from idaho.are with us here today. gentlemen, please stand and let us show how you are improving idaho to be a state for world class education. [applause] >> i also want to thank the foundation for itsen rossity in helping to continue to expand our idaho network. jamie is with us today. jamie, please stand so we can acknowledge your great contribution and your leadership . [applause] >> jamie, i apologize, all the afford one more check. by the end of the current budget year, we will expect to have 80 high schools connected with idaho's education broadband capability. that already is expanding the horizons of students from bonner to bear lake, empowering students who might otherwise not get the chance to benefit from a uniquely qualified instructor that lives elsewhere, enabling students in sugar city to get the same education as those in jerome and twin falls. i understand that we have students from some of those schools watching us live today over that very same network. welcome. the albertson's

there were these african-american buffalo soldiers who were sent to idaho, to wallace, idaho, thereby almost doubling the population of blacks in idaho by their arrival. treated terribly. the headline was dusky doughboys arrived in town and then they would have stories about their singing and a gambling at night. and it turned out they saved to towns. these men were a rogue at will. i was going to write about the quality and drama of the wildfire when you didn't know how to fight one. but like so many americans before me, i absolutely fell head over heels for this man whose chiseled on mount rushmore, teddy roosevelt. and i also feel any strange way for a man who is not chiseled on mount rushmore but is almost forgotten to us, the founder of the force service. let me to you about each of these men because they figure so much of this fire, and this fire change our history. it's so interesting to think here in missoula, on the richer, two nights of pure hell changed everything in terms of saving our public land also the nature of firefighting in itself. let me just back up. teddy roosev

heavy rain for much of california into oregon, washington, idaho, and nevada. up to 20 inches of snow in the sierras. >> 50s from seattle to sacramento. mostly 40s across the rockies. 30s for the midwest and much of the northeast. 50s in dallas and new orleans. a warm 82 in miami. >>> zookeepers in scotland got a chance to witness a special delivery thanks to an extra pair of eyes more than 2,000 miles away. >> that's right, the zoo is now showing off its new southern white rhino just before christmas. the staff says they would have missed the entire birth if it weren't for a woman in cyprus who was watching the rhino on the internet. she says she noticed the mother's water had broken, she immediately called the zoo. >> how do you miss that. huge rhino. the event was witnessed by the staff and web cam viewers around the world. >> so cute. >> very cute. >> we'll be right back with more "world news now."

today the ten missionaries, most from a baptist congregation in idaho appeared in court. they got shoved around. it was chaotic to say the least going in. once inside they were hit with accounts of kidnapping and criminal association for trying to take 33 kids across the border into the dominican republic. the prosecutor didn't bring the most serious possible charge which is child trafficking, but

dan simon is on the ground in idaho. what have you learned? >> reporter: we can tell you laura silsby at one time operated a very successful website called personalshopper.com. it's still in business but they have been struggling big-time. we can tell you in the days before she went to haiti her world was really collapsing. her home, it was foreclosed on. on christmas eve. she's a single mother. she's got three kids and she lost her home on december 24th. then her business, they couldn't pay their bills. we went to the courthouse this morning here in meridian, it idaho, and a stack of lawsuits. people saying she hasn't paid her bills. several employees saying they haven't been paid. we talked to a guy named brian jack. he's technically still a manager at that business but he doesn't know where things stand. because he hasn't been paid, in his words, he says laura silsby is shady in terms of how he operates her business. listen to what brian jack had to say about laura silsby and that trip to haiti. >> in my heart i think she went down there wi

her meridian idaho house is in foreclosure. she's had at least nine traffic citations in the last 12 years, including four for failing to register or shr her car. still, throughout this ordeal, her churches that stood behind the group. >> i know the heart of those folks who went to haiti and their heart was to help combat the problem of human trafficki trafficking. >> reporter: haiti's prime minister calls the americans a tragic distraction. >> i believe it's a distraction for the haitian people because they are take-- talking more about 10 people than one million people on the streets. >> reporter: but the 10 americans could end up suffering as well. child kidnapping is a very serious offense here. they could get up to 15 years in prison. and the american ambassador said tonight that the u.s. is leaving this in the hands of the haitian justice system. katie. >> couric: bill whitaker in port-au-prince tonight. thank you. back in this country, more problems for toyota. and for people who own their cars. the federal government is

