into north korea. is he about to give kim jong-un a major concession beyond a priceless photo-op? >> unless north korea gives us a full list of all their undisclosed sites -- that's the key. if we don't get a plan for, all of this is kamala harris on the rise. but she's facing racist attacks even from donald trump jr. in a now deleted retweet. early warning, nbc news has learned homeland security was warned months ago conditions were so dire at a texas border facility, agents feared riots. >> they talk about cells that were meant for just 35 people holding 135 adult men. they were so crowded they could

not even lie down and cells of that size shared one sink, four shower force 176 people. >> i'm andrea mitchell in washington. president trump has become first sitting american president to meet with a north korean leader at the dmz and even briefly cross on to north korean soil. is this third face-to-face meeting can kim jong-un more photo-op? considering offering kim a nuclear freeze. letting him keep his current stockpile of weapons and missiles instead of denuclearizing. hardliner john bolton, national security adviser who was not with the president over the weekend denies that, tweeting today i read this "new york times" with curiosity. nor the nsc staff nor i have

discussed or heard of any desire to settle for a nuclear freeze by north korea. this was a relationship rehencible attempt by someone to box in the president. there should be consequences. national politico reporter and msnbc political analyst and victor cha, director of asian fairs and president bush's national security council and msnbc korean fairs analyst. this was clearly a made for television moment and nuclear freeze is not what they say they are going after. the pluses and minuses of what president trump pulled off with his visit? >> crossing into north korea, that's something you imagine the president would do after he got all the nukes out of north korea and signed a peace treaty.

he likes to cham victory before the game is even started. the notion of a freeze, if in a context of a deal to remove all the weapons from north korea is a natural first step. if it's in the context of an agreement that would lead to a declaration of all their capabilities, that would lead to a timeline for dismantle and removal, then it's a first step. >> the way i interpret a freeze, they get to keep what they've got. >> right. >> and 50, 60 weapons. >> that would be, again, completely unacceptable. if the president said i crossed into north korea, you're my best friend and i'll settle for a freeze, that would be a disaster for the united states, sources

for u.s. and japan and a threat to the entire region. the real question is donald trump, just being nice to kim jong-un, can achieve a declaration, a removal of all the weapons. the lifting of sanctions isn't different this time. one thing is this bromance, this effort to try to gain kim jong-un's trust. dictators generally don't trust anybody. i'm not clear if this will lead to a denuclearization agreement. >> wendy sherman, you negotiated in the past i was with you in pyongyang and again at the state department in the obama administration. president trump said he got to do this and it's something that president trump wanted to do. i'll play the president and have you talk on the other side.

>> president obama wanted to meet and chairman kim would not meet him. the obama administration was begging for a meeting. they were begging for meetings constantly and chairman kim would not meet with him. >> susan rice tweeted in response, at the risk of stating the obvious this is horse expletive deleted. jeremy bash said he had never heard of it. to your knowledge, was the obama white house pleading for a meeting with kim jong-un? >> absolutely not. as president trump himself has said, the obama administration approach was strategic patience, and that was not going to be the trump administration approach. though i would note the president of the united states, donald trump, has now said he's not in any hurry. i agree with victor's analysis and what's most disturb iing abt

the trip to north korea, kim jong-un came at the end of an authoritarian beauty contest that took place at the g20 as president trump met with one authoritarian leader after another but kim jong-un takes the cake as the world's premier dictator. >> at the same time, robert costa, the president seems completely wedded to this idea of some kind of achievement. he seems to have a 2020 calendar in mind. >> he has a 2020 calendar in mind. he also has a doctrine that's develop i developing at the foreof his foreign policy. his top advisers tell me he hopes to contain them at a level. is he doing too much to talk to people like mohammed bin salman, crown prince of saudi arabia, with kim jong-un and others?

he's dealing with challenges on foreign policy, relaxing sanctions on different chinese companies like huawei, walking away from the trade war, dealing with china, iran and the nuclear situation. something he could sell, as you say in 2020. >> the north korean propaganda machine was in overdrive. let me play you their video of what happened at the dmz. [ speaking foreign language ] and put out still photos of ivanka trump who met with kim jong-un as well. so, there was a lot to be seen, victor. this has been all over the media, we're told from our correspondents in korea. >> yeah.

