tracy: right? derrick: yes. tracy: tell us about that.errick: well, this is really very exciting because, for the last several years, kepler has been looking at a small section of our galaxy, just our galaxy, analyzing stars to see if they have planets orbiting those stars. and to date, this spacecraft has identified over 4,000 candidates for places that would have planets, and it's discovered 2,000 for sure that definitely have planets. so, the most recent discovery done by kepler identified another i think it's 250 planets orbiting other stars, some of which seem to be as if they might be the size of earth, or close to the size of earth. so, we think of them as being earthlike because they're rocky and because they're about the size of earth. now, no atmospheres that we know of yet, and we're not talking about life yet, we're just identifying other planets orbiting other stars. tracy: all right, tell us about summer of space at the museum. derrick: we have all kinds of activities all set up for our visitors to do when they come to the f

tracy, yousef. tracy: thanks so much.et's get more on the top story, rex tillerson said his poor of the gulf region has increased the possibility of direct talks between they saudi led alliance and qatar. the qatari foreign minister said calling tillerson's efforts a failure are unfair. visit secretary chose his -- aling it a failure crisis like this cannot be solved in a day. yousef: let's get more from our executive editor. welcome back on the show. i'm looking at this morning's newspapers and the rhetoric is continuing unabated in terms of the sharpness. in terms of what we are hearing in the key players in the standoff, any signs that progress is being made? >> there are some signs appeared there was a memorandum of understanding signed as to how to cut the cord on terror financing. the saudi's themselves have said that was progress. also, the fact that the leaders are continuing to talk. there is a continuing effort to listen. they were not really expecting him to resolve it immediately. the fact they are continuing

tracy: [laughter] that is making me hungry.kicking off next week, janet yellen will be testifying to congress on wednesday and thursday. that is potentially her left congressional testimony as fed chair. we know a lot of people will be looking for any reinforcement from her for some of the comments we've seen from fed speakers. look at the truck behind. this is becoming a big one. we've seen some speakers talk about valuations in stocks getting lopsided. we've been talking about doubles. it looks like the fed has financial stability concerns as a reason to tighten interest rates even if inflation remains low. that is one thing people will looking at. also, commentary on the reduction of the balance sheet and future rate hikes for the rest of the year. will we get two or three? the other story is the second quarter earnings in the u.s.. we saw the philip on thursday in the s&p -- we saw the selloff on thursday in the s&p 500. of particular note for next week, we have jpmorgan and citigroup both reporting on friday. we will see i

a aditi roy is in tracy, . >> downtown tracy, california, is busy. bustling and full of businesses. its mayor says these shops and restaurants are are benefitting from what's happening on the outskirts of town. the industrial sector of tracy is booming centers from e commerce companies like amazon and crate and barrel. >> pretty much anywhere from here. every sort of amount of time. >> drive through this part of town and you'll see the massive s d e streets. fedex and safeway are among them. tracy, about 70 miles from san francisco, is just one of the country's hot spots for fulfillment businesses. other top regions include central new jersey, lehigh valley, pennsylvania and louisville, kentucky. mid sized cities right on the periphery of major metropolitian areas, where land and operating costs are cheaper and labor is ample. here in tracy, one expert estimates fulfillment centers have brought up to 10,000 new jon the last years. it felt to diver fi the economy a town once kno as a railroad hub, the local headquarters for southern pacific, then hines and holly sugar moved into trac

thank you, tracie. >> tracie, good to have you with us. also with us lauryn ricketts. has been focused on this wet weather moving enthusiastic. we're not in the clear is but still getting wet. >> see a little bit, i'm interested to see where exactly she is. >> landover area. >> there's light rain showers just scooting right around her. i'll show you that in a second. we do have rain we'll continue to watch as we go through the middle part of this day. then it will really start to taper off as we go through this afternoon. for everybody who wants to know, this evening looking a lot better. so if you've got plans tonight looking a lot better. of course we're seeing rain showers right now. we will see rain showers scooting down hagerstown, frederick, coming through loudoun county and loudoun valley and into the winchester area. area of low pressure sitting off to the west. that rain with that low pressure is going to be dragged right through the d.c. area. so some heavy rain around hagerstown area. this is the little rain shower i'm talking about scooting right around whe

westbound 580, tracy to dublin, 28 minutes. because everyone is stuck in the backup. antioch to concord, at 16. and everybody is heading back to work today. bay bridge metering lights on at 5:22. let's check in with meteorologist mike nicco with a look at the forecast. >> hey, everybody. we'll keep with the traffic thing for just a second. here's a look at the san mateo bridge, looking westbound. your commute forecast on the bay today, a small craft advisory north of the bay bridge. not as hot if you're taking mass transit, and dry this morning and this afternoon. 48 in roanoke park. that's the cool spot. just about quer. mill valley and bodega bay at 50. vallejo, 59. alameda, all the way down to newark, 57 degrees. along with fairfield. 64 in lafayette, brentwood, 63. san jose, 61. redwood city, 60. here's a look at your hourly temperatures for livermore. average high, 89. we'll be close to that. we start off at atd:00 at 64. by noon, 83. good to know that will drop from 6:00 to 8:00 from 82 to 81. comfortable this evening. he

