-tracy: sure.e engaged. does that work with you, that that includes the name and everything we talked about? -tracy: yeah. i think so. -giovanni: great. perfect. -tracy: awesome. -lisa: thanks. lemonis: thank you. it was really nice meeting you, by the way. tracy: it was nice meeting you, too. lemonis: what i'm noticing about lisa is that she truly is starting to get comfortable putting her stake in the ground that she's the president, and i feel like we got a good deal. this process, gio, that you did... -giovanni: i like it. -lemonis: ...was better. the other thing that i liked is that you went over this -with the staff. -giovanni: yeah. lemonis: so they understand it now, and you actually let lisa make the decision. -lisa: yes. -giovanni: i learned my lesson. lemonis: i love working with you guys. -lisa: [ chuckles ] -lemonis: thanks, lisa. ♪ things are going great at bentley's, and the schaumburg store is now open. wow. holy cow. after i visited schaumburg, lisa got the store open in 5 days. th

tracy morgan is here.nd david salmoni is here. [ cheers and applause ] which may be too much. but let's check in with dave who's got his animals backstage. oh, and tracy is with him. hey, guys, how are you doing? what's happening? who is this little guy? >> this is our pink flamingo. >> jimmy: tracy, what's wrong? >> the stupid goose ate all the shrimps out of my food tower. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: oh, no, i apologize. we will definitely find you some more shrimp, tracy. >> jumbo. >> jimmy: jumbo, for sure, of course, we'll get those to you very soon. >> i'm watching you this time, you pink bitch! [ laughter ] >> jimmy: all right, thanks, guys. dave and tracy. later on we might get to hear tracy say the word armadillo, so that will be fun. this is something i saw over the weekend. congratulations are in order for a truck driver in brooklyn who just won the second-largest jackpot in new york lottery history. >> david johnson did exactly what most people say they'd do if they were to win the powerball lottery

tracy po tra tracie potts joins us more with what he is saying. >> reporter: you have to wonder if hegoing to address the budget shutdown/wall situation. it is the biggest issue in washington right now. in his interview with cbs, the president sainother shutdown is not off the table. he wouldn't rule it out. february 15th, the deadline for congress to come up with a plan or the temporary funding runs out and the government workers ware once againhout a paycheck. he said he would not rule out tional emergency declaring to use existing funds to build the wall. it was a wide-ranging interview. the president talked about that. he talked about syria, defending his decision to pull out u.s. troops. he also said he will b saying more during the state of the union or shortly before, about his meeting,upcoming meeting with leader kim wjong-un,h hopes of coming up with a dealo heir nuclear program. but he seemed 50/50, they may not strike a deal on that. >> tracie potts for us on capitol hill. thank you. >>> a maryland restaurant owner has received death threats for an anti-president trump post

my wife tracy, yes, you can applaud. [ applause ] the matriarch of the family, my mother. [ applause ] you're not supposed to steal the limelight, mom. my sister liz and brother-in-law brendan o'neill. [ applause ] my brothers mike, joe and my sister claire. [ applause ] a special thanks to the most famous carney who made a trip down here today, my nephew, brian o'neill who just finished his rookie year season as a starting right tackle for the minnesota vikings. [ cheering and applause ] [ applause ] you didn't have to beat the eagles for god sake. [ laughter ] >> before i start i want to recognize all the new faces in the room. there are many. this is an exciting year for delaware and for public service . never before has our general assembly better reflected the people of our state, we will all benefit from the new perspective the new ideas here in our legislature. [ applause ] senators and representatives, it's a big list, the class of 2018. [ applause ] >> it's a big group and it's exciting for all of us. as you crisscrossed your districts this past election, i know you heard th

potts is life for us in d.c.ha tracie, grade are people giving president trump's second state of theon. >> as you mpeht , it depends on who you ask. republicans say the president hit all the righthe themes re. the democrats and republicans need to work together. he talked about immigration. he was very clear that he will bud the wall not really leaving a lot of room for compromise in these negotiations to stop a governmentshutdown next week. and he talked about things like abortion and trade and foreign policy, pulling out of what he called endless warse then laid out some areas ehere he thinks democrats and republicans mightble to work together, like infrastructure and cancer research. but it's immigration that really seems to be the big issue here. he spe a lot of this nearly talking a half speech about immigration, including ad-libbing that the s u.s.uld have more legal immigration. that was something that we had not heard and was notriginally written into the speech. >> tracie potts for us this mornintr ie, thank you. >>> after the president delivered his state of the union speec

