♪ four processive congresswomen of color responded with authority ttao ats by president trump. this morning questions whether mr. trump is speaking on behalf of the republican party. >> these with people that in my opinion hate our country many people agree with me. >> promised to wipe out deficit and national debt but for first time in history white house office of management and budget trillion. eficit over $1 world held its breath as

three american astronauts were walk on the moon space, first to caught on camera momentsue, busy tay ahead "early today" starts right now >> president trump isn't backing down unapologetical unapologetically doubling down on tweets. all women of color he told to go back to their home country four fired back at fiery press conference of their own, calling for the president's impeachment. hallie jackson has more. >> reporter: united front from freshmenemocrats attacked by the president as hnse fa the flames of racialtm resent. >> this is his plan to pit us against one another.

>> this is a distraction, we shouldn't take the bait. >> urge colleagues to impeach this lawless president today >> reporter: four outspoken, newly elected progressive lawmakers make out the so-called squad singled out by the president who tweeted should go back to home countries, deploying racist trope to colorlize people of all four women are u.s. citizens >> in my opinion, hate our country. >> reporter: looking to exploit the divide between progressives anmoderates. not backing down if white nationalists see common cause. >> doesn't concern me, many people agree with me

all i'm saying, want to leave, they can leave. >> reporter: gop leadership silent so far, although 17 republicans have denounced the comments >> tweets are racist, xenophobic and also inaccurate. >> reporter:ost other republicans stop short calling them racist. >> what was said, tweeted, was destructive, demeaning, disunifying and frankly very wrong. >> reporter: some are explicitly defending the president and house speaker nancy pelosi plans to force a vote on their opinions with symbolic resolution democrats are rallying around the i congresswomenn the wake of the attack 2020 front runner and former vice president joe biden had strong words. >> shameful and incredibly

damaging we've led the world by power example. presidents are the face of america, like it or not. idea that donald trump say does the things he does is just absolutely despicable. >> catch the full interview coming up on msnbc's "morning j joe". under investigation for role in secret facebook group private page with crude and offensive jokes about migrants and members of congress. promised a swift investigation latest from d.c. one of our first uates on the investigation. >> turns out wasn't st two or three or 10 or 12 employees. most of them were current employees. 70 according to the latest information now being investigated by the office of

professional responsibility. again most of them current employees. only eight former employees of customs and border patrol.ca propubli broke the group disparaging comments about migrants w died in custody and lawmakers concerned about this about the lawmaks involvedts now investigations are ongoing according to the information we've received, two arfie nished and recommending disciplinary action not clear what if any customs and border patrol has taken so far, rest of the investigations ongoing.to h new road block for asylum seekers set to go into e plactoday. white house rolling out policy

requiring anyone who passes through mexico on the way to the u.s. first apply for asylum there. meanwhile hailing nationwide immigration crackdown as success, contradicting officials saying the raids were off to slow start >> reporter: the irump administratis making it harder for migrants to seek asylum in the u.s. new rule means can seek asylum here if didn't do so first in mexico in atlanta, net w proteser raids targeting undocumented immigrants not released any numbers. >> i.c.e. raids were very ep successful >> rter: as battle over the border intensifies >> overwhelmed >> reporter: chief border control agent in el paso, oversees station drew international outrage. >> simply a volume issue t

don't want to holdhat many people in the facility >> reporter: still dispute theon characterizati of the care these children were receiving inside the facility? >> absolutely. we've added showers, laundry, provide clean clothing for them to wear. >> reporter: should it not have been added months ago? >> keep in mind the u.s. government illegal alien traffic is always one step ahead of ability to respond. >> reporter: says believes the policy changes will help reduce the flow of migrants here but critics expected to challenge in court. r&b singer r. kelly today, arraigned in chicago udge courtroom in new sex crimes case w indictments out ofhicago and new york arrested on 13 counts inuding obstruction of justice, child

pornography and more racketeering, kidnapping, forced labor and sexual exploitation. federal judges also expected to discuss how to mare forwd with both cases been in federal custody since spokesperson says r. kelly has declared his innocence. joaquin "el chapo" guzman will hear his chargetoday. convicted in february of crimes includg drug trafficking and murder faces mandatory minimum of life in prison. judge in new york is weighing whether or not to grant bail to jeffrey epstein this morning. accused of abusing underaged girls. prosecutors argue he's a quote extraordinary flight risk.

judge will make decision thursday more. >> reporter: there was lot more in jeffreyps ein's $77 million mansion besides photos of young women. according to prosecutors, found piles of cash, diamonds and pa expired port from the 1980s with epstein's photo under a different name, residence listed as saudi arabia. with $500 million in wealth, told the judge epstein is tr e flight risk. two accusers testified he's risk to the public as well >> these were girls who were secured, transported across state lines, kept under supervision.ep >> rorter: courtney wild said she was 14 when she was abused, annie farmer 16 when she says she met epstein. >> there is a real danger presented. hearing directly from victim is only way anyone will understand

what it means. >> reporter: also alleged paid $350,000 i co-conspirators toluence them epstein's defens argued no evidence it was bribe. his lawyers say will fight the sex traffickinarg chs and offer conditions for bail. pointing out he's not accused of tecommitting any crimes afr serving 13 months for sex related charges in florida over a decade ago judge will rule thursday whether to grant bail. >>six people lucky to be alive this morning after going over waterfall. caught on camera i pennsylvania, reportedly missed several warning signs. not realizing in danger until too late all six were wearing life jackets and pulled to safety >> imagine how terrifying that z

is dangerone. >> about abe seconre -- wow. >>pa> hottest rt of the summer in the plains, northeast bill karins, good morning. >> june by the way for the globe was warmest ever recorded. lot of it becausate of the huge heave in areas of europe 1.7 degrees above the typical average. heat wave in middle of the country, still hot, phoenix to tucson, carolinas will be brutally hot, factoring in the heat index wilmington, 105, sneaking up the coast. how hot this weekend in the northeast. yeesh. that's the big weather story of the day. here's a closer lookt day ahead. showers and thunderstorms moving overnight from minnesota and wisconsin and heading south. will cool some people off, still

clouds andft rain le over from barry, cool the little rock area to memphis and around nashville. taste of this weekend. imagine the subway?116 index. >> i don'temember what that feels like, will get reminder. louisville team hit the pool tweeted out video of the extraordinary six-man alley-oop. says need to work on passing impressive still ahead, police warning of -- happy ending forhis pup.

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