last time that lasted about particulars weeks. >> tracie potts live on capitol hill for us. tracie, thank you. >>> 4:47 now. today marks one year since seth ridge was shot anll searching for answers. d.c. police say they think he was the victim of a random robbery. there were conspiracy theories emerging about his death. no arrests have been made in that killing. >>> to theed trial for the a fairfax caterer is expected to begin. he's charged with the stabbing death after a wedding. bonds claims it was self-defense. he's charged with second degree murder. keep an eye on the nbc washington app from the boardroom. >>> recovering after a suspected drunk driver hit his cruiser. he was on a traffic stop early yesterday morning on the outer loop of the beltway in lanham. police say a truck hit the back of his cruiser. the trooper is out of the hospital now. the truck driver is p charged with driving under the influence. the news 4 i-team sayshi the 39th incident involving a trooper since january of last year. metro is dealing with another potential problem. the "washington post" say

tracie potts is live on catol hill. what is the goal of that particular speech and his overall visit to poland? >> reporter: a big goal was to ensure central european countries the u.s. would back nato alliance. moments ago, the president spoke about that, praising poland for being what he said one of the few countries to pay up, to meet the president said he supports it, but he wants other countries to pay up as well. they talked about syria and natural gas. recently, there was a u.s. delivery of natural gas to poland. the president said he doesn't want any country to be beholden to any one supplier. russia is a major supplier of energy to the eastern european countries. now, the u.s. wants to cut in on the game. >> let's turn to tomorrow's meeting between president trump and the russian president, vladimir putin. are we getting a better idea of what they are going to focus on and talk about? >> reporter: a little bit. we talked about whether or not the president is going to bring up the interference in the election. w

we'll get the details later today. >> tracie potts on the hill this morning. tracie, thank you. >>> 4:47 now. expect to see a lot of moms and their children on capitol hill today. they'rla they're calling a play in protest. they want to call attention for the need to address climate change and air pollution. lawmakers from both parties are expected to speak at this event. >>> 4:48 now. it's a move that could add fire to the debate over voting rights. college park mayor and city council are thinking about allowing residents who are not u.s. citizens to vote in local elections. it would require an amendment to the city's charter. this is not unprecedented, though. there are several places in maryland that allow residents who are not citizens to vote. college park leaders could vote on this issue next month. >>> he served under the american flag in world war ii. he even bled for it. it was quite a shock when army vet dick cohen woke up to find the flag that once flew in his front yard had been burned in the middle of the night. this happened in the morning before

again, they cannot afford to lose one more person. >> tracie potts live on capitol hill for us. tracie, thank you. >>> a look at the impact an affordable care act repeal would have on our area. tens of thousands of d.c. residents could be without health insurance. >> in maryland, the loss of enhanced federal funding for the medicaid expansion could cost more than a billion dollars in the first fiscal year. more than a thousand people in virginia signed up for the federal exchanges. about 80% of those rely on federal subsidies to keep their coverage. >>> a vicious and ruthless campaign, that is what prince william county board chair corey announced his run. he's running against tim kaine. senator kaine's office responded by saying stewart is more focused on name calling than improving virginians' lives. >>> the race for governor of maryland, sanders says -- >> we need more than ever at the statewide level, a p very, very different kind of leadership. >> jealous will face a crowded field of democrats looking to unseat larry hogan. it includes p rushern baker, richard mat lynn owe a

the president says that's a threat that needs to be dealt with. >> tracie potts on the hill. thank you. >>> we could see similar scenes like this in 21 states today. several organizations are planning sit-ins at the offices of republican senators and demanding their vote against the republican health care plan. the leaders said they will bring after the recess. >>> now, to a developing story. a nonprofit group may save neighbors from being evicted. the mobile home park was supposed to be shut down after the property owner couldn't afford to fix a sewer system. the group would buy the mobile home park for $1.4 million, according to "the washington post" and pay to fix the sewer system. >>> the third time was the charm last night for spacex. they have been trying to get the latest rocket off the ground. the weather cooperated. seven times communication satellite. that is now in orbit. spacex did not try to recover it from the launch. the payload is so heavy. >> back in the day when they used to launch the space the booster cleared, it was going 70 miles an hour. that's what 3 m

. >>> coming up, we'll go to capitol hill where tracie potts will have reaction on president trump's latest twitter controversy. ♪ >> it won't be long until the music and fireworks fill the national mall for the 4th 4 today we will get a sneak peek. the closed rehearsals are this morning. megan mcgrath is live on the national mall with more on what you can expect. good morning, megan. >> reporter: preparations underway. we have that rehearsal happening later this morning. you can see the fencing behind me here. folks will have to pass through security to get to the grounds of the u.s. capitol for this concert that is taking place later on on the fourth of july. take a look at the video from last year. it's always just a wonderful event. capitol fourth concert on the grounds of the u.s. capitol. a picturesque back drop. the dress rehearsal gets underway this morning. this year john stamos will be the host. the beach boys are performing, yolanda as dam adams to name a. it starts tomorrow at 8:00 p.m., lasts until about 9:30. do need to claim your spot. gates open at 3:00. the fireworks

