and the rest of the world has said, don't go there. don't go there. number three, i think that determining what happens to prigozhin and what happens to -- what happens when we discuss this is that god only knows what he's likely to do. i'm not e even sure where he is. if i were him, i would be careful what i made, keep an eye on my menu. all kidding aside, who knows? i don't think any of us know for certain what the future of prigozhin is in russia and so i don't know how to answer that question beyond that. >> reporter: if i could ask you something about what's happening back home. the gop is grappling with tying abortion rights to defense issues, including a block on

military promotions by senator tuberville. what does this say about u.s. military readiness? would you talk with tuberville to work out a solution? >> i would be willing to talk to him if i thought there was any chance of him changing this ridiculous position. i expect the republican party to stand up and do something about it. it's within their power to do that. the idea that we don't have a chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, the idea that we have all these promotions and we don't know what's going to happen, the idea that we're injecting into fundamental foreign policy decisions what, in fact, is a domestic social debate is bizarre. i don't ever recall that happening, ever. it's totally irresponsible in my view. i just think that -- i mean, i'm

confident that the mainstream of the republican party no longer -- does not support what he's doing, but they got to stand up and be counted. that's how it ends. >> reporter: you've been working on fortifying the fence along the border between finland and russia. is there anything you're seeing recently that concerns you? also, as a leader who shares a border with russia, what more do you want to see done to deter putin? >> during the beginning of our application process we had to make sure, first, trying to figure out every possible action we might need and surely how we respond to that. we were very careful on that

work. the moment the situation is quite calm. we hope it remains as such. i just want to tell you that finland's people do feel more secure at the moment. we have 80% population supporting nato membership and more than 80% who believe we will protect our allies. that's our position. >> thank you. this concludes the press conference. good morning, i'm jose diaz-balart. we begin in helsinki where a joint news conference just concluded.

the two leaders touched on an array of topics including ukraine, security in the baltic sea, russia. the president is in finland to welcome the nordic country to nato. the visit comes after his stop in lithuania where the president said the u.s. and its partners will stand with ukraine for as long as it takes. the u.s. and its allies refuses to give a timeline for when they'll be allowed to join nato. with us now monica alba with the president in helsinki, rick stengel, susan page and military analyst barry mccaffrey. monica, what's the main takeaways from the president's visit to finland? >> reporter: well, i think president biden was here to

continue to show a completely unified front when it comes to the critical countries in this region in the face of russian aggression and the invasion and war in ukraine of the last 15 or 16 months. president biden wanted to at the nato summit and here in helsinki continue to convey that these countries, when they come together, can stand up to president putin. when the president was asked how he sees this war potentially coming to an end or how it might head in that direction and whether it will last months or years president biden predicted he doesn't see this lasting years. there's a more natural conclusion, but he also said he doesn't see any way in which president putin can win. he said, president putin has already lost the war. he had words of warning for

yevgeny prigozhin and his precarious position after that armed rebellion in russia, saying that he should be careful with what he eats now given what he did. we know he's had some discussions and meetings with president biden -- i'm sorry -- president putin. we have a cruise ship behind us that's moving back into our position. forgive the noise. this was a critical week of meetings for president biden here in europe, continuing to pledge unwavering support for ukraine. there was some interesting domestic headlines and questions that he answered that we can get to in a little bit. >> susan, what do you think it says that the president was already saying today, biden, that putin has already lost the war? >> this was really a victory lap for president biden that we saw

at this interesting news conference. you know, feeling good about the future of the war in ukraine, although there's been some slowness to that counteroffensive. feeling good about the expansion of nato, not only finland, but now sweden on track and feeling good, you know, in the back of his mind about economic development in the united states with these new inflation numbers. we saw president biden making the case that he was making for his election in the last presidential election, that he could offer steady leadership and re-establish some of these foreign alliances that got frayed during the trump administration. >> rick, what do you think it means to have finland and soon sweden as members of the nato alliance. far different than when it was created in 1949. >> i think it's historic, jose. if we look at the big picture, putin came into office saying, you know, nato was crowding

russia and he wanted to flex his elbows and he's had the exact opposite reaction to what he wanted to do. nato has increased. nato will eventually be along the entire russian border. finland has an 800-mile border with russia. the promise of ukraine being in nato -- ukraine will be in nato. the entire border will be members of nato countries. historically russia does not attack nato countries. that increases the security of the entire world, not just europe. >> general, what do you think russia's reaction could be as this war continues to go badly for them going forward? >> well, first of all, i think -- when we talk about nato, nato is a deterrent alliance. that's the deal. it's not a war-fighting diplomatic tool.