tracie, thank you. >>> 4:47 now. today marks one year since seth ridge was shot anll searching for answers. d.c. police say they think he was the victim of a random robbery. there were conspiracy theories emerging about his death. no arrests have been made in that killing. >>> to theed trial for the a fairfax caterer is expected to begin. he's charged with the stabbing death after a wedding. bonds claims it was self-defense. he's charged with second degree murder. keep an eye on the nbc washington app from the boardroom. >>> recovering after a suspected drunk driver hit his cruiser. he was on a traffic stop early yesterday morning on the outer loop of the beltway in lanham. police say a truck hit the back of his cruiser. the trooper is out of the hospital now. the truck driver is p charged with driving under the influence. the news 4 i-team sayshi the 39th incident involving a trooper since january of last year. metro is dealing with another potential problem. the "washington post" says they're looking at how harassm

tracie, good morning. >> hey, aaron and eun, good morning. we know what the republican leadership has done to sweeten the deal but it didn't work for one conservative and one moderate. rand paul and susan collins who are still no votes. which means every other republican, 50 of them, have to be convinced to vote for this bill or it dies. here's what they did to sweeten the pot. for moderates, agd $45 billion for opioid treatment. keeping the taxes for the wealthy. and $70 billion in subsidies to help low-income families pay for their health care. conservatives, using health savings accounts, pre-packed money to pay for insurance premiums. catastrophic claims, plus the plans that ted cruzit would cost less and cover less. it's all in the pot now ee sngsly and now lawmakers have to convince each other to vote for it. here's the timeline. the congressional budget office weighs in by monday and senate republicans are still hoping for a vote next week. again, they cannot afford to lose one more person. >> tracie potts live on capitol hill for us.

tracie, thank you. >>> 4:47 now. expect to see a lot of moms and their children on capitol hill today. they'rla they're calling a play in protest. they want to call attention for the need to address climate change and air pollution. lawmakers from both parties are expected to speak at this event. >>> 4:48 now. it's a move that could add fire to the debate over voting rights. college park mayor and city council are thinking about allowing residents who are not u.s. citizens to vote in local elections. it would require an amendment to the city's charter. this is not unprecedented, though. there are several places in maryland that allow residents who are not citizens to vote. college park leaders could vote on this issue next month. >>> he served under the american flag in world war ii. he even bled for it. it was quite a shock when army vet dick cohen woke up to find the flag that once flew in his front yard had been burned in the middle of the night. this happened in the morning before the fourth of july. a few of his

tracy mcmillan is the head of global asset allocation. welcome, good to have you with us, i feel i should sit here quietly and let you and sue faulk about this, nevertheless, they're letting me lead the segment, what did the study find, how much better as investors are women than men, and why? >> what we found was an interesting dichotomy between what women say about their investing abilities and the actual performance results. what women tend to say is that they have less conference in their ability as investors, they also say that they expect lower returns on average than men do. they also tend to look toward the advice, exactly. they want more advice from their advisers, what we found was that women on average outperformed men. and they also took less risk, while they were doing that. we found they took about -- >> you found 3 things. you found three things that basically women do differently than men, and that gives them the edge. patience, discipline and the willingness to l and they trade less frequently? >> that's right. that is ri

also really heavy out of tracy. westbound 580, tracy to dublin, 1:09. that is rough. it looks like that disabled vehicle near grant line road may have cleared. southbound 680, about 15 minutes. northbound 85, looking good between 101 and cupertino in the green at 15 minutes. >>> san francisco taking a big step to make sure thousands of senior citizens don't go hungry in the face of federal budget cuts. mayor ed lee is earmarking nearly $20 million to food delivery programs. the money will give a big boost to charities like meals on wheels which prepare and deliver almost 2 million meals a year. many are given to seniors who live alone and would not be able to stay in their homes without the help. >> this is, i think, at the heart of what we're supposed to do as public servants. i'm glad to do it with an organization like meals on wheels to gets to spread happiness all over our city and do it the right ways. >> besides meals on wheels, the city money will also help other groups such as hefl-help for the elderly and jewish family services. >> two tiny critters survived

tracy tam, was there that day only because she was covering a shift. hospital says the medical center checks employees badges before they enter, but the shooter looked "perfectly normal" walking in wearing a lab coat. the n.y.p.d. is investigating how he got in and who he was targeting. reena? m ninan: thanks, roxana. defense secretary james mattis says the military won't start accepting transgender recruits until next january at the dmrliest. under the obama administration, the armed services were supposed en be ready to start accepting transgender recruits today. the delay will not affect transgender service members already in the military. there's a new legal vice in las vegas starting today. marijuana dispensaries across nevada are allowed to sell recreational pot. the silver state is now the fifth in the nation where pot can be legally purchased. chris martinez has the story. h a lot of excited people here. >> reporter: with a midnight eolebration fit for independence day, people in nevada ushered in a new freedom. some waited outside essence disp

