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but as we've seen, westminster, the herd instinct is powerful and when the herd moves, it moves. my friends in politics, no one is remotely indispensable. >> johnson's resignation came 24 hours after he told lawmakers he was not going anywhere. listen. >> the job of a prime minister in difficult circumstances when he's been handed a colossal mandate is so keep going, and that's what i'm going to do. >> but all that changed this morning. protesters were on downing street as he made his announcement. some londoners said they're happy to see him go. >> i'm just surprised it took him so long, really. yesterday i thought it would probably come, but, yeah, by the end of the day, it just seemed like he was going to keep on, but i guess he's figured it out that it's time for him to go. >> joining us now, msnbc foreign correspondent kelly cobiella near the houses of parliament in london and rick stengel, and an

msnbc political analyst. kelly, 24 hours ago boris johnson said he was going nowhere. >> reporter: i think the prime minister woke this morning to even more resignations. there were 50 when he went to bed last night at 10 downing street. woke up to seven more. and people in high levels of government. there was a letter released by one of his staunchest allies, newly appointed finance minister, who said in that letter that staying in office was not good for the country and that he had to go now. pretty blunt words from that minister. we saw boris johnson coming out at 12:30 local time, lunchtime, giving that six-minute speech saying he was sad to go, but themes the breaks, saying, in

fact, he was stepping down. >> how long before his successor is chosen? what's the process of succession? >> reporter: right. so, it takes a little while to elect a new leader of the conservative party. it takes a few weeks, really. the members of parliament decide on the timetable. that will be released some time next week, we understand, according to the prime minister, the current prime minister. but first it has to go to vote among be members -- conservative members of parliament. they whittle the field down to two candidates and then they have to compete for votes among conservative party members in the country. about 200,000 conservative party members. and the thinking is that this could take into the fall. in fact, some are already raising the question about whether or not it's a good idea for the prime minister to stay in office until a new prime minister is in place. the leader of the scottish parliament tweeted today that

surely this is not -- is unwise to have boris johnson in office making decisions on behalf of the country over the next possibly three months. and former conservative prime minister john major joining that call as well, saying the prime minister johnson really has to go now for the good of the country. some sort of caretaker prime minister needs to be in place. he said it's simply unwise for him to continue at this stage for a time as long as three months, jose. >> kelly cobiella in london, thank you very much. rick, this is a fascinating thing that's going on in england. boris johnson weathered so many storms, right? i mean, votes of no confidence, the parties during covid, all these sexual issues with ministers. what is this change that finally prompted him to say, i get it, i got to go? >> they call him the greased piglet because he would squirm

out of everything. yes, 50 ministers resigned. i would say the thing that really tipped the balance for him was that bye election in june. that got everybody's attention. they're politicians, after all. yes, there are moral reasons to get rid of him, but if the public turns against him after a really overwhelming victory three years ago, that makes his days numbered. i would agree with kelly that if you're getting someone out of office for moral reasons, don't have him stick around for three months making decisions. have him out. >> but then who takes over and how, right? i guess the x-checker, some popular people, but no one that has the national projection. >> no, but that person will be a caretaker. there's a number of people that could do that. you wouldn't have big decisions taken. but having boris in that chair, this is just my opinion, seems like a bad idea. >> let's talk about the effect of that, of him being gone. certainly the united states and the uk have this historic long

relationship. how do those things be affected at all? >> jose, again, my view is -- boris was the leader of the most catastrophic mistake the british have made since the end of world war ii, leaving the european union. he's the cheerleader of brexit. he's already diminishing the economy. isolating them. the u.s. has tried to help. we have this special relationship, as fdr called it, and winston churchill, boris' idol. we tried to help. once they're disentangled from the european union, the largest trade bloc in the world, great britain will become little england again. >> june 24th, what a day to remember on that brexit. johnson has been a huge supporter of zelenskyy and of ukraine after the invasion of russia. he's been there a number of times. he actually mentioned ukraine three times in this six-minute speech that he gave today.

