the president's es feud continu to divide congress and tracie potts is joining us from capitol hill. what effect is this having on lawmakers. >> reporter: president trump thinks he is winning this political fight with democrats. they had been divided over the president's rds. but decided not to impeach him. that effort failed. texas congressman al green said that the president's words could incite violence even against members of congressnc but na pelosi sticking with her attempt to take a different approach and slower approach impeachment. she says there are som cttees that are working to get together the facts to come up with a case, if possible,

. >>> distinction among democrats, i'm tracie potts. coming up, a recap of last night's debate in detroit. >>> good morning. welcome to "news 4 midday." i'm erika gonzalez snooim i'm molette green. >>> lauryn ricketts is kicking things off for us. what are we looking at today? >> looking for storms this afternoon and into this evening. so, again, we are checking out some storms. we've had a lot of cloud cover out there today. we continue to see this frontal system that's going to be pushing into the area as we head rough the day. still back out in the ohio valley. we're seeing thelouds and rain in front of it. we're weather alert because of the storms. you see a few showers there. mainly to the nor and west. but as we go through the afternoon, storms are going to spark throughout thear . time out for lunchtime, about 9:00 p.m.gh toni humid outside. temperatures in the 70s where they got rain earlier today. we're headed to near 90 degree today. let's talk about the rain and storm chances and time them out in our neighborho in 20 minutes.

nbc's tracie potts joining us now from d.c. with the very latest tracie, good morning we're hearing there is somefe reli on the way. >> reporter: yes, there is help on the way, fep. $4.6 billion the congress has approved and the president has signed off on. this is humanitarian aid at the border it's what is a's happening insi that'sght the attention of lawmakers including those from the hispanic caucus tour two of those facilities in texas. >> when we went into the citl, was clear that the water was not running. there was a toilet, but there was no running water for people torink in fact, one of the women said that she was told by an agent to drink water out of the toilet. >> reporter: take a look at this tweet fromom congresswan alexandra ocasio-cortez who visited one of the facilities, saying it's not just the kids.on it's every people drinking out of toilets officers laughing in front of members of congress. i brought it up to theirri supes. they said officers are under stress and act outes somet no accountability, she says.

. >> tracie potts joins u.s. live onapitol hill. how is the white house respondg to this and handle this? >> washington is acpteding 4. billion dollars to the border theyay id these very detailed reports of deplorable condition that homeland security inspector general report that you referred to said there were four showers for 800 people. we saw some of the same things for lawmakers who visited a couple of the facilities. here the president signed off on money to try to relieve the eituation. an investigativ group says a facebook group of border agents and former board agents mocking immigrants death. a lot of thing are happening at the border and washington is sending money butt's not clear if that is enough. >> tracie potts for us on the hill this morning, thank you. >>> california senator kamala harris is enjoying a post-debate bump in the polls. it shows joe biden s all the top but down five points from where he was in a previous poll. harris doubled her support. she now tied for third with elizabeth warren. harris campaign is

back to you. >> all right tracie potts tracie, thank you. >>> it's a star-spangled controversy on capitol hill this morning. tanks arrived near the lincoln memorial overnight as part of president trump's plan to beef up the military hardware at this year's 4th of july celebration critics accuse him of exploiting the holiday and wasting taxpayer dollars. sources tell the "washington post" the naale salute to ameri extravaganza nbc's hallie jackson has more. >> reporter: spotted in southwest washington, two bradleys and a pair of abrams tanks arriving in touwn over th weekend all ahead of a 4th of july celebration that's already creating fireworks president trump beefing up the traditional festivities with a display of military might. >> we're going to have planes going overhead, the best fighter jets in the world. we're going to have some tanks stationed outside. >> reporter: the president delighted by the bastille day parade he attended in france is now bringing something similar to washington. flyovers featuring the f-35 and probably air force one near the stage it's vips who get the bes

. >> news4 tracie potts joins us pitol hill. mr >> republican leader are meeting with the president and see if or they su him or condemn him or just continue to be silent on this issue. some republican members have spoken out, 17 so far, condemning the president on this. some with a lighter rebuke like lindy graham who says he agrees wth the president but the president mightnt to aim higher in his conversation. and thenththere are oers, conservatives who say, look. the president wasn't racist. he is just expressing the sames frution that a lot of americans are feeling about some of the comments that these women made that president trump and er others consanti-semitic. he called them un-american as you saw there. they are fighting back as the not only doubles down on twitter but in public comment about these four women of color who are members of congress and all four of them are american citizens. >> tracie potts live on capitol hill, thank you. > startling revelations in a new york city courtroom during a bond hearing for suspe

