so sarah tracy kept money in the burke and herbert bank. this money was to be used to purchase mount vernon from the washington family, but during the war, union troops decided they want the money for themselves. of course, sarah tracy refused and decided she would move the money out of burke and herbert bank into riggs bank in washington, d.c., but she had to do this very covertly. she took the money out of the bank and put the money in the bottom of a basket and put eggs on top of the basket. she went into washington, d.c., she met with mr. riggs, where she sold these eggs to him, and she made sure the transaction was legitimate because she received a receipt for the sale of these eggs. thanks to sarah tracy and the movement of this money, we are able to still visit and enjoy mount vernon today. not only were women nurses during the war, not only were they entrepreneurs, having jobs , selling items, but women were also soldiers in the war. however, they had to do this in a disguise. it was entirely frowned upon for women to join the war a

tracy did have stipulations for soldiers that would come into mount vernon. they had to be unarmed, and they also could not be wearing their uniforms. they would find any means to cover up, rather in shawls or -- whether in shawls or different clothing. so, sarah tracy kept money in the herbert bank, that was to be used to purchase mount vernon from the washington family, but but during the war, union troops decided that they wanted that money for themselves. sarah tracy refused and said she would move the money into riggs bank in washington, d.c., but she had to do this covertly. she put the money in the bottom of the basket and put eggs on top of the basket. she went into washington, d.c., met with mr. rakes, where she -- mr. riggs, where she sold the eggs, and she made sure the transaction was legitimate because she received a receipt for the transaction of the eggs. thanks to sarah tracy, we are still able to enjoy and visit mount vernon today. not only were women nurses, entrepreneurs, having jobs, selling items, but women were also soldiers in the war.

and during the civil war, one woman in particular, seri tracy -- sarah tracy, was the secretary for mount vernon, and she helped preserve this home during the war. sarah tracy made sure that soldiers on either side of the war were able to come in and visit washington's home. this was especially important because both sides, the confederacy and the union, saw washington as the founder of their country. stipulationse some for soldiers that would come in the mount vernon. they had to be unarmed, and they also could not be wearing their uniforms. so they would find any means to cover up, whether in shawls or different clothing. so sarah tracy kept money in the burke and herbert bank. this money was to be used to purchase mount vernon from the washington family, but during the war, union troops decided they want the money for themselves. of course, sarah tracy refused and decided she would move the money out of bergen herbert bank in washington, d.c., but she had to do this very covertly. she took the money out of the bank and put the money in the bottom of a basket and put eggs on top of the

tracie mcmillion, thank you.resident trump may be doubling down on he got rhetoric aimed at chairman powell. he has a formidable ally of his own. did miss my like. explained the thinking behind this. base -- what it is based down to is one does not like it's uncertainty. if you removed said chair during your powell, it would be a massive source of uncertainty. it is not clear who the receptor would be. it is not obvious they would have their -- the committee -- committee. vonnie: didn't hurt the fair -- fed chair is -- himself. tracie: i think he is a known quantity. we had jay powell as governor, becoming chair. they understand his reaction function. i think wall street basically knows that they cannot expect of him. they might accelerate the past for words. they might. are you going to news conference of every morning -- meeting as opposed to any other meeting. you have to like jay powell. he is more transparent than in the other presidents. into ben bernanke and janet yellen, slowly handholding markets and sai

that tracy triangle popular for commuters coming from the bay back to tracy is going to be very tough as we head throughout the next 45 minutes. >>> also rainfall here through the livermore into 511 tonight. more wet weather through san ramon into 5:18. back off to the south bay. we've seen this wet weather for the east foothills. that will continue at least the next ten minutes. i'll show you which bay area ty from this recent storm is now 3,075% abnormal when it comes to rainfall season. >> thank you, jeff. you can track what's happening on our website with the exclusive storm ranger radar. click on the see full radar tab and zero in on your neighborhood at nbcbayarea.com. >> if you have a cell phone you probably got the alert. president trump's text alert was the hot topic across the country today. the message pinged millions of cell phones and triggered the hashtag, presidential alert. this is our social media heat map. you can see where it was the most active. that hashtag, the bay area, l.a. and new york. you can see there the bay area, l.a. and new york lighting up in the red t

an tracie potts live on capitol hill.y virginia congressman jerry conley will hold a news conference. the council onmerican islamic relations will be there to lead a vigil. turkish officials say this shows the last time the wter was seen alive. the writer has criticized saudi arabia's crown prince in the past. the saudi governmen denies any involvement in his disappearance. >>> 4:48. alexandria policecure ding the chilling remains found yesterday. they were found yesterday evening. it was in a wooded area behind a business in the 4700 block of ng street. there is a dunkin' donuts and a tgi fridays inhat area. right now the remains are being sent to the office of the chief. medical examin anyone with information is asked to call alexandria police. >>> a mother had some very powerful words for the man who murdereder daughter. ronald hamilton shot and killed ashley gwyndon on her first day back in 2016.rt in c she took the stand and she said, ronald hamilton, you not only killed my daughter but youe killed too. my life will

