u.n.ik ambassador hailie said she is resigning. >> news 4's tracie potts is live on capitol hill. know who's in line to replace hailie? >> reporter: we don't know. the president will make a statement. ivanka trum theresident said she'd do a great jcu but he'd be d of nepotism. she later said she is not going to be the next u.n. ambassador another name the former national deputy security advisor, dena powell. president trump said that's someone he would consider. powell's name popping up early in this process. again, the president said it will be a few weeks before heeo names s but that several people have said they're interested. an tracie potts live on capitol hill. you. >>> today virginia congressman jerry conley will hold a news conference. the council onmerican islamic relations will be there to lead a vigil. turkish officials say this shows the last time the wter was seen alive. the writer has criticized saudi arabia's crown prince in the past. the saudi governmen denies any involvement in his disappearance. >>> 4:48. alexandria policecure ding the chilling remains found yeste

this started with her allegations. >> tracie potts on the hill. thank you. >>> mid-terms are just weeks away, and in virginia republican congresswoman barbara comstock is gaining gerund in bid for re-election. democratic challenger jennir wexton has a small lead. 50,000 peopleaid they'd vote for wexton if the election were heldtoday. 44% back comstock. that's a three-point gain for the congresswoman in june. >> now to new video, the video and audio are graphic. >> we're around the corner. we need you. >> this shoot happened on septber 23rd in the middle of day. police believe the 29-year-old suspect was involved with drug traffick.g in the ar police say the t suspect fireden rounds at the two responding officers. the officers fired 3nd rou from their guns killing the suspect. one of the officers was hit by multiple bullets. one of theirts bulle hit his bullet proof vest. they're both on leave. >>> there are new airbn rules in the city. the legislation would limto a homeowne renting their primary residence for only 90 days a year. it would also req

tracie potts is on capitol hill this morning. whats christine blasey ford saying about this investigation? >> overnight her attorneys pout out a statement sayin that they are profoundly disappointed that she was never interviewed. neither was kavanaugh, by the way. they say that those i charge of this investigation were not interested in seeking the truth. o you said, it starts t roll out to lawmakers:0t a.m. different groups of lawmakers seeing it at different times. but lunchtime, they should have all had a ok the white house has already seen it, saying they are fully confident that after this report, kavanaugh wl be confirmed. the voting on that already set to begin onda f >> tracie potts on the hill this morning. thank you. >>> president to sign a bill into law to help combat the nation's opioid crisis. it passed the senateesterday with bipartisan support. the billde inc building more programs to treat addiction, more closely monitoring prescrtions, and updating information on alternative treatments to addictive drugs. drug s

nepotism if you can believe it >> tracie potts jones me live from washington. the minute that announcement was made by nikki haley, d.c.'s favorite parlor game became to guess what she's doing next. >> right, what she's doing next and who will replace her it's the big question that will be consuming washington for the next several weeks the president says he will make an announcement in two or three weeks about her replacement. you heard what he said about his daughter, ivanka at the announcement she was also mentioned. nikki haley talked about ivanka trump and her husband jared and the contributions that they made you heard the president talk about dina powell. he said several people have expressed interest we'll start to hear more of those names in the next couple of weeks as for nikki haley and what she's doing next, she dent say she says she does not plan to run for office in 2020 that she will support president trump, and that she was leaving because it's simply time

tracie potts on the hill for us.hank you. >> prince george's county public school studentook the time to say thank you to e men in their lives. >> men make a difference day celebrates fathers and male role models. men from the comnityelped welcome students yesterday. t later school held an assembly to thank dads and other role models. >> just to make sure that all our men are recognized to say m youe a huge difference every single day when you wake up in the morning and go to wor and we just want to recognize you. >> and right e,th chris lawrence mc of the event there eryesterday. faf three. but this also makes the point, i have been to some of these events over the years and i don't have kids but you still set an example. >> wheth you like it or not people look up to you. >> and there's anbebligation to good role model. >> when you factor in the humidity it's going to feel close to 90degrees. >> okay. then it is hot. >> it's a mild start already but the goodews is its a dry day for most of us. only a 20% chance for

tracie potts is on capitol hill for us. what are lawmakers saying? >> what's most notable is that democrats and republicans are sceptical of what's coming out of saudi arabia. the latest details saying t people that showed up at that conciliate got into a fistfight on the east side with jamal khashoggi. they say it was a rogue operation not directed o even aware of by the crowned prince but lawmakers are not buying that saying there no way that could happen. there's no way someone would bring a bone saw ihey did not plan to kill this man. believing some of the reports that are out there. so they're looking at either delaying org cancell that multibillion dollars arms deal with theaudis and even one suggestion here, that the saudi ambassador be kicked out of the united states. that's some of the pressures he's facing as he waits for the results of the investigation. >> tracy, live for us on capitol hill, thank you. >> gun violence is a hotop t issue right now and over the weekend d.c. students and teachers focused on ways to keep children safe ithe cl

