. > tracie potts has more on plan >> reporter: we're going to see mccain arrive on his final to journeyn wasn on thursday. he will lay in state at the capitol on friday. the national cathedral ceremony, that happens on saturday. president obama and former president george bush, both xpected to spea and the private memorial and burial will happen onol ann on sunday. lots of condolences pouring in fromcolleagues. president trump tweeted condolences to the family.ju in trudeau said that john mccain inspired millions. and then, sometimes more personal stories from his former colleagues, like john kerry who also served inam vi, who had big differences over the war which they solved. he said mccain was a man of gut and grace. one of the more memorable comments. millions remember the war hero who turned into a politician and spent 36 years here in washington. >> tracie potts the hill this morning. thank you. >>> still ahead, we have more on the nation honoring senator mccain. in the next half hour, a live report fromar zona, with news 4's jay gray. >>> women's equality day over the weekend. on

. >> tracie potts is on capitol hill. >> he never mention prump by na name.e said he lived and died a proud american. these words from john mccainhi elf, read by a long-time aide,moonally, i might add. he talked about his life of service. healked about america not becoming diskcouraged. he said this about building walls. >> we weaken our greatness when we confuse our patriotism with tribal rivalries in all corne the globe. we weaken it when we hide behind walls, rather than tear them down. >> seems to be a reference of the wall that t president wants to build at the border. meantime, we haveeaed that vice president pence will represent the administration at the official ceremony on friday. >> tracie potts, live for ugs on capitol hill. thank you. >>> the candidate for u.s. congrear in myland is being treated fornc ca. david troen is a democrati nominee from maryland's sixth district. he says doctors found a tumor on his urinary tract, the day before he won his primary. since then, he's undergone chemotherapy. the next step is surgery to reve a kidney. he says

. >> tracie potts is following the ments on capitol hill now. so tracie, do they know who is behind t accounts yet? >> reporter: do they know? no. do they think theynow? yes. it could be the same hackers between the 2016 fake accounts we just found out about last year. co will hear more from the sena i intelligence committeen a hearing happening today. mark zuckerberg is in the hot seat about how facebook allowed th the last me. but what they're looking at now is removed from instagram and facebook are the fake accounts that were trying to influence the vote, have polital influence, stir people up, recruit activists, enflame racial tensions. 32 different accouors an pages that they have now removed. again, thinking rusbea could be nd it. they were targeting a white supremacist rally and also urging people to sit in at holand security headquarters in an effort to abolish the customs. >> tracie potts, thank you. >>> from facebook concerns to twitter controversy, this morning we're hearing from the nationals player who made headlines this week for t

. >> tracie potts has more from capitol hill. how isou the white explaining the president's tweets?e white house and the present's attorney rudy giuliani say that it was his opinion. it was not a direct order. big difference if you're looking at obstruction. democrats are looking at this differently, saying that telling the attorney general, who, be i t by the way has sndpped down recused himself, b telling the attorney general to end an w investigatiore you and your campaign is being investigated, is intentr of otion of justice. that's what they're looking to talk to the president about if he does an interview with the mueller team. the latest reporting from t"the new york times", the president is pushing to do that interview against his lawyer's advice. >> tracie potts on the hill for us this morning. thank you. >>> 4:47. the group that organized a deadly rally lastummer is ten days away from holding another rally outside of the white house. s> in charlottesville, a more somber event planned this year. this is what happened last year. the decision to takeown a confederatee war sta

i'm tracie potts in washington. coming up, the nation's capitol prepares for memorials this weekend. >>>emperatures are heating up but we are nice and crime we are not going to emuch in the way of rain relief. i'll show you how hot is about to feel this afternoon. coming up. >> announcer: news4 midday begins with breaking news. >>> today is an emotional day for arieving d.c. mother. a second man is now behind bars in connection to ther mur of her little girl mckya wilson. nicole jacobs is outside d.c. superior court where thehe m could learn more today about what happened to her daughter. >> reporter: less than 48 hours after pol circulated the mug shot this second gunman, he has turned himselfin, we're told. now there are at least two other suspects, unidentified at this point, thatll police are s looking for. not that there is ever any reason to shoot and kill an innocent 10-year-old child. today in court we could learn why. anotheran arrested. 21-year-old quentin michaels, the second gunman police say murdered mc

