haiti is such an important one, and so important to the united states. there is something very powerful happening. we were surprised. tavis: how do you refocus people on an issue like haiti, still ongoing, the troubles and the travails of the earthquake, but how do you refocus people two years later, particularly as americans are enduring poverty that we have not seen since the great depression? >> the media plays a big part in this. one of the great supporters that we had is oprah winfrey, who has some coverage going on. she was also a very inspirational force, and in that videotape she provided funding. but then you have to show the work. you have to. -- you have to show the connection between the interests of the united states, the humanitarian interests, and the accomplishments that can be made. that is one of the things that separates our organization from many of them. we have had some very good partners in haiti, but we are able to show there is a dynamic use and sustainable use of the money is, that we have the capacity to make that money work qu

haiti's largest hospital. and that's going to require finding a way to get salaries paid for workers. >> but how does that logistically actually happen? >> well, it logistically actually happens by convincing them to do it and then saying, okay, maybe you want other groups to accompany you, that's the word we're trumpeting a lot in this book, accompaniment, as an alternative development strategy. so the red cross accompanies us financially, and we accompany the general hospital or the public sector. and that's the idea behind it, and there are other -- my colleagues who are here from new york could tell you if i've done a good job talking about this, but that's a model of moving resources from the generous who have resources to the unfortunate who don't. and let me just give one last number: there is a health ngo which i won't mention by name. it's not partners in health, but partners in health is way up there too, that it raised $134 million for earthquake relief, an international ngo, and the ministry of hea

it does not matter who is, wherever, our relationship with haiti is with haiti. i did not specifically choose it, it was a bit of an accident, but whether it is haitians or americans, i have social issues, no question. tavis: i will accept that rephrasing. i'm glad to get along well enough with me to come see me sometimes. >> i appreciate it. tavis: i was looking the other day at your discography, yearlong corpus of work. i don't know if it has occurred to you or not, but this is the 30th anniversary of "fast times." 30. >> ugh. tavis: 30 years since "fast times at ridgemont high." reflect on that, three decades later. >> well, of course, the first response is age. my first reflection is of a time, i remember how fast i was running up and down the town, trying to maintain the physique of a surfer, and how much slower i would run that now. you know, i maintain some french ships. -- i maintain some friendships. that movie represents a lot of things. it represents the beginning of guess at aw been i pretty long and lucky road. it has enabled me to do it a lot of oth

he lives with his family in haiti. you and i were there, hours after this horrible earthquake happened two years ago. so much money has been invested. we saw the devastation firsthand, people who lost lives, lost homes, lively hood. can you give us an update, where does haiti stand two years after this earthquake? >> despite all the difficulties, here two years later, i am happy to report, significant progress. haiti has endured hardships for decades and certainly not been a place for a long time. earthquake mag fi magnified it. despite that, in general, port-au-prince and the rest of the country is back to where it was before the earthquake. >> it wasn't rosie. it wasn't the best place in the western hemisphere, horrible number statistics. hundreds of thousands of people living in tents covering their homes. how is that possible? >> progress has been slow in some respects. government in haiti is weak, of course. all the money pledged as not been given to haiti. >> why is that? >> international government bureaucracy i

>> haiti prepares tomorrow instead. the ruins of the national cathedral are a place for remembrance. the monumental loss is still so hard to bear. >> for more on the situation in haiti, laura towards me from port-au-prince. it you have made several trips to haiti. what is the progress in reconstruction you have seen? >> what is interesting is that i was here before the earthquake. the general sense is that in a strange way that haiti is worth was about six years ago before the earthquake. the emergency stage is over. the reality of the grinding poverty that is daily life in haiti is all too apparent. only 17% of the people in this country have access to a country. 5 million are illiterate. 8 million live without electricity. the levels of poverty are extraordinary. they were there before the earthquake and they are still there now. it is the perennial question of how to get haiti out of this situation and how to create jobs. >> you say that haiti for years was dependent on foreign aid for its existence. a lot of money w

