` ` Hope for Haiti '' one of the most widely distributed prime - time televised benefits in history . `` This is a small prayer for Haiti , '' Springsteen said as he began . Actors staff the phones , and sing the songs on stage . It broadcast on more than 25 networks including CNN , Fox and Planet Earth . CNN 's Anderson Cooper reports live from Haiti during the event .
` ` Hope for Haiti '' one of the most widely distributed prime - time televised benefits in history . Actors staff the phones , and sing the songs on stage . It broadcast on more than 25 networks including CNN , Fox and Planet Earth . CNN 's Anderson Cooper reports live from Haiti during the event .