this is the first case to go to trial involving charges inveigatn.ed fil c traci potts has the latest on the drama inside the courtroom. >> reporter: 12 jurors will decide the fat of former trumpir campaign chaaul manafort. he's accused of miking millions working for the russian backed ukrainian government. hiding money overseas to avoid taxes and lying to get loans to support his lavish lifestyle. manafort bs it on the prosecution star witness. his former business partner rick gates. the defense will argue gates controlled the money and embezzled it. >> if manafort is convicted, it becomes more likely that he might agree to cooperate. >> reporter: telling what he knows from three months in charge of the trump campaign. president trump did not the trial or the russia investigation at a rally in taa lastnight. the white house is keeping its distance. >> remember, io has nothing do with the campaign. >> reporter: the trial could impact robert mueller's investigation. >> win will signify he's here for serious, legitimate reasons, not a witch hunt and give him an edge going into the rest

tracie potts, nbc news, washington. >> thank you. we have much more on nbcbayarea.com. >>> hundreds gathered to say good-bye to an east bay native. mollie's father, cousin and one of her teachers spoke at the service. they spent time in oakland which is where mollie grew up. rivera is charged with first-degree murder. the 24-year-old is an undocumented immigrant. >> at the scene of a wild fire there lake county. it burned more than 100 acres. the fire is burning near highway 20 and cleared lake oaks. it started about 5:00 p.m. late last night. firefighters were telling us it was 20% contained. the fire is not threatening any structures. >>> it is 4:36. a major project gets underway to boost parking. parking was nearly park. it will take about six months. parking will be off limits. tonight and two nights it connects oakland to alameda. it will reopen at 4:30 before the morning kplcommute gets underway. >>> after nine monts disney gives employees a raise. how much they were making and the amount they will soon get paid. >>> if you thi

news 4 tracie potts hase m from capitol hill. all right, tracie, what is this about?ne of the plaintiffs were supposed to be deported before midnight tonight but not only deported, but already on t ground on el salvador when they had the he attorney d and general jeff sessions personally or what they say is unfairly restricting asylum claims. there's a difference over ether or not migrants >>> noticeably more comferrable weather and 68 winchester and a sunny and hot day to be outside today. don't forget your spf 30 or higher. alys best to putt on 30 or 40 minutes before you get out in the sun so it has a chance to absorb into your skin. high around 90 degrees. out area of low pressure into the western parts of the ohio valley will migrate towards us and as a result, after a sunny and hot day day. our rain chances go up over the weekend. now, keep in mind, it's not going to be a wash out of a weekend, but rain chances relatively high.y. here's to nothing much going on around the area fortonight. that first wave of moisture, a few showers as early ashe time you're getti

tracie potts has the latest. w jeff sessions should stop this riggech hunt right now, president trump tweeted. >> clearly, his statement is substantial evidence, criminal intent. >> it's not an order, the president's e inion. >> "thnew york times" reports robert mueller's russia team is scrutinizing the president's tweets. >> every time there's a new tweet, they put another tin ther file, this is evidence. >> examining whether tweets plus private pressure on top justice officials jeff sessions equals obstruction of justice. sessions joking about it. >> send out pretty quick. you know and serious about it. >> the esident's lawyer says the russia investigation needs uto end. >> p or shut up. what have you got? we have every reason to believe they don't have anything. >> republicans. agr >> i think mueller should finish his work. >> the long er this thing goes on, the investigation, the more spin there's going to be >> the last piece could be an interview with mr. trump itlf. the times reports he's still pushing for

ali arouzi is standing by in tehran, tracie potts has more from washington on what actual sanctions areoing into place today. >> it's been just over 24 hours since we've seen these sanctions. they target specific industries within iran. the auto industry, civil air industry, gold and other metals. these are sanctions eased under the obama administration, now back in place with president trump after he decided to pull out of that nuclear agreement. they come amid a currency freefall for iran. on sunday a plan announced to ease foreign exchange in terms of the money -- this is all about money now there. their currency lost about two-thirds of its value in the last six months. that's the backdrop to these economic sanctions that could cripple iran iran says it wants to make the u.s. sorry for what it has done, the big question is whether or not these sanctions will pull iran back to the negotiationine table or push iran closer to making a nuclear weapon. >> tracie potts, thank you >> let's head to tehran for reaction from the ground ali arouzi is there. >>> good morning the trump administr

