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Over here, two trucks, tanker trucks for the red cross red crescent to be used for sanitation. this huge piece of equipment over here, to build new roads. and right around the corner from these tanker trucks, an ambulance that's just been sitting here in this parking lot for a few weeks. now, even if this is just a paperwork issue, one would think there could be more flexibility considering the scope of the humanitarian crisis in this country. one relief organization, doctors without borders tells us 20 of its vehicles were locked up here at customs for three months before being released. >> d...

Policy. let's see if there's any movement in the next couple of days. but there's no reason major aid organizes should have equipment sitting for weeks and be charged a storage fee and 20% tax. we were hit up for $1,000 for $5,000 of aid for a registered relief organization. anyway, we'll continue to follow this because it's infuriating. >> anderson, that's exactly the point. it's a very important point to make. even if there is a paperwork issue, people desperately need the help. there are huge fights going on behind us right now. people are frustrated, people are angry. they have no resource...

$5,000 of aid for a relief organization, a registered relief organization. anyway, we'll continue to follow this because it's infuriating. >> anderson, that's exactly the point. it's a very important point to make. even if there is a paperwork issue, people desperately need the help. there are huge fights going on behind us right now. people are frustrated, people are angry. they have no resources, no food, no water. they need the help. let the ambulances out. it's clearly not illegal cargo. the country needs these ambulances, they need the food. today, poultry came in. the poultry may sit the...

Happens very soon. anderson? >> the idea that the red cross has two vehicles or three vehicles sitting there three weeks for some paperwork issue is mind boggling and infuriating and frankly, ridiculous. the government of haiti knows the work that the red cross and red crescent society do. they know the work that doctors without borders do. they are saving lives every day and helping people. the idea that the government -- you asked the key questions of that customs director saying, look, it looks as if, in the best case scenario, the government is trying to rake in some money. this is one of ...

To see what the latest is from them. the story's been going on for a few weeks. it's changing day by day by day. i would ask you what you think the broader implication is on bank lending. this is going to hurt banks' already crippled bottom line. >> i think it's premature to conclude that. thei issue is broadening out. but the key is how the court system interprets all of this. if they decide this is more of a paperwork issue, then at the end of the day, i don't think it's going to have a significant impact on the housing market, lending, and broader economy. of course, as the court system int...