coming up at 4:45, news 4's tracie potts will tell us wt the cops sequences could be. >>> we now know montgomery county police are monitoring suspects in connection to atm thefts in the gion. officers in an unmarked car spotted two men being dropped off at a 7-eleven in lockwood county. they were spray painting cameras. that's when officers swarmed in. >>> today we could meet the newest member of the british family. prince harry said he maye introduc his son to the world by today. we will let you know if we hear anything early thismorning. is this our new car? it's a new buick envision. and i got it with wi-fi for all of your wi-fi stuff, wireless charging for your phone. cool! wait til you check out the back! a that's lot of groceries. look at my strong man! don't patronize me... the new buick envision is full of surprises. get up to 16 percent below msrp on most of these 2019 buick models when you finance through gm financial. that's just over 7 thousand on this envision premium. >>> you're watching "news 4 today." >>> your time is new this morning, police have made an arrest in a s

tracie potts on the hill. thank you. >>> also on capitol hill, bipartisan group of congressional members will reintroduce a bill to create the national museum of the american latino. the bill would establish a smithsnian museum on the national mallecated to the latino american experience. >>> we now know what the first couple of netflix projects from the obamas will be about. >> the former president and first lady own a production company inth partnership wi netflix. there are currently 7 projects in the works that will hit the streaming service over the next several yearth ey include a range of features on race, class, and democracy. there will be a frederick douglas biopick, a documentary on postnd iustrial ohio and family programs about the origins of our food. > todayre the will be a hearing about confederate statues in downtown charlottesville. a local judge ruled that the confederate statues aref ofially protected. under state law that means a city cannot remove them without permission from the state. se

we jnost don't kw where they're headed with this. >> delaysy potts on -- tracie potts on the hill. thank you. >>> today we're set to rive a major update on the fight for d.c. statehood. congresswoman eleanor holmes norton along with mayor bowser and d.c. councilairman phil mendelsohnn are hosting a new conference later on the national mall. back in march, congress passed a broad voting access and reform bill that call for d.c. to be defined as state. it is the first time either chamber of congress has endorseo statehfor the district. we'll be streaming the bcnference when it gets underway in the n washington app. >>> and take a look at this. the pavement is turning red in downtown washington. and it's all in name of a ut better comm starting monday, buses will be getting their first real bus-only lanes in the city, it will be along h and i streets in the white house. we've seen it before. the lanes will be enforced during rush hour only, and off peak you will be able to use them to park. you can also ride a bike or make right turn at the end of the block. this is a pilot program wh

tracie potts joins us to break it down. .t appears the conmpt vote is still on for today >> reporter: it is still on and the first step for answers to try to hold the attorney general of the united states in contempt of congress for not providing that ful unredacted mueller report. there is a lot of back and forth over this. first the letter that hit capitol hill late in the evening from the justice department. that letter claimg they would exert executive privilege would be compelled toequest the president to evoke it oher t entire mueller report and underlying evidence if democrats did not cancel this hearing today. that is not going to happen. take a look at the response from the democratic chair saying the white house waved these privileges long ago. this kind of obstruction is dangerous. we heard from doug collins otying it is illogical that democrats would nook at the latest versin but the want to hold the attorney general in contempt for not providing a version. still line that vote is set to happen today with democrats wantingo hold the attorney general inontempt and republica

for more on the senate showdown and what comes next, let's get to nbc's tracie potts. racie, the story of the day is not about robert mueller becoming a "new york times" best-seller. it is about the democrats possibly holding william barr in contempt of congress. >> reporter: and it's about that empty chair. we saw and heard plenty from barr yesterday even though some people may argue their questions were not fully answered. but you are the justice department s answer questions from lawmakers. but democrats say barr and the justice department, the trump administration, don't call the shots here. >> the attorney general has a nerve to try to dictate -- and the administration has a nerve to dictate our procedures. it's simply part of the administration's complete stonewalling of congress. he is trying to blackmail the committee into not following what we think is the most effective means of eliciting the information we need. >> reporter: so today is the judiciary hearing that democrats control. yesterday it was republicans in charge on the senate side where a lot of the d

