watching. i am sam stein. katie fang will be back next week, do not worry, 7 am eastern. all will show online. though she is starting right now. ng right now. and good morning to you from beautiful detroit, michigan. it is sunday, october the 23rd. i m ali velshi, this is a very special edition of velshi across america. i am in belle isle state park in detroit, michigan, within 16 days until the most consequential midterm elections in recent memory. michigan is arguably the leading edge of a combustible trumpist, anti-democratic movement which includes fringe political figures, self styled militias and the potential for violence. i saw that with a group of michigan residents and voters from across the political spectrum to talk about this, plus women s reproductive rights, which is actually, literally on the ballot in michigan this year. and how they should think we can move forward as a country, full of people with different views, and the same set of facts. more of that c
republican texas governor greg abbott. a surprise to the volunteers who raced to receive those people. some are families, men, women, and most that can t speak english, to defend themselves. as officials scramble to get them food and shelter. in new york, the mayor says his sanctuary city is nearing a breaking point with more than 11,000 asylum seekers dropped off there since may. we re covering each city and all of the angles here and the impacts of this escalating battle. we begin there on martha s vineyard. cnn s miguel marquez. we know you arrived there a short time ago. what do you know about the migrants there and how they are doing right now? they are doing well, given everything they are been through. everyone i have spoken to, i have spoken to about a dozen of them so far. they are all in san antonio, texas, yesterday morning. and then, they arrived here. we know a little about them. there s about seven families among the 50 on the 2 planes. there s four children b
howitzer. coming together for the somber royal possession. 750,000 people are expected to travel to london to pay their respects. a wheelchair-bound veteran taking his first steps in 15 years thanks to a robotic exoskeleton. sergeant richard matters as the exoskeleton allows them to be a stand-up guy again. here we go. fox news alert. this is not happen. two buses full of migrants, illegal immigrants across our border illegally arriving at vice president kamala harris doorstep. coming days after the vice president called our southern border security. ainsley: ron desantis sent 2 plans to martha s vineyard. live at the naval observatory to tell us more. what s happening now? good morning, ainsley, brian, and steve. around six: 45 this morning, two buses full of 101 total migrants mostly from venezuela arrived here. no one to meet them. since we have been out here with them, we have now seen a woman from a local church, a volunteer. she turned out here and says she i
sovereign border to the south under biden s watch. desantis is now sending illegal immigrants to the blue state of massachusetts where the vineyard is, as you know. two planes filled with those illegal immigrants arrived at martha s vineyard yesterday. a state representative for that area with this angry tweet. republicans who call themselves christians have been plotting for some time to use human lives as political pawns. here is former ice director tom hoe man. they say it is imhumane and cruel and invoking religion. the open border is inhumane and cruel. they incentivize immigration. harris: it s showing up at the doorstep of the vice president s resident. greg abbott sent two more illegal immigrant buses to d.c. the drop-off point outside the naval observatory where the vice president, kamala harris lives. remember how she keeps saying our border is secure. let s go to griff jenkins who was outside the v.p. s residence now. griff. governor abbott has sent over 190
pete buttigieg was working with the railroads as well. you heard from the president calling this deal a win for tens of thousands of railway workers. just to reiterate key points, they re getting better pay, improved working conditions and peace of mind surrounding health care costs. this agreement after those 20 hours of face-to-face negotiations was led by the labor secretary, and he said one of the key moments was crucial call from president biden that took place late last night at 9:00. walsh warned a strike would have been catastrophic. you know that some of the consequences, but consider this, 40% of this country s products that are shipped long distance are moved by rail. that means auto parts, lumber, the food we eat. we are already seeing some of the possible implications, amtrak preemptively canceling long-distance routes. the statement from amtrak this morning saying they re trying to get these canceled trains quickly restored. they re reaching out to passengers to