jennifer lopez, ben stiller, benicio del toro and paula abdul. let's start with jennifer. >> yes? what prompted you to come out to this? >> well, just like everybody else, i've been watching at it home with my family and incredibly moved and just saddened by everything you're seeing. there's something inside you that just says, you know, what can i do? you know, where can i use my energies. you know? and that's why. >> larry: ever been to haiti? >> i never have, no. >> larry: i imagine you might be going soon. >> maybe. >> larry: yeah. paula, what brought you here? >> the same thing. just the overwhelming despair and families not knowing who's a live and not being able to even be accounted for. seeing all that is just -- >> larry: this is what people in entertainment can do. give their time and help people send in money. benicio, are you moved by this? >> of course, yeah. >> larry: to see all this tragedy. >> yeah. and also, probably also moved about how long the process to get it to become better is going to take. it's a long race in my opinion. >> larry: you've been there, ben.

jennifer lopez is back with us in los angeles.s here, supporter of unicef and a backer of unicef's project raising funds for water and sanitation prachl. joel madden has stopped, goodwill ambassador for unicef. his twin bengie wanted to be here tonight and couldn't make it. he'll tweet to urge help for haiti throughout the somehow. how has this affected you? >> it's hard to watch. you look at a country with haiti with almost half the population is kids. so to just think about, you know, what they've already been through, what haiti has been through and the possibility of the future is -- that's why i think something like this is really important. trying to stop that second wave of disaster what could happen in the next couple weeks. >> you know it's coming, right? >> yeah. >> larry: j. lo, is it hard for you to watch? >> absolutely. a lot is watching the children. when you finally have your own children and you feel he be what it must feel like for everybody out there. it's just -- it's daunting, all of it feels so huge. you just

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mick jagger, jennifer lopez, seal, and many others are here toou thank you. because your money is going to the american red cross and the u.s. fund for unicef. our celebrity guests are working the phones for the next two hours in los angeles and new york. you can talk to them. we'll go live to haiti showing you what your donations mean to this country in ruin. joining us right now, ryan seacrest, he's the host of "american idol." he'll be in our tweet suite later. black eyed peas front man will i.m. is here, and molly sims, the actress and advocate for haiti. we'll start by going right to haiti to port-au-prince to a hotel where anderson cooper is standing by with we understand desperation boiling over, anderson. looting, violence. what's going on? >> larry, i don't want to paint too negative a picture. this was as far as we know an isolated incident in downtown port-au-prince, but it is a taste of what could occur here if security is not brought to bear on a large scale in the port-au-prince area. there were shots fired this afternoon by two haitian police o

mick jagger, jennifer lopez, ceal, ben stiller and many others are here to say thank you because yourgoing to the american red cross and the u.s. fund for unicef. ♪ i hate to see you cry ♪ lying there in that positi position ♪ >> the need is immediate. they need help right now. so that's why we're here with you tonight. >> those people out there that have -- that had help, help. it's important for humanity, for love, life. you have to help. >> it's very, very sad when you see this happening to someone where you've been, you've enjoyed, where people have been welcoming. >> i was in haiti in october, and it was -- words can't describe what i saw, and i considered myself a well-traveled person. it was absolute devastation. >> jared, what's going on with you buddy? >> i'm pulling out my credit card where there's a program called mope builder where you can build a house personally. >> it's touched and moved by the passion of humanity and everyone getting in there. i think we inately want to help and don't know how. >> what's inspiring to me is how kids are responding to this in america. th