newsroom. i m jim acosta in atlanta and the key battleground state of georgia. right now we are in the final sprint before those critical midterm elections, and the balance of power in congress is on the line. today the biggest names in politics are out on the campaign trail. president biden and his two predecessors are all stumping today, and they are all in pennsylvania. moments from now president biden and former president barack obama, there you see the live picture right there, they will take the stage in philadelphia to rally for democratic senate nominee john fetterman. in a couple of hours from now former president donald trump will be in latrobe with republican senate nominee mehmet oz. pennsylvania is one of the three toss-up senate elections and it is a must-win for both parties to have control of the senate. cnn s jessica dean is in latrobe ahead of trump s rally and we begin with cnn s phil mattingly in philadelphia. phil, we have been talking to you throughout
what it means for washing to be and should be seen to be a sanctuary city. we have your back in new york city we will protect you, we will not ask your documentation status. san francisco stands behind this sanctuary city policy. they ve always been a place that are welcome to refugees, asylum-seekers and immigrants. this is the city for 150 years has been a city of welcome for immigrants from people all over the world. lawrence: so passionate, liberal spent years bragging about their cities being open for illegals, now they are begging the federal government for aid in reinforcement, that is the same kind of pill that the border towns held the entire state of texas has been asking for for years, when republicans ask at the border they were labeled as racist, xenophobic, they didn t send the cavalry for the republicans, this is the latest example of democrats ignoring the issue until it finally lands in their own backyard, just last week kamala harris insisted the bor
hello again, everyone. thanks for joining me. i m fredricka whitfield. we begin with a grim discovery in oklahoma. last night four bodies were pulled from a river in a town about 35 miles south of tulsa. this comes after four men, all close friends, went missing in that town sunday evening after reportedly going for a bike ride. police are not saying whether the bodies pulled from the river last night are these missing men. cnn s camilla bernal joins me. reporter: hey, fred. we are waiting for the medical examiner s office to identify the bodies. we are told by authorities it is a difficult process because these bodies were in the water for a long period of time. now we know the autopsies gone at 8:30 in the morning. it is unclear if they are going to get to all four bodies by the end of day because of how difficult this process is going to be. now, we do know that someone was near the river, saw something suspicious, and called police. when police officers went out there
buendias. the defiant response from gop governors and how this could factor into the november midterms. plus, sticker shock. mortgage rates jumping to the highest level in a decade. what that means for buyers and what it says about the market. tropical storm fiona closes in. when conditions will start to deteriorate and the potential impacts to the island. plus, procrastinators take note. was this headline written for me? travel experts say this is the time to book holiday flights . good morning and welcome to your new day . it s saturday, september 17th. whitney, do you feel that? it s the weekend. it is the weekend. it s almost the end of summer. it is. we re grateful to have you here with us this morning. we re grateful you re making us part of your saturday. up first, a lot to get to. but we start with the political battle over immigration heating up. florida s governor doubling down on his plan to relocate migrants from the southern border. he arranged f
see the situation for myself. and spoke to mother who just lost her son two weeks ago to gun violence. watch. i still think it s a dream. i don t know how i m coping with it. because i m not crying it just hurt all over my body. just hurting it is not a crime. it is a hurting don t have no air. it s like your body just shuts down. nobody don t want to because i m the not crying. i m hurting i m waiting on my son to call me and go by his house and it is unbelievable that he s with the reason he s dead from it don t make no sense out here with nobody. their parents, dad not in their lives it is just out here. lawrence: take me back to the day where you got the news two weeks ago that you lost your son. i see where i can get into the ambulance no you get into the vehicle because of corona i ran back to the car followed down and i got there five minutes later, call me told me my child was dead. lawrence: there was once a point in history where you did some