good morning, america. i'm george stephanopoulos. >> and i'm robin roberts. this morning, decision day, president obama faces a massive defeat. voters heading to the polls right now. and in haiti, panic rising. the u.s. military begins their dropping food and water. as officials say the death toll is likely 200,000. oh, the weather in california. storms pummel the state, threatening mud slides, forcing evacuations. forecasters predict up to 20 inches of rain by the end of the week. and late night, it's not just conan o'brien this time. the man accused of extorting money from david letterman goes to court today. and baby ester, the little orphan girl we found in haiti, finally reunited with the american couple who adopted her. you know, robin, you say you can't smiling. i don't think you can stop crying. >> these lashes have got to last me for a couple hours. well, we do have a happy ending to that story, she and her family, baby ester, are back here in the states, in the u.s., we'll talk to them ahead. >> she's not the only one getting out of haiti. the relief efforts have ramped up. a lot more haitians getting out. look at this military evacuation jet, full of haitian-americans. 1.5 million people are homeless. >> last week, when i was at haiti, i was there at the airport, they were just lining up, waiting for the cargo planes to arrive. but the top story, polls show a dead heat and a win by brown could show a push for the agenda. john berman is in medford, massachusetts with us right now. >> reporter: good morning, robin. well, the polls are open, this is where the democratic candidate martha coakley is due to be this morning. for president obama, martha coakley, there is so much on the line for this election. up to the last minute, democrat martha coakley supporters worked the phones. republican scott brown worked the crowds. in this race that has pulled in a president -- and pulled in residents from across the country. >> walla walla, washington. >> reporter: where are you from? >> pittsburgh, pennsylvania. >> reporter: why all the interest? it starts with senator ted kennedy's seat. he's held it for years. this is why his wife vicki hit the trail at the end. >> we need to continue that tradition by sending martha coakley to the united states senate. >> reporter: health care reform, brown would be the 41st united states senator, enough to filibuster and hill health care in the senate. it's not just health care, that extra seat would put president obama at climate change, banking reform. >> a lot of these decisions are going to rest on one vote in the united states senate. >> reporter: and then presidential prestige, the president campaigned in cokopp n copenhag copenhagen. and lost. president obama promised to reach across the aisle and govern, and yet scott brown is able to tap into the frustration. >> call it frustration or sadness. >> one thing to keep in mind here, president obama won every county in massachusetts. the deepest blue the ones he won by the most, the brighter counties, the ones where he was weaker. everyone is looking at the weather forecast. sam champion, our very own weather dude, tells us we are expecting rain in boston. light snow and rain mix. in the southern part of the state where republicans do relatively better. there is about an inch of snow expected. it doesn't look, though, the weather will be so bad to affect the turnout. robin, sam? >> you sound like our weather dude there. george, working the contacts in washington. what are you hearing? >> democrats are braced for a pretty big defeat here. scott brown, republican, has really been surging in the last couple of days. and white house congressional democrats are hoping for a miracle but they're expecting the democrat martha coakley to lose. >> i heard you say this morning that it would be the biggest political defeat in your lifetime? >> absolutely. three months ago, martha coakley was 30 points up. and the reason for that is because it's connected to president obama's agenda and health care reform. the implications are profound. we have a poll out that shows basically on health care reform the needle has moved since august. 51% oppose it. only 44% support it. those who are strongly opposed on health care reform outline it by those 2 to 1. >> could this be an indicator perhaps of the midterm elections what we see? >> no question about it. if you look at the poll, asking are you more likely to support or oppose health care plan. 24% are more likely to be against a candidate. >> and the independents key? >> independents 2 to 1 against reform. let's bring in donna brazile for 9 democrats, mary matalin for the republicans. tomorrow is the year anniversary of president obama's inauguration, and what a difference a year makes. "the wall street journal" editorialized on that this morning, they say 12 months later, will obama's approval rating has fallen further and faster than any recent president's. congress is despised. and the republican could pick up a senate seat in state with no members of congress and mr. obama carried it by 26 points. donna, what went wrong? >> this race has stirred the passions of people across the country. george, i hope the voters in the bay state prove that washington democrats won't. 13 hours is a long time to turn out the votes -- >> but do you think they will? >> i think so. despite the inclement weather that might occur up there. look, this is a race that matters to democrats across the country because of the domestic agenda really requires democrats across that state to come out today, to show their support and back this candidate. there's no question that mr. brown had the momentum going into the final days of the campaign, but over the last couple of days, i think martha will pick up the standard, turn out the voters and we can win this race today. >> mary matalin, i love my sister from the who-dat nation. the democrat is cratering and started cratering when bill clinton came in and then when barack obama came in because he was very negative, attacking state senator brown. and polls show that 51% think she ran a negative campaign. that's not how it's working anymore. that's how the democrats have been running the campaign. it's important to know, with brown, we're talking about health care, but he ran relentlessly and consistently on stopping the war on terrorism. there's a road map here. and