let's go to nbc's tracie potts standing by in washington. tracie, president obama says he is deeply concerned. how is this all playing out diplomatically? >> well, what we're seeing here in washington, what we saw early as a few hours ago, were demonstrations in front of the white house. take a look. these are americans supporting change in egypt. certainly not to the degree of the demonstrations that we were just seeing in tahrir square, but we did see those demonstrations here. now inside, president obama was having a last-minute meeting with his national security team. after that, a statement, yes, saying that he was deeply concerned, but also that he wants to make sure this military is returning egypt to a democratically elected government and that they're not arbitrarily arresting supporters of president morsi. that is now a big security concern in egypt in this very fluid time in that country's history. back to you. >> fluid is right. tracie potts in washington, thank you. >>> if you're planning on getting out of town this long holiday

tracie potts joins us live from washington. tracie, what does this mean for our privacy? so much debated about it. >> a lot debated about it, richard. it means nothing for our privacy. nothing changes because the vote failed. 205-217. it was a lot narrower than expected. it was interesting because conservative republicans and liberal democrats teamed up together to get rid of this. they did not want the government collecting these records. turn out it failed in the end. this is also interesting. new from the nbc "wall street journal" poll. 56% of americans say they think the government may go too far, may go overboard when it comes to violating privacy in the surveillance program. 36% say they think the government may not do enough. we're also following edward snowden, who was the initial one who leaked the secret surveillance programs. as we know, he's still in russia's moscow airport, in the moscow airport because russians say he was given papers to leave the airport. but an attorney involved said his asylum there is still in question and in limbo. for now, he's still i

tracie potts is live in washington. good morning. what's next for bradley manning? >> reporter: richard, what's left for bradley manning is the judges are going to have to decide how much time he'll get behind bars for these crimes, releasing hundreds of thousands of pages of documents. but interestingly, the judge looked at not only what he did, but why he did it. manning supporters gathered in front of the white house after hearing he'd been convicted. today sentencing follows what private bradley manning's defense calls a huge victory. guilty on 20 counts, but not guilty on the most serious charge, aiding the enemy. manning gave wikileaks battle plans, diplomatic cables, and this video that killed innocent civilians in baghdad. he faces up to 136 years in prison. >> the government is very, very serious about protecting the status of classified information, and people who deseminight it are playing with fire. >> reporter: the judge found manning negligent but said he did not intend for those secrets to land in the hands of osama bin laden, which they did. still, t

tracie potts in washington. tracie, we appreciate it. >>> in egypt, an uncertain political future looms. supporters of mohamed morsi and key figures from the muslim brotherhood are detained, and with the top judge now sworn in as interim president, the crackdown concerns violence as egypt struggles to return to democracy after a dramatic political shift in just the past 24 hours. nbc's yousef gamal el-din joins us now from cairo. yousef, we're hearing the muslim brotherhood is calling for protest today. >> reporter: absolutely, veronica. to update you on the situation, army planes, seven of them flying at low altitude with colored smoke like the egyptian flag on their tail. again, that is a sign of the army flexing its muscle ahead of a day expected to be quite tense. you mentioned the muslim brotherhood calling friday the day of rejection expected to take place in several locations across egypt. again, trying to fight what they call a full military coup. now, the military is on high alert and they made it clear

tracie potts joins us live now with washington with the latest. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. this meeting today will likely determine what path republicans in the house are going to take to try to deal with immigration reform. they've said they're starting from scratch. they're not dealing with the senate bill at all. the senate passed this bill with quite a bit of republican support, but in the house they're starting all over and that process begins today. and the big question facing them is this -- are they going to insist on dealing with the border being secured first? that's what we've heard from a lot of republicans. or are they going to consider some path to citizenship for the 11 million undocumented workers in this country? and we're starting to hear from a lot of them, especially those called the dreamers. they'll be rallying here on capitol hill. these are children who were brought into this country illegally who say they should be allowed to stay. they know nothing about mexico, they know nothing about their home country and

