edward lawrence has the latest from oakland. -nats-as recovery teams continue to search the now- charred site of oakland's 'ghost ship' warehouse...the only think friends and family of the missing can do is wait. dan vega's younger brother was there with his girlfriend...when a fire tore through the two-story building friday night: (sot dan vega) if my br want to find him.karen west believes her friend was also inside: (sot karen west sun0046) i believe he was performing last evening, and he was there with his girlfriend. most of those confirmed dead so far range in age from teens to 35 years old. authorities say at least one of the victims was a 17- year-old minor...another - a deputy's son: (sot ray kelly/ alameda county sheriff's office sun0165) one of the deputies that we work with lost his son in this fire. fire.(standup: edward lawrence/ cbs news/ oakland, california) the building wasn't permitted for events like the electronic dance night...attended by 50 to 100 people. it also wasn't permitted for living...but many artis

edward lawrence has the latest from the scene. fire crews resumed search and recovery efforts at the scene of friday night's fire at a dance party in an oakland, california warehouse. thirty- six bodies have been recovered so far. twenty-six of them, positively identified.(sot)"we have nine tentative ids, and remaining."overnight, workers removed parts of a wall. one area of the gutted building, which served as an artist residence and party space, is still too unstable to search. (sot - )"there's one corner that remains unstable. that's another thing that we're gonna be doing throughout the day today is stabilizing that corner so that we can search that last section." (gfx in) property records show there were numerous complaints against the building including two just last month citing "a ton of garbage an "illegal interior building structure." (gfx out)(standup bridge:)the makeshift memorial outside the warehouse is growing with each day. people from all over - some with no connection to the fire - are stopping by to pay their re

edward lawrence is live on capitol hill. edward, what is trump saying now? >> reporter: trump loves to use twitter to get rut of comments. he's been largely quiet and unseen over the holidays but very visible on twittered. donald trump tweeting in the all-out feud between president-elect donald trump and president obama. saying president obama campaigned in very swing states and lost, saying the american voters decided to make america great again. >> secretary of state john kerry is making a speech today. what can we expect? >> secretary kerry is expected to outline his proposal on the feud between the two. and he'll defend the u.n. security council measure that was passed. he's going to counter what prime minister benjamin netanyahu says that the u.s. had no plans in writing this measure at all. but he's going to lay out a two-state option. >> edward lawrence on the hill laying out the preview for today. >>> and 4:46. this morning, his family is franticly searching for a great grandmother and 5-year-old who went missing after passing through our area. last

edward lawrence for cbs news, oakland, california. among the 36 confirmed dead, 11 have been identified. the sheriff's office is asking families to preserve victims' dna, from hair brushes and toothbrushes to help identify the bodies 3 it's day five of the 'presidential vote recount' in wisconsin. at last check, the state elections with new information about the count today, but we expect that to happen later this afternoon.you can check the elections commission site....we've got it linked to our website, cbs 58 dot com. the recount needs to be finished one week from today. 3 meanwhile, a judge this morning ordered the state of michigan to start its recount. michigan was one of three states asked to count the election votes again by green party candidate jill stein. michigan state officials had tried to delay the vote, based said the counting had to begin at noon today.a legal battle continues over stein's request for a recount in pennsylvania. the news certainly came as no surprise to milwaukee fans, but bud selig is going into baseb

anne-marie. >> edward lawrence in oakland. thank you so much, edward. >>> well, south carolina prosecutors plan to retry a former charleston police officer charged in the shooting death of a mistrial was declared yesterday in the case of former patrolman michael slager in a trial that was dominated by graphic video. don champion has our report. >> i'm not sad. >> reporter: walter scott's mother stood strong monday after a mistrial against the indication of a former north charlton police officer who killed her son. >> god is my friend. he is a just star. and injustice will not prevail. >> reporter: michael slager was fired from the department and charged with murder after the april 2015 shooting. witness video shocked the nation. shows scott getting shot five times as he ran away from slager. during the trial, slager testified he feared for his life. >> i'm on flight on the ground. mr. scott was coming after me. >> reporter: a mistrial after a juror sent the judge a letter saying, quote, in good conscious, he could thought >> i'

this was very confusing to folks here in washington. >> edward lawrence, live on capitol hill for us. edward, thank you. >>> federal agents are investigating a suspected case of bootlegging in d.c.'s capitol hill neighborhood. scott mcfarland uncovered this story yesterday. the investigation involved pirated dvds of the popular show "the west wing." worth about $2800. imported from hong kong from 2011 through 2012 and resold online. immigration and customs agents found more than 1900 dvds at a man's capitol hill home. at least 300 of them were fake. >>> an elaborate hand bag scheme lands a woman into prison time. she was sentenced for 30 months for ripping off department stores around the country. our iteam first reported in june she bought expensive bags, she'd knock off the refund and sell them online. as part of the punishment she must repay the amount of money she stole from them. >>> a vigil planned in the park where rayshand cotton's body was found. a woman found him shot and baddley burned in capitol heights. police say robbery was a possible motive. this morning two teens are

