tracie potts is in washington for us with more on all of this. good morning. >> reporter: hi there, lynn. >>> they are expected to spend three hours together today. he backed a two-state solution >> the borders of israel and palestine should be based on the 1967 lines with mutually agreed swaps so that secure and recognized borders are established for both states. >> if he will try too strongly to satisfy obama he will find himself with no government home. so he knows what are his red lines. >> key issues are israel's defense and settlements which israel is expending. >> the dream of a jewish and democratic state cannot be fulfilled. >> so far we have not seen the palestinians ready for it. >> u.s. made commitments in 2004 allowing occupation nearly four decades ago. lynn? >> tracie potts there for us in washington, thank you. >>> dominique strauss-kahn is set to be released from a new york prison today, but not without strict conditions. thursday, a judge agreed to a bail agreement after the former head of the international monetary fund was ind

tracie potts, nbc news, washington. >>> in the meantime, chris in kabul are on high alert.uring taliban rule in afghanistan, the al qaeda organization had free reign of the country. bin laden still has strong support in rural areas of the country. >>> the death of osama bin laden means saying good-bye to a tattered flag. he kept this flag flying. it survived wind, rain and heat. when they heard bin laden had been killed, they decided to lay it to rest. >> it was hard to digest because it's been such a part of this neighborhood. one sixth of my life has been flying here. >> what is going to happen to the flag? he would like to donate it. if they don't want it, he will give it to one of his children as an heirloom. >>> officers arrested a woman of pleasanton after a federal grand jury indicted her. a two-year scheme to admit foreign students on in addition to fees. meanwhile, in danville, three former church workers under arrest accused of embezzling $60,000. they used church owned credit cards for expenses. they began an internal investigation in may of 2010 when the pastor

tracie potts is on capitol hill with the latest. >> reporter: volcanic ash forced an early arrival in london. today, president obama meets with queen elizabeth. he wowed crowds and urged peace in ireland. >> those willing to take those risks, we are grateful to them. >> reporter: it's peace in the middle east as israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu thinks israel and palestinians can co-exist. at a speech monday, he rejected president obama's call to begin with borders from four decades ago. >> israel cannot return to the 1967 lines. >> reporter: democrats and republicans are assuring netanyahu the u.s. supports them. >> i think it makes its intentions known. >> united states of america will not give money to terrorists. >> reporter: seeking peace through diplomacy at home and abroad. the president is headed toward the g-8 summit that starts thursday in france. tracie potts, nbc news, washington. >>> this time of year, college graduates getting their diplomas. will it give them an edge when it comes to jobs? for more on the highest and lowest, let's turn to nicole lapin live at cn

>> tracie potts for us in washington. thanks. >>> well, residents along the mississippi river's flooded banks are in a slow moving nightmare as they wait for the rising waters to crest. officials are keeping two major spillways open to protect louisiana's major cities, but the overflow has forced thousands to either evacuate or ride out the disaster. in vicksburg, mississippi, residents are hoping the yazoo back water levee will remain intact until the mighty river crests sometime tomorrow night or thursday morning. >>> meanwhile the u.s. is treading dangerously close to defaulting on its debts. after officially maxing out its federal borrowing limit yesterday, timothy geithner told congress that creative accounting will keep the country afloat for now, but warned lawmakers they need to agree on a solution by august 2nd. republicans refuse to raise the debt limit unless the obama administration first agrees to massive spending cuts. however, according to the congressional budget office, republicans' debt reduction plan on

tracie potts has a look at what's next. >> reporter: a new nbc poll shows president obama's rating is up three points to 52% since catching osama bin laden. this afternoon, he takes the boost to el paso, texas to urge public support for immigration reform. >> we weren't able to achieve it in the first part of the term, the president's term, but it remains a priority of the president's. >> reporter: especially heading into 2012. the democrats need hispanic voters. right now, they are frustrated. record deportations. the white house says he'll argue reform creates jobs. that nbc poll found less than four in ten americans like how the president handled the economy. over $14 trillion in debt. >> without significant spending cuts and changes in the way we spend the american people's money, there will be no increase in the debt limit. >> reporter: by significant, he means trillions in cuts. vice president biden sits down with democrats and republicans to work on that today. and president obama meets separately with them later this week. tracie potts, nbc news, washington. >>> coming up, new

