Tracing Haiti's Children
The first story of the evening was Anderson Cooper's experience traveling the streets of Haiti today with UNICEF's team who is working to reunite families.
Tent City Living
AC took a stroll through the sprouting tent city during the day as Haitians work to construct more permanent homes. At night the atmosphere is almost festive with lights, music and street vendors offering up their wares and food to those with money.
Anderson reported that crews were working in the Caribbean market today to recover earthquake victims bodies when their heavy equipment caused the building to collapse further. French, US and Mexican rescue crews are on the scene working to free those trapped today.Missionary Update
Karl Penhaul was back on the missionary story and spoke of the aborted first attempt of the missionaries to get across the DR border with a bus load of Haitian children. After his report he and Anderson discussed the needs of Haitian children.
Anderson talked with Chad Myers about the snow storm heading toward NYC and the East Coast. For those of you affected by this storm stay safe.The TB Threat
Dr. Sanjay Gupta reported on the dangers of tuberculosis spreading in Haiti because of the poor living conditions and lack of sanitation. Sanjay and AC did a follow-up discussion about how id unchecked Haiti's TB epidemic could spread to the rest of the world.
Sean Penn Helping Haiti
Anderson prefaced his interview with Sean Penn by saying he is always wary of celebrities who come to disaster zones (remember Stephen Seagal and Dr. Phil?) but then he said that Penn had been helping on the ground in Haiti for almost 3 weeks. Here's their discussion:
Candy Crowley joined AC360 on Tuesday with the 360 News and Business Bulletin.• The Taliban leader in Pakistan is reportedly dead, the victim of a drone attack
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• Another major crib recall is underway
• Ancient spider fossils have been discovered in China, approximate age? 160 million years
•Nancy Kerrigan's father's death has been ruled a homicide
• The LA coroner released Michael Jackson's autopsy report, all 51 pages
• Republican Senator Richard Shelby has dropped his hold on about 70 Obama nominations
• American Airlines to charge $8 for a blanket and pillow
The Shot
Anderson talked with Donna Brazile about the celebration in NOLA tonight, dancing with Wolf in TSR and the best places to eat when you are in New Orleans. She and her boo ticked off quite the list and she finished up with inviting AC to dine at her house but to bring his own booze. Here's the clip:
There were a couple of fun discussions between CC and AC, besides the one at the end of the Donna Brazile clip. Take a look:
A few more new AC photos to share with you tonight:
All photos by Jonathan Torgovnik
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13 comments:
I found the Quick Vote on the cnn site rather interesting, especially the exit poll. The question was should the Secry. of State Hillary Clinton get involved in the child abduction case in Haiti? I believe 68% said NO. Hmm I wonder who should then? Maybe Bill or perhaps the POTUS??
Anyway I did like the banter between Candy and AC, very cute. Candy is very maternal and he really seems at ease with her. They have a mutual respect for one another that is most obvious.
Good piece by Anderson about people living in tent cities. Interesting culture that has sprung up in the tent cities. At least they seem to be making the best of the situation they are in.
Loved Anderson's discussion with Sean Penn. Nice to see a celebrity who isn't all about themselves. I liked hearing him talk about what's going on down there.
I enjoyed Anderson's discussions with Sanjay last nite. I like the two of them together and they always have good discussions.
360 was good last nite, much better than monday nite. I love Anderson in the field because we get reports form him. I hope when he's back in NY he'll do some reports occasionally. He's so good at it.
I really enjoyed 360 last night. The story about TB broke my heart, and I started wondering, how do AC and the crew protect themselves? I know Sanjay wore the mask, but with all of those people in the tent city, etc, what do they do? Is there a vaccine for it that they can take before they go down there?
This was absolutely the wrong week for AC to go to Haiti. Here in the North East corridor we are experiencing Blizzard condtions, so it is hard to feel sorry for people living in sunshine, no matter how poverty striken they might be. We are about to lose electricity and have problems of our own.
