tracie potts for us. tracie, thank you. >>> nbc meteorologist vanessa webb is very busy with a whole lot she's watching out there good morning, janessa. >> good morning, everyone. we're still watching these storms for the northeast some wind concerns with gusting picking up to 35 miles per hour. also watching the southeast this afternoon, a marginal risk of some strong torstorms for this a from louisiana all the way to florida, where they could see up to 1 to ll fronts making their way through the area if you're looking for some heat, get to the central u.s 90 for denver. and i know you've been hearing about this dust storm. we'll talk more about that, coming up. >> anymore signs of the apocalypse, i guess you'll let us know. janessa, thank you >> maybe here's something close to that. a close call for cars in the country of turkey after driving over a sudden pipe that burst in the middle of the road the second car narrowly misses the explosion. security caumeras caught it on camera >>> coming up, a primary

want to check in with "today in the bay" tracie potts who has more. >> the u.s. hit a new record overnight. more than 45,000 people were diagnosed with coronavirus wednesday. the highest daily total since the pandemic began. >> this is shocking. >> reporter: 23 states have seen an increase in the last two weeks. >> we're not even testing all the individuals who have the infection. >> reporter: the south and western u.s. where states started to reopen early are taking the biggest hits. there are record cases and hospitalizations in florida, arizona and texas. houston could run out of icu beds in two weeks. the state's governor calls it a massive outbreak. he's urging people to stay inside. >> there's never a reason for you to have to leave your home unless you do need to go out. >> reporter: florida and michigan are seeing a rise in new cases among young adults. >> the kinds of people that you see go out go out to a bar and go out a crowd and don't wear a mask. >> reporter: new york, new jersey and connecticut once led the nation are now on the decline. they're re

tracie potts is live in washington to explain the president's order and his reaction. good morning, tracie. >> reporter: hi, good morning. cities across america, mayors and police chiefs, are saying they cannot wait for congress, for washington to act. in fact, lawmakers decided to put off the police reform debate until the president takes action today. today president trump is expected to sign an executive order that tracks police misconduct, encourages officers to call mental health professionals to the scene and offers federal grants to departments that curtails use of force. >> we want law and order but it's about justice, also, and it's about safety. >> reporter: democrats want more. they want chokeholds outlawed. >> chokeholds is a lynching, a strangulation. >> reporter: as democrats call for bold reform, republicans will unveil their ideas this week, but push discussion until the end of july. >> a bad decision. >> reporter: cities aren't waiting for washington to act. atlanta's mayor is ordering police to intervene when colleagues use unreasonable force and to de

for more, let's go to our capitol hill correspondent tracie potts good morning what can we expect today >> reporter: phillip, you can expect an executive order where the president will urge police departments to track police misconduct, especially repeated incidents in a national database he'll encourage officers to call out mental health professionals when needed on the scene and offer federal grants to encourage police departments to curb their use of force. now, democrats want a lot more than that. they think that a bottom line here is that the president should ban chokeholds and that this is much more of a show than actual bold reform in fact, we have some reporting that part of what the white house wants here are the families of some african-american victims to attend this signing, but we have reporting from our own msnbc joy reid that the floyd family will not be there president trump says this is all about law and order. >> the overall goal is we want law and order. and we fairly, justly it is about law and order, but it is about justice also and it is about safety >> reporter: n

calling for change >>> tracie potts joins us with the latest the president prepares to meet with law enforcement officials later today. >> that meeting today a roundtable of law enforcement officers from what been able to gather, the president will talk to them about the challenges of dealing with racial inequality on the job. this as president trump continues to be criticized for calling out active duty troops to deal with some of those demonstrations in d.c. now a group of democrats wants a list of all the law enforcement officers that were called out. the attorney general bill barr is saying in an interview over the weekend that many of these troops were called out, but they were not used. they were called, but they didn't actually clash with protesters even though some were seen clearing peaceful proprotesters near the white house there's a new poll our nbc news "wall street journal" poll where 80% believe the country is out of control and the majority say they don't feel comfortable going out into crowds despite what we're seeing with these demonstrations. also happening today,

"today in the bay's" tracie potts is live in washington for us this morning where the response is mixed among democrats and republicans. good morning, tracie. laura, sag that the president was cordial, he was compassionate in the conversation, but they still don't think the order goes far enough. >> thank you for joining us. >> reporter: families of african-americans killed by police say president trump was compassionate in person but his order failed to address systemic racism. >> i don't think it's enough. i like to have some laws in place where policemen are held accountable for their actions. >> reporter: the order creates a national database of police misconduct, help for officers dealing with homeless, addicted to drugs or mentally ill, and provides incentives that could lead to new restrictions on ch they may not say it, they may not be talking about it, but that's what they want. >> it fell short. >> we're nibbling around the edges. >> reporter: democrats want stronger reforms ending chokeholds, no-knock warrants, and qualified immunity for officers. republicans insist not all c