tracie, thank you. >>> 4:47 right now.re learning more about two fairfax county sistersdeound in new york city. their mother received a strange phone call the day before teir bodies w discovered. last weeks officers found the saudi immigrants duct taped together in the hudson river. the two were reported missing in august. their mother says someone from the saudi embassy called her and ordered the family to leave the u.s. because her daughters applied for political ylum. the nypd has sent detectives to virgininvestigate. >> are there any clues in their past life that would lend to why they wer in new york, why they might have left virginia and anything else? >> now investigators are still not calling this homicide. we had learned that rikanna was enrolled at george mason nersity and left in the spring. >>> 4:48. the next time you hop into an uber, the whole ride is going to be safer. dispatchers will know the make, model, license plate number of your uber but most importantly they'll know your exact location. this not only

tracie,s what happ if this investigation ends before friday? s> reporter: if it wraps up earlier, senat will get the fbi report to determine if there are any discrepancies between kavanaugh's testimony, interviews and what theyfound. that process may get derway today because if as republican leaders have said, it's a process that doesn't happen all of a sudden. so they have to put that in motion starting today to try to squeeze it in. some lawmakers saying they have toth wait ands saying there has been enough of a delay. we know four people have beenin rviewed but christine blasey ford has not been put on the list. this started with her allegations. >> tracie potts on the hill. thank you. >>> mid-terms are just weeks away, and in virginia republican congresswoman barbara comstock is gaining gerund in bid for re-election. democratic challenger jennir wexton has a small lead. 50,000 peopleaid they'd vote for wexton if the election were heldtoday. 44% back comstock. that's a three-point gain for the congresswoman in june. >> now to new video, the

a long-sought extension of train service from dublin/pleasanton to tracy....might be getting a little closer to becoming reality.(jrs)the m-t-c has approved a plan to spend millions of dollars... to study the idea of creating a new rail link between the bay area... and the san jaoquin valley. kron4's charles clifford has details.. well, right now the dublin pleasanton bart station is the end of the line for riders who commute from the livermore and the central valley into the bay area. but relief could be on teh way.in the comming decades traffic along the already busy interstate 580 through castro valley, dublin pleasaton and over the altimont pass is expected to more than double.in order to releive that congestions, plans have been in the works for a long time to extend some form of rail service from the dublin pleasanton bart station into the san juaquin valley. natson wednesday, the bay area's metroplitan transportation commission approved just over 10 million dollars to conduct an environmental impact review and preliminary engineering study on just such a project. it's know as v

news 4' tracie potts is on capitol hill for us this morning.cie, the presidentppears to backing off of some of his previous claims about that caravan. what are they? >> right. who's in the caravan, who's behind it. he blames democrats. novidence there. he said middle easterners were infiltrating this caravan insinuating they were trying to sneak into the country maybe to harm amerans, but this is a caravan from honduras, from central america with absolutely no evidence that there are middle easterners mixed in. the president when pressed about that backedff saying,well, there's no proof of that and, in fact, a former senior administration official who's been briefed on thearavan said not only is there no evidence but justess than 1% of those arrested at the border last year were either african or middle easterners, so not a lot of weight behind thatclaim. the president may talk about it again as he heads to wisconsin today. >> tracie potts live for us on capitol hill. tracie, thank you. >>> here at the live desk we have breaking news out of ala

ben tracy reports from indonesia. >> reporter: much of this city on the indonesian island of sulawesi is simply flattened. both mosques and malls reduced to piles of rubble. nearly 50,000 people are homeless. cell phone video shows the earthquake's power as the ground cracked and seemingly turned to liquid last friday. the jolt of this magnitude quake created a tsunami, a wave nearly 20 feet high that went crashing into palu. it came without warning because a much discussed tsunami alert system in the area has never been completed. desperate survivors flocked to the airport monday hoping to escape the hell that their town has become. they have not eaten for three days, this woman said. we just want to be safe. >>> this woman was trapped in the rubble and mud for nearly 48 hours, but was finally rescued. the frantic search for more survivors continues at what used to be the roaroa hotel. officials believe as many as 50 people could be buried in the debris. the grim task of collecting the victims of these twin disasters has now begun. brightly colored body bags now line a mass grave in

westbound 580 tracy to dublin, 47 minutes. westbound 4, antioch to concord, 20 minutes. 101 in north bay, delay-free. you'll just encounter fog as you make your way across the golden gate bridge. here's a live shot of the maze. you can see traffic is backed up towards the top of the maze and towards the foot of the maze. >> thank you. >>> it's being called a one-of-a-kind facility is helping veterans on the peninsula. we are getting a look inside. >>> plus, new details about >>> let's take a look at san jose and we'll talk about sunshine. only 58 degrees at 6:00. mid-70s by noon. mid-70s at 6:00. in between we'll reach 68 degrees. let's look around the state. can you see the clouds encroaching upon the state. 70 in monterey. 71 in san diego. 75 in l.a. sunshine in tahoe today. look at the chance of rain tomorrow and temperatures almost 10 degrees cooler. we'll stay in the 50s for highs thursday and friday. a few 60s this weekend after lows, freezing cold, in the 20s. >>> look at how two inmates escape aid prison in louisville,

