communities, all people who go to this place to revel in thei grief, you talk to people an they have stories and yo realize, oh, i'm not alone this person understands my pain you have the same pain oh my gosh, let's talk about our pain you leave and you don't feel alone in this world. you feel like you have thi community. once you have a community, you can do so much you can get through so much. you are not all alone. it really makes a difference >> that does it for this edition of morning joe weekend we will be back with the liv monday morning at 6 am eastern have a great weekend >> this is the katie phang sho live from miami, florida we have lots of news to cove and lots of questions to

answer let's get started. countdown to a showdown -- the supreme court keeps access to a commonly use abortion pil for a few more days. the dire deadline ahead an what this means for the battle for reproductive rights in america. two women who were denied kara nearly died because of florida's abortion ban join me to share their harrowing stories. plus, fatal attraction - just days after the nation's's deadly mass shooting, gu enthusiasts and presidential hopefuls celebrate their lov for weapons of war at the nra' annual meeting inside the outrageous messagin the gop is pushing instead o actual policies. later, feeling the pride - miami beach pride kicks off as a crackdown on the lgbtq community ramps up even more across the country what one drag performer has to say about the latest republican-led attack. all of that and more is coming up

a good saturday morning to you i am katie phang we start today's show with the supreme court once again weighing in on the fate of abortion rights. justice samuel alito is showin a temporary stay yesterday blocking a lower court order that imposed restrictions on mifepristone, a key abortion pill used in over half o abortions nationwide the move comes after a panel o judges from the conservative fifth circuit court of appeals ruled to limit access to tha bill patients were prohibited fro receiving the medication b mail and shortening the window within which it can be prescribed justice alito said the hol will remain in effect unti midnight on wednesday. joining me now with more o this development is nbc news investigative reporter chloe atkins good morning listen, wednesday is right around the corner. what can we expect to se

happen next? >> good to be with you, katie. as you eloquently laid out, th supreme court moved rapidl yesterday to preserve th status quo as it relates t medication abortion, giving th high court a little bit more time to consider the next step in the case. the plaintiffs in the case which are a group of antiabortion advocates and doctors, are also ordered or required, i should say, to respond by noon on tuesday we could see by mid week the scotus really giving us more insight on the future of mifepristone as this case play out. i do want to take a step bac and remind folks of the fact surrounding medication abortion medication abortion is a two pill regimen which is made u of mifepristone and misoprostol. when taken together, it' highly effective and highl safe it's been on the market fo over 20 years now. it has been used by millions o

people nationwide. if access to mifepristone is highly restricted or not available in the coming days weeks, or even years, we could see providers pivoting to this mice a process all onl regiment which is commonly use throughout the world where i mifepristone is not made available. i want to add that while it is safe it is slightly less effective. we could see providers pivotin to the we could also see provider looking to procedural abortion which are more invasive or eve more costly. what we have going on is all eyes are on the supreme cour who is looking at one of the most anticipated abortio related cases since th overturning of roe v. wade i june katie? >> we kind of predicted, right that this war on women was going to keep moving forward the next battle is the abortio pill

thank you so much for joinin us i appreciate you >> we are turning to the astonishing case against jac to share a just a day afte being arrested by the fbi. the 21-year-old internationa guardsmen appeared in court fo the first time yesterday he was charged with possession of classified document pertaining to national securit and possession national defens materials. both are violations of the espionage act. teixeira is expected back in court on wednesday he will be detained until then joining me now is nbc news correspondent george soliz wit more according to court documents the feds are saying that teixeira started a poste classify document online aroun december last year what more can you share with u about that for documents are saying >> good morning. it's good to be with you what you are really seeing here, a person who might have know that they were in the wrong. the court documents allege tha teixeira was searching for the

word leak on his governmen issued computer once word go out that there might have been a leak and that the government was looking for him. as he mentioned, he's a 20 rolled member of the massachusetts internationa guard charged under th espionage act for leakin hundreds of documents, one o the largest leaks in recen years. we know he has held a security clearance since 2021 he would have signed a agreement knowing that any typ of leak or possession of the sensitive documents coul result in some serious trouble we know he holds a rank of airman first class as he mentioned, he bega posting in and around december 2022 on a specific server only labeled in these documents a social media platform one. the purpose of the server wa to discuss geopolitical affair and current political worst. that's according to th charging documents around january of this year, it's alleged he began postin documents with the classifie

