the actor may be the adoption agency, it could be people who work for the u.s. government, it could be people in the russian government, too, making sure, for example, that very good information is provided about the history of each child so that the best possible preparation can be made to nurture and love and care for that child after he or she comes to the united states. so there are lots of players who need to get their tasks right in order for this to be done as well as it should be done. jane: michelle, i think most viewers want to know what s going to happen first to this little boy and second to this mother. is he considered there s some question about this this morning, is he considered a u.s. citizen and does that mean that he should be back in this country? where do you see this going? well, justin is an american citizen. as a child adopted by an american citizen and brought to the united states, he acquired u.s. citizenship the day he arrived in the united states. he s
suspend adoptions by american families after the story of this woman in tennessee sent this little boy you see here, a seven-year-old russian boy she adopped, sent him back alone to moscow on a flight with just a note, saying she couldn t handle him anymore, that he tried to burn down the house, amongst other things, and she was worried. for context here, more than 14,000 russian kids are been have been adopted by american families in the last five years and today an estimated 3500 russian children are in the process of being adopted by families in the united states. michelle vaughn is deputy assistant secretary of state for overseas citizen services. thank you for being here. the russians have made it pretty clear they re not happy with the way the system works, that they would like more protections for the kids when they come here. what will be the message from the u.s. state department? well, the very clear message is that the united states and russian government share a strong
story comes to a good conclusion. reporter: i tell you, we can only imagine what this girl has been through, autistic, 11 years old, alone, no shoes on her feet, not a way to make sense of what s going on. it s a very thick wooded area, it s dark in there, and here s what she s facing now. she s covered with bug bites, that s a paramedic at her side, that person has got to be pretty brave, because it is alligator feeding, mating season back there, and what officers have just described in front of the camera for reporters is absolutely frightening, a nightmare. they are doing what s called a daisy chain, passing her along from one paramedic to the other. the brush is so thick, jane, they can t just have her walk out. her parents did send shoes to put on the water-logged feet but at this point, they don t even want her to walk, they want to carry her out. they don t know all her condition, cowferred with bug bites, dehydrated. broken bones, we don t know, she hasn t communica