Zuckerberg and elon musk. Bret we begin with a weather alert. Tonight, Severe Weather over much of the eastern part of the country. More than 130 million americans are at risk of seeing the Severe Weather outbreak either late this afternoon, into this evening. Here in washington, d. C. , Federal Government offices closed early today, sending employees home ahead of these anticipated storms. Plane travel up and down the east coast, largely grounded at this hour. No sense of when that stops. This is the most serious threat of the storm that the nations capitol has faced in years. Fox weather correspondent katie berne is in d. C. Tonight on the streets. Good evening, katie. Good evening, bret. Yeah, rain is moving into d. C. Now and we could feel hurricanestrength winds gusting as fast as 75 miles per hour. In fact, in a suburb of d. C. , centerville, virginia people already have reports of 80 mileperhour wind gusts there just in the last hour or. So the storm system is impacting heavily
bret? bret: dan springer in seattle. dan, thank you. bret: state and local officials are ramping up their criticism of the president s border policies tonight while authorities in new york are blaming the biden administration for not helping enough with migrants sent to their city. a former democratic colleague of the president said she s livid at the lack of funds for her state. fox business correspondent madison alworth has that story tonight. good evening, madison. good evening, bret. new york city is turning to parks like the one behind me to house migrants as the nation s largest city becomes overwhelmed with the crisis. the newest being announced just this afternoon randles island will now be the home to the newest humanitarian emergency response and relief center, housing 2,000 single adult migrants on fields and green spaces used by new york city families. we just got a statement from the randall s island park alliance in response to this news saying,
in part, quote: randall s island park alliance is dedicated to reducing the impact of the healthcare facility and work closely with nyc parks to reduce the lost hours. while some workers are complaining about this move others like senator kyrsten sinema says she is livid that new york city is getting a massive injection of federal funding to tackle the migrant crisis while her home state and texas have been bearing the brunt of the migrant surge for years. when i hear from folks in other parts of the country say oh it s hard. our shelters are overwhelmed. yeah. come live a day in the life of yuma, since last spring, over 93,000 migrants have passed through new york city. the city getting over $104 million in fema aid. while that covers just 13 days of the cost of this crisis here, it is the largest amount released from the department of homeland security s federal shelter and services program so