tracy: i'm tracy. lemonis: tracy, nice to meet you. i just spent a little bit of time with austin.cy: my husband's name is austin, yes. lemonis: oh, it's your husband. tracy: uh-huh. lemonis: okay. tracy: we've been married almost 13 years? something like that. lemonis: i like him, by the way. tracy: he's very passionate about what he does. lemonis: yeah. tracy: and his people out there. lemonis: so, could could you take me through the sales process? like, if i want to order a certain type of floor... tracy: so, you're basically asking for a customization on this? lemonis: yes, can that be done? tracy: if the production team says we can do it, i'm not walking away from the sale. lemonis: why? tracy: so, we get 20% of the cash up-front. lemonis: uh-huh. tracy: if i don't have a lot of cash customers for the month, those guys are struggling for materials. lemonis: so, better said -- you say "yes" to anything, especially if they're a cash buyer. tracy: yes. lemonis: okay. it's become clear to me that every single unit that is bought from this company has some nuance to it that is slow

>> tracy: all right, let's talk about it. [ chatter ] >> tracy: and then one day, the civil war of lieshy should we give a shit? why should people care about sri lanka? >> tracy: i guess -- i don't know why americans should care. i just want sri lankans to care. the story has to go on, and for it to go on, we have to have some hope. citizens were asked for what they most desired, and that is how peace came to the island of short memories. the warring parties fast realized that it didn't matter who won or who lost because in the end, they were all on the same side. ♪ >>> wide pred devastation. the u.s. president views it firsthand in his visit to california. we have the very latest on the fires and reaction to the president's visit there. >>> the murder of journalist jamal khashoggi. it's pointing to the u.s. saudi crown prince. the president said it's premature to say who ordered the killing but more information is forthcoming. >>> the prime minister of israel working to save his government to avoid an early election. live from cnn world headquarters in atlanta. we want to welcome our v

tracy. tracy.as a lot of love, man. >> seth: lot of love. >> i feel like a magical black dude. >> seth: yeah. [ cheers and applause ] >> i feel magical. >> seth: lot of. >> i'm feel like the black dude from "green mile." >> seth: you feel like that? [ laughter ] >> i could just touch a white dude and feel his senses. yeah. >> seth: a healing hand? oh, my gosh. my cold just left. >> cure your syphilis. yeah. >> seth: oh, my god. [ laughter ] there go the bugs. there go the bugs. you -- you're turning 50 on saturday. >> yeah. i'm 50. yeah. >> seth: happy birthday, man. [ cheers and applause ] >> i'm joining the 5-0 club, dog. how old are you? you young. >> seth: 44. 44. >> you young. >> seth: yeah. >> you got another four more years before you suffer from e.d. >> seth: what? [ laughter ] >> got to start taking them blue pills. >> seth: yeah, yeah. so, you had that happen to you at 48? >> no. >> seth: okay, i got you. [ laughter ] oh, that's your --- that's your analysis of me. >> i'm still making bab

tracy: lift the lid off of that one. -lemonis: here? -tracy: yeah. come this way.: the team left the prototypes to dry overnight. now we're all reconvening this morning to put on the finishing touches. what do you love about it here? -tracy: this. -lemonis: doing this work? -tracy: instant result. i like painting and vacuuming. lemonis: oh, yeah! hey, dave, do you know where mike is? dave: mike was at a breakfast meeting, i think. -lemonis: okay. -dave: he's on the way. lemonis: when we agree on a plan to launch a prototype, i expect mike to be there and fully engaged and immersed in the problem, not off doing some other sort of project that they have that doesn't help us sell boards. is mike here? -nikki: he's not here yet. lemonis: so, one board was supposed to be sprayed. why don't you and i pick the one we want to spray, 'cause i definitely want to have one. nikki: okay. lemonis: hey, tracy, do you feel like this is ready to be sprayed? tracy: my only concern is the flex of the board is gonna pop out that medallion. lemonis: this is why having mike here matters

brooke anderson was invited to talk to michael and his wife tracy. it's an "e.t."ve. >> how is your health today? how are you doing? >> at the moment i'm at what we call off, which is my meds aren't working. they'll kick in as soon as we're done. >> it was 27 years ago when a doctor first diagnosed a tremor in his pinky finger as the beginning of parkinson's. >> how do you both cope with the tough days? >> well, this is one of them. >> well, it's not -- tough days are not -- >> it's all relative. >> exactly. i feel like however i am i'm really into acceptance and acceptance means you resign to something bu recognize it is what it is. 99% of the rest of my life is not parkinson's. it's other stuff and that keeps me busy and i don't feel sorry for myself. >> but he wasn't always so positive about life. he once abused alcohol as a way of coping with the disease. >> one time i woke up with a hangover and i expected tracy to be mad at me and she wasn't angry. she was just bored. that to me was more frightening than everything. >> is that how you felt at that moment? >>

