tracie potts, thank you so much. we're of course watching the white house waiting for any reaction from president on what is happening on capitol hill. for updates on the political firestorm, you can always visit nbcbayarea.com for up to the minute reports. >>> we're also covering the pandemic as well which has led so many children to learn from home, distance learning. and parents in san ramon say that they are fed up with distance learning. and they want their voices known. they want their kids black on campus and they want to out school board members standing in the way. and bob riedel is joining us live. >> reporter: yes, there will be a sit-in protest at berkeley unified. parents caravanned their cars outside district headquarters and honked their horns trying to send a message to the school board that it is time to reopen their children's schools for in-person instruction. the argument being that virtual classroom is not enough, that their kids are failing as a result. some parents want three school board membe

tracie potts, thanks. >>> later today, dr.ganization. president biden has kept dr. fauci on as the united states top infectious disease expert and has made fauci the head of the w.h.o. the u.s. will rejoin the w.h.o. which president trump began to withdraw from last year. >> more details now, southern california vaccine supplies are scant. check out some of the long lines yesterday that continue at dodger stadium, the mass vaccination clinic. covid case numbers in l.a. county are trending lower not deaths. former governor arnold schwarzenegger was one of thousands vaccinated at dodgers stadium and posted video to twitter saying he's never been happier to wait in a line. >>> san diego county leaders meantime are spanning their vaccine push hit hard by the pandemic. the south bay area of san diego which includes chew va vista. >> walnut creek is providing protections for businesses hit hard by the pandemic and providing grants to some businesses that closed due to stay-at-home orders. "east bay times" reports business cans see u

. >> tracie potts is live on capitol hill. 15,000 national guard troops joined federal agents and police and they're doing just everything to make sure this transition is not interrupted by any violence. >> reporter: exactly. i got a security update. they continue to expand the perimeter around the capitol, which is already locked down. by wednesday, there will be tens of thousands of national guard troops here, already many of them on the ground working with police and federal agents to make sure this this is a peaceful transition of power. in washington, d.c., this morning, businesses are boarded up, the national mall and its landmarks offlimits to the public. the inauguration site, the u.s. capitol and blocks around it behind concrete barricades, metal fencing, and an unprecedented display of america's military might. >> we don't want to see fences. we definitely don't want to see armed troops on our streets, but we do have to take a different posture. >> reporter: new video of the capitol riot -- >> where the [ bleep ] is nancy? >> reporter: shows what washington is trying to prevent

"today in the bay's" tracie potts has new details on the recorded phone call everyone is talking about this morning. >> reporter: nbc news obtained this recording of president trump calling georgia secretary of state brad raffensperger begging him to change election results. >> i just want to find 11,780 votes, which is one more than we have, because we won the state. i only need 11,000 votes. fellas, i need 11,000 votes. give me a break. there's nothing wrong with saying that, you know, you've recalculated. >> well, mr. president, the challenge that you have is the data you have is wrong. >> reporter: the president pressured raffensperger for an hour even suggesting that not changing the numbers could be illegal. >> that's a criminal -- that's a criminal offense. that's a big risk to you and to ryan, your lawyer. that's a big risk. >> reporter: democrats are condemning the president. >> i actually wasn't surprised by this call. the president has shown us a long, long time ago who he is. >> reporter: no reaction yet from the white house or the trump campaign. the president tweeted that

tracie potts live from washington. thanks so much. >>> speaking of the riots as well, remember the man who put his feet up, he broke into nancy pe pelosi's office, putting his feet up on the desk during the siege in capitol hill? he's appearing in federal court today. richard bannerett faces several charges, entering restricted grounds, violent entry and theft of personal property. he was arrested in arkansas and ultimately will be extradited to washington, d.c. >>> we are continuing to watch washington closely. when we're not on the air, great place to get the latest information is on our website. nbcbayarea.com. right at the top, we've got a section called capitol riot updates. it's on our trending bar. it's an easy way to find our stories and updates in one place. >>> 6:04. the other crisis we're facing, of course, the pandemic. many small businesses have been shut down for weeks or cutting back service. leaders in one north bay community now demanding the state allow outdoor dining to resume. this is happening in m

tracie potts, nbc news, washington. >>> as tracie points out today is designated as a national day of service to honor the life and legacy of the civil rights leader. of course, due to the pandemic today, many of the events are virtual. tonight president-elect joe biden as she mentioned, vice president-elect kamala harris will host an hour-long economicration. king's son and daughter expected to speak at that event and there will be several performances. the national civil rights museum will host a virtual mlk celebration on its website. >>> a more contagious strain of covid-19 is now circulating across california, being detected up and down the state, including in santa clara and san francisco counties. we're learning the strain is now being linked to the massive outbreak at kaiser san jose. dozens of employees were infected, including one who died. more than a dozen patients also contracted covid. public health officials are still trying to figure out why it spreads so quickly. >> was there, you know, some change in ventilation or some change in how personal protective equipment was

