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back we go to port-au-prince and ivan watson. we had a bad signal earlier, ivan. what were you telling us about that body coming out? >> this was a priest that was pulled out, and it was a very touching moment, larry, where the mexican rescue team which helped save a woman earlier today at this very location, they knelt and prayed along with the participation of a catholic nun over the body of this priest with a rosary placed on his body. the procession is under way. the teams have been breaking down some of their equipment because they have not had any contact, any signs of life for about three hours now. they're doing one last check after bringing the dogs through several times. they're using some listening equipment right now, but it does look like the teams here are getting ready to pack up. we had one miracle here today and we may not have another. >> larry: ivan, is it all beginning to wear on you? >> it's been a long week, i think, for everybody. for the rescue workers here, these folks are camping out. they're working very long days and very difficult cond
back we go to port-au-prince and ivan watson. we had a bad signal earlier, ivan. what were you telling us about that body coming out? >> this was a priest that was pulled out, and it was a very touching moment, larry, where the mexican rescue team which helped save a woman earlier today at this very location, they knelt and prayed along with the participation of a catholic nun over the body of this priest with a rosary placed on his body. the procession is under way. the teams have been...
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let's go to cnn correspondent ivan watson in port-au-prince. when did you arrive there, ivan? >> reporter: just this morning, larry. it's a dark and tense night here. the power grid's down. the city's mostly dark. as you heard from the gentlemen, people are out on the streets. they're afraid to go into their homes tonight. behind me, there are hundreds, perhaps thousands of people sleeping in a square. some of them singing, clapping, chanting, praying tonight. and they're very worried about the aftershocks that periodically hit this area. if you need they sign of how scary this is and what a catastrophe this has been for the city, just take a look at this exclusive video that we acquired today. let's take a moment. this was shot just moments after the earthquake hit port-au-prince. it was filmed by a missionary that we met at the airport, who was trying to get out of the country. let's take a few moments to see these really disturbing images of the shock and horror in the immediate moments after that earthquake struck. >> larry: the earthquake lasted a very short time, right?
let's go to cnn correspondent ivan watson in port-au-prince. when did you arrive there, ivan? >> reporter: just this morning, larry. it's a dark and tense night here. the power grid's down. the city's mostly dark. as you heard from the gentlemen, people are out on the streets. they're afraid to go into their homes tonight. behind me, there are hundreds, perhaps thousands of people sleeping in a square. some of them singing, clapping, chanting, praying tonight. and they're very worried...
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let's go to ivan watson in port-au-prince with a heartbreaking story of that little girl, and what happenedivan? >> larry, very bad news, very sad and tragic news. this 11-year-old girl, anika, we saw her fighting for her life, trapped for 48 hours under the rubble of her house. yesterday, a beautiful little girl with braids and glasses and a chipped tooth and really fighting for her life and terrified. cut free shortly after sunset last night. but when we contacted her family today, and the communications are very difficult, they informed me that she did not survive the night, that they took her to be treated for first aid, and she was just -- her leg was very badly damaged, crushed underneath all that rubble, and the doctors just did not have the means to save her. they informed the family that they should take this little girl to another better hospital some three hours' drive away, and she did not make that trip. and the uncle informed me that she was buried this evening in the hometown of her mother. so we lost little 11-year-old anika, and that's just one of countless tragedies that h
let's go to ivan watson in port-au-prince with a heartbreaking story of that little girl, and what happenedivan? >> larry, very bad news, very sad and tragic news. this 11-year-old girl, anika, we saw her fighting for her life, trapped for 48 hours under the rubble of her house. yesterday, a beautiful little girl with braids and glasses and a chipped tooth and really fighting for her life and terrified. cut free shortly after sunset last night. but when we contacted her family today, and...