news 4's tracie potts is live on capitol hill now.e, did the president make any mention about hurricane michael last>> night? oh, he certainly did, eun. he talked about the federal response, saying they were ready, that he had been on the phone, consulting with governors in georgia, down in the carolinas and florida, of course, staying onop of this. and he defended t going that rally in a late interview last ands ofsaying that tho people had been waiting, some of them for almost a day, to get and it wouldn't be fair to disappoint them. >> tracie, do we know when the presidentight visit the hard-hit areas in florida? >> well, he did mention last night that he's goingflo ida, which raises the question about whether or not his next two ral llies on frida and saturday in ohio and kentucky, whether one of them might be canceled. he said sn. he did not say when. taking a look at some of the storm damage and thee' video getting in, a lot of that will depend on how people are digging out, what the response is. the federal government has said

tracie potts is on capitol hill for us. what are lawmakers saying? >> what's most notable is that democrats and republicans are sceptical of what's coming out of saudi arabia. the latest details saying t people that showed up at that conciliate got into a fistfight on the east side with jamal khashoggi. they say it was a rogue operation not directed o even aware of by the crowned prince but lawmakers are not buying that saying there no way that could happen. there's no way someone would bring a bone saw ihey did not plan to kill this man. believing some of the reports that are out there. so they're looking at either delaying org cancell that multibillion dollars arms deal with theaudis and even one suggestion here, that the saudi ambassador be kicked out of the united states. that's some of the pressures he's facing as he waits for the results of the investigation. >> tracy, live for us on capitol hill, thank you. >> gun violence is a hotop t issue right now and over the weekend d.c. students and teachers focused on ways to keep children safe ithe cl

tracie potts is on capitol hill this morning. what else happened e?th >> we are hearing that there have been some fundamental disagreements, that's the way secretary pompeo is describing it this morning, with china, but oey're looking forward to frank conversations the other hand with north korea. there's a possibility of a summit. the newspaper in north korea shows him shaking hands with a m jong uhe tries to forge yet more discussions about winding down their nuclear program. the second summit not out of the question. he says it's good and productive. >> the senate confirming brett kavanaugthe supreme court. what do you think happens next? >> what happens next is t politics of it all. both sides democrats and republicans are usi this confirmation to energize their debate. they're going into this midterm and he thinks that will change with the core republican base on the other side. thousands of people demonstrated on their half of this. >>s tracie poor us on the hill, thank you so much. >> 4:47 right now,n locks your doors help to keep you safe but

temperatures are 30s to 60s, 36 in lake port and 61 in tracy. there are big differences here, wood side is down to 42, and los altos hills is 53, and 50s on the san mateo coast, we're not uniform, it's closer in the peninsula and other locations where there is a tremendous spread. it means dry weather, 60s and 70s on the temperatures. >>> sal wants to get to right a way, that's right, we have the problem, steve, westbound 580, right after the 680 interchange, there's a collision with a vehicle that was involved in some sort of a chase here, so, it was a chase, i didn't get very far as he crashed the vehicle into the center divider, it looks like an 03bmw, x5 that did not survive well. it looks like they're trying to get it out. it looks like some of the weeks are damaged there. westbound 580 is down to a couple of lanes here, a couple of big rigs and it looks like a couple of lanes are getting by the 680 interchange. the traffic is backed up for a good long way. as we look down there, i'll put a map up to show you how bad it is, it's going to be

west bound 580, tracy to dublin, 37 minutes for you. mission boulevard, it was in the red a moment ago. now back in the yellow at 46. folks are getting by on the shoulder. there you go. back in the red. alternate routes strongly advised. 101 to cupertino, no issues there, in the green at 16 minutes. >>> alexis, thank you. a group of people in southern california are praising two sheriffs deputies for going the extra mile to get a woman home. he pushed her wheelchair one mile to her home in lancaster. he and his partner found the woman after getting a call about a traffic hazard. she was stranded in the middle of a road with a dead battery. they pushed the woman's wheelchair. he said a little gesture from you can mean the world to someone else >> a rap for chrwrap for chris . he said playing captain america the last eight years has been an honor. evans sroeupbd the marvel cast in 2010. he has starred in three movies and several other marvel films. avengers 4 will hit may 2019. disney is the parent company of marvel and abc 7 news. >> nex

tracie potts is on capitol hill this morning. whats christine blasey ford saying about this investigation? >> overnight her attorneys pout out a statement sayin that they are profoundly disappointed that she was never interviewed. neither was kavanaugh, by the way. they say that those i charge of this investigation were not interested in seeking the truth. o you said, it starts t roll out to lawmakers:0t a.m. different groups of lawmakers seeing it at different times. but lunchtime, they should have all had a ok the white house has already seen it, saying they are fully confident that after this report, kavanaugh wl be confirmed. the voting on that already set to begin onda f >> tracie potts on the hill this morning. thank you. >>> president to sign a bill into law to help combat the nation's opioid crisis. it passed the senateesterday with bipartisan support. the billde inc building more programs to treat addiction, more closely monitoring prescrtions, and updating information on alternative treatments to addictive drugs. drug s

