And end of an icon. The maker of twinkies, wonder bread and ding dongs says goodbye. Im Viktor Blackwell in for randi kaye. I want to start this hour with something we heard from israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu this morning. We are prepared for a significant expansion of the operation. He is talking about the possibility of Ground Troops going in behind the air strikes on gaza. Israeli war planes have been hammering gaza city for the past few days. Ham whereas militants inside gaza have been pirg back matching israel bomb for bomb with their rockets. That has sent civilians scrambling for cover. Our frederick plankin is live in southern israel, and i can see that you are standing there with something over your shoulder, a part of israels iron dome Missile Defense battery. How active has that been today . Well, viktor, its been very active. Its actually right over there. What this system consists of, its obviously got a battery of rockets, and i also got a very sophisticated r
All before the trip to cuba. after this international incident, in which, thank god, these kids are okay, that is going to be a tall order if they ever do, you know, clear any kind of very lengthy sentence. i want to go to viktor blackwell, who is standing by outside of the hillsboro county sheriff s department with some other news. viktor. we just got an update in which we got it to see these two young boys. the pretile detention hearing that was scheduled for monday has now been moved up. it is tomorrow at 10:00 a.m. it will determine if the couple will be allowed to leave the jail here in hillsborough county before their trial or not. again, as our legal expert has said and as many people will probably expect, it s unlikely considering the charges in this case. one other thing, we mentioned the federal charge that have been filed of a flight to avoid
Im to say all of that? no, he s right though. thank you so much for joining me today. i m carol costello. cnn newsroom continues right now. hello, everyone. i m ashleigh banfield. i want to go to tampa, florida, whose couple s grandchildren were snatch and whisked off to cuba are about to speak live to reporters. earlier today those boys, chase and cole s alleged kidnappers, their own parents named josh and sharon hackin, appeared in court. it was via video teleconference from the county jail. a jail that they re not going to be leaving for at least a few more days, and possibly a lot longer than that as well. i m joined now by cnn s viktor blackwell who has been on this story all weeklong. as well legal commentator danny
Hostage themtsz, and that will be that leeblg will be one defense. as far as charges we haven t seen the beginning of them, and at this stage the prosecutor is not bound with any charges this they levy against them now. they can always amend later on as long as they do so well before trial. all right. danny, thank you for that. viktor blackwell is continuing to follow this story as well. now as he is reporting, we ll have a hearing tomorrow. that s what you call quick justice. there were reports of people being trapped in an overturned bugs on the troy. apparently we re being told that this was a bus en route to some of the casinos north of dallas.
Night when the couple was arrested and the boys were on their way back, they read a statement that wasn t very long, and they thanked all the law enforcement officials, even the authorities in cuba and those praying for them. they have not spoken specifically about how they feel about their daughter and their son-in-law. they were just happy that the boys were back home. let me just ask you, viktor. i m want sure anybody knows the answers to this question right now. as we look at the charges that are being laid out against both sharon and josh, sharon is facing kidnapping, interference with child custody, and child neglect at this point. josh has additional charges of false imprisonment, battery, and grand theft auto. do we know about any kind of charges relating to the flight leaving the country with those kids? there was a federal charge of flight to avoid prosecution. we ve asked questions and are