Square off on health care, a pivotal issue now dividing democrats. Joy and relief after a missing hiker is rescued in california. Cheryl powell went missing for four days. Her family says she was hiding from an attacker. There we go. There we go. Come on. Come on, baby. Shes breathing. As long as shes crying like that, shes breathing. A heartpumping rescue in South Carolina. A deputy pulls over a car for speeding and saves a baby in distress. Good morning, welcome to our viewers in the United States and all around the world. This is early start and im jessica dean in for Christine Romans. Good morning. Summer of romans continues. Tuesday, july 16. We begin this morning with President Trump escalating the ugliest of ugly politics. Instead of apologizing for his racist attack on four progressive house members, he justified it at a white house news conference. Trump sparked the controversy when he tweeted the congress women, all of them u. S. Citizens, should go back where he came from. T
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Said grab women by the [bleep]. At this a president was called black people who come from black and brown countries [bleep]. The recent tweets from the president our continuation of his racist and xenophobic label. We cannot allow these hateful actions by the president to distract us from the critical work to hold this administered and accountable to the inhumane conditions of the border. In the tradition of who we say we are as a country, a beacon of light and hope and refuge, this is simply a disruption and a distraction. I want to tell children across this country that no matter what the president says, this country belongs to you. Martha so, who gets to define American Values . Is it unamerican to authorize raids to remove people who are here illegally . As it unamerican to continue to accuse a president of collusion when a twoyear investigation has found otherwise . Is an american to tell members of congress, american citizens, that they should go back to where they came from . Or
Today they will count the votingvotes. The house of representatives is planning a vote to condemn the president s racist attack on four members of congress, specifically calling it racist. So far about 19 Congressional Republicans have voiced some level of disapproval but the party as a whole, its leadership is standing by the president. Either in silence, or a full throated defense like House Republican leader kevin mccarthy. Four democratic congresswomen of color are fighting back against President Trumps racist attacks and this is a conflict the president seems to want. He is stepping up his rhetoric, claiming the lawmakers, quote, hate america and they need to leave if they are not happy here but the congresswomen are having no part of that. This is the agenda of white nationalists. Now its reached the white house garden. This is a disruptive, distraction from the issues of care, concern and consequence to the american people. I want to tell children across this country is that no
Destruction and division. A group of minority women in the United States congress go back to where you came from. That is what the president wrote on twitter just yesterday and today he called them haters of america and. The president is sending those statements and when asked if he thought the tweets might be racist, his response, not at all. If you are not happy here then you can leave. As far as im concerned if you hate our country, if you are not happy you can leave. Shepard here the tweets that kick things off yesterday. So interesting to see the progress of congresswoman who originally came from countries whose governments are a complete and total catastrophe, the worst and anywhere in the world, if they even have a functioning government now loudly and viciously telling people of United States the greatest and most powerful nation on earth our government is to be wrong. Why dont they go back and help fix the totally broken places from which they came . They came from here. Come