. >> i'm tracy alloway in hong kong. i mentioned the yuan strengthening on the back of the stronger eco-data and on the back of the agreement between the u.s. and china on a phase one trade deal, finally. take a look at the offshore rate, about .99% this morning. i should mention the fix for the onshore rate came in stronger, the strongest since august 6. the developments will give enough confidence to chinese corporate's to refrain from adding to their dollar stockpiles for now, so that's when we sin -- reason why the chinese markets are strengthening. let's talk about another key asset on the move. rent crude is down about one third of a percent from a three month high. a little bit of caution around this trade agreement. the limited nature and the lack of detail around deliberations in the u.s. and china is percolating through into a level of risk aversion. and to see -- interesting to see with the hedge funds are doing because they got the timing right. numbersthe net bullish on wti, increasing the most in three year

tracy?o have the indian markets, which have opened up. what's the story there? line're not exactly in because we are looking at weakness. there are concerns. we have started selling into markets after there was concerning and challenging economic variables coming through. the other aspect is a lot of brokerages are looking at the financial sector there with some concern. because of that, we are looking at marginal declines for the nifty and the sensex, down half a percent. morgan stanley coming and saying there are concerns with respect to loan growth, as well as troubles with nonperforming loans in india here. as far as the indian ruby is concerned, that remains flat. on the whole, we keep and i banking sector, where morgan stanley is just one of the many broking firms. andy: that's juliette saly agam. thanks for the update. let's check in with first word headlines with annabelle droulers. annabelle: the crown prince of saudi arabia called president trump to express condolences of three u.s

tracy did have stipulations for soldiers that would come into mount vernon. they had to be unarmed, and they also could not be wearing their uniforms. they would find any means to cover up, whether in shawls or different clothing. so, sarah tracy kept money in the herbert bank, that was to be used to purchase mount vernon from the washington family, but but during the war, union troops decided that they wanted that money for themselves. sarah tracy refused and said she would move the money into riggs bank in washington, d.c., but she had to do this covertly. she put the money in the bottom of the basket and put eggs on top of the basket. she went into washington, d.c., met with mr. riggs, where she sold the eggs, and she made sure the transaction was legitimate because she received a receipt for the transaction of the eggs. thanks to sarah tracy, we are still able to enjoy and visit mount vernon today. not only were women nurses, entrepreneurs, having jobs, selling items, but women were also soldiers in the war. they had to do this in a disguise. it was frown

. >> thank you, tracy.f all, there's nothing like having a place in your community to call home. when i grew up in the western addition with the african-american culture complex , those were the places that were safer we had an opportunity to be part of some amazing programs. and m. lvs has been that community space for over 40 years here in the mission. it started with the help of my mother's union and the labourers and the work that they have done [applause] to open the doors of opportunity for people who need a place to go to feel safe and feel secure and develop the skills and develop the language and do so many amazing things, but most important, to have a community. this place represents so much, not only to this community, but to this city. and so they're what -- it wasn't even a question as to whether or not we needed to make sure that we provided the necessary money to help secure this facility. it was not even a question with any member of the board of supervisors. it wasn't even a question with t

. >> i am tracy alloway in hong kong. you are watching the pound this morning. >> as soon as we got the exit poll, that was six hours ago, suggested we would see a big majority for boris johnson. everything we have seen seems to confirm we all -- we will see a big majority for boris johnson. the pound goes higher, up by 2.4%. the euro falls against the pound. we have not just been covering the brexit ramifications. there is also the trade narrative, progress between the u.s. and china. that is having an impact on agricultural products. >> there are two walls crumbling friday. one is the redwall and the other is the proverbial wall of worries for investors. look at the price of soybean futures, those are surging off the back of speculation that lots of add products will be bought by -- ag products will be bought by china. complex,e agricultural we are seeing prices surging and volumes surging. that tells you something about the risk on sentiment and the market this morning. anna: one of our guests said in the last hour but

