coming up, news 4's tracie potts will break down the latest poll numbers. >>> the recount begins today. david brair lost toark el rich. the board of elections suggests that recounts will only take one day. the processegins at 9:00 this morning and i doubt anyone will come to watch. >> everything is done carefully. it's opened for observers. mr. blair will have his represents there. >> the winner of the democratic nomination will twice two others. >>> today will be monica goldson's first day of a jobunf schools. goldson isoonger to the school superintendent for teaching andearning. goalman kevin fax well stepped down in may. >>> still ahead, riders recorded. privat conversations andpe onal information brought last nine. why secret cameras streaming uber and lift rides are t.perfec >>> we hear from lin-manuel lir rond >>> you're watching "news 4 today." >> a "hamilton" favorites is returning to the stage. we're dogging about ttalking ab nda. >> he is going to his home country -- he's going to do the pow inrto rico. he sat down with "today's" savannah gultry to talk about his return. >> t

tracie potts live on capitol hill for us. tracie, thank you. >>> 4:47 right now. a secret service agent died in scotland yesterday.er he su a stroke on sunday and was rushed o to the hospital. he died yeerday morning. a statement, the secret service says he was a19 year veteran and was surrounded by family and co-workers. this was the first to die on duty since 2005. >>> out flaf fla, when the sun comes up, search crews will be back in the everglades lking through the gator infested drain for a fourth victim in aouble plane crash. two small planes collided and rashed yesterday. we're learning from miami-dade officials that bothre planes training flight students. the victims so far have been identified. they range i0 age from to 73 years old. >>> a family iney new jer says they feel deceived. a woman allegedlyh tricked into thinking she was dying of brain cancer. kylie white stayed with the evans family for five straight weeks. the family met her through a mutual friend lasmonth. white even posed as her ownsp ice nurse giving medical instructions by text message. >

tracie potts from the hill, thanks so much. >>> 4:49 now. the oganizers of last year's g unite the ht rally will not be back for the one-year anntlersary. pary because they want to bring it to washington. they asked for a court order to make the city of charlottesville give him permit on the date of last year's rally.cl ims the refusal violates his free speech right. he posted a messa on twitter and say they will focus exclusively on a rally outside the white house in lafayette ark on august 1. >>> ten minutes before 5:00. scrapping the swimsuits is just beginning. leaders of the miss america organization vowed to include women of, o, all shapes and rdy sizes, end quote. the groupleased a full list of updates to the pageant. they're calling i missmerica ea0. it's a pag focusingn less o oloks and more on personality and schships. this new version of miss america is designed by the organization's new board. they were installed after an e-mail scandal last year forced board members to resign. >>> it's all about the head to head battle happening

tracie potts for us on the hill. thanks so much. >>> a mythical ctature is the center of a real political dispne in a real house race virginia. and the term taking over that dispute is big foot erotica. riggleman says he put a suggestive drawing of big foot on his instagram as a joke. an cochran tweeted this is not what we're going to put on capi wl hill. if yt to read or see more, it's in our nbc washington app. >>> the group behind the white supremacist rally in charlottesville is preparing to rally here in d.c. in two weeks. lafayetteprotest in square across from the white house. the officers are experienced at keeping the peace during high-tension rallies and protests. >> people can always express their views, whatever they may be. our role as a police department, makes sure they are able to do at. we facilitate that. and we make sure nothing gets broken and nobody get hurt. >> he says officers will keep the right to unite activists away from counterprotesters. heather heyer died at a protest incharlottesville. >

nbc's tracie potts joins us from shington with more tracie, good morning. >> reporter: frances, good morning. new numbers from the nbc news wall street journal poll. 26% approving 51% a slight majority disapproving of how president trump is handling russia. that is breakin down par lines with most republicans proving. it shows that his overall job approval is steady. people like how he's handling the economy but since the summit last monday, a week ago, they do not like how he's handling russia. also over the weekend, the justice department has released a warrant, a secret scout warrant that they useo do surveillance on former trump campaign adviser carter the president also responding to that and sob is p cartere who says he was not working with russia. >> i've never been an agent of the foreign power in any -- by any stretch of the imagination. >> reporter: the president responding tt this was political. take a look at his tweet. the president saying it's looking mor and more like the trump campaig for president for being legally spied upon. he makeseference to crooked hillary, the

in them that would implicate the president or show they did anything illegal in the campgn. >> tracie pottslive on capitol hill for us. tracie, thank you. >>> today, robert wilke will be sworn in as the new veterans affair secretary. he has been acting secretary. pected to shake up the v.a. on his first official day of the job. >> the possibility of a shakeup in rginia's general assembly. it could put the slim house advantage in jeopardy. greghabeeb is stepping down on friday. he wants to focus on his family and career as a lawyer in roanoke. the special election in the republican district, would give democrats a chance to win the seat and for a 50/50 split. in that scenario, the parties would hav to agree to share power. >>> the peace cross the causing some conflict. the monument honors those who fought in world war i. lawmakers are hoping the u.s. supreme court errules a lower court's decisn. texas senator ted cruz and steve scalise fired an argument last night. ey ruled in fav of the humanist association, that says the cross that sits on the public land violates the separati between chur

