tracy?racy: let's have over to europe, because eu governments have thrown down the gauntlet to the u.k. ahead of acid -- brexit talks. they are urging theresa may to be more realistic and her expectations. we are in brussels, and walk as the challenges that the eu is issuing to prime minister may? >> as you said, it is certainly an unwavering and unified eu 27, and they feel very much they are winning the brexit argument. they are in control of the negotiations. there was a long list of demands, but they want to extensive guarantees to about 3 million citizens living in the u.k.. and the premise or luxembourg told the ee -- told bloomberg yesterday that -- i spoke with swedish prime minister, and he said the eu must pay that, as a part of the membership. but the biggest counter blow was the trade talks between the eu and u.k. will not start until there is a case of substantial evidence of that happening. this is what german chancellor angela merkel has a after the meeting. thatat is importan

tracy: hold that thought.are going to discuss this with a professor at the middle east institute at the university of singapore. thank you for joining us today. the first thing i need to ask will be along the lines of -- do these missile strikes change the situation in syria? >> hello tracy. nice to be on here with you. i don't think the u.s. airstrikes changed the situation on ground, although the risk of escalation has heightened. i don't think any side wants to escalate. syriansy the russians, will not want to escalate. simply because they are sitting pretty. they have the advantage at the moment since the russian intervention. they will not want to change the status quo. tracy: when -- what do we expect the syrian side to do at this point? >> i expected the syrian side not to respond, to keep their heads down and hope that it blows over. we have just heard that the syrians have indeed launched further airstrikes wednesday chemical attacks took place. this is to say that we are still here, we are still in c

tracy: i am tracy alloway in dubai. we know it is a big day for turkey. it is a big day for us as well because you are in istanbul to witness what could be the most radical shakeup since the turkish republic was formed 93 years ago. what are you seeing on the ground ahead of the referendum? yeah, this is a huge move by this administration. as you mentioned, the most radical transformation. 18ing to push through amendments to the constitution in a yes or no referendum. at the moment, too close to call. the prime minister's office is going to get removed as part of that. you are looking at an extension 's her to one -- of erdogan leadership. those voting in favor are looking for a strong man against terror and the islamic state. those who were not, they are saying the checks and militants is -- checks and balances are being removed. shorter term stability might allow the government to move ahead with economic reforms. if you look at what happened to the turkish lira, it has had the best month so far. tracy: we are going to talk more about the turkish refere

yousef: tracy great to see you.cy: coming up, abu dhabi national energy post c $5 billion loss on oil related write offs. we will get more on the company next.as taca this is bloomberg markets: middle east live from dubai. tracy: here in the region, we have a tale of contrast for two biggesthabi's companies. they saw profit almost tripled, while other debbie energy posted more than $5 billion in losses. abu dhabi energy posted more than $5 billion in losses. >> we should see some market reaction. it is $5 billion, a lot of money. a non-cash charge. still, investors tend to look at the number and it is not easy to swallow. $20 billion all at once. the stocks down 13.2% so far this year. the is a lot worse than index in abu dhabi itself. we know the company is going through a transformation program the layoffsulted in of around 1000 people, 25% of the company's headcount. we know there is more to come. is ae other hand, there different trend. the investment sovereign wealth fund has presented pretty good numbers. they

tracy: it is tracy alloway. i wanted to ask you what you think has happened to the goal of reducing the budget shortfall? it was not immediately clear whether the decision to reinstate bonuses would conflict with the aim to reduce the budget shortfall. >> the government will continue to have its goals on the balanced budget i 2020. next year, we will have the vat coming into force. adjustedis has to be with the demand factor. the economy needs to get a boost. it is positive for confidence. lacking wasnomy was confidence. people were wondering, i'm being charged more and more. in my getting back? any reform policy has to take time. it is good to push back and readjust text's. tracy: confidence plays such a huge role in the economy. take a look at this chart. it shows essentially, saudi arabia bank asset claims. you can see credit has been struggling. potentially because people were uncertain of what would happen to the economy in the face of low oil prices. affectyou expect that to bank lending in particular? g o

tracy: it is interesting. 9/11 issue getting talked about in the bond market, now it has come home to the equity markets. , we had somemarket interesting things happening with the telecom companies. what are you watching? >> that is exactly the opposite. last week they presented good results, one of the first time since 2008 that they presented positive net income. it was a surprise for the markets. we have stocks jumping more than 20% in the past few days, in the past four sessions. speculationlot of going on related to its competitor which is not resented results yet. a lot of people are betting this should be the trend for them as well. it is hard to come up with a conclusion. it is speculation in the market. that is no clear evidence they will meet the good numbers we saw for the other company. lot of volume of trade with both names. they are increasing on a daily basis within the saudi markets. shery: what about the uae? anything there? >> we have some important announcements made today. we had emirates n

