news4's tracie potts will have the timing of the firing. >>> we turn to the district three shootings, that all happened in a matter of hours yesterday that left six people injured and one dead. it happened near benning road and h street southeast just before 10:00 last night. three men were shot but should survive. d.c. police are searching for an all black vehicle that left three boys injured. this happened in a basketball court on franklin street. that shooting happened around 6:00 last night. and in southwest, police are offering a $25,000 reward in a shooting that left a 25-year-old man dead. he was shot at the corner of martin luther king boulevard. thompson was discovered in the middle of the road there, not far from the d.c. police academy. >>> today, a new name will be added to the police memorial statue in arlington county. the corporal will be first added since he died of cancer last year. his diagnosis was linked to the attack of 9/11. he served on arlington's police force for 27 years. >>> it's been more than a year since the officer was shot and killed on the job. this mo

. >> we'll have more take aways from lester holt's interview with news 4's tracie potts in a minute. >>> four things we're learning about comey's firing. one current and one former fbi agent says he did not seek dinner. sources say it was requested by the white house and comey would er in that same interview the president said he had planned to fire comey all along. that contradicted previous explanations from the white house. meanwhile, on capitol hill acting fbi director andrew mccabe disputed another white house assertion that comey had been fired because he had lost the confidence of the rank and file. administration officials say they were told he would not be greeted warmly. >>> now to a story affecting every person trying to move around our region. governor larry hogan is leaning hard on maryland's attorney general to take the next step on the stalled purple line. the governor is looking to compel a federal judge to issue a ruling in the purple line lawsuit. they say $900 million is at stake if the purple line doesn't proceed. >>> for the second weekend in a row, a wet forecas

news 4's tracie potts is live on capitol hill. tracie, if this report is true, could the president have broken any laws here? >> reporter: probably not. people may be surprised to hear that. even if the president revealed highly classified information to russian officials, he actually has the authority to do so. our intelligence officials and others tell us, legal experts tell us that the president and only the president can do that, but the question is not just whether it was legal or even ethical, it was whether it put the united states at risk. whether it creates a concern among our intelligence allies that when they give us won't be passed on to other countries without their consent, which is what the post is alleging happened here. if that's the case, the concern is this, will those intelligence allies hold back information that we could use to figure out where isis might strike next? >> tracie, how are lawmakers on capitol hill reacting? >> interestingly, democrats are demanding an explanation saying this was highly inapprop

news 4's tracie potts is live on capitol hill. tracie, learning a lot of new details. sort through what we know at this point. >> reporter: we haven't seen comey since. we know that he wrote a farewell letter where he says he's not going to relit at this gate this, that the president can fire whoever he wants to fire for any reason or no reason at all he told staffers. we know that this wasn't quite as sudden as it seemed to be. the white house now said that the president had been considering getting rid of comey for some time. they didn't specify how long but apparently this was not the one-day decision coming out of the justice department that we initially heard. >> tracie, another story we've been following is the former nationalur michael flynn apparently being subpoenaed by the national security committee. how big of a development is that? >> reporter: it's pretty big when he was asked for immunity, it was denied. he was asked for documents, that was denied. for the first time since 9/11, they're using the subpoena power to get documents from the fired security ad

some states it might be covered, others it might not. >> tracie potts, live on capitol hill for us. acie, thank you. >>> 4:47. former virginia governor bob mcdonald said he, quotes, feels vindicated after his corruption charges were overturned last year. if he were to do it over again he wouldn't take any gifts. >>> a straw poll is giving maryland democrats a look at who could be in the best position to take on the governor. baltimore county executive kevin kamenetz came in second. benjamin jealous came in third. he describes himself as a baltimore city public school teacher who has gone on to entrepreneur. he didn't get any votes in that straw poll. >>> we're working to learn when brian williams will be in court. he intentionally hit an officer with a car. they called officers to report a fight possibly involving a gun. they tried to arrest williams, police say he hit the gas, hit the female officer and sped off. the officer wasn't hurt. police eventually caught up with williams on columbia pike. he is facing a slew of charges including felony hit and run and driving with a suspende