tracie potts, thanks so much. >>> o for police. one of the councilmembers last night tweeting that decision to cut $2.5 million from opd. she says that vote is a slap in the face for those who sought much deeper cuts to police funding and faults the council for not publicly posting the budget plan ahead of time. santa rosa is another city debating police cuts. councilmembers there will continue to talk about that today. >>> developing this morning, union city police investigating a possible hate crime discovered sunday. someone spray painted racist language on a car. they also broke one of the car's windows. police say the car has a black lives matter bumper stickers. they're combing through security video for possible clues. >>> california's recent coronavirus surge continues. on monday alone more than 5,000 people tested positive for the virus and 65 people died. >>> u.p.s. drivers are calling for more protections and say recent positive cases may be slowing some package deliveries. the union says five bay area u.p.s. drivers hav

tracie potts, nbc news. >> thank you, tracie. two buffalo new york police officers are spus pennuspended hard-to-watch video. it appears to show them shoving an elderly man to the ground. now after the man walks up to the officer, one uses his baton to push him back. the man falls and hits his head. according to buffalo's mayor, the two officers involve may face more action. the unidentified 75-year-old man is said to be in serious condition. >> so sad. >>> 6:07 for you this morning. and on "today in the bay" we actually want to continue that conversation about race in america from last night. thousands nationwide and right here in the bay area are rallying in support. joining us this morning now to tell his story about being black in america is logan carrington. thank you for joining us this morning. >> happy to be here. >> i want to talk about this week you took part in a protest or a march in san francisco. talk to me about why you felt it was important to not only travel for that but also take part and have your voice heard.

now back to washington, d.c., this morning where tracie potts joins us live. tracie, a lot of things to discuss on capitol hill this morning. including the surge in covid cases we're seeing across the country plus a possible rise in tensions in russia. tell us all about it. >> reporter: right, laura. we'll talk about both of those because they're both big stories in d.c. today. covid-19 because even though the u.s. is a fraction of the world's population we now have, as of this morning, a quarter of the world's cases and the numbers are greg. are growing. the u.s. has 2.5 million cases of coronavirus with new records in florida, south carolina, nevada. >> we are one day closer to the day we put this pandemic in the past. >> reporter: vice president pence hit hot spots this week. governors are at odds over how to handle it. >> i'm now afraid of the spread coming from other states. >> we can't be putting these restrictions on each other across the country. >> reporter: the trump administration facing tough questions whether it's safe to reopen and why there's bee

"today in the bay's" tracie potts joins us live from washington, d.c., with the very latest. tracie? >> reporter: laura, good morning. the cdc is part of that white house coronavirus task force. we have not heard from them in two months, but they are set to give an update today. 33 states have seen an increase in covid-19 cases in the last week. the cdc director predicts it may actually be ten times worse. >> i jokingly say or sarcastically say if we didn't do tests we'd look great. you know what, it's not the right thing to do. >> reporter: president trump last night self-correcting again on whether the u.s. should do less testing, contradicting his own health experts. >> it's going away. >> reporter: and governors who see covid-19 surging. >> it's not something that just goes away. it's something that you have to understand, you have to live with. >> reporter: the nation's three largest states -- texas, florida, and california are seeing an explosion. >> we might feel we're done with covid-19, but covid-19 isn't done with us. >> reporter: texas has hit the pause buttoning. h

"today in the bay's" tracie potts is live for us in washington where lawmakers' efforts may hit a brick wall and the white house, right, tracie? >> reporter: they certainly could, marcus, because president trump has said some of the things they want to do he is not going to sign off on. meantime, democrats and republicans are trying to find some common ground dealing with the aftermath of floyd's death, the demonstration and the demands from people to deal with police reform and in some cases some prominent republicans are lining up behind democrats on this. police reform picking up support from some republicans. senator rand paul introduced the breonna taylor bill which would ban no-knock warrants, and house minority leader kevin mccarthy says he supports banning chokeholds. >> the idea somebody would have a chokehold when someone is handcuffed, there should be severe consequences. >> reporter: a senate panel approved renaming military base that is honor confederate generals. >> these names have to go. these names are white supremacists that said terrible things about our country. >> r

tracie potts is in washington with a look at how this is resonating at the nation's capital. good morning, tracie. >> reporter: kris, good morning. it's created an essential question, should cities like oakland and san francisco put more money into law enforcement or redirect to community services to deal with some of the things police officers respond to especially in disadvantaged communities? there's some difference of opinion between protesters and folks in washington. the rallying cry of protesters nationwide now the latest battle in washington. should police get less money. >> we won't be dismantling our police. we won't be disbanding our police. >> you are risking officers requesting for help and backup and it not being there. >> reporter: questioning cities giving a third of their budget to law enforcement. >> we have to step back and ask is that the smartest and best way to actually achieve safety? >> reporter: new york and l.a. are considering slashing millions from police and redirecting those funds to community services. >> i'm all for social work and mental health

i want to check in with "today in the bay's" tracie potts. she joins us live from washington this morning with the latest on the developments in these two really big stories. good morning, tracie. >> reporter: laura, good morning. let's start with coronavirus because even though the u.s., as large as we are, just a fraction of the world's population, we now have a quarter of the world's coronavirus cases, and that number is growing. the u.s. now has 2.5 million coronavirus cases with new records in florida, south carolina, nevada. >> we are one day closer to the day we put this pandemic in the past. >> reporter: vice president pence hit hot spots this week. governors are at odds over how to handle it. >> i'm now afraid of the spread coming from other states. >> we can't be putting restrictions on each other across the country. >> reporter: the trump administration facing tough questions about whether it's safe to reopen and why there's been no second stimulus to help americans without jobs. >> it's time for this administration to take this ser