first to tracy brown. [applause] her persistence, her tenacity, or leadership and commitment to the community has led not only to the success of mlvs, it is on a different foot know because of you, but also to the success of this collaboration. tracy, i have always admired your vision of one mission and of latino unity and collaboration. these are the fruits of your labor. thank you very much. and thank you to michael and santiago. it is your intelligence, your connections, your keen strategic mind and your long-term planning that has led us to the anchoring of the mission neighborhood centers is one of our most important community institutions in the mission. and today we celebrate your legacy, your contribution to the reclamation of this space, but also to your support of others, especially me and tracy. thank you for doing that. thank you for your support of others in the community. also thank you to since about -- to for all of your work that you put in this deal. [applause] and for being here for mlvs

tracy did have stipulations for soldiers that would come into mount vernon. they had to be unarmed and they also cannot be wearing their uniform. they would find any means to cover up, whether in shawls were different clothing. monday -- money and herbert thing. it would to be used to purchase mount vernon from the washington family. during the war union troops decided they wanted that money for themselves. sarah tracy refused and decided that she was going to move this money out of the bank into riggs bank and washington, d.c.. she had to do this very covertly. she took the money out of the bank and put it in the bottom of the basket and put eggs on the top of the basket. ,he went into washington, d.c. she met with mr. riggs where she sold these aches to him. she made sure the transaction was legitimate because she received a receipt. thanks to this movement of the money, we are able to still visit and enjoy mount vernon today. not only were women nurses during the war and entrepreneurs, having jobs, selling items, but women were also soldiers. they had to d

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tracie potts for us. thank you, tracie. >> president trump coming under fire this morning for comments about the late congressman john dingell who represented michigan for just under 60 years. the president approved military honors for the world war ii veteran, but mr. trump described it as a favor to dingell's widow. >> debbi dingell calls me up like eight months ago. her husband was ill a long time. but i didn't give him the b treatment, the d or the c, i could have i gave the a-plus treatment. she calls me up to say, thank you so much. john would be so thrilled. he's looking down. thank you so much, sir okay, don't worry about it maybe he's looking out >> congresswoman dingell responded in a tweet, writing, mr. president, let's set politics aside i'm preparing for the first holiday season without the man i love you brought me down in a way you can never imagine in your hurtful words just made my feeling much harder. >> now mysterious disappearance of a texas mother and her newborn nearly a week ago, au

now that i mentioned the tracy area, it is very slow and the 205 the 580 as you might expect.livermore it looks better. happy dublin area we had earlier promised, and also seeing slowing here in pleasanton on the 680 southbound as you drive south towards fremont and slowing on the 80 south as of highway 92 and before, just a little bit in hayward. 5:50, let's bring steve with today's weather. >>> thank you. the system is making its move returning although far less to the north, heavier amounts to the south, i just flip that around by the time friday and saturday, then the heavy amount will be in the north, hollister and a half in 24 hours. gilroy in there as well. rain returns today mainly for the morning, decreasing throughout the day into the evening and we will get a break thursday then rain and wind arrives friday, looks like afternoon and evening will be the heaviest, 10th of an inch to an inch, that's the south today. the stronger system 3/4 to maybe three or four on the north friday night into saturday, maybe even sunday, early sunday. today, lighter amounts, the wattag

elaine. >> quijano: ben tracy traveling with the president. thank you.ight, at least one person is dead after a small plane crashed into a neighborhood in maryland. the single engine aircraft slammed into two homes in college park, setting them on fire. the pie hot was killed. the cause is under investigation investigation. to louisiana now, and new details tonight on another small plane crash that killed five people. the plane expdmiwn irk lot just minutes after takeoff saturday. but without a flight data recorder on board, finding out what caused the plane to fall from the sky may be difficult. sheer mireya villarreal. >> ntsb investigators are sifting through debris to find out exactly what caused the crash of the private plane yesterday morning. >> this is no distress call that we were aware of and air traffic control issued a low altitude alert warning as the aircraft passed through 700 feet. >> reporter: the incident occurred just before 9:30 saturday morning as the plane crashed into the parking lot of a post office -- oh, my god. >> reporter: --

