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i was born in port-au-prince. we lived in an area in port-au- prince which was called cortage. it was by the sea. i lived with five siblings. my mother and father. but very extended family because we had uncles and aunts who also lived in the neighborhood. my mother is still there. when the catastrophe happened, the very first thing i did was call her number and this is all i kept on doing, calling the number until i would reach her. it was a few days when i did. >> i wrote a few lines that came to me after the earthquake, which i think were very important to me because before the earthquake, we've been talking so much about how we were divided as a people. and how we needed to be together. "underneath the beauty was a rift in the heart of the land was a rift and the rift in the land reached the rift in our heart and we lost our people and the land" it is so sad when i go back and read the poems that i wrote. there was a major hurricane called hurricane jane, which hit the city of gonaives which left 5,000 dead. houses engulfed in mud. children dead. and i wrote this poem and a
i was born in port-au-prince. we lived in an area in port-au- prince which was called cortage. it was by the sea. i lived with five siblings. my mother and father. but very extended family because we had uncles and aunts who also lived in the neighborhood. my mother is still there. when the catastrophe happened, the very first thing i did was call her number and this is all i kept on doing, calling the number until i would reach her. it was a few days when i did. >> i wrote a few lines...
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. >> reporter: distribution of vital food supplies to hungry people in this secretary of port-au-prince were abrupted halted monday after u.n. officials found people trying to use counterfeit ration coupons to take rice they were not entitled . >> these are fake coupons that started turning up. this morning, as i understand it, yellow in color. the distributions we gave out, the coupons for this particular polite yesterday are green. it was immediate apparent there was some fraud involved here. >> reporter: as a 10,000 families are going without. there have been a number of attempts to take improper advantage of the humanitarian aid process since the earthquake january 12th. and while most aid is funneled directly through u.n. agencies and nongovernmental organizations, there are allegations that haiti's long record of government corruption involving officials high and low has not been broken. shouting, "she stole the rice" in creole, protestors marched on the offices of a port-au-prince suburb. they accuse the mayor of manipulating aid distribution. >> i've been here every day trying t
. >> reporter: distribution of vital food supplies to hungry people in this secretary of port-au-prince were abrupted halted monday after u.n. officials found people trying to use counterfeit ration coupons to take rice they were not entitled . >> these are fake coupons that started turning up. this morning, as i understand it, yellow in color. the distributions we gave out, the coupons for this particular polite yesterday are green. it was immediate apparent there was some fraud...
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rural haiti needs as much reconstruction as port-au-prince. that effort will take at least a generation or 20 years. i'm not sure that the international community will be willing to stay the course. i hope that it does. >> suarez: professor, mr. ambassador, thank you both. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> ifill: next, a simple fix for cutting health care costs and saving lives. newshour health correspondent betty ann bowser explains. >> he no known drug allergies,. >> reporter: a 50-year-old man is about to undergo emergency surgery at brigham and women's hospital if boston for a dangerous infection in an artery in his leg. >> big breaths, in and out. that's great. >> reporter: he's surrounded by technology and highly skilled doctors and nurses who spent years training for their profession. >> doing great. >> reporter: but they're about to employ something breathtakingly simple to make sure mr. wolf has a successful outcome. it's a checklist of 19 points including making sure everybody in the or introduces themselves. >> ed, surgeon. >> neil --
rural haiti needs as much reconstruction as port-au-prince. that effort will take at least a generation or 20 years. i'm not sure that the international community will be willing to stay the course. i hope that it does. >> suarez: professor, mr. ambassador, thank you both. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> ifill: next, a simple fix for cutting health care costs and saving lives. newshour health correspondent betty ann bowser explains. >> he no known drug allergies,....
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jeffrey brown talks to npr's mandalit del barco in port-au- prince. >> woodruff: a tom bearden report from colorado on efforts to regulate the sale of medical marijuana. it's like trying to pick your teeth way rattlesnake. if you ever trieding that, you know how hard it is. >> ifill: and another of margaret warner's conversations about the strength of al qaeda. tonight: former c.i.a. officer marc sageman. >> it's inevitable that they will succeed in facing the plot. what we need to do is limit the number of people who may succeed. >> woodruff: that's all ahead on tonight's pbs newshour. major funding for the pbs newshour is provided by: >> what the world needs now is energy. the energy to get the economy humming again. the energy to tackle challenges like climate change. what if that energy came from an energy company? every day, chevron invests $62 million in people, in ideas-- seeking, teaching, building. fueling growth around the world to move us all ahead. this is the power of human energy. chevron. bnsf, the engine that connects us. pacific life. and by the alfred p. sloan founda
jeffrey brown talks to npr's mandalit del barco in port-au- prince. >> woodruff: a tom bearden report from colorado on efforts to regulate the sale of medical marijuana. it's like trying to pick your teeth way rattlesnake. if you ever trieding that, you know how hard it is. >> ifill: and another of margaret warner's conversations about the strength of al qaeda. tonight: former c.i.a. officer marc sageman. >> it's inevitable that they will succeed in facing the plot. what we...
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at the american embassy in port- au-prince, tim callaghan, leader of the u.s. agency for international developments disaster assistance response team, briefs his staff on the work of the day ahead. callaghan chooses not to stress new tents as heavily as hosting... getting people with housing intact or repaired to take in people from the encampments. >> how can we locate assistance, to help these folks with taking in family? shelter kits, plastic sheeting, something more durable than tents in the rainy season. >> suarez: for callaghan, the appeal lies in being able to get people indoors quickly, and create employment in rehabbing houses. the people of port-au-prince are getting back to work-- private, public, and n.g.o. employers are paying crews to clear debris. callaghan notes rubble can be recycled, and materials like steel bars can be reclaimed instead of toted to a dump. >> certainly, we need to look at strategies that accomplish this in five months, because the rains are coming. >> suarez: meanwhile, minister delatour is meeting with a haitian brain trust-
at the american embassy in port- au-prince, tim callaghan, leader of the u.s. agency for international developments disaster assistance response team, briefs his staff on the work of the day ahead. callaghan chooses not to stress new tents as heavily as hosting... getting people with housing intact or repaired to take in people from the encampments. >> how can we locate assistance, to help these folks with taking in family? shelter kits, plastic sheeting, something more durable than tents...