top secret markings an national defense info. he began to worry that he woul be caught making these transcriptions of text he began taking documents home and began photographing them what we are seeing in thes documents is that investigator were speaking to a person on this platform widely known among gamers he quickly built a case. as you can see, this moved fairly quickly from the men in his name sort of got out there he was initially taken int custody and then appeared in court. >> you know, george, quickly georgia congresswoman marjorie taylor greene, for example expressed support for teixeira defending him. what other followed are we seeing happening on the hill >> yeah, one thing you can not is that she actually got his name wrong it's not surprising that it ha made its way into the politica climate right now. we have members on the hil right now, even loca

legislators, who are saying, you know, this kind of thing happens under an administration this is not something that needs to be politicized righ away there is going to be a lot mor to come as this investigatio is still moves forward and w learn more about the motive an the why in this case >> george soliz, it's always good to see you. thank you for joining us thi morning. i appreciate it. still to come this morning o the katie phang show, americ under the gun. how republican 202 presidential hopefuls ar prioritizing guns over america lives this weekend and all the time at the annual nra convention one woman says being pregnan in florida is like a death sentence how the state's abortion rollbacks are putting lives in harm's way keep it right here (vo) sail through the heart of historic cities and unforgettable scenery with viking. unpack once, and get closer to iconic landmarks, local life,

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despite the recent loss of young lives, some as young a nine years old, the republican party this not care enough t pass common sense gu legislation. according to a report from the financial times, one in 25 kindergarteners will not mak it to their 40th birthda because the number of deaths i the united states mainly to gu violence has brought the country's overall life expectancy down. a majority of american continue to support stricter gun laws as we reach more than one at 140 mass shootings this year during this weekend's 150t annual nra convention, potential gop 2024 front runners continue to push protecting guns over people. >> let me make you a promise as long as there is breath i milan's, i will stand with you to ensure that the right t keep and bear arms shall not b infringed. >> i will continue to stand fo

the second amendment and the fight that we have in front of us >> the second amendment ensure that the american people hav the capacity to defend their lives, fortunes, and sacre honor. >> we value the fact tha citizens have the right to protect themselves >> joining me now is fre guttenberg, the father of jami gothenburg who died in the marjory stoneman douglas hig school shooting in 2018. a son jessie was also a studen at the same high school. he survived that violent and tragic day fright is the coauthor of th upcoming book american carnage shattering the myths that fuel gun violence fred, my friend, it's good t have you on the show i wish that you and i could to celebrate the good things more than the bad unfortunately, that's just kin of where we are right now. just two years ago today, former employee killed eight people at an indianapolis fede facility indianapolis is hosting th meeting this weekend more than four years ago i

2018, after your tragic loss o jamie, you confronted marc rubio on gun control issues. it's years later we are still reeling from ou children dying at the hands of killers with assault weapons what's your take on in the gop's comments coming out of this weeks and are a meeting >> listen, i will start with mike pence, a man who is clearly uncomfortable in his own skin attacking others. i want to remind everybody, it was not just the trump administration it was the trump pence administration which made this problem far worse with the covid gun surge that the polled on america and with one of the very first actions that they did, or moving regulation which made it difficult fo those with a documented mental illness to get guns. you know, my, i heard your comments yesterday attacking transgender people along wit all of the other knucklehead

morons at that convention wh lied to the american people. this is not a transgende issue. how dare you try to dominate down to that you are really ignorant morons i can't say anything nicer tha that katie, if i could look at this in the context of jamie's life jamie was born in july of 2003 at that time, there were about 100 million guns in america. here we are 20 years later there are over 400 million gun plus these reckless huma beings standing on the stage a the nra convention asking fo more when they stand on that stag like they did yesterday saying something changed in america and the answer is morgan's, th thing that actually changed in america is morgan's. we went from 100 million to 40 million because of them. their policies filled america. it's the reason i wrote th

book american carnage with tom to war the truth is coming. when jamie was born in 2003, ar-15 sales were just over 1 of all weapons sold. they are now 25% because of these reckless huma beings, kids and adults ar dying. it's not just about schools. its banks. it's places of worship it shopping centers. it's because of them >> fred, we've talked about th fact that i am the mother of a second grader. she's eight years old. she goes to public school. an active shooter drill just took place last week for m little girl. the washington post report that 2022 marked the mos violent year in schools with 4 shootings. that's almost one school shooting every week for an entire year. asked the father of jaime an jessie, how frustrated are you that the shootings are continuing to happen at such a alarming rate? >> so, the thing about schools