"today in the bay's" tracie potts is live at the capitol this morning, tracking the many steps being taken to make sure violence does not interrupt this transition. tracie? >> reporter: laura and scott, good morning. that includes these tens of thousands of national guard troops joining police and federal agents, some of them already on the ground. more of them on the way. capitol hill, the perimeter expanded over the weekend, and the area right now kind of looks like a ghost town, not many vehicles on the streets, because many of those streets have been shut down. in washington, d.c., this morning, businesses are boarded up, the national mall and its landmarks offlimits to the public. the inauguration site, the u.s. capitol and blocks around it behind concrete barricades, metal fencing, and an unprecedented display of america's military might. >> we don't want to see fences. we definitely don't want to do posture. >> reporter: new video of the capitol riot -- >> where the [ bleep ] is nancy? >> reporter: shows what washington is trying to prevent? 25,000 troops will occupy the city

if not lawmakers will move ahead with impeachment nbc's tracie potts joins us with the latest tracie,he house speaker has laid out a time line for herself. >> right, pelosi wants to see this happen sooner than later, given the fact there are nine days left in this presidency and multisources are telling nbc that vice president pence is unlikely to invoke the 25th amendment amendment. and she says the house and congress could likely impeach. this week that they introduce articles of impeachment accusing the around channing the president with incitement of insurrection some of the house, even some democrats say the senate trial could wait until after joe biden's first 100 days but on both sides, democrats and republicans are saying that they need to move urgently and get the president to either resign or be removed now. >> sadly, the person on the executive branch is a deranged, unhinged, dangerous president of the united states. and that only a number of days until we can be protected from him. but he has done something so serious that there should be prosecution against him. >> well,

"today in the bay's" tracie potts reports from washington, d.c. >> reporter: president trump is wakingthis morning as the first and only president to ever be impeached twice. >> today in a bipartisan way the house demonstrated that no one is above the law. not even the president of the united states. >> reporter: house speaker nancy pelosi made it official after ten republicans joined every democrat condemning the president for inciting last week's riot at the capitol. >> i'm choosing site. >> inciting a deadly insurrection is not enough to get a presintde impeached than what ? >> reporter: most republicans argued this impeachment was not just about last week, but the end of a four-year vendetta by democrats. >> reporter: one with of the president's staunest supporters who voted no blamed him for the attack. >> the president bears responsibility for wednesday's attack by congress by mob rioters. >> reporter: in a individual taped speech with no media present. >> there must be no violence, no law breaking and no vandalism of any kind. everyone must follow our laws and obey the instructi

"today in the bay" tracie potts is outside the capitol complex with the latest developments. >> capitol hill is quiet this morning after riots stopped the electoral vote count, sent lawmakers into hiding and left four people dead, including this san diego woman shot by police. >> a woman died out there tonight. and you're making these objections. >> the business of confirming joe biden as the next president continued all night. >> the votes for president of the united states are as follows. joseph r. biden jr. of the state of delaware has received 306 votes. donald j. trump from the state of florida has received 232 votes. >> reporter: with some republican s now dropping their objections. >> i could not object to certification. >> all i can say is count me out. enough is enough. >> here's the truth, joe biden won the election and the effort will fail and everybody knows it. >> enough, my beloved colleagues. it is time for america to heal. >> reporter: brazen riots are smashing windows to get on to the senate floor and gave democrats and republicans a renewed resolved. >> we will not be

tracie potts from capitol hill. >> reporter: in a new white house video president trump acknowledgesoe biden's victory. >> a new administration will be inaugurated on january 20th -- >> reporter: and changes his message. to rioters who broke into the capitol -- >> to those who broke the law, you will pay. >> reporter: more than 200 lawmakers want the president removed or impeached for inciting the riots, including one reamian. >> the president is unmoored from reality and his oath. >> reporter: democrats have written articles of impeachment, hoping to act in the 12 days before biden's inauguration. >> he unleashed an all-out assault on the institutions from the outset. >> the vice president and the cabinet won't invoke the 25th congress. congress should come back into session and impeach the president. >> reporter: even republicans who don't want the president removed agree he bears some responsibility. >> his angry rhetoric was reckless. his actions were the problem not the solution. >> reporter: more than half a dozen administration officials have resigned since the capitol attack

sowed a deep divide with the speaker over the house going so far as to say the enemy is within tracie potts joins us with more. tracie, there are few signs of unity here. >> reporter: well, phillip, that's right it looks like the fortress around the u.s. capitol may stay indefinitely that's what the new acting capitol police chief is asking for, that the fencing stay essentially indefinitely around the capitol and that there's also a force nearby to respond to any threats or violence there's also growing anger now from democrats about a freshman republican, mar superiory taylor green of georgia cnn reports some of her social media comments, liking online comments about violence against democrats, claiminr pelosi was treason, punishable by death, and also information on a shooting death. they're leading for a push to have her expelled from the house. >> she's incited in the past to storm the capitol go, after nancy pelosi i believe she is a clear and present danger to the house of representatives. >> we will probably need a supplemental for more security for members when the enemy is within

