and here in los angeles, marty caldwell, certified open adoption practitioner, founder and ceo of theoption center. she herself is an adoptive mother. t. boz, we understand you want to adopt a child from haiti. why? >> well, i had thought about adopting a child anyway four years from now, but when i heard about the incident and kids possibly not having parents, i felt like i should try and help someone. and go ahead and adopt now. >> larry: have you begun the process? >> i have made calls and tried to reach out, but from my understanding, the person who processes the paperwork is missing and i haven't gotten very far. so hopefully being on the show here today, i can probably get some information and see if i can help move things further along, if it's even possible at this point. >> larry: i'm sure you will. marty, can we adopt a child from haiti now? >> well, right now the country is officially closed. that means if you have not had the paperwork in process and going, basically, it is -- it's -- you're done. >> larry: it would seem they would be open to it. >> well, they are. but you