tracie potts is live on capitol hill this morning and there's also new infmation about t second accuserat do we know about that? >> the second accuser is deborah ramirez. she says in college kavanaugh exposed himself to her and he denied it. before heaid heas aware of her accusation he was contacting college classmates and they've been trying to get the text messageso the fbi as part of their investigation so far.rd and the t accuser not only said kavanaugh was a sloppy unk in alcohol but accused him of touching girls inappropriately. 's obviously absolutely denied that and there are some inconsistencies ies her sto abc has been unable to verify. >> tracie potts live for us on capitol hill. thank you. >> 4:48 right now and ben is getting a major push from a democratic heavy weight. he's running against current republican governor larry hogan. this morning the family of taquan pinkney have more answers in their sons. murd he was shot and killed last month in southeast d.c. th 18-year-old went out to buy a soda at a corner store and never cam home. yesterday d.c. police arrested 17-year-o

news 4' tracie potts is on capitol hill for us this morning. ie, the presidentppears to backing off of some of his previous claims about that caravan. what are they? >> right. who's in the caravan, who's behind it. he blames democrats. novidence there. he said middle easterners were infiltrating this caravan insinuating they were trying to sneak into the country maybe to harm amerans, but this is a caravan from honduras, from central america with absolutely no evidence that there are middle easterners mixed in. the president when pressed about that backedff saying,well, there's no proof of that and, in fact, a former senior administration official who's been briefed on thearavan said not only is there no evidence but justess than 1% of those arrested at the border last year were either african or middle easterners, so not a lot of weight behind thatclaim. the president may talk about it again as he heads to wisconsin today. >> tracie potts live for us on capitol hill. tracie, thank you. >>> here at the live desk we have breaking news out of alab

tracie potts is on capitol hill this morning.e what e happened during this visit? >> a couple of things. when it comes to china, mike pompeo says it's a fundamental di dgreement. heidn't meet with president xi with hiscounter papart, the foreign minister. so tensions there. he described a productive conversation on two. fron moving forward with a summit stalled aer that tri in august was put off. take a look at one of their dismantled nuclear sites. >> over the weekend, the senate confirmed brett kavanaugh to the u.s. supreme court. what happened next? >> the politics of it all, he'll be publicly sworn in tonight and democrats and republicans are both using this bitter political fight to energize their base. their core voters for the midterm elections coming up in november. >> tracie pott for us on capitol hill. >> this morning messages of love and unity are spreading throughout fairfax county. ed this comes after afternoon spray pai messages of hate on the walls on the jewish community cenr inorthern virginia. justin finch joins us with the it's a much different s

some of those victims are coming forward at a news conference he's got scheduled tomorrow. >> tracie pottse u f on capitol hill. tracie, thank you. >>> 4:47 right now. we're learning more about two fairfax county sistersdeound in new york city. their mother received a strange phone call the day before teir bodies w discovered. last weeks officers found the saudi immigrants duct taped together in the hudson river. the two were reported missing in august. their mother says someone from the saudi embassy called her and ordered the family to leave the u.s. because her daughters applied for political ylum. the nypd has sent detectives to virgininvestigate. >> are there any clues in their past life that would lend to why they wer in new york, why they might have left virginia and anything else? >> now investigators are still not calling this homicide. we had learned that rikanna was enrolled at george mason nersity and left in the spring. >>> 4:48. the next time you hop into an uber, the whole ride is going to be safer. dispatchers will know the make, model, license plate number of your uber but

this one 10% for the middle class saying he will introduce i thatthe next week. >> tracie potts on the hill this week. >> early voting is underway in d.c. early voting tomorrow in west virgin and maryland begins on thursday and there's no early voting in virginia.ot but you can before election day in person using absentee ot ba you can find polling locations and times in the nbc washington app. survivors of sexual abuse by ergy in the catholic church have two new ways to report in the district. all messages will be reviewed by criminal investigators, prosecutors and victim advocates. the reports may be referred to law enforcement or the office of the attorney genera >> angie goff here at the live desk with breaking news just in. a student was shot and kil the university of utah. as w a look video from the scen just in the last minute we learned that a suspect is now in custody. police saying that this individual and the student that was killed had a close previous relationship. we're told the shooting happened ouright ide of a dorm on campus and the students body was actually found ins

nbc's tracie potts is tracking the investigation live from washington this morning. >> ten pipe bombs mailed to prominent democrats and critics of president trump are being pulled apart at the fbi labe in quanti quantico. >> you have pvc pipe for example, perhaps there's a bar code that might tell what store it was sold in or where it was manufactured. >> reporter: postmarks led investigators to a postal facility in southern florida, far from delaware, where the last two devices were discovered, addressed to former vice president joe biden. >> this division, this hatred, this ugliness, it has to end. >> reporter: why is someone targeting democrats? president trump blames the media, calling out cnn in a tweet early this morning. >> constant negative and oftentimes false attacks. >> reporter: critics blame the president. >> the responsibility starts with not unleashing hatred and fear and anger, because that leads to violence. >> the idea that this is at the hands of the president is absolutely ridiculous. >> i think we're all at fault, first of all, because we've lost our manners. >> r