dan, give us some of the reaction you're getting in meridian, idaho.rch where you are right now, and now the charges have formally been leveled. >> well, wolf, we've been wanting to talk to family members who have assembled here at the church, but at this point no reaction from anybody here at the central valley baptist church. in fact, they've locked their doors here. we've got a couple e-mails from pastor drew ham basically saying, at this point we need our privacy, and when we're ready to release a statement, we'll let you know. through it all, though, i'll point out they've been pretty friendly here at the church. they've been leaving water and donuts for us every day we've been here. dorothy lawrence is the one who put together all this, and we can tell you before she went to haiti, her world was literally closing in on her here in idaho. her home was just foreclosed, her business was facing deep financial trouble. we can tell you her business was the target of numerous lawsuits. we actually spoke to one guy today at the courthouse who filed a law

the idaho ten as some are calling them, they have now been in jail for five nights, six days. it's alleged they tried to take 33 young children here, who they claimed were orphans but later it turned out may not have been orphans over the border in the chaos after the earthquake. the representative of the ten here has repeatedly said they were doing god's work. they were doing all of this with the best intentions. the prime minister has said if they violated the law, he expects that the law will be upheld even in a country fractured as it is here. one of the big concerns this government has is child trafficking. so they are taking this very seriously despite everything else that's going on in this country with so many people homeless and so many problems getting them food and water. tamron. >> kerry, thank you very much for the live report. >>> breaking news in the definite of actress britney murphy, pneumonia and a drug for anemia were factors in her death. murphy's death was ruled accidental. >>> we now know what killed johnson & johnson airest casey johnson. her death was r

we're talking to meridian, idaho.s the wife of paul thompson and samantha langford is the daughter of corinna langford and the sister of nicole langford. lisa, have you been able to talk with jim? >> no, i have not. >> larry: i guess they -- so renee, you haven't been in contact, either, with paul? >> no, no contact at all. >> larry: and you, too, samantha, right? >> it's the same thing for me, sir. >> larry: lisa, what do you make of all this? >> i think it's a big misunderstanding that's kind of been blown out of proportion. their intentions were to go there and help the kids that were in need, and like i say, i think it's a misunderstanding. >> larry: are you surprised, renee, that they took the children without checking first with authorities or the fact that these -- many of them had parents, they were not orphans? >> you know, i don't know all of the details that really went on over there, so i really don't have a firm answer on that. there are so many details that i'm not aware of right now. >> larry: well, sam

also from the small town in idaho where we're getting a picture of just who these people are. you can decide for yourself about their motives. >>> also, i just visited one of the largest hatian communities outside haiti right here in new york. tonight, i'll show you how hatian-americans are working to help their loved ones in need. >>> also, the big "360" interview tonight. pastor joel ostein will be here live. i want to ask him about haiti and about faith. how could god allow something like this to happen? how could something so unfair be reconciled with faith? >>> and later, breaking news. new word the alleged christmas bomber is talking again and only cnn has the inside details of how authorities may have won his cooperation to prevent new attacks on the country. >>> but first up tonight, we start with haiti. child trafficking or good intentions gone wrong? that's really the question tonight. that and 33 kids. they are now in limbo. so are the parent who is gave up some of them to a group of american missionaries from idaho, caught trying to bring the kids across the border

today the ten missionaries from a baptist congregation in idaho appeared in court. they got shoved around. it was chaotic going in. once inside they were hit with counts of kidnapping and criminal association for trying to take 33 kids across the border into the dominican republic. the prosecutor didn't bring the most serious possible charge, which is child trafficking, but a judge could amend the indictment later. look at this. chaotic there, as you can see. as it stands the current charges could add up to life in prison. now a lawyer for the group said something very interesting he said nine of ten were completely innocent, but if the court were to keep one member it could be the group leader. tonight we've uncovered a lot of very shocking allegations about my silsby's action. the group maintained they had no intent of breaking the law. just the other day they made contact with the haitian police officer to smooth the mission. we don't know if a bribe was paid or not. we heard from the dominican counsel in haiti who said he warned the group to their face that with