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ivan watson covered this story from the beginning. he's in port-au-prince with the latest. you have the story of a man construction worker. what's that about, ivan? >> reporter: yeah. he was a realtor, larry, and basically i found a guy. he was starting to try to take apart what's left of his house and try to salvage a few things. i followed him home to where he's now living. this guy had a three-story house, he was renting out the bottom floors to help pay for his college kids tuition. now he's living in a sprawling refugee camp in a makeshift tent. it's filthy. he's embarrassed about it. his whole family is sleeping on the ground in this filthy place even if he gets aid, this guy's dignity is crushed. he's accustomed to working and making a good life for his kids and his family. now they're sleeping under a sheet. it's really, really tough to see this guy in this awful position. >> larry: ivan, wouldn't construction workers be in demand in haiti now? >> reporter: this man was actually a real estate agent, and i think he was making a lot of money renting out the ground floo
ivan watson covered this story from the beginning. he's in port-au-prince with the latest. you have the story of a man construction worker. what's that about, ivan? >> reporter: yeah. he was a realtor, larry, and basically i found a guy. he was starting to try to take apart what's left of his house and try to salvage a few things. i followed him home to where he's now living. this guy had a three-story house, he was renting out the bottom floors to help pay for his college kids tuition....
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let's check in with ivan watson, cnn correspondent who's done noble work over the past few days. ivan remains at the scene of a young girl who had been trapped in the rubble since the earthquake. rescuers were able to rescue her in the last hour. tell me about what happened, ivan. >> reporter: this is an 11 girl, larry, we stumbled across much the way sanjay did with just people coming up and asking for help. in this case it was a mother who said i'm by myself, i have one girl and she's stuck and there's nobody to help, brother, please help me. we went to take a look and in fact this 11-year-old girl, she was caught underneath the rubble of a house. amid the bodies of an estimated 30 other people who did not survive the quake in the immediate surroundings in that same building. this girl was talking to us. she was screaming in pain and in fear. her right leg was trapped and we learned that shortly after 6:00 p.m. local time, finally, after hours, two days of efforts they were able to find a small generator to run a small electric powered saw which was needed to cut through a metal
let's check in with ivan watson, cnn correspondent who's done noble work over the past few days. ivan remains at the scene of a young girl who had been trapped in the rubble since the earthquake. rescuers were able to rescue her in the last hour. tell me about what happened, ivan. >> reporter: this is an 11 girl, larry, we stumbled across much the way sanjay did with just people coming up and asking for help. in this case it was a mother who said i'm by myself, i have one girl and she's...
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first, let's check in with ivan watson, our cnn correspondent in port-au-prince. we understand there was some drama earlier today involving children at the airport on a plane. what happened? >> reporter: we're still trying to get to the bottom of this, larry. basically, there was a plane. it was involving a group called the utah hospital task force. and we believe that it took off with about 69 orphans, headed for miami. some of the children that were being placed on board that plane, there appears to have been some mix-ups, about 16 of them actually had to be taken off and were not allowed to go and some confusion about just where and how they should be going and traveling. a lot of bureaucracy to sort through, especially on this adoption issue, larry. >> and we're going to deal with it at length. is it getting any better, ivan? >> reporter: there are signs of improvement. you know, the initial adrenaline and fear and agony and terror of those first days has subsided now. but now it's this really grueling struggle to just get by. i just went to camp today, and wh
first, let's check in with ivan watson, our cnn correspondent in port-au-prince. we understand there was some drama earlier today involving children at the airport on a plane. what happened? >> reporter: we're still trying to get to the bottom of this, larry. basically, there was a plane. it was involving a group called the utah hospital task force. and we believe that it took off with about 69 orphans, headed for miami. some of the children that were being placed on board that plane,...
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ivan watson is there as well., what did you see today that jumped out at you as part of your coverage? >> so much jumped out at us. specifically dealing with relief and trying to get the relief to the people who need it the most. we were at a place earlier today called delmar -- we went to one place that used to be a golf course where haitian's elite used to play. now it's a massive tent city where we came across thousands of people there. many of them in need of water and food. at one point, we saw military helicopters come in, drop in relief supplies, and most relief organizers will tell you that's not the best way to distribute goods, simply because when you do that, the strong can get to it because they run up the hill sooids or wherever the supplies are being dropped. but the weak, the elderly, the sick, those are the people who then cannot get to the supplies. so that's one of the moments that was tough to watch. but on the flip side of that, we made it out to the area called canape bear. that's in the wes p
ivan watson is there as well., what did you see today that jumped out at you as part of your coverage? >> so much jumped out at us. specifically dealing with relief and trying to get the relief to the people who need it the most. we were at a place earlier today called delmar -- we went to one place that used to be a golf course where haitian's elite used to play. now it's a massive tent city where we came across thousands of people there. many of them in need of water and food. at one...