>>>s 4's tracie potts is live on capol hill. is this latest development a game changer? >> reporter: it could be.d ar cchange the questions democrats ask br when he shows up today. accordingto that washington post report overnight, barr knew that mueller had some concerns about his summary. according to the post,le muel wrote a letter saying that what was summarized really didn't reflect the context and the nature and theofubstance that very long russian report that he submitt submitted. he wanted to release more of his report more quickly. barr wanted to slow down and redact and black t more portions of that and t t's where the difference es. so he can face a lot ofqu estions about that because when he was here last month he was asked specifically does robert muelle the special counsel, support your conclusiog not forward with obstruction of justice? that's the big issue here. and he said he b didn't know apparently there h been not only a letter but a conversation about this before barr testified. he'll be asked about that today. >> all right. tracie potts for us on th

tracie potts joins us live. new york. start with the latest on trade talks in china. >> reporter: sure. they are stalled. and the u.s. is saying that china promised to retaliate or threatened to retaliate but haven't done so yet. china sys if the u.s. wants to keep talking, they've got to lift the tariffs. instead, the trump administration is dbling down, planning more tariffs on mored which goods. nearly everything that they sell into the united states. the white house says that president xi jinping and t presidentmp will probably talk about this next month at the g20 in japan. meantime, we are al watching very closely what's happening in the middle east. secretary of state mike pompeo skippin t a visit moscow to go straight to brussels to talk to the europeansut abo the iran nuclear deal that they disagree on. as we get word from three sources that iran may be planning attack on u.s. assets. the u.s. is now moving more military assets into the region in case the country needs to retaliate. back to you. > all right, trac

they pursue impeachment proceedings using the case laid out in the special counsel's report nbc's tracie potts joining us from d.c. with more. tracie, good morning despite these growing calls, speaker nancy pelosi still isn't bowing to the pressure from some even in her own party. >> reporter: no, she's not we know now that there are at least 40 democrats and one republican, michigan's justin amash, who say that impeachment proceedings should start in other words, that the process of charging a president that mueller made it clear he could not do needs to begin in the house of representatives but as you said, house speaker nancy pelosi not quite onboard with that yet. she's pumping the brakes, saying that what congress needs to do at this point is continue to investigate. >> many constituents want to impeach the president, but we want to do what is right and what gets results, what gets results. >> reporter: so while there are growing calls for impeachment, for starting that process, it doesn't look like the leadership is onboard to go there just yet. meantime, the white house, president trump

tracie potts live for us on capitol hill this morning. thank you. >>> could the district of columbia become the 51st state? for the first time in more than years, congress will hold a hearing on that very question. it is still a long way from becoming a reality. district leaders gathered at the d.c. war memorial on the national mall to again make the case for statehood. >> we are not asking for a han ut, we are demanding our fundamental rights as american citizens. >> the house hearing will be july 24th. the mayor urged d.c. resides fill the hearing room that day. >>> now to a warning ahead of upcoming summer trips. a delaware womas i urging others to be more vigilant. she says onre her cent caribbean vacation she was beaten and left for dead.a we want to wrn you, some of these photos m be disturbing. tammy lawrence daly says she was attacked from behind at an alinclusive resort in the dominican republic. see that detailed on her facebook page how her attacker pulled her into a maintenance roomnond ked her unconscious. her trauma lasted f

tracie potts on the hill. thank you. >>> it's 4:46. this morning we're learning new details about a deadly colorado school shooting and thee tegers at the center of it. two students are in custody accused of shooting nine of their classmates. witnesses say there would have been more victims if it weren't for kendrick casteel. the 18-year-old charged at one of the gunmen preventing him from killing more his father says he feels pride and pain that his son died helping others. >> gfng to have a lot o guilt for a long time by raising a good individual. and his actions are heroic, but the consequences are steep. >> so heartbreaking. police say thewo gunmen are in custody. an 18-year-old appeared in court yesterday. the judge will decide whether thebe 16-year-old will charged an adult during a hearing tomorrow. that community has dealt with so much. just very s. >> a horrifying discovery at a home in one of the most affluent communities in the country. police and atf agents seized more than 1,000 guns from a house in los angeles. you can se

back to you. >> tracie potts one hill. thank you. >>> the threat of the measles throughout o spread the country. now fears are growing that som the most popular be hot spots for the spread of this virus. hundreds packed this amc theater in orange county, california,ve or the weekend to see the "avengers: end game" movie. now the health depend confirms a asles patient was among those at a midnight showing. we've also learned a female crew member on a ship owned by the church of scientology has the measles. the ship is under quarantine docked at the caribbean island of st. lucia. how do you know whether you've been vaccinated? doctors have advice. >> prove your vaccination by accessing your health care records. if there's uncertainty, some blood tests can be done to prove your vaccination. >> if you're still unsure when you received the measles vaccine, you can get a booster to y increaseour protection against the virus. >>> a lab experiment exploded in a classroom at the university of maryland. 17 people had to be hospitali

