you lied to them. >> victoria coates: basically. >> pelley: you do what you have to do. >> victoria oates: there was not an option to take my girls away. >> pelley: i wonder if some of these families are hiding from the system, hiding from you because, as one woman put it to us today, she said, "i was afraid that, if they found out we were living in the car, the state would take my children away from me." >> beth davalos: yeah, they're scared. they're very scared. and the reality is, if the state found them in a car, they could... their children could be taken away and put someplace safe for now. but when we find them, we can put them someplace safe. >> pelley: the coates tried to go someplace safe-- they called every shelter in the area, but they were all full. after ten days in the car, the only thing in the bottom of the cooler was an orange. so, victoria started calling again. >> victoria coates: and we called each and every one of them. and then i got to the last one, which was orlando rescue mission. and i called and the lady said, "we have programs for your entire family." >>