for more on this, we go to nbc's tracie potts. she's in washington for us.ood morning. >> lynn, good morning. first that photo, that controversial photo that the president will not release to the public, at least not now. the white house saying that the risk outweighs the benefit. there are too many radicals out there already been on recal t l retaliation. there's been a fake photo around. some democrats and republicans say they can wait that the dna evidence is enough for them. others say they think the photo needs to be released not only for the u.s. but also so that middle easterners will know that osama bin laden is, in fact, dead and is not coming back, as they put it, to terrorize them. as for the raid, the details that have been revised, the white house saying three out of four of those who were shot were not armed. and we have new information today from pakistan's foreign secretary. he says that the u.s. should be careful that raids like this could be in violation of international law. lynn? >> all right, tracie potts in washington, thanks. >>> presi

. >> tracie potts has that story from washington. >> the cia is poring over tons of information seized from the compound. hard drives, dvd's, flash tries, hoping to determine if ayman al- zawahiri will take over. >> i am wondering where he is right now. >> a bipartisan dinner last night, president obama got a standing ovation. >> there is a pride in what this nation stands for. and what we can achieve that runs far deeper than parties in far deeper the baltics. >> the president made the right call and we thank him for it -- and far deeper than politics. but >> amid celebrations, the concern is how and when al qaeda it may strike back. >> it is important that we remain vigilant to protect the american people. >> also, our relationship with pakistan. did they know where he was hiding? >> that does raise questions. >> america celebrating yet concerned about what might happen next. but for now, there is no elevated terror alert. from washington, i'm tracie potts, wbal-tv 11 news. >> you can look inside and around the compound where osama bin laden was found. if you would like to see the ph

today in the bay's tracie potts is live in washington and joins us with the details.t do they want to do? >> reporter: what they want to do is create a brand new system, not the numbers that we're used to seeing, on the front of sunscreen packages, but stars. one through four. and here is why. those numbers spf, the sun protection factor, only tell you about how much that product will block uvb rays. but over years, scientists have learned it's the uva raise that penetrate the skin much more deeply. but there's no requirement that those products tell you how or if they block uva rays. they want to scrap that system, create a new 1 to 4 star-based system that would tell you about both types of sun protection. of course, the big concern here is melanoma. 8,000 new cases diagnosed every year in california. two people every day die as a result of it, believe it or not. and so lawmakers here on capitol hill want to change the labels so that when you buy sunscreen this summer you know exactly what type prove tecof protectio getting. >> and reapply, reapply. >>> 39 people re

in washington, i'm tracie potts, wbal-tv 11 news. >> the photos taken of osama bin laden are described as gruesome. jennifer franciotti joins us from the newsroom with comments from two of maryland's congressional delegation about whether those photos should be released. >> barbara mikulski and dutch ruppersberger are each on their respective chamber's' intelligence committees. both sides are against releasing them to the public. mikulski is expecting a briefing today but police now is not the time to show the photos. leon panetta believes the photo op will be released eventually but said that call is up to the president. some worried a photo is too graphic for the public, especially for children. a child psychologist said parents should try to shield their kids from the photos even though many see graphic violence all the time. >> because the video games are a man-made event. even though excessive exposure of its may in some children's minds that this is real life and that needs to be corrected by adults on a constant databases. >> if the photos are released, if your children to end o

tracie potts, wbal. >> the fear of retaliation continues. members of congress want the tariff threat level in the nation to be raised, but the homeland security chief says the u.s. does not have credible information to issued an alert. intelligence officials are using information found inside bin laden's countdown to add to the terror watchlist and no-fly list. our coverage of bin laden continues on line. check out pictures of the action inside the white house during the event and what the navy seals saw inside the compound during the raid, and a compound of osama bin laden since 9/11. that brings us to our water cooler question of the day. does the president's visit ground zero today seem to? email us at watercooler@wbaltv.com. >> 45 degrees on tv hill. an internet tragedy, a former nurse convicted in connection with two deaths. >> getting away with loot, and the scene ended on one of the suspects tried to skillet -- a machine ended up on top of one of the suspects trying to steal it. >> if you look just fine today, appropriately dressed. w

