Of a young female chinese student. But the victims family is holding out hope. All that, plus Venus Williams gets emotional at wimbledon. The creator of the ice bucket challenge puts the rumors to rest. And falling flat. Passengers aboard a hot air balloon get an unexpected ending to their holiday joyride, today, july 4th, 2017. From nbc news, this is today, with matt lauer and savannah guthrie. Live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning. Welcome to today on this independence morning. Thanks for joining us. Craig and i are in for matt and savannah today. Were going to help you celebrate americas 241st birthday with some members of the band here. This is the United States air force ceremonial brass out on the plaza. Theyre going to be joining us throughout the course of the morning. Busy morning. We begin with the breaking news. North korea says it has testlaunched an Intercontinental Ballistic Missile. Our team is standing by with everything you need to know, beginning with
General. Especially the failure to defend the civil rights, women and minorities and lgbt americans. He said i do not take lightly the decision to testify against a senate colleague. The immense powers of the attorney general with the deeply troubling views of the nominee is a call to conscious. The attorney general is responsible for ensuring the Fair Administration of justice and based on his record, i lack confidence that sessions can honor this duty. Also set to testify is representative john lewis. Sessions is winning new support from republicans like former secretary of state condoleezza rice. Rice is from alabama. She wrote a letter praising him as a friend and man, quote committed to justice as well as law and order. New questions surrounding the appointment of Donald Trumps soninlaw to the white house post. Democrats are asking the Justice Department and government ethics to review the appointment as Senior Advisor to the president. Kushner is resigning from all his other jobs
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