welcome to all of you watching us here in the united states, canada and around the world. i'm kim brunhuber. ahead on "cnn newsroom," these are live images from london where in the coming hours th queen's grandchildren will hold a public vigil by her coffin. we'll take you to the line that stretches for miles. the white house reacts as republican governors say they won't stop sending migrants on one-way trips out of their states in to liberal strong

holds. and signs of torture, the u.n. says it will send a team to ukraine's recently liberated town of izium where a mass burial site has been discovered. ♪ the late queen elizabeth will lie in state for just two more days before her state funeral begins monday morning. that is not much time for the hundreds of thousands of people still waiting to pay their respects to the beloved monarch. the queue to pass by her coffin stretches for miles along the river thames with people at the very end being advised their turn to say good-bye might not come until tomorrow. later today some near the front may witness the queen's eight grandchildren hold their silent vigil at her coffin.

the queen's four children, king charles, princess anne, prince andrew, head their silent vigil on friday. this is a meticulously planned event and customs and traditions dating back centuries. and kate, first to the lineup, all these people who have come to see the queen, they expect some 2 million people, some waiting in line for up to 24 hours. are you surprised by the number of people coming and the dedication they are showing especially given how the debate these days is all about the relevance of the monarchy? >> yes, good morning, kim. i mean, i was really thinking when i initially heard that the authorities here, the queen was going to lie in state, as has been the case for her father, grandfather and great

grandfather george vi, v, and edward the 7th, but not queen victoria, that the queen would lie in state, that the estimates before 2200,000 people and i really thought that was conservative considering how many people i'd seen in the few days after the queen passed away coming down to buckingham palace, huge amounts of people. and i've been down there to the line, i've been chatting to the people in the line. and they really are such good spirits. it is a tough war because you are saying they were waiting for 10, 12, 24 hours. and yesterday they closed the queue said you couldn't join it and you had to cuequeue up agaio join the queue. and they said we want to pay our respects, she's been on the throne for 70 years and she's been the only queen i've ever known, that is what a lot of people have said to me. and also it is such a big moment in british history, such a huge moment in british history.

we have a lot of people i've been chatting to from all over the world. from australia, knew zealand, canada. the longest reigning monarch and we'll never have another queen of again. so it really is an end of an era. and there are questions about the monarchy and i think that there will be increasing questions in the reign of charles iii. but this is about the queen and the huge amount of affection and affection she inspired. >> absolutely. let's look ahead. what is to come today and tomorrow ahead of the funeral itself? >> the funeral as you were saying is on monday, the state funeral. state funerals are only for monarchs and so we only -- only for reigning monarchs. we did have one for winston chur

churchill, but that is the only one for a nonroyal. so the state funeral monday will be the first one since 18th century in westminster abbey. they are usually in saint george's chapel where harry and meghan got married and duke of heedinburgh had his funeral. and so this is reflecting that the great love for the queen. and i think it is very poignant she was crowned there, now she ends her reign there. but it also reflects how many people from across the world are coming. there are huge amounts of people already in the capital, you can't get a hotel room at all. it is really impossible to get a hotel room. and the prime minister of australia is already here, prime minister of new zealand is already here. we're expecting president biden at some point. and this is a moment we're expecting to be the biggest global event ever, hundreds and hundreds of people from heads of state from all over the world. we're expecting empoeror of japan, all the queen's

relations. and in the leadup to it, it really is a case of preparation. we're seeing a lot of -- a lot of people in the queue are fortunate to see some of the rehearsals that the servicemen are doing preparing for the funeral on saturday and sunday. and we're having the line continuing until 6:30 monday morning. so at 6:30 monday morning, that is their last chance to see elizabeth lying in state and then the state funeral and then later on after the ceremony in westminster abbey from 11:00 to 12:00, then she goes to windsor and buried with a private ceremony for the family. and she will rejoin her husband prince philip and her father, mother and sister who are all buried in saints fwot. george's. >> and the pageantry that we've been seeing and will see, for some people especially outside the uk, it may seem excessive

and archaic. what purpose does it serve now? >> the pageantry of monarchy that we've seen with charles given a speech, the pageant friday of the beginning of the monarchy and we'll see great pageantry at the coronation, that is really an insight into our constitutional mechanism. we don't have a written constitution and we have the monarch as mutual head of state, but we don't have a written constitution actually saying that. so really the sets of pageantry, all these ceremonies that seem rather archaic, they really are the underpinning of our constitution. they underpin the monarch as mutual head of state. and the pageantry we'll see, what that is particularly a commemoration of the queen's role as head of the armed forces, queen victoria wished to be buried as a soldier's daughter and the role of the armed forces was much increased

