holds. and signs of torture, the u.n. says it will send a team to ukraine s recently liberated town of izium where a mass burial site has been discovered. the late queen elizabeth will lie in state for just two more days before her state funeral begins monday morning. that is not much time for the hundreds of thousands of people still waiting to pay their respects to the beloved monarch. the queue to pass by her coffin stretches for miles along the river thames with people at the very end being advised their turn to say good-bye might not come until tomorrow. later today some near the front may witness the queen s eight grandchildren hold their silent vigil at her coffin. the queen s four children, king charles, princess anne, prince andrew, head their silent vigil on friday. this is a meticulously planned event and customs and traditions dating back centuries. and kate, first to the lineup, all these people who have come to see the queen, they expect some 2 million peopl
now hitting south florida and the storm s eye is off of cuba s coast moving into the warm waters which means the storm could grow and get for powerful. it hit werp cuba hard overnight with winds and heavy rain just at-battering the island. the forecast models have it projected to make landfall in tampa bay as a major hurricane. storm surge is one of the biggest threats from the storm. and as much as two feet of rain could be falling in some parts of florida from this. officials there saying right now they are urging people into the storm s path to make the final presentations and of course to get out before it is too late. let s start with cnn s meteorologist chad myers tracking this for us. what is the latest. it does look like the 11:00 advisory has brought this storm a little bit farther to the south. we re still waiting for what we call the discussion. all of the words that they use to describe what their reason was, what the meaning is, where this is going from here. s
tuesday. as the justice department prepares to file an appeal. and king charles and his siblings stand vigil at queen elizabeth s coffin as members of the public now wait up to 24 hours to pay their respects. we re following the tributes and the security concerns just ahead of the queen s funeral on monday. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer, and you re in the situation room. we begin with the fate of migrants flown to massachusetts by florida governor ron desantis. some tell cnn they were miss led into making the trip. correspondent miguel marquez is on the scene for us. reporter: after less than 48 unexpected hours, in martha s vineyard nearly 50 venezuela migrants were given a warm sendoff. volunteers embracing each person as they boarded buses. then ferries and on to the next part of their long journey. their unannounced arrival wednesday all part of the campaign by texas governor greg abbott and florida gover
russian military forced the others to shut down and it lost its main connection to the nation s power grid and atomic safety experts are extremely worried. cnn s melissa bell has the latest from ukraine. reporter: there s been good news from the ukrainian counteroffensive tonight according to officials here in kyiv with an aide to president zelenskyy of what he says is the ukrainian flag. this town has been the center of battles for some time and we are getting some confirmation of the fact it may be now in ukrainian hands and also on the russian side, with some talk of the retreat of russian forces around the town. it is of course a counteroffensive now going on for just about a week and about which ukrainian authorities have been remaining pretty tight lipped insisting this is about degrading russian military capabilities, trying to take out infrastructure that allows them to resupply their troops around kherson. not really aimed at fast territorial gains. of course this
a kremlin crackdown. sham referendums trying to silence sentiment at home. translator: i ve got two kids at conscription age says this protester. i brought them up alone. i don t want to lose them, she cried. reporter: and for what asks her friend? just so they can kill the sons of other mothers, she answers. reporter: we begin with brand new cnn reporting on the justice department s january 6th investigation. sources telling cnn donald trump s attorneys are waging a secret court fight to stop a grand jury from gathering information from mr. trump s inner circle. the fight broke into public view yesterday and cnn teams three lawyers for the former president at the federal courthouse here in washington. the back-and-forth battle follows a deluge of new subpoenas from federal prosecutors demanding evidence from a slew of former trump aides and associates. let s bring in cnn s senior justice correspondent evan perez and cnn s crime and justice reporter. i want to start w