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Bus. what we also know is that both the haitian government and the dominican consulate warned the americans not to travel without documentation for the children, because they would be stopped. it was illegal, and they would be accused of child trafficking. in spite -- where one of the team leaders of the american backers asked for permission and was refused permission to cross into the dominican republic. four hours after that meeting with the consulate, the whole team was arrested with the chil...

North. when we go all the way in, thats where the president is speaking today. its interesting to look at it from the stimulus desk because this specific school has gotten more than $2 million. i can show you its closer to $3 million that this school has gotten. an interesting program here to work with at-risk high school students. you can there about $2.9 million. the idea is they have hired a couple of guidance counselors and are paying some teachers to work with students after school. we have...

To fund geothermal energy and solar. $467 million from the giant stimulus pile, and that funds all sorts of programs all over the country, including what you are seeing here. we have video of one solar energy effort. these things are going on all the time. some people think you should spend morm more money on it. and this is what we get to do today, look at where the money has gone. >> what do you have next hour? >> we are looking -- the president is going to be in new hampshire. we have now loo...

So where the is president? in new hampshire pumping up a plan to help small businesses and the stimulus desk is all over it. josh levs is all over it. >> yeah, one of the questions that i keep getting, people have a lot of questions for us about the stimulus. one thing they want to know is about new forms of energy. today we are looking at new hampshire, and we stumbled on the interesting project. and there is from inside new hampshire. you can see the total costs we are talking about. $223,000,...

Could give the girl was her love, even if it meant sending her away. i told her she should go and i promised one day i would go and see her. after she left, i was very sad, she says. the haitian government is now investigating what the americans plan to do with the children who had no passports and no permission to leave and whether they knowingly committed a crime. ultimately its the authorities who will decide whether this is a case of kidnapping or child trafficking, but what it clearly is, i...

Working on it and they have faculty and grad students working on this, they sent us photos of the project and the team, and they said they are using the fund, and so in terms of actually creating jobs, they have to say that technically it has not created jobs. but if you can advance the technology, it could lead to jobs all over the country. if it succeeds they are able to create faster solar technology. it could relieve the dependence on foreign oil. what do you think should get stimulus money ...

Problem. the devices have been rigorously tested and they believe theyre going to get the parts into the dealerships by late tomorrow. >> just a 30-minute fix. the question is how long will that line be for the quick fix. debra feyerick, thanks so much. all last week and this, cnns focus is the presidents biggest economic initiative so far, that being the stimulus plan. the stimulus project digs into how the money is being spent. who is it helping and who is abusing the program. its just a few...

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Reaction to the reaction. what are they saying? >> its interesting. they say in washington, where you stand depends upon where you sit. since members were sitting all over the house chamber, not the usual divided line in the middle of the chamber, thats almost symbolic in a way as was the gesture of sitting together because the reaction has been all over the map. there are some things in there that republicans have liked, for example, reducing or simplifying corporate tax code. that top corporat...

Presidents approval rating in these two big states. the poll, dead heats in florida and ohio. in ohio, 42% approve. 53% disapprove. in florida, 41% approve, 55% disapprove. is the president a drag on a gubernatorial candidate? >> it does matter. its not good that obamas upside down. its worth keeping in mind in 06 bushs approval was in the 30s and 1994 bill clintons approval was in the 30s. kasich i agree is a strong candidate who knows his roots. that ad is devastating. it is effective. it is h...