on the base it was also once used to help survivors of hurricane katrina. they will be given temporary housing, food and legal help assistance. florida governor desantis ch chartered two flights to drop the migrants off. miguel marquez talked to an immigrant. reporter: there were three options. washington, utah, massachusetts. the plane left and brought us here. when you step on american soil you feel at ease that you are here and well protected. you lose the stress of the journey in seven countries. very stressful across all of central america. a u.s. wants the justice department to get involved to see if the actions of governor desantis are legal. what s the latest on the island? reporter: the 50 or so immigrants that were here have moved on. it was emotional. they were here for about 48 hours in total. it wasn t impossible or difficult for martha s vineyard and the towns to step up to help the people. but it was confusing. they come with a lot of not a lot of bag
workers who worked tirelessly throughout the pandemic. the unions representing more than 50,000 engineers and connecters, they were threatening the first rail strike in 30 years. the hang up was over a system that the union said penalizes workers for sick leave and doctors visits. amtrak had already cancelled routes in anticipation of the strike. with the midterms looming there was pressure to get a deal done here. the disruption would have been had catastrophic impacts on industries, travelers and families across the country. but the story is about what didn t happen. no disruption, at least one that won t last more than a few days now. let s go to jeremy diamond at the white house for the details of the deal. reporter: good morning. 20 hours of negotiations finally leading to an agreement between the unions and the railway companies involved here. this deal would avert a strike that would have started at midnight tonight. president biden announcing the deal in a statem
announcing a tentative agreement to avert a nationwide freight rail strike. a shutdown that could have had catastrophic consequences for the economy. talks involving the unions, rail companies and labor secretary marty walsh went on for 20 hours. we re told that president biden, who calls himself the most pro-union president ever was instrumental in getting over the finish line. last night was a historic night for rail labor. we re proud of what was accomplished. we wanted to take a few seconds and thank secretary marty walsh, deputy secretary julie sue and definitely president joe biden, everybody pulling together to make sure we could get our members what they deserve. this is the quality of life issue that we have been trying to get to our members. so we re going to hit the ground running. we ll have more information here in the coming hours. some tired looking leaders emerging as the sun was arising there. jeremy diamond is at the white house. what do we know abou
potentially hit. plus congresswoman liz cheney says she is ready to part ways with her party if donald trump becomes the nominee in 2024. we ll tell you how she plans to keep fighting to prevent the former president from running for the white house. and making a direct appeal to russian fighters being called up into harm s way. plus, a hollywood actress st stalked for more than a decade. we ll tell you about the dna technology that helped solve this crime. the start of a new week, sunday, september 25th. thank you so much for waking up with us. amara, good morning. it s always so refreshing to hear you say it s the start of a new week. we are watching one storm, all of florida watching the caribbean this morning as tropical storm ian continues to gain strength. the latest forecast shows it s growing to a category four hurricane over the gulf of mexico before slamming into florida. it would be the first major hurricane to hit the state in four years. so yesterday f
hurricane making a likely turn to florida. governor desantis urged residents to prepare for possible evacuation saying now s the time to stock up on sandbags, water, medication. cnn is covering the storm. carlos suarez is in tampa but i want to start with tom sater in the cnn weather center. i guess there will be states of emergency along the gulf coast. we are not there yet why this looks like a big and potentially very scary storm. it will be the first hurricane to make landfall in mainland u.s. this year but a major hurricane and it is going to carry all the characteristics on land. i know everyone from pensacola to cape coral wants to know. we just don t know yet. satellite imagery, the visual imagery, looks good. circulation. a center. yucatan in mexico. hurricane huntered this morns had a hard time finding the center. again even if the center moves about 15, 20 miles in either direction that changes the end goal and the track. this is where it is concerning. warmest w