i'm tracy alloway.t tries to come out of years of turmoil, toryism could be crucial to their success. 12% ofustry has employed the working population and contributed $12 billion to the economy every year. we spoke with egypt's tourism minister, mohamed rashed. mohamed: we have to look at it in the right perspective. generalns terrorism in is a global threat, is not actually, you know toward egypt only. we saw what happened in paris last week, what happened on and on and all these different capitals of the world. i think with the efforts that the egyptian government has put together to offset all of the trials that have been in place, i think we have done a good job. i think doing a good job means we really are prepared to cut them off and make sure that people are comfortable coming to egypt. yousef: we have specifics in the numbers, you have an ambitious plan and the chart tells us where we are. where do you want to go, where do you want better to be in a year or two years? mohamed: the last quarter of

tracy.at question, i think the government will continue to have its goals on the balanced budget by 2020. remember that next year we will have the the a t coming into force. revenues will increase additional fees. all of this has to be adjusted with the demand after. the economy needs to get a boost and this is the boost. it's positive for confidence, because again, what the economy was lacking was confident. i'm being charged more and more, what am i getting back? so now, this is the giveback. fiscal adjustment has to take time and it's always good to push back and readjust the texts. tracy: i love that you brought up confidence because it plays such a huge role in the economy. take a look at this chart, another confidence-based indicator. it shows essentially saudi arabia bank asset claims on the private sector. you can see that credit has really been struggling over the past year or so, potentially because people were uncertain of what would happen to the economy in the face of low oil pr

tracy? >> thank you very much, erika. and thank to my colleagues at the urban institute and the lincoln institute of land policy. such a terrific program. very excited to be here today and talk about some of the work of my co-authors in l.a. at uc berkley. first, our unit of analysis is different. we're not looking at these fiscally standardized cities, but we're looking at cities just how they exist. we're not capturing these differences that andy laid out between, say, baltimore and tampa, but we are capturing the decision-making unit as opposed to maybe you can think about fiscally standardized cities as the people who live in these cities who are paying taxes and receiving services. we're thinking a lot more about the decision makers in these cities. also our time period is different. they're interested in the period after the housing market bust, and we're interested in the boom. also our measure that we're interested in is housing wealth as opposed to housing prices. and that gets at sort of our motivation and what'

it never occurred. >> bill: fundamentals. >> jim: let's go over to tracy. >> tracy: coach, your teamt they do all season long. outrebounding this team, and the job that kennedy meeks did all game. wacan you say about how they fought through down the stretch here? >> roy: first of all, if it wasn't for kennedy meeks we wouldn't have been in the basketball game, he missed the two free throws but he got the last rebound ares he was on sensational until the two free throws but we're still playing. >> tracy: you're still playing and up next you are facing a really good friend of yours in mark few and gonzaga. how you about for this team to have the opportunity to get back to the championship? what will it take to win it? >> roy: it's a dream that's come true to get there. now we've got to play better. mark's team has been fantastic all season long. i'm going to enjoy this a few more moments. >> tracy: we're going to talk to kennedy meeks now, let them embrace a little bit. kennedy, congratulations. a career high for you. 25 points, 14 rebounds, eight offensive rebounds and none bigger tha

tracy. >> thank you very much, erika. and thank you to my colleagues at the urban institute and the lincoln institute of land policy, putting together such a terrific program took excited to be here to talk with some my work with my co-authors at ucla and uc berkeley. first i wanted to take a couple minutes just to explain why my paper is different from the previous paper that was discussed. first our unit of analysis is typically when i look at these tiscali standardized cities but looking at cities just as they exist. we are not capturing these differences that andy laid out between baltimore and tampa but we are capturing the decision-making unit as opposed to maybe think about physically standardized cities as a people who live in the city center paying taxes and receiving services. we think about the decision-makers in these cities. our time. is different. they are interested in the period after the housing market bust and we are interested in the boom. also our measure where interested is housing up as opposed to ho

news 4's tracie potts is live. what does that mean? will we hear more over the next few days? >> reporter: we likely will. what it means is all options including the military option still on the table. at said overnight essentially in the hot zone right there at the militarized border between north and south korea. they're still trying to figure out how to respond and how to get north korea to back off. vice president pence who delivered the most high profile comments made it clear they have not ruled out anything. >> tracie, the vice president's visit comes one day after north korea's failed missile attempt. how have they responded on this? >> reporter: interesting, eun. we haven't heard from the president but h.r. mcmaster in afghanistan on an unannounced trip. they're talking about dealing with china, getting china involved, some diplomacy getting china involved and to lean on north korea. >> tracie potts live on capitol hill. tracie, thank you. >>> supreme court justice neil gorsuch will take his seat on the bench for the first time in one of the most important cases of th