let's get more from nbc's tracie potts in washington. tracie, good morning. >> reporter: hey, there. good morning. so, rarely do court nominations get this political, but in this case, it did, and it happened quickly. now both sides seem to be looking forward to seeing what impact this bitter political fight may have on the upcoming midterm elections. a public swearing in for justice brett kavanaugh is set for >> he's oisupreme court with a huge tai and a big asterisk. >> reporter: we must not agonize, we must organize, house speaker nancy pelosi tells democrats. eye urging thousands who demonstrated to speak out again with their vote in november. >> if we want to correct the course, what do we need to do? we need to take the power! >> reporter: but republicans -- >> i'm happy as a clam. >> reporter: -- are ready to move on. >> the overreach of the protesters at the capitol have actually energized the republican base. >> reporter: at risk, maine's susan collins, who voted yes for kavanaugh as opponents raised some $3.5 million for whoever

tracie potts live on capitol hi u for tracie, thank you. >>> now, the package bombs are the latest in a series of threats against federal officials. a news 4 i-team investigation revealed the troubling trend earlier this month. in congress alone, police have tracked nearly 1,000 threats made in just six months. since 2012, more than 2500 suspicious packages and substanc have been found on capitol gemunds. housers increased security at their district offices following the shooting at the congressional baseball practice in alexandria last year. this year the feds have prosecuted nearly three dozen people for making threats against federal officials. >>> developing this morning, investigators are searching for answers after aruesome discovery in the hudson river. the bodies of two women were found yesterday right off the riverside park on th upp upper west side of manhattan. the bodies of two clothed women were found together. investigators have not said how they died it or anything about t possible sus >>> all eyes will be on wall street today. the dow plunged 600 points yesterday, wipi

news 4's tracie potts is live on capitol hill now. , did the president make any mention about hurricane michael last>> night? oh, he certainly did, eun. he talked about the federal response, saying they were ready, that he had been on the phone, consulting with governors in georgia, down in the carolinas and florida, of course, staying onop of this. and he defended t going that rally in a late interview last ands ofsaying that tho people had been waiting, some of them for almost a day, to get and it wouldn't be fair to disappoint them. >> tracie, do we know when the presidentight visit the hard-hit areas in florida? >> well, he did mention last night that he's goingflo ida, which raises the question about whether or not his next two ral llies on frida and saturday in ohio and kentucky, whether one of them might be canceled. he said sn. he did not say when. taking a look at some of the storm damage and thee' video getting in, a lot of that will depend on how people are digging out, what the response is. the federal government has said t

by the way, nther was judge kavanaugh. >> tracie potts, thank you so much. president trump i expected to sign a bill into law to help coat the nation's opioid crisis. it passed the senate yesterday with bipartisan support. the bills inclu to help build more programs to treat addiction, more closely monitorion prescrip and updating information on alternative treatments to addictive d nearly 30,000 people died from opioid overdose last year. >>> 5:49 right now. a search for answers this morning after a dead newborn was found at a local prince george's county police say a school resource officer found the baby in a b at high point high school in beltsville yesterdel. detectivesve the baby had just been born. they're trying to determine whether it was a the mother of the baby was found. she is now receiving med care. >>> 5:49 right now. we do have an update in a deadly lyft i crashestigation. one year after a mom of three was killed riding in a lyft southeast d.c., the driver will finally appear in court to face a murder chargey the famf talata williams expresse

i'm tracie potts. we may have som answers tomorrow. >>> and it's a chilly start out there right now, with temperatures in the 40s and low 50s. where are we headed f today and do we have any rain on the way? we'll show y t that int ten-day forecast, coming up.oo >>> monday. we are following several developing stories right now. and we begin with this bad crash in montgomery county. it involved a special needs school bus. chopper 4 was over the scene at guer's branch roa and frederick road in chinatown. officis say five children and two others were injured. look for more in the washington app. >>> we have just learned more about a threat on social media against two schools in our area. police manassas, virginia, say those schools including ogborn high a baldwin elementary. justin i finlive at osbourne. e>> manassas city pol announcing an arrest made in this case, identifying their suspect as a 15-year-old ninth grader here aosbourn high school. this threatol id an assault rifle. we now know this threat i

ws 4's tracie potts will have more in a live report. >> it'sow 5:35. we want to begin your other top stories with this breaking news. airfax county police are investigating aovernight stabbing in the seven corners area of falls church. the major crimes division responded to the scene at patrick henry drive and arlington bouleva u. police tel the victim has life-threatening injuries. we'll update you as we learn more. >>> a third arrest has been made in the shooting death of a 10-year-old girl i d.c. gregory taylor is now in custody, charged in makiyah wilson's killing. she was buying ice cream outsidt her north d.c. home in july when she was killed. o more suspects are still on the run. coming up in o next half hour, hear from makiyah's mother about why she can't forgive the suspected killers. >>> it's day two of deliberations in the d.c. mansion murder jurors will decide the fate of daron wint. he's the only person charged with killing three family kembers and their houer in 2015. wint's attorneys are trying to pin the murders on his brothers. >>> and