it's to keep the peace. bringing in finland and sweden, both of which since 1995 have been european union members, but have been in stalwart in trying to say they were neutral. when they enter the alliance, sweden hopefully in the next 90 days, they add to the military power of the alliance. finland is a nation of reserve troops, a nation of arms, 875,000 reserves. it doubles the land border with a nato country. sweden brings incredibly high technology navy and air assets to bear on the black sea confrontation with the russians in particular. this is good news. it's good news for peace. it further isolates putin and tells him you're an international pariah. your economy is in the dumpster and militaily you lost enormous

amounts of equipment and people and your people are in disarray. i think the prospects of peace have been enhanced by the biden's team very impressive diplomatic maneuvering. >> do you think, rick, there will be any kind of reaction by putin to this reality? as the general said it's not just finland, but sweden, and the whole european border area is now nato controlled. do you think putin has any reaction that he could do to this? >> well, you know, biden saying at the press conference that russia has already lost is a little bit of a taunt. what he's saying is putin is a rational actor. he doesn't want to destroy the entire russian economy trying to

overtake ukraine. he doesn't want to bring more body bags back and lose popularity at home. on the one hand biden is saying, you know, vladimir, you've lost the war. on the other hand he's saying be a rational actor. figure out how to save yourself and save your country by withdrawing, which would allow ukraine to become a part of nato. we all hope that putin is a rational actor and let's hope he acts that way. >> susan, the president seems to be bracing americans for a war that could potentially last a long time. has he done enough to talk to americans and convince americans that sticking with ukraine is fundamental for american policy? >> you know, he has to make that case to the american people and the congress, that they shouldn't get weary of providing money and support to the fight in ukraine. i thought his speech yesterday

was designed to make that case, saying this was going to be a long fight. it could take years. he likened it to the cold war. the administration hopes that isn't the case. they hope for a diplomatic solution time, but, as we found in american history, it's important for presidents to continue to build support for military efforts when we have them because americans get tired of wars and they need to understand when there's a case to be made that it's in their interests. >> rick, you tweeted, as sure as the sun rises, ukraine will be part of nato. some ukraiians are unhappy they didn't get a timeline. do you think that's a mistake? >> as the general knows, when the principals are in a meeting and you agree to something, they leave and the wordsmiths come in

and write down what's going to happen. there was some not great wordsmithing, which was zelenskyy was not happy with. it basically said ukraine will be able to join when ukraine will be able to join. i understand why zelenskyy was upset. everybody kind of linked arms after that, the long-term security agreements with ukraine will give them some security. biden didn't want to take the risk of bringing ukraine into nato while ukraine is at war and then triggering article v that says every nation has to come to aid. >> america is sending cluster bombs. germany is sending weapons to

build their defenses. what more does ukraine need? >> they need assurance for long-term support. we have said publicly we're there and we'll stay for the long term with economic, humanitarian and military aid. the biden administration has been very measured and very cautious to not escalate the war. there was a whole notion of the mission of ukraine under current circumstances, which was zelenskyy pushing on a locked door. it was never going to happen. i think biden has been appropriate. we've been overcautious in providing decisive edge to ukraine in military technology. they clearly need a deep strike capability. they should probably have greatly enhanced ground combat power, armor, abrams tanks, bradley fighting vehicles,

mine-clearing equipment. they don't have adequate tactical air defense. this so-called summer offensive is not going well. they're still doing a reconnaissance enforcement. we possibly have to make some hard calls this summer. we want the russians to tell the russian armed forces to tell putin we can't win. we have to have a political solution. >> can, general, the ukrainians win outright as things are today, and can the russians win outright as things stand today? >> i think the russians are stymied. they've got a flawed military apparatus. they've had tremendous losses. they have a corrupt, incompetent senior leadership created by their own system. i think going forward putin