tracie potts joins us from washington and this is the first day of the discussion. >> reporter: it is just the beginning, richard, but it's going to give us an important clue as to how it may progress. we have a bill that passed the senate with republican support. but on the house side they say they're not even going to deal with that. they want to start from scratch and the big question is, are they going to deal with a path to citizenship for the estimated 11 million undocumented workers already in this country, so behind closed doors today republicans begin to hash that out. and while they're meeting outside some 500 of the so-called dreamers are going to be rallying. these are children who were brought into this country illegally and say they deserve to stay. so we'll wait to see whether or not that issue is going to be dealt with. also today, former president george w. bush weighs in. he's going to be at his new library down in texas at a naturallization ceremony talking about immigration. he has said the system is broken and that it needs to be fixed. richard? >> tracie potts a

nbc's tracie potts is in washington with more. is he a whistleblower or is he a traitor? >> it's the question that was asked in court and we'll have the answer to it when we get the judge's verdict. he's being charged to 21 counts. and has pleaded guilty to half of them. what we're waiting to hear is what the judge has to say about the charges of espionage. in court, attorneys painted two very different pictures of private first class bradley manning. defense attorneys called the 25-year-old intelligence analyst, a humanist, concerned about abuses in iraq. here's what he told the judge -- >> but prosecutors say he's a traitor, whether or not he intended to aid the enemy. some of the 700,000 documents manning gave to wikileaks were found when navy s.e.a.l.s raided osama bin laden's compound. >> i think it theoretically could have hurt soldiers it could have gotten people killed. i don't know that it did. but it certainly is something we would want to guard against as a military. >> there's been no evidence of harm caused by these leaks. the government is saying the sky is

tracie potts is in washington with the very latest. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. that now leaves 18 countries where snowden has reportedly applied for asylum. take a look at this map. they range from brazil to india to most of europe, but now not russia because as you noted, he did not like the condition that was attached in the statement he's blaming all of this on the united states and the obama administration saying the administration has adopted the strategy of using his citizenship as a weapon, taking away his passport, seeking to stop me from exercising a basic right that belongs to everybody, the right to seek asylum. but that seems to be getting harder and harder. at least 6 of those 18 countries are saying as of this morning he can't apply for asylum while he's still stuck in the moscow airport because he's not yet stepped on russian soil technically. overnight there was a meeting between secretary of state kerry and his russian counterpart, but no word they came on any agreement on what to do about snowden. >> tracie potts live in washington, thank you.

>> tracie potts in washington, we will be watching. thank you. >>> now to egypt where an uncertain political future looms amid a crackdown. supporters of morsi and members of the muslim brotherhood are detained. there are concerns of violence as egypt struggles to return to democracy after a dramatic political shift in just the past 24 hours. nbc's yousef gamal el-din is on the ground in cairo. what's the latest there? >> reporter: supporters of the muslim brotherhood are planning a friday of rejection here today and across the country as they fight what they call a full military coup. the muslim brotherhood remaining defiant and saying they will do everything to change the situation. around the military, for its part is not taking any chances. military aircraft flying at low altitude. a sign of strength. and also deployed across the capital to ensure that violence doesn't break out between competing rallies. they also engaged in what appears to be a crackdown on the muslim brotherhood, pulling the plug on three television networks and

tracie potts, nbc news, washington. >>> tracie, thank you very much.his is a big time honor for the man from east bay receiving the highest military honor. that is the medal of honor. army staff sergeant ty carter of antioch being honored at the white house for his heroism during the most intensifier fights in afghanistan. total of 300 insurgents attacked an army post in 2009. carter went out to rescue anskç injured soldier in a hail of bullets. safety. president obama now will present the 33-year-old with the medal of honor at the white house during a ceremony next month. only about a dozen people in iraq and afghanistan have been awarded the military's highest honor for service. congratulations to ty on that one. >>> we have new video to show you this morning of riots going off at a surfing competition down in southern california. you can see the out of control protesters turning this into quite the scene in huntington beach last night just after the close of u.s. opening surfing competitions. this one apparently broke out after a fist fight started

