Russian . Welcome to the lead. Im john berman in for jake tapper today. And we do start with the politics lead. Any moment now congresswomen Rashida Tlaib and ilhan omar will step to the microphone for the First Time Since israel banned the visit over the support for an economic boycott against israel. Now that ban came less than an hour after President Trump suggested it. Israel agreed to lift some restrictions for tlaib who wanted to visit her grandmother in the west bank. But she declined to go saying a visit under oppressive conditions stood against everything she believed in. Now both women are back to square one protesting israel and taking on President Trump. Cnns ryan young live in minneapolis where the two women are holding a News Conference. What is the position of the two congresswomen . Reporter john, that is the big question. Excuse the hushed voice, im standing in the middle of a News Conference and in the next few minutes this should start. The first time to ask signific
[laughter] kennedy and i were remarking that we havent seen each other much. Kennedy its been three weeks harris too long, my sunshine friend. Should we get to the news . President trump is pushing back against concerns about the possibility for a recession. It sparks vitality in the market. Analysts warning the risk of a wider economic downturn. For the president telling reporters his progrowth policies are helping americans spend more. Watch. I dont think we are having a recession. We are doing tremendously well. Our consumers are rich. I gave a tremendous tax cut and they are loaded up with money. Harris white house Economic Advisor larry kudlow also called fears of a recession overblown. I dont see recession at all. Second of all, the trump progrowth program, which i believe has been succeeding, louvered tax rates. A big rollback of regulations. Energy opening, trade reform. We are going to stay with that. We believe that is the heart of the free enterprise. Harris however, 2020 de
Beto orourke is heading back on the trail and says his time home after the el paso shooting tells him a senate run would be a mistake. That would not be good enough for this community. We must take the fight directly to the source of this problem. That person who has caused this pain and placed this country in this moment of peril, and that is donald trump. Back to 2020 in a moment. But we begin the hour with a big and dramatic move today by israel. A spokesman for Israels Foreign Ministry saying the country will forbid two sitting u. S. Congresswomen from traveling there. The two congresswomen, ilhan omar and Rashida Tlaib have expressed antisemitic sentiments on multiple occasions and support a movement to boycott israel. But the timing is what exacerbates things here. Israel has elections just around the corner. Prime minister netanyahu is trying to hold power. Add in a planned visit by the congresswoman to a sacred muslim site but sits on the temple mount. The temple mount long bee
What i am doing, which will be announced shortly. We have a very strong dollar and a very weak fed. I will look work violently with of the u. S. Will do great. My question is, who is our bigger enemy . Kevin corke is live with the latest on this one. Its been quite a day, kevin. Quite a day indeed. We consider what our sources are telling us, if hes meeting with his treating him at this hour, this on the day of incredible market volatility as you pointed out in your open. Let me tell you why we have the other 75 billion in chinese tariffs set to hit the u. S. We are talking about exports like cotton, coffee, tea, grapefruit, electric vehicles, just to name a few. Its the latest escalation in the ongoing tree dispute between the Worlds Largest economies. Only this time, instead of a terrorist being used to nudge them back to the bargaining table, this latest round from china has really spooked the markets and obviously angered the president , as well. On twitter he said our Great Americ
Of the apollo 11 astronauts about that day. Then a rear chat with the second man that walked on the moon, buzz aldrin, what was going through his head that day. Small step for neil, giant leap for everyone else. For me it was a magnificent tribute. Through all of humanity. You also hear from his crewmates circling above them. The command module Michael Collins. Then the men who guided their Mission Safely back to earth, jean krantz. Then the niece of president john f. Kennedy, Kathleen Kennedy on her uncles dream that was realized that day. But first, Cape Canaveral where it all started. And where phil keating says, they are going all out. Rick hi there neil in about 90 minutes another Vice President Onboard Air Force to will and here on the runway used by the space shuttles when they glided back to earth, and early afternoon around 1 oclock. Vice president mike pence as well as the nasa administrator will have an event at the Neil Armstrong operations facility. That is where they will