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robert bazell, nbc news, port-au-prince. >>> more to tell you about as our broadcast continues along the way here on a wednesday night, including the countdown to the olympic games and the olympian task of keeping the events safe. >> and later, what it takes to make a city prettier. ity prettier. asthma forever. i never knew why my asthma symptoms kept coming back... ...kept coming back... ...or that i could help prevent them in the first place. the problem was that my controller medicine... ...was treating only 1 main cause of asthma symptoms. but there are 2. airway constriction. and inflammation. unlike most controllers, advair treats both main causes. advair treats both main causes. and that helps prevent symptoms in the first place. (announcer) advair contains salmeterol. salmeterol may increase the chance of asthma-related death. so advair is not for asthma that's well controlled on another controller medicine. advair will not replace fast-acting inhalers for sudden symptoms... ...and should not be taken more than twice a day. talk to your doctor about the risks and benefits of
robert bazell, nbc news, port-au-prince. >>> more to tell you about as our broadcast continues along the way here on a wednesday night, including the countdown to the olympic games and the olympian task of keeping the events safe. >> and later, what it takes to make a city prettier. ity prettier. asthma forever. i never knew why my asthma symptoms kept coming back... ...kept coming back... ...or that i could help prevent them in the first place. the problem was that my controller...
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actor, activist sean penn joins us from port-au-prince. we'll give you all the information you'll need to help or even adopt these innocent kids. it's next on "larry king live." >> larry: our subject tonight is children, there's nothing more important than that, the children of haiti. 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. >> la
actor, activist sean penn joins us from port-au-prince. we'll give you all the information you'll need to help or even adopt these innocent kids. it's next on "larry king live." >> larry: our subject tonight is children, there's nothing more important than that, the children of haiti. 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?...
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our report tonight from port-au-prince and nbc's mike taibbi. >> reporter: this 3-month-old woib baby needed life-saving cranial surgery, but the doctors without borders specialists couldn't do it in haiti. with no documentation papers available, no pilot would evacuate her. that's been the store on the grounds of the port-au-prince airport, ever since those baptist missionaries were arrested and jailed. pilots willing to fly, but only on one condition. >> hand me some papers, i'll do it. i want to make sure i'm not going to get in trouble. >> reporter: for about all the children in this pediatrics ward, there are no papers to obtain. add in the typical red tape for special permission and the fear of flying without it, and private evacuations have slowed from 10 to 15 a day to no more than a half dozen total in the nearly two weeks since the baptist missionaries' case became what the prime minister call a huge distraction. some doctors say for the sickest kids here, the most seriously injured, it's a question of life or death. still, pediatricians working these crowded wards state the
our report tonight from port-au-prince and nbc's mike taibbi. >> reporter: this 3-month-old woib baby needed life-saving cranial surgery, but the doctors without borders specialists couldn't do it in haiti. with no documentation papers available, no pilot would evacuate her. that's been the store on the grounds of the port-au-prince airport, ever since those baptist missionaries were arrested and jailed. pilots willing to fly, but only on one condition. >> hand me some papers, i'll...
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>> couric: bill whitaker reporting from port-au-prince, haiti, tonight. in pakistan today, three american soldiers were killed and two others wounded by a roadside bomb in the northwest part of the country near the afghan border. the taliban claimed responsibility for the attack which also killed three pakistani girls at a nearby school. the americans were in pakistan to train a paramilitary force. lara logan, our chief foreign affairs correspondent, is in washington tonight and, lara, this is not the first time american soldiers have been killed in pakistan. >> reporter: that's right, katie. in fact, since 9/11, 12 american servicemen have died in pakistan. but these are the first special operations soldiers who were part of the security cooperation agreement between the u.s. and pakistan who have actually been killed in what was really a devastating attack. the scenes, the images from the scene are quiteatc and they show the rubble and the devastation and also some of the wounded. there were three young pakistani girls killed and a pakistani soldier. th
>> couric: bill whitaker reporting from port-au-prince, haiti, tonight. in pakistan today, three american soldiers were killed and two others wounded by a roadside bomb in the northwest part of the country near the afghan border. the taliban claimed responsibility for the attack which also killed three pakistani girls at a nearby school. the americans were in pakistan to train a paramilitary force. lara logan, our chief foreign affairs correspondent, is in washington tonight and, lara,...
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it happened just outside of port-au-prince. here is port-au-prince.ershocks still. they happen for months since that quake that happened in january. we'll zoo into port-au-prince and it is very populated. this is the capital of haiti. this is where millions of people live. and the codes here for buildings is very, very poor as well. so construction has a little bit to do with it as well. this will show you from haiti how much of the population was impacted by the worst of the jolt. take a look at this. the worst at garys, extreme and violent and where you can see hundreds of thousands of people felt the worst of the haitian earthquake. now as we go over here to the one that happened today in chile, expand that out for you, you can see 0% of the population saw the extreme or violent jolt because of that. that is one of the reasons why the haiti earthquake was more of a shallower quake, closer to the surface. the closer to the surface the more jolting you are going to feel. >> larry: more from survivors next. don't go away. it feels like a liner, but pr
it happened just outside of port-au-prince. here is port-au-prince.ershocks still. they happen for months since that quake that happened in january. we'll zoo into port-au-prince and it is very populated. this is the capital of haiti. this is where millions of people live. and the codes here for buildings is very, very poor as well. so construction has a little bit to do with it as well. this will show you from haiti how much of the population was impacted by the worst of the jolt. take a look...