nbc's tracie potts is live in washington, d.c. for us. good morning to you. we got to ask, who was behind this? >> reporter: well, four russian nationals and one ukrainian according to the government. they have been indicted in connection with what -- the government says was the biggest scheme ever in terms of hacking and data collection. or extracting data from these companies. several major companies involved. take a look. wall street was hit. the nasdaq. 7-eleven, jc penney, jetblue, the dow. a number of companies that you'll recognize. one you may or may not, harland, a big processing company. they are one of the ones that was hit the hardest. authorities say they believe it happened like this. that the numbers, the credit and debit card numbers were taken from these companies stored on servers all over the world and then resold to others to use for anywhere between $10 and $50. what they're not sure of this morning or what's not clear is where all of these suspects are. one has a court date next week. one's believed to be in europe. no word on the others

mara. >> tracie potts in washington. thanks, tracie. >>> turning to egypt, the muslim brotherhood has rejected the interim president's new timetable for constitutional amendments and new elections by early next year. tuesday, a new prime minister for the embattled country. atia is live in cairo. good morning. what's the latest where you are? >> reporter: good morning, mara. it came as no surprise that the mum limb brotherhood would not accept the new constitutional decree by the new government. they still haven't accepted their new interim government. their one demand from the beginning has been the reinstatement of mohamed morsi as the legitimate president. they shall forging ahead with a new cabinet. they are having a new prime minister. he's one of the co founders of the social democratic party here. at the same time, they've appointed mohammed alberdi, the former negotiating chief from the iaei from foreign relations to allow the international community to know that egypt is on the right track. mara. >> that's a stor

nbc's tracie potts joins us live from washington with a preview. >> reporter: good morning. you're right. it's the market reaction after the slide that we saw last month when the federal reserve announced they were yanking some of their support because things were getting a little better. now, today we get new job numbers and see what the hiring was like in the month of june. that's coming up from the labor department in just a few hours. the estimates, the predictions range anywhere from 150 to 188,000 jobs createded, that 188 coming from the payroll company adp. what does it peen for the unemployment rate? may not change a lot at all and may slide down a little bit based on what economists are predicting. it's at 7.6% right now. a couple of the big questions, what is hiring going to look like? what about layoffs? june is a tough month because you have the teachers leaving and graduates coming into the market. take a look at what's been happening at the height of the recession. 10% unemployment since then we've been sliding down since the beginning of this year ever so slig

tracie potts is live for us this morning in washington. >> reporter: good morning. agreeing to release prisoners so talks can get started wasn't the most popular decision in israel. there were protests in georgia sa from people who just don't believe that these peace talks are going to get very far or should start based on the preconditions. but what we have today starting at the state department is this. four people, two from israel, including israel's justice minister, and two from the palestinian authority including their chief negotiator are sitting down for preliminary talks, sketching out how these negotiations would go about. and as you noted, it's been three years since the last talks fell apart and they fell apart over the issue of israeli settlements. there's some concern that if those continue to be built during the negotiations, they will fall apart again. we'll see what happens today. back to you. >> tracie potts in washington, we appreciate it, thank you. >>> several though supporters of mohamed morsi are marching in cairo in defiance of an army warnin

tracie potts, nbc news, washington. >>> it is 4:52. a secret wedding for one of the newest 49ers. hollywood starlet. he just said i do. >> i can't wait for that. >>> plus, one of the most iconic and definitely the tallest america's people gets ready to reopen this morning to the public. >>> we are helping you navigate the local fourth of july event this morning. menlo park will hold a parade today. starting at chestnut street. ♪ morsi. mohrsy. >>> welcome back. happy fourth. in just one hour, lady liberty will be back open to the public for the first time since superstorm sandy. a large crowd is expected for today's ribbon cutting ceremony where federal officials and new york's mayor are expected to attend. >> that's a beautiful shot of the clouds rolling back there. >> it is nice. beautiful. >> nice. >> very majestic. visitors, though, are going to have to get lou heavy security screening in manhattan. instead of right there at ellis island. that's, in fact, remains closed. in all superstorm sandy caused nearly $60 million in damage to liberty and ellis island. she is up and look