"today in the bay's" tracie potts is live on capitol hill. washington lawmakers are not buying what the saudi officials are saying, which is that they had no part of it. >> right, not only that they had no part of t but that this was an accidental death by a rogue team that had no connection to the saudi government. no, lawmakers here on both sides, democrats and republicans, aren't buying that. they say the story just does not add up. saudi arabia's foreign minister tells fox news the death of jamal khashoggi inside their turkish consulate was a mistake. >> it was discovered that he was killed in the consulate. we don't know in terms of details how. we don't know where the body is. the consulate is not aware of this. even the senior leadership of intelligence service was not aware of this. this was a rogue operation. >> i don't think anybody believes that. >> reporter: the details bringing doubt on capitol hill. >> you don't bring a bonesaw to a fist fight inside the embassy in turkey. >> it's insulting to anyone analyzing this with intellig

tracie potts will have more on that interview coming up in a live report. >> the motorcy cesh they just warned us about is one of several in the last 12 hours. around 3:30 yesterday afternoon priscilla alvesas killed. there was another crash near 56th street. that rider is in serious condition. >> maryland police are for a driver that hit a construction worker and kept going. we brought yous this story breaking news yesterday morning. the crash happened at the onramp. police fouim lying in the road. he's in critical condition this morning. >> a widesprea power outage left much of bethesda in the dark last night. an equipmentssue cau the outage that also impacted the metro station. the power is back on now. >> the d.c. council repeale an initiative from back in june. it would raise minimum wage for tipped worke by 2025. by lerturning the b they say the council is disrespecting the process and d.c. voters. several council members and the mayor says that ini iative 77 bad for workers and businesses. >> also today, the council will te on a bill that would put restrictions on homeowners rent

possibly to be unveiled by president trump at anim gration speech next week. >> tracie potts on the hillthis morning, thank you. >>> early voting in maryland is now underway. yesterday was the first day and ere were a few snags at potomac community center. lines aere long it was hard to find parking and there were early problems with the electric polling book used to check in voters that causeddelays. the montgomery county board of elections is sending more judges and scannersp to h speed up early voting. early voting is happening across region. you can vote through next thursday. voters in virginia can cast absentee ballots new november 3. >> three high school students in leesburg face very serious a chargeser a football player was sexually assaulted in the locker room. we told you about this incident earlier thi month. one high school student faces sexual battery charges and two others are charged with assault and the incident was not hazing. the football team went to the state finals last year. >> it's 5:47. today the university of maryland board of regents will meet again. the cultur

coming up, news 4's tracie potts will have more on the battle on capill in a live report. >>> now to a developing story out of northern virginia thi morning. loudoun county parents are questioning whether their chileen are s at an elementary school. >> justin, what do the parents want to see happen? >> some parents say this has not been fully reso. >> oub august 17th a man called he sheriffs and that man was arrested and charged. a loudoun county sheriff was on campuser out of an abundance of caution but parents say they noticed, too, when they asked why the officer was there, they got no answer until september 24th. that's more than aft month the threatening call came in. the pta president telling us some parents were so worried once they got theetails they told the principal they would keep their kids home from school. shocked. mistrust. these are our babies. and you put them in the hands of people you hope to trust. >> reporter: as you heard there, thy parent v affected. we now know the man has been ordered to kee away from the elementary school, that his ex-girlfriend is no longe

tracie potts, nbc news, washington. president trump continuing to send a strong message to migrants trying to make their way to central america. the president tweeting he is sending more tros to the border and will not let them enter illegally. the president's tweet comes as a second caravan of about a thousandra ms forced its way into southern mexico. the other larger caravan is about 250 miles to the north. these groups are still weeks from reaching the border. >> a new poll spotlights young are voters. take a look at the results here. adults 18 to 34 were asked how likely they are to vote in the november midterm election next week. 31% of millennials say they'll definitely vote. 26% say they'll probably vote. 23% are uncertain about whether or not they'll vote, 12% will probably not vote, and 7% will definitely not vote. participants were also asked what they thinks the most important problem or the biggest problem facing the country. the top answer was racism. >> it looks like rapper kanye west may have had a chance

. >> tracie potts is on capitol hill where the move took some by surprise. >> she done an incredibleob. >> reporter: president trump praising nikki ley, now leaving at the end of the year. her resignation letter dated last week. >> i think that it is just very important for government teficials to understand when it is time to as side. sometimes it is good to rotate in other people who can put that same energy and power into it. >> reporter: haley says that she will support mr. trump in 2020 and has no plans to run for office. a u.s. spokesperson denies a watch dog group's request to investigate her use of private jets has anything to do with her unexpected departure. >> somethingrioesn't smell t. something is weird. i can't put my finger on it. >> she is ready to step down. sometimes it is not a conspiracy and mt is note dwra dra mramatin just that. >> reporter: and the president continues a week ofes ral to top democrats from winning in november. >>ou don't hand match to an arsonist and you don't give power to an angry left wing mob and that is whathe democrats have become. >> repo