nepotism if you can believe it >> tracie potts jones me live from washington. the minute that announcement was made by nikki haley, d.c.'s favorite parlor game became to guess what she's doing next. >> right, what she's doing next and who will replace her it's the big question that will be consuming washington for the next several weeks the president says he will make an announcement in two or three weeks about her replacement. you heard what he said about his daughter, ivanka at the announcement she was also mentioned. nikki haley talked about ivanka trump and her husband jared and the contributions that they made you heard the president talk about dina powell. he said several people have expressed interest we'll start to hear more of those names in the next couple of weeks as for nikki haley and what she's doing next, she dent say she says she does not plan to run for office in 2020 that she will support president trump, and that she was leaving because it's simply time

tracie, thank you. >>> breaking news overnight. the fbi and lal police a investigating a suspicious package targeting liberal billionaire philanthropist george soros, who has been the frequent target of conspiracy theories by hyperconservatives. officials say an object that appeared to b an explosive was found in the mail box oft a w chester home belonging to soros. an employee oned a ckage, then placed in a wooded area and called police who rendered it safe on the scene. no one was you'red and it is unclear whether t device was operatiomal. >>> threive fires sparked up. a six alarm blaze ripped through a building in new the thick black smoke billowing from the building could be seen miles away. 16 fire crews responded to that scene. twoer businesses destroyed. over in chicago, police are investigating a possible arson case after a fire destroyed aha home there once belonged to nba player dwyane de. neighbors heard an explosion before the flames broke out. officials say they do have ape on of interest in custody. in mexico, an alco

nbc's tracie potts joining us live from washington. tracie, we hear there was reportedly a heated shouting match between two of the president's top aides. >> reporter: exactly. top advisers to the president, especially on this issue of immigration, his chief of staff john kelly and his national security adviser apparently got into this big shouting match with expletives. both of them passionate overove immigration. now, according to sarah huckabee sanders, the white house spokesperson, she says, "while we are passionate about solving the issue of illegal immigration, we are not angry at one another. however, we're furious at the failure of congress, congressional democrats specifically, to help us address this growing crisis." it's something that the president talked about when he was at a campaign event last night in montana. he hit illegal immigration hard. this as 4,000 migrants are reportedly at the border of guatemala ready to enter mexico, coming toward the united states. president trump has promised to cut off aid for those cent

tracie potts live on capitol hi u for tracie, thank you. >>> now, the package bombs are the latest in a series of threats against federal officials. a news 4 i-team investigation revealed the troubling trend earlier this month. in congress alone, police have tracked nearly 1,000 threats made in just six months. since 2012, more than 2500 suspicious packages and substanc have been found on capitol gemunds. housers increased security at their district offices following the shooting at the congressional baseball practice in alexandria last year. this year the feds have prosecuted nearly three dozen people for making threats against federal officials. >>> developing this morning, investigators are searching for answers after aruesome discovery in the hudson river. the bodies of two women were found yesterday right off the riverside park on th upp upper west side of manhattan. the bodies of two clothed women were found together. investigators have not said how they died it or anything about t possible sus >>> all eyes will be on wall street today. the dow plunged 600 points yesterday, wipi

for more, let's go to nbc's tracie potts in washington. tracie, good morning. so, who has the fbi spoken to thus far? >> reporter: philip, according to our sources, they've spoken to kavanaugh's second accuser, deborah ramirez, but based on the information that was only presented at this committee, the attorney that republicans hired said this charge would never fly in court. in a new memo obtained overnight by nbc news, rachel mitchell, the prosecutor republicans hired, called sexual assault allegations against judge brett kavanaugh weak and says, "i don't think that a reasonable prosecutor would bring this cas" that evidence could be growing. a source familiar with the investigation tells nbc the fbi has interviewed deborah ramirez, the woman who claims kavanaugh exposed himself to her in college. our source says she provided a list of people who can back up her story. the fbi will also reportedly interview kavanaugh's high school friend, mark judge. dr. christine blasey ford testified judge was there during her alleged assault. but sources tell us no intervi

nbc's tracie potts joining us now from washington.tracie, if kavanaugh's nomination is confirmed, how quickly could he be on t bench? >> reporter: we could see him on the bench monday if in fact he's coirmed on friday,f in fact that vote happens. as you said, mitch mcconnell, the top republican in the senate, is n backing down off their goal to get this don ts week. and this fbi investigation and the situaon with the nomination seems to be deepenine the divide b democrats and republicans here. listen to whatccnell said about his democratic colleagues. >> if you listen carefully, mr. president, you can practically hear the sounds of the democrats movinghe goal post. but their goal hast moved an inch, not an inch. the goal's been the same allon so let me make it very clear. the time for endless delay and obstruction has come to a close. >> reporter: now, we're also hearing the top democrat, chuck schumer, say, yes, it's fine to did the vote t by end of the week, but they want the investigation done. and gen the increasin number of quest

nbc's tracie potts has the latest from washington. hey, tracie. good morning. >> good morning. at this rally the president avoided partisan attacks and focused on the investigation of these pipe bombs and how and from whom they were sent. here's the president last night. >> any acts or threats of political violence are an attack on our democracy itself. the media also has a responsibility to set a civil tone and to stop the endless hostility and constant negative and oftentimes false attacks and stories. >> reporter: those packages were mailed to former president barack obama, to hillary clinton. she was not home. she was in florida at the time. to congresswoman maxine waters and other high-profile democrats, many of whom have been publicly and frequently critical of president trump. the device to brennan as you noted went to cnn's headquarters, and it was evacuated. more on that later. mayor bill de blasio is calling this an act of terror. and of course authorities are investigating. and we are told taking a look at many of the places where those bombs were mailed, to new york