reporting live in washington on capitol hill, edward lawrence.ack to you. >> since you mentioned the foundation, any idea how long it might take to actually make that happen? >> reporter: that's the catch. it would have very quickly. however, the new york attorney general's investigating the foundation so they can't dissolve it until that investigation finishes and there is no time line on when that investigation could finish. so it may not be dissolved by the time he's sworn in as president. >> we'll see. thank you so much, edward lawrence on capitol hill. >>> 14 before the hour and developing out of jacksonville, florida, now, an investigation underway into the police shooting death of man. sheriff's deputies say the man was holding a gun when he was killed after a brief standoff. they say it began with a 911 call where he threatened to shoot himself, others and police. >> i feel bad for the families of everyone involved. i feel bad for the officers who were put in this position, but unfortunately, if you point a gun at a police officer, you ar

. >>> edward lawrence is standing by to break this down. good morning. >> good morning. the vote was supposed to be yes. it was delayed because of donald trump's tweet. also benjamin netanyahu overnight has got on on the phone working the political channels to try to stop this u.n. resolution going flew. egypt is behind the resolution. a lot of pressure being put on the egyptians and united nations to hold off on this. i was expecting that the obama administration might have abstained from the u.s. resolution meaning it would have gone through saying the israeli settlements are illegal. president-elect donald trump has said that the two israelis and palestinians need to sit down and negotiate with one another and that's how we'll get peace. >> and, edward, many are trying to figure happen. >> it sounds like donald trump's -- the cold war rhetoric that we heard out of the '80s talking about how a proliferation of nuclear weapons could hold the peace. it seems like there might be another arms race on the horizon. vladimir putin came out yesterday and said he was looking. h

edward lawrence is in oakland. good morning, edward. >> reporter: good morning, ne-m. right now fire crews are inside that building, they are hoping to finish going through it later on toy. memorial has been set up a block away outside there. very few people actually went to the hospital in this as one alameda county sheriff sergeant said, you either made it out or as recovery teams continue to search the now charred site of oakland's g th only things the friends and family of the missing with his gifr two-story building friday night. mo far range in age fromnef the victims was minor. another a deputy's son. >> thi h that. >>oreconic people. artists call the warehouse home, including caen. >> seeing everything like this orange wall of don't know. it felt like see ago monster. >> reporter: questions are nowe. had no springers. it's possible many of those inside could not find the only way out. a made of wooden pallets. the sheriff is asking people to hang on to dna sources like toothbrushes or hairbrushes. the crews are 50% of the way going through the building and tryi

edward lawrence has more on this later in our hour. >>> and a d.c. first responder and ems truck crashed. when is accident happened, the driver walked away from the fire. the driver of the jeep was hurt but is expected to be okay. >>> and seven minutes after the hour, no charges file in the crash to injury a woman and 1-year-old. montgomery county police say the woman and baby were hit on parkville drive in rockwell. the woman and baby were rushed to the hospital. >>> and this crash happened in white oak about 11:00 yesterday morning when the two cars and a van were involve d. >>> and you may run into traffic along route 1? prince william county. the crews will be out doing major road work. it's happening on jefferson davis highway near the shopping center in woodbridge. here's a look for you with chopper 4 over the area showing the work that is dead. this is going to last through next friday. >>> soon you can update your status for free on the public why fire at all the general stations. the manager gave the green light now it is a 6-minute plan. >>

i'm edward lawrence in oakland with the latest, coming up. good morning everyone.it's tuesday, december 6-th. we have a lot coming up for you this morning--- including a shopping spree with first responders and kids. kids.but the items they bought are not for them.find out all about it in just a couple of minutes. 3 but first... tracking your temperatures at this hour is meteorologist michael schlesinger. 3 ((???quick 30 second wx tease 5) 5???))forecast... today...mostly cloudy. patchy fog in the morning. highs in theupper 30s. south winds up to 5 mph shifting to the west tonight...colder. partly cloudy. lows in the lower 20s. westwinds 10 to 15 mph. wednesday...colder. mostly cloudy. highs in the mid 20s. westwinds 10 to 15 mph with gusts to around 30 mph. wednesday night...mostly cloudy. lows around 18. west winds10 to 15 mph. thursday...cloudy. highs in the mid 20s. west winds 15 to 20 mph.thursday night...mostly cloudy. lows around 18. friday...partly sunny. highs in the lower 20s. 3 new this morning ... a car crashes into a house in wes