. >> tracie potts is following the latest developments on capitol hill.hat are officials russia's interference this time? >> reporter: the president's top intelligence and national security officials, five of them, came out to the news briefing and said this is not a hoax, that it's real, that they have connectedva pve messaging from russia to weaken and divideur country going into this november election. who is saying that? the nsa, national security agency, the fbi, home larland security and the dector of national intelligence. just hours later, the president himself calls it a hoax. his team is saying it's anything but. tracie potts, live on capitol hill for us. thank you. >>> 13 before the hour anow. udge dismissed the lawsuit against fox news involving the death of a dnc staffer killed in 2416. seth rich's parents sued the network over a story that their son shared committee e-mails with wikileaks and his death was retribution. police believe rich was killed in a botched robbery. fox removed the story a week later. the judge ruled that the parents ne

. >> tracie potts is following the latest from capitol hill. at do they know about who is behind these accounts? >> reporter: well, they think it could be the same russians behind it in 2016. not confirmed, but that is wre all indications are leading at this point. 32 accounts ander pages that taken down from facebook and instagram because they could be inserting pitical influence and racial tensions between voters leading up to this election, specifically urging them to sit in at homeland security headquarters and protest immigration and customs enforcement, enflaming tensions around white supremacists and supporting a counter protest of the upcoming white supremacistll things like that. lawmakers heard all about it and senate r more when t intelligence committee meets today. >> tracie potts live on capitol hill for us. thank you. >>> from facebo concerns to twitter controversy, this morning we're hearing national player who made headlines this week for their posts li. >> trey turner is the latest high-profile figure in hot water afterm tweets

news 4 tracie potts has more from capitol hill. what is this all about? filed a lawsuit and according to the judge, no one was supposed tobe deported who is involved who is a platiff in that lawsuit before tonight at midnight but this woman and the child already on the plane, literally already on the tarmac and they touched down on el salvador but instead of deplaning them, they turned them around. the aclu is suing the justice department sang that they are not allowing people to make asylum claims and they insist that jeff sessions, the attorney general athers should be held in contempt for these deportgoions. we als an update on those children separated from their families. now, 566 kids still not reunited with their families. the bulk of those parents have already been deported. many of them have contacted the vernment, but there are 26 where the trump administration says they can't figure out where the parents are.gh >> all tracie potts on the hill, thank you. >>> may have helped his in-laws become american citizens. her pents took the oathof citizens

tracy potts, nbc news, washington. >>> 5:07 now. happening today, a federal judge may provide clarity on how to reunite immigrant children still separated from their parents because of the white house zero tolerance policy. in today's federal hearing the aclu will argue the justice department should bear the burden. white house lawyers say the aclu should take charge because they can easily contact parents. >>> today the man accused of an unprovoked attack on a homeless person. this video is disturbing. san francisco police say the 58-year-old man kicked the homeless man on the sidewalk near the tenderloin last month. he was arrested when officers spotted him walking on market street. he's facing aggravated assault charges. >>> the santa clara county coroner needs your help identifying this man. this is a sketch. he was found dead in a car on indian wells court back on june 19th. he's described as hispanic and in his early to mid20s. he was found wearing a royal blue jacket. he had on dark colored shorts, blue socks and shoes. >>> a

tracie potts is live in d.c.ith the latest. >>> the president did not mention him at the rally last night. you probably won't hear the president mentioned during this trial, but it is significant because the outcome of the trial could affect the russia investigation. 12 jurors will decide the fate of former trump campaign chair paul manafort. he's accused of making millions working for the russian-backed ukrainian government hiding money overseas to avoid taxes, and lying to get loans to support his lavish lifestyle manafort blames it all on the prosecution's star witness, his former business partner, rick gates. the defense will argue gates controlled the money and embezzled it >> if manafort is convicted, it becomes more likely that he might agree to cooperate >> reporter: telling what he knows from three months in charge of the trump campaign president trump did not mention the trial or the russia investigation at a rally in tampa last night the white house is keeping its distance >> remember, it has nothing t

