witness confirmation that this family that s been on the run for several days now, at least one of those children and those pa parents have been spotted at a marina in havana. they were none too interested in continuing the conversation and our patrick ottoman was canvassed by the authorities in cuba who he so aptly pointed out had sidearms and were asked to back off. but there you have it. on the deck of the boat, patrick saw one of the children playing. did not get a bead on the second child. but in the meantime i want to bring in a former juvenile judge. i want to ask you about the issue of stripping someone of their parental rights. that s what happened in the united states. those two people have been stripped officially of their
international incident. you have fugitive father, joshua hakken, his wife and these two young sons he allegedly kidnaps are now in cuba. patrick took video of the sailboat. here it is, called the salty, that this family used to reach cuba. you can see you see the little guy in the red shirt there, the middle of the screen, that could be 4-year-old cole, maybe 2-year-old chase, just walking around the deck. hillsborough county, florida, investigators, say their father lost permanent custody of the two boys on tuesday, kidnapped them from their grandmother, tied her up, and then headed out on the boat. detectives think his wife sharyn is there helping her husband. we have patrick ottoman live now in havana.
to you. tell me what cuban authorities are doing at this point about this family, patrick. reporter: you know, it is so interesting, usually you hear very rarely that cuban authorities say anything good about the u.s. and vice versa. but it seems like u.s. and cuban diplomats, government officials, are working on finding a solution. both sides have told sources from both sides told us they re very concerned with the well-being of the children. they realize these are probably not fit parents if you believe the allegations against them. they re trying to find a way to make sure these children are safe and see how they move forward. lots of strucks s safe and see how they move forward. lots of struck s of instruction today. patrick oppmann finding this family. live for us in cuba right now. a quick break. we ll be back on breaking news at the top of the hour momentarily on the horrendous story this afternoon, unfolding, northwest of houston, texas, the lone star college.
0 as, again, we re showing you, these are aerial shots of the campus. what we know so far there are conflicting reports, but perhaps as many as 12 people who might have been stabbed or injured on that campus. one person who has been detained. another person who is still on the loose. we ll be following this breaking news story throughout the afternoon. want to bring in my colleague brooke baldwin who will take it from here. thank you. hi, everyone. i m brooke baldwin. thanks for being with me on this tuesday afternoon as we begin with breaking news out of texas. take a look at these pictures as we explain exactly what is going on here on the ground. this is one of the campuses, there is a multicampus system here in texas, this is harris county this is in the houston area. this is lone star college. reports of multiple stabbings. you see all the white cars, clearly the police presence is there. in terms of numbers, and keep in mind this is still happening, the campus from what we know
captors, aka their parents. those two lost custody of four year old cole and two year old schas after a run in with police in louisiana last june. how they wound up in cuba and what happens next are matters that i put to my cnn colleagues. and victor blackwell who is in tampa. give me exactly what we do know from any cuban officials at this point who may be talking about this case. reporter: well, the kublen officials say that three are not aware of this. they have said that the u.s. has not asked them for any assistance. here s what we do know about their cuban connection. the hills bore/county sheriff s office here, they say that they received information that the family had arrived there. they re not releasing the source yet. they re not saying he exactly what that information is. we do know from a uls official here in the united states that u.s. officials in havana are involved with the situation and they re aware of it, obviously to what extent, what their involvement