news 4's tracie potts are live. these are numbers from our new nbc news wall street journal poll. what are some of the >> reporter: the headlines are that a lot of people -- they say according to what we saw in this poll -- stand by. let me pop the mike on. now you can hear me. according to what we saw in this poll, the plurality at this of the people, 38% said they disapprove of comey's firing. 38% disapprove and others don't know enough. 15% versus 78% who say that it should be an independent commission or a special prosecutor. >> tracie, the president also says he plans to make a decision on an fbi replacement that could happen by the end of this week. what do we know about who the candidates are? >> reporter: the justice department interviewing eight people who they might want to consider. senator john cornin and a former congressman. also some fbi insiders and the current director, acting director of the fbi andrew mccabe. so the process seems to be that they're being interviewed by justice department officials. once the list is narrowed down the top likely two or three will

we're joined by tracie potts. is a guarantee of pre-existing conditions is actually in the bill from what you've seen? >> reporter: you heard what the president said. the issue is not so much as how but where those conditions may be covered. there's an effort going on here for states to be able to opt-out of some of these pre-existing conditions and some of the other things that were guaranteed under obamacare. that's the sticking point. while you're covered in one state you may not be covered in another state. you saw the president to begin to be pressed on that. we'll see some of that come out. we're expecting there could be a vote on health care this week. this time they need to bring some democrats along into make that happen. it fell apart the first time because they could not. the president is saying he wants to see this happen, democrats are saying they won't even come to the table if the idea is to replace and completely repeal obamacare. >> it's becoming more of a state by state issue. tracie potts, thank

coming up news 4's tracie potts will explain why the fbi is looking at kushner and the possibility he could face criminal charges. >>> this morning secretary of state rex tillerson travels to london to pay tribute to the 22 people killed in monday's bombing in manchester, england. while he's there, he will also work to smooth out the relationship between british and american law enforcement. leaders angrily stopped exchanging information earlier this week after details appeared in american media. here's what we know about the investigation this morning. for the first time we're seeing suspect salam abedi outside his home. the bomber's sister told "the wall street journal" that he wanted revenge for the u.s. bombing in syria. another person has been arrested as well. ten people have been arrested including two of the suspect's brothers and their father. gather today to say good-bye to army lieutenant richard collins iii. he is remembered as an exceptional man and friend. flowers were placed at the place the 23-year-old was killed in an unprovoked attack last saturday. he was at the uni

news4's tracie potts is live on capitol hill. hat is the potential impact of this and how are lawmakers reacting. >> the first impact is getting that memo. there's already talk from republican leaders here that they want to subpoena the memo and hopefully bring comey back in to talk about what he learned. if there's tapes that trump alluded to, if there's a memo, they want that too. the other fallout is where are republicans going to fall in terms of supporting the president? some like orrin hatch said this is much ado about nothing and they're backing him. but many of them are staying at arms length. like the top senate majority leader m m wishes there was much less drama coming out of the white house. >> tracie keeping track of the story and the president released classified information to the russians. where two we stand on that? >> we now know where it came from. confirming it came from israeli intelligence. there's concern, even though nations like australia saying their intelligence relationship with the united states hasn't

news 4's tracie potts is live on capitol hill for us this morning. at's the main concern after this report? >> reporter: aaron, the main concerns are our allies giving us this information, in this case it wasn't generated by u.s. intelligence, it was given to us by another partner. if they can't make sure that classified information doesn't remain classified, doesn't get transferred to russia or some other country, then will they continue to give us that information? if not, will that hurt our chances to find out what isis may be doing next. so we're seeing reaction to all of this. they had h.r. mcmaster, the national security adviser back at the white house briefing today likely taking a lot of questions. they argued that the president did nothing here to reveal methods or sources but just the information he did hill, was that something that could put the u.s. at ris zblk tracie, how are lawmakers reacting to this? >> reporter: they want a better explanation than what they got from h.r. mcmaster. they want to know what was revealed, why it was reveal

