jim miklazewski, nbc news, the pentagon. >>> we turn our focus now to haiti. first off, an update tonight on the relief effort now three weeks after the earthquake. there are signs that the food distribution effort is slowly improving, but also new signs of desperation in the face of so much great need. as "the new york times" puts it tonight, paper coupons that can be redeemed for 55 pounds of rice have become more valuable these days than money in haiti and counterfeiters are printing up fake coupons. a government official tells nbc news tonight tens of thousands of people are now getting paid every day to clean up the huge piles of debris, and that organized tent cities with large waterproof tents are starting to take place of sheets held up with sticks across the countryside. >>> now we move to the latest on those americans arrested for, as they tell it, trying to get children out to a better life. there are some new twists in thp strange story tonight. nbc's michelle kosinksi with us from port-au-prince. >> reporter: good evening, brian. a judge met with