tracie, thank you. >>> 4:48. a battle over banners is brewing at an apartment building across from nats park. take a look. sports banners have blown in the wind for years at camden's south capital, but recently the banners have become more political. some say resist, black lives matter, make america great again. some have a danner that said, no. near a pro trump banner. building management said all the signs must go. >> i was personally looking forward to like the passive-aggressive flag war of 2017 but i guess it's not going to happen, which is kind of disappointing. >> so now residents have until may 1st to take down signs or risk fines or eviction. management declined to comment except saying they're having the windows washed and they want the buildings to look n. police say tried to abduct two boys from a playground and exposed himself to a young girl is being held without bond. now investigators are worried there may be more victims. on easter sunday montgomery county police say jamburo gaydo tried to pull t

tracie, good morning. >> reporter: eun, good morning. they want to hold on to guarantee benefits like maternity and emergency benefits but give states the option of opting out. that was a big issue with conservatives who blocked it who said they weren't voting against it. now we haven't seen the language of all of that yet, lawmakers haven't, and that why this could go slowly. the president now saying he thinks it's possible they could get a health care vote done this week when, as you jus they are coming back on monday laser focused on the budget, the spending issues with that government shutdown issue looming a week from today. >> tracie, let's talk about foreign policy for a second now. is president trump leaning on china to help try to diffuse the tensions with north korea? >> reporter: yeah, that's been an ongoing theme. late comments on that from the president. he calls north korea a menace and now says they need to put trade talks with china aside, put that on the back burner to deal with north korea first. >> tracie, thank you. >

tracy, back to you. >> jessica, thanks. 5:34. this morning, delaware county monsignor is facing charges. moonsignor william dombro is accused of stealing more than $500,000 from the facility for a decade. katy zachry, what did he do with that money? >> we learned that he gambled away much of the money that he stole. if the rector from villa st. joseph is convicted he could face the rest of his life in prison. monsignor dombro stole money that was supposed to go to the archdiocese of philadelphia. it came from life insurance policies from priests who had died and parishoners who left the church money in their wills. we learned the 77-year-old monsignor had sole access to this bank account. the whole situation disturbs people who live nearby. >> he's a priest, supposed to be a child of god. for you to do that, you know, it's just crazy. >> monsignor william dombro right now is on administrative leave. he faces wild fraud and his attorney tells us he is expected to plead guilty. reporting live in darby, katy zachry. >>> now breaking

tracie potts is on capitol hill. tracie take us into the proposal and what it means for families. >> what it means for families, the administration says, is more jobs. they're expecting to announce a big cut for businesses. corporate tax cut from 35% to 15%. now, on the other side, people who are against it say the problem is, when you bring that much less money into washington, into the government, you can do less. so, a lot of the programs out there helping poor people, helping working families, could be cut. or maybe even go away. >> tracie, what's the latest on the negotiations to avoid a government shutdown? anything on that? >> yeah, they're working on it. because now they've cleared a big hurdle because president trump has pulled $1 billion for now, it's a matter of democrats and republicans sitting down trying to work out some spending bills between now and midnight friday. >> tracie potts on capitol hill. thank you. >>> while lawmakers are working to avoid a shutdown, the office of management and budget has

vai and tracy? >> thank you, jessica. philadelphia police are searching for a man who shot a in the stomach and shin. officers were called at 57th and florence avenue. witnesses tell police the victim was arguing with a man who then fired six to seven shots. she's listed in stable condition. >>> happening today, jurors will hear more testimony about the deadly shooting that killed a pennsylvania state trooper. >> eric frein is on trial for murder. state troopers described moments of care as they responded to that ambush just outside their blooming grove barracks. trooper brian dickson was killed. in court, fellow trooper robert golded he slapped the wounded dickson, calling his name saying, quote, i was looking for any signs of life, just looking into his eyes. there was nothing. troopers also talked about how they used body armor and police car to protect themselves as shots were fired around them. frein faces the death penalty if convicted. >>> happening today in north philadelphia, clergy and city officials will addres

tracie potts will have the late jooes we'll have a check in with angie goff. she has the results of a highly contested election. >> the rising elections. point out on the streets of france. in paris protestors cautioning far right leader marine le pen and macron qualified for the may runoff. le pen vows if the e.u. with an historic result that could have an impact on the future of france. an election that will be watched by the world closely. back to you. >> angie, thank you. >>> happening today. if you take i-395 in the district, things are going to look a little different. today will be the first morning rush with the newly opened ramp that allows drivers to merge directly from massachusetts avenue to i-395 south instead of having to use the third street tunnel ranch. this is part of the billion dollar capital crossing. we have the details as well as the ongoing construction. search i-395. >>> now to the quest 4 the cup. fans are celebrating the caps victory. >> the caps made their way to round two of the playoffs with last night's overtime win. another over