our capitol hill correspondent tracie potts joins us now. good morning good to see you. this truly we've seen it so many times unprecedented. >> reporter: unprecedented and legally questionable according to some legal experts. as you said, we now have that hour long phone call the recording of it happened on saturday between president trump, his chief of staff, other advisers and the georgia secretary of state and his general counsel talking about that state's election results which, as you know, have been counted three times. listen to what the president has to say for an hour on this phone call he pressures brad raffensperger to change the results. >> the people of georgia are angry. the people in the country are angry and there's nothing wrong with saying that, you know, that you've recalculated. so look, all i want to do is this i just want to find 11,780 votes, which is one more than we have, because we won the state they're going around playing you and laughing at you behind your back, brad, whether you know it or not, they're laughing at you. and you've taken a st

tracie potts has the latest on the pandemic and former president trump's impeachment trial that's due to start in two weeks. >> i want to urge everyone to take the vaccine when it is your turn. >> reporter: vice president harris getting her second dose of the coronavirus vaccine with millions of americans still unable to get their first. >> i'm going to try and get up and around at 3:00 in the morning and see if i can get a reservation for my first shot. >> reporter: president biden announced the government is buying another 200 million doses, but they won't arrive till summer. for now he's shipping 16% more to states and giving them three weeks' notice of what's to come. >> we're at the mercy of whatever is sent. >> the brutal truth is it's going to take months before we can get the majority of americans vaccinated, months. >> reporter: democrats are planning a vote on covid relief as early as next week. >> the work must move forward, preferably with our republican colleagues, but without them if we must. >> reporter: republicans objecting to the $1.9 trillion price tag. >> all of us

tracie potts, you're watching georgia as well as what's happening on capitol hill this morning. it's just an extraordinary day for politics. >> reporter: two big stories both of which affect the country and its politics and its government. watching the race in georgia particularly where they're still counting whether republicans or democrats control the senate. here today the senate and the house will certify the presidential race. but there are options inside and outside the capitol. pro-trump protests are drawing thousands to the nation's capit capitol. >> i came here to support donald trump. >> reporter: there have been six arrests including the leader of the proud boys who has been banned from the city. president trumppeak s at a save america rally thisorning as lawmakers gather to certihe t presidential election with vice president pence presiding. the president tweeted falsely that if vice president mike pence comes through for us we will win the presidency. but pence only announces the results. he can't change them. a person close to the vice president says he'll follow t

tracie potts, nbc news, at the u.s. capitol. >> so a busy day at that capitol.top of the hour, we expect president trump will depart the white house for the final time. we will have full live coverage of all of that. at 5:45 this morning the president-elect, vice president-elect and their families will attend mass at the national cathedral in washington. at 8:15 this morning, inauguration ceremonies begin with biden scheduled to tentatively to take the oath of office at 9:00. >>> shortly after kamala harris is inaugurated as the country's first female vice president she will swear in several senators, including her replacement, california's alex padilla, the state's first latino senator. once they're all sworn in, the senate will be divvied 50/50 with democrats holding the majority and harris, of course, as the tie-breaker. >> our special coverage begins all morning long. president trump again leaving the white house for the last time, headed to florida. >>> to the pandemic, when it comes to new covid cases in california, the numbers are still trending lower fro

tracie potts, thank you very much for that. and don't miss special coverage of today's inauguration right here on cnbc it starts at 11:00 a.m. eastern time with our own shepard smith. >>> now the morning's other top headlines, including some of th first steps joe biden plans to take as president, you heard tracie potts allude to them. rahel solomon has more on that. >> we are getting details that president-elect biden will sign 17 executive orders after officially being sworn into office, the orders will include rolling back trump era policies and the coronavirus pandemic, and rejoining the world health organization, asking the cdc to consider immediately extending the federal eviction moratorium, and also requiring all appointees to sign an ethics pledge >>> walt disney cut performance based bonuses amid top execs bob iger saw his compensation fall to $20 million from 45 million. ceo robert chapak, taking a lower based salary, which he agreed to scale back during the outbreak and how about this one, dom, alibaba founder, jack

and now we're going to go to tracie potts who is just down the street, overlooking the capitol for what we can expect later on during the inauguration. >> reporter: hi there, kris. good morning, everyone. from the west front of the u.s. capitol, the last time you saw this scene, there were people climbing the walls and the risers behind me. a very different scene this morning from a few weeks ago. now anticipating the inauguration of joe biden in just a few hours. it was just a few minutes ago that we saw president trump on marine one fly over the capitol, his last trip from the white house, as he leaves today, and biden takes over. wif we've got live pictures as chris was talking about, the bidens in a church service before headed to the capitol today for this ceremony. we've been here for a few hours. they're doing as you can probably hear behind me some sound checks. they've been playing music. they've been cleaning the socially distanced chairs for hundreds of members of congress, the u.s. supreme court and other dignities expected to atend this service today. new this morning, pres

