potts? >> i adamantly deny that i was ever there, period. >> reginald potts appears to be insulted they even ask. >> and i can tell you you're lying. >> nailah? he was nowhere near her, he said, the day she vanished. >> i was not in her apartment on the 18th, period. >> or her apartment building? >> or apartment building. >> of course they told him they had evidence. >> distinctive bentley in her [ bleep ] parking garage or building. >> that's it. >> and i can tell you, that's a lie. >> a police frame-up, to which the detectives said -- >> reginald, do you understand about videotapes? there's cameras. >> yes, including nailah's apartment building. and there is reginald, plain as day with nailah. arriving and leaving with her on that very day she disappeared. >> so you knew he was there? >> yes. >> but reginald? doubled down on his denial. >> i am certain that i am nowhere near inside of nailah franklin's apartment building. >> accused the police of fabricating evidence. >> you've been very c

host: joining us is nina-maria potts, who is feature news story editor. welcome to washington journal. --what kindy news of organization is that? guest: we are a television and radio and broadcast agency headquartered in washington d.c. i am ahead -- i am the head of news and we have 17 euros globally in the report for lots of different networks around the world and sash around the world. -- report for lots of different news stations and networks around the world. the prime minister of britain, theresa may, becomes donald trump's very first visitor as president. the is the significance of british prime minister meeting with president trump first out of the chute? guest: for the brits, it was important. for theresa may, it was risky. she is under a great deal of domestic scrutiny, pressure. she could not appear to be too craven and to desperate for a trader with the united states as britain moves -- departs from the european union. it is looking to build and forge global trade deals bilateral deals. it was little that it was a little risky. obama at the ti

tracie potts will explain the role the british prime minister will have at the retreat in philadelphia. >>> we are following a developing story investigating a deadly pedestrian crash on what's being called a dangerous roadway. this happened on indian head highway at barry road just before 8:00 last night. this is the 15th person 20 die on indian head highway since 2014. you may remember last week we told you about a aaa study that detailed how deadly that road has been. >>> right now, this 19-year-old woman is missing. this is chelsea hill. she was last seen at her home on madison street located across from center street and carver park. call police if you know where she might be. >>> this morning, many children, mothers and fathers are waking up homeless in fairfax county and d.c. leaders are working more to find out about these individuals and how the to help them. this is the work that went on well into the night in d.c. mayor bowser led volunteer teams around the city to record information from homeless people about their experiences and circumstances. >>> it's now 4:32. we want t

owner david potts, who had play lumber jack to get out, suspects the tree was weaken by the drought. sot david potts/home and truck damaged by tree once again, mountain roads like granite creek in scotts valley are swamped amid dozens of new rock and mud slides. the water is undermining culverts and driveways. and here in paradise park, also along the san lorenzo river, a few low lying garages are under water, but the river stopped just short of causing serious damage and the worst is over, at least for now. hollister is experiencing another wave of heavy flooding. pacheco creek began overflowing just before one p-m this afternoon. causing the levee gave way again. you can see the flooding in this video from our helicoptor partnership with abc7. residents on lovers lane and san felipe road were forced to evacuate for the second time in two weeks. heavy rainfall is expected to continue through the weekend. pit has been raining off and on through out the day all across the bay area. in the east bay, there have been reports of downed trees and flooded roadways. kron 4's charles clifford

owner david potts, who had play lumber jack to get out, suspects the tree was weaken by the drought. sot david potts/home and truck damaged by tree once again, mountain roads like granite creek in scotts valley are swamped amid dozens of new rock and mud slides. the water is undermining culverts and driveways. and here in paradise park, also along the san lorenzo river, a few low lying garages are under water, but the river stopped just short of causing serious damage and the worst is over, at least for now. standup closer and many people across the bay area are still recovering from the flooding caused by recent storms. kron four's jeff pierce shows us a street in san francisco that's now facing sewer issues. >> reporter:residents of the one hundred block of cayuga avenue were trying to salvage what they could after their street flooded from a backed up sewer line. one resident took these images of water that innundated the. street. it's four eighteen in the morning. the man holes just popped. at four in the morning we heard the gurgling from the toilet. this time we were able to mo

. >> tracie potts will have details on what he told congressional leaders last night, coming up in a few minutes. >> right now, storms are battering parts of the northeast. >> a nor'easter is causing a whole lot of problems, outages and delays. let's check in >> we have new video in. this comes to us out of new york. you can see how bad the flooding is there. in the rockaways, new york city, storm search inundated, several inches of water in porches and storefronts. we also have a look at what it did to new jersey. major waves. very rough surf, beating up the jersey shore as the storm strenlt thenned along the east coast. the coast guard saying the winds were gusting at up to 60 miles per hour in parts of that area. the storm, it isn't done yet. more wind and rain and snow and ice is expected in new england where they already have thousands without power this morning. >> aaron? >> thank you. it is now 4:32. let's get another check on your weather and traffic? >> chuck bell and sheena parveen here with us. >> yesterday was as ugly as it possible coul around 1:00, 2:00, a miserable day

