tracie potts, nbc news washington. >>> washington this morning pulling politics on the back burner ait for baseball. >>> that's because for the first time the washington nationals are going to the world series. last night they swept st. louis out of the championship series, winning game 4 by the score of 7-4. it set off celebrations in the streets and a party that went late into the night. ♪ >> i had had a lot of friends i was on the trip with who live in d.c. so i know they were excited. imagine this, what happens if the nationals win the world series? >> get the band out. >> the nats have some time to kill before the world series starts. houston yesterday took a two game to one lead over the yankees. the world series starts six days from now. >> tubas at 4:22 in the morning. >>> find out what made prince harry choke up while giving out an award in london. his emotional moment coming up next. ♪ ♪ (squirrel noises) ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ (fake squirrel noise) jif peanut butter. it's that jif'ing good you'd dress up like a squirrel for it. >>> well, tomorrow officially marks 30 years since the devas

and charlotte potts joins us now from there that industrial park in the town of grey is east of london where those bodies were discovered charlotte one of the latest developments. well the police are just slowly lifting the cordon behind me this area has been cordoned off all day but now the truck with the 39 bodies inside has been taken out of this parking lot away from that street that has been cordoned off to recover those bodies and further identify him we had a closer look at the truck before we were able to go behind again and see the forensic teams at work they were working at high speeds to just find out who these people were and trying to identify them. there's conflicting information about how the truck reach the u.k. what more do we know about that. well we know that the truck was driven by a 25 year old northern irish man and this man has apparently driven the so-called taxi off. through ireland into the united kingdom he then picked up the container somewhere in belgium this is what authorities believe at the moment and drove it back to the united kingdom so that container

tracie potts, nbc news washington. >>> 4:52.oming up on "today in the bay," nbc bay area responds. >> reporter: prices are headed higher. i'm chris chmura, nbc bay area responds. >>> but first, happening now, breaking news that we've been covering since 2:30 this morning. a fire burning in moraga. now 60% contained. it's about a mile away from st. mary's college. the fire burning in the sanders ranch community of merrill drive and sanders ranch road. at least 100 homes evacuated this morning. many people gathered at st. monica's church. the fire started a little after 1:00 a.m. we spoke to at least one evacuee. they have a lot of power alerts but none about evacuations. more news ahead. 4:53. >>> welcome back. yesterday the county of santa clara declared a state of emergency, and that triggers a vital protection for consumers, protection from price gouging. >> consumer investigator chris chmura has been in touch with the attorney general's office. >> reporter: good morning. price gouging isn't illegal until there's an official e

let's take this to our correspondent, charlotte potts.is johnson has lost another x -- brexit vote. do you think he will succeed the next time? he may try as soon as tomorrow. charlotte: as with all things brexit, it is highly unpredictable weather he will succeed or not, but he will try with a different mechanism what he needs a simple majority in parliament, and it does seem likely that now, two other opposition parties, the scottish national party and the liberal democrats, will back his rest for a general election. the question there is on timing, and that might seem ready to our viewers. liberal democrats want an election december 9, and boris johnson wants one three days later, december 12, and that matters for liberal democrats, because students would still be at the universities and able to vote there, and the liberal democrats traditionally score very well with students, so we will have to see how that vote turns out, but boris johnson will have another try, another go, at getting another general election. brent: today, the europ

all right, tracie potts.hank you so much. >>> new york is ramping up its fight against president trump. governor cuomo signed a measure for people to re -- it's widely seen as a direct shot at mr. trump. several of his fomer associates are in prison for facing potential legal troubles in new york >>> democrats and republicans may not be able to agree on anything, except syria the chaos in the middle east is not winning can any votes in the congress of 354-60, house republicans joined democrats with 129 republicans turning against the president. vice president mike pence y of o are expected to meet with the president of turkey to broker a ceasefire. good morning >> reporter: good morning. an intense battle continues at the turkey/syria boarder. you can see the boarder as well as the kurdishing city. you can see smoke rising in the distance we've heard heavy clashes all morning, mortar fire, turkish artillery rounds reports of turkish air strike as well all of this a sign that president erdogan is not stopping