tracie, thank you. >>> 4:48 now this morning. a man is trying to understand why his twin brother was murdered by his stepson. this is a story we've been following. lavar beverly killed ronald pinckney and posted selfies with the body on twitter. ronald's brother donald says the two had a rocky and violent relationship. beverly was not even supposed to be in the pinckney house because of a stay away order. donald pinckney says he knew something bad would happen if beverly was in the house. >> i think that warrant that he had, my brother filed papers against him. >> beverly is being held bond. >>> it could be a week before the medical examiner knows how a 4-month-old died in montgomery county. she was found in a van over the weekend. sunday morning police were called to the parking lot of the motel 6 in gaithersburg. she was pronounced dead at the hospital. montgomery county police say the baby's family is homeless and living out of the van. >>> we're learning more about a deadly officer involved shooting in frederick county, maryl

tracie potts live on capitol hill now. tracie what happens now?> what happens now is they figure out how they implement this and when to implement this and what happens to people who are transgender and already dee floyd? are they automatically out of their jobs suddenly? none of that was made clear in the tweets from president trump. when asked about it, the white house said at the pentagon when the pentagon was ask they put out a briefing that said all questions go to the white house. a lot of questions about how this will be rolled out. the reasoning behind it. the president said it was a medical cost involved with surgeries and with transgender people and also what he calls disruption to the military. we're talking about thousands of people here. a study found between 1300 and 1600 are transgender. >> walk us through what happens in the senate. >> we know what's out. repeal and replace is gone. repeal and delay is gone. lawmakers have to try to find another plan. another way to replace obamacare. what's being talked about is a skinny plan wher

i'm tracy davidson.t bill henley who issued a first alert because of the heat. >> hotter and more humid than yesterday. the temperatures soar up to 97 degrees. it's two degrees away from the record today. 90s for the suburbs. new jersey, even at the shore, will reach the 90s. with the high humidity, it will feel like 100 degrees this afternoon. same for lehigh valley and delaware. a chance of a shower passing but this afternoon. >> you can track the heat and summertime thunderstorms with the free nbc app. check the roads with jessica boyington. >> we are watching the schuylkill expressway, still. we are seeing sun glare here and slow downs in both directions. a disabled vehicle a second ago causing the seebd slowdown. watch for sun glare. visibility issues on the schuylkill. cheltenham, watching for a crash. back to you. >>> philadelphia police have a 65-year-old woman in custody who stole a cab around midnight. she stopped and picked up a fare, a woman and her 10-month-old baby. police caught the thief

so you can. >>> let's get you back out to the tracy area.slowly starting to improve following our roll-over crash here, westbound 205 at holly drive. all lanes are open for now. we've got a flipped trailer off on the shoulder and they're saying at some point, they're going to have to upright that trailer. that will take the two right lanes away. we have delays into the manteca area. once you make it on to 205, things are really starting to improve. but, a new problem if you're coming in all the way from tracy. westbound 580 near north flynn, a vehicle partially blocking the left lane, and one issue in the east bay in oakland. southbound 880 near fruit veil avenue, the far left lane blocked, the right lane as well. some delays building there, too. i know i promised drive times. we'll do that in less than ten. let's check in with mike. >> good morning. hi, everybody. open the weather window on mt. tamalpais. a little bit of a marine layer deck of clouds out there. our beaches will be sunny by the afternoon hours. sunny spots. maybe not as sunn

wree have a headache in tracy this morning.ll head back there just before 5:00. >> thank you. >>> happening today, the final day for public comment on the 27 national monuments president trump wants to downsize or eliminate. the list includes six protected areas here in california like bear eesa snow mountain and sequoia national monument. they cover hundreds of thousands of acres. they were created by the last three presidents. president trump ordered the interior department to re-examine where the areas should really be national monuments. you can comment by mail or online and we have a link at abc7news.com. >> inline skaters from across the country turned some san francisco streets into a race track over the weekend. barbara coast marathon is the only inline skating marathon on the west coast. skaters sped down the highway by ocean beach. they said they want to bring more awareness to their sport. >> what you're looking at is an attempt by roller skaters to be accepted more as a viable sport and a form of transportation. >>

tracy this.cy: we also spoke to someone from the australian university. >> it is not a muslim ban, it is not the whole thing. the supreme court only left it partially. it was pointed out there. the ban as a whole is a decision that would be made to be in october. >> how do you think this will be received because it is not a total ban but the door is a little bit open. >> it will not be received very well. citizens of those countries that travel to the united states as early as possible, a number of them would probably be in the next 72 hours before the ban comes to the full effect. at the same time, a number of other countries -- some of the terrorist activities have originated in those countries. that causes concern to those who think united states is being very biased. to all of these particular states which have been targeted by the ban. >> if you take a look at the decision from the u.s. supreme court, three conservative justices said they would have reinstated the full ban. we had justices r