. >> we get the latest from tracie potts in washington. >> this morning, the cia is poring over tons of information seized from osama bin laden's compound -- hard drives, dvd's, flash drives, hoping to determine whether ayman al- zawahiri may take over. >> zawahiri is the brain trust, so i'm wondering where he is right now and i'm wondering when we're going to get him. >> at a bipartisan white house dinner last night, president obama got a standing ovation. >> there is a pride in what this nation stands for and what we can achieve that runs far deeper than far deeper than politics. >> the president made the right call and we thank him for it. >> but amid celebrations, the concern now is how and when al qaeda may strike back. >> it's important that we remain vigilant in our efforts to defeat terrorist enemies and protect the american people. >> also at issue today -- our relationship with pakistan. did they know where he was hiding? >> that does raise questions about a compound of that size in this area not raising suspicions previously. >> america celebrating yet concerned about what

tracie potts has more. >> this was a highly classified briefing. >> lawmakers who heard how the u.s. down and killed osama bin laden called the story riveting. >> they walked through point by point and the bravery involved, the planning, the decisiveness of the president. >> the white house is now correcting some details, saying bin laden resisted, but was unarmed. top officials are debating whether to release photos of his death. >> this is an issue that we are taking into consideration, is that it could be inflammatory. >> inciting the taliban and other islamic groups who already vowed revenge. >> i continue to worry about a lone wolf, an individual who's been radicalized and begins to mobilize. >> analysts insist the world needs proof that bin laden was killed. >> i have seen those photographs. we've analyzed them and there's no question that it's bin laden. >> meanwhile, pressure's mounting on pakistan to explain how bin laden hid for years, virtually in plain sight within their border. it's a delicate balance. the white house calls pakistan a key partner in the fight against al

tracie potts joins us live from capitol hill with more on that. good morning, tracie. >> reporter: joe, good morning. good morning, everyone. cia director leon pan net ta briefed lawmakers about some of the top secret details of this mission. how those navy s.e.a.l.s were able to capture and kill the world's number one terrorist. >> you know, this was highly classified briefing. >> reporter: lawmakers who heard how they tracked down and killed osama bin laden called it riveting. >> walked through point by point. the bravery involved, the planning, the decisiveness of the president. >> reporter: the white house is correcting some details saying bin laden resisted but was unarmed. top officials are debating whether to release photos of his death. >> this is an issue that we are taking into consideration is that it could be inflammatory. >> insighting the taliban and other islamic groups who already vowed revenge. >> continue to worry about a lone wolf, a individual radicalized and begins to mobilize. >> reporter: analysts insist the world needs proof

today in the bay's tracie potts is live in washington this morning. we understand the president could ask the leader of syria to step down. >> reporter: laura, good morning. good morning, everyone. president obama, today, giving his first major policy speech since osama bin laden's death. the white house says he will focus on the broader middle east. what's happening in these countries where we have seen so much unrest. the president will say, according to the white house that not only military action is necessary but also that we need to focus on economic solutions. he'll argue that the problem is that people there are frustrated. they have no jobs. they have no or little voice in their government. he is expected to propose $1 billion in aid for egypt in addition to cancelling $1 billion in debt. more aid for tunisia. when it comes to syria, the u.s. just announced sanctions, the question is whether or not the president will suggest or ask the president to step down as we saw with mubarak in egypt. that is still under wraps. we don't know if that wil