nbc's tracie potts joins us from washington. good morning, tracie. >> reporter: hi, marlie and philip. good morning. good morning, everyone. you're right, it was more than 30 years ago that presidents reagan and gorbachev signed that inf treaty that bans missiles that could travel 3,500 miles or more. in other words, from one side of the world to the other. but now, president trump says that russia has violated that deal, so he wants to pull out, and he sent his national security adviser to moscow to send that message over the next two days. >> russia has violated the agreement. ers not going to let them violate a nuclear agreement and go out and do weapons, and we're not allowed to, so we're going to terminate the agreement. we're going to pull out. >> reporter: now, nato also agrees that russia has violated the agreement, and now the question is whether or not president trump's threat or talk of a pullout is really a test of his relationship with vladimir putin. putin has said that u.s. missile launchers in europe are also a t

and tracie potts. tracie, where will this investigation go from here? >> reporter: well, lots of questions and maybe we'll start to get some answers today, phillip, as mike pompeo speaks with bin salman in the next few hours. he just touched down in saudi arabia as you see here, headed to speak with the king about what the saudis may know. president trump says he is being sent on a mission about what they know or whether or not they were involved, as andrea just mentioned, they're considering a plan to admit in fact that they were involved. also, the investigation. we learned overnight that a turkish prosecutor left the building, that consulate in turkey where khashoggi is believed to have been killed. they are investigating. they had a team in for nine hours, searching that building after a cleaning crew had been called in. and then what happens next here in the united states where congress is pressing president trump to cancel billions of dollars in weapon sales because they believe there is already enough evidence that the saudis were involved. phill

tracie, good morning. >> reporter: marlie, good morning. you were talking about how the turks are building a case. they've also identified one of those seven passports that they made public as a close aide of saudi crown prince mohammed bin salman, who has denied any involvement in the disappearance of khashoggi. now, he also met with mike pompeo when pompeo was in saudi arabia. then he went to turkey. as you said, he's briefing the president on that trip this morning. president trump increasingly under pressure and feiling facing critics who say he's covering for the saudi governme government. >> are you concerned you're giving cover to the saudis? >> no, not at all. no. i just want to find out what's happening. i'm not giving cover at all. with that being said, saudi arabia's been a very important ally of ours in the middle east. >> reporter: interestingly, neither president trump nor pompeo would address what's reportedly a gruesome audio tape of the killing inside the saudi consulate. marlie? >> tracie, thank you. >>> new fallout in the

let's get more from nbc's tracie potts in washington. tracie, good morning. >> reporter: hey, there. good morning. so, rarely do court nominations get this political, but in this case, it did, and it happened quickly. now both sides seem to be looking forward to seeing what impact this bitter political fight may have on the upcoming midterm elections. a public swearing in for justice brett kavanaugh is set for >> he's oisupreme court with a huge tai and a big asterisk. >> reporter: we must not agonize, we must organize, house speaker nancy pelosi tells democrats. eye urging thousands who demonstrated to speak out again with their vote in november. >> if we want to correct the course, what do we need to do? we need to take the power! >> reporter: but republicans -- >> i'm happy as a clam. >> reporter: -- are ready to move on. >> the overreach of the protesters at the capitol have actually energized the republican base. >> reporter: at risk, maine's susan collins, who voted yes for kavanaugh as opponents raised some $3.5 million for whoeve

tracy and brentwood, 60. 51 in newark. everybody else in the 50s along the bay, south bay, and daly city where it's 53 degrees right now. gusting 25, 30 on mt. tam already. and that's why the fire danger is going to increase at 11:00 tonight. as far as being on the bay, just a normal chop. beaches breezy this afternoon. seasonal temperatures. if you're just out and about on this monday. peninsula, or 55. high cloudiness will keep us into the mid-60s. we are down to 60 by 6:00. seeing stars at 8:00. 66 at noon. but low 70s, maybe a few mid-70s in some neighborhoods. but all in all, pretty cool compared to over the weekend and last week. in the east bay shoreline, hang out in the mid to upper 60s with cluds decreasing at 4:00. we'll look at halloween coming up. here's sue with a look at your morning commute stphraofplt and headed to the south bay. this is highway 87. look to the top left of your screen. you can see the san jose airport. traffic is flowing nicely in the northbound direction. tail lights headed towards the air

how important is this tracy i mean what about the repercussions if it is counseled . well this is usually in forums this deal has kept has kept nuclear weapons out of europe for three decades it was signed in eighty seven by or so and ronald reagan and it was one of the steps to kind of and the cold war arms race to end those tensions during the cold war and it is now is seen as one of the few agreements even despite worsening relations between the u.s. and russia that has been solid and it seems that the u.s. for u.s. ministration. is not too concerned about kind of breaking up these agreements and that's certainly one thing that russia will be kind of showing off now that the u.s. it's not a reliable partner even when it comes to keeping the world safe i think that will be their move in terms of the writer of moving on. now president trump has accused russia repeatedly of violating the agreement is he right is there any evidence. well the u.s. has accused russia of violating the supremum for years actually under the obama administration as well and nato has also rec