check in with tracie potts covering the latest from capitol hill. tracie good morning. >> hi there, good morning. there was quite a testy exchange between president trump and the cretary general of nato. mostly on the side of president trump where he talked about their fair share of dense. he talked about that before. even saying that they were delinquent what he really honed in on this morning was paying russia for gas. this is a big issue for germany. a sident trump said there's problem sending billions of dollars into russia to pay for natural gas while asking the u.s. and other countries to defend against russia. it was an unexpected exchange as they sat down together for breakfast. more meetings happening later today. >> tracie potts live on capitol hill for us. thank you. >>> the bill to crackdown on noise fr the street performers in d.c. has been withdrawn. they can be fined upo $3 for not turning down the music. the chair said the bill aimed to limit noise levels, not get rid of street performers altogether. the bill could return for council

>> tracie potts joins usive is morning from capitol hill, on what details democrats have about this. >> democrats want to know what said behind closed doors with vladimir putin. they want to bring in department translator, the interpreter, who was the only other american in that meeting to provide testimony on thrill. no word on the legalities of ether that could happen. in that cbs interview, president trump madet clear that he does believe the intelligence community, that russia did meddle. and he says that they're responsible. that russia's president is responsible. and he talks about the russian investigation here, saying he is willing to do an interview with robert mueller. >> tracie potts on capitol hill for us. >>> michelle obama is teaming up with celebrities to launch a new voter registration initiative. this organization will be nonpartisan and will hold event to get voters registered before the november election. several celebrities are expected to join her, including tom hanks and tim mcgraw. >>> the board of elections certified mark elrich a in the primary. david blare h

. >> tracie potts is on capitol hill for us. whatti the re been to the announcement? >> the timing is interesting here becauset gives vladimir putin, who is accused of trying to tinker in our election, a front-row seat in the heat of the fall campaign. another stunning announcement from the white house. remember when the presidentaid days ago, standing next to putin, that was it an incredible idea to have their people interview americans, to have the two intelligence sides tea . the president called that idea incredible. now, the white house says he's backing off that. the senate also voting against having americanso to moscow to be questioned. every democrat and republican in the senate voted against that. >> tracie potts, live for us on capitol hill. thank yo >>> new details on the woman accused of being a secret agent for ruia. mariia butina was arrested for allegedly working with the russian government to gain influence in americanlitics. people who knew butina during her time at american university, said there were some red flags, like her support for vladimir pu

coming up, news 4's tracie potts talks about whether they will meet the deadline. >>> a community gathered to say good-bye to makiyah wilson. she was gunned down as she went to g ice cream last week. a horse-drawn carriage carried makiyah's casket. hundreds of people lined the stres for her procession as loved ones mourned her loss. >> we are really trying to hold strong. this is a hard things. that's my little cousin. she means a lot to all of us. >> investigators say makiyah's shooting may have been the result of two groups firin.at each oth no arrests have been made. w >> just received the police dispatch call for tuesday's stabbing at the metro station. >> chris with more on this. >> metro station manager was working just after midnight when an angry man came into her kiosk. she started to fear for her li. this is a clip we just pulled from the dispatch bacall. >> i have the station manager land lined, he is saying she stabbed the man at the kiosk. >> that man is jeremy bond. he was upset about ae elayed servat night. bond pounded on the windows of the manager's booth. afd then, he wen

so did ever democrat and everyb repuan voted against it. >> tracie potts live on capitol hill for us. you. >>> 5:48 right now. dew ils on the woman accused of being a secret agent for russia. mariia butina was arregeed for alley working with the russian government to gain influence in american politics. people who knew butina during her time at american university, said there were some red flags, like her support for vladimir putin and guns.ne a ighbor said she saw nothing suspicious until one night when fbi agents sho. >> i hear a banging. the man says, please, miss, stay inside. so, i did.he and then, d -- they continued to bang really loudly. they said, we know you're in there. uta faces charges of acting as an unregistered foreign agent in the united states. her lawyer says she has done nothing wrong. >>> now, to decision 2018, the recount i the race for county se.ive mond david blair lost to elrich by 79 votes. the glitch that affected some 80,000 maryland voters could have had an affect on the outcome of the race. >> if i was in a race this close, and i thought there's a chance

tracie potts joins us live from washington, d.c., with more on that. good morning. >> good morning. good morning, everyone. big questions here in washington about what president trump will talk about at this meeting. as you heard, he's been tweeting about it this morning, blaming president obama. now it's his turn. will president trump ask russia to turn over intelligence officers charged with meddling in the 2016 election? >> your first request of vladimir putin needs to be, tell us which airport we can pick up the 25 russians that tried to interfere with the fundamentals of our democracy. >> well, i might. i haven't thought of that, but certainly i'll be asking about it. >> hacking social media, tinkering with voter registration. is russia trying to infiltrate the ballot box again in november? homeland security says there's no hard evidence, but intelligence officials are concerned. >> we are just one click of the keyboard away from a similar situation repeating itself. >> we better wake up, because this is a warning shot for our next elections atere ready. >> i think we need to r