if follows really on the big losses a true-blue new jersey, and not just losing independents, soft democrats, very scary. >> but the big question coming out of this is, what does it mean for president obama's health care plan? they've come so slows. donna brazile, congressman barney frank, we talked about this, says if scott brown wins in massachusetts, health care reform is dead? >> i hope not, george. we might not get the biggest package. but i can tell you this, democrats will continue to fight to make major changes in the health care system. look, scott brown has run a remarkable campaign for republicans in the bay state. but there's no question at that democrats are now anxious to win this seat. president obama went up there, he ignited the passion. i think democrats will turn out the voters and shock the republicans that we're not going to send another "no" vote to washington, d.c. >> if not, mary matalin, is health care dead? >> not necessarily, brown is in the senate, if they don't, it would be remarkable if he did, try to further thwart the will of the people by not jamming through something if he's in there. go back to the drawing board and get the kind of reforms that people want, portability, conditions, you know all the stuff. but this has been the president on the eve of his one-year anniversary, a year of living dangerously, he's driven his party into a brick wall on all of the issues across the board. and if the papers are to be believed this morning, he's going to double-down. unlike president clinton who read the will of the people. and course corrected and adjusted and went on to have a successful presidency. this one seems determined to do quite the opposite. >> we're out of time this morning. we'll come back to you both real soon. i'm interested to see what happens in massachusetts today. >> we will win, george. >> all right. all right, george, we're going to switch gears now to haiti where officials now estimate the death to at 200,000, making the earthquake in haiti nearly as deadly as the 2004 tsunami in indonesia. david is there. >> reporter: robin, good morning from haiti where the aid effort has been ramped up. we've seen the food and water at the airport. the question is whether or not they get the clean water here. there's a concern over water-borne disease illness if people don't get their hands on clean water, as we see new pictures this morning reminding us how this all began. as we mark one week, new images have emerged taken by a missionary. according to the children at the hope orphanage, you can see the smiles, you can hear the laughter. soon replaced with screams. >> go, go, go! go! >> reporter: in haiti, to build a church for the orphanage, the ohio man would end up helping to save the 20 young girls who live, there another blessing, even as the haitian government reveals the mounting loss. they now believe 200,000 are dead. we wondered about the victims far from the spot light. >> this is actually the epicenter of the earthquake. you can see the mountain sides have given away just like they have in port-au-prince. the devastation here as well. >> reporter: what struck us most, the victims on the ground, begin waving for help. the aid has not reached them. which is why the airports, we learned, flights with food and water have now been given priority over military ones. and trucks filled with haitians who want out of the capital, a mass exodus, carrying suitcases. this man tells me he's headed for the countryside, with no guarantee it will be better. and a 6-year-old being pulled from a crushed home. kate snow went to find little nazer. at la paix hospital, no charts no records of him, he relied on word of mouth, she wound him. lying on a bed with his injured mother and 3-year-old brother. let me see that tooth? >> reporter: showing her the tooth he lost and the smile he didn't. it was so good to see the smile on that little boy's face, now that he's pulled from the rubble are like all the families here. they need food, water, and the real test, robin, is whether or not the bottleneck will be broken to get the aid that they need. >> speaking about the relief in haiti, big moves with the arrival of more u.s. troops. 5,000 u.s. troops should be stationed in haiti by the end of this week. martha raddatz joins us live. we're weakened to this catastrophe. what's the status of aid getting to the people who need it? >> that's the key point, robin, because we did go to the airports yesterday. david mentioned lots of flights in and out. we saw all kinds of flights in and out. all kinds of helicopters. there should be about 50 helicopters here by the end of the week. but they are still landing on only one landing zone, delivering aid to one place. more and more haitians are appearing at that landing zone. but the difficulty is getting the aid to the people. and the key bottleneck there remains security. what surprised me this morning is there are only 1,100 soldiered from the 82nd airbourne on the ground. there were supposed to be 3,500. they are key because they are providing security for the helicopters to land and get that aid to the people. >> and talk a little more about that, martha, because i saw on some of your early 84 reports you were on some of those choppers that were making those drops. people still want to know the process of getting what's there. because they have the amount of people on the ground. they have the supplies on the ground. but the process of getting it out? >> the process of getting it out is, you go to the airport. you get on one of those flights. that's what i did. they have them leaving constantly. they have those helicopters leaving constantly. they load up the aid. but when they go to the landing zone, they have to have a security presence. they have to have some soldiers there to guard essentially the food supply. to guard that helicopter so the haitians don't rush towards the helicopter. the one i was on was very orderly. people were very grateful. there were haitians themselves, trying to help. trying to get that food out, very orderly. but they have to get more security personnel. they want to do that quickly, it really hasn't happened. >> a quick other point. you were at the port yesterday. and we also heard david's report, people trying to leave the country even though all of this aid is getting in. and you saw the same thing at the