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Linked to that bullying of prince. no teachers or staff members face charging, though many in the community feel they should be held accountable. russia say now, no more adoptions for american families until authorities figure out what went wrong in shelby, tennessee. remember the woman who put her son an a plane an sent him back to russia. she claimed the 7 watts unstable, psychotic, and that the russian orphanage workers lied to her. russia suspended adoptions until both nations can have som...

Elections. the panel blames all levels of pakistans government, accusing them of not doing enough to respond to the, quote, extraordinary, fresh, and urgent security risks that they knew she faced. word today from the russian foreign ministry that the nation has suspended all adoptions involving people from the united states. other officials say thats not true. but were still seeing a lot of fallout after a tennessee woman shipped her 7-year-old adoptive son back to moscow because she didnt want...

They are told in many cases the child is fine and psychologically fine and they get here and it is a very different story and critics of ms. hanson say she failed to tap into many avenues of help that were available to her and her son here in the u.s. and that she may now face abandonment charges at home and it is, to say the least a mess. the situation. joining me now is michael kirby, he will be heading to the -- to russia, next week, and hes the principal deputy assistant secretary of state f...

Authorities. >> reporter: with estimated 700,000 russian children in orphanages, critics say lengthy suspension of adoptions may do more harm than good. conditions are harsh in orphanages in russia and americans adopted 50,000 russian kids since 1992. most of them have happy endings say american officials. >> there are currently 232 u.s. families adopting 281 russian children. a u.s. state department source told me today we thought the russians might only suspend adoptions which have not yet sta...

Contain effective tools for russian and u.s. officials to monitor the living conditions of adopted russian children will ensure that recent tragedies in the united states will not be repeated. >> reporter: so jane, this is one in a string of tragedies that occurred, according to the russians, there have been 15 kids killed in child abuse cases in the united states, kids that were taken from russia -- from russia, so this is the last straw, they want the agreement next week and well see if they c...

Accommodate them. there are people who believe in pol lig gaem. should we accommodate them. >> you know, being gay, just like being on drugs or doing incest or having lots of husbands. reporter michael tracy asked about mr. huckabees position on same-sex couples adopting children. >> arkansas passed a ban on gay adoptions in 08, i believe. what was your take on that? >> children are not puppies. this is not a time to see if we can experiment and find out how does this work. >> after these commen...

From u.s. to europe this morning. flights have been halted across northern europe. its the volcanos second eruption in two months but officials say this one is 20 times more powerful than the last one. hundreds of nearby residents have been evacuated. breaking overnight -- the russian foreign ministry is suspending all adoptions of russian children by americans. the freeze will be in effect until the two countries reach an agreement on adoption procedures. it comes after a tennessee woman sent...

Russia has stopped all adoptions from americans unless both countries can agree on ground rules. this after a tennessee woman sent a 7-year-old back to rush rush by himself. the louisiana senator says what happens in that case is grossly inappropriate and potentially criminal. she was an adoptive mother herself and wants a full blown investigation by the state department and by tennessee authorities. a u.s. delegation will head to moscow in a few days. more than 600 people dead now in western ch...

>> you talk about tort reform, we talked about cutting entitlements. im okay if we dont go to space. somethings got to give somewhere. if you ask me to choose between education, defending our country and you and i having a condo on mars some day, i can pass on the condo. >> $6 billion, i believe it is, in nasa, increase in their budget because the president wants to go to mars. and most political observers would say, because you cannot politically cut nasa because the space coast is in a swing a...

Only if such an agreement is reached. >> reporter: megyn, what theyre saying is the u.s. state department will send a high level delegation early next week, sit with the russians on tuesday and they hope to get an agreement going and adoptions underway. a lot of people in limbo because of this announcement. megyn: thats affecting a lot of parents. thank you very much, dana. april 15th is today and its a dubious day across america because the tax man com either from coast to coast. neil cavuto ...