>> well -- no, no, no. [ inaudible ] >> tracie potts is on capitol hill with reaction to this.aid, has the white ho anything about this recording. >> no. the president didn't answer shouted questions. he slammed the media saying don't trust thsnm. he ha specifically responded to what's on this tape. his attorney is speing out though. rudy giuliani says it's disgraceyeul for a l to tape his own client. this proves that the president ags trying to be above board. not everyone es. the attorney for stormy daniels, the other woman who alleged an affairhe with t president. this shows that they were conspiring to pay offhisoman or pay off a media organization for her story so itouldn't get out. two months before the election. now there are discrepancies around what was heard on the tape. as you can tell, it wasn't extremely clear. some heard the predent say pay in cash, some heard him not paying in cash. bottom line, washington questioning whether this is a political problem or whether it cod lead to any charges. >> tracie potts on the hill. thank you very much. >>> new aovernight, ge

tracie potts, nbc news. >> that was tracie potts from washington. >>> breaking news that we want to bring you from new york city right now. so far, no reports of injuries, but a frightening accident -- incident on fifth avenue. can you make it out there? a steam pipe. it exploded, but it blasted out manholes, sent chunks of asphalt flying into the air. it happened in the flat iron district, just about 90 minutes ago. surrounding buildings are evacuated. it is stalling traffic right now in the area around broadway and fifth avenue. very busy area. but subway trains continue to run. >>> well, developing right now, nearly two dozen soldiers are injured after a tent suddenly collapsed at the central coast military base, around 9:30 last night at ft. hunter liggett. a helicopter kicked up too much wind as it was landing during an exercise. that structure suddenly gave up. two soldiers were air lifted from the scene. the rested relatively minor injuries. >> a tanker driver is in a north bay hospital this morning, seriously hurt in an explosion. you may have seen breaking news coverage all after

and tracie potts could have more on what this means for the investigation. >>> a virginia group is trying to honor his brother for it up over a year ago. it has to come down immediately. upe g called virginia flaggers that a flag is a c monument. >>> a university of louisville is in the process of changing the name of its stadium. after papa john's founder admitted he used a racial slur, the school inside e decided to e name backt to j founder stadium. >>> how does free met fro rides for a year sound? you need to ben aegt and rolls to school.>> think it's cool. it's an easier way to get around and everything. >> we have a list on where and when students can pickp their cards. open up the nbc 7 app. >>> two of the metro stations are going to be closed f 45 days. justin finch is live at the rhode island met fro areas. >> that's righ if you are a red line rail rider, take note, theon stati will be closed for some time. right here, we're watching repairs on the track level here. this ishe scene until september. this inconvenience will give crews time to make repyres here. they had reports of

nbc news tracie potts joins us from washington. dig into the details of this freedom of information act release, do any of them support the president's -- under what he's called false pretenses >> willem, this is interesting both sides here, the president and republicans who support him and democrats are both saying d see, this proves our point the former trump campaign aide was believed to be working with and recruited by russia. so they were spying on him they went into the secret fisa to get a warrant to do so. there was a question whether the fbi approved or got that warrant under false pretenses, gave all the information. but now we've seen parts of the warrant because as you know it was heavily redacted it tells us that there was more information than just that dossier paid for by democrats that they used to get this warrant on carter page one of the arguments by president's supporters has been they used only information paid for by democrats we now know that is not true one of the other arguments was that the information was

. >> and tracie potts isteollowing the from capitol hill. what is on today's agenda?> a couple of things. first up, money for the military afghanistan. that's long been supported by nato, for 157 7 years now. and on the agenda, whether they owill continue fund that through 2024. and also, the future of two tr cos that want to join nato, ukraine and georgia. those are the two big issues in meetings set to happen today. and then, the summit wraps up, and tsident heads to london, where the demonstrations are under way. >> tracie potts for us on the hill, bringing us up to speed. thank you soch >>> also, following the fbi agent who was removed by from the russia probe over text messages will testify during a public hearing today on capitol hill. peter strzok testified two wks ago. the agent exchanged anti-trump texts with a colleague, while both worked on the clinton investigation, and briefly for robert mueller. republicans want answers about possible political bs in the probe. that hearing begins at 10:00 this morning. keep up with the washington app for the latest. >>>