by tomorrow morning, it feels like 42 in philadelphia, it's 34 in potts town to start the day. then it gets colder. 5:00, it's feeling like 27 in potts town. 25 in doyles town. 28 in trenton. the warm spots are feeling like it's in the 30s. that's a change. it gets colder yet. friday night, we're feeling like we're closer to 20. now, it's not going to be anything like last weekend. but it's going to be a whole lot colder than today. 7:00 a.m. saturday 18 feels like temperature in doyles town and it stays feeling like the 20s all day saturday. saturday is going to feel like winter. here's that area of showers we've been watching with the cold front starting to weaken. and the computer models do show it breaking up, falling apart. and here are the actual temperatures going down. by morning. into the 30s and 40s. and then not really going up at all. actually going down by tomorrow evening like you just saw. not only is the temperature down, but it's still windy all day. and then we watch a system coming in from the west. and that may bring some snow. it's likely to bring it to was

tracie potts has more. >> reporter: the nation's capitol the back drop for an historic moment. donald j. tkrufpl, the reality tv star who critics said would never survive in politics becomes the 45th president of the united states. >> there's never been a movement like this. and it is something they, very special. and we're going to unify our country. >> reporter: the washington outsider embracing its traditions, focusing on the future. >> four years from now, the next time we're going to win the old-fashion said way. >> reporter: there's heavy security in washington today. 100 blocks of the city shut down. boats and planes restricted. authorities expect as many as 100 demonstrations. >> i love this country. i'm not going to let these people ruin it. >> reporter: mr. trump begins without one cap net member approved he is expected to reverse president obama's executive orders on immigration and trade. the speech is said to be 20 minutes long, written by mr. trump as well. >> it is an elegant, beautiful, powerful speech. it is is beautifully written and powerfully delivered. >> t

tracie potts is live on capitol hill to break this down for us. >> reporter: certainly the war on terror, the fight against isis. britain has been a partner, the situation in syria, but top on the agenda, especially for the new prime minister is economic cooperation with the u.s. she's come here to try to secure a one on one u.s. after xi they exit the european union. this is something that president trump has talked about during his campaign and now they get to sit down to see if they can work something out. we'll get to hear from both sides. they've also got a lunch planned at the white house today. >> this whole wall issue has been front and center and president trump keeps saying that mexico is going to pay for it and mexico's president is reacting. what's going to happen with that? >> reporter: that has republicans worried now. mexico's president has cancelled his meeting here next week. president trump made it sound like it was a mutual decision between the two of them saying that the meeting is fruitless if they're not going to talk about him paying for the wall. it's something ex

signed 10 executive orders, including five yesterday we'll check in with today in the bay's tracie potts at 6:30. as we wait for president trump to sign the next rounds of orders. >>> breaking news out of pennsylvania. a huge sinkhole. you see the truck almost falling in. no reports of injury or what caused it. >>> east bay parents angry over the closing of several schools. st. lawrence o'toole elementary voiced their on opposition. the die the sees says they are thousands of dollars in debt due to low enrollment. >> as a nation in a racial divide, you don't expect to be mistreated in the church setting. it feels like somehow there is a disconnect. >> we certainly hope they are able to find a place in of the other seven schools in the oakland diocese. >>> the diocese says it has room to accommodate the more than 600 students who will will need a new school in the fall. >>> new details now on the mysterious death of two people in a berkeley apartment. we're learning more a married couple found dead inside their home. there are no signs of foul play. but neighbors are giving notable clues.

tracie potts will break down the controversial change that could up end decades of u.s. policy. >>> san antonio's police chief is calling a shooting inside a mall senseless. one person is dead and several others were injured. police say two people tried to rob a kay jewelers store. a good samaritan tried to stop the robbery ands was shot and killed. another person who had a permit for a concealed weapon with shot one of the suspects. that suspect is in critical condition. the other suspect was arrested. >>> united airlines is flying again this morning. domestic flights were grounded due to a computer outage last night. the faa says that had outage came down to on low bandwidth. united says international flights were not affected by the ground stop. it took close to and around the country resumed around 9:00 last night. >>> patriots and falcons fans are waking up happy this morning. >> look. >> we're going to see a lot of that. new england and atlanta just won their conference championships. they're facing off in super bowl li in two weeks. patriots quarterback tom brady

tra tracie potts joins us from capitol hill. are we going to learn anything new today? >> we might not, but he may. the president wanted this report by january 20th. it's coming in early. he will get briefed on that. the intelligence community is here on the hill to talk to the armed services committee. at some point, the intelligent committee is expected to hold a hearing or at leastet >>> tracie, the "wall street journal" is reporting president trump wants to revamp things. >> the trump team is pushing back on that a bit. remember back in 2004, that's the group, the office that was organized to oversee all the intelligence agencies a few years after 9/11. now the report from the "wall street journal" says president-elect trump wants to reorganize that, including some cuts at the cia. still based on sources at this point, the trump transition team pushing back saying, yes, there are discussions going on about what that office will entail, how these intelligence agencies will be organized, but nothing final. >> tracie, thank you. >>> 4:47 now, donald trump's inauguratio

