earlier this morning two buses full of migrants arrived in washington, d.c., from texas. texas governor greg abbott ordered that the migrants be dropped off on vice president harris doorstep at her residence at the naval observatory. governor abbott and governor ducey of arizona already bussed thousands of migrants to other states in recent weeks. also today, florida governor ron desantis proudly claims he chartered two flights to bring 50 migrants from texas to martha s vineyard in massachusetts. there were seven families on those planes, including children. if this was his idea of a solution to the migrant issues, you would think that the governor would have alerted the governor of massachusetts to this. but these plane loads of migrants reported arrived without any warning to local officials who scrambled to set them up at a local church. here s how desantis sees it. we re not a sanctuary state, and it s better to be able to go to a sanctuary jurisdiction. yes, we will
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
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
there it is expected to explode into an intense, powerful category 4 storm. then ian will likely weaken a bit before charging ashore somewhere along florida s gulf coast. florida s governor saying the storm s massive size means the entire state, the whole state wail be impacted. and he has activated the florida national guard. cnn meteorologist tom seder has been tracking all this in the weather center. what is the latest? well, it continues to look a little disorganized, really. it is a tropical storm. it s not moving very quickly, alex. only at 12 miles per hour, but it s getting ready to enter some of the warmest water in the entire atlantic. higher elevations, winds are light, so once it starts to feed on those warm waters, all cylinders are going to be firing up. now, the last few frames of this animation if you look near the center here, so deep convection is starting to occur. this could be the beginning. we ve been watching this since last thursday off the coast of
cheer. then as they drew closer, that heavy silence fell once again. a moment later, when the hearse was inside, the applause resumed one final time as what were for 70 years the queen s guard and the queen s staff there to receive her and to mourn. tomorrow the quiet returns as a silent procession accompanies the coffin to westminster hall in the house of parliament, where the late monarch will lie in state. already as you can see, people have begun camping out in the rain along the route. public viewing begins at 5:00 p.m. local time and will continue around the clock until early monday morning. a short time ago, the government laid out the path that people will take to the viewing site. it will stretch clear acrokcrose thames and down the southbank which speaks to the expected outpouring. trains will run throughout the night bringing in mourners across great britain. the clean and consort are across the corner from us right now, having spent the early part of the day in no