lennox mobile app. lennox. innovation never felt so good. good morning. i m carol costello, thank you so much for joining us at 31 minutes past the hour. let s take a look at our top stories. an american couple sit in a florida jail after cuba sends them and their two children back to the united states. josh and sharon face several charges, including kidnapping. the family being spotted by a cnn crew in havana. the children will live with their grandparents. the grandparents have legal custody. this morning, a winter-like storm hammering parts of south dakota and it s only going to get worse. ice-covered trees and telephone poles have toppled over and left many without power. now, temperatures are dropping and snow is piling up.
cuba sent them and their two children back to the united states. josh and sharon face several charges including kidnapping. the family arrived in the u.s. early this morning after being spotted by a cnn crew in havana. the children live with their grandparents, the grandparents have legal custody. a circus elephant is expected to fully recover after being wounded in a drive by shooting. the 39-year-old elephant was shot in the shoulder on tuesday morning. it s part of the circus in tupelo, mississippi, a $16,000 reward is being offered for information that leads to an arrest. and former congressman anthony weiner might return to politics. he told the new york times magazine he is considering running for new york city mayor. he s already spent $100,000 on polling and research. he resigned in 2011 after tweeting lewd photos of himself. president obama s new budget plan is expected to put a cap on
good morning, we begin with big overnight developments in the arrest of the florida couple accused of snatching their young sons and fleeing to cuba. this is new video in florida. where josh and sharon hagan are now locked up and waiting to appear in court. that could come at any time. you can see in our exclusive video, it was a cnn crew that first found the family hunkering down inside their sailboat out of havana, cuba, marina. first, let s hear from the grandparents who have legal custody of these little boys. this is what they said after learning the boys were found safe and sound. our grandchildren are safe we had an opportunity to talk with them before they left cuba. they re on their way and they ll be home soon. right now, we re looking forward to sitting, hugging them and being with them and getting them home where they ll be safe again.
guns under fire. at issue? background checks. new hope that a deal could be near. and lohan steps out. i m happiest when i m working and the healthiest. reporter: going on letterman, calling rehab a blessing. then dave guess ugly. do you drink too much? we ve discussed this in the past. did we? i don t remember that, maybe i m the one having the blackout. ouch! you re watching cnn newsroom. good morning, i m carol costello, thank you for being with me. cnn special. guns under fire. all day, we re focusing on background checks. a subject on target. a break through in the senate on the same background checks. a bipartisan deal will make it to the floor of the senate, maybe as soon as thursday. dana bash on it. what exactly is in the deal? background checks right now, only required at licensed firearms dealers, so what this would do, expand the requirement to include two new areas, gun shows and internet sales this falls short of the universal background checks