tracy. >> see you then, thank you. 20 minutes past 6:00. septa is changing how passengers create rides. the time line for selling medical marijuana in pennsylvania. when the drugs could be available. >> officials in pennsylvania say the medical marijuana program is on track to be up and running by may of next year. the state health secretary says her agency received more than 500 applications for people to grow, dispense drugs, next for 39 available permits. she says they hope to issue permits by the end of june. >>> and today we learn plans about repairs. >> that follows the derailment in problems over the next month after the electrical problem, amtrak said the work would cause near delays and cancellations. >>> starting first, septa will end sales of weekly and monthly transpasses and one day convenience passes. you can reload online or at their ki of course. now they will continued to sell tokens. >> good morning, everyone, jessica boyington with breaking news, overtop of the scene of 295 out in belmar. he had a truck spill a load of or

so that's sure to come up. >> tracie potts on the hill for us this morning.nk you. >>> 5:48. president trump's first 100 days quickly coming to an end here. saturday marks his 100th day in the office. he will mark it with a rally in pennsylvania. meanwhile, we're getting a look at his job approval rating. according to the latest nbc news wall street journal poll it stands at 40%. that's down 4 points from february. >>> angie goff is at the live desk with a confederate statue removal. >> we have livid yes. the removal begins today. the new orleans first of four statues are being removed today. this signals the beginning of turning a page on our divisive past he says. a statute of confederate general robert e. lee is one of the four stat use. in march a federal appeals court blocked the move from trying to keep them up. the stat use will be stored in a city warehouse until the city can determine what to do with them. eun? >> angie, thank you. >>> today is holocaust remembrance day, and the u.s. holocaust memorial museum will officially open its new conservation

good morning, i'm tracy davidson.uds to start your day. let's find out what's to come with first alert meteorologist bill henley. bill? >>> cloudy and cool. the cloudy view from the adventure aquarium. 40s. 47 in the lehigh valley. suburbs, 45. 47 in philadelphia. the clouds are moving in. getting a wind off the ocean. a combination that's going to keep us chilly for most of the day. we have clouds, but showers, they're to the west. i expect them to fall apart before they move in. lots of clouds. but i think you can get away without the umbrella today. >> all right. thanks for that. >>> now to nbc10's first alert traffic reporter jessica boyington watching the ride to work. >>> watching the vine street expressway, okay. typical on the westbound side. seeing delays moving toward the schuylkill expressway. you see that in the cameras here. everything's still moving, that's the good thing around 24th street. there's a crash in bridgeport. watch for clearing after a bit. 4th street around prospect avenue. tracy, back to y

after nine months at sea, tracy edwards leads the crew back home and into the record books. the world race and finished second overall —— all female. 27 years on, tracy and many of the original crew are back, reunited with the yacht, maiden. why? i heard she was abandoned in the seychelles about four years ago. it was at a time in my life i was looking for something to do, i thought, this beautiful boat that did so much and so famous, it cannot rot away. we started fundraising, we did crowd funding. we are going to do a three—year world tour promoting the rights of girls to have an education. back in british waters today after being rescued from the seychelles, she is a long way from being seaworthy. down below deck, this would have been home for the 12 woman crew on the nine—month voyage around the world. as you can tell, it has not fared so well over the past 27 yea rs. fared so well over the past 27 years. these are some of the old sales. there are problems at the front of the boat. even a hole in the hull. there is work to be done to get the maiden seaworthy. they wa nt

robert tracy introduced as chief of police. tracy spebt the last five years as the chief of crime control strategies. the mayor says tracy beat out to 34 our candidates. >>> philadelphia archbishop celebrated. tonight the archbishop will wash the feet of 12 seminary yans during the mass of the lord's supper. >>> president trump prepares for the easter weekend as our nation's relationship with russia remains very tense. >>> and it's the day caffeine lovers have been craving. wawa day is more than just free coffee. >> and of course i'm tracking your easter forecast. temperatures will climb into the upper 60s. a few passing clouds but what about easter sunday? looks like we could have rain and thunderstorms. more on the other side of the break. see you then. >>> u.s. military says a misdirected killed 18 fighters in syria. pilots were given the wrong coordinates. t it's not clear which air force was behind the strike. >>> rex tillerson is back from russia today. >> nbc 10 national correspondent tracie potts reports from washington

laura: meet jim jordan, tracy's number of congress. this woman was frustrated to see the republican botched attempt. >> i was a little disappointed that we had eight years to work on this, and i hoped that republicans in the years could get things done. the president now is blaming him and other members of the freedom caucus for the failure. is that their? . >> i we know they are working on don't think it is fair. we know they are working on a daily if not hourly basis, and i feel confident, as most of us in this area do, that they will get the job done. >> you are not ever going to get all you want, but if you push you will get some better product , for the folks back home. laura: meet jim jordan, tracy's number of congress. he is a conservative republican and member of the freedom caucus group who helped torpedo the white house attempted health care reform. the president directly singled out jim jordan with his furious tweetstorms, but the kindest man -- the congressman is unmoved. rep. jordan: tweets and statements and blame don't c

