nbc's tracie potts joins us from d.c. with the latest tracie, good morning >> reporter: frances, good morning. the homeland security is announcing it now wants right and plans to hd migrant families for longer than the 20 days currently 20-day rule, the applies to facilities that are run by states, but not the federal government also, president trump pretty boldly here is now saying he wants to look at not allowing people who are born in this country to automatically become citizens it's a constitutional right. >> we're looking at that very seriously, birthright citizenship, where you have a baby on our land, you walk over the border, have a baby, congratulations, the baby is now a u.s. citizen we're looking at it very, very seriously. >> reporter: also some concern here in washington about what many see as the president's shifting message on gun laws remember after the shootings in el paso and dayton, he came out pretty strongly for background checks and he still says he has an appetite for background checks but after ano

the prest ban weapons of war and schumer is calling for a vote on gun safety legislation nbc's tracie potts joining us from washington, d.c. this morning. tracie, good morning senator schumer, it's not just him who is now urging lawmakers to get back to washington and do something about this >> reporter: no, phillip there are several lawmakers and presidential candidates who say it's time for congress to act. and that time is now they want to end the summer break early, the senate, and come back and vote on universal background checks that already passed the house, but stalled and were not considered in the senate so they're trying to put the pressure on republican leader mitch mcconnell to get back to washington and to do something about this, noting that the president several times had noted support for universal background checks. the other thing that there's a lot of talk about on the campaign trail is white supremacy, and whether the president's rhetoric has actually encouraged white supremacy in the u.s >> we also have to acknowledge that the open racism and intolerance and hatred tha

nbc's tracie potts has more on the showdown from d.c. this morning. tracie, good morning the main target seemed to be front-runner joe biden >> right, phillip, and that was no big surprise. we knew after the first debate that biden had to be prepared for this after decades in washington, he has a long record, and it was a lot of information for his opponents to feed off of last night, going after him on health care, on the environment, on foreign policy, on a number of things where biden seemed to be the big target of the night. >> mr. president, there is a saying in my community, you're dipping into the kool aid and you don't even know the flavor. >> first of all, vice president, it look likes one of us have learned the lessons of the past, and one of us haven't. >> mr. president you want to be president of the united states, you need to be able to answer the tough questions. i guarantee you, if you're debating donald trump, he is not going let you off the hook. >> one of the other big issues they talked about last night and biden defended himself is

tracie potts is on capitol hill. >> we had an amazing day. >> fresh from seeing the anger and pain in data and el paso, president trump is promising action on gun control. >> i think we can bring up background checks like we never have before. >> if the president says pass legislation for universal background checks, the republican congress and senate will move on it. >> so far mitch mcconnell has ignored calls to bring lawmakers back early for a vote. >> i am not holding my breath. >> republican, lindsay graham, says he will introduce a red flag bill that allows authorities to temporarily seize weapons from people deemed a threat. >> we are trying to get guns out of the hands of people who are dangerous. >> critics say that's not nearly enough. >> we must require federal licensing for guns in america. >> others are pushing for bans on automatic weapons. >> there's not an appetite for that. >> timing is everything. gun control advocates are hoping to seize the moment to get something done. tracie potts, nbc news, washington. >> visitations have begun for victims of the mass shootings,

tracie potts joining us from washington, d.c. tracie, good morning he seems to want to shift to the issue of mental health >> reporter: not everyone is satisfied with that, phillip some people believe the focus needs to be on the guns. president trump laid out a number of initiatives he wants to try to pursue in reaction to these shootings over the weekend and mental illness was one of the big focuses in that speech to the nation. the president saying it wasmen t was mental illness behind an act like this. >> we must reform our mental health laws to better identify mentally disturbed individuals who may commit acts of violence and make sure those people not only get treatment, but when necessary, involuntary confinement. mental illness and hatred pulls the trigger, not the gun >> reporter: while there have been bipartisan efforts to try to keep weapons out of the hands of people who are mentally ill, president trump has rolled back one of the obama-era regulations that did just that and there's been a backlash to what he said, cre