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on settlements in port-au-prince, we are supporting between 600 and 700 identified settlements, some are larger, some are smaller and the priority is what's the best shelter strategy in that environment, how do you address, food, sanitation and water and potential health risks. we are dealing with haiti. there is a shelter cluster that addresses these things and has grown to include 20 experts from around the world that have gone down to implement the strategic decisions they are playing out. >> there are discussions around decentralization at the conference in monday tree all as to how the urban areas are growing or not growing. >> these tent cities that are being established outside of town, are those -- are they temporary? would the people come back to their old neighborhoods or is it medium-term thinking? >> i wouldn't use the term tent cities as a long-term strategy. it has been around dealing with temporary shelter needs for a population that is displaced and making sure they are protected against, access to food and water and the government of haiti is leading the process of i
on settlements in port-au-prince, we are supporting between 600 and 700 identified settlements, some are larger, some are smaller and the priority is what's the best shelter strategy in that environment, how do you address, food, sanitation and water and potential health risks. we are dealing with haiti. there is a shelter cluster that addresses these things and has grown to include 20 experts from around the world that have gone down to implement the strategic decisions they are playing out....
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we'll be in port-au-prince tomorrow. larry king starts now. >> larry: tonight breaking news, bill clinton hospitalized. the former president stricken with sudden, unexpected chest pains undergoing a heart procedure. i know something about that. secretary of state hillary clinton rushes to his side. we have all the latest. and then a primetime exclusive. embattled new york governor david paterson is here, and he's not holding back defending himself against rumor, innuendo and gossip about alleged sexual affairs and unproven claims of illegal drug use. he's going to confront it all head on next on "larry king live ." >> larry: good evening. to the latest on the bill clinton health scare. here's the president's doctor right now with details of what happened earlier today. >> this is part of the natural history, just as illnesses have natural history, treatments have natural histories. this particular type of bypass draft has about a 10 to 20% failure rate at five to six years. [ inaudible question ] >> no, it makes him less
we'll be in port-au-prince tomorrow. larry king starts now. >> larry: tonight breaking news, bill clinton hospitalized. the former president stricken with sudden, unexpected chest pains undergoing a heart procedure. i know something about that. secretary of state hillary clinton rushes to his side. we have all the latest. and then a primetime exclusive. embattled new york governor david paterson is here, and he's not holding back defending himself against rumor, innuendo and gossip about...
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>> yes, there are 33 of these children at the village close to port-au-prince.they did quite well. two days ago as they came to our village the situation was quite different but we tried to give them a safe place, a safe haven so that they really could feel well and that they get the care and attention they need and some of them even do get psychological treatment. >> larry: is it true, george, that some of them are not orphans? >> yes, that's absolutely true. around 20 of them at least are not orphans. they lived with their parents at their parents' home. they were not given from parents to orphanages like sometimes happens in haiti. they lived and stayed together with their parents and they were taken away from the parents with the hope of going to a boarding school or summer camp in the dominican republic. >> larry: were you surprised that those people took them, george? were you surprised? >> i do not know anything about the attention of these people, of these ten americans. what i do know, i do know about, we are working all over the world, 60 years and do
>> yes, there are 33 of these children at the village close to port-au-prince.they did quite well. two days ago as they came to our village the situation was quite different but we tried to give them a safe place, a safe haven so that they really could feel well and that they get the care and attention they need and some of them even do get psychological treatment. >> larry: is it true, george, that some of them are not orphans? >> yes, that's absolutely true. around 20 of...
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bbc news, port-au-prince. >> it is estimated dementia affects 36 million people worldwide. as we live longer, that number will go up. there's no treatment or cure. but it has been established that small lifestyle changes can significantly reduce the risk of developing dementia. in india, levels of alzheimer's have been found to be unusually blunt him -- unusually low. >> life is leisurely pace. this looks like so many world communities. one thing says these people apart. scientists believe they have unusually low levels of alzheimer's disease, the debilitating condition that affects millions of elderly people. this man has been a farmer all his life. he is now 76. he meets up with the other llage elders must days. he says he gets on with his daily life and feels full of energy. but he cannot work in the fields because of his knees. when scientists tested people here, they found the rate of alzheimer's was less than a third of what it was in parts of america, one of the lowest rates anywhere in the world. you would think in an area like this, all summers rates would be lower
bbc news, port-au-prince. >> it is estimated dementia affects 36 million people worldwide. as we live longer, that number will go up. there's no treatment or cure. but it has been established that small lifestyle changes can significantly reduce the risk of developing dementia. in india, levels of alzheimer's have been found to be unusually blunt him -- unusually low. >> life is leisurely pace. this looks like so many world communities. one thing says these people apart. scientists...
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gary tuchman checks in on the kids of the bresma orphanage in port-au-prince.hquake. first poppy harlow with a 360 bulletin. >>> john, iran has launched a new guided missile destroyer. that announcement from iran's state run news agency comes as the u.n. is accusing the country of developing a nuclear warhead. the vessel is reportedly armed with surfaced air missiles, torpedos and modern naval cannons. >>> the fbi has identified the bodies of two people found after joseph stack rammed his plane into an irs building in austin yesterday. their names are being held pending further examination. an official familiar with the investigation says a large fuel drum is missing from the airport where stack took off. that official added there is a, quote, good chance stack was carrying that additional fuel drum at the time of the crash which, of course, would have created an even bigger explosion. >>> new jersey senator frank lautenberg has been diagnosed with stomach cancer. doctors say the 86-year-old will undergo six to eight chemotherapy treatments but should make a fu
gary tuchman checks in on the kids of the bresma orphanage in port-au-prince.hquake. first poppy harlow with a 360 bulletin. >>> john, iran has launched a new guided missile destroyer. that announcement from iran's state run news agency comes as the u.n. is accusing the country of developing a nuclear warhead. the vessel is reportedly armed with surfaced air missiles, torpedos and modern naval cannons. >>> the fbi has identified the bodies of two people found after joseph...
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karl penhaul is in port-au-prince, haiti. 33 children caught up in what haitian authorities allege was a trafficking scheme. the latest on the ten citizens being detained in haiti that took a busload of undocumented haitian children the out of haiti. what's the latest on those ten, karl? >> reporter: well, they're still sitting in jail cells near the airport in port-au-prince. when i talked to them twice over the weekend, they said the conditions were okay but they were treated well by their jailers. they said they didn't have too much to eat nor too much water, but they were trying to keep their spirits up high by reading passages from the bible and singing. they were due to have before a judge today. that didn't happen we understand. they may come before a judge tomorrow, and there's always a possibility the haitian prime minister has left the door open to the fact that these ten american baptists could be sent to the u.s. to face trial, larry. >> larry: george, first, how are the children doing? there were 33 of them, righ
karl penhaul is in port-au-prince, haiti. 33 children caught up in what haitian authorities allege was a trafficking scheme. the latest on the ten citizens being detained in haiti that took a busload of undocumented haitian children the out of haiti. what's the latest on those ten, karl? >> reporter: well, they're still sitting in jail cells near the airport in port-au-prince. when i talked to them twice over the weekend, they said the conditions were okay but they were treated well by...