tracie potts on why they chose to make this decision right now. >> reporter: in our area and all aroundhe country, the workers that were supposed to get a 2% raise. prestrump says it's out. he says the country cannot afford it. critics say we can't afford it because of the tax cut that the president pushed and signed off on nine months ago. that with the, spendi the congressional budget offices will have a huge impact on the deficit. president trump telling workers they wil not get that bump in pay that was supposed to kick in after the holidays. >>> we are a few days away from a major murder trial. darren went is accused of murdering a family. >> no there's questions about he way the evidence was collected. police say he killed his forr boss and wife, child and housekeeper. in court records, investigators found a screwdriver holding a window open in the basement. is that how the suspect was able to get inside? >> the forensic biologist asked that the screwdriver be collected. she does not bieve it was recovered. there's much more in the report that you can find in the nbc washington ap

tracy potts is live with more on that story. >> hey, good morning, everyone so that tweet is interesting the first time now the president is changing his story about that meeting between donald trump jr. and the russian lawyer. >> donald trump jr.'s trump tower meeting with a russian lawyer during the campaign was, quote, to get information on an opponent totally legal. president trump admits for the first time on twitter. that's in line with his son's e-mails but not the statement he reportedly dictated that the meeting was about russian adoption. >> he knew that this meeting was not about adoption as he publicly had stated. as he publicly told us so he knows different now. when did that happen >> the president adds it went nowhere. i did not know about it. now that's significant because the fbi special counsel is looking into ties between russia and his campaign. >> the question is, what law statue or rule or regulation has been violated? nobody has pointed to one>>> white house is explaining why president trump calls the investigation a hoax. >> a hoax is the idea that somehow the rus

today in the bay's tracie potts live in washington with the reaction. good morning, tracie. >> scott, good morning. could make a big difference in that investigation, with new reporting suggesting that the mueller team is looking very closely at the president's tweets as they try to figure out whether they can build a case for obstruction. attorney general jeff sessions should stop this rigged witch hunt right now, president trump tweeted. >> clearly, his statement is serious and substantial evidence of criminal intent. >> it's not an order. it's the president's opinion. >> "the new york times" reports robert mueller's russia team is scrutinizing the president's tweets. >> every time there's a new tweet, they put another tab in their file and say this is evidence piece number 647. >> examining whether tweets plus private pressure on top justice officials like attorney general jeff sessions equals obstruction of justice. sessions joked about it. >> good morning. send out orders. >> the president's lawyers insist the russia investigation needs to end. >> p

. >> tracie potts is following the latest developments on capitol hill. what are officials saying about russia's interference this time? >> reporter: thet' presid national security team says that russia is behind pervasivees messhat's designed to weaken ourhiountry going in election. where is this coming from? fbi, homeland securi national intelligence, national security adviser, all of them including the national security agency, saying t theeat is real. last night, the president, as you just heard, called it a hoax. >> traie potts on the hill for us this morning. thank you. >>> a judge dismissed the lawsuit against fox news involving the death of a dnc staffer killed in 2016. seth rich's parents sued the network over a story that their son shared committee e-mails with wikileaks and his death was retribution. fox removed the story a week later. the judge ruled that the parents need specific instances of wrongdoing for the case to continue.y the fam plans to appeal. >>> the search for a rtie suspect ces in virginia. police released a sketch of a man ty s

