captioning sponsored by cbs and johnson & johnson, where quality products for the american family have been a tradition for generations. >> osgood: good morning. i'm charles osgood and this is sunday morning. sunday morning clouded by the images of death and grief still coming out of haiti. this past tuesday's earthquake and its after math will be our focus for much of the morning, as we bring you up to date on what has happened there and what americans are doing to try to help the people of that stricken and desperately poor country. jeff glor is in haiti this morning and he'll be reporting our sunday morning cover story. >> reporter: it has now been five days since those terrible seconds that changed everything. this morning, we take stock. the search for the missing. the wait for life-saving food and water. the horror. the heart break. the hope. anguish in haiti, later on sunday morning. >> osgood: we have much more this morning including a look at the phrase darwin's evolution, which most of us associate with charles darwin's theory of evolution, the fact that species adapt to change over time. it turns out darwin was adapting and changing in his own life as he pursued his research, as our richard roth will demonstrate. >> reporter: his theory explains a diversity of life he had seen on the galapagos islands, but charles darwin was a scientist at home too. >> he sees what goes on in his marriage bed in the same way as what goes on in his flower bed. >> reporter: there's inspiration for a big idea in a new movie even in the tension in his marriage. >> i think it's a fantastic lesson, you know, a lesson of tolerance. >> reporter: later this sunday morning, charles darwin's struggle with his own evolution. >> osgood: artistic license usually refers to the freedom given artists who express themselves and their insights in any way they choose. however, it's a term that could equally apply to some art collectors who share their treasures with the rest of us. sandra hughes this morning will show you. >> reporter: he's a dallas millionaire who wants to give her art away. >> i really believe in public access to art. >> reporter: he's a los angeles philanthropist who doesn't want to give his art away. instead, he's lending it. >> this was in the entry to our home also. >> reporter: but when the late donald fisher tried to give his collection to san francisco, the story got complicated. private art going public. ahead on sunday morning. >> osgood: harrison ford is a movie star who has been honing his skills over more than 40 films. still as he'll tell rita braver this morning, ford has his own doubts about at least one of the qualities people say they see in him. >> reporter: he's created some classic film characters. >> get off my plane. >> reporter: and also been dubbed the sexiest man alive. but harrison ford insists he doesn't consider himself much of a looker. we're bothered by the fact that you really don't see that you have movie star looks because you seem like kind of a bright fellow. >> everybody has areas, gaps in their understanding and knowledge. let that be mine. >> reporter: later on sunday morning, harrison ford on childhood, career, and calista. >> osgood: we'll also take note of the late night tv showdown and more. but first the headlines for this sunday morning, the 17th of january, 2010. to begin, the very latest from haiti. prime minister of that nation now estimates the death toll from tuesday's earthquake at 100,000. u.s. officials say they believe 15 americans were killed. a woman was pulled from hotel ruins in port-au-prince this morning. rescuers are still working to free three others trapped in rubble. the white house says tens of thousands of food rations along with water fewerification units arrived last night. and the u.s. navy salvage ship is en route to navy with divers to help the devastated nation's wrecked seaport. in washington president obama met with former president george w. bush and bill clinton for about half an hour yesterday. they later talked about their new assignment, a fund-raising effort for haitian relief. >> our longer-term effort will not be measured in days and weeks. it will be measured in months and even years. that's why it's so important to enlist and sustain the support of the american people. >> i know a lot of people want us to send blankets or water. just send your cash. one of the things that the president and i will do is to make sure your money is spent wisely. >> i have no words to say what i feel. we need... i was in those hotels that collapsed. i had meals with people who are dead. the cathedral church that hillary and i sat in 34 years ago is a total rubble. >> osgood: for her part, mrs. clinton, secretary of state hillary clinton, arrived in port-au-prince yesterday for meetings with haitian government leaders. we'll have more on haiti coming up presently. today is first lady michelle obama's birthday. the president surprised her with a party last night at an organic restaurant in washington's dupont circle neighborhood. the first lady is 46. in last night's afc divisional play-off game the indianapolis colts ended the baltimore rains' season with a 20-3 win. earlier, breeze threw two touchdown passes and reggie bush ran for two scores as the saints overwhelmed the defending nfc champion arizona cardinals 45-14. play-off action continues later today when the dallas cowboys take on the minnesota vikings followed by the san diego chargers and new york jets right here on cbs. as for the weather today, it will be a wet day on both the east and west coasts. and a mild one pretty much everywhere else. looking ahead to tomorrow's holiday, martin luther king day, it will be wet out west, cooler in the plains, mild in the east and south. next, haiti. taking it day by day. and later.... >> i already work around the clock. >> osgood:,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, >> osgood: the disaster in haiti has dominated the news this past week and as a new week begins the pace of relief effort is stepping up. a team of cbs news correspondents arrived in port-au-prince within hours of tuesday's devastating quake. among them jeff glor who looks back and forward in our sunday morning cover story. >> the report from images