edward lawrence is in oakland. good morning, edward. >> reporter: good morning, anne-marie. right now, fire crews are inside on today. a make-shift memorial has been set up a block away outside there. very few people actually went to the hospital in this. as one alameda county sheriff sergeant said, you either made it out or you didn't. as recovery teams continue to search the now charred site of oakland's ghost ship warehouse, the only thing the friends and family of the missing can do is wait. this man was there with his through the two-story building friday night. >> my brother is in there and i want to find him. >> reporter: most of those confirmed dead so far range in age from teens to 35 years old. authorities say at least one of the victims was a 17-year-old minor. another, a deputy's son. >> one of our deputies that we work with, lost his son in this fire. and so we are still dealing with that. >> reporter: the building wasn't electronic dance party held here that night attended by 50 to 100 people. it also wasn't permitted for living but many artists called the ware

we'll speak to edward lawrence with more in just a few minutes berlin this morning where the christmas markets are closed. it's still a mess at the scene where a tractor-trailer drove into one of the markets. 12 people are dead. isis is now claiming responsibility for the act of terror. and german police say whoever drove that truck into the crowd is somewhere out there right now. they arrested a 23-year-old man yesterday and then said they didn't have enough evidence against him. they had to let him go. one of germany's top detectives said he believes they will have somebody in custody soon. >>> and the death toll is rising after a fireworks explosion in mexico. >> let's go back to erika gonzalez at the live desk for an update. >> yeah, this is new information we have for you this morning. now we know 29 people were killed in that massive explosion at a fireworks market. it is still just shocking to look at and listen to. just horrific display in city yesterday. in addition to the 29 people killed, 72 are hurt. there's also a growing list of missing people, including a 1-year-old. nbc

in just a few minutes, nbc's edward lawrence will have details on where trump stands in setting up his cabinet with three positions left to fill. >>> today is the second day of hanukkah, last night hundreds of people attended the national menorah lighting in d.c. it was held on the elipse near the white house, it's called the world's biggest menorah. the ceremony including music, dancing, spinning dreidel games and potato latkes. hanukkah is celebrated through january 1st. [ ♪ ♪ ] >>> today's the start of kwanzaa, an african-american and pan-african holiday t celebrates and culture. it honors a different principle each day. there will be performances from the kumba kids and the west african dance company. >>> right now, metrorail and bus are running 0en a sunday schedule. trains will only be in service until midnight tonight. all metro access runs are canceled for today. >>> university of maryland is playing an important game today. >>> the terps are in detroit for the quick lane bowl. taking on boston college at 2:30 this afternoon. it's head coach dj durkin's first year in charge. he

news 4's edward lawrence is on capitol hill working on getting us more details on this developing story. we will check in with him in a few minutes. >>> we are also follow a developing story in prince george's county where police are investigating a murder at a home on byers street in capitol heights. last night someone shot a man just before 9:00, he was rushed to the hospital but died. police say they're speaking with people who were inside that house at the time of the shooting. no word yet on a suspect or a the pain of losing a loved one is impossible to forget. when one man heard about the murder of a d.c. yoeg da instructor trish is that mccauley he thought about his own daughter. his daughter charn niece milton was 27 years old when she was killed last year. she was walking home from work when she was struck by a bullet meant for someone else. he believes witnesses are reluctant to come forward because he believes the suspect might quickly be out on the streets quickly. he understands why his loved ones are urging the judge to keep her accused killer dwayne johnson locked up. >>

edward lawrence on capitol hill for us.> marijuana and opioids are likely to be big topics when virginia's general assembly reconvenes next month. adults convicted of simple possession of marijuana would keep their driver's licenses. that's instead of facing the six months suspension that currently comes with a conviction. another proposal would allow people to get convictions expunged from their records for what might be considered youthful indiscretions. the opioid crisis is also addressed in the budget amendments. >>> a state of emergency has been declared in a town in south eastern michigan after a massic sink hole opened up there. you can see where one home is partially collapsed because of this. people who live in nearly two dozen homes have had to evacuate. they got a call on friday after a homeowner felt his house sinking into the ground. it's not clear just how big that sink hole is. but engineers think it may have started because of a possible sewer failure below the home. >>> we are getting brand new video of an