news 4's tracie potts is live on capitol hill n. tracie, did the president make any mention about hurricane michael? >> he did, eun. the irony is back in 2012 during superstorm sandy, he criticized president obama as wrong for doing a political event while th storm was going on. last night president trump did the same thing. after the onset of a category 4 rricane, the president defended that in an interview with fox last night ngsa look, there were thousands of people who were waiting. he didn't want to disappoint th. he did talk about the storm, saying that fema, the federal government, was ready. they had their people and supplies in place. and he's also said that he will visit florida soon. we don't know where or when. >> tracie potts on the hill for us this morning. tracie, thank you. >>> it's 5:49 now. metro may be getting into theag food and bevbusiness. >> they plan to present a proposal to allow food sales in and around station news4's chris lawrence is live at the clarendon station with how is this going to work, chris? >>

tracie potts has more on this story. >> first it came as a surprise, not only to foreign policy experts lawmakers on capitol hill but even some white house insiders say they didn't see this coming. >> she's done an incredible job. >> reporter: president trump praising united nations ambassador nikki haley, now leaving at the end of the year her resignation letter dated last week. >> i think it's important for government officials to understand when it's time to step aside sometimes it's good to rotate in other people who can put that same energy and power into it. >> reporter: haley said she will support mr. trump in 2020 and has no plans to run for office a u.s. spokesperson denies a watchdog group's request to investigate her use of private jets has anything to do with her departure. >> something doesn't smell right. something is weird >> she is ready to step down sometimes it's not a conspiracy and it's not more dramatic than just that. >> reporter: president trump heads to pennsylvania tonight continuing a week of rallies to stop democrats from winning in november >> you don't hand

he is expected to brief trump later on today let's get more on the investigation with tracie potts in.c >> brian, good morning that briefing is set to happen about five hours from now. we don't know if the president will speak afterwards. we know that investigation in turkey is continuing now with a second search to look for clues as to what happened to this missing journalist who was living and working in the u.s. president trump says he is looking forward to a long talk this morning with secretary of state mike pompeo just back overnight from turkey and saudi arabia >> i want to find out what happened, where is the fault, and we will probably know that by the end of the week. >> reporter: neither the president -- >> i'm not sure yet anything exists. >> reporter: -- nor pompeo will talk about what is reportedly a gruesome audio tape of the killing of jamal khashoggi inside the saudi consulate in turkey >> i don't have anything to say about that. >> reporter: turkish forensic experts searched the home of the saudi console looking for blood and dna. one of the seven suspects they ident

tracie potts has the latest on this whole process >> well, the process will be a quick one.ecause republicans are insisting on a vote by the end of the week. we know, brian, they have interviewed mark judge, the high school classmate of judge kavanaugh. the question now is could one of his accusers be next with the fbi's investigation of judge brett kavanaugh now officially expanded, will agents interview his third accuser, julie swetnick >> it wouldn't bother me at all. if there is credibility, interview the third one. >> reporter: swetnick tells nbc kavanaugh touched young women inappropriately in high school >> i saw him go up to girls, paw on them. try to get a little too handsy touching them in private parts >> reporter: nbc has not verified her story there are inconsistencies, and kavanaugh denies even knowing her. also nbc obtained next messages that kavanaugh was contacting old classmates, trying to refute debra ramirez. a mutual friend is trying to get those messages to the fbi. >> she wants to get out the desks showing that kavanaugh wanted to discredit debbie rami

. >> news4 tracie potts looks at the new criticism of president trump. >> reporter: at is hour we're iting to see if the fbi might be wrapping up this investigation soon. sources told us last night it could be as early as last night, as early as today. the fbiooking into sexual misconduct allegations by dr. christine ford. esident trump many said seemed to muck here after saying that he found sheed was le. >> how did you get home? i don't remember. how did y getere? i don't remember. where is the place? i don't remembea. how many was it? i don't know. >> reporter: this morning this reaction from senator jeff flake. >> to discuss something this sensitive at a political rally is just not right. >> lawmakers trying to move ahead with that vote on judge kavanaugh's nomination before the end of the week. two new developments this rning. an ex-boyfriend of dr. ford sending a stament refuting some parts of her testimony and th judiciary committee asking for therapy notes from six years ago when dr. ford first mentioned that alleged attack. ,from washingt'm tracie potts. >>> rig now there is

now to nbc's tracie potts who's in d.c. with more. >> reporter: hey there, brian.nation fight is over but the politics of this may not be over both sides now looking ahead to those mid-term elections and the effect that this political nomination fight may have on what happens a month from now. >> a public swearing in for brett kavanaugh is set for tonight. >> there's a huge taint. >> we must not agonize we must organize they're urging thousands who demonstrated to speak out again with their vote in november. >> if we want to correct the course, what do we need to do? we need to take the power. >> reporter: but republicans -- >> i'm happy as a clam. >> reporter: are ready to move on. >> the overreach of the protestors at the capital has actually energized the republican base. >> at risk, maine's susan collins. she voted yes for kavanaugh as opponents raised $3.5 million for whoever runs against her in two years. >> i have to do what i think is right and over the years the people of maine have trusted me to exercise my best judgment that's what i did in this case. >>

