news 4's tracie potts is live on capitol hill.weunderstand barr redacted things like grand jurye instigation, inongoing crimal investigations. what exactly can we see tomorrow? >> reporter: we should start to see details and evidence and what people will be seeing what was saidsnd what wa learned about obstruction of justice. this is where the special counsel split there was evidence for and against. he didn't make a decision. the attorney general did and decided not tout prosecute, b those are the details the democrats especially are looking for. now we are told that more than a dozen people in the white house, former and current employees who testified are concerned, some of them worried. eakdown level a is the way one person described it because they don't know if their names will be identified alongt their testimony. while it may not result in any charges, som of this information could beem barrassing to the president what was said and done behind closed doors. now goingpublic. me of them have had attorneys knocking on the doo

tracie potts for us you. >>>security is starting to look like a total resigned un director of secret service is also out. it appears senior aid stepphen miller has taken the reigns. the power struggle comes amid a growing crisis with scores of asylum seekers trying to enter the country. we have more. >> reporter: the president with a sudden purge. two administration officials tell us secret service director the secret service director is out. dhsecirsten neilson who had gone to the border resigned under pressure after clashing with the president privately for months. nielsen saying this. >> i share the president's goal of securing the border. the highest monthly for march in over a decade. mr. trump wants tougher criteria for a growing number of asylum seekers. >> the asylum program is a scam. some of the roughest people you've ever seen. >> reporter: last june, the president ended family separations but according to three officials he's urging his administration to reinstate those as a deterrent. nielsen had

news 4's tracie potts is live on capitol hill with the latest. acie, good morning. >> eun and aaron, good morning. the subpoena would be the next step. it's not done deal but the vote would give the chair of the house judiciary the power, t authorization to subpoena the full report, by full report we mean without ioreda. the attorney general said he couldn't make the deadline because they are trying to take out top secret information, assified information, information connected to ongoing investigations. grand jury information which by law has to remain secret.f allhat being blacked out before they turn this report gr over to cs but the concern here is that while the special b counsel rt mueller did not come to a conclusion on whether the president was - should be prosecuted for obstruction, the heorney general decided that should not. where is the disconnect? that's why democrats say they s want to everything. it doesn't look like they will, but the subpoena could change things. that vote happening today. >> tracie potts on the hill. thank oru.

tracie potts in washington. thank you, tracie. >>> magic joson is saying goodbye to his job with the lakers. the nba legend dropped the ha bombshell he is step do you think as president of basketball operations at a press conference ahead of the lakers final of the season last night. he said the lakers owner had not mebeen inf of his decision. johnson said he wants to get back to having fun, adding that he was happier when he wasn'ten pres expectations for the lakers were high after signing lebron james in the off-season, but the season ends in disappointment. two spots out of the western confers.ce play-o >> it is weird to know that the play-offs are about to start and going to be is n part of it. >>> all right. let's get back to bill for more on this cpring weather. >> let's talk about the wind side. thounds of people i los angeles lost power last night when strong winds went through. we still have high windng war from areas of southern california and areas of new mexico. eventually we'll get the high wi warnin

news 4's tracie potts is live on capitol hill with more. good morning. >> reporter: hey, aaron and eun. good morning. here's what we learned from his testimon we could get more details on this today. he says the report, the redacte version, should be ready within a week. lawmakers have been pressing him for that. that it's going to be color coded with every section taken out and why.xp he elained some of it is secret grand jury formation, some is classified, some is to protect investigative techniques, a number of differentreasons. he says there wiletbeled explanations. >> tracie, we understand lawmakers will have a chance to question immigration officials abou the southern border. what are some key points here? >> one key point is is the president trying to implement family separation. the attorney general said no in his testimony. today the acting deputy of i.c.e., immigration and customs enforcement will testify. remember those children behind gates that many called cages caused a lot of controversy. he'll put it back in place at his get

tracie potts has the latest from washington. we're talking about conditions of the questioning here. whether it's open or closed sessions. >> exactly. democrats are saying that they want to be able to go into executive session to ask questions about the information that was blacked out over redacted from the mueller report. they want to extend the questions to 30 minutes per lawmaker instead of the 5 that's normal and bring in lawyers and allow the attorneys to ask gu s questions as well. republicans say that this is thot the way that this should proceed. they call it abusive and illogical. the justice department says he's agreed to answer questions from lawmakers and still willing to do that, but an aid has reportedly told them they may be a no show if they insist on these conditions. what happens it if he's a no-show or threatening to be, the chair of the committee says he may issue a subpoena for attorney general william barr and will do whatever is necessary to enforce it. that hearing is supposed to happen thursday. stay tu

