Anchor good evening. Im james brown. The United States warned today it will use military force if necessary against a growing Nuclear Threat from north korea. This followed the communist nations fourth of july test launch of an Intercontinental Ballistic Missile capable of reaching this continent. We begin our coverage tonight with National Security correspondent david martin at the pentagon. Reporter kim jong un had kept his countrys first Intercontinental Ballistic Missile hidden from spy satellites until just before it was rolled into launch position and aimed into space. Powered by a twostage rocket engine, it flew for 37 minutes, long enough to reach alaska had it been aimed in that direction. There is no question weve crossed a threshold here in the north koreans ability to develop an icbm. Reporter leon panetta was c. I. A. Director and defense secretary during the obama administration. It represents a very serious National Security threat to the United States. Reporter u. S. In
President trump standing up for his son, and slamming critics in the Mainstream Media what he is calling a witchhunt. Am so tired of that term. White House Press Briefing just wrapping up. Well take you there live for update. Major media wheeling and dealing in sun valley, idaho. Charlie gasparino is there with the scoop, if he hasnt already been kicked out. It happened in the past. Among our other guests this hour, alabama senator, Luther Strange, the head of House Freedom caucus, mark meadows, the host of mediabuzz, howard kurtz. Connell hop gasparino makes it to his hit. Hope. 120 point gain are he or about theres. Were at record territory, Nicole Petallides on the floor of the new york stock exchange. Pretty good. Connell, all green on the screen. 29 of 30 dow components green. Only jpmorgan was red. Look at closing numbers up 123 points. At this level of it 21,000 532. The movers, vix, the fear index jumped around as we get difficult headlines, particularly from washington. Weve s
Return to regular order, which is dc code for bipartisanship to heal the Health Care Battle wound. Trump fundraiser and former reagan adviser ed rollins and army ranger and former obama regional director robin tackled both the Health Care Showdown and the real life hatfield and mccoys white house edition. And did anybody notice what putin did this morning . The white house leader booting we overwhelmingly voting for new sanctions. Hedge fund guru bill has tangled in a bloody way with Vladimir Putin. The ceo helped put the last nail in the coffin as he testified on capitol hill about russias deadly ways yesterday. He is with us live just as the bill has been delivered to the white house. Well ask. Will President Trump sign it . And the house, not waiting for health care anymore as it moves on to tax reform. Freedom caucus mark sanford on about a trillion reasons tax reform is far from a slam dunk. On wall street, look at this. We do have markets at a shot of closing at record highs, eve
He says that security is being reviewed across the School System. He also says that the system serves students no matter what their immigration status. The superintendent of Montgomery County schools tries to reassure the community after a 14yearold student was raped in the boys bathroom at Rockville High School last week. This horrible incident shouldnt change anyones mind that the schools are safe for our students. Reporter jack smith pledged to not allow this assault to become a political issue and denounced comments he has seen since this attack. While someone tried to make this into a question and issue of immigration, what comes down here is that we serve every student that walks in our door. We are a Public School system. Reporter Maryland Governor larry hogan with strong words against Montgomery County schools after a 14yearold student was raped in the boys bathroom at rockvil Montgomery County government and the Montgomery County police are cooperating. The School System is no
Mercerses of the controlled the white house. We will speak with Investigative Reporter jane mayer about her new piece in the new yorker and here are excerpts, when a Robert Mercers only public appearances. Im wondering, what am i going to say . I Left Research 20 years ago. I have not really paid any attention to the world of dms sinces or i then. I cannot talk really about what i do now. [laughter] amy we will also look at dark moneys role in the confirmation process as the Supreme Court am the neil gorsuch. All of that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. The house of representatives is set to vote today on a republican bill to repeal and replace the Affordable Care act, a plan the Congressional Budget Office says would add 24 Million People to the ranks of the uninsured. President donald trump and Vice President mike pence spent wednesday on capitol hill in a final pitch to republicans wary of the legislation. N