tracie potts, live for us on capitol hill. thank you. >>> president trump says his a administron is working with congress to reduce the sticker shock that can end some hospital patients deep into debt. the president wants to limit out of network emergency costs to what patients would pay in network. he also wants patients getting nonemergency care to receive up-front estimates. a surgeoom johns hopkins joined him yesterday at the announcement. >> in my own profession of surgical oncology, we see that half of women with stage-four breast canr report being harassed by medical bills. that's a disgrace to my specialty, that's a disgrace to edical profession, and that's a disgrace to our country. we can do better. >> leaders of a k congressional committee say they're close to introducing bipartisan legislation this issue. >>> it's 4:46. the loping this morning, as community of highlands ranch, colorado, continues to deal with the deadly school shooting, parents and students are asking whether the tragedy co d have beenprevented. co

deliberatel waited while president was in japan, the predent sided with dent.ormer vice pre news 4's tracie pott is live on capito the drama that starte seas. good morning. of i.q. according to the transl but now says on twitter he fool, and that he was actually biden. he woul who would disagree with that? in a statement joe biden said a dictator against an american presid he sai part of a pattern of president trump siding with backnd forth over an insult y may hear more about it today. thank you. d.c. leaders annnced how they passed a $15.5 billion budget some of the big take aways of there will be a 3% increase in in april they seized documents embezz today the attorneys confirmed home. he declined to tell ushether the 6-3 vote did not come the board voted to stop using jeffer the cap brings it to 50 in a year. l sdou schools willave more laden. as a result, transportation singhks spe at schools. t is a storm team 4 weather stormstoday,chuck, is that >>unfortunatel the likelihood we usually rate marginal, slight then enhanced. above that would be a moderate margin is where we were yester core

of people i happen to think that tariffs for our country are very powerful >> let's get out to tracie potts in washington from nbc tracie, how much of a political or electoral consideration might there be to trump's behavior in these trade talks? dough spite the tariffs going into effect in the middle of the night. chinese-run state newspaper reporting, in fact, tweeting overnight that they have confirmed with the trade reps here that they do plan to show up at the table today. >> tracie, another quick question for you i wanted to ask about the bipartisan support for this type of brexit when it comes to china. historically democrats have been quite on board with it we mentioned there the effect that these higher tariffs could have on american consumers on american farmers they are difficult numbers in terms of their ability to sell overseas do you think that that could move the needle when it comes to democrat support for this kind of behavior? >> well, certainly if their constituents back home are paying more for goods, it could, but how much more? >> i really appreciate your time this mor

tracie potts joins us live in washington where lawmakers will vote this morning whether to hold the attorney general in contempt of congress. tracie? >> reporter: good morning, laura. good morning, everyone. the vote is on. just an hour from now despite some back and forth overnight between the justice department and democratic lawmakers on whether to call it off. this letter hit capitol hill overnight. the justice department threatening to claim executive privilege over the entire mueller report, much of it already public. and the underlying evidence, unless democrats cancel today's contempt vote against attorney general william barr for not implying with a subpoena to provide the full report. this kind of obstruction is dangerous, democrat jerry nadler, said overnight. 6th confirms today's vote will happen. >> what is the president afraid of? >> reporter: they are telling don mcgahn not to share documents. and saying robert mueller should not testify. >> there is no reason to testify for someone who has already issued a 448 report -- 448-page report. >> reporter: republicans say it is time

it is supposed to start in just a couple of weeks. >> tracie potts reporting in washington. thank you, tracie. 5:05. for a second straight week, school will end with no khrz for thousands of students in union city and hayward. they are expected to be back on the picket lines this morning. now state school superintendent tony thurman is getting involved, calling for both sides to figure out their differences. he issued a statement saying in part this has gone on long enough. >> happening today, fda regularities are looking at the cannabis industry. the big question is whether companies should be allowed to use cbd oil in food, drinks, and subpoenaments. ali wolf is at meta san jose airport. a grandmother got arrested for carrying some. >> reporter: that's right a lot of people fused on the national level and state level. the tsa changed its marijuana policies. now certain cbd products will be allowed to be taken onto planes with you. here is where it gets tricky. they do not allow cbd to be used in products. that doesn't mean it is not happening. you have heard of these on the

tracie potts is live this morning. acie. >> good morning, brian he doesn't want to be part of the tttp. the president headed back from japan but talking about trade with china, of course, those economies are linked, so we evek will affect japan, but the president says he's just not there yet. listen. >> as far as the chinese are concerned, they would make a deal i think they probably wish they would have made the deal they had on the table before trying to renegotiate it. they would like to make a deal we're not ready to take a deal and we're taking in tens of billions of dollars of tariffs and that number could go up substantially very easy. i think sometime in the future china and the united states will have an absolute great trade deal. >> at some point we don't know when the president seems to be putting the brakes on things as for japan, it looks like they're not going to get serious about talking a trade deal up till their parliamentary elections in july. although the president highlighted we've got that upsidedow