during queen victoria's funeral in 1901 and that has continued. so we'll see the great role played by the members of the armed forces and as well as those in service industries and monarchs and heads of state from across the world. the great pageant friday for elizabeth ii's funeral reflects how she is one of a long line of kings and queens and how she did have this great impact on the world stage. 42 times around the world, the most traveled monarch that we've ever had. and in terms of her efforts towards diplomacy, she talked about fldiplomacy and that is wt she always wished for, and great respect that she inspired not just in britain but across the world. and it is on monday going to be a day that we'll never seen again. we'll never see a state funeral like this for a monarch who has been on the throne for 70 years and our last queen in my lifetime. >> absolutely. listen, we really appreciate the historical perspective. kate williams in london, thanks

so much. and coverage of the queen's funeral begins on monday right here on cnn, 6:00 a.m. in new york, 11:00 in the morning in london. some republican governors in the u.s. are vowing to send more migrants from states at the southern border to northern cities run by democrats. florida governor ron desantis flew dozens of migrants to massachusetts on thursday apparently without notifying officials there. migrants have since been taken to a military base for shelter and humanitarian support. the flights took off from san antonio, texas, stopped to refuel before continuing on to massachusetts. similar to the move started by the texas republican governor who has sent thousands of my grant by bus to northern cities.

>> reporter: while residents of martha's vineyard cared for the group of venezuelans sent to the island on chartered planes courtesy of ron desantis, a group of venezuelan and latino activists gathered in miami to lash out. >> he has to stop. we demand him to stop using our pain, our suffering and our desperation for his political gains. >> this is a political stunt that is the lowest common denominator of human decency. >> reporter: this son of cuban exiles and former state representative from miami says at this point it is not clear yet if desantis has angered the reliably republican base of cubans and venezuelans in florida. >> from what i've heard, they haven't mentioned it, which is probably the fact that they don't know how to deal with it.

so there probably will be a negative side to this. this may be the step too far. >> reporter: governor desantis vows to keep as many migrants out of florida as possible through his relocation program. >> 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, but i'm going to make sure that we exhaust all those funds. >> reporter: florida is home to the largest populations of cuban and venezuelan immigrants fleeing social dictatorships, but there are deep divisions in the communities. >> there are venezuelans who are hardcore trump supporters. and basically these are folks that believe that there should be a hard line on everything. >> reporter: for several months, texas governor greg abbott has put more than 11,000 migrants on some 250 buses with some going to cities with democratic leaders like washington, d.c., chicago and new york. texas division of emergency management figures show it has

cost the state more than $12 million. abbott has repeatedly appeared on fox news to showcase the busing program. >> most of america has not really understood the magnitude of the problem that we have on the border until we started sending these buses up to new york. >> for any politician that uses this issue in the way these two gentlemen have, it is the worst kind of cynicism is that we have in politics today. >> reporter: and this former democratic state representative from the texas border town of eagle pass, his home overlooks the rio grand into mexico. he says if there is a political price to pay for these political stunts, abbott and desantis haven't experienced it yet. >> a lot of people who criticize abbott and desantis and say what they are doing is inhumane and not right. but do you think for the average voter out there it matters? >> i think it may not. >> reporter: a university of texas and texas politics project

poll this week found that abbott's busing of migrants has about 52% of support among texas voters includeing 50% support among independents. >> the response they got which is what they wanted. what are you doing, why are you sending them here. that is what they wanted. >> reporter: and governors of texas and florida say they will continue to do more of the same. ed lavendera, cnn, there is. catherine cole is executive director of granny's respond, an organization that had vow indicates for asylum seekers crossing the southern border and she is joining me from british columbia. thanks so much for being here with us. so as someone who has been dealing with migrants who have been essentially dumped in cities like new york and d.c., i just wanted to start with your reaction to this latest stunt by florida's governor. >> i think it is cruel. it is heartbreaking for these