president to face questions about russia in light of the controversy surrounding his son. >> news 4's tracie potts is live on capi h tracie, we're getting new comments from the president about that controversy. >> right. ahead of this news conference he's already speaking about it. he did some news interviews saying he saw nothing wrong about someone sitting down with someone saying they had information about his opponent, in this case a russian lawyer saying he had dirt from the russian government on hillary clinton. nothing wrong with that the president said. he's also talking about his own relationship with russian president vladimir putin after that long meeting they had at the g-20. he told the 700 club in an interview, putin may have wished he wasn't elected because they don't see eye to eye on everything including the president wanting to build up the military. >> we're getting the revised health care bill as well. what are the changes and what sticking points are likely to remain? >> sure. we're monitoring that on capitol hill. two things you need to know. it looks like the $700 billion in

tracie potts live on capitol hill now. tracie what happens now?> what happens now is they figure out how they implement this and when to implement this and what happens to people who are transgender and already dee floyd? are they automatically out of their jobs suddenly? none of that was made clear in the tweets from president trump. when asked about it, the white house said at the pentagon when the pentagon was ask they put out a briefing that said all questions go to the white house. a lot of questions about how this will be rolled out. the reasoning behind it. the president said it was a medical cost involved with surgeries and with transgender people and also what he calls disruption to the military. we're talking about thousands of people here. a study found between 1300 and 1600 are transgender. >> walk us through what happens in the senate. >> we know what's out. repeal and replace is gone. repeal and delay is gone. lawmakers have to try to find another plan. another way to replace obamacare. what's being talked about is a skinny plan wher

news 4's tracie potts is live on capitol hill. tracie, tell us more about what happened here. >> sure. if that's true, knowing in advance that the government of campaign would be significant to the congressional investigators, to the fbi special investigator looking into possible connections between the trump campaign and russia. there is the link. but it's not a definitive link at this point. the senate intelligence committee has serious questions for donald trump jr. and he's tweeting he's more than happy to talk with them about whatever he knows. the interviews set to start this week but we don't know when or if they'll talk to him. he initially said the meeting with the russian lawyer was about adoption and he came back and said there was something that she wanted to pass along that may be damaging to candidate then hillary clinton. and now he has an attorney who is saying that this is essentially much ado about nothing and there was never a promise to use any information or that the information would be found credible. attorne

tracie potts is live on hill. what did he have to say?> reporter: not much different than the statement his attorney said, that he read e-mail and decided to check something out. there was nothing nefarious about it. here's what he told sean hannity last night. >> the take aaway when all of this is going on, someone has information on our poenlt. things are going a million miles an hour, you know what it is like to be on a campaign, just won indiana, talking contested convention, things are a million miles an hour. wait a minute, i heard these things, maybe this is something, i should hear them out. >> reporter: e-mails that trump junior released he says prove there was nothing to this. critics say they prove he knew that the russian government was behind this information, that he says nothing ever came of it anyway. and by the way, "new york times" says they were just about to publish this e-mail from before. >> tracie potts live on capitol hill. thank you. several controversies connected to president trump's administration is leaving th

. >> it's due to congress -- news 4's tracie potts is live on capitol hill. how is the u.s. responding to this. >> the state department will comply by the 1st of september. in just over a month a dramatic reduction in the number of people america and russia working on behalf of the u.s. embassy in moscow and around that country. they call it regrettable and uncalled for but this is vladimir putin's response to what congress did here on capitol hill. the sanctions on ra frankly the president hasn't even signed yet. although the white house says he will. while the president was trying to build this new relationship with russia, specifically with putin thrks could set things back. >> let's turn to north korea now. president trump spoke to japan's prime minister overnight about the north's latest missile test. what could be the next move by the u.s. on this? >> it's a good question. we don't know that. conversation overnight, president trump the white house has promised of course, we know that the u.s. is testing anti-missile defense in alaska. we know that the u.s. says bombers

we expect to see that meeting happen today. >> tracie potts on the hill for us. thank you. >>> 20 minutes to the hour. they are heroes when a gunman opened fire at a congressional baseball practice. we are hearing from one of the two capital police officers for the first time. [ applause ] >>> the d.c. society sons of the american revolution presented them with their law accommodation medals. they were part of security detail for steve scalise. they engaged the gunman and kept them occupied until the police arrived. they are credited with saving many lives. >> honored to be here. thank you for the award. just thank you. appreciate it. >> special agent was not able to attend the event. his supervisor accepted the award for her. days after the shooting, we saw her throw out the first pitch at the congressional women's ball game from a wheelchair. shees recovering from a gunshot to the ankle. >>> over the weekend, a 7-year-old girl drown in a backyard pool. it happened along hunter's ridge lane on saturday. the fire department says the girl fell into the pool during

tracie potts is live on capitol hill this morning with the reaction this new tweet is getting.ood morning. >> hey there. good morning. so, that video has people asking is there any work going on at the white house? there is. there was a call with china overnight. preps for the g20 summit. calls for healthcare, even though congress is on break. in the middle of that, president trump had time to tweet this. >> what will happen? >> reporter: a literal assault on the media. an edited video showing president trum man bearing the cnn logo. sent to millions from both his personal and official fwtwitter account. >> i look at it and shake my head. >> people are begging the president not to do this. he ought to stop. >> i think no one would perceive that as a threat. >> reporter: cnn responses it's a dad day when the president of the united states encourages violence against reporters. >> the fake media is trying to silence us. but we will not let them. >> on sunday impeachment rallies from los angeles to new york. >> he is a real true threat to our american democracy. >> reporter: the c

