putin is facing another round of military setbacks. and at our nation s border, the government says arrests have now exceededn just one year. we ll talk to the chair of a congressional hispanic conference, raul ruiz about that and much more. and we begin with our top story this morning, hurricane fiona strengthening to a category 3 storm after devastating parts of the caribbean leaving at least three dead in puerto rico and one dead in the dominican republic. now, the storm is now barrelling up the atlantic taking aim at turks and caicos. next, take a look at the intended path of this of this storm. meanwhile, let s take a look at puerto rico: we re expecting an update later this hour right there after fiona made landfall on sunday as a category 1 hurricane unleashing massive floods. two feet of rain and landslides. the island s power grid ravaged again, four out of five people still without power this morning. over 800,000 people do not have access to running water. th
they had their squabbles, the sibling squabbles. and yet we watched them whether tragedy after tragedy. i admired the queen so much for her resilience, for her fate, for her integrity, her grace. i am christian. christiane idiot today needs the grace of the queen that she had. that is how she lived her life. the british parliament is still meeting in a rare saturday session as elected officials pay tribute to the queen, after swearing allegiance to the newly declared king. prince edward and princess and we re seeing greeting well wishes at balmoral in scotland. lindsey joins us now. lindsey, this is a ten-day, a highly choreographed period that has been in the planning now for decades. we re just getting some confirmation about what we will see and when we will see it in the coming days. we also just heard from the very news prince of wales-hyder. as i ve just heard in my ear, lindsay, the funeral for queen elizabeth the second will be held a week from monday. that s
morning. nine-year-old prince george. and seven year old, princess charlotte. king charles iii says he has been a deeply touched by messages of condolences. he says the country has been moved beyond measure by the millions of people paying their respects. some of the final public mourners to see the queens coffin are walking past now. lying in state. closes at half past six this morning. the national mission that of silence was held across the country last night. officials say it will be fixed in time for this morning service. hello and good morning from central london, on what is expected to be a grand and deeply solemn day. the funeral of queen elizabeth ii will take place in westminster abby just a short distance from here. it begins at 11 am. now large numbers have gathered on the mount. police say they expect record crowds in the capital. an unprecedented security operation involving thousands of extra police officers and armed voices personnel is underway. the queen h
the queue to see the queen lying in state it s close to full capacity, with a waiting time of at least 2a hours. military rehearsals have been taking place in windsor ahead of the queen s funeral on monday. away from westminster, today s other headlines. ukraine says hundreds of graves have been found outside izyum, a city that was recently regained from russian forces. the premier league returned with fans and players paying their own respects to the queen. it s saturday, 17th september. you re watching bbc breakfast from westminster, where her majesty the queen has spent a third night lying in state. people hoping to pay their respects at westminster hall are being told not to travel tojoin the queue, as it s almost at capacity, with waiting times at least 2a hours long. last night king charles, the princess royal, prince andrew and prince edward held a silent vigil by their mother s coffin. in conversation with some of the people who have been arriving here, they have be
newsroom. i m jim acosta live in washington. just 16 days to go until the midterm elections. we are now getting multiple reports of voter intimidation as millions try to cast their ballots early. take a look at these images from mesa, arizona, where armed individuals wearing masks and tactical gear were stopped near a ballot drop box. maricopa county officials calling them, vigilantes, who are disrupting the voting process. the state also getting reports of so-called ballot watchers, who have set up near drop boxes to film and take pictures of people who show up. joining me now, former democratic senator from minnesota and host of the al franken podcast, al fran nk, and cnn political commentator and former special assistant to president george w. bush, scott jennings. let s get straight to it. al, let me start with you. i want to show those pictures again. they are disturbing. this is what a lot of people anticipated, heading into this midterm election cycle, because of the