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Children. the father fled without his children and we find ourselves in the situation we are in now. and i take you to patrick ottoman in havana, cuba. can you update me, patrick, hon what you've been seeing that? >> yeah. since we last, i got back to our office here in savannah. i'm looking at the photos. there's not a doubt in my mind that the man i spoke to was josh. the boat, it doesn't look like that anymore. it looks like the paint's been stripped off. maybe it's because they came across very rough water. but to bring you back to the beginning of what happened. this morning as we were tr...

The child playing on the boat. it was such a peaceful scene. and if josh hasn't been so aggressive that i was there, you might have easily walked by this boat, but his demean irchanged very quickly when i approached the boat. and certainly, guys running at you, you know, their hands on their sidearms, certainly, is not something you take very lightly here. but the officials realized we were cnn. they told us we can't be there, can't talk to this guy on camera, without ever explaining why, throough. that's the big mystery. they don't appear to be in custody but they don't appear to be roaming a...

Are in danger. however, i think the problem in cuba, likely, is administration. they sinlly don't have the infrastructure to necessarily seize all children who are potentially in danger. and candidly, cuba has a different standard, a different definition of children whose, who are not safe and whose needs are not being met. that's continue scli the standard we use here. but here in america, that could be more than three, four kids in a single bed reasonable. in kukba that couldn't possibly be the standard, because it's an impoverished shake and they simply can't have the same standards for chi...

And those children were allegedly kidnapped, forcefully from her home last week. you're seeing the picture of that home now on your screen. she is currently at the sheriff's department in tampa. that, that sheriff is the hillsboro county office. i don't now if she knows the news yet. i'm not sure that she knows that at least one of those children has been spotted with those parents by our patrick ottoman here at cnn. i now they're trying to connect with her on that information that we have. you brought up such a great point. recognizing custodial parenthood. when it came to elian gonzales, tha...

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...