news 4's tracie potts is live on capitol hill. what actions of the president are the special counsel looking into and who do they want to interview? >> reporter: they want to talk to members of the senior national security team, according to the washington post, about whether the president tried to lean on them to somehow get involved in or get the fbi to back off this russia investigation. specifically, according to the post, mueller wants to talk to the director of national intelligence, dan coats, admiral mike rodger nsa and richard leggett who according to "the new york times" may have detailed a conversation between his boss and the president. coats and rodgers when they testified here recently wouldn't say what they talked to the president about. leggett may be able to shed some light on that. according to the post, those are the people that the special counsel wants to talk to. the white house is responding to this saying that the fbi leak of information regarding this investigation is outrageous, inexcusable and illegal. t

but what's happened to warmbier could certainly push the senate to consider it. >> tracie potts for us. >> thank you, tracie. lawmakers in rockville are taking steps they say will protect immigrants in their city. late last night the city council passed an amendment that bars all city employees, including police officers from checking a person's legal status. that's unless it's required by law. now, council members did not specifically use the term sanctuary city when they passed the new bill. but before the vote, council members heard from members of the community who gave thoughts >> you want to abide by the rule of law and not have millions come here illegally and not cheat the people from all over the world trying to come here legally. you should not enact this ordinance. >> this country and this community would not exist without immigrants. i've always benefited from the constant influx of immigrants as they have benefited from the opportunities afforded here. >> strong feelings on both sides. the measure passed 3-2. >>> i'm molette green at the live desk. got info at an emergency

news 4's tracie potts is live on capitol hill next week. tracie, will comey talk about his interactions with the president? >> reporter: theoretically, he will. he's gotten the all clear from robert mueller to do this testimony not behind closed doors but in public. he is detailed, writes notes, writes memos. he has said that the president pressured him to drop or back off his investigation of former nsa director mike flynn and his connections to russia. so now he will get questions about that in public. if there's anything classified, he will likely not be disclosing that, but he can certainly disclose details about his conversation with president trump which will be interesting to see how, if at all, that squares with what the white house is saying about those conversations. eun? >> tracie potts, live on capitol 4i bitterness between president trump and hillary clinton eased after the election eased, think again. hillary clinton argued that some in the u.s. must have helped russians weaponize information to use against her. the president

out of this worldwide climate deal but doesn't look like it can actually happen anytime soon. >> tracie pottse on capitol hill. tracie, thank you. >>> 4:47 now. one of the d.c. snipers who terrorized this area for three weeks could get a new trial. wtop reports that prince william county may prosecute lee boyd malveaux for shooting a man in 2002. they originally opted not to try malveaux because the teen was sentenced for other murders. last week a federal judge in virginia ruled he must be resentenced because the life sentences imposed when he was a teenager were unconstitutional. >>> police are now calling the deaths of two people in anne arundle county found lesli smith and linda mckenzie dead near their car near scott town road and nick road near shadyside. they lived on a house boat together in beal, maryland. yesterday neighbors called police after they heard arguing and gunshots. it's not clear whether the arguing had anything to do with the shooting. police say they had several leads in the investigation. >>> a huge funeral will bring people together in virginia. the life of special a

they can't afford to lose any republicans beyond those two. >> tracie potts live on capitol hill for . tracie, thank you. [ applause ] >> listen to that. cheers for capitol police special she threw out the first pitch at the congressional softball game in southeast washington. this is one wreak after james hodgkinson shot her and several others at the baseball practice in alexandria. the shooting still on the minds of lawmakers. >> it's an honor to be out here. all of us on both sides of the aisle and both houses. we're so sorry for what happened to steve scalise. >> the softball game pitted congresswoman against women members of the press core. it raised money for breast cancer research. the bad news babes won 2-1. >>> paid respects to congressman steve scalise. bono met with the congressman's staff on capitol hill and signed get well soon cards for scalise and capitol police. congressman's twitter page posted these photos on tuesday. u-2 frontman gave scalise a fedex field. scalise has been upgraded to fair condition. >> glad to see him doing better. >>> kaiser permanente is notifyi

for now, that ban goes into effect today. >>> tracie potts on the hill for us. tracie, thank you. >>> this was the scene outside of the trump international hotel yesterday as the president held his first reelection fundraiser. the group chanted and held signs criticizing the president's health care and environmental policies. the republican national committee expected to raise about $10 million. >>> prince george's county executive baker will officially kick off his campaign for governor of maryland today. he'll hold a barbecue at the newton white mansion in -- seeking the democratic party's nomination right now. >>> a d.c. councilmember wants to know whether police racially profiled tsehe teens when they were detained on the national mall. this picture caused a lot of debate on our nbc washington app. park misplaced the teens in handcuffs for selling water without a councilmember charles allen believes they're skin color played a role. >> i'm pretty sure if my daughter were out there selling a bottle of water, she wobt have ended up in handcuffs. i think that's