we've seen-- collapsed hospitals, crumbled homes and men and women carrying their injured neighbors through the streets-- are truly heart wrenching. >> reporter: it has been five days now since 4:53 tuesday afternoon. a city shaken to its core, collapsing in a cloud of dust. >> the world is coming to an end. >> reporter: the anguish was immediate. and would only get worse and worse. it has been a horrifying week here in port-au-prince, a week where the dead, the injured and the homeless are sharing a city largely reduced to rubble. a week where people had to fend for themselves, desperate for food and water, tending to their own injuries, burying their own dead. it is only now that aid is finally starting to arrive. but it's taken five days. very long days. >> the major disaster may be unfolding right now in haiti. hit today by a powerful earthquake. it was.... >> reporter: from early on, it was clear the death toll would be staggering. first we heard tens of thousands. then potentially hundreds of thousands. the first words from haiti's ambassador to the united states were prophetic. >> i'm quite sure we will need everything. >> reporter: the pictures have become familiar. the presidential palace had all but collapsed. so had block after block, neighborhood after neighborhood, gone. a police station destroyed. the university flattened. >> we need more people down here. >> reporter: united nations headquarters, gone. the few helpers that remained had to help themselves. everywhere there were frantic efforts to pull people from the debris. tons of debris. the few happy endings offset by horrific scenes on corner after corner. port-au-prince was on its own. as the sun rose on wednesday, the earthquake's impact could be seen not just in the city but in surrounding neighborhoods. in the best of times, haiti is the poorest country in the western hemisphere. four out of five people here live in poverty. with hospitals collapsed and no doctors or ambulances in the streets, people realized it was up to them. right now we're outside a hospital. it is an almost indescribable scene of anguish with bodies lying in the street and people looking for help in any way they can. right now there just isn't enough help available. >> too many people are dying. there's no hospital. nothing. no food. no water. nothing. >> reporter: that was a cry that would be heard throughout the city. for days to come. this woman at the back of what was left of her home. >> we ran and we made it to here. when we came right here at this point that's when it collapsed. >> reporter: she had barely gotten her children out alive. as we spoke with her... you have six children? >> get out, get out. get out. >> reporter: the earth shook again. >> get out. >> reporter: we just had to leave the building because there was an aftershock. everyone who was inside had to come back out. you can see the concern is obvious on the streets right now. they don't want these buildings to keep shaking. they're worried about even more aftershocks. a well justified worry. >> in haiti there are absolutely no buildings.... >> reporter: with the aid organization, world vision. >> buildings are built on top of buildings. there are no standards so it's just unreinforced kron create going up. i've heard that many times buildings are what kill people. all the buildings are falling in. >> reporter: the world began to respond. across the united states, in europe and asia, search-and-rescue teams mobilized. in port-au-prince, a coast guard plane surveyed the city. the airport started filling up with planes. by nighttime, 24 hours after the quake, rescue squads were finally going in to action. the only certainty was that they had an enormous job ahead. >> the tragic thing is we have no idea how many people have died. >> reporter: and still the living, homeless and outdoors, try to keep their spirits up. (singing) >> to the people of haiti we say clearly and with conviction, you will not be foresaken. you will not be forgotten. >> reporter: but for the wounded of port-au-prince it was surely hard not to feel forsakeen. correspondent byron pitts found a collapsed hospital with a staff of one. >> how are you supposed to take care of hundreds of people by yourself? >> that's what i'm trying right now. >> reporter: the crushing injuries of earthquakes are especially brutal. and dr. tyron gill told us three days without medical care is close to a death sentence. >> these are people that have been, you know, buried for three or four days. when they get here, there's gang reen going on already. >> reporter: you're seeing that already. >> it's ugly. >> reporter: it can't be safe. by the time they bring somewhere here, you have to amputate. >> yes. >> reporter: we saw desperate scenes across the city. for those trapped time was running out. a lucky few made it to the airport and on to flights out of haiti. as for the incoming, the stream of aid had become a flood. >> we under her majesty's directive join the international community in expressing our sympathy to the people of haiti. >> reporter: but the tarmac was turning into a traffic jam. so many planes and not enough room. the collapsed presidential palace became a symbol for the collapse of government authority. given the aid log jam some turned to looting. malt ress became a most valuable commodity. the president of haiti reflected on his country's dire straits. >> a lot of people died. a lot of people are suffering. >> reporter: by friday, aerials of port-au-prince showed just how severe the devastation was. about one third of its buildings had been damaged or destroyed. the view from above showed the living 300,000 homeless and the dead. with temperatures rising into the upper 80s, the smell of death hovered over the city. some bodies were burned in desperation. yet still there were small victories. a woman was pulled from the rubble of the montana hotel. >> thank you all for saving my life. >> reporter: and the injured continue to fight. among them many children. nearly half the population of haiti is under the age of 18. >> his parents died. his parents died. >> reporter: katie couric found a hospital bursting at the seams and one desperate little boy. (screaming) >> reporter: 13-year-old pierre lareuss with