Finals. We think that the game should be played with exuberance. A 15yearold american phenom wows at wimbledon. Female athletes are standing out and speaking up. Hello, im jake tapper in washington with the state of the union celebrating the nations independence. We have a lot to get to. Including expression of regret from joe biden. But we begin this week with a new deck lar is of independence, a sitting republican congressman announcing he is leaving the Republican Party. In an oped released on the fourth of july, justin amash writes, ive become disenchanted with Party Politics and frightened by what i see from. It the twoparty system has evolved in a threat to american principles and institutions. Amash had the most outspoken republican critic of President Trump becoming the first and only republican lawmaker to call for impeachment proceedings after reading the Mueller Report. The president ub unsurprisingly called him on twitter a total loser and great news for the Republican Part
Doors in the most sensitive of security positions. Every american should worry. Coming up this hour, former secretary of defense leon panetta and Senate Armed Services maybe tim kaine. Beyond hope. The president s closest aide hope hicks is the first former Trump White House official testifying since the Mueller Report but under serious restrictions under the white house exerting executive privilege. It just takes us to the court, wastes the taxpayers dollars and youll see the president say this is taking too long. The reason its taking too long is because its a team of obstructers. Good day, everyone. Im Andrea Mitchell in washington. President trump is in flr thori this hour after that raucous reelection kick off in orlando and touting a big fundraising ha haul as well. The Trump Campaign brought in nearly 25 million in less than 24 hours. But will his loyal base be enough to fight off a democratic challenger in 2020 . Joining me now nbc chief White House Correspondent hallie jackson
That drone was over iranian territory. Its huge. Known as the rq global hawk. Its the equivalent of a wing span of a boeing 757. It weighs eight tons. This is not a little drone that youre used to see. Lets get to the pentagon, Barbara Starr is there. What is centcom saying. Well, they are saying this was often unprovoked attack in International Airspace. Its worth thinking about why is that drone there in the first place. That drone is packed with ing s gathering information on what iran is up to. This is a drone that can fly for about 30 hours and can cover thousands of square miles of surveillance of airspace and land below. So this is a very key asset. Theres going to be a lot of questions about the capability of iranian surfacetoair missiles. That they were able to target this drone very clearly. Theres been a lot of concern that Iranian Missile capability is getting better, more precise, more able to target. This may be an example of those improvements. We will have to see. But a
Saying the feds didnt have a good enough reason to include a census Citizenship Question, trump orders the d. O. J. To get it back in. Neal katyal helps us make sense of it as the 11th hour gets under way on a wednesday night. Good evening once again from our nbc news headquarters here in new york. Im ali velshi in for brian williams. Day 895 of the Trump Administration. There could not be a more stark split screen on the eve of the nations 243rd birthday. On the left preparations for trumps july 4th salute to america are under way on the National Mall in washington, d. C. A celebration featuring tanks, military flyovers, and a speech from the commander in chief taking place as his administration is in the throes of a fullblown humanitarian crisis on the right of your screen on the nations southern border. The president has promised our july 4th salute to america at the Lincoln Memorial is looking to be really big. It will be the show of a lifetime. The cost of our great salute to amer
And very exciting. Usa, usa, usa. It has been just super exciting few days. I can barely tell whether i am coming or going. Im so excited still and so fried. This might be one of those shows where things go wrong. Letting you know right now. I will say also, just this week, one of the disorienting things about all the excitement is i feel like i just had a little space walk out of the news for a few days because of this twonight democratic debate eclipsing everything else. Its like the country barely noticed, but the president s Campaign Chairman really did just get perp walked through a courthouse to face his next set of felony charges. Thats a remarkable thing to have happen on the day that Democratic Candidates are starting their primary to pick someone to run against President Trump. There is President Trumps Campaign Chairman in handcuffs. While his deputy Campaign Chairman awaits sentencing and his National Security adviser awaits sentencing and his personal lawyer is in federal