tracie potts is live on capitol hill. donald trump jr. giving full defense of what he did. >> he tweeted e-mails, "new york times" says he knew and knew they were going to publish them. saying the woman he was about to sit down with had official documents that could incriminate hillary clinton, very high level and sensitive information is the way it was described. showing that russia and the russian government supported mr. trump. that's what donald trump jr. knew going into the meeting. here's what he said to sean hannity on fox. >> in retrospect, i probably would have done something different. this is before the russian mania, before they were building it up in the press. for me, this was opposition research that had something, maybe concrete evidee stories i was hearing about, probably underreported for years, not just during the campaign. so i think i wanted to hear it out. >> here's the thing. in the e-mails where he was told this could be incriminating information and sensitive, high level government information, the response from d

. >> news4 tracie potts is live on capitol hill. is mccain's message resonating with fellow lawmakers? >> reporter: maybe the tone of it is, but the bottom line is going to be if they're getting nothing done as he said, will they bend, cooperate, come to the middle, come up with any sort of plan to repeal and or have currently, and it's not clear this morning that they're any closer to a plan that democrats, republicans or the majority of republicans think will work. >> so what are the next steps for the senate. >> reporter: couple of things. repeal and replace obamacare is fw gone. repeal and delay, get rid of it now, come up with something later, that's expected to fail today, too. won't know until the votes come in, it is not appearing they have enough votes for that. then there's an idea of a skinny plan, get rid of major parts of obamacare that republicans don't like, like the mandate, the penalties, the tax on medical devices. but big parts that have been controversial like medicaid and subsidies and the rest of the obamacare

for more we're joined by nbc's tracie potts and what is the president proposing and what the reaction from republicans. >> reporter: the president wanted to come up with some cyber security unit to guard against election hacking. that was his initial tweet on this. but then the republican response. we heard from ben sasse, obviously will not happen. it is inexplicably bizarre he says. from marco rubio, partnering with putin on a cyber security unit is akin to partnering with assad on a chemical weapons unit. and more from other republicans. >> it's not the dumbest idea but it's pretty close. he is literally the only person i know of who has any doubt that russia attacked our election in 2016. >> i am sure that putin could be of enormous assistance in that effort since he's doing the hacking. >> reporter: now, we're getting more reaction from the president as well. he tweeted after hearing some of that feedback that the fact he and putin talked about a cyber security unit doesn't mean it can actually happen. it can't. lot of discussion about that idea here in washington today. >> traci

tracie potts is live on capitol hill with more on the issues each option presents for senators. tracy, good morning. >> hey, aaron, good morning. good morning, eun. three issues to be aware of on this vote. really not a final vote but to move things forward. will they repeal and replace obamacare right now with a replacement that not a majority really likes. will they repeal it now? get rid of it and try to replace it with something later which leaves a question of what happens in the interim or will they repeal it and try to replace it with not what's on the table but something different to try to sweeten the deal for those too who don't like what they're seeing right now? the technical thing isn't at all likely what we're to see at the end of the day. >> tracie potts on the hill, thank you and welcome back. >>> now to an important race unfolding in virginia. the governor's race is a dead heat between republican nominee ed gillespie and ed northam. the monmouth university poll found gillespie and northam tied with 44% each. cliff high rah drew 3%. 9% are undecided. president tru

that is happening today. >> tracie potts live on capitol hill for us today. thank you. >>> the president's son-in-law heads back to the house intelligence committee under oath. he fielded tough questions from the senate intelligence committee yesterday. this is fallout from a meeting he had with the russian attorney during the campaign. >>> we remember our friend and long-time colleague jim vance. since his death, tributes have poured in from everywhere. >>> last night he was recognized by the u.s. house of representatives. a tribute was read to him on the floor. >> vance presented the in us to a region that challenged d.c. tv news with vast changes, economically and politically. jim vance took the dare and told our ever-changing story straight. he made us see ourselves from a city with too much crime to today's d.c. with low crime and a big sur plus. only could have covered so much quick moving news without ever missing a beat. >> you can see delegate norton's speech on our nbc washington app. search vance. >>> 5:49 right now. we turn to an important race un

tracie potts will have a look at today's closed meeting between president trump and putin. >>> a look at our other top stories this morning, a court victory for the trump administration's travel ban. a federal judge in hawaii has ruled grandparents and other extended relatives of people in the u.s. are not exempt from the ban. the judge said he would wait for a supreme court ruling on the case. so for now the government can block people from six majority muslim countries even if they are the grandparents or grandchildren of people in this country. >>> a man executed last night in virginia and his death is sparking controversy for two reasons. william more vo pronounced dead at 9:15, sentenced to death after killing a hospital security guard and sheriff's deputy in 2006. this is, of course, not video of that. mental health advocates tried to spare his life because he suffered from a disease and disorder. this is the first execution unde procedure. critics say it was intended to keep any missteps out of public view. we will take an in-depth look at that controversy coming up at 5:30. >>