tracie potts with details. >> reporter: so all of this is coming from the wall street journal this mornpbg. a new report giving osbehind the scenes of what was going on while that jury was deliberating. accord thing to wall street journal the legal team was looking ahead, trying to get him a plea deal on the second set of financial charges he faces on a d.c. courtroom in a matter of weeks. but those talks fell apart over objection by the russia special counsel, robert mueller. although it doesn't say what those objections were. and a matter of weeks. as you noted the virginia jury just found him guilty on eight counts of financial crimes, bank fraud, failing to -- or filing false tax returns. but they dead locked on 10 other charnels. >> thank you. >>> follow thing mass shooting in florida, blake bortles showed -- they partnered with mamba's cuban cafe. and as more details to come out surround thing shooting ram page, they now believe the gunman had his sights set on specific victims. >> reporter: it happened in florida again. this time during a video game competition. hraoeufpb streame

tracie potts is live in washington with what lawmakers think is going on. this matters, tracie. >> well, it could certainly matter in the russia investigation, depending on what the president's intent was here, to shut down the investigation or just to talk about it. now, the latest reports indicate the mueller team, the russia investigators, are looking very closely at the president's tweets, plus other evidence to determine whether or not there's a case here for obstruction of justice. attorney general jeff sessions should stop this rigged witch hunt right now. president trump tweeted. >> clearly, his statement is serious and substantial evidence of criminal intent. >> it's not an order. it's the president's opinion. >> "the new york times" reports robert mueller's russia team is scrutinizing the president's tweets. >> every time there's a new tweet, they put another tab in their file and say, this is evidence number 647. >> examining whether tweets plus private pressure on top justice officials like attorney general jeff sessions equals obstruction of jus

mid-te for more on this latest rift over russia nbc's tracie potts joins us from waorington. >> rr: some mixed messages coming from the president and his national security team. the presidentt that rally last night talking about not only what he now believes is a hoax but also about russia's interest in the last election. listen. >> that's a really good thing. now we're being hindered by the russian hoax. it's a hoax, okay? i'll tell you what. russia's very unhappy that trump won. that i tell you. but i got along great with putin. they wanted me to walk up -- here's a podium here. they wanted me to walk up and go like this -- son of a -- they wanted me to go up and have a boxing match. i said whatever happened to >> reporter: so the president calls the russia investigation of russian intnce a hoax. but hours earlier his united national security team, the fbi, national securit agency, homeland security, his director of national intelligence a his national security advisor all convinced that russia's up to something. >> make no mistake the scope of this foreign influence threat is both bro

tracie potts is traing the report and will have a live report in about 45 minutes. y>> we're hearing from a man who killed a montg county police offir. robert white and officer anand badgujar last june.an you see him knocking him to the g tund and thenhe officer fired several shots. the sofficer' attorney said white was wearing a ripped ad t-shirt and m it look like he was armed and white did not have a gun. >> it's something i'll never, ever get over. >> shooting was ruled justified the state attorney's office. white family and supportersre demanding justice and want the officer to be fired. the service justice coation sponsored last night's rally downtown. friend, neighbors and supporters marched to the scene of the shooting. >> i was appalled. another unarmedri african-amecan man killed in an encounter with police. this time, here in my home, silver springs. >> montgomery cnty police continues to investigate the shooting. the officer could still face departmental discipline. >>> after an ouproarr separate metro trains for unite the right. >> and now telling news4

. >> news4's tracie potts joins us from capitol hill. good morning. >> hey aaron, good morning everyone. these will affect the auto ndustry and civil air industr again, they're new sanctions auseg imposed on iran, b iran decided to pull out of that nuclear deal. we could hearore about thi today. the president is on a working vacation. the secretary of state said expect to hearm something f the white house today. these are sanctions on currency and gernment purchases. and they're also what the us is callin secondaryanctions on european nations that he did with iran. and they co ld start hit by this as well. and this may not be the last ve there's another deadline coming up in november when iran could beooking at more sanctions. of course, the president has said he's open to talk to iranian president rouhani. but they had some back and forth onn twitter and public about that. not clear if that's actually going to happen. ba to you. >> all right. we'll wait and see. thank you, tracie. reporting from capitol hill. >>> 14 before the hou now.

