an escalation in the political fight over immigration. yes, we will help facilitate that transport. florida governor ron desantis taking credit for sending airplanes carrying migrants from san antonio, texas, to martha s vineyard. 49 people, millions of dollars, for what? because if i want to make a point by inconveniencing not just the people i m dumping but inconveniencing the people that i m going to dump them on, that s a perfect place to do it in. this was extremely deliberate. these people were handpicked. based on what i m hearing, it sounds to me like these people have all been kidnapped. that they were all victims of a crime. there s a proper way to come into this country not sneaking across the fucking border. [speaking spanish] [muffled voices] i drove big ones, little ones. i know. some big ass save the unicorn for last. ok. [indistinct chatter] i m back. nice job. [overlapping voices] so i get a call at around 4 o clock, and i was like, what? and she said, we h
headed to florida. you can see it from outer space. we re going to tell you when and where it is expected to come ashore. and taylor swift fans rejoicing this morning. we ll have the new tracks she dropped while you were sleeping. cnn this morning starts right now. a very big newsday. it is friday. we re going to start with russia getting major show of support from china as the war rages in ukraine. beijing just announcing this morning that chinese president xi will head to moscow next week for the first time since the invasion they began. he will meet face-to-face with president putin. russia is desperately trying to turn the tide. china is thinking about sending weapons to help. but beijing has been casting itself as a peacemaker and chinese officials insist that is what this meeting is all about. translator: china will uphold an objective and fair position on ukraine crisis and play a constructive role in promoting talks for peace. cnn s will rippley live for
national anthem national anthem good morning we have a fox news alert. first our thoughts and prayers are with thousands of people in the south this morning. in the aftermath of the devastating tornadoes that have claimed at least 26 lives. this is the worst i have ever, this is devastating. it was like scary, i wasn t that scared. i was trying to cover my sister. it was like a train sound. but it wasn t it was a tornado coming by. a lot of stuff everywhere. everything you worked for is gone. the historic outbreak of 24 tornadoes leveling homes and businesses leaving doesn t hurt. search and rescue teams are still looking for survivors in getting help too many people who are still misplaced. mississippi governor eight reeves declared a state of emergency after visiting the hardest hit areas. homeland security allie alejandro mayorkas will visit the devastated areas later today, fox weather correspondent from rolling port mississippi this morning, r
trace: over the years the cold war thought and the shelters gathered dust. vladimir putin was quietly coming up with a plan, according to a former intel official who literally wrote the book on putin s destructive plots. sandra: she has been sounding the warning long before president biden said putin s nuclear threats were no joke, and she says there is something the president still does not understand about the russian strong man s mindset. brand-new at 2:00, she is here to tell us about it live. welcome back as america reports rolls into hour two on this friday afternoon. i m sandra smith in new york. great to see you, trace gallagher in for john roberts. we ll get to president biden s nuclear warning ahead, but top the hour with the issue at the top of voter s minds, their money, and it is a fox news alert. sandra: we are watching the dow at this hour, entering its final hours of trading for the day and the week, and the dow is off about 600 points, falling to it
to help us make sense of it all than larry kudlow. he ll be here later on this hour. sandra: midterm elections and alarming new numbers for democrats, even though americans say money is their top concern heading into this election, the president is once again turning his attention to maga. all right, well, democrats struggling with midterm messaging and running out of time to fix it, less than one week to election day. john: key voting groups moving red and in big shifts. suburban white women and latino voters could be key factors on tuesday. sandra: we will be speaking with virginia republican congressional candidate yesli vega, military wife, mother, and law enforcement officer who says it s no surprise. john: the president adding a last-minute speech to his agenda, the focus, protecting democracy. sandra: critics say it s more anti-maga talk when he should be talking about inflation and crime. now it s inflation and crime, and education too. if you are not payi