"today in the bay's" tracie potts is live with the growing concern about his plan to use active troops to control demonstrations. tracie this is a big concern for a lot of people. >> reporter: especially peaceful demonstrations, marcus, because we're seeing two different kinds. we definitely have seen violence against officers and protesters and even innocent bystanders. but we're also seeing some of these military style tactics used against large and loud demonstrations that are peaceful. across the nation officers taking a knee, peaceful protests and violence. in chicago a family pulled from their car, roughed up by police. >> we will hold people accountable who cross the line. >> reporter: in new york where thousands followed george floyd's brother across the brooklyn bridge, a police officer was stabbed. two others shot. >> they're trying to keep themselves safe because the police want to go home to their families. >> reporter: president trump's plan to meet protesters with military force opposed by a growing chorus of former military leaders. retired marine general john allen, for

"today in the bay's" tracie potts is live near washington, d.c., with a chaotic scene that unfolded and we've seen protests outside the white house before, tracie, but this one seemed to be escalated. >> reporter: a third night of protests and violence in the nation's capital. >> we stand here today to have our voices heard. >> reporter: a small building went up in flames just across from the white house where demonstrators kneeled demanding action in the deaths of george floyd and others who died at the hands of police. officers used tear gas to disperse crowds gathered despite an 11:00 p.m. curfew. the national gud, u.s. marshals, and drug enforcement agents called in to help. >> we recognize that people are frustrated and mad but tearing up our beautiful city is not the way to bring attention to what is the righteous cause. >> reporter: d.c.'s mayor notes some of the protesters came from out of town. nbc news confirms that president trump was briefly rushed to an underground bunker as protesters tried to climb over barriers outside the white house friday. >> radical left criminals, t

tracie potts, nbc news. >>> protesters blocked traffic on the bay bridge for hours yesterday. this shows all westbound lanes at a standstill on the upper deck. they tell us the high-profile demonstrations meant to bring attention to more than just police brutality. >> black lives matter is more than police brutality. we're being murdered in every single aspect, we're not given opportunities to succeed. >> 29 people were arrested, five vehicles towed. the chp says the bay bridge is an especially dangerous spot and the span is not built for pedestrians. >>> this morning commuters in the south bay have a new option to get to work. the brand-new berryessa b.a.r.t. station. i know commuters have been waiting a long time for this one. >> reporter: marcus, after two years of delays b.a.r.t. has finally come to san jose, two new stations are up and running, you have the one right behind me. this means workers no longer have to drive to fremont to catch a train. both began services saturday morning. b.a.r.t. reports they transported just under 1,000 riders between the two location that

"today in the bay's" tracie potts with the latest on what's happening nationwide. tracie? >> reporter: what's happening in washington president trump meeting with law enforcement today in what's supposed to be a listening session about their challenges dealing with racial inequality. turning advocacy into action, nearly 2 dozen senators signed on to a bill being introduced today that would ban certain policies by police. >> banning certain police practices, creating deeper accountability. >> i think it is very evident that equality is not there for all of us. >> reporter: in a new nbc news/"wall street journal" poll, 80% said the country is out of control. demonstrations are growing along with concerns about president trump calling active duty troops to control them. >> what we saw last week was basically an invasion of our city. >> reporter: the attorney general tells cbs troops were called but not used. >> the president never asked or suggested that we needed to deploy regular troops. i'm happy we were able to avoid it on this occasion. >> reporter: homeland security say

tracie potts, "today in the bay." >> tracie, thank you. also testifying at the same hearing, recent facebook posts. authorities are still investigating the possible link to the death of david underwood and saturday's deadly ambush on deputies in ben lomond. >>> "the press democrat" this morning reporting two developments tied to the ongoing protests in the north bay. the first has to do with rubber bullets used by officers. police in santa rosa are investigating complaints from three protesters who suffered head injuries ranging from deep cuts to broken facial bones. the chief is not commenting on those specific cases other than saying officers are trained not to fire at the head. they have received more than 11,000 signatures in one week. the mayor says he's gotten a lot of calls and people say they should make themselves heard when budget hearings begin. new details for you that morning, muni says it will no longer transport sfpd officers to city protests. the transit agency says that move is to support staff community. critics blasted m

he's expected to be greeted by hundreds of protesters ls to shift the focus back to the pandemic tracie potts joins us with more. >> reporter: the con tro ver vi was that the president used military style tactics and office everies to clear the crowd which was a peaceful crowd of demonstrators to get to that church for what many described for a photo op he's also expected to visit this back to those that oppose the president bringing in the military also new, a former secretary james mattis who said that the president is dividing the country, support for that now from former chief of staff from john kelly kelly is disputing the fact that mattis was fired by president trump saying that the president clearly forgot how this happened president trump tweeting that kelly didn't know he was going to fire mattis and also saying that asking for mattis' resignation was more of a courtesy so the president pushing back on former secretary james mattis but others saying it's not the right course to bring in active military to deal with these demonstrations >>> the murder trial can proceed with the charge