news4 tracie potts is joining uo live f capitol hill with more. >> rorter: good morning. president trump had some idease be even though the court has spoken and the administration says they were printing the census without the citizenship question and now looks like the president wants to get around what the court has said and people s, both side lots of emotion hind this trtizenship issue on the census. now president mp says he either may consider showing an executive order adding the question back, despite what the court had said, or they may look at other option like printing and then adding an addendum la they continue to fight this in court. the justice department has cleaned out its lawyer who were working this and brought an entirely new team to deal with case that are still pending. in california, maryland, and new york. >> tracie potts live for us capitol hill, thank you. >>> billionaire financeer jeffrey epstein appeared in court yesterday. prosecutors found a trove of illicit photos in his nsman. >>> another twist in the sexual assault case involving kevin spac

tracie potts is joining us likely on capitol hill. at is the goal of the president? this sn't want to let fight in. >> reporter: he is not letting go.e thesident is doubling down on what ed about those woen, not only saying that they are incapable of loving the countryt abouthey should apologize to america, to israi for some of the comments that they have made and that they are weak and insecure. questions floating around capitol hill whether president trump is a racist. congress, the houseoc demts, said what ed, that his original tweet was racist, but insisting he is not, one of his top advisers stephen miller over the weekend said just because you criticize someone of color doesn't mean it is a racist comment. a obviously, notll democrats and not all repuicans here are agreeing with so thatdebate is going favorite. we have also learned that the trump campaign is now using this fight to raise moneythor president's re-election. two of the women were mentioned in a f recentnd-raising email to support s. >> thank you, tracie potts, up on capitohill. >>> a new fight is

tracie potts is joining us live from capitol hill.residentoesn't seem to be doing much to end this week he felt he was "winning it" to fire up his base. >> reporter: right now. now he is distancing himself nrom his base and those chants that happened o wednesday night. the pedsident said he disagre with it. he didn't like it.id yes, he d say that he tried to talk faster when the chanting started but that is nothat the video shows. the video shows he paused 13 second as the chants played out! now he is on defense and separating himself from some of his staunchest supporte with the fallout of this continuing for days now. >>> what about those four congresswomen at th center of this? gat impact is it havin on m? the >> they are speaking out live ond some are crned and they are getting death threats and we saw the reception for congresswoman omar and she says she is a the president's worst night nair because she is a somalia refuge and made it to congress. a big debate back and forth whether the chants were appropriate. there is a split a

andasd the resolution along party lines with only four republicans breaking to join them nbc's tracie potts has more from d.c. hiod, tracie go morning >> reporter: hi there, frances good morning so now it's officialn the congressional record that a lawmakers,least this half of congress, led by democrats are id racist.whathe president and that was a big deal. in fact, house speaker nancy pelosi was rebuked for what was considered by republicans personal attack on the president. but as you said, every democrat and four republicans voted ir n favo condemning the president for calling out these four women of color, their colleagues, lawmakers, american citizens, telling them to go back to their countries and then doubling down on his tweet in recent days with his comments in personre he what nancy pelosi said trying to convince her colleagues to vote for this >> every single er of this institution, democratic and republican, should join us in condemning the president's racist tweets. to do anything else would be a shocking rejection of our values and a shameful abdication of our oath of office

nbc's tracie potts joining us with the latest. tracie, the president and coats have had aomhat rocky relationship at times. >> reporter: yeah, no question, phillip. it's clear they were not always in lockste who can forget dan coats sitting next to andrea mitchell when she announced to him that russian president vladimir putin had been invited to visit the white house. sided, sort ofed it off.nd then there w north korea where dan coats said publicly they had no intention of giving up their nuclear weapons in conflict with what president trump had said. now coats is leaving as of the middle of next month, augustin 15th, accordg to a tweet by the president. his replacement,t at lease nominee for his replacement, will be john radcliffe, a former u.s. attorney, former small town mayor in tex, and representing the northeast part of texas. northeast of dallas and fort worth. but it was in this hearing with robert mueller last week that radcliffe really impressed thewi president his comments. and so now it looks like he is going to be the

the president is launching a salvo one week after his initial tweet was lled racist by cr nbc's tracie potts joins us with the latest hi, tracie >> reporter: good morning, dara, good morning, everyone if yov thought the consy was simmering down, a week later it is not. take a look at the president's latest tweet president trump saying over the weekend that these four congress women of color that he does not believe they are capable of loving our country and that they should apologize to america and to israel for what he horrible and hateful things that they've said he also called them weak and insecure cklawmakers now ba and forth about this latest tweet being asked is president trump a racist >> do you believe president is a racist >> i believe he is -- yes, no doubt about it and i tried to give him the benefit of the doubt >> i fundamentally disagree with the view that if you criticize somebody and they happen to be a different color skin that makes it a racial criticism. >> reporter: the president supporters saying this is not about race, it's about what the president has called anti-semi