clear himself of any wrongdoing.re for on that possible meeting with the special counsel, nbc's tracie potts joining us live frosh gton. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. according to the times report, the president has said he is eager to tell h story to the special counsel in the russia investigation. his attorneer not so e according to three people who were briefed on this, the president is now pushing again to sit in that seat to do his interview as part of the russia investigation. the big question, will he be asked about obstruction of justice. orthe latest r are that they are trying to pull together pieces of his public statements and tweet and private pressure to try to build an obstruction is lawyershat's what are concerned about so they've outlined the scope and the topics thatil they'reng to have the president discuss. but his lawyers and mostly his chief lawyer rudy giuliani quite skeptical about this >> he's always been interested in testifying. it's us, meaning the team of lawyers, including me, that have the most reservations about that. >>> i'm not going to give you a

tracie potts, nbc news, washington. >> our coverage continues. senator opens up. >>> happening today in michigan thousands honoring aretha franklin. public viewings start today for the queen of soul. >> a line of fans waited all night to be among the first to pay the respects to the singer. anchts grew some find is turning into a homicide investigation for police. they say officers found corpse inside an apartment south of market. that corpse did not have a head or hands. it was apparently found in a fish tank and in the home of a man wloz neighbors say has not been seen for weeks. the remains have not been identified but they do believe it was the man that lived there. >> i don't know what his relationship may have been with these guys but i think he was letting them stay at his place for short periods of time but they come and go. >> neighbors say a man claiming to live at his home told police he was on vacation. police say an arrest has been made. so far no homicide charges have been filed. >>> bay area first responders helping in hawaii. sear

traci potts has the latest. >> reporter: new this morning on twitter, president trump calls the iran sanctions the most biting sanctions ever imposed promising more in november and anyone doing business with iran will not be doing business with the united states. be to drive hould this regime into the ground without firing a shot. >> reporter: will these renewed sanctions force iran back to the negotiating table or make it easier t develop a nuclear weapon. >> we'll have a conflict wit iran. >> reporter: the white house dealing with that plus fall out from preside trump admitting on twitter that his son and other campaign officia met a russian lawyer looking for danie damagi damaging information on hillary clinton. >> it's ridiculous. halfco oress' officers. >> reporter: the trump legal team argues no laws were broken. >> even if they tried and didn't get the information, that's an attempt. both of those things are stille cr. >> reporter: obstructing justice is also a crime. the president's lawyers are trying to avoid questions about that as they continue to negotiate a possible inte

today in the bay )s tracie potts is live from washington this morning with new details on how the space force would work. >>> today in the bay is live from washington breaking this down for us with those details of how the space force would work. good morning. >> hey, good morning. we are getting those details from the pentagon. a new report that's an outline of how it might work. the man that would oversee it was initially against this idea. now he we is on board. >> space, a final frontier. >> it's the next frontier for president trump. >> space is in his words a war fighting domain just like land and air and sea. the time has come to establish the united states space force. >> a sixth branch of the mill to tear to prevent -- >> it's actually a very bad idea. it is expensive. it will take a decade or more to unravel space operations. >> operations already happening. the administration wants to reorganize what we already have, 20,000 people in the air force space command. >> it doesn't make sense to build a whole other level of bureaucracy in an incredibly bureaucratic dod. >> it will

traci potts has more. >> reporter: president trump's nationurity team united. >> our democracy itself is in the cross hairs. >> reporter: the fbi, nsa, homeland security and headsf national security and intelligence all convinced russia isargeting november's election. >> we continue to see a pervasive messaging campaign by russia to try to weaken and divide the united states. >> reporter: hours later, a different message from the president. >> now we're being hindered by the russian hoax. it's aax ho >> reporter: despiteesussian prent vladmir putin admitting he wanted trump to win, the president tells supporters. >> i'll tell you what, russia is very unhappyn. that trump that i can tell you.ha >> reporter: will he tell the russia special prosecutor. the trumpti legal team trying to work out questions for a possible interview. collusion, yes. abinstructi obct obstn, no. >> i think it's a bit of public posturing. >> i don't think the prosecutors need him because he is obstructing in plain sight. he'sommunicating openly. >> reporter: the president's lawyer, rudy giuliani, says they will

