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one of them is in the hospital. that person is a diabetic. we re hearing reports now because of the broken judicial system there in haiti because of the quake, of course, there s talk of possibly moving the americans back to the u.s. to be tried on these child trafficking charges. our call penhaul picks up the latest for us on this story. reporter: they say they re answering jesus call. now these american baptists stand accused of trafficking 33 haitian babies and children. the americans deny the charges and say they believed the kids were orphaned or abandoned but some are not orphans at all and were crying to go home to their parents. authorities and aid workers say haitian police allowed the americans out of their cells to talk to cnn. they described a poorly planned mission to bus kids out of haiti to an orphanage but they denied wrongdoing. we believe we ve been charged very falsely with trafficking, which of course, that is the
taken away for holiday. so, the pastor, meanwhile, we re learning is now in the united states. for the haitian government, this is a very sensitive issue. already there are mon that than 300,000 orphans in haiti. by the earthquake alone, potentially another 200,000 have been created. we re now in a situation where a judge is deciding whether to file charges that could include child trafficking charges. these americans could be facing a third night here at this jail in haiti. all right. carl, thank you very much for the update there. by the way, the children are now being cared for at the s.o.s. children s village in haiti. we talked to one of the children ther there. we already know that some of these children still have parents, because a girl who might be 8 or 9 years old told us, crying, i m not an orphan. i do have my parents. i saw them going to boarding school. that s one of the big questions remaining here. how many of these children,
presumably orphans, who may still have relatives who are willing and able to care for them? that s a big concern for the haitian government. i ll talk to the pastor of that group who has been detained in haiti and could face child trafficking charges. while you ve been at work, consumers have been spending and apparently making some money. spending increased by .2% in december, personal incomes rose by .4%. let s take a look at the markets right now. dow jones industrials up 72 points on the day, s&p is having a good day as well, up more than nine and the nasdaq up 8.14. lot of news happening today, 20 minutes from now, nasa will hold a news conference. bold new approach. will they shoot for the moon or maybe the stars? also this hour, did you hear what and did you care what snooki had to say this morning? should we call the hooligans