for the haitians themselves. to. discuss the situation in haiti one year on i'm joined by easily done talking in new york she is the founder and president of the haitian lawyers leadership network also in new york we have nicholas but also there he is an award winning independent filmmaker and in washington we go to stanley lucas he is the executive director for the washington democracy project and another member of our cross talk team on the hunger all right folks cross talk rules in effect that means you can jump anytime you want to go to you first family a few days ago oxfam came out with a report and it painted a very bleak picture here on let me quote two sentences from it as haitians prepare for the first anniversary of the earthquake close to one pill a million people are reportedly still displaced it goes on to say less than five percent of the rubble has been cleared only fifteen percent of the temporary housing that is needed has been built and relatively few permanent water and sanitation facilities have b

process and we need a haitian. and we part of the process as you know when you talk about international aid you cannot replace the client and to international community you are trying to play station we are very grateful for the money do you have given to us but we don't have control over. easily i mean i don't know how anything would happen so quickly in the program so we already got to the blame game ok everybody seems to be blaming everybody else well how do we break out of this well for her to leave and i usually i usually first please go ahead sorry how do we break out of it we have and since today is your broadcasting this because it's the first year anniversary. i want to first say that we lost so much we haitians lost so much three hundred thousand people dead in thirty three seconds and so there has to be a time where this is about flesh and blood this is not about cost effectiveness it's not about n.-g. o. profits it's not about us export led economy i mean the real problem the basic problem is that we ha

over the past 30 years, as the ngos have grown, the haitian state has shrunk. weakness of the haitianause... for the last 30 years because we didn't like the ideology of one government, we didn't like the ideology of another government, because thought there was corruption, etc. we had been building parallel structures and institutions in haiti. instead of working with the state or through the state, we have created those parallel structures. this is the republic of ngos. >> narrator: to end dependency, haitians need jobs. there aren't many factories left in haiti, but the ones that somehow survive can flourish. >> we are t-shirt experts. we manufacture millions of t- shirts on a weekly basis that we export to usa. >> narrator: richard coles, a haitian businessman, employs 3,000 people making t-shirts. >> we're very, very efficient. the us market loves our products. they are all made in haiti. people don't know it, and we're doing a good job. i don't have survivors. i mean, all of them are consumers. they go out there, they buy food, send kids to school. they have a home. some don't h

but it's basically the haitian people are going to have to do it. >> alright, you've said, "the haitians have to do it." michael, did you want to jump in on that? >> well, i just want to say, it's remarkable that given the magnitude of the, of the disaster, of the earthquake, and given the poverty in the country, that there hasn't been more violence and insecurity and looting, ah, after that. i mean, i think that demonstrates, ah, i think, reflects very well on the haitian people that there is a kind of a determination, a spirit to improve the situation in their country, and it hasn't, ah, it hasn't turned into chaos. and so i think one has, has to bear that in mind. >> a lot of what has happened in the post-quake period in haiti has been attributable to non-governmental organizations coming in, not just from the united states, but really from all over the world. um, is this a problem? is haiti a problem that really is not one that the u.s. government should respond to, but that somehow others should begin to step in in a bigger way? michael. >> well, i think everybody has to step in. ah

sensitive haitian institution the private sector of eighty civil society and the haitian government and it's not happening right now we are trying to nickname why isn't it happening why is that happening ok is this a haitian phenomenon right here it's because there are haitians or is it the international structure of international aid i was being implemented and are this is just an end geo. money machine i mean there's so and so many n.g.o.s and they were there before the earthquake but most good morning goes where there's another or maybe i want to go to you nic nic first go ahead. well i think one part of it is that unfortunately and it's been the case also before the earthquake but we always tended to empower the enjoys much more than the the haitian authorities you know always pretexting that you know the haitian authorities are corrupt it's always the same game with the n.g.o.s meanwhile n.g.o.s are there for long term survival they're also you know we call of our not for profit but n.g.o.s are there for they're there they're actually industries they're competing with each othe

there are wealthy haitians. one key challenge we find in development, you can go anywhere in the world and find people who have money, even in haiti. but where do they invest their money? wealthy haitians ten to invest their money in miami or france so we need to help the government create the conditions where the wealthy haitians feel that it is a good investment to invest in their own country. if that happens, then you're really rocking and rolling. you're really doing something to stimulate forward investment and help haiti pro tell its own future. i know we're going to have a question and answer period but thank you very much for this opportunity. >> we're going to do a quick question and answer and just take a moment for our panelists to be miked. i wanted to pose a question. we can open it up for further questions. which is a general sense of time line here. i mean this is one of the really difficult questions but one that might give both donors and the american population an haitians some sense of what ar

