allen. we know he was a last minute addition to the missionary trip here. he works in construction. he thought he was coming to haiti to help rebuild the country. when it comes to miss silsby and miss coulter, the judge wants more information. the haitian legal system is a lot like the french legal system, the judge actively participates in the investigation. he asks questions and it s not like the u.s. where the judge passively sits back and ajude indicates the evidence presented by the prosecutor and defense. lawyers say this should take a few days. they are confident that the women will be set free but it could take a couple of months, sara. thank you so much. six minutes after the hour. let s check on the weather headlines, rob marciano is checking all of the extreme atmospheric disturbances. good morning, a little less extreme this week than last week.
hearing having to do with this investigation into charles rangel. this committee, republicans and democrats, coming together and publicly ticking off some of these violations that they have substantial reason to believe rangel committed. let s listen to the top democrat and the top republican that were in this hearing. these allegations, if proven, would violate multiple provisions of house rules and federal statutes. as members of the ajude try subcommittee we are neither accusers nor defenders of our colleague mr. rangel. our job is to act impartially as finders of fact and law. reporter: a taste of how this almost trial-like atmosphere went down, but this is something that s also very important that was released today along with this hearing. it s real et source of congressman rangel s woes, the statement of alleged violation, and it s more than 40 pages detailing those 13 counts, suzanne. a lot of them have to do with