of defense and their briefing expected to start any minute now. plus, texas governor greg abbott s plan to handle the impending crisis, promising to keep bussing migrants to democratic cities. we re following the latest developments here. let s bring in julia ainsley who is following this story closely now with the white house confirming the biden administration will be sending active duty troops to the southern border. what do we know from the administration? well, lindsey, we know this plan has hardened up quickly. they were weighing it over the weekend and just now, we know there s about to be an announcement. they ll be sending 1500 active duty troops in addition to the 2500 men and women from the national guard already stationed at the border. that will bring them to 4,000 which is still lower than the more than 5500 active duty troops the trump administration sent to the border. these troops will not be interacting with migrants one-on-one. they won t be arresting
it was a good week. and thanks to you at home for joining us. as you are probably aware there is a balloon in the sky. it is a big balloon, about the size of two school buses according to the pentagon. it traveled from china, to the solution islands of alaska late last week, through the northwest canada, until finally being spotted somewhere over montana on wednesday. chinese officials said that the balloon was a civilian air ship used mainly for weather research and that it had just been instantly innocently been blown off course. the pentagon says that they are confident that it is a surveillance balloon. you know? for spying. flying at about 60,000 feet above ground and moving eastward across the continental u.s.. the pentagon has yet to confirm the balloons latest citing but the national weather service in kansas city and kansas city, missouri, said earlier that they have several reports of a large balloon on the horizon, and that the balloon is not one of their weather b
it is a big balloon, about the size of two school buses according to the pentagon. it traveled from china, to the solution islands of alaska late last week, through the northwest canada, until finally being spotted somewhere over montana on wednesday. chinese officials said that the balloon was a civilian air ship used mainly for weather research and that it had just been instantly innocently been blown off course. the pentagon says that they are confident that it is a surveillance balloon. you know? for spying. flying at about 60,000 feet above ground and moving eastward across the continental u.s.. the pentagon has yet to confirm the balloons latest citing but the national weather service in kansas city and kansas city, missouri, said earlier that they have several reports of a large balloon on the horizon, and that the balloon is not one of their weather balloons. in neighboring kansas senator roger marshall said the balloon was above his state. the pentagon has yet to con
it feels really warm, we will continue to do so until the weekend, staying mild, windy with rain at times. now, we have already seen very heavy rain in places today. the radar shows that, it has been driving northwards and eastwards, it is clearing just about all area, lingering in northern scotland. we will see rain in the northern isles, elsewhere spells of sunshine, one or two shower, particularly in northern ireland, we will stay windy out there, the wind only slowly easing through the rest of the day. these temperatures for some a little down on where they were yesterday, but still, well above where they should be, at this time of year. now through this evening and tonight we will see more rain pushing up from the south. the wind will continue to ease a little. largely dry across the northern half of the uk, temperatures generally between eight and i2 temperatures generally between eight and 12 degrees as we start saturday morning. this low pressure has been with us for
state of emergency tonight, it comes as florida is dealing with catastrophic damage from in, at least 17 people dead tonight. there are fears that that number will go up. cnn s chief climate correspondent is bill weir, and he joins me now. bill, hello once again to you. you say this is some of the worst damage you ve ever seen in your career. covering these disasters. tell us what you saw? well, by that i mean, don, there are certain sort of moments and scenes in storms that are just burned into your brain, katrina for a lot of the reasons that we all know. that was such a man made disaster in so many ways, same with maria in puerto rico. you think about those comedians. michael which took apart the panhandle. but i will always remember, i will equate even with what i saw today in st. james city. that s on pine island. and this is a tight little community, a lot of manufactured homes, mobile homes, people whose vote might be worth more than their home, and all of it complet