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Russia and caused that country to freeze all adoptions between our two nations and a lot of people are saying what was so wrong with that child that this woman couldnt figure it out and this family said, return to sender? >> gretchen: the other thing is we havent heard about a father in this case. i dont know if there was a father present in this case or if this woman adopted this child on her own. but apparently they might have to charge her with a crime to get her to talk because right now, sh...

Was returned to russia by his adoptive mother. it comes after russian officials threatened to halt all adoptions by american families amid new details regarding the boys final months in tennessee. according to this mornings "new york times," the childs adoptive mother sent the boy back without contacting childrens services and never told social workers about the severity of the problems she was having with the boy. as of last january, the agency that conducted home visits found this. quote, the ...

Russian boy being sent back with a note pinned to his chest from his mother cant deal it with. its like every day. >> this is crazy. first of all, did this woman go to russia and bring the kid back? or did she say, hey, put a note on him. ill pick him up at the airport in america? i cant imagine even if you dont want to keep this child, you went through the process for you to put this kid on the plane, given that level of trauma and say, i dont want you, im throwing you away. go back home. >> un...

Do now in russia with this? >> the only suspicion i have, they will try to place him or put him back in the orphanage he came, which is awful. we were saying it was a break. live a case where a 5-year-old here in l.a., my clients son, was kicking or spitting at school and your department came and took him away and put a 72-hour hold on him. i mean there are agencies and protocols for doing this. >> larry: do it all the time? whats the success ratio of adoptions of foreigners? >> we dont oversee ...

This 7-year-old, justin hanson, that we are talking about, there he is. we blurred his image because of his age and the situation he was involved in. he was adopted only about six months ago, but last week, he showed up, as you probably know, announced at russias child protection ministry with a note from his adopted family saying he was violent and the mom was misled by adoption officials in russia. russian officials are furious, threatening to suspend all adoptions by americans. today, tenness...

For north korea. the united arab emirates chose south korea to buy reactors from. it didnt choose france and it didnt choose the united states. so this is south korea moving into the spt light in a very positive way, and in the security and nonproliferation issues. >> sharon squasoni, of the prevention program at cisi, the center for strategic and international studies. i wanted to get the full plug in there. >> and our suzanne malveaux at the white house. we will continue to follow the nuclear ...

Language, then you make it where it cant work for him and you send him back. >> larry: were there other children? >> in the home? >> larry: siblings? yeah. >> from what i understand there maybe other children in the home, i dont know if they were siblings of that child. >> larry: russia and adoptions next, dont go away. its foot mapping technology identifies the areas you put pressure on then recommends the right orthotic. for locations see drscholls.com. im going to own my own restaurant. i wan...

Wait. his return both unescorted and unannounced has outraged russia and prompted calls for a freeze on all adoptions to america.

Russia is threatening to halt all adoptions by americans of russian children. everybody is watching this story. the big quiz, there are so many american parents trying to adopt russian children sitting in orphanages. but are those adoptions that have been in progress going to be frozen or not? >> reporter: 1,600 russian children have been adopted by americans last year alone. now they are saying the adoptions are frozen. the problem is there has been no formal statement by the russian government...

The boy was mentally unstable and violent. even threatened to burn down the house and kill her. the adoptive grandmother flue with him to washington, bought him a one way ticket to russia and he flew by himself. the mother paid someone in moscow to pick up the kid at the airport and take him to the russian education ministry. officials in russia the woman attached to note to his jacket saying she mo longer wanted to be his mother. leaders are outraged, threatening to block all adoptions to the u...