for more, we're joined by tracie potts. and this will now be kushner's second consecutive day on the hill. what are we expecting? >> reporter: likely more of the same. jared kushner who we often don't hear from publicly spoke behind closed doors to the senate intelligence committee. today we understand he will be under oath before the house intelligence committee after what turned out to be an 11 passenger statemepage statement, he came out and talked to reporters and denied that he or anyone he's aware of in the campaign colluded with russia. listen. >> i did not company lewd with russia nor do i know of anyone else in the campaign who did so. i had no emproper contacts. i have not relied on russian funds for my businesses. and i have been fully transparent in providing all requested information. >> reporter: we will hear more from kushner today in that house intelligence committee meeting where he will likely do what he did yesterday, detail four separate contacts with people from russia. he says he never discussed sancti

in a few minutes we'll head to capitol hill where tracie potts will break down the latest on the republican push for a new health care bill. >>> you may want to find an alternate route today. >> we'll show you a map today. the organizers behind january's women's marplan to march from fairfax county to d.c. protesting the national rifle association. the route could clog the key bridge, georgetown and downtown d.c. >> megan mcgrath is live in northwest washington with what you need to know about the timing of this march. megan, good morning. >> rte guys. yeah, it's going to be a very busy day. the march is actually happening this morning in fairfax county at the national rifle association headquarters. then the protesters, they're going to march here to the department much justice on pennsylvania avenue and that is going to happen in the middle of the day. so we are expecting a large crowd. they're going to be winding their way, 18 miles, from fairfax county through the streets of washington down here to pennsylvania avenue. so expect delays. we caught up with one of the protesters yesterday.

tracie potts will have more on that and fill you in on what president trump is already tweeting this morning. >>> a former uber driver is accused of a sexual offense. take a look at ergon. police say he is on the run after an alleged attack last week in hyattsville and may be driving a dark colored toyota rav4 with virginia tags. megan mcgraph will have a live report from where the attack allegedly happened in a few minutes. >>> coming together in prayer and support. charles county members held a prayer vigil for the ten boys reportedly abused by a teacher's aide at benjamin stoddard middle school in waldorf where the sheriff's office say carlos bell record himself allegedly abusing the students. some of the abuse -- ♪ >> new video from a vijle from outside a jail where a virginia man was executed is sparking controversy. william morva was pronounced dead. convicted of killing a security guard in 2006. mental health advocates tried to spare his life because he suffered from a delusional disorder and this was the first execution under a new lethal injebion procedure. critics say it is

tracie potts, nbc washington. >>> today the president will award his first medal of honor. james mcclellan saved ten of his fellow soldiers during the vietnam war. the would you say says he repeatedly entered the kill zone to pull his wounded comrades to safety in 1979. he is now 71. >>> the 2020 race for the white house may le years away, but a democrat in our area is already jumping in, john delany laying it out. he represents maryland's 6th district. he's already announced he's not running for reelection next year. and only growth and inoy investigation, but also in positive societal change. >>> today leesburg police will try to calm parents' nerves after an attempted abduction. officers will attend a homeowners association meeting tonight to answer any questions. last week a woman tried to convince a 9-year-old girl to get in her car. when the girl refused. the woman followed her for several blocks. the child eventually made it home and told her mother what happened. there was also an attempted kidnapping last week in woodbridge. >>> d.c. public schools finished last in

we're getting nothing done. >> news4's tracie potts is live on capitol hill. is mccain's message resonating with fellow lawmakers? >> reporter: the tone of it, yes, getting something done, working together. democrats and republicans. but the substance when it comes down to the nitty-gritty details, not clear they can get that done. last night they tried to repeal and replace obamacare with a plan the senate has been working on, trying to come up with a compromise, appease moderates and conservatives, it failed. nine republicans voted against it. >> so what are the next steps for the senate? >> reporter: more back and forth about what they can do to make a health care plan work for the majority of senators, to get it passed, to get it on the president's desk. we understand they're going to try a vote on repealing obamacare and delaying replacement. that doesn't seem to have enough support. when there's this idea of the skinny plan where they get rid of some parts of obamacare, the mandates, penalties, big parts like medicaid and subsidies flowing to families. >

tracie potts, news4 washington. >>> the action returns to capitol hill today.lawmakers are back and at the top of the senate's agenda will be health care. republicans are trying to figure out how to move forward with their health care plan. they're hoping to hold a vote next week. people with preexisting conditions are planning to occupy several republicans offices in opposition to the health care bill. >>> look a look inside president trump's secured die tale form when he's away there was a masse entire area is frozen. what really happens if a rogue aircraft flies overhead and ignores warnings to leave. nbc's jeff rossen gets rare access from the sky. >> reporter: president trump is on the move, spending time away from the white house, from his mar-a-lago resort to his golf course in new jersey, and his home in new york city. 51 days so far, even this weekend spending sunday as his golf course in virginia. on the ground, heavy security you can see. in the air just as intense. until now, is the protecting the skies. >> when the president moves around, the feder