. >> "today in the bay's" edward lawrence is live in washington with what donald trump is now tweeting about the transition process. good morning, edward. >> reporter: good morning sam and kira. here we go again, donald trump tweeted out yesterday that the transition is not going smoothly. then last night when he talked to reporters, he said that it is. president-elect donald trump backed off a tweet saying the transition turned from smooth to rocky. >> our staffs are getting along very well. i'm getting along very well with him other than a couple of statements that i responded to. we talked about it and smiled about it. >> reporter: the president-elect says president obama called him from hawaii. a transition spokesman clarified the up-and-down transition road. >> any transition is not going to be 100% smooth. >> reporter: a new riff with israel at the end of president obama's turn isn't helping. >> terrorism, excitement, the seemingly endless occupation are combining to destroy hopes for peace on both sides. >> some democrats also question the timing and focus of the speech saying i

"today in the bay's" edward lawrence is live in washington watching all of this unfold. edward, what are you hearing on capitol hill? pardon me, this is pete suratos with a live look at what's going on in san francisco. pete, as we just mentioned, two diplomats being kicked out of the city. what are you hearing locally this morning? >> reporter: good morning to you, kira. a federal source is telling nbc bay area at least two russian officials have been ordered to leave the consulate you see behind me here in san francisco by this weekend. of course, this is a part of the heavy sanctions on russia being handed down by president obama. it's being called a forceful response to russia's cyber attack on the u.s. the intelligence community claims it influenced the past presidential election. the president wants 35 russian diplomats including those in cities like right here in san francisco and in washington, d.c. out of the country by this weekend. employees at the consulate in san francisco -- wouldn't comment on plans to leave only calling the order, quote, unfriendly. but so

"today in the bay's" edward lawrence live in washington, d.c.h the new details we're learning about this investigation. good morning, edward. >> reporter: good morning. right now there's a manhunt going on in berlin. they do believe the attacker is still on the loose and armed. initially there was somebody who was arrested this morning. but that person has been deemed -- they weren't certain that person was actually the driver of this truck. they do believe that the attacker, it was the driver of the truck, is still on the loose. 12 people, as you said, have been killed. 48 more injured. of those 48, there's many of them in critical condition, so the death toll could rise. one o of the folks found dead was found in the passenger seat of the 18-wheeler. it's believed that that passenger was actually the original driveer of the truck and the attacker killed the driver, stole the truck and went on this rampage. witnesses say the tractor-trailer came at 40 miles an hour into the crowd into this christmas parked area. they had a lot of people bustlin

edward lawrence live on capitol hill for us. thank you. >> 5:53. let's turn to the team tracking your weather and traffic. melissa mollet. >> the thing is you guys could both do it. >> ask my better half how well i navigate through trachlkt just leave me alone, i've got that. how many times have i heard that. >>> skies are mostly clear. our nearby neighbor on the right side of the screen. quiet day so fafrmt temperatures are seasonably cold. 34 now for the current temperature. we'll be in the low 30s for the next couple of up near 50 for a time today. increasing clouds. but for weather impacts, no worries today. we'll be 100% dry through at least 10:00 tonight. a little bit of rain started to sneak in and for tomorrow, rain likely. a 90% chance before noontime. showers up and down the i-95 corridor. could have flight days. the biggest impact will be on sunday. christmas day there could be heavy snow in the upper midwest. keep that in mind. locally our weather will be nice and quiet. look at all that rain going into seattle, portland. here's the mid

edward lawrence has more. >> reporter: he's been out of sight but very visible on twitter. he's saying, "president obama cam paired hard in very important swing states and lost. the voters wanted to make america great again". >> this partisan rivalry, if you will. >> reporter: advisers to comments may seem divisive but he really wants to heal the company. >> he's about unifying the country. >> reporter: competitive on the world stage as well as mr. trump's stance on israel defies the current administration. secretary of state john kerry will defend president barack obama's decision not to veto the u.n. resolution on israeli settlements in a speech later today. >> mr. netanyahu knows very well that he has a choice to make. >> reporter: planned settlements in east jerusalem were halted ahead of secretary kerry's speech. >> we were told by the chairman of the committee that the prime minister asked to postpone it. >> reporter: republicans remain critical. >> we should not be in the position where we've got, frankly, not just republicans but democrats as well disagreeing with t

edward lawrence, back to you. >>> thank you.a state of emergency has been declared for a town in southeast michigan after a massive sinkhole opened up two. people in moat row detroit were forced to evacuate after the sinkhole caused one home to partially collapse. investigators say it began forming on friday night. they believe it started because of a sewer failure 60 feet below the damaged home. >>> 5:16. a distraught man threatening police was shot and killed by officers in florida. sheriff's deputies say the 61-year-old man had called 911 and threatened to shoot himself, others and police. investigators say that man was found inside an rv behind a family home where he lived after a standoff, deputies say the suspect came out with a hand gun and would not put it down prompting police officers to open fire. >>> ice and snow wreaking havoc in the midwest during this holiday weekend. in eastern iowa, it was a wet and soggy christmas as heavy rains and high winds chilled the air and soaked the roads. a blizzard in south dakota whe