tracie potts is joining us. what are republicans are saying about the testimony? >> reporter: it could be bombshell testimony. she says she knows mike flynn was fired because he did not tell the truth to the vice president about meeting with the russian ambassador. when was the white house looking at that. the focus is not likely to be the travel bab at all but what, if anything, we should lend to the white house and republicans. he are looking into why she waited to notify whether or not she actually knew what she said she knew or whether she tried to make this. one obama official was fired in the first few days. >> let's turn to health care. >> they're starting from scratch. what and it's going to be completely different and likely to be completely different than what we see coming out of the senate. it's not going to happen any time fast. we could hear it could be months. >> tracie potts, thank you. >> former president obama sboek about his health care law. it was his first public comment on the issue since the house voted to repeal and replace it. >> it doesn'

nbc's tracie potts joins us from capitol hill. tracie, what's the reaction been? >> reporter: well, the reaction to that has been interesting and to some degree as expected in as much as they passed that in the house before we saw those numbers. speaking of numbers, some here are calling it a $2 trillion mistake in the president's budget assigning big revenues to tax cuts and balancing the budget. the white house says that was deliberate. they think tax reform will take care of itself and they are standing by their numbers. >> hands off. >> reporter: wihat the president's budget director calls trumpono minchtsk is getting a chilly reception. >> that math can't be sustained. >> reporter: the white house insists medicaid, government insurance for the poor, is being slowed down, not cut. but republicans worry how that looks back home. >> never going to get me to say that i want to cut programs and let people die. >> reporter: there's concern about boosting the military at the expense of the state department, investing in wear instead of peace. >> your own secretary o

for more let's bring in nbc's tracie potts. tracie, this guarantee of covering people with pre-existing conditions. is it actually in the bill from what you understand? >> reporter: it might depend where you live. like health benefits, it looks like lawmakers are together with the idea of giving states opt out so their insurance plans don't have to cover pre-existing conditions. in other words, where you live may depend on whether those pre-existing conditions are covered and those health bills are paid for. the language that's floating around capitol hill isn't quite as definite as what you heard the president say about pre-existing conditions being in this bill. we're expecting it could come up for a house vote sometime this week as congress considers whether to roll back health care, obamacare. democrats saying nonstarter for them although they are willing to talk to president trump about how to improve health care. yasmin. >> tracie potts for us. thank you. >>> first daughter and assistant to the president ivanka trump can n

nbc's tracie potts for us. when it comes to those answers, we know who will be asking the questions. lester holt will interview president trump tonight at the white house with highlights on "nbc nightly news" and right here on "early today." >>> a far west area of china is recovering in an earthquake that killed eight people and injured at least 20. the 5.4 magnitude quake hit a remote mountainous region near the border of afghanistan. surveillance footage captured from the jolts of the earthquake which happened in the early morning hours here. over 180 homes were damaged or destroyed. search and rescue effort is under way for additional victims. >>> also in china, tense moments. you see that motorcycle crash into that fuel tank of a dump truck. it burst into flames. then the motorcyclist also catches on fire. you can see the truck driver and some bystanders trying to help that man. he was hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuries. >>> wife of long time espn broadcaster chris berman has died. police say 6

for more, we're joined by nbc's tracie potts. tracie, the question many are asking this morning, did the president break any laws? >> apparently not according to officials familiar with the law. the president can declassify information on his own. the issue is not did he break the law. if issue is was it a smart thing to do? could it possibly lead to russia or some other country discovering the source of this intelligence? that seems to be the big concern here, and could it stop our own intelligence allies from passing along information if they know that information won't be kept confidential. listen. >> the thing intelligence officers want to be able to do, they want to be able to go out and recruit human sources and tell them two things, one, we're going to protect your life. second, your information is going direct tloi the president's desk. it's that important. tonight i don't think they can tell those sources that both are true. to give it to the president means that they might be jeopardizing that human source's life. >> we'