is that, do you think, going to have an impact on uk's and certainly western europe's support of the ukrainians? >> i don't mean to be cynical, but i do think that, you know, boris' embrace of zelenskyy and ukraine was a life raft and he held on for dear life. british politics being such that there will be support for ukraine and zelenskyy. >> stick with us because we have a lot to discuss this morning. i appreciate your time. let's head to russia where american basketball start brittney griner returned to amos cow court for her continuation of a trial on drug charges. if convicted, she faces up to ten years in prison. after being charged with drug smuggling after russian authorities say they found vape canisters with cannabis oil in her luggage. president biden assured her family he is doing all he can to secure her release, as family and friends, fans held a rally

in phoenix last night, urging the u.s. government to do more to free her. with us to talk about this, matt bodner in london, and rick stengel continues to join us. bring us up to date on what's happening in the trial today. >> reporter: jose, good to see you. well, this is the second hearing in her trial. it began last week. we didn't get too much out of that hearing. witnesses didn't actually show up. there were no u.s. embassy personnel on site. today was different. we understand that witnesses did speak -- these were prosecution witnesses speaking during the hearing. that hearing already has concluded. it began an hour or so ago. griner has already left the courtroom. unfortunately, there were no cameras admitted into the hearing and we have not yet been able to ascertain what exactly happened during today's hearing. i think it's safe to say this process is ongoing and we're really not near the finish line yet for griner. >> any sense of how long this trial is supposed to last?

>> reporter: sure. well, these russian court processes can take a while. we're on the second hearing now. there is another hearing already scheduled for next week. we understand that that's going to be some kind of questioning by the judge of griner. so, it's safe to say there will be one more hearing after that in which we might begin to get into the area in which the judge is ready to render a verdict. that hearing itself could be an eight-hour process. it really depends on the case, on the actual suspect. i've seen some very long sentence readings in my time in russia. so, it could be a two-day thing. i think just based on how the russian legal system works, it's almost virtually guaranteed, i would say at this point, that griner does -- is found guilty. russia has an extremely high conviction rate. 2018 survey said it was more than 99% of all charges are prosecuted and convicted. so, like i said, virtual

certainty that she will be charged at this point, found guilty. and then the question begins to become what kind of options does the u.s. government have to engage russia in prisoner swap negotiations, for example? this is something that, once again, we're hearing a lot about from lawyers in moscow, various officials and commentators in moscow. it's certainly something griner's family is hoping to see at this point. i think we need to get through this trial first before we see any serious movements on that front. >> rick, the russian legal system -- justice and legal system are two die met rickly opposed things. i'm wonder from the state department, president biden's sense, what are the things you can do to try to solve this crisis? >> yeah. i think we have to be very clear. she's a bargaining chip to the russians. she was arrested. she's on trial as a bargaining chip. they can trade her for something. whether that's espionage,

russian officials arrested here, whether it's some negotiation around ukraine. that's how they see it. the whole trial is a show trial, as you said. the u.s. government takes hostage issues really seriously. there's a special envoy at the white house on hostage affairs. there's a special envoy at the state department. people are working this, but at the end of the day, the decision is really going to be made by vladimir putin. he's going to decide, what do we want to trade her for? what can we get for her? and i think her fate is up in the air until that happens. >> yeah. meanwhile, the family of paul whelan, another american held in hostage, has expressed concerns about the treatment the biden administration has given to brittney griner. here's some of what whelan's brother said on cnn. listen to this. >> i don't think there's anything more valuable to the family of wrongful detainees than to hear from the government. and i think that the frustration to the extent it is out there is directed towards the inconsistency of how the u.s. government interacts with

