0 to speak. communicate with the north and prepare the south. that's it for our special report. i'm wolf blitzer in washington. the news continues next on cnn. they are back in the united states. new this morning, two boys abducted by sailboat and taken to cuba returned a short time ago, now in florida. a sick fantasy turned to brutal reality. new information on the suspect in a mass stabbing attack at a texas college. and the united states and the world waiting, with north korea expected to launch a ballistic missile. do we have a breakthrough on background checks, folks? we're just hours away from a bipartisan senate announcement on gun control in america. good morning to you. thanks for being with us this morning. welcome to "early start." i'm zoraida sambolin. >> and i'm john berman. empanada day. >> he's already had five. >> could be a rough one. news overnight. the end of a kidnapping drama that turned into a man hunt and ended under the shadow of the cold war. the parents accused of an ducting their two young sons and sailing off to cuba are back on u.s. soil and placed under arrest. it was cuba that turned the hakken family over. florida authorities sent a plane to havana to bring them back to tampa overnight. victor blackwell is live in tampa this morning. good morning, victor. what's the latest? >> reporter: good morning. the headline is chase and cole hakken are safe at home with their grandparents. their parents, joshua and sharon hakken are in jail. we have video of their arrival overnight in hillsborough county on that plane that was sent to cuba to retrieve them. here's how it all went down. this is from the fbi and the hillsborough county sheriff's office. it was the state department that received information that the hakken family had arrived in cuba. initially the fbi said that it received information the family was headed south. they started that search on land and by boat. after the information came to the state department that was shared with the fbi, shared with the sheriff's office, and that was late monday when it was released to the media. and patrick ottman of cnn confirmed tuesday morning that indeed the hakken family was in cuba. after that, we're told the cuban authorities were cooperative throughout the entire process. that plane was sent to cuba with officials locally here, also the fbi, to retrieve the family. they arrested the parents joshua and sharon hakken, took the boys 0 into custody. the parents were held a few hours for questioning, and the boys were taken back to their grandparents. it was a week ago on wednesday when they were snatched. this wednesday they're waking up in their beds at home. their grandfather, robert hauser, thanked everyone in this process for bringing the boys back home. here's what he said in his news conference. >> right now we're just looking forward to sitting, getting them in our arms and hugging them, and being with them and getting them home where they'll be safe again. >> there were the four hakkens that were taken into custody there, the parents and those boys, but also the family dog, a terrier. we're still working to get the name of that dog. that dog is with the boys back home here in tampa. john? >> we're thrilled the boys are safe and the fact they have their dog, victor. what charges will joshua hakken face? what about the wife? do we have any details about her involvement in this whole thing? >> reporter: we do know now she also will be facing charges. two counts of kidnapping, cruelty to children, burglary charge with battery, also grand theft auough auto for joshua har stealing patricia's car. and charges to avoid prosecution, state charges and now a federal count, both behind bars here in hillsborough county. >> a whole litany of charges. again, we are so thrilled those kids are back safely. thank you so much. the united states and the world bracing right now for north korea's next move. cnn has learned the white house believes it is likely the north could test fire a mobile ballistic missile at any moment. based on recent intelligence reports as well, it appears pyongyang has already completed the necessary launch preparations. jim clancy is live from seoul this morning. jim, a couple of things here. i have a list in front of me, and it's a brief history of north korean missile tests, and it's quite a few of them. they've done this before. there's been a lot of rhetoric before, and typically around the birthday of north korea's leader, they like to show their military prowess. what is different here? >> reporter: well, this is coming during these military maneuvers, and it's also coming at a time when kim jong-un himself and pyongyang have really raised the stakes with fiery rhetoric. it's raised eyes of the south koreans, the russians, the chinese. the japanese have upped their missile defense system, so have the south koreans. everybody is more on edge, precisely of what we've been hearing coming out of pyongyang over the course of the past three weeks. >> jim, is there any way to gauge how far kim jong-un is willing to go this time? >> reporter: well, there isn't -- we don't know that much about this young leader. we don't know who may be pushing him to do this. there are some older relatives of his that are also involved in the government. they may be counseling him that he's got to take it further than did his father or grandfather. here in south korea -- i talked to the unification minister today, and he was very clear. he doesn't see a war here on the korean peninsula. listen. >> translator: it is impossible for war to break out on the korean peninsula unless north korea makes unreasonable and insane decisions. the u.s.