no deal yet. >> tracie potts on the hill for us. thank you. >>> 4:49. more fallout from the shooting at the congressional baseball practice. the news 4 i-team has learned that a congressional committee voted to spend millions of dollars to better protect the capitol and members' offices at home. yesterday 12 million mds was approved to be set aside for police and the sergeant at arms to beef up security measures. u.s. house committee records show safety measures could include new panic buttons and video surveillance equipment. the committee specifically cited the shooting that injured u.s. house majority whip steve scalise. >>> she was a cheerleader, athlete and had dreams of becoming a train wednesday afternoon. she was walking on the railroad bridge near manassas with her brother and cousin when the train came. the cousin jumped out of the way. he gelled yelled for her to jump too. but she kept running. >> god loved her so much that he wanted her in heaven with him. and one day we'll be reunited. >> family members started a go fund me page to raise mo

tracie potts. thank you very much. we'll check back in with you a little later. >>> 4:46. heartfelt message was posted to the account of house majority whip steve scalise. the post said steve's greatest joy is being a father to his children. it goes on to encourage all of us to, quote, take the time to be close to the ones you love. the congressman is in serious condition. he and several others were shot whil congressional baseball game. >>> people living in the delray community in alexandria where the shooting happened are still waiting for that baseball field to reopen. but they're happy that they can once again enjoy the things that they're used to doing. >> i feel good because i feel there's no more danger. >> get back to normal. >> for real. >> we're coming today because we have friends who were here, like how they've been. >> matt mika remains in the hospital. he could soon leeftave the icu. >>> a person found dead inside a burning car. police calling the circumstances surrounding that death suspicious. the car was found burning saturday morning at a home an excalibu

>> news 4's tracie potts is live on capitol hill. tracie, the contractor helped the leak and what more are we learning? >> reporter: a senior official tells us, angie, that the contractor was the source of the leaked nsa report. it told us a lot more about what russia was doing in the days before you and all the other americans out there went to vote. according to this nsa document, and it's pretty recent, from just a month ago, russian military operatives allegedly tried to set up a cyber attack on elections software, the soft wear that's used to power the voting machines. they tried to set that cyber attack up against one of the suppliers of that software and that in the days before the election more than 100 election officials all over the country got phishingai were trying to set up voter fraud information. there's no indication at all that any of this was successful. >>> tracie, the other news we're following is president trump not using his executive privilege to block james comey. what does that tell us about a possible strate

news4 tracie potts live on capitol hill. what are republicans doing? >> reporter: moving ahead, trying to get revisions by friday, not a vote but changes can be submitted to congressional budget office to get a new score, new analysis besides that 22 million losing health insurance that came monday. that's job one. then back room negotiation within the republican party to gain moderates, not lose conservatives, gain conservatives, not lose moderates. at this point nothing going on with democrats at all. top republican, mitch mcconnell says democrats don't want to play ball, they're trying to work within the party. they have 52 votes. there were nine against this. they have work to do. >> tracie potts, live on capitol hill for us. thank you. >>> it is 5:47. congress is beefing up its security weeks after the shooting attack in alexandria. the house approved a plan to add $25,000 to the office budgets of all 435 members. that money used to bolster their office security or personal security when they're outside the capitol building. news4 learned u.s. cap

tracie potts is live on capitol hill this morning. tracie, how are officials going to implement this and what could be the impact? >> that's a good question. a senior administration official said it could be later this evening before it's implemented as opposed to earlier today. dhs was still trying to get the information out to the people on the ground who have to decide who comes into the the supreme court gave the administration the okay to do this temporary 90-day travel ban on people from six majority muslim countries. how will it be rolled out? including refugees who are allowed in if they have what's called a bona fide connection here in the united states. a bona fide relationship. what does that mean? a spouse, a cousin, someone that they work with, a job offer. those are some of the details that authorities were still waiting to get overnight. >>> tracie, let's turn to health care. republicans are working on a revised version of their bill. what real changes can we expect? >> medicaid was a big sticking point, one of the reaso