wrongful detainee families, how they communicate with us, how they give us updates or let us know what the reality is of what is and what isn't possible. >> so delicate, so difficult because everybody who has something like this going on in their family wants 100% of the focus on them, as they should. is there -- is there maybe a point that he has that -- >> yes, i do think he has a point. i mean, his brother was a former marine, was arrested on espionage charges. i always think the government should error on the side of transparency and openness, touching base with folks like that. when i was at the state department, i dealt with some of the hostage families. i think the u.s. has to be open-handed about it and clear. i think the detention of ms. griner has put this in high relief. i think maybe a policy will change a little bit. >> on another issue, i wanted your thoughts on fbi director christopher wray and counterpart issued their starkest warning

yet from national security threat from china saying china may be inching closer to invading taiwan and beijing has been taking steps to shield its economy should some kind of sanctions come after a move like that. what do you make of this? >> i think that's right. it was a kind of historic press conference with mi5 in britain and i think china's aggressiveness, they're looking at what happened in ukraine as either a model to do or not do versus taiwan, is really serious. i think we've seen over the decades now the incredibly aggressive corporate espionage on the part of china. that's something corporations all across america have felt. i think, you know, there's a serious chill between the u.s. and china. >> big concern, of course, is what's going on with taiwan. matt, you've got some breaking news right now? >> reporter: yeah, jose, we're learning just right now from brittney griner's lawyer speaking outside of the courtroom in moscow, in today's hearing she pled guilty to all

charges, saying it was not her intent to break the law. she was packing in a hurry. so, the plan here, according to the lawyers, they are now counting on leniency from the russian courts with recognition of that, lack of intent to commit a crime. of course, there is now perhaps consideration this might speed up a verdict and get to, as i was talking before, get to a point where the russians are willing now to talk about prisoner exchanges. just earlier today we heard the russian deputy foreign minister say there was nothing to talk about between the two countries on prisoner exchanges until this court hearing, until this process had concluded. and also relations improved. one step at a time. but, you know, one way to look at this is a step closer to those prisoner swap negotiations. >> what's your reaction to that? >> i think matt's interpretation was correct. i'm sure she was advised by the

state department to plead guilty. once she's convicted and a sentence she can be used as the bargaining chip the russians want to use. then we'll see what they think they can get. >> rick stengel and matt, thank you for being with us this morning. still ahead, new outrage in uvalde after a new report says there were several chances to stop the school shooting even before it started. first, we're learning more about the mass shooting at the july 4th parade in illinois. details about a stunning confession and a chilling plot to carry out another attack nearby. you're watching "jose diaz-balart reports." ther attac) here, i'll take that. ensure max protein with 30 grams of protein, one gram of sugar. enter powered by protein challenge for a chance to win big. ♪♪ nearby you're watching "jose

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20 past the hour. the seventh victim in that deadly july 4th parade and mass shooting in highland park, illinois, has been identified. 69-year-old eduardo uvaldo died yesterday from his injuries. we spoke with one of his lifelong friends who said, this

was supposed to be a celebratory time for the family. >> you know, his daughters would have planned something for him and now it's -- we're planning something different than a birthday party. >> this as authorities say the suspected gunman, who is being held without bail, confessed in detail to carrying out the shooting saying he considered another attack in wisconsin. >> we did see a celebration that was occurring in madison and he seriously contemplated using the firearm he had in his vehicle to commit another shooting. >> joining us, shaquille brewster live from highland park, and a former special agent at the counterintelligence division of the fbi and associate dean at yale law school. shaquille, how is the community in highland park doing today? >> jose, it's still very much a grieving community. we expect the first funerals to begin tomorrow. that comes after days and days

of those vigils that are being attended by many members of this community and neighboring communities as well. we saw large-scale vigil last night. we know several others are scheduled for later today. we keep learning about those who are lost, those seven victims who came out to a july 4th parade and never made it home. we told the story, you heard the story before, of irina and kevin mccarthy, who leave behind that 2-year-old boy, aiden mccarthy. at last check, jose, that gofundme that was set up for that 2-year-old boy was at or nearing $3 million. a colleague tom llamas spoke to a relative that set up the fund-raiser. listen to what she said and how she's coping and dealing with this tragedy. >> like the wind got knocked out of you. just -- don't know. just crying. i just kept thinking that we just hadn't heard from them.