tracie potts is live in washington with more. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. to be clear, he was convicted for handling hundreds of thousands of classified documents and handing them over to wikileaks. but you're right, the judge stopped short of throwing the book at manning and she looked at his intent. manning supporters gathered in front of the white house after hearing he'd been convicted. today sentencing follows what private bradley manning's defense called a huge victory, guilty on 20 counts including espionage but not guilty on the mode serious charge, aiding the enemy. he gave wikileaks battle plans, diplomatic cables and this video, a helicopter that killed innocent civilians in baghdad. >> the government is very, very serious about protecting the status of classified information and people who disseminate it are playing with fire. >> reporter: the judge found manning negligent but said he did not intend for the secrets to land in the hands of osama bin laden which they did. still, experts and supporters say the espionage convictions are unprecedente

tracie potts, wbal-tv 11 news. >> we continue our team coverage with george lettis. he is live on federal hill. >> good morning. we went to a business where workers and customers are doing their best to keep in touch with overly and friends back i there. the owner helps customers while still keeping an eye on the latest news on egyptian television. his father and sister and brother have been protesting along with millions of other egyptians. >> you work for the muslim brotherhood.as a group but not as an egyptian. >> as the day went on, a steady stream of customers came through, all asking what the latest was and if his family was ok, including an egyptian- american with plenty of family right in the thick of it. >> they are feeling the tear gas inside the home. i was hearing it outside. there is a fear. there is always a fear. they got used to it. where they are living, the brotherhood has shut them off. they cannot even leave their home. >> he explained the majority turned to the military for help. she said it was clear that morsi was giving too much to the muslim

"today in the bay's" tracie potts has the latest reaction from washington. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, jon. that almost $1.5 billion is safe for now, the obama administration says, because they're trying to sort out what really happened here. there are calls for more protests today. the muslim brotherhood, the group that was pushed out of power after that deadly clash yesterday is calling on people to rebel against the military, and there are two very different stories about what happened outside the republican guard compound yesterday. it's the place where we believe former president morsi is being held and over 50 people died when security forces clashed with morsi supporters. also today we know that there is a new plan in place from the new interim president. president monsieur saying within a couple of weeks they want to start the pro tess of starting a new constitution for egypt. they hope to hold elections within about seven months. >> tracie potts from d.c., thank you very much. >>> this just in. a large explosion hitting a hezbollah stron

tracie potts is in washington. explain what the latest move means. >> reporter:f you own a business with 50 or more employees, you had until next year, 2014, to get health insurance for all of them. now you get an extra year. the obama administration has decided to extend that after business groups lobbied and said, look, the reporting requirements are just too tough. they are too complicated. didn't have to do with the cost of the health care, had to do with reporting to the government who's got health insurance in that company and who does not. if you work for one of those companies and don't have insurance, it means you may not get it for another year. here on capitol hill, republicans have argued that this entire health law is, as speaker john boehner put it, a train wreck, and this is further evidence that the whole thing needs to be scrapped. they've been trying to do that here. but also a political question. now one of the key provisions has been moved after the 2014 congressional elections. democrats and re

"today in the bay's" tracie potts following the case from washington.t this mohour, everybody wonde what you're hearing. >> reporter: he's facing 136 years for the charges on which he was convicted, that came down yesterday. a military judge saying he was guilty of 20 counts, some included espionage. this was a precedent charging him with espionage. but one very important count of espionage that he was found not guilty of, that's aid an enemy. because he was found not guilty, he's not eligible for life in prison. the defense team called that a huge victory. but still, they've got a long way to go to convince the judge now in the sentencing phase to keep this sentence to a minimum. a lot of analyst whose have been watching don't think that held get the maximum sentence here. that process starts today. but it couactually take several week. this is sort of set the stage and made a pretty bold statement by the government that they are willing to go after people who consider themselves whistle-blowers but give up classified information to others, including t

