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Parents in tennessee sent a child they adopted back to russia. the couple put the boy on a plane to russia by himself with a note that said he was a troubled child. they say the boy threatened to burn down the family home. russia is now threatening to ban adoptions by americans until theres a new agreement on how to regulate them. lee westwood leads the pack at the masters golf tournament after the third round of play today. westwood finished the day at 12 under par after shooting 4 under toda...

Good and evil he said. we have taken the decision and well stand for this firmly to freeze, to suggest a freeze on any adoptions to american famili families. >> reporter: the incident was brought up at todays briefing at the u.s. state department. >> regarding this latest case, we are obviously, you know, very troubled by it. you know, this child as with all of the children who are involved adoptions between russia and the united states they are u.s. citizens. theyre russian citizens. and we ens...

Available to deal with children. thats what should have been done. not simply sending the child back to russia. russia has no jurisdiction over this child. the other thing, were you right in the beginning, since 1991, 50,000 children have been adopted by americans, russian children, and to think this one episode would taint all of that, russias knee-jerk reaction, they need to rethink. theres a lot of wonderful russian adoptions by american families so that s to go on. >> glad you made point. th...

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Adoptions of russian children by americans. outrage is running high in russia after a tennessee woman sent her adopted son back to moscow on a united airlines flight with a note saying she no longer wanted him. the womans mother says the boy has emotional and behavioral problems that were hidden by russian orphanage officials. two f-16 fighter jets were apparently flying too high when they nearly collided with a commercial airliner. the incident triggered a cockpit alarm in the commercial plan...

Free on bail after pleading not guilty today to manslaughter charges in the death of their father. prosecutors say 70-year-old daniel kerrigan died after a fight with his son in january. the family insists mark kerrigan is not responsible for his fathers death. next to texas where the army officer accused in the shooting rampage at fort hood was transferred to a jail near the post. major nidal hasan had been in a military hospital. the november shootings left 13 people dead. finally to penns...

We dont condone just leaving them somewhere whether it is on a street, a doorstep, or putting them on a plane. thats not parenting. >> there are bigger implications here. russia is the third largest source of adoptions in the u.s. what if russia shuts down adoptions because of this? >> a lot of things happen. the bottom line in my estimation is a lot of kids that need homes will stay in institutions instead. i dont know how to argue that thats better for them. >> what happens to this child befor...

Parents. remember the discussions we had about adoptions and how difficult it would be to reunite these families and at that point, everybody thought how are you ever going to do this, and this is an amazing story of a family that has been reunited, they were d informal.-tested and its proven that yes, this is their baby girl. one nurse became very emotional during this news conference. watch this. >> she was truly a fighter in the beginning, and i think thats her message, is strength and determ...

Authority saying these adoptions were approved or this could go through? this was simply something from this person from the orphanage? >> exactly. yes. uh-huh. >> why was laura looking for kids only under 10? >> my understanding was, is thats what the dominican government had told her that she has authorization to bring back. that it was required, you know, 10 and under and no mother and no father. >> and were you aware that of the 33 kids that as many as 2/3 of them actually did have a parent?...

Some of the parents said theyre eeg tore get their children back. haitian officials and some u.s. officials will tell you off the record that theyre really kind of annoyed by this case because its overshadowed the entire relief effort and has also slowed international adoptions. haiti got it -- for being taken out of this country by traffickers who say theyre just here to help. >> john vause for us tonight and most of the missionaries are from this church in meridian, idaho. a news conference ha...