coming up news 4's tracie potts will have more on the impact the latest revelation could have going forward. >>> things will be back up and running on capitol hill, lawmakers returning from the week long recess. in the senate, repca forward with the health care plan. they're hoping to hold a vote next week. you can expect protests today too. people are preexisting conditions are planning to occupy several offices in opposition to the health care bill. >>> angie goff here at the live desk with breaking news just in. two earthquakes have been confirmed to have hit alas karks one in the northern part of of the state, one in the south. the quake that struck last night. it happened after a 4.4 magnitude quake hit earlier sunday. people felt it in anchorage. no damage reported. good news there. eun? >> angie, thank you. 5:06 now. today families at a manassas mobile home park are hoping to get the news they've been fighting to get for months. the city council will decide whether to group catholics for housing can buy the troubledize end mobile home park taking on the responsibility of fi the city

tracie potts is live on capitol hill. tracie, break down for us what this all in washington. the senate intelligence committee wants to talk to donald trump jr., the fbi we don't know yet if they'll want to talk to him about their investigation. according to the times, it was a publicist who helped arrange that meeting who told donald trump jr. that this information was coming from the russian government and that it could be helpful to his father's campaign. donald trump jr. has hired a criminal attorney, someone who made a name for himself working for the mob, cyber security cases and that attorney issued a statement saying that don jr. knew that there was information on alleged wrongdoing by hillary clinton, the front-runner and that it was coming from someone that he knew and it would be, he thought, potentially helpful. he goes on to say he did not know what specific information there was and did not make any promises whether it could be the information. donald trump jr. says he would be happy to talk to congressional investigators or the fbi about this meeting with the r

tracie potts has a look. >> reporter: a literal assault on the media. an edited video showing prompt taken down a man bearing the cnn logo sent to million from both his personal and official twitter account. >> i look at it and shake my head. >> people are begging the president not to do this, and he ought to stop done did. >> reporter: cnn responsibilities -- it's a sad day when the president of the tun accuses violence against reporters. >> the fake med i silence us, but we will not let them. >> reporter: on sunday impeachment rallies from los angeles to new york. >> he is a real true threat to or american democracy. >> reporter: the threat critics say is distracting from real issues like health care. >> our focus can not be on the tweet. it has to be on the kitchen table family paying 20, 30, 40 thousand dollars for their premiums. >> reporter: what to do with obamacare? mitch mcconnell is calling lawmakers hoping to avoid repeal in and out/replace later. >> sometimes if you lump too many things into legislation, you're doomed for. >> reporter: tryin

tracie potts live on capitol hill now. tracie, what happens next?what happens is wait until you get more information how do they plan to roll it out? surveys say are thousands of people who are transgender currently in the military. a survey found between 13700 an 1600. there are thousands of people in the military who could be affected by this. the big question, what about people who are currently deployed? are they suddenly out of a job? out of benefits? because of this series of three tweets that created new policy. the white house was asked about that. they said ask the pentagon. the pentagon was asked about it. they said all questions go to the white house. that's why there's so much confusion. there's also confusion about how it's going to be implemented. >> tracie, let's talk about health care. walk us through what's going to happen in the senate. >> the thing you're going to hear today is "the skinny" plan, which means a slimmer repeal of obamaca obamacare. it's what lawmakers are trying to do or considering today could come up for a vote as

thanks very much tracie potts joining us from washington president trump says his next big priority is to overhaul the u.s. tax code by slashing corporate rates to 15% and giving middle class taxpayers a break. speaking to the "wall street journal," he added any hike in taxes would be levied upon the wealthiest >>> making america great again one iphone at a time according toapple is planning to open new factories in the white house he said he spoke to tim cook who said they made a promise to build three big plachnts in the u.s. the company came under fire during his campaign to making most of its products in china. >>> spanish prime minister has testified that he had no knowledge of the campaign accounting practices of his popular party while he was on the electoral campaign director from '94 to 2000 rajoy's testimony comes amid a long running investigation he is his country's first sitting prime minister to appear as a witness in a court case >>> coming up on the show, is the facebook slowdown finally here we'll preview the numbers. i am totally blind. and i live with non-24, a circad

news 4's tracie potts is live on capitol hill. what does the president hope kelly brings it the table? >> he's got a clear mission. to bring discipline and law and order to the west wing that has not had that to some degree. president trump wants to clamp down and stop the leaks and make sure that everyone is working towards his agenda. so he's literally bringing in one of his law and order cabinet members who would -- retired general john kelly to clamp things down on the west wing. >> tracie, does this mean the entire staff reports to kelly and not to the president? >> not necessarily. something that they're expected to find out today in addition to the cabinet meeting that's happening. there is a staff meeting we're told. kellyanne conway talked approximate that. they'll find out who reports to the president and who reports to kelly. he will clearly be t charge under president trump of course. theel find that out today. >> interesting to see what comes out of that meeting. tracie potts on capitol hill. thank you. >> 5:47 now. t