barbara wesel in brussels, charlotte potts on the story for us in london.he both of you, thank you. still to come, daring to dream. japan is gripped by rugby mania ahead of its world cup quarterfinal with south africa. that is coming up in just a moment. pro-democracy lawmakers in hong kong have disrupted a major policy speech by the territory's leader. carrie lam left the legislature and had to deliver her speech by video after being shouted down by legislators calling on her to meet the demands of hong kong's protest movement. reporter: a hostile reception for carrie lam. hong kong's chief executive had come to deliver a speech, but as fellow lawmakers heckled and jeered, she could barely get started. >> all lawmakers, please remain silent. anyone who does not stay silent will be asked to leave the chamber. reporter: prpro-democracy lawmakers projected the slogan, "the five demands, not one less," on the chamber's walls. these include universal suffrage and an independent inquiry into police violence during demonstrations. when carrie lam did not address

nbc's tracie potts has the latest from d.c. tracy, good morning. >> hi there, frances good morning, everyone of focusing on the impeachment inquiry, the phone calls, ukraine, whether there was pressure which the ukrainian president has ed be focusing onn which is the president's intent in this conversation, or was his intent in this conversation. with ukraine he argued that the media and democrats are ignoring what was going on with joe biden and his son in ukraine meantime president trump also baring down very specifically on democrats involved in this impeachment inquiry. >> the clutches they finally convinced her to impeach the president. all of you know your constitution the way that impeachment stops is when a senate majority with me as majority leader. >> donald, you used to own a casino you know the house always winsy. let's talk about that new and second whistle-blower. we found out more than about that today we do know according to the attorney representing both whistle-blowers now that person does not plan to file a s

morning over his contact with foreign officials about the origins of the mueller probe nbc's tracie potts joining us with the latest from d.c tracie, good morning so, how did the attorney general get wrapped up in all that >> reporter: so, turns out he was in contact with several foreign officials, but specifically asked the white house to connect him with australia's prime minister as they tried to figure out investigation part two after the russia mueller investigation how all of that got started. that request to connect him ended up with president trump making an introduction between barr and the australian prime minister, something that's inappropriate. some of the president's supporters on capitol hill saying there was nothing wrong with that. barr was doing his job so now he's wrapped up in all of this meantime, president trump is focusing on that whistle-blower yet unidentified who revealed one conversation that the president had with ukraine's president, talking about joe biden and whether or not that country might be digging up some dirt on him. here's what the president is sayin

tracie potts has more from d.c. >> reporter: good morning. the aide testifying today actually left the white house one week before that phone call between president trump and ukraine's leader hill is set to testify today until august, she was president trump's top adviser on russia and europe a source familiar with her testimony tells nbc she'll tell congress that president trump's lawyer, rudy giuliani, and european ambassador, gordon sondland, went around the union for their own policy they were pressurpressuring. >> i want to know how far outside of circles they went off the diplomatic rails to do this investigation. >> reporter: text messages suggest promises of a white house visit and president trump threatening to withhold aid in a phone call with ukraine's leader. >> there was no quid pro quo in the phone conversation. >> reporter: that's what sondland said in a text. a source tells us this thursday sondland will testify that he was just prepeating president trump and had no knowledge of his own of why aid was withhold. >> looking forw

trump lashed out at democrats online and on camera >>> let's turn to nbc's tracie potts who joins us with the latest from d.c. tracie, in a tweet the president's comments using choice words we have to warn our viewers about. >> rte look. the president tweeting about what he called do-nothing democrats and this impeachment inquiry using an expletive to show his frustration with what he says is just a made-up probe. and this also spilled over into his news conference with the president of finland, where president trump was visibly angry and frustrated at the media. but also at democrats, including intelligence committee chair adam schiff. >> we don't call him shifty schiff for nothing he's a shifty dishonest guy. he should resign from office in disgrace and frankly, they should look at him for treason. they have been trying to impeach me from the day i got elected. i've been going through this for three years. >>> nancy pelosi hands out subpoenas like, you know, she has to approve it. she hands out subpoenas like they're cookies. >> reporter: but clearly democrats think there is some m

police are now trying to piece together how its journey ended in tragedy you know because charlotte potts is in the industrial park in the town of grays east of london where the bodies were discovered and charlie are at the scene there what are the latest developments. well police have cordoned off this area since the early morning hours the truck is right behind me then and then. behind behind gates behind me and we were able to take a look at the truck very ordinary truck of course but forensic teams were walking on the truck and the $39.00 bodies that were found inside of it by ambulance services and later emergency services here at the scene and essex so far authorities don't know who the victims were they haven't identified them that's one of the forensic services have been working on the scene we believe that this is a tragic case of human trafficking on migrants trying to reach the united kingdom it definitely reminds of an incident in 2015 when a truck was found with over 70 dead my gran's in austria at the height of the refugee crisis and of course migrants and refugees trying to