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katie. >> couric: bill whitaker in port-au-prince tonight. thank you. back in this country, more problems for toyota. and for people who own their cars. the federal government is now looking into the 2010 prius. it's received 124 complaints about problems with the antilock brakes that may have led to four crashes. here's national correspondent dean reynolds. >> reporter: already trying to correct millions of malfunctio malfunctioning accelerators, toyota today admitted the 2010 version of its popular hybrid, the prius, won't always stop when you want it to. the transportation department quickly opened yet another investigation of the embattled car maker. >> it's the brick on brick, bad news upon bad news that just kills your reputation. >> reporter: stephen weiss has has. ed four toyotas because of its stellar reputation but his new prius has shaken his faith. you step on the brake and ... it feels like nothing happens.re: o heart-racing occasions, his prius ran stop signs, even though he was stepping on the brake. he and others say foul weather and bum
katie. >> couric: bill whitaker in port-au-prince tonight. thank you. back in this country, more problems for toyota. and for people who own their cars. the federal government is now looking into the 2010 prius. it's received 124 complaints about problems with the antilock brakes that may have led to four crashes. here's national correspondent dean reynolds. >> reporter: already trying to correct millions of malfunctio malfunctioning accelerators, toyota today admitted the 2010...
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i'm david wright for "nightline" in port-au-prince. >> count all of our blessings.emember the people of haiti, and the doctors doing such important work. our thanks to them. and our thanks to david wright. >>> we'll be right back. first, here's jimmy kimmel, with what's coming up. >> jimmy: thanks, terry. on the show tonight, dr. phil, nick jonas, demetri martin, and iranian turtles in space. stay up, let's h
i'm david wright for "nightline" in port-au-prince. >> count all of our blessings.emember the people of haiti, and the doctors doing such important work. our thanks to them. and our thanks to david wright. >>> we'll be right back. first, here's jimmy kimmel, with what's coming up. >> jimmy: thanks, terry. on the show tonight, dr. phil, nick jonas, demetri martin, and iranian turtles in space. stay up, let's h
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an hour and a half later, we neared port-au-prince. montana, site of both enormous destruction and those stunning rescues, comes into view. by then, the devastation to the capital is evident. and everywhere. we arrive at the port-au-prince airport just in time to see president clinton's plane descend. even before bill clinton gets off, the aid starts to be offloaded. this is a working trip for clinton. the plane is packed with medicine, tents, protein bars, generators, and even 50 lap tops, earmarked for the haitian government to get itself back and functioning. finally, the president steps off the plane. givens a few quick hellos. we get one, too. >> mr. president, nice to see you. >> how you are doing? >> reporter: good. glad to be here today. >> thanks. >> reporter: then, off to his first meeting of the day with president preval. the first stop is the police station, or, what's left of it. th the seat of government. there's a protest going on. local telecom workers calling for the arrest of president preval. the crowd is dispersed u
an hour and a half later, we neared port-au-prince. montana, site of both enormous destruction and those stunning rescues, comes into view. by then, the devastation to the capital is evident. and everywhere. we arrive at the port-au-prince airport just in time to see president clinton's plane descend. even before bill clinton gets off, the aid starts to be offloaded. this is a working trip for clinton. the plane is packed with medicine, tents, protein bars, generators, and even 50 lap tops,...
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two-hours drive from port-au-prince. the people here were happy to sign their children over to americans. they're not kidnappers said this woman. we wanted our kids to go. the people in this village were poor to begin with and the earthquake took what little they had left. gesnar handed over her 10-year-old daughter, her only family without so much as a photograph to remember her by. said the americans told her her daughter will come back when she's holder. the missionaries are waiting to find out if they'll be allowed to return home, waiting behind bars. david wright, abc new, port-au-prince. >>> and up next we turn to a new warninged warning today on terrorism. head of cia told congress the attempted attack on u.s. in the next three to six months are, quote, certain, but they do not know when and wear. also we learned. the nie year yan charged with he heading to blow up the plane on christmas day is being interrogated and sharing useful information about al qaeda leaders in yemen. still ahead on "world news," just don'
two-hours drive from port-au-prince. the people here were happy to sign their children over to americans. they're not kidnappers said this woman. we wanted our kids to go. the people in this village were poor to begin with and the earthquake took what little they had left. gesnar handed over her 10-year-old daughter, her only family without so much as a photograph to remember her by. said the americans told her her daughter will come back when she's holder. the missionaries are waiting to find...
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are being treated aboard the baltimore-becaused hospital ship which is docked at the coast of port-au-prince. >> reporter: the biggers and best equipped hospital in haiti is floating a mile offshore, the usns comfort. patients who make it here greatly increase their chance of surviving. they put it to sea in just four days with operating wards enroute to haiti. almost two weeks into the mission and the seriously hurt keep coming. doctors have performed more than 200 surgery, all operating theaters are working around the clock. >> my friends and colleagues have been in iraq or afghanistan tell me that all you will see here is based on greater than any single day. >> reporter: nearly all the victims of the quake suffered serious injure i some requiring a second or third trip to the operating room. >> this is the most demanding mission that usns comfort and any hospital ship has ever faced. >> reporter: less serious case, patients who are now stable and recovering are being sent by boat and chopper to hospitals in port-au-prince. >> many people are amputees who need to be trained to use crutche
are being treated aboard the baltimore-becaused hospital ship which is docked at the coast of port-au-prince. >> reporter: the biggers and best equipped hospital in haiti is floating a mile offshore, the usns comfort. patients who make it here greatly increase their chance of surviving. they put it to sea in just four days with operating wards enroute to haiti. almost two weeks into the mission and the seriously hurt keep coming. doctors have performed more than 200 surgery, all operating...