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tracie potts is on capitol hill. mitch mcconnell is on break like all the rest of the representatives, and we know he has had health trouble but he has to say something about this at some point, right? >> maybe, maybe not. maybe not until they get back in september. he has not said anything so far despite the pressure to try and get this done. president trump suggesting this may be the best way to coalesce both sides that have been at odds for so long over gun control. fresh from seeing the pain and anger in dayton and el paso. president trump is promising action on gun control. >> i think we can bring up background checks like we have never had before. >> if the president says pass legislation for universal background checks, the republican congress and senate will move on it. >> so far republican leader, mitch mcconnell, has ignored calls to bring lawmakers back early for a vote. >> i'm not holding my breath. too often we see complete inaction. >> republican lindsay graham will introduce a red flag bill that allows

tracie potts live in washington d.c.hank you, we appreciate it. >> joining us now is president mark, it could be moving toward recession. is there a view among financial professionals that that's something that you have to prepare for from an investor standpoint >> i don't think people are looking at this year the economy taking a sudden u-turn into recession. but hopefully they were balanced ahead of what they saw last week with the 800 point drop but more importantly with the whole drop in rates the whole key is to invest in duration before the stock declines hit or because then the interest rates decline when there's a fear of an economic slow down and that's when you make your money on that non-stop portion of your investment portfolio. when the interest rates drop because of recession fear, that increases prices to investors. so we saw a lot of what recession fear can do already in the bond market and now investors are in a tough spot. interest rates are so low. they're near their cyclical lows and stocks are teeter

nbc's tracie potts joins us now from washington. so tracy we can start anywhere let's see what is going on with the economy and the trade war. >> and also payroll taxes which the white house insisted was not on the table, not one of the things that they were considering to try to boost the economy even though the washington post and the new york times had reported that, the white house said those reports were wrong and then one day later president trump came out and said, you know, i actually have been thinking about payroll taxes for a long time. here's what he said. >> a lot of people have been talking about indexing for many years and it's something that i am certainly thinking about. i can say that a majority of people in the white house at the level that does this kind of thing, they like indexing. so it's something that i'm thinking about, payroll taxes, i've been thinking about payroll taxes for a long time. whether or not we do it now or not is not being done because of recession. >> so now on the china trade war and the impa

-- i didn't see a single solitary time she brought a case against them to desegregate them. >> tracie potts, nbc news, washington. >>> 5:04 right now. gilroy continues to pray for strength to move forward after there was a shooting. another vigil takes place tonight downtown. we have more on the memorial and how festivalgoers might get some of their things back, and they had to leave them behind just fleeing the scene. >> yeah, this is a slow road to recovery here, but this is where tonight folks with gather to provide comfort and get comfort. it's the work of the business association as they try and gather people together. a prayer vigil at south valley community church drew some of its 2,000 members, and some of the folks that showed up to pray were also at the gilroy festival when the gunman himself showed up. outside the t-shirt shop we found two sisters who were separated from each other and their dad at the festival when the gunfire started. their dad was among the last to comfort 13-year-old that was killed. >> he told her you are going to be okay, you are going to be okay, and -- so

we go live now to tracie potts in washington, d.c. el paso is 80% hispanic. what should we expect from the president today? >> well, first of all expect that people are frustrated that with it being 80% hispanic the president didn't even mention that in his speech on monday. he also got into it with beto o'rourke an el paso native overnight on twitter telling him to be quiet. beto o'rourke saying given 22 people dead neither the city or he will be quiet about that. president trump is already getting a chilly reception from arriving in el paso today. >> he is the top dog. >> reporter: some residents say they're upset that the president never mentioned latinos in his speech on monday. and that his own rhetoric they believe is contributing to the white supremacy and the violence and the culture of hate behind these types of attacks. >> he doentsdz doesn't stop to think what am i doing? >> reporter: a similar tone in dayton where the mayor seems less than enthusiastic about president trump's arrival today. >> he's the president of the united states, he does his c

let's go live to tracie potts in washington, d.c. el paso is 80% hispanic. they're feeling pretty left out by what the president had to say. >> well, and left out because he didn't mention the latino community when he spoke on monday. some people want to talk to him about that. he has already been talking overnight on twitter with beto o'rourke. he's the presidential candidate from el paso. he told him to be respectedful and quiet. beto o'rourke responding with 22 people dead in his home noun, neither the city nor ewihe will quiet about that. president trump is already getting a chilly reception from arriving in el paso today. >> he is the top dog of white supremacists and white nationalists. >> reporter: some residents say they're upset that the president never mentioned latinos in his speech on monday. some believe the president's own words mentioned in the texas shooter's writings are stirring up violence. >> when they have a president who is racist and whips people up in a frenzy at rallies, when people yell we'll shoot them and he doesn't stop to think,

