hello, i m victor blackwell, welcome to cnn newsroom. alisyn is off today. right now, british prime minister boris johnson is fighting for his political life. his conservative party is holding a no confidence vote right now, with results expected soon. now, if a majority of votes come in against him, he s out as the party leader, out as the prime minister. johnson has been under intense scrutiny for his behavior in the height of the pandemic when he disobeyed his own covid rules and held a party while the rest of the country was under mandatory lockdown. and at the queen s platinum jubilee celebrations this weekend, he was met with boos, watch. [ crowd booing ] in a letter making his case to lawmakers today, the prime minister insisted britain s will never forgive him in he s ousted. a snap poll show 6 in 10 want him gone. bianca nobilo joins me now. reporter: the mood is extremely strange. it s fraught and it s groan more and more grim, and despondent as the day has gone
minister boris johnson s political fate now comes down to a secret vote. results due any minute will determine whether he survives. and more shipments of baby formula on the way, but so many u.s. parents desperately want to know where is all this formula going, and how do i get some? welcome to the lead. i m jake tapper. we start today with our national lead and what seems to be growing optimism among negotiators in the u.s. senate that some kind of deal on guns can be reached. as the united states reels from yet another horrific weekend of gun violence. now, it s not clear exactly what this compromise on capitol hill might look like, whether it includes increased background checks or new mental health provisions and funding or encouraging states to enact red flag laws or all of the above, or none of the above. but one of the lead democratic negotiators, senator chris murphy of connecticut, told me this yesterday. i have never been part of negotiations as serious as t