>> all right, tracie potts joining us from d.c. this morning. thank you, tracie. >> there is an urgent and rescue underway in texas this morning a male fell over board on a carnival cruise ship according to the company, the incident happened aboard the carnival dream ship in galveston. it appears the guest jumped from his state room balcony the ship had just departed on a four-day cruise. >> two people confront harvey weinstein in new york city the disgraced hollywood producer was at an after hours event in the lower east side of manhattan when one person spoke out. >> nobody is going to say anything nobody is really going to say anything i'll get out of here that's fine. i am happy to leave when nobody is going to say anything >> that is performer and playwright zoe stuckless who identifies as binary they say they have no remorse for what they did. stuckless was kicked out of the bar after the outburst a female comedian was also kicked out they called the scene uncalled for and downright rude it is unclear ifbar itself knewn would show up. he i

nbc's tracie potts has the latest from d.c. tracie, good morning so the eu ambassador is already hinting at a bombshell >> exactly we're going hear from at least four people who are familiar with this week, starting with fiona hill, who you mentioned who was the top -- or who was the top russia and european aide to president trump she's set to testify today reportedly, she will say the president's lawyer and gordon sondland, who is testifying later this week, that they went around the national security council in dealing with ukraine. and then that bombshell that you mentioned expected on thursday that's gordon sondland, the ambassador to the european union who will reportedly say when he said there was no quid pro quo here that that was actually coming from president trump, and he had no independent knowledge of that. meantime, here on capitol hill, lawmakers are defending the president. >> he released the entire transcript of the supposed phone call that supposedly had all of this quid pro quo, which once again proved to not

nbc's tracie potts joins us now with more from d.c tracie, what do those messages >> reporter: there was a big thing overnight, frances, about 20 pages of text messages between state department officials, diplomats, president trump's attorney rudy giuliani and at one point an advisor to the leader of ukraine. these text messages provided to the committees that are investigating during the closed door testimony of former envoy kurt volker. what do they reveal? well, they reveal that after president trump's phone call with ukraine where he is accus investigation into biden, there were conversations, for example, between the ambassador to the european union and volker where they discussed drafting a statement to help the ukrainians announce that they were launching this investigation at least one top diplomat expressed concern, threatening to quit, saying that it was crazy to hold aid from ukraine for what he considered at that point a political purpose. and then the e.u. ambassador encouraged him to stop texting about that the same day. the inspectorgeneral informed congress about this

certainly, tracie potts in d.c. a big story.ch. >>> all right, still to come, microsoft man dogged jim mattis, the pentagon and what president trump said about amazon that gives that jedi contract kind of a page 6 feel. ♪e're back after this. ♪ do you have concerns about mild memory loss related to aging? prevagen is the number one pharmacist-recommended memory support brand. you can find it in the vitamin aisle in stores everywhere. prevagen. healthier brain. better life. >>> record watch will today be the day broader markets hit a new high futures are high right now >>> he's all thumbs, i guess why the president is sending a not so subtle message to tim cook about the iphone. >>> virgin galactic out of this world debut on this monday, october 28th as "wex" rolls on ♪ >>> welcome back and good morning. thanks for being with us here on this monday i'm brian sullivan appreciate you joining us exactly 5:30 on the nose right now. well, could today be the day the broader stock market hits a new record well, looks like it right now.

tracie potts joining us from washington the company says it already stopped some attempts to try to impactur elections >> reporter: that's right. russia and iran both tried to interfere. china as well. now, facebook has come up with a new plan to try to stop that it begins with making these websites run by state media more transparent and making it clear when state media like countries like iran and russia are behind some of these. they will label the news coming from state media they want to do more fact checking labels on the material you see. all of this started with the 2016 election. they tried to be on top of the upcoming election. facebook's ceo telling nbc, they have uncovered full networks of facebook and instagram accounts coordinating also using ai to detect these attempted influencing users for the next election. >> that is on a macrolevel is facebook doing about candidate political ads? >> those are ads initiated here in the united states good question. facebook says it will make it easier to track those ads. you can see where that ad is really coming from coming from the cand