from the north korean perspective, this is a huge victory. the u.s. president. that translates for the north koreans into acceptance, defacto acceptance as a nuclear weapons stat state. >> ronald reagan says trust but verify, famously. first step is to get an inventory. that's what mike pompeo said about north korea after singapore. let's find out what they have, what are their secret sites, not just what they offered, which was well known. we need to know what we're negotiating. >> you can't negotiate about something that your opponent doesn't acknowledge having. we have some idea of what north korea has but if their declaration doesn't match there's not a symbol or sign

they're serious about the negotiation. >> the president seems to be saying over and own again, they haven't had a nuclear test of course, wendy, they've had short-range missile tests, incredibly threatening to our allies in south korea and japan. >> short range missile tests. they haven't stopped improving their missile technology. the underlying program has grown throughout this process, throughout this b romance, the president saying it's about me and kim jong-un. we'll see if these negotiations get under way at a working level. that's how we'll begin to make any progress here. >> i want to ask you about iran. you negotiated the iran nuclear deal, verified not only by their announcement but international

weapons inspectors for the u.n. have exceeded their limits of stockpiled nuclear fuel. >> this does not initially mean the end of the deal, andrea. there is a process through the joint commission, the parties that remain in the deal to consider this potential violation appears to be indeed one because the atomic energy has verified, gone over the 300 kilogram stockpile limit. this does not lead to an immediate lessening. i would suspect that first at a working level and as the iranians have pointed out themselves it's reversible, as opposed to irreversible. they could back way from this,

much as they did when they exceeded the heavy water limit earlier in this process i see it as a negotiating tactic, as a way for the iranians to see if the europeans, in fact, will make this special purpose vehicle work for iran on friday, the european union said this special purpose vehicle was up and functioning. we're on a knife's edge but not yet over the edge. >> to robert costa, john bolton was in mongolia. you can't get much farther away from the action at the dmz. certainly they iced him out of these negotiations yet the president was inviting kim jong-un to washington, to the white house. who will win out here, the

hardliners or i guess the president will win out ultimately. >> so often in administrations, and you covered so many, andrea, it is a battle between the hardliners and dovish advisers around the president. bolton's lack of presence in north korea was certainly a statement in and of itself. it really is all about president trump, his own interactions with leaders, how he sees things through a personal prism. that's what's driving foreign policy, not so much a hawk in his ear like ambassador bolton or the secretary of state. are there tensions among advisers? there certainly are. it's about how the president personally responds to stimulus on foreign policy and relationship. that is what has all the advisers around him monitoring those exchanges. >> certainly a significant weekend in foreign policy. thank you for being with us to sort it all out. thanks to all. and we turn now to breaking news in hong kong.

you're looking at live pictures. police are facing off protesters after the protesters had broken through a barricade, storming the legislature after tens of thousands of protesters had taken to the streets, demanding a full withdrawal and the resignation of city leader carrie lam. we'll monitor the situation in hong kong and bring you any updates. the contenders, senator kamala harris rising, pete buttigieg bringing in some serious cash after the first round of debates we'll tell you where they stand on andrea mitchell reports only on msnbc. c ♪ goin' down the only road i've ever known ♪ ♪ like a-- ♪ drifter i was ♪born to walk alone! you're a drifter? i thought you were kevin's dad.

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>> i support bussing. the schools of america are segregated, if not more than when i was a student. there's no such thing as second but equal. so bussing is one of the methods by which we create desegregation and make it more equal. >> on pride day in san francisco, kamala harris races now to the front and center 2020 campaign after she put down joe biden during thurg's debate,

boosting her fund-raising and poll numbers. it also made her the target of racist tweets, including a retweet from donald trump jr. challenging her claim to be black. that prompted an outcry from rival 2020 candidates coming to her defense. joining me now is peter hart, nbc news, and pollstera. a.b. d stoddard. welcome. first of all, harris' rise, a.b., let's talk about the way she took on joe biden. obviously, it was very well planned. so well planned they had t-shirts made up. some are criticizing that as being too aggressive. she took him on, not only the way he analogyized getting along with others to democrats who were segregationists and very racist in the '70s but the way he talked about bussing. >> it's interesting she -- yes,

she was very prepared to change the do i namices in this race and she was going to go -- there was no question. there was no nothing. she interrupted and began launching a multi-paragraph attack with the sentence you're not a racist to the front-runner. he was not prepareed for the ferocity of her challenge and her attack and so he stumbled. he thought maybe this would come up. he was ready, i guess, to be attacked ferociously by bernie. and i think there's a conversation going on about whether or not she is going to face a backlash to her complicated attack on joe biden, which was meant to show primary voters, i can take on donald trump in a debate and i'm very tough. but she used that issue in a very personal way that is to her benefit. contributions overnight, a bump in the polls. she has new endorsements.

