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And inside the beltway thinking. oklahoma republican senator and vocal global warming skeptic james inhofe used the winter wonderland had a little fun at the al gore. posted family building igloo near the capitol with a read al gores new home. liberal blog think progress didnt find the blog that amusing writing quote scientists have been warning for decades that global warming would increase the severity of winter storms. more about all of this in the panel. secretary of state hillary clinton sp...

And inside the beltway thinking. oklahoma republican senator and vocal global warming skeptic james inhofe used the winter wonderland had a little fun at the al gore. posted family building igloo near the capitol with a read al gores new home. liberal blog think progress didnt find the blog that amusing writing quote scientists have been warning for decades that global warming would increase the severity of winter storms. more about all of this in the panel. secretary of state hillary clinton sp...

Fastest three minutes of news. if i could only say it. we go down to the wire. are you ready? okay. hit the clock. we begin in illinois where a 4.3 magnitude earthquake gave residents in the northern part of the state a rumble and shake this morning. the epicenter in hampshire, illinois and it hit at 4:00 a.m. no damage was reported. actress and u.n. goodwill ambassador angelina jolie in haiti today meeting with survivors and aid workers. she says she is struck by the strength and spirit of ...

Kids. >> take my child to miami. the haitian government is not going to allow that. i believe the prime minister himself has to sign off on every adoption order at this point which is putting all adoptions to a halt. >> right, yeah. >> sounds pretty dramatic, but as you talked about theres a culture of restivic here in haiti already. this idea of child labor, child slaves. people who are very, very impoverished giving up children to people who were slightly less impoverished. as striking and sta...

People to snatch kids and take it out of the country. one of the things or reporter found at the camp last week is that people were fronting her giving her children away. >> who wanted to give up their kids. >> take my child to miami. give this child a better life. the haitian government will not allow that. i believe the prime minister himself has to sign off on every adoption order at this point which is putting all adoptions to a halt. >> sounds pretty dramatic, but as you talked about theres...

All over the world here helping them. the big question is, how long are they committed? im not concerned how long the reporters are going to stay. i want to know how long the international aid organizations are going to stay. are they going to be committed to help the thousands of people with lost limbs? >> vanessa in texas wants to know if the haitian government is doing anything for those kids who have been orphaned. thats an issue weve been covering trying to figure out who is an orphan and w...

>> all right, susan candiotti, thank you so much from middletown, connecticut. all right. nearly a month now after haitis devastating earthquake, thousands of survivors are still in makeshift tent cities. and if there is criticism that aid is slow to reach those who need it most. in an effort to help the country recover, the u.s. and other g-7 countries are urging international lending agencies to grant new debt relief to haiti. the haitian government is refusing to grant bail for ten american...

Theres this idea that taking kids out is the best thing. is it? >> no, absolutely not. you know, we actually have good case history with dominican republic next door. they basically dont allow adoptions and this -- this actually takes away a motive to really invent orphans. haiti for a number of years before the earthquake had many orphanages that simply were not real orphanages. its kind of ironic that this woman from this idaho group is actually doing the same thing, treating children as a com...

You know, we actually have good case history with dominican republic next door. they basically dont allow adoptions and this -- this actually takes away a motive to really invent orphans. haiti for a number of years before the earthquake had many orphanages that simply were not real orphanages. its kind of ironic that this woman from this idaho group is actually doing the same thing, treating children as a commodity. >> you think shes treating children as a commodity? how so? >> well, shes going...

Interest like save the children and oxfam and samaritans and red cross. these organizations need to assist and give their advice and wisdom to groups coming in often for just one or two weeks at a time. this is not enough to really serve the poor. >> what i dont understand about what she was doing -- i mean, when i was there i met so many missionaries, folks who came from churches all over the united states, who came down there on their own accord. they figure out a way to get in there. they wer...