tracie potts is here. tracie, has the release of comey's prepared statements going to affect the way lawmakers ask questions today? >> what it does, eun, it gives them an opportunity to prepare their questions and not respond so much on the fly, although there will certainly be some of that. but they now know the base of what comey has to say about his interactions with president trump. they'll dig in and get more details, not only about what happened but his impressions. defiel pressured? to what degree defiel pressured to shut down this investigation. >> we heard from the president's lawyers last night. what are they doing? what is their strategy for today? >> reporter: so that's interesting. the whole war room concept insiders say fell apart at the white house. the president's outside personal attorney will be handling the response for that, that the president himself may live tweet during comey's testimony today, but completely separate during all of that, the republican party is getting their people re

tracie potts live of capitol hill. what are some of the big take aways from the hearing and where do things go from here. >> first of all. big takeaway. and the russian government. however not talking about his private conversations with the president. that's what had democrats so frustrated. stonewalling, pressing him on not exactly privilege, but pressing him on what he calls department policy and not to he talked about his meetings with the russian ambassador saying there was not a third meeting as some have precluded. he talked about his recusal. you heard that exchange about his recusal and whether or not there were problems with that. the white house reaction is that sessions did a good job in the long awaited testimony. highest administration official so far to talk about such. >> tracie potts on the hill this morning. tracey, thank you. >>> 4:47. man who fired an assault rifle in a d.c. pizza shop is apologizing. you might remember this scene. police arrested him near the common ping-pong restaurant this past d

the richest americans to support the tax cuts in this bill that would benefit the wealthy. >> tracie potts live on capitol hill. tracie, thank you. >>> news this morning. johnny depp coming under fire for a controversial comment. last night he spoke in england at an outdoor musical festival to he appears to jokingly suggest the assassination of president trump. >> when was the last time an actor assassinated a president? i want to clarify. i'm not an actor. i lie for a living. however, it's been a while. maybe it's time. >> during that comment, depp was referring to the assassination of abraham lincoln by john wilkes booth. earlier this month, comedian kathy griffin posted a photo showing a gruesome mask of the president. >>> developing this morning, police are looking for answers after a mother of four is found dead inside a burning car in montgomery county. they are body was discovered in the back cargo space of a honda pilot in sandy spring. told you about the dea hover mail until yesterday. they're calling her death suspicious. the medical examiner will determine how she died. >>> it c

news4 tracy potts is live on capitol hill.ill there be a vote after july 4 recess, if so, will senate leaders get the vote they need? >> reporter: we have nine republicans said they wouldn't support this. after the recess we could see a vote. this for now is a delay, republicans insist they'll continue to work within their party to try to bring both sides to the middle. what's the compromise. is there a compromise that's moderate and conservative. conservatives are concerned this is obamacare light. it is not going close to far enough to rolling back the affordable care act. moderates don't like deep cuts in medicaid, don't like the fact that planned parenthood is defunded. that was part of the sit down at the white house to hash all that within the republican party there's middle ground. >> we have seen democrats step up their protests over the bill. is this delay seen as a win for them? >> reporter: seen as an advantage. we saw celebrations on capitol hill when the vote was cancelled. but it is seen as an opportunity. now re

news4 tracie potts is live on capitol hill. are we going to learn about this plan?> reporter: details are expected to start coming out. one of the key questions is what is going to happen to medicaid, government insurance for working families, for the poorest americans. is it going to be scaled back and how quickly. remember, medicaid was expanded under obamacare in a lot of states, including some republican states. republicans on both sides want to know scale. that determines whether or not states would be able to pick up the slack. it is a big question that will come out with details in this plan. >> why is this process behind coming up with the plan been so secretive in the first place? >> reporter: because according to lawmakers on both sides, only a handful of people have been working on details. supposedly 13 lawmakers, bipartisan group who were giving input, but some of them said they haven't seen it, that senate leadership kept it close to the vest, concerned about rushing a vote, and trying to get the vote done before the july 4th break. they're concerned a

tracie potts is following it all. good morning. should we be looking out for surprises from the president today? >> reporter: maybe not. just in the last half hour an administration official said, yes, president trump is going to suggest pulling out of this deal, but there may be some caveats. this may not be black and white. frankly, experts say it could take years for the u.s. to extract itself from the cleepar climate agreement. president trump's daughter, ivanka, one of his closest advisers, son-in-law jared kushner and others in his administration, secretary of state. on the other side you've got the epa director and steve bannon, his chief strategist against this deal. so there's been a lot of pressure on both sides for the president to make a decision which he says he will announce mid afternoon here. also, what does the american public think about this? two-thirds, 67% in our nbc-"wall street journal" poll say they think something needs to be done, some immediate action or some action on climate change. on the other side, y