they started the interviews over the weekend. >> tracie potts live on capitol hill for us. thank you. >>> president trump will begin his first foreign trip later this week. it will include a visit with pope francis. when asked about his meeting with the president, the pope said he won't try to convince president trump to soften his policies on immigration or the environment. the pope has not directly criticized, he has spoken out about some of his more controvers c continues for a missing virginia mother and her 8-month-old baby. police in newport news say they found the car the pair was traveling in but still no sign of keir johnson and 8-month-old khloe. they're believed to be in extreme danger. they want mission on the 20th. they're led to believe they've been kidnapped. >>> developing this morning, violent protests in charlottesville. multiple people arrested. angie is here from the live desk. >> this is about a statue, the statue of robert e. lee. these people were there to support the decision. that was also considered -- there was also a counter protest against they

news4's tracie potts is live on capitol hill. tracie, good morning. wh t investigation? >> so, remember, flynn took the fifth saying he would not hand over documents? now, there's word that he will hand over personal document it's and some subpoenaed from a couple of his businesses. the senate intelligence committee wants to take a look at those documents and see if it can lend any investigation to their russia investigation. also now, michael cohen, president trump's longtime personal attorney, has changed his mind, saying he will testify before a congressional committee if asked in this russia investigation. they want to hear from him as well. they have been confirming that they've asked for a list of his russia contacts as well. initially, cohen said the request was too broad. but when they narrowed down, he agreed to testify. and there is a third trump campaign aide that on the other side, the house side, their investigation, they're asking to get some documents from him as well so this is ramping up. we'll see what happens when congress gets back. >> tracie potts li

news4's tracie potts is on capitol hill. tracie, what's the reaction to this and how are lawmakers reacting? >> in terms of lawmakers, aaron, democrats are criticism, as you might expect. the thing to watch is how republicans reacted, people like mitch mcconnell saying he wishes there would be less drama coming out of the white house. john mccain comparing it to watergate. saying, get this, we've seen this movie before, i think it appears at a point where it's of watergate size and scale. a spokeswoman was saying he wasn't talking about guilt of the president, but more allegations come out day by day which is one of the reasons he called for a select committee to take a look at the russian ties to the trump campaign, if any. >> tracie, what's the latest on the report yesterday that the 43 revealed clarified information. >> we know that "the new york times" reported it that it came from israeli sources. the concern among our allies around the world is that if the president can't keep a secret, risk. and while publicly, not ma

tracie potts has the latest. >> let's clarify, being under scrutiny is not the same thing as being a suspects or target like mike flynn, like others like paul manafort, connected with the trump campaign and the trump transition, but it does mean the fbi seems to think jared kushner may know something that could help them in this investigation, that could certainly stem from the meetings he had with the russian ambassador and with the russian banker whose bank has been under u.s. sanctions for three years. kushner has said that he would be happy to talk to congressional investigators about that, and now his attorney says he's also happy to talk to anyone else investigating which, of course, in this case would include the fbi and its new special counsel, robert mueller. overnight we've learned about the closest tie at this point to the president to this russia investigation, a member of his inner circle, but the justice department officially mott saying much about this. source, multiple sources have confirmed it to nbc. officially this statement from the justice department which, of co

coming up news4's tracie potts will have details one week after a special counsel was named. >>> now, total latest on the manchester bombing. land marks around the world went dark in signs of solidarity and to honor the 22 people killed. take a look. the lights were out in rome at the colosseum. and in great britain, they've raised their terror alert to the highest security. >> and the man was on the radar. british intelligence officials have identified him as salm abedi. the 22-year-old had received terror training abroad. abedi was of libyan descent. we're told that his own family warned officials that he was dangerous. police conducted raids but they have not said how he was connected. >> we have team coverage, angie goff is monitoring updates overseas. >> and jutten finch is in washington. justin, what are you seeing this morning? >> reporter: eun, good morning, the embassy has been a place for mourning. as you see a wreath here and bouquets as well. and also a small sign that says united with manchester, a tribute to the 22 dead and dozens injured in manchester. the united kingdo