tracie potts has more on what the pakistani leaders are saying. reporter: good morning, everyone. some of the lawmakers are raising questions about whether or not pakistan knew or how they could have missed osama bin laden virtually living in plain sight. only 60 miles from their capital of islam bad, only one mile from one of their major military operations. lots of questions being raised whether their military should have suspected, if they didn't know that he was there. now, they have done raids, the intelligence officials there, with the u.s. before. but not in this case. the u.s. says it was just too delicate to let anyone know except for minutes before it happened. the official reaction from pakistan, they are hailing the united states for this raid. but there are groups within pakistan, including the taliban, that are vowing to retaliate. >> well, tracie, there's been a call by a lot of folks for some sort of proof to be provided by the white house to prove, in fact, that was bin laden and that it was he who was killed. what do we know abou

tracie potts is live in washington, d.c. with the details of the scandal that broke overnight. >> reporter: literally, we got news from an l.a. times report. we heard of the split a couple weeks ago after 25 years they were separating. no apparent situation. now, this report he fathered a child more than ten years ago, over a decade ago apparently with a staffer. someone who worked with him 20 years and recently retired. now, according to the times they did an interview before all this became public with the staffer who said another man was the father of the child but now says it was arnold schwarzenegger. she left on good terms. apparently, according to the report, he's been supporting the child for many years. maria shriver earlier this year moved out of their brentwood mansion. he told her about this after he left the governor's office. virtually, they lived separate lives since then. he has been supporting the child, denying some allegations an apologizing in a statement we got this morning. he understands and deserves t

>> tracie potts reporting live.hanks very much. >>> osama bin laden's killing seems to have helped president obama's approval rating. 32% said they feel a lot more confident about president obama as commander in chief. 39% say they are more confident in the wore on terrorism. an overwhelming 98% said the u.s. military deserves a great deal of credit for the successful operation. >>> 5:35. tomorrow, president obama will attend an observance of new york's ground zero. bin laden masterminded the attacks on the world trade center which killed 3,000 people. he also invited president george w. bush to attend the service. he was in office when the attack occur. he said while he appreciates the offer he has chosen to remain out of the spotlight during his post-presidency. >>> prince william county leaders will be traveling to new york to bring back a small reminder of the 9/11 attacks. remnants of the world trade center are being divided up and distributed to communities across the country. local leaders are hoping to secur

today in the east bay's tracie potts has the latest on the new candidate whose announcement came overnight. >> i'm tim pawlenty and running for the president of the united states. >> reporter: the former minnesota governor ignores republicans and focuses on president obama. >> we need a president that understands our problems are deep and has the courage to face them. president obama doesn't. i do. >> reporter: he joins former massachusetts governor mitt romney whose raised millions and former house speaker newt gingrich. >> i want to outline a program of dramatic change and i'm prepared to debate that program. >> daniels said he won't run. >> an entertaining candidate who won't get nominated. >> reporter: his bet, herman cane. he want as 23% sales tax not no federal tax. >> they wait until it's at a disaster point then say we have no choice. that's not leadership. >> paul ryan said he's not running but left the door cracked open. >> you never know what opportunities lead way down the road. >> no women in the race, so far. we are waiting to hear from michele bachmann and sarah palin. >>> j

tracie potts has more from washington. >>reporter: our national security adviser says intelligence received is about the size of a small college library. >> in addition to being the leader of al qaeda, he was involved operationally. >> reporter: there's debate on whether the military intelligence or neighbors knew he was hiding there. >> that's something we have to investigate and more importantly, the pakistani government has to investigate. >> reporter: there's no evidence of collusion but on capitol hill, there's skepticism that they could have been in the dark. >> it's extraordinarily hard to believe he could have survived there for five years without a support system and knowledge. >> it appears very logical if osama bin laden was in that home for six years of time and a group of people connected with the military, a lot of people in pakistan knew about his where abouts. >> reporter: the u.s. wants pakistan to share documents left behind and question his three wives left in custody. >> it's 4:36. let's check in with c

