Gratifying road. we are happy to be here and we love being on at 9:00 in the east coast. happy friday, everybody. that does it for us, jose diaz-balart reports picks up the coverage right now. good morning, it is 10:00 a.m. eastern, i am jose diaz-balart, we begin this busy friday morning with all eyes on the fierce standoff at mariupol. a critical city at a pivotal point to this conflict. we ll bring you the latest from ukraine. in florida, governor desantis is expected to sign a new bill dissolving disney s self governing status. on this earth day, we are taking a closer look on a sewage crisis right here in the u.s. specifically affecting communities of color.
Billion dollars obligation. where does the money come from? taxpayers. reporter: we pull a tax bill for orange county, counterly the homeowner is paying more than 4,000 in taxes. slightly over a portion of that goes to the reedy creek county. nobody wants to pay more taxes but i mean there is nothing we can do. reporter: after all of this it may turn out to dissolve local self government may requires more than the governor s signature. it is possible constitutional lawyers say that the way they read it, a city, community needs to vote itself out of existence. that would mean that disney would have to vote the
Ron desantis expects to sign a bill into law, the state lawmakers passed the bill this week after desantis targeting disney. joining us now from orlando, nbc news, senior national correspondent, kerry sanders. good morning, when do we expect the governor to sign this bill and what does it mean for disney? reporter: initially we thought the governor may sign it as early as today. his office says he has until the early part of next month which gives kind of a window here for possibility some back room negotiations between disney and the governor. this debate as you noted is all over really not the government or the self-government that
brian bonner, thank you very much for being with us, i very much appreciate your time. thank you for your time. tonight, our own richard engel reports on the ground in ukraine, shining the light on the resilient spirit on the ukrainian people. freedom or death tonight at 10:00 p.m. eastern and 7:00 p.m. pacific on msnbc and streaming on peacock. still ahead, florida lawmaker signing a bill regarding disney. governor mccartney says he would ask president biden to resign resign
Signature. republican governor desantis pushed to end disney s self-governing rule. what protesters have dubbed the don t say gay law. it bans classroom discussions on sexual orientation and gender identity in kindergarten and third grade. the reedy creek improvement district comes a cause. it could be a financial fiasco for orange county residents. reporter: reedy creek funds more than $100 million in reoccurring cost as well as a