tracie potts in washington. thank you, tracie. >>> new details now pg&e leaders may soon be legally required to tour the destruction caused by the camp fire in butte county. this is a proposed agreement submitted yesterday to a judge by pg&e attorneys. the department of justice has already signed off on the deal. it would require the chief executive and board members to visit the town of paradise by july 15th. it is tied to the yon going investigation and the possibility pg&e may have sparked the fire which became the deadliest in california history. >>> a mountain view man is accused of using a dating site to have sex with underaged girls. police say shawn mullenberg and a 12-year-old girl from sunnyvale met online and exchanged phone numbers. he drove her to his home and sexually assaulted the girl. they are not saying which dating site was used but are concerned there may be other victims. >>> 6:05. teachers in one east bay school district are prepared to hit the picket line. they are planning to box up and re

tracie potts is live with more. we were anticipate wag he was going to say, tracie. >> reporter: exactly. now, we're getting presidential reaction in the last few minutes. president trump saying that he had nothing to do with russia helping him get elected. he also called mueller highly conflicted saying if he had anything, he would have charged the president. democrats are debating impeachment after special counsel robert mueller made it clear the justice department does not allow him to prosecute president trump. >> charging the president with a crime was, therefore, not an option we could consider. >> reporter: yet, he also can't clear the president on obstruction of justice. >> if we had had confidence that the president clearly did not commit a crime, we would have said so. we did not say so. >> reporter: bottom line, it's up to congress. more than 40 democrats and one republican michigan's justin amash are calling for impeachment. it would start with jerry nadler's committee. >> all things are on the table and

news4 tracie potts has the t.ident trump's business tax returns. >> they will delay it for[pcqi< long as possible and my guess is they go into the courts. "rñ the constitutional$@ríÑ questions. democrats accuse the turning over the full mueller re art. >> theinistration is trying to hide informationu9&44e that potentially may be damaging to the president. >> reporter: the house judiciar committee votes on wednesday on whether to holdal attorney gener william n"ef contempt of congress for failing to turn over the report under subpoena. >> they leave us no option to not negotiate in good faith. >> repo er: the justice department said there is no legitimate basis. >> both sides in this are doubling down on stupid.  t sit down and %pcñnegotiate. >> reporter: meantime president trump has reversed course tweeting that the report authore robert mer should not testify. >> the more the president tries to prevent that, the more it looks like the president is afraid of whathat testimony looks le. >> if any issue with what

coming up at 5:45, news 4's tracie potts has the storus >>> two scts arrested after they spray paintedve surveillance cameras inside the 7-eleven on lockwood drive inpr silver sg yesterday. a third suspect was apprehended as he crashed on the outer loop in green belt. >>> today we could meet the newest member of the british family. prince harry sai he may introduce his son to the world by today. we will of course let you know if we hear anything this morning. we'll have more live coverage coming u at 6:15. >>> a protest protect culture. the cause that had a dc communityacking the streets ayst night. >>> good wednesd morning to you. >> we all want to eat healthier to live healthier lives. >> and that trend isrossing over to how we feed our pets. today on news 4 at 5:00, consumer reporter susan hogan takes a look at a feeding frenzy of fresh pet food. of fresh pet food. is it the right way you know when you're at ross and you find that perfect spring dress at that "oh, yeah" price? yes! that's yes for less. score the latest spring dresses at 20% to 60% off department store prices, every

tracie potts has more from capitol hill. more than 100,000 u.s. troops could be at the ready. >> reporter: well, the "new york times" is reporting that the pentagon presented a plan to the white house to send 120,000 troops to the region. it is a plan. it could be a backup plan. we have no indication they are ready to act on that. we know a carrier group has been sent that way amid reports that iran was planning attacks on u.s. ships. in fact, there have been some mysterious ship attacks on other countries in that region in the persian gulf. iran has said they think it is regrettable. but now some want to know in fact, if iran is responsible for this. there are growing concerns of our allies that mike pompeo was speaking to yesterday in brussels, they are concerned there could be accidental war here. iran should be on the lookout for u.s. action if, in fact, they tried something like that. but these escalating tensions have a lot of people in a this region and here very concerned. >> for sure. indeed, tracie. but also, secretary of state mike pomp