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david wright reports from port-au-prince. >> reporter: they arrived at the courthouse this afternoon,ling, crammed into two police vehicles. in the back of one, their backpacks and other personal effects. >> you have your bags. do you think you're going home? >> reporter: we expect we will be released today, mouthed the group's leader, laura silsby. one by one, police escorted them in. the missionaries unrepentant. >> we expect that god's will be done and we will be released. and we are looking to what god is going to do. >> reporter: the courthouse grounds serve as a tent camp. people made homeless by the quake. their plight was just part of the backdrop. these people are american, says this man. the whole world just wants to know what will happen to the americans. when the missionaries emerged hours later, some were still smiling, even after receiving the bad news. the police vehicles sped off with cameras in hot pursuit. they'd expected to be headed out of the country. in fact, their lawyer in the dominican republic had even chartered them a plane to take them out. but for now, the
david wright reports from port-au-prince. >> reporter: they arrived at the courthouse this afternoon,ling, crammed into two police vehicles. in the back of one, their backpacks and other personal effects. >> you have your bags. do you think you're going home? >> reporter: we expect we will be released today, mouthed the group's leader, laura silsby. one by one, police escorted them in. the missionaries unrepentant. >> we expect that god's will be done and we will be...
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. >>> hey, i'm anderson cooper live in port-au-prince.t we'll bring you to the streets of port-au-prince where the race against time is on to save haiti's orphans. we'll go to child protection workers as they search for orphans, trying to get a sense of how many there are in this country and maybe try to reunite them with their parents. we'll see a dramatic reunion with parents who thought their 5-year-old was dead. he's not. we'll be live in port-au-prince in a few moments on 360. >> the words overweight and obese, those words don't tell the full story. because this isn't about inches and pounds. and it's not about how our kids look. it has nothing to do with that. it's about how our kids feel. and it's about how they feel about themselves. it's about the impact we're seeing that this issue is having on every aspect of their lives. >> larry: bill cosby is now with us, the co-author of "come on, people." he's here, as he says, rebutting internet rumors that he died in a car accident over the weekend. he's here. we also welcome back dr. al
. >>> hey, i'm anderson cooper live in port-au-prince.t we'll bring you to the streets of port-au-prince where the race against time is on to save haiti's orphans. we'll go to child protection workers as they search for orphans, trying to get a sense of how many there are in this country and maybe try to reunite them with their parents. we'll see a dramatic reunion with parents who thought their 5-year-old was dead. he's not. we'll be live in port-au-prince in a few moments on 360....
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we're going to port-au-prince.ion." with finish it, you can take your balance and decide your monthly payment... or how many months you want to take to pay it off. the faster you pay it off, the more you'll save... and the more progress you'll see every month on your plan. chase what matters. i have my blueprint. do you? start your plan today. chase.com/blueprint. >>> how seriously do you take the tea party moovrmt? eileen writes, my husband and i take the tea party movements very seriously. we think they represent one of the few ways a group of concerned citizens can voice their opinions and be heard. we don't meet just to be difficult or because we don't like the current administration. we don't like what the current administration is doing and we don't like the direction we think the country is going in. jeff writes from houston, very seriously. the bush regime taught me that anything based in right wing extremism can get a foothold in this country and that america clearly despises anything resembling an intelle
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this is happening all over the place, all over port-au-prince.ry case there has been an enormous amount -- i guess that the best word is sensitivity to the reaction. very kind and collaborative. i was speaking with young soldiers the other day at one of the distribution points, saying that this was probably not exactly what they thought it would be doing when they joined the army, and they said no, but that they felt great about it. >> general, this is meghan from "stars and stripes. as the military begins to pull out its medical interim care facilities, we ever that february 20 with the military will no longer be involved in based distribution. what, specifically, is left for the military to do then? or is the mission complete? >> i do that see the military's mission as complete on any set date. as i mentioned, we remain engaged across the board. but i think that the date that you mentioned four food distribution is just one phase that the world food program, clearly, what happens beyond that date with the world food program, certainly if there
this is happening all over the place, all over port-au-prince.ry case there has been an enormous amount -- i guess that the best word is sensitivity to the reaction. very kind and collaborative. i was speaking with young soldiers the other day at one of the distribution points, saying that this was probably not exactly what they thought it would be doing when they joined the army, and they said no, but that they felt great about it. >> general, this is meghan from "stars and stripes....
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and my response is, it's only port au prince that you see but it's seven cities that are under. so we need as much money and logistics as we can to change this country around. >> he's a wonderful musician and humanitarian and friend. wyclef good to see you. >> see you in haiti. >> absolutely. up next r & b grammy-nominated artist trey songz. stay with us. >> trey songz has quickly gained a large following and acclaim drawing comparisons to articlely. his latest c.d. is called "not ready" which is nominated for "farm ready." this the video for the single "i invented sex." ♪ ♪ >> i'm a little bit older than you, trey songz. and yet even though i'm considerably older than you i still think in terms of my mama and what i condition get away with. i was thinking if i wrote a song called "i invented sex." so what did your mama say? >> she's actually here today. >> oh, she is? your mama is over there somewhere? hey, mama, how you doing? >> she understands. it's a business. and it's a great record. and conceptually she understands. i actually didn't invent sex, obviously. >> yeah. >> tha
and my response is, it's only port au prince that you see but it's seven cities that are under. so we need as much money and logistics as we can to change this country around. >> he's a wonderful musician and humanitarian and friend. wyclef good to see you. >> see you in haiti. >> absolutely. up next r & b grammy-nominated artist trey songz. stay with us. >> trey songz has quickly gained a large following and acclaim drawing comparisons to articlely. his latest c.d....