but he etsays, sng that's being worked out by the lawyers at this point. >> tracy tracie potts on thechelle obama is looking for ambassadors and will hold events to get more voters registered to get more at the elections. severals are xexpected to join her, including tom hanks and lin-manuel miranda. >>> mark elrich has been in the primary. blair lost by 79 votes. h he woulde to pay for a recount and that could cost $200,000, depending on how theb ots are counted. >>> 5:47 now. there's a big jump in drug overdoses going on in d.c. right now. >> emts responded to almost a dozen ov rdose callsht at the corner of 4th and "e" streets. >> megan mcgrath hasdetails. what's going on? >> reporter:ly certan alarming situation, similar to a spike that the district saw in overdoses in 2016. d.c. fire and emt responding to over 100 overdoses since saturday. take a look here. 11 happened here at 4th and e. streets on wednesday. fire chief gregory dean, saying as crews responded to that initial call for help, they were walking around the krea andept finding more and more patients. it's believed that

tracie potts the following the fallout on capitol hill this morning. >> reporter: the note' only whatring but who we are hearing it from. criticism from the democrats and a lot of the harshest criticism are republicans. john mccainaying this isne of the most disgraceful performances of any american president. wt gingrich, former house speaker, said it was the biggest mistake of mr. trump's presidency. and others who are concerned about him standing on a world stexe to the long-time foe, the president of russia, praising what vladimir putin said but discrediting the entire intelligence community. many lawmakers onid both found that incredible. in fact, there are calls for them to sport the russia vel investigation. >> tracy potts on the hill for us. thank you. > 12 minut before the top of the hour. we head back out to nats park. euns there, ahead of the midsummer classic. last night, i live near the ballpark. 11:00, it sounded like 2:00 on a saturday afternoon. now, i understand that bryce harper is probably the reason for a lot of that late last night. >> oh, yeah. bryce harper brough

. >> tracie potts is live on capitol hill with the latest. acie these kinds of public confrontations are pretty >> they're unusual, but maybe not unexpected considering the factde that the pre has had aense relationship with some of our allies since he started imposing tariffs. that could come up at the nato eting. the b issue is whether or not he feels other countries are payi their fair share. 5 out of 29 countries are payine 2% that they're supposed to. most others have another decade to comply. president trump says that's too long. the u.s. is footing the bill and it's not fair to ouray tas. that's his argument. he brought that up in brussels along with thisbo issue germany asking for protection against russia while paying billionso russia f gas. it very quickly turned into a b testakfast meeting to begin the summit today. >> all right. tracie potts live on capitol hill for us. thank you. >>>47 right now. a bill to crackdown on noise from d.c. street performers has been withdrawn. under that bill, they have been fined for not turning the m

. >> tracie potts is following the latest on capitol hill.or what's manaccused of?tax evasion and bank fraud. nothing to do with connections to errussia, oth than the fact he made that money, the consulting ays, by with the russian-backed ukrainian government, even lobbying for the here in the united states. when the money ran out, millions of dollars he sshed in offshore accounts, prosecutors telege that he got bank loans from real es that he bought from that mon to continue a vish lifestyle. these are the types of things that we're likely to hear when uis trial geter way. it's expected to last about three weeks. what's significant here, if he's convicted, if he is facing ten years behind bars, then the mueller team could use that to try to encourage him to talk more about his time with the aump campaign whether or not there were any connections with russia. >> tracie potts, thank you, with a look ahead from capitol hill. >>> a mythical creature is at the center of a real political dispute in a u.s. house race in virginia. and the term taking over that dispute is b

tracie potts joins us from washington with the new developments >> reporter: now we have a source saying michael cohen wants to tell the special prosecutor that the president knew about that trump tower meeting before it happened if that's the case, it means that the president may have known that russia was trying to help his campaign in advance and could begin to build the case for collusion. a knowledgeable source tells nbc news that michael cohen is ready to tell investigators that trump knew about the 2016 meeting with the russian lawyer before it happened because his son told him. >> it is a big deal, because it does -- it has the potential to put him smack dab in the middle of a conspiracy with the russians. >> reporter: donald trump jr. and other campaign officials attended that meeting at trump tower. they were promised negative information on hillary clinton the president has said he learned about the meeting later. >> trump approved of this meeting. if this is true, it's collusion. they are including with a secret kremlin plot this is it this is the ball game. >> reporter: trum