@Nebraska Fan: I wondered that, too, especially when Anderson mentioned how quickly illnesses spread among the crew. According to the CDC, there is a vaccine but it "should be considered only for very select persons who meet specific criteria and in consultation with a TB expert." I'm not sure if AC and the crew meet that criteria, but more information can be found here:
http://www.cdc.gov/TB/publications/factsheets/vaccine/BCG.htm
I think the coverage of Haiti has been great again this week. You can tell that Anderson and Sanjay are passionate about it.
I think Anderson is confortable with Candy. We seem to get the big genuine smile from him and you don't always get that with the person doing the bulletin.
Great job ladies as always keeping us posted when they have shown up during the day. Thanks for the hard work.
For some reason, I found this to be one of the best 360's in a while! Thanks for the recaps!
@anonymous that has got to be one of the most insensitive things I have heard in a while. "it is hard to feel sorry for people living in sunshine." Do you not understand what they are going through over there in Haiti? If your power does go out, you're lucky you'll only have to wait a day or so for it to come back on! They don't even have homes, let a lone a government! I hope you're not so shortsighted about everything in your life. There's too much good in our lives to complain.
-Greta
@Judy -- My reading on the poll you quoted would be that the US shouldn't get involved at all -- that it's a matter for the Haitian government. If anyone were to get involved on behalf of the US, the Secry of State would be the person. US involvement is not always appreciated and often earns us the terrm "ugly American" -- just my opinion.
I really enjoyed last night's show. I'm happy Andersona and Sanjay made the decision to return to Haiti.
@ Annon / Greta -- well said!
@Anonymous 1:57 Please tell me your kidding? Yes we are getting snow. It's cold and it sucks but people in Haiti are dying. It doesn't really matter how much more snow we get because it will never compare to the suffering these poor people are going through. We are about to loose electricity? Oh no what will we do? No computer and TV for a while? I'll never survive! They don't have electricity because they are living in tents. They are starving and suffering. Your comment is extremely insensitive.
@Wonz: I sited the poll for two reasons. One there is practically speaking, no Haitian government to rely on and two, because these people cannot get a fair trial if the US does not get involved in some way.
Tonite's 360 confirmed what I suspected all along. Their gov't is corrupt and not getting any better any time soon.
@ Judy -- well obviously the majority of people in the poll you cited don't think we should be involved. While the Haitian Government may be corrupt, that still doesn't give the US the right try to circumvent the system they have in place. I'm sure the Secy of State's office will do the appropriate thing to protect the US citizens while being sensitive to Haitian laws.
It never ceases to amaze me the trouble US citizens get themselves into in foreign countries (breaking local laws) and then expect our government to come to their rescue. I was taught to take responsibility for my own actions -- just my opinion.
"It never ceases to amaze me the trouble US citizens get themselves into in foreign countries (breaking local laws) and then expect our government to come to their rescue. I was taught to take responsibility for my own actions -- just my opinion."
That reminds me of the show LOCKED UP ABROAD. The people (Americans mostly) would go to different countries, break the countries laws, then expect to get American justice.
Yes the Haitian government is corrupt and right now inactive. These missionaries knew this when they went over there. If not, then it's a lesson learned the hard way. I have no sympathy for them.
I'm guess this isn't of interest to you,
"Experts say this month's storms, with their "historic'" proportions, are ultimately a net negative for taxpayers, who foot the bill for snow cleanup and the lost productivity of more than 230,000 idle federal employees. Official Washington was shut down for a third straight snow day -- unprecedented in recent times.
Office of Personnel Management chief John Berry, who decides when to close the federal government, has said each snow day costs taxpayers an estimated $100 million in work government employees don't do."
Perhaps Anderson shouldn't have spent so much time of the storm, but it does have an important fiscal impact on the taxpayers. I just hope that you can at least be fair and see it from this angle.
I'm sure this won't get posted because it doesn't agree w/the moderator, but it's an important factor.
Thanks for listening.
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