Doing this again . Makes me sick. Wait till you see what we found when we took our cameras undercover. So we are talking 7,000. Total, about that. This woman was offering her baby for adoption. But was she even pregnant . Is that a pillow . It looks like a pillow. What about adoption agencies careful as they should be. I will say on the form i dont do drugs. I am actually a correspondent with dateline nbc. A hidden camera investigation. Im lester holt. And this is dateline. Here is Andrea Canning with hope heartbreak. Reporter adoption can be a time of joy. It was probably the most amazing moment of my entire life. Reporter but its also a multimillion dollar industry. Its just been unbelievable and eyeopening. Reporter the transactions impact peoples lives. It sounds like youre describing buying a house. Right, but its a baby. Reporter and the outcome is anything but certain. I say, its all a gamble. Reporter because for the thousands of families who successfully adopt each year, there
Cameras under cover. 7,000 . This baby was offering her baby for adoption, but was she even pregnant . It look ares like a pillow. What about adoption agencies . Are some as careful as they should be. Im going to say on the form i dont do drugs. Okay. Im actually a correspondent with dateline nbc. Oh. A hidden camera investigation. Heres Andrea Canning with hope and heart break. Adoption can be a time of joy. It was probably the most amazing moment of my entire life. But its also a multimillion dollar industry. Its been unbelievable and eyeopening. The transactions impact peoples lives. It sounds like you are describing buying a house. Right, but its a baby. And the outcome is anything but certain. I would say its all a gamble. Because, for the thousands of families who successfully adopt each year, there are others whose adoptions fail. The pain you suffer is very similar, if not the same, as the death of a child. Tonight you will meet some families whose adoptions didnt turn out the
Found when we took uh our cameras under cover. 7,000 . This baby was offering her baby for adoption, but was she even pregnant . It look ares like a pillow. What about adoption agencies . Are some as careful as they should be. Im going to say on the form i dont do drugs. Okay. Im actually a correspondent with dateline nbc. Oh. A hidden came heres Andrea Canning with hope and heart break. Adoption can be a time of joy. It was probably the most amazing moment of my entire life. But its also a multimillion dollar industry. Its been unbelievable and eyeopening. The transactions impact peoples lives. It sounds like you are describing buying a house. Right, but its a baby. And the outcome is anything but certain. I would say its all a gamble. Because, for the thousands of families who successfully adopt each year, there are others whose adoptions fail. The pain you suffer is very similar, if not the same, as the death of a child. Tonight you will meet some families whose adoptions didnt turn
Wanted them to adopt her baby. They agreed to pay heathers Living Expenses for the last few months of her pregnancy, and moved her into an apartment. You mustve been excited. Yeah. Yeah, we absolutely. We were very excited. Reporter paying a birthmothers Living Expenses is legal in most states. But it doesnt guarantee the adoption will happen. A birthmother can change her mind at any time during her pregnancy. Still amy and chris were confident heather wouldnt. We spent i think about three days total with her. Reporter two months after theyd started supporting heather, amy and chris flew out to meet her face to face. We went to see movies together. I took her shopping for maternity clothes. Reporter amy even went with heather to the doctor for an ultrasound. How special was it for you to be able to go to this ultrasound and actually see ye that reporter the baby . It was it was amazing. I mean you know, having not had a pregnancy go that far to be able to go to an ultrasound myself it
Leland nice to be with you as well. Im leland vittert. Theyre working to keep this contained at home, but a newly leaked dossier that might shed light into where and how this various first began. Mark meredith at the white house theyre keeping an eye on that, the president is at camp david. As you mentioned the president is at camp david. But the investigation into the origins of the coronavirus continues. One told john roberts, that most u. S. Intelligence agencies believe that the virus originated in a chinese lab and the release was an accident, not intentional. The president this week said he could not go into detail about the intelligence gathered so far. The president was asked before he left for camp david if china could face additional Economic Issues over this crisis . A lot of things are happening with respect to china. Were not happy, obviously, with what happened. This is a bad situation, all over the world, 182 countries. But well be having a lot to say about that. Its cer