us on that topic and a lot more coming up in just a few moments today. sandra: we begin, america reports with a shake-up across the pond as prime minister boris johnson announces officially that he is resigning amid a string of ethics scandal. and look who came back for more, hello, welcome, everybody. i am sandra smith in new york. happy to have you. i am bill hemmer and for john roberts today, the outgoing prime minister acknowledging defeat after months of defiance with 50 senior lawmakers left office in a revolt against their leader, the final straw for some members of parliament coming after report saying that johnson knew about an investigation of sexual misconduct to a lawmaker that he had promoted. sandra: protesters gathered outside tenth avenue to give the prime minister a noisy send-off as they look for a replacement to lead the conservative party in the country now begins. senior foreign affairs correspondent greg palkot is live on this from london for
street conceding his party wanted him gone. his exit triggers an election to pick the next conservative leader. the timetable for that will be announced in coming days. senior foreign affairs correspondent greg palkot is in london tonight with what comes next. good evening, greg. the sun has finally set in london one of the most tumultuous days in political history all because of a shakeup at the top. boris johnson took one of his last walks out of number 10 downing street today after more government officials called for him to quit u.k. prime minister stepped down as conservative party leader which should lead to his departure as p.m. whlg it moves it moves. and my friends in politics, no one is remotely indispensable. protesters and british political insiders cited a lost of trust in johnson following a series of sandals most recently a lawmaker accused of sexual misconduct. critics don t want him to stick around as prime minister while a successor is chosen by his
inch closer to a legislative victory. after hours of debate they are voting on the glacier production act. it would be the largest reduction in climate in u.s. history, i would also lower the cost of prescription drugs for millions of americans, among other things. earlier today millions of americans join us on msnbc to discuss the significance. vote after vote after vote, we have done this. 11 hours straight. why? because we know this bill is finally going to do something about climate change. lifted the ban on negotiating less expensive drugs under medicare. and then, as the name of the bill, says bring inflation home by 300 and $75 million in deficit reduction. i think the american public is watching with this overdue, see that they re making progress on issues they care about. legislation needs all 50 democrats to vote in order to pass it. the senate republicans are making their opposition known anyways. so, the american rescue plan, remember that one? that was su
democracy, and you claim you love america, you should love democracy as much as you claim to love america. yeah, and not bury your head in the sand when your being attacked by your own political party. i ll schmidt, it has been a pleasure, i appreciate your time and you coming forward to sharing your experience with the committee. it strengthens our democracy and lets us know what you went through. we appreciate it. thank you, ayman. a quick programming alert. tonight, you can catch an encore of foresees in its documentary film that delves into rudy giuliani s election lies and his infamous election lies at the four seasons. that is at ten eastern, right after the second hour of ayman that starts right now. coming up coming up , we ll break down the federal state actions of democratic congressman adriano espaillat. plus, making sense of our inflation and what is being done to right the ship. ginni thomas s plan to overturn the election was far bigger than we realized. w
stand? less than a week after the bipartisan framework was publicly announced, it now seems that the two sides, as i expected, still have a lot of work to do. this week, texas senator john cornyn who was booed at the texas gop convention for his role in those negotiations, walked out a meeting with democratic negotiators, saying, it s fish or cut bait through talking. at issue are too central provisions of framework. one, red flag laws and how congress should ascent the vice states to docket them. a so-called boyfriend loophole. what method should be used that would be barred from purchasing fire arms. at this point, it is unclear whether the sticking points could pose a fatal threat to negotiations, but blue states are not waiting to find out. this month, near governor kathy hochul signed a slew of bills into law designed to curb gun violence, including raising the age to purchase semiautomatic rifles. new jersey and california or are considering their own safety packages. n