tracie, what is donald trump jr. saying about this meeting and who else was in the room? >> he's saying essentially it was a nothing meeting. he found out that the woman wanting to talk about a russian adoption program that was halted or stopped by -- he quickly learned she didn't have damaging information on the democrats or hillary clinton and they stopped. the president never even knew about this meeting and certainly did not attend it. by the way, who else w son-in-law and paul manafort who was his campaign chair. >> tracie, the president is being criticized for a tweet yesterday saying that he and vladimir putin discussed forming a cyber security unit to prevent election hacking. what's the latest on that development? >> after quick criticism from kitt, including from prominent republicans who called it bizarre, why the president would want to team up on cyber security with russia, they discussed it and even though it can't happen, there are other things like the syria cease-fire that are happening. the last time we saw a cease-fire in syria, it lasted six weeks. >>

tracie potts is on the hill. good morning, tracie. >> good morning.he president has a very busy day. responding to a new threat from north korea. this morning north korea confirmed its latest missile test. president trump tweets perhaps china will put a heavy move on north korea and end this he g-20 summit. also with angel merkel. she's still leery on his trade and climate. but his focus will be his face-to-face meeting with russian president vladimir putin. >> he's going to try to gain as much influence over the united states through president trump. >> reporter: they're still working throw all details. mr. president trump talk with putin on the allegations of russian russian's. >>> plus this week new protests over health care. this mother's afraid her mother could lose essential health benefits. >> and ifos her, that's going to leave fie >> reporter: dozens of town halls are planned this weekend with homes that u.s. won't go it alone. it's chance for him to reassure allies that the u.s. will have their backs. >>> and, tracie, now we're learning abou

the president says that's a threat that needs to be dealt with. >> tracie potts on the hill. thank you. >>> we could see similar scenes like this in 21 states today. several organizations are planning sit-ins at the offices of republican senators and demanding their vote against the republican health care plan. the leaders said they will bring after the recess. >>> now, to a developing story. a nonprofit group may save neighbors from being evicted. the mobile home park was supposed to be shut down after the property owner couldn't afford to fix a sewer system. the group would buy the mobile home park for $1.4 million, according to "the washington post" and pay to fix the sewer system. >>> the third time was the charm last night for spacex. they have been trying to get the latest rocket off the ground. the weather cooperated. seven times communication satellite. that is now in orbit. spacex did not try to recover it from the launch. the payload is so heavy. >> back in the day when they used to launch the space the booster cleared, it was going 70 miles an hour. that's what 3 m

i'm tracy davidson. more news in 25 minutes. they're done. you think he cares if i smoke ribs for six hours? what? the best food at amazing prices, giant. >>> if you have neighbors coming over today or tomorrow, and you want to pump up the patriotism for your party, look no further. >> ideas you can pull off in no time, with the help of "better home and gardens." i love how the table looks simple to put together. it looks amazing. >> you probably have a lot of this at home and it's all disposable. we have to talk about the watermel watermelons. what we did is, we use block leers, we printed out what we want to carve on the front. and we paste it on here and stencil it in. you use a clam shucker. the rind is more pliable than a pumpkin. and you can eat it afterward s. watermelon has lycopene for your heart. the plates, we mixed patterns. we used our stars and stribd tr. and we used polka-dots and an accent color of light blue that we wove into the plates. and for our runner, we used bandannas. >> i saw that the other day. for a b

the people in tracy.t increases our day time population which in turn helps us attract more businesses like restaurants and retail and commercial >> he tells me that in the last quarter alone the sales revenues went up 35%. that's helped them build parks and improve infrastructure guys, back to you. >> and the other job that you'll see in those towns, i heard this from central new jersey residents, traffic cops. rush hour for the trucks is all day. thanks >> yep that's true. >> now let's get out to the santelli exchange. rick >> hi. it's been a long couple of weeks. sometimes the segment called the santelli xhanks we get down into the nitty-gritty of markets. we're going to take a little bit on the light side today. there is a lot of james bond movies out but never has anybody tried to fit james bond movies to get more knowledgeable about markets, politicians, central bankers. but i tried to do that with a select number of friends so call this the top nine answers for how bond movies make us smart better

i'm tracy davidson. >> we already talked about how it's going to get warmer today. let's be to bill henley with his most accurate weather forecast. >> that will happen during the day. right now with cloudy skies and no sun, the temperatures are coming down. we're back into the 60s and it is dry this morning for the suburbs, new jersey and the low 60s and the lehigh valley 67 degrees. sunshine, well, it will break through at times but another mostly cloudy one. 68 degrees at 7:00. so about where we are right now. then 74 degrees at 10:00 this afternoon. but the winds are going to shift. it will be warmer this afternoon than yesterday and there is a chance we'll see a late day shower and possibly a thunderstorm. most of the day it's going to be dry. into the 80s this afternoon with clouds hanging in there during the day today. as far as storms are concerned, they start moving in tomorrow and we have a first alert in place for our area. i'll take a look at that with potential for heavy rain when i come back. >> we're starting on the expressway this morning where we're