potts, live for us on capitol hill, live for us in d.c., thank you, tracie. >>> 4:46 right now.termns elect happened four months ago, but that might as well have been a lifetime in politics. 2020 races are already shaping up. kelly's an add mark name to a growing list of people jumping into some races. the former astronaut announced yesterday that he is running for senate in arizona. >> i care about people. i care about the state of arizona. i care about this nation. so because of that, i've decided that'm launching a campaign for the united states senate. >> the 54-year-old is the husband of former congresswoman gabby giffords. she survived anti assassi attempt in 2011. kelly sa former combat pilot and flew on two spaceship missions. e>> this is a good time to looking for a job. the labor department says the number of current job openings is now at a record high. in december, 7.3 million jobs were available. the most in two decades. the numberf jobs available is now far greater than the number of unemployed americans. >>> a flight in annapolis over when your chiren start the sc

a two-car collision in tracy. westbound 580 right before grant line. the backup there in the red at 13 miles per hour. so head up in that area as well. >>> all right. let's take a look at what's going to happen monday. wake up at 4:00 in the morning. a few sprinkles in the north bay. the rain will be heaviest in the north bay throughout the day dipping into rest of our neighborhoods as we head into the afternoon and evening hours. then it bumps back up into the north bay and heavier monday night into tuesday morning. that yellow signifying moderate rain. while the rest of us have light rain tuesday, more moderate rain is coming in tuesday night into the north bay. then we transition to scattered showers for wednesday. what's got me concerned is the wide discrepancy in the rainfall, which means this system doesn't know exactly where it's going because it's been fluctuating. if it does hit the north bay with this amount of rain, we're going to have flooding issues. >> mike, thank you. you are most likely to live longer in hawaii and california. life expe

. >> tracie potts joins us with more on how mccabe says he and attorney general rod rosenstein stoppedth amendmdmt amt. good morning. >> reporter: hi. the 25th amendment calls for the removal of a president. rosenstein was countg votes of how many might go italong. as part of a wide-ranging conversation, during a confusing time. mccabe ordered the two investigations of president trump, he says, to preserve the russia investigation and also because he thought some things seemed like president trump asking after the fact for a memo detailinghy jamescomey, the fired fbi director, was fired. and the president over the deputy attory general's insistence, insisted on putting russia in the memo, which they ended up not doing. >> tracie, turning to the president's national emergency declaration overhe border wall. how does the president plan to protect the declaration from the legal challenges that will come up? >> reporter: legal challenges and a possible resolution coming congress. republicans are concerned this is a power grab. the president is trying to go gound them and get money that con

tracie, thank you. >>> 5:46 now.ns happened just four months ago, but that might as well bee a lifetn politics. 2020 races are shaping up and you candd mar kelly's name to a growing list of people's names o races.i he announced yesterday he is running for the senate from arizona. >> i care about people. i care about the state of arizona. i care about this nation. so because of that, i've decided that i'm launching a campaign for the united states senate. >> the 54-year-old is the husband of former congresswoman gabby giffords. you'll remember she survived an assassination attempt in 2011. kelly is a c formerbat pilot and flew on four space shuttle missions, two ofhich he served as commander. running to take over the late senator john mccain's seat currently held by martha mcsally. >>> if you're on the market for a job, you may be in luck. the labor departmentof the numb current job openings is now at a recordhigh. the number of jobs available is now far greater than the number of unemployed americans. >>> a fight in

tracy in her letter as you'll see provides a history of the project. the doctor purchased the property and has a retail art gallery in 2014 and early 2015. he received an over-the-counter permit to convert to a dental orthodontics. on the application he stated it was not a retail gallery but a health management office. once the pre neighborhood discovered the conditional use professional had been circumvented they voiced their on spipgs in 2013 the zoning administrator revoked the permit and in may 2015 the board of appeals unanimously voted in support of the denial of ref vasion of the permit. revocation of the permit and tracy includes all the community documentation at that time at an appendix. as mentioned on june 30, 2016 they granted the doctor conditional use to allow a business or professional service use at the location. tracy had a ranged a good faith agreement the office would be open to the general public and not flipped to medical use. according to tracy, the offices were not set up to receive or welcome cliented there were no stated hours

tracie potts is joining us live now.oe how this national emergency work?t are democrats saying about it? >> reporter: democrats are saying it may not b legal. they may go to court. licans think this is not a good idea. that the president will undermine congress' authority. and adit's a precedent for the presidency. e bottom line , the president wants to add to the money he got in this budget deal. it wasn't nearly what he wanted. by using the emergency, h will pull funds from the pentagon and fpullunds from the treasury nt depart to try to get $8 billion to begin the process of building that wall. >> tracie potts, live for us thmorning. tracie, thank you. >>> today will be william barr's first day as attorney general again. he was swornrrn yesterday. ill oversee robert mueller's investigation, which is rumored to be wrapping up soon. and barr will decide much of the report is sent to congress. during his confirmation, he was in favor transparency, but he did not admit to turng over mueller's full report. >>> wee're learning details abo president trump and