people because unless there are people on the ground like grannies respond and tlc, these people would just be wandering around the city not knowing what do. or where to go or how to eat. so it is cruel if you are going to send them somewhere, you know, give them the means. sort out the means before you just dump them. >> your group was one of the first that rallied into action to help when this first started happening. but take me back to the beginning of the group. why is a group of grannies getting involved in immigration issues? >> because during the summer of '19, a friend of mine had the idea to just put a bunch of grannies on a bus and go down there because a lot of friends were upset about the separation of families at the border. and all of a sudden, we had a caravan of 30 people from the

beacon, new york area, new york city, and we wound up as 200 people at the border. and we got familiar with all the volunteer and ngos at the border, immigration attorneys, everyone involved. and out of that came the awareness that there was a great need for these people traveling from the border to wherever their sponsors or families were to replenish diapers, formula, everything. >> so those are people who came across, but now tell me about that first bus load of migrantses that was actually sent to new york. it sounds like your group was pretty much on your own as that bus load was arriving. >> that's right. and fortunately we had one of our volunteers that day also on my board of directors and she is a retired nurse and she happened to spot a young girl 12 years old who looked not quite right. found out that she hasn't had

her insulin for four days and could have died and she got her immediately to the hospital. saved her life. so you know, you have situations like this. medicines are taken at the border it from people as are their papers, documents, so they are only given their asylum paper and that is it. >> so the migrants when they arrive, i mean, they must have been disoriented to say the least. and we saw in martha's vineyard it sounds as though they were misled and lied to. so what state are they in when they arrive and do they have any idea what is going on? >> some do, some don't. my lead in new york city, team tlc, tells me that some of the buses, the people come off looking pretty together and pretty oriented to what is going on. and some buses, they look disheveled and very tired, extremely hungry. so it really depends on who is sending them up from where.

it is a mixed bag. some of them intends to come to new york, some do not because their hearings are scheduled in different states far away. we've had to reticket a lot of people and we only operate on funding. >> and the governors are making this argument maybe not sincerely, but they would say, well, maybe they are better off in these big democratic cities where they get plenty of support. >> they are not getting plenty of support from the cities. that is a fallacy. the cities are not prepared for this. new york city did some organizing with us, but now they have stepped back and put -- the mayor eye off's office of immig fair, we organize some had things with them but now they have turned it over to the emergency management.some had ts with them but now they have turned it over to the emergency management. we're really the ones doing the work on the ground. it is the nonprofits.

and we've partnered with many other group on the ground to help feed these people. we have a group called rethink food. we've organized with them. they deliver -- and other glifr gr groups as well -- full meals so we can feed them. they haven't eaten. they have been on a bus for 45 hours and they come to us. they have nothing. they need food, they need sanitary items, female products. water, you know, everything they need. they just have nothing. >> it is a huge need and obviously it will continue as these republican governors get plenty of political mileage for these stunts. and they have said certainly that they won't stop. so we wish you and your group all the best as you try to deal with this growing problem. catherine cole, thank you so much for being with us. >> thank you. investigations are under way after discovery of a mass burial site in ukraine and ukraine says

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cnn is learning the united nations will get involved following the discovery of a mass burial site in ukraine. the u.n. says human rights investigators will go to izium as soon as possible. and the u.n. source tells cnn that war crimes investigators may follow later. the white house called the discovery horrifying and repugnant while ukraine now says some of the bodies recovered show signs of torture. friday president zelenskyy made another case for declaring russia a state sponsor of terrorism. here he is. >> translator: it is necessary to act so that bucha, mariupol and izium does not happen again. russia must be recognized as a state sponsor of terrorism otherwise russian terror cannot be stopped. >> zelenskyy met with his top military commanders on friday to consider the next steps after a

rout of russian troops of northeast. vladimir putin says his military plans aren't changing. here he is. >> translator: no, the plan is not subject to adjustment. the general staff in the course of the operation make operational decisions that are considered key. the main goal is liberation of the entire territory of donbas. this work continues despite these attempts to counterattack by the ukrainian army. >> the mass burial site we mentioned was discovered after ukraine pushed russian troops out of the city of izium a week ago. it is located in a forest where according to a cnn team on the ground the horror can be easily seen and smelled. nick paton walsh saw the site firsthand. >> reporter: here is where the horror gets names and numbers. russia's unprovoked invasion killed many, but only now in liberated cities like izium are we finding out who and how.