hadley gamble is standing by for us in riyadh let's start with tracie potts live in washington, d.c.the secretary of state has been sent to riyadh on a mission by trump the president says he is there to find out what happened to khashoggi and also what, if anything, the saudis knew about what happened to khashoggi it's interesting because now sources are telling us that the saudis may be ready to admit that they are aware that he died inside their consulate that it was a mistake, that it was an interrogation gone wrong. earlier they said they didn't know anything about it but they also said they believed he left the consulate alive. mike pom fay peo this morning i saudi arabia trying to get to the center of that and president trump now urged to discontinue weapon sales to saudi arabia until this is all worked out, and saudi arabia threatening to raise oil prices if we do that. >> a complicated situation thank you, tracie potts. let's go to hadi gamble live in riyadh >> a couple hours ago u.s. secretary of state mike pompeo arriving in riyadh he met with saudi arabia's foreign ministe

let's go to tracie potts. who has the fbi spoken to thusz epr?: according to our forces the second accuser, the one who says he exposed himself to her in college. and she gave a list, according to our, sour of people who can back up her storea. they're t limiting number of people that can be interviewed in tins very short stigation. the president tweeted that's not the case. the fbi can talk to whoever they want. according to our sources that does not ilude people who contradict the story that brett kavanaugh told when he testified here on capitol hill andoes not includeulie swetnick, who kavanaugh denies even knong her. he says no, she's lying. i don't know r, i don't know r. this is a joke. so he's denying even knowing that third accuser. and we know peoplwho are class mates of kavanaugh who can talk about his drinking are not on the list. one of them telling the new york time as different story saying he w belligerent and aggressive, kavanaugh was, when he was drinking. >> still a little ways to go on that investigation. thank you partnership

nbc tracie potts joins us. that has been the case the republicans are hailing this as a win on their side what does this mean? what are the implications for mid terms? >> reporter: that's the big question both sides, democrats and republicans, now using this to energize their voters. democrats hoping that the thousands of people who demonstrated here on their behalf, on their side of this will turn out to vote in november and give them the majority back. there's even talk of possible impeachment although democrats say that goes too far. on the other side you have republicans who say they were a bit lackluster going into these elections but now this has energized their base as well back to you. >> tracie potts for nbc news live in washington. >>> well, north korea could allow international inspectors into the nuclear sites following a visit by u.s. secretary of state, mike pompeo he said it could happen as soon as we get it pompeo and kim jong-un discussed a second summit with u.s. president donald trump they we

we appreciate you bringing it to us tracie potts, thank you very much. >>> the markets like this new deal nearly everything everywhere is up including as tracie is says, the automakers like it let's talk we're going to talk more about the markets in one minute. right now let's get to your top corporate story to begin your week that is tesla. elon musk striking a deal with the sec over the weekend to settle fraud charges under terms of that deal musk will remain tesla's ceo but he will surrender his role as chairman of tesla. he'll pay a $20 million fine the sec fining tesla $20 million. total $40 million payout in the meantime in e-mails obtained by cnbc, musk is urging staffers to, quote, ignore the distractions, end quote, adding that tesla is very close to turning a profit as a tesla watcher and shareholder, what do you make of this deal? >> yeah, i think investors will like it. obviously a lot of people wanted musk to be removed as chairman over all it needs to be seen there is a lot of uncertainty. overall the settlement happened quickly. i think investors will like that this to

tracie potts live for us on catol hill. tracie, thank you. >>> new overnight. news 4 received the results from a new nbc news gen forward poll. how likely are they to vote in the mid term election next week. 31% of millennials overall say they will definitely vote. 26% say they'll probably vote. 23% are uncertain whether or not ey'll vote. 12% probably won't. and 7% definitely will not vote >>> participants were also asked what they think is the most important problem facing theco try right now. the top answer is racism. >>> with the election now less than a week away, some rids share compane making it easier for you to get to the polls. capital ride hare is offering free rides on november 6th. e the code bike to vote on the capital bike share app to get the d pass and lyft is taking 50% off rides across c thentry on election day. the ride share company is giving free rides to erunded communities. >>> we are learning more about two fairf county sisters found dead in new york city. their mother received a phone call the day before their bodies were discovered. l

and tracie potts. tracie, where will this investigation go from here? >> reporter: well, lots of questions and maybe we'll start to get some answers today, phillip, as mike pompeo speaks with bin salman in the next few hours. he just touched down in saudi arabia as you see here, headed to speak with the king about what the saudis may know. president trump says he is being sent on a mission about what they know or whether or not they were involved, as andrea just mentioned, they're considering a plan to admit in fact that they were involved. also, the investigation. we learned overnight that a turkish prosecutor left the building, that consulate in turkey where khashoggi is believed to have been killed. they are investigating. they had a team in for nine hours, searching that building after a cleaning crew had been called in. and then what happens next here in the united states where congress is pressing president trump to cancel billions of dollars in weapon sales because they believe there is already enough evidence that the saudis were involved. phill