is this -- there are about 115,000 school in america since columbine, up until this year, there were a total of, i think, 375 school shootings up until this year. the difference this year, it's the crazy policies that thes state governors are passin that are making it more likely i will give you an example her in florida as part of the legislation tha was just passed, they took wha was once a felony if you got caught on a schoolcampus wit a gun and they reduce it to misdemeanor. up until a few weeks ago i florida, if you got caught on school campus with a gun, yo were going to jail now, i don't know, you get a 1 dollar fine, whatever misty in misdemeanor finishes, an that's it if people want to know wh school gun violence and othe forms of gun violence are more likely, looked everyone on the

stage at the nra convention. that is the reason we can't have new gun laws we can't have newlands they've been passing new gun laws they have been doing just that because of the laws they are passing making gun violenc more likely, we are having wha you just described, katie, which is more violence i schools. >> for, and i got less than minute, but i want you to be able to and on a note for my viewers about what can be done we talk often, you and i, of a common sense gun legislation the majority of american actually don't want to hav looser gun laws. they want tighter and better restrictions what can be done to actually help finally turn the corner i this instance? >> we know what works so let's do it! i will give you an example tennessee governor bill le sadly it took him being touche by gun violence. that was his friend who died i that school, okay?

it took him being touched by gun violence to say, i a changing my mind on red flag laws red flag laws work they've been used over 900 times here in florida. we passed them after the parkland shooting. don't wait until you are touched by gun violence. do the things that we know wor right now to reduce it the next fit in could be you >> fred guttenberg, i always wish we had more time. i unfortunately don't but welcome you to come back anytime so we can continue thi conversation as always, my friend, appreciate you being here. thank you. >> thanks, katie >> coming up, the reality of the war on women after the break, i will talk t two florida women who nearly lost their lives caught up i the states draconian abortio restrictions you don't want to miss their stories. mara, are you sure you don't want -to go bowling with us tonight? -yeah. no.

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abortion rights is ramping u in red states behind close doors. florida governor ron desanti signed the heart week for tech shun act into law thursday night. this changes the abortion ba to six weeks of pregnancy. that's a time when most wome don't even know that they ar pregnant the law does include exception such as one of the woman's lif is at risk the truth is that doctors in florida, fearing legal consequences, have already bee hesitant to take action when those medical exceptions are t occur. my next guest faced that harsh reality firsthand when the were both diagnosed with pre-term premature rupture o the membrane it is called - that's a life-threatenin condition for the fetus and th mother typically in this situatio with pprom, doctors would offe

to induce labor or perform a surgical procedure to end th pregnancy. anya cook and she naismith cunningham were not given that option both were sent home from the hospital, forced to endure wha would become a life-threatenin nightmare. they have graciously joined me this morning, both of them, to share their stories. thank you both for being here. we were speaking before we actually started this about ho hard this journey has been for both of you. i want to get both of you th chance to briefly talk about what happens what happened? >> i'm still trying to wrap my head around it my water broke one night when was walking outside of a restaurant i felt that something wa wrong. my husband, i looked at him an i said, something is wrong someone threw water on me. he's like, no, there's no on around us and we're in a dar

parking lot. he said, let's go to the hospital, let's go to th emergency room right now we went to the emergency room. i sat there in the waiting roo for an hour with amniotic flui is still dripping on the floor that alone was traumatizing. i had a little boy that wa there an ask his mom, mommy, what's happening to her? we had an ultrasound they sent me back for th ultrasound my daughter was still moving around and her heart was still beating but they told me tha at that point because i ha lost all my fluid there wa nothing that i could do. i looked at him and i said okay, what are you going to do are you going to - what are we supposed to do are we terminating >> we can't do anything. >> excuse me you can't do anything? what does that mean? >> we can't do anything. >> wait, i have to go home and wait it out?