. >> national correspondent tracie potts has story from capitol hill. lawmakers have less than a week to decide whether to support it. >> reporter: day one of the republican health plan revealed demonstrators in wheelchairs arrested. >> the president said the senate bill needed heart the way this bill cuts health care is heartless. >> the plan would get rid of requirement to buy insurance, keep protections for people with preexisting conditions. provide less money for fewer people buying insurance on their own and slow the growth of medicaid starting in three years, leaving fewer low income american americans. with insurance companies quickly pulling out of obamacare, republicans insist they must act fast. >> more americans are going to get hurt unless we do something. >> democrats are crying foul. >> it's intellectually and practically bankrupt. >> cuts taxes on manufacturers and people making over $200,000 a year. >> all those juicy tax cuts for their rich buddies. >> several republicans are reluctant. >> looks like we're keeping obamacare, not repeal

tracie potts live on capitol hill. ank you. >>> a texas democrat said h process against president trump. congressman al green said he will make the formal announcement today. green has said the president's firing of jails comey. the obstruction of justice. articlesch impeachment are just statements of allegation. the president can only be impeached by a majority of votes in the house which is controlled by republicans. >>> enough is enough. that is the message current and former university of maryland students want you to hear in response to recent hate crimes. ♪ >> the group dc united against hate came together at plymouth congregation in d.c. last night. the death of richard collins iii has become a national rallying point. the suspected killer was a member of the facebook group called the alt-right. organizers of last night's event want to create an anti-hate me >> it doesn't look like we've got any further. it's more hatred today i see than when i was coming up as a child. >> organizers say they want to meet frequen

was that conversation even appropriate. >> tracie potts live. thank you. it's 4:47. man whom our intelligence agency said directed russia's hacking of the presidential election went one on one with nbc's megyn kelly last night joompt vladimir putin refused to answer whether they did something. >> do you have something damaging on our president? >> translator: well, this is a load of nonsense. where will we get this information from? we have a special relationship with him? >> reports the president's son-in-law jared kushner tried to set u communications channel. sunday night with megyn kelly airs here on news 4. >>> muriel bowser is going to follow the paris deal. the order will renew the district's commitment to reducing global carbon emissions and expanding solar energy use. last week the president announced he will remove the u.s. from the deal. it will take several years. >> there are video interviews from more than two dozen people who worked on marion barry's campaign. it will be archived at george washington's university. mayor barry died in 2014. >>> bryce ha

where nbc's tracie potts is this morning. tracie, what can you tell us about the day ahead? >> reporter: gigi, i can tell you the big focus will be whether or not the president tried to get dan coats to shut down this russia investigation. people saying they were familiar with the conversation insisted that the president leaped on his top intelligence officer to try to shut this thing down. but coats is refuting that this morning in a statement saying he never felt pressured to either influence intelligence or any on going investigation. coats isn't testifying alone. we'll also hear from the deputy attorney general who put a special counsel in charge of the russia probe. last time andrew mccabe was on capitol hill, he said no comment to any conversations between his old boss, then fbi director james comey and the president. we'll also hear from the head of the nsa, the national security agency. all of this is leading up to james comey's testimony tomorrow. the former and fired fbi director is expected to candidly answer questions about whether the president tried to pressure

as nbc tracie potts report, gop senators now have some time to do some tweaking to the bill to try to get the votes they need. >> health care is a right! fight, fight, fight! >> reporter: the fight is still on. republicans have at least two more weeks to get the vote to replace obamacare. >> ongoing discussions involved? >> they're not interested in participating in those. >> reporter: but nine republicans refused to support it, so leaders canceled the vote. now they head home facing intense pressure. >> the american people have spoken. hopefully the republicans in the senate and the house will will continue to listen. >> reporter: president trump summoned republicans to the white house for a new game plan. >> we're getting very close. but for the country, we have to have health care. >> reporter: getting it will involve arm wisting on both sides, convincing skeptical republicans -- >> i need to look realistically at the cost implications. >> reporter: and democrats keeping up the pressure. >> now, more than ever, we need americans to understand democracy is not a spectator support sp

we're joined by nbc's tracie potts in washington. tracie, a number of republican senators came out against the bill right after the delay was announced, so can we say this is dead or is there a chance of being resuscitated? >> reporter: no, it's not dead, and there is definitely a chance of it being resuscitated, because we saw it done in the house. when they pulled the vote, they negotiated for several more weeks and then they ended up with something that the president ended up calling mean but that republicans in the house were able to work with. so, now, will that same thing happen here in the senate? now the arm-twisting begins. first of all, by democrats, and to some degree, by americans as well, as these republicans head home to hear from their constituents. what's important to them? to get something done, to save medicaid, to save money. they're going to hear it when they head home. now, will they have those town halls that we saw before? we don't know. some of them have avoided that. the arm-twisting also on the other side for