news 4's tracie potts capitol hill.he odds that congress can pass something this morning. >> reporter: eun and aaron, all of those workers waiting to see if within the less than 24 hours congress can keep the government working. the key here seems to be health care. overnight we know the democrats once again blocked a temporary measure to extent the government funding. the issue here is that democrats don't want to see a vote on health care. we learn it's not going to happen this week. maybe next week, but not this week in the middle of the critical shutdown negotiations. here is the schedule for today. sometime late morning to mid afternoon another vote is going to be taken on that temporary measure. if it passes, the government stays open. if it doesn't, it's going to be going until midnight. >>> another issue is former national security adviser michael flynn. tell us the facing from the pentagon. >> reporter: right. the pentagon's inspector general is taking a look at whether flynn properly disclosed payments, includ

tracy, 43 degrees.y hills camera, pretty clear out there for the most part other than the slight sprinkle in the north bay. wet weather likely, tuesday, wednesday and thursday. and that's going to keep us cooler than average at least through next week. this storm looks pretty impressive. and here is what happens. energy and moisture, and it weakens as it approaches and starts to head towards the north. so we are still going to put a storm impact scale on and it's going to impact you in a light way, and that's why it's a one with scattered showers and a little breeze out there, and we are not expecting anything damaging. here we are at 7:00 tomorrow morning, and you can see the impact across the north bay in the form of sprinkles to light rain and it stays there other than a few dots out there, random elsewhere, and as we head into the afternoon and evening random scattered showers develop everywhere and they continue all the way through wednesday morning. wednesday, for the most part, is going to be pre

let's ring in bloomberg's tracy alloway. -- let's bring in bloomberg's tracy alloway.return was not entirely unexpected, was it? cy: that is exactly right. we saw city laying the groundwork for this license earlier this month when it announced that carmen would become the ceo for its saudi unit. she was widely expected to be the one task with expanding citigroup's new presence in the saudi arabian market. of course, this all comes hot on the heels of saudi arabia opening itself up to foreign investors. ipo in the saudi aramco the works, that could be the biggest ipo on record. we have things like bond sales. we saw saudi arabia selling a mega $17.5 billion worth of bonds back in october. we have msg i coming up. lots of people competing in that market. city is coming to it slightly late. they already have competitors with investment banking licensors including hsbc a. yousef: giving the interest we are seeing in saudi banks and the saudi story. is another element we are watching in terms of consolidation in that sector, right? right, this time it is foreign consolidati

. >>> the mayor introduced new commissioner robert tracy this afternoon. tracy is a veteran of the new york city police force and more recently the chief of crime control strategies in the chicago police department. tracy says he looks forward to gettingen o the job friday ask to getting out in the neighborhoods. he will try to protect. >> job number one is to get to know the community, get to know my police officers and look at the department and the strategies we have in place and make sure the methodologies are in place and the department structure so we can carry out those things. >> the mayor says he interviewed 35 internal and external candidates for the toch job. he wants a big city candidate because he says despite the suz it has big city problems in terms of violence, guns and drugs. >>> jurors in the murder trial will go to the area where a 3-year-old boy's body was found. today a judge made the tentive ruling at a pretrial hearing. he's accused of killing the 3-year-old son in 2015. and then reporting him missing. not far from the home. . jury s

a little spot westbound 580 out near tracy if you're coming in from tracy. a little bit of slowing reports that there's maybe because of some lanes closed for construction at this hour. take a closer look at that and then you go down to the south bay everything looks good there. not a single red on that map there. 280 in san jose. barely any cars on the road at this hour. and 101 in san francisco just before the 80 split also looking good. traffic moving very nicely at this hour. time now is 4:46. steve, i felt a little warmer when i looked outside. >>allie you're learning fast. >> it is cloudy. it is warmer. >> i'm a fast warmer. >> it is. thank you. we have cloudy skies. so far just some light rain being reported. but we'll see some light rain today for you allergy sufferers the grass is making a move. not too bad yet. it's those trees. oak, ark, and mulberry. not to be confused with dewey, cheaterman and howl. you know the grass is ready to come and the grass is this tall from all the rain. we might get a little more rain. up north you can see some of tha

rob effort tracy will begin his assignment on friday. tracy spent 23 years with the new york police department and five years as chicago's chief crime strategist. the mayor says that wilmington may be small but has big city crime problems. tracy will make $160,000 a year, that is $43 more than cummings. >>> the potentially life saving drug, narcan will be stocked at pennsylvania state parks. mayor tom wolf made the announcement in lewisbury, york county. more than 100 employees will be trained and equipped with narcan and this reverses the effect of opioid overdoses. >>> new jersey governor, chris christie was in trenton hoping to cut the ribbon for a new edition to trenton community college. the annex features state of the art projects for education and he says it's an important investment keeping students in the state for their education and in the state for jobs. >>> 48 people from 31 countries are now citizens of the united states. they took the only of allegiance today at princeton university. the new citizens include two professors

