lester >> gabe gutierrez, thank you. >>> some major new gains tonight by ukrainian forces in parts of the country russia has long controlled, perhaps even more significant because they are in areas just annexed by moscow erin mclaughlin is in ukraine for us tonight. >> reporter: tonight ukrainian forces say they're now making stunning gains to the south, liberating two territories in the occupied kherson region just days after a victory in the eastern town of lyman, hoisting the ukrainian flag and tearing russian signs down from areas where just days ago russian president putin declared the ukrainian territory would be russia's forever a long way to break through in a bloody war that's potentially entering a new phase while liberated areas have been left devastated by russian occupation, including the village of kamianka this man says a bomb blew a 30-foot hole in his back yard. how did you survive? [ speaking non-english "i don't know," he says russian state tv now bluntly warning its viewers we should not be expecting good news and airing this video of draftees training before headi

hiring civilians gabe gutierrez is there. >> reporter: seventh grader byron kelly was just 13 years old when he was shot and killed in new orleans earlier this year >> i've just been praying. and i keep telling myself, don't cry, don't cry. >> reporter: his mother carla thomas says it's been hard to get ahold of the police officers working the unsolved case. >> i have called them. i have sent them text messages i have like none, nothing. >> reporter: police did not respond to our interview request. the homicide rate in new orleans is soaring, up 40% just this year now the big easy's taking drastic measures, hiring civilians to help with policing, including detective work like going to crime scenes to gather evidence >> this is also to reduce some of the work load currently placed on our patrol and district personnel >> reporter: a good idea >> no, not really. >> reporter: mike glasser, who heads up one of the city's police unions, blames plummeting morale for a crushing shortage of about 600 officers. from seattle to st. louis, atlanta to philadelphia, major cities across the country ar

gabe gutierrez has the latest >> reporter: tonight workers are scrambling to finish this new migrant tent camp in new york city after mayor eric adams last week declared a state of emergency >> this is unsustainable. >> reporter: the new construction comes after the city scrapped plans for another location due to flooding concerns the camp is expected to temporarily house about 500 migrants for no more than four days each the mayor says the city's burning through a billion dollars this fiscal year on what he calls a humanitarian crisis new buses like this one are arriving each day from texas >> the tent city is horrible it's just a repeat of what they're escaping right now. >> reporter: with more than 2 million illegal border crossings this fiscal year and 17,000 asylum seekers bused to new york so far, texas governor greg abbott's office is calling mayor adams an "absolute hypocrite," adding "instead of fearmongering and complaining about a few thousand migrants in a sanctuary city mayor adams should call on president biden to do his job and secure the border." after florida governo

gabe gutierrez now on how it's changing the game >> reporter: at penn state this fall, the fans are back, but the game is different. after a u.s. supreme court ruling last year, college athletes are now allowed to earn money for things like autographs, social media posts and endorsements through nil deals, which stands for name, image, and likeness. roman bravo young is a wrestler at penn state who chose to come back for a fifth year, in part because of nil deals, including with a local restaurant >> to help with my family, take care of myself at the end of the day, i have to take care of myself. >> reporter: schools cannot directly offer money to recruit players. but so-called donor collectives operating independently of universities can offer students an nil deal are we seeing the wild, wild west of recruiting right now >> oh, i think there is no question. >> reporter: jay paterno and other alumni are organizing these pools of money to help college athletes get paid through nil deal, including women, who are often in less lucrative sports. >> we set up a collective called success with

gabe gutierrez reports now from yuma, arizona. >> reporter: each night, they rush to turn themselves in, group after group of asylum seekers crossing the arizona border. >> it's beautiful. free country. >> reporter: gisele and her 3-year-old daughter came here from cuba. why did you come? >> i want to be free. i want to buy some food, food for my girls. for progress. american dream, you know? >> reporter: this area alone has seen hundreds of asylum seekers each night. and in just the last year, there have been more than 300,000 illegal border crossings in the area around yuma. that's three times the city's entire population of nearly 100,000, an all-time record. is that sustainable? >> it's not sustainable. >> reporter: douglas nichols is yuma's mayor. >> i consider this a crisis. it's a situation where numbers are multiple times higher than anywhere else in history. >> reporter: the only hospital here estimates that over six months, it's doled out $20 million in uncompensated medical care to migrants. >> do we have to stop that border flow. if you're going to have the borders open l