>> tracie potts for us with the latest from washington thanks, tracie. >>> now to a chilling story about an arrest made in california a 30-year-old man is behind bars after a video was discovered that appears to show a gunman practicing for a mass shooting nbc's kathy park has this report a warning, you may find the video disturbing >> look at that. jams boom >> reporter: this haunting video inside a san diego hotel room appears to show a mag pedestrianyes. >> reporter: in the graphic role play posted online, you can hear the southern california man talking to himself in a troubling sequence >> what do you do with this? >> reporter: he grabs ammunitioe of alcohol, and takes aim using a cache of weapons, includie iin assault style weapon he was arrested after police received an anonymous tip from someone who knew him on a gaming community. stating, in part, he's gone off the deep end, and he is planning something or already has a plan. >> by the nature of the tip and what it was about, we knew we had to move quickly. we did >> reporter: in the search warrant obtained by our nbc station in

tracy time? >> we will look at the tracy commute, steve. >>> speeds are down onto 05 and 580 should come upon this commute. down to 12 miles per hour

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host: tracy, hello. caller: yes, i think it is a waste of money doing this. they tried to find his collusion with russia, and they did not find nothing. they want his tax records. i want to see all the other people in congress like the democrats, pelosi, and all the ones that have been there for a long time, their tax records. after you retire from congress, you get like a $174,000 pension. host: specifically why is this a waste of time? caller: i mean the democrats are like bashing trump.

if sam, ministria, luis and tracy could come up. i don't see tracy. if you're in your office, tracy -- there she is. come on up to the mic. many of you know this all-star team because they are leaders in our city and leaders in the mission district. luis is the executive director of meta. myrna is president of the planning commission and executive director of jamestown community services. sam is director of neighborhood centers and tracy is the incredible staffer for our own colleague, supervisor walton as well as a longtime mission leader. what they did is when one of the most important historical institutions in the mission, [speaking spanish] was under threat because during the time of economic crisis the former executive director of mlvs had created an economic deal with a private partner to keep ownership of the building. that private partner then tried to take over the entire building. if he was able do that, we would have lost one of the most important community hubs and historical sites of, not only the latino, latin mexican community in the d

to tracie potts on what we can expect next. >> expect debate tonight and a couple of votes coming up the house. the president giving his defense at a rally calling this impeachment light realizing the democrats are in control of the house where impeachment happens. president trump rallying overnight in pennsylvania, unleashing on democrats. >> what happened all of these horrible things, remember, bribery, this and that where are they this is impeachment light because they want to win an election >> republicans believe impeachment is dead in the water in the senate. >> i would be totally surprised if 57 republicans vote to impeach the president. >> this reflects there is a crime spree in progress. that moves us to act >> democrats a deuce cuesing the president of abuse of power and obstruction of congress. >> accusing him of searching about joe biden. jo nobody, including the president is above the law >> the miss conduct is overwhelming and uncontested >> senate republicans want to move quickly >> i have no desire to make it a long trial i'm looking for 51 people to join me to say we

nbc's tracie potts joins us with the latest from d.c. talk about what happens next >> reporter: what happens next is this vote we think we know where it is headed, frances. tomorrow, the rules will be set, and then on wednesday, the house of representatives is poised to do something they've only done twice before in history. impeach a president. >> no president is supposed to be a dictator. >> reporter: accusations and evidence the house judiciary committee's 658-page report released overnight outlines two articles of impeachment against president trump. abuse of power for withholding aid to ukraine in exchange for investigating joe biden and blocking white house staff from testifying about it. the final impeachment vote is expected wednesday. >> there's not going to be any republicans in the house in fact, there will be a handful of democrats who will vote against impeachment in the house. >> reporter: including jeff van drew, who is reportedly switching parties to vote no, while most democrats vote yes. >> we can't take the risk the ne

