buendias. the defiant response from gop governors and how this could factor into the november midterms. plus, sticker shock. mortgage rates jumping to the highest level in a decade. what that means for buyers and what it says about the market. tropical storm fiona closes in. when conditions will start to deteriorate and the potential impacts to the island. plus, procrastinators take note. was this headline written for me? travel experts say this is the time to book holiday flights . good morning and welcome to your new day . it s saturday, september 17th. whitney, do you feel that? it s the weekend. it is the weekend. it s almost the end of summer. it is. we re grateful to have you here with us this morning. we re grateful you re making us part of your saturday. up first, a lot to get to. but we start with the political battle over immigration heating up. florida s governor doubling down on his plan to relocate migrants from the southern border. he arranged f
through the years, as a grandmother, the queen revelled in prince william s successes, enjoyed a good joke with prince harry. as the queen s grandchildren stand in tribute, so does the public. countless mourners stand in the line to see the queen. there is no casual act of reverence on display here. the line stretches for miles across london. wait times skyrocketed 24 hours. and the weather has been cold. king charles iii and prince william recognizing the moment, surprised the public there earlier today. the new king summed up this incredible show of love telling one mourner his mother would have been so touched. as cnn s richard quest joins us from london. richard, in all your years covering all of this, have you ever seen anything like this? reporter: no. and yet it was one and the same time the event that we had prepared for and dreaded at the same time. i was saying to colleagues earlier even now, jim, i can t sort of quite believed it s happened. and i m 60. you ve al
welcome to the show. i m mehdi hassan. i want to show you a job posting right now on recruiting say like glass door. director of registration and elections fulton county, georgia. this is where you can apply to be the top elections official for atlanta and this suburb, for the biggest county in the state. you can apply right here on line. there s a fancy brochure attached to the posting. they can experience world-class art, shopping, sports, dining, entertainment, including the museums, the history center, presidential library and the world of coca-cola museum. the world of coca-cola museum. now, if you re recruiting for any job you have to make a hard sell. the job of running elections in the fulton county, georgia, is a hard sell. it s been vacant for ten months. why might people not want that job. in addition to all the responsibilities, they gave press conferences in late 2020. i also want to hear a statement about a video, that i m sure some of you have circulating abo
border. they made the trip as more of those buses from texas have been arriving in manhattan, including today. texas governor abbott s office giving us a breakdown of the numbers so far. new york city 40 buses carrying 2100 illegal immigrants hoping to stay in the u.s. washington, d.c. 180 buses carrying 8,000. and chicago the newest destination three buses carrying roughly 150. chicago s mayor lori lightfoot is not going to the border but she is going to d.c. it s about cash. the sanctuary cities want lawmakers to give them federal cash to pay for the so-called conditions they re facing on the ground. lightfoot with choice words now for the texas governor. this is entirely within the knowledge of the texas governor who he is putting on buses when they are coming, what their specific conditions and needs are. the same thing he is saying hey, i need more help, so do we. he is treating these human beings like freight. all this is about is a manufactured political crisis. ha
every community in america should be sharing in the burdens. it shouldn t all fall on a handful of red states. we are not a sanctuary state and it s better to be able to go to a sanctuary jurisdiction. instead of working on solutions republicans are p playing publics with human beings using them as props. what they re doing is wrong, un-american and reckless. president biden ripping the governors of florida and texas for busing and flying migrants to democratic states. texas governor greg abbott sent two buses of migrants to the president s resident in washington. and now jb pritzker is sounding off, saying they re not telling them how many migrants are coming or when they re arriving. the governor of texas is choosing not to tell the ngo or chicago how many people are on the buses before they arrive. they won t tell us how many infants, children, seniors, or families are on board. we have tried to direct the buses to reception centers in chicago that we have prepared