tracie potts will have a preview in a little bit. >>> a horrific scene this morning. an run dell county police are investigating this accident that happened near this bp station. we are told one person has died. still waiting to learn more about the details about what happened, how it happened, who was involved. >>> another developing story in prince george's county. this pick-up truck slammed into a 7-eleven. no word on in anyone was hurt. >>> anger, outrage and frustration. they are the emotions parents are having about a teacher's aide abusing children. carlos bell was charged with abusing at least seven he also has hiv. bell worked with special education and general education students. last week, the sheriff's office found child important on electronic devices triggering this investigation. justin finch will explain there could be more victims that haven't come forward. >> i'm adam tuss. we are following breaking news out of prince george's county. police are conducting a homicide investigation. a man was found shot on darrel drive. you can see from the video, the

tracie potts is on the hill. good morning, tracie. >> good morning.he president has a very busy day. responding to a new threat from north korea. this morning north korea confirmed its latest missile test. president trump tweets perhaps china will put a heavy move on north korea and end this he g-20 summit. also with angel merkel. she's still leery on his trade and climate. but his focus will be his face-to-face meeting with russian president vladimir putin. >> he's going to try to gain as much influence over the united states through president trump. >> reporter: they're still working throw all details. mr. president trump talk with putin on the allegations of russian russian's. >>> plus this week new protests over health care. this mother's afraid her mother could lose essential health benefits. >> and ifos her, that's going to leave fie >> reporter: dozens of town halls are planned this weekend with homes that u.s. won't go it alone. it's chance for him to reassure allies that the u.s. will have their backs. >>> and, tracie, now we're learning abou

mitch mcconnell is expected to unveil a revised health care bill tracie potts joining us with more >> reporter: we're expecting to see two things stay in this bill the $700 billion or more in medicaid cuts, but also the taxes for the wealthy that democrats have railed against now it looks like part of the compromise is that getting rid of those taxes like republicans wanted they are also kicking in more money for opioid treatment, that has been a big issue and for subsidies for low income americans who need their premiums and there is another change that might appeal to democrats and moderate republicans, using health savings accounts, pretax money to pay for insurance premiums that is sflis something that hat been done before not clear if this is enough to get conservative and moderate republicans on board at the same time that has been the issue. there are about ten republicans who are objecting to this and without them, they can't get it passed now, there is an alternate plan out there by ted cruz and others to offer cheaper health insurance plans that cover less, getting rid of th

tracie potts joining us with more >> reporter: good morning. with the preps for the g-20, health care talks continuing even during the congressional break, a phone call overnight with dhooi's president, a lot of the talk here in washington is about the president having time amid all that to tweet this. a literal assault on the media an he had ilted individual use showing president trump taking down a man bearing the cnn logo sent to millions from both his personal and official twitter accounts >> i look at and i shake my head >> people are now begging the president not to do this and he should stop doing >> i think no one would perceive that as a threat >> reporter: cnn responds it's a sad day when the president of the united states encourages violence against reporters >> the fake media is trying silence us but we will not let them >> reporter: on sunday, impeachment rallies from los angeles to new york. >> he is a real true threat to our american democracy >> reporter: the threat critics say is distramcting from real issues. >> our focus has

thank you, tracie potts. >>> europe and japan quietly making a trade deal. >> yes >> i will hit that must-reads. >>> still to come, the top stories and a check of the markets overall. >>> plus a hot dog eating record we'll tell who was named chowing champion >> same person every year. >> how many hot dogs he scarfed down stay tune, you're watcnghi "worldwide exchange. hi i'm joann >>> good morning global equities shrug off geopolitical concerns. >>> new this morning, president trump is leaving for his second foreign trip his european agenda coming up. >>> and outsocked. we'll tell who put his best foot forward to upstage sharp-dressed canadian prime minister justin trudeau. it's wednesday, july 5, 2017, you're watching "worldwide exchange" on cnbc. ♪ >>> good morning welcome back to "worldwide exchange." i'm sara eisen >> i'm dominic chu in for wilfred frost. >>> let's show you the picture of the global markets. mixed one for u.s. equity futures. dow futures are positive s&p futures are flat and nasdaq futures are under pressure again down 23 points in the session. if you missed mond

tracie potts is live tracking all the fallout this morning. good morning to you, tracey. >> reporter: kira and sam, appropriate? they say, no, they still want to work with the president on things like health care and the g-20 summit that he's headed to. he had a call with china ov overnight. he's busy working but is also busy tweeting. a literal assault on the media. an edited video showing president trump taking down a man bearing the cnn logo sent to millions from both his personal and official twitter account. >> i look at it and i shake my head. >> people are now begging the president not to do this. he has to stop doing it. >> i think no one would perceive that as a threat. >> reporter: cnn responds it's a sad day when the president of the united states encourages violence against reporters. >> the fake media is trying to silence us but we will not let them. >> reporter: impeachment rallies. >> he is a real true threat to our american democracy. >> reporter: the threat, critics say, is distracting from from real issues like health care. >

let's get to nbc's tracy potts with the latest out of the beltway. >> reporter: hey, good morning, everyoneturned into an official white house shakeup today, we have staff and cabinet meetings, introducing the new man in charge. law and order behind the scenes at the white house this morning. first on the president's agenda, swearing in his new chief of staff. former homeland security secretary general john kelly >> i think he will bring some order and discipline to the west wing. >> ensuring that everybody that works in the white house is on the president's agenda. >> reporter: that agenda includes health care, after failing to repeal the affordable care act three times last week, the senate's top republican says he is ready to move on but the president is not, tweeting don't give up, republican senators. the world is watching. >> the president will not accept those that say it is quote, time to move on he wants to help the millions of americans who have suffered. >> reporter: president trump is ready to move on from russia investigations and will reportedly sign new sanctions. plus, the t

