employee i know of is in the process of being moved south to help out in the manpower issue down here as we already knew migrants are being shipped from the rio grande valley sector to el paso earlier this weekend fox news is obtained the first photo of a migrant families sent from the rgb over here to el paso inside central processing center that alejandro mayorkas visited yesterday, bipartisan group of four senators, we got to go for a ride all long, because they are denying access, he is not holding any press availability but we heard with senator portman, here s what senator portman had to say about what he saw. more and more people, unlawful, 30% from january. it is getting worse and worse. in washington the administration still not calling it a crisis. speaker pelosi had this to say about how the administration is handling it. the biden administration has this under control, it is values-based, humanitarian in its aspects, pragmatic in a plan to get things done.
confirmation from the kentucky governor confirming it was a deadly night of destruction active and deadly tornados. i fear there are more than 50 dead in kentucky. confirmation still coming in. we re going to lose over 50 people, probably closer to somewhere between 70 and 100. it s devastating. this shows you what we believe will be the longest tornado touchdown in terms of distance in our history. you all the way down to the bottom of the screen, and that s where it first touched down, and then it stayed on the ground, that entire line, causing significant devastation. this is incredibly rare to see, and it is one of the reasons that this was so devastating here in kentucky. so we just heard from the kentucky governor, they fear there could be as many as 70 to 100 dead from the night of tornados. we know there are about four tornadoes total, the one the governor just talked about, a 227-mile tornado touchdown. it stayed down. we know one of the areas hardest hit in kent
rapidly intensifying storm now a category 1. taking aim at florida s gulf coast and with life threatening storm surge and extreme winds, impact could be devastating. plus a calculated risk. president trump s former chief of staff mark meadows taking the stand. but will his testimony convince a jury to move his trial to federal court. and classes are canceled today at unc chapel hill after a faculty member was shot and killed. what we re learning about the suspect in custody. those major stories and more all coming in right now on cnn news central. right now, idalia pounding parts of western cuba as a hurricane while florida prepares for impact. idalia is expected to make lawful in florida s big bend region early tomorrow morning potentially as a category 3. it is forecast to bring a life threatening storm surge that could cause water to swell up to 12 feet in some areas of florida and up and down the state s western coast, floridians are preparing. we re tying the
be stronger gusts and it s expected to intensify to a potentially category 3 hurricane before making land fall in florida tomorrow, where millions are already under hurricane and storm surge warnings. right now, western cuba is feeling the brunt of the storm. then the track, idalia in florida s big bend. but, this is a very important reminder a small shift in the track could put that population center more at risk. sara arrived in florida a few hours ago. some parts of florida will see and feel the impact soon. what are you seeing on the ground now? reporter: look, like every other hurricane, it is calm before the storm, but this is when people are being told to evacuate in ten counties. and preparations are under way as idalia, who started out as a tropical storm and is now a hurricane, it is expected to grow and grow and grow to a major hurricane, a category 3 hurricane. right now listen to what people are doing as they try to get out of the way of a high storm surge and