tracie potts is going to join us in about another 15 minutes or so talk about what comes next. one republican senator, rand paul, voted against the measure. he said repealing the law adds trillions of dollars to the new he says that's not the change republicans promise. >>> nearly a million people expected to flood into the district next week for president-elect donald trump eeps inauguration. >> many will be here to watch the ceremony on friday, but it is the day after that many d.c. leaders are focusing on right now. d.c. councilman charles allen tells news 4 there have been more permit requests for the women's march on saturday than on inauguration day. he says there have been 200 permit requests for tour buses for inauguration day. the day after has about 1800 requests. the hearing is scheduled for 9:30 this morning to go over safety plans for next weekend. and for everything you need to know about inauguration day, search trump transition in the nbc washington app. >>> and president-elect trump is tweeting for the first time since his news conference yesterday. overnight,

for more we're joined by nbc's tracie potts. tracie, what more can we expect this morning? >> reporter: a lot of questions about this $2600 that he purchased in stocks in a medical device company around the time that he also introduced legislation to roll back some regulations that would affect that company. now the trump transition team says they have it all wrong, and they say this is a purchase by a broker and he was not aware of that purchase until several weeks later and he reported it and had been working on the legislation a year before, and it's raising questions likely to come up at the health panel hearing today where they will be looking at whether or not he should be confirmed. there's another hearing happening next week before the senate finance committee. >> tracie potts there in washington. thank you. >>> after a month long manhunt. murder suspect markeith loyd has been captured. he was accused of fatally shooting his ex-girlfriend. then while being sought for that crime loyd allegedly shot and killed orlando police officer debra clayton. while being taken in

for more we're joined by nbc's tracie potts. tracie, what more can we expect this morning? >> reporter: expect ethics questions. $2600 that he purchased in stocks in a medical device company around the time that he also introduced legislation to roll back some regulations that would affect that company. now the trump transition team says there's a lot more to it than that, that this was a purchase by a broker, that he didn't even know about it until about a month later. almost a month later and then later disclosed to congress and that his work on that legislation pre-dated the stock purchase by a year, that he had worked on it earlier that year. so they're saying there's a bigger context to the story. we are likely to hear more about this in the house committee today. he also faces a finance committee hearing expected to come up next week, but the trump team is demanding a retraction while the top democrat in the senate is saying the congressional ethics office needs to take a look into this. >> nbc's tracie potts for us. thank you. >>> after a month long manhunt. murder s

. >> nbc's tracie potts is live for us in the nation's capitol.ay ahead. >>> a busy day and a crowded day, too, i am on a platform with hundreds of journalists kind of packed in like sardines, just across from the west front podium and stage where donald trump will deliver a speech today that his aides say is going to be a lot less about politics and a lot more about his vision for the nation. about what he wants to do, what he wants to accomplish over the next four years. now there's a lot of anticipation today of that ride, about a mile from the white house here. with president obama and president-elect trump. but also, the weather. it's a little chilly, not too bad. but it's supposed to rain at some point during the ceremony and so, there are a lot of people out here who may end up seeing a very wet president-elect take that oath of office today. >> tracie potts with a front-row seat to history live in washington, d.c. to that. >>> well ellen degeneres paid a final tribute to president obama. check this out. >> well today is the last day that b

west chester, minus one in potts town. sunday, it doesn't warm up a lot. it's still fevieling like 7, 8 degrees in the middle of the afternoon. there will be warm up next week, but this weekend, all together, is just going to be brutal. >> word to use right there, brutal. >>> our team coverage continues with tim furlong. >> he >>. >> reporter: i think they're calling all their friends and saying you know that out door event we had planned, let's not do it. it's going to get nasty as the weekend rolls on. at the delaware beaches, folks are buying up shovel and snow blowers and rock salt. they're going to need them. they'll get significant snow over the next 24 hours. as you head upstate we'll see less snow but colder temperature. >> she's cold now. >> reporter: it is cold in middle town but it will get way worse. jessica says doggy jackets have been big sellers today for folks who will have to walk their pups this weekend. hopefully the pups want to get back inside quickly too. >> the colder it gets the quicker she goes to the bathroom. >> reporter: it look

at least for now they will have to up front that money. >> tracie potts live from washington. thank you very much. closer to home on this wednesday morning at 5:03. to a developing story we continue to follow at this hour. seven efforts continue for a missing kayaker in the san francisco bay. as soon as the sun rises, more crews will join in the seven. it is happening in the water near the dumbarton bridge. maldonado disappeared yesterday afternoon after his kayak capsized. an update in the next half hour. >>> a search for a missing 18-year-old whose car plunged into the creek this weekend. her car has been recovered but there is still no sign of her. bob redell has been tracking this story since monday. >> reporter: good morning to you, laura. alameda county sheriffs tells us they will decide whether or not to resume this search. they have to make a quick decision because they have to reopen the dams that the feed the creek behind me. the water agency did close those dams in the search of 18-year-old jenkins. she lost control of her car on niles cap onroad and plunged into th

