taken in on custody by the morality police triggers outrage. florida governor ron desantis had dozens of venezuelan migrants flown to martha s vineyard apparently without notifying officials there. similar to the move started by tooebs g texas governor abbott. they say they are protesting the immigration policies that fail to secure the border and they are vowing to step up the plan. the president has criticized republican officials for, quote, playing politics with human beings and the white house press sent is comparing them to human smugglers. here she is. these were children. they were moms. they were fleeing comcommunism. and they were used as political pawns, treated them like chattel in a cruel premeditated political stunt. these are just the beginning efforts. we ve got an infrastructure in place now, there will be a lot more that is happening. i got 12 million for us to use and so we are going to use it and you are going to see more and more. migrants septemb
the handshake. that one i will treasure. jerry, may we all be like jerry in 2023. thank you very much. thank you. thanks all of you for watching. thanks for getting up early. yes. you re fun. we will see you back here tomorrow morning. cnn newsroom starts now. good morning, everyone. i m jessica dean in washington. jim sciutto is off today. we are going to begin this morning with parts of the country trying to dig out from what s been both a dangerous and historic snowstorm. 200 additional national guard soldiers deploying to western new york today as the blizzard has now led to the deaths of at least 17 people there. we now have what will be talked about not just today but for generations, the blizzard of 22. we are still in the throes of this very dangerous life-threatening situation. nationwide more than 1,500 flights already canceled this morning, about the same amount delayed. that s only adding to the backlog from the holiday weekend, but we do have p
cannon made regarding the mar-a-lago search. she told d.o.j. she would not honor the request to get access to the 100 classified documents so it could continue its investigation. which it says has national security implications. the court does not find it appropriate to accept the government s conclusions on these important and disputed issues without further review by a neutral third party. and that there are ongoing factual and legal disputes. she also cited media links as part of her basis for rejecting d.o.j. s request. now if you re asking, with the ongoing and factual legal disputes, we will discuss that. a special master was appointed, raymond dearie, a former chief judge of the eastern district of new york and the only candidate that the sides agreed on. who is he? and why would both sides want him? and joins me is julie ainsley who is covering the justice department, national reporter for the washington post, carol leonig, executive ron line director for the new yo
and later we will take a closer look at the movement to ban certain books in schools and libraries across the u.s. what can be done to fight the bans, that s coming up. announcer: live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom, with kim brunhuber. we begin in the atlantic basin where tropical storm ian continues to strengthen. fueled by warm energizing waters off the caribbean the latest forecast shows it growing to a category 4 hurricane over the gulf of mexico before slamming into florida. now, it would be the first major hurricane to hit the state in four years. president joe biden has declared a federal emergency in the state. florida governor ron desantis declaring a state of emergency as well and residents from the florida panhandle to the florida keys are being urged to prepare for storm surge, hurricane force winds and heavy rain. this is the calm before the storm, i ve seen lines at the gas stations and the natural gas, propane. they re taking it serious and i
time. the crowds mostly silent. but then breaking out in applause as the procession neared westminster hall on grounds of parliament. that s where her body now lies in state and will remain until monday morning. the queen s coffin draped with the royal standard, her crown caried into the hall just a few hours ago. taking part in the mile-long walk from the palace to the queen s children, king charles, prince andrew and princess anne and the grandsons william and harry. william s wife kate and meghan, the queen consort rode behind in black cars. they joined the rest of the royal family for a service at westminster after the coffin arrived. amazing to think it was just a few months ago these streets were packed with londoners celebrating the queen s platinum jubilee. today many of those same people have gathered here again. taking the opportunity to bear witness and pay respects, but also to share the royal family s personal grief, a reminder that the queen really served three