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(22 Mar 2010) SHOTLIST
1. Former US Presidents George W. Bush, Bill Clinton and Haitian President Rene Preval arriving at news briefing
2. Cutaway of media
3. Wide of news briefing
4. SOUNDBITE (English) George W. Bush, Former US President:
"It''s one thing to see it on TV, it''s another thing to see it first hand. And hopefully our trip will help remind people in our country that Haiti needs help. I''ll let the president speak to the donors conference on March 31st, I can tell you though that, a lot of people in America care about the plight of the Haitian people."
5. Cutaway of media
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Bill Clinton, Former US President:
"And so we are going to not only meet with people who were involved in the economic sector, we are also going to visit one of the settlements and try to get a feel for what we should do with this fund in the short run, as well as in the months ahead."
7. Various of Bush, Clinton and Preval touring the damaged presidential palace
8. Various of protesters behind fence demanding the return of former Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide
9. Bush and Clinton greeting Haitians while visiting a displaced people camp
10. Zoom out of people in makeshift shelter
11. Bush and Clinton touring camp
12. SOUNDBITE (English) Bill Clinton, Former US President:
"We have a lot more money for a shelter once we have plans to move people to higher ground, but the president''s saying the executive order (inaudible) remain, so we should be able to make some of the camps that are too crowded and those are the too low and therefore in danger of flooding and move them. And then I think you''ll see more of the NGO money flowing in there."
13. More of former presidents walking around camp
STORYLINE
Former US Presidents George W. Bush and Bill Clinton toured Haiti''s rubble-filled capital on Monday to raise aid and investment for a country still reeling from a devastating January 12 earthquake.
It is the first joint visit to the impoverished Caribbean nation for the two former leaders, who were tasked by President Barack Obama with leading the US fundraising effort.
After meeting with President Rene Preval on the grounds of the collapsed national palace, they walked through the tarps-and-tent city on the adjacent Champ de Mars, the national mall filled with 60-thousand homeless quake survivors living in squalor.
Both men, surrounded by Secret Service agents, Haitian police and UN peacekeepers, waded into the giant encampment to shake hands with earthquake survivors.
Clinton said they hoped to get all the aid agencies working together to make the most of the huge global outpouring of support.
Bush told reporters their purpose was to see the devastation first hand and remind "people in our country that Haiti needs help."
He said they also wanted to encourage entrepreneurship in Haiti to create jobs and grow the economy.
Supporters of ousted Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide staged a protest outside the national palace, with about 100 participants, burning tires and demanding the return of their exiled leader.
Clinton and Bush visit as the country struggles to feed and shelter victims of the magnitude-7 quake, which killed an estimated 230-thousand people.
Another 1.3 (m) million quake-survivors are homeless, with many living in camps prone to dangerous flooding in the April rainy season.
The visit aims to spotlight the dramatic need ahead of a critical March 31 UN donors conference in New York, where Haitian officials will ask for 11.5 (b) billion US dollars in reconstruction help.
Aid was already being announced on Monday.

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