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Door tomorrow morning because we're going to see fog in the morning and also plenty of shower activity all throughout the day. a couple of other pick cities. just kind of picked basically the four worst for the morning commute. chicago i mentioned and denver. lots of winds here, minneapolis and st. paul. rain and thunderstorms on and off and especially salt lake city. if i had to pick one location in the nation,halla, that's probably it. >> on tuesday adoption and child welfare advocates will hold a congressional briefing to bring what they hope will be revolutionary reform to the adoption pro...

Davy of rochester new york were close to finalizing the adoption when they were thrown into logistical and legal chaos trying it get the kids out of haiti. 1100 hatian children were allowed to come to the u.s. and special humanitarian parole visas. >> this is their only identity now. >> more than six months later the adoption process is stalled. johnnie and marie are legally considered refugees by the u.s. government. that means they must live in the country for two years before they can apply for u.s. citizenship. >> because this was an unprecedented situation, and tragedy, aen that law that ...

Kids, now a bipartisan effort is underway to help these kids and their new parents get on with their lives. >> who likes pizza? >> three-year-old johnny and four-year-old marie are settling into life in america. we first met the children in january. >> johnny and mary franklin. >> days after the devastating earthquake in haiti damaged their orphanage. liz and josh davey of rochester were close to finalizing the adoption when thrown into a logistical and legal chaos trying to get the kids out of haiti. 1100 haitian children were allowed to come to the u.s. on special humanitarian parole visas. ...

Elizabeth, this is a very trying time. >> i have a ph.d in child development and i'm not prepared. i'm proud to say i'm not prepared to help per. i love her and we're going to be great. but it's, like i said, it's uncharted territory. >> reporter: elizabeth had actually met jenna a year-and-a-half before the quake. she fell in love with her, began the adoption process. but when the quake hit and communication seegsceased, she d the worst. she was stunned and elated when she was watching cnn and saw this story we were doing on a damaged orphanage. >> some decisions have been made to leave these...

Acting out is not the least bit unusual. nevertheless, for parents like elizabeth, this is a very trying time. >> i have a ph.d. in child development and i'm not prepared. i'm proud to say i'm not prepared to help her. i love her and we're going to be great. but like i said, it's uncharted territories. >> reporter: elizabeth met jenna a year and a half before the quake. she fell in love with her and began the adoption process. but when the quake hit and communications ceased, she feared the worst. so she was stunned and elated when she was watching cnn and saw this story we were doing on a dam...