nbc's gabe gutierrez with that report. it is just about the top of the fourth hour of "morning joe." 6:00 a.m. on the west coast, 9:00 a.m. on the east coast. joe biden and his cabinet hitting the road today launching a full-court press to push the administration's closing economic argument to voters. we'll get a preview of that message when white house chief of staff ron klain joins us. the president isn't the only one headed out on the campaign trail. donald trump will be holding rallies in ohio and pennsylvania and other states in a final midterm push to boost republican turnout. we'll have those details straight ahead. >>> also ahead, utah is in the midst of its most competitive senate race in decades. we're going to the speak with independent candidate evan mcmullin as he faces off against incumbent republican mike lee. >>> and tesla is under criminal investigation over claims the company's electric vehicles can drive themselves. we'll get to that. willie? >>> let's begin this hour in georgia, where this morning there

joining us now is nbc news national correspondent gabe gutierrez. gabe, good morning.xpect? >> hi, jose. good morning. lawyers for both parties in this case are being very tight-lipped at this point, but "the new york times" is reporting that the deposition is set to take place today at mar-a-lago. these are the lawyer's offices for e. jean carroll. as you mentioned, jose, back in 2019 she sued donald trump for defamation after he denied allegations that she was assaulted in -- raped in a department store, high-end department store in manhattan. she claims that donald trump in the mid 1990s threw her up against the dressing room wall and forced himself upon her. now the former president repeatedly has denied these allegations adding that, quote, she's not my type, but last week after three years of legal limbo, the judge in this case said that donald trump could not run out the clock on this case, that he had to sit for this deposition and something else, jose, trump's legal team had been trying to argue that the former president was acting in these official job, meani

national correspondent gabe gutierrez joining us from ponce, puerto rico and josh letterman. gabe, they are still grappling with the damage left behind from fiona. what is the president going to see today? >> reporter: hi there, jose. good morning. i just heard something you said, talking about tens of thousands of linemen being pre-positioned to deal with the disaster there. as you know, jose, much more difficult to get those types of resources to this island in the middle of the caribbean. as you can see behind me right now, there is an urgent effort to try and get power to the remaining 8% of this island, its customers that still do not have power. we are in a neighborhood still without power more than two weeks after hurricane fiona. the hardest hit portions of this island, the southwestern parts of the island, 92% of customers here have had their electricity restored. but, jose, as you know, there is a lot of frustration here in puerto rico about the ongoing power situation here. many of the residents that we have spoken with do not trust the withdrew ma energy that took

joining us now, nbc news national correspondent gabe gutierrez. what are you seeing?ilt here on randall's island. we saw workers here just a short time ago. they've moved to the other end of the parking lot. this is a live look inside this tent that is being built. as you mention, this comes after new york mayor eric adams said -- declared a state of emergency and he says that the city right now is burning through a billion dollars this fiscal year to house the migrants, more than 17,000 migrants have come from the southern border, bussed here, his administration says, and right now he said there are more than 61,000 people in the city's shelter system. and this is being built as a temporary housing facility. it's meant to hold about 500 migrants. they'll be spending no more than 96 hours here and we're told that this should open up over the next few days. advocates for the city's homeless have slammed this housing plan. they would like the administration to focus on setting up the migrants inside of hotels. they worry about the safety of facilities like this. just a

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. >> and gabe gutierrez is in san german where biden is expected to speak. ials telling you $60 million could go in helping folks on the island. >> well, chris, it might not go a very long way considering the stepped of destruction here not just from hurricane fiona but hurricane maria five years ago. this is one of the many washed out roads here in this part of puerto rico. the southwestern part of the island. as you mentioned, 93% of this island had power restored. but these are the towns that have not had the power restored. and we just spoke with a resident here just a short time ago who described being without power for 16 days now. she said her insulin is damaged. she said she is desperate and does not know where to turn and sat on hold trying to talk to fema for hours. and that is what president biden will hear as he arrives here in ponce in just a short time. he is set to speak and take part in a community event packing supplies for some of these hardest hit regions. the southwest side of the island there is an urgent effort to restore power. we spent

