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Important truth. >> so where is edward snowden now? we don't know. there is no direct flight from moscow to ecuador. so the plane has to stop somewhere. and speculation is it will land in cuba. snowden has already missed one flight to cuba. but we know there is another one scheduled. so let's go straight to havana to cnn's patrick otman who is there. do we have him? you with me? >> hey, brooke. >> i'm looking at the picture. there you are. i see you. i understand there is a flight tonight coming in from moscow. so you just wait. >> reporter: that's right. i'm here, but is edward snowden going ...

Them. what concerned authorities just as much was how the haikens were talking. >> they were speaking some bizarre terms to the officers in reference to traveling across country to beat the armageddon. things were just very strange. >> reporter: the children were taken and put in foster care out of concern for their safety. two weeks later, according to louisiana authorities, haiken showed up at the foster home with a gun demanding his kids. he ran off when 911 was called. >> i need the police. i have a guy at my house with a gun. >> reporter: it was sometime after that the boys were sent to t...

Reference to traveling across country to beat the armageddon. things were just very strange. >> reporter: the children were taken and put in foster care out of concern for their safety. two weeks later, according to louisiana authorities, haiken showed up at the foster home with a gun demanding his kids. he ran off when 911 was called. >> i need the police. i have a guy at my house with a gun. >> reporter: it was sometime after that the boys were sent to their grandparents'. it's not clear how haiken and his wife had planned the abduction and escape to cuba, or what they may have planned to do...

Earlier today, cnn's patrick otman tracked down the haikens in havana. he joins me now. the fact you found them, their children on the sailboat today, it's incredible to me. take us through how that happened. >> reporter: you know, we just weren't getting the answers we wanted from either u.s. officials or cuban authorities who were very tight-lipped about this case. so as it happens, sometimes when you do, we went out and looked for the answers on our own. this seemed like a very good place to start. a large marina here outside of havana, very popular places for people to bring their boats in...

haul. more than 700,000 are without electricity there. utility crews are out right now assessing the damage. connecticut light and power says all of the cities and towns its services were impacted by the storm and us it could be a week before all power is restored. cnn crews working every angle of this major storm. susan is in new york, chad meyers in pennsylvania and jacqui jeras is in the severe weather center. let's go first to new york city. the metro area there. fun for some, a nightmare for others. that freak winter storm gave one family a jack-o-lantern snowman in new jersey. ...