nbc's tracie potts is in washington for us. good morning to you, tracie. we talk about these sanctions, what kind are being discussed. >> reporter: well, what we're hearing, richard, is that they could be more sanctions against wealthy individuals, friends of russian president putin. we have done that before. it hasn't worked before. perhaps sanctions against their businesses as well. we can see them as early as tomorrow if these meetings aren't successful. this morning, secretary of state john kerry brings russia and ukraine together in geneva, nato is stepping up patrols in the region. >> we will have more planes in the air, more ships on the water. >> reporter: nato says it is back up to prevent, not create, conflict. >> we specifically designed these measures to assure our allies only and to be clearly seen as defensive in nature. >> reporter: ukraine announced an anti-terror crackdown, but within 24 hours, pro russian militia seized their ammunition and armored tanks. they have taken over parts of at least ten cities. the u.s. believes russia is behin

nbc's tracie potts is live in washington, d.c. for us this morning. tracie, always good to see you. how much is this announcement reflect deeper concerns ahead of the midterms? >> reporter: well, it really depends on who shows up at the polls, if it is people who think that they won because they now have health insurance or people who think this is draining our economy. so we're going to hear a lot more about that between now and november. but the president came out himself to do the victory lap, to announce the 8 million signups, but republicans are saying hold on, not so fast, we don't know what all of those insurance plans cover. we don't know if doctors may drop out of the system, some people are going to have to deal with taxes as a result of not signing up. and we still don't know how many people actually paid for it. john boehner is a republican speaker of the house. didn't come out on camera, interestingly, but did prove his spokesman made the statement saying what america really needs is a health care system that is more affordable, more accessible and that the highest qual

nbc's tracie potts is in washington. tracie, good morning to you.ve big implications on the tv industry. >> reporter: it not. broadcasters are bringing this to the supreme court including nbc arguing that this is piracy and a violation of copyright law. to watch the major networks you have to watch it live but now there's aereo. >> this is piracy. picking up copyrighted content that somebody else spent a lot of money to develop. >> reporter: broadcasters agree and they want the supreme court to decide. but they argue they're not stealing programming but renting thousands of antennas for consumers who decide when and what to watch. >> if they can pull this service down which is so carefully designed to be legal, you'll have a spate of lawsuits about any cloud storage of any content. >> reporter: it's a case about money, too. broadcasters charge cable and satellite providers big bucks to rebroadcast those programs. aereo pays nothing and charges consumer as little as $8 a month. it is a case and as you said, betty, it could have far reaching implicati

nbc's tracie potts is in washington, d.c. tracie, good morning. how would the president go about reassuring u.s. allies during the trip? >> reporter: he really wants to get that transpacific partnership, that trade going. a team is already in place before the president's arrival to try to do that. but the beginning of his trip, after he left washington, was an emotional visit to washington state. president obama met first responders and families and toured damage in oso, washington, the site of last month's deadly mudslide. >> we're going to make sure that we're there every step of the way. this morning, he's headed to tokyo for an eight-day visit to japan, south korea, malaysia, and the philippines. the u.s. trade team is already there, working on the transpacific partnership, a deal that would erase trade barriers between a dozen countries. >> resolution of that agreement will mean real job growth, real economic prosperity. >> reporter: it may not happen before president obama meets japan's president this morning. his message from the u.s., we'v

nbc's tracie potts is live in washington. tracie, good morning. there's word the obama administration is facing some criticism of its own. >> reporter: well, john mccain says instead of a stick, we're carrying a twig when it comes to individual sanctions on russia. they don't seem to work. they don't seem to have discouraged russia from getting involved in ukraine's affairs. and now we have at least three cities in eastern ukraine where demonstrations have broken out. in one case, 60 people were held hostage because those pro-russian demonstrators want to vote just like in crimea, for independence to break away from ukraine and join russia. the u.s. think that russia is secretly behind all of this, that they're whipping up this fervor in eastern ukraine. here on capitol hill, secretary of state john kerry said we're going to have to get tougher in dealing with russia, maybe sanctions that affect big parts of their economy as opposed to individuals. of course, there are economic ties there with our allies and others, and that's making the situation

. >> so let's get right to nbc's tracie potts who joins us from washington, d.c. good morning to you, tracie. the president says he's going to talk to key european leaders about all of this. what are the expectations as far as this is going to go. >> reporter: what the president expects is to get an idea of whether those key european allies of ours have the same assessment of this situation as he does, is this, that since the geneva agreement a week ago, ukraine has held its end of the bargain to try to de-escalate the situation and russia has not. that's what he said this morning. he wants to talk to them before the sanctions that may be imminent. we have heard the strongest language yet from secretary of state john kerry saying that the window for russia to change course and get out of ukraine and stop helping the militants there, that window, he said, is closing. we know that ukraine has given them a 48 hour deadline that ends today. the u.s. seems ready to come behind that with its own sanctions and brand-new this morning, we have new information about the impa

nbc's tracie potts is live in washington with the details. we're loving this story, tracie, good morning. what is the significance of this april 8th? >> reporter: what it means, alex, is this, women on average have to work until april 8th of this year including all of your pay from last year first three months and the first week of april of this year to equal what an average man made last year. the obama administration says that's not fair. the president is going to try to do something about it today for those who work for the federal government. today, president obama's bringing equal pay activist lilly ledbetter back to the white house to watch him sign two new orders for federal contractors. one prevents retribution for employees who speak out about what they're paid. the other requires contractors to report compensation by race and gender. >> the president is using his executive power to do what the do nothing wrong will not do. >> reporter: female workers earn 77 cents for every dollar a man makes. women at the white house earn 88 cents.

