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putin is facing another round of military setbacks. and at our nation's border, the government says arrests have now exceededn just one year. we'll talk to the chair of a congressional hispanic conference, raul ruiz about that and much more. and we begin with our top story this morning, hurricane fiona strengthening to a category 3 storm after devastating parts of the caribbean leaving at least three dead in puerto rico and one dead in the dominican republic. now, the storm is now barrelling up the atlantic taking aim at turks and caicos. next, take a look at the intended path of...

Border patrol detained more than 200,000 people. that's up 1.7% from july, which is another almost record number, and september could bring even more record numbers with data obtained by nbc news showing nearly 8,000 people crossing the border every day in recent weeks. meanwhile, a texas county sheriff in el paso announced an investigation into flights coordinated by texas's governor that took dozens of people who crossed the texas border into martha's vineyard last week. with us now is nick mereoff who's been covering this story closely for "the washington post" and does extraordinary work. ...