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here's blayne alexander. >> reporter: when briana grier came to her parents' hous earlier this month they knew she was having a mental health emergency, so they called 911 and deputies arrived from the hancock county sheriff's office hours later grier was in a coma and less than a week after that she was dead officials say she fell out of the back of a moving police car >> ain't nobody realize what i'm going through or what we're going through, i feel sorry for y'all, because we loved her regardless, unconditionally. >> reporter: grier's parents say their daughter suffered from schizophrenia and was speaking erratically. her family says they had called 911 in the past and gotten ems assistance but this tim officers detained her. >> they thought she was going to get some medical help, not be treated like a rag doll >> reporter: the hancock county sheriff's office is not commenting, but according to the georgia bureau of investigations after deputies put grier in the patrol car, they never closed the door before driving off. officials say two deputies tried to put grier in the car on t

doors today, adding mississippi to the growing list of states where abortion is no longer available blaynelexander is in jackson tonight. >> reporter: at mississippi's only abortion clinic, as of today, the abortions are no more. physicians like dr. cheryl hamlin are seeing their last patients for follow-up visits before the clinic permanently closes tonight has this been an emotional time for staff? >> yeah. yeah a lot of hugging, yeah. >> reporter: mississippi is now one of nine states banning nearly all abortions three other states have implemented six-week bans with rare exceptions. >> for women across the south who may be seeking abortions what do you want these women to know? >> i want these women to know that the pro-life movement is very compassionate, genuinely so, and wanting to walk with them in their time of need, getting them the resources that they need. >> reporter: the changing landscape of laws is putting increased focus on the states that do allow the procedure. soon, the pink house as it's known in mississippi, will reopen in new mexico they are starting a fund to help w

that is election interference, that's election fraud, that's a crime. >> blayne alexander, who has thehe day, thank you so much for taking the time to share it with us and talk to us. jeremy bash, thank you for starting us off today. it's very nice to see you, my friend. neal drew the short stick and is sticking around for the whole hour. up next for us, the dis-united states, two americas emerging from the reality in the battle over abortion rights that could be coming to a courthouse near you. >>> plus one state where the insurrectionists may be losing their grip on local republicans, what gop leaders are throwing their support behind a prominent anti-big lie democrat, and a warning to extremists ahead of future january 6th hearings that their role in the coup plot at the capitol is about to break into public view. "deadline white house" continues after a quick break. don't go anywhere. after a quick break. after a quick break. don't gooven you financed is taking care of dinner and desert. you're remembering how to tie a windsor. and while your washer is getting out those grass stain

blayne alexander has exclusive reporting inside the cdc >> reporter: as calls to strengthen the nation's monkeypox response grow louder and u.s. cases skyrocket from 1,400 less than two weeks ago to 2,000 -- nearly 3,000 today, the global health organization has declared it a global health emergency. >> how big is the cdc response to this virus? >> right now we have over 300 people who are working on this response 24/7. >> reporter: rarely fatal, the virus is marked by painful lesions and sores spread through close, physical contact and while monkeypox is not new, the rapid spread is. what's causing it to spread in a different way than it has before >> we're coming out of covid, right it's been two years of people not traveling and not attending parties and not having fun and i think there's some amplification of this that's happened as a result of people going out living their lives. >> reporter: and that spread, she says, goes beyond physical contact, from respiratory droplets >> if somebody has lesions inside their mouth or throat they could potentially shed virus >> reporter: to shar

here's blayne alexander. >> reporter: at 102 years old, miss davis ha certainly held a lot of titles, but perhaps none harder earned than u.s. soldier. she proudly served in the 6888 central post directory battalion or the 6 triple 8 at more than 800 women strong, they were the only all black, all female battalion to serve during world war ii their tour began as the war ended, shipping out to england in 1945 and straight to these warehouses there they sorted mountains of backlogged mail addressed to american soldiers, creating a ne tracking system and clearing six months worth of mail in half the time they worked around the clock, sifting through packages while staring down racism, serving in a segregated military, they were excluded from some facilities at times facing open hostility from fellow soldiers so why serve simple. >> it's my country too. >> reporter: and so it is, in the city that helped birth the civil rights movement. miss davis, the oldest living member of the 6 triple 8, is celebrated for breaking barriers of her own. >> i never would have thought that anything like th

today my colleague blayne alexander got an exclusive interview with the district attorney and got her response on what she will do with witnesses who defy subpoenas and specifically lindsey graham. >> if you are met with resistance, how would you respond to that, if you're met with resistance, people who say they don't want to come testify? >> nobody wants to come to the prosecutor's party. that's kind of part of the work that we do. we'll take it before the judge and the judge will make a ruling if we have a legal right to bring them before the court, but i mean i've been a trial lawyer a long time, and most times, people don't want to come, but that's why you have power of the state and the power to subpoena people and bring them here. >> lindsey graham actually put out a statement, essentially saying that this is all politics, fulton county is engaged in a fishing expedition and working in concert with the january 6th committee in washington. do you want to respond to that, him calling it a fishing expedition saying this is nothing but politics. >> what do i have to gain from these