tracie potts on the l'il. >>ank you. the number of democrats hoping to become president in 2020 continues togrow. california congressman eric squallwell has announced hooegs making a bid for the white house. the 38-year-old has made trips to iowa and new hampshire and appears on cable news shows. 's one o 17 democrats in the running. >>> tomorrow, homeland security secretary kirstjen nielsen will officially step down. she spoke publicly yesterday outside herlexandria home. they were her first comments since announcing her upcoming departure from the trump . administration she reaffirmed her support for the president and doubled down on her commitment toorder security. >> i share the president's goal of securing the border. i will continue to support all efforts to address the humanitarian and security crisis on the border. >> now nbc news is reportingsi thatdent trump has grown frustrated with nielsen's tenure as secretary.le tractor-tr being speculated that -- it is being speculated that the former attorney general may

tracie potts for us on the hill. thank yo >>> fire investigators are working to figure out what caused a garage fire at boxing legend george foreman's home. you see the overnight response. foreman's house is just outside houston. firefighters there say there were about 40 cars in the garage. but it does not appear that any was damaged. no injuriesere reported. >>> terrible news this morning out of new york. a fordham university student has died from her injuries after she fell from'she scho clock tower. officials say fordham senior sydney remo went about-- went with friends and fell. the university's president says there are no words sufficient to deribe the loss of someone so young and full of >>> the 123rd boston marathon kicks off in a few hours. thst will be the f time the event falls on the same day that the bombings happened back in 2013. more than a million people expected to attend that 26. 26.2-migrant marathon des-- 26.2 mile marathon. a man was hit by a man high four months to the job ere. today fitzgerald

. >> news4's tracie potts with more. >> repor you can see lots of interest in this one.t is a high-profile case because a lot of money could be involved here. the census determines a lot of grants, federal grants that come to washington based on how many state.are in your 18 states are suing saying that the trump administration cannot add a citizenship question to the census that goes everyone to everyone's homes because it would affect representation in contress, and a lot of gra coming from washington. they argue it's unconstitutio l unconstitutional. the trump administration says the justice department wants this question tonforce civil rights. there was evidence in a lower court that it was the administration that forced the justice dertment to issue that uling that they had already decided to put the question on the census. now 's going to be up to the supreme court. the aclu saying it could result in anundercount of 6.5 million people because immigrants are reluctant tor and to deal with the censu at allat wit have question. . they'll hear arguments with the decisi

tracie potts joins understand. >> reporter: is it legal? is it something the president can do? the president focussing in on the sanctuary cities, which is sometimes whole states said they'll protect immigrants and not coordinate with the federal government against them. president trump claims the u.s. has an absolute legal right to send immigrants awaiting asylum to sanctuary cities. he calls them criminals of all shapes and sizes. >> let's put some of those people into their communities and towns and see if they are okay with them and the same impact. >> reporter: the president was twice shelled by his administration. amid concerns over whether it's legal. the white house denies he's targeting areas run by democrats. >> you can't threaten somebody with something they're not afraid of. we're not afraid of diversity in the state of washington. we relish it. >> reporter: that's brewing as washington awaits the redacted, blacked out version of the mueller report this week. what could we learn? >>. >> it was proof of bad deeds and very bad motives and we need to see it. >> reporte

. >> news4's tracie potts joining us live from capitol hill. have we gotten any reaction from the white house about this most recent request, and wha are t depends hoping to learn? >> reporter: they're -- the democrats hoping to learn? >> reporter: they're hoping to find out if there's any conflicts in his businesses, his personal business, based on the return in terms of feedback from the white house, president trump himself told about the request said he's not inclined to do that. he also sort of offhande y remarked that they asked for six years instead of more. heou thought they have asked for ten years of returns. he may not be inclined but the request isn't goi directly to the white house. it's going to the treasury department wherehiecretary mn said they will review it and follow the law and protect the president's privacy as they would any other citizen whose returns are requested. he said he's disgusted with the legal eydepartment. an accept or deny the request. if they deny it, then the committee will have to take another look at legal