"today in the bay's" tracie potts live for us in washington with more this morning. tracie? >> marcus and laura, he also said this morning from italy there's a good reason why he doesn't want his people testifying on capitol hill. he says that democrats are trying to intimidate them by insisting they testify without department lawyers there with them, but the law actually forbids that. the former ambassador to ukraine will not appear before congress today, rescheduled for next week as democrats battle it out with secretary of state pom mayo. >> do you have any comment on reports on the july 25th call with president zelenskiy? >> reporter: pompeo accused the house foreign affairs committee of trying to intimidate and bully state employees into participating in the impeachment inquiry of president trump. democrats accuse pompeii know of obstruction. >> these folks will testify secretary pompeo will fail in his efforts to intimidate them, and we'll know even more about something that we already know a lot about. >> reporter: that something, whether the state department directed

our correspondent charlotte potts spent the day in the industrial park in the town of gray's east of london where the bodies were discovered she spoke to mark carter from red cross who have been supporting workers dealing with the tragedy. so met really what a horrific find this morning how did the people that love fest on the scene react to this well as you say it's been a really traumatic day for everyone involved hearts reads you go out to the families and loved ones of those 39 people as yet unidentified. the rush hour course of being on scene since about noon today and we've been supporting the emergency services where for kind of a safe place to come in get a cup of tea or have a friendly chat to kind of wind what's been a really traumatic day for them one member of the forensic team that was in the law itself said it was the hardest 8 out in a 30 year career so we really can't overstate just what difficult day it's been very one involved you said it this situation doesn't happen every day so how can you be prepared for that. you know i mean it's very very difficult it's worth

our correspondent charlotte potts spent the day in the industrial park in the town of gray's east of london where the bodies were discovered she sent us this assessment. this is the horrific scene with 39 people were found dead inside the back of a truck they had believed to have died on their journey via belgium to the united kingdom forensic teams have been collecting evidence all day in the hope of identifying the victims the 25 year old northern irish driver is in police custody on the suspicion of murder and authorities are hoping now to get answers from him on what happened on this trip and to the victims where the details of what happened here all points to a case of human trafficking gone terribly wrong in just a few hours spanish authorities are due to start moving the remains of francisco franco the dictator who ruled spain until his death in 1975 his embalmed body will be removed from a shrine that critics say glorifies franco's victory in the spanish civil war instead of commemorating its victims he will be reburied next to his wife near madrid. this colossal moussa liam

london correspondent charlotte potts is following this story for us charlotte what we know so far. well we know that emergency services rushed to the scene at approximately 1 40 am last night and found this lorry container with a northern irish driver 25 year olds that now is arrested and has been arrested under the suspicion of murder because inside that lorry container $39.00 bodies were found they were all pronounced dead on the scene we know it's $38.00 adults and one teenager that was found inside that container this was at. industrial park in the county of essex and we know that authorities have been saying that this lorry is from has been coming from bulgaria and that it entered the united kingdom on saturday the 19th of october at holyhead authorities are now trying to identify the victims in the lorry and trying to find out more where that driver was coming from and what the purpose was of entering the united kingdom of course this is reminding us of the story in 2015 and austria when a container was found containing 71 bodies refugees back then and so we'll have to keep a

i'd like to come back to the studio here with rob much political editor and we've got charlotte potts standing by for us in london london. rather sorry reaction to the vote m.p.'s have voted to delay the approval of this deal. for this deal what's the reaction been in london. well i can tell you what the reaction and paloma i think the labor party is quite happy that the government of course was defeated on this motion and they have always said that another extension would grant more time to scrutinize the deal that boris johnson has negotiated with the european union it would give them more time to have a closer look at it and maybe find points that they can oppose so i think half of the site in parliament that we've just seen voting for those amendments 322 votes i believe it was a 320 vote. of course quite happy for the government of course it's a huge political defeat i mean they thought today was going to be a good sized surf and crucial vote on this deal of that in the end was negotiated with brussels and lots of effort let's not forget that lots of nights of late negotiating an

the studio by do these reports call now xmen he's standing by in london is our correspondent sean potts and we have correspondent ben you get in brussels charlotte starting with you how have lawmakers reacted to the vote in london. well of course this is a major political blow again to prime minister boris johnson i think his aides lost in just this short amount of time that he has been prime minister now he has to ask the european union for another didn't they by law and of course conservatives there reacted in a way that they couldn't understand what was going on basically they said look we have a deal on the table we should vote for it this should have been a decisive day and now you're pushing again for another extension and on the other side of the aisle you have for example the opposition labor party that say they're quite happy about this but this possible extension that boras john snow has to ask for because it gives them time to scrutinize this deal and to look at it very closely at what kind of future relationship for example if for example boris johnson is planning with the e

