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Forced to flee ukraine, orphans. this week, deborah ross's office was contacted by dr., working in ukraine to get 20 to 30 orphans, most of whom, we should, note have been adopted by families in the united states, out of the war zone. there is an issue. if these children leave to go to poland, or another neighboring country, their paperwork, their adoption paperwork essentially becomes, or might become, invalidated. making it even more difficult to get to america. joining me now, democratic congresswoman, debra ross of north carolina. congresswoman, thanks for joining us. this is a heartbreaki...

-- orphans. debra ross's office was contacted by a doctor working in ukraine to get 20 to 30 orphans, most of whom, we should note, had been adopted by families in the united states, out of the war zone. but there is an issue. if these children leave to go to poland or another neighboring country, their paperwork, their adoption paperwork essentially becomes, or might become, invalidated, making it even more difficult to get to america. joining me now is democratic congresswoman deborah ross of north carolina. congresswoman, thanks so much for joining us. this is a heartbreaking situation. wha...

Everyone here. would anyone be willing to tell me what their life looked like three years ago? >> it was chaos. it was a cold dark world, a horrible place to be. >> insanity. that's what it looked like, total insanity. >> i didn't leave my house without a pistol. i didn't go grocery shopping without a pistol. who does that? >> i was living out of my car. i lived off of honey buns and icees for three months because that's what i could steal from 7-eleven. and i just deteriorated physically, emotionally. i thought that my kids would be better off without me if i wasn't there. >> most of these wo...

Custody of their children. >> i got served with adoption paperwork. they wanted me to give them up, and i couldn't do that. that was my breaking point. that was the bottom line. it's like okay. i have got to do something. >> i didn't come in here thinking it was going to be easy but what was harder was staying in my addiction. what was harder is that i would be released back onto the streets with nothing, without my family, without my kids still addicted to meth. that was harder. i was ready to surrender and give it my all. >> this is 26-year-old lacy. 16 months ago she was arrested for posses...

Sonogram, amazing experience. jon: they named their little boy robert, jr., brought him home and continued the adoption paperwork. >> we were happy. jon: but the blue-eyed bundle displayed unnerving signs. >> he was about 2 days old and we thought he quit breathing, we didn't know what was happening, we took him to our family doctor and they checked him over and said, you know, he's fine, it was probably colic. jon: turns out it wasn't colic and he wasn't fine. >> he sent us to neurologist where they did a 20-minute egg and found out that he was seizing the entire 20 minutes. >> the day they w...