. >> tracie potts has more on the fallout from capil hill. what do they want to ask this translator? >> they want to know if the interpreter, the translator knows something we don't know when they sat down one-on-one. it was president trump and putin and theirrs interpretwho were in that room when the president talked abou the russia investigation, meddling in our election. the president came out publicly and has n corrected what he said in finland. is that in line with wha h told putin behind closed doors. they want to get the notes from the interpreter or get the intereter to come in and testify. >> tracie, a case involving alleged russian espionage heads to court today. maria butina was arrested on sun. what is this about? >> she's a 29-year-old grad student. her attorney says she has nothing to do with this. the charge is that she was working as a uj registered agent of the russia -- trying to shzy up to the this. ra and establ a back channel with the russian government. her attorney says's not the case. that she testified behind closed d

tracie potts reports from capitol hill with reaction from those lawmakers. >> reporter: hours ago thismall but loud protest greeted president trump as he landed back home to scathing criticism of his summit with russian president vladimir putin >> i never thought i would see an american president throw the intelligence community under the bus like that. >> reporter: that's a republican senator john mccain called it one of the most disgraceful performances by an american president in memory. >> it's outrageous. >> reporter: criticized for believing russia and doubting u.s. intelligence, even his own director on russia meddling in our election >> i have great confidence in my intelligence people. i will tell you that president putin was extremely strong and powerful in his denial today >> standing with putin he criticized the fbi's investigation. >> the united states has been foolish. i think that the probe is a disaster for our country >> americans are scratching their head and saying if that's not the explanation that putin has something on it, what is it? what could it be >> nothing p

acking it all is tracie potts, from capitol hill thismorning. >> threatening the shoutdown is a moveeen before. what could we see in the next few days. >>aybe not anythin in the next few days. but looks like the president is throwing this out there early. congress has months from today to come up with the budgei that he is w to sign. he is making it clear, he's not willing to sign if they don't deal with immieyation. thought they had a deal, it didn't work out. the presidentth ght, this won't work out. when they come back from break, it will be crunch time again. president trump says he wants money for the border wall. he wants policy changes and wants them to get rid of the catch and release policy. >> the preside tweeting about michael cohen, his lawyer, his former lawyer. and kind of flipping sides on this. this is after the report that hn d to tell the special counsel what he knew about that infamo meeting in 2016 at trump tower between a russian lawyer and his campaign. do you anticipate this is going uglier? >> it could. the bigti qu, what can michael cohen prove? according to

news4's tracie potts has the latest. >> reporter: president trump announced this morhe u.s. will not leave nato. >> the united states' commitment to nato i verystrong. >> reporter: stronger now with allies bowing to his demand to defense. for >> everyone has agreed to substantially up their mmitment. they're going to up it at levels that they ve thought of before. >> reporter: this morning french president emmanuel macn denied anyone agreed to go beyond the required 2%. president trump's demand to double contributions and his attack on germany's energy deal with russia drew mixed reaction back home. >> this president is making sure that they're bellying up to the table. >> for him to piss off our main alliesin incomprehensible. >> reporter: he's lowering expectations for monday's summit with russian president vladimir putin, where election meddling is likelyn. to come up ag >> he may deny it, it's one of those things. all i can do is say did you,nd don't do it again. >> reporter: concern is mounting as the president arrives in a defiant london tensions with allies and russia

>> tracie potts in washington, we'll see if iran comes to the table.'ll see more of you as well in washington then, thank you very much. >>> let's check on the other top headlines. frances rivera has that in new york >>> good morning over a dozen wildfires are scorching california leaving resources stretched thin the california department of finance says 1$150 million have already been spent on emergency firefighting, which is about a quarter of the state's annual emergency button the dangerous carr fire exploded to 103,000 acres and destroyed 1,000 homes. >>> a wrongful death lawsuit is seeking 1$100 million in the missouri deck boat tragedy that killed 17 tourists it was filed on behalf of the family who lost nine members in the incident the lawsuit alleges the owner and operator put passengers lives at risk. >>> lebron james is expanding his legacy off the court with a public school in ohio for kids with challenged backgrounds. james says opening the school is one of the greatest moments in his life the school only takes third and fourth graders but

tracie potts has more. >> reporter: the president is cleaning up what he said in finland and accordingsource telling nbc it was the vice president and the secretary of state who sat the president down privately and convinced him that he had to go back and change what he said. here's president trump's take two on whether russia meddled in the 2016 elections >> i don't see any reason why it would be >> the sentence should have been i don't see any reason why it wouldn't be russia >> reporter: the do-over not sitting well with critics. >> it's 24 hours too late and in the wrong place. >> if the president were willing to dismiss american concerns in public what did he say in private? >> reporter: democrats want to hear from the interpreter in his meeting with vladimir putin. >> we need those translator notes and the translator herself to come brief us about what was said privately >> reporter: the president no longer publicly doubting the intelligence community >> i accept our intelligence community's conclusions. >> doesn't undo the harm completely, but it will help. >> reporter: despite

tracie potts has the latest developments from capitol hill. >> reporter: never ever threaten the united states again or you will sufesr the conseque the likes of few throughout history have ever suffered before. that is president trump's tweet just a few hours ago afteran leader promised the mother of all wars. but the public is notit happy how president trump is dealing with another nuclear nation. 51% disapprove ofow he's handling russia in the new nbc news/wall street jrnal poll. his overall job approval remains steady. mr. president, they meddled in the elections, they stole podesta's e-mails, they t meddl dnc, we could be next. >> they will better at it.and be >> reporter: they are responding to a secret court warrant releasedy the justice department used to spy on trump alviser carter page. the presidentls it a scam. the government thoht page was being recruited by russia. >> we can now confirm that he did, in fact, have meetings with russian officials. >> no, i have nev been an aid to the foreign power in any stretch of the imagination. >> reporter: the republicans insist candida