nbc's tracie potts for us. tracie, thank you. >>> with the fallout from comey's firing not coming to an end any time soon, "saturday night live" was all too happy to jump in on the anniversary lampooning with nbc lester holt and donald trump revealing the real reason he fired the fbi director. >> i fired him because of russia. i thought, he's investigating russia. i don't like that. i should fire him. >> then you're just admitting that. >> uh-huh. >> but that's obstruction of justice. >> sure. okay. >> wait. so did i get him? is this all over? no, i didn't? nothing matters. absolutely nothing matters any more. >> of course, melissa mccarty doing sean spicer. we'll share that with you a little later. meanwhile, north korea successfully carried out another missile test. this one capable of carrying a heavy nuclear weapon. the medium long range missile flew about 490 miles before landing in the sea under the supervision of kim jong-un. uss ambassador to the united nations nikki haley condemned the launch saying th

news 4's tracie potts will have more on the interview coming up. >>> it is a must win for the washingtonizards tonight. back home at the verizon center for game 6. celtics leading the series 3-2. if the wizards win tonight they will force >>> 5:33 our time now. today a new era officially begins at the d.c. police department. erika gonzalez is live. >> chief peter newsham will be sworn in this afternoon. he had been serving as acting police chief since kathy lanier left for the nfl. newsham has already shaken up things. he's reduced command positions. overall, crime throughout the district is mostly down but homicides and other violent crime are a continuing cause for concern. newsham has been on the force for 30 years. back over to you. >> erika, thank you. >>> prince george's police officer faces serious charges for interfering with a e. corporal adrian crudup has been charged with interfering with an investigation that dates back to 2015 joompt the fbi says a teenager accused of murder told her 15-year-old victim i will see you in hell. that chilling testimony came yesterday in a heari

news 4's tracie potts will have more on where the process goes from here coming up a little bit later. >>> immigration is front and center in many cities, including the district. several people will be marching in may day demonstrations. protesting against donald trump's effort to move it. today has become a rallying point for immigrants. here they'll gather at noon and in mount pleasant. >>> a political issue over the last eight years. former first lady michelle obama focused on regulations to make school lunches justin finch is explaining why the trump administration wants to roll back some of these. >> reporter: aaron, good morning. it comes down to costs. today agriculture secretary sunny purdue is here. we talked about school lunches nationwide. that is it set for 12:30 or so. an early report says they want schools to have more free rein in how they follow federal school lunch guidelines. for years some republicans have had concerns about school lunch program costs and regulation. for example, nbc reports they got more than a million in school funding. they expect a roll back. yo

tracie potts for us. hoping to get many answers when our lester holt will interview president trump tonight at the white house with highlights on "nbc nightly news" and right here on "early today." >>> a far west area of china is recovering this morning from an earthquake that killed eight people. and injured at least 20. the 5.4 magnitude quake hit a remote surveillance captured the jolts in the early morning hours. over 180 homes were damaged or destroyed. >>> awful tragedy the wife of long time espn broadcaster chris berman has died. police say 67-year-old kathy berman was one of two people killed in a car crash in woodbury, concontinue according to police berman's car rear-ended a vehicle, then veered off the road and landed in water. berman died at the scene. while the other car's driver was later pronounced dead at a hospital. espn president john skipper gave his condolences saying this is a devastating tragedy and difficult to comprehend. our thoughts and prayers are with chris, meredith, doug and

