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Welcome back. puerto ricans erupted in celebrations late last night after governor ricardo rossello announced his resignation in a recorded facebook video following weeks of unrest and 12 days of protests. he will officially leave office next friday on august 2nd. the governor's resignation is following the island's largest protest in recent history coming off a string of controversy surrounding rossello's administration. starting with the most recent, almost 900 pages of leaked private chats between rossello and some of his administration officials surfaced earlier this month. those chats con...

>> i'm christine romans. breaking overnight, let's begin with where the governor, ricardo rossello, said he would resign. that set off wild celebrations in the streets of san juan. he confirmed he will step down on august 2nd. >> translator: despite having the mandate of the people who elected me democratically, today i feel that remaining in this position represents a difficulty to continue the success that's been reached. >> the streets of the capitol have been jammed with protesters for days, puerto ricans demanding he leave office over a group of leaked chats. we turn to raphael romo in sa...

There are still lots of questions about what will happen next. what we know is that governor rossello is set to step down officially on august 2nd. that's next friday. he is supposed to be replaced by wanda vazquez, who is the secretary of justice here in puerto rico. you can hear the crowd shouting behind me. this is actually a march that started earlier today. it was meant to be a protest if governor rossello resign but it ended up being more of a celebration. the question about wanda vazquez, the new potential secretary of defense, she is not very well liked by many of these protesters. she...

Kind of missile and poses a military threat. this is "early start." i'm christine romans. >> good morning. i'm dave briggs. thursday, july 25th. 4 a.m. right here in new york and in puerto rico and that's where we begin this morning. breaking news overnight. puerto rico governor ricardo rossello announcing he will resign. that set off wild celebrations in the streets of san juan. the embattled governor releasing a video confirming he will step down on august 2nd. >> translator: despite having the mandate of the people who elected me democratically, today i feel that remaining in this position ...

Agency that has to handle this. there's got to be a transition period august 2nd, which is next friday, is the date for that as our state constitution provides. normally, the secretary of state would take over, but he also resigned. at the state it will be the attorney general, unless the leaders of the state legislature can agree on someone that actually could pass muster between now and then and become the new secretary of state. and take over when the current governor resigns. when the resignation is official. >> harris: will the country stay calm between now and then? >> the u.s. territory...