we're a close-knit family, maybe they're just, you know, going through this in their minds themselves. people are not just donating money, they're donating everything. their time, babysitting, wipes, everything. they're just reaching out, what can we do? how can we help? i can't keep up with the messages. >> reporter: that pain being shared by so many members of this community. now, as far as the scene that you see behind me, it's still blocked off, the main street where the shooting occurred. the fbi is still processing it very slowly, but we do know portions of it are continuing to open. some of those items that were left behind, the bicycles, the chairs, the blankets, they're slowly being returned to members of this community. we also have learned nearly 300 people have sought out mental health counseling that's been available to members of this community at the assistance center. you just get the sense, jose, this is not just impacting those families who lost a relative but also those families who were

there and who are impacted by this shooting. it's another american city, another american community heart broken after a mass shooting. >> indeed. investigators released this picture of the gun found in the suspect's vehicle after monday's arrest. take a look at that. police say he legally purchased the firearm used in the shooting and four others after passing background checks in 2020 and 2021. these guns were purchased legally, tom. there are laws on the books. where is the teeth to these laws and what is it he had to have done to be red flagged on this? >> right. it's a 9-millimeter gun. it's designed to have the feel of the ar, but with a larger caliper bullet. i think when you look at this, there are very specific things that can disqualify you from a gun purchase. while we may see all these reports, whether it be the knives, whether it be suicide

attempts, somebody saying he was going to harm others, you really need to hit certain hurdles in order for him to have been denied a purchase of the gun. what are those? criminal conviction or a criminal history that would be disqualifying. a prohibitive mental health flag on his account. what do i mean by that. either some mental health order, a commitment to a facility, that type of thing. you would want to look and see if the person is of age. he was. is this somebody, then, because of his age would have needed a parent or guardian to sign off on this particular gun id. it's the firearms id that you have in illinois. so, he had that. so, all of those things were met. so, if you're the person who's getting this application, you're going into your computer system, nothing is coming up for this guy. interestingly, this is something it will be interesting to see if the residents of illinois take a look at this and their lawmakers take a look at this, when he signed, we were able to get a

copy of what the father signed. it's all about the father's mental state. it's all about the father's criminal history. it's all about the background on the father. there are no guarantees or warranties made by the father about his son's condition or his son's behavior. also interestingly, up until the age of 21, the father signs, when he signs on that dotted line, he's responsible for damages if that weapon is used incorrectly. but because the shooter in this instance had already turned 21, although it's a little ambiguous on the documents, legal experts we've spoken to say that civil libt as it pertains to that specific document goes away. i'm sure the father is going to face some civil litigation here. that's a separate story. it's not tied to that document. >> let's talk about that. police say this suspect's father did sponsor his son's gun permit. if you are, as tom says, signing off as a guarantor, if you're doing that to a house, you're liable. so, how does it work for guns?

>> so, jose, i think tim had it exactly right. if you look at the affidavit that the parent signs for a minor to get the firearm owner id card, the affidavit -- the signer warns that they had not disqualified from owning a firearm and they acknowledge they'll be liable for anything that happens. but there's nothing in there that says something like, to my knowledge, applicant for this id has not indicated any danger to himself or others. in other words, there's nothing that he can be held for making a materially false statement or concealing material information from the screeners. so, you know, i think that the parents here really fell down on the job. the other place where this could have been caught is in something called a clear and present danger report. so, when highland park police responded to some earlier incidences, before he even