>> all right tracie potts for us. tracie, thank you. >>> a split-screen moment in d.c. as democrats were announcing the articles of impeachment president trump was meeting with the top russian diplomat at the white house. nbc's kristen welker has the details. so kristen, what happened at that meeting >> reporter: hi, phillip good morning to you. on the same day democrats unveiled impeachment articles against president trump over ukraine, the president was meeting here in the oval office with the russian foreign minister sergei lavrov president trump tweeted out a photo of that meeting. of course president trump has come under scrutiny for being too cozy with russia but he denies that he says he has been tough on russia of course u.s. intelligence agencies have determined that russia meddled in the 2016 election you may recall that back in 2017 lavrov was here. that was his last oval office visit. it was highly controversial. it came one day after the president had fired former fbi director james comey, and he bragged that that move would relieve pressure on the investig

tracie potts for us. thank you. >>> a group of president trump's most vocal republican critics launched a new organization to stop his re-election the group includes george conway, the husband of mr. trump's senior adviser kellyanne conway also rick wilson, john weaver, and steve schmidt. they have formed a super pac called the lincoln project in a "new york times" op-ed the group says they are dedicating the next 11 months to convincing conservatives and independents in swing states to tip the votes against the president. the group has already raised over a million dollars >>> meanwhile, the president's former deputy campaign manager is facing jail time. despite his extensive cooperation with special counsel robert mueller's russia investigation. a judge sentenced rick gates to over a month behind bars nbc's pete williams has the details. >> reporter: the state and government both urged the judge to sentence him only to probation because he cooperated extensively with robert mueller's prosecutors. and th

nbc's tracie potts joins us from d.c.the latest tracie, what can we expect from today's hearing? >> reporter: it's not a hearing per se it's a meeting of the rules committee where they talk about what tomorrow is going to look like, how long the debate may last, which actually could bump this vote into thursday. but the plan for now is debate and a vote, a final vote on impeachment tomorrow now, of course, this is all based on those two articles of abuse of power and obstruction of congress related to how president trump was dealing with ukraine pushing them to investigate his rival joe biden, and trying to freeze their aid from the united states in the middle of all that the president's personal attorney rudy giuliani was a key figure in this relationship with ukraine. and giuliani now tells "the new york times" and fox that he was actually behind getting rid of the ambassador to ukraine. >> this hit piece -- and it's a hit piece. >> of course >> also has you on the record admitting that you forced out marie yovanovitch.

thank you so much, tracie. and of course our special coverage of today's impeachment hearings begin this morning at 10:00 a.m. eastern >>> and while democrats focus on impeachment at home, the president is taking on different battles overseas at the nato summit in london the president had a confrontation with french president emmanuel macron mr. trump suggested that european countries should do a better job of taking back captured isis fighters >> would you like some nice isis fighters i could give them to you you can take every one you want. >> let's be serious. >> the back and forth started earlier in the day with president trump slamming macron over his recent criticisms of nato the tense day was capped off with the president and the first lady celebrating the 70th anniversary of nato at an event hosted by the queen. nbc's erin mclaughlin joins us now from london. so erin, talk about the level of progress that was made at those meetings >> reporter: hey, frances. we just heard from the nato secretary-general

nbc's tracie potts joining us now from d.c. with more. tracie, good morning things got pretty heated last night. >> reporter: well, they did, but we've certainly seen this before over the last several weeks. this was not a hearing, no witness. it was what they call as you correctly noted a markup in other words, the final argument between democrats and republicans to move this out of committee on to the whole house floor, and while republicans continue to argue that there was no justification for this inquiry, democrats said something had to be done now >> if the president can first abuse his power and then stonewall all congressional requests for information, congress cannot fulfill its duty to act as a check and balance against the executive. and the president becomes a dictator >> it's not just because they don't like the president they don't like us they don't like the 63 million people who voted for this president. all of us in flyover country all of us common folk in ohio, wisconsin, tennessee and texas, they don't like us >> report