"today in the bay's" tracie potts live in washington, d.c. this morning.ing a lot of charges here. how much time does manning face behind bars? >> 136 years, if he gets the max for all charges. the most serious, aiding the enemy, he was acquitted. so he's not looking at life behind bars. that's because the judge looks not only at what he did but why he did it. his intent finding that, even though he was neglectful, it was not his intent to fall into the hands of the enemy, which it did. we're at the sentencing phase, that starts today. it could last a couple of weeks as the judge now looks at new evidence and testimony how much of that time he should spend, some people who have been watching this, experts and analysts watching, this trial and this process say they don't think he'll get the max but it could be a few weeks before we know. >> tracie potts. the government will be setting a precedent here. >>> we know who will represent district 2 on the santa clara county board of supervisors. the election office reports, cindy chavez has unofficially won the

tracy potts is live in washington, d.c., with details. do we know who's behind this alleged scheme? >> we know that five people have been indicted. four russians and an ukranian. not clear where all of them are right now. but authorities say this was huge. it resulted in $300 million in losses. this involved some of the biggest stores in this country. take a look. wall street was hit. jet blue, the dow. a number of businesses out there, including harlan, one of the biggest processing firms. they took one of the biggest hits. how did it happen? they hacked the computers, got the numbers and stored them not only all over the country but all over the world but resold these numbers to other criminals for as little as $10. now the question is, where are all of these suspects? one is due in court next week. one believed to be in europe. the rest, not clear this morning, mara. >> all right, the latest on that investigation. >>> speed is at the center of the probe into a deadly train derailment in spain, by all accounts, the train was going way too fast when it turned the curve as you'll se

nbc's tracie potts is live with more on what the women are saying.ood morning. >> reporter: good morning. this came out just after midnight. we had been waiting to hear what these young women have to say about their ordeal. the main message they had after being held captive for nearly ten years by ariel castro, their message today is thank you. here's part of an excerpt from that video that was released early this morning. >> i may have been through hell and back, but i am strong enough to walk through hell with a smile on my face and with my head held high. and my feet firmly on the ground. >> i'm going to get stronger each day, and having my privacy has helped immensely. i ask that everyone continues to respect our privacy and give us time to have a normal life. >> gina, if you could say something to each and every person out there who contributed money to your fund to help you, what would you say to them? >> i would say thank you for the support. >> reporter: 52-year-old ariel castro is being held on an $8 million bond. he's awaiting trial. that d

. >>> now to nbc's tracie potts in washington. president obama says he is deeply concerned but did stop short of calling this a coup. how is this playing out diplomatically? >> in washington, the president called together his national security team and said he was deeply concerned about the way this happened. and he wants to make sure that egypt is returned to a democratically elected government. he's also very concerned not just about the crowds in tahrir square but others around the country who are supporting former president morsi. he wants to make sure that there's no military crackdown on them. now we've seen our own demonstrations here in washington outside the white house. americans in support of what's happening in egypt but the u.s. is in a bit of a tricky situation having been seen by some egyptians as turning a blind eye to not only the way morsi was governing and allowing radical islamists to take too much power, but also sort of turning a blind eye to the way democracy was developing in that nation. betty? >> traceie,

tracie potts is in washington with more on all of this. what do you know about these latest spying allegations? >> reporter: those allegations posted in a german magazine alleging that the united states, the nsa, the national security agency, has been spying on its own allies on the eu, the european union, by bugging offices, hacking computers. now these allegations believed to have come from edward snowden who, as far as we know is still in that transit lounge in the moscow airport. russia says hands off. he hasn't touched their soil and now ecuador, the country that had been willing to help says until russia does something or until he can get to an ecuadoran embassy or to ecuador, there's nothing they can do about grnting himfter ecuador's presi spoke with vice president biden about the situation. the vice president leaning on ecuador to send snowden home. at this point it looks like he's stuck. according to that german magazine, still talking. betty? >> the saga continues. thank you. >>> other news making the headlines today. a cirque d

nbc's tracie potts is in washington. good morning. this is an interesting twist in this story. >> reporter: well, it is an interesting twist, betty, especially in light of the fact that early this morning we learned through wikileaks, the group helping snowden, that he made new applications to 19 more countries. but take a look at this map. take russia off because that one is now reportedly been withdrawn. and take india off as well because we've learned in the last hour or so that india has rejected his application. in fact, several -- about half dozen of these countries say they can't even consider granting asylum to edward snowden until he's on their soil. either able to get on a plane and get to that country or get to the embassy which he's been unable to do because he's stuck literally in the transit zone of the moscow airport. early this morning there was a meeting between secretary of state kerry and his russian counterpart. some discussion of snowden but apparently no decisions made between the u.s. and russia on what to do ab