tracie potts is live on capitol hill and joins with us a run-down of the best u.s.edeeming some of those frequent flier points. that's the hard thing. you try to go check them in and they are always, you know, some little asterisks there, details. >> absolutely. it is frustrating, laura, when you have accumulated all those miles and you see the high ticket prices. and you are thinking i could get that ticket for free. sometimes you can. actually we got this info from a consulting group idea works. they tried 6,700 times to exchange miles for tickets. guess what. they were successful about two-thirds of the time. little bit better than last year. here is their advice. if you are going to try to exchange miles this year, especially this year, because things are already tight with the airlines, they are heavily booked, try the low-cost airlines, southwest, jet blue, at the top of that list, 99% of the time, they were successful with southwest. 79% of the time with jet blue. but when you get to the larger airlines like delta and u.s. airways, they were at the bottom of

we go to nbc's tracie potts in washington for us. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. let's start with that photo. the president says that releasing the graphic photo of bin laden's death and video of his burial could insight radicals who have already vowed retaliation against the united states. so, for now, they will not be publicly released. reaction on chiapitol hill is mixed. a fake photo is already going around. some here say republicans and democrats, that the dna evidence and what they heard privately from the cia is enough. but others say that the u.s. and those in the middle east need to see these photos. now, as for the raid itself, the white house now says three out of four of those who were killed were unarmed and that this was lawful because of bin laden's history of threatening the u.s. >> thanks. >>> and today president obama will be in new york city. he'll be joining families of 9/11 victims at ground zero to mark the death of the mastermind behind the world trade center attack that took their loved ones' lives. nbc's michelle franzen joins us from lowe

tracie potts is live in washington with the latest worries and possible payback. good morning, tracie. >> reporter: laura, good morning. good morning, everyone. no one, not even the president knew for sure he was at the compound until the raid happened. today, the cia is giving members of congress a briefing, a closed-door briefing. they are pouring over documents seized in the raids. hard drives, flash drives, electronic information to get more insight on al qaeda and its plans. there are concerns about retaliation of attacks. the taliban, some islamic groups protested and said they will retaliate. they are experiencing heightened security but no overall elevation of the nation's terror alert at this point. lots of concerns here about pakistan, the already tenuous relationship. did they know or should they have known osama bin laden was hiding virtually in plain sight only 1,000 yards from one of their key military academies. laura. >> thank you very much, tracie. it's 5:03 now. a look at the other top stories this morning, we turn to marla tellez. good morning. >

live from capitol hill, i'm tracie potts. >> thank you. 5:37 now.e antioch city council will hold a hearing on a moratorium on medical marijuana. they approved a 45-day moratorium last week after learning that a center opened without permits. the ban, which includes mobile delivery services, warehouse style grow operations and dispensaries. if it's passed, it could be extended two years. >>> a new area code is coming to santa clara. county supervisors take up the plan at a meeting. the current area code will be either split in two with one area 408 and the other 669. or the public utilities commission will use an overly method allowing them to keep their current area code and 669 to people signing up for new service. a lot of people are upset. they want to hold on to 408. >> i have my chico 530. >> awesome. >> that's right. good morning to you. we are bringing you back to old school in the weather department. we have fog out there. traditionally, it's what you are used to in the bay area. not heavy. visibility is greater than five miles. morning hou

immigration today, of course, the budget battle continues with congress, i want to check in with tracie potts. she's live in washington this morning with new details. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, everyone. we have a new wall street journal poll showing some numbers going up and some going down. the president's overall approval rating bumped up three points to 52% since osama bin laden's death. it seems that foreign policy issue and the way he dealt with it is having an advantage for the president. when it comes to the economy, those numbers still very bad. less than four in ten americans approve of the way the president is handling the economy. now, his focus turns to immigration reform. that broken campaign promise he was not able to get to in the first year of his first term. today, he heads to el paso texas for a big speech to draw support to give illegal immigrants in this country, 2.5 million in california alone, but giving them a pact to citizenship. it's met a lot of backlash from republicans on capitol hill. the president is talking business leaders, celebrities in the his

