Middle of californias war on water. Early today starts right now. Good morning, im dara brown. The South Carolina house has overwhelmingly approved a measure to take down Confederate Flag from the state capitol. Lawmakers spent more than 13 hours debating the issue. Staet representative jenny horn delivered an emotional speech warning her fellow lawmakers that the world is watching. I cannot believe that we do not have the heart in this body to do something meaningful such as take a symbol of hate off these grounds on friday. And just after 1 00 this morning, the final vote, 9420. The bill must be ratified and then sent to governor nikki haley, who has already called for the flags removal. Shortly after the vote, Governor Haley posted a message saying, its a new day in South Carolina, a day we can all be proud of and a day that truly brings us together. As we continue to heal as one people and one state. Elsewhere, the debate over the Confederate Flag continues. Commissioners in one Ce
Of these issues and these are the top five most talkedabout political topics on facebook in the u. S. Over the month of july. The number one discussion racial issues followed by mexico the economy, lgbt issues and immigration. Lets go straight to nbcs tracie potts right where its all going down cleveland, ohio. Good morning tracie. Any and all of those topics could come up here at either of these debates tonight. It will be interesting to see the responses 0 on immigration in mexico from donald trump after he made headlines early in the campaign with that were awaiting the arrival of a number of candidates just a mat he of hours before the showdown. Final preparations at the arena this morning where seven candidates will debate this afternoon and the top 10 will bedebate tonight. Including ohios governor john kasich. Carly fiorina is in the happy hour debate. Only 40 of republicans know my name, but dont worry, they will. Analysts tell us with social media, it may not matter which cand
Good morning im phillip mena. And im dara brown. Francis has the days off. Breaking news overnight is rattling millions in the u. S. , including hundreds of thousands of young undocumented immigrants. Politico is reporting that President Trump will soon halt daca. The program granting work permits to those undocumented immigrants who arrived as children. The president is expected to make an announcement on tuesday after wrestling with what to do on the issue for months. Heres what mr. Trump said in february. Were going to deal with daca with heart. I have to deal with a lot of politicians, dont forget and i have to convince them that what im saying is right. Reports of the president s decision comes as up to ten states threaten to sue the administration if the program is not cancelled by tomorrow. And with nearly 800,000 Daca Recipients already shielded from deportation since the program started in 2012, the ramifications could be massive, impacting those socalled dreamers. The reactio
Im dara brown. This is a picture at the home of pop legend George Michael where fans have been gathering to mourn the singer. He passed away yesterday at the age of 53. His manager says he died of heart failure. Police say it was not classified as suspicious. George michael enjoyed immense popularity early in this career, delivering big hits with wham. Such as wake me up before you go go. Wake me up before you go go as a solo artist, he developed into a more serious singer and songwriter and was lauded for his tremendous vocal range like in this duet he sang with elton john. Sun going down on me he sold well over 100 million albums globally, and earned numerous grammy and American Music awards. Heartache is pouring out on social media. Ellen degeneres calling him a brilliant talent, and miley cyrus thanking him for his activism. His old band mate tweeted heartbroken over the loss of my beloved george. Loved. And elton john posted an Emotional Message to instagram saying i am in deep sh
Now. Good morning, im dara brown, breaking news this morning for the first time in americas 240 year history, a woman at the top of the a major party ticket. Just a short while ago, nbc projected Hillary Clinton as the winner in california. And while senator Bernie Sanders refuses to back downed, the front page of the daily news says it all. Secretary clinton has clinched a majority of pledged delegates to become the presumptive nominee for president. Also taking new jersey, south carolina, and new mexico, along with california, clinton makes history in breaking that next Glass Ceiling. It may be hard to see tonight, but we are all standing under a Glass Ceiling right now. Thanks to you, we have reached a milestone. First time in our nations history that a woman will be a major party nominee. Clinton also made some of her strongest points against her likely republican opponent, donald trump. Donald trump is temperamen l temperamentally unfit to be president. He is not just trying to bu