applied for these ids, where he had a cache of weapons, knives, daggers, swords, the parents intervened and basically said -- disputed that these were his knives, that he posed a danger. even though the highland park police filed a clear and present danger report, it did not meet the legal threshold to prevent him from obtaining this id. so, i think what you need to do is raise the cost on the people who are enabling people with red flags. this is usually the parents or the people close to these individuals. raise the cost on them for basically concealing or facilitaing material information that, you know, should be used to prevent these people from obtaining firearms. >> and i think on that point, the shooter was asked point blank by law enforcement officers, are you going to hurt yourself? do you have any issues with any

other person? he said no. that's why when that clear and danger report was reviewed, in part, they decided to decline it. no parent wants their kid to have a criminal record. what doesn't appear to have happened here, there was apparently a previous suicide attempt. there was the statements this individual made enough to concern somebody else to contact police. where is the effort to involve the mental health professional? where is the effort to say, you know what, maybe i don't want my son in handcuffs but maybe my son needs help? i think those are questions that really need to be asked here. >> tom, asha and shaquille, thank you for being with us. up next, a damning new report on the shooting in uvalde. how a police officer actually had a chance to stop the shooter before he entered the school. it was a seconds only decision that he had to take. he didn't take it. we'll explain why. you're watching "jose diaz-balart reports." we'll explain why.

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we're learning now details about the law enforcement response to the horrific shooting at robb elementary school that took the lives of 19 children and 2 teachers in uvalde, texas. a new report from texas state university reveals that a uvalde

police officer had the gunman in his sights but did not fire a shot because he was waiting for permission from a supervisor. the report also noted the officer was 148 yards from the exterior door of the school and that current standards don't require officers to fire from more than 100 yards away. that's a significant distance. joining us now is tony, an investigative reporter at austin statesman. walk us through some other significant errors this report highlighted. >> well, perhaps one of the most revealing facts is the one you just mentioned. that that police officer from the city of uvalde apparently did have a clear shot for the suspect, but it is also noteworthy that the report said that that police officer has conveyed to investigators that he did not believe that he could have fired at the gunman prior to him entering the school

without possibly injuring a child inside that school building. it's also noteworthy that the report said that investigators believe that that officer would have been justified under state law in using lethal force had he opted to do so. but with regard to other findings within that report, is widely condemns the overall law enforcement response, saying and enumerating other avenues that police could have taken that horrible day to try to breach that classroom. jose, pointing out that they could have done so using outside windows as well as even going to the point of ripping out sheetrock within the school walls to access that classroom far sooner than we know now they did. >> absolutely. they ended up not doing anything until s.w.a.t. came in, the special response team. how are local officials responding to the details in this report?

>> we've heard precious little from the city of uvalde with regard to this report and from the uvalde school district as well as city officials there. i do want to point out, and this is very noteworthy, and that is here in texas we do have a text tebs house committee investigating what happened on may 24th. as of yesterday evening, the chair of that committee confirmed that the sheriff of uvalde county so far has refused to testify before that committee. so, now they are taking other steps to command him to come before that committee. so, that just adds to a new development and a new series of questions about why law enforcement is not being as forthcoming as they could possibly be in helping investigators and, in turn, the public understand everything that happened that day. >> thank you so very much for

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41 after the hour. tomorrow a key member of former president trump's administration is set to testify before the january 6th committee. pat cipollone will be interviewed on tape behind closed doors, according to a person familiar with the matter. it comes after cipollone was subpoenaed last week following bombshell testimony from hutchinson who said cipollone repeatedly raised concerns about january 6th. >> pat said something to the effect of, and very clearly had said this to mark, something to the effect of, mark, something

needs to be done or people are going to die and the blood's going to be on your f'ing hands. >> joining us now, nbc news capitol hill reporter ali vilatli. what's the significance of cipollone and his testimony behind closed doors? >> a, he was the white house counsel, in many of these meetings. you think of the way the committee has teased out what department of justice officials at that time were feeling on. cipollone were in those meetings. the conversation he had around things he said to mark meadows. the second thing he provides is something the committee has been trying to do painstakingly in all of these hearings is prove all of the people in the former president's orbit were wonder the things they were doing were illegal but they were going forward and doing them anyway. the things they were trying to do within the department of justice. and as it pertaining to the actual insurrection itself. all of those are part and parcel. they've already talked to pat