and even this rain cannot erase the smell of the death. it is important to point out that this was a military position, these are tank positions around the city. presumably for the russians when they occupied it. burying these bodies where their troops would later rest. and defend the city. ukrainian officials have said over 400 bodies were buried here. even children. all showing signs of a violent death. through the day, they have been exhuming dozens of bodies. most individual graves, numbered and orderly. one bearing a number as high as 398. but this we are told and can smell and see is a mass grave where 17 dead were found, a policeman here told us. ukrainian officials said bodies

found included a family killed in an airstrike. ukrainian soldiers shot with their hands bound. and bodies showing signs of torture. some of the graves are marked just by a number and others have someone's whole history. this man looks like he died aged 82 buried here. this investigator tells us what he found in this spot. here are civilian bodies and military ones further along, he said. over 20 have been examined here and will be sent for further investigation. it seems to be the more rid extension of the long term cemetery nearby. coffins, wreathes, candle, who people knew who they were burying. others next to this invader's campsite likely not.

this person says the russians first hit the graveyard with an airstrike and then moved in. >> translator: we tried not to go out because it was scary. where they brought their special machines. they dug some trenches for their vehicles. we only heard how they were destroying the forest. when they left, i don't know if there was fighting or not. we just heard a lot of heavy trucks one night a week ago. >> reporter: we saw multiple leaving town but asked not to film the contents of this one. part of where the history of russia's brutal occupation will be written and nothing can wash this site clean. nick payton walsh, cnn, izium. and president biden has met with families of two detained in russia and assured them that he is working to secure their leaf. he spoke with the wife of brittney griner who gave thanks for the efforts to free her partner. she said as my family and i continue on this journey, i'd like to thank the broad

coalition of friends, leaders and supporters who continue to stand with us and advocate for her swift and safe return. let's share a unified commitment to bringing all americans home to their families and loved ones together. we are bg. the line to view queen elizabeth's coffin stretches for miles in central london. when we go live for the latest. and plus support for the monarchy is fading significantly among the young are population. details ahead. new salonpas li. a super thin, flexible patch with maximum otc strength lidocaine that contours to the body to relieve pain right where itit hurts. and did we mention, it really, really sticks? salonpas, it's good d medicine. ♪ h hisamitsu ♪ shipstation saves us so much h time it makes it really easy and seamless pick an order print everything you need slap the label on ito the box and it'seady to go our cost for shipping, were cut in half just like that

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♪ welcome back to all of you watching us here in the united states, canada and around the world. i'm kim brunhuber. this is "cnn newsroom." at this hour central london is filled with people waiting to pay their final respects to queen elizabeth. authorities have shut down the miles long queue multiple times. it has largely remained at or near capacity. in the coming hours the queen's eight grandchildren will hold a vigil around her coffin just as king charles and his siblings did friday. meanwhile the king has a busy day of appointments with british and commonwealth officials starting with a meeting at buckingham palace with chiefs of staff. nada bashir is there in london and is joining us. you've been spending so much time talking to these people waiting in line. incredible to see those lines,

to hear how patient most folks have been considering some might not see the queen until tomorrow. what have they been telling you? >> reporter: it is remarkable to see just how many people have shown up, is been waiting overnight for hours and hours. this queue stretches for miles down the river thames, all of these people waiting for their chance to enter the palace of westminster which is just across the river to pass by to pay their respects to the queen who is currently lying in state in westminster hall in the palace of west minister. i have to say it has been quite cold overnight, they have been waiting as you said, the queue near or at capacity for the last 24 hours. and every so often, it will be stopped, people recommended not to try to travel into this area to join the queue because there are just so many people. and this is of course a large scale security operation. there are several volunteers, about 1,000 at least stewards,

volunteers and hundreds more metropolitan police officers as well as ambulance just off in the distance to o. hand to support those who have been waiting overnight. we've seen people handing out blankets and there are coffee stands open to make sure that they can make it through the cold weather. we've been speaking to some of those in the queue. how many hours is it now? >> we walked into the park now 9:35:50. >> reporter: so you've been here all night. >> yes, but it has to be done. >> reporter: why? why is this so important to you? >> so many reasons of course. the queen is most important. if you said you didn't do this, you'd have the regret your whole life. so you have to be here. >> reporter: and how have you been getting through? >> no problems at all. lovely weather and great people. >> reporter: it has been cold. >> yeah, but the sun is out now. >> reporter: and what is your plan later today?