coming up, we'll check in with tracie potts for the latest on the investigation. >>> catholi leaders from around the world are meeting to discuss the ongoing sex abuse scandal. priests are meeting with each survivo well as abuse during the summit. each day of the conference will have a theme. today is responsibility. tomorrow is accountability. and saturday is transparency. the summit ends with a prayer session onunday. >>> from vic to suspect. jussie smollett is a suspect in his o attack. authorities charged with actor with filing a frtse police reyesterday. he claims he was a victim of a hate crime attacked by two men in chicago last month. the men say they were hired by smollett to stage the attack. >>> basketball fan or not, it is an injury you're goi to hear about all day. how one of the best in college basketball ended up sidelined by his shoe.ou . >>> plus, more team coverage on the storm team 4 weather alert n wa the big melt is coming. not beforeheig b >>> you're watching news 4 today. >> one of d.c.'s favorite morning radio shows is making a starting onck, monday morning, t

tracie potts live for us this morning.racie, thank you. >>> well, soap opera icon susan lieu ccc best known as erica kane on "all my children" suffered a health ca sscare. shd twice in the span of a month, she felt tightness and pressure in herchest. doctors found a 90% blockage in her main artery and performed emergency surgery. lucci is urging other women to pay attention to their bodies and other symptoms so many doctors say listen to your own body. >>> last week, we told you about a new heart associationthtudy half of americans have heart disease. any reading higher than 130 over 80 is consideredhigh. >> can't ignore this. this is a big killer ins t country of women. >> people forget how much it affects women. delegateyland state wants students to get more exercise. >> stude ms have aimum of 40 minutes per week ofl physi education class. but a new bill would increase p.e. to 90 minuteser week it's a bill that has failed before. tracee wilkins explains. >> reporter: delegate jaywalkero co-cha the maryland statouse ways

tracie? >> reporter: good morning, everyone.didn't know less than 24 hour h ago if would show up for this hearing. he is now set to testify after the back and forth with the committee was resolved late yesterday. they wanted to issue a subpoena in advance. an unusual move, in case he o didn't now in case he showed up and wouldn't answer etestions, claiming executive privilege or sng like that. but whitaker fought back saying he would s notw up under threat of a subpoena. and the committee backed off and said, if there questions you can't answer, we'll deal with those on a case-by-case basis. he oversees the russia investigation. he said he was loyal to president trump before he was appointed to ov that investigation. the committee, headed by democrats, want to know if there were conversations between him and the prenydent ore at the white house, anyrosed made on impeding that investigation. th want to know why he didn't recuse himself of over sing robert mueller's work after an officer suggested he do so. >> tracie, thank yo >>>

nbc's tracie potts join is live now from d.c. with more reaction to the president's speech.racie, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, there's reaction from hollywood to washington and some of it focusing this morning on nancy pelosi and the eye roll she gave the president sitting right behind him when he talked about ridiculous partisan investigations. on the other side, republicans applauding the president, especially on the economy and immigration. >> i thought it was a very strong speech. the president started off with just laying out the incredible successes we've seen in the past two years, the economic successes. the lowest unemployment in half a century. >> most of the speech was pretty disappointing, but there were moments. i do think that the nod to criminal justice reform is one avenue where we can really come together and advance our common cause. i also think that there is a great possibility for us to build and create jobs with mass infrastructure investment. >> reporter: now, we also heard from 2020 presidential candidates who were at the speech last night

it is slow-and-go out of tracy so give yourself a few extra minutes. at the great highway we have a closure with southbound lanes closed between lincoln and slowed -- sloat. at san mateo bridge the traffic looks good between hayward and foster city with two lanes blocked due to a traffic advisory but that should wrap up within the next 10 minutes. the golden gate bridge looks good with no delays. yesterday we had icy conditions at 101 at sausalito but not today, an easy ride in the san francisco. >>> it is 4:52 am. >>> straight ahead, the hollywood walk of fame goes pink and we have a tour and more in your hollywood headlines. >>> let's head outside before we go to break with a live shot at san jose with near freezing conditions at 35 degrees. at redfin, we charge you a 1% listing fee. and because redfin.com is america's #1 brokerage site our agents get more eyes on your home so you sell for thousands more than the one next door. don't get stuck in the past. sell with a redfin agent. the hollywood walk of fame is seeing pink... and r. kelly is ready to