the people with biden, including black voters and members of the congressional black caucus are wondering if that's the kind of thing that down the road will be looked upon as a mistake. >> and donald trump jr. was talking about her claim to be black. she is a black american born in california. her father was a jamaican black man, her mother an indian, they were both immigrants. this whole given rise to birtherism 2.0 with don junior, don junior's spokesperson, spokesman said don's tweet was simply him asking if it was true that kamala harris was half indian, because it's not something he had ever heard before. once he saw folks were misconstruing the intent of his tweet, he quickly deleted it, kimberly. then you had christina -- katrina pearson now a campaign adviser also tweeting these racist suggestions. >> right. >> about her racial identity.

>> and president trump, who was one of the lead birthers against barack obama, this speaks to the exact same thing. these tweets he was retweeting is pushing this false narrative that somehow the black community does not support her because she's not a descendent to slaves, she's not black enough. it's ridiculous. it's not surprising given how difficult it was to tamp down. i don't know if it was ever fully tamped down, the attacks of barack obama in this way. it wouldn't have mattered if she attacked joe biden this would have come sooner or later as she continues to rise in this field. it's disappointing but not surprising. >> cory booker came to her defense strongly on "meet the press." bernie sanders in his appearance in new hampshire yesterday and pete buttigieg on twitter. so her -- the rival contenders are quickly -- >> and the biden campaign. >> and the biden campaign as well. peter hart, you've been looking at "the wall street journal"

poll numbers as well as pew research on attitudes on racial identifications and on people's attitudes toward racial prejudic prejudice. >> we're just a terribly divided country. that's where we are in this election. there are two silos, republicans and democrats and there's a small sliver of people who are independents. and when it comes to how they look at issues, whether it's registration or race or anything else, they look at it as, quote, black and white. and so different. and so anything that's tha suggests on this july 4th week we're looking at the democrats, believe me, there are two camps and they are not getting together. and a nation pulling together and moving forward, we're not even close to that.

that also responds to those people raising their hands, those democrats who said they would give health care to immigrants. that plays into racial biesz. >> no doubt about it. they're not thinking about the general election and where they want to position themselves. they're thinking how do i get a leg up on the candidate on my right or my left and what do i do? >> standing next to me? >> standing next to me. or even in terms of ideology. >> a.b., i see you nodding. >> in talking to party operatives about that handraising moment they're going to have to walk that back. emergency rooms provide care to everyone suffering in an emergency. but the affordable care act did not provide coverage to people who came here illegally.

are you not going to be covered if you're here illegally? that's not clear and will be painted by the other side as free stuff for everybody no matter how you came here. >> kimberly, biden friday was trying to fix his problem. some would say he made it worse. >> the kid wearing the hoodie may be the next poet laureate and not a gang banger. there are too many black men and i might add women in prison. >> look, we know joe biden has a reputation for flubbing and putting his foot in his mouth. >> racial stereotypes. >> they are.

you saw cory booker go after him about that. they're not saying they believe he's racist or a bad guy. they're saying he is not the person who is the standard bearer for the minority voters that the democrats will need to galvanize and get to the polls in order to win. >> is that arguably his weak point that he's not current, not forward looking, that he's too old to run? >> campaigns always move forward. we don't go backwards. if we had a british system it might work well for joe biden. it's a long primary season and it's tough to start at 40% and hold on to that. >> peter hart, thank you so much. a.b. stoddard, kimberly hawkins. president trump favoring meetings and sitdowns with strong men over democratic allies on his international trip. stay with us on andrea mitchell