our correspondent charlotte potts and today in the industrial park in the town of gray's east of london where the bodies were discovered and she sent us this assessment. this is the horrific scene with 39 people with found dead inside the back of a truck they had believed to have died on their journey via belgium to the united kingdom forensic teams have been collecting evidence all day in the hope of identifying the victims the 25 year old northern irish driver is in police custody on the suspicion and authorities are hoping now to get answers from him on what happened on this trip and to the victims where the details of what happened here all points to a case of human trafficking gone terribly wrong champions league football now and we're halfway through the group stage wednesday nights much as sore defending champions liverpool defeat belgian side gang but not the least a top of group d. with a win over salzburg boss alone to be proud to lead group after because dortmund lost to into milan. edge then it in group jamie chelsea tops group age after its win over i.x. while lil and valen

analyst rob much of also joined by in london by our correspondent shylock potts and we have to have youcorrespondent in brussels schalit i'll start with you tell us what is happening where you are what are reactions to this vote. well outside here of parliament of the houses of parliament the atmosphere is really really heated there been some major protests going on in london today. those are unrelated to what happened in the house of commons today of people asking for a 2nd referendum for a people's vote and some of the protestors i just saw pursuing heckling conservative m.p.'s that left parliament after that vote so a very heated atmosphere outside of the houses of parliament and inside of course a major blow to boris johnson who was hoping to have a very decisive vote today on the brics a deal that he has negotiated with the european union that of course never happened because this amendment that now makes him ask for yet another extension to the brics a deadline and he will have to do so by 11 pm tonight yes well as you say a big blow to prime minister peres johnson who was hoping

"today in the bay" tracie potts has more. >> reporte a pulling out of no northern syria, president trump is calling for a cease-fire. >> calling down negotiating table. >> reporter: he's sending vice president pence to the region and slapping new sanctions on turkey for invading syria. >> he clearly green lit this operation and now is panicking. >> reporter: as congress returns today,ng democ a joint resolution against the president's decision to leave. >> for god sakes he handed a victory to assad, the russian armed forces and iran. >> reporter: violence in syria's escalating hear from deputy assistant secretary of state george kent. the president's attorney rudy giuliani accused him of trying to dig up dirt. nbc confirmed what fiona hill reportedly told lawkenday. thorough and authoritative witness who had truly amazing powers of recall. >> reporter: testify that national security adviser john bolton was at odds with jewel ronnie ov giuliani of investigating joe biden. calling it a drug deal that he wanted no part of. giuliani faces a subpoena deadline tomply and so does the pentagon.

"today in the bay" tracie potts has the latest. >> reporter: amade growing criticism for pulling outf cease-fire. >> we're calling on syria to st down and end the violence and come to the negotiating table. >> reporter: he's sending vice president pence to the region and slapping new sanctions on turkey for invading syria. >> he clearly green lit this operation and now it's panicking. >> reporter: as congress returns today, democrats and republicans are considering a joint resolution against the president's decision to leave. >> what was mr. trump thinking of? for god sakes, he handed a victory to assad, the russian armed forces and iran. >> reporter: violence in syria is escalating as lawmakers prepare to hear privately today from george kent. the president's attorney rudy giuliani to dig up dirt on trump campaign officials. overnight, nbc confirmed what former white house reportedly told lawmakers on monday. >> she was a remarkably thorough and authoritative witness who had truly amazing powers of recall. >> reporter: he'll reportly testify that john bolton was at odds with giulian

today in the bay's tracie potts is live with more on who is talking. >> reporter: good morning everyone. who's talking is a former aid to president trump who left the white house right before that phone call between president trump and ukraine's leader. fiona hill is set to testify today. until august, she was president trump's top adviser on russia and europe. a source familiar with her testimony tells nbc she'll tell congress that president trump's lawyer rudy giuliani and european ambassador gordon sondland went around the national security council to create their own policy. they're accused of pressuring ukraine to investigate joe biden and his son, hunter. >> i want to know how much they went outside of the circles of proper diplomatic rails to do this investigation. >> reporter: text messages suggest promises of a white house visit and president trump threatening to with hold aid in a phone call with ukraine's leader. >> there was no quid pro quo in the phone conversation. >> reporter: that's what sondland said in a text, but a source tells us this thursday sondland will testify t

tracie potts joins us live with more. tracie? >> reporter: laura and marcus, this will lay out the ground rules for how those public hearings play out. republicans still think the rules are unfair. democrats say they're giving both sides equal time to have their attorneys ask questions. republicans say they want the ability to bring in their own witnesses specifically people who they think informed the whistle-blow whistle-blower, their motives. they also say president trump isn't getting due process although his attorneys will be allowed in the public hearings, some like intelligence hearings, may continue to be private. that's happening now this morning. we may have an answer on that in a few hours as lawmakers try to rush the process before political primaries begin next year wondering if people are going to vote in dealing with impeachment, at the same time if they might blame democrats or republicans or both when they head to the polls. >> tracie, will former national security adviser john bolton testify? >> reporter: well,

