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Forced to flee ukraine, orphans. this week, deborah rosss office was contacted by dr., working in ukraine to get 20 to 30 orphans, most of whom, we should, note have been adopted by families in the united states, out of the war zone. there is an issue. if these children leave to go to poland, or another neighboring country, their paperwork, their adoption paperwork essentially becomes, or might become, invalidated. making it even more difficult to get to america. joining me now, democratic congr...

-- orphans. debra rosss office was contacted by a doctor working in ukraine to get 20 to 30 orphans, most of whom, we should note, had been adopted by families in the united states, out of the war zone. but there is an issue. if these children leave to go to poland or another neighboring country, their paperwork, their adoption paperwork essentially becomes, or might become, invalidated, making it even more difficult to get to america. joining me now is democratic congresswoman deborah ross of n...

Everyone here. would anyone be willing to tell me what their life looked like three years ago? >> it was chaos. it was a cold dark world, a horrible place to be. >> insanity. thats what it looked like, total insanity. >> i didnt leave my house without a pistol. i didnt go grocery shopping without a pistol. who does that? >> i was living out of my car. i lived off of honey buns and icees for three months because thats what i could steal from 7-eleven. and i just deteriorated physically, emotional...

Custody of their children. >> i got served with adoption paperwork. they wanted me to give them up, and i couldnt do that. that was my breaking point. that was the bottom line. its like okay. i have got to do something. >> i didnt come in here thinking it was going to be easy but what was harder was staying in my addiction. what was harder is that i would be released back onto the streets with nothing, without my family, without my kids still addicted to meth. that was harder. i was ready to sur...

Sonogram, amazing experience. jon: they named their little boy robert, jr., brought him home and continued the adoption paperwork. >> we were happy. jon: but the blue-eyed bundle displayed unnerving signs. >> he was about 2 days old and we thought he quit breathing, we didnt know what was happening, we took him to our family doctor and they checked him over and said, you know, hes fine, it was probably colic. jon: turns out it wasnt colic and he wasnt fine. >> he sent us to neurologist where the...