you can see this, 580 through tracy, that tracy supercommute is fine. nice picture oracle ght. it's 4:01 back to you at the desk. >>> the mail bomb center aimed for the democrats, they believe some obombs came from florida. >> the f.b.i. will focus on all of the resources at our disposal to identify or apprehend the individual or individuals responsible for these acts. >> the bombs contained timers and batteries but would not have exploded when opened. they don't know if the fine lines were made or were designed to create fear and not cause physical harm. targets included bill clinton, bark barack obama and vice president joe biden and maximum even waters -- maxine waters. >> it's not who we are, i hope this is enough of a shock wave to say enough is enough. >> some if not all of the packages was isn't to the mail. and the postal service is scanning its entire system to see if there are more devices in the system. >> some of the packages came from a postal facility in florida, in a place outside of miami. >>> our time is 4:03, libby schaaf has clashed with president trump over

lets go right to the tracy supercommute. steve mentioned it. we're going to look at it. you can see slow traffic here on 205 as we push in already, a little construction slowing and also just regular slow traffic here on 205 as you head to the tracy triangle. nothing unusual, and most of the drive on the altamont pass looks good, there should be minimal delay. driving to dublin looks good and no problems getting over to clear and sunny destroy valley. there's road work right there, you can see the road work for yourself. you can see slow traffic coming through. there's been who major problems, it looks like i pushed the wrong button there, there we go. it looks good and light at the bay bridge. 4:01, back to you at e democrat and they caused panic and fear, and it created new questions. >>> here's a live picture, if new york police investigating a suspicious package and this is the transportation of that suspicious package by new york police. this was sent to the tribeka restaurant owned by robert de niro, that package found is similar to the others discovered yesterday

we call it the tracy supercommute. you can see traffic is moving slow here, that's about it approaching interchange, no problems in dublin and hayward. nice clear pictland, the mornin commute is looking good at the bay go back to pam. >>> there's a fourth outage that affected thousands of 60,0 in the north bay and foothills. they restored power to 38,000. the goal is to have the lights back on for everyone some time today. this morning, the lake county board of supervisors will discuss the pg&e shut i don't have. they plan to have the utility to communicate better in the future. they talked to people in kelsey ville where there was some harsh criticism of the power outage. >>> the grid, this bar never lost power even though main street one end the other did. kelsey ville and four other towns went dark, more than 11,000 households blacked out when the utility pulled the plug. >> it's just a game, a silly game. >>> supervisor rob brown is incensed. >>> there's video wind all day. >> long after the red flag passed, power

lafayette and san ramon, we have 48 and 46 there. 51 in tracy and san jose. alameda, 55. san francisco, 55. here's a look at what's going on at the coast. there may be big breakers there, a little bit bigger than normal. other than that, enjoy all the sunshine that's going to break out this afternoon. all right. sun and haze on the bay. you'll needs the sunglasses. mostly sunny start at the peninsula, 53. 72 at 1:00. back in the 60s at 8:00. big jump from 48 this morning to 73 at noon to low 80s in the afternoon hours in the east bay valleys. east bay shore, we have mostly cloudy, 8:00 hour. we will see increasing clouds. 66 at noon. pleasant, low 70s this afternoon with sunshine. take a look at the accuweather 7-day forecast. next here's sue. >>> issues with the golden gate boat out of service. some mechanical problems. 7:30 lark spur, slow boat. a bus bridge at the sausalito 7:10. otherwise, we have problems out there with parking at the bart station. pittsburg pay point bart station because of the evacuees due to the fire we have been covering. do not park at the parki

tracie, thank you. >>> it's 5:49 now. metro may be getting into theag food and bevbusiness. >> they plan to present a proposal to allow food sales in and around station news4's chris lawrence is live at the clarendon station with how is this going to work, chris? >> reporter: well, stations like this could look a lot different, eun. the officials are going to present this to a metro board committee later this morning to see if it flies. food is just one part of auch larger plan. so these new regulations would allow metro officials to cut deals with commercial vendors without going back to the board to get the so they'd be able to rent out any space on metro property for privateommercial use. those food vendors you mentioned, although food would still be wrapped upecause you wouldn't be able to eat or drink on board the trains. but they could allow electronic kiosks like red box, pto booths, even vendors selling health and beauty supplies. we spoke with some metro riders. definitely a mixed reaction. >> probably not necess

there's another batch off to the south that's going to be moving into tracy, at 6:43 pick things back up again. 205 and 580. very, very slow this evening. it's always a tough commute there. but you add some rainfall and it's going to be at anxtme crl. fremont. this evening. it's moving to the north. more wet weather into pleasanton by 6:39. we've had rain in san ramon. it moved into alamo. this will push into walnut creek by 6:49. let's take you to the south. you want november in the direction the rain is moving in from. you can see there's another batch right here. this could hold up and bring us rainfall. to morgan hill and gilroy as we head through the next 30 to 45 minutes. we're tracking it all. we'll let you know when it clears out. that's at 6:19 tonight. >> thank you, jeff. did you get that presidential text alert at exactly 11:18 this morning? the federal government sent out its first test of the national emergency alert system. unlike the amber alerts, you can't opt out. coming up a little later in this newscast, we'll show you why some people fear the system could cause pan