cipollone informally. getting him on tape allows them to use it in the hearing next week and that's important. >> cipollone as an attorney has some things he will choose he can and cannot say? >> yeah. there are a few things binding him here. we talked a lot about executive privilege. that's something like steve bannon and mark meadows who has a stronger claim to executive privilege, that's been tied up in court. for cipollone because he's a lawyer there's the open question of maybe attorney/client privilege, how will he navigate that? all of that will be rendered in the deposition when it happens. there are a few different threads that bind him. >> one of the key topics is going to be, as several committee members have laid out, what the alt right groups looked like in getting people to the capitol on that day. that's something congressman raskin has been preparing for. he'll lead that hearing on tuesday. it leaves open the idea that the committee has not yet detailed that key 187 minutes of what was

happening on capitol hill and then what was happening in the white house on the day of january 6th. >> thank you so very much. take a look at this. i'm wondering if you consider doing this. the famous spanish tradition of running the bulls. >> oh, yeah. i have a rule, i don't run unless i'm being chased so that would qualify. >> that would definitely qualify. it's the first time since 2019 that pamplona spain has been carried out since the covid issue. but six bulls ran through the streets of pamplona this morning. and you can see thousands of people running from them, towards them, beside them. probably a lot of drinking going on, by the people, not the bulls. >> yeah. >> no one was gored, apparently, in this centuries old tradition in pamplona, spain. coming up, the legal challenges facing the daca program as hundreds of thousands of people's lives remain in

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48 past the hour. today the eastern district of new york will hear oral arguments in a case related to daca as the policy's fate stands undecided in federal courts. daca, deferred action for childhood arrivals program has hundreds of thousands of undocumented with paperwork. plaintiffs in new york today are asking for relief for the 80,000 individuals whose applications from 2020 and 2021 are still on pause. meanwhile, yesterday saw oral arguments in new orleans against a case from republican states questioning the basic legality of the program. with us this morning, general counsel for the new york city mayor's office of immigrant affairs. also specialist in the u.s. army reserve, a former daca recipient and immigration attorney. by the way, he was the first undocumented lawyer in new york city and it is a pleasure to see

you, my dear friend. >> jose, a pleasure to see you again. >> you're a major immigration attorney in the city of new york. talk to us about what's going on in brooklyn today. >> what's happening in brooklyn and what's happening as we saw yesterday in louisiana is pretty much the heart of what daca he and the question of whether then president obama really had authority to take action on daca. so what we're seeing in brooklyn today is the legality and constitutionality of daca, whether it should continue, whether dreamers should be able to apply for the first time, whether daca should continue in general. i think the fate of daca is what you mentioned. this is where dreamers will see whether they can work again, will be able to have their jobs, whether many essential workers who are dreamers as nurses, as doctors, will be able to continue with their employment. the big question is about whether or not daca, whether

this country will allow dreamers to continue to contribute to this country. >> it's a short-term fix, daca is. every two years they have to go, they're registered, checked, verified. very few people are checked as daca. then you have the whole issue of it could go away at any time because of the courts. cesar, how does this situation -- how can it be resolved? >> this is where congress needs to take action, right? but at the same time it's making sure our courts, which over the past few weeks we have seen the court really strip a lot of our rights. we saw during the pandemic dreamers and daca recipients were on the front lines of this pandemic helping our city, our country move forward as doctors, engineers. they were out there delivering food, making sure our communities were healthy. so when texas says, oh, well, daca is a drain in our economy

