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The kids out of dangerous areas and to safety. >> carley: have you to wonder how the children feel, they dont have moms and dads and stuck in the middle of a war zone and wonder about supplies like food and necessity for them. if they are in a town that is being bombed by russia, how do you get necessary food and supplies to them? >> that is one of our greatest concerns right now and we are so concerned about the safety and well being of the children and that is kind of my heart and plea and why...

To ask. he shut down passenger planes, he bows and people in england. no consequences. so hes been humiliated militarily and economically. and he doesnt do humiliation well. >> in case you dont know who phil browder is, he was a very successful multimillionaire in moscow. he started to expose the corruption with these oligarchs and vladimir putin to the point where they tried to freeze his money and take his money so we got out and ended up killing his lawyers. his name was her game against keit...

Because these children have been adopted. its a paperwork glitch, and they need the time to have the paperwork completed, but thats a very difficult thing to do when war is going on. would congress has done is invest more in u.s. see i.s.,, which is the agency that deals with adoptions. what were trying to do is get the state department to focus on expediting these options. its a small number of refugees, and actually, these are adopted kids but they would otherwise be refugees. we want to do ev...

Lives every day as they have done throughout this war and at the center of those adults lives are those children. it is truly heart warming to see shannon. >> shannon: beautiful thing. thats sacrificial love and i heard from parents on this side or those prospective parents here in the u.s. who are desperate to get these adoptions closed and finalized. they wanted already to help those children but now its become absolutely urgent. and we do hope that you will bring us those stories we look forw...

Immigration system to make it easier for these adoptions to go through. it will help. >> so it seems like some pretty concrete asks there. have you heard anything from the biden administration in response? do you have a sense of the realistic prospect of getting those things done? >> we have not heard back but we just sent our letter last week and were hopeful because the president is going to be in europe this week that he and the state department will focus on refugee issues including the orph...

Evacuate. one u.s. lawmaker is urging the biden administration to do something to help. deborah ross, a democrat from north carolina is leading this effort. so nice to have you on "early start" this morning. you are calling on the biden administration to make it easier for adopted ukrainian children to come to the u.s. you have specifics you have laid out in the letter. whats slowing down the process? >> well, first of all, thank you for having me and calling the attention to this very important...

Because these children have been adopted. its a paperwork glitch. and they need the time to have the paperwork completed, but thats a very difficult thing to do when war is going on. and so, what congress has done is invest more in uscis which is the agency that deals with the adoptions. what we are trying to do is get the state department to focus on expediting these adoptions. just, its a small number of refugees and actually these are adopted kids but they would otherwise be refugees. we want...

I dont know what happened with my mom. if she died or -- >> the fact that march is the last time you talk to your mom. do you know where she is now? >> i dont know. >> ukraine has one of the largest orphanage systems in europe. carrying almost 100,000 children according to unicef. the agency also warns that children fleeing war are at heightened risk for trafficking, its a concern for the director of lease orphanage. >> its a big danger, he says, its why theyve registered all the children with t...

The subject of orphans, theres a lot of or orphans that have crossed over to lviv. how can somebody who wants to help help? >> we know theres 100,000 children living in institutions in ukraine. not all of these are orphans. unicef is clear, adoptions should not happen in the middle of a crisis but after. many children have extended family and thats always the best place for the children, with their family. every decision needs to be made

Its a complicated story. you can understand in many ways why they have stopped these adoptions because there is a war going on and there is also the possibility, a big possibility for abuse and, you know, for dealing with issues of trafficking and all of that and all of that needs to be checked out so well look into what is going on with adoptions here and who is in control of them, if there is a complete halt and why the red tape and limbo and if these kids are better off with american families...