port? >> jammed in the port. all kinds of haitians trying to board buss to get out to the rural areas, anywhere put port-au-prince. >> thank you. deborah roberts is in for juju chang on her way to haiti. good morning, robin and george. we begin with a new report accusing of fbi of repeatedly breaking the law to access 2,000 telephone records. e-mails gained by "the washington post" show that fbi officials persuaded phone companies to turn over the records from 2002 to 2006. the fbi will when to take disciplinary action. chrysler is recalling 24,000 vehicles because of reports that brakes could fail. 2010 sebrings and ram trucks are also affected. former baseball star jose offerman has been banned. he has a history of outbursts. he hit a pitcher and a catcher with a bat during a game in 2007. that's the news at 7:16, coming up on 7:17, george. >> that was a little acting. that's a no-no. >> it's serious. >> it's a very serious offense. you're right, deb. hey there, weather dude. >> hi there, what's up? >> oh, the weather in cali. >> they're getting a break. there are three systems in a row. it's wednesday, thursday, friday. you get more of this. let's get to the pictures right away. we'll show you in fresno. there was some concern there might be a tornado in that area but what you're looking at is a band of very heavy rain falling from the clouds there. that's why weather spotters are so important. there was not a tornado report there had, not even a funnel cloud reported. that's one band of very heavy rain. 4 inches of rain in the mountains of ventura county. and from la canada, from august to september while we were there, there's nothing to hold any of that ground up on the hill. today, as we said, a dry break. but more rain coming, expect more mud slides all over those areas. l.a., san francisco, all the way up to eureka getting rain. in some cases it will be more than 3 inches of rain. most of it is in northern california, not the southern california problem. and the other thing is the big fog problem. this is the fifth day to be socked in eye the fog. >> all right. it's great in texas. dallas, 73. i think san antonio, 76. robin, george. >> but i see a trip to california -- >> could be, yeah. now, you've got to take a look at this picture we have this morning. it is just unbelievable. watch this man, as he jumps out of an airplane and through a hole. this is in the bay of islands in new zealand. he's been planning this jump for four years. >> oh, my goodness. he's going through that? 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[ male announcer ] if you cannot afford your medication, astrazeneca may be able to help. 7:24. slight adjustment on the forecast. temperatures at the freezing mark in easton, 30 baltimore. 31 york. then you go back west, it jumps into the upper 30s in hagerstown. winchester, virginia, too. they've had rain. i watched the radar, didn't look like it was reaching ground but watch the enhancement over the last half-hour, it appears to be a band of rain or showers trying to swing through mid to late morning. by that point we should get just above the freezing mark though very -- close. it's the same system bumping towards massachusetts. you heard about that on "good morning america," with the chance of some snow affecting the special election there. this is the leading edge of a weather pattern change. colder temperature begin to spill in through tonight and tomorrow. then gets really interesting, we could have an ice storm by thursday night and friday in maryland. today, variable clouds, chance of showers, or band of rain for a few hours, still getting to the 2-degree guaranteed high in the low 50s, 52. 32, winds swing to the north and that's the cooldown, staying closer to normal tomorrow, high of 44. let's check the roads with kim. >> thank you. it will be a slow ride on southbound 759 approaching the beltway. because here traffic is going to be something toking to wean 795 and the route 70 interchange. give yourself a few extra minutes. also heavy through the whitemarsh boulevard area to the 695/895 split. we still have a crash in harford county, mountain road and belair road. traffic lights still not working at the intersection of rossville boulevard and frank lip square drive. fire activity at st. benedict street and millington avenue. fire equipment on the scene there. jfx, traffic slow at northern parkway. does begin to clear out at about north avenue. we'll be right back with a morning news update. a family in need is trying to help their missing 8-year-old son. his name is tonto. four feet tall, weighs about 90 pounds, last seen wearing an orange, brown and white-stripped polo shirt, blue jeans, black timberland boots, very short black hair. if you have seen tonto call police right away at 911. teams are rescue and relief crews from around the nation are in haiti this morning, including local doctors doing what they can to help. dr. carol ritter is an gynecologist at the greater baltimore medical center. after the quake hit last week she and her husband traveled to the dominican republic and made their way to the haitian border. she helped one mother deliver a healthy baby girl over the weekend who is named after her. follow both the doctor and her husband as they treat the people of haiti. we have a link to their blog on our web site, abc2news.com. we want to remind you about the telethon we've set up with both our parent company and the american red cross. that begins tonight from 4:00 to 8:00. our phones will be staffed by some of the workers from the american red cross. here's what we have coming up this morning at 9:00 -- it's a baltimore tradition nevermore. the mysterious visitor to edgar allan poe's grave failed to show up for a birthday tribute to the writer. this is huge news. this hasn't happened since 1949. we are live this morning at 9:00 to find out what happened. joining us then. we're back in a half-hour with another morning news update. "good morning america" now continues at 7:30. oh! >> family reunion. little girl in haiti. you saw robin meet her on friday. she's reunited with her parents in hate stay. what a wonderful day. we're going to talk to the whole family live and find out what's next for them. i don't want to start crying. i'm george stephanopoulos. >> i'm way ahead of you, buddy. i'm robin roberts. more late-night drama, the man accused of