Happy friday, all. Those thousands of migrants are packed under The Bridge in Del Rio, texas, most coming from Haiti And Fox news is told another 10,000 migrants are making their way to the border as we speak. They could arrive in the coming days. The number of people crossing the southern border surged to record numbers not seen in the last 20 years, after President Biden overturned some of former president trumps harsh immigration policies. Officials said there were 200,000 last month alone, that is a whopping 317 increase from august of 2020. This comes as we learn the Tina Fey is restricting Flight Activity over The Bridge, saying Border Patrol requested temporary Flight Restriction due to drones on the border, as woo any temporary Flight Restriction, media can call the faa to operate in the area, curious timing. Texas Senator Ted Cruz says the public needs to know what is happening. I just finished going with my cell phone, taking videos of what is happening there. It is the most
new home for tesla , elon musk threatened to move the company out of the state when production was blocked. and today governor newsom was asked if they would do something if tesla took off ? i am not worried about him leaving anytime soon, we are committed to the success in innovation of the economy that he has promoting for decades. and i think it is in all of our interest to find areas of common ground. reporter: the fremont plant fully reopened after the company signed off, tesla is looking at austin, texas as their next factory to produce the crossover and the cyber track. following a breaking story out of los angeles. chp is involved in a high-speed chase that reached speeds of 120 miles per hour. they are following a white suv. this started on the i-5 freeway near the burbank airport. this vehicle just exited the freeway going around surface streets. it looks like he s getting back on the freeway. a lot of people know this is where movie studios are and quiet neig
a referendum on president donald trump chris surge in female and minority voters helped propel democrats to victory polls open in under twenty four hours. plus american singer camilla could be you so we ve got the bird at the m.t.v. your music awards but this year s event is not only about entertainment but veteran singer jenna jackson taking to the stage to talk about some of the challenges she faced in the past. the rock is great to have you along everyone. iranians are bracing themselves today after the trump administration reimposed tough sanctions on their country the iranian. foreign minister zarif says the real position of u.s. sanctions on his country defies world opinion and is likely to backfire he accuse the u.s. of being a bully saying the sanctions targeted ordinary people the us reintroduce the measures today after pulling out of the iran nuclear deal back in may the e.u. says it regrets their reintroduction of the measures will affect all areas of the iranian e
night that the president and first lady will head to puerto rico last night which was rocked by hurricane fiona 25 deaths in puerto rico have been connected to the storms. reuters reports that as of friday, 230,000 homes and businesses remain without power. fiona bore down five days after the anniversary of hurricane maria, which wreaked major havoc on the island before moving up the east coast. after puerto rico, the first couple will head to florida to examine the damage caused by hurricane ian. with wind speeds that top 155 miles per hour, tens of thousands of buildings were leveled, millions of people lost power. so far, nbc news confirmed at least 77 people have died from the effects of iain which barreled into florida s west coast as a category four storm on wednesday before veering to the east overland, reentering the atlantic ocean and making a second landfall as a category one hurricane and the carolinas. nbc s steve patterson is in fort myers beach where i left hi
mess out there. forecasters predict it could create 12 high 15 -15 foot surges. i believe that is key largo that we are looking at. we have been talking about the keys a lot as well. there is an estimated 127,000 people hunkering down in shelters, making sure they stay safe. more than 1 million customers are without power, expecting millions more to lose power. the national weather service is telling people to stay away from the windows because of high-rise buildings being hit with wind gusts close to 100 miles per hour. we have team coverage this morning, let s go to lauren blanchard live in orlando with the latest. reporter: we are just getting rain in this part, we are bracing for weather to come this way hundreds of thousands of people have lost power, shelters like the one behind me already filling up. hurricane irma is battering areas with heavy rain and high winds. irma officially making landfall this morning in the florida keys. bringing made major hurrican