tracie potts nbc news, washington. >>> national polic week is now underway. it's a time to recognize the sacrifice and service o men and women who devote their lives to protecting their neighbors and communities. the commemoration in d.c. this weekendtarted by honoring those who gave their lives iin the le of duty. mourners fromround the country gathered at a memorial. paige craig came from tennessee to remember a friend. >> he responded to a call o a domestic disturbance, and was actually ambushed as soon as he got on scene. rit's a very humbling expece to be here. there's a lot going on and there's a lot of people that are very quiet. >> vigils, conferences, tining sessions and memorials are scheduled throughout d.c. throughout this week. >>> also here in the district some residents could be allowed to issue tickets for parking violations. >> this is part of a wide-ranging piece of legislaon meant to make things safer for drivers, bikers and pedestrians on city streets. >> we have a closer look at how it works with nicole.r: >> reporteood morning to you, me

back to you. >> all right, tracie potts live on apitol hillis morning. thank you. >>> new warnings this morning as you plan your summer vacations. the state departmt has updated its advisories for overseas travel. 57 countries are on the list ranked from two through four about how serious the warnings are. level two means increased caution for places like the united kingdom, france, and the bahamas. check out advisories with the state department website. it's also a good idea to enroll in the smart traveler program to receive alerts about places you're traveling to. >>> happening tonight, prince george'sounty executive angela alsobrooks will host a meeting about the next school ceo. the interim ceo replaced dr. kevin maxwell after a year of headline-making scandals. candidates for the district ceo position will be chosen by a local committee and a state panel. then the count executive will make the final decision on the pick. the community can weigh in tonight at a meeting from 6:30 until 8:30 at charles herbert flowers high school. >>> virginia governor

tracie potts, nbc news, washington. >>> new for you this morning, you can weigh in on pg&e's proposed plan to raise your power bill. the utility is requesting to charge customers $2 billion more over the next three years. it's to help cover the costs for wildfire safety improvements. it comes as pg&e faces a slew of lawsuits in connection with the recent deadly wildfires. california puc is holding public meetings over the proposal. the first at july 9th puc headquarters in san francisco. >>> a follow-up for you on "today in the bay", a story we have been covering. decriminalizing psychedelic mushrooms and natural hallucinogens is moving forward. a committee voted for more discussion next week. people need access to the plants for medical reasons. opponents are concerned about safety. denver voters decriminalized mushrooms. >>> the teachers' strike in hayward. in a short time from now, they are expected to return to the bargaining table. there is still no deal, and teachers do not appear to be backing down. >> what are we? >> fired up! >> no negotiations took place yesterday. while the

i'm tracie potts in washington. coming up, how it could hit your wallet. >> announcer: "news4 midday" starts now. >>> good morning, and welcome to "news4 midday." >> i'm melissa mollet and i'm eun yang. >> the national park service tweeted this picture this morning. it is a fallen mulberry tree and the saturated ground before the tree falling. it pre-dates the dedication of the washington monument. true crews are trying to figure out a way to save it. i hope they can. >> that is sad to > see. >>lauryn, the big question, is this rain over? re well, we still have a few showers out the righto melissa, unfortunately. a few light ones. in and out oe the clouds but, boy, has it been a wet may so far. in fact, the last 12 months have been the wet -- the wettest we've seen on record here in the last 12 mths with over an average 36 ines of rain. let me tell you one thing, we have four inches of rain so far this may. you could see showers streaming in now. and just to the south around thr ericksburg area seeing isolated showe

today tracie potts is joining us to explain why he is skipping that hearing. >> reporter: good morning.

>> yes it looks like it will ultimately pass but not this week while everyone is on break >> tracie pottsank you very much for that. >>> those devastating floods are having an impact on commodity prices look at corn, wheat, soybean, those prices pulling back this morning after hitting multi-month highs over the course of the past couple of days we'll get a check on those prices in corn futures, wheat and soybeans moving to the down side >>> let check the other top headlines. >>> good morning conflicting stories this morning on whether the white house wanted the uss john s. mccain out of the picture during president trump's trip to japan. the "wall street journal" first reported it had reviewed an official email with the directive ushg ss jouss john s. mccain needs to be out of the site a tarp was hung over the ship's name and sailors on board the destroyer were given the day off. despite his public feud with the late arizona senator, the president tweeted he was not informed anything to do with the ship bearing mccain's name meghan mccain also responded saying trump won't let her father r

"today in the bay" tracy potts joins us live on capitol hill on what's now expected the next couple of hours. good morning, tracie. >> reporter: good morning. in the next two hours, barr will be here to answer questions now not only about the report and the redactions, the information that was blacked out but also what appears to be this discrepancies between his prior testimony and this letter that the "washington post" says mueller sent. bottom line, mueller didn't seem to like the way his report was being characterized saying important information was left out, it was out of context, didn't accurately reflect the nature of his investigation. not only did he send a letter, but the justice department now confirms they had a conversation about it. 15 minutes on the phone. and then barr came to capitol hill and testified he didn't know if mueller supported his actions. was that perjury? democrats think so. >> if he does not resign, he should be facing impeachment proceedings also. >> i want him to explain his decision of the four-page letter and talk about what are the takeaways from th