nbc news's tracie potts joins us live from washington how did president trump respond to these horrificas the public response from system of his would-be opponents in the democratic primary field? >> reporter: quite the opposite, willem good morning, everyone president trump clearly said that there's no place for hate in this country, but what some of his opponents argue is that he is not specifically addre addressing the white supremacist individuals and groups who tend to follow him. they argue that his rhetoric at rat r rallies and in public encourage their cause, and many of these shootings, including the one that happened in texas, are perpetrated by people who are part of that in fact, we saw the very long writing, someone described it as a manifesto, that was left with race and hate-filled language by the shooter in that situation. now, the white house is defending president trump, saying that there's no way you can point fingers and blame him for this type of tragedy, no matter what is said at a rally many of his opponents, political opponents, opponents here in washington, are

will tax the hell out of china until we get a deal tracie potts now has more from d.c. >> he says hisoncern is that china's not sticking to the deal that they were supposed to buy more from our farmers to compensate for what he says are billions of dollars that we're losing in chinese trade. but that's not happening so that's why president trump says he is slapping this new round of tariffs on china. the big question this morning, what does this mean for consumer t consumers buying iphones, clothes and baby furniture that will be covered under these tariffs? president trump is promising consumers they will not be paying more though experts say there's a big chance those costs will be passed on. this morning china is talking about possibly retaliating saying they don't want to get into a trade war with the u.s. but they will if they have to. >> tracie potts, thank you very much joining us on the cnbc news line is dan clifton thank you for joining us the president saying he will tax the hell out of china. let's be clear, those tariffs are not a tax on china, are they they're a tax on th

tracie potts is live in washington plus two personalities to watch out for this morning. tracie? >> hi, marcus, good morning, everyone. those two personalities, president trump and the man they call president trump of europe, is he making his first appearance at the g7 as president trump of the u.s., suggests that maybe it should be the g8 and maybe they should bring vladimir putin back to the table. 13,000 officers ready for protests at this weekend's g7 uhm isity in southern france, banks and the beach are closed, stores boarded up in case demonstrations turn violent. there's tension between the u.s. and europe on trade, iran, climate change, and president trump's push to reinstate russia. >> if somebody would make that motion, i would certainly be disposed to think about it very favorably. >> reporter: russia was removed in 2014 after invading crimea. >> to invite them back in without condition essentially ratifies that illegal act. >> it makes it look like he owes president putin some kind of favor. >> reporter: europeans aren't crazy about the idea either. >> the case has ye

"today in the bay's" tracie potts is live on capitol hill with what a new poll is saying. we're dying to hear the results and to know what this means for his possible re-election. >> well, a couple of interesting polls marrying what's going on with the economy, with politics. one from economists, the other from nbc taking a look at what president trump's stance is when it comes to the economy and job approval, but that poll from "economist" is interesting because it shows they've got some concerns about this slowdownturning into turning in recession. nearly three out of four economists disagree, predicting the current economic slowdown will lead to a full-on recession in two years. >> the trump tax cuts it was a sugar high or the stock martz. that sugar high is over. >> reporter: investors are also worried about america's trade war with china. >> china would like to make a deal. i'm not ready. >> reporter: stocks rebounded monday after a week of losses, despite the president's rosy outlook. >> our consumers are rich. i gave a tremendous tax cut and they're loaded up with m

"today in the bay's" tracie potts live in washington with more about what he said. tracie? >> hi there, scott. what the president said overnight and on twitter he's blaming the media for the life and safety, responsibility for the life and safety of americans, but also take a look at this. president trump saying republicans and democrats need to work together not only on gun legislation but also on immigration and maybe put the two together. president trump condemning hate, after the texas gunman left a post filled with hateful views about race. >> hate has no place in our country. >> reporter: but some are blaming the president for creating a climate encouraging white supremacy. >> if you read the "manifesto" it reads like a script from a trump rally. >> these are white men motivated by the kind of fear that this president traffics in. >> he's responsible when he has taken no action whatsoever to even condemn white supremacy. >> the president must speak to it, first acknowledge it and speak to it. >> we have not just a gun epidemic in this country, but we have a hate epide