nbc's tracie potts joining us this morning with the latest from d.c. tracie, the president is denying this report, calling it fake news. >> reporter: right, phillip. he says it never happened. and matt whitaker, the former acting attorney general, who the president supposedly made this request of, testified on capitol hill a few weeks ago that he was never pressured to influence any case. this is coming from a "new york times" story that cites multiple sources saying that, in fact, the president called matt whitaker, this man, who was in charge of the justice departmen at the top of the michael cohen case. michael cohen, the president's former attorney, who was being investigated for the hush money paymenhaade for thet. the president wanted someone different in charge of that investigation according to the "times." that person, u.s. attorney the " butfr the case. now, we're already hearing from the former acting fbi director, who has been talking a lot lately about his upcoming book. he's commenting on this "new york times" report. >> it's not surprisi

watch out patterson to tracy. altamont pass could be slick from the rain that fell just about an hour ago. and look at this. the clouds cleared overnight. the temperatures dropped. it's going to be a brisk day today with total sunshine. stepping out, though, 33 inland with 42 to 43 around the bay and the coast. right around 51 to 52 at noon and 53 to 56. if you're energized by the sun, have a good day. it's your day. alexis. >> thanks, mike. overall, looking pretty good. we have one new issue to talk about in walnut creek. southbound 680, a lot of brake lights here. we have a collision reported around north main which is where the camera is. i have seen flashing lights by emergency crews come through the area. but details not too clear at the moment. sounds like someone ran into someone. but they don't know where the vehicle went. i'll have an update in ten minutes. drive times are looking good. about a ten-minute drive across the bay bridge. southbound 101, san francisco to sfo, still in the green at nine minutes

phillip. >> tracie potts joining us from washington. tracie, thank you. >>> the investigation into an alleged racist and homophobic attack against "empire" star jussie smollett has taken another strange turn, this time with chicago police saying that they no longer consider smollet assault. steve patterson has been following this story for us. steve, what's the latest? >> reporter: marlie, this is yet another stunning turn in what events in this story. now sources close to the investigation are saying that smollett is no longer considered a victim, nor is he yet considered a suspect. and at this point they just want him to come in so he can clarify his story. police are now investigating if the actor famous for his role in the hit series "empire" paid two men to stage an alleged attack against him. in january jussie smollett filed a police report stating two masked men assaulted him while hurling racist and homophobic slurs before pouring bleach on him and tying a rope around his neck. he identified the attackers in this blurry surveill

i don't want to scare you. 580 through tracy, very slow. at central valley traffic is heading towards the bay area and ultima past. it is slow because of road work. it remains that way. traffic is okay and livermore and dublin. this is the san mateo bridge. that is slow in this area. they say they will be there for another eye with emergency pothole repair pick up you can get on the freeway at industrial or you'll save yourself a lot of time. you can see the approach to the bay bridge toll plaza looks good . >>> let's go back to the desk. >> the reaction is pouring in. the second state of the union address speech and is first in front of the divided congress with nancy pelosi, as speaker of the house. joins us live in washington with details of the speech. good morning.>> reporter: good morning. calls for bipartisanship from the president but it broke down way they do with publicans cheering on the president and democrats holding firm. president trump shook hands with nancy pelosi, a friendly enough start free speech the white house said wo

tracie, t >>> a major shake-up at the justice department this morning. deputy attorney ge rod rosenstein is expected to step down in about three weeks. the number two t man at doj oversaw special counsel robert s muellenvestigation after former attorney general jeff sessions recused himself. do officials say rosenstein's departure has nothing to do with recent comments made by forir eputy director andrew abe. nbc's hallie jackson has more. >> reporter: andrew mccabe's defending his side of the story, saying when deputy attorney general rod rosenstein offered to wear a wire inside the white house to record the president after james comey was fired, it was serious, not sarcastic. >> now, he was not joking. he was absolutelyerious and, in fact, he brought it up in the next meeting we had. >> reporter: the justi department, in a carefully worded statement, says rosenstein never authorized any recording, but mccabe is arguing that's not a denial. eputy attorney general says he never authorized anyone to wear a wire that is true. he never authorized it because

nbc's tracie potts is in d.c. to help break it all down to us. tracie, good morning. it doesn't appear president trump will get that border wal' een selling everyone. >> reporter: not the way he wanted, certainly not the type of wall he originally sai he planned. this is what we've learned overnight about in principle, as they are calling it, the deal to avoid the shutdown. first of all, there will be some sort of barrier at the border..3 illion for some sort of border barrier that includes new fencing, but not a concrete wall. possibly those steel slats that the presidentas talked about. that money would fund about 55 miles of barrier at the border. also, another issue that croppes up democad pushed, how much space for immigrants arrested at the border? there will be no capn the number of beds and detention asnters, but there will be a gradual dec through the fiscal year ending in a number that's significantly lessehan resident wanted. in fact, coming out of that meeting last night as the president was rallying in texas, lawmakers were trying to strike this deal, say