i have to wait it out? he's like, unfortunately, i am so sorry you are sorry for what i'm going to have to deliver m daughter who will not be alive when she is born then what? where do i put her how do i transport her bac here what is my husband supposed to do in that situation how long will this happen from now? will this happen days from now i'm not a doctor i don't know when this is goin to happen. as i sat there and i looked at him and he looked at me and he said, i'm so sorry >> that's it >> that's it are you serious? that's it? you have nothing else to say t me you're not going to help me? the nurse comes and she is s angry. she just says, okay, i'm going to get out of here you can't help me anymore. there is nothing else that you can do for me. he said, i'm so sorry. i'm so, so sorry >> at the end, though, you

ended up not actually having the baby at home it was in a bathroom at work >> it was that a hair salon an i ended up going there because i said if i was going to die m mother wouldn't have to do m hair i would make sure that my hair was done for my mother that was so sad and so traumatic. i said goodbye to my mom tha morning because i wasn't sur if i was going to have m daughter on the way. the way -- when i went back home and researched pprom, i was like i'm going to die i might get sepsis i don't know how fast this i going to happen. when i was in the salon, something just told me, go i the bathroom i went in the bathroom and i sat down and i just felt something say, push. i heard her hit the water.

at that point, i had to call m husband because he was outside i called him and i said, babe, i need you to come inside. he came in and he said to me he's like, okay, what's wrong. i said, i think she is here. i can't look i will let you look. i will let you look. he looked and he said, okay, i see her. you have blood >> your hemorrhaging >> i started hemorrhaging. i didn't realize it becaus there was so much adrenaline going through me i didn't know what else to do. he just got on the phone and h call 9-1-1 they rushed in and they grabbe me they literally just had to gra so much cloth to hold in m blood. if you can just tense your bod up to hold the blood, if you released your body, you will continue to lose blood can you take me to coral springs? he said, you're not gonna make it a coral springs i said, okay i just blacked out at that

point. >> you also had pprom, the sam conditions, same situation >> on the same day as my frien anya >> the doctors wouldn't help you either >> my daughter was inside of m for ten days i went there three times we called a memorial hospital. it was a different conversation at least they will accept us we went there, it was the same thing. i was four centimeters dilated and they went me home. i said to the doctor, okay, my baby is very small i don't have to be ten centimeters dilated to deliver what should i do the doctor looked at me an told me, if my baby comes, i could use something to wra around the umbilical cord. >> you are supposed to wra something around the umbilical cord your baby wasn't viable anymore? >> i was looking at my husband like, are we going home to d this

this was december 21st i kept telling them that i was feeling contractions this - they sent me home. they sent anya home an everything on december 26th, that is when i started feeling severe pain. i started changing my sanitary napkin because i didn't want t end up with an infection my ob/gyn, she gave me her private cell number. there is nothing she can do. >> you got medical doctor is telling you, sorry, there' nothing we can do. did they share with you, any and shanae, did they say, it's because we are scared? we don't know what to do because of the abortion laws >> that's exactly what the said at coral springs, when i went, the doctor looked at me and he said, if i do anything or if i intervene, i will possibly b arrested >> i could lose my license >> or lose his license >> my ob/gyn wanted to send me

to new york. >> in your condition, travel t new york to have to go >> that's all she could do >> you guys were going through the ivf process. we spoke about this. i went through the ivf process i was blessed to have a child. this was pre-abortion bans this was years ago what kind of messaging to both of you have for florid lawmakers who are sitting ther in tallahassee let's not have clarity on th exceptions what do you have to say to them? >> you are killing us. >> i had a miscarriage before. i didn't know i was pregnant that was not a six-wee pregnancy. how can a woman to be sure tha they are pregnant if - >> we have to wait four-hour period to be missed to know yo are pregnant i just don't understand. unless you're going throug trying to conceive, to a ovulation tests, you wouldn' know some women have gone through three, four, five, six month without knowing they are pregnant

why are you taking the right away from us to make a decisio at that moment i just don't get it. >> you both were told after yo went through era procedure that there was a very real ris that you won't be able to have children in the future i want to leave this interview with you now - you guys are still trying. >> still have faith. >> yes >> we've got each other. we're trying our best. >> we are fighting we are just scared that if thi happens again, what will we do >> i wish i had more time. i want to keep in touch with both of you. i want to know what happens. i want you both to continue to have faith i have faith that everything i going to be okay, hopefully. >> thank you >> thank you for coming an being so open about your stories. it's really important fo people to hear this. >> it is >> they need to know there is face there are people, as husbands, partners, families who are behind this who are suffering. thank you both for being here. thank >> you so much >> anya cook, smith-cunningham