tracie potts has the latest from washington. a few issues here they need to resolve before he shows up. >> reporter: exactly. he may be a know so according to senior democratic aids because they believe the justice department believes that democrats are changing the terms of his testimony. attorney general william barr is set to testify before the senate judiciary committee wednesday. that still is on. his appearance before the house judiciary committee thursday may not happen. democrats want to go behind closed doors to ask questions about what was blacked out of the mueller report on russian election interference. they want to lengthen questioning to 30 minutes per lawmaker and allow lawyers to grill mr. barr. a justice spokesperson said only lawmakers should. republicans call democrats abusive and illogical. >> the best person we can hear from is attorney general barr to find out why his summary a cliff notes version was different from the facts and why won't he release the unredacted report. >> reporter: the chair told cnn i

sre to help sort all that out, news4's tracie potts. >> good morning to you. let's beg with the taxes. this request was made days ago. are the democrats any closer to seeing these returns? >> reporter: they've given the irs a wnesday adline. we don't know if the irs will meet the deadline. the treasury secretary which oversees the i says they'll consider it. they talked to the lawyers and will try to treat president aump lik other taxpayer, including protecting his privacy as they would o anyer taxpayer. but the democrats on this committee feel that they have a right on behalf of the people to see the tax returns for a couple of reasons. to make sure that president trump with his significant wealth is following the same rule as everyone else. he was, in fact, the first candidate in 50 years not to release hisre rns. they also want to see if there are conflicts of reinterest, n influence concerns that could impact the decisions he's making in the oval office. >> what can we expect from the attorney general's testimony that's coming up t sweek? >> reporter: that

tracie potts on the hill. thank you. >>> this week a familiar name ij expected ton the growing list of democrats vying for presidt. advisers to former vice president joe biden are finalizing plans to launch the campaign in the coming days. the exact timing of the anational endowment is still a matter of discussion. that's according to officials who spoke to nbc news. biden acknowledged that he was o all but certa get into the ra n. >>>ew surveillance video shows the moment a w womanas dragged after getting her hand stuck in a san francisco light rail train's door. we should warn you that some oa you m find this video disturbing. in the corner of the screen you see theetoman g her hand stuck in the closing door and fall on to the tracksnder the train. the woman did survive. authorities say an alarm is supposed to go off when something is stuck in the doors. investigators say it malfunctioned here california public utilities immission willnvestigate the system.d president pin >>> to another video you may be seei

. >> nes tracie potts joins us live from the hill. the president's legal team is saying this is not legal, rrig? >>eporter: exactly. we don't know if it willpp haen. the treasury secretary says they'r weighing whether the request is even deappropriate. mocrats are pushing, but they're alsongort of goi through a back door. otheee committ here on capitol hill run by democrats, issuing subpoenas for the president's accounting firm. they want seven years worth of financial statements based on the testimony of his longtime lawyer, michael cohen. then there's anotherttee that issued a subpoena for four bas that the president did business with, including deutsche bank which loaned him $2 billion over a couple of decades. again, his legal team likely to ght all of that, already advising the accounting firm not to respond to that subpoena. right. tracie potts on the hill this morning. thanks. >>> 4:48. we're worng 4 your health as measles cases continue to rise. the virus basn confirmed in 20 states including maryland. the centers for disease

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tracie potts for us on capitol hill. thank you. >>> absentee vingegins today in virginia primaries for state and local offices. this is the final statewide primary where a reason will be required for all absentee voters. a new law will allow all voters to votely in the final 11 days of the election. primary day is scheduled for nune 11th. general electio is november 5th, and all 140irginia general assembly seats are on the fall ballot. >>> this moing we're hearing from a muslim woman whose viral photo in front of an anti-islam protest is inspiring thousands across the country. take a look. over the weekend, she attended the islamic c circlevention in d.c. once she arrived she spotted building. outside the she decided to pose in front of them by smiling and raising two fingers in a peace sign. she says that she wanted to combat their hatred with kindness, and that simply walking by wasn't enough. as of thursday night, the pictures received nearly 350,000 likes > instagram. ew video this morning showing a prince george's c

tracie potts for us this morning on capitol hill. thank you. >>> we have an update on the man osecutors say plotted an isis-inspired attack in our area. n federal grand jury handedow d charged with interstate transportation of a stolen vehicle. nourt documents say henry stole a u-haul alexandria with a plan to run over pedestrians. he allegedly targeted dulles airport first but moved to national harbor when he couldn't get through security. henry isel being without bond. >>> 4:48. the tunnel hom murder trial will continue in montgomery county today. defense attorneys are expected to call another man who worked in the tunnels to the stand today. they say his testimony wil show that conditions in that tunnel were not as dire aprosecutors say. yesterday in court, the father of the victim recounted the moment he learned how his son died. the 21-year-old was helping millionaire daniel beckwith build tunnels under his bhesda home. a fire broke out while he was digging. prosecutors say it was negligence and called the bker a deathtrap. defe

