ladies and gentlemen, dare to dream, but the dawn is breaking on an independent united kingdom. we fought against the big merchant banks. we fought against big politics. we fought against lies, corruption and deceit. let's get rid of the flag, the anthem, brussels and all that's gone wrong. let june the 23rd go down in our history as our independence day. >> the world has turned upside

down. britain votes to leave the european union, prime minister david cameron says he'll resign as his nation goes forward. we are live for you in london as world markets are going haywire. dow futures already down hundreds of points here in america. plus, donald trump set to deliver remarks from scotland. we'll get a preview from katy tur live from turnberry. very good morning to you. friday, june 24th. i'm alex witt. we'll start with the breaking news from overnight where the uk has voted in favor of leaving the european union. it was a narrow margin, 52% voting to leave, with about 1.3 million votes separating the two camps. that is with 72% voter turnout. only yesterday a composite look at polls had shown britain's narrowly favoring remaining, but now one of the eu's richest economies will be leaving. nigel faraj, on the tip of the sword for the leave movement,

called for new leadership there. he's an independent, of course and prime minister david cameron trying to calm his country, assuring them the economy is strong before announcing his intention to resign. >> the british people have voted to leave the european union and their will must be respected. i would reassure the markets and investors that britain's economy is fundamentally strong. i fought this campaign in the only way i know how, which is to say directly and passionately what i think and feel. head, heart and soul. i held nothing back. i was absolutely clear about my belief that britain is stronger, safer and better off inside the european union. and a negotiation with the european union will need to begin under a new prime minister. and i think it's right that this new prime minister takes the decision about when to trigger article 50 and start the formal

and legal process of leaving the eu. >> make sure we have a prime minister and a government that carry out the wishes of 17 million people and now whether that's mr. cameron or not, i'm not so sure. my feeling is the prime minister could have risen above the fray. he chose not to. i think he probably has to go. i think we have to have a brexit prime minister. i know a lot of remain voters did it reluctantly. they did it because they believe the stories about economics. all of that is wrong. i would say to all of them, listen, guys and gals, we're living in the 21st century global economy. we have just broken free from a backward failing political union the world is now our oyster. >> and this morning, the head of the eu donald tusk trying to calm europe. what doesn't kill you makes you stronger. global trading markets are down big time and much of the

world is simply in disbelief. joining us from london, msnbc news foreign correspondent, keir simmons. i think disbelief is the operative word there, and david cameron said he'll be leaving in october if he lasts that long, keir. >> reporter: right. yeah, that's right. let's just talk about this, alex, in terms of means to people's 401(k)s and jobs and all of that is what impacts it will have on the world economy. as a short term and a long term to that. in the short term there's a lot of uncertainty. the british prime minister resigning as you say, he may have to go earlier. but the likelihood it will last three month, it will take that long to get a new election, new prime minister. that kind of uncertainty from the leadership of britain which then has to negotiate with europe is why you're seeing the stock markets around the world reacting so negatively. then there's the longer term. that is about how britain unpicks itself from the european union. talking about major world

economies. how much conflict will there be between those economies? how will they continue to trade with each other? how will they trade in the long term? does that have a major impact on the world any, ultimately filters back to the u.s. economy. to u.s. job, to u.s. family, to people's 401(k)s. you know, alex, just in this one day, we have seen a number of things happen that would be a major story on any given day. the leaders in scotland and northern ireland renewing their call to leave britain. the british pound dropping by more than it has done in decade, stock markets tumbling. you can see why people are very nervous around the world, even while those who voted to leave are saying this morning this is independence for britain. it is freedom, it is a rebuttal of big politics. alex? >> look, a win is a win. no matter how you look at it, but if you look at the numbers they are staggering, keir, because there are over 17