gabe gutierrez is joining me now from phoenix with more on this. gabe, good to talk to you.ital and health care system? how are they managing with these influx of patients coming in? >> reporter: good morning. this hospital is not at capacity just yet, but it is bracing for a rough winter. it's only october and doctors and nurses here and around the country are seeing much higher patient numbers than they typically see at this time, they they don't typically see until much later in the winter and we spoke to a mother overnight who had barely heard of rsv before she ended up here with her newborn son. >> reporter: more concerns of a triple-demic this winter. in arizona, rsv cases are up 344% over a typical season. >> terrifying. it's a serious illness. with him being this young. he doesn't have an immune system to fight it off. >> reporter: her two-month-old son rider was in the hospital overnight. what would you tell parents? >> trust your gut. i was on the border about coming or not to the hospital and i feel like i probably should have come a little bit sooner. >> reporter

gabe gutierrez is there in puerto rico and has been reporting on the devastation there for quite some time. it's great to talk to you. what can we expect, gabe, the president is going to be seeing there today, and hear really from officials for what they need? >> reporter: good morning. president biden just saying that puerto rico really hasn't been very well taken care of. that does echo some of the frustration that we have heard from some residents on the ground who more than two weeks after hurricane fiona still do not have power. behind me you see power crews that took overpower transmission in puerto rico last year. you see the work crews here, they've been here throughout the morning. this is one of the neighborhoods that still does not have power. we have spoken with several residents who say that they've been waiting for power to be restored here, but, yasmin, it's actually the southwestern part of this island, some of the more rural areas that are dealing with those power outages right now. according to luma energy, 92% of customers have had their electricity restored. that's

that breaks your heart as a parent. >> our thanks to gabe gutierrez. joining me is dr.w parent. the video of that little baby is heartbreaking to watch. what should parents be on the lookout for and how do the symptoms differ from a cold or covid? >> the big problem is children have small airways, hard to expand and they haven't seen a lot of viruses, especially now they haven't seen a lot of viruses because of covid being isolated at home for a number of years. so there's a lot of tinder. you've got to look for shortness of breath in kids, fever that they're running, but it's really a respiratory thing. it's how well are they breathing? are they struggling for air? that's what you've got to look at. you heard that mother talk about the color of the baby. i think that's something parents are acutely aware of. are they the usual pink or dark color, or are they more faded, white color, because that's a sign that they're not getting enough oxygen. i think those are the main things you want parents to really be aware of. i think that woman is right. at this point since we k

nbc news's gabe gutierrez has more. >> reporter: this morning doctors and nurses nationwide soundingdented rise in respiratory illnesses among young children. nearly 75% of the country's estimated 40,000 pediatric hospital beds are now full. connecticut children's hospital in hartford is in touch with fema and the national guard about putting up a medical tent in its parking lot. other hospitals are also stretched thin. >> the majority of the children are coming in pretty sick. they're requiring higher levels of oxygen than they would normally require. >> reporter: rsv usually causes mild cold-like symptoms but infants and older adults may develop severe infection because their lungs are weekend. at yale new haven hospital there are now more than 100 rsv cases in the emergency department. that's nearly double from just a week ago. have you ever seen numbers like this before? >> definitely not as high as we've been seeing them now and i would also say from over the years, just like the acuity in how sick the kids are is much higher than it's been ever in the past. >> reporter: doctors

gabe gutierrez has the latest. >> reporter: with bus after bus arriving from the southern border, thismergency. >> this is unsustainable. the city is going to run out of funding for other priorities. >> reporter: mayor eric adams says the city is burning through a billion dollars this fiscal year on what he calls a humanitarian crisis, more than 61,000 people living in shelters. >> we need help, and we need it now. >> reporter: some migrants are already being housed in hotels, but new york officials are now also in negotiations with cruise lines to house asylum seekers on ships. the city also started building a tent camp, but because of flooding concerns workers are moving it to randall's island off the coast of manhattan. advocates for the homeless are slamming the housing plan. >> these facilities tend to be erected or docked in places that are very far from mass transit and services. >> reporter: weeks after florida governor ron desantis chartered migrants to martha's vineyard, the battle is heating up. mayor adams is blasting greg abbott, who's been busing migrants from his state,

joining me now is gabe gutierrez and harry litman. what do we know so far? how long is this thing going to last? >> reporter: hey there, yasmin, good afternoon. e. jean carroll tweeted a short time ago that this deposition was underway, but just a short time ago she has apparently deleted those tweets. so right now the timing of all of this is still fluid. we do not know for sure whether it is underway. i can tell you "the new york times" has reported that this was expected to take place at mar-a-lago. we're here outside the law offices for e. jean carroll's attorneys. she has not commented on this, and trump's legal team has yet to comment on this today. as you know, this all dates back to a lawsuit filed in 2019, and this has been in legal limbo since then because the trump legal team a judge said last week was trying to delay this. trump's legal team had been trying to argue that mr. trump denied these allegations while he was president, and so he was acting in his capacity as a federal government employee. e. jean carroll's attorneys said, no, the judge