. >> news4's tracie potts joins us now livemoith .he president seems to have done an aboutface when it comes to wikileaks. >> reporter: yeah, no question he's distancingro himself now its founder, julian assange. remember during the campaign president trump said wikileaks, wikileaks. now he says, i don't know much about wikileaks or its founder, julian e. assange, as you said, has been charged by the justice department with tapping that government computer to get information back about the iraq war. he also wasrapped up in the emails that were spread, taken from andpread about the hillary clinton campaign. but president trump saying that eahe doesn't ry know anything about all of that, and really the only link between president trump, directly twinge julian assange and president trump, is indirect, it's through roger stone, the former trump aiser who has been wrapped up in the russia investigation and as par of that, the special counsel noted he had been talks with people connected to julian assange. >> all right, tracie potts for us

. >> news4's tracie potts joins us now with more o this. good morning. >> reporter: aaron and eun, good morning. today was the democrats' deadline for the attorney general to turn over that foul, unredact -- that full, un-redacted repoac, nothing d out. not going to happen, the justice department says. so the house judiciary committee is planning a vote for tomorrow that would giveha its the power to subpoena not only that report but five white hou officials who they think may be able to lend something to the investigation. it wouldn't mean an automatic subpoena, but it would give judiciary chair jerry nadler the four subpoena the report. >> and what's the latest on president trump's threat to close the southern border?e' >> reporter: saying he's willing to do it within a week. now the fact is there are more families and unaccompanied children trying to get into the united states. he's also shifted some customs and border patrol officials off the ports of entry, into other areas of t border to try to patrol and control those eas. but shutti

. >> i'm tracie potts in washington. the latest controversy brewing over the mueller report is attorney general william barr. he may be a no-show for testimony and he could get subpoenaed. >> we're looking at the temperaturow right with possibly some rain on the way. we're going to have a cool day out there. just wait until we get into the rest of this week. feeling more like summer. we'll show you that coming up. >>> news 4 midday starts now. >>> good monday afternoon. thank you for joining us. >> let's get to your storm team forecast. lauryn rickets is standing by with what you need to know headed into the lunch hour. it was a chilly start. >> it was. that shocked people. the pps were in the 40s, 30s. we had patchy frost. now there's a little bit of cloud cover as well. still iome sunshine portions of our area. sunshine is not doing much to warm us up. you can see at the bottom of your screen, 55 degrees at thean national and all ove region chilly temperatures. i have confidence we'll make it into the 60s today. it's g

>>bc's tracie potts joins us from d.c. with the latest. there is a lot of backlash from democrats over those comments. >> reporter: they say it's reckless, evenangerous to suggest this with no evidence. is there evidence? we don't know. barr said there was some basis for huggestion there, but he didn't say wt that basis was. he said he's not investigating the fbi. it is an internal review, and that the inspector general should have a report t ont sometime in may or june. we are also following this interesting news about former obama white house counsel greg craig. according tois attorneys, he may be indicted for his consulting work with ukraine. if that sounds familiar, it's the same thing that got former national security advisor michael flynn in hot water. here's craig about to face thate indi. and we are following all of the resignations in the department of homeland security. president trump askedhether s advisor stephen miller should be running the agency. >> stephen miller is running your homeland security. ve you ever thought about

nbc's tracie potts joins us with the latest. good morning. >> reporter: hi. good morning. as they head westak to a look at the border and the border fencing, here in washington, president trump is getting pushback fromwn his party from republicans who are concerned if he shuts downbo the er, the economy will take a hit. we're talking about $1.7 billion a day in goods crossing the border back and forth from mexic mexico. everything fro agriculture to auto parts. and now the president is taking some political heat for shutting down- oronsidering shutting down the border for any period of time. the white house saysenhe pres is looking at a possible plan that would shut down the border to migrants but keep those truck lanes open. frances? >> all right. we heard about the economic happenif tha but i want to talk about this new investigation into the president's taxhi returns morning. >> reporter: yeah. the ways and means committee has now made its formal request to the treasury department to get six years of president trump's tax returns. there are three different committees he