. >>> construction is underway on a massive housing development in tracy. thousands of new homes will go up in a city that is already growing rapidly. reporter tracy wolf says builders are trying to meet the demand that has a strong bay area connection. >> reporter: tracy has nearly tripled in size in the last 20 years thanks to a lot of bay area transplanted, but due to developments like tracy hills right here, it's about to get a lot bigger. integral communities is the developer behind the project which is between corral hollow and lammers roads. 2,700 homes will be built on 47 acres. 27 model -- 27 homes will be built on 47 acres. they will start in the upper 500s. the project will have 180 acres of open space. the developer is glad to see it finally coming to truex. it's been a long time coming -- fruition. it's been a long time coming. >> you have all kinds of issues, water, environmental, school and road impacts, job to housing balance. there's a lot of issues to address in california. >> reporter: as part of phase 2 of this development, 3,000 homes w

we're joined by tracey when bush is president of the ohio black republicans association in youngstown tracy thank you so much for joining us on our program what is it your take on this midterm election where you're expecting here. i believe that we're going to have a red way i think that we it's going to be type it's going to be close but the midterms usually swing to the opposing party but i think president trumps and this economy and what's going on here it's going to take us further and we may keep the house why do you say so because some of the polls show that we're expecting more of a blue way but the democrats would take the house back what indication do you see that that's not the case that people that are coming out here in the mahoning valley which is a democrat stronghold is really really high and they're coming up the president front and to support the republican ticket which is unusual but that is a bellwether sign saying that the republicans still have momentum tracy do want to ask you before the two thousand and sixteen presidential election you had been on record as saying th

really just heavy delays out of tracy. ace if you want to use mass transit. >> polls open at 7:00 in many areas. mid to upper 50s here. as we head throughout the morning, into launch, maybe you get an hour off to go vote hopefully, upper 60s around the bay. look at this. some low to mid 70s. upper 70s around napa, fairfield. by 5:00, maybe wait until after work. mid-60s around the bay. upper 60s to low 70s inland. right before the polls close, we will fall back into the low 60s. hope you can get out and vote. >>> thanks, mike. a british airways flight from orlando to london is supposed to be about eight hours. it turned into a three-day flight from hell for some paerplgs. -- passengers. mechanical problems delayed the flight a whole day. the plane took off on friday. but then they had a technical issue, so they had to make an emergency landing at jfk in new york. many of the passengers ended up sleeping on the airport floor. it finally made it to london yesterday, 77 hours after it was supposed to originally take off. it t

they will have 800 employees working per shift in tracy, just in tracy alone, to get through cyber monday and to process all of those orders, including worker dabi. usually a trainer but is jumping in to help as a picker. >> yes, a picker. >> reporter: tell me what it is like to be a picker. >> it's crazy. it's awesome. we are going to get the team going is and we're going to have fun. >> reporter: do you get any good gift ideas as you watch the orders come in? >> i'm going to come here. i've been getting a lot of these right now. i'm going to say yeah. >> reporter: you're thinking about buying that. it is fun that you get to see what people are buying. >> it gives us a lot of good ideas so it is pretty awesome. >> reporter: does adrenalin get you through? >> the adrenalin and the excitement get you going. we have to go. a customer wants it? all right, guys. let's do this. let's get going. >> do you crash at the end of the day? >> yes, we do. >> reporter: i love your energy. good luck today. you get to be santa's elf. that's pretty cool. thanks for talking to us. i appreciate her so much