. >> today tracy potts joins us live with more on the questions he could face. tracie. >> reporter: hi, good morning, everyone. questions about connections to russia and what's significant here is the time the subpoena is not coming from democrats, it's coming from the president's own party. rallying in florida overnight, president trump tells supporters democrats just won't let go of the russia investigation. >> the democrats are saying, we want more! >> reporter: but now, it's republicans putting his son in the hot seat. a source tells nbc the senate judiciary committee run by republicans has suspend donald trump, jr. to testify. our source says lawmakers want to ask trump, jr. why he told congress he knew little about the effort to build a trump tower in moscow. imprisoned lawyer michael cohen says he briefed the president's son ten teams. we are told they also want to ask if the president knew about his son's meeting. trump, jr. says no the mueller report says yes. >> every single day the president is making a case, he's becoming self impeachable. >> reporter

back to you. >> tracie potts for us this morningap on citol hill. tracie, thank you. >>> it's 5:47.th threat of measles continues to sroead thughout the country. now fears a growing that some of the most popular venues could be hot spots for the spread of the virus. hundreds packed this amc theater in orange county, california, over the weekend to see the "avengers: end game" movie. now theealth department confirms a measles patient was among those adding midnight showing. we've also learned a female crew member on a ship owned by the church of scientology has the measles. that ship is underua qntine docked at thebe carib island of st. lucia. how do you know whether you've been vaccinated? doctors have advice. >> prove your vaccination by accessing your health care records. if there's uncertainty, some blood tests can be done to prove your vaccination. >> if you're still unsure when you received the measles u accine, yocan get a booste to increase your protection against the measles. >>> makiyah wilson's young life was cut short by gun violence in t

but as tracie potts reports, the president quickly changed his tune about that help from russia. >> good morning, everybody. >> reporter: president trump this morning lashing out at former special counsel robert mueller. >> i think he's a total conflicted person. i think muellers a -- a never-trumper. >> reporter: and on evidence ofh obstruction resulted in no indictment. >> they got nothing. russia did not help me get elected. you know who got me emekted? you know who got me elected? i got me elected. reporter: mueller made clear that the justice department does not allow him to prosecute president trump. >> charging the president with a crime wastherefore not an option we could consider. >> reporter: yet he also can't clear the president on obstruction of jtice. >> if we had had confidence that the president clearly did not commit a crime, we would have said so. we did not -- o >> reporter: bom line, it is up to congress. more than 40 democrats and 1 republican, michigan justin amash, are calling for impeachment. it would start with congressman jerry nadler judiciary committee. >> all

asbc4 tracie potts explains, he's now going after mexico. >> reporter: it is a trade war aimed at curbingal immigration. >> we're going to do something dramatic on the border. >> reporter: thursday night the white house announced a 5% tariff oall goods from mexico starting june 10th. going up every month through october to a permanent 25%. unless mexico, quote, substantially stopped the illegal inflowf aliens coming through the territory. ts is asinine, democrats tw responded onter, claiming the president has a severe lack of understanding of both immigration and basic economics. mexican president manuel lopez obrador responded in a letter that social problems are not resolved with taxes or coerci measures. he is sending his foreign minister to washington today.e thariffs as lawmakers in three countries consider whether to approve mr. trump's u.s.-mexico-canada trade deal. mike pence was promoting it in canada on thursday. >> we think the u.s., the largest trade deal in e history of the united states, willbsreate jo and opportunities in our country. >> reporter: the white house believes t

news4's tracie potts is live on capitol hill now with details on what could be next.ood morning. >>> good morning. we don't know what's next, and neither do democrats i chargeth o the president. but not all of them agree. more than 40di inc one republican are urging house speaker nancy pelosi to start impeachmentprocdings, but shies pushing back saying the job of congress is to investigate and see where it leads. we're hearing the same fr the head of the judiciary committee who would start impeachment proceedings. they say everything on the table, but it's not clear they want to move forward with a rocess that would charge the president with aime. robert mueller made it clear that he could notharge president trump with a climb based on justics.department that's one reason why he didn't. back to you. >> thank you. >>> today we're set to receive a major update on the fight for d.c. statehood. congresswoman eleanor holmes norton along with mayor bowser and chair phil mendelsohnn arei host a news conference later on the national mall. back in march, congress passed a broa