six are scheduled between now and friday. >>> thank you very much, tracie potts, live from washington count down to inauguration, bruce springsteen dropping out of a performance at the washington gala that was supposed to take place the day before. the band leader says the decision was based on respect for bruce springsteen is and the e street band. he has been a vocal credit of president-elect trump. >>> happening indeed, crews in the south bay taking steps to prevent more mudslides on highway 17 in the santa cruz mountains. many led to closures along highway 17 and a lot of delay. >>> kris sanchez is live from the santa cruz mountains. >> reporter: good morning to you. the mudslides, rock slides were a huge problem. the hope is by closing partially highway 17 today for about seven hours, caltrans can kind of get ahead of the rock slides that might be at risk of coming down. shut down highway 17 for days. the photographer is okay but the commute was a mess for days because it was cleared away. but others followed. today crews will put up a net. today caltrans will shut down one north

today in the bay tracie potts joins us from washington, d.c. the two leaders are to discuss nato and trade at least. >> reporter: nato is going to be a big issue. theresa may says the u.s. can go it alone, fighting isis, syria, all of those likely topics of discussion. the one thing she is trying to secure was president trump is some sort of economic cooperation. british p.m. theresa may visits the white house this afternoon after telling republicans in fill will fill she wants a trade deal and international cooperation with the u.s. >> america is strong and prosperous at home. it is a nation that can lead abroad. but you cannot and should not be so alone. >> reporter: may is under pressure after president trump says torture works james mattis is being sworn in today. it could boost foreign policy after mexico's president canceled next week's visit, refusing to pay for a border walk. >> unless mexico is going to treat the united states fairly, with respect, such a meeting would be fruitless. >> reporter: mr. trump faced protests in philadelphia

tracie potts, washington. >> tracie, thank you very much. raj mathai is leading coverage starting thursday night. raj will also cover the women's march on saturday. >>> we have breaking news out of antioch this morning where authorities are investigating the first homicide of the year in that city after a smashed into a home. this is a live look at the scene. still very active this morning. we understand the car struck the side of the home after 9:30 on 13th street. when officers arrived they found the driver suffering from a gunshot wound. police say he died at the scene. the victim was a 27-year-old man from martinez. police are not releasing details about the investigation other than to say it is still in the early stages. but they are asking anyone with information to call antioch police. >>> new details on the orlando nightclub massacre. they all continue to unfold after an arrest here in the bay area. the wife of omar mateen, the man who killed 49 people at that club, is due back in an east bay courtroom today. the question is is noor

as tracie potts point out, a lot of action today over hacking. they will all testify in the senate. each one of these men say russia is responsible for the election hacks. we're two for two on the stock market. landon dowdy is live at cnbc headquarters. what is the chance for three for three? >> after two days of gains, wall street may give back some of those today. stocks rising yesterday following the release of the minutes from last month's fed minutes. interest rates may rise faster than previously expected. investors cheering a strong showing in auto sales. look for data on the job market later this morning. the nasdaq adding 47 to 5477. scott, back of to you. >>> thank you. silicon valley auto shows opens later today. we got in early. we are going to point our cameras at the super cars, super expensive things this is at the mchenry center downtown the. 12 bucks for adults, 8 bucks for kids. >> that looks similar to your car. >> when i was reporting my last job, one of my favorite things to do was go to the auto show. you would sit in cars that you never in a million years woul

tracie potts is live at the national mall for us a live report coming up in our next half hour. this will be an eventful and historic 72 hours. raj mathai will lead coverage starting tonight. in addition, he will be covering the women's march planned for saturday. >> some teachers and students are pushing for all santa clara school districts to become safe zones. they are asking for a equipment to the cause yesterday in san jose. they are promising to protect undocumented limbs muslims and lbgt students. >>> we have rain moving through parts of the bay area, the peninsula and spots in the north bay. you are still dealing with wet weather as you head out. we are dealing with chilly temperatures. 49 degrees in the north bay. 51 in san francisco. then as we go through the afternoon, reaching into the upper 50s with off and on showers, light winds all throughout the day. there will be a few more breaks in between, expecting up to a quarter inch of rain for today as you head through the afternoon as well. let's make sure you have the umbrella handy. 5:13, i'll have a look at the squa

it doesn't actually solve the problem. >> tracie potts, nbc news, washington. >> thank you, tracie. all right. let's switch gears here and take you high in the air. a drone scoping out the space needle getting pretty impressive shots. but it all takes a wrong term when -- you know what happens next. it crashed into the top of a viewing platform. workers were preparing a new year's eve fireworks show. police recovered the drone and have only now released the video. authorities don't know who was flying the drone. this is actually the third time drones have been recovered at the space needle. the space needle escaped without any damage. >> we'll just call it a really awkward landing. >> i'm glad you're not my pilot. >>> we're still dealing with scattered showers. the system will be winding down as we go through the day. looking the much improved weather through the weekend. into the east bay, tracking some rain for the north bay. some of the heaviest rain is moving through the hills, approaching mountain view. and within the next few minutes, you will see from newark over closer to fr

tracie potts live in washington. the fbi director is welcoming this investigation. >> reporter: well, he is. and we'll see what happens with it. you know, the clinton people and some democrats on capitol hill have long worried he may have had an impact on the election. republicans were also pushing the inspector general to take a look at this. the justice department inspector general says he'll look at public disclosures by fbi director james comey, including last summer's news conference. his letter to congress just is before the election announcing a probe of new e-mails that turned out to be nothing. in a statement, comey saided he welcomes thoughtful aoe you valuation and transparency. >> when a law enforcement agency breaches its protocol in an unusual and unprecedented way, i think for the confidence of that agency, everybody should get to the bottom of what happened. >> there are no confirmation hearings today. the latest dominated by questions about russia. >> i have modest expectations about areas of coopera