and that's why it should be declared unconstitutional, it doesn't hold water. and that's what the arguments in louisiana was and why we're making arguments that daca is a program that has kept our city running, has contributed to our country and the dreamers are part of this nation. it will disrupt the entire nation if daca was stripped away. >> cesar, i want to take advantage of your time and ask about your dreams. you are someone who has had dreams and has fulfilled so many of them. i know soon you are going to be, well, a j.a.g., right? >> it's been quite a journey. but it's definitely because so many people believed in me this is a message i send to dreamers every day. do not give up. this is our country. this is our home and we need to continue to fight for our rights and for the rights of our families because this nation is a nation of immigrants, and we need to preserve that. and despite what's happened out there, there's people out there going to support you and i'm an attorney now because people

believed in me. people believed in me, teachers believed in me in high school, college,law school, and eventually to win the fight to become new york's first undocumented attorney. for me i'm there for other dreamers making sure they know they are not alone and we'll have people like you who are telling our stories, telling the nation about the real stories about what our nation -- >> what's next for you? >> i'm going to be be a judge advocate in the u.s. army and finally fulfilling a dream that i've had since i was in high school. i couldn't go to west point back in 2001 because i was undocumented. and now i'm going to finally be a judge advocate general in the u.s. army and continue to serve our country and support our communities. >> cesar vargas, you took your mom to so many events when you became a lawyer and now you're progressing through your career. please say hello to her. she's an inspiration to many of us. >> well, she's watching and she always watches you in english

and spanish. [ speaking foreign language ]. >> cesar, thank you. coming up, the mississippi abortion clinic at the center of the supreme court decision to overturn roe vs. wade closes. it's closing its doors today for good. you're watching "jose diaz-balart reports." good good you're wrap their arms around us, could we put little handles on our jackets? -denied. -can you imagine? i want a new nickname. can you guys start calling me watchin no, bryan. -denied. -how about we all get quotes to see if we can save with america's number one motorcycle insurer? approved. cool! hey, if bryan's not gonna be snake, can i be snake? -all: no. covid-19. diaz-balart reports. can get it . and for those who do get it bad, it may be because they have a high-risk factor - such as heart disease, diabetes,

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clinic at the center of last month's lapped mark supreme court ruling that overturned roe vs. wade is closing its doors for good. known as the pink house, the jackson women's health organization actually the state's only abortion clinic, performed its last procedure yesterday with the state's near total abortion ban taking effect today. blayne alexander joins us live. good morning. what options are left for women in that state? >> reporter: jose, when it comes to abortion services, there are no options left in the state of mississippi. that's what so many providers i've spoken to are concerned about. you talk about the pink house, it's right here behind me. you can hear there is a lot of activity because what we're seeing today is something that has become quite a familiar scene over the past few years of this clinic which are a number of anti-abortion protesters basically holding court outside, speaking through loudspeakers, singing songs, and chanting at

the women as they go inside. on the other side you see women or people who work at this clinic who are working as escorts, they call them the pink house defenders, who escort the women inside. let me tell you about the status of this clinic. today will be the very last day that its doors are open to the public. this is going to be the end of the clinic after today. and as of right now they're no longer performing abortions. the very few people who are trickling in and out are coming in for follow-up appointments and the like. yesterday was the last day they were performed. so this clinic is going to close its doors. but what it does, jose, really it eliminates abortion access for a wide path of the south, a big part of the south, and that's what so many providers are concerned about, jose. >> blayne alexander in jackson, mississippi, thank you so very much. that wraps up the hour for me. i'm jose diaz-balart. you can always reach me on twitter and instagram.

please follow the show online. thank you for the privilege of your time. andrea mitchell picks up with more news right now. good morning, everyone. this is "andrea mitchell reports" in washington. following the big breaking news from london, british prime minister boris johnson forced to resign after more than 50 cabinet members quit to protest a series of scandals at number 10 downing street. becoming a caretaker leader for the next few months until his party chooses a replacement. america's closest ally and strongest supporter of ukraine thrust into turmoil. johnson finally giving up his desperate fight to cling to power with brief remarks today. >> it is clearly now the will of the parliamentary conservative party that there should be a new leader of that party and, therefore, a new prime minister. i tried to persuade my