tracie. >> incredible. 5:09. new at 5:30. first time talking about that foul ball catch and the foulout that followed. >>> breaking pricing promises. amazon under investigation this morning. reports of misleading discounts that may have been costing you. >>> learning online while out of the classroom. the app your kids can use to keep their skills sharp in the summer. >>> ellipse excitement. one month away from the phenomenon. where you can see the show in the sky. >>> stopping the summer slide. when kids lose the progress they made during summer vacation. you know how much your kids love to play on the computer and other devices. >> now use that to your advantage to sneak in learning. talked to the supervisor of educational she recommended several apps for kids to try out this summer. prodigy is a game kids lead a character on a quest while practicing math skills. duo lingo can teach test coding with the app playground. >> excited to introduce these games. they want to log on and spend the time. it's going to inspire them to

he will take part in the bastille day celebrations and coming up, tracie potts will have more on the visit and how a new interview with the president is raising eyebrows. today here at home, we'll find out how the senate revised health care plan will impact your family. the plan is expected to keep billions of dollars in cuts to medicaid but republicans put more money in a fund to help lower income people pay for medical costs. gop leaders hope the plan gets the support of wary republicans who weren't happy with the original version. the new bill will be released later this morning. >>> today, we expect cory stewart to announce he's running for the u.s. senate. that's what they tell julie carey. he chairs the board of supervisors. it's a staunch supporter of president trump and nearly pulled off an upset in the republican primary for governor. if stewart wins the republican primary he would take on senator tim kaine. he's been a vocal critic of president trump. >>> the murder of an army lieutenant days away from ad our area. today the man accused of that crime could be indicted. >> t

tracie potts is live on catol hill. what is the goal of that particular speech and his overall visit to poland? >> reporter: a big goal was to ensure central european countries the u.s. would back nato alliance. moments ago, the president spoke about that, praising poland for being what he said one of the few countries to pay up, to meet the president said he supports it, but he wants other countries to pay up as well. they talked about syria and natural gas. recently, there was a u.s. delivery of natural gas to poland. the president said he doesn't want any country to be beholden to any one supplier. russia is a major supplier of energy to the eastern european countries. now, the u.s. wants to cut in on the game. >> let's turn to tomorrow's meeting between president trump and the russian president, vladimir putin. are we getting a better idea of what they are going to focus on and talk about? >> reporter: a little bit. we talked about whether or not the president is going to bring up the interference in the election. w

vai and tracie. >> thanks. the end of the taj. >>> an officer is accused of planting drugs at a crime scene. video you need to see. >>> senator john mccain begins his cancer fight. a neurosurgeon explains treatment options and several survival rates. >>> access to a life saving drug. the move delaware is making to save lives in the opioid crisis. >>> 4:06, senator john mccain has been diagnosed with brain cancer. it started with removing blood clot. a test determined it was blee owe blas toma. >>> dr. john lee joins us. doctor, thanks for being with us. the first signs, none of us knew it, but the first signs showed up a month ago when senator mccain had speech trouble in the comey hearing. talk about those symptoms and the road to diagnosis. >> for those of us trained in the study of the brain, one of the best tests of brain function, really, is just to ask questions and talk to the individual to being able to form sentences, ask questions appropriately. all of this is a very good insight and test of one's bra

hello tracy and kay.the other is a poet. >>> time to show you this morning's headlines from around the world. u.s. globe and world report looks at the gene editing of human embryos in the united states. it was done. they used crisper technology. now, the embryos were not allowed to develop for more than a few days but it's a huge development. >>> today is prince william's last day as an air pilot. he announced he was leaving to focus on royal duties. before his final ship he wrote a heartfelt letter profession his profound respekts for his colleagues. he responded how they work callously every day to save lives. he said he will carry the experience with him forever. >>> the online retailer wants to fill 50,000 warehouse jobs across the country. it's holding a jobs day on august 2nd. on that day ten of its warehouses will aur work to they'll make job offers right on the spot. >>> rihanna talked about how meeting people should be done. some people say president trump was awkward and inappropriate when he me

we have 53 in healdsburg. 60s around pittsburg and tracy. temperatures today, 60s along the coast into san francisco, high temperatures. 70s around the bay and 80s inland. i do have heat coming just in time for the weekend. 100s are returning. here's alexis. >> we're talking about construction at this early hour. i want to take you back to 880 between 23rd and 29th in oakland where they're working on taking down the 23rd avenue overpass. we have seen some major delays in the early morning hours. northbound side was closed. all lanes are back open as of 4:15. we got the confirmation from chp. it does look like we have lanes down on the southbound side and they should have everything back open by about 5:00. but in the meantime, a little backup. you can take eastbound 580 as long as you're not in a big rig. and already some delays out of tracy. 580, we had an earlier collision, 580, just before north flynn. that has cleared, but some residual delays. >> this morning, arizona senator john mccain facing his -- excuse me -- toughest battle yet. c