members of the central valley baptist church in meridian idaho broke out into song.hen finally the revun-- reunion they'd been waiting for . >> wow, you're taller. >> church members quickly surrounded and embraced the women. >> while there was great rejoicing all around it was tempered with sadness because of the knowledge that two of their fellow con grow gants were still being held in haiti for questioning. authorities want to know more about plans laura stillsby and her assistant had to bring haitian children to an orphanage they say they were opening in the dominican republic. our god say mighty god and he stood with us every second we were there. and he brought us home. and i want you to continue to pray for car issa and laura because he's going to bring them home too. >> pastor quint henry of the church says his con grow gants need at least a few days along with their families before they will speak in more depth to the media. >> sreenivasan: the missionaries were held for three weeks in a haitian jail. another of their group, a texas man, said today they were

they are registered in idaho. not as a nonprofit organization, i understand, but they are outrage to see if it was a legal entity. >> farce the accommodation in the deminimum can republic, i understand from the americas. plant was over the next six months. meanwhile they were going to convert a 45-bedroom hotel to serve the purpose of housing for those children. >> all right. karl penhaul has been working this for a long time. i appreciate you rushing this on air. more on the church group in question. we want to figure out who these folks are. did they come to haiti to help kids and something that got messed up and something they didn't expect? the government needs to be meridian, ohio where the group is based. what do you know about this church. >> picking up on what carl said, this woman is truly the leader in all this. she and another member, they're members of the churn, the central back tast chaurch. we can tell tu the plan is to build a pool but it was in its infant see all of sudden they wanted to go down t

we are the idaho family. match our unlimited dreams and potential, where individual freedoms and civic virtue are sin none must because we are all in this together. thank you for your attention today, thank you for your service to the people of idaho, may god bless this legislature and the work you are about to undertake. thank you so much. his film hillary the movie was the focus of a recent supreme court decision on campaign finance. çç bojuárqç sunday night on q. a senate hearing on efforts to regula regulate. the concept of systemic risk or too big to fail has been a big debate. held by a senate subcommittee on finance. this is two hours. >> i'm pleased -- >> there we go. i will try that again. good morning. i'm pleased to call to order this subcommittee for the hearing entitled equipping financial regulators with the tools necessary to monitor systemic risk. i want to thank my ranking member and senator reid my friend and colleague and their hard working staff for requesting this hearing on an issue th

we will get reaction from the home base of their church in idaho. we will go through live. >>> how far should authorities go in hunting down terror suspects. u.s. citizens, do they draw the line at assassination? i'm wolf blitzer, and we want to welcome our viewers here in the united states and around the world. world. you are in "the situation room." -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> fresh concerns for toyota, and especially for those who drive its vehicles. federal authorities here in the united states have now opened a formal investigation at the breaking problems into toyota's popular prius even as the carmaker steps up efforts to fix the gas pedal problem in a range of models. brian todd has been digging into the range of problems and jessica yellin owns a prius and she is looking at the braking problems that we are now talking about. jessica, tell our viewers here in the united states and around the world what is going on. >> wolf, i noticed this problem almost immediately when i bought the car last year. it was a sensitivity i felt wh

stretching from haiti to idaho.of american missionaries from idaho currently sitting in jail, but were they trying to help haitian children or were they trying to steal them? we'll have the latest. >>> plus president obama right now caught between trying to keep the economy churning to create jobs and adding trillions to an already ballooning national debt. the raw politics, that's coming up as well. >>> later, he's rich and famous, but is sean combs, aka, p diddy a role model? he says he is and that's not all. our revealing up close interview with the american mogul, that's coming up on "360." >> larry: 10:00 eastern 7:00 p.m. with wolf blitzer tonight. see you then, wolf. karl penhaul is in port-au-prince, haiti, so is george willi, for s.o.s. children's villages. the 33 children caught up in what haitian authorities allege was a trafficking scheme. now, karl, the latest on the ten citizens being detained in haiti that took a bus load of undocumented haitian children out of haiti. what's the latest on those ten, k

stretching from haiti to idaho, a group of american missionaries from idaho currently sitting in jailt were they trying to help haitian children or trying to steal them? we'll have the latest. plus, president obama right now caught between trying to keep the economy churning to create jobs and adding trillions to an already ballooning national debt. the raw politics are coming up as well. later, he's rich and famous but is sean combs a role model. a revealing interview on "360." larry. >> larry: that's 10:00 eastern and 7:00 pacific with wolf blitzer tonight. karl penhaul is in port-au-prince, haiti. the 33 children caught up in what haitian authorities allege was a trafficking scheme. the latest on the ten citizens being detained in haiti that took a busload of undocumented haitian children the out of haiti. what's the latest on those ten, karl? >> reporter: well, they're still sitting in jail cells near the airport in port-au-prince. when i talked to them twice over the weekend, they said the conditions were okay but they were treated well by their jailers. they said they didn't hav