"today in the bay's" tracie potts is live in washington with more on what he said. good morning, tracie. >> scott, good morning. good morning, everyone. just a few minutes ago the president blamed the media for contributing to these events that affect the life and safety of americans. he says the media is responsible for the life and safety of americans, and points out what he calls fake news, but then earlier this morning, he said this, he talked about not letting these victims die in vain, urging republicans and democrats to work together not only on gun legislation but maybe connect it to immigration reform, something that has alluded congress for years. at this hour, we are waiting to hear the president speak directly to the nation, in just about two hours. president trump condemning hate, after the texas gunman left a post filled with hateful views about race. >> hate has no place in our country. >> reporter: but some are blaming the president for creating a climate encouraging white supremacy. >> if you read the "manifesto" it reads like a script from a trump r

"today in the bay's" tracie potts live on capitol hill with what the gun lobby is saying about those background checks. good morning, tracie. >> hi, scott, good morning. good morning, everyone. the gun lobby the nra, national rifle association is warning president trump he might have some trouble if he backs some of these things that congress is talking about. that's moms demand action headed to kentucky demanding senate majority leader mitch mcconnell schedule a vote on expanded background checks. >> we want mitch mcconnell to take this up, pass it and have president trump sign it. we're not going to stand for anything less. >> reporter: 200 mayors urging congress to come back early and vote. >> something needs to be done. >> the one thing that's off the table for me is doing nothing. >> reporter: mcconnell is asking lawmakers to start informal talks this month, so they're ready to vote in september. >> we are hopefully by the time we get back, have aired some of the differences and see what we can actually turn into a law instead of finger pointing. >> reporter: mcconnell says they'

tracie potts from nbc news is live on capitol hill with what he's saying, what the poll is saying and what this means for any possible re-election campaign. >> yes, connecting what's going on with the economy, kris, with what's happening in the political world. we've got some poll numbers for you, but the bottom line here is that we're starting to see some signs, not a lot but some signs that the economy is slowing down. there is some indication that the white house is worried about that, and some economists thinking it could lead to a recession. of nearly three out of four economists disagree, predicting the current economic slowdown will lead to a full-on recession in two years. >>he trump tax cuts it was a sugar high or the stock martz. that sugar high is over. >> reporter: investors are also worried about america's trade war with china. >> china would like to make a deal. i'm not ready. >> reporter: stocks rebounded monday after a week of losses, despite the president's rosy outlook. >> our consumers are rich. i gave a tremendous tax cut and they're loaded up with money. >> report

tracie potts joins us now from washington, d.c. tracie, it doesn't sound like many are happy about the president's visit. >> no, melissa he may get a chilly reception in dayton and el paso where he had a bit of a twitter fight with beto o'rourke of texas overnight. the president saying in a tweet that beto o'rourke should respect the victims and law enforcement, and as he put it here, and be quiet o'rourke on the other hand adding that 22 people in his hometown have died el paso will not be quiet and neither will i the president visits both el paso and dayton today. in dayton, the mayor seemed less than enthusiastic about the president's visit. simply saying, well, he sets his schedule and i set mine. then there is this, the fact that senate leader mcconnell has ignored calls to bring lawmakers back to washington to deal with gun control. >> this bill has bipartisan consensus. the experts, the groups, everyone all believes it's the right thing to do. i call on senator mcconnell to just let it come to a vote just do the right thing.

"today in the bay's" tracie potts reports on what he had to say. >> reporter: in ohio last night, president trump's rebuttal to the democrats' debates. >> that was long, long television, and the democrats spent more time attacking barack obama than they did attacking me practically. >> reporter: plus a promise to consumers that another round of tariffs on china won't cost you more. >> you're not paying for those tariffs. china's paying for those tariffs. >> reporter: but will china pass on that extra cost? experts think so. starting september 1st, the trump administration is imposing 10% on $300 billion worth of goods. that's on top of the 25% already in place. electronics, appliances, auto parts, clothes, bicycles, baby products. >> we just put a tax on having a child. >> reporter: financial markets took a nose dive. president trump is also reacting to north korea launching two short-range missiles. it's the third test in just over a week, after none last year. >> i have no problem. we'll see what happens, but these are short-range missiles. they're very standard. >> reporter: experts thin