nbc's tracie potts joins us with the latest from d.c. cie, barr's four-page memo here led to prident trump as we all know claiming tot exoneration. >> reporter: exactly,nc fra, which wasn't because there was this question about obstruction of justice that was laid out by the mueller team, but then barr decided not to pursue it, and that is part ofhi what testimony before the senate judiciary committee will be about. explaining why he decided not to rsue it. but this breaking news overnight is significant because it shows that therewas concern by mueller and his team before barr came to testify a couple wee later here on capitol hill. an now democrats are claiming that he committed perjury in that stimony, that he should either resign or be impeached because of what he said about mueller and his support of the summary, the four-page summary that was given to congress. this is what barr said when he testified on apri 10th. >> did bob muellersupport your conclusion? >> i don't know whether bob mueller supported mycl consion. >> reporter: wel

tracie potts joins us live with mo good morning. >> reporter: good morning.here are two ot that want the returns, but this is the one with the power, with the juice to get them from the irs except they're not. the head of the tirs,easury secretary, said that this is an unprecedented request that raises serious cnstitutional questions. and they consulted with the justice department and don't think they need to turn over those returns. they say the topinion, official opinion is coming out for the -- from the justice department, but for now, it's a o. and that means democrats mayly ave one option left -- to go to court. >> and what's the latest with attorney general william barr and theea missed dine to hand over the full mueller report? >> reporter: right. that's also something that the administration is not handing reer to the democrats in the house and congs. so now there's a vote set to happen tomorrow on whether to hold the attorney general in contempt of congress, contempt of congress cld mean jail and penalties and fines. if in fact he doesn't hand over t

tracie potts is following this from washington, d.c. good morning, so the ball seems to be now in china's court. >> reporter: they are saying they'll take counter measures and retaliate likely with u.s. goods going into their country. we saw that in the last round and farmers say it hurt them. small businesses say it hurt them. the question, will this continuing trade war backfire or will president trump's bid to impose these right in the middle of negotiations actually work. those negotiations are said to resume today in washington. state-run chinese media tweeting overnight these talks wil tarifs kicked in right at midnight. what does this mean for american consumers? we saw in the last round, this affects everything from clothes, groceries to furniture and a lot of other things, sporting goods. prices could go up. american companies saying they cannot absorb the total price of making it more expensive to get these chinese goods in this country. so american consumers could end up baring that cost. farmers and manufacturers aredh acces

tracie potts joins us from d.c these tariffcould climb as high as 25%. >> reporter: that'pls right. the is to start at 5% and add 5% up to october up to 25% if mexico doesn't do something to the trump administration's satisfacti we are starting to get reaction starting with democrats. take a look. the committee tweeting that president of the united states has a severe lack of understanding when it comes to both immigration as well asis c economics. we are also getting a letter from the president of mexico responding saying social problems are not involved with taxes. we are sending his foreign minister all of this happens as the u.s., mexico and canada are considering whether to improve that new trade deal that president trump has been proting. vice president mike pence was in canada talking about that on thursday and democrats are saying here that iapt came citol hill in a rush, the draft version offot r their approval the white house says they don't believe these new tariffs will slow down approval of that deal. >>> the legal battle over abortion rights is intensifying as the loui

tracie potts has the latestrom capitol hill. >> reporter: president trump speaking to u.s.ops overnight before leaving japage >> toer you're advancing freedom on the high seas, shielding our nation fromou danger weapons -- >> reporter: after he disagreed with japan and his own national security advisern whether north korea missile tests violate international security agreements. >> i view it differently. i view it as a man, perhaps he wants to get attention, and perhaps n. ho knows. >> reporter: the president emphasized our u tide downrade balance with japan and catching heat back home for siding with north korea's leade criticizing presidential rivalj biden. >> joe biden was a disaster. >> reporter: republican adam kinsinger said this is just wrong. >> he is a dictator and joe biden served this country honorably. >> reporter: and president trump gave william barr the okay to declassiftop secret information. >> it is dangerous to allow the president to have theunilateral thority to declassify things. >> reporter: barr is looking into how the russia investigation started. th

tracie potts, nnews, washington. >>> still it come on "news4 midday," a rocket ready for human use? w >>e're talking about the brainof child jeff bezos called blue moon and you'll hear about the amazon ceo plan for space urism when "news4 midday ♪ this mother's day, find something incredible from somewhere amazing. unique selection. unbelievable prices. homegoods. go finding. ez> amazon's jeff is turning his attention to space. because he just doesn't have enough on his plate. >> nothing else is happening for hi he unveiled an ambitious plan and vehicle to send humans back re the moon. miguel almaguerrts it could be the big step for his company and giant leap for space tourism. >> this is an incredible vehicle, and it is going to the moon. >> reporter: the world's richest man highlighting lhisest high-tech mission. >> this is blue moon. reporter: jeff bezos unveiling a cutting-edge lunar lander called blue moon that he said could be a pioneer in space exploration and colonit tion. >> i time to go back to the moon, this time to stay. >> reporter: even showing these images envisioning