. >> let's bring in tracie potts live on capitol hill this morning. what are the odds that the government meets today's deadline? >> the government says they're going to get it done. all eligible families will be reunited. that's the issue here. el yib eligible. that's where the government knows where the families are and screen the parents and know where to unite them. but half of h thosee final portation orders. the aclusu which jus the trying to give them a week to consult with some of the families who may want to apply for asylum there. at issue, the parents that he have bee deported without their kids. they say they gave them up. they had no legal representation and some of them had three minutes to dede. they are trying to figure out if they can get those families, with parentsacross the border, reunited with their kids that are here. today's deadline, appeently thre people that are not eligible for today's deadline. >>> 4:46. t's been five months since the parkland, florida, high school shooting that killed 17 people. and news organizatio are e

tracie potts has the latest from capitol hill. >> reporter: i would willing to shut down government, president trump tweets, if the democrats do not give us the votes on border security, including a wall. the president's threat comes two months beforehe nation's budget deadline and idew controversy in the russia investigation. the president's attorney says there is dozens of secret recordings by mr. trump's former attorney, michael cohen, and that many prove there wasll nothingal about payments to silence women the president f denies havingrs with. >> a very good development for us because we do have all these tapes and these tes are -- completely demonstrate the president did nothing wrong. >> in light of learning michael on was taping the president, two, doesn't have a tape of this i would belie the president. >> reporter: cohen is also report reportedlyli w to tell investigators candidate trump knew about a meeting between his son and a russian lawyer to get damaging information on hillary clinton. >> flat out true. >> reporter: on capitol hill patience is wearing thin with the fb

joining us now with reaction from capitol hill, nbc's tracie potts. tracie, good morning. >> hi, good morning. well, let's put this in context, because the shutdown threat comes just 60 days, two months before the government's budget deadline. and as the senate gets ready to head to recess. now the president says he wants not only funding for a border wall and border security, but he wants to end catch and release when immigrants country, they'rent their court date. he wants to end the lottery system and replace it with what he calls merit-based immigration. but to tie this to the budget and threaten to shut down the government, some lawmakers are asking the president to put the brakes on that. >> i think hopefully most of the appropriation bills will actually be passed. a little better prioritization spending. i certainly don't like playing -- i don't think it would be helpful, so let's try and avoid it. >> also this weekend we saw a tweet storm by president trump in the russia investigation, criticizing special counsel robert mueller and an all-out a

>> tracie potts for us in washington. tracie, thank you. >>> 12 young boys and their soccer coach are on the road to recovery and we're getting our first look at them since they were rescued from that partially flooded cave in thailand. a senior health official says the boys lost weight during their 17-day ordeal but are generally in good condition and show no signs of stress. however, they are still facing more time in the hospital. nbc's janis mackey frayer tells us more. >> reporter: a first glimpse at the boys after that daring three-day rescue mission, appearing relaxed, wearing face masks and gowns, waving from their hospital beds. their families kept six feet away behind glass to prevent infection. health officials say the 12 boys are in good condition, mainly because of their coach, 25-year-old chatawong. he was the last person out and was the weakest. in a letter he apologized to the boys' parents. >> happy happy. >> reporter: his aunt telling us she's relieved. his uncle still worried. "he must feel remorse that

today in the bay )s tracie potts is following both stories.. tracie? happening today - the northern california man suing the manufacturers of "roundup" - claiming it gave him cancer... takes the stand. we )ve been covering this case for years. in his lawsuit against monsanto... dewayne johnson alleges the active ingredient in the popular weed killer - caused his non-hodgkin )s lymphoma. the debate over the potential that roundup causes cancer has been going on for decades. the f-d-a says it probably does (not ( cause cancer... but the world health organization says it probably (does. ( new video this morning... ...of the memorial growing outside a los angeles trader joes. this is where one worker was shot and killed during a tense hostage standoff saturday. trader joe )s says the store wil be closed indefinitely .. to give workers the chance to grieve .. and to process what happened. new details are emerging about the chaos before and during that standoff .. along with the worker who died. relatives say 27-year-old "mely corado" was a trader joe )s sto

