it is very active out there. warm in the south, with temperatures in the 80s for the afternoon highs. back over to you two. we ll take that temperatures in the 80s. jennifer delgado, thanks so much. there is crazy weather out there. new this morning, hundreds of people evacuated from their homes as strong, gusty winds fueled brushfire just north of los angeles. this was sparked by downed power lines. so far, it s burned about 170 acres and damaged two structures. about 400 firefighters right now trying to get things under control. no injuries have been reported so far. new developments this morning in the case of those two little florida boys we told you about yesterday. kidnapped by their father, and taken to sea. now law enforcement officials in tampa say they ve received information that 2-year-old chase hakken and 4-year-old cole are in cuba this morning. they were allegedly abducted from their grandparents home by their father, joshua, last week. it is believed he took them
refuge for fugitives, and for wanted criminals for many years. in fact, two of the people who are on the top ten fbi most wanted list are now in cuba living a wonderful life, because castro gives refuge to these criminals. one is joann who killed a new jersey state trooper. another one is a gentleman who killed a do you think people and it goes on and on. you think he would let the father and the children stay? i think that sometimes that castro throws a little bit of crumbs to the united states to appear that he is a law-abiding member of the international community, which he is not. he runs a criminal enterprise gangster style. so he might return them if the heat is too much. but remember, he is currently holding a united states citizen, allen gross, illegally in jail. they had a sham, kangaroo court,
wednesday. now, the parents lost their parental rights to these children on tuesday. wednesday morning we are told that joshua hakken went into the home of the howser s and bound patricia howser s. the boat we are told that he purchased is 25 foot salty . what will happen with the grandparents? we have had communication with the sheriff s office. they tell us the grandparents are here. we were told the grandmother is here. we know both of them are here. we know that if there is a news conference and they are using if because there is no guarantee. we are set up waiting for that. if you wouldn t mind tell our
here. we re waiting to see if cuba says they have this family. what the next step is. cuba typically does not extradite fugitives back to the united states. and this is one thing christine where the long arm of american justice simply does not reach. all right. thanks patrick in havana this morning. let s get to victor blackwell standing by for us live in tampa, florida. that s where the boys were living. victor, what are police saying? well, christine, it was the local sheriff s department here in tampa. the hillsboro county sheriff s office, that first announced that connection to cuba. saying they d received information that the hakken family had arrived in cuba. they would not elaborate. now it was five days ago when we re told by authorities that joshua hakken broke into his mother-in-law s home, his children s grandmother, tied her up, and took the children, and then set off in her car. that car was found, his truck was, as well, and that boat we re told, as we re reporting
there was a search for a car and then a truck and then this boat we realized we were told by authorities that he purchased just days after this kidnapping, we re told by authorities. so this now we said has become an international incident. we re still waiting for confirmation from the u.s. government exactly why or how they ended up in havana, cuba. so, victor, there is no extradition treatien with the u.s. and cuba. the question is what happens? might cuba send these people now back to the u.s.? reporter: you know, joshua hakken is described by authorities as someone who has anti-government views. and he likely knew that if indeed he is in cuba. there are 70 fugitives in cuba. that is an estimate from the fbi. many of the people have been there for decades. we do not know. when he comes back, if he comes back, he ll face charges of kidnapping and child neglect and false imprisonment. that is just for what happened here according to authorities in tampa.