. >> for the news, i'm gabe gutierrez. >>> the man who drove his suv through the christmas parade will spend his life in prison. >> we the jury find the defendant, darryl e. brooks, guilty. >> the killer kept his head down resting on his hands for much of the verdict. he murdered six people including an 8-year-old boy and hurt dozens of others when he sped through that christmas parade in waukesha nearly a year ago tyler pudliner, he spoke after the verdict today. >> it's been a difficult thing i know this this at this will g us healing this is another step we've been resilient one of the things i've said we're stronger than him and it's been proven today. >> the trial lasted four weeks, became erratic at times. he dismissed his public defenders and chose to represent himself. he argued wet judge and she removed him time and again at one point the convicted man tried to get the case dismissed. the judge has not set a sentencing date but the killer faces a mandatory life sentence for each of the six homicide convictions. >>> mortgage rates go up, demand for mortgages goes down. the next

nbc's gabe gutierrez reports from maricopa county >> reporter: amid complaints of armed people in tactical gear, they've stepped up patrols >> it's concerning that they're trying to undermine democracy under this cloak of patriotism and in doing so, what they're doing is destroying the most important institution in our nation, the freedom, the right to vote. >> reporter: he also says his office is investigating their incident captured on cell phone video where a woman tried to take a picture of one of their license plates and was pushed. we spoke to the woman. she asked us not to show her face or use her name for fear of backlash >> a lot of people are intimidated. when people are standing around with handguns on them and sometimes tactical gear, it really does scare the average person >> reporter: at least six complaints of alleged voter intimidation here have been referred to the state attorney general's office and department of justice across the country, election threats are ramping up ahead of the midterms >> a lot of these threats are fueled by misa and disinformation >> the justice

gabe gutierrez, nbc news, san juan, puerto rico. >> and on that note i wish you a good night!to tune in this weekend for the sunday show when i will talk with a former adviser for the house congressional committee. investigating the january 6th attack on the capitol. denver riggleman. from all of our colleagues across the nation of nbc news, thanks for saying up late with us! see you this weekend! this week, bloomberg news published a story about the documents donald trump had sent down to mar-a-lago at the end of his presidency. the story went to some detail about who packed the boxes containing those documents. i'm going to spoil the ending here by telling you that it was the white house, not the general services administration -- the gsa -- that packed those boxes, which is counter to what donald trump has insisted for several months now. but it is maybe not surprising, given the other wild claims he has made in the course of this whole mar-a-lago saga. but a complaining that bloomberg story was a picture of the document boxes that were sent down to trump's beach club. this

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we get more now from nbc's gabe gutierrez. >> reporter: with bus after bus arriving from the southerning new york city is under a state of emergency. >> this is unsustainable. the city will run out of funding for other priorities. >> they are burning through a billion dollars on this fiscal year on what he calls a humanitarian crisis. 61,000 people living in shelters. >> we need help, and we need it now. >> reporter: some migrants being housed in hotels. new york officials are now in negotiations with cruise lines to house them on ships. the city also started building a tank camp. waters are now moving into randalls island off the coast of manhattan. >> these facilities tend to be erected or docked in places that are far from mass transit and services. >> reporter: weeks after ron desantis sent a bus to martha's vineyard. abbott's office saying mayor adams is an absolute hypocrite adding instead of fearmongering, he should call on president biden to do his job and secure the border. >> in washington, d.c., migrants have been dropped off outside the home of vice president kamala harris

let's go to gabe gutierrez who is joining us with more on all of this. gabe? can you confirm it is indeed happening at mar-a-lago? >> reporter: well, hey, there, alex, good morning. lawyers for both parties in this case have been tight-lipped. these are the offices of the attorney for e. jean carroll which, as you mentioned, carroll just tweeted a short time ago that the deposition is under way. we have not been able to confirm that with the attorneys in this case. but as you said, the "new york times" is reporting that it was planned to take place at mar-a-lago. now, alex, this case has been in legal limbo for the better part of three years. that's when former president trump denied the allegations -- e. jean carroll's allegations that trump threw her up against a dressing room wall at a department store here in manhattan and forced himself upon her. trump said she was lying, repeatedly denied the allegations and as you said, he added, she's not my type. this has been in limbo for quite some time. last week, alex, a judge ruled that discovery had to mov