tracie potts is monitoring that situation from washington, d.c. acy, president obama right now with his national security team there developing a strategy, trying to figure out how to deal with egypt's political unrest. >> reporter: yeah, but jon it's a tough strategy to develop pause we don't know was it a military coup or the next step in democracy. what we've seen so far, massive crowds wangting the morsi government out. but live pictures coming f from cairo of the other side. these are the morsi supporters who want to see him reinstated. today the muslim brotherhood has called for protests among his supporters and we've already started to see some impact in the northeast region, the gaza border closed early today. a state of alert, heightened state of alert in a couple of areas as a result of attacks in those areas. ahead of the muslim brotherhood is ready to turn himself in but we're told by the attorney that he's not yet been arrested. the bottom line, there's a lot going on in cairo. there's a lot going noon in egy. both sides clashing in so

this as tracie potts is in washington with details. >> reporter: the e.u., france wants answers from the u.s. the director of national intelligence, saying the u.s. will respond privately to the allies, not publicly, about these reports. in a germany magazine, alleging that we've been spying on the e.u., hacking their computers, bugging their offices and collecting information from hacked phone lines and e-mails from germany. all that believed to have come from edward snowden is still holed up in the transit zone of the moscow airport. the russians saying they have nothing to do with that because he's not technically on their soil. ecuador, the one country that was willing to help him, over the weekend, saying if he can't get to an embassy or to ecuador, they cannot consider his application for asylum. that was after a conversation with vice president joe biden, which they describe as cordial and friendly. the u.s. trying to lean on ecuador not to help this man they call a fugitive from justice. >> tracie, thanks. >>> here's your first look at the dish of "scrambled politics." >>> th

for more on this, tracie potts joins us live from washington. break this down. what does this mean for our privacy? >> not a lot of changes for our privacy. this was narrow will he defeated 21 217-205. it was a lot closer than lawmakers expected. and both democrats and republicans, conservative republicans and liberal democrats teamed up to try to limit what the government can collect about who you're calling. it didn't work. so for now that program doesn't change at all. and brand new this morning from our nbc/"wall street journal" poll, new results on how americans are feeling about all this. 56% saying they think the u.s. may go too far in violating our privacy. 36% think the u.s. may not go far enough in violating our privacy. the first time we've looked at that question since those leaks from edward snowden. by the way, this morning, despite russia saying he has papers to leave the moscow airport, an attorney says it looks like he will be staying there while his asylum status in russia is in limbo. bet. >> i >> so the snowden saga continues. thank you. >>>

nbc tracie potts is live in washington to tell us what this meaning. >> reporter: good morning. the obama administration is delaying a key provision of the controversial legislation. this said businesses with 50 or more employees have to provide health insurance to all of their employees or they could face fines for every one that picks up on government funded or government-backed insurance. but they're now putting that off for a year. businesses have until 2015 to comply with that part of the law. business groups said that the reporting of who was getting what insurance was too complicated. the obama administration listened. republicans saying the entire law needs to be scrapped and this is further evidence of that. republican house speaker john boehner called it a train wreck. there's also the question of congressional elections coming up next year. this would take health kcare fo many of the democrats running for re-election off the table. mara >> thanks so much, tracie. >>> in florida at the george zimmerman trial, prosecutors tried to chip away at zimmerman's claim that he

. >> tracie potts, thank you. >>> now it's time to look at scrambled politics. you know you're in hot political water when even eliot spitzer says he would fire you, that's what's happening to anthony weiner and calls for him to exit the run for city mayor. >> we've had a number of years where municipal lawyers have used computers for the like for improper circumstances and there's appropriate sanctions for that and there should be. >> the bad news for weiner doesn't stop there. after once leading the democratic primary he dropped to fourth in the latest quinnipiac voters, nearly half say he should drop out. >>> vice president biden is inviting hillary clinton over for a little chat. the two will meet for breakfast at the vice president's residence. >>> north carolina governor has signed sweeping abortion restrictions into law, tighter regulations on state clinics, it's a 180 for the republican government who as candidate pledged to not approve any new abortion restrictions. >>> the senate has confirmed a bush justice official for the fbi. james comey was confir