. >> tracie pott is following this from the hill for us. what had lawmakers so upset here?> reporter: that was a big part of it, that he praised putin and didn't seem to challenge his denial, but channeled our own u.s. intelligence committee, whe said russians tried to interview in our election. otestioning that, but questioning putin was a real sore spot. not just bor democrats for republicans, as well. >> even the republicans arein critic the president, as well. what are they saying? >> strong statements from a number of people like newt gingrich. he called this the biggest m mistake of his presidency. jo t mccain sayingt the president -- mccain that this was the most disgracefupe ormance he's ever seen from an american presiden and a number of others, now democrats, saying thats republic need to back this russia investigation because the president tore it apart right i front of vladimir putin. we're going to hear more today. >>> the baby trumpmp bhat protesters threw during the visit last week, is now crossing the bond. a gofundme page to move the balloon to the u.s., ra

. >>> tracie potts is following the latest from capitol hill. what is on today's agenda? >> a couple of things. first up, money for the military in afghanistan. trying to fund that through 2 . 2024. we've had thousands of tros ere, many of them from the nato coalition. and also, the future of two countries that want to join nato, ukraine and georgia. both of them are controlled by russia and the nato partners will talk about whether to let them in the group. russia is on their minds as president trumphe leaves meeting today and heads to london and will sit down with the russian president on monday. >>> the ft agent t was removed from the russia probe over text messages will testify during a public hearing today on capitol hill. peter strzok testified two weeks ago. the agent exchanged anti-trump texts with a colleague, while th worked on the clinton investigation, and briefly for robert mueller. robs wa republicans want answe about possible political bias in the probe. >>> now, to the local county executive race that keeps getting morecomplicated. council member nan florw

. >> tracie potts has more on about the president's story on that meeting.w do they plan on responding to this? >> he may respond on twitter. he may rpond before cameras later today. if then-candidate trump knew about this meeting in advance, before it happened, if he knew it was russia trying to pass on damagingnformation about hillary clinton to help his campaign and if he sent or allowed his son to attend and check it out, that could begin to build the case for llusion. as you said, the president has repeatedly denied that he knew anything about this meeting in advance. re from donald trump jr.'s attorney says this is not true. the president's attorney says michael cohen, who isdi pro the information, is a rocky witness. he's not credible, he is under federal investigation for being involved in the rush money payments to women who claim they had affairs with president trump, tha the president denies. cohen, under federal investigation, cooperating with authorities. and for the second time in two daysg dropp damaging information on the president, his former client. both casting count

nbc's tracie potts joins us from washington. tracie, good morning. >> reporter: hi, frances.n they're reunited? the late night report found the 1600 parents, 700 have active deportation orders. aer a hold on those deportations. some of them have asylum claims. we asked the homeland security secretary whether or not keeping kids separated from their parents this long amounts to abuse. >> a lot of child psychologists have said publicly, they say this amounts to child abuse. is this child abuse being imposed, enforced by the american government? >> i think that we have 2000 children who need our care in terms of being reunited with their parents and we are working very hard on doing that. >> the government has just announced a five point plan to get these kids and their parents back together. it includes an in-person interview, ape criminal background check and determining whether or not they are fit to have custody of their children. back to you. >> all right, tracie, thank you. >> just ahead, who is america's favorite hollywood villain? plus the dancing queens are back ereand

here with the very latest, tracie potts. >> reporter: good morning everyone. let's start with that manafort trial. prosecutors will argue that he earned $30 million from advising the ukrainian government, allies of russia, and from lobbying for them even here inside the united states and that he hid that $30 million from the irs so he didn't have to pay taxes. so it's not about russia. it's not about the trump campaign. in fact one in a -- one lawyer said the name russia might not even come up but here is where it's significant. if he is convicted and jail time t could be significant leverage to get him to talk about what he knows from being inside the trump campaign. >>> meanwhile rudy giuliani is questioninging whether the actual russia investigation should be focusing on collusion. >> i've been sitting here looking at this federal code trying to find collusion as a crime. collusion is not a crime. >> reporter: meantime back to the manafort trial, that could take several weeks and we're told it could be quite mundane the name russia might not even come up. >

. >> tracie potts, live on capitol hill for u >>> 4:46. as states prepare for november midterm elections, marylandnt to make sure its polls are not compromised. seveerl races left up in the air at the primary because voters had to use provisional llots. the administrator said a coding error messed up thousands of people's voter registration information. b that problem hn fixed and the system is undergoing weakly audits. >>> high school students across the country are not happy about the junet. s. scores. the results came out wednesday and some students and parents are demanding the tests be rescored. some kids were recorded getting more questions right ut receiving lower scores. the college board that administers the test said, the scores are accurate. the college board says because certain versions of thexam are easier than others, they use a statistical process called equating to grade the answers on a kufshl. that's supposed to ensure fairness for all of the students. >> there's families that won't be happy with that. >>> now, to newide

