ago when a child died after accidentally left in a hot car. though the father was found not guilty of involuntary manslaughter. there really is a great irony here in that america speaks out against human rights violations in russia and then russia sort of responds by potentially denying many thousands of russian orphans the most basic right of all which is a loving, permanent family. reporter: right now the family is waiting for a sibling for ben. the russian government has to invite them to meet a child to adopt and they re worried. now with this new development, it could all come to a screeching halt. just from father to father, president putin, i just ask that as a father, just to consider what s happening to the families that are in process. let us at least go through the process and bring home our children. that was michelle reporting there. another person pushed in front of a new york city subway tops the look at stories around the news nation today.
atlanta rushed in 2007 overjoyed to adopt ben. you have gotten to be a big boy. with a headful of hair. i know. like daddy s. reporter: a relationship that took nearly a year to get started. a million pieces of paper. it s you laugh about it but it is quite an intensive process. reporter: now, at home, ben just turned 7. very much an all-american boy. how about some milk? i hate milk. you hate milk. reporter: celebrating the holidays. last christmas aadopted a second russian child and prepared to work through the sticky wheels of bureaucracy again and now politics threatening to derail the dream entirely. russian president vladimir putin angry about a new american law targeting russian human rights violators today banned all adoptions to america. some russian lawmakers have been trumpeting the cases of which kids were hurt in the states like one in virginia four years