florida governor ron desantis is ranged to fly 50 people from texas to martha s vineyard off the coast of massachusetts. this is all part of the campaign to protest the biden administration s immigration policies. but the white house says she s governors are using the migrants as political pawns. those taken to martha s vineyard are receiving shelter and help at a u.s. military base. miguel marquez has more on their journey. referee: after less than 48 unexpected hours in martha s vineyard, nearly 50 venezuelal migrants were given a warm sendoff, embracing each person as they boarded buses. then ferries and onto the next part of their long journey. their unannounced rival wednesday all part of a campaign by texas governor greg abbott and florida governor ron desantis to send them to sanctuary cities by surprise. free to the alien but certainly not mandatory. and that way they re able to go and these sanctuary jurisdiction cans put their money where their mouth is. r
thousands of unwilling undocumented immigrants redirected his state s latest d.c. busloads from union station to the naval observatory, which happens to be the residence of vice president harris. that the migrants were not forced to get on these buses and planes, they were apparently asked and consented and that they were fed did not stop critics from calling the stunt inh inhumane. you might say did they know where they were going? did they did where they were going when they first came into the country? as to the question of whether these relocations are fair, this year an estimated record 2 million undocumented migrants will cross the border seeking asylum. to date texas has sent 11,000 immigrants all of them will to new york, d.c. and chicago and arizona has sent 1800 plus to new york, new jersey and interestingly to florida. desantis point is that it s easy to declare yourself a sanctuary state or city when you re thousands of miles from the border. u a but if you talk
the wait right now up to 13 hours. king charles iii and prince william greeting some who have gathered there to grieve, to mourn, shaking hands with well-wishers. prince william and the queen s other seven grandchildren will all stand vigil by her coffin in just a couple of hours from now. cnn s ar is let signs and anna stewart pick up our coverage. arlette, to you first. give us an idea what the president s schedule is. reporter: president biden and first lady jill biden are currently en route to the united kingdom to pay their respects to queen elizabeth ii. and also offer their condolences to the royal family. now, biden s departed joint base andrews a short while ago. they didn t answer reporters question as they left. they will be landing in the uk around 10:00 p.m. local time later this evening. and tomorrow the couple is expected to pay their respects to queen elizabeth at westminster hall before signing a condolence book for the queen. they will also be attending a
stand vigil by her coffin. we re seeing world leaders beginning their journeys to pay respects to queen elizabeth. president joe biden and the first lady departing the u.s. this morning to attend the queen s funeral, which is scheduled for monday. earlier today, canadian prime minister justin trudeau and his wife paying their respects to the queen as she lies in state at westminster hall. arlette saenz, max foster covering the story. the royal grandchildren holding vigil a short time from now. what will that be like? reporter: i think it will be very powerful. prince edward s children are particularly young. they ll gather around the coffin. this is something they wanted to do. they ll include princes william and harry. i don t expect to see the spouses there, the princess of wales or the duchess of sussex, but it will be a powerful moment seeing those children come in. the queen was dedicated to her grandchildren. they all had different relationships with her, different
being a great friend of this show. all right. hello again, everyone. thank you so much for being with me. i m fredricka whitfield. right now a heart-felt tribute to queen elizabeth ii is under way in london. thousands pouring in to say a final farewell to their monarch. the last hour we saw the queen s eight grandchildren holding a vigil as she lies in state. the royal family also greeting world leaders as they arrive today ahead of the queen s funeral, which is monday. let s go straight to london right now. max foster, richard quest and anna stewart are following this historic event. max, to you first. this vigil, with the queen s grandchildren, was only about 15 minutes. wow, even with that brevity, you felt such love being exuded from these family members, from these young men and women who were paying the greatest homage to their grandmother. reporter: yeah. something they all wanted to do. outline, for william and harry, more practice at this sort of thing. for the