that is home for us. >> ron, if you've ever been to haiti, you care about haiti for the rest of youre. thank you on behalf of all of us for going back to the place where we witnessed such horror. it's an emotional topic, and for the good-hearted people that watch tonight and say i want to adopt children, we should warn everybody it's a tough business. >> it's a complicated thing to do, and i know first hand. i'm an adoptive parent. i have a beautiful 3 1/2-year-old girl born in ethiopia. it is complicated and it's not the solution. only a few thousand kids are adopted into the u.s. every year. the solution is to help families where they are. these kids come to the united states, and they have issues in some cases, but often it's a beautiful thing. in this story, remember it was a very rare humanitarian gesture by the united states' nation's government that made it fobl for these almost adopted kids to come to the u.s. a very unusual set of circumstances that seems like the natural thing to do. it really, really made all the difference for this family and to many others. >> nice to pr

>> haiti prepares to mourned its dead.the ruins of the national cathedral or a place for reflection. >> for more on the conditions, we were joined earlier from port-au-prince. you have made several trips to haiti since the earthquake. what is the progress of reconstruction or lack of it that you have seen? >> what is interesting is that i was here before the earthquake and just talking to people, the general sense now is that in a strange way haiti is more or less where it was about six years ago, before the earthquake. the emergency state is over and now the reality of the grinding poverty that is daily life is all too apparent. only 17% have access to the toilet. 5 million are illiterate, 8 million live without electricity. the levels of poverty are absolutely extraordinary. they are there before the earthquake and they are there now. now, the perennial question of how to get haiti out of this situation and how to create jobs. >> you say that haiti for years was dependent on foreign aid really for its existence. a lot of

navigate that situation in haiti. there's a national government in haiti. there's a centralized government and then there's the local golfs that have direct access to land and oversee some of that stuff. but what has happened is ngos would do outreach and try to get massive, you know, amounts of land and not be able to execute on providing housing. so if a mayor in an area makes land available and you tell them that you'll build on it and you don't build, then it will be more difficult for you to come back and ask for more land at that point. that's been an issue that we've offered specifically to the red cross. some assistance. we've offered to reach out to local partners and other small grass roots groups. farmers associations, that can assist there. but we've not received any positive feedback from a.r.c.specifically on that particular point. >> suarez: what's your experience been of the ngos and of course there was a period of a vacuum in political power and volatility. and then a new president. and what is your assessment of the sort of how the politic

a hospital is reborn in earthquake-stricken haiti. and our first good look at a submarine raised from a civil war grave when the cbs evening news continues. >> pelley: a roadside bomb attack killed at least 14 people in northwestern syria today and a battle between troops and defectors near the turkish border killed another 10. the u.s. said last night the ongoing violence may force it to close its embassy in damascus. elizabeth palmer is in the syrian capital. >> reporter: on most days, damascus is still a calm eye at the center of syria's political storm, but just six miles from downtown, there's a no-man's land sealed off by the syrian army. we were held at a military checkpoint on the outskirt of duma, this suburb of damascus, for over an hour, and while we waited we could hear the sounds of gunfire. finally, the soldiers have waved us forward. we're inside the town now. it's eerily deserted, except for military atta almost every corner. just anahour earliaer, video posted on the internet showed the streets of dumaa filled with an

harvesting hope after the earthquake in haiti. how homegrown solutions are nursing malnourished children back to healthy. and broncos miracle man tim tebow in the game of his life tonight against the patriot. james brown of cbs sports goes one on one with the quarterback. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news." >> good evening. we begin tonight with stories of fear and panic from the ship costa requested equality concordia" as it ran aground and keeled over near a small island near tuscany. at least three people are known dead, dozens more unaccounted for. alan pizzey picks up the story. >> reporter: passengers had just sat down to dinner when they heard a loud bang. the impact tore a 160-foot gash in the hull and an eight-day mediterranean cruise turned into what some passengers described as scenes from the movie "titanic." with water pouring in, the costaa "concordia" began to list. the lucas family from girdwood, alaska knew it was time to go. >> when tiffs listing, you thought, there's water coming on board