. >> today in the bay tracie potts joins us live with a recap of the president's final farewell. good morning, tracie. reporter: laura, good morning. his last words before leaving office a week from now. the tone of the speech reminiscent of some of his campaign and election night speeches. the crowd enthusiastic about the man the junior senator they supported and took a chance on eight years ago. struggling to begin amid wild applause. >> i can't do that. president obama said good-bye to 18,000 supporters and the nation. >> america is a better, stronger place than it was when we started. >> he hit on major accomplishments, the financial and auto bailouts, health care, killing osama bin laden, immigration, climate change, and race. >> if we don't create opportunity for all people, the division that has stalled our progress will only strengthen in years to come. >> if you're disappointed by your elected officials, tpwrab a clipboard, get some signatures and run for office yourself. >> the president got choked up talking about his staff, vice president biden, and the first lady. >>

tracie potts, nbc news, washington. >>> earlier this morning, trump took a swipe at democrats and senator minority leader chuck schumer over their defense of the affordable care act. in a series of tweets, trump said, the democrats led by head clown chuck schumer know how bad obamacare is and what a mess they are in. >> with donald trump's inauguration about two weeks away, we're now getting a look at the inauguration tickets. they were unveiled about a half hour ago by missouri senator roy blount. tickets are free and you can request them from your member of congress. there it is there. >>> an area brewery is set to do a major expansion, we're frederick, maryland. >> they've purchased this $2.25 million site. plans for the new lost include 150,000 square foot state of the art brewery as well as a farm brewery. no word on when the work will begin. >>> outrage this morning. people across the country calling on police to charge the people who posted this video with a hate crime. coming up, more on the video that shows a special needs teen being tortured. >>> plus, political news out of virg

. >>> tracie potts live on capitol hill with a look at the day ahead for us. good morning. >> reporter: hey, sam and laura. while the administration tries to move past rocky times with the media, still concerned, though, president trump talks about illegal, as he pulls it, undocumented immigrants, costing him the popular vote. that was last night. today moving forward with one more member of the cabinet confirmed and one other cleared by the fbi. >>> overnight a u.s. intelligence official tells nbc the fbi found no wrongdoing in phone calls mike flynn made to russia. another cabinet member cleared. this morning he begins his first day as cia director. he heads to the white house for a one on one with president trump this afternoon. secretary of state is now on track for next week withne reluctant publican on board. >> i'm concerned that perhaps will not be an advocate for human rights. >> today business leaders at the white house continues. president trump meets with automakers this morning. >> we look forward to how we can work together to bring more jobs bac

tracie potts, nbc news. >>> d.c. police plan to release surveillance videos to help them track down inauguration date rioters. most of the 230 people arrested were not d.c. residents. the chief defended the use of police force to break up riots. they are now preparing for friday's march for life. >>> and we are hearing from the man who rented this limo set on fire during friday's protest. daniel dire, a minister from indiana, his wife and couple were in washington for inauguration festivities. he says the driver dropped them off to attend an event. he was later told that protesters had attacked the vehicle. dire says he never dreamed the limo he rented would be caught in the cross-hairs of protesters. >> these people were indiscriminate on whoever was in that vehicle. they had an agenda to do property and physical harm, obviously. so we feel blessed that everybody is okay. >> dyer says there is a better way to discuss our differences as people. he says he hopes and prays that there can be reconciliation in our countr

tracye potts has details. >> we build build our own pipeline. >> reporter: now he wants to build on his campaign declaring on twitter, today will foeng focus on national security and we will build the wall. president trump heads to the department of homeland security this afternoon to sign what's expected to be several executive orders on borders and immigration including building a wall with mexico. the white house chief of staff has said he'll hold off on deporting draemers and children brought to the country illegally. >> today i still have protection from the partition and have a work permit. but we know president trump will sign it later in the week. >> he insists 3 million undocumented immigrants voted in the election. >> he continues to maintain that belief. >> there's no evidence and republicans are frustrated. >> i would urge not -- this is going to erode the ability to govern this country. >> reporter: the democrats want to work with the president on infrastructure projects to create jobs. >> we're challenging him to join us, even if republican colleagues aren't for it. >> rep