back to you. >> tracie potts on the hill. thank you. >>> we are learning new details about the moments leading up to a drowning at a l ie northern virginia.ir x police say a man was walking his dog on a path next to ke braddock on saturday. witnesses say the dog broke loose, went into the water, and trin jumped in after firefighters found his body 40 minutes later. he drowned. the dog survived. >>> police in georgia are stillr searching driver in a hit and run that nearly killed a 9-year-old girl. that crash was caught on e surveillacamera. we should warn you, the can be upsetting to watch. it was friday night when the little girl was playing in her yard. a car failed to turn and instead plowed into the front her home. she survived but was bad injured and is still recovering. the driver and passenger took off running after the impact. you see them there. the little girl's father described the panic that ensued followinghe accident. >> driving to the emerroncy , i had her head on my lap. a i -- h leg was stretched out across t

nbc's tracie potts joins us from d.c. while the replicans are ready to move past it, democrats are saying not sofast. >> reporter: they aren't sure what will come out in this report. take a lookbe at the n from the nbc/"wall street journal" possible. the majority of americans haven't cleared thedent on this. 29 say it will clear the president of wrong dong, but 40% say no, and a whopping 31% is tsure. interestingly, int 31% is a pretty good split of an republ democrats and independents. meantime, president trump isen threg to shutdown the border with mexico. he's also trying to pull funds from central america, saying there are too many caravansed he to the u.s. shutdowning down the border reuld affect trade and raise prices they ask is he serious about that? >> it certainly isn't a bluff d you can take him seriously. 4,000 migrants apprehended in one day recently. >> reporter: so, we are watching what happens this week on the border. and also on health care, the other big issue that congress is tang up. the president is p

tracie potts live to capitol hill for us.ou. >>> also today, family and friends and colleagues will pay their final respects to a local firefighter killed in afghanistan. ther will be a visitation for marine staff sergeant slutman in bronx, new york. a adside bombilled him and another marine in afghanistan earlier this month. he served with the lakentnd fire department in prince george's county and the new york city fire department. his body was driven across three states from delaware to new york where firefighters saluted him.t >>>his morning parents of a 5-year-old illinois boy have been charged with his death. i police crystal lake, illinois, believe they recovereb they of andrew a.j. freund. the boy disa peered a week ago. his body was found wrap dependence plastic in shallow grave. his parents a w chargedh murder among other charges. >>> developing in maryland this morning, investigators are still working to figure out what caused an odor so bad that a plane heading to florida had to turn around and head back to bwi mar

to help sort this out, tracie potts is live on capitol hill. >> yeah. what are some of the key findings in this report, what did mueller leave for congress to decide, as well? >> reporter: sure. so big finding. russia tried to interfere in the election. we already knew that. there's a lot of detail on how that happened. did anyone in the u.s. including the trump campaign collude with them? no according to mueller. at about obstruction of justice. that was a big question, as well. that's the one that was inconclusive. we have as you see, a lot of detail. some of it redacted on at least ten incidents that the mueller team looke at where theya thought there was obstruction but could not determine the intent. in part because he never said. in part because the justice department decided and mueller agreed that you can't indict a sitting esident. so they bumped that over to congress. they left that for congress decide, and democrats are planning to pick up where mueller left off. they do want him to testify. the attorney general says he won't block that. he h

tracie potts, nbc news, washington. >>> we've been expecting it for weeks. nbc news has learned former vice president joe biden wil announce he's running for president tomorrow. he apparently plans to make it official with a video posted online. then he's expected to appear at a union event in pittsburgh. with travel that up to early voting sites. >>> 10 minutes after 11:00. we know it is springtime, it is a pretty time of the year. but the pollen brings with it could cause more than just a running nose. >> and when "news4 midday" continues we'll hear how seasonal allergies have an >>> after nearly three years we are finallyin learn what caused a deadly gas explosion at a silver spring apartment complex. the blast at the flower branch apartments killed seven people and ntsb report revealed a gas regulator wasn't connected to a vent pipe. that allowed gas to bui up in the apartment building gas meter room eventually leading to the blast. the vent line was properly connected, we would not have had this exploon because the gas would have just vented to the outs

nbc's tracie pott joins us with the latest from d.c.he focus is on immigration and healre care >> reporter: exactly. let's start with immigration and the border because it could be more immediate situation. the trump team says the president is serious about trying to shut down the rder, possibly as early as a week from now. he has threatened s to do before, but those around the white house have suggested that the tone seemso be much more serious this time. the president laterkihis week a trip to the border. there are, in fact, a record number of families and unaccompanied children trying to enter thees united st the administration has shifted some customs and border patrol agents away from the ports of entry to try deal with this situation. but there is concern. nif you shut d the border, you shut down trade, and that could raise pricesre some experts already suggesting it could throw the united states into recession. meantime, health care. take a look at the president tweeting about this overnight. president trump now trying to push th

