i'm soledad o'brien in for anderson cooper. for all of us here, have a great weekend. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >> larry: tonight the children of haiti need help. now. their lives were hard before the earthquake. after the disaster, it's hell on earth. orphaned, injured, desperate for bare necessities, they are target for human predators. they're vulnerable to physical and sexual abuse and exploitation and enslavement. can these children be protected? actor and activist sean penn joins us from port-au-prince. plus, how you can save a life. 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, la

. >> larry: soledad o'brien will host "a.c. 360" at the top of the hour. leading with tonight, soledad? >> tonight on "360," haiti's orphans are what we are talking about. many are starting a new life here in the united states. tonight, we'll introduce you to one woman who is anxiously awaiting the arrival of her new son. she's actually been waiting a long time and she'll share her story tonight. >>> plus, president obama and the republicans go a couple of rounds. mr. obama making good on his promise to bridge the partisan divide, even meeting the republicans on their own turf. we'll bring you some of the highlights tonight. >>> and then crime and punishment, a verdict in the abortion doctor killing. defendant scott roeder said he was saving lives. well, a jury in kansas today convicted him of taking a life. you'll hear his chilling defense in his own words. those stories and much more ahead, of course, tonight on "360." larry? >> that's soledad o'brien at the top of the hour, 10:00 eastern, 7:00 p.m. >>> t-boz watkins and marty caldwell stays with us. join

soledad o'brien, one of the best, i think, on the scene in port-au-prince.nd maria bello returns when we come back. don't go away. >> larry: some more moments with the actress maria bello, board member of artists for peace and justice. what do they do? >> we're an organization that raises money, funds for father rick fachette who's a doctor and a catholic priest who's been in haiti for 20 years. >> larry: he's a doctor and a priest? >> a doctor and a priest. he said the haitian people need a doctor more than they need a priest. >> larry: he was in connecticut when it happened? >> he was. his mother was dying in connecticut. he raced back to help his people. he slept three hours in the last four days -- >> larry: and he's there now? >> he's been doing surgeries through the night. his hospital st. damian's usually they have 120 people. they're seeing 700 people a day. they're doing amputations and surgeries through the night. so many burn victims, so many young children. it's a pediatric hospital, but they're seeing everyone. >> larry: you told me they're doin

soledad o'brien is on the scene for us in port-au-prince tonight. let's check in with her now. lready donated, maybe she can convince to do it. soledad, what's the latest from there? >> reporter: larry, maybe these babies can convince you to do it, because look at them sleeping here. this is the back of a truck. 25 babies are here, and it's become this makeshift nursery. across the way another 100-plus other young children. here's the problem, larry. let me show you. people are donating things like powders milk, but infants can't drink milk. they need formula. they ran out and they feed them milk and they get diarrhea and they get dehydrated. we need water and formula to come to the orphanages. there are so many orphanages here in port-au-prince. it's really, really critical. if you think of something to donate, formula is good and important to get to everybody. big thank you to the folks helping out with all the information and advice tonight. >> larry: we want to thank the spokesperson for unicef. also there in port-au-prince is matt merrick. they've worked so hard throughout

i'm soledad o'brien sitting in for larry tonight. let's look at the excerpt from "game changer" that ignited the political firestorm around senate majority leader harry reid. here's what it said in part. >> joining us tonight to discuss the comments, his apology and all of the fallout is jeff johnson from b.e.t., james carville tonight as well, a democratic strategist and cnn political commentator tara wall joins us. tara is the former deputy editor of the washington times. nancy is here with me. she's a social commentator, actress and contributor to cbs sunday morning. nice to have all of you. let's get it right to it. nancy, since you're here, why don't you begin. what's your reaction to these words? >> i'm embarrassed for harry reid. harry, how many black people do you know, okay? there's not one negro dialect. this is something that's the bayne of bane of my existence for a long time. i never heard people call for one single white dialect. there are different ways of talking. it blows my mind and it's very sad to see what lies ju

