THE REST OF THIS FORECAST. PLUS, THE LATEST ON FIONA COMING UP IN JUST A BIT.
GUYS.
JUSTIN, THANK YOU.
INVESTIGATION NOW BEING
LAUNCHED INTO ACTIONS BY
FLORIDA’S GOVERNOR WHO TOOK
CREDIT FLYING MIGRANTS NORTH TO
A DEMOCRATIC CITY. AND THERE IS
A BEXAR COUNTY CONNECTION.
ABC’S OSCAR SHEA HAS MORE.
>> THIS MORNING, FLORIDA
GOVERNOR RON DESANTIS UNDER
INVESTIGATION BY A SHERIFF IN
TEXAS AFTER DESANTIS TOOK
CREDIT FOR FLYING A GROUP OF
VENEZUELAN MIGRANTS TO MARTHA’S
VINEYARD. WE’RE GOING TO TO
DISCOVER
>> TO WHAT EXTENT, THOUGH, THE
LAW CAN HOLD THESE PEOPLE
ACCOUNTABLE. BEXAR COUNTY’S
DEMOCRATIC SHERIFF SAYS HE
BELIEVES THERE’S A HIGH
PROBABILITY THAT LAWS WERE
BROKEN. OUR UNDERSTANDING IS
THAT A VENEZUELAN WAS PAID OF
WHAT WE WOULD CALL A BIRD DOG
FEE TO RECRUIT APPROXIMATELY
50 MIGRANTS. 48 MIGRANTS
LOWERED AT A CERTAIN POINT.
THEY WERE SHUTTLED TO AN
AIRPLANE WHERE THEY WERE FLOWN
TO FLORIDA AND THEN EVENTUALLY
FLOWN TO MARTHA’S VINEYARD
DESANTIS. HIS OFFICE FIRED BACK
ON TWITTER OVERNIGHT, WRITING
IMMIGRANTS ARE MORE THAN
WILLING TO LEAVE BEXAR COUNTY
AFTER BEING ENTICED TO CROSS
THE BORDER INTO FEND FOR
THEMSELVES.
>> FLORIDA PROVIDED AN
OPPORTUNITY IN A SANCTUARY
STATE WITH RESOURCE AS
EXPECTED. BUT ATTORNEYS FOR
THESE MIGRANTS ARE ALSO CALLING
FOR AN INVESTIGATION POINTING
TO BROCHURES GIVEN OUT THAT
THEY SAY ARE MISLEADING BECAUSE
THE INFORMATION INSIDE WAS
MEANT FOR REFUGEES, NOT
MIGRANTS, COMMUNITY SERVICE
WORKERS IN MASSACHUSETTS ARE
NOW RUSHING TO FIND LONG-TERM
SUPPORT FOR THESE MIGRANTS.
BUT DESANTIS ISN’T THE ONLY
REPUBLICAN GOVERNOR SENDING
MIGRANTS ELSEWHERE. TEXAS
GOVERNOR GREG ABBOTT’S OFFICE
SAYS HE SENT SOME 11,000
MIGRANTS FROM TEXAS TO CHICAGO,
NEW YORK AND WASHINGTON.
NEW NUMBERS FROM CUSTOMS AND
BORDER PROTECTION SHOW MIGRANT
APPREHENSIONS HAVE NOW TOPPED
2 MILLION SO FAR THIS FISCAL
YEAR. DC’S MAYOR MURIEL BOWSER
IS NOW WARNING OTHER CITIES
ACROSS THE COUNTRY TO GET
PREPARED. THIS IS A NATIONAL
ISSUE
>> AND THE NATION’S MAYORS NEED
TO BE PREPARED WITH A RESPONSE.
>> THERE’S ALSO FRUSTRATION
FROM STATES ABOUT THE FEDERAL
RESPONSE. MASSACHUSETTS
REPUBLICAN GOVERNORS SAYING
THAT HE’S URGING BOTH DEMOCRATS
AND REPUBLICANS IN WASHINGTON
TO IMPLEMENT SOME SORT OF
MEANINGFUL IMMIGRATION REFORM,
SAYING THAT HE DOESN’T THINK
IT’S ANY SECRET THAT THE SYSTEM
IS BROKEN. ALEX PRESHA ABC
NEWS, WASHINGTON.
>> THE MAN ACCUSED OF
THREATENING TO TAKE OUT COACHES
AND A NAME SCHOOL AND FINISH
THE JOB AT CENTRAL CATHOLIC
HIGH SCHOOL IS NOW IN JAIL.
25 YEAR-OLD HATED COOL. MARA
IS FACING A TERRORISTIC THREAT
CHARGE. ACCORDING TO THE ARREST
AFFIDAVIT, THE SUSPECT SHOWED A
WITNESS PHOTOS OF GUNS AND
CLAIMED TO HAVE A GUN IN HIS
CAR. THE AFFIDAVIT ALSO SAYS HE
WAS GOING TO GET A TATTOO OF
TALLY MARKS FOR THE KILLING.
THE REPORT ALSO SAYS SOMEONE AT
ersion TALLY MARKS FOR THE KILLING. THE REPORT ALSO SAYS SOMEONE AT THE SCHOOL WAS ON HIS HIT LIST█ç
AND RODEO OUT AMARILLO. THE POTTER COUNTY SHERIFF SAYS JUST BEFORE 11 LAST NIGHT A MAN
OPENED FIRE ON DEPUTIES WORKING
OFF DUTY AT THE FAIR. THE
SHERIFF SAYS ONE OF THE
DEPUTIES HAD AN OFF-DUTY
FIREFIGHTER WAS ALSO WORKING.
THERE WERE SHOT. BYSTANDER WAS
ALSO SHOT. DEPUTIES RETURNED
FIRE, SHOOTING THE SUSPECT.
THE DEPUTY FIREFIGHTER
BYSTANDER WERE TRANSPORTED TO
THE HOSPITAL WITH NON
LIFE-THREATENING INJURIES.
THE SHERIFF SAYS THE SUSPECT
WAS TAKEN TO HOSPITAL WITH
LIFE-THREATENING INJURIES.
>> HURRICANE FIONA NOW A
CATEGORY 3 STORM AS IT TURNS
TOWARDS THE TURKS AND CAICOS
ISLANDS. THE INTENSIFYING STORM
HAS ALREADY DROPPED HEAVY RAIN
OVER THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC AND
PUERTO RICO. WE’RE A 58
YEAR-OLD MAN DIED AFTER POLICE
SAID HE WAS SWEPT AWAY BY A
RIVER. NATIONAL GUARD HAS
RESCUED MORE THAN 900 PEOPLE
AS FLOOD WATERS CONTINUE TO
RUSH THROUGH TOWNS IN EASTERN
AND SOUTHERN PUERTO RICO UP TO
30 INCHES OF RAIN WITH A
FORECAST FOR SOME AREAS.
AND AS OF LAST NIGHT,
AUTHORITIES SAID THEY HAD