Lets go outfront. Good evening. Ou a cruel political stunt, those are the words from the white house after the Florida Governor ron desantis sent two planes full of migrants to the wealthy enclave of Marthas Vineyard. What they are doing is a political stunt, and its its really just disrespectful to humanity. It doesnt afford them dignity. It is just cruel. So heres what happened. 50 migrants, including children, arrived at the vacation destination with no warning, according to local officials. Planes just and landed thats who got off. Local leaders say theyre now trying to move heaven and earth to provide the families with food, clothing, and shelter. They have nothing. Its a challenge for an island that has only one Homeless Shelter with room for only ten people. As for governor ron desantis, he is proudly taking credit for this. We are not a sanctuary state, and its better to be able to go to a sanctuary jurisdiction. And yes, we will help facilitate that transport for you to go to
dangerous cult as evidenced by his creepy rally for jd vance this weekend. as the new special master gets to work, why does trump seem so confident that his preposterous claims of executive privilege will hold up? plus, why ron desantis may have gravely miscalculated the politics of using migrant men, women, and children as political pawns. we begin tonight with qanon. the conspiracy driven cult born in 2016 on the idea that there is a kabul of pedophiles including prominent democrats and media elites running the world, drinking the blood of babies. and only donald trump can stop them. they also believe that jfk jr. is leading their resistance movement against the baby eating hordes. despite the fact he s been dead for more than 20 years. that bonker idea, which used to be relegated to the darkest corners of the internet, has now become mainstream in today s republican party. they even got some congress members in the faith. that was evidence this weekend at a rally in yo
ever hit florida. homes in fort myers were damaged and destroyed from the surge while both were seen through the streets there. just under 2 million people in florida now remain without po power. dramatic rescues, water rescues, have been underway all day. florida officials say the next 72 hours will be critical when it comes to rescue missions. these are dangerous missions, and i m grateful for the brave women and men, federal, state, and local governments working as one team, risking their lives to save others. this could be the deadliest hurricane in florida s history. the numbers are still unclear, but we are hearing early reports of what may be substantial loss of life. we are surveying the damage right now. some people that evacuated, they are going to go back and look at their homes and see, is there flood damage, wind damage, is it going to be habitable? all of those things, as those happen, we are going get a clearer picture of some of the unique needs that indiv
let s go outfront. good evening. ou a cruel political stunt, those are the words from the white house after the florida governor ron desantis sent two planes full of migrants to the wealthy enclave of martha s vineyard. what they are doing is a political stunt, and it s it s really just disrespectful to humanity. it doesn t afford them dignity. it is just cruel. so here s what happened. 50 migrants, including children, arrived at the vacation destination with no warning, according to local officials. planes just and landed that s who got off. local leaders say they re now trying to move heaven and earth to provide the families with food, clothing, and shelter. they have nothing. it s a challenge for an island that has only one homeless shelter with room for only ten people. as for governor ron desantis, he is proudly taking credit for this. we are not a sanctuary state, and it s better to be able to go to a sanctuary jurisdiction. and yes, we will help facilitate
reporter: just so they can kill the sons of other mothers. cnn international editor nick paton walsh is live for us in ukraine. nick, start with this referendum vote. officials say that some ukrainians are being forced to vote. how is that being done? reporter: yeah. some of this is clearly because of the implied pressure of being occupied by a military force of russia or in terms at time the direct pressure that appears. at the moment, ballot boxes are being brought to people s homes, suggestions they walk to polling stations. there is a great confusion on how this would play out, thought in in-person voting would happen on the last day. it appears to be much more haphazard and people are simply being asked to put their mark on a piece of paper. none of this of course is anything relow temperaturely approaching democracy and being, done under the pressure of military occupation. probably the middle of next week there will be a round endorsement, an extraordinary high p