tracie potts joining us with more >> reporter: good morning. the "new york times" says they were just about to publish those same e-mails just before donald trump jr. tweeted them six days before natalia veselnitskaya flew over from russia to meet with donald trump jr., he received an e-mail promising, quote, very high level and sensitive information part of russia and its government's support for mr. trump. his reply? if it's what you say, i love it. trump junior explained to sean hannity. >> for me this was opposition research, maybe they had concrete evidence. >> reporter: analysts predict the fbi may want to know more. >> if he tells the truth, he jest can implicates himself in campaign fraud if he lie, he is going down for perjury. >> reporter: in an exclusive interview with nbc, the lawyer denies any connection to the ce kremlin. >> russian government attorney, that means you >> translator: no. >> reporter: democrats are asking why didn't trump alert authorities about a foreign g government promising dirt on hillary clinton. >> it was une

tracie potts has more from washington. >> reporter: that video has people asking if there's a lot of work going on at the white house. there is. the president is getting ready for this g20 summit, making phone calls on health care, and in the middle of it all, still had the time to tweet out this video. a literal assault on the media. an edited video showing president trump taking down a man bearing the cnn logo sent to millions from both his personal and official twitter account. >> i look at it and i shake my head. >> people are now begging the president not to do this, and he ought to stop doing it. >> i think that no one would perceive that as a threat. >> reporter: cnn responds, it's a sad day when the president of the united states encourages violence against reporters. >> the fake media is trying to silence us, but we will not let them. >> reporter: on sunday, impeachment rallies from los angeles to new york. >> he is a real true threat to our american democracy. >> reporter: the threat critics say it's distracting from real issues like health care. >> our focus cannot be on t

news4's tracie potts explains the different options. >> reporter: 100 protesters kafrm camped outside a republican senator's home this morning, urging no votes on debating health care. there are three different options, repeal obamacare and replace it later, repeal and replace it now, or throw in things like cheaper leaner insurance plans to get skeptical conservatives on board. >> you're going to get the votes? >> hope so. >> he better get them. >> reporter: with boy scouts last night, president trump insisted tom price convince congress to get rid of obamacare. this morning, a flurry of tweets calling democrats obstructionists, urging republicans to step up to the plate, promising he's to sign any version that gets rid of obamacare. critics say he's unfairly throwing all the responsibility for fixing health care to congress. >> what are the president's principles? he never laid them out. health care has been outsourced to congress. >> cut the united states senate off of our access to health insurance until we come up with some idea that you think is so terrific. >> reporter: it's ti

"today in the bay's" tracie potts with details on that plus why his first stop is so important. ood morning, tracie. >> reporter: good morning, laura and sam. good morning, everyone. it's sort of the pregame. he's going to poland first also to talk about russia, countries in eastern europe are concerned about russian aggression in that area. president trump going to reassure them sitting down with russia's leader. today poland is preparing for the arrival of president trump . he'll join a conference of central european and baltic nations and give a major speech in warsaw to reassure nato allies that america won't abandon them. >> a lot of our eastern european allies are very concerned about russia's aggression in the last few years. >> reporter: that could come up in a much tis pated meeting with russia's president at the g-20 summit on friday, it their first. the white house says there's no official agenda. >> the fact you're going into this thing, that you have no agenda, i think speaks volumes to the preparedness of this president. >> reporter: the administration isn't giving

"today in the bay's" tracie potts with the overnight developments from north korea plus, tracy, the president's agenda as he is getting ready to head overseas tomorrow. >> reporter: he is and ahead of that g-20 summit he has another stop before he gets to germany but this morning we're looking at this missile launch by north korea. u.s. officials are trying to confirm whether it was the longer range intercontinental ballistic missile as they claim. whatever it was, it was provocative and the presidented. president responded. president trump tweets, perhaps china will put a heavy move and end this nonsense once and for all. also with german chancellor angela merkel. she is leary on his stance on trade and climate. the focus will be mr. trump's first face-to-face meeting with russian president vladimir putin. >> he's going to try as much as he can to gain increased influence over the united states through his relationship with president trump. >> reporter: so far there's no official agenda the white house is still working out details. still unknown, will president trump confront putin with allega

news4's tracie potts has the latest. >> reporter: six days before natalia veselnitskaya flew over from russia to meet with donald trump jr., he received an e-mail promising, "very high level and sensitive information, part of russia and its government's support for mr. trump." his reply, "if it's what you say, i love it." trump jr. explained to fox's sean hannity. >> for me, this was opposition research, they had something, maybe concrete evidence. >> reporter: president trump this morning tweets his son's being transparent. this from the president's attorney. >> the truth of the matter is that a meeting under the circumstances that were descd e-mails that donald trump jr. did yesterday is not a violation of the law. >> reporter: in an exclusive interview with nbc, the lawyer denied any connection to the kremlin. >> the russian government attorney. that means you. >> translator: no. >> reporter: democrats are asking why didn't trump alert authorities about a foreign government promising dirt on hillary clinton. >> this is moving into perjury, false statements, and even into potentially