million that said we want to go, but there are well over 16 million who said we should stay. so talk about the divide that is forthcoming and how long you expect that to have ripple effects throughout the country. >> reporter: that's the issue because the divide in britain which i guess is an issue for british people if you like, but what the impact its has is that this is a britain that has to renegotiate with europe. so if britain is struggling in terms of how it has led and the opposition party too now, there were calls there for the leader of that party to go, then how are they supposed to renegotiate with europe? this is clearly going to be a long term thing. at the same time, you just saw a ground swell, alex. one of the leaders of the calls to leave the european union is this morning comparing himself with donald trump. take a listen. >> there was something happening in american politics that

perhaps is a bit of a mirror of what's happening here. a feeling in much of america, that washington is too remote and trump is cashing in on it. i don't believe in everything he says but he must have a chance at winning. >> reporter: so this is clearly a huge reaction to a deep sense that the politicians who have been leading europe just haven't been listening. the question now though, alex, is what are the implications? >> that is the question and it will be a long time before that gets answered. keir simmons, thank you for that, live for us in london. well, the pound is at a 30-year low against the dollar. some global markets are in free-fall, having suspended their trading briefly this morning. let's go to is a vie in london. what kind of instability are we looking at here? >> well, first of all, global markets i think it's safe to say, blindsided by this outcome

the eu. the markets were pricing in a remain outcome and we got leave. how long the late stage polls were. we're in unchartered territory, a heck of a lot of uncertainty and that breeds economic weakness as well. case in point, credit suisse is warning that the uk will fall into recession and then we have the ratings agencies out as well. s&p saying that the aaa credit rating is untenable after the leave outcome. you highlighted the price action in the british pound in sterling. it really was at the pointy end of things. dropping 10% to the lowest level around the time of the accord. in terms of the outlook, we got some useful commentary, and there was a warning of a grave danger of further weakness in sterling in the week ahead.

short range indication for the currencies we'll probably settle into the range of around 130, 135. and trade lower to 120. 125 as well. there are implications for the global central banks. the bank of england could embark on an easing policy now. similar story for the bank of japan that meets next month and the fed could be on hold for a large part of the duration of 2016. >> all right, thank you so much for that assessment. we appreciate that. voters in scotland meanwhile they were voting overwhelmingly to remain part of the eu, the numbers were 62 to 38. this raises the question of whether or not scotland will seek a second independence referendum. and speaking of scotland, trump is there to formally open his newly refurbished turnberry golf resort. he arrived by helicopter an hour or so ago. he faced criticism from stepping away from the campaign trail and

then last night he stressed its brevity. leaving for a one-night trip to scotland in order to be at the great turnberry resort. will be back on saturday night. he addressed the press briefly this morning in scotland. >> very historic. we're very happy. >> [ inaudible ]. >> yeah, people are angry. all over the world they're angry. and -- >> why? what do you take from that, why are they angry, sir? >> i think we're doing very well in the united states also and essentially the same thing is happening in the united states. >> -- but how do we -- [ inaudible ]. >> i'm happy to be here. >> and joining us from turnberry, scotland, katy tur. good morning to you. what all can we expect from trump's stop in scotland today? >> reporter: well, he'll be having a formal press conference in about an hour and a half from

now, where he's expected to address brex it and address concerns from -- that he's leaving the campaign trail. he's down in the poll, facing a fund-raising crisis, little staff in the battleground states and real significant threat of a mutiny in the republican party. those concerns have diminished in the past week after he fired his campaign manager and announced a few million dollars raised between he and the rnc. in their joint fund-raising agreement, but still there are concerns out there and many wanted him to cancel this trip to scotland. even if it is is only for one night. they worry that the optics are bad. usually when a presidential candidate leaves the campaign trail and goes overseas, they go to booster -- to bolster their foreign policy credentials. you saw president obama do this and mitt romney when he was