let's get to nbc's tracie potts live in washington. tracie, good morning. some called this 6200 page report shocking. >> reporter: and when we see is inside the thousands of pages, every american can make up their own mind on that. that's what some of the republicans who opposed it wanted to see anyway. the senate intelligence committee approved this report more than a year ago. it is yet to be made public. did the cia cross the line using waterboarding and other techniques to interrogate terror suspects after 9/11? and did it work? is this how the u.s. tracked down osama bin laden? and prevented other attacks? we may soon know. the senate intelligence committee voted 11-3 thursday to give the public a look at the summary of its 6200 page report. >> results, i think, were shocking. it chronicles a stain on our history that must never be allowed to happen again. this is not what americans do. >> reporter: even republicans who voted for disclosure questioned whether this report is accurate. there are no direct interviews with the cia or anyone in the bush adm

tracie potts is joining us. the fallout keeps coming. >> we saw the silent protest at the game last night. this has really touched a nerve, francis, around the country, not just in the sports world, in politics. there was a big discussion in washington, in d.c., and beyond. >> when ignorant folks want to advertise their ignorance, you don't really have to do anything, you just let them talk. >> reporter: that's president obama in ma weighing in on comments about african-americans allegedly made by los angeles clippers owner donald sterling. >> yeah, it bothers me a lot that you want to promo, broadcast that you're associating with black people. do we have to? >> nbc has not verified the recording. the nba is investigating and could act as early as tomorrow. >> there must be sanctions that make it clear that the nba family will have zero tolerance for such conduct today, tomorrow, or ever. >> reporter: tmz sports has posted the photo that started it all. sterling's then girlfriend, with magic johnson on her insta

let's get to nbc's tracie potts. good morning to you. what is the vice president hoping to accomplish with this trip? >> a couple of goals here, betty. first of all, to assure that the elections on may 25th go off without a hitch, but also to try to deal with the violence we saw yet again over the weekend. this is what he was left today after a deadly easter shootout in eastern ukraine shattering last week's troops with russia. >> it's crystal clear that russia is the threat, the threat to the european union and a real threat to ukraine. >> reporter: keeping eastern ukraine safe is on vice president joe biden's agenda as he travels to kiev, that, plus assuring free and fair elections next month. >> there is no military answer to this. it has to be solved through diplomacy. >> i really do believe we should be sanctioning some of the companies in the energy sector. >> we cannot work with russia and try to achieve anything in regards to the language of sanctions. >> reporter: now there's word the u.s. is sending 150 soldiers for training to

nbc's tracie potts is in washington, d.c. good morning to you, tracie. why does the president here need to reassure u.s. allies? >> reporter: well, because if you look at the region, richard, there's one really big, powerful, growing country in terms of the economy, that's china. and then we have several smaller allies who want to know that the u.s. is behind them economically. in some cases militarily as well. that's part of the president's agenda in heading to this region. first he made an emotional stop on the west coast. president obama met first responders and toured damage in oso, washington the site of last month's deadly mudslide. >> we're going to make sure that we're there every step of the way. >> reporter: this morning the president landed in tokyo for a seven-day visit to japan, south korea, malaysia and the philippines. the u.s. trade team is already in japan, working on the trans-pacific partnership, a deal that would erase trade barriers between the u.s. and 11 asian countries. >> resolution of that agreement will mean real job growth, re

and charges consumers as little as $8 a month. >> that was nbc's tracie potts reporting for us there.r stories making news. president obama will travel to washington state this morning. he'll meet with families and first responders from the deadly landslide a month ago. so far, 41 people have been confirmed dead. two people remain missing. >>> two men in an affluent suburb of philadelphia are accused of running a drug ring aimed at high school students. marijuana, cocaine, ecstasy, hash oil, all sold to students at nearby high schools and colleges. according to prosecutors there. the two were arraigned yesterday after a four-month investigation. >>> a scary scene in the salt lake city courtroom. a u.s. marshal shot and killed a defendant after he lunged at a witness with a pen. authorities say the defendant charged the stand, while the witness was testifying about gang initiation. >>> and how did he get there? a leopard on a rooftop in india. it charges people before darting away. they caught it and released it back into the wild. >>> health news now, alcohol and tobacco tax and trade