is now in it. >> tracy morgan is in it leslie jones is in it. >> jimmy: have you worked with tracy beforeso much >> yeah. >> jimmy: i got to - >> he's so funny >> jimmy: we were talking about, last time he was here, he told me he's like, "jimmy, eddie is going to get nominated for dolemite wait till you see what he does." and absolutely and i saw it and i agree with tracy morgan. >> oh, that's nice >> jimmy: dude, you are phenomenal - >> thank you thank you. >> jimmy: in "dolemite is my name." [ cheers and applause >> thank you >> jimmy: it's on netflix now. >> yeah, if you haven't seen it -- if you haven't seen it -- if you haven't streamed it, go watch it, i promise you will laugh. >> jimmy: it is unbelievable >> and it's a sweet story too. >> jimmy: it's on netflix right now. i had no idea about his story. knew rudy ray moore a little bit. >> yeah. >> jimmy: i think i bought an album or something of his or something like that. and it was -- it was too -- too dirty for me [ laughter ] >> it was too dirty to listen to >> jimmy: it really was. >> he's pretty dirty he was really undergroun

or headed towards i-5 via tracy that will take about an hour and three minutes from san francisco and if you plan on heading out this morning towards sacramento about an hour and 23 minutes for that. >>> it is a cold start to the day. the bundle up and put on your big winter coat. we will see plenty of sunshine as we head through our afternoon so a gorgeous day across the bay area. here is a live look from the salesforce tower camera. check out the thames. we been watching the temperatures take a big plunge here this morning so again 30 degrees, subfreezing in santa rosa, freezing in livermore, mid-30s in concord, sonja sohn, and mid-40s right now for san francisco. your weather headlines, enjoy the sunshine, seasonal temps for this time of year is another cold start for tomorrow morning and mostly sunny skies for your saturday. that will bring the return of the rain on sunday. satellite and radar view, there is the ridge of high pressure in control for now but watch what is behind it. you can see our next on system will bring the return of the rain for your sunday. the time it all ou

tracy has been staffing us for a while. she's been holding two roles for some time, i think two years. this position is an incredible addition to making the c.a.c. more effective. having that direct line and being in alignment with someone on staff allows us to be more fis efficient. it allows us to work in tantum with sfpuc staff and it adds a lot of power to the work we do. anything that you need from us to put pressure anywhere you need will write a letter. i will do a sit in. anything. i was on the p.u.c. when this position didn't exist and it's night and day. tracy has been holding it down for a while in these two roles because she recently had a different position. she's been doing it with style and grace. we need a dedicated full time staff person. yeah. i'll be providing an election update some time in january. we're going to be having leadership elections on the c.a.c. i'll be back. yeah. those are my updates. >> commissioner. >> yes, i like for you to go back over, if you don't mind. i think it was the second or t

tracie potts explains why. >> reporter: as president trump heads to the nato lawyer wrote this judiciary committee, quote, we do not intend to participate in your wednesday hearing, calling it an unfair and irretrievably broken process. >> this is a complete american waste of time right here. >> given the president every opportunity to participate. >> reporter: tomorrow the intelligence committee is expected to hand over its findings from last month's hearings on whether the president was wrong to with hold aid from ukraine while asking for political favor. republicans want the man who led those hearings to testify. they argue intelligence chair adam schiff is biased. >> the best witness, the most effective, the most valuable witness that we have is the president of the united states himself. >> reporter: wednesday's judiciary hearing will feature four constitutional trying to tie the testimony to the law to make the case for impeachment. lawmakers are expected to consider charges of bribery, abuse of power and obstruction of justice. for directing white house staff to defy subpoenas. de

drive times here tracy to dublin at 51 minutes. about moderate. 101, a nice clear ride for you. a live look at 87 as people get moving this morning. i will send it over to kumasi. >>> thanks, jobina. the galaxy far, far away wrapped up its big night in hollywood. "star wars: the rise of skywalker" hits theaters this week and puts a cap on the legendary story 42 years in the making. the movie creators paid an amount of detail to getting ending right for fans young and old. you can imagine the emotion at last night's red carpet premier. >> there are moments that will cause you to cry but i think when the lights go up and the curtain closes and you realize you've just seen the end it's hard not to. there's closure. >> it's a really beautifully made film. so much action, so much heart. >> "star wars: the rise of skywalker" lands on screens this thursday. disney is the parent company of abc 7. >> but we're not done with "star wars" action yet. these newborns in pittsburgh, pennsylvania, a nursery full of baby yodas dressed in custom kni