for more we're join by tracie potts. what realisticallitions are we expecting? >> reporter: sally yates is expected to talk about what she knew and when she knew it about who mike flynn was talking to. we knew he had that conversation. being untruthful with the vice president about that conversation is what led us to where we are today. sally yates was fired on early on in the trump administration after speaking out about this. republicans today are expected to question why it took her over a week to notify the administration, saying that they gave the means. then will try to paint her as a political operative, someone from the obama administration, a carry over who is trying to make this entire russia issue political. a former spokesman tweeting the white house plans to smear sally yates as a democrat operative. today she will be in the hot seat talking about the hot issue here in washington russian ties to the trump campaign. >> we'll see how much heat comes out from those hearings. tracie potts, thank you. >>> a busy weekend for the trump administration with

nbc's tracie potts is in washington, d.c. good morning.hould expect this to get really heated? >> reporter: it certainly could, although united is coming in saying they've already made some changes, now offering up to $10,000 to get people out of that seat, and no longer using authorities to do so if their planes are overbooked. we'll also hear from american, alaska, southwest and the consumers union about over booking and whether or not passenger rights are being respected. all this came after the incident caught on video april 9th, dr. david dao who has since settled with united, dragged off the plane and injured after he refused to give up his seat because they wanted to bump him for employees who needed to fly that day. >> tracie potts in washington, thank you. >>> just ahead, an emotional reveal from jimmy kimmel about his newborn son's open heart surgery. first, if you're looking for a career with good pay and job security, the sunshine state has some of the best cities for job seekers, miami, orlando and jacksonville, florida, all i

we're joined by nbc's tracie potts. good morning. you're hearing unprecedented moves in the senate this morning. >> reporter: democrats have been told to be in their seats at 9:30 a.m. to hear what the majority has to say about this. they are meeting to figure out what their next step is going to be. they've been pushing for a special prosecutor, someone independent to oversee this russia investigation. now they think they've got the fuel, the ammunition to make that happen with the firing of director comey. democrats are saying, at least their leadership saying they will not support confirmation of a new fbi director. they'll try to block it with the votes that they have if a special prosecutor is not appointed to oversee this russia investigation. the white house says this was about the clinton e-mails here on capitol hill. lots of questions about russia. speaking of russia, russia's foreign minister, foreign minister lavrov will be here to meet with president trump today. first thing this morning, supposed to be talking about syri

news4's tracie potts will have details on what the steps president trump is taking with a new counsel named. >>> landmarks around the world went dark overnight in a sign of solidarity and to honor the 22 people killed in monday night's attack. the lights were out at the empire state building, the ko colosseum in rome and the eiffel tower in paris. we just learned that france's president is requesting a state of emergency in his country to be extended through november. that state of emergency has been extended six times in 2016 and set to expire on july 15th. >>> great britain has raised its terror level to the highest category and another attack could be imminent. >> the man who carried out the attack was on the radar of british intelligence officials. they identified him as 22-year-old salman abedi. he was born in britain but of libyan december sent. and we're told that his own family had warned officials that he was dangerous. abedi died in that attack. one man was arrested as they conducted raids in manchester. we have team coverage this morning, angie goff is at the live desk moni

coming up news 4's tracie potts will explain why the fbi is looking at kushner and the possibility that he could face criminal charges. >>> four minutes after the hour. this morning secretary of state rex tillerson travels to london to pay tribute to the 22 people killed in monday's bombing in manchester, england. while he's there he will work to smooth out the relationship between british and american law enforcement. this morning the two countries are once again sharing their intelligence about the attack. you're looking at live pictures from london where tributes have been put in place. balloons, flowers left to honor those who died in the attack on monday. leaders angrily stopped exchanging information about details that appeared in american media. here's what we know about the investigation this morning. for the first time we're seeing the suspect, salam the bomber's sister told t"the wall street journal" that he wanted revenge for the bombing in syria. ten people have been arrested, including two of the suspect's brothers and their father. >>> 5:05 now. family and friends will gat

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