blackmailing david letterman has his day in court, asking that the charges be thrown out. this is conan o'brien saying good-bye. we'll have the latest. we showed the picture in the staff meeting. everybody was focused on it. that's heidi montag. plastic surgery with ten different surgeries in one day. >> that's later. but first in this half hour. an update on the 4-year-old haitian girl living in an orphanage. she was finally reunited with her adoptive american family on monday. mandi and little ester. the cameras were there for the joyful reunion. the poulter family from pella, iowa, matt, mandy, and their children were in the final stages of adopting little ester when communications stopped. >> still not knowing if she's safe or other children at the orphanage are safe. >> reporter: so we set out to find ester. and we did. ester. >> you found her? >> reporter: yes, we found ester, mandy. >> you found ester? and it's her? at the orphanage? >> reporter: we definitely found her. her and the other eight children were okay. she's ready to go home to i, was mandy. she's ready to go home. >> you can tell her that mommy and daddy love her and we'll be down there as soon as we can. >> reporter: but the joy quickly turned to worry. the children living outside without food and water. the poulters decided they needed to bring ester back as soon as possible. so matt and mandy arrived in the dominican republic can early monday morning. and abc news was able to secure them a ride on the helicopter we had for transport. finally, after six days of anguish, the poulters got their reunion. >> oh, princess. >> hello, how are you. that's a good girl. >> we're here for you, baby. >> reporter: parents and daughter, inseparable, once again. >> we're so happy you're okay. we're happy to see you. >> reporter: matt and mandy weren't the only ones celebrating. two others are in the process of adopting. >> hello, momma. >> reporter: they used our cell families to reconnect. things are grim in haiti, as you know, tensions rising. there has been looting and violence. medical supplies hard to come by. >> i think she wants to know who is leany? >> this one? >> there's three more. >> reporter: we brought them all to the u.s. embassy. islanders helped to get ester an emergency visa. they're able to secure visas for the four other children in the adoption process. >> we'll see you later. >> reporter: but a bittersweet victory. the remaining children from the orphanage will have to wait for more paperwork. >> we're happy to say, joining on the phone is mandy poulter. tell us where you are right now? >> we're at homestead, florida. we're going to go through customs. and they have food and cots for the kids to rest and we're going to miami international airport. >> you have ester with you, and you have the four other children who are going to iowa, too? >> we have all five of them with us. we sat at the embassy for six hours yesterday. we sat on the aircraft waiting to come back to the united states. we had a lot of waiting. they're troupers. they're strong kids. none of them have ridden on an airplane before. they're troupers. they were a little chilly in miami, florida, when they stepped off the plane. the girls have sundresses on so it's a bit of a shock to them weatherwise. >> well, mandy, we saw the reaction from you and from matt when you got there to the orphanage. just tell us what was going through your mind when you saw ester again? >> i just was -- i was so relieved and just so happy and so emotional to be able to hold her again. and we walked in and matt walked right to her. she knew him and just -- he picked her up, and just to hug her and hold her, like we said. we haven't really put her down since. >> i know that you wanted -- you brought all nine children from the orphanage. you brought them to the u.s. embassy, because your hope was to have all of them with you. >> yes. >> but that wasn't possible, right? >> it wasn't. but we were thrilled, actually, by the time we got there, ester's visa had been secured the day before. and the united states system has put into place a humanitarian parole for other children. so i have the paperwork, when matt and i return in february, we're hoping to have the paperwork for the other four children. >> but the other four children that you have with you, and you referred to that policy which was issued by the department of homeland security, even though that is the case, we understand that the director of the orphanage in haiti at the last minute objected to the four other children leaving just now because it's not completely finalized? their adoptions? >> yes. he actually was not aware of the humanitarian parole. he wasn't aware. what security had said, had granted for the orphan, just an amazing visa. literally hundreds of orphans will be able to get out of haiti. so it's just a misunderstanding of how they were able to do this. homeland security, pretty much, humanitarian parole, is just amazing. >> i imagine there's going to be a big home coming in pella, iowa. so what's the first thing you want to do when you get back? >> actually, the first thing i want to do is see my other five children and introduce them to their new sisters. they've been waiting just as long as we have, and give them hugs because we miss them so much. >> well, mandy, we are just so amazed by your perseverance, you and matt, and everyone from your community. and what you're doing. so thank you, hug them all for us. hug matt for us. >> oh, we will. we will. i can lie said, we can't thank you guys enough for all you've done. we will be forever grateful for helping us. thank you for findings her. >> we did a small part, what you said, amen to that. i'm going to get to pella at some point. i'm going to let you guys get settled in. >> wonderful. >> i can't wait to see you all in your home. safe travels. >> thank you, robin. >> take care now. >> thanks, you too. >> bye-bye. >> bye. >> i could see them again and again and again. mandy told us it was god's hand at work. she flat out said that. and she really felt that way. i said amen to that. they wanted all nine children. as she said, they plan to go back in february and hopefully get the other four children. and we were talking to our wonderful affiliate of pittsburgh, wtae, and they were at the airport because they were expecting -- >> the four children coming off the