. >>> meet tracy.ld be the key to helping speed up security screenings at airports. >>> i'm meteorologist drew touma. heat advisory still in effect, and we're expecti >> jackets. sweaters. >> that's tracy, the robot, who you just heard from. tracy just spent some time trying to help speed up security lines at seattle tacoma international airport. she speaks six languages, by the way. tracy's designers believe robots can free humans to focus on other jobs. engineers hope future robots will be able to recognize when a passenger is wearing a hat or sunglasses, for example, and remind them to take those items off before entering the screening area. christine. >>> the bi-annual d-23 convention in anaheim had something for every disney fan today. star wars rolled out a new sizzle reel of behind the skooej scenes footage of the last jedi. the cast made an on stage appearance, but star wars is famous for its non-human characters too. >> there's new creatures. there's new planets. there's cool new stuff. >> fan

tracy, good morning. >> hey, aaron, good morning. good morning, eun. three issues to be aware of on this vote. really not a final vote but to move things forward. will they repeal and replace obamacare right now with a replacement that not a majority really likes. will they repeal it now? get rid of it and try to replace it with something later which leaves a question of what happens in the interim or will they repeal it and try to replace it with not what's on the table but something different to try to sweeten the deal for those too who don't like what they're seeing right now? the technical thing isn't at all likely what we're to see at the end of the day. >> tracie potts on the hill, thank you and welcome back. >>> now to an important race unfolding in virginia. the governor's race is a dead heat between republican nominee ed gillespie and ed northam. the monmouth university poll found gillespie and northam tied with 44% each. cliff high rah drew 3%. 9% are undecided. president trump is having n impact on this race. 4 in 10 voters said the presiden

we also have overnight roadwork in tracy. we'll check on that next. >> the popular breakfast place in the south bay won't open this morning after a turn into an unintentional drive-through. >> the driver went through the front of the lot gatos cafe. matt keller is live at the restaurant. >> what a mess here. they still have caution tape up to keep people away. and they have the fire hydrant here that was sheered off. you can see one of the pieces broken off during the crash. then you have the newspaper stand that was knocked on its side. but this isn't even the worst of it. check this out. this is the restaurant, all this damaged stuff on the ground, and then when you come up to the door, they put up a sign saying somebody mistook us for a 24-hour drive-thru restaurant. we apologize for any inconvenience. check out the video of the vehicle behind all this damage. the red suv crashed into los gatos cafe early sunday morning. driver was taken to the hospital. she was stable. firefighters were on the scene checking out the struc

our ben tracy is there. >> reporter: a massive fireworks display lit up the already dazzling skyline of hong kong saturday night. the chinese government has put on a three-day celebration here, trying to project strength and unity. but at a swearing-in ceremony for hong kong's new chief executive, who is backed by beijing, chinese president xi jinping gave a stern washing to pro democracy forces in hong kong. "any attempt to endanger china's sovereignty or challenge the power of the central government," he said, "crosses a red line and is absolutely impermissible." that did not sit well with thousands of protesters who demonstrated saturday. >> they want hong kong people to they say, but, i mean, freedom is a basic human right. we cannot give it up. so we come out and protest our freedom. >> reporter: they want china's government to respect the one-country, two-systems model that has allowed hong kong to maintain a high level of autonomy and freedom since british rule ended here in 1997. >> i think we're unhappy because of way of life is under threat. lawyer and author jason ng says

. >>> coming up, we'll go to capitol hill where tracie potts will have reaction on president trump's latest twitter controversy. ♪ >> it won't be long until the music and fireworks fill the national mall for the 4th 4 today we will get a sneak peek. the closed rehearsals are this morning. megan mcgrath is live on the national mall with more on what you can expect. good morning, megan. >> reporter: preparations underway. we have that rehearsal happening later this morning. you can see the fencing behind me here. folks will have to pass through security to get to the grounds of the u.s. capitol for this concert that is taking place later on on the fourth of july. take a look at the video from last year. it's always just a wonderful event. capitol fourth concert on the grounds of the u.s. capitol. a picturesque back drop. the dress rehearsal gets underway this morning. this year john stamos will be the host. the beach boys are performing, yolanda as dam adams to name a. it starts tomorrow at 8:00 p.m., lasts until about 9:30. do need to claim your spot. gates open at 3:00. the fireworks

tracie potts live on capitol hill now. tracie, what happens next?what happens is wait until you get more information how do they plan to roll it out? surveys say are thousands of people who are transgender currently in the military. a survey found between 13700 an 1600. there are thousands of people in the military who could be affected by this. the big question, what about people who are currently deployed? are they suddenly out of a job? out of benefits? because of this series of three tweets that created new policy. the white house was asked about that. they said ask the pentagon. the pentagon was asked about it. they said all questions go to the white house. that's why there's so much confusion. there's also confusion about how it's going to be implemented. >> tracie, let's talk about health care. walk us through what's going to happen in the senate. >> the thing you're going to hear today is "the skinny" plan, which means a slimmer repeal of obamaca obamacare. it's what lawmakers are trying to do or considering today could come up for a vote as