the missionaries from idaho were stopped in the process of moving 33 haitian children to an orphanage. secretary of state hillary clinton made her first comments about the case calling it unfortunate. a poster who says he gave the group permission to move the children says they acted with a good heart but didn't complete the required paperwork. >>> president obama's chief of staff apologized to the head of special olympics for using the word "retarded" to describe a liberal activist. rahm emanuel has joined an effort to remove that word from everyday speech. he made the comment last year. today he met with tim shriver, ceo of the special olympics. shriver said emanuel told him he was sorry for the pain his remark caused people living with disabilities. >>> still ahead, a deadly shark attack in florida. >>> firefighters in the district rushed into an apartment filled with smoke and carried out three young children. >> a final good-bye to tai shan. >> winter olympics is trucking snow in. >> what's ahead in sports? >> wizards trying to get back on track. virginia cavaliers corralled the

the ten ban tis most from idaho have been in jail since they were arrested trying to cross the border with 2 3 3 haitian children friday night. a cbs news employee says group leader laura silsby told the judge we were trying to do what's best for the children when the judge asked didn't you know you were kriting a crime, silsby quietly answered we are innocent. but there are serious questions about silsby's motives. the 40-year-old business woman who convinced fellow members of the central valley baptist church to follow her dream of an orphanage in haiti has a troubling financial history. she's been the subject of eight civil lawsuits, 14 for unpaid wages. her meridian, hide owe house is in foreclosure. she's had at least nine traffic citations in the last 12 years including four for failing to register or ensure her car. still, throughout this ordeal, her church has stood behind the group. >> i know the hearts of those folks that went to haiti, and their heart was to help combat the problem of human trafficking. >> reporter: haiti's prime minister calls the americans a tragic distra

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. >> reporter: families worried sick in idaho. >> we are doing everything, everything we can to secure their release. >> reporter: the group of baptist missionaries say they were transporting 33 children, including infants, these two sisters, 13-year-old and his three siblings from orphanages in haiti to a new one they prepared in the dominican republic. along the way, this human rights activist told the u.n. she had met group leader laura silsby and warned her that her plaas it stood could be against the law. >> you need to be very careful. you could get arrested and you don't want to end up in a haitian jail. >> reporter: the americans claim all surviving parents gave their consent, something the families' neighbors explained. >> some of them lost their houses, okay? so they expect to have a better life. >> reporter: some of the parents have come here to the rescue of the haitian government displaced 33, but they are still not allowed to see their own children. >> it's unclear why these children haven't been on the bus. why did the parents give them away? >> reporter: this protective

americans' attorney tells cbs news he has evidence the baptist group was a nonprofit in good standing in idaho and, he says, they made proper arrangements to take the orphans to the dominican republic before the earthquake. >> they had the actual paper but the person that had it was waiting for them in the other side of the border. >> reporter: but cbs news discovered earlier this week at least 20 of the children weren't orphans at all. their parents signed them away, convinced the americans would give their children a better life. cbs news also has learned the americans contacted at least two orphanages here in port-au-prince after the quake. the director of this one turned them away and warned what they were doing was wrong. >> they were looking for 100 orphans to take to the d.r., the dominican republic. they had no paperwork, they had no authorization from the haitian government, e u.s. government, anybody else involved. they were just taking kids. this fits right into what i would classify as child trafficking. >> reporter: the case has sent shock waves through the haitian government whic

in the meantime you have got idahos congressional delegation working with the state department trying to get these missionaries back on american soil. at the end of the day this is all up to the haitian government. megyn: you know, trace, before we get to this, america has done so much for haiti. we have done so much to try to help them in this crisis. isn't there any sort of back channel negotiations going on saying, look, they made a mistake. they were trying to help these kids. are they willing to send them back? that this just be forgotten in the interest of putting this behind us? trace: that is the process right now. that is what is happening from idaho to washington to haiti, they have these back room channels open. we are not saying it is not going to happen. they could go before a judge today and say, look, get these guys on a plane and get them back to the u.s. right now the first step is to get them before that judge. we don't even know the charges. we looked through the laws in haiti. they are very vague. we don't even know the penalties they are facing. step one, go befor