meet robert tracy he begins his new duties as police chief in two days.cy is a veteran of the chicago and new york city police departments and he says he's going to hit the ground running. >> look at the crime statistics immediately as part of one of my forte and find out if there's things that we can build on some of the successes. >> tracy says his hospital top priority is not surprisingly keeping citizens safe. big honor in south jersey tonight for more than two dozen of our nation's heroes. gloucester county officials along with the office of veterans affairs awarded veterans with long overdue medals. fox 29's shawnette wilson has been there for it all. live now from sewell, shawnette. >> reporter: lucy, it was a great night here. 30 veterans honored including two living world war ii vetera veterans. >> very proud of my husband. >> reporter: francesco proudly holds medals she stepped on behalf of her husband edward. >> very excited. >> he was honored for his service in the navy during world war and two the korean war. >> very proud indeed. i mean he p

my name is tracy luke. i live at 64 russell st., which is the neighboring property. while i am the only discretionary review filer that's been granted the opportunity tonight this is a culmination of not just my dr but of dr's surrounding neighbors in neighborhood association on the planning commission thoughts over basically a two-year period. i personally, have and continue be supportive of the appellant's request to redevelop their home.. however i and the other neighbors felt was appropriate and fair to us twice for certain modifications that would respect our light air and privacy. as well as the character and the context of our history. the key concerns about the project really revolve around height mass and façade. to be specific, they include negatively impacting the light air and privacy particularly of the union street neighbors. makes little effort to russell street context. the reduction of the light well is going to reduce the visibility of my home. fourth, the installation of the car stuck or has a permanent impact on not only my home on russell street.

. ♪ ♪ tracy: i'm tracy alloway.shn: present economic team says they want to reduce corporate tax rates from 35-15% as well as cutting personal taxes. the director of the white house national economic council urges republicans and democrats to support those changes. >> it once in a generation opportunity to do something really big. president trump has made tax reform a priority. we have are public and congress that wants to get it done. hope theomething i democrats would support because it is good for the american people. mnuchin says the tax proposal will bring back trillions of dollars currently held offshore. nuchin: our objective is to make u.s. businesses the most competitive in the world. right now we have a 35% corporate rate on a worldwide income in a deferral. it is the most complicated and uncompetitive business right in the world. buddies makee that trillions of dollars offshore. -- companies make trillions of dollars offshore. anchor: thank you so much for joining us today. the fx reaction has been pretty

tracy: if it is not crude oil, it is gas. seen animal spirits really picking up, especially around the permian basin. that is one of the most lucrative oil places. it is also a really lucrative gas play. we had blackstone an ounce it will buy a company called eagle midstream ventures for about 2 billion in cash. does isle stream operate a bunch of gas pipelines, sort of harvesting the gas that is produced alongside shale oil. the gas story, i have to say, you worry about u.s. shale oil being relatively resilient, you should check out what has been happening with gas. we have had gas production in the permian basin rise to a record every month this year. pretty amazing stuff, shery. shery: tracy alloway joining us from abu dhabi. let's stay with oil in the region. managing director of front tear markets -- frontier market that bank of america. let's discuss some of the points that tracy brought up. especially when it comes to oil. if you take a look at the bloomberg, and basically what we are seeing is a u.s. oil rig in the wh

. >> a light up very well with what tracy described. stockton is a city of about 350,000 people in california. .. or away from the coast for one of two reasons. the consistent piece is quality-of-life and some people don't want to live in the middle of downtown los angeles. they want the quality-of-life, the open space, environment to raise their kids. that's where they want to be. people who do that, they come there, stay there. the other side, which was really the bigger story is the population center in san francisco is where the jobs are. so if you have been working with cisco, the ideal scenario would be to live in san francisco. but as the supply and demand scarcity concepts come into play, that is not practical for many people. there was an article in "the l.a. times" this week they referred to the phrase, you drive until you can find something you can afford. you drive until you qualify. people come outside of that area. ending up at the large influx of people who are there because they couldn't live next to the job they had. so

tracy?trooper alex douglas was injured in a trail of bullet s. frein could face the death penalty if found guilty. >>> more than a million lego bricks, ride, cinema, space for kids to build their own creations. download the app so you can track the rain moving into your neighborhood. thanks for watching. >>> it's 8:00 on "today." coming up, bracing for the worst. this morning, more than 100 million americans in the path of a massive storm system that's already left a trail of destruction across the south. tornadoes ripping apart homes and bringing down trees. we're live on the scene. >>> then star-packed studio 1a. kurt russell stops by to talk about celebrating 30 years with goldie hawn. >>> plus, pierce brosnan stops by to talk about his new western in the sun. >>> and road trip. >> oh, my god, you're doing it. >> so crazy. >> carson joins jimmy fallon an universal orlando to celebrate the grand opening of his remarkable new ride, "race through new york." we have your first look, "today,"