tracie potts is live in washington with the latest >>> authorities are saying they don't know what elsethey're trying to quickly track down who is behind this, but it turns out they do have a lot of evidence to work with ten pipebombs mailed to prominent democrats and critics of trump are being pulled apart at the fbi lab >> you have pvc pipe perhaps there's a bar code on that that might tell what store it was sold in or where it was manufactured >> reporter: postmarks led investigators to a postal facility in southern florida, far from delaware where the last two devices were discovered addressed to former vice president joe biden. >> this division, this hatred, this ugliness, it has to end >> reporter: why is someone targeting democrats? president trump blames the media calling out cnn in a tweet early this morning >> constant negative and oftentimes false attacks >> reporter: critics blame the president. >> his responsibility starts with not unleashing hatred and fear and anger that leads to violence >> the idea that this is at the hands of the president is ridiculous >> i think we'r

tracie potts is joining us with more on that >> so they'll roll it out starting in about two and a halfours to different groups of senators by lunch time everyone will have had a chance to look at what they're called expanded background check on the sexual misconducted allegations it's expected to be a summary of the interviews that the fbi did with the second accuser, debra ramirez and some classmates of judge kavanaugh. judge kavanaugh was not interviewed, neither was dr. christine blasey ford. her attorney saying they're profoundly disappointed the woman whose accusations started this was not interviewed by the fbi. they said her testimony -- they believed her testimony was enough also the white house has already had a look at this the white house spokesman tweeting that they are fully confident after this report that judge kavanaugh will be confirmed and that a vote to begin that process is set for tomorrow >> tracie potts in washington, d.c., thank you very much. >>> now let's check the other top headlines including a terrible situation in south carolina phillip mena has more on th

i'm tracie potts. coming up, will the politics of is contentious nominatio spill over into november's electi election? >> and we're taking a look at a cloudy day out tre right now. could we have rain on the way? we'll talk about it, but now we could have a hurricanen the mix that could impact us by the week's end. we'll show y all of that in that ten-day forecast, coming up. >> news 4 midday starts now. >> andy good monmorning. thanks for joining us. i'm pat lawson muse. >> and i'm molette green. let's kick things off on news 4 midday with a check on the lauren ricketts has some news just into the weather center. what's the latest onst this m? >> molette and pat, we have a hurricane now on our hands.an hurr michael has just been upgraded at the 11:00 a.m. update. we're just getting that into the storm team 4 weather center right now. that could have an impact on our weather. right now it's hanging out in the gulf, but it our weather and bring us some rain as we head into this week. no rain out there ri

kris sanchez is in palo alto but we begin with tracie potts live on capitol hill. >> reporter: of the nine in the report, six have been identified to us. the other three we're not sure. and it's not clear that this report will ever be public. the fbi's background check into sexual misconduct allegation against brett kavanaugh is ready. that process begins the process have whether kavanaugh will sit on the u.s. supreme court. republicans plan to take a final vote this weekend. the white house has already seen the report early this morning. a spokesman said they're fully confident kavanaugh will be confirmed. the fbi is expected to summarize its interviews with accuser deborah ramirez and classmates. they did not speak with judge kavanaugh or his first accuser, christine blasey ford. >> how did he get home? i don't remember. >> reporter: president trump under fire fromrepublicans for d her testimony. >> it's not right. >> i thought his commence were disgraceful. >> reprehensible. >> appalling. >> just wrong. >> reporter: the white house is defending the president. >> the president was j

tracie potts, nbc news, washington. >>> we're days away now from the 43rd marine corps marathon. tens of thousands people will participate in the 26.2 race ony sund marinedeo of last year corps marathon. and there are things for everyone to keep in mind. here's the infmation -- we have more from ashley. thanks for joining us. good morning to you. >> this is a huge event. 30,000 runners. and of coatse spes and family members. what's your best advice for runners and peopl who want to support the runners going down to that area? >> i think our best adviceju is to take in the pageantry of the event, the energy, the enthusiasm. thereill be marines across the entire course cheering on the runners. over 150,000 spectators and all of the volunteers. re's a great event. and t so much to see and do throughout the entire course. >> even if you're notg, runn it's still fun, right? >> yes. >> what about to prepare for weather? i'm going to be honest here, we're probably going to see rain. >> yes. we're hoping that there won't be rain. but it will be chilly. for the past two marine corps y' ma

news 4's tracie potts has the latest from capitol hill. >> reporter: in a new memota ed overnight by nbc news, rachel mitchell,se the ptor republicans hired, called sexual ausault allegations against judge brett kav weak and says, quote, i don't think thata a reae prosecutor would bring this case, based on the evidence before the e.commit that evidence could be growing. a source familiar with the investigation tells nbc the fbi has interviewed deborah ramirez, the woman who claims kavanaugh expod himself to her in college. our source says she provided a list ofe who can back up her story. the fbi will also reportedl interview kavanaugh's high school friend, mark judge. dr. christine blasey ford testified, judge was there during her alleged assault. t sources tell us no interview is scheduled for the third accuser, julie swetnick. >> the allege that she makes is outrageous. not one democrat mentioned it. >> reporter: democrats say the white house is handicapping this investigationrom the start,y limiting witnesses. >> i wand to use t word force, but that's not the kind of investigatio