>> to be honest, there are quite a lot of people don't come, but really it wasn't that bad. we've had no problems. it is a long time, looking at 14 to 18 hours. but if you are willing to do that, i think it is okay still. >> reporter: historic moment. >> it is indeed. >> reporter: thank you so much. good luck. that really is what we've been hearing from so many people up and down the queue. and a lot people we've been speaking to have been telling us that they have made friends along the way and that it is a moment that they are so happy to be sharing with those around them. of course we've seen a lot of little kids as well spending the night here, sharing in this moment of history for the country. >> making the best of it, i guess. i was discussing this earlier with a royal historian, i mean, it is incredible the number of people who have come to pay their respects. and it may be a bit surprising in the context of the debate that is raging these days about whether the monarchy is even relevant these days. >> reporter: absolutely. it is a historic moment, many people here wanting to pay their respects to the late queen, but this is also a moment of history

because of course we're ushering in a new royal era. king charles iii. and there has been conversation and debate around the monarchy's place in modern britain, this is a very different time to when the queen first descended to the throne. and we're facing various crises at the moment, not least the cost of living cries crises. people who are not traveling to westminster, but outside of the capital we've been speaking to the people about their thought on the monarchy and many say that they think it is time for the royal family to modernize. deeply admired and widely revered, queen elizabeth leaves behind a towering legacy. drawing mourners in the thousands to commemorate her life. >> we just wanted to pay our

respects. she was very popular. >> reporter: but two-thirds of people support keeping the monarchy, 2000 some young people the prospects of a new royal era strikes a different chord. recent polling shows twice as many 18 to 34-year-olds favor britain becoming a republic compared to those age 65 and over. >> as an immigrant here, i can understand the r rever rens peoe from an older generation and this is a big loss for them. nice to keep the tradition, but it is just they are not -- >> they bring tourism. >> they are not as important as they were back 100 years ago. >> i think it is definitely time to rethink and i know a lot of people loved queen elizabeth and don't think that same fondness is there for king charles for a lot of people it represents

colonialism. and it events kind of like concentration of wealth at the top. >> reporter: the royal family has faced criticism over its colonial past, which it has acknowledged. and there continues to be debate around the financial cost of maintaining a monarchy. primarily as the country faces a teamening cost of living crisis. >> they should put hormone back from those guys and feed it into the system for people who need the help.hormone back from those guys and feed it into the system for people who need the help. >> reporter: but while the family is still popular among the public, king charles now takes on the responsibility of cementing the monarchy's place and relevance in modern britain. this is a period of mourning. as you see behind me, thousands streaming into the capital from across the country, the globe really, to pay thars respects to the queen. but this is also a moment of reflection and debate on the

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leader of one of russia's most important trading partners has openly rebuked vladimir putin over the war in ukraine. during a televised meeting in uzbekistan, narendra modi said now is not the time for war. it is the latest sign that even nations with strong ties to moscow are questioning the invasion. earlier this week putin acknowledged that china's leader also had concerns about the war. ivan watson is joining me with more. so after getting luke warm support from president xi, the meeting with modi didn't go as well as putin might have hoped. is that fair to say? >> reporter: i think so. i think the kremlin was hoping to illustrate that vladimir putin is not as internationally isolated as some of his critics

would argue at this meeting of the shanghai cooperation organization in uzbekistan. but it was clear that he didn't have some of that swagger that we associate with the russian president at this meeting. in fact, when he did sit down with the indian prime minister, he received a lecture of sorts urging him to follow a path towards peace. take a listen. >> translator: it is not an era of war and i have spoken to you many times over the phone on this issue that democracy, diplomacy and dialogue are all the things that make it clear to the world that in the coming days, how can we move on the path of peace. >> reporter: and putin himself addressed that he knew that the indian prime minister had concerns about russia's prosecution of this destructive war in ukraine. and he had to make a similar admission when he sat down face-to-face the previous day with chinese leader xi jinping

saying hey, i know you have questions and concerns about ukraine. and that is all the more striking when you consider that the previous time that putin met face-to-face with xi in beijing in early february before launching this invasion of ukraine, at that time both leaders declared a friendship with no limits. seven months later, you heard no full throated endorsement of the kremlin's military adventure in ukraine from this chinese friend. there is clearly unease about how the war is going. despite this, in his public comments, putin also claimed that his military plan in ukraine would not change despite recent military setbacks for the russian military, that the goal was still toas he put it to capture the eastern donbas region of ukraine and that he insisted that there was slow and