running in 2012 to mixed success when he was overseas. of course, the meeting with david cameron today on the day of brexit was likely never going to happen. even if the uk decided that they were going to stay in the eu. obviously now that is not an option. donald trump certainly facing controversy and facing criticisms and questions over his motivation. why is he bringing the press and his campaign -- to his golf resort in scotland and having a ribbon cutting? what is the motivation behind that? this is the tenth -- or ninth property that we've visited with donald trump so far on the campaign trail. the tenth will be tomorrow when he is in aberdeen. fuelling concerns this as much or more about branding than it is about running for office. >> yeah. so you mentioned his diminished poll numbers but look at the numbers relative to the brexit as of yesterday it was i think the latest like a 48-46. and the ideology being that they

would not be leaving. and yet, you see what actually happened. how much do you think trump will look at what's happened, perhaps incorporate the remarks that we expect him to make in an hour and a half that you talked about, how much do you think he'll say, look, anything can happen. this kind of thing happens, people are having a revolution obviously here in great britain. and this can happen as well in the united states. how much do you think he's going to equate what's happening now and he own campaign and the potential to win? >> reporter: i think you hit the nail on the head. i think that's exactly what he's going to do. the big topic that fueled the uk leaving the eu was simply immigration. they're worried about -- coming over into the uk and taking jobs from people who are already living here. that started when the eu started to hit the recession, and more and more were flooding the job

market. not necessarily in the cities but in the northern part of the island. the second concern is when donald trump says on the campaign trail over and over again, the concern about refugees works who is among the refugees? that's why this vote was so well timed for those -- for those wanting to leave the eu, so poorly timed for those on david cameron's side of the issue. saying they believe that staying in the eu would be a better idea. donald trump has been for the idea of a brexit. we saw him talking to reporters just now, saying it's about keeping the country safe. and that the voters are angry. the same sort of thing that he's trying to capitalize on in the united states. fears about the immigration, fears about the jobs being taken away from them and fears about refugees or others coming into the country and potentially being terrorists. that's exactly what donald trump is capitalizing and it's exactly what is happening here in the uk. >> okay. katy tur there in turnberry, scotland, thank you for phoning in. meantime in other news, it was a big day of rulings from the u.s. supreme court yesterday as the justices upheld the university of texas's affirmative action program in a

4-3 decision, but the bigger news they deadlocked on president obama's immigration policy. thereby leaving a lower court's ruling to block the plan. it shielded millions of undocumented immigrants from deportation and allowing them to obtain work visas. the president laid blame at the feet of congressional republicans for blocking his nominees and house speaker paul ryan welcomed it. >> today the supreme court was unable to reach the decision. this is part of the consequence of the republican failures so far to give a fair hearing to mr. merrick garland. my nominee to the supreme court. leaving the broken system the way it is, that's not a solution. in fact, that's the real amnesty. pretending we can deport 10 million people or spending tens of billions of taxpayer money is abetting what is really just

factually incorrect. it's not doing to work. it's not good for this country. it's a fantasy. >> this is a womin for the constitution, a win for congress and a win for the separation of powers. presidents don't write law, congress writes laws. this is a case that the house weighed in on because it's fundamental to our system of checks and balances. congress, not president, writes our laws and today the supreme court validated that core, fundamental principle. still ahead here on a special edition of "way too early" more on the breaking news from europe. british prime minister david cameron says his days are numbered after losing his campaign to remain in the eu. plus, the latest on gun control's fight from capitol hill. house democrats end their unprecedented sit-in while the senate takes new action but will anything come of it? those stories and a check on weather when "way too early" comes right back.

