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Adoptions by u.s. families. our marty savage is in shel shelbiville, tennessee where the boys adoptive parents live. marty, it sounds like youre starting to get some answers from this case. >> reporter: this investigation has been handed down from the state department to the local sheriff. and its his job. hes got a lot of international pressure, as well as national pressure on his shoulders right now, to try to figure out if anything illegal transpired here when it came to the fact that you had...

Kyra. >> okay. thanks, nic. in russia, outraged leaders calling for a halt to all pending adoptions by americans. the reason? a tennessee woman put a 7-year-old boy on a moscow-bound flight and returned him home to russia unannounced saying the boy was violent and mentally unstable. the womans mother spoke to cnn over the weekend. the adoptive grandmother, nancy hanson, say the boy had a hit list of people he was targeting and also wanted to kill for the house. she said also that he threatened t...

Russians, all adoptions between russia and the united states temporarily and now we mentioned state department, the feds are involved in this, the local sheriff in shelbyville, tennessee is involved in this trying to figure out, megyn, what laws this woman broke. can you send a seven-year-old boy half way around the world on a plane by himself, can you give up your adoptive son in these are questions were all trying to figure out right now and what charges, if any, she may face. megyn: this is s...

The house and they were at their witts end. >> reporter: it began when the 7-year-old little boy stepped off the plane in moscow on thursday, alone with a note from his adoptive american mom saying she was returning him because he was mentally unstable and violent. russians were outraged. the countrys foreign minister even threatened to suspend all adoptions to the u.s. and the media flocked here looking for the family that sent the kid back. that family doesnt want to be found. >> this has been...

Yesterday marked a 250 days since the day taken ease were captured. we await their fate as do the families. this just coming in. we just got word that a team from the state department will now meet with the russian government over adoption rules following dramatic developments with an adopted boy whose american adoptive mother called justice. tory hansen sending her 7-year-old adopted son back to russia. putting him on a plane by himself with a note saying he was a threat and she didnt want to b...

Place every year. there air lot of families that would like to go forward but are now feeling in limbo as a result of this case? >> we will follow it. it is getting worldwide attention as you can imagine. martin savidge, great reporting. thank you so much. the u.s. is calling on russia to not carry out this threat to halt adoptions. just minutes ago, the state department said it will soon dispatch high-level officials to moscow to better ensure the well-being for children. for americans desperat...

Over. today, the drama is only, only deepening. martin savidge has the latest. >> reporter: it began when this 7-year-old little boy stepped off the plane in moscow thursday, alone, with a note from his adoptive american mom saying she was returning him, because he was mentally unstable and violent. russians were outraged. countries foreign minister even threatened to suspend all adoptions to the u.s. and the media flocked here to the small town of shelbyville, tennessee, looking for the family ...

>> gregg: officials in russia push to go stop adoptions to the united states after a woman in tennessee sent her adopted son back to moscow with a note saying he was dangerous. heres part of the note. this child is mentally unstable, violent, has severe psychopathic issues. i was lied to by the orphanage regarding his mental stability. after giving my best to this child, for the safety of my family, friends and myself i no longer wish to parent this child. the adoptive grandmother flew with him ...

Hair. russia is furious and threatened to stop all adoptions by u.s. families. whats your reaction to this story? >> its so sad and so tragic. i feel so sad for this poor child who was placed in a loving home, to have the opportunity to have a better life. i feel so sorry for all of the children sitting in russia waiting to be adopted. i feel bad for the russians who now are wondering can we trust the americans to adopt our children. i feel sad for this mom who became so desperate she made such ...

Assuming all that is true, how do you just ship a child back to russia like this one is defective. >> are you asking me was not whether its morally rereprehensible. you asked me what was the crime. ill articulate the crime. i didnt hear mercedes -- what is the crime? articulate the crime? what is the crime? >> we know thats not a -- megyn: could it qualify as child endangerment or child abuse? and essentially just get rid of them as opposed to making sure -- put aside the fact she wanted to get ...