the impression perhaps the state department in washington said to the families and church elders in idaho, do not talk about this, keep quiet. you will jeopardize their well-being. so they've said nothing and i don't expect to hear from them for a couple of hours while they work out what happens. >> jonathan's right but there's another elephant in the a lot of them hillary clinton. ed the sos is the one largely responsible for all the aid from america that's been sent to haiti. she could work this out with a deal in a couple of hours if she wanted to. now jonathan reported there was no state department representative in the courtroom. that's very bad. normally anywhere in the world when an american is charged with breaking a local crime in a foreign country there's a person from the embassy in the courtroom with that person. >> as we've mentioned this is all developing now. i have to tell you, we were -- we did believe only the leader would be charged. not convicted but charged and the rest of them would be less go. but the accusation is conspiracy. you can't have a conspiracy if you don'

the americans are members of an idaho-based church group. claim they were trying to rescue 33 children, orphaned by the earthquake three weeks ago. officials say most of the children are not orphans. they say the americans tried to remove the children illegally. the americans have all been taken back to their jail cells. it could take a judge up to three months to deliver a verdict in the case. each of the kidnapping counts carries a maximum of 15 years in prison. >>> police searching for whoever killed morgan harrington are asking anyone who lives near where her body was found to come forward with anything. anything that may help. harrington's remains were found on a farm in virginia. police said today they are certain whoever left the body there had to be familiar with the area. residents likely saw something, something, that could help lead them to her killer. 20-year-old morgan disappeared outsideede concert the night of october 17th. her remains were identified last month. >>> a winter storm is barreling toward the nation's capital. the

they were part of an idaho- based missionary group.hey were trying to take 33 children out of the country. haishian officials say many of the children still have parents. each kidnapping charge carries a sentence of 15 years. >>> a terrifying scene is caught on camera at an alabama gas station. >>> police charged the man behind the wheel with attempted murder. they say he told the clerk she was going to die, after she refused to let him get gasoline without paying for it first. >>> scary moment for a pilot of a small plane after he makes an emergency landing. the pilot declared an emergency landing. made a bumpy but safe landing at the florida airport, using its rear wheels. the pilot and the passenger on board are both members of theus u.s. coast guard. no one was injured in the landing. >>> a large explosion during an underwater volcano in japan today. managed to capture the undersea volcano erupting. and creating huge clouds of smoke. the coast guard says the eruption could caud a new island to storm. -- form. in the past, new islan

members of the idaho based group are expected to have a hearing today.ey were trying to save what they thought were abandoned children. >> they really didn't have any paperwork. this is again probably a misunderstanding on my part, i did not understand that would really need to be required. >> god is the one who called us to come here, and we just really believed that this was his purpose. >> well, one father says that he thought they did the right thing by handing over his two daughters to one of the women you just heard speak. >> translator: i was crying because i didn't know with when i would see them again. it's okay if i would suffer, but they should not suffer, they can't go hungry. >> well, he also says he was promised schooling for his daughters and the group had the government's permission, but haiti's prime minister says he had heard that many of the 33 children who were taken want today return to their parents. ♪ we're saving our own lives ♪ it's true we make a better day just you and me ♪ >> this is a new version of we are the world. more tha

the government is trying to determine if the americans from idaho were acting in good faith. >> you know, this is not trafficking. we know for -- without a doubt that god is going to reveal truth and enable us to be free. >> the haitian prime minister says he is open to having them tried in the u.s. >>> president barack obama hit the road to build support for his new badget plan. he emphasized his focus on sdwrajobs. the spending plan and its huge deficit came under attack here in washington. steve handelsman on capitol hill now with more. steve? >> jim, thanks. even some democrats up here on the hill are worrying publicly about all the red ink and so today was the president, but he was more focused on jobs. president obama went back to new hampshire to camp pain for his 2011 budget. he visited a plant that makes high-tech lighting, the kind of employer mr. obama wants to help with loans, using $30 billion paid back by bailed-out wall street banks. >> it will provide capital for community banks on main street. >> reporter: that's the obama priority, his budget director testified on capit

