How does it feel seeing them . Doing this again . Makes me sick. Wait till you see what we found when we took our cameras undercover. So we are talking 7,000. Total, about that. This woman was offering her baby for adoption. But was she even pregnant . Is that a pillow . It looks like a pillow. What about adoption agencies careful as they should be. I will say on the form i dont do drugs. I am actually a correspondent with dateline nbc. A hidden camera investigation. Im lester holt. And this is dateline. Here is Andrea Canning with hope heartbreak. Reporter adoption can be a time of joy. It was probably the most amazing moment of my entire life. Reporter but its also a multimillion dollar industry. Its just been unbelievable and eyeopening. Reporter the transactions impact peoples lives. It sounds like youre describing buying a house. Right, but its a baby. Reporter and the outcome is anything but certain. I say, its all a gamble. Reporter because for the thousands of families who succ
Doing this again . Makes me sick. Wait till you see what we found when we took our cameras undercover. So we are talking 7,000. Total, about that. This woman was offering her baby for adoption. But was she even pregnant . Is that a pillow . It looks like a pillow. What about adoption agencies careful as they should be. I will say on the form i dont do drugs. I am actually a correspondent with dateline nbc. A hidden camera investigation. Im lester holt. And this is dateline. Here is Andrea Canning with hope heartbreak. Reporter adoption can be a time of joy. It was probably the most amazing moment of my entire life. Reporter but its also a multimillion dollar industry. Its just been unbelievable and eyeopening. Reporter the transactions impact peoples lives. It sounds like youre describing buying a house. Right, but its a baby. Reporter and the outcome is anything but certain. I say, its all a gamble. Reporter because for the thousands of families who successfully adopt each year, there
Wanted them to adopt her baby. They agreed to pay heathers Living Expenses for the last few months of her pregnancy, and moved her into an apartment. You mustve been excited. Yeah. Yeah, we absolutely. We were very excited. Reporter paying a birthmothers Living Expenses is legal in most states. But it doesnt guarantee the adoption will happen. A birthmother can change her mind at any time during her pregnancy. Still amy and chris were confident heather wouldnt. We spent i think about three days total with her. Reporter two months after theyd started supporting heather, amy and chris flew out to meet her face to face. We went to see movies together. I took her shopping for maternity clothes. Reporter amy even went with heather to the doctor for an ultrasound. How special was it for you to be able to go to this ultrasound and actually see ye that reporter the baby . It was it was amazing. I mean you know, having not had a pregnancy go that far to be able to go to an ultrasound myself it
She says, mommys not coming right now. A seasoned female inmate is transferred back to the jail from state prison. If somebody doesnt pay me on store day, i dont know, it kind of gets ugly. But she suddenly finds herself on the wrong end of a fist. And the job picking up dead bodies its blood and brain matter. Gives one inmate a new reason to live. In here i have a purpose. Officials at the Hamilton County Justice Center in cincinnati, ohio, say theyve seen firsthand the impact of drug use on the city and the jail. Drugs are a huge problem. Unfortunately, it is something that starts on the streets. And by the time it gets to the point where they are in the jail with us, they are withdrawing. And they will do anything to get those drugs back. So we can search all we want. They will always find ways to bring them in. It is a daily struggle and we do the best we can. Sometimes we find them. Sometimes we dont. You know, that is unfortunately the best we can do. Most of the 1,300 men and wo