happens. let s go to mcallen, texas, on-site hearing, a field trip, if you will, at the highest level at the southern border after what you saw broke off on sunday. a bum rush in el paso, texas. some of them had already booked travel, democrats are pulling out of this unique opportunity to get hands on after the border crisis. again, the white house with a familiar line today calling the hearing itself a stunt. any news and we ll bring it to you immediately. get to this. tensions escalating. united states and russia blaming each other after a warplane crashed into an american drone over the black sea. it is first known encounter between the two militaries since the start of the ukraine war a bit more than a year ago. i m harris faulkner, you are in the faulkner focus. flighter jet clipped propeller of the reaper drone as it flew over the black sea yesterday. the hit forced american operators to bring down the $32 million drone. national security council spokesman john kirby
he s my guest. let s go out front. good evening, i m erin burnett. ron desantis is vowing that his two flights of undocumented immigrants to martha s vineyard are just the beginning. these are just the beginning efforts. we ve got an infrastructure in place now. there s going to be a lot more than happening. we are going to use it, and you re going to see more and more. now, ironically that $12 million that he refers to is coming from interest earned on coronavirus aid funds, aid funds that came from president biden. well, you see how desantis is using it in his threat tonight. republicans and democrats are at an all-out war of words. they use them as political pawns, treated them like chattel in a cruel premeditated political stunt. if they will not go to the border, we re taking the border to them so they can see the challenges they are posing to the entire united states. what desantis is doing a disgrace. these communities are so hypocritical because they are n
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
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
benjamin: just keep focusing on positive and helping out wherever you can, know no matter how hard, whatever you are going through, there is light on the other side, always is and i felt this whole year and i was blessed to feel that. no matter what it is, someone will help you get through it, give you strength and power and believe it. believe that the good is there and it is there. harris: i m gla glad you are my friend. benjamin: and you mine. harris: a documentary about ben s rescue will air here on fox news and you can watch sacrifice and survival, a story from the frontline, this sunday night 9 p.m. eastern. don t miss it. ben s book saved now available wherever books are sold, an absolute must-read. thank you. now back to the news. president biden yet again