tracie potts is in washington, d.c. and good morning. what's the latest on this leak and the russian investigation? >> reporter: what is interesting is it's recent, this report, this allegedly leaked report from the nsa just from last month and it details phishing attempts and a cyber attack on an election software vendor according to that report. bottom line, it's a lot more detail than we previously knew about, just how far russia may have gone to hack this election. while you were at the polls last november russia wasn't just trying to influence your choice with fake news. they were literally trying to hack your vote, according to a leaked document from the national security agency. published by the online news website the intercept. >> there should be no doubt here that the russians were behind this. this fits with a pattern for what they have done in the past, the digital and cyber forensics point to the russians. >> reporter: russian president vladamir putin denied it in an exclusive interview with nbc. >> i haven't seen even once

nbc's tracie potts is in zchlt c. this morning. >> reporter: this is a significant turn in the investigation if, in fact, robert mueller is looking into whether the president tried to influence or get others to influence this reaction. we now have reaction this morning, new from president trump. take a look at this tweet in response to the story. he says they made up a phony collusion with the russian story, found zero proof so now they go for obstruction of justice on the phony story. nice. earlier we heard from the president's personal attorney, in fact, a spokesperson for that attorney, they've been handling all the questions about the russia investigation. they called this an fbi leak of information that's outrageous, inexcusable and illegal. it's certainly raising questions about whether or not after the firing of fbi director james comey questions came up about the president's influence in that or involvement in that at all. both dan coats, the director of national intelligence and admiral rogers, the head of th

the president rejected that. >> tracie potts on the hill this morning. a lot of will start the impeachment process against president trump. congressman al green said he will make the formal announcement today. green has said that the firing of james comey is the obstruction of justice. articles of impeachment are simply statements of allegations. the president can only be impeached by a majority of volts in the house which is crowed by republicans. >>> we're following breaking news at the live desk out of iran where gunman have stormed parliament. take a look. we have new videos in that shows the rush outside of the chamber. also lawmakers and reporters still unable to exiat the time. this is one of two attacks at the capital of tehran. and at least a dozen others were injured. we also know one attacker was killed and one woman arrested at the shrine. at this point it's still not clear who is behind both of es sure stay on top of this developing story. aaron. >> angie, thank you. >>> prosecutors said he brutally attacked and raped a nun in maryland. now,

votes and we'd even be willing to change it and move it around and try and make it better. >> tracie pottscapitol hill now. tracie, good morning. is there any chance that democrats would help republicans on this? >> they might. there will have to changes from what we're expecting will be announced today. it's a numbers game at this point, eun. if they get democrats on board, they could alienate the conservatives who don't want to see planned parenthood funded. moderate republicans who want to see it funded. as they get more democrats, they could lose more republicans. with a razor-thin margin of only able to lose two out of their majority. it's very much a numbers game. >> tracie, let's talk about this bill. what do we know about what's in it or and importantly, how it's going to impact families? >> the big thing in terms much impacting families, working families, is medicaid. what are they going to do about rolling back medicaid. we know republicans want to roll back the expansion from obamacare. how quickly will they do it, how will they do it, what money will and won't go to states, tha

tracie potts, nbc news, washington. >> that would be a new one. thank you very much, tracie. our coverage will continue throughout the morning. in our next half hour, the watch party getting under way in the bay area. then our live coverage begins at 7:00 a.m. on the "today" show. you can catch comey's testimony from start to finish without interruption right here on nbc bay area. >>> today the master tenant of the ghost ship warehouse will face a judge. derek almena is set to be arraigned at 9:00. he was arrested on monday along with tenant max harris. each man faces 36 counts of involuntary manslaughter. this comes after a six-month investigation. last december, the warehouse burst into flames taking the lives of 36 people. >>> 4:34 right now. happening today, the woman accused of drug ago two-year-old at a berkeley park is going to be in court. she faces felony child abuse charges for allegedly placing drugs in the mouth of a toddler who was playing at people's park in berkeley on monday. according to court documents, thomas told police it was a tootsie roll but later admi

frances. >> tracie potts for us, thank you. >>> massive global reaction to president trump's call for america to quit the paris climate agreement. major land marks showed in green showered in green there in new york, one world trade cte look at boston, the mayor tweeted this image of city hall completely bathed in bright green. in paris the global climate change accord was first agreed to. kristen welker has more on the dealmaker and chief's announcement. >> reporter: with the eyes of the world on the rose garden president trump made it official. >> the united states will withdraw from the paris climate accord. >> reporter: the agreement is a pledge by nearly 200 countries to reduce green house gas emissions, the president vowing he can get a better deal. >> so we're getting out. but we will start to negotiate and we will see if we can make a deal that's fair. >> reporter: casting as a campaign promise kept the move will lift regulation and save jobs but the controversial decision also underscoring how much influence the nationalists in the west wing like steve bannon still pull out w

