the 2020 democrats growing contentious. breaking overnight, the passing of a legend. retired supreme court justice john paul stevens has died. black lives, they matter here! black lives, they matter here! anger boiling over. the justice department will not bring charges against the officer whose choke hold killed eric garner. good morning, everyone, welcome to early start. i m jessica dean in for christine romans today. good morning to all of you, i m dave briggs. wednesday, july 17th. it is 5:00 a.m. in the east. a cool image to show you this morning. the washington monument has turned into a rocket. it is the apollo 11 honoring the 50th anniversary of the apollo 11 mission and landing on the moon. that anniversary officially on saturday when time for a plug cnn airs its incredible dock apollo 11 from a moment that
the 2020 democrats growing contentious. breaking overnight, the passing of a legend. retired supreme court justice john paul stevens has died. black lives matter here! black lives they matter here! and anger boiling over. the justice department will not bring charges against the officer whose choke hold killed eric garner. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and all around the world. this is early start, and i m jessica dean in for christine romans. good morning. good morning, i m dave briggs. wednesday, july 17th. 4:00 a.m. in new york, 11:00 a.m. in istanbul. a live report from there shortly. we start with a turbulent night on a divided house floor ending in a vote to condemn president trump s racist remarks targeting four minority congresswomen. just four republicans voted for the resolution, all from districts often targeted by democrats with the notable
slim, very slim, that we ll see another republican appointee like him any time soon. john paul stevens of chicago, illinois was 99 years old. and that is our broadcast on this tuesday night. thank you so much for being here with us. good night from our nbc news headquarters here in new york. after backlash over a series of tweets widely criticized as racist, house lawmakers vote to formally condemn president trump s remarks. plus while defending president trump, white house counselor kellyanne conway asks a reporter about an exchange. and remembering john paul stevens. he sat on the bench for nearly 35 years and has passed away at the age of 99. good morning, everybody. it is wednesday, july 17th. i m yasmin vossoughian,
it s wednesday, july 17th. along with joe, willie and me we have msnbc contributor mike barnicle, former aide to the george w. bush white house and state department, elise jordan, former treasury official and morning joe economic analyst steve rattner, and senior news correspondent at wbur boston and msnbc contributor, kimberly atkins is with us as well. willie, i don t see what the problem is. every time we have a nobel peace prize-winning economist, we either tell him, hey, you think you re so smart, let s arm wrestle. that s right. of course there s that one time we took him out and did the mud wrestling thing down on the ice rink. am i right, willie? whenever somebody challenges my intellect, i do the bent arm hang. we did the arm wrestle. i always win that. we ve got a lot to cover this morning, including some newly found footage that we re
programs, school programs, housing programs they should put their vote up or down on house floor in the senate floor as opposed to hiding what they re trying to get on. chris: let s talk about the delay in the robert mueller hearings, as i discussed with kellyanne conway, from this wednesday july 17th to the following wednesday july 24. that will only be two days before congress leaves washington for six weeks for the august recess. will that not make it pretty darn hard for democrats to build on anything that robert mueller should say? one of the point here was to build momentum and to pursue with the president in whatever he did or did not do but if you have a big hearing and leave two days later for a month and half what does that accomplish? i support the work of chairman nadler and the judiciary committee of the council and the support are only one part of this. i want to encourage everyone across america to read the report and get your eyes on