a broken leg and a head injury. the boy held on tight waiting for his grandmother to make her way to his side. at week'sen... at week's end, that question why was on the minds of so many hasians. why was it taking so long? still there was hope on the horizon. u.s. aircraft carrier carl vincent began launching helicopters bringing in precious supplies of water. but there was no way to get it to all of the people. what is your biggest challenge right now? >> our biggest challenge is being able to logistically distribute items in a secure manner. >> reporter: this woman was organizing sacks of hygiene kits and food for catholic relief services. does the situation get worse before it gets better. >> it does get worse because as aid is coming, the people get more anxious. >> reporter: we went along as supplies were delivered to the home of lily grace who had welcomed 230 families into her backyard. >> i told them, listen, come. you have nowhere to go. you can come. then i have all those people since then. >> reporter: finally yesterday the pace of relief picked up. food and drink began to reach the desperate crowds at port-au-prince. u.s. navy helicopters began making dozens of trips every hour to deliver water. what's the priority right now? >> the priority without question is alleviating the suffering of the haitian people who have suffered this incredible disaster. right now their biggest need is water. >> reporter: in one neighborhood, water came by this tanker truck loads. in another, u.n. workers handed out plates of food. much needed relief, but the threat of chaos remains. and the need is not just in port-au-prince. correspondent kelly cobiella went to a nearby town all but destroyed. the priest at the 500-year-old catholic church does not know what he will say at today's mass. only god knows. and only god knows the state of haitians still searching through collapsed homes. still lying in the streets, still looking for a place to bury their dead. or the unimaginable horror of a woman still trapped in the rubble. five days and counting and haiti is still crying for help. my bliss? really soft, really smooth lips. my blistex new lip massage. the soft tip smoothes away rough spots, as emollients moisturize and protect. my lips feel amazing. discover bliss. discover blistex. mmmmmm. mmmmmm. wow! you have got to be kidding me. 80 calories? light & fit has 80 calories versus 100 in the other leading brand. light & fit. irresistible taste. fewer calories. i love light & fit. >> osgood: over the past few days we've seen american ships and aircraft and military personnel converging upon the haiti earthquake zone. they're on a life-and-death mission. they do have a plan. here's national security correspondent david martin. >> reporter: water, water everywhere and yesterday it finally got to people who need it. para-troopers from the 82nd airborne landed a hill where survivors had gathered. so often these days the face of america is that of a soldier. in this case, captain jonathan hart. >> i brought my para-troopers in to help the people of haiti recover from this earthquake. >> reporter: the log jam at the airport has put the 82nd behind schedule. an 800-man battalion was supposed to be on the ground friday. but by yesterday there were only 240. the main port is a disaster area and until a second one can be opened up at cape haitian on the north shore, the american military is trying to move in to haiti through that single runway airport. the vice president likened it to shoving a bowling ball through a straw. >> we were able to get 17 airframes in. we have the capacity to send in 700. airframes. >> reporter: secretary of state clinton who made a firsthand inspection yesterday said one of the first questions she asked the military was why not parachute troops and supplies in? she got the same answer reporters got when they asked the commander of the operation. >> air drop is dangerous for people on the ground because when people see things falling, they will run to where that is and so it can actually cause more problems than it caused help. >> reporter: which is why general douglas fraser said.... >> we started moving ships almost immediately after we found out that there was a catastrophe in haiti. >> reporter: the first big deck to arrive was the carrier vincent 19 helicopters on board. it got there friday but only because it happened to be at sea off the east coast when the quake hit. unlike a hurricane, said joint chiefs chairman admiral mike mullen, you can't see an earthquake coming. >> this is a crisis that was a bolt out of the blue, if you will. in that regard, the response time i think for having no idea this was going to occur has really been remarkable. >> reporter: ships that were in port had to load supplies before they could get underway. it will be tomorrow before these amphibious ships with 14 helicopters and 2200 marines reach haiti. a hospital ship comfort is finally underway from baltimore. but its multiple operating rooms and hundreds of hospital beds are still five days away from haiti. >> there are just some certain facts of life that affect how quickly you can do some of these things. the collapse of the infrastructure in haiti, the small size of the airport, the time it takes a ship to get from point a to point b-- those are all just facts of life. >> reporter: there is another fact of life, defense secretary gates didn't mention. the u.s. is fighting two wars. most of the 82nd airborne is either in iraq or afghanistan. now the u.s. military is taking on a major new operation which is still growing in size and which the vice president says has no end in sight. >> we're in for the long haul. the haitian people are our friends. they're our partners. they're our neighbors. we're not going to abandon them in their time of need. their time of need is going to extend well beyond the ensuing months. it's going to extend for the next several years. >> reporter: another big deck is likely to head toward haiti tomorrow. each morning for at least the next week when the haitian survivor looks out to sea, there will be more american ships on the horizon. but what that survivor really needs to know is when will it get to me? 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