"today in the bay's" tracie potts is there. the impeachment talks should pick up and first lady melania trump responding to the capitol hill attack. >> exactly. the first lady out with this statement this morning saying that she's disappointed and disheartened with what happened last week and she finds it shameful that surrounding these events salacious gossip, unwarranted personal attacks and false, misleading accusations on me from people looking to be relevant. and she says people who have an agenda. she goes on to talk about healing the country. democrats think that healing begins with ousting her husband from office early with nine days to go. and if vice president pence won't do it, they will ask him today, then democrats say they're ready to start impeachment proceedings again. >> reporter: the house of representatives plans to introduce articles of impeachment this week. house speaker nancy pelosi last night on "60 minutes." >> this president is guilty of inciting insurrection. he has to pay a price for that. >> reporte

we'll talk more about that plan with nbc's tracie potts in just a few moments here first, let's bringou up to speed on corporate news. bertha coombs is here and joins us with those headlines. good friday morning to you, bertha >> good friday morning, dom. shares of china's smartphone maker xiaomi dropping sharply, the trump administration adding the company to a blacklist of firms with alleged chinese military ties with military companies in china that means u.s. investors can't buy those shares, and those who have them must divest in cement. xiomai responded saying it is not linked to help fix u.s./cha relations. china's official news agency reporting on a letter sent from xi to schultz asking him for help jeff bezos company blue origin ready for flight yesterday it finished its 14th test flight of a rocket booster and capsule. people familiar with the company's plans tell cnbc blue origin is aiming to fly its first crude flight into space by early april. >>> and timman fertitta is reportedly in talks to take his casino and restaurant assets public through spacs he operates the golde

. >>> "today in the bay's" tracie potts joins us live outside of the capitol. tracie, what are you hearing about a possible final wave of pardons? >> reporter: well, we could see as many as 100 from president trump. we're also hearing this morning that your new senator alex padilla will be sworn in after the inauguration tomorrow, replacing vice president-elect kamala harris. she and president-elect biden will be here in washington today to continue the inaugural activities. they're both speaking here tonight. tonight, from the lincoln memorial, joe biden will deliver his final message as president-elect, before his highly anticipated inaugural speech tomorrow. >> it's a message of unity. it's a message of getting things done. that's what he'll be talking about january 20th. >> reporter: biden's team says he's start signing executive orders on day one, creating a path to citizenship, ending the national emergency at the border, rejoining the world health organization and the paris climate agreement, and reversing the ban on trance gender people in the military,

let's start out with tracie potts. live in washington, d.c. 9:00 a.m. there. the capitol should be open for business. what is happening right there, right now. >> so, we know that the national guard is still patrolling the building. the curfew is over. they have given the all clear and lawmakers are now contemplating how they answer questions about the security breach and who incited the riots. capitol hill is quiet this morning after riots stopped the electoral vote count, sent lawmakers into hiding and left four people dead, including this san diego woman shot by police. >> a woman died out there tonight and you're making these objections. >> reporter: the business of confirming joe biden as the next president continued all night. >> the votes for president in the united states are as follows. joseph r. biden jr. of the state of delaware has received 306 votes. donald j. trump with the state of florida has received 232 votes. >> reporter: with some republicans now dropping their objection. >> i cannot now in good conscious object to the certification. >> all

i got to meet tracie potts in person. of course we've been hearing her reports from washington, d.c., seems like forever. her son has just gotten accepted to college, i remember back when she was pregnant, she was with us on "today in the bay" back then as well. thrilled to meet her. she's just at a different location, but covering the trump part, the trump departure administration part of this story. so we're going to, once we're done here with you this morning, we have to get more credentials from the presidential inaugural committee and then we will get to reporting, because we are coming up live at 5:00 and 6:00 tonight as well. >> kris sanchez, having a big, long day. we appreciate your hard work out there. >>> of course we'll have special inauguration day coverage from here in the bay area and washington all morning long tomorrow on "today in the bay." we do expect president trump to leave the white house while we are on air in the morning tomorrow, a special edition of the "today" show will air tomorrow morning, 7:

kremlin critic the potts on a flight to moscow from good to almost 5 months recovering from a nerve agent attack. and maybe at the risk upon arrival in russia he says he's also coming up ready to make an insurrection the whole 50 us states are on high alert in the run up to president elect joe biden's no gration this week 25000 national guard troops are being sent in to protect the nation.

