Republicans to not show weakness. Our Hallie Jackson has late details. Reporter drama as democrats tonight work to p the president s racist attack into the congressional record, voting to approve a resolution that,e, quot strongly condemns president Donald Trumps racist comments that have legitimatized and increased fear and hatred of new americans and people of color. Join us in condemning the president s racist tweets. To do anything less would be a shocking rejection ofur o values and a shameful abdication of our oath of office. Reporr that comment triggering a rare and remarkable house floor fight. Republicans successfully arguing the speaker broke the rules with a personal attack. I request the gentle womans words are requested to be taken down. Reporter one democrat leaving disgust. No, because we want to just fight. I abandon the chair. Reporter the resolution symbolic, meant to put republicans under pressure to vote on the president s tweet sunday suggestingour freshmen ogressi
50 years later one of the apollo 11 astronauts reflects on the mission and his hopes for the future. From this parade of dolphins no way. To the woman who broke the cancerfree bell. To the new app for your phone thats way ahead of its time. All the trending stories on this wednesday morning. Good wednesday morning, everyone. Thanks for joining us. We begin with that rare rebuke from Congress Officially condemning President Trumps racist attacks on four congresswomen of color. The resolution passed with only four republicans breaking ranks to side with democrats. They called out the president for urging the four congresswomen to go back to where they came from. But the president is insisting hes no racist. Abcs Mona Kosar Abdi begins our live coverage from washington. Mona, good morning. Reporter good morning, janai and good morning, kenneth. Partisan divides were on full display yesterday as members of both parties stuck to their respective corners and overnight the president taking no
Or less legal f. Would allow residents to grow as many as six plants for personal use. It does not legalize the sale of marijuana. If the measure passes it sets up showdown with conservative members of Congress Like andy harris of maryland. D. C. s representative Eleanor Holmes norton. Im not sure what hes doing for the people of maryland but he sure is keeping watch over the District Of Columbia and we resent it. Reporter norton says theyll bitterly fight any effort bycongress to interfere. Its important that people vote and stand up to this kind of interference. Reporter adam is chairman of the d. C. Cannabis campaign. If we pass it here, it will force the federal government to look into the issue and they may have to reschedule marijuana nationally as a result. This is in some ways the water look for people who would waterloo for people who would keep it illegal. Nobody in congress is second guessing the other states decisions. Voters go to the polls in d. C. On november 4. In the m
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. Im jessica dean in for Christine Romans today. Good morning to all of you, im 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 was unifying to total division and chaos in congress. A turbulent night on a divided house floor ending in a vote to condemn President Trumps racist remarks targeting four min
In the south 20 inches of rain leaving towns under water. Forcing children to be rescued from day care. Now millions across the country facing the biggest heat wave of the summer al roker will have the latest. Fighting alzheimers disease. New research and what could be a major factor and some simple things you can do to prevent it. And 50 years after the apollo 11 launch, why we are all still moon struck. Announcer this is nbc nightly news with lester holt and good evening, everyone. We start with breaking news ted tonight to officially n esident trump for his racist tweets. Several republicans joining democrats in voting for the resolution the vote forced members to take a public position on the president s demeaning call for a group of liberal Congress Women to go back and fix the places they came from all of the women are of color and most born in the u. S but the vote unlikely to shame mr. Trump who called on republicans to not show weakness our Hallie Jackson has late details. Rep