orphanage. i love that picture hanging on to her dad. >> i think she's daddy's girl. >> i think she is. great stuff. we're going to the late-night wars right now. they are still not over. last night, jay leno gave his side of the story, a more serious take, as they continue to negotiates with nbc. there are a lot of details to hammer out. there's a lot at stake. >> julia roberts said that nbc was in the toilet. yeah. yeah. nbc was upset and toilets were furious. [ laughter ] >> reporter: o'brien was still taking shots last night at nbc's late-night war the words. but it's about to end. >> this is all but a done deal. it's ts being crossed, is being dotted. >> reporter: major issues at the size of the payoff reported at $35 million to $40 million. and the insult comic dog which might not have a clear league pedigree. >> finally, a rule that requires you -- >> reporter: die-hards conanites demonstrated outside of nbc headquarters at new york, chicago and a driving rainstorm in los angeles where the comedian had to run from adoring fans. he reappeared on a rooftop. jay leno was conciliatory. >> he's a good guy. >> reporter: nbc's boss jeff zucker was unapologetic for the whole programming uproar. >> we've got to try to do things differently. sometimes, they work, sometimes, they don't. >> reporter: the deal might stop him from trash-talking nbc later, he sang -- >> morons, incomptent morons -- >> they gave him the best material of late. >> sam, we saw them running through the rain out there. and more of it. maybe a break today. wednesday night into thursday and pretty that's at issue. i'll tell you another place, five days of month ago in the kansas city area. on the missouri side, kabc, our favorite station, less than a mile. g news for parts of that area. but look at how much fog there is in the middle of the country. and it basically bringing everything to a stop. then there's the potential for ice, fog, that fog freezing in some areas which glazes over everything and makes it difficult to get in. one, two, three storms by the end of the week. in the burn areas, some places that didn't have a burn, 3 to 5 feet of snow in the sierra mountains. and some of the winds will be very, very strong so you've got it all coming at one time. this is that pattern where we get that el nino and storms marching through the california coastline and the west coast. as george was telling us, bi >> a t >> all that weather was brought to you by carnation instant breakfast, essential. george. thanks, sam. when we come back, the man trying to blackmail david letterman goes to court. will his charges be thrown out? 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our good friend chris cuomo is here, following this from the very beginning. good to see you, chris. >> good to see you, robin. could it happen? yes, will it happen? doubtful. they're going to ask the judge this morning to make this one of those cases, but the question is, will it? >> reporter: the other late-night scandal is back in the headlines. >> i have had sex with women who work for me on this show. >> reporter: but it's joe halderman, the suspended cbs news producer who is in hot water for allegedly trying to extort 2 million $ from leftm letterman about keeping quiet about his affairs. >> he had a first amendment right to develop that property, to develop a screen play. to sell that property. >> this is not a legitimate business transaction. >> reporter: letterman is not on trial, but his attorney says halderman's excuse is nonsense. >> who threatens their personal and professional lives? >> reporter: still halderman's court documents argue a arm's length contract doesn't characterize extortion. other points are that the search of halderman's home and office were improper. the grand jury wasn't told why halderman's request for money was wrongful and not a legitimate business proposition. and even calls the new york extortion statute unconstitutional. but experts say even if he threw in a "pretty please" there would be a slim chance of dismissal. >> before it goes to trial, at this straight, all the facts aren't known, we haven't had a full trial. the witnesses haven't testified. >> chris, is there any kind of scenario where this would be dismissed? 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ask your doctor about lyrica today. 7:56. we look under cloudy skies, a field of frost at the country school. widespread frost. clouds rolled in and boosting our temperatures safely above freezing, 35. at the surface near freezing but this is important because as temperatures warm to 42 manchester, 39 reisterstown, 35 hickory there's actually a little adjustment to the forecast. a little band of light rain developed this morning. this literally began to develop 6:30 to 7:00, appearing to now move in on the west side. we have to account for the chance of showers or a period of maybe two hours of some light rain rolling across the area. we still expect to have a mild afternoon despite the snow you heard about in new york up towards massachusetts for the election day. they will actually mark the colder trend that will build in here for the second half of the week. today, showers or a band of light rain this morning for a few hours, aiming for 52 this afternoon. we vied to near freezing overnight. north wind a sign of cooler temperatures, low to mid-40s tomorrow. here's kim brown. >> we have heavy volume and congestion, usual trouble spots on the beltway, same on 95, accident to the left shoulder on the outer loop at reisterstown road. southbound 295 approaching route 175 in jessup, a crash to the right. in overlea, accident in the eastbound lanes of whitemarsh boulevard at walther boulevard. and crashes in baltimore city, russell and hamburg street and harford road and 32nd street. jfx, slow pretty much between the ruxton road overpass to north avenue. again, give yourself a few extra minutes before you head out. we'll be right back with more "good morning america" next. ♪ feel the rain on your skin oh, we're playing her star, this morning, star heidi montag, talking openly about what she calls her obsession with plastic surgeries. spent a little time with juju over the weekend. well, she's undergone ten procedures in just one day. why did they do it? you see her before, you see her after. the surprising interview with heidi. and her doctor is just ahead. as we say good