. >> news4 tracie potts joins us live wom capitol hill withhat is next for them. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. what is next? the budget. 2.7 trillion dollars. the deal that president trump worked out with democrats and republicans. the house passed it even though most republicans didn't vo for it, they didn't like the price tag. but now the senate has to de with it. while those house members you saw are leaving, the senate is not. 100 member of congress sticking around another week to see if theyth can get done. if they do it means more money for the military and domestic programs that democrats wanted and preventing the u.s. from defaulting on its debt. also left eundone,lection security. that came up in the mueller tesmony that russia still trying to tinker with our elections b theat sene rejected a billion dollars to give states to try to beef up ot their ving systems and do spaper ballot as a backup. republicans said it was not a good bill and democrats said it was ridiculous not to give state some moy so that is left in the air as they all head hom

nbc's tracie potts has the latest from washington, d.c. as they look to the plan ahead, two to three weeks is what the president says they've got >> reporter: that's the big question, richard, was this a pr move tha korea or scaling back on nuclear programs president trump stepping into history. the first american president to stand on north korean soil shaking hands with north korea's leader kim jong-un >> an expression of his willingness to give a new future. >> reporter: it is historic, but is it symbolic could it lead to north korea giving up nuclear weapons. >> to see whether or not they can do something >> it's a tall order. >> reporter: north korea wants relief from economic sanctions and the u.s. wants to end their nuclear program. two summits produced little progress, going for a third. >> we want to make sure japan is safe >> reporter: president trump is downplaying recent tests >> it's just not feasible to imagine kim jong-un dismantling his entire nuclear and missile arsenals just on the promise of economic sanctions relief. >>

supporters say it could jump start talks with korea while critics called it a glorified photo op tracie potts has theatest from capitol hill tracie, good morning >> reporter: it certainly was historic, may just be symbolic the president said notably that the world is watching hover ont everdo so. these ph th korean leader kim jong-un,but the reestion remains what does this >> it's just a step. might be an important step and it might not, but what we're doing today is a step, and probably it's a step in the right direction. it is a good feeling, so it could be very good >> reporter: as you noted, there have been two failed summits so far. the u.s. special envoy will lead a third effort the president says with teams from bothsides trying to get north korea to give up its nuclear weapons, the u.s. possibly to give up economic sanctions. that's what north korea wants. we'll see where this symbolic step leads meantime, the president's new press secretarstp a bit in north korea literally as she tried to push past north korean guards there at the dmz, allowing the u.s. american media to get in and g

nbc's tracie potts joins us with the latest from d.c. good morning to you. >> president initial tweet is still fg , the president's supporters say this is not about race president trump's latest controversial tweet. i don't believe the four congresswomen are kafable of loving our country they should apologize for the horrible, hateful things they said >> i think we need to not take the bait i am proud to be an american and i love this country. >> reporter: democrats flipping the script. >> he owes these women an apology. they love this country, they are in public service. >> reporter: trump supporters insist it's not about race >> it's not about gender and religion >> i fundamentallyew if you cri somebody and they happen to be a different color skin tha >> reporter: alexandria ocas oo io-cortez and for now president trump is not backing down and neither are these four tracie potts, nbc news, washington. >>> tensions reach a breaking point with iran. the iranian intelligence mintry clai claiming spies iranian tv said it had broken up a sp

tracie potts in d.c. this morning. tracie, thank you. a remind dwrer for everyone. our special coverage of mueller's testimony will begin this morning at 8:15 a.m. eastern right here on nbc. >>> a victory for 9/11 victims over a decade in the making. cheers erupting on the senate floor after the compensation fund passed. [ applause ] the 18-year-long battle a bittersweet win. as we remember the hundreds of heroes who died fighting nbc's dan scheneman has the latest >> the bill is passed. >> reporter: by a vote of 97-2 the senate approving a bill to provide lifelong medical support for those who helped after the 9/11 terror attacks. >> there's no joy. there's no comfort yes, i cried with jon. but that was to exhale that was to get 18 years of pain and suffering out. >> reporter: jon stewart the comedian, also a passionate advocate for the first responders >> we can never repay all that the 9/11 community has done for our country. but we can stop penalizing them. and today is that day. >> reporter: the battle to fund the bill was difficult and emotional. >> any new pr

bill.te the damn second of all -- >> tracie potts joins us live now from capitol hill with more on theight. tracie, the big take aways from night one? ts all democra are not the same. we saw elizabeth warren and you heard bernie sanders thhee. t progressives in the middle and more moderate democratic candidates flanking them talking aboutngs like free college, not everyone agreed with that. dicare for all, you heard that debate. even tmmigrationere were distinctions among these candidates with some saying that donald fump would win i they were too lax on immigration and border policy.if soyou're a democrat and you're watching this debate, there was a clear area where you could see the democratic party separating. some of these democrats separating from the mdle with people like elizabeth warren and bernie sanders much further to the left than some of the other candidates. >> and tracie, who is on the stage tonight an what should we be looking out for in round tw>> yeah. we have the other ten tonight. by the way, impeachment never came up in that debate. we have the other ten tonight in

