students could be alcoholics. that, according to the newest definitions by psychiatrics. celebrity addiction expert bob forest joins us live. and food revolution day. 58 countries have pledged to work toward a healthier diet. we have the naked chef himself, jamie oliver, live. and good morning, everyone. i'm randi kaye 10:00 on the east coast, 7:00 on the west. a lot to tell you about this morning. first, rolled up sleeves and high stakes diplomacy underway at camp david right now. president obama is hosting world leaders. europe's economic woes sent the u.s. stock market tumbling. mr. obama welcomed leader as a short time ago and says it's all about the global economy. >> this morning, we're going to be spending a lot of time on economic issues. obviously, the eurozone will be one topic. and all of us are absolutely committed to making sure that both growth and stability and fiscal consolidation are part of a overall package that all of us have to pursue. >> cnn white house correspondent brianna keilar is at camp david. eurozone pricrisis, now enterin world three. you can see how serious they all agree this problem is. >> reporter: that's right, randi. one moment pretty telling as german chancellor angela merkel walked up to president obama for the presidential greeting moment. he asked her how she is doing, and she kind of shrugged. and he said something to the effect you have a lot on your mind. europe very much at a crossroads this is the third year of this crisis. the 17 nations in the eurozone have done a lot of belt tightening, cutting government spending and they are not doing so great. their economies are not growing by and large. they need to do something else. and the solutions are really kind of long term, but as you'll notice looking at the leaders at the summit, there are new faces coming from europe and that's because many leaders in europe have or potentially will pay the political price for governing over such a tough economic situation. and especially, randi, a lot of weight on the shoulders of angela merkel. germany is the largest economy in the eurozone and set the pace for what will be the solution. >> no question about that you mentioned new players on the scene. one leader missing, vladmir putin. is this a snub or what that he's a no-show? >> reporter: this is seen by a lot of people that this is a snub. president vladmir putin, who just came in again as president again here this month says he's not coming, because he's formalizing his cabinet. he did send prime minister dimitri medvedev. i liken this tofu were on a date and you said, no, i'm washing my hair, i can't go. this is the snub a lot of people are seeing, and president obama made an announcement in september that he's not going to the apac summit in russia. sort of maybe some mutual snubbery going on there, and a sign of really frosty relations and at a time, randi, when russia is very key to dealing with very important issues. and russia has resisted attempts by the u.s. and other u.n. security council nations to put pressure on governments. really tough things that they really did need to discuss. >> no question. they need a little bonding time. brianna keilar, thank you very much. also this morning, a blind chinese activist is on his way to the u.s. chen quangcheng, his wife and two children, have been cleared by u.s. authorities. their flight out of beijing was delayed a couple of hours, but is now headed to newark. last month, chen escaped house arrest and found his way to the u.s. embassy after a lot of diplomatic back and forth. china agreed to let chen to study abroad. he's been invited to study at new york university. the hunt for a man accused of killing his pride on their wedding night has moved to mexico that's where the fbi believes renaldo jiminez has now fled. it's been exactly a week since police say jiminez stabbed his new bride in their illinois apartment she was found to in the bathtub. he is charged with first degree murder. a delay this morning for what was supposed to be a historic launch from cape canaveral. >> four, three, two, one, zero. and liftoff. we've had a cutoff. >> yes, that was a no go. the computers found a problem with in one of the falcon rocket's nine engines just a half second before that launch. the rocket carrying the dragon space draft was supposed to carry cargo to the international space station it would have been the first private mission of its kind. they are now shooting for a tuesday launch. much anticipated facebook ipo couldn't pull the stock market out of its week-long slide. facebook didn't really woe investors at all. after an early jump, the stock firn finished up just 23 cents. all three major indices notched their first week of the year. dow closed down 3.5%. opening your home and your heart. we've been focusing this morning on international adoptions. i'll introduce you to a woman who went the extra 8,000 miles three times. but, first, a very good morning to washington, d.c.. my cut hurt! mine hurt more! mine stopped hurting faster... 