so it's always very, very sad to see this. >> larry: mick jagger, by the way. a couple more moments with mick. he's coming to us via skype. what about the people? everyone i talked to -- i haven't been to haiti -- tells me how gracious and the wonderful aspects of these people, that they're different. they accept what they have in life, and they still have a spirit about them. what's your impression of the haitians? >> you're right. they have a wonderful spirit. they have an amazing attitude to life. a very bvibrant culture life in music, dance, poetry, carving, painting is amazing. so they have a very vaerd, very, very cultured life, but they've had terrible poverty they've endured for hundreds of years since want independence of haiti 200 years ago. they've had endure terrible lifestyle, mismanagement. perhaps this for haiti could be the most terrible moment but could be a turning point where haiti would get all the help it needs to restructure its society so they can take advantage of the wonderful human resources that they have. >> larry: anything you want t

mick jagger is next! don't go away. >> larry: it's a great pleasure to welcome to this special edition of "larry king live" mick jagger, our grammy-winning rock 'n' roll legend. why is it important for you to be with us tonight, mick? >> well, you know, haiti is a -- obviously, it's one of the most poor countries in the western hemisphere. it's very closed to, you know, states, really. it's had a long relationship with the country i've been involved with, the united states, france, and it's like a desperately poor place. and when these terrible disasters happen in a very poor place, the result is magnified over and over and over and over what it would be in a country that is more accessible with more infrastructure so on and so forth. this is a huge, massive disaster for one of the poorest, poorest countries and it's so poor, it's very hard to describe how poor it is compared to all the other countries in that hemisphere. >> larry: well, we're raising a lot of money for haiti tonight, and that's the numbe

mick jagger, co, ringo, star are just a few that are going to join us.irst, the horror playing out before our very eyes. let's go to ivan watson in port-au-prince with a heartbreaking story of that little girl, and what happened, ivan? >> 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 in

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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 and the rolling stones left the u.k. in the early 1970s and the u.k. and the u.s. make a mistake taking the corporations for granted. yes. money is mobile now and set up shop in brazil and india and hire folks there. i think we treat these folks as scapegoats, and servants at our own peril because the tax -- >> i agree but very few are making the move. >> i talked about this exact news item a few weeks ago on the show, is great news for america because, yeah we're raising taxes, which is terrible and the other countries are more screwed up and london arbitrary tax on bankers is -- makes our taxes look like we're the most capitalist country in the world and in some ways we are not because we are doing things well but others are worse and as long as we're competitive, use the texas and california analogy with other major companies we are fine and can raise our taxes 5% as long as they do 10% and the take away for obama and the administration, don't go higher than the others and you'll be in? our corporate tax rate is second to japan, one of the highest corporate tax

mick jagger, seal, colin powell, ringo starr, will i am, ryan seacrest, taylor leoni are a few who will join to help him. first the news from haiti today. estimates of those dead are pegged at about 100,000 as of now. secretary of state clinton arrived in haiti this afternoon and the top two diplomats for the united nations stationed in haiti were officially declared dead today. carl penhall is on the scene. it has been quite a day. set the scene for us. tell our viewers what happened. >> reporter: well, certainly what i've been looking at today is the relief operation. you are right. the recovery operation is still going on. people are still looking for signs of life among the rubble but of course there are thousands upon thousands of people who have lost their homes, lost everything result of this earthquake. the effort is to get aid to them quickly and saflly. safely, why? because the united nations handing out a lot of this aid and peacekeepers are fearful there could be an explosion of violence as people become hungry and desperate and beyond that explosion of violence keeping orde

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

mick jagger, seal, colin powell, ringo star, will.i.am. ryan seacrest and tia leony are some of those who have teamed up to help haiti. estimates of those dead are pegged at 100,000 as of now according to haitian officials. secretary of state clinton arrive in haiti this afternoon. and the top two diplomats of the united neighs stationed in haiti were declared dead today. the scene for us in port-au-prince. quite a day for us. carl, set the scene for us. tell our viewers what happened? >> well, what i've been looking at too is the relief operation because, yes, you're right. the recovery operation is still going on. people are still looking for signs of life among the rubble. but, of course, there are thousands upon thousands of people who have lost their homes, who have lost everything as a result of this earthquake. and the effort now is to get aid to them both quickly and safely -- safely why? because the united nations who are handing out a lot of the aid and the united nations peacekeepers accompanying them are fearful there could be