welcome to msnbc s live coverage on this tuesday, july 4th, independence day. we begin with an update on the breaking news in philadelphia following a deadly night of violence. a suspected gunman is in custody after police say he opened fire in a neighborhood last night, killing five adults and injuring two children. the suspect possessed a semiautomatic rifle, a handgun, body armor and a police scanner. police finally managed to corner the suspect and take him into custody. let s go live to george solis outside the police station in philadelphia. george, what more are you learning about exactly what
half? cnn chief business correspondent christine romans has details. the stock market shown resilience after the awful 2022 as we wrap up first half of the year for wall street, the nasdaq up nearly 30 percent so far this year, the best first half since 19839. wall street got encouraging news on the inflation front, the inflation gauge hitting lowest level in two years and the u.s. economy grew faster than estimated, expanding annually 2 percent first quarter. job market resilient with unemployment claims reporting biggest drop in 20, but inflation is above 2 percent target, and chairman powell says the rate hike is set to resume after pause in june. u.s. markets are closed tuesday july 4th. after reopening we will get
why are you doing it? because god s children are not for sale. rachel: a tsa agent who dedicates his life to rescuing children. it hits theaters tuesday july 4th. you can purchase tickets, angel.com/freedom. jim caviezel joins us now. it is an honor to have you on to talk about this film. i watched it and i will say it is a thriller. it is a crime story. if you love than genre you will be satisfied but it is a tough topic and i had to guard myself to watch it. why did you want to do this film? first of all, it points to trafficking, you are going to go for a thrill ride. it is incredible inspiring.
add something positive to the narrative. that s what we re aiming to do here. jason, your brother matt put out a statement. this is his reaction to pepe being turned into a racist symbol on monday by the associated press. furie was horrified to see his mascot being used for this. quote, it s all just happened so fast. make no mistake, they re basically the new clue cluks clan. do y ku klux klan. i support my brother and it is a messy situation. him a creator of the image is the most upset by this but, you know, at the end of the day we re just trying to symbolically rebrand him into something more positive. we wish you luck with that. jason furie and kimberly motley, thank you. before we go, a few things to celebrate. today is the washington post j.k. s birthday. also in birthday news, on tuesday july 4th, the great bill
celebrities. you need meryl streep, you need morgan freeman, to bring people in. that s why they had the declaration of independence. it s like, lure them in and get people, just because. these documents that we use in the show are what this democracy is built on. this is the actual playbook. these are the rules of our democracy. and if you watch sports, you need to know the rules of the game, right? so for all the people that sit and watch cable news and have opinions, i feel like they need to know the rules of the game. the word impeachment gets used so often. what does that take? what does it take to get there? let s just look at the rule book. it s a great way to look at it. documentary filmmaker alexandra pelosi. the film is the words that built america, airing tuesday, july 4th, on hbo. a group of republicans pleaded with mitch mcconnell to cancel the august recess so they can work on health care. the chances of that happening,