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nbc's michelle kosinksi is with us tonight, again from port-au-prince.ood evening. >> reporter: brian, it was a scene here today. these american missionaries so hopeful they would be let go that they had a chartered plane waiting. instead, they are right back here in jail. the only one left standing in the capital after the quake, and indicted on serious charges of child trafficking [ inaudible ] what's next is an investigation that could take three months to determine whether there is enough evidence to take these americans to trial. and next police say they will try to have them brought before a judge. there will be a hearing. in the meantime their attorney will ask to have them released. we are told even if they are released, they will not be allowed to leave haiti. their charges face potential sentences up to nine years for child abduction and up to 15 for the criminal association, brian. >> michelle kosinksi in port-au-prince, haiti, for us tonight. thanks. >>> a new and potentially massive weekend snowstorm on the move taking shape and taking aim m
nbc's michelle kosinksi is with us tonight, again from port-au-prince.ood evening. >> reporter: brian, it was a scene here today. these american missionaries so hopeful they would be let go that they had a chartered plane waiting. instead, they are right back here in jail. the only one left standing in the capital after the quake, and indicted on serious charges of child trafficking [ inaudible ] what's next is an investigation that could take three months to determine whether there is...
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our unit stands the watch in the port-au-prince harbor.problems in our service, including consolidation of inspections and visits require our operational commands. the first remaining challenge for the services the integration of support across turn to program lines at the unit level. it is complex, but the solution in concept are simple. we are replacing regional support command with part of a -- it allows for a small boat product line manager to synchronize his responsibilities with one court communication on the small boat. i established a goal at the outset of my term that i will not seek accomplished. the solution lies in the transition to new financial accounting system being developed by the part of public security. the system is under development and it did not make sense to procure a new system for the coast guard when we would have to replace it several years later. there are numerous areas where recant address material weaknesses and improve our representation to the auditors, we are doing just that. the final step in modernizat
our unit stands the watch in the port-au-prince harbor.problems in our service, including consolidation of inspections and visits require our operational commands. the first remaining challenge for the services the integration of support across turn to program lines at the unit level. it is complex, but the solution in concept are simple. we are replacing regional support command with part of a -- it allows for a small boat product line manager to synchronize his responsibilities with one court...
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nbc's michelle kosinksi with us from port-au-prince. >> reporter: good evening, brian. a judge met with some of those americans today but their lawyer was not allowed in. there is no decision whether they will be charged with attempted child trafficking. the prime minister says it is clear they knew what they were doing was wrong, something they deny. the americans held in a haitian jail are finally getting their time before a judge. >> we are meeting with the government officials and talking with them. everything is going very well. >> reporter: families worried sick in idaho. >> we are doing everything, everything we can to secure their release. >> reporter: the group of baptist missionaries say they were transporting 33 children, including infants, these two sisters, 13-year-old and his three siblings from orphanages in haiti to a new one they prepared in the dominican republic. along the way, this human rights activist told the u.n. she had met group leader laura silsby and warned her that her plaas it stood could be against the law. >> you need to be very careful.
nbc's michelle kosinksi with us from port-au-prince. >> reporter: good evening, brian. a judge met with some of those americans today but their lawyer was not allowed in. there is no decision whether they will be charged with attempted child trafficking. the prime minister says it is clear they knew what they were doing was wrong, something they deny. the americans held in a haitian jail are finally getting their time before a judge. >> we are meeting with the government officials...
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nbc's kerry sanders joins me live from port-au-prince outside the courtroom. so kerry, what is the latest from there? >> reporter: well, the advocate, sort of like a defense attorney in the united states, is here. he does not speak english so we're going to do this through a translator. what happened? >> translator: they are going back to the jailhouse. >> okay. i want to apologize to you for the technical problems that we're having. as you know, it's very difficult to get communications out of haiti. they are still dealing, of course, with the aftermath of the earthquake itself. we're hearing bits and pieces of kerry's interview. it sounded as if the americans were going to leave the courtroom or courthouse and be taken back to the jail. again, i apologize for technical difficulties we're having. we're going to get on the phone with kerry or michelle kosinski. both of them are in port-au-prince and get the latest on these ten americans and exactly what is going on with their case. let's move onto the breaking news in the michael jackson investigation. the att
nbc's kerry sanders joins me live from port-au-prince outside the courtroom. so kerry, what is the latest from there? >> reporter: well, the advocate, sort of like a defense attorney in the united states, is here. he does not speak english so we're going to do this through a translator. what happened? >> translator: they are going back to the jailhouse. >> okay. i want to apologize to you for the technical problems that we're having. as you know, it's very difficult to get...
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karl penhaul is in port-au-prince for us tonight with more detail on this. i guess despite good intentions seemingly these missionaries are potentially facing some serious jail time. >> reporter: i think the jury is obviously still out on how good their intentions were or how calculating they were in putting together a plan. certainly they can face very serious jail time. the maximum penalty under recent haitian law for kidnapping children is life. they also face another charge of criminal association. that carries a charge of three to nine years. of course, that decision, although we've been following this case very closely, was a bombshell decision when it was announced. we didn't necessarily expect all of the ten would be charged in that way. there was certainly a lot of media interest. now, when the police brought the ten americans to the attorney general's office to appear before a panel of prosecutors you can see some of those pictures there, a huge media scrum there. initially some of the police tried to hide the faces of the american missionaries as
karl penhaul is in port-au-prince for us tonight with more detail on this. i guess despite good intentions seemingly these missionaries are potentially facing some serious jail time. >> reporter: i think the jury is obviously still out on how good their intentions were or how calculating they were in putting together a plan. certainly they can face very serious jail time. the maximum penalty under recent haitian law for kidnapping children is life. they also face another charge of...
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sanjay gupta, cnn's chief medical correspondent in port-au-prince, haiti. david gergen, former adviser to president clinton in boston. on the phone, terry mcauliffe, close friend of the president's, former chairman of the hillary clinton presidential campaign. quick look back. president clinton called into this show just before his heart surgery in 2004. listen. >> i know what's involved and i know what the options are. i mean, i think that there's virtually -- my blockage is so substantial i think if i don't do this there's virtually 100% chance i'll have a heart attack. i've been very lucky. i don't have any heart damage now. if i do the procedure, it's been done now for some few decades, and an enormous number of them done. you've pointed out, you had it. david letterman's had it. a whole slew of my friends have had it. without exception the people i know have good years afterward. i'm going to have to be really careful. i put ten pounds of that weight i lost back on on my book tour. i have to take it off. you know, just do everything i can to try to kee
sanjay gupta, cnn's chief medical correspondent in port-au-prince, haiti. david gergen, former adviser to president clinton in boston. on the phone, terry mcauliffe, close friend of the president's, former chairman of the hillary clinton presidential campaign. quick look back. president clinton called into this show just before his heart surgery in 2004. listen. >> i know what's involved and i know what the options are. i mean, i think that there's virtually -- my blockage is so...