back to you. >> tracie potts on the hill for us this morning. tracie, thank you. >>> it's 4:46, there's more backlash following nike's dee sion to pull a linof sneakers. >> the shoes featured the 18th century betsy ross version of the american flag.go senate majority leader mitch mcconnell is criticizing nike's decision to pull these shoes. arizona's governor is threatening to pull financial incentives for nike which has beenla ping to put a manufacturing plant in that state. nike says it made the decision based on concerns that theç shs could unintentionally offend and distract during te fourth of ho july day. >>> happening today, a retired new york city police detective who gainedtt national aention for his emotional testimony on capitol hill will be laid to res >> you made me come down here the day bfore my 69th round of chemo. >> louis alvarez fought to replenish the funds for 9/11 victims before dying from cancer brought on by his time at groun. z the bill would extend benefits to the 9/11 first responders for the rest of their lives.a >>>

only four republicans and one tonigh he heads into north news 4's tracie pott joins us tracie how will the move of the censur play out o the trail? c >> itould energize th. he said on twitter afterwards presid going down south tonigh with this new label racist thisno did come withou a fight. othersd house speaker presid the rules do not allow personal ttack and by using that word the resolution still went throug it wouldn't necessarily stop him from saying their word that thank white advisor kellyanne questi she asked a reporter. news 4's jummy joins us to explai >> repeun, kellyanne outd the white house. when a journalist asked her respon >> is that relevant? >> bec i'm asking you a questi origin you said originally from. >> that's it right there. that w quickly shared, as you conway to take to twitter to noarif question. she meant disrespect. she asked that question so she now during that same appearance suppor for the president. she als said the four congress very, quote, dark element of the countr they will vote to on a ctempt vote. >>> a federal judge has ruled invest he been plac

tracie potts has a recap of last night's action and a look at what to expect in part two of round two. >> reporter: tonight ten more democrats take the stage, including joe biden, he's still the front-runner, and kamala harris, remember they mixed it up in miami. she went after him. this time his campaign said he won't just stand back and listen. one thing that we're listening for is whether there will be talk of impeachment. it did not come up at all last night. with the first half of this debate, ten democrats, progressives versus moderates, we had elizabeth warren and bernie sanders center stage defending medicare for all, defending free college for all. and several of the more moderate democrats questioning whether or not that should be the direction for the party. >> it is bad policy. it will underfund the industry -- >> reporter: they also showed difference on things like immigration and whether to lessen the penalty for people who cross the border illegally. so as democrats still deal with this field of 20 candidates we're starting to see clear differences among them. in washin

news 4 tracie potts joins us now from pitol hill. tracie, what can we expect to see today and what should we keep an eye out for today? >> keep an eye out for someone you have ner seen before likely that is aon zebley, a long-time aide to robert mueller will come with him to advise him during the testimony. this was a last-minute approval by democrats. although, mueller seems as they talked about it a week ago, president ump tweeting that it's very unfr to allow him last minute to come in. he is not expected zebley is to be sworn in or testifyt all. he'll be the guy in robert mueller's ear being fired questions from both democrats and republicans. democrats want him to detail what they believe is lots of vidence of obstruction of justice in his report on russian election interference. on the other side, republicans will be honing in on why that investigation started ifithe st place based on what they think is bad information and fbt miscondu. the fireworks gets started at 8:30 this morning. five t hours,wo hearings, two da committees

today in the bay's tracie potts is lye live on capitol hill. how is washington preparing for tomorrow? >> reporter: lots of gaming it out of what democrats might say and what republicans might say. here's a question this morning. have you read that 448-page mueller report? democrats are banking on the fact that most of you have not and that's why they think even if restricted, mueller's testimony on that report could be riveting. new from the justice department, this letter telling robert mueller that any testimony must remain within the boundaries of the public report, no testimony concern iing the redacted or blacked out portions. also off limits tomorrow is privileged information. decisions made during the investigation and any communication with the president. >> i'm not going to be watching. maybe i'll see a little bit of it. >> the president is terrified. >> reporter: mueller is set to spend five hours with the judiciary and intelligence committee talking about his report on russian election interference. it did not indict or clear presid

nbc's tracie potts joins us with the,e frances, phillip. good morning the house voted to condemn the comments but did not vote to impeach him. that is off the table for now as lawmakers continue to investigate. but take a look at that rally in north carolina last night. there were chants, "send her home." it was similar to the clothe lock her up" chants you may remember from 2016 as president trump took his time and one by one called out these four women of color, these four congresswomen that he's been targeting, saying that if they don't like what's happening in america, they should go back to their home country >> when you see the four congresswomen, oh, isn't that lovely omar has a history of launching vicious anti-semitic screeds >> send her back send her back! >> these congresswomen, their comments are helping to fuel the rise of a dangerous militant hard left, but that's okay, because we're going to win this election like nobody has ever seen before. >> you can hear the chants there, the reaction from the crowd down in greenville, no