==sam/boxes== today in the bay's tracie potts is live on capitol hill to explan what we can expect to happen behind closed doors today. >>> happening today, multiple briefings are scheduled for what the obama administration believe were russian hackers trying to influence the presidential election. >> tracie potts joins us live from capitol hill to explain what we can expect to happen behind closed doors. tracie, good morning. >>> at this hour, one of those congressional hearings getting under way, expecting to move behind closed doors. another one this afternoon. president obama gets the briefing on the report he requested on russian hacking. today president obama will be plentied with a report he asked for, details that russia hacked democrats to influence the election. >> those are the ones that targeted the state department, the white house and the joint chiefs of staff. the. >> armed services committee also get closed door briefings today. president-elect trump questions whether the intelligence community really has hard evidence against russia. >> there is a pretty stark line th

tracie potts in washington.er the republicans spent last eight years fighting infrastructure. >> the ironies abound. as democrats now figure out how to block nominees, too we'll see if it works both ways. >>> to sports, losing to lebron and the cavaliers in the nba finals last year has not hurt the golden state warriors popularity. the warriors are still the top sellers of merchandise in stores based on data from october to december, followed by the cavs, lakers, bulls and knicks. amazing the knicks are still there. steph curry still edging out lebron for the best selling jersey. kevin durant and klay thompson also in the top 15. >> steph curry, number one. i'm not surprised. >> you could argue the peak in silicon valley all happened with curry mania. >> they have t-shirts that say make the valley great again. make him president. >> they know they points is more than two. that was their innovation. >>> coming up, a round up of the global markets, which are higher this morning along with u.s. futures. stay tuned,

tracie potts reports a lot is at stake in this first meeting? >> the british prime minister theresa may visits the white house after telling republicans in philadelphia she wants a trade deal cooperation with the on america prosperous at home is a nation that can lead abroad. but you cannot and should not do so alone. >> may is under pressure back home after president trump said torture works. >> we do not mention torture. >> neither does james mattis being sworn in today. today's meeting could boost the new administration's foreign policy after mexico's president cancelled next week's visit, refusing to pay for a border wall. >> unless mexico is going to treat the united states fairly, with respect, such a meeting would be fruitless. >> mr. trump faced protest as he left republicans in philadelphia to pay for the wall, the administration pitched a 20% tax on goods for mexico, auto parts and fruits and vegetables and alcohol, experts predict american consumers would end up fo >> tracie potts, nbc news, washington. >> the former president of mexi

. >> tracie potts explains why one of those nominees is likely to get a lot of attention. good morning, tracie. >> reporter: good morning. yeah, three are dr. ben carson, house something urban development. mike mom pay as congressman they are looking at to lead the cia. and the general who is going to need a special waiver because he hasn't been retired very long. his opening comments are getting under way shortly. he said his priorities as secretary of defense would be to strengthen military readiness. general james mattis appears before a senate panel today the after his testimony before the house was canceled last minute. a top republican says team trump wouldn't allow it. leaving democrats and republicans wondering whether a special waiver is needed to confirm. >> russia today poses a danger. >> rex tillerson was drilled about his close ties to russia. >> is vladimir putin a war criminal? >> i would not use that term. >> they also dominated the news conference. he acknowledged hacking. >> president-elect, you are attacking -- >> you are -- >> you are attacking. >> but

tracie potts joins us from washington with more. good morning. >> reporter: good morning.'re actually focusing today here in washington where president obama and lawmakers on two different committees here are getting briefings on allegations that it was russia trying to hack democrats and others before the presidential election. >> reporter: today america's intelligence experts present president obama with the report he asked for. details and evidence supporting their belief that russia hacked democrats to influence the presidential election. >> those same intelligence agencies are the ones that targeted the state department, white house and joints chief of staff. >> reporter: the senate foreigns relations committee and the armed services committee also get closed door meetings today. president-elect trump questions whether the intelligence community has hard evidence against russia. >> there's a stark line that's been drawn. the president-elect will have to determine who he's going to believe. >> reporter: mr. trump's skepticism is creating a tense relationship with intel

tracie potts has more. >> reporter: confirmation hearings expected to be contentious.tarting with this morning. today's hearing, senator jeff sessions for attorney general and homeland security nominee general john kelly. sessions will be challenged on his civil rights record. >> i am not a racist. >> reporter: in wrong and as u.s. attorney in alabama. he won murder convictions against the kkk. >> he has a different racist political ideology. >> senator sessions is not a racist. >> reporter: congressman john lewis will testify at sessions' hearing. >> jeff sessions understands the importance of civil rights. >> reporter: more nominees set for tomorrow and thursday. nbc learned four do not have complete ethics reviews. >> democrats feel very strongly that pushing for a thorough and thoughtful vetting process is the right thing to do. >> everybody will be properly vetted as they have been in the past. >> reporter: 70 hours of mock hearings took place at the trump transition office in d.c. >> the process is meant to prepare the nominee and scare them just a little bit. >>

tracie potts will be live to talk. >>> and on the night before he becomes president, trump will speakt a concert at the lincoln memorial and then he'll attend services at st. john's church. we're told the parade will be shorter than previous years and trump will only attend three inaugural balls. >>> less than a mile from the national mall. 87% of its students are low they were offering parking spaces for the upcoming inauguration in exchange for donations. they've raised thousands of dollars. school head quarters found out and said they had to refund the money. >> i love the school spirit and you have a pta that saw an opportunity and wanted to take advantage of it. so i hope we can find a way to make it happen. >> they say they were just trying to help their students and their school. >>> students at stone bridge high school in ashburn will have a safer route to classes. a cross walk will help students cross port smith boulevard. this is part of the safe routes to school plan in louden county. >>> the low gas prices we enjoyed in 2016 will not be coming nothing the to 2017 with us.

