about the adoption issue i was joined earlier by adam perlman executive director of the donaldson adoption institute and started by asking him to explain the process by which adoptees are tracked after their arrival to the united states. well the adoptive are not typically tracked once they come to united states once you adopt a child they are your child just as surely as in law just as surely if you give birth now that said there are monitoring systems that some countries impose the children almost always come to an adoption agency and there are check ups on that sort of thing so this really homing thing phenomenon as as unnerving is that is is a rare is a rare occurrence and is not part of the system per se it's very decidedly something that's disturbing that's happening outside of the system share and as this report has revealed that international adoptees are especially vulnerable to being really hone it seems that more of them are given out versus domestic adoptees why is that the case this is a little complicated i'll try to boil it down essentially most adoptions in america are from foster ca

appreciate you coming on and sharing your insight adam kerman executive director of the donaldson adoption institute thank you so much my pleasure. and the government shutdown has brought polls of american trust in government to new lows look at this pew poll conducted on the eve of the deal to reopen the government says four and five americans distrust the government while less than one in five say they trust the government but the united states isn't the only one facing a population that is discontent with the people running the show artie's laura smith is on the streets of london with more. cash for questions selling access to the prime minister and of course m.p.'s abusing their expense accounts the story that just keeps on giving all of these scandals and more have come together to undermine the moral capital of politicians and the amount of trust that able to command with the public a poll done earlier this year said britons think politicians tell the truth less than because all real estate agents don't and nicholas allen co-author of a new book on ethics and politics says this creeping loss o

that was adam kerman executive director of the donaldson adoption institute. and the new york city man who was arrested this past summer for allegedly carrying methamphetamine is now suing the police department that arrested him you see there was a little bit of confusion because that crystal meth he was supposedly carrying was in fact jolly ranchers that's right the popular multi flavored hard candies the officer who arrested the twenty five year old african-american named love joe confidently said that he yet professional training in the identification of methamphetamine he also noted in the criminal affidavit that he had done a field test on the substance and determined it was indeed narcotics the red and blue crystalline rocks of solid material were then taken to a lab for a gas chromatography analysis and two days later the earth shattering results were in this was not a controlled substance but rather just candy however this was all after the young man was detained for over twenty four hours. says he underwent severe emotional trauma over the false impri

heritage center for family finding and youth connectedness, seneca family of agencies, the donaldson adoption institute, hillside family of agencies and voice for adoption. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. reichert: and i want to echo the words of mr. doggett. i hope the senate does act on this. there are three things i'd like to highlight as we wrap up this evening's discussion on foster care. three things that this bill does. one, it cuts the deficit. two, amazingly in this time of partisanship, this is a true bipartisan moment that we all ought to stop, pause and take recognition of. this is about children. cuts the deficit, and this is one that we can all come together and support. why? because it's for our kids. it's for the kids across america who need a home. i mentioned two of my grandchildren who are foster children. were foster children. are now adopted. they were drug-addicted babies. crack cocaine, heroin and meth. and these kids today have a home. and as a grandparent standing on the sidelines of a soccer game watching emma and breyer play soccer, knowing where they came fro