tracie potts with reaction from lawmakers already grappling with police reform. tracie? >> reporter: the latest situation is now the backdrop of what's happening on capitol hill. southwest's tim scott the lone person on his party's side as they try to get together with democrats and get something done. anger and frustration spilling into the streets of atlanta after another police shooting involving a black man. the scene of shooting torched. rayshard brooks was running away when he appeared to point a taser at officers. officer garrett rolfe shot and killed him of the he was fired, the police chief resignedturbin watch but i'm not sure it's as clear as what we've seen around the country on other issues. >> reporter: this latest shooting comes as congress considers police reform, tracking misconduct and eliminating chokeholds and no-knock warrants. >> these are meaningful reforms that will hold police accountable. >> have an act that requires more data to be provided so that we can actually come out with policies that are consistent. >> reporter: lawmakers pressured to p

"today in the bay's" tracie potts is live in washington with the war of words that's brewing and how the president is responding. good morning, tracie. >> reporter: and responding on twitter just a short time ago, kris, good morning. president trump is calling john bolton grossly incompetent and a liar and still alleging that his book due out tomorrow contains classified information. >> you are going to do a fantastic job. >> reporter: unfit, incompetent -- that's how former national security adviser john bolton describes president trump. >> it's not clear to me he read much of anything. when it came to re-election, his attention span was infinite. >> reporter: the tell-all book says he's uninformed, pressing world leaders to help him get re-elected. >> bolton has zero credibility. behind the scenes he was a manipulator and tried to push us in a direction the president didn't go. >> reporter: the white house lost a court bid to stop bolton's book from being published. they argued it could contain top-secret information. >> he leaked classified information so he's got a big problem. >>

back to you, marcus. >>> tracie potts in washington, thank you. >>> new details this morning, san jose police are looking for the woman you see in the video here that has now gone viral showing a bizarre incident in which she coughed on a baby. you can see the woman pull off her mask and purposely cough on that 1-year-old boy in a stroller. police say she did it at least three times. only now is the mom comfortable talking about it. >> my son should not have experience this had being a baby so young. i'm sure he will be traumatized from now on. >> the woman complained she and her son were not properly social distancing from her, although the video seems to suggest otherwise and then it all escalated from there. if the woman is found, she could face charges depending on what the authorities decide. >>> the discovery of a noose at sonoma raceway. an employee found the noose hanging in a tree saturday morning. the general manager sent the staff an email saying he is taking this incident vep seriously and operates a facility welcoming to everyone. he and others who work there at the track

tracie potts, nbc news. >>> a scare for three nypd police officers sent to the hospital after drinking milkshakes tainted with bleach. this happened yesterday at a shake shack in manhattan where the protests were going on. all three of the officers are now recovering at home. just a short time ago the nypd chief of detectives tweeted after a thorough investigation it has been determined there was no criminality by shake shack's employees. shake shack issued a statement saying it's horrified by the officers getting sick. >>> now to the covid-19 crisis. as california begins to enter these new phases of reopening business, there are new concerns this morning as cases continue to surge. "today in the bay's" cierra johnson joins us live this morning with more on a couple of cases that are actually getting a lot of attention with health leaders, good morning, cierra. >> reporter: as the state begins phase two of reopening, there are growing concerns about local covid-19 outbreaks. the first is linked to a winery in so noma county. three employees who work in production have tested positive.

i'm tracie potts, "today in the bay." >> a really complicated issue. we'll be watching for more developments. thank you very much, tracie. >>> hundreds of people gathered in san francisco's glenn park for a silent vigil last night taking a knee in silence for george floyd. organizers say many people in the community wanted to mourn floyd and peacefully demand police reform together. people of color who the data shows are most impacted by police aggression say seeing so many white allies is important. >> to see communities that are not typically speaking out against these injustices in our communities to really speak out and after two weeks to take this knee, that's really beautiful to me. >> it's empowering and great to see people wanting to show us. >> so many cities introducing police reform. the work is far from over. more bay area cities are planning vigils in san francisco. a kneeling for justice protest in celebration of life will be held at 11:00 outside city hall. oakland bishop michael barber will hold mass today at 12:10 at the cathedral of c

tracie potts joins us live with more. tracie? >> reporter: laura, the white house is denying the president knew anything despite "the new york times" saying he was briefed last year, saying it was in his briefing, his daily written briefing, back in february. the white house says that simply is not true and now russia is denying that they had anything to do with paying these taliban-backed militias to hunt down and kill u.s. troops. one source, an official familiar with the intelligence, telling nbc that troops actually died as a result of this, but russia says they are not to blame. >> those statements indicate -- indicate that those reports actually were not so valuable. not so trustful. >> national security advisers denying the a.p. report that he told colleagues that he briefed the president himself. laura? >> very interesting. thanks, tracie. >>> 6:03 for you that morning. happening today two of the bay area's biggest cities debate big changes when it comes to power. minors may soon have the right to vote. now in san jose it