. >> tracie potts is on capitol hill with more.t statement also included a message, it seems, for president trump. >> reporte a lot of people are interpreting it that way. it was ready a long-time aide, who he was emotional several times whileeading the statement. mccain talked about america's greatns. he talked about being proud to have lived and died as aner an. then, he said this -- >> we weaken our greatness when we confuse our patriotism with tribal rivalries in all corners of the globe. we weaken it when we hide behind walls, rather than tear them down. >> reporter: that reference to the wall, a lot of people took as a final swipe at president trump,ho has bee trying to build a wall at the border with mexico since he was elected. we have t learned ceremony before the public is allowed in, vice president pence will make comments. the will represent administration at the ceremony on friday. hill, ie potts on the this morning. >>> it's 5:47. you can pay your rescts to senator mccain later this week. this friday, his body will li

tracie potts has more onhe why president chose to make this call right now.d morning. >> reporter: good morning. lot of people, federal workers, look for the bump in pay right after the holidays. this was set to kick in januaryp now,sident trump has announced the pay raises are not going toen ha he's canceling them, 2% for federal erwo 25% locality pay raise for those who are eligible for that. he is scrapping it. he tells congress in a letter, that the country cannot afford it rightnow, invoking the law that allows him to cancel those raes in national emergency or when there's a serio economic condition. he didn't go into specifics of what that is. t his critics say it's the tax cut, plus t $1.3 trillion in spending the presidentppved over the last year. >> tracie, thank you. >>> we're a few days away from thetart of a major murder trial. >> now, there's questions about the way thevidence was collected. police say he killed his former boss and wife, child and housekeeper. in court records, investigators found a screwdriver holding a window is that how the su

. >> tracie potts has more on plans. >> reporter: good morning.enator mccain will ma his final trip back to washington, at andrews air force base on friday. here, the public gets a chance r to pay th respects after a private ceremony here with lawmakers. on saturday, the service at the nat cathedral with president obama and president bush speaking at mccain's request. and the private service and burial at annapolis at the naval academy on sunday. there'sen conds pouring in, not only from his colleagues, his friends, people that worked from him. canada's prime minister said the canada is mourning with united states. and with former colleagues, like john aerry, who was former vietnam vet. they disagreed on that war. they made amens and reconciled over that disagreement. kerry calling mccain a man of guts grit and grace. ie>> tr thank you. >>> more on the nation honoring senator john mccain. in our next half-hour, a live rort from arizona with news 4's jaygray. >>> angie goff here at the live desk. learning new details in the death of shawn suiter. s

we are now in week two of what's expected to take three weeks >> tracie potts, thank you very much >> it for our show today. "worldwide exchange" is coming up next. >>> it's 5:00 on cnbc. we begin with breaking news. a massive wildfire tearing through northern california ballooning overnight to become the biggest in the state's history. >>> new u.s. sanctions against iran are going into effect we're live in tehran with the fallout. >>> china blasting president trump again this morning over trade. we are headed live to beijing. >>> investors are flipping out over zillow's latest quarter not in a good way. >>> and can you name today's mers r mystery chart? this country's stock market has been crushing it this your despite the trade turmoil.

. >> tracie potts live for us on .apitol hi thank you. >>> your time right now is 5:47u the man d of pregnant girlfriend will be in court today. defense attorneys will try to suppress statements that he made to detects during the investigation. prosecutors s he shot his girlfriend because he was leading a double-life. wallin was expecting their first child together. she was reporteder missing a not showing up for the first day of school at wild lake high school in howard county. her body was found in a shallow grave in damascus. he denies he had anything to do with her murd >>> a manhunt under way in texas. police in houston say joseph paheas is the person believe killed a prominent doctor two weeks ago. the doctord u to treat president george h.w. bush. >> the suspect's mother was a patient of the doctor and tied during surge over 20 years ago. i don't know how long ago he decided to do this, but there ens a lot of planning that into this. there was a lot of planninand, sadly, some skill. >> investigators describe papp has armed, dangerous and suicid. >>> a woman in southern califor