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joining us now is blayne alexander in atlanta. also with us is barbara mcquaid, former u.s.higan and nbc legal analyst. walk us through the giuliani development. >> this is a court filing that just came out in the last hour or so. in the filing that was hosted by the fulton county district attorney, she says a judge has ordered rudy giuliani to come down to fulton county, atlanta, georgia, and testify before a special grand jury. and we have a date. it's going to take place on august 9th. we understand that giuliani was ordered by a new york judge to appear in a separate hearing to show kaz why he shouldn't have to satisfy the subpoena. why he shouldn't have to testify. according to the judge, giuliani did not show up for the hearing. that prompted the judge to issue this order. we reached out to rudy giuliani's team for a response. certainly, a very big piece of breaking news. and it comes as we're getting information about the scope of the investigation. we're learning who the district attorney is targeting. she is targeting the 16 fake electors. this is picking up, a lot

blayne alexander joins us live. good morning. what options are left for women in that state?porter: 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

we want to bring in blayne alexander. she's been watching this for us. what does all of this mean for the fulton d.a.'s investigation? >> reporter: peter, it means it has ways to go before it's finished. there are going to be some witnesses that are going to come forward that the fulton county special grand jury has work to do. it means that this investigation is widening. one thing to point out from this 36-page motion filed today on behalf of 11 of those so-called fake electors, the people who were the ultimate electors, essentially, they say that they were initially told that they were simply witnesses in this investigation but that later they were told by the d.a.'s office they had become targets in the investigation. that certainly is a key shift. that shows this investigation has widened. i spoke with a representative from the district attorney's office not too long ago. they did not dispute the accuracy of that statement. they confirmed that to me and said they are going to be responding via their own filing by the end of tomorrow. this is just th

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. >> blayne alexander, believe for us there in atlanta. thank you. ali, the last word here. what we heard from ryan and carol and from blayne are different threads related to this broeldbroader narrative ar january 6th, that the select committee is looking to lay out in a significant way tomorrow night. incorporating all of this. i know it feels like a lot, but there is a cohesive theme here. >> the cohesive theme is that all of these things are part and parcel to the larger january 6th riots. the one thing that all of their different threads have in common is the fact that all of them are just going to take time to play out. and time is the one thing that even though the committee leaves open the door to having more hearings, they are on a clock ultimately. that clock runs out potentially if the november elections go a certain way with republicans taking control of the house, the clock runs out in january of next year. even though they can do more over the course of this calendar year, they ultimately will have to put the pen down, and it's not entirely clear that all of th

here is nbc's blayne alexander. >> reporter: at 102 years old, ms.a lot of titles. but perhaps none harder earned than u.s. soldier. she proudly served in the 6888 central post directory battalion, or the 6888. had more than 800 women strong, they were the only all-black all-female battalion to serve during world war ii. their tour began as the war ended, shipping out to england in 1945 and straight to these warehouses. there, they sorted mountains of backlogged mail addressed to american soldiers, creating a new tracking system and clearing six months worth of mail in half the time. they worked around the clock, sifting through packages while staring down racism, serving in a segregated military they were excluded from some facilities. at times facing open hostility from fellow soldiers. so why serve? simple. >> it's my country, too. >> and so it is, in the city that helped birth the civil rights movement. ms. davis, the oldest living member of the 6888, is celebrated for breaking barriers of her own. >> i never would've thought that anything like t

blayne alexander, nbc news >> she's still around to give us that valuable piece of history >>> the weeknduses coming. people can expect to see themes inspired by the weeknd's short films starting september 2nd in florida. we did stories about >>> we have been working around the clock to address gun violence in the city of oakland. we know our efforts are working but it's still not good enough. >> cracking down on crime. this is amid the growing calls for change in the community. i set down one-on-one with the oakland police chief lebron armstrong to ask about the changes he is making and they keep funding the department is getting he said will promote change. >>>

blayne alexander is outside the cdc in atlanta this morning with the effort to curb the spread. >> reporter: this is a rare step by the world health organization. the last time they made this declaration was in response to the covid-19 virus . this is a different type of virus and it is not a respiratory virus but transmitted through direct contact. experts say as of right now, when you look at the number of cases, they arising across the united states. the number has now nearly doubled just shy of 3000 cases. >> this will not spread as covid-19 to, but it could integrate itself into infections that we will have to deal with for some time to come. >> reporter: this is primarily a virus found in men in the lgbtq community but this is something that is spreading to anyone. over the weekend, two children were diagnosed with confirmed cases of monkeypox . as for the vaccine, the biting and administration plans to roll out more in coming weeks. experts say those exposed or at higher risk should make it a priority to get the vaccine. >>> the san francisco general is opening its monkeypox vaccine