tracie potts, nbc news, washington. >>> meantime new jersey senator cory booker is taking a challenging step to challenge sessions. booker will testify against sessions, a sitting senator. sessions is against key ideals of the voting rights tact and is trying to block immigration reform. rogues in hoods tackled sessions as he approached the courtroom. they were escorted out of the hearing. sessions was rejected for a potential judgeship. there is a hearing for educational nominee bets y voss and the hearing for mike pomp arapompaii has been set for thursday. >>> the reports that russia was behind that computer hacking during the presidential campaign. james clapper will testify this afternoon before the senate armed services committee. the declassified report tied russian president vladimir putin to the hacking of democratic party accounts. >>> also happening today, president obama will deliver his farewell address to the nation in his adopted hometown of chicago. people snatched up thousands of free tickets to tonight's events. in just minutes those tickets are now going for up to $5,0

tracie potts joins us from washington. good morning. happy new year. >> good morning.appy new year to you as this new year gets underway, so does this new congress. the 115th. a late development last night that has to do with the oversight of ethics investigations here. but also one of their top priorities is going to be getting rid of the affordable care act. >> the taxes will be coming down. regulations are coming off. we're going to get rid of obamacare. >> reporter: but how? republican leaders headed back to capitol hill today still have no plan for how to replace obamacare. >> he's going to replace it with something great and wonderful. that's the extent of his plan. >> reporter: president obama heads to capitol hill wednesday for strategy session on how to keep the affordable care act. any change to the nation's health insurance program could take years. >> the republicans are torn as to how late, how long to delay the repeal. >> reporter: the congress may investigate russian hacking to influence the presidential election. >> it is clear that russia has attacked

. >> tracie potts has the latest on the hearing. tracie. >> reporter: yeah. he says he welcomes the review by an independent watch dog in the justice department. and the pressure for that,ly, coming not just from democrats who have been skeptical how he handled the e-mail investigation but from republicans on capitol hill. the justice department inspector general says he'll look at public disclosures by fbi director jamesy, including last summer's news conference announcing the results of their investigation into hillary clinton's he server and his letter to congress just before the election announcing a probe of new e-mails that turned out to be nothing. comey said he welcomes thoughtful evaluation and transparenc transparency. >> when a law enforcement agency breaches its protocol in an unprecedented way, i think everybody should get to the bottom of what happened. >> reporter: there are no confirmation hearings today. the latest dominated by questions about russia. >> i have modest expectations about areas of cooperation with mr. putin. >> reporter: the pr

tracie potts is live on capitol hill with the big items on today's agenda. >> good morning. a busy day for the president, as you node. he will meet with union leaders, congressional leaders to hash house some i think so he wants to get done. mike gets the vote that has been delayed. but that is supposed to happen the today. we are expecting that he will sign several executives order this week starting today. we are told his orders this had week will cover td possibly immigration, although not desporting the hundreds of thousands of children who were brought here illegally. that's something they want to try to work out with congress first. >>> tracie, we know the president told the cia that he has a running war with the media. how is that playing out with his new press secretary, his former campaign manager? >> not well. interesting over the weekend with sean spicer, the new press secretary, first refusing to answer any questions about these massive worldwide women's demonstrations. the president tweeted about it. but then he told -- he said several things that were simply no

tracie potts, nbc news, washington. >>> trump is lashing out in response to new polls this morning. they show trump with historically low approval ratings for an incoming president. trump tweeting, quote, the same people who did the phony election polls and w polls. they're rigged, just like before. unquote. he's also taking on congressman lewis, calling lewis' statement that trump's inauguration will be the first one he misses, quote, wrong or a lie. a spokesman for lewis confirmed yesterday that he did skip bush's inauguration in 2001. >>> sharp words from russian president, vladimir putin. he's accusing the obama administration of trying to undermine president-elect trump's legitimacy by spreading fake allegations. putin made the comments at a news conference today. he was asked about a so-called dossieron trump's activities and dismissed it as fake. >>> hundreds of thousands of people expected to come to washington for the inauguration. officials estimate that as many as 900,000 people will attend friday's event. thousands are also expected saturday for the women's march on wash

tracie potts, nbc news, washington. >> thank you very much. we'll have much more coverage leading up to the inauguration all week long. raj mathai is heading to washington, d.c., to lead our coverage. it's not just for friday's inauguration. we'll be covering the women's march on washington the following day. >>> the gunman who opened fire on a highway in concord is still on the loose. the shooting happened about 5:00 yesterday evening on state route 242 near highway 4. the driver of this black mercedes sedan was injured in the shooting. as you can see, several bullets hit the car and a passenger was detained but police say he would not cooperate with their investigation. this is just the latest in a string of highway shootings in the same area. emeryville police are looking for the gunman who shot two people at the popular bay street shopping center last night. the two victims were shot near christy avenue and shell mound street. it was just after 9:30 on saturday night. the victims, who were found in different parts of the mall, are both in