. >> tracie potts on the hill. thank you, tracie. >>> d.c.'ly hspital east of the an at thantacostia is on li support. united medical center in southeast d.c. has been plagued with problems for years. district leaders have fought to nkeep the hospital ope until a new one can be built to serve that part of the city. the mayor and the d.c. counsel disagree on how much money to give the cash strapped facility. mayor muriel bowser had proposed $40 million.ci co members want to cut that funding to just $15 million and spend the rest on a new hospital. >>> the health care crisis across the city with providence hospital closing and now extreme cuts to the united medical center, that means folks are not able to access health care. >> a final vote on the hospital's budget is set for next month. the council is threatening to eplace the ospital's board of director withntrol board. >>> 4:48. working for your health this morning with ase warning for thf of you whor from seasonal allergies. you may want to pay attention to what you're eating for breakfast.

tracy potts, nbc news, washington. >>> new details now. a california woman is suing tesla. she lamz her model s suv pinned her up against the wall while she was egna. mallory harcourt filed the lawsuit in alameda county superior court. harcourt lives in santa barbara, but she says the incident last december broke her leg, fractured her pelvis, and forced her into premature labor. "business insider" is reporting that tesla sent har court's attorney a letter defending herself writing that data from her model s shows her suv responded to the operator's hangts as designed. where we're seeing the nasdaq, s&p 500, and the dow all up. the dow up 20 points right now. stocks traded slightly higher a fears over the global economy slowing down. >>> a scary story out of houston addingth video by now. it was last night's cubs and astros g minute maid park when a hard-hit foul ball struck and injured a little girl. chicago's albert almora hit that ball. from the video you can see immediately he knew something went terribly wrong. almora was visibly shaken up, even seen crying between inn

news4's tracie potts is live on capitol hill.s thon congressial committee looking for here?te >> repor well, the senate committee, senate judiciatr committeeolled by republicans, has subpoenaed donald trump jr. accordinto our source, they want him to come talk about that meeting with the russian lawyer in 2016 where he says he didn't brief his father. but the mueller report says he . di nd also about the effort to build trump tower in moscow and whether or not he was really involved with t. he's testified here before that he didn't know much about it. but michael cohen, the tawmp lr who went to prison, says he was briefed ten times. that's happening on the republican side, on the mocratic side the president claiming executive privilege over the mueller report and all of its underlying evidence as lawmakers try to move forward eyholding the attoeneral in contempt forng not turni it over. >> all right. tracie potts on the l'il for us. ilanks -- on the for us. thanks. >>> 5:48. maryland governor larry hoganis praising a plano toost

news4's tracie potts joins us live with the latest. good morning. >> reporter: hi, good morning.ed tariffs k in right in the middle of negotiations, a state-run chinese newspaper confirms this morning that china will be back t the table to to work this out. it didn't happen overnight. the 25% tariffs on $200 billion worth of u.s. goods caked in. that's everything from clothes and groceries to furniture and other things that you buy for your home and for your family. now, thepp rile effect could be if it costs china more to get those into the u.s.,it will cost u.s. companiese mor to buy them. and that made in china label you see on so many things in the u.s. could end up costing consumers more. that's sort of theottom line ayre. president trump schina's not playing fair, and tt's why he imposed the tariffs. china says they'll retaliate, so we could see tariffs on our goods on exports going into china, as well. >> all right, tracie potts for us on the hill. thank you. >>> president trump says his administration is working with congress to reduce the sticker shock that can sends som

biden while the president was in japan the sided with north korea' dictator kim jong-un news 4's tracie pott is live on capito with how thi bidenalling him of low i.q. now because he offered this, he did issue a statement saying like kim against a fellow itself it's beneath the dignity of the he also said this i a pattern so president t defending h selul inst that first democr back to you. >>ot tracie p live for us on thank you. >>> 5:49 now. d.c. leaders announced how they the d.c. council passed a $15.5 some big take aways, 2023.t here will be a rthee% goes into effect in october. jennif mcdonald was arrested $17 million had been derted danny mceatron is a subject of he told news 4 he did nothing wrong. former sheriffied by suicide he declined to tell us whether >>> well, the first workday wasn't as smooth as planned. metro hired several tour bus m we've learnedy are not from those drivers ended upin gettg thatsn wa the kachs for everyb he flew there for everywin. it's a mess. there. today at least that part will be easier to deal with. >> it won't be the same. let me get out the door and