tracie potts is joining us now with more from d.c what is the latest on the special election in georgiawhen will we have a resolution to the ossoff/perdue race? >> reporter: they are counting, but we don't know when they will be done. as of last night, there were still thousands of voting outstanding in fulton area for example, they said that they had about 4,000 votes and they would start counting again in the morning. that is just one part of the state. right now the vote total in that perdue/ossoff race as of last count was about 12,000 votes apart. so the votes that are outstanding could make a big difference there one georgia election official said with a race this close, it could take them a couple days before they actually have a result and this is critical as you know because the result of that one race now determines control of the u.s. senate after picking up warnock, dmgs now have 49 seats. republicans have 50. if they are even, then the tie breaker would be the democratic vice president elect so this one race will determine who is in charge and we just don't know yet with th

tracie potts is live in washington. i don't know how you even get your head around the idea of another impeachment of the same president. >> reporter: right. and impeached but not necessarily guilty because of the complications that you talked about. it all goes down in just under an hour with a preliminary vote. and the first votes that you hear this morning will not be the impeachment vote. they have hours of debate and democrats have named their managers or prosecutors to make that case. >> this president is not meeting the duties of office and is clearly not capable of it. >> reporter: a late night edict urging mike pence to use the 25th amendment to remove president trump. >> they may be calling on the vice president but based on his litter, he is not answering. >> reporter: the letter arriving before the debate was even over saying removal is not in the best interests of our nation. opening the door for today's historic second impeachment. charging the president with inciting violence against the government of the

"today in the bay's" tracie potts is live if washington. tracie, the president doing whatever he can to deliver more vaccines and we know we want them. >> exactly. people are showing up for vaccines that's not there. the biden administration trying to work that out while the cdc says this pandemic is getting worse. >> reporter: after taking action on climate change. >> we can't wait any longer. >> reporter: three sources tell nbc today president biden will sign orders to add more people to medicaid and reopen affordable care act marketplaces to americans who need insurance during the pandemic. >> this virus is mutating and it's mutating quickly. >> reporter: the cdc says the new uk version of coronavirus is spreading fast in the u.s., now present in half the country, expected to be the primary strain by march. but vaccine distribution is slow. only one in 16 people have received both shots. >> where are all these vaccine doses? >> we expected to get the doses by mid to late summer. >> reporter: not soon enough. the cdc predicts the death to

. >>> "today in the bay" tracie potts is live, tracking all these developments. there are so many. an impeachment vote could possibly happen as soon as tomorrow, according to the speaker. >> right, because they're not expecting that vice president pence will follow-up on this resolution today to try to remove the president under the 25th amendment. so they are moving forward with that next step of trying to get the president out of office early. >> donald j. trump incapable of executing -- >> reporter: after one republican blocked it. >> i object. >> objection is heard. >> reporter: the house of representatives plans a roll call vote today asking vice president pence and the cabinet to remove president trump for inciting violence against the government. if pence says no, which sources say he will, the next step is impeachment. as early as tomorrow. it would make president trump the first president to be impeached twice. >> we have to stand up to this man who incited a violent riot at our nation's capital. >> i do not see how that unifies the country. >> reporter: getting 17 republi

"today in the bay's" tracie potts live this morning near the nation's capital tracking that, plus new reaction to the president's weekend phone call trying to change results. good morning, tracie. >> reporter: hi, scott, good morning. good morning, everyone. democrats now want to get the fbi to look into that phone call. but let's begin with that voting in georgia. the voting was already under way, millions of people have already cast their ballots in two senate races that could decide who is in charge in washington, at least in the u.s. senate, for the next few years. president trump rallying in rural georgia last night for republican senate candidates david perdue and kelly loeffler. >> the senate seats are truly the last line of defense. >> pay no attention to him. he's on his way out the door. >> reporter: if both democrats win, the party will control all of congress. if either democrat loses, republicans remain in charge of the senate. >> we have 8,000 poll watchers so georgians can trust their vote will be counted. >> reporter: a record 3 million have already voted. polls are de

tracie potts live on capitol hill, where do we go in the impeachment from here? >> we know where we're going to the senate, we just don't know when that senate impeachment trial may happen, now that house has charged the president with citing insurrection, it's up to the senate to decide if he's guilty. >> reporter: president trump is waking up this morning as the first and only president to ever be impeached twice. >> today in a bipartisan way the house demonstrated that no one is above the law. not even the president of the united states. >> reporter: house speaker nancy pelosi made it official after ten republicans joined every democrat condemning the president for inciting last week's riot at the capitol. >> i am not choosing a side, i'm choosing truth. >> if inciting a deadly insurrection is not enough to get a president impeached than what is? >> reporter: most republicans argued this impeachment was not just about last week, but the end of a four-year vendetta by democrats. >> it's always been about getting the president, no matter what. >> reporter: but o

tracie potts is joining us now with more. >> reporter: good morning. sources are telling nbc that there have been informal talks among 1256 h. staff about using the 25th amendment to remove the president and of course growing calls for that more than 200 members of congress, one republican, the rest democrats so far. and others who say the president should either be removed with the 25th amendment or congress should impeach him now, the president in a new video taking a different tone in light of all of these calls for his removal, he has for the first time acknowledged that joe biden won the election and will be inaugurated on january 20th he says there will be a new administration as of that date but he also takes a very different tone toward the rioters who invaded the capitol wednesday. initially the president said things like we love you, we understand how you're feeling, calm down and go home. now he is saying that people who broke the law will have to pay and that he was appalled by what he saw very different message than just 24 hours earlier w