other than that, typical heavy traffic out of tracy. 50 minutes to dublin.reen at 14. san rafael to san francisco looking great in the green at 17 minutes. >>> alexis, good news for people who take parking lot in the morning. it's almost finished fixing its screeching tracks. 90% of the fleet have had metal shaved off turning the high-pitched screech into a steady 'hum. it will save the agency $2 million a year. >>> an award-winning show that gets kids excited about math and science. science. >> it is for pre kindergarten. mary libby schaaf is expected to attend. >>> an animal that's been at the oakland zoo is headed to the santa barbara zoo. it has been at oakland zoo 32 years. he has been increasingly quiet since his mate passed away in january. he will live with two other gibbons. they hope this will especially rich his life and give him a little bit more company. >> good. he's been a little lonely. bon voyage. >> new at 5:00 a.m., why this job could be in jeopardy. >>> returning home. local crews back in the bay area after spending thanksgiving searching

tracy, good morning. >> good morning. good morning, everyone.resident trump promised to stop those caravans at the border. this is one way his administration is trying to do it. homeland security and the justice department agreeing on a new rule that says if you're coming to this country, if you're trying to cross the border and claim asylum, you can ly do so at certain designated ports of entry. problem is, people cross illegally because those ports are backed up for days. you don't, if you cross at her ports, you can still claim asylum but now the bar is higher. there's more proof required than just fearing violence in your country. this rule makor it difficult than even international law that allows people to claim asylum where ever they cross the border. the aclu is already on it saying they'rng to sue. >> tracy, thank you. >> 11 before the hour now. we look at a viral video of a baltimore high school student punching a teacher in the face. this is cell phone video shot wednesday at frederick douglas high school. it shows words being exchang

is tracy everwine. they have a safety program, cleaning program, beautification and activation of public spaces. the bench marks oewd reviews are benchmark one, whether the budget amounts was within 10 percentage points from the management plan. whether one percent of the c.b.d.'s actuals came from assessment revenues, benchmark 3, mr. th whether it was within0 percentage points of the actuals and benchmark for whether the c.b.d. is indicating the amount of funds carried over from the current fiscal year and designating how that money will be spent in the upcoming fiscal year. for benchmark one, civic center c.b.d. did meet this requirement and they have met this requirement as well. for benchmark two, 3.6 percent of the c.b.d. revenue came from non assessment sources so it did meet this requirement and has historic low met it. for benchmark three, all variance points were within the allotment and they have historically met this as well. for benchmark four, they did indicate that their carry forward amo

so divided government for the next two years. >> tracie potts on the hill.ou. >>> the indemocrats' in the house means more for a local representati with democrats i power to conduct investigations, we may be hearing more from maryland congressman elija cummings. he is likely to btome the n chairman of the house oversight and government reform committee. maryland is said to be the next state offering voter day registration.wm ers will come up with rules to allow for sam day registration on election day. 17 states in the district allow registration on election day. people with mobility issue, young people and low income backgrounds are people who typically benefit the most from this. >>> a d.c. man had a attack while waiting in line to vote at barnard elementary school ines nort thanks by the quick thinking of these ladies he was up and breathing by the time the paramedics arrived, he was up and breathing. these ladies quickly began administering cpr and other ran to get a defibrillatornd gave two shocks until emts arrived. >> looking atha picture, one of the

here to break it all down for us is nbc's tracie potts. tracie, good morning. this is coming after mueller's team accused manafort of lying to them. what do you think this is going to mean for his legal troubles? >> reporter: it certainly doesn't put him in good graces with the russia legal team that he's trying to cooperate with to stay out of jail. now, "the new york times" is reporting that his legal team, manafort's legal team, repeatedly briefed president trump's lawyers on their client's discussions with federal investigators. this was after manafort agreed to cooperate with the special counsel. now, briefing them is not illegal, but it certainly seems to suggest that manafort or at least his legal team was trying to play both sides. you saw there the guardian report showing also a second development that manafort was holding secret talks with julian assange of wikileaks before wikileaks dumped all of those clinton campaign e-mails. manafort saying that he has never even met julian assange. he says the story is totally false and deliberately liableous. he

tracy: i have to ask about peter navarro as well.t to stay out of the china trade talks. a a lot of assumptions built into that headline. have we actually seen wall street trying to involve themselves in trade talks? joe: it was really interesting, because that was a very provocative speech peter navarro gave last week in the u.s., and i was struck by that warning. i think it is one of those things, it did not occur to me it was that obvious wall street was engaged. i didn't realize that in the first place. but maybe the message was, if you think this administration is going to be really sensitive to the markets, or if you think this administration is going to tone down rhetoric just because stocks dropped or something like that for one day, you are mistaken. that being said, there's a lot of different voices within this administration, so there might be other members of the trump administration who really do care what stocks are saying. tracy: a lot of different voices, putting it diplomatically. joe weisenthal, thanks so much. comi