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we have done it. it's independence day. the ordinary, decent people of this people have overturned the establishment of the big banks and businesses and for me, just a massive, mega thank you to all you have out there who helped me over the years and went out and voted to get our country back. we have done it. >> and that was a jubilant uk leader nigel faraj posting on twitter. taking a page out of the donald trump social media playbook. last night, britain narrowly voted to leave the eu. we're tracking that story all morning long for you. welcome back to "way too early." we'll get a chance on the other big headlines. the third police officer to be tried in the death of freddie gray has been found not guilty. baltimore officer caesar goodson jr. drove the transport van in which gray sustained fatal injuries.

the defense said there was no evidence of the rough ride. after an eight-day trial, goodson walked away from court cleared of all charges. small groups of demonstrators voiced disapproval. stephanie rawlings blake had issued a statement asking the community for calm and patience and right now four others can face trial in the case of freddie gray. democrats are vowing to keep up the pressure for more gun control measures after ending their sit-in which lasted more than 25 hours, sitting in on the house floor. >> the fight is not over. this is just one step, but when we come back here on july the 5th we're going to continue to push, to pull, to stand up and if necessary, to sit down. sit down. >> while the demonstration failed to get new votes on strengthening gun background checks and banning sales to people on the no fly list,

democrats say they're just getting started as "the wall street journal" reports they're now planning to make gun control a defining issue in the upcoming 2016 campaign. house speaker paul ryan says that proves his point that it was all a stunt. >> they're trying to get on tv. they're sending out fund-raising solicitations like this one. house democrats on the house floor. your contribution will go to the dccc, $15 -- this one says give us 25 bucks but if you want you can send us $50, $100, $250, $500, $1,000. because look at what we're do on the house floor. send us money. if this is not a political stunt why are they trying to raise money off of this off a tragedy? >> the senate compromise trying to block those on the no fly list from getting a gun passed

the test vote. it is unlikely to pass in the house. let's get a check on the weather now with nbc meteorologist bill karins. not as rough as yesterday. >> not quite as bad. look at west virginia this is who got hit the hardest yesterday. you had a lot of damaging winds and flash flooding. look at that. that's not the main street you want to be on. that's a muddy water too. that's a lot of clean-up that's going to be needed. many areas of west virginia dealt with this flash flooding. look at the terrain it leads itself to flash flooding. they built the town in the valley. you get heavy enough rain and you will get scenes like this. yes, clean-up in west virginia. a lot of people without power. thankfully this morning, west virginia is in the clear, the clean-up will begin today. we did watch some of storms going through the nashville area, let's zoom in and look at with where they are. now they're south of the nashville area. near chattanooga couple of storms.

one in north dakota, montana, and then an area here in the carolinas, in all 19 million people at risk of severe storms today. wind damage is expected. we don't expect too many tornadoes, but a lot of population centers down i-95 from richmond all the way through south carolina including the raleigh, charlotte areas. small hail likely with some of the storms. let's give you the weekend forecast. the heat still on. it hasn't broken yet throughout much of the southern half of the nation. 95 to 100 in all of the southeast, all of the areas from texas. little cooler in st. louis. it was 100 two days in a row. today, 94. back up to 97 in st. louis on saturday. nice weather today from philadelphia northwards, d.c., southwards, still dodging a few showers and storms even into saturday. severe weather on saturday, watch out around minneapolis and duluth late in the afternoon. then st. louis and up through the great lakes, florida you'll dodge the typical afternoon storms. no break out west.

110 in phoenix. looks like our significant heat wave continues to move on through the month of june for the desert southwest. >> still looking for those magenta colors. every time i see them, i think uh-oh. >> not where you want to be. >> not at all. still ahead, we continue to follow the breaking news which has much of the world in shock. britain decides to leave the eu, global markets tumble. the pound plummets and david cameron says he will resign. we're covering all angles for you. just one day after celebrating the nba title in cleveland, lebron james makes a decision on whether to take part in the rio olympics. "way too early" is back in a moment. l and key can wing it all the way to jordan and chelsea's wedding. rumble! road trip. there she is. uh oh, oh, oh, oh, what? so here is our road trip itinerary. what's this? a bunch of different places... nah, bro. we gotta go off-script. rip to shreds every motel, cabin and teepee, between here and the wedding. now get out of my seat. alright. (screams) road trip! whahhhh hahaha...

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