nbc's tracie potts for us in washington. thank you. >>> a very busy time for the white house, for sure. now to more complications and escalating tensions for the u.s. and north korea. over the weekend north korea threatened to sink "the uss carl vinson" which the trump administration says is headed for the region. this as a citizen has been detained in pyongyang for reasons unknown. we have this report from seoul, south korea. >> reporter: with the "uss carl venison" headed to the korean peninsula, another american is in custody in pyongyang. the associated press identifies him as tony kim. in his 50s, a former professor doing aid work in north korea for a month. arrested at pyongyang airport as he was leaving the country. the third american now held by the secretive regime. ohio college student otto warmbier is serving 15 years for trying to take a propaganda banner as a souvenir. and a businessman serving ten years, accused of spying. all bargaining chips, says former governor bill richardson, who's helped win the release

today mayor mike introduced robert tracy. he's replacing the retiring chief. tracy spent the last five years as the chief of crime control strategies for the chicago p.d. he tells nbc10 news he's chomping at the bit to get to work. >> job number one is to get to know the community and my police officers, look at the department and the strategies we have in place. make sure the method ogz or in place and the department's structured so we can carry out those things. >> the mayor says tracy beat out 34 other candidates. his first official day is friday. >> now to staffing concerns in the school district of philadelphia. the city controllers audit found that 17 schools lacked the appropriate staffing levels to keep them compliant for state funds. the school district tells nbc10 news they are in the middle of recruiting hundreds of new teachers thanks to promotional videos like this one. they are hoping to hire a thousand for the next school year. >> atlantic city casinos are cashing in thanks to internet gambling. the division of gaming enforcement says march was

tracie says reducing crime is his number one, priority. >> we can have everybody on the same page working with the criminal justice system. it is strategy we need to put in place. i think we can make a difference. i see more hope, and possibility that we can improve some of the conditions that aren't so great here. >> tracie will replace bobby cummings, cummings is retiring , tomorrow. >>> well today marks end of the road for meter up, the philadelphia parking authority 's parking app. >> "eyewitness news" camera caught workers taking down signs as the app which was phased out at midnight. meter up was administered by a company called pango which ppa says is having financial trouble. parking authority is working to find another app provider by the summer. >>> a portion of the 17th street in rittenhouse square where a sinkhole opened up monday night is now opened to traffic again. repairs are complete, water department says that the sinkhole was caused by a leak and waterline to an apartment building. >>> still to come tonight on "eyewitness news", spreading the love of music, the local bu

nbc tracie potts for us. tracie, thank you. >>> nor to more complications and escalating tensions between u.s. and north korea. north korea threatened to sink aircraft carrier "uss carl vinson" which is headed to the region, this as a former university professor detained in pyongyang for reasons unknown. kelly cobiella reports from seoul, south korea. >> with u.s. "carl vinson" headed to north korea, another american in custody in pyongyang. the associated press identifies him as tony kim,. in his 50s. a former professor doing aid work in north korea for a month. arrested at pyongyang expert as he was leaving the country. the third american now held by the regime. student warmbier serving 15 years for trying to take a propaganda banner as a souvenir and korean american business man serving 10 years accused of spying. all bargaining chips says former governor bill richardson that helped win the release of prisoners before. >> they always want something in return from the united states. a high level visit or hu

i'm tracy -- this is "nbc10 news today." i'm tracy davidson. >> i'm vai sikahema. another gorgeous day ahead and the most accurate forecast. bill? >>> we're 30 minutes away from sunrise. we'll see lots of sunshine. nice and clear in the suburbs. 55 degrees now. temperatures cooled in the lehigh valley, 46, and still falling. they're not going to go much lower. 56 now in philadelphia. we'll start in the 50s, warm to 60. then southwesterly winds blowing. up to 71 at 11:00 this morning. cancel ware at 53 -- delaware at 53. frawley stadium, nice and clear overhead. another beautiful, sunny one. 68 by 10:00 with the same southwesterly winds to boost temperatures up. we could be heading for the record books this afternoon. record high of 84 in philadelphia. that's my forecast for today. up to 83 degrees for the suburbs. new jersey, inland areas in the 80s while the shore hits 70 degrees. a sea breeze later on. 84 would tie the record for delaware and wilmington. i'll break it down hour by hour and show you how quickly it's going to warm up into your neighborhood when i'm

