russia. we will look at how the vote could have a real impact on the war. canadians now are preparing for what could be the strongest storm ever to hit the eastern coast of nova scotia. we are tracking hurricane fiona at the cnn weather center. plus. walking out on court. having the chance to play with the likes of raf or novak in the past has been an amazing experience for me. tennis great roger federer gets ready to say good-bye to the sport. we have a look at the final match today. it s 10:00 a.m. across ukraine where occupied parts of the country are voting today on whether to become a part of russia. ukraine and the west call the referendums a sham. but, the votes could result in russia annexing about 15% of ukraine s territory already controlled by russian armed forces. vladimir putin s mobilization of 300,000 russians to join the fight is already underway across the country. video from social media shows families in the country s far east saying tearful good-byes
hello and welcome. friday, september 23rd. 9 a.m. here in london. 11 a.m. in ukraine. voting begins today in the four occupied regions on whether to become a part of the russian federation. the areas make up about 50% of ukraine s territory. if they join russia many believe that will provide vladimir putin the pretexts to claim russian territory is under attack and escalate the war. it s prompting people to flee the country in all directions. a long line of cars backed up at russia s border with finland. the government in helsinki is thinking of new restrictions to keep russians from entering. they re crossing into armenia and turkey. according to one witness, traffic at one checkpoint stretched 5 to 6 kilometers. it was a similar scene along the border with kazakhstan. trucks lined up as far as the eye could see. ticket prices are soaring for flights out of moscow. most of which is sold out for the next few days. the kremlin calls reports exaggeration and fake news. the mobi
234,000 people trampling the border to get into our nation. that s up by more than 30% from the same time last year, and up more than 350% from april of 2018. republican lawmakers say president biden is not listening to americans concerns. the alien encounters so far since president biden s been in office is more than the population of 15 individual states. we need to make sure we re putting america first and not trying to dodge to issues that are important to the american people. reinstate the remain in mexico policy, support the border patrol agents, finish the wall and we could really see a difference. the president doesn t seem to want to take on these tough issues. harris: even with all of that, though, the illegal immigrants are not the only concern. this week authorities announce they found a major drug smuggling tunnel linking tijuana mexico to southern california. it spans the length of six football fields and is built in what was thought to be one of the most f
in 35 years. katie pavlich is here to react to the pain at the pump coming up. john: begin with the fox news alert, the president speaking moments ago in buffalo as the city mourns the deadliest shooting in its history. john roberts in washington. anita, good day to you. anita: good day to you, john. president and first lady travelling to buffalo to grieve with the families victims. accused gunman surrendering to police after allegedly shooting 13 people and killing ten. investigating the shooting as a hate crime. john: president biden condemning the incident as an act of terrorism and calling on congress to take more action on guns. fox team coverage now, leo will join us with his thoughts. anita: alexis mcadams is live in buffalo, and we have heard from the president today, what exactly did he say? good afternoon. he mentioned every single person who died, anita and john by name, gave some information about them, because that s who is important to talk about is t
saturday saying he visited the grocery store back in march and had specific plans to kill more people if he got away. the acknowledgment by authorities of missed signs about the shooter have only added to the pain for the family members of those killed in that shooting. correspondent alexis mcadams is in buffalo again tonight. good evening, alexis. good evening, bret. that s right. we are learning more about the victims tonight here in buffalo that lost their lives inside of that supermarket behind me. can you see still covered here with crime scene tape. law enforcement has also given me new information tonight, bret, about what exactly what was left inside of that shooter s house telling me left a very detailed suicide note for his parents telling them exactly what he was going to do when he got to buffalo. as you mentioned, this isn t the first time he had been in town. police tell us this racist rampage wasn t going to end here at the topps grocery store on the east sid