knows he can't ever dominate ukraine, which is his objective, not the eastern donbas, not the crimea. he wanted to reunify mother russia and bring belarus, ukraine, georgia and probably moldava back into the fold. if his political survival is at stake, and i think it is, how does he find a way to back off? that's what the ukrainian armed forces have to decide. no one ever diplomatically ends a war. >> i think president biden was

earnest when he said putin has already lost the war. >> reporter: that's right, jose. it's been almost a year to the week where president trump and president putin held that joint news conference. there's a very clear and contrast message that president biden wants to send to president putin given where he was on the world stage, traveling and going to all these summits and now clearly given his position and the questions about his grip on power, that's something you can expect the administration to continue to point to as their evidence that the biden white house has tried to restore

america's image on the world stage. that is absolutely key. then, at the very end, president biden was asked about something domestically back home that's been dominating headlines, which is alabama senator tommy tuberville's holding up critical military confirmations. it's been going on for sometime by tying it to this question about abortion rights. president biden was asked if he would meet with senator tuberville to work this through. he said if he thought it would change his, quote, ridiculous position, he would do that. then he had some questions on the republicans continuing to support this position. the president addressing that key issue at home while trying to tout all these other wins

overseas. >> rick, why the military is involved in helping ukraine, we were just talking about from where, all parts of western europe and the united states has been sending military aid to ukraine. is there anything more the united states and europe could do to tighten the putin regime and its access to western europe and the united states? >> i think continuing to hold together is important to do that, jose. again, one of the things that was historic about today and finland and sweden coming into nato is, it's one thing for countries like the baltics that were occupied by the old soviet union to say the hell with you, we're going to join nato. these are two countries who were neutral decades after decades.

that term came up in the news conference, finland-ization. that was a country that remained neutral, but was so intimidated by russia. putin has not only lost the countries he formerly occupied, but he lost the countries that remained neutral. so i think these european powers, nato staying together, the eu staying together, turning russia into a pariah is the kind of thing that will change history as the president said, and i think that's happening. >> i thank you all so much for being with us this morning. we're following breaking news. the secret service releases the results of its investigation into the bag of cocaine that was found inside the white house. we're back in 60 seconds.

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secret service investigation into the bag of cocaine found at the white house. i want to bring in kelly o'donnell and ali vitali. kelly, what do we know? >> reporter: the mystery will remain a mystery. the secret service has put out a formal statement. the testing that was done on this small, plastic baggy of cocaine found inside, what i would call, a working entrance of the white house on west executive avenue was found july 2nd. testing has been done for dna, for fingerprints. nothing was found of a forensic nature that can be used to compare to the list of individuals that the

investigation determined had access to the area. sources tell me they went through the entrance logs and video and compiled a list of several hundred people who in the preceding days had been through that location. now, that location on the ground floor is on the way to the situation room. at the moment that situation room is not in use. it's undergoing construction and a separate room is being utilized elsewhere. not in the white house, but the executive office building. a limited universe of people that would be going through there, but a large one. on weekends and after hours there were staff-led tours that can bring in family members to see the west wing. they use that entrance. contractors use that entrance. there was no usable video

focussed on the storage cubbies where a visitor would put a cell phone or electronic device. after ten days of looking at this using two federal labs, including one at fort dietrich to check it had no weapon-like substance. it was cocaine. that was determined. and the fbi crime lab that used advanced fingerprint technology. they wore not able to come up with usable information. the secret service briefed lawmakers on capitol hill. some of them not finding that satisfactory that there was no answer. in the course of the investigation they reviewed what has happened over the last few years. i'm told they had two incidents where a small amount of marijuana was detected and the individual who brought that was

not able to come on the grounds. in the district of columbia marijuana became legal, but not in federal locations. in terms of has there been past instances where elicit drugs have been found in the white house? officials tell me there's no indication of that. also, separately the white house pointed out that the biden family was not there that weekend. they of course want to head off the political argument that this could have belonged to hunter biden who had a past cocaine addiction, substance abuse problem. he was not there friday evening through tuesday when it was found. jose? >> a couple of questions, kelly. we don't know -- the officials don't know when that bag of cocaine was left there. we don't know what day it was left there. the other question is -- for the people that are fortunate enough to one day visit the white