nbc's tracie potts, thank you. have a great weekend, tracie. >>> overnight arkansas carried out the execution of condemned killer williams. he was sentenced to death for shooting a farmer and former deputy warden. he's the fourth inmate executed in arkansas over the last eight days. the state rushed to execute as many as eight convicted killers over 11 days to beat the clock on the expiration of the drug used in the executions. >>> we have an update on the united airlines dragging incident that occurred 19 days ago. dr. david dao being seen here has reached a financial settlement with the airline for an undisclosed amount. his lawyer called it a quote home run and said dao has no plans to sue the city of chicago or anyone else for the incident. >>> in delaware today flags at half-staff for a state trooper gunned down by a suspect who held police in a 20-hour standoff. s.w.a.t. teams used explosives to blow open the house before he came out shooting. with the state in mourning investigators don't have a motive. here

news 4's tracie potts live. >> reporter: it's a big deal. it can prevent the shutdown from happening. this was a big sticking point. the president wanted the downpayment on that wall now and not only democrats but some republicans were skeptical of mixing that with these negotiations over the shutdown. now that senior administration official tells us the president is not giving up on the wall but he's willing to wait, to back off forng that this week and do it during the regular budget process that happens this fall, which means democrats and republicans might much more easily be able to work something out before friday. >> what's the latest on the republican's efforts to replace the affordable care act bill? >> reporter: that's plan b. the president doesn't have a big win going into the 100th day. they are working on health care. the white house saying it may not be this week that they get the big deal, it may be several weeks down the road but they're still working on the details negotiating. they want to count up the votes this time befor

news 4's tracie potts is live on capitol hill. what message is the vice president trying to send to the country of japan today? >> reporter: largely angie and eun, the message is about trade. there are other concerns in the region that will likely come up about north korea, but the biggest concern today is trying to work a one-on-one trade deal with japan after the trump administration and the president himself killed the tpp, the trans-pacific partnership. now the president has promised he can work better deals with every country one on one, and that's the sales job that the vice president is there to do today. japan has two concerns about a one-on-one deal, particularly when it comes to opening their agriculture market. so those discussions are going on today. no details, but he's there today essentially to set a framework for how the discussions will proceed. >> and, tracie, the president is hire american executive order today. what changes are coming to the order? >> reporter: so he's going to a plant to sign this order. the g

i'm tracy davidson. >> i'm vai sikahema. did i get in trouble with bill by calling it ho-huh? >> yes. it's going to be a beautiful day. >> i apologize. >> i remember winter, so this is not ho-hum. a few showers this morning, they've moved through pennsylvania. they're starting to exit delaware. a few rain drops in kent county. moving across delaware bay and into south jersey. atlantic city, few showers in the area into gloucester and camden counties and burlington, too, just to start with. they're not going to last. we'll see sunshine take over. we're getting a warm start with a bit of fog. you see it in the lehigh valley. 59 degrees right now. the fog will quickly clear out. look at the sunshine. from the 60s at 8:00 this morning to 74 at 11:00. and then this afternoon, we're heading into the 80s today. 84 for philadelphia and new jersey. 82 degrees in the suburbs, and a quick warmup for delaware and the lehigh valley, too. temperatures today will be in the 80s. closer to 90 for tomorrow. i'll go through the forecast hour by hour, break it down, show how quickly temperatures

for more we're joined by tracie potts and democrats seem to have enough votes to block that this week so will that be enough? >> reporter: it may not be because they may be looking at what's called the nuclear option here, lowering the thresholds of how many votes are needed to get gorsuch on the u.s. supreme court. he cleared committee, now there are enough democrats willing to filibuster, something never seen with a supreme court nominee, that they could block this nomination without that rule change. take a look. four democrats bucking the party so to speak, three from red states up for re-election. the other from a home city of gorsuch, from denver. all of them saying that they won't block this nomination. but 42 other democrats plan to do just that, forcing, republicans say, forcing the party into this nuclear option where they can essentially confirm gorsuch without any democrats on board. they've got the numbers to do it, but is that going to pave

meet robert tracy he begins his new duties as police chief in two days. tracy is a veteran of the chicago and new york city police departments and he said today he's going to hit the ground r running. >> look at the crime is it a tis, immediately as part of one of my fortes and find out if there's things that we can built build on some of the successes or what we can do. >> tracy says his top priority is keeping citizens safe. happening out of harrisburg, pennsylvania's lieutenant governor mike stack is on the hot seat. this following an investigation on how he treats staff including state plastrum%. >> stack former philadelphia area state senator faced reporters today. jeff cole joining us in stewed we way were the lawsuit governor had to say. jeff. >> lieutenant governor stack former philadelphia state senator very well known here served for a long time admitted he said things he wishes he hasn't. asked if he anger problem he said no. he had a human problem. according to stack's office pennsylvania inspector general has opened a probe of his behavior. n