-south korea alliance creates a strong deterrent, and also china and russia will never allow war to break out. >> reporter: you know, it may also be zoraida, that north korea is saying one thing and doing another. they told us, if you recall, 24 hours ago that diplomats should be leaving pyongyang, considering getting out of the country. now today we find out that they're inviting athletes from 16 different countries who are going to be in pyongyang to run a marathon for, guess what, kim il-song's birthday that comes up on the 15th. >> jim clancy, thank you very much. new developments this morning on the stabbing rampage on a college campus in texas. the suspect under arrest, 20-year-old dylan quick, is accused of injuring 14 people in yesterday's attack. quick told investigators he planned the assault, and he has fantasized about be staibbing people to death since he was in elementary school. cnn's ed lavandera is live with the latest. >> reporter: classes here at the lone star college campus in cypress, texas, will resume. everything back to normal today. yesterday everything was far from normal, but it thankfully came to an end when three students jumped into action and took out an attacker. investigators say dylan quick unleashed a rapid and frightening attack on 14 people as he walked through the hallway at the lone star college campus in cypress, texas. cassie foe says it was surreal to watch the horrific scene unfold. she was in a classroom when she heard students screaming. how in the world did someone stab 14 people? >> he used his backpack as a shield and gets close to the person and bumps into them and stabs them statement. >> reporter: so it was that quick? >> that quick and out and then walks the other way. >> reporter: so he's walking down the hall and leaving a trail of pain behind him? is >> exactly. he was stabbing people in his way. there was no pattern. there was no method. it was completely random. >> reporter: 14 people were wounded in the surprising assault. four had to be airlifted to hospitals. for many, it was all over before they could figure out what had happened. the wounds were gruesome, a piece of a blade broke off in one victim's cheek. others were stabbed in the throat and face. as students ran from the chaos, a group of three students went after the attacker. one of them was steven meda. >> there was a guy stabbing girls in the face. i was like, all right, i've got to go in there and help and see what i can do. >> reporter: meda says he and two other students started chasing quick through the building and finally caught up with him in a parking lot. >> i jumped on him. i didn't want to take a chance. i put him on his stomach and put his hands on his back, and that's when the cops showed up and started searching him. >> reporter: what did he say? >> i was on top of him, why did you do this? what made you want to stab these girls? >> reporter: meda said he didn't get an answer, but investigators say dylan quick has had fanta fantasies of stabbing people since he was in elementary school and had planned these attacks for some time. investigators say dylan quick used a razor type knife and has been charged with three counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. and the latest we've heard is that two of those students who were wounded are still in critical condition. we'll continue to monitor the updates on those students. a lot of thoughts and prayers going out to them this morning. as i mentioned off the top here, classes resume as this campus tries to get back to normal today. john? >> ed lavandera, thank you so much. a lot of questions about this story still. coming up on "early start," we're going to speak with maya kalil, who's a student at lone star college and was on campus when the violence erupted. that's ahead at 6:00 a.m. eastern time this morning. >> she also took pictures throughout. we have those as well. also new this morning, president obama's budget for fiscal year 2014 will be released in a few hours. copies will be delivered to capitol hill in the south. later this morning in the rose garden, the president will make a statement. he'll propose changes to social security and medicare and calls for new tax increases. in france, the senate passing key portions of legislation that would make marriage and adoption legal for all same-sex couples. the marriage bill passed the lower houses of parliament back in february. and the university of connecticut rewriting the history books by winning the nak women's basketball championship for the eighth time. yeah, freshman sensation breanna stewart scoring 18 of 24 points in the first half as the huskies crushed louisville 93-60. >> look at that steal. >> yes, it was the most lopsided win ever in a final. uconn are now tied for the most women's national titles with eight each. congratulatio congratulations, ladies. >> that's awesome. what a program they have up there in connecticut. fantastic to see. 11 minutes after the hour. we could find out within a matter of hours whether a deal has been reached to turn a major gun proposal into reality. we'll give you the details coming up. h scent boosters, here with my favorite new intern, jimmy. mmm! fresh! and it's been in the closet for 12 weeks! unbelievable! unstopables! follow jimmy on youtube. you know who you are. you can part a crowd, without saying a word... if you have yet to master the quiet sneeze... you stash tissues like a squirrel stashes nuts... well muddlers, muddle no more. try zyrtec®. it gives you powerful allergy relief. and zyrtec® is different than claritin® because zyrtec® starts working at hour one on the first day you take it. claritin® doesn't start working until hour three. zyrtec®. love the air. claritin® doesn't start working until hour three. welcnew york state, where cutting taxes for families and businesses is our business. we've reduced taxes and lowered costs to save businesses more than two billion dollars to grow jobs, cut middle class income taxes to the lowest rate in sixty years, and we're creating tax free zones for business startups. the new new york is working creating tens of thousands of new businesses, and we're just getting started. to grow or start your business visit thenewny.com since aflac is helping with his expenses while he can't work, he can focus on his recovery. he doesn't have to worry so much about his mortgage, groceries, or even gas bills. kick! kick... feel it! feel it! feel it! nice work! ♪ you got it! you got it! yes! aflac's gonna help take care of his expenses. and us...we're gonna get him back in fighting shape. ♪ [ male announcer ] see what's happening behind the scenes at ducktherapy.com. 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