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port-au-prince. and after that meeting, the american baptists came away with a document from the dominican can embassy, according to the interpreters. we know from the americans, the only official piece of paper they say they had was a permit from the dominican republic to allow the kids into haiti. from then, on friday, only one of the interpreters travelled with that bus to the hatian board. the hatian police stopped the bus and said the kids could go no further and they launched an investigation. at that point, one of the interpreters tells us that laura silsby, the team leader, put a phone call in to a man he overheard her calling jose. that man, called jose, appeared in a uniform, coming from the dominican side into haiti a few moments later. the interpreter believed that that man was a dominican policeman, who he says tried to smooth things over with the hatian police, a tactic that didn't work. from then, tonight, we've once again talked to the ten americans. we were allowed access to the jail
port-au-prince. and after that meeting, the american baptists came away with a document from the dominican can embassy, according to the interpreters. we know from the americans, the only official piece of paper they say they had was a permit from the dominican republic to allow the kids into haiti. from then, on friday, only one of the interpreters travelled with that bus to the hatian board. the hatian police stopped the bus and said the kids could go no further and they launched an...
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. >> the kids are now in the care of an orphanage in port-au-prince. adoption advocates are calling for a temporary ban on any new adoptions from haiti right now. a haitian dad has come forward to say his two daughters were on that bus headed to the dominican republic. now they want their kids back. the mother put her daughter on the bus hoping to give her a better life. >> translator: i put them on the bus with the americans with my own hands. i played with them up until the last minute and i kissed them both good-bye and told them don't forget daddy. >> translator: i told her to call me once in a while just so i know how she's doing so i would know if she was fine. >> now in a jailhouse interview, the americans told our sister network cnn they believed all the children they attempted to bus into the dominican republic were orphans or had been abandoned. >>> so have you heard the new remake of "we are the world"? dozens of stars recorded it last night in the same hollywood studio where the original was done 25 years ago. this one, of course, will rais
. >> the kids are now in the care of an orphanage in port-au-prince. adoption advocates are calling for a temporary ban on any new adoptions from haiti right now. a haitian dad has come forward to say his two daughters were on that bus headed to the dominican republic. now they want their kids back. the mother put her daughter on the bus hoping to give her a better life. >> translator: i put them on the bus with the americans with my own hands. i played with them up until the last...
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nbc's michelle kosinski joins us live from port-au-prince.st hand add note that the americans were just taken out of the jail, just left the jail. what does this mean? what's going on there? >> reporter: yeah, we saw them leave. i was able to talk to them through the window of their van. i asked them if they were okay, if anyone was ill because we've been getting reports from their family members in idaho that they were in immediate need of care. at least one person was, and that they were concerned for their personal safety at the moment. they didn't say a word to me. they just looked at me without saying anything at all as they were taken away from here. we've been able to confirm through their attorney that they're going to offices to meet with a judge, a different judge than yesterday. this is the next step in the process after they were indicted yesterday. this is also the point in time that we believe their attorney will ask that they be released. at least nine of them is what he was looking for, but hopefully all ten of them. the outco
nbc's michelle kosinski joins us live from port-au-prince.st hand add note that the americans were just taken out of the jail, just left the jail. what does this mean? what's going on there? >> reporter: yeah, we saw them leave. i was able to talk to them through the window of their van. i asked them if they were okay, if anyone was ill because we've been getting reports from their family members in idaho that they were in immediate need of care. at least one person was, and that they...
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you see it everywhere in port-au-prince. joe johns discovered you also see people working to clear things up and help. >> reporter: one little boy we talked to said he lost his dad, but his mom's still alive. another lost a cousin. figuring out what happened in these kids' lives can be tricky. a flatbed truck cruising back streets and tent cities, carrying dozens of kids back from a day on the soccer field. most people here don't know this is organized by one of the many groups here on a difficult mission, to identify and help children orphaned by the quake. the day camp is more than just play time, it is a safe place for the children outside of what is a really harsh environment right now. but it also gives the group a chance to try to figure out which of these kids are the so-called new orphans, the ones that don't have any parents, don't have any family as a result of the quake. but it's really tough trying to figure that out. there's something like 85 kids here right now. almost a toss-up as to who's who. father rick fre
you see it everywhere in port-au-prince. joe johns discovered you also see people working to clear things up and help. >> reporter: one little boy we talked to said he lost his dad, but his mom's still alive. another lost a cousin. figuring out what happened in these kids' lives can be tricky. a flatbed truck cruising back streets and tent cities, carrying dozens of kids back from a day on the soccer field. most people here don't know this is organized by one of the many groups here on a...
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>> suarez: a good three-hour drive from port-au-prince i sat with an amputee in a hospital as he described to me being loaded on the back of a flat bed truck and being driven over gravel, rural roads for all those hours, his legs bashed up, his arms bashed up, bouncing around in the back of a truck. it was as if he was describing for me a walk to the store. the he lived through it, he could already see past it, and was thanking god that he was alive. i'll never forget that guy. >> lehrer: what about some images that you come back with when you close your eyes now and you think back on this, what do you see? >> >> suarez: well, on the grounds of the general hospital, there were tents set up as wards for juvenile intensive care. there were young. >> lehrer: juvenile intensive care? >> suarez: juvenile intensive care. there were young amp tease in these tents. it had to be between 95 and a hundred degrees in the early evening and i today the medical director "when do you think you'll get these people out of tents and into buildings?" he said "there's room for them in buildings today, we can d
>> suarez: a good three-hour drive from port-au-prince i sat with an amputee in a hospital as he described to me being loaded on the back of a flat bed truck and being driven over gravel, rural roads for all those hours, his legs bashed up, his arms bashed up, bouncing around in the back of a truck. it was as if he was describing for me a walk to the store. the he lived through it, he could already see past it, and was thanking god that he was alive. i'll never forget that guy. >>...