tracie potts for us to start us off. tracie, thanks. >>> the biggest standing ovation at this year's 61st annual grammy awards was not for a musician but for a former first lady. after michelle obama made a surprise cameo at music's biggest night, she graced the stage alongside alicia keys, loja gaga, j. smith. the crowd stood up and cheered for 25 seconds before she could even begin her speech. she shared her own personal story of music's influence in her life. speaking of music's impact, singer dolly parton got a star-studded tribute. ♪ here you come again oh looking better than a body has a right to ♪ ♪ jolene jolene jolene jolene ♪ oh i'm begging of you please don't take my man ♪ >> country music queen was this year's music cares person of the year in honor of her charity work. she's also the first country artist to be saluted in the tribute's 29-year history. >> speaking of queens, legendary diana ross was honored. ♪ you've given me the best years of my life ♪ ♪ thank you >> ross brought down the house with a medley

nbc's tracie potts joining us now from washington to break it all down for us. tracie, good morning. it appears the democrats are playing hardball here. >> reporter: exactly. in some cases upping the ante. for example, matt whitaker, the acting attorney general is supposed to testify on capitol hill tomorrow. the house judiciary committee has issued a subpoena -- or is going to issue a subpoena in case he doesn't show or in case he doesn't answer questions. they say it won't be necessary if he shows up for that hearing. then the house intelligence committee revamping the russia investigation. that republican shutdown last year, reopening that, sending 50 interview transcripts to the fbi's russia team, and also now expanding to include the committee. >> his oversight of the administration, that's a non-starter. we are not going to be intimidated or threatened by the president. >> to say that we can't do that is to say we shouldn't do our constitutional duty. it's to assert an executive pre-eminence that one would think he might want to be a dictator. he cannot es

nbc's tracie potts joins us wh the latest. good morning, tracie. ge reporter: because the j says he lied, the special counsel is no longer bound by that plea agreement to give a light sentence. so that's why the big question is this morning h just much time will the 69-year-old spend behind bars. now, the judge fouhat he lied about some things but not about other things. this wasea the plea in the federal case. the judge found that he lied to the special counsel, to the fbd o a grand jury about payments and about hisct con with a russian. but that he did not lie about his contactsi with pnt trump or his team. so it was a bit of a split verdict there, t but bottom line -- or decision, but the lied line is because he to different entities according to the judge, they are n longer bound to give him a light sentence. you'll remember he pleaded guilty in the d.c. case involving fraud and witness tampering after a trial int virginia t was split. he was found guilty on 18 counts and cleared on 10. milissa. >> tracie, thank you. >>> vice president mike pen

there is light rain out towards stockton and tracy.mount hamilton is getting snow right down straight five with big boulders and low snow levels in the valley towards the great wine. and now south of moderate, everything is moving out of our area. it is colder with east bay in the 40s. it is 39 at brent word and dublin and pleasanton is 34. there is enough a vague breeze to stir things up. that system yesterday has formed a big low in the desert southwest and southern california. rain and snow big time for arizona. phoenix is looking at an inch of rain and cold temperatures. the next item of interest is warmth from the hawaiian islands. will be later and it could be eight rainy pattern next week. today is breezy and warm her. call tomorrow morning and partly cloudy saturday. rain is to the north.>>> inspiration and motivation for young men of color. a summit organized by the obama foundation made its mark in oakland. i had this fear that i wasn't qualified. when i moved here, i found a lot of jobs on linkedin and i realized i can do th

tracie, thank you for breaking it down for us from washington this morning now, our u.s. colleagues will discuss the state of the union speech with steven mnuchin, and that's at 2:00 p.m. cmt. stay tuned for that. they'll be speaking exclusively with former fed reserve chair janet yellen that is later today, and tune in for that interview at 20:30 cet. a quick check on u.s. futures before we head out all of the major indexes opening a little weaker today. that is it for the show. worldwide exchange is coming up next plaque psoriasis can be relentless. tremfya® is for adults with moderate to severe plaque psoriasis. with tremfya®, you can get clearer. and stay clearer. in fact, most patients who saw 90% clearer skin at 28 weeks stayed clearer through 48 weeks. gz tremfya® may lower your ability to fight infections and may increase your risk of infections. before treatment, your doctor should check you for infections and tuberculosis. tell your doctor if you have an infection or have symptoms such as: fever, sweats, chills, muscle aches or cough. before starting tremfya® te