. >> news 4 tracie potts is live on capitol hill this morning.here's concerns abouthe scope of this investigation. >> right. concerns about the scope of this investigation are that it may be limited by the white house even though the president is tweeting that c the fbi talk to whoever they want. the guidance from the white house counsel's office is reportedly that they can only speak with a certain number of people on a list a that list includes deborah ramirez, the secondho accuser apparently has already done an interview, but itoes not include people who contradict what he told, what judge kavanaugh told the committee about his drinking in college. back to you. >> now, tracie, they're supposed to have a week to do this? are they already talking to people? do we kno wh >> yeah, apparently they already talked to deborah ramirez, t second accuser, mark judge that was in a room with chrisne blasey ford. it's not clearf that interview has been done yet. >> we'll be following the daily developments on this investigation. thank you so much. >> it's 4

for the most part we're on a good start to the tracy try angle, the -- tracy try angle. this morning's commute in both directions moving along very well. the commute to the silicon valley looks good. this is 0 see traffic is light from oakland to san francisco for the time being. at 4:02 lets go back to the desk. >>> thank you. the senate judiciary committee received the f.b.i. report on the sexual misconduct allegations against supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh, a preliminary confirmation vote is scheduled for tomorrow with a final vote on saturday. but, it does not appear that the f.b.i. report will end the controversy over the nomination. >> reporter: the f.b.i.'s new report on supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh was delivered to the white house wednesday. many hoping it will clearly point to who is telling the truth. professor christine blasey-ford said she was sexually assaulted by brett kavanaugh in high school and he denied sexual assaulting her in high school or college. and the opinion remains divided, protestors were outside of the supreme court late wedn

we're looking at the tracy supercommute and if you're in tracy on 205 or 580, it looks good, there's a little bit of road work there, it's typical, there's been no major problems though as you drive through, you can see traffic looks good to livermore and pleasanton 680, this is exactly what you want to see at all of the way out to castro valley. this is 880 north and southbound. the work here hasn't been a factor, it's done and traffic is moving along nicely. you can get up to downtown oakland. here's a look at the bay bridge toll plaza, you can see traffic is moving along nicely with no major problems. at 4:01, lets go back to the desk. >> you can go to me, sal. >> 4:01, lets go to steve paulson. >>> there are clouds around and today will be better than yesterday. the humidity is getting knocked out of here as a weak system came by yesterday and brought rain down to northern sonoma county. now, it's breezy and warmer conditions and we'll have more of that coming up in ten minutes, a little bit of early- morning fog, back to you at the desk. >>> now, three and a half hours from now,

it's not widespread, the temperatures are 30s to 60s, 36 in lake port and 61 in tracy. there are big differences here, wood side is down to 42, and los altos hills is 53, and 50s on the san mateo coast, we're not uniform, it's closer in the peninsula and other locations where there is a tremendous spread. it means dry weather, 60s and 70s on the temperatures. >>> sal wants to get to right a way, that's right, we have the problem, steve, westbound 580, right after the 680 interchange, there's a collision with a vehicle that was involved in some sort of a chase here, so, it was a chase, i didn't get very far as he crashed the vehicle into the center divider, it looks like an 03bmw, x5 that did not survive well. it looks le get it out. it looks like some of the weeks are damaged there. westbound 580 is down to

tracie potts on the hill for us.hank you. >> prince george's county public school studentook the time to say thank you to e men in their lives. >> men make a difference day celebrates fathers and male role models. men from the comnityelped welcome students yesterday. t later school held an assembly to thank dads and other role models. >> just to make sure that all our men are recognized to say m youe a huge difference every single day when you wake up in the morning and go to wor and we just want to recognize you. >> and right e,th chris lawrence mc of the event there eryesterday. faf three. but this also makes the point, i have been to some of these events over the years and i don't have kids but you still set an example. >> wheth you like it or not people look up to you. >> and there's anbebligation to good role model. >> when you factor in the humidity it's going to feel close to 90degrees. >> okay. then it is hot. >> it's a mild start already but the goodews is its a dry day for most of us. only a 20% chance for

the full size candy bars this year because a guy in tracy has already won on halloween. >> wow! >> impressive! michael jackson! to three of michael jackson's greatest hit. not only is his house covered in thousands of lights, it has an oversize light-up key board and guitar. all perfectly synched to the music. he says depending on the night, there are a couple to a thousand visitors. >> he needs the dancing zombies. >> maybe they're leds. color changing. >> good night. [ cheers and a [ cheers and applause ] ♪ >> steve: from studio 6b in rockefeller center in the heart of new york city, it's "the tonight show starring jimmy fallon." tonight, join

