good morning, everybody. it is tuesday, july 16. i m yasmin vossoughian along white house correspondent jeff bennett. president trumpt doubling down over wide-spread criticism of a series of tweets attacking four congress women. the president defended his remarksed in which he said the four democrats should, quote, go back to the crime infested places from which they came. it doesn t concern you that many people saw that tweet as racist and that white nationalists group are finding common cause with you on that point? it doesn t concern me because many peoplen agree with me. all i m saying, if they want to leave, leave. it doesn t say leech forever. l as far as i m concerned, i you hate our country. if you are not happy here you can leave. that s what i say all the time.
square off on health care, a pivotal issue now dividing democrats. joy and relief after a missing hiker is rescued in california. cheryl powell went missing for four days. her family says she was hiding from an attacker. there we go. there we go. come on. come on, baby. she s breathing. as long as she s crying like that, she s breathing. a heart-pumping rescue in south carolina. a deputy pulls over a car for speeding and saves a baby in distress. good morning, welcome to our viewers in the united states and all around the world. this is early start and i m jessica dean in for christine romans. good morning. summer of romans continues. tuesday, july 16. we begin this morning with president trump escalating the ugliest of ugly politics. instead of apologizing for his racist attack on four