"today in the bay's" tracie potts live in washington to explain why these talks could be different. ng, tracie. >> reporter: good morning everyone. these talks are going to start tonight after dinner and continue through tomorrow. it's really just the beginning of the beginning. look at it this way, two israelis and two palestinians including israeli's justice minister and a chief negotiator for the palestinians sitting down together to talk about how they can even begin the process, can they even lay out a framework for these negotiations to begin. they tried it three years ago in the u.s. it didn't work. now they're trying again. but there are still some big obstacles like israeli settlements. palestinians said these talks could fall apart, in fact, if they continue to build. also palestinians held prisoner by israeli. now israeli decided to let more than 100 of them go. that was not a popular decision with some israelis. >> it is 6:32. laurgs returning to court for a hearing in the case of murdered washington intern chandra leavy. prosecutors are expected in court for additional p

suspects got their hands on all those account numbers, let's turn things over to "today in the bay's" tracie potts joins us live from capitol hill this morning. good morning, tracie. >> reporter: good morning everyone. the feds say they did it by hacking some of the biggest companies in this country. we're talking 7-eleven, jc penney, jetblue, the airline, wall street was affected by this. 160 million accounts, 300 million in losses. now there are indictments for four russian nationals and one ukrainian believed to be part of this team. thing is, authorities say they got the credit card and debit card numbers and resold them to others for anywhere between $10 and $50 depending on the type of card. now, experts say to find out whether or not you were affected -- and this has been going on for several years -- you need to be diligent about checking your credit card statements. yes, the companies will alert you. however, the first warning may be another authorized charge on your statement. that's why they say the public is important in making sure this gets done right. >> always got to check those bi

"today in the bay's" tracie potts live on capitol hill with a live look at exactly what we can expect out there. tracie, good morning. >> reporter: hi, jon. good morning. less than an hour from the opening bell and some of those reports are already in. we've been taking a look this morning at general motors which is one of the big ones analysts had been waiting on. they posted a profit not as big as last year this time, but they did minimize some losses overseas, and that made up for a small profit here. bottom line, that stock is looking good going into the opening of the market. uni lever, dow, some of the other big companies to report before the mark opened were all up. we could see a better day than yesterday when the dow landed down by 25 points. several big ones including airlines, samsung, starbucks, stale expected to post today. the market has been climbing steadily since that big tumble it took back in march. all of this is happening, of course, as president obama is out there talking about the economy. one of the points he made is this, just because wall street is doing well

"today in the bay's" tracie potts live on capitol hill this morning with what this ruling could mean manning and others who consider themselves whistle blowers. tracie, good morning. >> that's right, jon. good morning. in just over four hours we'll hear from the judge who has made a decision in this case. it's goings to be announced soon. manning is facing 21 charges. he's admitted guilt to half of them, almost half of them. there are 11 outstanding charges and they focus on larceny, aiding the enemy and espionage, the most serious charges that carry a prison term of life. talking life in a military prison. prosecutors say he knew exactly what he was doing when he leaked 700,000 pages of documents to wikileaks. some of them ended up in the hands of al qaeda. his defense team says he was trying to correct what he saw as wrongdoing in iraq and trying to get that information out, had no intention of leaking this to the enemy. now we're waiting to see what a judge has to say when she announces her verdict early this afternoon. >> a lot of layers on this one. it will be interesting to watc

tracie potts is live in washington this morning. she has details for us.d morning. >> reporter: good morning. that's because the u.s. is trying to figure out how to pond to this. how do you respond to the new transitional government and how do you respond to the thousands of people gathered in that square. take a live look this morning. things have calmed down there from the fireworks and laser pointers and shouting that we saw earlier. this morning a new president was installed as we -- former supreme justice essentially what we would call the chief of the supreme court for that country. president obama callinging to his national security team and said they are concerned about how this happened. they are concerned about the military takeover and want to make sure that a democratic government ends up in cairo and -- the people who still support president morsi p, some of whom are demonstrating throughout the country, some of whom are armed, to make sure their rights are protected. demonstrations here in washington, certainly not to that scale. but outside