morning, america, on this tuesday morning. i'm robin roberts. >> and i'm george stephanopoulos. also this morning, there's a new report on the crackdown on texting. there's a report out that there finds it more dangerous than drinking and driving. i'll confess, i definitely texted and talked on the phone after driving. after looking at this story, never again. never again. >> how can you ever do that? >> talking, not texting. >> they say it's equivalent to four drinks when you're texting and driving. also tips on getting a job without leaving your home. tory johnson is here with new ways to work from home. first the news from deborah roberts. good morning again, everyone. the death toll in haiti is now estimated at 200,000. dramatic video shows the moment the quake actually struck about a week ago today. it was taken at an orphanage. fortunately, everyone got out alive as the u.s. military drops more food and water today to hungry victims on the ground. 5,000 american troops are expected to hit the ground by the end of the week. looting and pockets of violence are hindering aid efforts. frustrated, residents are trying to flee to the countryside. >> the red cross has now collected an astounded $100 million from relief efforts. $22 million alone from messages. and republican scott brown is running neck and neck with democrat martha coakley but brown has been surging in recent polls. a brown victory threatens to gill president obama's health care overhaul. now, to the wild weather we've been telling you about in california. up to 8 inches of rain is in the forecast, forcing evacuations and prompting serious concerns about mud slides. good morning, lisa. >> reporter: good morning, deborah. it is not raining now thankfully but this is a small calm before the second and third storms that could deliver a knockout punch to southern california that have already been ravaged by wildfires. this is what southern californians fear this morning, mud slides like 2005, powerful enough to sweep away people, cars and entire homes. >> we can't stop these debris flows. no matter how much fire trucks we post at any day, we cannot stop those. >> reporter: emergency crews are on high alert as three back-to-back storms force communities to evacuate. >> we're begging to you leave when ordered. >> ordered, i'm leaving. >> you're out of here? >> yeah. can't do anything better get safe and hope for the best. >> reporter: in the past few years, wildfires have ravaged hillside communities leaving about 1 million acres of charred ground that could let loose at any moment. some areas are already soaked with up to 6 inches of rain. homeowners sandbag to channel water away from their houses but all the precautions will do little good if one ever these moundensides lets loose. >> they're incredibly deadly. the only solution is to get out of the way before they come. >> and neighborhoods at the highest risks, the cities put out dumpsters like this, full of sand and sandbags. the neighbors have spent hours channelling water away from their homes. the biggest storm is expected to hit wednesday and thursday, deborah? >> all right, lisa. and now a look at what's coming up on "world news." here's diane sawyer. tonight on "world news" -- all the latest developments from haiti. and with so many americans giving money to help quake victims, we'll see how that money is being used. find out in donations are getting to those in need. that's coming up tonight. that's the news at 8:04, coming up to 8:05 and sam champion. you've got your work cut out for you? >> yes, ma'am. it's going to be a big week in the west. let's give the audience a big shot. i walked downstairs, deborah, look at this -- i had no idea -- did you guys take the whole week off, what's going on? the place is packed down here at "good morning america." standing alongside a crowd from new jersey. let's get to the boards. one or two things going on we went you to know about. we'll start with pictures out of santa barbara, california. we expect high winds, beach erosion along the high surf. today's heavy rain is from san francisco to eureka. it will be lighter rain in southern california, later in the day after a dry spell. the storms will find themselves in the mid-south and deep south with the strong >> i have been >> i have been corrected. apparently, this is a school trip which is kind of like work, robin. >> frchaperones, especially. the cover of the current "people" magazine has everyone talking about heidi monning to who became famous on mtv's reality show "the hills." she boasted about her ten plastic surgeries in a single day. she's revealing her new look first on "gma," talking to juju chang about a wide change of topics, including why she did. >> hi. >> reporter: hers is a perfectly chiseled face and body. heidi montag comes across as sweet and smart, odd for someone viewed as a hollywood train wreck. she's the heidi half of spidey. this is spencer pratt. >> do you not think of anyone but yourself? >> reporter: they're reality stars from mtv's "the hills." their life has been a self-proclaimed parade. on tv -- >> your sister -- >> reporter: magazines yoth. online. but last year caused a lot of eyes to roll. both on tv -- >> to take responsibility. >> reporter: -- and off. and she's hiding with plastic surgery. look at her before the surgery. now, after. she had ten different procedures over ten hours. nips, tucks, reductions and augmentations. you're telling me that a triple d isn't enough? >> it doesn't look very big. >> reporter: she said teasing is what brought her under the surgeon's knife again. a lot of people are saying she's an addict. she's addicted to plastic surgery. how would you respond? >> i would say that none of those people know me at all. that's just a judgment. i'm not addicted. if i were addicted, i would have ten plastic surgeries. >> reporter: did you have ten plastic surgeries. >> i mean ten times. i really had two different surgeries. i had one three years ago, and one that i had several procedures done weeks ago. if you're addicted to something, you have to do it all the time, not once every couple years if even. >> reporter: but she's only 23. her surgeon, frank ryan, says many young people get cosmetic surgery and it's elective surgery, a choice, but happens often in hollywood. and where do you draw the line? because a lot of people were saying, heidi