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And found out theres a shortage of russian parents even willing to adopt. >> these are some of the residents of childrens home number 59, swinging their way through a costume performance for visitors to this orphanage. most of the kids who live here are so-called social orphans. children who have been separated from their parents to protect them from threats like parental alcoholism, child abuse and neglect. >> most of them have too much experience in their life. >> there are more than 700,000 c...

Request last month. in texas investigators are investigating out a convicted murder got released from jail. he released last week after a misdemeanor domestic violence charge against him was dropped. once that charge was lifted the jail computer showed he was approved for release. the computer apparently listed nothing about his murder conviction or life sentence. officials said they were making every possible effort to find him. happening right now, new jersey public school students are wal...

Hes a new man a different man he said he was going to be. hes out. well spend time with him and ask him about this controversy as well. well look for that in the next couple of weeks and will bring that to you. >> maybe he has a life lesson he can impart having done what hes done. >> he wants to. he did a lot of community service before he went into the jail. a couple thousand hours i believe. he did a lot of work, but -- >> ask him about that. >> no doubt. i will take some of those quotes from ...

Degree yes, but every county, every state is different. and there is -- but i would say the problems are the same all over the nation. our county is struggling with academics. there is a lot of poverty. so, you know, im not sure if they really truly see it. >> one of the big topics we talked about was standardized testing and saw some of the problems that is driving students and teachers and administrators to in some cases possibly or allegedly change scores. thats a concern. do you think the pr...

Remember anybody committing suicide when bullied. the internet spreads out around the world, the local government, everywhere. that adds to the pressure of what the recipient of being bullied is. >> larry: good point, bill? >> yes, it does. it does because for example when phoebe prince was being bullied, its called cyberbullying with when children post bad things about other children, where they say hurtful things. they spread rumors. and if a child has a low self-esteem, its very hurtful and w...

Suicide that we bullied. is it because with the internet it spreads out around the world, the local government, the state, everywhere? it seems like. is that what adds to the pressure of what the recipient of being bullied is? >> larry: good point, bill? >> yes, it does. and it does because, for example, when phoebe prince was being bullied, its called cyberbullying where children post bad things about other children, where they say hurtful things. they spread rumors. and if a child has a low se...

Sued for cyber spying on their students. have you heard about this? they are admitting that their laptop tracking program recovered a, quote, substantial number, actually of web cam photos of their students, which is odd and raised a lot of question be a administrators say theyll start notifying the parents of children who were photographed like this boy. blake gibsons, sound asleep, at least, his parents would be happy to see he was actually sleeping when he said he was and they are not happy f...

Administrators, of this, technology at the school, said something like, oh, reportedly, like, it is watching a soap opera, seeing the pictures. this is weird. >> i have to agree, that this is weert weird and writing that e-mail will not help the lawsuit and clearly, the kids knew that they were getting these laptops as a kind of loaner from the school for educational purposes and in exchanges for taking them home they were told, that the web-cam might monitor them, if there were reason to suspec...

Tech way to battle the problem. it allows students to anonymously send e-mails or texts to administrators or teachers at the school, even bus drivers, and alert them to the situation. >> it gives them a way to speak honestly, there is no fear of retribution, no fear of students knowing that they visited with us online. >> the program is believed to actually be taking down some of the bullies, before it was set up, 75% of students cited bullying as a concern. a year later, that number has gone do...

Taking a transatlantic flight, all of that impacted. well have an expert here to tell us about what families, what adoptees can expect. also, the case in pennsylvania. school district there. you all remember the case of so many computers being distributed to students and then without the students knowing, they been watched at home. webcams. our legal guys will delve into this, because this story is not over. this legal case is not over. parents, school district, met last night. yes, at least o...