. >> edward lawrence joining us live with more. >> president-elect donald trump saying that it's then-again, off-again relationship again saying he had a nice conversation as you heard with president obama and now things have been smoothed over. the transition spokesman said that not every transition is 100% smooth but the new administration and current administration have much rale respect for one another. >> tell me about this, is it an award, an honor that president obama beating donald trump out in 2016? what is that about? >> we'll have to wait and see if the tweets come out about this. president obama actually was awarded the most admired person of 2016. it's a gallop poll that's taking place. an open ended question as to who is the most admired person. there's in one answer given. president obama got 22%, president-elect donald trump got 15%. incidentally the most admired woman was hillary clinton. she won for the 15th straight time. >> edward lawrence on capitol hill for us this >>> storm team4 weather alert day around here. let's check in with meteorologist amelia draper. >>

live in washington, edward lawrence. back to you. >> a lot of business ties to tie up.thank you very much. >>> the search continues for a shooter who opened fire outside a san francisco night club early christmas morning. two people were injured in that shooting. we are told they were both recovering this morning. it all happened early sunday morning outside the grand night club south of bryant on fourth street. not too far away from at&t park. police found two men on the sidewalk, both of whom were suffering from gun shot wounds. there was a christmas eve event going on at that time. >> high speeds could be to blame for a deadly accident in sonoma county. a 21-year-old motorcyclist was killed after being broad sided by a pick-up truck. it happened 10:00 saturday night. the two people in the truck were unharmed. chp officers shut down parts of the road three hours during their investigation. >>> scary moments at an east bay restaurant on christmas. 30 customers were evacuated from a chinese restaurant when a fire ignited in the kitchen. the fire was reported around 7:00

edward lawrence is live with the latest on this president transition. edward, good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning, sam and kira. a lot going on this morning. right now president-elect trump's transition tooechl opened a war room here in washington, d.c. in order to help cabinet picks get confirmed in the u.s. senate. the president-elect himself may want to use the war room to help answer questions about conflicts of interest. >> president-elect donald trump via twitter tackles foreign policy and business conflicts this week as the country awaits more cabinet picks. the trump foundation controversy is creating a stir among critics who believe a conflict of interest is unavoidable. >> as we say, with the new york attorney general, lots of people nipping at his heels, the businesses he refuses to divest from. >> analysts say he needs to completely separate himself from his for-profit business. >> friends don't take friends to the security council. >> problems in israel may be one of the first issue to confront. the president-elect condemned the u

nbc's edward lawrence breaks it down for us in capitol hill.tweet saying the transition turned from smooth to rocky. >> well our staffs are getting along very well. and i'm getting along very well with him. other than a couple of statements. and i responded to him and we talked about it and smiled about it. >> the president-elect says president obama called him from hawaii. a transition spokesman clarified the up and down transition road. >> any transition it's not going to be 100% smooth. but there's absolute respect between president obama and president-elect. >> a new rift with israel at the end of president obama's term isn't helping. >> terrorism, incitement. settlement expansion and the seemingly endless occupation. they are combining to destroy hopes for peace on both sides. some democrats also questioned the timing and focus of the siege. saying it's now up to president-elect trump to mend support for the only stable democracy in the middle east. >> he gave an eloquent defense of the importance of a two-state time criticizing settlement

edward lawrence monitored that for us. he joins us now from capitol hill. >> it was a long one. the president says that he's responsible for where his administration scre the successes are shared. he wanted to talk more about his legacy, but had to address russia and the hacking incidents before the election. >> good afternoon. >> in his last news conference of the year, president obama says russian hacking contributed to an atmosphere that got donald trump elected. but stopped short of saying it was the reason republicans won. mr. obama adds he warned russian president vladimir putin directly. >> tell him to cut it out, there could be serious consequences if he didn't. in fact, we did not see further tampering of the election process. >> new tonight, the cia says it has agreement from the fbi and director of national intelligence that the russians worked to help get trump elected. president obama says the u.s. will retaliate at the time and place of its choosing. >> our goal continues to be to send a clear message to russia or others not to do this to us because we can do stuff

as news4's edward lawrence explains, the action is receiving bipartisan support. >> president obama used an executive order to take sweeping action against russia for repeated hacks during the presidential campaign. security experts believe this sends a message. >> it will have ramifications not only for president putin, but any other nation that tries in the future to interfere in our election. >> the obama administration expelled 35 russian intelligence operatives, closed russian-owned buildings in maryland and new york, and sanctioned russian intelligence agencies, as well as businesses that provided support for russian hacking. the move has bipartisan support in congress. >> i think the sanctions need to go beyond what we did today. we need to name putin as an individual and because nothing happens in russia without his knowledge. >> others question the timing, saying the action should have happened before the election. president-elect donald trump issued a statement saying it's time for our country to move on to bigger and better things. it goes on to say he'll meet with the intelli