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president trump getting cozy with the leaders of russia and the saudis, accused of killing jamal khashoggi. when asked by "the new york times'" peter baker about putin, recently declaring that the end of western democratic liberalism, president trump clearly did not understand that he was was being asked about democracy in the u.s. and europe. >> comments to the financial times right before arriving here was that western style liberalism is obsolete. i know you probably haven't read the interview. >> he may feel that way. he sees what's going on and if you look at what's happening in los angeles, where it's so sad to look and what's happening in san francisco and a couple of other cities which are run by an

extraordinary group of liberal people. i don't know what they're thinking. >> david? >> it's just amazing to hear president trump comment on something as fundamental of western-style liberalism. he has visions of nancy pelosi when phrases like that are uttered, who knows. >> this is the world stage. embracing mohammed bin salman, two weeks ago called out by a u.n. commission for not only not cooperating with the investigation but being largely responsible for the death of khashoggi. >> that's right. and president trump said something in japan along the lines that nobody has proven that mohammed bin salman or his government has been behind the killing. >> no one but the cia. >> but the cia has proven it. he is reveling in these

dictators and somewhat jealous about the absolute control they have in these countries, talking about kim jong-un, wishing that his citizens in america would stand at attention the way north koreans do when they see their dear leader. >> the other thing that was so deeply offensive, david, was on the -- actually, on the actual anniversary of the killings of the capital gazette in annapolis, maryland, he was joking with vladimir putin about fake news and said you don't have it in your country and putin is saying yes, i do. 25 journalists have been killed in the last year in russia. >> i found joking with the dictator of modern russia, leader who is accused not simply of repressing the media, but being complicit in the murders of journalists, palling around with mohammed bin salman of saudi arabia, who is accused of

killing our colleague, jamal khashoggi, i found it shocking, especially on the eve of the fourth of july. i've been thinking, as i'm sure many people at home are, what is our country about? what are our values? and i just -- to see that our president doesn't get that, misunderstands why america has been strong for two centuries really bugs me. >> speech at the lincoln memorial. every president i can remember has done their own july 4th celebrations when they're not in campaign mode. having picnics for their staff on the south lawn. this is the first time we're going to have a trump speech. and they actually moved the fireworks. this is decrcreating enormous security and logistical challenges for the district of columbia and local authorities. our july 4th celebrations here.

>> july 4th festivities in washington have been among the biggest. fireworks are the biggest on the national mall, a moment for all americans. there's no politics involved. now it's going to be effectively a trump rally. he is going to give a speech. there's going to be a flyover at air force one. he is branding this event in a political way ahead of the re-election campaign, and it has given great pause to the d.c. mayor as well as a lot of other people in washington who feel like this is very disruptive and a break with an important tradition. >> and always capital fourth national symphony concert on the mall. that's exactly what it has always been. >> right. >> david, this alliance with dictators, there could be something positive coming out of this breakthrough, this face-to-face with kim jong-un. i understand you and some others believe this could be a breaking of the log jam in getting them back to talks, however. >> andrea, i think that sensible people should be encouraged by

the resumption of working-level negotiations with north korea. kim jong-un is a dreadful dictator. the process is the same it's been now for years. how do we pull north korea toward connection with the rest of the world, with our modern world economy in a way that encourages them to pull back from threatening behavior, halt their missile and nuclear programs. there was progress toward that. we'll have to see, be skeptical about what happens. the resumption of working level negotiations is not a trivial matter. and i think president trump took a big risk in, you know, basically winging it, going toward the dmz, hoping that kim would show up. and i'm glad it worked out. >> we have mike pompeo and steve

beagan. as long as they can keep him in charge and mike pompeo, reporting directly to mike pompeo, is there is a chance to get something done unless we start making more concessions than the photo-op we just gave him. >> that's right. how much of this is part of a grand strategy that trump and his team have mapped out over the course of several years and how much of it is really an impulsive reaction to opportunities that the president sees? he knows he's going to be in asia. he wants to go to the dmz. here is an opportunity to have a photo-op to shake hands with kim jong-un. is that part of a bigger strategy? i don't know. >> mike pompeo was missing from the dinner. several top officials were not at the blue house dinner that president moon was hosting. certainly there was an indication this could have been an ad-libed twitter moment. we knew he was going to the dmz. that could have been an audible. >> i think there's been some preparation, andrea.

negotiator was dispatched to seoul a week or so ago. there's been talk, i'm told, for many months about something like this, going to the dmz, trying to get a quick meeting with kim, much like he had with south korean president moon jae-in. people say it's a hail mary pass. too risky. why do it? trump road through that, said i'm going to wing it, take the risk. it seems like it came up. >> david ignatius, phil rubbinger, interesting times. >> thank you. >> going rogue, top trump financial regulator challenging the president on the impact of global climate change joining us next here. stay with us on "andrea mitchell reports" only on msnbc. reports" only on msnbc v-power nm gasoline is engineered with four levels of defense against gunk, wear, corrosion and friction.