. >>> we'll go to capitol hill where news 4's tracie potts will tell us what we could hear from james comey in his testimony next week. >>> 5:04. molette green at the live desk. she's following reports that a council man was stabbed. what's going on, molette? >> reporter: new details about the city council man in philadelphia. his name is david oh. he's in critical but stable condition this morning. philly police saying someone tried to rob him and then attacked him near his home. they say oh was getting out of his car late last night when all of this happened, when a man approached him, pulled out a knife and demanded his keys. the would-be robber stabbed him in the left side and they said david oh is a tough where he was attacked for 54 years. back to you, eun. >> molette, thank you. >>> if you live in d.c. and want a private security camera but can't afford it, they have a new program which is a voucher program. you have to rent or own property in the district and receive public assistance from one of five specific programs. mayor bowser was expected to make the announcement yester

he just said they would have adequate time. >>> tracie potts on the hill for us. thanks. >>> president trump has tough words for north korea after the death of uva student otto warmbier. he was held prisoner by the hostile regime for more than a year and then released last week in a coma. warmbier was sentenced to 15 years in a north korean prison for allegedly trying to steal a propaganda poster. doctors say his brain went too long without oxygen. >>> i'm molette green at the live desk. we just got new information on the devastating wildfires in central portugal. firefighters saying they are 70% under control. that's a bit of good news. hundreds have for plays there. we have new video just in where you can see had the toll it's taking this endless battle with firefighters there, cleepg on the ground. dozens were killed over the weekend much dozens of people. many were in their cars as they tried to get away on a local way. the prime minister calling this the biggest human tragedy in living memory there. back to you, angie. >> devastating. thank you, mow lept. tod

coming up, we'll go live to capitol hill where we'll talk to news 4's tracie potts. she'll have a look at how the president's personal lawyer is contradicting the president over whether he is indeed under investigation. >>> first let's go back to the live desk where molette has more breaking news. >> chris, new information coming in about the gunman who attacked a resort at mali. we have learned that security forces in that west african nation killed five militants in what police say was, quote, without a doubt, a terrorist attack. this is an area popular with westerners. flames were seen rising from the compound in all of the gunmen stormed that resort outside the capital. they took hostages. security forces were able to rescue 36 guests in this. that is the latest. back to you. >> thank you, molette. >>> if you're headed to metro this morning, we've got good and bad news. safetrack work on the red line. but this is the last safety surge. you'll see stations shut down between shady grove and twin brook the rest of this week. but it wraps up on sunday. you'll need to

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news 4's tracie potts will tell us what this arrest means and what's next. >>> house and senate leaders will head to the white house. they're expected to talk with the president about the legislative agenda. congress is in session for four more weeks until the july 4th recess. topics include regulatory reform and health care. and tax reform. they don't know if their bill, which hasn't even been written yet, will pass. >>> meanwhile, the president is once again tweeting about his travel ban. the latest from overnight he says, quote, that's right, we need a travel ban for certain dangerous countries, not some politically correct terha people, end quote. that followed a flurry of negative tweets he sent in response to the london terror attack. the revised ban was blocked. >>> 5:06. today jury selection starts in the sex abuse trial of this man, a former montgomery county elementary school teacher. john vigna was a third grade teacher in silver spring. he was accused of inappropriately touching five female students over a span of seven years. we know he taught at clover leaf from 2000 to 20

nbc's tracie potts is live for us. what's the latest on this leak and the russia investigation? >> reporter: first of all, it's pretty recent, this document from just a month ago and it claims the russian military tried to launch a cyber attack on our election software, that phishing e-mails were oent out to more than 100 elected officials here and all this happened just days before americans went to vote. while you were at the polls last november, russia wasn't just trying to influence your choice with fake news, they were literally trying to hack your vote, according to a leaked document from the national security agency published by the online news website "the intercept." >> there should be no doubt that the russians were behind this. this fits with a pattern for what they have done in the past, the digital and cyber forensics point to the russians. >> reporter: russian president vladamir putin denied it in an exclusive interview with nbc. >> translator: i haven't seen even once any direct proof of russian interference in the presidential election in the united states. >> re