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our correspondent has been speaking with the president of haiti about what people are facing. she began by asking what has changed since the earthquake. >> things are changing and moving in haiti. first of all, we have more people out of the camps, and about seven camps. you go by some city parks, where two months ago it was just tents and people, and today you go by and kids are playing soccer, playing basketball. we are ready to move. >> what do you say to those people living in the camps that you have not identified as a party for moving people out? >> they are a priority. >> how can you say that? >> they are. it is not like having a magic stepped -- a magic stick and this is what i wish i could do. we need to identify and rehabilitate the homes, the neighborhood's that these people will be moving into before we can just jump into a decision. we want to move fast, but we also want to do with it right. >> billions of dollars was pledged in aid to haiti in the wake of the earthquake. how much of that money has been spent? >> well, if we had to talk about this, it would be ver

peacekeepers deployed in haiti. still by april 2011, the country's newy elected president was talking hopefully. >> you wanted change. you voted for change. change in our political activities. change in our economic choices. change in our social organization. >> reporter: for now, the people of haiti are still awaiting much of that chan as the long, torturous rebuilding process goes on. for an assessment of the progress, the delays and the remaining challenges in haiti's recovery two years after the quake, here's geoffrey brown. >> brown: and we update the situation now with the senior director of international response and programs for the american red cross and another man with mobilize for haiti, a grass roots organization seeking better housing and an emergency alert system in haiti. welcome to both of you. >> two years later, what is your overall assessment of where things stand? >> well, for us, for the haitian-american community, for haitians in haiti, january 12 is just like yesterday. it's our katrina momen

still ahead, how far has haiti come? the country was in a desperate race to dig out survivors of a massive earthquake that reduced most of the capital to rubble. >>> a lot of people have been able to leave the tent camps, but it's not as if they're returning to their homes. often they return to a neighborhood like this where all the homes are still destroyed. it's just the foundation of the old homes, there's a little bit of rubble and rebar remaining. [ male announcer ] lately, there's been a seismic shift in what passes for common sense. used to be we socked money away and expected it to grow. then the world changed... and the common sense of retirement planning became anything but common. fortunately, td ameritrade's investment consultants can help you build a plan that fits your life. take control by opening a new account or rolling over an old 401(k) today, and we'll throw in up to $600. how's that for common sense? ♪ baby, baby, come along ♪ baby, baby, come along with me ♪ [ air horn blows ] ♪ i love you and i nee

a lot of people in the united states say haiti, it's a lost cause.d billions into that country, and it's just money that's going down the hole. it's wasted. what do you say to them? >> what i would say to someone who said haiti is a lost cause, it's all wasted: that's not our experience. we've built or rebuilt a dozen hospitals and have thousands of employees working in the public sector in haiti, and, you know, so that's... that's a successful experience. there's room to teach here. >> reporter: this facility will also help teach a new generation of haitian doctors and nurses to heal the wounds of a broken country. dr. jon lapook, cbs news, mirebalais. >> pelley: and there is other progress in haiti. the number of people living in camps went down 65% from 1.5 million to half a million. the number of camps has fallen by half. so there is progress, but far to go. a civil war submarine has been raised from the waters off south carolina. elaine quijano has that story next. next. ablence -- and you still get an allstate agent. i too have... [ dennis ] ..

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it is not uncommon in haiti. that's why reforestation is part of the solution to that terrible problem. i want to make sure that my colleagues understand how important our involvement in this is. i asked how many groups had come down recently from congress to visit haiti. i was told that my colleague, senator mark rubio from florida had been there a few days before. i know senator bill nelson spent time there with his wife, making the right contacts. but for those in the senate and the house of both political parties who are looking for an opportunity to see where a small amount of american taxpayer dollars are making a huge difference in the lives of some of the poorest people in the western hemisphere, that hour and a half trip from my my to haiti is worth your time -- from my my to haiti is worth your time. i ask unanimous consent the senate be asked to join the committee to escort the president of the united states into the house chamber for a joint session to be held tonight at 9:00 p.m. the presiding office