tracie potts, nbc news, washington. >>> meanwhile, we've been on air since 2:30 this morning.his massive fire in moraga. our bob redelves on the very front lines with firefighters. there were evacuations at one point but we are live on air. you heard police tell the evacuees they were free to go back home. no buildings were rned. >> the massive outage affecting so many bay area homes and businesses. >> morgan hill is the only bay area city we know of to enact a curfew during a shutoff. it's in effect until 6:30 this morning. "today in the bay's" kris sanchez with a look closer at the impact. >> reporter: there shouldn't be anybody out here on the streets until 6:30 when the curfew lifts though we have seen a few people out. it is really dark out here so if you are headed out on to the roadways before sun rise make sure you treat any dark stoplight as a fourway stop. this is a neighborhood in the city of morgan hills. folks were scrambling to get ready. some say pg&e didn't even give them notice they were in the planned outage area until the same day it happened. >> i backed up

tracie potts nbc news washington. >>> 6:08 for you right now. if you haven't felt the shaking going on in the bay area over the past 30 or so hours you're with me probably in the minority because there are two hot spots and a lot of neighborhoods have felt the rattling. the newest, a 4.7 struck yesterday afternoon outside of hollister following the 4.5 monday night near pleasant hill. yesterday's shake sent one shop owner running from her liquor store, worried about the bottles falling from the shelves which she said did not happen. another video posted by owners of a nearby restaurant you can hear when the quake starts. the shaking left a lot of people rattled. >> i felt my house move. it kind of was like an ocean, we had little waves going on then i heard my kids start screaming because they did not think it was the coolest thing in the world. >> no reports of damage in hollister but the quake was felt across the south bay and santa cruz county. meanwhile, here's a seismograph of last night's 3.4 after shock near pleasant hill which rattled re

"today in the bay's" tracie potts is live with the latest on capitol hill. getting a little tough to follow, tracy. >> reporter: we'll try to break it down. first, that overnight report from vice president pence, bogus according to his office. and this morning testimony from a man who used to be an insider in that relationship between the united states and ukraine. kurt volker, the former special envoy to ukraine, testifies today. he resigned last week after being named in a whistle-blower complaint that sparked the impeachment inquiry. democrats are warning the administration against stonewalling more testimony and accusing the whistle-blower of treason. >> this is an incitement of violence. >> reporter: president trump is fed up with the investigation. >> ask this gentleman a question. don't be rude. >> reporter: exploding in anger at democrat adam schiff. >> he's a low life. >> reporter: nancy pelosi. >> she hands out subpoenas like they're cookies. >> reporter: joe biden. >> biden and his son are stone cold crooked and you know it. >> reporter: and the w

tracie potts nbc news washington. >>> 5:08 right now. if you haven't felt the shaking going on in the bay area over the past 30 hours or so, you're probably in the minority. that's because there are two seismic hot spots and a lot of neighborhoods have been rattled. the latest quake, a 4.7 struck yesterday afternoon, it follows the 4 monday night near pleasant hill. yesterday's quake sent one shop owner running from her liquor store, she was worried about bottles from the shelves which didn't happen. in another video you can hear when the quake starts. the shaking left people rattled. >> i felt my house move and it was like an ocean, we had waves going on. then i heard my kids start screaming because they did not think it was the coolest thing in the world. >> reporter: no reports of damage but the quake was felt across large parts of the south bay and santa cruz county. experts are certain this struck along the san andreas fault. here's the seismograph of last night's 3.4. this has been the strongest aftershock from monday night's shaks

tracie potts, nbc news, washington. >> 6:06 right now. >>> protesters last night staged an elaborate interruption inside oakland city hall. >> no school closures. our school is not for sale! >> this happened during a joint educational meeting. three leaders acted out impersonations of charter school advocates, including u.s. education secretary betsy davos. dozens more started chanting after the school board voted earlier to close two schools amidst low enrollment numbers and ballooning budget deficit. the disruptions continued until that meeting was canceled. protesters say that this was all an attempt to finally be heard. >> this is necessary, because we're serious. they're not listening to us. they're closing schools without our support. it's very important that they hear us. if it's through these measures, that's what it has to be. >> other schools in oakland currently face the chopping block due to budget limitations. >>> this morning, we've got some all new video to show you the path of detrux in dallstruction texas. one tornado spawned and it ripped apart most of the homes and