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>> we had traveled around the world and previously been in india, and at mother teresa's home for the destitute and dying and found some women outside the home and my husband and i were there together, and we saw a woman laying on a mat, and she was teaching her baby to roll, and it was at that moment that we had an epiphany we wanted to adopt internationally. and shortly after that, we were in china, visited two orphanages and when we came back to atlanta, we applied, which we didn't know at the time, for jasmine. >> you just kept going back and getting another one. they are so cute. explain the process, though. it was complicated? i guess -- give me an idea of what's involved? >> first you have to select an agency. and that's probably most important. you really need to connect with the agency, with its mission and culture, because you're going to be working with them for a long period of time. and the second would be to determine what country you are interested in adopting through, if you decide to go through internationally. there are different rules and requirements for that. >> i'm watching them. the two of them. >> what do you look for in an agency? we've heard some horror stories, talking about some of them this morning. how do you know it's the right agency and you really will connect with them? >> i think you need to look at their mission, their culture, you need to see what responsiveness is to e-mails, phone calls, to make sure you feel comfortable with that, and the number of adoptions they do from that country, so you understand their level of expertise in working with that country. >> i wanted to -- can i talk to your girls for just a second. i'll start with gracie jane. gracie jane, hello. >> hello. >> so obviously, you've told the girls they are adopted. they understand that. do you understand that you were brought here from china, and what do you think about that? >> what do you think? what do you like about having a mommy and daddy? what do you like? what do you like doing together as a family? >> eat. gracie was in an orphanage for seven years, so this is a big transition, as you can imagine. >> she has been here how long? >> one year this month. >> congratulations. >> thank you. >> and then we have jasmine. jasmine, i know are you busy watching yourself on tv over there. what do you like about having a mommy and a daddy? >> kisses. >> kisses. oh, that's so nice. do you -- how long have you been here? >> i don't know. >> she doesn't know. >> how long has she been here. she was adopted at eight months and now she's 7. >> okay. do they get strange questions when are you out as a family? have you noticed, do they ask where you are from, where do your parents look that way, and you don't? >> we get a lot of those questions, randi. a lot of questions where are you from? and jasmine has the best answer. she says i'm from atlanta. >> that is great. i guess my question is, why wouldn't -- a lot of people wondering, so many babies and so many orphans here in the u.s. do you know why parents like yourself would consider going out of this country instead of adopting here at home? >> i think that's a question i get asked a lot over the course of the past several years, and i haven't really always understood the question, quite frankly, because i think it's such a personal decision to how you want to create a family, and i've never asked a biological mother, well, was that through in vitro or insemination or was there a donor? and so to me, i never understand why domestic versus international, and there is just -- it's a very personal decision. >> you know, are you certainly as we've been saying, one of the lucky families. it went well, and it's gone right. but as you know, you are probably familiar with the hague convention, which is really designed to help prevent babies from being stolen in some of these countries and then sold to international agencies who then adopt them out to families here in the u.s. i mean, that's certainly an ugly side of the baby business as well. >> yes, it is. and i think going with an a -- a country that's hague accredited and going with an agency that's hague accredited will help prevent those issues. >> have there been any challenges for you and the girls? >> of course. >> i'm sorry. i think they are so funny. >> u.s. a big transition. a big transition to adopt children. a transition for the child to change their diet, to change the language, to change manners and just culture. so that's very hard on the family to have the patience to work through that and for the child to -- to experience it. >> what do they all like to do together? >> what do you like to do together? >> play with the birds. our parakeets. >> oh, have you parakeets. >> two parakeets. >> and one name is star and the other is named sunshine. >> star and sunshine. are you responsible for feeding them? yeah, you take care of them? so when you -- when you continue to adopt, did you talk to them about you are getting a new sister, we're going back to china? >> we did. and jasmine and kennedy were very young when we adopted them. when we decided to adopt grace, we talked with jasmine and kennedy and said mommy and daddy would like another