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we have this report from port-au-prince. >> haiti's volunteer army on parade. one her is in the army. doesn't have one but they want to be. they bought their own uniforms and they are learn being the drills -- learn being the drills hoping to serve their country. if the army is restored will it bring jobs i asked the would -- be recruiter. >> the young need work and the army will give it to them this man tells me. nited nations peacekeepers patrolling a camp where survivors from the earthquake live. instead of relying on the u.n. for security haiti's president wants to bring back the army. >> why have the foreign army and not have our own? >> u.n. peacekeepers? >> that's right. they can be haitians. we are looking for jobs for our youth, for haitians. why do we offer so many jobs to foreigners? >> despite the enthusiasm of these would-be recruits the proposal to revive the army is controversial because of the violent past. previous rulers have used them to cement their own leadership and silence their opponents. haiti's army became an of the duvali everyone r p

i look at, for example, where i worked in haiti, if i believe it's possible in haiti to turn that countryund, god knows i do, i know it will work in haiti. then turning this country around should be butter. but it will take courage of the masses, like for example, i think we talked briefly last time i was here about the occupy movement. something is in the air now. i believe that there is a chance. i do think that, you know, we do have a president who has as president clinton had, at least they represent an aspiration of intelligence and conversation that whether or not we agree with the sitting president, it's not an embarrassment. >> let's take a break, talk more obama and gop and haiti and a dash of george clooney because no seg. is ever complete without a dash of george clooney. shall we agree, sean? >> i'm right with you. >> stay true all these years to his word to help the haitian people. it's truly remarkable, you know, to have that dedication and be so diligent. [ male announcer ] you are a business pro. premier of the packed bag. you know organization is key... and so is having a

we met tia, now 6 and naika now 8 after haiti's massive earthquake. the wilsons were in the process of adopting them. >> the epicenter is exactly where the girls were. i remember that helpless feeling of we're never going to see them again. >> let's go get this done. >> reporter: mike flew to haiti and found the girls safe. about a week later, the u.s. finally began giving american families adopting children permission to bring them home. for the wilsons, that meant tia could leave immediately, but naika's case was further down the list. it took weeks to get her home and months before she truly believed she was a member of the family. >> i made it my mission at that time, i'm going to get this little girl to trust us. >> reporter: now she does. >> she is a mama's girl. >> reporter: two years later, the wilsons still have quiet talks about haiti. >> every now and then out of the blue, they'll say something about, you know, the day the earth shook. i want them to remember those things and how they felt, but i don't want it to be something they dwell on

and the wilsons continue their work in haiti.christian nonprofit group and they're even thinking about moving there in the coming years. >> in fact, ron, you told me that the wilsons are thinking about -- well, they're involved in moving an orphanage and thinking about moving their whole family there, two adoptive daughters and the rest of their kids. >> it's going to take a few years, pbut, yes, they're so inspired by their experience and so committed to that country. >> we're inspired by your reporting. ron allen, thank you very much. >>> and mitt romney, back to politics, pouring money into south carolina and florida, hoping he can emerge the de facto nominee at the end of the month. could a dark horse challenge him for the nomination? is any -- areç any of the candidates already there able to do that? chad connelly chairs south carolina for the republican party. lenny curry, the florida republican party chairman. welcome, both of you. first of all, let's talk about south carolina and the angry newt gingrich and rick perry co

let's head live to haiti and check with david with the american red cross. good morning.ture for us two years later as to what you see in haiti. >> reporter: two years later we see dig progress, where 1 -- significant progress where 1.5 million people were living underneath tarps and tents today there are 500,000 people. while we are happy in progress of moving 1 million people out from underneath the camp we are focused on the half million people living in difficult circumstances. >>> i know david that you have spent a lot of your time dealing with helping around the world, folks suffering from disease, et cetera that has been a big problem in haiti. what do you see as priority now moving forward, is it physical construction, continuing disease prevention that needs to get the attention where do you rank priorities? >> well, continuing the needs are great in a number of different areas we are very much focused open shelter getting those last -- focused on shelter getting those last 500,000 people into housing. there are 2,000 haitian construction workers, repairing homes