the country s longest serving monarch. announcer: live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with rosemary church. it is tuesday, september 20th, 4 a.m. here on the east coast of the united states where we are tracking hurricane fiona as the storm gains strength in the atlantic. fiona is now a category 3 hurricane barrelling closer to the turks and caicos islands after tearing through the dominican republic on monday. heavy rains and strong winds ripped through cities destroying buildings and homes. more than 1 million people are without running water in the dominican republic and officials say it s too soon to know the exact number of power outages. it s only a glimpse of the power of this storm, and that s expected to get even stronger through the weeks. let s turn to our meteorologist pedram javaheri who s keeping a close eye on the storm. all eyes on the storm. it is a major hurricane, category 3. possibly up to a category 4. the turks and caicos, home to 5,000 pe
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pm here in london. as we look at live pictures of mourners paying their respects to queen elizabeth the second, the british government is now urging people not to travel to join the ten mile q. the queen will lie in state for just one more day before her funeral on monday. rehearsals for the queen s funeral, as many more thousands lineup, with warnings of an almost 24-hour wait in plunging temperatures overnight. you ve been waiting for ten hours? we ve been up since 4:00. better to have a long, tiring day, and not have regrets in the future. there s something very british about kind of enjoying yourself well standing in line, right? or as we say, standing and a cue. well we british do it best. westminster hall preparing to witness an extraordinary scene. some of those, lining the streets for their own personal moment with the late queen, set to stand close with her grandchildren as they commemorate her. last night, the monarchs for children, king charles, and, ed
vossoughian, if you re just joining us, welcome. it s good to see. if you re sticking with us, thank you. to republican governors and potential 2024 presidential candidates trafficking in human suffering to score what they see is political points. more migrants arriving today, outside the residence of vice president harris in a continuing and cruel effort by greg abbott and ron desantis. one group is about to fight back. in a moment and more to talk to garcia about what he has in store in texas tomorrow. also this hour, as the doj moves to appeal a an ominous warning and which sure sounds like a threat from donald trump. and i ll be joined by a woman who s become a hero in her fight for trans kids, her own and others. texas mom joining us live on set to talk about her efforts to fight anti trans laws. it s now inspired a video game to help other family struggling as well. we begin this hour with the migrant crisis at the southern border, in major cities hundreds of miles
that, as well as the real needs surrounding the issue of immigration, and how to address. that then, the rollback of more women s rights in more multiple states. how abortion advocates are responding to new demand new bans now in effect. and why senator lindsey graham s national abortion ban proposal might be about more than what meets the eye. you are watching simone, and we have got a lot to get to. lots of developments in the litigation between donald trump in the department of justice. all surrounding the documents seized by the fbi from mar-a-lago last month. the doj failed to convince trump appointed to district court judge a lean cannon at a court appointed special master not only wasn t necessary to review the seized material, but it could be even harmful to national security. cannon appointed a former chief federal judge, raymond thierry, to pour over the thousands of documents, including classified ones in order to weed out any potentially privileged information. ju