"today in the bay's" tracie potts is live in washington, d.c. the very latest on the overnight investigation. good morning, tracie. >> reporter: hi, laura. we woke up to news that of the 6 million visitors a year who visit the lincoln memorial, one of them apparently splashed green paint on it. this happened overnight about 1:30 a.m. our time. take a look at the video. if you look very closely, you can see some of the paint along the base of the statue, there was some along the floor near the statue as well. we are told by authorities there that a visitor noticed it and alerted police. now it's shut down. visitors can't get close. they can see it from afar, but can't get close, can't go up the steps until it's all cleaned up. no time frame on when that will happen. as of now, no idea who may have been responsible for this or perhaps more interestingly why. we do, however, know they have surveillance cameras around the memorial. investigators will be going through those to see who may have been responsible. >> very disgraceful. thanks for the late

classified manning is accused of leaking thousands of classified documentse "today in the bay's" tracie potts with more on the case and what the ruling could mean for manning and others who consider themselves whistle blowers. >> reporter: it could certainly set a precedent. good morning, laura. it is in a military court.kihh(& that means the rules are a bit different. manning is accused of having leaked 700,000 documents, hundreds of thousands, to wikileaks, the website wikileaks. as a result some of those ended up in the hands of al qaeda. they were found when navy s.e.a.l.s raided osama bin laden's compound. now he's standing accused of 21 counts, ten of which he's agreed to. he's pleaded guilty to those, but 11 more are outstanding. we'll get the judge's ruling on that in just a few hours. she's agreed to release that early afternoon here. those other counts much more serious and could carry a prison term of life compared to the 20 years that he's now facing. will it show whistle blowers and even journalists? prosecutors say he's a traitor. his defense team says he was simply trying to co

we will learn more about the incoming interim president from tracie potts. >>> well-wishners south africaight now keeping vigil outside of the hospital where former president nelson mandela has been for nearly a month. the 94-year-old remains in critical but stable condition. he has been in that hospital since early june. suffering with a recurring lung infection. lot of people, as you can see there, leaving flowers and messages and other tributes outside of that hospital. some are saying that they remain hopeful he will be recovering while others simply are hoping for the leader's comfort. >>> 6:16. bolivia's president says he is outraged by a report edward snowden hitched a right on the presidential airplane in moscow. morales returned to bolivia yesterday to a warm reception from his supporters. morales 'plane was returning from russia tuesday when it was forced to land in austria because friends in portugal allegedly refused to let it cross their air space. they were us is -- will were suspicions snowden was onboard which officials denied. morales called the incident an open provocati

"today in the bay's" tracie potts joins us live in washington to explain why these talks could be differentod morning. >> reporter: good morning everyone. to put it in perspective, this is really just the beginning of the beginning. it's four people, two israelis including the justice minister, two palestinians including their chief negotiator sitting down together starting tonight at the state department to figure out if they can map out a framework for these negotiations to move forward. now, this all happened after israeli agreed to release more than 100 palestinian prisoners. that had been a real sticking point. palestinians didn't even want to come to the table before that happened. but it was not a popular decision in israel. we saw protests there over the weekend. we saw protests in gaza from palestinians who don't think this is going to work. so there are some major obstacles including israeli settlements. that's long been an issue. many palestinian activists say if israel will continue to build those settlements during the negotiations, the whole thing could fall apart. but it begi

tracie potts joins us live from capitol hill today with more. >> reporter: laura, good morning.a tough strategy for the president and his team to develop at this point because a big question remains unanswered. was this a military takeover, a military coup or was it a development on the road to democracy. the united nations human rights chief saying today they're not ready to answer that question. but what we do know as we look at live pictures of what's now fewer people but still quite a few in tahrir square, the other side of this may become much more evident today. the muslim brotherhood, the group that was taken out of power, is calling for protests today. and we've already started to see some reaction in the northeastern region, the gaza border closed. a couple of areas under a state of emergency as a result of what's happened. the african union has now suspended egypt as a result of what it calls an overthrow of a democratically elected government. so things are still very fluid there. people still in the square in other parts of the country, clashes going on between the p