"today in the bay's" tracie potts is live in washington with more on what congress is doing. tra tracie. >> marcus, good morning. the question, will money fix any or all of that? washington is sending billions of dollars to the border now to fix what lawmakers are calling a humanitarian crisis. democrats visiting two migrant detention facilities in texas describe deplorable conditions. >> women, tears coming down their faces as they talked about being separated from their children. >> one of the women said that she was told by an agent to drink water out of a toilet. >> reporter: a report by the homeland security inspector general describes dangerously overcrowded conditions. migrants sleeping outside, four showers for 800 people. >> we can do better as americans. we will be judged as a country. >> reporter: three dozen protests are planned at congressional offices around the country today to close the camps. republicans blame loopholes in immigration law. >> unfortunately this is a manmade crisis. the responsibility for this crisis lies directly on the united states congress.

i'm tracie potts, the latest next. >>> we have some rain heedad i area. we have the timing on some thunderstorms headed our way coming up. >>> good morning, welcome to4 news midday. we're going to get straight to storm team four meteorologist lauren ricketts. m we want to eat outside today at lunch, can we? >> you may want to. i don't know if there's going to be a lot of opportunities to do that in the coming days. we haveil da rain chances headed our way. h wee a chance of rain out there today. nothing out there right now, we have blue skies. a lot of that humidity building in. temperatures out there right now, 85 degrees. that southerly breeze is kicking up. we're seeing increasing humidity, it's going to increase throughout the day. we're going to have lenty of sunshine throughout the day today. as we continue through the late afternoon and into the evening. showers.a chance for they're mainly going to be west of the region, we're talking right along the i-81 rrcoor. as you travel closer to the i-95 corridor, the chance lessens a little bit. we'll hve

tracie potts, n news washington. >>> if you are traveling for the 4th of july, you are not alone, more than 1 million people in the region will hit the road or fly. news 4 is on the road of what you need to know with justin . finch >> reporter: we are making our way back into the d.c. area. this metro road right here is expected to be one of your congested road ways over the long holiday weekend. as weook at this. here are a few things, you want to keemtp in mind. more than 1.2 million people are expected to travel from the . dc-area gas is 20 cents cheaper from last year. also, look out for congestions on our main highway here. look at our forecast to be happening between. 10:00 a and 12:30 p.m. with the slow down. also, bear in mind if you aremj flying in or out of reagan national on the 4th of july k tomorrow that in the evening between 6:15 and 7:45 and 9:45, there will be stopping r traffic atthe airport to accommodate meitary jet fly over fireworks that are on the 4th of july plan this year. in all areas onto the sky the road, we'll see some holiday travel impact so keep in mind.

. >> all right, tracie potts starting us off this morning tracie, thank you. >> well, the question now is whether the administration can build on this image anstrike a deal with kim jong-un and his kim jong-un's step in nort korea while president trump says he major issues befort show photo op >> it's worrisome this president sets up a meeting without the staff work being done. seems lik e it's all f>> reporter: some w. >> reporter: americaintelligenc arsenal, as mr. grble lead to some >> doe lead to nonuclearization but it is an interim deal. >> they needed some way to get e hit isiking on thig forward, but sanctie point during the negotiatio president barack ump toutedis e obama also sought la meeting wa however, obama say fl uly a visit or even >> federal investh went up inrport in addison all n people ote sunday morning shorinstigators say thngine plae addisorp destroyed a spokesman for the town of adson says ten people were on board the plane. no one survived. >> we know that ere were two flight crew members and that there werein ewi a i roof and outer wall traveling toetsburg, fl

. >> tracie pott reports, that the trump administration is trying tout the brakes on what mueller can say. >> reporter: new from the justice department, this letter tellg russia's special counsele robrt mueller, any testimony must remain within the i boundar of your public report. no testimony concerning the redacted or blacked out portions of also off limits tomorrow, privileged information, decisions made during the ti investiga and any communication with the president. >> no, i'm not going to be watching, probably, maybe i'll see a little bit of it. >> i think i the presidents terrified. >> mueller is set to spent five hours with the judiciary and intelligence committees talking about his report on russian election interference. it didct not in or clear president trump on obstruction of justice. p mueller'somise he won't say anything new. >> the report is my testimony. i would not provide information beyond that which is already public in 234i appearance before congress. >> reporter: docrats believe most americans haven't read the 448 page report and will be shocked to hear the det