. >> nbc news correspondent gabe gutierrez, thank you very much. >> you hear interviews out of puerto rico from residents there, so many of them -- the united states for all the money they gave during maria and what they're doing now, but the complaints are their own government just didn't learn the lessons from five years ago and they shouldn't have to go through this over and over again. there should be a better response. by the way, we were talking about health care just a few minutes ago in lee county, it's something over the past 12 years, republicans have spent most of that time promising voters they're going to overturn obamacare. >> get rid of it. >> the affordable care act. going to get rid of it despite the fact they never gave their own alternative health care reform plan. now, i think they've just given up. instead of giving us a republican. alternative that everybody could get behind in the republican party, now they're admitting they can't overturn it, it's here to stay, and some republicans are even praising it. we'll tell you about what when we return. qulipta gets rig

nbc news national correspondent gabe gutierrez has the details. >> reporter: this morning concerns ofd ramping up earlier than expected. >> the last few weeks is something that i've never seen before. >> reporter: roy roy, delaware, washington and maryland saying that their beds are fuel. several other states, 80% to 90%. many patients battling rsv, a common respiratory illness that is like a simple cold but can be very serious in children under 2. >> it's very worry so many because we're not even in winter. it is still only fall. so as the winter hits, as flu starts coming, where are we going to put these kids? >> in providence, children's hospital is now at 125% capacity. extra patients staying in the emergency department. while they wait for available beds to be admitted. >> it's unprecedented. because of that, we're sort inform a whole new world right now. we are trying to manage the sickest of the patients right now and let people know that if they're coming in with more minor complaints that they may have to wait for a while. >> as for the flu, pharmacy giant walgreens now says

nbc's gabe gutierrez with that report.n's closing economic argument to voters. we'll get a preview of that message when white house chief of staff ron klain joins us. the president isn't the only one headed out on the campaign trail. donald trump will be holding rallies in ohio and pennsylvania and other states in a final midterm push to boost republican turnout. we'll have those details straight ahead. >>> also ahead, utah is in the midst of its most competitive senate race in decades. we're going to the

gabe gutierrez has more. >> reporter: this morning, billionaire elon musk, the richest man in the worldl social media platforms, the tesla ceo and founder of spacex completing the reported $44 billion deal on the eve of a court-appointed deadline to finish his on-again, off again, bid to purchase the company. one of the first moves, cnbc reports, including ceo, and tweeting thursday, the bird is freed, an apparent reference to the twitter logo, and a completion of the deal, changing his handle to chief twit. musk posting this video of himself wednesday walking into twitter's san francisco office, carrying a porcelain sink as he entered the glass doors, tweeting entering twitter headquarters, let that sink in, the silicon valley titan, is buying it to -- this comes after a long back and forth battle. back in april, musk agreed to buy twitter for that whopping $44 billion. >> i think it's very important for there to be an inclusive arena for free speech. >> reporter: then began back peddling out of the deal, alleging that the company failed to adequately disclose the number of spam and fa

president biden is set to get his dose in a push to get people protected, lester >> all right gabe gutierrez, thank you. >>> new test score out tonige the devastating impact the covid pandemic has had on our kids and learning both in math and reading. rehema ellis has details. >> reporter: more evidence tonight that nearly three years of pandemic disruptions had a devastating effect on students the national assessment of educational progress tested nearly 450,000 fourth and eighth-graders across the country. the math results were especially alarming. only 26% of eighth-graders were proficient or above in math, down from 34% in 2019 the average eighth grade math score fell in every state except utah >> the literature has shown us that math was very sensitive to instruction. >> reporter: in reading just 33% of fourth-graders were proficient or above, down from 35%. in union, new jersey one superintendent is keenly aware of the problem. >> challenges are greater than i've experienced in any year of my 30-year career >> reporter: whaare they doing about it? in the classroom teachers focus on sma

we are going to start with nbc's gabe gutierrez at one hard-hit hospital in rhode island. gabe, good morning. >> reporter: hoda, good morning. this children's hospital is operating at 125% capacity using parts of the facility that it's never used before. half of the young patients in its icu have the respiratory illness rsv. this morning concerns of a potential tripledemic are growing. the flu, rsv and covid ramping up earlier than expected. >> the last few weeks is something i have never seen before.