. >> nbc's edward lawrence is live on capitol hill now. edward, will donald trump push for that once he gets into office? >> reporter: aaron, it doesn't seem so. his staff tried to walk back that plan but it seems like now donald trump is trying to reaffirm that. he used the attack on the christmas market in berlin to show he was, quote, 100% correct when he says he wants to either have a muslim registry or a ban coming into this country. he is not backing down from this even though his staff might be walking back a little bit. >> edward, let's turn to the diplomatic relations between russia and the u.s. the state department responding to the russians saying dialogue between two countries is what did they say? >> eun, this is a complete spriez for the state department. they pointed to the fact that on tuesday secretary of state john kerry spoke to his counterpart. the pent gone says they have ongoing discussions talking about the syrian conflict. this was a complete surprise to folks in washington. >> edward lawrence live on capitol hill. t

. >> nbc's news correspondent edward lawrence joins us to explain. good morning, edward. >> reporter: good morning, sam and laura. big day for donald trump. instead of talking to reporters about his plans for foreign policy or other mat terts and taking questions, the president-elect went to twitter. from a new arms race to corporate competition, president-elect donald trump used to twitter to start a lot of people talking. mr. trump chimed in on foreign policy saying the united states must greatly strengthen and expand its nuclear capability. >> this tweet may have started a new nuclear arms race. >> not trying to change a policy through twitter. other people are nuclear capable, that's not abating, not like we're going to tell them please stop doing that because we said so. he wants him to be prepared. >> reporter: russian president vladimir putin said his strategy will be to strengthen nuclear strategies. the state department disagrees adding president obama viewed the reduction in nuclear weapons as a path towards peace. >> nobody has walk away fr

. >> edward lawrence joining us live from washington, d.c. th the latest on the presidential transition. edward, good morning. >> good morning, sam and kira. a lot going on right now. the president-elect's transition team opened a war room actually in washington, d.c. it's designed to help his cabinet nominee get core fir! hearing, help with questions and some of the issues talked about in the confirmation hearing. the president-elect may also want to use that war room to help him answer questions about conflicts of interest. >> president-elect donald trump via twitter tackled foreign policy and business conflicts as the country awaiting more cabinet picks. there are critics who believe a conflict of interest is unavoidable. >> they say with the new york attorney general, that they'll be lots of people nipping at his heels in every part of this business empire that he refuses to divest from. >> analysts say mr. trump needs to completely separate himself from his for-profit business before he starts working on world affairs. >> friends don't ta

"today in the bay's" edward lawrence is live in washington watching all this unfold. edward, what are you hearing on capitol hill this morning. >> reporter: sam and kira, exactly, we heard from vladimir putin saying he does reserve the right to retaliate. at this point he's not going to stoop, these are his words, to irresponsible diplomacy. he goes on to say he will not expel the u.s. diplomats. he also will not prevent their families from enjoying holiday spots for the new year's eve celebration. president obama used an executive order to take sweeping action against russia for repeated hacks during the presidential campaign. security experts believe this sends a message. >> it will have ramifications not only for president putin but any other nation that tries in the future to interfere in our election. >> the obama administration expelled 35 russian intelligence operatives, closed russian-owned buildings in maryland and new york and sanctioned russian intelligence agencies as well as businesses that provided support for russian hacking. the move has bipartisan supp

reporting live in washington, edward lawrence, back to you. >> thank you very much, edward. it is 6:07 right now. the new year will mean steeper fines for commuters caught illegally parking their cars in b.a.r.t. parking lots. right now it's a $35 fine for anyone parking in a daily spot without paying. january 2nd it goes up to $55. if you get caught parking in a space that requires a permit, $75 will be your fee up from the current $40. for repeat offenders, five or more citations in the same year will cost an additional $100. the new fines were approved in february. >>> good thursday morning. it is 6:08. as you head out, it is chilly. we are only at 34 degrees now in fairfield, 31 in napa. some spots below freezing. we're dealing with some fog also in parts of the north bay. so freezing temperatures and fog. that may create some icy spots on the roadways. elsewhere it's well above freezing, oakland 47 degrees. 43 in palo alto and san jose. 42 degrees now. it's nice, cool and quiet now. we're tracking a couple of storm systems across the region. one as you head down to l.a.

