city, so its final resting place, the california science center. john zarrella and casey wian are covering this story from different vantage points. we ll start with you, john. you re at a staging area where the shuttle is stopping for a public ceremony. some might argue that it seemed like it was at a standstill, going just 2 miles per hour. now it really has stopped, putting the brakes on for this ceremony. absolutely. they got here quite a bit early today, ahead of schedule. they ve been sitting here a lot longer than they had anticipated and expected. we are at the old forum where the los angeles lakers used to play a little basketball back in the day before they moved. and you know, it gave an opportunity for thousands of people in the englewood area to come out and see the space shuttle. they had a marching band here. they ve had music playing. endeavour has been sitting there for the better part of an hour. a lot longer than we had anticipated, fredericka. and i am
winding its way through the city, so its final resting place, the california science center. john zarrella and casey wian are covering this story from different vantage points. we ll start with you, john. you re at a staging area where the shuttle is stopping for a public ceremony. some might argue that it seemed like it was at a standstill, going just 2 miles per hour. now it really has stopped, putting the brakes on for this ceremony. absolutely. they got here quite a bit early today, ahead of schedule. they ve been sitting here a lot longer than they had anticipated and expected. we are at the old forum where the los angeles lakers used to play a little basketball back in the day before they moved. and you know, it gave an opportunity for thousands of people in the englewood area to come out and see the space shuttle. they had a marching band here. they ve had music playing. endeavour has been sitting there for the better part of an hour. a lot longer than we had antic
indian children and their families together. cnn legal analyst avery freedman says in this case, the law was misused. it s a wonderful law which seeks to preserve the integrity of families of native americans, but it cannot be used as a bludgeon to destroy the integrity of an existing family. the assistant attorney general for the cherokee nation says the law is clear. some of the protections provided by the child welfare act, there s a placement preference, if children are removed by the state or if they re placed in private adoption placement. the first preference is for a family member. reporter: but in cases like this, what about the child? everybody keeps saying how bad they feel for us. but i mean, she s a 2-year-old girl who got shoved in a truck and drove to oklahoma with strangers.
back. brown s attorney said he claimed he d been tricked into signing papers agreeing to give up his daughter. brown won full custody under a law called the indian welfare act of 1978. the law was designed to keep indian children and their families together. cnn legal analyst avery freedman says in this case the law was misused. it s a wonderful law which seeks to preserve the integrity of families of native americans. but it cannot be used as a bludgeon to destroy the the integrity of an existing family. reporter: the assistant attorney general for the cherokee nation says the law is clear. some of the protections provided by the indian child welfare act, there s a placement preference. if children are removed by the state or if they re placed in private adoption placement, the first preference is for a family member. reporter: in cases like this, what about the child?
up his daughter. the law was designed to keep indian children and their families together. cnn legal analyst avery freedman says in this case, the law was misused. it s a wonderful law which seeks to preserve the integrity of families of native americans, but it cannot be used as a bludgeon to destroy the integrity of an existing family. the assistant attorney general for the cherokee nation says the law is clear. some of the protections provided by the indian child welfare act, there s a placement preference, if children are removed by the state or if they re placed in a private adoption placement. the first choice is a family member. reporter: but in cases like this, what about the child? everybody keeps saying how bad they feel for us.