central valley, tracy to dublin, 1 hour 6 minutes for you. you're definitely heavy. road work slowing you down. 4 to concord, still in the green at 13. san rafael to san francisco in the green as well, 16 minutes. >>> thanks, alexis. one of the two men charged in oakland's ghost ship warehouse fire is back in court today. the mistake he claims the judge made that he wants another judge to reverse. >>> brick and mortar may not be dead in the age of hmm. [cell phone beeps] hey! [police whistle blows] [horns honking] woman: hey! [bicycle bell rings] turn here. there. excuse me. uh. uh. [indistinct announcement on p.a. system] so, same time next week? well, of course. announcer: put away a few bucks. feel like a million bucks. for free tips to help you save, go to ♪ feed the pig >>> can't stress enough how poor the air quality is in two-thirds of you neighborhoods. the winds will back off temporarily during the day saturday. they will pick up saturday night. more than ike likely we will be under a red flag warning. hazy central valley. eureka, 61. 80 in los angeles. let'

an update on the situation getting out of tracy. we just have the shoulder blocked but westbound -- 580 at the 205, we have a motorcycle crash. don't know about injuries but a it does not take much for folks getting out of the central valley. already heavy on 205. next traffic update coming up in less than ten minutes. >>> thieves found a legal loophole to beat car break-in charges and now a new california bill could stop them. >> a south bay woman suddenly collapses on thanksgiving day. now she wants to find the now she wants to find the holiday >>> i want to let sierra. up to a foot of snow. and the possibility of 2 1/2 feet at the highest peaks. as far as today, you can see it's mainly rain down to about 6500 feet as we head into the evening hours and then it will change into snow. look at all this snow. tuesday, wednesday, thursday, friday, saturday, and sunday. >> let's talk about that storm a little more. it's not just bringing rain into the bay area, it's bringing a high surf advisory to the entire coastline. >> waves could r

a lot of people on 205 coming from central tracy. people are getting off at the dublin interchange and north and southbound 880 is moving along nicely and no major problems at the toll plaza, 4:02 letdeath toll keeps rising in butte county from the wildfires, six more victims were discovered yesterday, this more are missing. the sheriff is completing a has all of the sources. 2030 square miles -- 203 square miles have burned. it's big earn than the size of san francisco. full containment is expected on sunday. >>> cal fire is keeping survivors in the know of what's going on. and some people know what happened to their homes and others are still wondering. debra says they have the same l house. >> a paradise survivor, thi own bath. >> she calls herself lucky because insurance on her four bedroom home will allow her to rebuild unlike other people she knows. these photos, a friend was doing utility work on her home. >> i had to live in the middle for three days, it's hard, i want to go up there and i want closure. >> unofficially reside

tracy to dublin, 36 minutes. dublin to mission boulevard, 14 minutes. 101 to cupertino in the green at 16 minutes. >>> thanks, alexis. an east bay community building a better bay area by tackling a big problem head-on. it's dropping the hammer on illegal dumping. >> this shouldn't be a surprise to anybody that we have visitors from ukraine. >> shock and anger in the north >> shock and anger in the north bay after proposition 11 solves two issues. first, it continues to pay paramedics while we're on break. second, it ensures the closest ambulance can respond if you call 9-1-1. vote yes on 11. proposition 11 "a common sense solution" to protect public safety. it ensures the closest ambulance remains on-call during paid breaks "so that they can respond immediately when needed." vote yes on 11. >>> notice when we're under a high fire danger, so is central sraefplt valley. it will go through 6:00 sunday morning. 3 polyp 5 million people under the gun. take a look at temperatures. 71 in monterey, afternoon sunshine. lo

tracie potts live for us on capitol hill.hank you. >>> 85-year-old supreme court justice ruth bader beginsbegins ready to get back into the gym. she broke t ribs last week. he insists ginsburg is a tough nails. >> 85 out planking all of them. >>> right now these are live pictures from florida where election workers a trying to finish recounting hundreds of thousand of ballots for the senate and governor's races deadline.morrow's yesterday workers started processing thousands of ballots throh tabulation machines but election officials in palm county, florida, said the old machines are over heating and that is causing the tallies to be off. they not early voting tallies were not matching up with any previous tallies. he recount must be finished by tomorrow at 3:00 p.m. the vote will determine who toes senate, governor rick scott or incumbent governor rick nelson and ron desantis and tallahassee mayor andrew gillum. >>> new thismorning, former first lady michelle obama kicker off ook tour in chicago. she was joined by oah winfre