tracie potts for us. thanks frrjs a >>> during a contentious meeting the president called hiss former defense chief world's most over rated general. last night the retired machine general fought back. >> i'm not just an over rated general. i'm the greatest, the world's most overrated so i would tell you too i'm honored to be considered that by donald trump but he also called meryl streep an overrated actress so i guess i'm the meryl streep of generals and frankly that sounds pretgy to me. and between me and meryl, at least we've had some victories >> mattis was the key note speaker in new york. >>> chicago public schools will be closed again today as the teacher's strike moves into day two. they rallied and maefrpd bemanying signs and banners. as well as an increase in pay. negotiations are said to be progressing. but both sides said they haveinahave not yet come to an agreement >> after witnessing men float out of the hatch, later this morning that will change nasaast raw notes will make history with spa

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"today in the bay's" tracie potts following the developments, the late nest a our next half hour. >>> now to decision 2020 and the man at the center of the ukrain contender joe biden visits the bay area today. he's here for two fund-raisers. a luncheon in palo alto and then a reception at dianne feinstein's home in san francisco. we, of course, will follow this story all morning long. rob slater will have a full preview in the next hour. >>> a service worker's plan to be back out on the picket lines today in the second day of their strike. >> we are the union. >> social workers, nurses, even public defenders supported the union walking the lines yesterday. workers have been without a contract for months and talks are at an impasse. the strike so far is not having a major impact on services partly because right now this is only a rolling strike and the entire strike all at once. >>> talking about sports now, nsing is your one and done chance. >> and, unfortunately, that is what happened to the a's last night who needed to beat tampa in order to advance in the postseason. instead they w

tracie potts in washington, d.c.e, thank you very much. >>> so let's get a check on this morning's other top headlines outside of the world of money and business and get you set up for the news day nbc's francis rivera with those. >> good morning. we start with breaking news overnight. police arrested one of the two suspects that left four dead in the kansas city bar. they first responded to a fight at tequila kc and mass shooting just after last call sunday morning. four people were killed and five others were wounded. one suspect is in custody and police are still searching for the second. >>> in a major policy shift, turkey is moving forward with a military operation in syria. turkish military convoys have been bringing troops and equipment inside the country's northern region. the white house says the u.s. will not be involved more than 1,000 u.s. troops are deployed in northeastern syria and work with kurdish troops against isis it's now up to turkey to figure out what to do with isis fighters that have been cap

"today in the bay's" tracie potts is tracking developments from washington this morning. tracie? >> marcus, good morning. good morning, everyone. that conflict, that contradiction between what the president said and what his chief of staff said was the developing story as he headed down to texas last night. >> the whistle-blower got it all wrong. >> reporter: president trump campaigning in dallas last night. >> the bidens got rich while america got robbed. >> reporter: slamming his chief democratic opponent, joe biden, and biden's son's ties to china. >> it's called a payoff, folks. >> reporter: at the rally, energy secretary rick perry, who just announced he's leaving by the end of the year. back in washington, mr. trump's acting chief of staff reportedly stunned the white house legal team when he admitted that investigating democrats was part of the reason president trump thheldid from ukraine. >> i have news for everybody. get over it. there's going to be political influence in foreign policy. >> reporter: later mick mulvaney tried to explain but capitol hill democrats aren't

tracie potts has the latest from washington. >> reporter: gordon sondland is in the hot seat today, a trump appointee ambassador to the european union. democrats want him to explain text messages offering ukraine a white house visit in exchange for investigating joe biden. >> it's a scam by the democrats to try and win an election. >> reporter: in those texts, sondland tried to shut down a diplomat who questioned withholding aid from ukraine. lawmakers have subpoenaed the secretary of defense, and white house budget director for documents on that. >> let's hear all the fact. >> reporter: they're still trying to determine if the original whistle-blower will testify about president trump's phone call with ukraine's leader. >> it will be interesting to know if either one of the whistle-blowers were legally allowed to or did they get illegal dissemination of information. >> reporter: "the washington post" reports lawmakers are coidextreme measures including a disguise and meeting at a secret location to protect the whistle-blower's identity. as for the other state department employees who