was so beautiful before the surgery, why give a beautiful, 23-year-old girl that much plastic surgery? >> well, again, i disagree that it's that much plastic surgery. many of these are tweaks that we did. >> reporter: some hospitals recommend that elective surgeries been less than six hours because of comblcomplicat. other plastic surgeons say they wouldn't do that. >> you're pushing the envelope there, definitively, from a medical point of view, where you're going to set up complications. that's irresponsible from the medical point of view. >> and what about from an ethical point of view? >> my ethics would say that you don't put your patient at that risk. >> reporter: heidi is very pleased with her surgery's results. as for the general public and tv viewers, well, harsh is an understatement. >> getting ten plastic surgeries when you're 23 and you're already fairly attractive, that's absurd. >> i think she looks fake. she looks like she should be on orange county as opposed to "the hills." >> reporter: a lot of the fans i was talking to she had more personality in her face because she had sort of a distinctive look, and now she looks like every other, you know -- >> barbie? >> i almost got myself to say it. you'd rather look like barbie than heidi? >> no, i look like myself. an improved version of myself. >> you are very much an idol to young girls. you are on the cover of a magazine. a big name in hollywood. and these young girls are reading what you say about triple "d" isn't big enough that i wasn't pretty enough. what kind of message does that send to young girls? >> well, my main message is that beauty is within. >> but that may be your message, but that's not the message you're sending with all of this. >> but i'm also in a different industry than they are. i'm in a different industry and i have to do things that make me happy at the end of the day. and i'm living in my skin and i look in the mirror. it's my career and my life. and you only have one. so i want it take advantage of everything. and be the best me in and out, every way. >> reporter: so why tuck now? her face is a little swollen, still recovering, less than two months after ten procedures. if you can believe it, she says to kick-start her career as a pop star. please tell me you didn't get plastic surgery to promote the album? >> no. >> reporter: you can sing something for us? >> no, that's on the album. you got to get that. >> reporter: you don't have to sing something off the album. can you sing a little something? >> i'd rather not. i just got a lot of surgeries so i jaw and everything is still delicate. >> juju tried to get her to sing but she didn't do it. >> she asked all the tough questions. i think it's sad, i'm sorry. i see that and i watch a confused girl. it's hard to watch. >> 23 years old. it's hard to believe that she -- when you do that, when you start at that age, where do you go? >> right. at age 30, what do you look like? >> i don't know where you begin the conversation, this all came from, to me, the beauty industry, and the tv industry and everyone telling you you need to be more attractive. >> and that's what she's done clearly. >> at 23, it's frightening. >> you know, what's the title of her -- "superficial." that's the title of her cd. you can see more of juju's interview with heidi montag later on "nightline." we would love to know what you think of this story. it's blowing up right now. go to abcnews.com. click on "gma" to share your views on that. mothers against texting while driving. a new campaign. perfect. put your milk in. okay. ♪ whoa. okay, that's good. 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>> terrible. >> reporter: talking and texting isn't just distracting to drivers it can also be dangerous when hitting the pavement. last year, more than 1,000 distracted pedestrians ended up in the e.r. we spotted plenty of pedestrians in downtown washington, d.c. glued to their phone. this woman gave a quick glance and then headed into the crosswalk, even though the light was still green to yong coming cars. were you worried you could get hit by a car? >> sometimes, yeah. >> reporter: this texter was almost run over by a jeep. there you are, you're texting away. the car goes right by. you barely notice it. you could have gotten hit by that car. what goes through your mind when you see that? >> i don't worry about it. >> reporter: alisa doesn't have that luxury, she thinks about margay every day. >> she had a smile for everybody. she radiated goodness. >> reporter: a reminder how a small distraction could take so much. for "good morning america," yunji de nies, abc news, washington. >> we are now joining by jennifer smith, the president and one of the co-founders of focus driven. she joins us live from dallas. jennifer, all of the co-founders have some personal connection to this issue. you lost your mom? >> yes, back in september 2008, a drive who was talking on a cell phone ran a red light and slammed into my mom's car at 45 to 50 miles an hour, killing her. >> just a horrible loss. and the stories are so shattering and the statistics are so compelling. you talk on a cell phone, you're four times as likely to have a crash. you text, eight times as likely. 6,000 people died last year. how do you explain why we keep on doing it? >> you know, i think we just -- we're addicted. it came about so quick. we started doing it. we didn't think how dangerous it could be. now, we're so addicted. a lot of us think that i'm fine and everybody's are the ones that are bad at it. our brains can't handle it. >> so how is focus drive fighting this addiction? >> well, we're providing a place for victims and victims' families to join together and put a face on the dangers of distracted driving. the statistics and numbers can only do so much. once people see that these are real families and real lives being taken. that's when the laws and behaviors are going to change. so we just want to help those families put a face to their lost loved ones. >> and like you say, we have to take personal responsibility as well. not only those of us who are making the calls, but those of us getting them. >> yes, not only do you need to hang up the phone while you are driving, if someone calls you while you are driving, you need to tell them, listen, you're driving and you need to be driving. you call me as soon as you park. we can raise even more awareness so people know you're not going to accept their dangerous behaviors. >> okay, jennifer smith, thanks very much for sharing your story with us. we're going to put up a lot more information about this on our website at abcnews.com. when we come back, tory is back with new ways to make known from our home. oh, my. 