house, it's one of those privileges. you go through security checks and even some dogs and things. we won't get into details, but there's a lot of security involved in getting into the white house. it just seems so scary that this powder could get through. >> reporter: absolutely. one of the things is there are classified programs, different types of mechanical surveillance and use of dogs and other things that are tuned to substances that could be biological in nature. think of anthrax or ricin, a powdery substance. they're not tuned to ordinary, but illegal drugs, like cocaine. when you think about how a dog is trained or equipment is sensitized to those things, the

focus is on things that could be weapons used against persons in the building, the president and so forth. yes, there is metal detecter surveillance and more enhanced security measures. clearly this is something that should not have happened and they are not able to at this point find out who the culprit is based on the review they've done. that will not satisfy critics and the question about should there be changes to security protocols, that will certainly be a subject of debate and oversight from capitol hill. the distinction on how could this small packet get in when there's a larger security sweep, it's about tuning the equipment, whether it's mechanical or the use of a dog's nose. they're focussed on those subjects, biological agents that could be threatening. >> ali, the secret service was briefing house committees today. what do we know about that? >> reporter: that's right. kelly referenced this.

we're hearing from lawmakers on the oversight committee who were briefed behind closed doors by the secret service. many of these lawmakers, especially on the republican side, are still demanding more answers. there's some bipartisan overlap when you consider the fact that many of them feel that drug testing everyone who was on the list for example would be problematic for a variety of reasons. that's one of the things that, i guess, could be done if you were trying to get a conclusive answer to who this belonged to. that doesn't seem like it's going to happen. even lawmakers have said they don't think it's something that should be done to try to find who owned or brought this substance into the white house. i think, though, that the conversation here has turned to what you guys were talking about, which is security at the white house and the concerns about how something like this could happen. that's definitely going to be a discussion point going forward here. i think that from a hill perspective these briefings tend to breed a little more

consternation from the opposing party. gives them more ammo to push back at the white house. that's what we're seeing now from republican lawmakers. that's just the two briefings we'll see on the hill today. one was happening at 10:00 and we're waiting to see what the same briefing is for the homeland security committee here as well. a wide swath of lawmakers getting information on this topic that has captivated washington. >> kelly and ali, thank you both. we have more breaking news. a verdict has been reached in the penalty phase for the man convicted of killing 11 people in the deadliest anti-semitic attack in u.s. history. joining us now is rahema ellis. what did the jury decide? >> reporter: they decided that robert bowers can be held liable

for the death penalty. it's a two-phase process they had to go through. they had to determine whether or not as the prosecution said he intended to kill these victims at the tree of life synagogue back in october of 2018. the prosecution said, yes, he did. they argued for that. the jurors accepted that argument and rejected the argument from the defense that robert bowers was mentally impaired, that he has brain damage, that he's schizophrenic, that he had no way of intending to do this, that he was mentally disturbed, not criminally intending to inflict harm. again, the jury rejected that argument and sided with the prosecution. what happens now is that they will go back into court on monday. now this same jury will have to decide will they sentence him to

the death penalty or will he get life in prison? that's what this comes down to now. jose? >> thank you so very much. more breaking news at this hour for you today. the food and drug administration has approved the first overthe counter birth control pill in the u.s. it will eliminate the need for people to see a health care provider. it's expected to be available at drug, convenient and grocery stores by early next year. the drug's maker hasn't disclosed how much it will cost. joining us now is dr. natalie azur, an msnbc medical contributor. doctor, as you know, more than 100 countries around the world offer over the counter birth control without a prescription. why now here in the u.s. and why did it take so long?

>> it certainly has been a long time coming. it's important to note that both the american medical association and the american college of obstetrics and gynecology has been hoping for this outcome for a very long time. this is the first hormonal oral contraceptive available over the counter in the u.s. it's been available by prescription for decades. we have quite a bit of data in terms of safety and efficacy. the fda was tasked to decide on two things. one is whether or not, you know, women would be able to understand how to take this medication and would a woman be able to deselect herself from being a candidate from taking this medication. there are some criteria that

would make a women not eligible to take this medication. the fda approved this and it's a good day for women in this country. >> can you elaborate more on the deselect thing? >> this is important. one of the main concerns was would -- it's an important medication as are hypertension medications. we trust our patients to make some of these decisions on their own. there's one contraindication to taking this medication. that's if you have a current history of breast cancer. there's some other conditions where you might want to consider another form of contraception. it's a history of liver problems or if you're taking certain medications used to treat seizures. this medication is pro jest roen only.