looking at the tracy commute the traffic just a little bit better than normal on 580 through tracy. getting a little bit suspicious with no real slow traffic which is good. maybe we are beginning to get some vacations in july because the traffic is slow but not as slow as generally is. from livermore to pleasanton it continues to look good out to hayward. 880 oakland in both directions traffic moving well. here is a cool shot. let's move along to the bay bridge toll plaza, traffic moving well in both directions. looking good from san francisco to oakland as well. >>> it is 5:01 am. >>> breaking news out of san francisco this morning, the police are at the scene of a deadly shooting and the officers are investigating what was happening and while doing so a police car was attacked and we talk about the shooting in vandalism that occurred afterward. >> reporter: good morning. we are at 24th street and mission, a san francisco me bitter -- major thoroughfare. a lot of the attention is focused at this bar across the street from where we are right now. we have video the scene earlier toda

that is happening today. >> tracie potts live on capitol hill for us today. thank you. >>> the president's son-in-law heads back to the house intelligence committee under oath. he fielded tough questions from the senate intelligence committee yesterday. this is fallout from a meeting he had with the russian attorney during the campaign. >>> we remember our friend and long-time colleague jim vance. since his death, tributes have poured in from everywhere. >>> last night he was recognized by the u.s. house of representatives. a tribute was read to him on the floor. >> vance presented the in us to a region that challenged d.c. tv news with vast changes, economically and politically. jim vance took the dare and told our ever-changing story straight. he made us see ourselves from a city with too much crime to today's d.c. with low crime and a big sur plus. only could have covered so much quick moving news without ever missing a beat. >> you can see delegate norton's speech on our nbc washington app. search vance. >>> 5:49 right now. we turn to an important race un

i'm tracy davidson. >> and i'm vai sikahema.bring us up to speed. >> that's right. we are tracking a system moving our direction. there is a cold front hanging across our area. it will become stationary and we'll have a ser ri of low pressure systems moving across that. it is because this will stay right over us it will allow far lot of rain to accumulate. we are not seeing a lot going on here. what we are plainly seeing is clouds moving our direction. to the west and southwest we are seeing heavier pockets of downpours. all of that headed into our direction. we do have a first alert that has been issued until 3:00 p.m. on saturday. a flash flood watch in effect until 2:00 p.m. on saturday. we wanted to extend that by one extra hour until everything clears from west to east. so again, locally we are seeing clouds developing very quickly. those rain showers are headed in our direction. when it's all said and done it will favor areas south of philadelphia. newcounty. looks like you'll see between 4 to 5 inches of rainfall. this is

this is train the -- tracy ullman singing. what a beautiful shot. i like that.eard that song -- i did not realize that was tracy ullman. >> i did not realize that either. >>> 5:28 am. welcome back to mornings on 2. it's tuesday, july 11. i'm dave clark. >> i'm pam cook. thank you for joining us. it looks like a pretty day on the bay. >>> it will be a very nice day. our director would like you to note that kirsty mccall originally recorded that and tracy ullman made it famous. i think kirsty mccall is in the background vocals. >> interesting. >> very cool. >>> we have low clouds moving in rapidly. there was not much when we came in earlier but it's here now. you can see it filling in the san mateo coast. we will not deal with low clouds. the monsoon cloud cover has moved off. may be by the weekend it may start to filter back in. 60s for the temperatures. 40s and 50s for others. cool in the north. woodside, 51. stanford, 53. belmont, 55. tropical storm eugene running into cool waters and is starting to fall apart sending cloud cover toward baja, southern californi

. >> and i'm tracy davidson. if you don't have to be outside we urge you to stay indoors in an air-conditioned place. erika martin is here with the hot forecast. >> that's right. another day of dangerous heat. this first alert in effect for today until 8:00 p.m. it ib colludes the entire viewing area. nobody is excluded. we are seeing temperatures in the mid-90s. triple digits again. in effect until 8:00 p.m. on friday. feels like temperatures 100 degrees and higher. dover 87. really impressive here. feels like temperature 104 degrees. why is that? because we have the really high dew points so it does effect the feels like temperatures. that's what we talk about when we talk about feels like temperatures. the dew point is 82 degrees. it will make it feel a lot hotter than the actual temperature. now, we don't have a break as far as 90s go until monday. so on saturday we are seeing temperatures in the low 90s. 90s on sunday. upper 80s on monday. this will trend through the weekend. some of them could be strong. co

tracie potts will have more on that and fill you in on what president trump is already tweeting this morning. >>> a former uber driver is accused of a sexual offense. take a look at ergon. police say he is on the run after an alleged attack last week in hyattsville and may be driving a dark colored toyota rav4 with virginia tags. megan mcgraph will have a live report from where the attack allegedly happened in a few minutes. >>> coming together in prayer and support. charles county members held a prayer vigil for the ten boys reportedly abused by a teacher's aide at benjamin stoddard middle school in waldorf where the sheriff's office say carlos bell record himself allegedly abusing the students. some of the abuse -- ♪ >> new video from a vijle from outside a jail where a virginia man was executed is sparking controversy. william morva was pronounced dead. convicted of killing a security guard in 2006. mental health advocates tried to spare his life because he suffered from a delusional disorder and this was the first execution under a new lethal injebion procedure. critics say it is