gradual progress that his forces were making on the ground despite the fact that we've seen a pretty epic retreat from the russian military on the northeastern front in ukraine in just the past couple of weeks. kim. >> yeah, appreciate the analysis. ivan watson in hong kong, thanks so much. lebanon's financial situation is so dire, some people are holding up their own banks to get their own money. the banks have been rationing cash so strictly that one suspect says she took extreme measures to get the cash she needs to help save her sister's life. joe man imana karedsheh reports. >> reporter: this is what lebanon's financial implosion looks like. this is what it has done to the people. the victims of this economic collapse who have had enough. ordinary citizens have held up at least seven banks since wednesday in the desperate attempts to get their money out of banks. they have been largely locked out of their life savings for three years after banks enforced

an official capital controls. this woman threatened to set herself on fire and held people hostage with what she later said was a toy gun. she told lebanese tv she did it to save her sister. >> translator: i have nothing more to lose. i got to the end of the road. two days ago i went to the branch manager and begged him, told him my sister is dying, she doesn't have time. after giving me a hard time, he finally said he could give us 200 u.s. dollars a month. at the rate of 12 million lebanese pound. that will be 2,400,000 lebanese found which is not even the price of the injection that my sister needs to take daily. it is a shame to say this, but i got to a point where i was going to sell my kidney so that my sister could receive treatment. >> reporter: she and others have been hailed as heros. for three years, people have struggled to survive. a collapsed economy, a broken state, paying the price for the

failures of a ruling recomlreye elite that has plunged the country into a crisis. >> translator: we have been asking the state for the last three years, we have demanded and protested in peaceful ways and no one showed any interest in our cause. it is pushing the depositors to take their right with their own hands. >> reporter: surreal scenes like this one played out with a man who said he was unarmed calmly holding up a bank in beirut friday. banks announced that they will be closed for at least three days next week fearing this may just be the beginning. >> they broke the country, they broke the people. what do we have? this is not a country. >> reporter: jomana karedsheh, cnn, istanbul. right now alaska is being hit by possibly the strongest storm in more than a deck indicate. we're live in the weather center right after the break. please stay with us. ls have las.

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spread. mosquito fire has now burned more than 70,000 acres in northern california making it the state's largest blaze so far this year and it is only 20% contained. officials hope a new storm system this weekend could help douse the flames at least a little bit. parts of alaska are being battered by what could be the strongest storm to hit the state in more than a decade. the storm is what is left of a typhoon. flood and high wind warnings are now in effect. let's bring in in derek van dam. the storm in alaska looks massive. >> and a buoy in the bering strait recorded 50 foot high wave. and so this is a powerful storm. and it is so rare considering that it is september and they don't normally receive these types of storms until the middle

of october. the worst coastal flooding possible as well. and so this particular storm we're paying attention to it, because we've already noticed an increase in some of the bays an inlets in the western facing shorelines of alaska starting to see that rise in water because of the onshore wind pushed around it. this is a fascinating image. you are looking at a visible satellite imagery of the actual storm taken just a few hours ago and it is so massive, so gigantic that it took three hours for the sun to set across the entire scircumference of th low pressure. and so here are the forecast wave heights. the orange and red, those are anywhere between 9 and 12 meters. so you times that by three, you are talking about 30 to 40-foot high swells, that measured by a buoy. and here is satellite image, you can see it lining up. coastal flood warnings in place

and there is that strong onshore push of wind. we have the strongest winds occurring right now across the western coastline of alaska. speaking of strong winds, i want to take you to the eastern caribbean. this area is-force winds. and the update at 5:00 a.m., it is now a hurricane watch in place for puerto rico and the u.s. virgin islands. that is ahead of tropical storm fiona's arrival later today. and into the overnight hours of sunday. you can see the current position of the storm, 60-mile-per-hour winds, it is looking more organized and some of the hurricane hunters flying within the center of the storm finding lower pressure and more organization with the storm system as well. i want you to see this official forecast track from the national hurricane center because it states and shows that this could become a hurricane before breaching hispaniola.

again, that is by monday 2:00 a.m. and as it continues to work its way across the caribbean and into the bahamas, it could strengthen further than that up to 90-mile-per-hour. and that could potentially be on the low end. so the big question, will it impact the eastern u.s.? look like all the computer models in agreement for the most part that this will stay and veer away from the continental united states. >> we'll keep tracking it. derek, thank you so much. and thank you for all of you watching us here. that wraps this hour of "cnn newsroom." i'm kim brunhuber. "new day" is next.

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