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they were okay, if anyone was ill because we've been getting reports from their family members in idahoy were in immediate need of care. at least one person was, and that they were concerned for their personal safety at the moment. they didn't say a word to me. they just looked at me without saying anything at all as they were taken away from here. we've been able to confirm through their attorney that they're going to offices to meet with a judge, a different judge than yesterday. this is the next step in the process after they were indicted yesterday. this is also the point in time that we believe their attorney will ask that they be released. at least nine of them is what he was looking for, but hopefully all ten of them. the outcome of that, that's what we're waiting for right now, tamron. >> and, michelle, i have a report that the american ambassador was there or at least may have commented on the situation. you have people here wondering obviously can any of our lawmakers, even bill clinton, do something to try to clarify if this truly was a misunderstanding? >> reporter: well, yo

. >> next call for our two guests from tim in idaho. >> good evening, gentlemen. i have a retired -- i fought in three war is. it befuddles me the fact that how are we going to continue to finance this work? and do you really believe down deep, are we going to come to a solution? i listened to what you got and it is the first intelligent thing i have heard about this war. are we going to be able to accomplish what we set out to do? >> we are going to be able to develop and afghanistan that is self-sufficient in terms of personnel. if we can draw down the number of foreign troops we will be in good shape and public opposition will subside. there is an important question on how long we are going to keep funding the afghans. we have raised pay end of the cost of maintaining these forces is going to become very high which the afghan government in its current form might not be able to pay for at any point so we have to come up with a way to draw down those forces. we need to continue some investment in that country for long time. we pull out after the soviets left. >>

most of the americans are from an idaho baptist group.they were arrested in late january while trying to take 33 children-- ages 2 to 12-- to an orphanage in the dominican republic. some of the children had living parents. but some of the parents have since said they willingly handed over their sons and daughters. those are some of the day's main stories. i'll be back at the end of the program with a preview of what you'll find tonight on the "newshour's" web site. but for now, back to judy. >> woodruff: now the economy, the white house today released its annual report to congress on the economy, predicting an average of 95,000 jobs will be created each month this year. but the jobless rate could go up to 10% again as discouraged workers reenter the market. this report comes as the u.s. labor department reported initial claims for unemployment benefits dropped last week by 43,000 to a seasonably adjusted 440,000. for more on this, we're joined by christina romer, chair of the president's council of economic advisors. dr. romer, thank you

. >> next call for our two guests, seth johnson mark moyar, comes from kim in pocatello, idaho. >> good eating, gentlemen. i just have a couple of question. you know, i'm a retired military, you know, it befuddles me on the fact that our going to continue to finance this war, number one, and number two, do you really believe down deep you know, i'm even going to come to a solution? i just listen to what you said and is probably the first intelligent thing i've heard about this war. but you know, are we really going to be able to accomplish you do, what we set out to do? >> i think we are going to be able to develop an afghanistan that is self-sufficient, in terms of personnel. as i mentioned, if we can draw down the number of foreign troops, i think we will be in good shape. but i think and public opposition, once that happens in a we have to keep a. there's an important question how long i'm going to keep funding the afghans, because as we build up their saturday forces would also raise their pay. and the cost of maintaining these forces is going to become very high and what is the afg

. >> reporter: unlike the members of two idaho churches who were arrested in haiti this week for tryingo take children out of the country without documentation, these parents were in the midst of a long and expensive process to conform to the multitude of regulations imposed by both the haitian and u.s. governments. the yamaguchis started a year ago, and were expecting to wait a lot longer. >> they said it could have taken a year and a half to two more years for us, which would have been an almost three year process. >> so how did all that get compressed? >> well, after the earthquake basically, the... i'm not sure what government agencies did what, but basically the department of homeland security decided that they would issue humanitarian parole visas to these children that actually had to be in the process of being referred to a family. >> reporter: last week, the haitian government stopped all adoptions that weren't already legally underway before the earthquake, fearing that, in the chaos, children would become victims of human trafficking. the prime minister now personally signs o

air force plane, before going on to final destinations in texas, missouri and idaho.hey could still be called back to haiti for more questioning. two others, including the group leader, remained in jail. they face a haitian court hearing tomorrow. and joining us now is the united nations point man for haiti humanitarian efforts, under- secretary-general john holmes. mr. holmes, you've just recently been to haiti. what's your assessment 5r the relief and recovery efforts so far? >> i think you can say that we've made very good progress in some areas. i think we've solved a lot of the immediate emergency medical problems one way or the other with a lot of help from many organizations around the world. i think we're where we need to be in terms of provision of fresh water. we can still do a bit better but watter is not a problem. i think food is out there in much larger quantities than before. i think everybody who needs some food has now got some food more or less. i mean, i'm sure you can find someone who hasn't received some aid but that's largely a problem which we'r