tracie potts joins us live from washington with some of the highlights. >> you might want to add californiaenator kamala harris to the list as well because she certainly took some lumps in this debate, and it took a bit to recover from some of them, but biden was a clear target for his opponents and so was president trump. democrats brought a united message about re-electing president trump. he has to be a single-term president. >> the best impeachment i beating him in the election of 2020. >> the candidates turned on each other, and kamala harris w. >> you are dipping into the kool-aid and you don't even know the flavor. >> we cannot work this out. the time is up and our house is on fire? >> >> mr. vice president, it looks like one of us has learned lessons from the past and one hasn't. >> on working women -- >> what did you mean when you said when a woman works outside the home it's a deterioration of family. >> vice president biden was in the united states working with the senate to oppose bussing. >> there were two segregated areas in the country, and i didn't see a single solitary time

tracie potts has more on this.been the reaction in terms of the political arena there in the united states >> well, the reaction in the united states is whether or not this is going to cost consumers more the president at that rally that you mentioned in ohio last night said that it will not. that consumers will not see the cost of this experts are not so sure about this if we charge china more to get their goods, we expect they'll charge companies more to purchase them, and that cost may be passed on to consumers. we already have a 25% tariff in place, and this is 10% on top of that this affects phones, all types of electronics, home appliances, auto parts, cloething, baby products president trump says the reason for this is that china's not sticking to their deal they're not buying goods from our farmers as they promised >> certainly markets are royaild by those comments. >>> all three makers right now in the red thank you for watching "worldwide exchange" is coming up next. here, it all starts with a simple... h

"today in the bay's" tracie potts is live in washington. tracie, the president also talking about jews who support democrats. very interesting comments here. >> well, very as you said quite controversial comments. we're getting a lot of feedback about that this morning including new tweets this morning from the president quoting a conservative commentator defending himself from joe biden calling the comments insulting. there's reaction this morning from capitol hill. >> i am personally offended. >> reporter: to the campaign trail. >> i am a proud jewish person. and i have no concerns about voting democratic. >> reporter: outrage over what president trump said about jews who support democrats. >> i think any jewish people that vote for a democrat, i think it shows either a total lack of knowledge or great disloyalty. >> reporter: he was commenting on two democrats critical of israel. the pro-israel group j street called it dangerous and shameful. the head of the anti-defamation league urging mr. trump to stop using jews as a political footbal

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"today in the bay's" tracie potts live in washington this morning on more of what he had to say. tracie? >> hi, marcus. good morning, everyone. so not worried about the missile test, not worried about china, although they're responding this morning that they may retaliate with those tariffs, and the president with some interesting comments about the democrats' debates this week. in ohio last night, president trump's rebuttal to the democrats' debates. >> that was long, long television. and the democrats spent more time attacking barack obama than they did attacking me practically. >> reporter: plus a promise to consumers that another round of tariffs on china won't cost you more. >> you're not paying for those tariffs. china's paying for those tariffs. >> reporter: but will china pass on that extra cost? experts think so. starting september 1st, the trump administration is imposing 10% on $300 billion worth of goods. that's on top of the 25% already in place. electronics, appliances, auto parts, clothes, bicycles, baby products. >> we just put a tax on having a child. >> reporter:

"today in the bay's" tracie potts is live for us in washington tracking those developments. good morning, tracie. >> hey, marcus, good morning. it was breaking news while you were sleeping, the phone was ringing, it was china and president trump says they want to sit down and talk, come to the negotiating table to try to end this trade war, these back and forth tariffs that are raising prices for you, for american consumers. president trump from the g7 summit made that announcement early this morning. he's spoken a couple of times since to clarify that these discussions about having talks are happening at the very highest levels, and could impact not only our economy but china's. >> china called last night to talk trade and said let's get back to the table so we'll be getting back to the table and i think they want to do something, they've been hurt very badly but they understand this is the right thing to do, and i have great respect for them. >> so we'll see where that goes. as the g7 summit wraps up, president trump is expected to hold a joint news conference with the host

"today in the bay's" tracie potts is live in washington, tracking those developments, and there seems to be some confusion between what the president is saying and what china is saying, tracie. >> well president trump said this morning china's ready to come to the table, and end this trade war. this was an announcement just several hours ago. he says that while you were sleeping, china called, and said they want to start negotiations and that they have already started at the highest levels of government. here is more from president trump this morning. >> china called last night, our top trade people and said let's get back to the table, so we'll be getting back to the table and i think they want to do something. they've been hurt very badly, but they understand this is the right thing to do, and i have great respect for them. >> now the president also this morning talked about iran and the fact that iran's foreign minister showed up unexpectedly at the g7. he didn't meet with minister zarif but says he was aware that he was coming. he was fine with others meeting with him, and that th