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meltdown that triggered the 2008 financial crisis. thank you very much for being with us. tell me why you think that there is such a risk from global warming from climate change to the financial security of our country? >> climate change from an environmental standpoint is absolutely the priority. >> or public health standpoint. >> and human safety for american citizens. you think about the devastation that's happening across the country right now in the midwest with the floods, wildfires in the west and hurricane season. you have real assets underlying these devastating storms, whether it's homes, businesses, farm land folks are losing their crops. we have to start thinking about what are the repercussions for the financial system?

there's loans, and if folks are not able to meet these applications, what does that mean for the creditors, debtors and financial system as a whole? >> infrastructure. >> absolutely. road, buildings, tunnels. these are all things that could be destroyed and have financing behind them that could ultimately get hurt pretty significantly. >> you're echoing what has been said in security circles about norfolk, florida. >> absolutely. >> all the coast al installations, what happens to the fleet in bahrain. >> for example in europe, united kingdom, bank of england. there's a consortium of financial banks thinking about the analyzation and risk of climate change and task force on

financial disclosures chaired by mayor bloomberg as a forward-thinking group of individuals, thinking about how can we harmonize financial disclosures? there's a lot of work going on in the space. i'm hoping we can put a foot forward so we can start thinking about the framework for financial markets and stability. >> are you getting blowback from your colleagues? >> i'm getting support from the chairman, which is fantastic. if you do this work on a daily basis, can you appreciate the risks that are related to climate change and what we're seeing on a day-to-day basis. weather related events that are getting more extreme, more frequent in the past. national climate assessment.

order of congress and all the indications point to more extreme, more frequent weather events. instead of just looking at this from the venue of the environment, which is extremely important, i'm going to use my expertise and sort of my position to add value to the larger conversation about climate change. ultimately, it comes down to preparedness. >> actually trying to force the intelligence experts at the state department not to issue their required report to congress. to be continued. it's great to meet you. >> thanks for having me. >> meanwhile, breaking news back in hong kong right now. police facing off with protesters, trying to drive them away from the legislature. bill neely is right in the middle of it in hong kong. bill? >> reporter: yeah, andrea. i moved back behind police lines. that took a while because there are hundreds of riot police

here. they arrived within the last hour. they moved forward, firing tear gas. and their target was the thousands of protesters who had first stormed and then occupied and trashed the main government building here in hong kong. it absolutely is an extraordinary scene. just within the last few minutes, the tear gas being fired and these protesters scattering. even more than that, andrea, the scenes the like of which we've never seen in china of the remember, hong kong is china. it's not the mainland but we've never seen a legislature like this taken over in a popular protest in the way we have tonight. they spent several hours trying to storm the building with metal poles, with improvised battering rams and finally they got through, went up to the second floor and they opened the chamber, the house of

representatives, if you like, of hong kong and they started to spray paint graffiti. they've started to destroy the symbols of chinese here, old hong kong flag with the british flag in the corner, draped that all over the presidency and they put up banners saying, for example, we are not rioteres. you are the tyrants. they opened the building for quite a while and police basically said we're coming in. we will use force, and they did. it looks at the minute like all the protesters have scattered. i'm not inside the building at the moment so i can't tell are there any left. i think this is all but over. it's only over for tonight, of course. this is a huge embarrassment for beijing and i'm absolutely convinced there will be some kind of either public order, backlash, backlash from the public against the protesters

but these protests, andrea, are not over even though it looks like they are ending in tear gas tonight. >> absolutely amazing. and, bill, this is the 22nd anniversary of the hand over. i was there, covering it at the time, as i'm sure you were. hand over from the brits to the chinese. it's amazing to see this in hong kong. thank you so much, and please be safe. turning back here to the u.s., nbc news' julia ainsley and jacob soboroff. border agents were arming themselves against possible riots. migrants were, quote, stands on toilets because of the over crowding to gain breathing spaib space and make rooms. only four temporary showers at the facility with limited access to showers and clean clothing. detainees were wearing soiled clothing for days and weeks.