force. >> from the haitian government to the u.s.ncy, what is your reaction to discussions that you hear this new congress of cuts to the foreign aid budget, questions about accountability with relief efforts and just the general atmosphere of budget cutting and deficit cutting you see in congress? >> well, as the ceo of the american red cross, one of our seven tenets is neutrality, and i want to be neutral on all things political. having said that, we're working very closely with the state department, usaid, and they're helping us forge ahead over there in haiti. >> you mentioned near the end of your address that you had seen examples of hope and inspiration that have kept you going with your work. what is a specific example of success you've seen in the past year that gives you hope? >> there are signs of hope all over haiti. you can walk around haiti and hear hammering as transitional shelters to up, you can see kids with artificial limbs that are walking for the first time since the earthquake. people look healthier this haiti. w

a lot of the haitians i spoke with want to do it themselves. to be able to be self-sustaining. and they believe that for any lasting solution, that's the way it's going to have to be. but they adm that ketime, and so that's part of the problem, as well. >> kim lawton, welcome back. >>> in other news, the 112th congress convened this past week, with the religious affiliation of members pretty much unchanged. according to the pew research center, 57% of the members are protestant and 29% are catholics, roughly the same as in the country as a whole there are 39 jews, 3 buddhists and 2 muslims. no members said they were religiously unaffiliated. >>> an appeals court in california has ruled that having a large cross on public land is unconstitutional. the cross is part of a war memorial in a park in san diego. a lower court judge had ruled in favor of the cross, saying it was a symbol of military service, not religion. but the appeals court said the cross did in fact convey a message ogovernment endorsement of religion. >>> the roman catholic archdi

there are wealthy haitians. one key challenge we find in development, you can go anywhere in the world and find people who have money, even in haiti. but where do they invest their money? wealthy haitians ten to invest their money in miami or france so we need to help the government create the conditions where the wealthy haitians feel that it is a good investment to invest in their own country. if that happens, then you're rely rocking and rolling. you're really doing something to stimulate forward investment and help haiti pro tell its own future. i know we're going to have a queson and answer period but thank you very much for this opportunity. >> we're going to do a quick question and answer and just take a moment for our panelists to be miked. i wanted to pose a question. we can open it up forurther questions. which is a general sense of time line here. i mean this is one of the really difficult questions but one that might give both donors and the american population an haitians some sense of what are we t

i'm going to get a haitian director, haitian crew that knows how to hold a camera.e're not just going to show the bad side of the country. we're going to show the good side. when people watch at election time and they see me on the mountain with the green grass around me, they're like where you at? sunny california? you on the rocks? no, i'm in haiti in a place called bearlo. ♪ ♪ >> i've heard all kinds of stuff in the news. i want to ask you directly, because i heard -- why did the fugees break up in the first place? >> when you become a rock star group and a superup of the world, like bono. bono called the fugees the hip-hop beatles. i don't call us that. think about it. john lennon had his own head space, there was stuff he wanted to do. an it was different. so i think we all have our own head space. in the fugees i'm like the will i am. the same way will i am is to the black eyed peas, right? or like kanye west is to the rock. you know what i'm say something and that's what i do. if i didn't do that, i wouldn't still be able to be around and do all these records

placing experts from the haitian -- to provide community focus, technical support to help the haitian government make critical decisi decision. on their program funded by the u.s. agency for international development through its office of foreign disaster. progress has been made but it's clear to me today that in national comprehensive urban strategy including settlement and shelter is desperately needed. shelter is a busy human neerksd critical to good health, stabile employment and effective education. a failure to prioritize decent shelter in haitian efforts will not only affect the quality of life for hundreds of thousands of haitian, but also diminish the returns of order, long-term allotment investments the delaying or founding of haiti. must be the call of this plan. the lack of clear land right system today are slowed, the ability for the shelter of the agency to be responsible as possible. landownership was a complicated manner in haiti before the earthquake and is more complicated now because of the loss of life in the tragedy. much of the poverty in haiti lacks clear issue.