tracie pottss live on capitol hill with more. >> good morning. still more than 1,000 miles a but the defense secretary was ready to sign off onn order that would send up to 1,000 troops to the border to meet them and prevent them from crossing. now new from the white house, they are apparently drafting an executive order that the president could reveal as ear as tuesday that would legally prevent people from being allowed into this country. it would be similar to the travel ban blocking them before they cross the bordhe. an option, not allowing people to claim asylum or even temporarily closing some of our ports of entry. all of that being debated inside e white house. >> tracie potts on the hill this morning. gaank you. >> fire invesrs are working to determine what caused this massive house fire in silver springs.gh firers battled the fire for hours yesterday and adding to the challenge, this is a non-hydrant area. the firefighters had to bring in tanker trucks with water to fight the fire. people tell news 4hat they could see the smoke from as

westbound 580, tracy to dublin, in the yellow at 49 minutes. not terrible for you.outhbound 680, dublin to mission in the green at 15. northbound 85, 101 to cupertino, looking great at 15 minutes. >>> thanks, alexis. a burglar hit a san francisco record store and nabbed thousands of dollars in guitars it shows thero doo of34 go rordsght, early yesterday morning. steve stevenson said the burglar made off with three rare vintage guitars and amp fires. it cost 4 grand. abc 7 was at the score after steve stevenson boarded up the door. >>> forget the 6 pack or 12 pack, hand highser is thinking real big. 77-pack containers of natural light. you heard right. anheuser-busch is offering them in the honor of the year natural light became a tprapbd for them, 1977. it will only be be available for a limited time and only in college park, maryland,he original markets where they first launched the brand and home to university of maryland. get this, the 77-pack contains 7,315 calories, weighs 65 pounds. >>> all right. a taylor swift super fan from wisconsin got the thrill of a lif

it's still not terrible, the solid red line, they're back to 205 and tracy, you'll see are the usual slowing, there's road work wrapping up on the altamont pass, when you get to the 580 westbound, there's a report of some pieces of cardboard in one of the left lanes, be aware of that it. also 84 going south towards 680 and livermore. a little bit of a slowdown there you see on the right-hand side, san mateo bridge looks good this morning. traffic getting along, and it's not too crowded, 880 filling up a little more, no marge delays, to tell you about, i want to end with this picture of the golden gate bridge. it's not nice, but weatherwise, it's not as foggy as we've seen it in the last few months. maybe we're now moving away from that foggy time of the year, right, steve? >> it's getting late in the season, we're in the completely done yet, it's getting late in the season, jennifer says: er says: remember the immortal words, it's easy to get into bed than to get out of bed. but, get going, if you get out of bed, you've made it, it's cold out there for some. low and high clouds, part

. >>> we are looking at the commute coming out of tracy into livermore it gets crowded and as you knowpeople who drive the super commute is a long one and traffic will be busy as you drive tracy into the livermore area. no problems from livermore to dublin and heading out in 680 southbound traffic is doing well and we can see it is now slow and in fact it is low on 205 as well and from will be on mountain house parkway and it's a nice drive after that to dublin and interstate 8080 looking good in both directions. no major problems here and we have some slowing in the outside lanes as you can see. at 4:48 a.m. here's steve paulson. >>> we have a front coming in tomorrow but it will not do much for us but the heat is on the cool spot -- poolside. low pressure over the west coast and it will be a cooler day and it takes it's a dip all the way down to baja. activities in the four corners and for us is there the delta breeze? west southwest for some out to port chicago in martinas and fairfield and southwest. 30s, 40s and 50s on your attempts and i doubt these change very much on the penins

tracie potts is live on capitol hill this morning and there's also new infmation about t second accuserat do we know about that? >> the second accuser is deborah ramirez. she says in college kavanaugh exposed himself to her and he denied it. before heaid heas aware of her accusation he was contacting college classmates and they've been trying to get the text messageso the fbi as part of their investigation so far.rd and the t accuser not only said kavanaugh was a sloppy unk in alcohol but accused him of touching girls inappropriately. 's obviously absolutely denied that and there are some inconsistencies ies her sto abc has been unable to verify. >> tracie potts live for us on capitol hill. thank you. >> 4:48 right now and ben is getting a major push from a democratic heavy weight. he's running against current republican governor larry hogan. this morning the family of taquan pinkney have more answers in their sons. murd he was shot and killed last month in southeast d.c. th 18-year-old went out to buy a soda at a corner store and never cam home. yesterday d.c. police arrested 17-year-o

there's a little slowing out there, and i'm looking at the tracy commute here and you can see on the freeways that people are going to get up and go. so far nobad. of questions, we'll let it maybe there's something on highway 5 that i haven't seen, right now it looks good. traffito castro valley. it's a nice looking drive as you drive through oracle arena and the bay bridge we're getting a backup to some of the outside lanes. lets go to steve for the forecast. >>> a little rain in mendocino county. that's where it will stay, fort bragg to willis, not much will about south. this is the week system coming in. this is moisture from the last couple of days, these bands are out in the valley, around stockton and thunder showers are possible, they're farther up north, it won't impact us, you can see it's close, tracy as well, the altamont pass, that would probably cover it, in the eastern contra costa county. it will sweep south out of the picture, and there goes our low, zoom, it's out of the way. once it gets a kicker it has no problem getting out. that's what it has. 56 and 60 san franc