we can see the tracy commute is getting busy.that is slow on 205 and 580 when you get to livermore or dublin, it is look good. we are hoping for a light friday commute. right now, it is light at the bay bridge toll plaza. it looks good. by now, we usually have a backup. we will not ask too many questions because it is doing very well. >>> on this friday, cloud cover inching with rain getting closer. most of this will be early afternoon into tonight and link into saturday morning. the next cold system will be here saturday night into sunday. that could bring the snow levels down to 1500 feet. rain is moving in. pacifica down to santa cruz where if you showers are early. light rain will pick up by the time we get to nude and into this afternoon and this evening. bloat snow levels, not so much with this system but hamilton could be in the mix for that but sunday. it gets down to 1500 feet sunday evening. almost 50 at half moon bay. the low continues to track over water. that is good. this holds more moisture and it is making a move

my wife, tracy. yes, you can applaud it. [applause] carney: the matriarch . -- the matriarch of the family, my mother, anne [applause] gov. carney: you're not supposed to steal the limelight, mom. [laughter] gov. carney: my sister liz and brother-in-law, brendan o'neill. [applause] gov. carney: my brothers, mike and joe and my sister, claire. [applause] gov. carney: and a special thanks to the most famous carney who made a trip down here today, my nephew, brian o'neill who just finished his rookie year season as a starting tackle for the minnesota vikings. [applause] [cheers] gov. carney: we love you back here in delaware, brian, but you didn't have to beat the philadelphia eagles, for gosh sakes. [laughter] gov. carney: i would like to recognize the new faces in the room, and there are many. this is an exciting year for delaware and for public service. never before has the assembly better reflected the people of our state and and we will all benefit from the new perspective and new ideas here in our legislature. [applause]

let's get more details now with tracie potts who is live in d.c. tracie >> thi there, brian. good morning we got details overnight in fact, the president didn't even have those details when he was speaking in texas last night. it will cover that and another 1.7 billion for other types of border security, like technology, and more agents and more judges. again, not that concrete wall. bottom line, there will be some barrier under this deal. it will not be a concrete wall the big question will president trump sign it? more on that from the white house today, brian >> is there any indication which way that might go, tracie? >> the white house has said that if the president saw the democrats and republicans came up with something that they would live with, he would do so to avoid a shutdown, but then we got word that they pricked that there may be a shutdown, and they were okay with that a lot of surprise that it was done on a monday night didn't get on to a thursday night. thank you very much. >>> does that deal or that deal in principle because, as tracie said, the president st

nbc's tracie potts in d.c. with more on this tracie >> hi there, brian from everything that we're hearing from our sources, from the president himself, it seems like he certainly is leaning in that direction he says he doesn't want another shutdown, but he wants to read this legislation first it dropped last night. more than 1,000 pages. lawmakers have to read quickly, too, because the first votes are supposed to happen today >> this agreement is the last train leaving the station. >> this morning lawmakers and the white house will comb through an 1,100 page compromise that we keep government open after funding runs out tomorrow night. >> we'll be getting it we'll be looking for land mines. >> the senate is expected to vote first on the deal today the house could vote later tonight. three sources tell nbc that president trump is reluctantly expected to sign it. the deal provides just a fraction of what he wanted to build a concrete border wall instead, he gets about 55 miles much fencing plus, 1.7 billion tlarz

eunice is live on the ground in beige, but, first, let's begin with tracie potts live in d.c.e latest. >> good morning. cnbc has confirmed that president trump will actually meet with china's top trade negotiator this afternoon. there are a lot of things going on behind the scenes, but this is a pretty high level meeting, and significant given the fact that these tariffs are supposed to kick in next month between the u.s. and china on $200 billion worth of chinese goods going up from 10% to 25% the u.s. and china have been trying to work on some sort of deal to prevent that from happening. president trump says it's not a magical deadline, march 1st. today he will sit down with china's top trade negotiator to talk about how they can do that. china has offered to buy more u.s. agriculture agricultural products. the u.s. on the other hand wants china to control and stabilize its currency it looks like there may be some sort of deal in the works. we're hearing about memos of understanding and a number of different yashz. tech, intellectual property rights going on behind the scene

highway 101 through gilroy and shifting to the east bay along highway 4 and livermore towards tracy. snow continues to pile up with levels about 4000 feet today but dropping into the afternoon. a blizzard warty will go until 10:00 tonight. details impacting our area and a look at your temperatures are coming up. >>> good morning. we have traffic that is okay on the solano super commute. we watch it this time of the morning. traffic seems to be okay. there is slowing on 37. we have spots along 37 that get hard to navigate. you might want to leave early. not a bad commute to the macarthur maze. this is eight 20 minute delay. miles canyon road is closed the way. >>> let's talk about the super bowl. the new england patriots won the super bowl again. it is the sixth for the franchise. all of them led by l belichick and tom brady. ray choices live from atlanta outside the mercedes-benz stadium. talk about this win. good morning, ray. >> reporter: good morning. last night when we were standing there before the game started, you could hear the roar of the crowd. when we went insiny patriots