taking you out to the tracy stretch here. westbound 205 before the 580 merge.ortunately, another disabled vehicle blocking the fast lane. you're really jammed. about 1:15 right now tracy into dublin. a quick check outside, how about we end on a good note. southbound 680 through walnut creek looking good at this point. we'll chick on drive times coming up next. >> thanks. >>> "good morning america" coming up at 7:00 right here on abc 7. >> amy robach is live with a look at what's ahead. good morning, amy. >> hey, good morning to you, natasha and reggie. coming up next on "gma," as you know, president trump is in paris this morning gearing up for a high staked meeting with the french president macron. the president also set to face a firestorm of questions this afternoon over donald junior's e-mails and his meeting with the russian attorney. we'll be live in paris. and a big break in the case of four missing young men in pennsylvania. police discovering the remains of one of the victims and rearresting the person of interest. we're on the scene wheith that. back

westbound 580, tracy to dublin, 47 minutes. still have a crash near the 680 merge.outhbound 680, dublin to mission, great at 15. and 85 between 101 and cupertino at 16 minutes. >> thank you. >>> a new app to park at the airport and let a stranger take your car. we'll show you what some are calling an airbnb for vehicles. >>> the new signed bill that >>> the new signed bill that could mean ♪ ♪ ♪ >>> some tense moments at the manchester airport in england this morning. we are tracking new video at the live desk showing dozens of passengers evacuating terminal three. officials closed it after a piece of luggage cause add scare. it is still closed and all other areas of the airport are still operating as usual. ♪ >>> man, my brother, he lives in manhattan. he sent me video last night. how spectacular are the new york fireworks? went off without a hitch last night. the annual spectacular attracted more than a million people along with increased security. the sky lit up with more than 60,000 exploding shells. the empire state building is one of the landmarks illuminated i

tracie potts, nbc news, washington. >> thank you from d.c. there. back at home. >>> new this morning, firefighters managing to put out a small fire before it was a serious one and possibly damaging a san jose house a little bit after 1:00 this morning on mt. hamilton road. firefighters arriving to find a fire in a planter just outside the house. the damage was limited to just the surrounding landscaping. it's believed that that fire started from fireworks. >>> in the meantime, we are learning more about san jose's efforts to crack down on illegal fireworks. reportedly, it is not stopping the problem completely. this year the city boosted the prevention efforts with fines to $1,000 for repeat offenders. well, there are no hard numbers yet, "the mercury news" reports there were hundreds of complaints, 500 complaints on july 4th alone. >>> honoring a fallen officer. state lawmakers are reportedly closer to renaming a stretch of 680 after a fallen bart officer. a bill is winding the way through the legislature to rename part of the road for bart police

love, on tbs. >> tracy morgan, you guys like?t dudes. >> jimmy: he really is one of the funniest dudes out there. >> you know, i'm over on the east coast -- west coast, and you know, so we're, in putting together the show, i talked to him on the phone, you know, a lot, to see what his thoughts are. and the other day he was eating like a ding-dong or something. [ light laughter ] and he was talking to me. starts -- he's talking to me. he starts coughing in the middle of talking. [ coughing ] and i just hear in the background on the phone. survive wal-mart truck killed by ding-dong. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: survived walmart truck, killed by a ding-dong. >> that's brilliant. so yeah, he's like the most fun person to help create a show. >> jimmy: i love him. and we have conversations for like an hour and i have no idea what we said. and i don't think he does either. he'll start talking about "planet of the apes" or something he loves. he's obsessed that movie and -- >> he circles back around to "planet of the apes." this show we design

without the a.c.a., tracy would not be able to pay her doctors or drug companies. as recently of january, tracy was paying off old bills. this has provided hope for people. we need to make certain we don't have people digging deeper into their pockets for health care coverage. we want to relieve that pressure that's upon them. we want to make prescription drugs affordable and make certain efficiencies are there in the system so we can save, but get the care to people. that's the effort, the difference that we need to cite here. we are trying to make this a.c.a. betteand make it work. and we are asking for a bipartisan, bicameral partnership to make it better. is that too much to ask? let me share one more story. elliott, a 56-year-ol in the 20th congressional district of new york, lost his job in september last year after his company made a massive layoff even though he just started his job. he lost his employment. elott was left to figure out how to support himself and 19-year-old son who was a syracuse university student. a cobra plan would have cost $2,000. now

good morning, i'm tracy davidson. >> i'm vai sikahema. let's get to bill henley. sunrise is moments away. >> it won't be too bad. the humidity is higher. it's really this afternoon. the entire area, pennsylvania, new jersey and delaware, the exception along the coast for dangerous heat that starts this afternoon and repeats tomorrow. in fact, the alert, the first alert is in effect until tomorrow evening at 8:00. you can encounter dangerous heat with feels like temperatures of 98 to 104 at their highest. 79 right now in philadelphia. some 60s in the suburbs. most neighborhoodins are in the lower 70s. lehigh valley at 72 degrees. 70s to start with. upper 70s in delaware. look at how quickly the temperatures come up. once the sun is up, 80 degrees at 8:00. not much of a warm up from where we are right now. by