i'm tracie potts, we'll have both next. >>> and we'relso looking at some cloudy conditions out shere. but when the rain arriving? and thunderstorms in the mix as well. we'll talk about it and time it out coming up. >> announcer: "news4 midday" starts now. >>> good morning. happy friday. i'm pat lawson muse. thanks for joini us. we kick off this friday with a check on the weather. lauryn, what are we in for the weekend? >> we'ren in for r but not a washout this weekend. we'll have periods of rain but also have piods of a little bit of sunshine. and we saw some sunshine earlier today. temperatures topped out around and we're up to 66 before the noon hour. winds are going to start to shift out of the south but plenty of clouds around today. so temperatures right around 70 degrees. but we've got some thunderstms later on this afternoon. and through this evening with a frontal system taking its good old time moving to the east. so again, we will see some rain showers possible probably by lunchtime and into the early afternoon. but then we've got thunderstorms in the mix for later on tonigh

. >> 4's tracie potts explains what they'll be talking about this time. good morning. >> reporter: hey, good morning. this te it's infrastructure. fixing up the nation's ailing roads and bridges, even tapping in on technology a bit. democrats have laid out their priorities in a letter to the president today.this meeting they want to focus on how to pay for it. even talking about maybe rolling back some of his tax cuts, we're told. they also want to talk about clean energy, building that interest the legislation, and creating jobs specificay for mirities, for women, and for veterans. the white house say the president's open. he's not coming io this with an agendas. wants to try to find a t wayo work things out with who he often calls chuck and nancy. they'll be at the white house today. >> anoth member of the trump administration is calling it quits. we knew this was coming, though. >> reporter: rod rosenstein who oversaw the mueller investigation, he delayed leaving until the inv tigation waover. now he's stepping down as of may 11th. his replacement,fr j

back to you. >> tracie potts live forus.thank you>. >>> advisers to former vice president joe biden are finalizing plans to launch a campaign in the coming days. th exact timing is still a matter of discussion according to officials who spoke to nbc news. biden acknowledged earlier this month that he was all but certain to get into the race. >>> this weekend hdreds of people honored a beloved cycling enthusiast. dave salavesh was hit and killed by someone driving a stolen minivan in the trinidad neighborhood friday. yesterda bikers blocked florida avenue for about an hour as they held a vigil. they also placed ghost bike to mark the memorial. >> he wanted everybody to be safe on our ads. >> we'll be talking about our plans. what we want to do right now is stand alongside the community and grieve thi loss of a friend of many of ours. >> the driver of the stolen minivan is charged with second-degree murder and unauthorized use of a motor vehicle. > new surveillance video showing the moment a woman was stuck in a san francisco

tracie potts, nbc news, washington. >>> now to decision 2020. candidate beto o'rourke is visiting the commonwealth and he's making stops today in northern virginia. [ applause ] >> can barely see him but you could hear the cheers from the crowd in fredericksburg. from there, he's going to make stops in dumfries and in alexandria. last night o'rpprke sto at the university of virginia in charlottesville and the crowd was just fil the place. it was packed. while there, o'rourke encouraged the students to cast ballots in 2020. >> i know tha we can achieve universal guaranteed high quality heahah care, i know t we can rewrite this country's immigration laws in our own image. this isen at this m on all of us, a defining moment of truth and we cannot be found wanting. >> o'rourke also talked about his plans to introduce universal health care, criminal justice reform, and stricter gun control. be sure to stay with nbc4 for coverage of the visit to northern virginia. >>> president trump tweeting his prediction for 2020. writing, quote, i believe it will

tracie potts for us on the hill this morning.racie, thank you. >>> for the first time in history ccago has elected an african-american woman to be mayor. lori wlightfoo in a runoff election with nearly 75% of theo . during her victory speech lig lightfoot thanked the people. she will also be the city's first lesbian mayor when she takes office in may. >>> new details in the hazing death of a pledge at penn state university. threef timothy piaz's brothers will go to jailing. the three former broths will 30 sentences ranging from days to months in jail. hepiazza's parents say t knew what they were doing and their son's death was not an accidente they'r seeking hundreds of thousands of dollars in restitution for funeral and medical costs. >> martin shkrelli is now in solitary confinement. the so-called pharma bro was caught with a cell phone in prison. he was trying to run the new company from inside. he's serving a seven year sentence for securities charges. the bureau of prisons has not confirmed the reporting. >>> a woman tried t