a lot of brake lights out commuters making that early start, that trick out of tracy into the altamont pass. should be down to 18 miles per hour as you have through their. elsewhere over to the south bay, 101 doing ok out of their and if you'repeninsula area san mateo, we have reports of flooding northbound 101 at 92. it is affecting the two right lanes. you could possibly use 280. there are no trouble spots there. both directions at the limit as you head through their work we have reports of a crash on guadalupe parkway north down right at 280. connected reported but not a lot of details yet. as we look at our sensors, it does not look like it's causing too many problems as of yet. let's get a look at the bay bridge. here at the toll plaza you can see traffic loading up a bit in those cash lanes but overall not bad as you work your way out of the east bay into san francisco but a lot of slick surfaces and we are seeing a lot of standing water and ponding on some of our roadways. san mateo bridge, 14 minutes between 880 and 101 and when you get to 101 you will have the trouble spots ne

nbc's tracie potts joins us now from washington. good morning, tracie. >> good morning, courtney.cess begins today an important day in considering impeachment. both sides, democrats and republicans for and against will present their final arguments to the judiciary committee. then that committee will begin considering and even writing articles of impeachment. >> reporter: this morning, lawmakers for and against impeachment will present their case to the judiciary committee. >> there is overwhelming evidence that the president sought to coerce ukraine into interfering in our election. >> i think it was acting on concern about ukraine being the third most corrupt country in the world. >> reporter: members of the intelligence committee will break down their report, findings from the evidence and more than a donz witnesses, then the judiciary committee will begin discussing what articles of impeachment to consider the chair says those articles are charges may be ready this week. >> we have a very lock case. the case if presented to a jury would be a guilty verdict in three minutes fla

"today in the bay's" tracie potts is live from washington where history is unfolding. tracie? >> reporter: marcus, good morning. good morning, everyone. impeachment is now a reality, but will acquittal be a reality for president trump? there is a bit of a snag in getting that trial started in the senate. for only the third time in u.s. history a president has been impeached. >> it doesn't really feel like we're being impeached. >> reporter: aiming his ire at house speaker nancy pelosi. >> americans will show up by the tens of millions next year to vote pelosi the hell out of office. >> reporter: they will try president trump on abuse of power and obstruction of congress. she says she is concerned republicans won't run a fair trial. >> the majority leader in the united states senate says it's okay for the foreman of the jury to be in cahoots with the lawyers of the accused. that doesn't sound right to us. >> reporter: impeachment came after ten hours of spirited debate. >> the president is the smoking gun. >> you did it. you did it. now prove us wrong. you did it. >> reporter:

nbc's tracie potts joins us live from washington, d.c good morning, tracie. >> hey there, dom.y sort of know how this is going to go. there are few democrats expected to defect but not for the most part the house of representatives now poised to do something they've only done twice before in history. impeach a president. >> no president is supposed to be a dictator. >> reporter: accusations and evidence the house judiciary committee 658 page report released overnight articles two outlines of impeachment against president trump, abuse of power with holding aid to ukraine while pressuring the country to investigate political rival joe biden and obstruction of congress for blocking white house staff from testifying about it the final impeachment vote is expected wednesday >> there's not going to be any republicans in the house in fact, there will be a handful of democrats who will vote against impeachment in the house. >> reporter: including new jersey democrat jeff van drew who report lid switching parties to vote no while most democrats vote yes. >> we cannot take the risk that

some of it happens in tracy. we have a rare look at the massivati massive operation to get those purchases to your door in a hurry. scott budman takes us inside the fast-moving and controversial amazon processing centers. >> reporter: order by order, box by box, amazon will fill billions of dollars worth of orders here in tracy at a robot-filled million square foot facility it calls its fulfillment center. if you shopped for just about anything on cyber monday, even shoes for your dog -- >> we did purchase it from amazon. >> reporter: it probably came through here. picked, packed, and almost always successfully stamped. >> and then shipped off to wherever you are in the world. >> reporter: but these centers are cited by former employees as unfair workplaces with cruel conditions and unreasonable demands. >> from day one they're getting industry-leading minimum wage and full benefits just like our corporate employees. >> reporter: those here today are filling fmore boxes than evr before. of all those billions of d