today in an exclusive interview with nbc's blayne alexander d.a. willis made clear she's not afraid to do a lot of unprecedented things in her investigation. >> could we expect to possibly see additional subpoenas from people in former president trump's inner circle or trump associates? >> yes. >> are we talking about family members, former white house officials? >> what i'm doing is very serious, it's very important work, and we're going to do our due diligence is making sure that we look at all aspects of the case. >> might we see a subpoena of the former president himself? >> anything is possible. >> we're not ruling out that it's possible? >> absolutely. >> willis says the grand jury should hear directly from the people involved in trying to overturn georgia's election. in a statement an attorney for lindsey graham says he intends to fight the subpoena adding, quote, in my conversations with fulton county investigators, i have been informed that senator graham is neither a subject nor the target of the investigation, simply a witness. this is a

hoda >> blayne alexander for us in atlanta. that half hour scary moments at a beach in southern california over the weekend. a small plane towing a banner crashed into the ocean take a look. >> it's going into the water it's going into the water. it's going into the water, guys! oh dude >> it happened during a lifeguarding competition in huntington beach luckily no one was in the water when the plane went down lifeguards were able to pull the pilot to safety. he was taken to the hospital, a few bumps and bruises but otherwise okay >>> it is 18 minutes past the hour let's check out our friend janice huff in for al this morning. good morning >>> let's start with the northeast. one more hot day of this heat wave in places like boston and new york city but then a cold front comes. it brings severe thunderstorms later this afternoon so watching that there while the heat is ending in the northeast it's starting out west, the pacific northwest. they're looking at temperatures approaching 100 degrees over the next several days. and in

heard more fire and bravery and commitment to the democratic project in this short interview with blayne alexander than i've ever heard from the doj in the last 18 months. >> that was bracing. that was refreshing. she said if you commit a crime in my jurisdiction, lady justice is blind. she doesn't care about your race or gender. she will prosecute crime. what an idea. wouldn't it be amazing if we appointed attorney general's who believe the same thing? look, just to be clear, it's not that she is blind to all of the stuff going on. she said in the same interview she might as well defend her investigation after voting starts in the midterm and pick it back up after the midterm elections to create a zone to avoid the mere appearance of impropriety. look how she is defending impropriety when voting starts as opposed to merrick garland who defined this as his entire term in office. i think willis is doing exactly the right thing. i don't know where that investigation goes. look, i know this. i will date myself because i am a bit older than you. i remember the old a television show colombo.

nbc news correspondent blayne alexander has reporting from inside the cdc. >> reporter: as calls to strengthen the nation's monkey pox response grow louder and u.s. cases skyrocket, from 1400 less than two weeks ago, to nearly 3,000, the world health organization has declared the virus a global health emergency. dr. mcquisten with the cdc's response. >> how big is the cdc's response to this virus. >> right now we have over 300 people working on this response 24/7. >> rarely fatal the virus is marked with painful lesions and sores spread by close physical contact and while monkey pox is not new, the way it has spread is. >> what is causing it to spread? >> after covid, two years of people not traveling and not attending parties and not having fun and there is amplification as i a result of people going out and living their lives. >> from respiratory droplets. >> inside their mouth or throat, they could potentially shed virus. >> to sharing things like clothing and blankets and towels with someone with an open sore. and spreading around men in the lbgtq community. >> how important is it that peo

she told our blayne alexander that more subpoenas are likely >> are we talking about former white house we'll have to see where the investigation leads us, but i think people thought that we came into this as some kind of game this is not a game at all. what i am doing is very serious. >> might we see a subpoena of the former president himself >> anything is possible. >> d.a. willis said it's realistic that her office could conclude the investigation by the end of the summer. analysis on all of this tonight by renato mariotti first on cipollone that's a big get, but will executive privilege issues limit how much he can share there? >> oh, absolutely. in fact, one thing they think is important to note here is this is by an agreement with the committee. it's a savvy move by the committee whenever a potential witness has privilege issues it's always a smart idea to just reach an agreement with them rather than trying to fight all of that out. what that means is that the testimony will be limited to certain topics there have been some reports that it will be primarily focused on conversatio

blayne alexander with the team from the today show's outside the cdc in atlanta this one with the nationwide effort to curb the spread. >> reporter: good morning to you and this is a rare step by the world health organization but in fact, the last time they made this declaration was back in january 2020 in response to the covid virus. it is very important to note this is certainly a very different type of virus but it is an airborne or respiratory, rather transmitted through physical contact, direct contact, and experts say as of right now when you look at the number of cases, they are quickly rising across the u.s. 1400 cases less than two weeks ago, and now that number has nearly doubled, just shy of 3000 cases. >> this will not spread as covid did, largely to the general population. but it could integrate itself into infections that we will have to deal with as we do other sexually transmitted infections are sometime to come . >> you just heard him say this is primarily a virus that have been found in men in the lgbtq community, experts make it abundantly clear this is something that can