news 4's tracie potts is live on capitol hill. could the loomingshutdown compel mcconnell from allowing this vote. >> reporter: it could, but that's been an issue and mcconnell says it's not happening. his deputy says it will likely happen. we'll see as that vote is cheduled for today. what maypel him even more is the fact that one outgoing republican, jeff flake, said he will block president trump's judicial nominees if this vote does not happen. >> tracie, turning now to that mississippi state runoff republican senator cindy hyde-smith has won. what does it say about the democrat's chances in a republican strong hold. >> it was a big trump win and now they are sending their first awoman to congress aft race that had a lot of racial eoertones. remember that v of her talking about being willing to attend a public lynchi, and ill she was elected over mike espy. espy says this is the beginning, not the end. >> tracie potn the hill for us this morning. thank you. >>> today thecu democratic c is expected to nominate a candidate for ho

tracy: i bet you will, mohammed.that everything that takes place in public in the middle east usually has a hidden meeting -- meaning. what's the hidden meaning behind this move, maybe when it comes to the timing, for instance? is this guitar saying something about the situation in saudi arabia, for instance -- is this qatar saying something about the situation in saudi arabia, for instance? mohammed: this has been a long time coming. the emir is scheduled to address the country tomorrow morning and they'rexplain how going to advance and move forward. obviously, the regional context, the pressure saudi arabia has come under, especially to resolve the conflict or the standoff with qatar, those are all the elephants in the room. yousef: it's a pleasure having you on the program. thank you for stopping by, mohammed sergie. going big, abu dhabi. the details, next. this is bloomberg. ♪ tokyo you are looking at where it is just 1:43 p.m. in the afternoon. kuroda, the bank of japan governor, speaking this morning, about how

tracie potts will have more on this coming . >> here are the other stories making headlines this morning, a majornt developme in the robert mueller stinveation. the special counsel office accusing paul manafort of lying to federal authorities in the russia probe. >> general motors executives were cutti 15,000 jobs across north america and that could mean 300 people nearalmore could be out of work. the cuts are part of a restructuring plan that focuses on electric and self-driving vehicles. >> the greater wasngton partnership is meeting today to discuss ways to ease yourco ute. one suggestion calls for you to pay a congestion tax to drive it s of downtown d.c. chris lawrence will be live with the otherst sugns to limit your traffic troubles. that's coming up at 5:00 a.m. >> thecaps are coming off a big night. they added another win to their streak at the expense of a coach that lead them to a stanley cup win. ings beforeed their the game. it's the first time the caps played the new york islanders and the caps dominated. washington won 4-1. that's better than they had all last season. and

tracie potts on the hill this morning. thank you. >>> nancy pelosi is one step closer to once again having the speaker's gavel. yesterday she won her party's nomination to be the nex speaker of the house. her role has been anything but a done deal since the midtermel tions when democrats regained control of the house. some in herarty are still lling for fresh leadership. the entire house will vote in january to confirm pelosi. >>> an update this morning on the child hit by a pickup truck moffnts after getting her school bus in maryland. that 7-year-old is expected to survive, but she has a long road to recovery ahead of her. e was hit on tuesday night in bryantown, maryland. that's in charles county. the sheriff's officeays the school bus had activated its lights and stop sign. it's not clear what charges ter drho hit her is facing. a crowd funding page was kracred to help support her family. her m parents will have tos lork as she recovers at children's natioere in d.c. >>> new video this morning, the fairfax county polic

for more let's get to nbc's tracie potts in d.c. good morning, tracie. >> reporter: hi, marlie. good morning, everyone. the answers the president is giving in the russia investigation are written. he's talking about collusion, which he has repeatedly said never happened with russia and his campaign. but he is not answering questions about obstruction of justice. those questions, those responses should be on robert mueller's desk by thanksgiving. president trump, in a weekend interview with fox, said it was no big deal. he dictated. his lawyers took down the answers, but he does not to do a face-to-face interview. >> is that your final position, that there is going to be no sit-down interview and nothing written or in person on obstruction? >> i would say probably. probably. i mean, i can change my mind, but probably. i think -- >> no -- >> i think we've wasted enough time on this witch-hunt and the answer is probably. we're finished. >> reporter: as for matt whitaker, the acting attorney general, questions here on capitol hill about whether he'll try to shutdown the investigatio