tracie potts, we'll be checking back with you. thank you so much. >>> today's certification in congress prompting bay area rallies on both sides. a group called the vietnamese movement for trump plans to hold a rally at grand century mall shopping center. protesters plan to gather on the steps of san francisco city hall holding a car caravan after. >> of course for updated results throughout the day on those races in georgia and the electoral college count, we'll have it all. nbcbayarea.com. >>> governor newsom is sending out an sos to the federal government asking for help to treat california's surge in covid-19 cases. "today in the bay's" bob redell joins us live where some health care workers will receive their second round of vaccine shots today. bob? >> reporter: good morning to you, laura. you'll recall that back in mid-december the nurses and doctors here throughout the east bay received their first dose of the pfizer vaccine. these are the health care workers who are treating those patients, as i mentioned, right after the

let's get right to our team coverage. >> we begin with tracie potts.nt to invoke the 25th amendment. >> reporter: exactly and they are different. they could both involve congress, but timing, the 12 days left, is an issue here. the 25th amendment to the constitution, part of it says if the vice president and the majority of top offices, essentially the cabinet, believe that the president cannot do his job, he's unfit to hold office, they will let the president of the senate know. the president, though, can object. and if there's a back and forth between them, congress would have to decide whether or not that would be invoked. the president can say, no, i'm fine. and then congress would have to make that decision. impeachment is different and we know what that is. we've been through the process before. the house impeaches or charges the president. the senate tries him to determine if he is guilty of those charges. it took a few months the last time around. we have 12 days here. articles of impeachment have already been drawn up. they haven't been introd

tracie potts joins us now with what's happening today. good morning, tracie. >> reporter: hey, kris, good morning. we were on opposite ends of this year covering the same story which continues to develop. yesterday you saw the president signing off on those executive orders right away. this morning we learned he's got a whole new batch he's planning to introduce today focused on the covid crisis. >> the president of the united states. >> reporter: the biden administration's first full day. >> we're not wasting any time. >> reporter: ten new orders today on covid-19 part of a national strategy to expand emgency relief, vaccinations, testing, reopen schools, and address inequities. >> the pandemic, economic crisis, racial injustice, the climate crisis and threats to our very democracy. >> reporter: president biden signed more than a dozen executive orders on day one ending the muslim travel ban, stopping border wall construction, requiring masks on federal property and rejoining the paris climate agreement and world health organization. mor

"today in the bay's" tracie potts is live with a historic request that congress will make today. good morning. >> good morning. good morning, everyone. with just nine days to go in this presidency, today the house of representatives is expected to request that vice president pence use the 25th amendment to remove president trump. inasmuch as sources tell us he's not likely to do so, plan "b" is impeachment. >> reporter: the house of representatives plans to introduce articles of impeachment this week. house speaker nancy pelosi last night on 60 minutes. >> this president is guilty of inciting insurrection. he has to pay a price for that. >> reporter: multiple sources tell nbc that vice president pence is unlikely to use the 25th amendment to remove president trump. more than 200 house members and 37 senators want him to resign or be removed. >> every minute and every hour that he is in office represents a clear and present danger. >> donald trump may be in the twitter penalty box, but he still has access to the nuclear codes. that's a frightening prospect. >> reporter: some belie

tracie potts, thanks for the details. it is 6:44 right now.lications approved and denied ever since a judge ordered the program to resume accepting them in november. out of more than 2,700 applicants, 171 have been approved. and another 490 have been denied or rejected. america currently has an estimated 650,000 daca recipients protected from deportation and eligible for work permits. >>> a longtime worker at the capitol has died. a 58-year-old automotive pool manager died on december 22nd. state leaders are not at the capitol currently. lawmakers are scheduled back next week. now in santa clara county if you call 911 for a medical emergency you are likely to get an ambulance right away, but there will be a chance you will stay in the ambulance in the hospital parking lot for a while as hospitals struggle under the burden of the covid surge. "today in the bay's" kris sanchez live. how long are we talking? >> reporter: i talked to county ems which stepped this to allow paramedics to help and they say some of the ambulances were sitting outside

tracie potts joins frus washington with the latest good morning, tracie. >> good morning, everyone. sources including an administration official giving us some detail on these executive orders on health care told president biden expected to sign off on expanding medicaid, getting more people signed up for medicaid it's not clear yet exactly how he plans to do that. we'll likely find out more specifics on that today. he also wants to reopen the affordable care act marketplaces mid year to people who need insurance in the middle of this pandemic, and frank, it's a pandemic that is getting worse the cdc now confirming that by mid february, we will have seen more than half a million deaths that the new u.k. variant of the virus is spreading in the united states, and will be predominant by march and that the vaccine distribution as we know, as we have heard from states, that rollout is slow going. right now, 1 in 16 americans have gotten both shots, but a lot of states are saying they just don't have enough vaccine the biden administration trying to push out more they're slimming down th