and haitians for sure are aware that there is a lot less attention here than they thought it was going to be but why do you think that is i mean considering of this what this is such a huge tragedy nearly three hundred thousand people died the country is in ruins and we've just simply lost interest. well charted then i think is that yeah maybe there's a little bit of. you know it's still very sad and depressing story and you can only tell the sort of same depressed it's going. sometimes we don't want to hear it in march but in addition to that arizona everybody down here is saying you know that if you lock war america last year if it weren't for going on in arizona so that you you know you watch that's where you sat so i think let's do it now what's it like out there today in haiti on the one year anniversary or are people mourning this event are people still protesting it do we see any violence. i haven't seen any any violence violence there was a small protest earlier today and there have been a couple of political protests honestly and. there looks like they're going to small but wh

united states prepares to kick hundreds of haitian immigrants back to a country still struggling to keep its people alive one year after being struck by . selling sex in spanish newspapers that's designed to protect women but is leaving foster toots seeing red. around the clock around the world this is r t live in moscow good to have you with us this hour poland's prime minister has cut short his winter holiday following the public release of the report on the plane crash which killed the country's president he'll hold talks with ministers on the interstate aviation committee's findings which blames inexperienced crew members bad weather and pressure to land from passengers. of a brings us the reaction to the findings and this is the biggest news story and poland today of course every single news channel devoting a lot of coverage to the story to the reaction of course reaction to the report released by the committee has of course mixed some are saying that it is a truthful report and then necessary all be painful steps in relations between moscow and warsaw that it is a necessary step t

he was traveling on a haitian diplomatic passport clearly the upper levels of the haitian government knew. to everybody else this was the last thing in the world they expected to happen to a country trying to deal with the earthquake, trying to deal with the cholera epidemic. trying to figure out how this presidential election is going to move forward in the phase. people were really quite that baby doc wasked that... returning. >> ifill: given what we know about his history and the unprosececuted crimes he's accused of, where was he? and what happens now that he's back? is he subject to still being pursued or prosecuted? >> that's one of the big, open questions at the moment. he's staying at one of the very nice hotels in a suburb just on the side of port-au-prince here. hhe was given a police escort. it's clear that he's being welcomed by the state here. at the same time human rights groups are calling for him to be prosecuted, for him to stand charges for the crimes that were committed by his regime. it's completely unclear at this point what is going to happen with that, whether

the haitian government has begun to engage.s over to the government. >> so when a disaster occurs there is the initial debate. then there is the longer term. you said in your example there was an immediate rush of food and then it desire. you push it away. windy you make those judgments that certain areas you have left in the crisis faced. to what extent right now are we still in one phase and not yet into another? >> that decision varies in each and every disaster. there are all a little bit different. as a humanitarian i never want to stop distributing relief. you want to keep continuing this. i know that if we were to do that at the and the money would run out and we would leave and there would be nothing to show for the incredible outpouring of generosity from the american public. so as people are leaving the tinted communities, which is a sign that people are getting back on their feet, we have started to divert funds to recovery, as i described, the permanent housing and the transitional homes as well. it is important to

the united states prepares to kick hundreds of haitian immigrants back home to a country still struggling to keep its people alive one year after being struck by a massive earthquake. and a ban on selling sex in spanish newspapers that's designed to protect women but is leaving prostitutes seeing right. around the clock around the world of this is. in the russian capital. the russian foreign ministry has reiterated that the final report on the plane crash which killed the country's president was carried out in accordance with international law poland's prime minister has called short his holiday off to warsaw expressed anger over the report's conclusions the interstate aviation committee's findings blamed inexperienced crew members bad weather and the pressure to lend from passengers well let's cross live to get more of a former. russian foreign ministry has addressed the results of the investigation and polish criticism tell us what has been said. and we have heard from the russian foreign minister sergei lavrov who were dressed not only in the findings and the report of the internationa

united states prepares to take hundreds of haitian immigrants. to a country still struggling to keep its people a live one there also being struck by a massive earthquake. another ban on selling sex in spanish newspapers that's designed to produce a women but is leaving the cheats seeing rats. and business despite only two days of trading up to a long new year holiday that russian stock markets i'll be forming a rival or morgan markets for in twenty minutes. and very warm welcome this is our live from moscow with me alice said that the russian foreign ministry has reiterated that the final report on the plane crash which killed the polish president in april was carried out in accordance with international law poland's the prime minister has cut short his holiday to walsall express anger over the findings with interstate aviation committee concluded pilot error bad weather and pressure to learn from passengers are among the main causes of the tragedy that in those out of us got more. we have heard from the russian foreign minister sergei lavrov wh