tracie potts, nbc news, washington. >>> developing this morning, u.s. officials have confirmed that north korea fired two short range missiles into the sea. south korea's military says the missiles were launched from north korea's eastern shore yesterday. this would be the first launcho reped since president trump and north korean leader kim jong-un met at the demilitarized zone last month. there is no indication the missiles posed a threat to the united states or its allies.>> > new this morning, amtrak is launching anew nonstop service. it will go between d.c. and new york, and it will get riders to their destinations about 15ut min faster than the current service. the service will include one northbound and southbound train per dayuring weekdays. the service will launch september 23rd, tickets are already on sale, and if all goes well, aakmtition lll wo about a rapper president trump tried to get free fromail in sweden. >>> plus, a look at how a metro transit police officer was honored this mning for his special treatment as a 4-year-old boy. >>> and

tracie potts has the late. >> good for our country. >> president trump says he's considering an executive order to include a citizenship question on the census, despite the u.s. su against it.uling >> we can start the printing now, and maybe do an addendum after we get a positive io decis we're working on a lot of things, including an executive order. >> reporter: the court said the government's reason for asking citizenship isn't good e jugh, thetice department has brought in a new team to fight cases in new york, california and maryland. opponents argue the question arwill discourage pcipation in mostly democratic immigrant communities. >> they want to make sure that people -- certain people are counted. it's really disgraceful. >> the president is taughting ehis rrd on the environment. >> my administration has made it a top priority to ensure that america is among the cleanest air and water on the plet. >> he's out there talking about his crystal clean air and water, we're far from that. >> reporter: the u.s. is ranked 27th wiwore. on the census and citizenship question, president trum

tracie potts is joining us live on capitol hill.'t seem to be t ing much to end the feud but this week he felhe was "wing it." is this to fire up his base? >>d it seeto fire up his base but now president trump is saying he didn't say that and disagrees with it and he didn't conne the chants that seem to have broken outdi spolly at that raelly spontaneous and backing up when he tweeted these four women, includingr, om should go back to their original home countries.ar they american citizens and that sparked this whole debate. now the president and some of his supporters in washington are saying those chants ar inappropriate. >> what about the four congresswomen athe center of this? what effect is it having on them? >> reporter: some say they are getting death threats. you saw that huge ception that congresswoman omar got when she got home. she says she is the president's worst nightmare because of the fourhe only oneot born in the united states and she was orn in somalia and she is a somalia refuge and that seems to get under the pre

. >> tracie potts joins us live from capitol hill with more now. how is the white houseandling he situation. >> reporter: t president just signed off on a bill for aid ant isat enough to deal with it and it's not just a money problem. lawmakers describe deplorable conditions as you had and not only the lawmakers who vited, t there is an inspector general's report from homeland security saying some of these facilities are edovercro and some more than half the people are actually living urtside. fohower for 800 people and have lawmaker upset and republican specifically say the problem i congress hast dealt with immigration law. there are too many loopholes allowing too many people in. prcoident trump says mexi is doing a good job at the border deporting l start people again after the fourth of july holiday. >> tracie .potts, thank you >>> california senator kamala harris is enjoying a post-debate bump in the polls. it shows joe biden still at the top but down five points from where he was in a previous poll. harris doubled her support. she now tied f

tracie potts joins us live from capitohill with more.i h@ >> reporter: biden over the weekend apologizing for the comments that he made about working with segregationist admitting theyuld have been hurtful to people and he was sorry and regrets what he said. where will that put him in terms of the standing of this election verse president trump?th latest poll, as you said, has him ten points ahead of tr president mp but that gap is narrowing in favor of president trump, not inavor of biden, not to mention the other top democrats where president trump ties or virtually ties with them. some political consultants are telling us that biden need to get ahead of the next big conflict with democrats or what could be his next big disconnect with democrats which is his vot topport the iraq war. >> tracie potts for us this morning on the hill, thanks. >>> over the week, president trump blasted britain's ambassador to the u.s. ed hes not a big fan of him and he has not served the uk well. in leaked cable reports, the ambassador called the president inept, insecure, and incompetent. the british gover

here's tracie potts with lo at what got done before the break and what's top priority once they return. >> reporter: 46 days, that's how long lawmakers are on summer break. >> we will own august for the people. we will own august, and make it too hot to h ndle fore senate. >> the senate scking around another week to pass president u tmp's $2.7 trillion budget deals, that prevent the u.s. from defaulting on its debt and bots domestic and military spending. >> this budget deal, i think supports that and helps that. i will vote for it. >> a big thank you from president trump to the house for approving the de on their way out the door. most republicans voted against it. >> this will add substantially to our already 22 illio$22 tril budget. >> reporter: left over from muheler's testimony, said russia is still trying tofl nce our elections, the senate doesn't want to give a billion dollars to st this. >> it's insane, it's as if we said we don't need a military. >> after the break, democrats will continue their push to get copies of president trump's tax returns. >> democrats have left with n