tracy potts is live from washington to break down what we know. good morning. >> reporter: hey there, good morning everyone. what we know is that the president doesn't sound like he's on the same page with what we heard from his national security team hours ago at a rally last night in pennsylvania. he calls it a hoax. his national security team seems to think it's anything but. >> integrating -- >> reporter: president trump's national security team united. they are all convinced rez ussis targeting november's election. >> we continue to see a pervasive messaging campaign by russia to try to weaken and divide the united states. >> reporter: but hours later, a different message from the president. >> now, we're being hindered by the russian hoax. it's a hoax, okay? >> reporter: despite president vladmir putin admitting he wanted trump to win. >> i tell you what, russia is very unhappy that trump won, that i can tell you. >> reporter: but what will he tell the russian special prosecutor? the trump legal team is trying to work out questions for a pos

tracie potts joins us now with more >> a couple of races that stuck out overnight.ts for farizona th republican senate primary, this was the race to replace jeff flake, the junior senator from arizona who is retiring. in a three-way race, martha mcsally came out on top. representative mcsally a former fighter pilot. president trump tweeting congratulations to her interesting race after some long lines and polling problems in arizona. she now goes against a democrat who won 81% of the vote. questions about how it will work with her trending more conservative going against a democrat who is strong in that race to florida, a very interesting governor's race with a surprise on the democratic side the democrat running in florida will be andrew gillum, with 34% of the vote. he's the tallahassee may wloer was a bit of a surprise win here he was backed by bernie sanders. the republican winning his primary, ron desantis was backed by president trump so this could be a trump/sanders type race in florida. >> will be very interesting. we could have the first african-american go

. >> tracie potts on the hill. thanks.r.2 minutes before the and the newseum changed its mind about conoversial merchandise. the newseum pulled the "you are fake news" t-shirt from its line. the newseum released a statement reading in part, quote, we made a mistakend we apologize. a free press is essential part of our democracy and journalists are not the enemy of the people." >>> it's 5:48, new details on an apparent attack on the president ofel venezu the suspect used a pair of drones each packed with twods pounf explosives and tried to assassinate president nicolas maduro on saturday. bodyguards shielded maduro and his wife and they were not hurt. yesterday, president trump's u.s. national secity adviser john bolton denied any u.s. involvement in t attack. the blast injured seven members of the national guard. three are still in critical condition. >>> today marks 73 years since the atomic bombing in hiroshima, japan. a sombererony was held there yesterday. the u.s. attack on hiroshimaki ed 1240,000 people. three days l

news4's tracie potts is on capitol hill wh more. >> mr. president, any thoughts on john mccain? >> reporter: after repeatedly ignoring questions on john mccain and raising the white house flag with a nation still in mourning, president trump last night makin his first comments on mccain's service. >> we veryh m appreciate everything that senator mccain has done for our country. >> reporter: the feng was ally lowered again amid pressure from veterans but it wasccain who got the last word, delivered by a long-time aide. >> americans never quit. we never surrender. >> reporter: mccn's final thoughts on america's greatness and president trump without ever mentioning him by name. >> whe weaken it w we hide behind walls, rather than tear them down. >> the senate won't be t without john mccain. >> reporter: his colleagues, emotional. >> farewell, senator. farewell, john. >> reporter: remembering mccain maverick. >> he was unafraid to take on presidents. he was unafraid to take on his own party. >> reporter: washington's official good-bye begins friday. vice president pence will represe

as tracie potts reports he contradicted him while defending his son's meeting with a russian lawyer. >> reporter: donald trump suhr's tower meeting with a russian lawyer during the campaign was quote, to get infortion on an opponent. totally legal. president trump admits for the tfirste an twitter, that's in line with his son's e-mails but not the statement he reportedly dictated that the meeting was about russianti ad. >> he knew that this meeting was not about option, as he possiblecally had stated as hel publ told us. so he knows different now. when did that happen. president adds, it went nowhere, i did not know about it. now that's different because the fbi's special counsel is looking into ties between russia a his campaign. >> the question is, what law statute rule or regulation has been violated? nobody has pointed to one. ter: the white house is explaining why president trump calls the investigation a hoax. >> the hoax is the idea that si somehow the rs directed and controlled his campaign or direct and control his administtetion. >> rep mr. trump doubling down on his claim