Elian Gonzalez Case: Juan Miguel Leaving Bethesda for Meeting with Reno
CAROL LIN, CNN ANCHOR: We now go live to Bethesda, Maryland, where you see video -- actually, a live picture of Juan Miguel Gonzalez and his family heading to a meeting over at the Justice Department with Attorney General Janet Reno. Negotiations broke down yesterday between the U.S. attorneys office and the Miami family over whether -- or when father and young son, Elian Gonzalez, will be reunited. Bob Franken is standing by, has been all morning long -- Bob.</s>BOB FRANKEN, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Well, there, as you pointed out, getting into the van now; that was just driven up a few minutes ago by Greg Craig, who is the family attorney. And as you pointed out, they're going to have their first meeting with Attorney General Janet Reno. This is their second day in the United States. Of course, they've come to retrieve their son, Elian Gonzalez, who is in Miami, and it looks like the inexorable effort to try and cause them to reunite and probably to return him to Cuba has begun. Of course, there are a lot of uncertainties, and the meeting today would be designed to try and reconcile those uncertainties. The attorney general, herself, who is from Miami, you'll remember, is going to be meeting with the Gonzalez family, and his lawyer will be dealing with many of the legalities, including paving the way for a meeting later in the day with INS officials. The INS officials are beginning their process of informing the relatives in Miami that they've just about run out of negotiating room. As you can see now, the father is coming out, coming out with his wife and their 6-month-old son, the remainder of the family, and they are -- this is taped, of course, of the family departing. You can see now that the van is leaving, the van is leaving this area and heading downtown. The area, by the way, is a suburb of Washington, Bethesda, Maryland, nearby; it's probably about a half-hour drive to the INS -- to the Justice Department, where the meeting with the attorney general is expected to happen about 9:00. So the process continues, the saga plays out, a drama that really began in the raging seas off Florida, which has now brought us to Washington D.C. and possible resolution. Bob Franken, CNN live, in Bethesda, Maryland. Search CNN.com CNNSI.com CNNmoney.com The Web