tracy is a fantastic aircraft and it's been flying for fourteen fifteen years one of the challenges the airbus always had with the ever say three ac is it was operationally quite limited there was quite a few. airports around the world that it could not fly in to the airbus a three eighty was really designed for the big heart the airports airports where congestion meant that more flights could not land and the only way to get more passengers in was with a larger aircraft so there was a tracy although it's a great fantastic aircraft we must make know that it will continue flying for a good another twenty five thirty years but ultimately it's an aircraft with four engines there are much much more technologically advanced aircraft being built over airbus and boeing now and for airlines it just means that having smaller aircraft it's the easiest to fill the aircraft the the load factor is much easier to achieve so this is the number of passengers that are on the aircraft compared to its capacity and so therefore a measure of revenue and also. you know the aircraft there nowadays are much mo

let's break it all down with nbc's tracie potts joins you live from washington tracie. >> hey there,veryone the president talked about football, syria, all kinds of things but he also raised concern that federal government workers could be off the job again next week. president trump tells nbc he is not ruling out another government shutdown on february 15th or declaring a national emergency to pay for a border wall. >> i don't take anything off the table. i like like to take things off the table. it's that alternative. >> reporter: an alternative lawmakers are trying to avoid. >> a lot of us are going to do everything we can to try to make this work, to get the yes, to avoid another shutdown, a wall, a fence, a barrier, whatever it takes. >> i think we can get to a solution, but it does need to include barrier funding. >> washington cannot dictate what sort of barrier and where to put it at. >> reporter: with house speaker nancy pelosi refusing to pay for a wall, the president says she's the one standing between federal employees and their paychecks. >> she can keep playing her game

tracie, what are people saying about the president's second state of the union, first before a dividedgress. >> replicans are saying t president hit all the right themes here, unity, working together with democrats and republicans. and touting the success of the economy. also, illegal immigration,lke about the border wall saying he will build that wall. that walls work, wal save lives, the president said. democrats say that the president talked about compromise but didn't signal that when he talked about building a wall with nancy pelosi sting right hind him insists she won't pay for, that'she not compromise he talked about at the top of his speech. we'll here about tt today. the president talked about foreign policy and the wars, endless wars. he said he wants to get out of nuclear deals and announced a date for that summit with kim jong-un on the 27th and 28th. >> tracie potts on the state of the union for us. thanks. > after the president delivered his state of the union speech, local democratic q lawmakers weck to criticize topics they felt she >> they felt he ignored the 800,000 g

it not include language for a concrete wall. >> tracie potts joins us live now.dent trump may not be getting everything he asked for. but that doesn't mean the idea of a border wall goes away, right? >> not necetharily. is a big loss for the president after he fought and held out so long to get money for this wall that turns out to 55 miles of fencing at most. but the white house says, instead of a national emergency declaration, the look for money in the budget tot redirecto pay for the wall. that could lead to a legal challenge that could tie up the progress on building the wall if is gets tied up in the boa the most immediate thought is for the workers, kveping the gornment open. if the senate and house votes today, it could land on the president's desk for his reluctant signature. >>> a federal judge has ruled that former trump campaign chairman paul manafort lied t robert mueller. he's accused to lying three times. once aut payments a law firm. and twice with conversations of a ukrainian associate. the deal was contingent upon his cooperation with the invest

we are stop and go out of tracy, slow at north flynn road. if you get past the pass it looks much better at the dublin interchange. we have more volume on the prolate but the speech okay from here to the 680 dublin interchange. >>> the newest battleground in new jersey and the state is considering r to --adop strictest plastic ban in the country. >> reporter: plastic or paper is a question you will not hear at the grocery stores in hoboken, new jersey because that single-use plastic bags are banned, and could soon be that way for the entire state. >> reporter: jeff tittle is with the sierra club of new jersey and opposing the bill that would outlaw nonrecyclable plastic shopping bags, plastic straws and styrofoam containers which often later the roadways and shorelines. >> we see plastic in new jersey and in other states in the drinking water and in the major water supply rivers we have micro plastics. >> reporter: bills were introduced in nine states to reduce the disposable plastics but the last an environmental agency estimate each year ne