i'm tracie potts, "today in the bay." >> it should be interesting to find those answers out. thanks so much, tracie. >>> chp may reveal more today about the death of an oakland man shot and killed by officers on saturday. officers shot eric delgado saturday night one block from his mother's house. he was allegedly driving one of the 72 stolen cars from a san leandro dealership during last week's looting. witnesses say that there was a spray of bullets and delgado's pregnant girlfriend was also hit. she's expected to survive. >> they kept yelling for him to turn off the car but he was dead. the poor girl was screaming. >> what i want to know is why they had to take him out. why they couldn't pull him out, arrest him. >> delgado's stepfather also says that his stepson was unarmed. a drive-through protest on saturday. >>> san francisco supervisors are making a new push to protect peaceful protesters developing a new ordinance they call the right to protest safely act. matt haney posted this, in part, military weapons, chemical sprays, rubber bullets, pepper spray balls and flexib

tracie potts, nbc news. >> thank you, tracie. >>> new details in san jose where police are looking for the woman you see in this video that has gone viral. it shows yet another bizarre intentional act playing on people's fears about the coronavirus. you can see the woman pull off her mask and purposefully cough on a 1 year year boy in a stroller at least three times. this happened ten days ago at a san jose yogurt shop. the boy's mother is talking about what happened. >> my son should not have experienced this, being a baby so young, and i'm pretty sure he will be traumatized from now on. >> the mother says that it all started when the woman complained that she and her son were not properly social distancing, although the video seems to suggest otherwise and it just escalated from there. if the woman is found she may face charges depending on what authorities decide. >>> the sonoma county sheriff's office is now investigating the discovery of a noose at the sonoma raceway. an employee found that noose hanging in the tree on saturday morning. the raceway's general manager sent the staff

i want to check in with "today in the bay's" tracie potts live in washington this morning with a new russian response. good morning, tracie. >> reporter: laura, good morning. the white house says the president did not know, and russia says they were not involved. the kremlin spokesperson strongly denying this report, broken first in "the new york times" that russia paid militias linked to the taliban to hunt down and kill u.s. soldiers. and according to one official familiar with the intelligence, u.s. troops were actually killed and so were some afghan civilians as a result of this. but russia is saying that whole story is wrong. >> those statements indicate that those reports were not so trustful. that's why we'd better speak to those and the president of the united states. >> reporter: but it's not just "the times" reporting this. also the associated press says that the president was aware of this back in 2019, last year, quoting former national security adviser john bolton saying that he told colleagues that he had briefed the president himself. bolton not commenting this morning

"today in the bay" tracie potts live in washington with that and the effort to remove symbols of racism in washington and the military bases. tracie? >> marcus, good morning. a big no from the president on removing or changing the names on those military bases. meantime, the president is facing a lot of questions about the timing and the location of his campaign rally. >> with friends of mine -- >> reporter: president trump heads to dallas today. he'll talk police reform with state leaders and law enforcement. but his rally next week in tulsa, oklahoma, that's drawing criticism. >> beautiful new venue. brand-new and they're looking forward to it. >> reporter: that rally, the first since the coronavirus pandemic is scheduled on june 19th. a day when african-americans remember the end of slavery happening in a city where a white mob killed hundreds of black residents in 1921. the president also refusing to rename ten military bases honoring confederate generals. on capitol hill, democrats want confederate statues removed. >> the individuals who are being honored by that statue in effect f

. >> all right tracie potts with the layest for us tracy, thank you for decades they argue the monument is on stolen land and there was a rally glorifying white supremacy. the south carolina governor christy nome >> the dnc is doing a grave disservice to the country. honestly that, tweet right there represents the choice that people have in this election i really appreciate the leadership it is not required at that event. let's turn to minneapolis. four ex-floifpolice officers we court. pretrial hearings began for the four men involved with the death of george floyd. >> out on bail, two of the former minneapolis officers stayed silent as they left their pretrial hearing they were rookie cops and following the lead of senior officer derek chauvin. the judge warned attorneys to limit pretrial publicity or he would change the venue of the trial. now tentatively set for march. >> this is just absolutely insane that we all are gathered here, to talk about my nephew getting murdered by a damn madman in the middle of the street, for what reason because of the color of his skin. >> chauvin, who

tracie potts is joining us now with the lawsuitest. the president is blaming an extremist group for the violence in d.c >> reporter: yeah, not only does he want to call them out, but hpts to declare them a terrorist group. a leftist but domestic group is questioning whether the federal government has the authority to declare a home grown group a terrorist organization that label is typically for foreign organizations. meantime, all of this is happening as violence and demonstrations continue to rage right outside the white house just across the street in lafayette park small building went up in flames not only were police but others call ed in to try to calm the situation in the nation's capital. that included our own garrett haake, who got caught up in the protests >> reporter: we're going to end up in a place we don't want to be if we're not careful. >> move out of this as quickly as you can >> reporter: i don't think it was rubber bullets i don't want to be really dramatic about it. >> you're cutting out apt as your friend and as br

