The best thing would be if the relatives in Miami ... would recognize that it would be in Elian's best interest and the family's best interest if there could be some kind of civilized and orderly unforced transfer of custody and they could work it out with the father,
The point of all that is, they still decline to turn over the boy to his father. We could go to Miami and knock on the door and we could come out without the boy. That's unacceptable to us. The central issue is whether this boy is going to be restored to his father,
While waiting here for his son to be returned to him, he has been forced to watch Elian exploited by those who have him in their care. On the morning shows on national television, in the streets of Miami and now most recently in a videotape taken of Elian in his own bedroom,