the lies it states prepares to kick ass hundreds of haitian immigrants back home country is still struggling to keep its people alive one year after being struck by a massive earthquake. a very warm welcome to you this is r.t. live from moscow with me alice had heard the russian foreign ministry has reiterated that the final report on the plane crash which killed the polish president in april was carried out in accordance with international law poland's up prime minister has cut short his holiday after warsaw expressed anger over the findings will be interstate aviation committee concluded that pilot error bad weather and pressure to land from passengers are among the main causes of the tragedy that in and out of a house that he tells we have heard from the russian foreign minister sergei lavrov who were dressed not only the findings and the report of the. at the national media ever since the report was made public the russian foreign minister said that the report. that was presented by the committee is sufficient and up to standards not only russian standards but international standards. wh

and haitians who've found refuge in the united states face being separated from their families and deported back to the uk and in spite of its continuing holding it together stating. this is r.t. welcome it's no midnight here in moscow my name's kevin oh in the top story poland's prime minister says his country will carry out its own investigation into april's plane crash that killed the polish president also has been expressing anger over the official findings and says that russian air traffic controllers should have stopped the plane from landing the authors of the report though have defended their work and said no stone was left unturned catarina for r.t. reports from warsaw. poland is accepting part of the responsibility for this plane crash and that of course is. a different statement from those that poland has made previously saying an investigation should be conducted into why the russian side has. accepted responsibility that part of that part of the statement poland still hasn't changed despite the fact that the polish prime minister said that poland does accept part of their respo

and haitians who found refuge in the united states after last year's earthquake maybe forced out of the country and away from their families. this is the r.t. news channel welcome if you just joined us it's nine pm thursday night here in moscow as kevin zero in and out top story poland's prime minister says his country will carry out its own investigation into april's plane crash which killed the polish president was has been expressing anger over the official findings and says russian air traffic controllers should have stopped the plane from landing the authors of the report though have defended their work and said no stone was left unturned katrina is there of reports from warsaw. perhaps one of the most important statements to come from donald news conference is that poland is accepting part of the responsibility for this milans plane crash and that of course is. a different statement from those that poland has made previously saying an investigation should be conducted into why the russian side. accepted responsibility that part of that part of the statement poland still hasn't cha

the haitian government has begun to engage. we are working with them to transition the salaries over to the government. >> when a disaster occurs, there is the first aid and then you have your ai your aid. you cited the example of food where there is an immediate rush of food and a desire because of the damage to push it away. when you make those judgments in a certain area that you have left the crisis phase and are in the longer term phase? to what extent are we still in one phase and not into the next? es inat decision of vario each disaster. i never want to stop distributing relief. you want to keep continuing. if we were to do that, the money would run out and we would leave and there would be nothing to show for it. there was an incredible outpouring of generosity from the american public. as people leave the tented communities which is a sign that people are getting back on their feet, we have started to divert funds to recovery with the permanent housing and a transitional homes, as well. it is important to do this beca

but the haitian government has a lot of hard work to do with decimated work force. >> from the haitiandonor agency, what is your reaction to discussions that you hear in the new congress of cutting to the foreign aid budget, questions about accountability with relief, and just the general atmosphere with budget cutting in congress? >> well, as the ceo of the american red cross, one of our seven tenants is neutrality. i want to be neutral on all things political. having said that, we are working very closely with the state department, usaid, and they are helping us forge ahead over there in haiti. >> you mentioned near the end of your address that you had seen examples of hope and inspiration that have kept you doing with your work. what is the specific example of success that you've seen in the past year that gives you hope? >> there are signs of hope all over haiti. you can walk around haiti and hear hammering as transitional shelters go up, you can see kids with artificial limbs that are walking for the first time since the earthquake, people look healthier in haiti. when i was there

today the father of four works as a church custodian in manhattan tomorrow the haitian immigrant can be deported back . back to the poorest country in the western hemisphere rocked by an earthquake. and deepening humanitarian crisis. you know. going to war to put his. you know it's. you know. is not is not a good feeling it's killing. him i want more for. last year's seven point zero earthquake killed nearly three hundred thousand haitians and left more than one million homeless a tragedy so grave the u.s. issued an immediate suspension on deportations for his shin immigrants yet last month the obama administration quietly lifted the ban resuming deportations for those with criminal convictions even those like jean montebello who paid his debt to society serving a living years behind bars for selling drugs in the eighty's he was released from prison in two thousand homes. are used to almost. you know. you know. the very same day u.s. officials resumed deportations of haitian immigrants the state department issued a warning against non-essential travel to haiti alerting americans of c