.>>> let's look at that tracy commute with traffic moving along okay if you are driving to the tracy area. it is slow but this is normal for this time of the morning. it is slow on 205 back to 11th but passed the parkway. livermore looks good and dublin is by. traffic is moving well. you can see the rain is moving in not this morning but maybe later. i will have the man himself explain it in a moment but driving twice, i hated when you drive to work and it is dry. you have to drive home and th is a storm. that might make your decision to go on public transit. let's bring steve in. >> it is never get to see but they are on for the morning. >> the night people >> that is correct. it is cloudy . santa rosa to the north has rain but the south is fine. i am on the wrong graphic. go to 2 if you can't, please. there it is. thank you. it is on the north coast. there is heavy rain. that will drop to the south but it made take a wild to get there. it made take a while by later this afternoon into tonight. that is the issue. is this going to work? i think we are in trouble. there we go. thank y

you know it is colder. 33 in fremont and tracy at 34. livermore is 32 degrees. 39 around the bay. el cerrito and oakland with a couple of observations in the 50s and 40s. we have mostly sunny and clouds favor the coast with showers towards santa cruz and monterey . there will be light snow flurries out of the north and the sierra. it is not a big deal. there could be a few snow flurries we get a break with a breeze to stir things up a teeny bit otherwise, cold air we will see sun today and the next system is on tap for friday. high temperatures when the system is in you get to the upper 40s on friday. it is going to be a cold pattern over the weekend with the 50s for the highs. the traffic, it is getting there . >> i wouldn't say light but moderate. it is big time before we get busy. let's take a look at the richmond bridge. it looks good. they cleared up the roadwork that was earlier. it did not have a big affect on traffic. the lanes are open and traffic is moving okay towards the richmond bridge. this morning, we have a typical slow traffic around the corner. there's not enough

also, 2005 with no major issues on tracy. it is getting slower. as you drive to dublin, it looks like a very serious accident on 580 at 98. this morning, eastbound 580 has a crash but westbound maybe slow because of the activity. if you're driving on e shore freeway, 17 minutes with no major issues on this freeway or highway 101 pick you might find flooding off the road. 37 is closed because of flooding between atherton avenue and highway 101 in both directions. >>> sonoma county was the hardest hit by the storm and flooding, especially guerneville which was caught off by the water. we are live in santa rosa. how does it look this morning?>> reporter: we have encountered flooding in guerneville road. we are near the santa rosa creek. this is what happened. we were driving and suddenly, there was all this water in a road trip we want to stress how dangerous it is driving. there are sciences say flooding but i did see cars drive this way and they are turning around. it is not worth it to try to drive through this. every street into guerneville is wa

you heard our tracie potts talk about that. i'll take my own look in 30 minutes when we talk politics. from a business standpoint, there was one segment that popped out. >> the u.s. economy is growing almost twice as fast today as when i took office, and we are hottest economy anywhere in the world, not even close. >> it depends whether you talk quarters or yearly growth, he wasn't specific but if we consider it quarters that rate is true because he said almost. the president did talk about tariffs and you know he often confuses who pays tariffs on chinese goods. last night, he did not make the mistake of saying it was the chinese, and for that, he was accurate as well. i mentioned electronic arts off the top of the segment. i know what you're thinking. hey, that's fortnite. ea doesn't make that. good catch. the company reported profits yesterday and it said fortnite is hurting profits. fortnite is free and fewer people are spending $60 to $70 on ea video games. we were talking earlier, even netflix blamed fortnite for problems

the most recent vandalism happened last thursday in tracy...er recent arrests are leaving families hopeful. <"you just hope they're the guys, it just makes me angry you know it's right outside your home, my lights were on so it was well lit during the night."> police in tracy say that four of the teenaged suspects are from stockton and have been arrested.they're investigating whether the cases might be related. (catherine) las vegas police are looking for a thief who stole a package from a familys porch. and it wasn't just any ordinary delivery.(ken) the man took two packages containing vital medicine for a boy battling cancer. 14 year old gage haynes has to take eight of the pills each day. he's had the cancer his whole life. he says the pills help manage it. but now it could affect whether he feels well enough to go to school or participate in other activities. (ken) that stolen package came ayi- thousand dollar

you can see the red on the screen with slower speeds out of tracy, sluggish just past the connector before clearing up nicely heading toward the dublin interchange. the richmond-san rafael bridge is quiet with only one lane open in both directions so keep that in mind. that should be wrapped up by 5 am and right now traffic is very quiet across the span. the same with the san mateo bridge, and no delays out of hayward to the foster city. looking good northbound past the coliseum. >>> it is more turmoil in the oakland unified school district. here is the theme at the kaiser elementary school with the superintendent trying to explain why the school is at risk of closing and this comes as the strike by the oakland teachers inners the second day with school closures part of the labor dispute. the plan is to shut down the kaiser elementary and merge the school with the academy that has lower test scores >> the purpose is to preserve the quality of the school and to move it to a different facility so that we can expand the program. >> at one point when the shouting would not stop, johnson tramme