have mentioned slavery in his proclamation? we will talk with historian douglas brink about the real history of the war and why now, many try to rewrite it. keeping them honest, the ten continue family who sent their newly adopted russian child back, putting him on a plane alone and not even telling russian officials he was coming. this 17-year-old justin hanson that we are talking about, there he is, we blurred his image because of his age and the situation he was involved n he was adopted only about six months ago but last week, he showed up, as you probably know, up announced at russia s child protection ministry with a note from his adopted family saying he was violent and the mom was misled by adoption officials in russia. russian officials are furious, threatening to suspend all adoption buys americans. today, tennessee law enforcement officials held a news conference but the truth is as you are going to see, they are having trouble investigating the case because just answers a
it appears to me that what we re going to have to do at this point is continue the investigation, try to dig into and get enough evidence to bring charges. and that s the only way we are going to get trace: our own judge andrew napolitano says the woman could be in some trouble. the manner in which she sought to terminate this is unlawful and exposes her to liability for anything that could have happened to the child as a result of this unaccompanied travel. trace: and the russian president calling the mother a monster for sending the boy back. dana lewis streaming live tonight in moscow. dana? hi, trace. this case is major sensation here and it s also turning into kind of a diplomatic disagreement between russia and america. here are the facts. 7-year-old justin hanson by american parents is back in russian health ministry after he was dropped off in russia
but rather than returning him like a broken toy in person, she just put him on a plane alone and didn t even tell the russians he was coming. take a look at the photograph taken in moscow. this is the little boy you see being rushed into a van. he s 7 years old. his name is justin hanson. he was adopted by a tennessee family own by about six months ago but yesterday justin showed up unannounced in russ at russia s child protection agency with a note from ace adopted mom that created an international incident. russia is now threatening to stop all international adoptions by americans and the mom today was questioned by police. here s randi kaye. reporter: 7-year-old justin hanson s grandmother says he was excited about his trip back to moscow. the adopted russian orphan apparently had no idea he was being returned forever. no longer wanted by his new family. justin s grandmother nancy hanson told cnn she put him on a flight to moscow this week to save her family. she claimed the boy w
keeping them honest, we wondered how someone could just discard a child they adopted. nancy insists she didn t abandon the child. she says she found a lawyer online who advised her justin was a russian citizen and the adoption could be reversed, so she says she followed his instructions for how to return the child. she booked a flight, she says from washington, d.c., to moscow and put him on the plane alone. when he arrived at moscow s airport, justin was met by a driver nancy had also found online. nancy said the driver, who she called arthur had safe references. at nancy s request the driver took justin to russia s child protection ministry and that set off an international investigation. justin had with him a letter nancy said she prepared for russian officials explaining they wanted the adoption rights removed since she said an orphanage doctor told them he s healthy. all the examinations show the by to be completely healthy,
family. justin s grandmother nancy hanson told cnn she put him on a flight to moscow this week to save her family. she claimed the boy was violent and psychotic and had a hit list of people he wanted to hurt. his adoptive mother was number one on the list, she said. he wanted to kill her for the house. but earn stead of calling the adoption agency, which arranged to bring the boy to the u.s., he was packed up and shipped off, returned like an unwanted purchase. with no word to authorities in the u.s. or russia. i can t imagine why she wouldn t send back to washington to that adoption agency. reporter: nancy s daughter adopted him just last september but signed her over parental rights to nancy, she says, because of the 7-year-old s violent tendencies. but at hair home on monday, april 5th, the boy s grandmother said she found him in his room trying to start papers on fire.