first, let's get the latest from gabe gutierrez. >> reporter: to nights as hospitals battle the earlyildress practice torrey illnesses, nearly 75% of the country's estimated 40,000 pediatric hospital beds are full. a major hospital in houston has had to fly

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nbc's gabe gutierrez at the top for us. >> cnbc is reporting that elon musk is in charge of twitter and executives are out. musk had to today to complete the deal or face a court battle.

first, let's get the latest from gabe gutierrez. >> reporter: tonight as hospitals battle the early spiken child respiratory illnesses, nearly 75% of the country's estimated 40,000 pediatric hospital beds are full. a major hospital in houston has had to fly out several sick patients because they're out of room. >> the fact that right now we are having to transport, you know, kids hundreds of miles away if not outside of the state is very, very rare. >> reporter: the cdc out with new numbers today showing flu activity keeps rising in most of the country, especially the southeast and south central u.s., but most concerning to many parents, the relentless spread of rsv, a respiratory illness often with mild cold-like symptoms that can lead to severe infections in very young children or older adults. >> it is the most terrifying thing as a parent because you are completely helpless. >> reporter: in ohio, shanesty ireland and her 2-month-old son just got home from the hospital after a harrowing few days fighting rsv >> i was standing there in trauma talking to doctors and nurses and i'm just b

gabe gutierrez with more from connecticut especially impacted by the virus. >> reporter: inside connecticut childrens hospital in hartford, doctors and nurses are sounding the alarm. they are seeing an unprecedented number of children with respiratory illnesses. >> i have not seen this level of very quick increase from in the number of cases with rsv. certainly we have never seen it in this time period. >> reporter: the hospitals in touch with fema and the national guard about putting up a medical tent in the parking lot as it tries to keep up. rsv usually causes mild cold like symptoms. there's no vaccine for it. infants and older adults may develop severe infections like pneumonia because their lungs are weakened. over the last month 32 states reported an increase in rsv cases. if san diego 50 patients tested positive over the last few days where the chief medical officer says it's unheard of. two to three times they every experienced. in richmond, virginia haley's son was hospitalized. >> that was my and his first time in a helicopter. it was scary. emts in the back told me there were a

. >> leading us off this hour nbc news national correspondent gabe gutierrez and dr. john torres. gabe, i'll go to you first. you're outside a hospital here in new york city now. i know you were up in connecticut at a hospital there where cases are really overwhelming. what challenges are you hearing about? >> reporter: hi there, kate. yes, hospitals in connecticut are dealing with what some are calling an unprecedented rise in rsv cases. we were at the yale new haven children's hospital where that one in particular basically had its pediatric icu completely full, every bed filled. 90% of the beds filled with patients with respiratory illnesses and we spoke with some of those health care workers there about what they've been seeing and they tell us this is something they've been working there for 10, 15 years and have never seen something like this. take a listen. have you ever seen numbers like this before? >> definitely not as high as we've been seeing them now, and i would also say from over the years the acuity and how sick the kids are is much higher than much in the past. >>

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lester >> all right gabe gutierrez, thank you. >>> political shock waves in britain tonight. the sudden resignation of prime minister liz truss after just six weeks in office. and as britain grapples with its own economic crisis. molly hunter is in london for us tonight. >> reporter: tonight a stunning announcement. yet another british prime minister stepping down. >> i am resigning as leader of the conservative party. >> reporter: once compared to margaret thatcher liz truss leaving her post after just 44 days. >> thank you. >> reporter: the long-time civil servant now the shortest serving prime minister in british history following boris johnson's ouster yesterday her rallying cry to parliament. >> i am a fighter not a quitter. >> reporter: and today admitting defeat >> i cannot deliver the mandate on which i was elected by the conservative party >> reporter: appointed by queen elizabeth just two days before her death, there she was in the final picture we saw of the queen. truss, straight into the spotlight with an emotional tribute to the monarch. >> britain is the great

officials are stepping up security after what they call vigilantes were spotted near ballot dropboxes gabe gutierrezas the details >> reporter: amid complaints of