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tracie potts has the latest. >> reporter: complete shutdown, the white house is refusing to turnoff documentsr cooperate in the impeachment inquiry. in a letter calling it highly partisan, unconstitutional, violating fundamental fairness and due process. president trump tweeted it is a kangaroo court. >> and chairman schiff is acting like malicious captain kangaroo. >> this is a charade, a clown show. >> this congress has run rough shot over right to call witnesses, the right to confront the witnesses against you, right of counsel. >> reporter: nancy pelosi responded -- >> the president is obstructing is congress from getting the facts that we need. he is an abuse of power. >> reporter: the letter came after the administration lock blocked gordon sondland just hours before he was set to speak voluntarily withaen been subpoer next wednesday. >> the fail ire to produce this witness and these documents we consider yet additional strong evidence much obstructiof obstr. >> they must be scared that he will say something bad. >> reporter: sondland was simpye indicated in text messages. a new poll sa

charlotte potts reports. >> this is his ninth defeat in parliament in a short period of time.e conservatives are saying they are upset by another delay on this extension. they say we have been in limbo and they can't make the deadline. i was just talking to a brexit here and he was saying, there may be no other way out that the general election. the opposition labour party is quite heavy within extension and how things are going for them. the deal could be ratified by parliament. they could be ratified by the eu parliament to make the deadline on october 31. it seems unlikely this deal would be scrutinized and houses of parliament and they will probably see that the brexit saga drags on and we head into an extension. brent: -- now to other politics. voting has begun in canada's national election. it is expected to be a nailbiter for justin trudeau. he brought his family along with him as he cast his ballots. his reelection campaign has been hobbled by ethics violations and racial issues. liberals are in a dead heat with the conservatives, and that could be good news for smalle

"today in the bay's" tracie potts live in washington with more. >> goor laura and marcus. good morning, everyone. he is also explaining why he doesn't want his people or former employees in that room with lawmakers alone as democrats continue to push and the trump administration continues to try to slow down this investigation. the former ambassador to ukraine will not appear before congress today, rescheduled for next week as democrats battle it out with secretary of state pom mayo. >> do you have any comment on reports on the july 25th call with president zelenskiy? >> reporter: pompeo accused the of questioning his employees, but the law forbids it. also for the first time he publicly confirmed he was on that phone call between president trump and ukraine's leader. >> as for was i on the phone call. i was on the phone call. >> reporter: democrats accuse pompeo of obstruction. >> these folks will testify, secretary pompeo will fail in his efforts to intimidate him. >> reporter: that something whether the state department directed trump attorney rudy giuliani to dig up di

"today in the bay's" tracie potts joins us live from washington with the latest. tracie? >> hi, laura, good morning. good morning, everyone. focusing here on capitol hill today on ukraine, and the former trump administration official who's testifying that he had concerns about how the president was dealing with that country. bill taylor is the former ambassador to ukraine. he'll tell about this text message "i think it's crazy to withhold security assistance for help with a political campaign." taylor wrote that, lawmakers want to know why. >> he's an incredibly respected diplomat who is the center of the president's effort to persuade a foreign leader to interfere in an american presidential election. >> reporter: president trump continues to denounce democrats' motives. >> they want to impeach me because it's the only way they're going to win. they've got nothing. >> we have crime. we have confession, we have coverups. >> reporter: people familiar with impeachment discussions say democrats will try to keep it simple, one charge, that president trump abused power by with

it all began with a coincidence biologist started potts or saw a photograph online that showed a chameleon with strange glow in the dark spots. 'd the chameleon expert was surprised he never seen the phenomenon in the animals before that's why it 1st put so thought it was a fake then he saw it with his own eyes. his panther chameleon also has been exposed to u.v. light a mysterious fluorescent pattern appears around its skull. and it's not like you jump up and yell eureka instead you realize you have all kinds of work still ahead when we stumbled on this we were fascinated that no one had heard of it it's an absolutely new phenomenon that had never been seen before and it could be linked to communication. current. chameleons don't have voices and make very little noise at all. usually they're brown and green so they're already well camouflaged on soil or in vegetation most don't actively blend into the environment. they mostly change color when they want to communicate with each other. even just shows the communions are pretty social animals they drop their camouflage when they want to say

tracie potts has the latest from d.c. for us this morning good morning. >> reporter: good morning. let's start with the second whistle-blower the focus here this week could very well shift to what this person knows and how it could be different from the original complaint. an attorney for the original whistle-blower now claims to represent a second person with firsthand knowledge of the phone call where president trump allegedly pressured ukraine to investigate joe biden. >> why should i care at all what his perspective or opinion and judgment of the transcript is? you and i cat matter how many people decide to call themselves whistle-blowers. it doesn't change the fact that he, president trump, has done nothing wrong. the president tweets this new whistle-blower also had secondhand information democrats insist there is evidence to support the original complaint. >> the whistle-blower complaint has been corroborated by information in the public domain every step of the way. this is as serious as it gets. >> reporter: four current and former staepr stories to congress, including the