live in washington, edward lawrence, back to you, sam and laura. >> thank you very much, edward. >>> 6:38. this has been a mystery for weeks. now we know what is to blame for a community thanksgiving dinner that turned deadly. you may recall three people died after thanksgiving celebration at the american legion hall in antioch. the cdc is pointing to a bacteria in some of the food that was served. it is one of the most common food born illnesses in the u.s. to avoid it, make sure you cook and store food at proper temperatures. >>> a mod des stow man man pled guilty to a high end wine theft. he pleaded guilty to transported the wine back in 2014. two other businesses were also targeted. the stolen wine was worth nearly $900,000. prosecutors say he and another suspect arranged to ship some to north carolina where it was later discovered. the other suspect had not yet entered a plea. >>> a followup on a story you may remember from this past fall. two contra costa county firefighters accused of picking a fight with responding police officers are facing more charges. it all happened back

there are concerns that the terror group wants to inspire s nbc's edward lawrence with the details. >> reporter: a special nypd police team patrols times square. shoppers holding bags at another area in the city mingle l with officers holding assault rifles. this same scene in philadelphia. >> we don't want to alarm people unnecessarily but we'll be out there. >> i'm not going to let it steal my christmas joy. >> reporter: chicago, a christmas market similar to the one outside berlin, germany, shoppers say they won't live in fear. the same feeling for angela benson at a christmas market in washington, d.c. >> you have to go on. we can't stop living and just be aware of what's around us. >> reporter: last november, the state department issued a warning for americans traveling overseas highlighting the potential of a truck attack. >> we wanted americans to really be vigilant if they were going to travel over the holiday season. >> reporter: isis claimed responsibility for the attack outside of berlin that killed 12 people. >> got to rely only law enforcement in the intelligence services

"today in the bay's" edward lawrence live from washington with the latest on the investigation into this heinous attack. good morning. >> good morning, sam. we've learned within the last 15 minutes, police believe they have the wrong man. apparently police investigators are telling the media in germany that the person they have in custody does not have any gunshot residue on him. they do believe that the attacker in this case is still on the loose and armed and dangerous. so there's now a manhunt going on in germany, in berlin for the person that committed this. 12 people are dead, 48 others are injured. some of those injuries are critical. so the death toll could actually rise in this. there was a passenger found in the cab of the van. that passenger is found dead. it's now believed that passenger was, in fact, the original driver of the 18-wheeler. the attacker then killed that driver and stole the 18-wheeler to commit this crime. witnesses say that the 18-wheeler came at about 40 miles an hour into this group of holiday revellers, people who were celebrating, shopping at a christmas m

nbc's edward lawrence is live on capitol hill now. edward, there are no credible threats here in the u.s., so why are police mobilizing like this? >> reporter: it's a situation where they want to be prepared and visible to be a deterrent if something could happen. in new york city, a special squad is patrolling times square. shoppers with bags and other areas of the city are mingling with police officers carrying assault rifles. it's the same scene in philadelphia where the police commissioner says he doesn't want to alarm people unnecessarily, but they want to be out there. chicago, dallas, los angeles, also here in washington, d.c., you will notice more police presence at the area where people shop for those holiday gifts. and also where they congregate in public areas for this holiday celebration. >> all right. hill for us this morning. thank you, edward. >>> it is now time to check the forecast right now. it is a cold start on this wednesday morning for us. >> busy on the roads, too. chuck bell will tell us what it's going to take

news 4's edward lawrence is on the last hour. >> in the last 30 minutes we've learned that the russian foreign minister sergey lavrov has submitted a plan to vladimir putin so expel 35 u.s. diplomats from russia. they have dismissed the accusations and sanctions that the u.s. levied said it's just an aggressive u.s. policy. they did vow that there will be counter measures. >>> edward, president-elect donald trump he has praised russia's president, downplayed the hacking allegations. what could he do once he takes office in 20 days? we did see that brief statement he released yesterday but what it didn't have in it was the action he would take when he takes officeg]6 in three weeks >> exactly. it's up to really the president elect because this was done through executive order. the executive order can be overturned by the new president coming in but there will be some pressure because the sanctions had bipartisan support so there will be some pressure for president-elect trump to keep maybe all or some of the still no telling what he will do at the moment. he says next week he's going t

reporting live on capitol hill, edward lawrence, now back to you, jim. >> thank you, edward. now to a controversial move within donald trump's transition. he intends to nominate bankruptcy attorney david friedman as u.s. ambassador to israel. friedman has served as mr. trump's attorney on matters that involve atlantic city casinos. friedman is considered hard right on matters that involve israeli politics and supports moving the u.s. embassy from tel aviv to jerusalem. he has also been critical of the moderate jewish american group j-street. today, j-street announces it opposes friedman's nomination. >> a guilty plea from a man who made online threats against local high school students. he was tried under a new law in maryland. chris gordon has more on the case and the big role prince george's county played in getting the law passed. >> it was just a month ago on november 15th that high point high school today, the young man responsible pleaded guilty and was sentenced in court. prince george's county state's attorney discovered just a few years ago that maryland had no law m