let's get context from tracie potts who joins us from washington. given that the supreme court is now in conservative majority again, given trump's pick of mr. gorsuch, what do we expect from the resulting into a few weeks time? >> we may see this sooner rather than later. the justice department is asking the court to fast track it. instead of hearing the case next term which starts in october, it's possible they could hear this appeal to the supreme court this year. it's possible. we don't know yet. what they're asking for is a request to go ahead and enforce the travel ban now while they're waiting for the court to hear the case. the trump administration has been quite frustrated at these bans. they have been turned down by federal courts at every turn. bans in maryland, hawaii, now working their way through the appeals process. also turned down on one coast. on the west coast they are yet to hear that case. the bottom line, they're trying to get what they might consider momentum, getting this travel ban in place so that people can see how it work

the courts have said it's really just discrimination. >> tracie potts on the hill.s 5:49 right now. the house committee on veterans affairs is calling for an investigation after a news 4 i-team investigation into the death of a veteran from northeast d.c. the i-team reported that the feds are looking into whether that deceased man went undiscovered for two days in the parking lot of the d.c. va medical center. scott mcfarland reports on how the feds and d.c. investigators are looking at what happened. >> reporter: a military veteran never returned home two weeks ago monday after a treatment session. they called the center to get help and get a search for the man. 36 hours they say no one found him until his sister drove to the medical center, searched the parking lot and herself found the man's body in his car in that parking lot just outside the entrance. the man's death a police report and multiple sources and the new head of the center says the agency is investigating what might have gone wrong. >> we met with the veteran's sister and expressed our condolences an

where tracie potts is this morning. good morning. what can you tell us about the day ahead? >> reporter: dan coates is going to be asked if "the washington post" report is true whether or not the president asked him to help and to back off this investigation to get the fbi to back off the investigation. co saying he never felt pressured to influence investigations or to shut down any ongoing investigations or intelligence. so we have somewhat of a preview of what his answer may be. also testifying today, the deputy attorney general rod rosenstein, he put in place the special counsel for this investigation. mike rogers and the acting fbi director andrew mccabe. the last time he was before lawmakers mccabe said he wouldn't answer questions, no comment on what the fbi director and the president talked about behind closed doors. comey, the fired fbi director, testifies tomorrow. it is much anticipated the fbi has given him the clearance to talk about essentially whatever he wants that's not classified. >> right. a lot of people will be watching that. tracie potts thanks. >> cert

. >>> coming up, we'll go to capitol hill where news 4's tracie potts will have more reaction to the latest controversy around the president and the impact it could have on his agenda. >>> today, we will find out whether the doctor charged with illegally bringing weapons to the trump international hotel will face a psychiatric evaluation. it was revealed in court that he has a history of mental health issues. he pled not guilty last week. his attorney says he is competent to continue the case. >>> the virginia man accused of selling u.s. government secrets to china is home this morning. kevin mallory has to wear an electronic monitoring dee sivicd be confined to his home in leesburg. he allegedly sold classified document toss chinese intelnc prosecutors unsuccessfully argued that mallory is a flight risk because wigs and disguises were found in his house. the 60-year-old was released on bond. >>> so get ready for the next government. >> prince george's county executive baker officially kicked off his campaign for governor of maryland. in addition to his campaign talk, the democrat de

news 4's tracie potts is live on capitol hill. we've already seen comey's prepared testimony.xpect any surprises? >> reporter: well, certainly lawmakers may push for even more than what we've already seen, which was his story in vivid detail about the nine contacts with president trump, three face-to-face meetings and six about the president asking for his loyalty, asking if he can see his way to back off this investigation of michael flynn, the former national security adviser, but not necessarily the entire probe into ties between the trump campaign and russia. so lots of detail already coming out. but the key question for today is going to be how much more will he reveal under tough questioning. >> tracie, we also heard from the president's lawyer last night. is there a strategy the white house is rolling out here? >> reporter: well, the strategy is really coming from outside the west wing. that whole war room concept insiders say fell apart inside. we may see the president live tweet, but a lot of the response is going to come from the president's personal attorney who is

news 4 tracie potts joins us from capitol hill. guess the question today, what do people need to know and take away from what happened yesterday on the floor and what is next as we go forward. >> what's next, more testimony and more evidence as they continue this case. in terms of the big take away, sessions, first of all said it was appalling and a lie that there was any collusion going on between the trump campaign and russia. flat outdenied that. it's the question he like his conversation with president trump about firing comey when he was supposed to have recused himself from anything related to russia. the reason for that firing. we talked about in case heard problems, possible problems that comey made with right knee c. also talked about meeting denying a third meeting with the russian ambassador saying there was nothing improper that happened initially. >> tracie potts. breaking it all down, thanks so much. >>> the student who was detained in north korea is back home in cincinnati, but he's in a coma. new video shows him bein