tracie potts has morel how alf this can play out on the campaign trail. >> the resolution is adopted. >> reporter: but not without a fight. >> i request the gentlewoman's words are unparliamentary and be taken down. i abandon the chair. >> reporter: the house of representatives, including four republicans, formally condemning president trump for telling four of their colleagues women of home to their countries. >> these comments are racist. >> i know racism when i see it. i know racism when i fel it. >> the president is not a racist. >> reporter: president trump on twitter, i don't have a racist bone my body. the house speaker rebuked for personally attacking the president. the senate's top republican irging everyone, including the president, to d it down. >> it's about time we lowered the temperature all across e board. >> reporter: president trump insists it's these four lawmakers whose words should bee cond >> you look at what they said, i have clips right here. the most ial, horrible statements about our country. >> reporter: tonight he campaigned inh nortcarolina, the deep south,

tracie potts reports. >> i was not happy with it. >> reporter: president trump distancing himself fromend her back chants. aimed at an omar. >> i disagree with it, but i didn't say that, they did. >> the presidt tweeted that omar an american s citizould go back to her country instead she went home to this explosive welcome in minnesota. >> when i said i was the president's nightmare, well, you'retching it now, his nightmare is seeing a somali immigrant refugee rise to congress. >> reporter: back in ongress, lawmakers are split over whether the trump crowd crossed a line.t >> the cha was offensive, it's just wrong. >> he never joined in in it. you nt to hold him accountable? >> that president millions of americans in danger. >> every time i hear him say things like go back where you came from, i literally can feel the same pain that i felt as an 1nyear-old. words bringing up old fears, leaving president trump on defense. >> now, the president said he talked faster wheha the cing started, but the video shows it went on for about 13 seconds before he jumpedi back n. tracie potts, nbc news

tracie potts joins us live from capil hill. hat will happen next.reporter: what is going to happen ne both sides will get teams together and it looks like they are planning to or hoping to reopenlear talk. the big question ts morning, does this shining moment as one of my nbc colleagues described it, this moment in history actually turn into significant progress? does it turn into hi with north korea giving up its nuclear program? hethat is what u.s. wants. north rea wants the u.s. and the rest of the world to get rid of those sanctions that are crippling its economy. middle? come to the they tried a couple times before and it h not happened. does president trump stepping foot 20 stepsh nto nortrea beginning to open that door and change that? we do not know. know they want to try to restart therocess of doing so and that is where we are at this point. president trump is back facing some criticism as to whether this is going to work but also i'm getting quite a bit of applause for creating that historic moment. >> tracie potts on the hill for us this

tracie potts, nbc news, washington. >>> outside the white house, things are looking differentto day. construction of a new fence along the north lawns officially underway. our cameras were down there, as construction crews put up a temporary white wall that will make it a little harder to snap a photo of the mansion. the new fence will be 13 feet tall, in the hopes of stopping intruders from jumping over it. >>> investigators are trying to figure out why someone fired shots at an office building in montgomery county. i heart radio and other businesses have offices in that building. the shooting happened during the 4thef july wend but we're learning before it now. youthan see e damage to the windows there at the top of your screen. police are also still looking for the ooter. >>> terrifying, that is how a mom described the moment a stray bullet nearly hit h as she was holdorng her newb child at alward university hospit. the gunmen were chasing a man when they opened fire yesterday. pictures takenhow where the bullets pierced the wall. ti one was hit by the gunfire and police are searc

to your equity gains this morning and find out what the major headlines are in washington with tracie pottsmorning. >> reporter: brian, good morning. the big nudes is the fallout from president trump stepping 20 steps into north korea, the first sitting american president to ever do so, raising the question whether this was just symbolic or if it could lead to disarming one of the world's most dangerous nuclear powers. >> i never expected to meet you at this place. >> reporter: president trump stepping into history. >> stepping across that line was a great honor. >> reporter: the first american president to stand on north korean soil, shaking hands with north korea's leader, kim jong-un. >> this is an expression of his willingness to eliminate all and open a new future. >> reporter: it's historic, but is this just symbolic? could it actually lead to north korea giving up nuclear eapons >> the next two or three weeks the teams are going to start working to see whether or not they can do something. >> it's a tall order to convince the north koreans to give up these things. >> reporter: north

tracie potts will have a live report at the top of the hour. >>> the race for the white house heating up right here in the bay area. donald trump jr. raised money for his father in san francisco. >> it all happened with billionaire democrat, tom steyer, kicking off istoo. >> it's san francisco. >> 70 people attended dollars for the campaign. >> taxes are great. immigration, he's doing as well as he can. >> how about my 401(k)? how about low unemployment? we all know what he has done since he has been president and we want four more years of that. >> president trump hosted a re-election campaign in north carolina, one day after the house of representatives voted to condemn his tweets for being racist, and just hours after the house killed the resolution to impeach him. the president continues to criticize four congress women, and the crowd chanting send her back as he talks about ilhan omar. >> history of viciousgn event c. >> corporate has he's a criminal, and he's a threat to the constitution and dangerous for the american people and to see him continue that behavior is not surprisin