senior administration official an hour in the complex designed for terror attacks tracie potts, the presidents blaming extremist group for the violence in d.c. >> blaming them and tweeting he wants to declare antifa a terrorist group and some experts question whether the government can do that with domestic group with first amendment rights. all as demonstrations and protests continue in washington, including across the street from the white house in lafayette park there was one small building in that area that was set afire overnight. we also saw tear gas that was used to try to disperse the crowds after the mayor declared 11:00 p.m. curfew. with the demonstrations continuing, third straight night of demonstrations and violence in the nation's capital, and nbc's own garrett haake got caught in middle of it. >> going to end up in place we don't want to be if we're not careful, katie, damn it! >> move out as quickly as you can. >> i don't think it was rubber bullets. had that experience before i don't want to be dramatic about it i know what it looked like didn't feel okay >> you're cutting ou

>> all right, tracie potts for us thank you, tracie. >> attorney general bill barr will testify before the house judiciary committee next month after witnesses told lawmakers they have personally seen political interference in big cases, including roger stone's meanwhile, former national security advisor michael flynn scored a big legal victory, but the case might not be over just yet. alice barr has more. >> reporter: president trump holding his first in-person meeting with a world leader since the coronavirus lockdowns. the focus quickly turned from the future with poland's president to the past with the russia investigation >> very happy about general flynn. he was treated horribly. >> reporter: president trump praising a d.c. appeals court decision ordering a judge to drop criminal charges against former national security advisor michael flynn who had admitted to lying to federal investigators about his contacts with russia. >> what happened to general flynn should never happen again in our country >> reporter: but this may not be the end. the judge could ask for a new hearing. als

deliver the commencement speech tomorrow cast a shadow over the event our capitol hill correspondent tracie potts joining us now with the latest tracie, we have heard from some of those west point alum what are they saying >> so nothose alums have the sa concerns, phillip, as general milley about mixing the military and politics and an open letter to those cadets, the alums, who served in ten different administrations, talk about this. warning against using the military as, quote, a weapon against fellow americans engaging in these legitimate protests they talk about politically charged events, not a place for the military saying that this is a travesty to the oath of office. meantime, on capitol hill, there seems to be at least a road toward compromise between democrats and republicans, on police reform. we're starting to see some prominent republicans, like minority leader kevin mccarthy, backing what democrats are asking for here's mccarthy talking about whether police should be restricted from using chokeholds >> do you support banning chokeholds >> yes especially, in the concept, if you watc

his book hits shelves tomorrow our capitol hill correspondent tracie potts joins us for the latest the book paints a dire picture >> reporter: yes this will be interesting because bolton's book a lot of excerpts the from the book are out. he's done this extensive interview with abc where he talks even more about what he wrote saying that the president was focused on his re-election over what was best for the country. he said obstruction was a way of life in the white house and the president was doing favors for dictators. one of the most interesting comments he made was about president trump's day-to-day operations in the white house, describing him as uninformed >> he very rarely read much. the intelligence briefings took place perhaps once or twice a week i don't think he's fit for office i don't think he has the confidence to carry out the job. there's no guiding principle i was able to discern other than what's good for donald trump's re-election. >> reporter: the white house said bolton has zero credibility. that he was trying to push the president in areas where he did not want t

the former national security adviser's new book hits shelves tomorrow our correspondent tracy potts joins with us the latest >> reporter: in a new abc interview, he is reiterating some of the claims made in this book, namely that president trump was putting his re-election over what was best for the country, that obstruction was a way of life in the white house, and that he was doing personal favors for dictators. he also claims the president didn't read a lot of his intelligence briefings and was uninformed >> he very rarely read much. the intelligence briefings took place perhaps once or twice a week i don't think he's fit for office i don't think he has the competence to carry out the job. there really isn't any guiding principle that i was able to discern, other than what's good for donald trump's re-election >> reporter: the white house pushing back already, saying that bolton has zero credibility and that his motivation here is that he wa that he didn't want to go. also, on capitol hill, we're hearing from democrats and republicans who are questioning why bolton is coming out with h

african-american faith leaders to talk about the issues for more let's get to our correspondent, tracie potts. >> phillip, the silence could end today when president trump meets with those law enforcement and local leaders in dallas and he is expected to reveal what his plan is going to be. the white house said he will back congressional reforms and he has ideas of his own he can do through executive action and that could happen as early as today as republican leaders are working on their own separate plan that can come out as soon as tomorrow, and president trump is taking heat for his first rally since the coronavirus pandemic, and it's scheduled for next week on june 19th, that's the day that commemorates the end of slavery and it's happening in tulsa, oklahoma, a city where nearly 100 years ago hundreds of blacks were killed by a white mob, and here's what the president said about that visit. >> we will start our rallies and the first one will be we are just calling up in oklahoma, in tulsa, oklahoma, a beautiful new venue. >> the president noting that is going to happen in a new facility