it does not contain estrogen. estrogen is the culprit when we talk about birth control pills in terms of the increased risk of side effects. >> do you see other birth control pills becoming available over the counter? >> potentially. this is considered a safer option. it's important. there are 3 million unintended pregnancies every year in this country. there are other barrier methods like condoms. they're not as effective as oral birth control. this is a good first step. advisory committees and health care committees and the whole population of ob/gyns, it's up to them to consider if there are other options available. >> doctor, great to see you. >> nice to see you too, jose.

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54 past the hour. a developing story from washington. "the washington post" is reporting the federal trade commission opened an veflt gags -- an investigation into chatgpt. >> is artificial intelligence, even though where he in the early stages, is ai violating consumer protection laws? that's the driving question behind the federal trade commission's investigation into open ai and its popular product. it has a lot to do with data privacy concerns. in the ftc's civil investigative demand, it says the probe will

focus on whether open ai has engaged in unfair or deceptive privacy or data security practices. artificial intelligence platforms need troves and troves and troves of consumer data to be able to understand how to speak or generate responses, how to generate the responses overall to consumer questions or anything else. is consumer data or sensitive information being scraped to feed these massive data sets that help ai develop and develop their products. jose, this particular issue is something all about consumer protection and whether or not in this kind of initial pioneering stage of artificial intelligence that consumer data is actually out there being protected adequately. that's the big question here. >> we have to talk a lot more about this going forward. delta is reporting its highest revenue in earnings ever? >> yeah, ever. what this is telling us is that travel demand remains scorching

hot. anyone who has been traveling, especially on the leisure front, can attest to how many people they see in the airports or on the road. between those higher prices for things like hotels, concerts and other things, it doesn't seem to be affecting or holding americans back from spending on travel experiences. those delta airline results about the commentary from management reinforced that. the record results powered by a couple of key things. international travel demand and demand for upgraded seats and premium options. travelers are willing to pay more for a little more leg room or priority boarding or airport lounge access. if you couple that with falling fuel costs, you get delta's recipe for bigger profits. it can be more thematic for the airline business or travel at large. delta's ceo did say the desire for travel will fuel bookings for years to come. he likens the current period to

the beginnings of the travel growth story. i'm not sure how much is about the revenge spending on travel as we emerge from the pandemic. consumer spending trend is paying for services and travel rather than goods. >> the airports are just packed. this comes one day after we learned the rate of inflation rose at its slowest pace in more than two years. are we starting to see the impact of cooling inflation? >> it remains to be seen how many folks are declaing victory. we are not that far removed from the highs we have seen. prices are still way above where they were pre-pandemic. the data you mentioned showing less pressure yesterday and then today we got business level inflation data or producer prices coming in below estimates as well. that's the reason why markets are higher generally speaking today. a little more optimism that the inflation story is cooling off. that producer price level came

in really, really narrow. if you strip out the effects of food and energy, you are still at just 2.4% year over year. it is more of an indication, jose, that the inflation story while still significant is becoming maybe incrementally less of an issue, something the fed is watching very closely. >> thank you so very much. before we go this morning, some incredibly great news to share with you. 2012 olympic all around champion gabby douglas will return to gymnastics. she helped the u.s. women to a second consecutive gold medal in the team event. she said, quote, i wanted to find the joy again for the sport that i love doing. let's do it. #2024. that wraps up the hour for me. i'm jose diaz-balart.

watch highlights from today's show online. thank you for the privilege of your time. andrea mitchell picks up with more news right now. right now on "andrea mitchell reports," president biden wrapping up his trip to europe in finland today, which shares an 830-mile border with russia and just joined nato this week, by reaffirming america's commitment to this critical defense alliance. when asked by a reporter about political opposition back home to nato in the coming election year. >> no one can guarantee the future. this is the best bet anyone could make. you can't tell me whether you are going to be able to go home tonight. no one can be sure what they're going to do. i'm saying as sure as anything can possibly be said about american foreign policy, we will stay connected to nato. breaking news here in washington, where the