i asked his name and he confirmed he was joshua haiken. he asked who i was.a reporter and he took off. at the same time, cuban officials came out of the woodwork, some with their hands on their pistols. that's when i had a pretty good idea that we were in the right place. >> so it seems like the cuban officials knew they were there and were watching them. the cuban government now has agreed to send the haikens and their kids back to the u.s. when's that going to take place, any idea? >> reporter: you know, talking to both u.s. and cuban officials throughout the day, you get the sense that both sides really want this to happen as soon as possible. but it's a level of coordination we haven't seen here in quite some time between governments that usually don't agree on much of anything. but what we're waiting for now is to find out how they'll transport them, if they need to bring in u.s. marshals as they have done in the past to take them out on one of the direct flights say between here and miami, here and tampa, but both cuban and u.s. officials say they want

the grandmother says her son-in-law joshua haiken kidnapped his kids last week hours after he learned he had lost custody. investigators say he went into the grandmother's house, tied her up and then took the kids away. and then his wife and he apparently packed the children into a boat and sailed to havana. new this evening, video that we're told shows the family at hemingway arena in havana. you can see them walking there behind the glass. earlier today, a spokesman for the u.s. state department said officials were keeping a close eye on all of this. >> we are aware of this case and the u.s. intersection is in contact with local authorities. u.s. officials are providing all appropriate assistance to family. >> shepard: getting that family back to the united states could have been a real problem because washington doesn't have any formal sort of agreement with cuba for these sorts of cases. now, it appears problem solved. phil keating is live with the news in our florida newsroom. where do things stand now, phil? >> no time line yet from cuba, shep. the hillsborough county sheriff in

here's video of joshua and sharon haiken being looked into a florida jail.ce kidnapping, child neglect and one count of burglary. the couple who lost their parental rights when the father was arrested for drug possession, kidnapped their sons were their grandparents in florida and then fled to cuba. >> we're looking forward to getting them in our arms and hugging them and being with them and getting them home. >> officials say the children will be reunited with their maternal grandparents very soon. >>> back here at home, a 7-year- old boy who was shot in antioch last month at a family barbecue, he's out of the hospital and is expected to make a full recovery. the boy as at who -- was at a home when someone fired shots in the backyard. police think they came from an area of the g street overcrossing. investigators say someone at the barbecue was probably targeted and this was gang- related. >>> in less than an hour, president obama will officially unveil his proposed budget for 2014. but instead of moving congress near a grand bargain, his proposal so far ma

here's video of joshua and sharon haiken being looked into a florida jail.y face kidnapping, child neglect and one count of burglary. the couple who lost their parental rights when the father was arrested for drug possession, kidnapped their sons were their grandparents in florida and then fled to cuba. >> we're looking forward to getting them in our arms and hugging them and being with them and getting them home. >> officials say the children will be reunited with their maternal grandparents very soon. >>> back here at home, a 7-year- old boy who was shot in antioch last month at a family barbecue, he's out of the hospital and is expected to make a full recovery. the boy as at who -- was at a home when someone fired shots in the backyard. police think they came from an area of the g street overcrossing. investigators say someone at the barbecue was probably targeted and this was gang- related. >>> in less than an hour, president obama will officially unveil his proposed budget for 2014. but instead of moving congress near a grand bargain, his proposal so fa

haiken family back to the united states from cuba. the parents are being held at the jail in tampa. joshua and sharon haiken later this morning will be arraigned on a variety of charges, including kidnapping their own two children. early this morning a u.s. government plane carrying 2-year-old chase and 4-year-old cole haiken and their parents, joshua and sharon, touched down in tampa where the pair was taken into custody, put in a van and whisked away. >> chase and cole are safely in u.s. custody. >> reporter: the boy's parents had been booked into jail, they're accused of kidnapping and child neglect and other charges. they apparently sought safe haven on the communist island. the couple had lost custody of their children to their maternal grandmother. investigators say a week ago, the boys' father broke into her home, tied up the grandmother at knifepoint and then, after being joined by sharon, they say the couple kidnapped their own children and fled. after six days of frantic searching, the haiken family turned up in havana at the hemingway marina but their stay was cut short by cuban