he had made a payment of $1,000 to stormy daniels f an alleged one-night affair with trump.ro tracie potts washington with the very latest. >> reporter: and we're also hearing from daniel's attorney. first reaction from president trump. he ignored shouted questions about this last night but told a crd in kansas city not to trust the media when itomes to situations like this. meanwhile we're hearing from the current attorney rudy giuliani in a phone call. he says taping a conversation a lawyer taping a conversation with a client disastrous. he goes on to say he doesn't believe, based on what he's heard that there's anything criminal i this tape. he also questions the motive for it being released. >> this is at most an attempt to do something. i don't know of any attempt in this category of crime that they're looking at. in any event, i don't think anyone can suggest this represents anything where the president did anything wrong and that's the reason why we waved it. >> reporter: there are at least two wem whoon are alleged to have had affairs with the president. this one is about karen mcd

tracie potts, nbc news, washington. >>> happening today a man facing murder charges for an attack at the pleasant hill b.a.r.t. station goes to court. b.a.r.t. police said he attacked another man cutting the victim's knee. the man died a few days later from a blood infection from that cut. >>> b.a.r.t. safety is top of mind for many people after a ration of violent crime including the deadly stabbing of 18-year-old nia wilson. last night we talked with a woman approached by a robber at the fruitvale b.a.r.t. station garage. man drove towards her in her car, cutting her off. she knew she was about to get robbed. >> started to open his car door and i looked at him, i said don't you dare. and i kicked his car door, and i ran away. and while i was running away i was thinking oh my god, what if he has a gun. >> frightening. few moments later she heard a woman scream and gunfire. the same man shot out her window, stole her phone and $20. the good thing is both women are okay. b.a.r.t. officials are releasing new tips for passengers. they say to know your train car number in case of an emer

ordered deadlinemissg a they face a new deadline of july 26le to co the process for more let's go to tracie pottsgton. good morning >> good morning. what that means is the government has one week to reunioni all of these children who were separated from their famili at the boarder and they have a plan to do so this is whaths said they will do to get the kids and the parents back together. number one, criminal background checks on the parent who is are in custody claiming to be parents of children. are there red flags or concerns that this could be casof trafficking? then they will determine fitness, safety for the ild. is this person fit to take this child back into their custody. they are going do an inperson interview in those reunification centers and others andinally reunionify the kids hopefully by next thursday's deadline >> still ahead, dunkin donutis drewing something new and billy joel's latest milestone at madison square garden. you are watching early today it was love at first touch. joel's latest milestone at madison square garden. you are watching early today bre joel's latest milest

nbc's tracie potts joining usor with on that. >> reporter: will the president ask putin about russian meddling, will he ask for those who have been indicted to be extradited here to the united states? besides of all of that, th concern here in washington and around the country is the u.s. ready? there has been a lot of concern in the intelligence community that russia's not done, they're at it agaist that they arl trying to influence the upcoming mid-rm elections in novembe and with those russians who were indicted last week now the focus is turninger into wher not our election systems, the ballot bo is being protected. the homeland security secretary said over the weekend that there's hard evidence that any interference by russia would be as expensive as what we saw in 2016, but they do see russia trying to have influence on social media, putting fake spokespersons out there. and even though it may not be expensi expensiveternallyhe effort is still there. essentially protect the ballot box in just few months. >> all that waiting for the president when he mes home. tracie, thanks. >>>

live from washington, i'm tracie potts. back to you. >> thanks. >>> taking a live look outside from our dublin camera this morning. today, there is a spare the air alert for the bay area to try to take public transit or carpool if you can. kari joins us with a look at the forecast. going to get warm inland. >> very warm. and we don't have much movement with our air. not much of a breeze. and we have that marsh fire over the clayton valley area. here's a live look outside over san francisco, with the fog lingering. we will have some moderate air quality all across the bay area before the east bay there may be locally dense smoke. so as we said, carpool or catch public transit if you can. if you're out to the pleasant hill b.a.r.t. station, 61 degrees at 7:00. 76 degrees at 10:00, and in pleasant hill, hot again today. reaching already into the low 90s by 1:00. here's a look at all of our microclimates and our high temperatures for today. reaching 99 in antioch. livermore, 95 degrees. san jose, expect a high of 87. and 67 in

for more let's go to tracie potts in washington. good morning. >> good morning. means is the government has one week to reunify all of these children who were separated from their families at the boarder and they have a plan to do so. this is what hhs said they will do to get the kids and the parents back together. number one, criminal background checks on the parent who is are in custody claiming to be parents of children. are there red flags or concerns that this could be a case of trafficking? then they will determine d ba into their custody.child. they are going do an inperson interview in those reunification centers and others and finally next thursday's deadline. >> still ahead, dunkin donuts is joel's latest milestone at madison square garden. you are watching early today. b joel's latest milestone at madison square garden. you are watching early today. it was love at first touch. joel's latest milestone at madison square garden. you are watching early today. br joel's latest milestone at madison square garden. you are watching early today. hospitals to wr