ttnbc's tracie joining us now from capitol hill with more. true we mightee a partial government shutdown in the coming weeks? >> reporter: well, phillip and parly, it's possible because congress is facing a hard deadline, less than a month from ember 7th is the day they kept kicking that can down the road. and now it's about to happen again. either fund the government -- und this budget or come up with -- or face a possible government shutdown. beenlawmakers have negotiating over this, but there is a big sticking point here. refunding for thedent's border wall. both sides, the house and the senate, have mey built in for that, but onere is times the amount of the other when it comes to border security. democrats say they actually had a good deal going with republicans on border security, but the wall specifically, which is part of that, is what could cause the problem here. president trump h said that he will fight for that wall funding. democrats are h warning to stay out of it if they wanto try to get something done on that. andy extension,

i didn't get to talk to tracy for a day. i didn't find out until a few hours before i got home and he was there. >> how is he doing, josh? >> he's doing great, actually. you know, he's a little reserved on his emotions about his house and the devastation. but he's -- he seems like he's very comfortable at home. he's got his chair. he's got the dogs. he seems very comfortable. >> are they your dogs or his dogs? >> they are now. >> yeah, he adopted our dogs. >> they're our dogs, but yeah he's pretty well claimed them. >> so you talk as though this is a pretty long-term thing. is that the plan? >> it's up to him. like, we're -- he can stay with us for -- until forever, as far as we're concerned. but it's entirely up to him, you know. with as much devastation as is in the town even rebuilding, it seems like it's going to take years, you know, for the infrastuttinfra structure to get back. >> i have no doubt, i'm sure a lot of people are moved by your kindness, tracy grant and josh fox, showing us how it is done to take care of e

nbc's tracie potts has the very last fromwashington. tracie, good morning. >> reporter: hi, marlie, good morning. seriousqu conce could mean ten years behind bars and half a million dlars in fines just for the two counts that he pleaded guilty to. those two counts that were involved in the plea deal. there are ten other counts that were not involved, but could kick in now. he could be retried on those if, in fact, t judge finds that he broke this plea deal. now, what was the lie, what were the lizath corresponding to special counsel's office? we don't knowai theyd they'll reveal that in filing. but this could mean some serious consequence on that, not to mention he was convicted on eight counts of tax evasion. none of this having to do with the trump campaign, but itould put the squeeze on. here's what manafort's attorneys are saying. t they st he's provided info to the government in an effort to live up to his cooperation obligations. he believes he's provided truthful information and does not agree with the government's characrization

for a look at what to expect, let's bring in nbc's tracie potts. good morning, tracie. >> reporter: hey, marlie and philip. good morning. so, right now, democrats are getting themselves organized, trying to figure out who's going to be in charge of what and what their priorities will be, what they'll start with first. congresswoman nancy pelosi has a vision for the new house of representatives controlled by democrats. >> a more open congress with accountability to the public. >> reporter: but she's expected to face competition for house speaker. so will other top democrats. >> i think we will have a new generation of leadership. >> reporter: fresh faces and some old ones. congressman elijah cummings expected to head oversight and government reform. that committee could subpoena president trump's tax records. >> we're going to do our part. i'm not going to be handing out subpoenas like somebody's handing out candy on halloween. >> reporter: adam schiff is expected to take over the intelligence committee. they'll look into hush money paid to women wh

tracie potts live on capitol hill. thank you. >>> 14 before the hour rightno lowering the voting age in d.c. could take a major step forward today. the d.c. counsel committee on the judiciary and publicwi safe vote on a bill today. that bill needs a majority of the committee's votes to move forward. tacoma park,reen belt, and hiattsville, maryland, also allow 16-year-olds to vote in local races. >>> also today, ope enrollment for health care opens in virginia today. one big change this year is the expansion medicaid in the state. it opens up coverage to hundreds of thousands of people who didn't have insurance options before. the age limit for medicaid is between the ages of 18 and 64. >>> this morning we hope to learn more about what led to al apartment fire in northeast d.c. firefighters found one man dead at a senior residence ft. lincoln drive yesterday. investigators are the trying to find out the cause. >>> prince william county leaders are working on a plan to get students out of portable classrooms. right now m