tracie potts will have more on th that. ♪ ♪ >>> ariana grande paid tribute to victims of last month'sack in manchester, england. 22 people were killed at the end of her concert in manchester arena. yesterday's concert took on even a greater significance. pop stars including justin bieber and katy perry joined grande on the stage. more >>> make sure you have the nbc washington app. that is where we will have all the updates as they happen in the london terror attacks. we'll show you how a group of university of maryland students recognizes the signs of radicalization. >>> developing this morning in portland, oregon, tensions have calmed after chaos broke out between pro trump and anti-trump demonstrators. police used flash bang bombs and tear gas. more than a dozen weapons were taken. this follows the train attack in which two men were killed when they tried to help another person who was verbally abused by a passenger shouting anti-muslim slurs. >>> today kids at veers elementary school in d.c. will be back in the classroom after a noose was found near the >> this is the fifth noose t

tracie potts is live hil hill. >> reporter: will your premiums go up, the congressional budget officeook at that. they are pushing for that next week. and what is going to happen with medicaid. it was expanded under obamacare, including in many republican states. lawmakers want to know before they vote how quickly they want to scale back what the government is investing in medicaid. this is government health insurance for poor families, for working families. the state has to pick up the tab. some states say they can't afford to pick up the tab. the devil is in the details, and those details should tart to roll out over the next 24 hours. >> tracie potts. thank you. >>> 5:48. she became the face of immigration reform battle in our area. this morning, we learn the mother of two immigration and customs enforcement moved her to el salvador last week. she was arrested by border patrol agents in 2006 and judge ordered her removed but that order was never enforced. now she has two children who are u.s. citizens. mendez regularly checked in with i.c.e. officials after cited for a traffic viol

nbc's tracy positiie potts is i. h >> reporter: a spokesperson says the president saw very little of it. remember he was out of town talking about obamacare, but that what he saw and what he heard, he thought sessions did a good job. attorney general jeff sessions calls claims of collusion between russia and the trump campaign -- >> an appalling and detestable lie. >> reporter: he denies anything improper happened when he met with the russian ambassador twice. he sees no problem leaving fired fbi director james comey alone with the president while comey was investigating russia. >> i left. it didn't seem to me to be a major problem. >> reporter: things got heated when one democrat asked if there were problems with sessions recusing himself from the russia investigation. >> what are they? >> why don't you tell me. there are none, senator wyden. there are none. >> sessions refused to talk about private conversations with president trump. >> i cannot answer that. >> i don't think your answer passes the smell test. >> he

tracie potts takes a look. the fbi director president trump fired testifies thursday. james comey is expected to explain whether president trump pressured him to director confirmed three times that mr. trump was not a target. >> why would he tell the president that, when was the tone and the context of those discussions. >> the director of national intelligence dan coates and the head of the national security agency mike rogers faces similar questions wednesday. >> i want to ask those individuals directly. did they have that kind of pressure. >> in an exclusive interview, russian president vladimir putin claims russia doesn't stick its nose in other country's election but the does. >> put your finger anywhere on the map of the world and anywhere you'll hear complaints that american officials are interfering in internal processes. >> reporter: criticism from president trump about this. >> no reason to be alarmed. >> reporter: that's london's mayor addressing more police patrols after saturday's attack. president trump tweets, at least 7 dead and 48 wounded attack and ma

news4's tracie potts has the details. >> reporter: midafternoon today, president trump will announce whether he'll stick with or abandon the paris climate deal. nearly 200 countries agreed to reduce toxic emissions. president trump calls it a hoax and a job killer. >> i'm hearing from a lot of people both ways. >> reporter: including his daughter ivanka, she's for it. so are more than two dozen major his chief strategist steve bannon is against it. supporters say pulling out is a bad idea. >> it's disastrous. every other country in the world, i think except for syria and nicaragua signed on to this. >> reporter: on russia, the house intelligence committee approved seven subpoenas including one for michael flynn and the president's personal attorney mike cohen. former fbi director james comey got the all-clear to testify in public, likely next week. >> he'll probably be quite forthcoming. obviously not to the point where he'll reveal classified information but certainly could say some politically uncomfortable things. >> reporter: like whether president trump pressured him to back off

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