president joe biden will finally hear directly from the families of brittney griner and paul whelan two families being unfairly detained in russia. welcome to the lead. i m jake tapper and start in our politics lead with stark moves by two republican governors. ron desantis and texas governor greg abbott sending planes and buses full of migrants to two specific places, selected, it seems to get a reaction. the liberal enclave of martha s vineyard in massachusetts and outside vice president kamala harris official residence in washington, d.c. volunteers say the migrants seem to be mostly from venezuela. you can see some standing outside the naval observatory in the nation s capital earlier today. the immigrants were dropped off by two buses by texas. no heads-up was given to leaders of washington, d.c. that they were coming. in addition, overnight florida governor ron desantis shipped two plane fulls of immigrants to martha s vineyard. it is a vacation destination for many
here. nastia is sailing ships, she says. ukraine has been at war all the eight years she s known. i think it will be better without them, she says. it was uncomfortable having them here. her parents nearby say fear meant their slept in their clothes all the six months. it s kind of strange here to see how almost unaffected so much of this town has been and how life seems to have slipped comfortably back into normal when the russians just picked up and left. and it gives you a feeling of how normality must still reign just a matter of six kilometers away from the border in russia. but normal is never coming back, particularly to here, the borderline itself. russia retreated back over it but must now live with the hatred it has stirred. the fact that ukrainian forces are able to push right up to here, the beginning of the border buffer zone with russia, russia is just a matter of kilometers in that direction, is yet another calamity moscow has imposed upon itself. its oppo
saying just within the last hour, a vote won t happen until after the midterms. so what is the holdup. new reaction coming in. and developing news for the white house, with officials tally confirming president biden will meet with the families of britty griner and paul whelan, the two dedaned in russia. a lot to get to on this thursday afternoon. i m hallie jackson. glad to be with you in washington. we start with the new developments in the january 6th investigations, plural. the capitol hill correspondent ali vitali, ryan riley and former u.s. attorney and nbc legal analyst before bra mcquade. let me start with you, and chair benny compton was kind of chatty today. he was chatty toops today and what i was asking about is the reporting in the last few hours that the january 6th committee at least for now will not be cooperating, sends can its transcripts and its findings to the department of justice, at least until they re done with the public phase of their hearings. when
justice. the senate is being called to sit as the high court of impeachment all too frequently. ken star spent much of the last decades of his career as a lightning rod as criticism from democrats but always insisted he was impeachment is a nonstarter, don t go there. don t go there, it s a disaster for the country. good morning, to viewers in the united states and all around the world. it is wednesday september 14th. i m john berman with brianna keeler. we have pictures in central london where thousands are lined up to pay their final respects to queen elizabeth. in a few hours the casket will be moved to westminster hall where she will lie in state until her funeral on monday. prince harry and prince william will follow their father king charles. and we learned the royals had dinner together at buckingham palace last night after receiving the casket. in attendance, king charles, queen consort camilla, and the king s children and grandchildren. anna stewart and s
day-to-day. all right, welcome to cross connection everyone. i am tiffany cross, and you just heard a little advice from former president barack obama. as president biden is hitting the campaign trail, trying to convince voters that the democratic party can t help. because trust me, they need more money. it does not mean more problems. people can definitely use if you are going to the bank. account inflation and the economy are at the top issues that fish voters care about. but listen, abortion rights, immigration, and protecting our democracy are all on the ballot to. so if you don t think you impact politics, believe, we politics definitely impacts. you get in that game and by all means. good morning, it. tiffany thank you for having. we every time you re on the show. we have so many things to talk, about not a lot of talk. time silica get off, you have seen a lot of the republican attack ads and i think there are some bad faith efforts out there to pin the economy on t