cars to them. they re trying to help your people. translator: doctors without borders know what they need to do. they re an organization of high esteem. why would we want to block them? if we wanted to block aid, there wouldn t be so much aid that came through since the earthquake. reporter: many charity groups are afraid to speak out publicly, worried they ll get the government angry, fearing if they speak up it will be even harder to get their humanitarian supplies. ed joseph is a representative for relief organizations in haiti, and he says many of the groups have waited weeks for vehicles that are blocked, medical supplies. other humanitarian material. mat tress and bedding. doctors without borders said it spent $126,000 on rental cars because the organization couldn t get its cars out of customs. off yourself an example from a highly reputable ngo that does excellent work around the world.
this story, the organizations don t want to anger the government from haiti. and one more point i want to say to you, the director does tell us he s welcoming all the ngos into his office. we told the ngos that so we won t be surprised if that happens very soon. ander on? the idea that the red cross has two vehicles or three vehicles sitting there three weeks for some paperwork issue is mind boggling and infuriating and ridiculous. the government of haiti knows the work that the red cross and red kres sent do, they know what doctors without borders do. the idea that the government you asked the key questions saying look, it looks as if, in the best case scenario the government is trying to rake in some money. this is one of the few places they can actually get their hands on some money. and that s clearly what is happening here. i talked to former president clinton about it. he says that s what s happening, he s trying to get the government to change their
break. i want to talk more about the berm project. scientists are saying look, this isn t working. we ll talk about that when we come back. are the berms washing away? are they still a good idea? a lot of people are divided on that. the live chat is under way right now. also later tonight, raw politics. the naacp alleging racism among some in the tea party movement. we ll ask a tea party organizer how he answered those charges. we ll hear more from roland martin and from haiti as well. [ man ] i m a filthy rich executive. i hear the market s down a million points.
and i m sure that they are not at all alone. to some fair-minded people, it could sound like maybe the haitian government wants to make some extra money by holding this stuff and by forcing these ngos to rent equipment from local dealers here in haiti. can you understand how people can think that? translator: i m not even going to respond to those charges. they don t make any sense. the government does not own rental shops. reporter: the customs director also says he doesn t make the laws, he enforces them. and when i tell him many of the chairities, the so-called ngos don t want us to use their name, he s not impressed. reporter: if the translator: if the ngos don t want their names used they ve got something to hide. we not blocking anything. they re blocking themselves. reporter: and he says haiti has to worry about illegal organizations posing as
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