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"looking for a job, please take my resume." there it is. tory is going to be here with new advice on how to find work without leaving home. >> that, she will. and also, we know dancing is the best medicine. we dance a lot on this program. you got to hear his story. he had a disability to made it hard for him to walk until he learned to dance. sam? >> we've got a very exciting day today. a great show. great show. let's get to the boards we'll show you exactly what's going on this morning. one or two things we want to you know about. we're going to show you a twitter picture, by the way, this comes from megan marshall. philadelphia, on the way to school. just walking through the fog. the west coast is where the headlines are going to be for the rest of this week. we have a little lull today. but every one of these storms will light up with rain on the coast. january, february, march, this is where you get your rain. but this is going to be extreme. mountain show and coastal issues as well. your local abc stations will keep you up to date on that. sir, who needed a job? come on up. business management or somewhere like that? >> yes. i came to new york city to be an actor. a recruiter. but i needed a job to support myself getting here. getting in business management is my degree. >> tell me your name. >> s >> that >> that weather was brought to you by weightwatchers. the cutest thing. all the college students, i need a job. robin. >> they should come up here, sam. now to the 10% of americans out of work, looking for ways to meet. we have answers, ways to close the gap from your income and your bills, all from home. tory johnson joins us now. we say from home, some people are like, really? is that really how you make money? but it truly is. >> it really is true. all the things i'm going to talk about this morning don't require one penny to get going. so they are things that aren't going to apply to everybody, but if one of these things applies to you, you can dive in today. >> and these are new ways that you found? >> yep, great new way. seed.com. it's owned by aol. aol operates 80 websites on a wide variety of topics, golfing, parenting style, you name it. that attracts 74 million visitors every month which means they have to create a whole lot of content to feed the websites. so they created this site, seed.com tour allow the editors of all of those sites to post photographs and content also video just started a month ago. this opens up the pipeline for anybody who is a great editor to create content. if you know one is applicable to you, you can submit your work. if it's accepted, you're paid. you do the work before it's accepted. is it you write the assignments and it's accepted, assignments typically pay $25 to $75 per assignment. for example, there's a great woman, jessica witten who i spoke to in seattle. for ten years she was in banking, but as a military spouse and mom she needed a more flexible career. she became a freelance writer. she wrote an article on the website paw nation.com about a pet. for that, she was paid $105. so there's money to be made if you're a talented writer. >> and that will add up quickly because there are a lot of talented writers out there. twitter, we see how celebrities are able to cash in on this. >> we play not make as much money as the lovely kardashian sisters but there's a connection. advertisers that range from fortune 500 companies to small mom and pops. you go to the website and register your twitter account with sponsortweets.com, based on how engaged you are, it will automatically set a price for what you can charge per tweet. i signed up three months ago to give it a test. in three months, i made $200. what's interesting is, if you have only a couple hundred followers, maybe you're going to get paid between $1 and $2 per tweet. get 1,000 followers, maybe you're going to make $50 to $75 a month. more followers you have and the more engaged with the followers, 2 should go up from there. we should all be using twitter nay for a networking and might as well make money from doing it. you control the ads that you sent out so for example, for me, i received a lot of offers but i wasn't that comfortable with who i was going to advertise. i didn't necessarily feel any connection to the ads so i rejected them. had i accepted everything that had been offered to me, i would have made four times as much money in the last three moss. it's a really good way for money for accumulate if you're active on twitter. >> you really have to be active? >> yes, we also link to the abcnews.com. but addley is another service that's just as reputable. >> website testing. there's so much websites and some of them aren't user friendly. is there an avenue here? >> there is an avenue. people would set up a lab, invite people in, costly, time consuming. now, it's all automated online and instantly you can get results. usertesting.com is a site where you can register and you complete two different steps. one is your demographic information so they know who you are. and the other is a ten-minute test that simulates what you have to do if hired for an assignment. if you ace that, are put into their system and become eligible. for every successful test which takes anywhere from 10 to 20 minutes to complete, $10. a flat fee of $10. if you're someone mwho knows yor way around the web and can articulate what you're doing on a site. some of the assignments are go to a website and buy a book, a specific shirt. you have to explain what you're doing along the way. was it easy or difficult to make that happen. >> hopefully, i hope some folks downstairs are taking notes. tory, thank you so much. your passion is so evident. if you make your living working from home, tory would love to hear from you. go to our website abcnews.com and click "gma" to tell us your story. coming up next, dancing against the odds. when it comes to dance partners, working together is a thing of beauty. 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