i want to check in with tracie potts. she's live in washington, d.c., with details. >> reporter: the president tries to take up immigration today. he's headed to el paso, texas. the state with the most undocumented immigrants. he's going to talk about comprehensive reform, something he promised in his campaign. the president has been pitching, providing a path to citizenship to people who are undocumented immigrants. a lot of republican backlash on that. they want to work on and focus on strengthening the borders. the white house tells us the president will also allow undocumented immigrants who have gone to school in the country have done well, encouraging them to stay and open their businesses. you can deal with both issues at one time. expecting to hear more on that from the president in el paso. he sits down with democrats and republicans when he gets back to talk about the budget and the looming debt ceiling approaching. if we hit it, we won't be able to pay our bills in this country. republicans are saying they will

i want to check in with tracie potts, live in washington this morning with the details.ood morning. >> reporter: hi there, laura. good morning, everyone. we are talking chores here and men and women and the division of chores. uvla followed couples and measured their stress levels based on who was doing which chores when. they measured levels to determine when are men and women, husbands and wives least stressed. women are less stressed when doing chores with the help of their husbands. turns out when the two are home alone or in a room alone, women are more likely to be working. men more likely to be relaxing. a lesson to be learned there. certainly not the first study that found this. the university of south florida found, this is kind of interesting, that after men did household work or household chores they tended to go out and do something macho to regain their self-esteem. interesting one there, laura. >> yeah. very. they needed a big research project for this? they could have come to any household in america, i think. thank you very much. very interesting this mor

tracie potts is live on capitol hill where the sticking point in negotiations is medicare.good morning. >> that's right. good morning. that vote tonight likely to fail because of medicare. handful of negotiators, some democrats and some republicans are stuck on that issue. republicans who control the house have said that they will not vote tonight to raise the debt ceiling unless we cut a big chunk of spending out of the budget. in other words, no more credit unless we spend less. a big part of what we are spending is on medicare. it is politically touching. no one wants to tell seniors we are going to cutback on medicare. but in fact, they have got to do something. republicans want to turn it into a voucher system. democrats want to change the way the doctors are paid. they have a difference of opinion. they seem to be at a stalemate over it at this point. and as you said, we were -- are at our 14.3 trillion debt limit now. the obama administration is saying we can hold off defaulting on any bills million august 2. but republicans are skeptical of that date. laura? >> than

"today in the bay's" tracie potts is live in washington with the details. they want to do. >> reporter: hi, laura. here's the big concern. melanoma. every year in california, over 8,000 people are diagnoses with it. two die every single day. and, of course, when we buy that sunscreen, trying to protect our skin, we look at that number very often. the spf, the sun protection factor and think that is a determinant of how much protection we're getting. it is, to some degree. but only for uvb rays. uva rays from the sun can actually be much more dangerous to your skin because they penetrate more deeply. so now lawmakers here on capitol hill want to make sure you are getting both sides. they want to change that system so that the fda would require manufacturers to note uva protection on the label. in fact, scrapping that number-based system we're all so familiar with for a new system that would have one to four stars that would show protection for both. the big concern being melanoma. they say the old system is inconsistent. how quickly could this all happen? pr

tracie potts is live in washington, d.c., with what's going on. good morning. >> reporter: hi there, laura, good morning, everyone. they actually did block that vote last night. democrats came up eight votes short of being able to move it forward. their point was this, democrats' point was this. big oil companies, the five largest in this country, made $36 billion in profits just in the first few months of this year. they can afford to give up $2 billion in tax breaks. but republicans said and argued successfully, according to this vote, that if they have to pay more in taxes, they'll just move that business and those jobs overseas and eventually our gas prices will go up. they have got a very different plan. they want to focus on drilling, domestic oil production in virginia, in alaska and in the gulf, extending leases that were prompted or that were halted, i should say, after the gulf oil crisis. they want to resume that drilling at least for another year. that will come up for debate and for a vote today. now, democrats haven't given up. they