. >> news 4 tracie potts is live on capitol hill this morning.here's concerns abouthe scope of this investigation. >> right. concerns about the scope of this investigation are that it may be limited by the white house even though the president is tweeting that c the fbi talk to whoever they want. the guidance from the white house counsel's office is reportedly that they can only speak with a certain number of people on a list a that list includes deborah ramirez, the secondho accuser apparently has already done an interview, but itoes not include people who contradict what he told, what judge kavanaugh told the committee about his drinking in college. back to you. >> now, tracie, they're supposed to have a week to do this? are they already talking to people? do we kno wh >> yeah, apparently they already talked to deborah ramirez, t second accuser, mark judge that was in a room with chrisne blasey ford. it's not clearf that interview has been done yet. >> we'll be following the daily developments on this investigation. thank you so much. >> it's 4

let's get to tracie potts live from washington. so a lot of law makers are calling for the fooz do something about this. >> reporter: some say there's already enough evidence throughout to cut ties, business ties with the saudises. others saying we need more facts. after a washington post report that there is now audio and video of what's believed to be the brutal murder and dismemberment inside that consulate. the saudis deny any involvement. and for the first time president trump is suggesting what may have happened. >> we'll be having a report out soon. we're working with turkey, saudi arabia. what happened is a terrible thing. i meanay be pleasantly surprised but somehow i tend to doubt it. >> he was critical of the saudi government squr a columnist for the washington post and three days before he disappeared in an interview he said he thought he would never be able to go back home again. >>> now to the disturbing surveillance video seen by the first time by a jury. a teenager lost and looking for direction squr the home owner

tracie potts is live with the tes still upn the air. >> there are four aaron and angie. one democrat and three republicans. the democrat, manchin, we haven't heard from him. thehr republicans called the report reassuring. and the samehing from senator susan collins of maine after she said it was thorough which is the allegation democrats have been making that the white house hampered this effort and there were a lot of people not interviewed. also this morning, kavanaugh making t case for themselves in a wall street journalop-ed, talking about why he got tool emotiot that hearing last week. >> ac thank you. >> and 4:36, he's apologizing for a tweet that sparked contro drsy. she sineted it. the singer wrote women a the n-word of the world. she later tweeted an apology writing she wrote without thinking about her choice of words. >> here's breaking news inci ne york. a man has been slashed in the back of the neck in the middle of times square. the incident happened right in the middle ofes t square. you can see the police response there. apparently the was some sort of fig

tracie potts joins us live from washington. good morning, tracie. >> hi there. the president will hit the ground mid-morning in the panhandle an see some of this area where roads are still impassable in some areas and trying to reach some communities. the president is bumping up support and likely to talk to first responders and survivors while he is there. we got a new assessment from fema what they're doing in that area. 400 rescues so far, 58 evacuations, 3,000 people still in shelters. you mentioned the number of people with power out in that area. fema and other government agencies have helped to survey more than 7,000 homes and other businesses. 19,000 people have applied for disaster assistance, and rebuilding this area is >>> breaking news overnight. sears has announced it has 11 b protection. the retailer thatls mor than 140 unprofitable stores by the end of the year. it is seen as a last ditch effort by the struggling company to stay in business. it announced its ceo will be stepping down effective immediately. >>> police are searching for a suspect st

let's get to "today in the bay's" tracie potts in washington, d.c. tracie, this trip is all about the missing "washington post" columnist, we've been following that. >> and whether or not, laura, the saudi also take responsibility for what many believe happened inside their consulate in turkey. he went in, he never went out and now sources are telling us the saudis are about ready to explain what they think happened. getting to the bottom of it, secretary of state mike pompeo lands in saudi arabia this morning to meet with saudi king salman about missing "washington post" journalist jamal khashoggi, a staunch critic of the saudi government. >> i'm really sending him just to find out really firsthand what happened. >> reporter: the saudis have repeatedly denied any involvement, but three sources tell nbc they're now deciding whether to admit ka shogie was killed inside their consulate in turkey without the knowledge of crowned prince mohammad bin salman. the turks believe the prince ordered the hit. >> it sounded to me maybe this could have been rogue

"today in the bay's" tracie potts tracking all the developments from washington, d.c. right now, president trump is defending the saudis. >> he is and he sent pompeo to saudi arabia and now turkey to get more information, but pompeo is gone. he was only on the ground for a few hours and now the turkish authorities are telling us they are trying today to search the home of the saudi consul in turkey to get more clues as to what happened here. turkish authorities claim seven saudi nationals used these passports to enter their country and kill "washington post" columnist jamal khashoggi, the hit sent by the saudi government they believe. >> if they knew about it, that would be bad. >> reporter: president trump is defending the saudis complaining to the associated press that they shouldn't be guilty until proven innocent and tweeting crowned prince mohammad bin salman totally denied any knowledge. >> i believe this was orchestrated at the highest levels of the government and he's the one pulling the strings right now. >> reporter: secretary of state mike pompeo met the pri