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Captioning performed by mediacaptioning.com gregg: an adoption case in the state of tennessee, now at the center of an international dispute, after this 7-year-old boy, was put on a plane alone and sent back to russia, his adoptive family in tennessee, saying they were misled, deliberately, about what they call severe psychological problems, violent tendencies, and they say the little boy hit an spat at his adoptive mother and others, and even threatened to kill family members. russian officials...

>> dems and republicans alike say they want president obama to nominate someone who is in the mainstream. several say theyre hoping for a nominee who would follow and interpret the laws. not make it. the short list of possible candidates so far include solicitor general kegan, federal appellate judges diane wood and garland. >> see where we go from there. >> the case shocking adoption advocates and parents around the world. a tennessee mom sends her 7-year-old adopted son back to russia alone on...

Torry hansen. the last thing important is that over there doctor are saying he showed no signs that he is in any way mentally unstable. >> wow. ron allen, monitoring the story for news tennessee. im sure this is something that could have ramifications on an international diplomatic level with agreements on adoptions. thanks very much. >> thanks, ron. lets do our trivia. which senator appears in a batman film and tells the joker "were not intimidated by thugs"? rather than answer, we will play it...

Wrote abandonment. >> horrible? no. she put him on the plane. not every day. >> but not -- >> the intent was to send him back to russia, social services over there. put him on a plane and get rid of him. disgusting. i didnt know there was a return policy. sticking a note on the child is absolutely horrible. did she do anything wrong? no. she made arrangements which millions do every year in this country and other countries putting him on a plane. disgusting, yes. did she break the law? no. >> we...

>> part of the difficulty of this case, were here and the child is in russia. so, you know, its hard for us to know whether the child has been abused or not. >> so this has actually stopped all adoptions now between russia and the u.s. is that correct? >> thats my understanding. at least its a suspension. part of that is because the russian ministry of education is looking into the case as well. and part of the reason for that, as you know, is because there have been some reports of some other i...

Im just saying before we all judge this woman, to have sympathy and potentially an open mind what the other side might be. im going to get killed on twitter for this, i know it. >> part of the story has to be international adoptions unless youre dealing with a highly reputable agency with background checks on both sides can be very dicey. >> but as we said in the last hour, once you take ta child, its your responsibility. and the real outrage here is that there had to be recourse beside pinning ...

Malnutrition. his adopted american parents are in jail awaiting trial. thats why the russians are so sensitive about this particular case. they sense a pattern, not just one instance. >> you mentioned in your piece that the russians possibly were thinking about halting adoptions while this was all taking place. do we know anything more about that? do you think that could happen? >> reporter: here is the concern. they believe there should be an official document that outlines the behavior and how...

Deciding she could no longer parent him. the woman adopted the boy in september, but shortly after bringing him home, behavioral problems began, including threats by the boy to bush down their home and kill family members. she sent him home with a note stating she no longer wanted to raise the child. russia has since threatened to stop adoptions to the u.s. the family feels they were lied to about the boys stability. thats a quick look at the news. thats a sad story. >> that is a sad story. >> w...

Russian officials calling for a suspension of all adoptions to the u.s. nbcs ron allen reports on this hard to believe story. >> reporter: thousands of miles from tennessee, after ten hours alone on a flight, 7-year-old justin is being kar ining cared russian hospital. the outpour calling what the mother did cruelty. she paid a tour guide $200 to meet the boy at the airport after sending him back. at the orphanage where she met the boy, the staffer remembers a happy mother and son, beginning a n...

Whats in your wallet? oh, poor baby. some of the things were keeping an eye on. a party got out of control near a campus of james madison university. for whatever reason this year they got about 8,000 people this time around. you saw some people being taken away in handcuffs. police had to use tear gas to break up the clouds crowds. there was fighting going on. partygoers were throwing rocks and bottles. they finally got the party to break up. >> russia has halted all pending adoptions. the pa...