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
welcome to your new day . i m whitney wild. i m boris johnson. why officials are telling people to stop coming to the site. the white house is slamming the bussing of migrants to the democratic-led states as a cruel, political stunt. how they re planning to fight back even as gop governors vowed to continue sending migrants elsewhere. plus updated covid booster shots are rolling out across the country even as the world health organization says the end of the pandemic is in sight. we will be joined by a doctor with all you need to know heading into autumn. sad news for theater fans. broadway s longest-running show announcing the final curtain. it is a brisk autumn morning. saturday, september 17th. we are grateful to have you starting your weekend with us. welcome, whitney. thank you for having me, boris. plenty to get to this morning and no shortage of news. we begin with the battle over immigration and the migrants caught in the middle. florida governor ro
as the biden administration right now works on a response to the republican governors who are sending these migrants across the country. let s begin with mj lee. what tune about the discussions happening behind you inside the white house right now? everything that you just described with the situation with migrants unexpectedly being bussed and flown to different places like martha s vineyard, everyone the vp s residence here in washington, d.c., of course white house officials have been monitoring that situation very closely. and one thing we expect to happen today is a meeting between white house and cabinet officials to basically discuss all important issues related to immigration. we certainly expect those topics to include the situation at the border and generally some of the issues that have come up in these places where he s groups of migrants are showing up are obviously the situations that created a big logistical and as well as humanitarian situation in all these
are so many on the west coast, even the midwest, feeling new pain of the pump? fox news @ night investigates why some areas are actually seeing prices rise. i know if nancy pelosi was no longer here there would be a lot of democrats that would feel free to do exactly what they know is best: vote for a secure border and work with us to have a bill on immigration reform. trace: what do democrats really think about border security? we asked some of them, including dhs secretary mallorca s. bill melugin joins us. fresh reaction from jim jordan about the ongoing crisis that are seven border. taking one for the team, that s what a democratic senate candidate said about steve scalise after the house republican was shot nearly killed at a congressional base for practice. our panel will have a lot to say about that later. we begin with the white house in cleanup mode following controversial remarks from vp kamala harris. white house white house corresponding kevin corke gets us
Okay, thats not good. Margaret the Cbs Evening News starts now. Good evening, and thank you for being with us. Im Margaret Brennan in for norah. We begin tonight with breaking news. Dozens of tornadoes touched down in at least three states, including texas, oklahoma, and nebraska. Take a look at this massive funnel cloud tearing across an interstate north of lincoln, nebraska. Large pieces of debris can be spotted flying through the air as the Twister Spins just out of control. In addition to tornadoes and torrential downpours, parts of texas, including arlington, were hit with hailstorms, some as large as golf balls. And the threat is far from over. This dangerous system will stretch from michigan to texas, with twisters, largescale, and damaging winds straight through the weekend. It is tornado season, and cbss Omar Villafranca will start us off tonight from ennis, texas, which is currently under a Severe Weather alert. Reporter dramatic moments along Interstate 80 near lincoln, nebr