tracie potts, nbc news. >> thank you. >>> in the wake of the capitol hill chaos and violence, a new alert from homeland security. it is warning domestic terrorists unhappy with the change in the white house are planning new violence, though likely not on the scale of the capitol riots. this is the first time dhs has issued a warning about domestic extremists. >>> a bay area president trump supporter is now facing criminal charges. here he is on your screen. the fbi says ian rogers from napa built five pipe bombs and planned to attack democrats on -- and twitter headquarters. when agents raided his home they allegedly found incriminating texts on his phone. >>> health insurance giant blue shield will be taking on a feature role in the latest effort to ramp up california's vaccine rollout. the state is finalizing a contract for blue shield to manage vaccine delivery to county hospitals and pharmacies. right now the state is lagging in its distribution, only about 1/20th of the 40 million people who live here have received at least one shot and yesterday governor newsom signed an executive o

let's get to "today in the bay's" tracie potts looking at a lot of new developments. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. we know the rehearsal for sunday for biden has been pushed to monday. there are security concerns and a lot of security around here and while all of that's happening inside the capitol and on capitol hill, the senate is trying to figure out when they can hold an impeachment trial but house speaker nancy pelosi hasn't said over the formal charge and hasn't said when she will. the earliest possible start for an impeachment trial is wednesday, inauguration day, one hour after joe biden is sworn in as president. >> it's hard to predict how many will come down on the side of conviction. >> reporter: with our nbc news poll showing the country almost evenly split on impeachment and removal, a handful of republicans are considering it. >> i believe this president violated his oath of office and i believe there must be consequences. >> what good comes from impeaching president trump after he's out of office? that's an unconstitutional attack on the pres

tracking the new growing calls for president trump to be removed or impeached, but, first, tracie potts live in washington, d.c., with the latest overnight developments. tracie. >> and the latest from overnight, laura and scott. the work got done despite these historic and unprecedented riots that breached security into the u.s. capitol. joe biden and kamala harris early this morning named the next president and vice president of the united states. here's how it happened. >> the votes for president of the united states are as follows. joseph r. biden jr. of the state of delaware has received 306 votes. donald j. trump from the state of florida has received 232 votes. >> reporter: and this happened after the breach and lawmakers came back and worked through the night, all night long dealing with some objections. although some republicans came back and said they could not in good conscious continue to object to this process. they didn't finish up until about 12:34 a.m., california time. it was a long day. also overnight, president trump finally pledged that there will be an orderly transi

tracie potts is looive in washington, d.c.h what's shaping up to be a very important day ahead. >> reporter: good morning, dom, good morning, everyone, and a day when the markets may have a lot to react to, the confirmation hearing for janet yellen as treasury secretary happening today. president trump planning as many as 100 commutations and pardons that could be announced today, and president-elect biden planning to start rolling back the trump policies within hours of taking office tonight, from the lincoln memorial, joe biden will deliver his final message as president-elect before his highly anticipated inaugural speech tomorrow. >> it's a message of unity it's a message of getting things done that's what he'll be talking about january 20th. >> reporter: biden's team says he'll start signing executive orders on day one. creating a path to citizenship, ending the national emergency at the border, rejoining the world health organization and the paris climate agreement. and reversing the ban on transgender people in the mili

tracie potts has more on that and when former president trump's impeachment trial will start. tracie? >> reporter: hi, cierra. we now know the impeachment trial will start in a couple of weeks. until then, senators are working on confirmation hearings for the biden cabinet and trying to figure out how much money the u.s. can afford to spend on covid relief, including money to push out more vaccines. there is a new strain of covid in south africa, and nine u.s. citizens who traveled there will not be allowed in the u.s. under new restrictions, president biden plans to sign today. he's also blocking visitors from brazil and much of europe including the uk, where there is another new version of the virus. >> the best way to prevent the further evolution of these mutants is to vaccinate as many people as possible. >> reporter: the biden team is efforting 100 million shots in 100 days, they claim the trump administration left no plan. >> we need more vaccine, we need more vaccinators, we need more vaccination sites. >> reporter: president biden spent more than an hour on the phones

tracie potts is live in washington with that part of the story. good morning. >> reporter: hey, kris. good morning everyone. the president wants to move quickly. republicans want to make sure america can afford this covid relief. today he meets with the treasury secretary to talk about what happens if washington drags its feet. >> as we continue to battle covid-19. >> reporter: president biden in a hurry to get $1400 payments to americans. >> the first thing we have to do is get the covid package passed. >> reporter: his $1.9 trillion stimulus includes money to distribute vaccines. in los angeles people are camping out hoping to get a shot. >> if there is any chance i can get it, it is totally worth staying in line all day. >> reporter: republicans say biden's plan costs too much and they want to break it up. the white house says no. but he'll negotiate. >> we'll keep trying till the end. but there is an urgency here. >> reporter: with extra unemployment running out in just over a month, democrats want to vote next week. with or without republican