. >> "today in the bay's" tracie potts is in washington with what we can expect from that important meeting. good morning, tracie. >> reporter: laura and sam, good morning. good morning, everyone. it is a very important meeting and before it president trump is heading directly this morning to poland where he hopes to build goodwill and maybe even get positive vibes going before heading to the g-20 where russia and some of his other meetings could be a bit more tense. today poland is preparing for the arrival of president trump. he'll join a conference of central european and baltic nations and give a major speech in warsaw to reassure nato allies that america won't abandon them. >> a lot of our eastern european allies are very concerned about russia's aggression in the last few years. >> reporter: that could come up in a much anticipate d meeting with russia's president at the g-20 summit on friday, their first. the white house says there's no official agenda. >> the fact you're going into this thing, that you have no agenda, i think speaks volumes to the preparedness of this president. >>

tracie potts, nbc news, washington. >>> right now, backmayor muriel bowser is working to end the opioidrisis in d.c. naloxone reverses the effects of an overdose. last year, the kits saved nearly 300 people from overdosing. the distribution is happening at the family and medical counseling services on martin luther king jr. avenue in southeast. >>> we're still following that developing story in florida where two homes are nearly gone this morning, swallowed by a sinkhole. what's being done right now to protect people and other properties in that area. >>> plus the video police hope will lead them to the gunman responsible for shooting >>> a 200-feet-wide sinkhole swallowed two homes in florida today. you can see here part of that home getting swallowed up by the earth. officials evacuating the neighborhood because the sinkhole keeps getting bigger and bigger. about 100 people don't have power right now. this all started about 8:00 this morning. the sheriff's office says that it started as a size of a small pool and then it the red cross is coming in to help residents who can't get into

back to you. >> all right, tracie potts live for us from washington, d.c. thank you. >>> we are following some breaking news right now out of the east bay. these are live pictures just coming into our newsroom from nbc bay area sky ranger. a house fire in san leandro on hannah drive. you can see it from interstate 580. it's not too far from stanton avenue near somerset. we're trying to work and find out how the fire started. we do not know if any injuries have occurred. we'll continue to follow the story this morning and bring you more information as soon as we get it. >>> happening today, it's taken a little while, but finally the coast guard is set to remove a sunken barge near the bay bridge. global diving and salvage has cut it into two pieces and later today crews will use a crane to lift the pieces off the transbay tube. the barge capsized in april and leaked fuel into the bay. >>> it is 6:09 now. a quick look of what to expect before you head out the door and what you will feel going through the day. a live look outside in palo alto. the high tempera

trac tracie potts, nbc news, washington. >>> wow. take a look at that. those were the cheers to our dear friend, jim vance, after a moment of silence in his honor. the washington nationals called vance a d.c. icon when they held that tribute before last night's game against the brewers. however, vance would not have liked the outcome of the games. the brewers beat the nats 8-0. >>> and an even bigger honor. vance will have a permanent spot in the national museum of african-american history and culture. his last interview, as you may director lonnie bunch earlier this year. bunch spoke with news4's barbara harrison yesterday about vance's impact. >> what jim vance really did was he symbolized possibility. he symbolized that it was really important that america was changing and his presence was a symbol of that change. >> and bunch said the museum would like to display pictures of vance or notes that he took for stories and interviews. as soon as we learn more for you, we will let you know. >>> time now for a check on the forecast. storm team4 meteorologis

from washington, tracie potts, nbc news. >>> well, we are learning more details about how an illegal immigrant was able to return to northern virginia. app alias helped the man slip back into the united states after being deported to el salvador five times. known as marlon revis mendez was before a judge yesterday. he's accused of hitting an immigration officer after he was picked up monday on charges of being drunk in public. >>> charles county parents will soon have a chance to question school leaders. >> police say carlos bell abused boys at benjamin stoddard middle school and that wasn't the only place he had access to children. he worked for the department of community services in 2008. in 2015, he worked for a government contractor that provided care for two elementary he also worked as an assistant track coach in 2016. investigators believe there are at least ten victims, and there could be more. the meeting for parents is set for friday, july 28, at the benjamin stoddart middle school. >>> friends and family set up a memorial outside of a police station to mourn the loss of n

tracie potts, nbc news, washington. >> thank you, tracie. streetfollow-up we started over y coneekend after the death of a 54-year-old milpitas man. his body was found in milpitas. police say they're considering t a homicide but they're not saying what led them to that ants tsion. identity has not been released, either, and there is no one in custody. stilooking at the coliseum as the giants take on the a's. both teams, shall we say, are thruggling a little bit. no team near 500 but there's /cu== plenty of pride on the line. the lot and tomorrow night the teams play if oakland. .ednesday and thursday night winn'll play on the other side hurthe bridge at at&t park. ntuchollywood is mourning the anch of sam shepherd. the pulitzer prize-winning playwright, actor and celebrated nia, d died in his home in kentucky of complications related to lou gehrig's dees. st mrew up on a colorado ranch theserved as research director for the university of alifornia. ed -- rd was 73 years old. >>> after u.s. lawmakers sign !!=ctions to punish russia. >>> plus,