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Shes so willing to kind of give up this first child before she attempts to assimilate him into her family and i -- i dont subscribe any kind of bad malice intent when she went through the adoption. im sure she wanted it all to go just everything to be wonderful but were both moms. i mean, there are good days, there are bad days. there are days that you want to give yourself a time-out. i walk away. well talk about that off camera. i walk away. its not like that being a mom all the time. the hate...

Shocked and outraged something like this could have been done to this little boy, sent back like a piece of returned merchandise. we all reacted in pretty much the same way. its getting pretty much the same kind of coverage and i think its getting quite thoughtful coverage. people -- this brings to their attention the polite plight of this child. >> theres a danger in all circumstances, not this one in particular but in general, of overregulating due to isolated extreme cases. that said, is it y...

A form. thats an orphan petition. thats the united states government telling you, yes, you can adopt this child. then your visa interview in moscow is then telling you, okay, yes, you can take this child to the united states. this child was an american citizen once he landed on u.s. soil, whatever the point of entry was. >> that being said, what would you say now to all these parents? i think russia is something like third in the number of international adoptions. >> it is third. >> okay. what d...

If they knew they would never get caught, 86 percent say they are honest, no matter what. good for you. jane: we have new details on the american mother who sent her adopted son back to russia on that plane, all alone, with just a note saying she couldnt handle him, this has sparked outrage in moscow and halted ruptions -- russians adoptions all together. now theres a report this mother was planning to take on a second child. the head of the agency that handled this little boys adoption, justins...

Unstable and that after giving it her best shot, for her safety, for herself, and her family, she no longer wished to parent this child. officials in russia call what she did a monstrous deed and threatened to suspend pending adoptions in the united states. so during "studio b" this afternoon i spoke to the u.s. embassy official in moscow who handles adoptions. >> none of us want to see anything like this happen again. we will sit down with the russians next week and do everything we can to make...

Abandonment charges, were learning. torry hansen claims she was misled about the boys psychological problems. it is an extreme case for sure, but statistics do show that many adoptions turn out, well, far from perfect. families do not always live happily ever after, and slate magazine writer k.j. del antonio says she can relate. she actually admits she did not love the little girl she adopted from china, and i spoke with her about what she initially went through with her new family earlier tonig...

Lets get you updated on a number of stories. a tennessee district attorney wants to talk to the adopted family of a 7-year-old russian boy. they claim hes sly lent and psychotic. efforts are underway to make it happen. due to this case, russia threatened to suspend all adoptions by americans. an oregon jury says it boy scouts of america is negligent and must pay for a man abused by a scout master. the scouts organization is liable for punitive damages. the scouts deny the allegations. in f...

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Have been waiting for years to adopt a child from internationally and i think that this has called a lot of issues into question and its really tragic for them. >> comment a little, lisa, on the fact that she put the child on the airplane, i think, with no money or little money and sent them -- sent the kid away and its terrible, right? i mean, its awful! >> well, it is. it is. and its a shame that she didnt solicit advice from people in her community even. i mean, to put a child on an airplane,...

To russia alone is refusing to talk with them. at a news conference today, sheriff said that means he has no choice but to press charges. listen. >> we got a call a few minutes ago, this lady is not going to show up again. and it appears to me that what were going to have to do at this point is continue to investigate, dig into and get enough evidence to bring charges. thats the only way were going to get to talk to her. >> and without cooperation from the family, the sheriff said that he asked ...