in the chaotic streets, haitian police, united nations troops and u.s. agents assigned to assist the s.w.a.t. team here struggled to clear a path as baby doc was driven away in an armored car. the destination, port-au-prince courthouse. haiti's minister of justice asked him to explain why he returned after 25 years in exile, and reportedly elaborate on decades old allegations of human rights abuses. outside, supporters demanded he be set free to do as he wants. some saying they want him to resume power. in 1986, the u.s. helped engineer baby doc's fall from power. the obama administration made it clear it is not happy to see him back. >> this is one more complication in an already challenging situation. >> reporter: today's surprisingly warm welcome for a brutal dictator can be explained in part by a demographic shift in haiti. 51% of this nation's population is under 21 years old, not even born when baby doc fled. amnesty international says duvalier and his feared secret police acted with impunity. >> women being raped, arson attacks, murders committed

haitians helping haitians, opening small businesses, establishing schools, even planting gardens.rd work for everyone, but a nation that's never had it easy is rising to the challenges ahead. randall pinkston, cbs news, canaan village, haiti. >>> this morning on "the early show," continuing coverage of the tragedy of tucson. this is "cbs morning news." in. this is "cbs morning news." ,,,, [thunder] did you buy the flashlight and the batteries? yes. did you make sure we're not missing anything in the first aid kit? yup. did you go through the plan with the kids again? yes. announcer: the more you prepare today, the more you'll be able to reduce the devastating effects of a tornado, an earthquake, a power outage, or any other disaster. get a kit, make a plan, be informed. visit ready.gov. >>> the tough-talking sheriff of arizona is facing criticism for comments he made about the tucson shooting. the sheriff is blaming extreme political rhetoric and said radio host rush limbaugh is responsible for continuing the vitriol. and he's not backing down. on monday, he spoke to katie couric.

is training haitians to handle heavy equipment. after the quake, congress cleared the way for haiti to export more textiles to the u.s. this bustling industry employs 25,000 haitians and expect to need 450,000 if business keeps humming. but haiti needs so much more. >> it will take a long time for haiti. >> reporter: one year later and the record on recovery is mixed. but with so many hopeful shoots taking hold, it's too soon to write haiti's obituary. bill whitaker, cbs news, mirebalais, haiti. >> mitchell: up next on tonight's "cbs evening news," echoes from a half century ago. inspiring words of a president. >> mitchell: finally this sunday it was 50 years ago this coming thursday that john f. kennedy took the oath of office as president. he went on to deliver one of the most memorable inaugural addresses ever. senior political correspondent jeff greenfield looks back. >> that the torch has been passed to a new generation of americans. >> reporter: he had come to the presidency as the child of wealth and privilege. as a world wa

we donated them to the haitian water authority. text messages has been part of the cholera response as well. the red cross response team has sent 3.7 million text messages with prevention techniques and information across the country. we've also purchased and transported hundreds of thousands of prevention and treatment items like soap, oral hydration, tablets and i.v. solutions. we have shipped thousands of kotts from our cots and hundreds of american red cross trained hygiene promoters are going tent to tent in the camps of port-au-prince to explain how to stop the spread of cholera. this is really not an easy feat because this is a country where the i will literacy rate is so high you can't just drop a brochure and ask them to read. i followed a group of the volunteers and they used ingenious techniques from having a story board with illustrations to demonstrating how you wash your hands with cholera soap and they would teach the kids the cholera song which has catchy tune and lyrics are all about how to prevent the spread of ch

if ago haitian can do that job. >> cbn operation blessing is on the ground in haiti. one of the ministry's current projects is the construction of a new surgical center behind st. damion. after the quake, st. damion was overwhelmed and the hospital decided to begin to expand and serve adults as well. >>> from one of the world's most oppressive regimes, see why these house chches are out in the open right after this. >> for decades, they faced arrest, torture and death for their faith. tod chinese's christians are getting bolder. today one of the largest christians in beijing has decided to go public. george thomas reports from beijing. >> [singing]. reporter: on a recent sunday morning, a few blocks from beijing's financial district, hundreds of christians gathered to worship god. twenty years ago we would have never permitted you to film our meeting. today china is changing, and the church needs to change as well. >> one of the largest underground churches, this is the first time since founding his church 17 years ago, he has opened a service to cameras. >> we worshi