nbc's tracie potts has the latest on the presidential transition from capitol hill. >> reporter: there are no confirmation hearings today, the latest dominated by questions about russia. >> i have very modest expectations about areas of cooperation with mr. putin. >> the president-elect's relathi intelligence community is still a concern. >> the hope is he has people around him to understand it's the crown jewel of everything we do. >> my obligation as a director of the cia to tell every policy maker the facts as best the intelligence agency has developed them. >> reporter: meantime, washington is getting ready for the inauguration, one week from today. mr. trump's team says this will be a traditional but toned down celebration. they are expecting 800, 900,000 people, less than a million is what they are preparing for here in d.c. tracie potts, nbc news, washington. >> right now at the freedom center in herndon, virginia, jeh johnson is discussing security plans for president-elect donald tru trump's inauguration. these are live pictures. the event is one week from today. representativ

tracie potts, nbc news, washington. >>> our own raj mathai is in washington, d.c. with us. he will have live reports from the center of the action beginning at 5:30. in the meantime, nbc's national coverage kicks off 7:00 a.m. immediately following today in the bay. raj returns for a special edition of nbc bay area news immediately after that. >>> we'll be here also in a few hours. protesters expected to join hands across the golden gate bridge as whipping winds and rain blows through. it's our other top story of the hour. >> bob redell is live in oakland. we are already getting reports of downed trees. what are you seeing? >> if you heard those loud sounds overnight while you were trying to sleep, that was thunder. of course accompanied with the lightning, something we don't see or hear off here in the bay area. of the past hour, we saw numerous light flashes of light, seem to be situated over in the bay, if not the peninsula. with that came a torrential downpour. we drove north on 880 past or cal arena in oakland. very hard to see out the windshield. we found the safest s

tracie potts, nbc news, washington. >>> we're following two developing stories. music festival pay popular beach resort interrupted by gunfire. five people are dead. it's called a senseless act of violence. >>> a plane crashes into a village. the death toll has been rising all morning long. we'll have the latest on what went wrong. it's perfect. it's beautiful. there's nothing we would change about it. >>> brand new developments. a gunman has killed five people at a nightclub in mexico. more than a dozen other people were hurt. the shooting happened early this morning outside the blue parrot nightclub hosting an event part of an electronic music festival. of the victims, we now know two are from canada, one from italy, one from colombia. police say the shooting was a result of a disagreement between people inside the club and said security guards had come under fire when they tried to help. four people are now being questioned. >>> new at midday, recovery teams found the black box from a plan that crashed in kyrgyzstan. it hit a village. some officials report tha

tracy potts, nbc news, washington. >>> polls show donald trump enters office with a lower approval ratinghan the last three predecessors had when they begun the job. he has 42% approval rating days before inauguration. george w. bush took office with a 59% approval rating. count on nbc 10 for complete coverage of the inauguration of donald trump. look for live reports from washington, d.c. starting on wednesday, and we'll send a team of anchors incomie ining tracy myself and more reporters to the nation's capital. >>> meeting during a forum on improved policing, and the discussion focuses on new police standards to curb the use of force. they are expected to brief leaders on new niche fives developed in camden. >>> police in mexico say a lone gunman killed five people in a nightclub hosting a music festival. it is wrapping up last night at the blue parrot nightclub in playa dell carmen. a lone gunman exchanged fire with another person inside. festival security, of course, tried to stop shootings and came-under-par fire themselves. it is not considered a terrorist attack. instead, investig

tracie potts is live on capitol hill now. did the president-elect give any details about the plan?> no, he didn't. and while he's trying to get tom price, one of the architects of the republican replacement here as his health and human services seblth threatens to have a lot of weigh in on this. we don't have a plan, we don't have details, we don't know how he would balance insurance for everybody is everybody is not in the system without that mandate. and that has been the issue for republicans. also of ideas, but nothing here on capitol hill that we know of and no details of the plan that the president-elect wants to send to capitol hill, that he wants to get done quickly. this is something that republicans acknowledge could take weeks, months, maybe longer, but he wants to get it done pretty quickly. >> and we know donald trump was supposed to visit today. that trip was canceled. what do we know about that? >> we don't know why. we got word late yesterday evening that he was not coming here on martin luther king's holiday. there had been word that he was going to visit the new a

tracie potts has details. >> reporter: president-elect trump heads into friday's inaugural as the most unpopular incoming president ever. with the 52% disapproval rating in nbc's latest polls. overnight, he told diplomats, bikers for trump, are headed for washington. >> like additional security with those guys. >> reporter: security will be tight. nearly 100 demonstrations are planned this week. the national park service got five times as many application as normal. >> the challenge is to make sure those competing interests are able to utilize the space at the same time. >> reporter: some groups plan to set up along the parade route. >> we're going to inaugurate the resistance on january 20th. >> reporter: at least 50 democrats are boycotting th hearings. four more are scheduled today. including health and human services nominee tom price. facing questions over his investments in health care companies and his ideas to revamp the affordable care act. >> his approach would make a difficult situation even worse. >> reporter: the focus today an historic inaugural getting started today. the