they want to block it. >> all right tracie potts in d.c. tracie, thank you very much. have a great day see you tomorrow still to come, get ready for an absolute deluge of quarterly results. it is the busiest week of earnings season. more than 140 s&p 500 companies are going to show off their numbers, including a dozen dow stongs and two big fang names. the bulls looking to take lyft for a spin despite the stock being hammered after its ipo what the analysts are saying that may give the bulls on lyft a lift stick around zpliefrmts watch out for gas prices oil moving higher again this morning. the president's get tough plan on iran soon to be felt at the pump >>> sharpen your pencils and brace yourself for a barrage of big earnings the names you need to know and why they matter to this market rally. >>> and why today is a day that will always live in marketing infamy and proof if you needed it that newer isn't always better it is tuesday, april 23rd, and you are watching cnbc, first in business worldwide >>> welcome back, and good morning. thank you for being with us her

news 4's tracie potts will have more on this including how the white house is preparing in about ten minutes. >>> 5:37. coming up, push back against plans for a new church in a local neighborhood. we'll explain why one community is trying to keep its connotation in on much. >> today at 4:00 can >>> patients are raising questions about how well the va spital follows up on patien. >> we continue with our investigation of the flagship medical center in the department of veterans affairs. >> reporter: the d.c. va medical centeree has b under pressure for two years to make changes. the new management said it ng stabilized this and made improvements. a news 4 i-team investigation shows complaints from internal employees and families. one patient overdosed and died f the parking lot but went undiscovered days. another suffered blood clots hours after the biopsy. the death went unknown from the va for years. and internal records say a man wanted to be admitted who was instead sent home without being followed up by the hospital's suicide prevention team. he shot and killed himself at a home i

tracie potts is here with us. >> reporter: this could be interesting, courtney.he attorney general of the united states could be a no show at his testimony before house democrats on thursday. this is a showdown over whether or not those democrats in charge of the committee are changing the rules of that hearing. >> committed to -- >> reporter: attorney general william barr is set to testify before the senate judiciary committee on wednesday that's still on. his appearance before the house judiciary committee may not happen democrats want to go behind closed doors to ask questions about what was blacked out of the mueller report on russian election interference. they want to lengthen questioning to 30 minutes per lawmaker and allow lawyers to grill mr. barr a justice spokesperson says only lawmakers should they call the demands abusive. why won't he just release the unredacted report? >> reporter: the judiciary chair told cnn if barr doesn't show up, he'll issue a subpoena for the attorney general and use whatever means necessary to enforce it democrats also want

tracie potts with what this could cost all of us. tracie? >> reporter: it could really impact your grocery bill if, in act, the president shuts down the border, marcus, and if it's sustained. economists are concerned built impact, especially on fruits and vegetables. we get nearly half of our vegetable imports from mexico. about 40% of our fruit. this is our third largest trading partner. there have been a lot more demands for fresh food in the united states. a lot of that is coming over the border from mexico. avocados, a big deal. we could see them disappear or largely disappear in the united states within three weeks. and it would take california a month to try to pick up that slack. this could have an impact on the grocery store. economists are concerned about what that is going to look like across america. >> americans could see this play out on the shelves of their grocery store. >> now, not only are we talking about food but plastics, auto parts also imported from mexico if this goes into effect. not just an impact on immigration and

tracie potts live for us in washington with a look ahead at their strategy. tracie? >> reporter: hi, marcus. they are pulling that together in a conference call today. step one, trying to get that full mueller report. step two, get mueller to testify. worse than watergate. that's what one key democrat is calling president trump's actions. >> some of this would be impeachable in proven, yes. >> mitch mcconnell will not stand up to the president either, it means an impeachment is likely to be unsuccessful. >> reporter: for now the plan is to keep digging. a small group of lawmakers will see nearly the full report, everything except secret grand jury information. attorney general barr testifies next week. lawmakers are asking for mueller by may 23rd. now former white counsel don mcgahn. the white house says none of it is necessary. >> the president is not going to jail. >> reporter: the president's lawyer said campaign officials seeking damaging information on hillary clinton from a russian lawyer was not illegal. >> there is nothing wrong with taking information from r

tracie potts reporting live on capitol hill. thanks, tracie. our team coverage continues later this hour. pete suratos is live in san francisco. he's been speaking with people to get their reaction overnight. his report at 5:30. >> happening today, the military's controversial transgender policy takes effect. it requires people to serve in their birth gender and bars new service members from considering transitioning. until now the proposal was tied up in the courts. leading democrats say it has no place in america. u.s. troops have transitioned or are in the process will be allowed to continue serving. >>> new for you this morning. police in oakley are investigating a shooting that sent two people in the hospital. it happened a little before 9:00 just a few blocks south of main. both victims were seriously injured but are expected to survive. they're not saying if they have a description of the shooter or a specific vehicle. >>> a man convicted of killing four people in a deadly dui crash could learn his fate later this morning. fred lowe face

