >> it's policy with most departments workers comp to deny any kind of a stress claim. >> post-traumatic stress disorder drove me to become a mental case. >> what is the reluctance to rtionz this. >> -- recognise this? >> money. >> this is the vest that i wore through most of my career. >> reporter: this man spent a

this is still castro's cuba. >> david ariosto joins us from cuba. there is is the view from havana. what are the implications for businesses. >> if you are in agriculture and insurance et cetera, nothing changes. what president obama has been doing is basically every couple of months we'll get a dribble about what is taking place, and he's taking what he can by executive order and lifting restrictions, if you are, let's say, a john deere, a microsoft that wants to open a showroom, or coca-cola is operating in cuba, so is verizon. all this makes the process of doing business easier. when you have to put cash up front to a cuban government that is cash strapped. it restricts the business you can do. so the financing opens the door for a flood of sales and pressures the united states, in terms of the chamber of commerce, and u.s. businesses pushing for a list, and the cubans, and said, you know, u.s. embargo is the sole reason for the economic woes in cuba, and these changes start to underline that argument. it pressure for the castro argument. >> this is the way business is normally d

as david ariosto tells us, living in areas controlled by drug cartels. >> a friendly neighborhood soccer match. it's a welcome distraction for these kids. many are undocumented, struggle with the language and are violence. it is a sad though familiar story but there's something different about these children. some are actually american. those like 14-year-old salvador were born in the u.s., in his case a small town just north of san francisco. but today, he's living here. the violence and at times lawless mexican states of michoacan, which is considered the very birth place of mexico's drug wars. his parents like millions of others escaped the region by trekking across the desert and into the u.s. where they lived for nearly 15 years, giving birth to salvador and his two sisters. but the threat of deportation inand a downturn in the u.s. economy eventually forced his parents to return to mexico. >> translator: i was having trouble finding work, with three kids to support i decided to go back. >> reporter: rather than break up the family the kids went with their parents traveling south an