to bloconthe questi but also indicated that the census bureav will me forward without it nbc's tracie potts joining us now y th the vertest from washington, d.c. tracie, good morning the president is hinting that this fht, though, it's hard from over. >> ectly you would think that the supreme court having made a decision and a decision to go ahead and print the census, that this would be a done deal. but take aat look this tweet from president trump the president saying that the decision by the supreme court is he ends that tweet by sayingand he's asked the commerce department and the department of justice to do whatever is necessary to bring this most vital of questions and this very important case to a successful conclusihinting that maybe they want to take some other legal action to try get that question on the censas it h been a big coern by the states and the cities and the groups that have sued and won now three times in court saying that this census would uy airl inhibit people who are in mostly democratic-leaning areas finm answerg the question because they are more heavily populate

nbc's tracie potts joining us now from d.c. with more on that. orning the director of national intelligence out as of august 15th middle of next month dan coats and the president have bumped heads a number of times over russia. remember when he was famously sitting next to andrea mitchell and seemed out of the loop on the fact that russia's president had been invited to the white house. he was also butting heads with the president over north korea publicly conflicting with him over whether they really wanted to give up the nuclear weapons so now dan coats is going to be out. the president tweeting about this, saying that he will be replaced by john ratcliff, at least he'll be nominating north texas congressman john ratliff a former small town mayor turned congressman who also served as a u.s. attorney and counterterrorism and now served on the intelligence committee. the president also said that an acting director of national intelligence will be announced some time soon >> tracie potts in washington, tracie, thank you very much. >>> now to the wo

. >> "news4 today" tracie potts is live for us on capitol hill with more on the keyea takway.s was aar mhon session. >> reporter: it was long! it was hours of testimony. here is some key take-ways. robert mueller wasn't really the big show that democrats were hoping. what they wanted was him in his own voice reading what they considered some of the more damming details from this report. instead they got a lot of short answrs and a lot of nonanswers. hundreds of them over nearly sim e than six hours of testimony. also in that testimony, ed that president trump, who was not indicted in this -- he didn't recommend indictment, could actually be indicted after he leaves office. and next up, they a trying to get don mcgahn, the fo house lawyer, to come and testify, going to court for enforce his subpoena. >> tracie potts live for us on capitol hill, thank you so much. >>> we want to tell you new this morning. dean & deluca will close its doors on august 1st in georgetown. it has been a staple on m street since 1993. the first dean &eluca in that rea. it is reported they are closing

tracie potts, nbc news, washington. >>> meanwhile, as that historic meeting happened, an altercation broke out between reporters andn north kore security guards. officials were seen pushing and trying to block the press from recording the moment. at some point, the new white house press secretary,tephanie grisham, was seen shoving a guard who was blocking reporters fm the room where president trump and kim jong-un were meeting. >>> today new laws take effect across the .c. ea, impacting your day-to-day life in every llnd of way, from things such as how much folks wiee in their paychecks to how you sip your favorite drinks. here's news4's megan mcgrath with how the law might affect you. >> reporter: it's july 1st accident ever which means that a lot of new laws are kicking in jurisdictions around the dmv. let's start here in the district of columbia. no more plastic stra at bars and restaurants, unless you're prepared to pay a fine. the ban took effect earlier this year, but starting today, businesses can actually be fined anywhere from $100 tor800 fo repeat offenders. and in maryland

preside is really facing a lot of ct ticism for ly what he is saying, but how he is saying it. >> tracie pottsill for >>> in the hours aftero2arñ pret trump's tweetsbm÷ about congresn cummings, the baltimorer mz sun released a blistering op, writing, quote. >>> date inpuerto rico. the woman in line to replace the island's outstanding governor says she does notant the job. wanda vazquez hope the governor wih be appointed t friday. the lieutenant governor would be the in next in line , but he resigned. rossello allegedly insulted people of an online chat that was leaked. and that led to protesters across the island. >>> in moscow, over the weekend, riot police clashed with demonstrators and thousands of arrests were made.ss n authorities say the protests are illegal. it's not clear whfo charges those who have been arrested will face. >>> heads-up for iphone users. when you ask the

tracie potts joins us from washington, d.c. with what we can expect >> good morning.r will not be alone. we've learned he wants another lawyer at the table with him when lawmakers start firing questions this morning democrats will allow special council robert mueller's lo long-time aide, a lawyer, to appear with him at today's hearings president trump tweets very unfair that should not be allowed >> shows they're desperate to have mr. mueller testify, they're willing to bend some rules to get there >> reporter: the committee says he will only advise, not speak mueller is set to spend five hours with the house judiciary and intelligence committees answering questions about his report on russian election interference >> there was no obstruction. there's no nothing they're wasting their time. >> reporter: the report found evidence that trump tried to obstruct the investigation, but it did not, according to mueller, could not recommend prosecution. >> mueller investigation revealed a lot of conduct by the president, which the american people should be aware of. >> those a