we're joined by tracie potts bolton is making a lot of bomb shell accusations against the president. >> right, and now bolton is speaking out about those accusations. that the president, according to his book, placed his own reelection over what was best for the country. that obstruction of justice was a way of life in the white house. he said the president was doing personal favors for dictators that he liked and called the president stunningly uninformed. >> i don't think he's fit for office i don't think he has the confidence to carry out the job. there really isn't guiding principle i was able to discern other than what's good for donald trump's reelection. >> president trump told "the wall street journal" that bolton b is a liar who was disliked by everyone in the white house and he tweeted that bolton was a disgruntled fool who wanted to go to war. now the justice department is trying to get a court to stop this book from being distributed. bolton's team is rejecting that. they are fighting that seeking a dismissal of that claim by the trump administration we're hearing from mi

shenaman, nbc news >> one day after speaking at his brother's few son ifhe will be capitol hill tracie potts we expect from today's hearing >> expect to hear not only george floyd's brother but also democrats and republicans grappling what they want to do to have an impact to reduce police brutality they're undecided in washington, proposals by democrats to restrict choke holds and create a national database, republicans trying to come up with their own, the white house now saying according to a couple of sources by thursday they'll unveil their own set ofpackage of initiatives, things congress can do, things the president can do on his own, and speaking of the president, republicans kind of backing away from what turned out to be a controversial tweet president trump pitching with no could be operation at all a conspiracy theory about the 75-year-old protester in buffalo who was knocked down by police president trump in his tweet suggesting that he may have been working with antifa to scan police equipment and black it out, again, no corroboration or support for that at all, and now there a

but joe biden is calling for a more modest approach tracie potts is joining us with the latest the president met with law enforcement officials yesterday, what happened there? . >> reporter: the president met with law enforcement officials and came out pretty clear that he is not for either de-funding or dismantling local police departments around the country this is now the rallying cry of the george floyd protests that we have seen nationwide. the thought being that too much money is being put into policing communities, as opposed to supporting communities but president trump says pulling money away from police, that's not something he'll back >> there won't be de-funding, dismantling of our police. there's not going to be any disbanding of our police our police have been letting us live in peace and we want to make sure we don't have any bad actors in there. sometimes you'll see horrible things like we witnessed recently, but it -- i say 99. 9 but let's go with 99% of them are great, great people and they've done jobs that are settg >> knelt at the capitol in memory of george floyd they a

tracie potts has more. senate republicans have vowed to block the proposal >> reporter: it looks like they're ing what the house passed last night an d the republican versithat passedd the george floyd justice and policing act it bans chokeholds like the one that killed george floyd and no knock warrants like the one that led to the death of breonna taylor this was pushed mostly by democrats. >> i'm going to be frank a bill like this should have passed years ago we know that chokeholds are dangerous can, same with no knock warrants this legislation would have prevented george floyd's death and the death of so many other black and brown people in america. >> reporter: president trump also pushing harsh punishment for protesters who destroy or deface statues as part of demonstrations on fox last night he compared them to terrorists >> every night we're going to get tougher and tougher. and at some point there's going to be retribution because there has to be. these people are vandals and they're agitators but

debating police reforms, a bill it would overhaul law enforcement we're joined by nbc capitol hill tracie potts there were heated moments at this hearing >> reporter: it was a very heated hearing, and this was over democrats' plan on police reform the exchange that we're going to show you centered around what it means to be a black man in america and how the peopleere in washington understand that or not. >> as a black male who went to a fifth best public high school in the country, who was a victim of excessive force, who has a black son, who has worries that you all don't -- people are dying as we talk. so i am not interested in moving at a snail's pace. i am not interested in a watered down bill that mandates nothing. >> are you suggesting that you're certain none of us have non-white children because you reflect on your blackson and you said none of us could understand -- >> stop. i'm not about to get sidetracked about the color of our children. it is about black males, black people in the streets that are getting killed and one of them happens to be your kid, i'm concerned about him, too a

handling over nation-wide protest to use military force to crack down on any violence that erupts tracie potts joining us now with more on this good morning, tracie >> good morning. the president catching some heat saying he's going to bring in the military to back up his national guard his former and current defense secretaries disputing that >> at the u.s. capitol, some officers taking a knee with protesters president trump is doubling down on the promise to bring out the military to back up 30,000 national guard troops. >> once they came in, it was like a knife cutting butter. it was so easy the current and former defense secretaries opposed action >> the use should only be used as a matter of last resort >> in a statement, calling it an abuse of executive authorities curfews are easing tension there are pockets of unrest in portland, atlanta, charlotte where police are accused of firing tear gas into a peaceful crowd. former president obama praising peaceful protests. >> we have to bring about change, highlight the problem and make people in power uncomfortable. the first memorial for geor

the highest since it peaked in late april at 36,000 tracie potts with us from washington, d.c.lk to us about the latest round of infections and what the ramifications may be >> exactly and it's a worldwide spike we are seeing how that is playing out here in the united states new numbers overnight, now more than 45,000. those numbers went up overnight. 45,000 cases in a single day the largest number of new cases we've seen diagnosed and reported in one day. the previous record was in april when many areas were at the height of coronavirus. now we are starting to see that spike in other areas as well in the united states, nearly half of our states are seeing significant increase in coronavirus cases. this is a second bump in what experts say is the first wave. a lot in the south and west in states that reopened early on. we have states that are running out of intensive care beds in texas, the governor is urging people to stay home because of the increase in cases. now the cdc here is saying that we could see a total of 150,000 deaths by the middle of next month. the bottom line o