. >> ws4's tracie potts are the latest.g>> reporter: good mornin it's been on the short form for hundreds of years but not on the long form that goes to every household. that's what the trump administra on wants to do. they say that the justice department needs that info. to enforce civil rights, but a lower court found it was not the case. 18 states are going to cou to sue to try to convince the u.s. supreme court that this is unconstitutional because it would result in an undercount that immigrants would be reluctant to answer that we could not get an accurate census. a as result it could affect relation in statesnd federal funding that's often based on population for the census that's only done ever ten years. today they wil hear the u.s. supreme court will. and they'll me a decision between now and the end of june. >> tracie potts, thank you. ♪ because you gave for me ♪ >>> neighbors, friends, and community activists held a vigil and walked to the place where tyreek hudson was shot and killed. it happened a week ago at

to find out why, we turned to "today in the bay" tracie potts live on capitol hill. tracie, what's going on here? >> reporter: well, it's more tension between the administration and democrats in congress. in this case the justice department thinks the rules of this testimony are changing. >> i'm committed to -- >> reporter: attorney general william barr is set to testify before the senate judiciary committee wednesday. that's still on. but his appearance before the house judiciary committee thursday may not happen. democrats want to go behind closed doors to ask questions about what was blacked out of the mueller report on russian election interference. they want to lengthen questioning to 30 minutes per lawmaker and allow lawyers to grill mr. par. a justice spokesperson said only lawmakers should. republicans call the democrats' demands illogical and abusive. >> we want to find out why, one, his summary or cliffnotes version was so different from the facts and, two, why won't he just release the unredacted report. >> reporter: if barr doesn't show up, they will issue

they get to the border if they're being detained of taking their kids with them into detentio >> tracie potts for us this morning on the hill. thank you, tracie. >>> is now5:48. a local group of students is trying to get lawmakersy attention making them remember teens killed by gun violentu. fivents at temple emmanuel in kensington, maryland,ave put together a yethbook. never had a chance to write a one last have a great summer inside the oages their own yearbooks. all of these students were killed in school shootings last year. >> every person, every student saserves to feel . it's kind of like a basic -- a basic idea that every student goes to school and gets a basic education and worries about studying, not dying. >> the teens will pass out 535 yearbooks out to congress who are responsible for creating gun control la. >>> after a historic vote in prince william county, one man minority e the first to serve on the county's board of superviss. ctor angry won a special election last night. he is filling the seat held long time supervisor. >>> today a new option for commuters in northernvi ini

tracie potts has more on that. plus the white house's pushback to get president trump's tax t returns and mueller report. >> reporter: just days after standing with president trump at the border, homeland security seetary kiersten nielsen has resigned. >> she has been a disgce as secretary of homeland security. she leaves behind a legacy of separating families,aging children, and lying about those policies. >> i think it says there a lot of frustration at the white house. >> reporter: frustration over the number ofignts crossing the border reportedly let trump to ask nielsen to e.le kevin mack lainen. nielsen waited she'll stay on until wednesday to help with the transition. the number one person left today, the number three person left two wee ago. there's nobody in charge there. who is running it out there? >> ihink we should -- >> supposedly you're in a crisis and nobody is running it. >> reporter: also happening this week democrat's wednesday adline for theirs to turn over six years of president trump's tax ret

tracie potts live in d.c. his story tracie. >> reporter: hi there, brian good morning lots of developments lots of things happening in washington, but the developing news overnight has been that the homeland security secretary, kirstjen nielsen, she's out. just days after standing with president trump at the border, homeland security secretary kirstjen nielsen has resigned. >> she has been a disgrace as secretary of homeland security and she leaves behind a legacy of separating families, taking children and lying about those policies. >> i think it says there is a lot of frustration at the white house. >> reporter: frustration at the number of migrants crossing the border reportedly led president trump to ask nielsen to leave. he tweeted the news, border patrol is amazing. replacing nielsen, the commissioner of customs and border control, kevin mcaleenan. >> the number one person left today, vitalo got pulled out nobody is in charge there. who's running it supposedly you're in a crisis and you have nobody runni