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cruel crackdown on undocumente immigrants, a bill tha opponents say would legalize kidnapping trans children, and carrying concealed weapons without a permit - this is not a republican wis list, it's the sobering realit for us here in florida this week with limited fanfare florida governor ron desanti signed the so-called heartbeat protection act which ban abortions after six weeks in florida. also in the sunshine state desantis is pushing a set of anti-immigrant bills which would include felony charges t people who help undocumented immigrants a bill allowing children to be taken from one of their parent if the other parent is allowin the child to have gender affirming care sales through the state senate desantis also signed legislation allowing residents to carry concealed weapons without a permit here to help me break it all down is shevrin jones.

i -- it's always so good to have yo here let's start with what you just heard. you just heard from anya and shanae what are your constituents saying about a six-wee abortion ban >> they're saying that it's to much they're saying that the stat of florida, we're doing way to much as government overreach when you look at what just happened with anya and shanae, that is the reality. black women are going to die the black mortality rate i high the state of florida two years ago unanimously said that we wanted to deal with the bloc mortality rate when it comes t women. we come on the ends of this an we find ourselves doing six-week abortion ban when a you just heard anya say that women don't know that they are pregnant at this time. this extremism that we are seeing a starting right here this is literally the petr dish for what they are tryin to pass across this country. >> terrifyingly, alway

flirting with that 202 announcement let's switch gears t immigration. the new york times reported on the passage of bills it's expected to pass in the coming weeks it's the harshest crackdown on undocumented immigrants in ove a decade just a few of the highlights it would expose people t felony charges for transportin undocumented immigrants. it would require hospitals a patients for their immigration status to report to the state. it would direct the florid department of law enforcemen to provide assistance to federal -- the cruelty is the feature, no a bug. >> if you look at what governo desantis has done and what the republicans have done, the take this and they look at i like political football. they say it is a game when people are actually flee i countries. it's unsafe for them and their families i say political football because the government - governor desantis send these individuals to martha' vineyard all for what, political gain between texas

and florida? this isn't our state and country should treat individuals. we are going to have to decide what type of country we want t be, what type of florida w want to be florida is not welcoming florida is not free. the government that we are under right now, all he' trying to do is when political points that will continue to move from across this countr to try to run for president. >> let's talk about th practical realities. you talk about florida we actually had equality florida issue an announcemen saying, don't come to florida. it's not a safe place to travel it was a travel advisory this impacts bottom lines. has it really come to this i tallahassee for you? you're a state senator is it really a conversatio about whether or not it will affect - he still wants to go to wa with disney. he says he's going to do eve more bad things. >> the governor, he's very

fascinated with punching up an punching down. we are going through dismay. they just got owned agai yesterday. at the end of the day, thi entire extremism that we are seeing in florida an tallahassee, that's somethin i've never seen before we are no longer governing everything is about owning the libs this is what we are seeing within florida i think people are getting tired of it. i think people see governo desantis for who he is they see the republicans for who they are people are not asking th question, when are we as a people going to stand up here's what i'm confident in politicians are not going to set off this problem >> voters need to solve th robin. >> exactly, exactly. that's what we are seeing. >> before i have to let you go the florida state senate where you are did pass a bill. i know you posted, obviously it's called a florida abductio bill

it will let a court step in to allow a parent to take a child out of state if a child is getting or considering getting gender affirming health care what does this bill mean for trans kids and their familie living in our state? >> the state of florida decide what type of parents you are talking about protecting you what type of parental rights are you speaking of? when we talk about this an you're trying to take the righ away from parents for them t be able to provide for their children and then to be able t consult with their doctors, he run the risk of putting thes children in the hands of a support of parents that's going to continue t exacerbate what we have seen for so long amongst lgbtq yout who are three times more likel to commit suicide not becaus of them being happy for wh they are but because of ho they are treated here's what i will say it's time to stop with the wokeism. stop with the culture wars get back to governing. stop punching down on people let's put laws in place whic are going to move florid