calls for fears of a second wave saying our economy is roaring back and we will not be shut down tracie pottss with us from washington, d.c. talk us about that as many are concerned about the wave of infections across the states >> exactly we now have numbers to show that the wave of infection is growing in many areas. 33 of our 50 states are seeing an increase. many of them like texas, florida, california, the largest states are particular hot spots for this virus the cdc now saying that we could have 10 times as many cases as the numbers even show based on the people with antibodies who may have had it and didn't know it and spread it to others president trump self-correcting again saying he was joking about scaling back testing to reduce the number of cases. testing is going away in some areas. the federal government said it will increase in others. this late surge going into the summer when people want to get out and about, when states have started to reopen business is concerning states like texas now, a very large state, is putting the pause button on reopening and have stopped that. th

we'll take you live to washington now and that's where we find "today in the bay"'s tracy spo tracie potts this morning. business owners need this flexibility. >> right, because they have the availability of the money, at least many of them did but paying back the money and how they use the money was the issue here. some changes have been made passed unanimously or by unanimous consent and is on its way to the president's desk. it gives them longer to spend the money, 24 weeks instead of 8, and allows them to use more of the money to pay their bills, rent and utilities as opposed to having to use the bulk of it to pay payroll, and so it's a different split. it extends the deadline to rehire people to coincide with the ending extended unemployment insurance. lots of big businesses that have smaller individual locations were able to get that money and that, lawmakers said, was not the idea. this time small businesses still do have to apply by the end of this month, by june 30th to get those loans. laura. >> so many small business owners i know have been desperately waiting for these changes,

tracie potts with the effort to restrict certain police tactics may end up hitting a brick wall at the white house. tracie? >> reporter: in light of these protests after the death of george floyd this issue of police tactics and police reform is front and center on capitol hill. democrats and republicans are trying to figure out how do they come to the middle, and some republicans, some prominent ones, are lining up behind democrats on this. police reform picking up support from some republicans. senator rand paul introduced the breonna taylor bill which would ban no-knock warrants and house minority leader kevin mccarthy now says he supports banning chokeholds. >> the idea someone would have a chokehold when someone is handcuffed, there should be severe consequences. >> reporter: a senate panel led by republicans approved renaming military base that is honor confederate generals. >> these names have to go. these names are white supremacists that said terrible things about our country. >> reporter: president trump has threatened to veto all pentagon spending including raises for troops

"today in the bay's" tracie potts joins us with more and to explain why. good morning, tracie. >> reporter: good morning, everyone. democrats wanted to see police reform happen but they don't like this plan and think it's the wrong way to start the conversation, so today they plan to block it. republicans' police reform bill up for a vote today. >> those youngsters who today are afraid to jog down the street or get in their car and drive. >> reporter: today's vote just to debate that plan. democrats plan to block it. they say the bill is fundamentally flawed. >> the question is this. who do you trust, the naacp or mitch mcconnell? >> reporter: the bill crafted by the senate's lone black republican tim scott collects data and withholds federal funds from police that use chokeholds but doesn't ban them outright. republicans accuse democrats of hindering progress. >> we have chuck schumer with a chokehold on the justice act and our opportunity for police reform in america. >> reporter: meantime, president trump -- >> lock them up. >> reporter: is promising jai

"today in the bay's" tracie potts is live with what happened in washington. tracie, this is not something i can recall happening in a very long time. >> reporter: well, we certainly have seen demonstrations at lafayette park, which is right across the street from the white house, but these were pretty intense involving not only the secret service and local police but other federal agencies to try to keep order and calm. a third night of protests and violence in the nation's capital. a small building went up in flames just across from the white house where demonstrators kneeled, demanding action in the deaths of george floyd and others who died at the hands of police. officers used tear gas to disperse crowds gathered despite an 11:00 p.m. curfew. the national guard, u.s. marshals, and drug enforcement agents called in to help. >> we are proud of our city and we do not want our city to be destroyed. >> reporter: d.c.'s mayor notes some of the protesters came from out of town. nbc news confirms that president trump was briefly rushed to an underground bunker as

"today in the bay's" tracie potts is live in washington with a closer look at all three and the brewing war of words. >> reporter: let's start with the book. bolton is speaking out and so are world leaders including this morning south korea's national security official. the counterpart to bolton's old job says the accounts of their conversations with the trump administration in this book are inaccurate. >> you are going to do a fantastic job and i appreciate you. >> reporter: unfit, incompetent, that's how former national security adviser john bolton describes president trump. >> it's not clear to me that he read much of anything. when it comes to re-election, his attention span of infinite. just too bad there wasn't more that have when it came to national security. >> reporter: bolton's abc interview last night expanding on his new tell-all book that portrays president trump as uninformed, pressing world leaders to help him get re-elected. the white house is already fighting back. >> bolton has absolutely zero credibility. behind the scenes he was a manipulator and tried to push us in