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let's check in with our own ivan watson who has been covering this dramatic search and rescue operation. what is the latest, ivan? >> reporter: the latest is that the team here, they have actually reached two people who are still alive in this mountain of rubble here. the workers have gotten through, and they have cut through and actually have been able to hold the hand of a krael speaking woman there trapped along the side of a man. her voice is strong and they are passing water to her. they are trying to open up a hole to try and pull the woman out. she survived five days, five days, larry, in the mountain of rubble. and today, overnight, the same rescue workers, from new york and workers from florida, and from turkey as well, they pulled out three other individuals, a haitian man, and a 13-year-old girl, and early this morning, a 50-year-old american woman named mimi, and we understand she has a son in florida not living far from the home of one of the rescue workers. larry? >> i am a captain paramedic, when i found out, when the lady or victim was pulled out, she actually lives in t
let's check in with our own ivan watson who has been covering this dramatic search and rescue operation. what is the latest, ivan? >> reporter: the latest is that the team here, they have actually reached two people who are still alive in this mountain of rubble here. the workers have gotten through, and they have cut through and actually have been able to hold the hand of a krael speaking woman there trapped along the side of a man. her voice is strong and they are passing water to her....
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joining us jason carroll on the scene, ivan watson is there as well.on, what did you see today that jumped out at you as part of your coverage? >> reporter: so much jumped out at us specifically dealing with relief and trying to get the relief to people who need it the most. we were at a place called doma 40 b a section of the city. we went to a place that used to be a golf course. now it is a massive tent city. several thousand people who are there, many of them still in need of water, in need of food. at one point, wolf, military helicopters came in, dropped in some relief supplies. most relief organizers tell you that is not the best way to distribute goods simply because when you do that the strong can get to it, they run up the hillsides where the supplies are being dropped, the weak, the elderly and sick cannot get to the supplies. that was one of the moments that was tough to watch. we made it to an area called canape. the western part of port-au-prince. there was an organization dealing with relief there called world vision. it was more orderly
joining us jason carroll on the scene, ivan watson is there as well.on, what did you see today that jumped out at you as part of your coverage? >> reporter: so much jumped out at us specifically dealing with relief and trying to get the relief to people who need it the most. we were at a place called doma 40 b a section of the city. we went to a place that used to be a golf course. now it is a massive tent city. several thousand people who are there, many of them still in need of water,...
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. >> karl penhaul, ivan watson, thank you very much. thanks it for "360." thanks for watching. "larry king" starts now. >> larry: tonight the late night wars land leno on oprah. >> so you thought one cheap shot deserved another? >> yeah, it's okay. >> i thought that was beneath you actually. >> larry: jay is returning as host of ""the tonight show."" can he reclaim ratings and nice guy reputation? >> now you're being made to look like the bad guy? >> i'm going to work hard to try to rehabilitate that image. >> larry: elizabeth and john edwards have split. she stood by her cheating political husband for three years. even met his out-of-wedlock little daughter. what made her call it quits now? then a gay, sex and drug scandal destroyed ted haggard's megachurch ministry and devastated the family. why did his wife, gayle, choose to forgive and stay married? all that and an amazing musical pairing next on "larry king live." you all know the story. conan o'brien left nbc after a very public battle with the network. jay leno was set to return as host of the "tonight show" and once aga
. >> karl penhaul, ivan watson, thank you very much. thanks it for "360." thanks for watching. "larry king" starts now. >> larry: tonight the late night wars land leno on oprah. >> so you thought one cheap shot deserved another? >> yeah, it's okay. >> i thought that was beneath you actually. >> larry: jay is returning as host of ""the tonight show."" can he reclaim ratings and nice guy reputation? >> now you're...