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>> that was republican i florida state representative webster burnaby during a hearing this week on a bil which would criminalize using bathroom that doesn't alig with the gender you were assigned at birth. that bigoted, hateful rhetoric comes as miami beach pride get underway in a post-don't say gay florida. another anti-lgbtq measure i making its way through the florida legislature which woul directly target drag shows the measure is one of more tha 400 anti lgbtq bills gaining traction in the stat legislatures across our country. joining me now is miami-base drag performer and consummat star tiffany fantasia. listen, this is a very big dea to have you here this morning. tiffany, thank you so much for being here this state bill, let's tal about what it is it's an anti drug measure. it passed in the florida senat this week. it would block anyone under th age of 18, even if accompanied

by a parent, from being able t attend a drag show or parade which is absurd. it would seem to penalize an venue for violations we are talking 10,000 dollar fines and possible jail time for a drag show. what is your reaction to thi latest republican-led attack o lgbtq communities? >> it is completely absurd and unnecessary. at the end of the day, i don't care for kids too much they steal the show. you have the right to brin your child to drag show. i mean, what type of world are we living in where the government is now telling us how we can raise our shoulder? i grew up as a little kid and learned how to shoot a bb gu out of church. my parents were okay with that if somebody's child is ver creative and they want to be a a drag show, you should be abl to let them.

stop infringing on parents rights to be able to raise their child how they want to raise their child. >> stop infringing on your right to be able to expres yourself as well >> correct >> this is what you want to do and you should be able to do it let's talk about this language in the anti drag bill becaus it's very vague. the venue would preven children from being allowed to see adult live performance featuring, quote, lewd conduct why is that kind of language s problematic when we are talkin about a drag show? >> anyone can interpret elud conduct as anything. i mean, that is why i say it's utterly ridiculous me standing in address singing whitney houston i will alway love you it's not lewd conduct somebody, because i'm a man in address performing, can find i lewd and or sexual they have a problem with m being a man in a dress that should not be the case. this is our. this is entertainment. i should be able to expres myself how i want to people should be able to enjoy

it if they want to >> let's talk about a statisti that state senator shevrin jones brought up i think it's important for u to emphasize this. last year, 45% of lgbtq plus youth reported seriously considering a suicide attempt. 86% of transgender and non-binary youth said that these recent state law attempting to restrict transgender rights hav negatively impact their mental health we have miami pride been celebrity this weekend we have love we have unity. we have inclusion mean celebrated what is the messaging that i being sent to our youth that are just trying to b themselves when they are all o these laws, more than 400 of them which are targeting the for being who they are >> our government is telling u that it's not okay for you t be you that's wrong we go through enough wit trying to deal with thes emotions ourselves we finally get to a point an

say, you know what this is who i am i'm going to express it in spite of the consequences. you have the government saying you're going to go to jail this is going to happen to you for expressing who you truly are. that is wrong. bottom line. >> tell us about this weekend. it is a celebration of love an inclusion. tell us what you have in store for this weekend >> i will be emceeing th parade on sunday in front of the palace we have two days of festival entertainment. today, we have one we have our main stage tomorrow, we have shangela and taj or call. we have a slew of entertainers performing if this bill passes, this migh be the last time i get t perform at pride because - dry greens have been the cente of the lgbtq community for years. we or helping people raise money for funerals for moving.

we have taken people in. we can't perform in public spaces now because of what thi law bill will do >> what about your fello performers are they worried about staying in florida, for example? will they have to leave if the are going to be able to do wha they want to do? >> right now, a lot of us ar just on pins and needles we're going to wait to see how this will transform in our day today lives. we will take it from there i was born and raised here i've been performing for 2 years. i don't want to have to leav my state because of some idiot who've never even been to drag show trying to dictate to me and other people what the can and can't do at the end of the day, if have to, i have to i'm going to continue to do my

art and no old white man who doesn't know a thing about a thing is going to stop me from expressing my art. >> i said it with chevron jone and i will say it with you can i get an amen? tiffany fantasia, keep on doin what you are doing tomorrow, msnbc films presents leguizamo does america, six-part studio when joh leguizamo celebrates across th country to celebrate latin countries. first up on john's trip, new york city. leguizamo does america premieres tomorrow at 10 p eastern on msnbc and streaming on peacock you can catch a quick look a tomorrow's episode by scanning that q r code on your screen thank you all for joining me this morning i will be back here tomorrow where i will welcome congressman morgan mcgarvey to discuss gun reform in the wake of the most recent mas shooting in his home state o kentucky and the covenan shooting in nashville. that's tomorrow at 8:00 am eastern here on msnbc.

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