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in the capital of port-au-prince alone, over 700,000 people have been displaced, with over 480,000 departing the city altogether. even before the quake, many rhode islanders were helping down in haiti. one constituent, national tally good -- nata li e gooding, was volunteering her time at an orphanage for young haitian girls in port-au-prince. she was there when the quake hit. days went by before her husband, michael, and her children were able to communicate with her. as people with families around us -- i know that the distinguished presiding officer and i certainly can share the intense concern that that family must have gone through hearing the news coming out of haiti for hours and for days and knowing that their wife and their mom was down in the middle of that and not hearing from her. as you can imagine, it was a traumatic experience. fortunately, as it turned out, nata li e was safe and she's now back in rhode island with her family. but as i acknowledged our relief efforts after the quake, i also want to acknowledge and commend all the volunteers from rhode island and elsewhere who
in the capital of port-au-prince alone, over 700,000 people have been displaced, with over 480,000 departing the city altogether. even before the quake, many rhode islanders were helping down in haiti. one constituent, national tally good -- nata li e gooding, was volunteering her time at an orphanage for young haitian girls in port-au-prince. she was there when the quake hit. days went by before her husband, michael, and her children were able to communicate with her. as people with families...
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he's joining me on the phone now from port-au-prince with the story of these ten americans we've been following. ten americans who apparently trying to take haitian children out of haiti through the dominican republic. they were arrested. karl, what's the update? we understand they are in court right now. >> yes, they are down here at the courthouse -- by the prosecutor, and it's the prosecutor who will ultimately decide whether they will be formally charged with charges such as child trafficking or kidnapping, had is what the haitian government is accusing them of, or whether they will be released. now, what the prosecutor has to do is go through the files, the dossiers that have been drawn up over the last two days. and on the basis of that, he will ask additional questions to the ten americans, both yesterday and the day before, an investigative judge held meetings. first off, with the five american women, and then with the five american men, putting questions to them. that took place at the judicial police headquarters. and so now, based on those investigations over the last two d
he's joining me on the phone now from port-au-prince with the story of these ten americans we've been following. ten americans who apparently trying to take haitian children out of haiti through the dominican republic. they were arrested. karl, what's the update? we understand they are in court right now. >> yes, they are down here at the courthouse -- by the prosecutor, and it's the prosecutor who will ultimately decide whether they will be formally charged with charges such as child...
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david wright reports from port-au-prince. >> reporter: days before the border guards took custody of the 33 tired and frightened children, people told the baptist missionaries what they were doing was wrong. the night before the americans drove here from the dominican republic, they told a journalist about their plan. >> i did warn them that i thought people would -- might regard them as traffickers, yes. >> what did they say? >> they knew that. they said, oh, they say that, we're not traffickers, we're here to do the lord's work. >> reporter: inside haiti, others raise doubts too. last week the missionaries approached several orphanages in port-au-prince, offering to put children on a bus to their sanctuary in the dominican repub >> there was a lady that was looking for 100 orphans. >> reporter: hal runs the h.i.s. home for children. something didn't seem right. the missionaries had not done any of the appropriate paperwork. >> we're very cautious about anything that could even appear like trafficking. child trafficking. and it just smelled like child trafficking to me. >> reporter:
david wright reports from port-au-prince. >> reporter: days before the border guards took custody of the 33 tired and frightened children, people told the baptist missionaries what they were doing was wrong. the night before the americans drove here from the dominican republic, they told a journalist about their plan. >> i did warn them that i thought people would -- might regard them as traffickers, yes. >> what did they say? >> they knew that. they said, oh, they say...
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marie is one of the handful of schools to have reopened in port-au-prince so far. the government still hasn't announced plans for the rest of the school year. but for a few hundred students, school is in, and for a few hours, life seems just a little bit like it was before the "thing." john vause, cnn, port-au-prince. >>> haiti's government is being strongly criticized for its ineffectiveness following the quake. our anderson cooper leads this discussion in about 30 minutes from now. >>> a community with no running water, no heat and hundreds of people living there. we're not talking about haiti this time. it's in texas. each year food executives come to grasse, france to work with roxane. here in this centuries old town cargill creates flavors. and food companies come to collaborate with cargill. creating unique tastes from thousands of rare flavors. helped by roxane... an ingredient mixing robot. and a team of flavor experts. food companies find the recipe for success. this is how cargill works with customers. >>> they live in a ramshackle neighborhood near the m
marie is one of the handful of schools to have reopened in port-au-prince so far. the government still hasn't announced plans for the rest of the school year. but for a few hundred students, school is in, and for a few hours, life seems just a little bit like it was before the "thing." john vause, cnn, port-au-prince. >>> haiti's government is being strongly criticized for its ineffectiveness following the quake. our anderson cooper leads this discussion in about 30 minutes...
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this is happening all over port- au-prince.tions of the troops with the local population, for example on the distribution of food, have been encouraging. the work with local officials has been rather extraordinary. every case is different. there has been an enormous amount of -- i guess the best word is "sensitivity." it is done in a very kind and collaborative way. i was talking with one of the soldiers of the 82nd at a distribution point. i said, "this is probably not exactly what you thought you would be doing when you joined the army." he said he feels great about it. >> i am with "stars and stripes." now that the military is starting to pull out its medical facilities -- we heard that february 20, the military will no longer be involved with humanitarian aid distribution. at that point, what is specifically left for the military to do? is the military mission complete at that point? >> i do not see the military's mission complete on any set date to. we remain engaged across the board. i think the date you mentioned for foo
this is happening all over port- au-prince.tions of the troops with the local population, for example on the distribution of food, have been encouraging. the work with local officials has been rather extraordinary. every case is different. there has been an enormous amount of -- i guess the best word is "sensitivity." it is done in a very kind and collaborative way. i was talking with one of the soldiers of the 82nd at a distribution point. i said, "this is probably not exactly...