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Situation. thank you so much. we appreciate it. our prayers are with your family. >> thank you. >> heather: with precious four-year-old vitale, still in russia, hopeful that he can come and make a new life. the controversial measure going into effect, signed by vladimir putin, banning the adoption of russian children by u.s. families. we'll be right back.
>> heather: welcome back. last week, many american families, they were left in shock, following a move by russia to ban u.s. adoptions. the new law, signed by president putin will go into effect on january 1. and it will essentially leave many couples like aaron and jenny moyer in limbo. they are in the process of adopting this adorable boy. they traveled to russia. they spent a lot of time getting to know him. but the new law may change everything. joining me now are aaron and jenny moyer. thank you for taking the time to join us today, first of all. >> thank you. >> heather: so with the new ...
What do you have have to say about this? >> well, i would encourage them that, you know, god steps stepso families and orphans find mercy in him. we believe those promises are true for every russian orphan and every orphan throughout the world. specifically for vitale because he is the son of our hearts. >> i would just say to the russian people, i would say that we love you guys. we love the children in your country. and we want to raise them to respect and to love the country they were born in. but we want to do that in a setting where they have a mom, dad, brothers and sisters and teach the...
Special needs are institutionalized, that's where they spend the rest of their life. >> heather: you are know alone. unicef estimates dollar 740,000 children not in parental custody right now, like vitale, in russia. and only 18,000 russians are waiting to adopt. i know you are not a politician, neither one of you are. but you are parents. so what do you think about this -- this ban that has been implementd? you are hopeful that it will be lifted? >> we are hopeful. that's what we are praying for. we love the russian there's we met. we love the country and the sweet children are just joyous an...