with the center in tracy fullfillment the amazon fullfillment center in tracy with the latest... ( darya the u-s postal service will start delivering mail as early as 5-30 in the morning. the change is happening in the coming weeks. it comes as the u-s-p-s ramps up package deliveries for the holidays. the postal service projects a double digit increase in package volume this year. saying more than 900 million packages will be delivered between thanksgiving and new year's day. and this year it is shifting focus from the busiest day to the busiest week. which they say will be december 17 to the 23-rd. ( james ) ( james ) the d-m-v is extending hours for a handful of offices here in the bay area. offices at oakland... san jose.. davis and turlock will be open one hour earlier each weekday áexcept wednesday. if you would like a complete list of the offices that are now open earlier you can head to our webstie... kron 4 dot com. ( james ) still ahead in the 8 o'clock hour of the kron 4 morning news... a routine traffic stop turned into a surprise delivery for a state tropper in north carolina

within minutes, mps had approved a budget and tracy crouch had left the government. from labor's carolyn harris who broke news of her resignation. can the chancellor confirm to the house that this is the first time a member of the government has resigned during the votes on a budget as a direct result of the chancellor's of policy? thank you. that may not be the end of the story. labor will try to get cross party support to force a vote on the policy in the weeks to come. now, how prepared are we for brexit? it's currently the most asked question by mps on a variety of select committees. it's fair to say that quest for answers is having a mixed success rate, immigration minister had a bruising encounter with the home affairs committee on tuesday, they're trying to find out whether employers will have to check the immigration status at eu migrants if there is a no—deal brexit. i'm still struggling to understand this time next year as opposed to five years' time, but this time next year, will there be any change as to who has a right to work here or not? yeah, because

tracie, the drama not on holiday just yet. the president expected somit his written answers to the mueller team this week. >> reporter:tl ex phillip. written answers. and they're supposed to be submitted before thanksgiving. thens presidentring about collusion, which he's repeatedly said there was none. but not answering questions about possible obstruction of justice. his lawyers would n allow that. now, the president in an interview on fox said that he's done, that these questions were -- that he dictated them, at it wasn't lots of meetings with lawyers as was reported but a pretty simple process. but as for a sit-down interview, a face-to-face interview, not kely to happen. >> is that your final position, that there going to be no sit-down interview and nhing written or in person on obstruction? >> i would say probably. probably. i mean, i can change my mind, . but probab >> no -- >> i think we've wasted enough time on this witch and the answer is probably. we're finished. >> reporter: the question now, will his new acting

tracy, could this lead to another government shutdown? it's possible. they're trying to avoid, three weeks from today, budget deadline or we will see a partial government shutdown wrapped up in those negotiations. two things you mentioned, the border wall and how muchhe funding will be. the houseays one thingnd the senate has another idea but also protecting then charge of the russia investigation. democrats want to tack that on to the budget and now some republicans backing them either saying they think t's a good idea to protect robert mueller's job so the investigation can get wrapped up or that they s willnd in the way of that vote. >> tracie potts on the hill for us this morning. tracy, thank you. a good news to report fro developing story coming out of chicago. six people who were trapped for hours one of the tallest buildings in the country are now out. tourists from mexico became stuck inside what was once known as the handcock building for two hours. firefighters told our sister stations two cables snapped wnd thatt caused the elevator to stop.

we're about to surprise tracy with a car. [ marching band playing ] >> tracy? boys?ve's key to progress. thank you so much for your service. this is your new car. >> thank you. very nice. thank you. that's awesome. >> reporter: did we surprise you? >> oh, yes. i'm very surprised. >> reporter: why are you crying? congratulations. thank you. >> i want to thank progressive's key to progress. this is a great program. it honors veterans like tracy. she sent us a thank you note. she said thank you. this reinforces what i try to teach my kids. if you're a good person, good things will happen. >> she's the best thing that happened to those darling boys. >> they're thriving because of her. >> thank you for that. >> great stuff, jenna. >>> coming up, one of hollywood's biggest stars is live in studio 1a. mark wahlberg. i )m laura garcia. way way the we )re following breaking news n southern california...a mass shooting inside a bar. we )re following breaking news n southern california... a mass shooting inside a bar. here )s what we know: -13 people are dead...including the gu