daughter, and another sister, and they requested that we adopt an older child. that wasn't our plan initially, but when the adoption agency called us about a 7-year-old and i thought isn't that interesting, that the other two wanted a big sister. so they got a big sister. >> i think it's wonderful what you've done. thank you for coming in. rebecca gray, thank you very much. >> thank you, ma'am. >> thank you. now to this. sam, a 6-year-old golden retriever thought he was just having fun when he ran away from his owner. >> sam, sam, look at me. >> but sam got swept away in a strong current. thankfully a brave firefighter jumped in and saved his life. we have it all on video. ♪ it's never too early to start surfing there in l.a. a lovely shot of the coast. people waking up early with us. reynolds and i are watching the surf in the distance, aren't we? >> a great day from here to huntington beach, swells coming in in two sets. going to be nice, especially this afternoon. good for surfers, go long borders. >> hang ten a little bit? >> hang ten a little bit. we want to talk about some of the stories that caught our eye this morning. we have a few. shall we start? a lot to choose from. this one, we showed you a shot of sam. a golden retriever, it really caught our eye, because apparently he decided to get off his leash and he jumped into a -- the current there, a very cold current. a golden retriever, he's 6 years old, and i guess he couldn't get out of the current and his owner didn't know what to do. so -- >> the thing is -- i know how much you love dogs and i know you are an animal lover. would you have jumped in after the dug. >> in a minute. in a second actually. >> you wouldn't have thought twice. >> i wouldn't. probably not the smartest thing to do. firefighters came, tried to coax him to shore, but there look. they got him. got him in the boat. he's pretty cute. >> wagging his tail too. you have to like that. >> all is well for sam. so another -- another story that we have, which is actually a pretty good one. getting shipwrecked on an island, can you imagine? probably one of the scariest things. i don't know what i would wish for? >> a cooler full of beer and -- oh, that was the truth. funny how the truth comes out in a situation like that. >> you would save the sinking cooler before anything else probably, wouldn't you? >> we all have our priorities. come on. >> you would do pretty well on the island, and you would know the weather and know when it was safe. three fishermen didn't know the weather as well as you do, reynolds. they had to be resourceful. stranded for ten days after their boat capsized. stuck on banks island off central british columbia, and used their raft as shelter, pretty smart. and you know what they ate? >> seafood. seaweed and clams, which sound like it should be on the menu at a restaurant, especially if you are into sushi. they were seen by a sailor sailing north along the coast. a 70-year-old sailor, who saw them, picked them up. they are very fortunate. could have had a different outcome. >> that diet, might have to check that out. clams for dinner, sounds kind of yummy. some of the great video we thought we'd share with you this morning. this week's cnn hero is bringing this hidden population, under the age of 18, but caring for an aging or ill family member. you will meet a woman for children who are caring for others. but, first, the great wall of china may be one of the places to visit on your bucket list. rob marciano shows us where we can walk the wall on this week's "on the go." >> reporter: the great wall of china, more than 5,500 miles long and originally built to keep invaders out. today, it attracts 10 million visitors a year. >> being able to stand on the wall, to look out over the mountains, to realize that parts of this wall were built over 2,000 years ago and still standing. that's -- that's something that will take your breath away. >> reporter: start in beijing, within driving distance to the five main sections of wauthe wa open to the public. >> if you want to say you saw the great wall, go to the juyonguan sections, close toast beijing. badaling one of the best preserved sections, wheel share accessible. very crowded and full of vendors. mutianyu in one of the most beautiful stretches of mountains you can imagine. two other sections, simatai and jinshanling, original, unrestored sections of the wall. >> pick a weekday to climb in wonder of the world if you can. >> you will find it's probably one of the most memorable experiences of your lifetime. we make meeting times, lunch times and conference times. but what we'd rather be making are tee times. tee times are the official start of what we love to do. the time for shots we'd rather forget, and the ones we'll talk about forever. in michigan long days, relaxing weather and more than 800 pristine courses make for the perfect tee time. because being able to play all day is pure michigan. where they grow america's favorite gins at wpotatoes. idaho, everyone knows idaho potatoes taste great. but did you know they're good for you too? 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