tracie potts in d.c., thank you very much. >>> tracie mentioned markets, why don't we get back to them. stocks are hovering at all time highs amid president biden's inauguration, and the prospect of 2 trillion in new stimulus. the next guest warns it may be time for you to moderate your expectations robert teeter is the managing director and head of investment policy and strategy group at silver crest asset insmanagemen and he joins us now. why do you think now might be the time if not taking money off the table, at least a little bit cautious >> that's right, i think cautious is the right word i think being selective is important here a couple of signals we look to first is that the s&p is 14% above its precovid highs that shows we have come a long way. we have work to do on covid recovery but the market has gotten far ahead of that and signals in lower priced stocks doing well since the vaccine news, nonearners, doing well that comes to the fact that we have come a long way since early november time to take a pause, revisit allocations and be selective in terms of what you own. >> wh

tracie potts, live in washington, d.c. there, thank you very much for that. >>> back to the markets now. futures under pressure slightly as investors await a busy day of earnings reports ahead we will get the reports from the likes of microsoft, general electric, verizon and johnson & johnson as we work through the heart of earnings season as you can see there, it is the busiest week of the season for those corporate reports. for more on the trading day ahead, i'm joined by bill stone, chief investment officer at the glen view trust company. bill, great to have you here >> good morning. >> what is it right now that struck you about what's happening with earnings season and the overall markets. are earnings reports even that important anymore given what's happening in washington, d.c., the vaccine rollouts and everything else? >> well, i guess they remain important in the sense that they're coming in extremely good now, a lot of that's already discounted in how much stocks have come up starting last year, and obviously cont

tracie potts, live from d.c., thank you very much. >>> back to the markets now.could really be another busy day ahead as we mentioned, several megacap companies announcing earnings, david versus goe liath trade. let's talk to can didice bangsu. european markets are ahead the fed policy market. why are we seeing this ahead of the policy market where we don't expect much news to be made? >> i think that reflation ary trade is seeing a bit of a pause. investors trying to gauge the tug of war between the near term virus, and economic impacts and the lag of widespread vaccinations and a return to economic normality i think this is creating a little bit more vulnerability in the market >> you were kind enough to send research over. you're calling for a rapid recovery, you're seeing as the most likely scenario, u.s. equities with the return of the 6% and emerging markets with the return of 17%. can you kind of explain your thesis there, and also the time line >> absolutely. our viewers at the outlook have brightened considerably in 2021, obviously given the vaccine brea

tracie potts in washington, thank you. >>> it is 6:45.trazeneca vaccine. dialysis patient brian pinker was first to get the shot administered by a chief nurse at oxford university hospital. this vaccine is cheaper and easier to use since it does not require the super cold storage needed for other approved vaccines. you may recall the trials here were temporarily halted in the u.s. after some patients became ill. american regulators have not yet approved it. the u.s. rollout is only just starting. operation warp speed not moving as quickly as hoped. one solution may be to double the number of people getting their first dose while not reserving the second dose for the follow-up shot. that in the meantime covid cases still surging here in the bay area but there is a little glimmer of -- bob, i understand there's a slight uptick in the number of icu beds available. >> reporter: correct. this is not to downplay the severity of what's going on. many of the hospitals here in the bay area are still overwhelmed but over the week the standard icu c

"today in the bay's" tracie potts live in washington with a look at the plan to oust the president and the resignations of more disillusioned cabinet members. good morning, tracie. >> reporter: scott, laura, good morning. good morning, everyone. a couple of cabinet members and others in the administration saying they will be out early from the trump administration including the cabinet members that might be part of a decision to remove the president if that happens, and we have heard from sources that there have already been informal discussions amongst staff to see if they can invoke the 25th amendment to do that. in a new white house video president trump acknowledges joe biden's victory and changes his message to rioters who broke into the capitol. >> to those who broke the law, you will pay. >> reporter: they want the president removed or impeached for inciting the riot. >> the president is unmoored from reality and his oath. >> reporter: democrats have written articles of impeachment hoping to act in the 12 days before biden's inauguration. >> he unleashed an all-out assault on ou

"today in the bay's" tracie potts is live in washington on capitol hill. tracey, so much going in. bring us up to speed. >> yes, we've also learned that one of the biden appointments, one of the cabinet nominees that was supposed to be having a hearing this afternoon, that's been postponed as well. the director of national intelligence avril haynes is not happening because more members wanted to be in person, four others are planned before inauguration and the senate is trying to balance all of that with a possible impeachment trial, even though they have not yet received the official charge for president trump. house speaker nancy pelosi hasn't said when she's sending that over. the earliest possible start for an impeachment trial is wednesday, inauguration day, one hour after joe biden is sworn in as president. >> it's hard to predict how many will come down on the side of conviction. >> reporter: with our nbc news poll showing the country almost evenly split on impeachment and removal, a handful of republicans are considering it. >> i believe this president violated his oath of