this, as save the children, has been at the border, working for children who have been enduring similar conditions for weeks, sometimes months and the trauma of these children responding for the first time in their 100-year history, save the children is responding to a humanitarian crisis inside the u.s. as cynthia mcfadden saw on a recent visit with save the children board member jennifer garner. >> kids don't care if you've been in movies. >> no, they have no idea, nor do they care i can't speak spanish. >> though she's working on it. >> i get to see the beauty of kids in the worst circumstances. they've gone without baths, without food, without medical care and they're here, happy to listen to me butcher "good night moon" because they're children. >> joining me now is amy

richmond for save the children. amy, you helped build and open that shelter. tell me why save the children felt they had to do something domestically rather than overseas. >> thanks. >> we feel that we are the voice of children and our mission is to protect children around the world. the conditions we are hearing at these detention centers are really unimaginable for us. we felt like this is where we needed to be. currently we are working with mexico and providing basic necessities for children who are seeking asylums with their family. not only we are providing basic assistance like food and shelter, we are saving child friendly bases that provide the basic support for these children as they are leaving detention. the children we are working

with. we do see them, they are coming in and they're hungry and tired. we see them preventing health and concern due to lack of access and medical care. one of the first young boys that i met when i was down in new mexico. as soon as i entered the shelter, he came up to me. i bent down to talk to him. i only speak conversational spanish. i could not understand a word he was saying. he said in spanish, my head hurts. my head is hot and he melted in my arms. he had a fever. we saw that widespread. these children, they're being clingy and tear ry, this is a sn of distress. we are concerned of these children experiencing this the long range. >> what are the ages? >> we are seeing a range of ages, young children under two and up to 18.

we see a range of ages. >> how do you care for them? you are basing your work on private fundraisers, i suspect? >> yes, we are. we are raising funds nationally. if people are interested can visit our website, savethechil r savethechildren.c savethechildren.com. >> the amount of mexico in texas that are coming together to help these children is very inspiring. we are in the shelter where children and families are leaving and staying, they are staying one night or two nights before they visit or stay with their u.s. sponsor families. we are setting up place and space for them. these children come in, they are so joyous. it is the first time they play with toys in months.

they can be with adults. it also gives parents with their children a time to relax as well. the other day it was time for families to pick up their children and there was one young girl, her dad didn't come to pick her up. he was right there, invisible and he passed out. he said this was the first time i felt i can take eyes off my daughter and i can sleep. it is the first time in months i felt like i can sleep. the health of their parents. of course. >> amy richmond. thank you for save the children and everything you are doing. we'll keep a spotlight on this. >> thanks andrea. thank you for coming on this issue. >> it is very important for us to our colleagues julie ainsley and jacob soboroff. >> still ahead, remembering a true hero, is coming up next. stay with us on "andrea mitchell

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promised add vote next month that would extend the funding for the 9/11 victims for 70 years. that comes too late for one of the most vocal proponent of the bill. the 9/11 hero passed away this weekend, he was only 53 years ol old. harry smith tells his story. luis alvarez. a family man. after 9/11, he comed but the damaged buildings looking for human remains then he worked on the piles that human extradition change of first responders searching for the shreds of people who died. we know a lot of firemen and emts who worked in the pile had trouble breathing. the epa says the air was fine so he kept on working.

>> you all said you would never forget, well, i am here to make sure you don't. >> reporter: he addressed members of congress. >> you made me come down here the day before my 69th round of chemo. and i am going to make sure that you never forget to take care of the 9/11 responders. luis, did not have that 69th round of chemo. he went home and when into hospi hospice, after three years of fighting cancer. if i can help more first responders then it makes it worthwhile for me. it sounds like a cliche but it is the true. >> reporter: luis alvarez stepped up, just like he did after 9/11. harry smith, nbc news, new york.

>> luis alvarez will be laid to rest on wednesday after a week tomorrow in long island. that does it for this edition of "andrea mitchell reports," please remember to follow our show online and on twitter. >> thank you for remembering luis alvarez, have a great afternoon. it is monday, july the 1st, breaking news, protesters and bullies facing off in hong kong. demonstrators smashed into the legislature. we are in hong kong live and iran has crossed a critical line setting the nuclear deal. we are going to break down what it means and why it has the world on edge. here in the united states, donald trump jr.'s racist retweet is bringing candidate together how they are rallying around kamala harris. the latest on 2020 money. pete buttigieg rigs in a jaw dropping