. >>> edward lawrence live on capitol hill for us. edward, thank you. >>> intelligence sources tell nbc news president obama used a so-called red phone in the days before the election to issue a stern warning to russia about its cyber attacks. the red phone is a direct line connecting washington to moscow. it was used to reinforce the president's warningo putin that the u.s. would consider any interference on election day a grave matter. a senior intelligence official tells nbc news the message to russia was muddled and had no clear warning about the consequences. >>> today a bombing suspect is appearing in court. rahami accused of setting off home made bombs in new york and new jersey later this year. he's in court on separate charges he tried to murder police officers when he was captured months ago. dozens were hurt when one of those bombs went off in manhattan. rahami could face life in prison if convicted. >>> now to a developing story. investigators trying to figure how a man's body ended up at brook road park in capitol heights.

"today in the bay's" edward lawrence live in washington this morning to explain how trump's next tweet ended up costing a huge defense contractor more than a billion dollars. good morning, edward. >> reporter: good morning, laura and sam. you never know what donald trump is going to tweet. he had a very busy day yesterday. instead of talking to reporters about foreign affairs, policies and other matters and letting them ask questions, donald trump turned to twitter. >> from a new arms race to corporate competition, president-elect donald trump used twitter to start a lot of people talking. he chimed in on foreign policy saying the united states must greatly something then and expand its nuclear capability. >> this tweet may have started a new nuclear arms race. >> not trying to change policy through twitter. other people are nuclear capable. it's not like we'll tell them please stop doing that because we said so. he wants us to be rard. >> russian president vladimir putin agreed. in a speech he said his objective in 2017 will be to strengthen his nuclear strategy. nuclear missiles serv

edward lawrence joins us with a look at what's next. good morning, edward. >> reporter: good morning, laura. there was a deal that this would happen, and it fell apart. the vote in the north carolina senate wasn't even close. it was 16-32 against repealing the law. the north carolina house didn't even bring the bill up at least. the north carolina special session ended. there was a lot of protest in the chamber and outside. the actual sticking point on this was a provision in the bill that would ban other cities in the state of north carolina from passing their own version of the bathroom bill, that north carolina lost millions of dollars because of this. the ncaa pulled out of seven different championship games that were going to be played in the state, concerts have been canceled, and the nba will no longer play an all-star game scheduled to play in charlotte. the center for american progress estimates that north carolina lost about $88 million because of the boycott and also the cancellati cancellation. live in washington, edward lawr

"today in the bay's" edward lawrence joins us live from washington with details on terror concerns here in america. edward, what are you hearing? >> reporter: sam and laura, it's important to note first that there is no credible threat against the united states at all. in fact, police say that they want to take no chances. a special nypd police team patrols times square. shoppers holding bags at another area in the city mingle with officers holding assault rifles. the same scene in philadelphia. >> we don't want to alarm people unnecessarily, but we'll be out there. >> i'm not going to let it steal my christmas joy. >> reporter: in chicago at a christmas market similar to the one attacked yesterday outside berlin, germany, shoppers san jose they won't be scared out of living, the same feeling for angela benson at a christmas marked in washington, d.c. >> you have to go on. we can't stop living and we should be aware of what's around us. >> reporter: last november the state department issued a warning for americans traveling overseas highlighting the potential of a truck attack. >> we wa

. >> as usual, "today in the bay's" edward lawrence is live in washington, d.c. for us to show us how the president-elect has now taken his battle with the current president to social media. >> exactly, sam and kira. a big storm cloud coming. there's a difference of opinion that happened over israel. now that's turned into a feud between president-elect donald trump and president obama. >> reporter: the future president has been out of sight over the holidays, but very visible on twitter. he's taking on the current president directly saying president obama campaigned hard in important swing states and lost. the voters wanted to make america great again. >> it's part of american rivalry, partisan rivalry. >> reporter: behind closed doors, advisers to president-elect donald trump say his comments may seem divisive, but he really wants to heal the country. >> if you talk to the president-elect he's about unifying the nation, but he's a competitive guy. >> democrats don't buy it saying he's pushing an israeli agenda rather than allowing the sitting president to finis