cnn's soledad o'brien is in haiti. she joins us to tell us about the most vulnerable victims, the children. she's in an orphanage there. soledad, what's the situation? >> reporter: yeah, larry, the situation is that the orphanage has moved outside. i'm on the edge of a truck. i'm going to step out of the shot. you can see what is in this truck. inside this truck as i move out of the way you will see right there, that's babies. 25 babies who are spending day and night on the floor. they have caretakers around them. some of them are sleeping. some of them are still up and being rocked. we gasped frankly when we saw the circumstances here. they moved the babies outside because people are afraid to go back inside the orphanage. they're worried about the security that house, so they're outside. across the way you can hear some of the voices of the little children as well. there's a 5-year-old and older kids that are playing across the way. this is 135 children who are here. it's a real problem, because they're running out of

soledad o'brien is back home, cnn anchor and special correspondent reporter. she's followed the journey of orphans from haiti to miami. there she is. what's the situation there, soledad? >> reporter: well, i got to tell you, you have never seen happier parents who just moments ago saw their adopted children come off that airplane. it's been quite a voyage. what an amazing reunion. i think the parents were tense because it was unclear if they were going to be able to get out. the paperwork was in order. these are infants, young children from the orphanage. the day started with them being choppered out of their orphanage and when they were choppered out of their orphanage they were then able to get on an aircraft which was over there and they were able to then make the flight from haiti. so it's been quite a process for these kids who now are in the united states. they were processed through immigration and customs. the whole thing has taken many, many hours start to finish, larry, but they are with their parents today and tremendous, tremendous joy. it was not t

i'm soledad o'brien sitting in for larry tonight. let's take a look at the excerpt from "game changer" that ignited the political firestorm around harry reid. here's what it says in part. >> joining us tonight to discuss reid's comment, his apology and all of the fallout are jeff johnson from b.e.t. james carville joins us tonight as well a democratic strategist and tear ray wall joins us, contributor to the daily caller.com a new political news website and the former deputy editor of the washington times. angie giles is here with me. nice to have all of you. >> thank you. >> let's get to it. nancy, since you're here. what's your reaction to these words? >> i'm embarrassed for harary reed. i would say harry how many black people do you know? okay? there's not one negro dialect, and this is something that's the bayne of my existence for a long time. i've never heard for anyone call for one single dialect. people are people. there are different ways of talking. it blows my mind and its very sad to see what lies just below the surface o

soledad o'brien is on the scene for us in port-au-prince tonight. let's check in with her now. already donated, maybe she can convince you to do it. soledad, what's the latest from there? >> reporter: larry, maybe these babies can convince you to do it. look at them sleeping here. this is the back of a truck. 25 babies are here and it's become this makeshift nursenurs. across the way, another 100 plus other people. here's the problem. people are donating things like powdered milk, but infants can't drink milk, they have to drink formula, but they've run out of formula, so they're feeding the babies milk, so they get dehydrated and that gives them diarrhea. it's really, really critical. if you think of something to donate, formula is a good and important thing to get to everybody. and a big thank you for the folks who have been helping out with all their information and advice tonight. >> larry: we want to thank tamar han, the spokesperson for unicef. also there in port-au-prince, matt herric, an american red cross worker. these people have worked so hard past these six days. th

soledad o'brien is ecstatic that this save her career on cnn, but what does it say when we are not cultivating new faces and voices? we had somebody like jamal who was on consistently for a finite period of time, but they're not identifying voices there consistently. for those of us involved in this space, how do we begin to engage the corporate side of what we see, how do we have a very pragmatic and focused meeting with executives that i think are open to the conversation of identifying faces a color to be in front of the camera and behind the camera? as jamal and i recognized, if you have a very effective booker who is either a person of color or is sensitive to the community of color, those individuals ensure that those faces are on larry king or chris matthews or any of these other plethora of shows that throughout intellectual thought. so as we have this discussion, and i know we will talk a great deal about statistics especially as it relates to the electoral process, and jamal dive deeper into the issues i've talked about, but i think is what -- i think that what is key for us is to ta