. >> reporter: one of the idaho-based missionaries, a diabetic is being treated for what she calls flu-like symptoms. she voiced hope today the charges would be dropped. >> i'm really praying that, that we'll be able to take these kids out and we'll be able to provide a safe and loving home for these kids who have nothing. >> reporter: for their part haitian officials said the americans may be sent home for prosecution . >> if we take into account that many buildings and institutions in haiti have collapsed, yes, in this case we are talking to the u.s. authorities because they might have to be judged over there. >> reporter: since the earthquake the haitian government has clamped down on overseas adoptions, worried that some children have parents who are still alive. >> you can't just go an take a child out of a country no matter what country you are in. this is not what is done. >> reporter: for now, the children taken from the missionaries have been put in an austrian run orphanage in port-au-prince. meanwhile in areas outside the capitol there was a happy moment today. their schools reop

dan simon is digging deeper from idaho. >> reporter: she's been described as the consummate go-getterother who started her own business and helped disadvantaged children around the world. >> she has a way of kind of getting what she asks for. >> reporter: but brian jack a manager at laura silz bury's company, but she also has another reputation with several employees. >> mainly coming down with promising a bill of goods never delivered. >> reporter: she's facing deep financial problems. the bank foreclosed on her home and her business, an online retailer once thriving, has been the target of numerous lawsuits, alleging she's late with payments. brian jack filed suit complaining he'd been told repeatedly he'd be paid for back-wages but wasn't. silzbury's world was closing in as she left for haiti. many wonder why for such an ambitious mission she and the group failed to clear hurdles such as paperwork to transport haitian children and registration as an adoption agency. >> in my heart, i think she probably went down there with good intentions to help people that were in trouble, but it

he had to move to boise, idaho, and play for an arena team.to try out for them because of an injury, now he is protecting kypaytoeyton manning about to play in his first super bowl. >> i was teaching p.e., math, any job i could get my hands on. >> reporter: got to love that attitude, rafer. just willing to follow his dream. a great turnaround story from the colts. >> and now he's trusted with protecting the most expensive and probably most valued quarterback in the nfl. joe, great story. we'll check in with you throughout the morning. >>> and golf legend tom watson slammed tiger woods in an interview. watson said that tiger needs to "show some humility when he returns," and do the interview a lot of people are asking tiger to do, saying he screwed. and watson said tiger needs to clean up his act on the course, by not using bad language or throw his clubs. meanwhile, a company is trying to cash in on tiger's alleged scandals by selling tiger woods mistress collection of golf balls with pictures of the alleged mistress, one of whom is threatenin

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i sponsored a bill with a democrat from idaho called the relief act which would create payroll tax holidaych many of the business group suggested would create millions of jobs if we allow more of those employers to keep the money to reinvest in their business. so, capital is important. i have to have access to capital. the president is talking about that now. that is a good step in the right direction. but we also have to create a level of comfort that, if an entrepreneur here in our country is going to stick their neck out, invest their life savings as one of the earlier callers mentioned, into a business, that the federal government is not going to step in and change the rules in the middle of the game either by raising the cost of producing those goods with an energy tax, raising their cost of health care or some kind of payroll tax as been discussed this year. creating a level of uncertainty -- putting in pro-growth tax policies that incentivize the risk-taking we are looking for. host: congressman maffei in syracuse, anything there you would disagree with? guest: very little, i think

we are talking about the group of idaho missionaries in a haitian jail now. they were arrested at the d dominican republic border with 33 children. >> the goal really was exactly that, to go into haiti and rescue children that might be victims of human trafficking, and give them medical and physical aid they may not otherwise have. >> the goal was to keep them in the dominican republic and not bring them to the united states? >> maybe adoptions would be at some point in the future, but that was not the point of this trip at all. >> the goal -- they were going to acquire land, long-term, they were going to acquire land and build an orphanage and a school, and then the quake happened. >> yeah, january 12th brought a lot of emotion for a lot of folks and a great desire for folks that had needs in haiti. so these people in particular had a diagnose to go and simply help those that might have needs there. >> the children who have parents still can't go home. they are all being kept in a temporary home until the investigation is over. we will hear from some of the