nbc's tracie potts is in washington for us. good morning to you, tracie. when we look at the vice president's trip, how high are the hopes about what he can get done? >> reporter: well, we can tell you what ukraine wants done. they need their military modernized. they need financial help, economic help from the united states. we heard that over the weekend from the prime minister. so today vice president biden is going there to meet with him and other officials as this violence continues in eastern ukraine. this is what is left today after a deadly easter shootout in eastern ukraine. >> it is crystal clear that today russia is the threat, is the threat to the european union and a real threat to ukraine. >> reporter: keeping eastern ukraine safe is on vice president joe biden's agenda as he travels to kiev today. that, plus ensuring free and fair elections there next month. >> there is no military solution to this crisis. it has to be solved through diplomacy. >> reporter: but diplomacy is shaky, the u.s. is still considering sanctions against russia. >> i

nbc bay area's tracie potts is in washington, d.c. with a look at why he's there and what he hopes to accomplish. >> reporter: this morning, the president landed in tokyo for a seven-day visit to japan, south korea, malaysia and the philippines. the u.s. trade team is already in japan working on the transpacific partnership, a deal that would erase trade barriers between the u.s. and 11 asian countries. >> resolution of that agreement will mean real job growth, real economic prosperity. >> reporter: president obama met japan's prime minister this morning. his message from the u.s., we've got your back. >> we do need to reassure our allies in america that our security commitments are rock solid and we are going to not allow a situation where a bigger nation can push around a smaller nation in a territorial dispute. >> note, the president is not visiting a china, a growing economic power, but not part of the asian trade deal. and experts are split, but the u.s. is watching to see if north korea will try its fourth nuclear test during th

our nbc's tracie potts is on capitol hill. good morning to you. are we expect somethiing some contentious questions coming to the ceo. >> reporter: no doubt about it. the lawmakers want answers for their constituents, some of whom are the families of these victims. and mary barra has to answer for the company today. the key question being, if they knew years ago that there was a problem, why did it take so long to issue the recall? general motors will do the right thing. that's what ceo mary barra plans to tell congress today as she testifies here amid a brand-new recall, involving a sudden loss of power steering, that brings the total to 6 million gm vehicles now recalled. sarah troutwine's family believes the initial problem, a faulty ignition switch on her chevy cobalt led to her death. nbc confirmed that barra met with families last night, apologizing and saw pictures of some of the 13 victims who died. . >> clearly the fact that it took over ten years indicates that we have work to do to improve our process. >> reporter: congressional staffer

tracie potts is live in washington with those details. what is the significant of today's date, april 8? >> reporter: it means women on average have to work all of last year and the first three months and a week this year to equal the same pay that an average man got last year. and democrats are making a big deal of this in washington today. today president obama is bringing equal pay activist lilly ledbetter back to the white house to watch him sign two new orders for federal contractors, one prevents retribution for employees who speak out about what they're paid. the other requires contractors to report compensation by race and gender. >> the president is using his executive you power to do what the do-nothing congress will not do. >> reporter: the american association of university women says female workers earn 77 cents for every dollar a man makes. women at the white house earn 88 cents. >> it is better than the national average. >> reporter: but is it fair? republicans argue closing the pay gap could hurt men and women. >> we don't

"today in the bay" tracie potts is in washington, d.c. acie, the president needed a certain number of people for this all to math madically work and it looked like the white house got more than nay needed. >> the white house feels like they hit the jackpot here. the goal was 7 million after counting all the people who applied late because, remember, they had that glitch, that computer snafu on the last day and gave people an extra two weeks if they tried to sign up. now they counted up all of those and they hit 8 million over the original goal before all the fall website problems and before this last-minute glitch. the white house is really doing a victory dance here. they also think that 35% or they're saying that 35% of those who signed up were under the age of 35. remember, the healthy, young people who are to balance out the costs for everyone else. republican critics say, hold on a minute, those numbers don't tell the whole story. first of all, when you weed the children out of that under 35 group, it's only 28%, which was below proje

tracie potts is live on capitol hill. tracie, the question is why it took so long for gm to go public with their problem. >> reporter: right. that's what lawmakers want to know. they may begin to get answers in about 4 1/2 hours though we looked over the advanced testimony for mary barra. she will say that her company is investigating but they don't know yet. general motors will do the right thing. that's what ceo mary barra plans to tell congress today as she testifies here amid a brand new recall involving a sudden loss of power steering that brings the total to 6 million gm vehicles now recalled. sarah's family believes the initial problem, a faulty ignition on her chevy cobalt led to her death. nbc confirmed that barra met with families last night apologized and saw pictures of some of the 13 victims who died. today she'll apologize publicly and admit as she did in this youtube video that the company still doesn't know why it took more than a decade to detect the problem. >> clearly the fact it took over 10 years indic

"today in the bay" tracie potts is live on capitol hill with who the president is targeted and how it could hurt the russian economy. tracie? >> hi, the administration said it's already hurting the russian economy and will probably throw them into negative growth, even with these added sanctions that we weren't expecting. remember the president said they were teed up and he has announced more details on what is included in that from washington later today. but we're told they are going to target high-tech exports going to defense companies that are run by people in president putin's inner circle. president obama himself has been trying to gather the european allies behind this facing some reg luckitance because they, obviously, have economic ties to russia. the eu has authorized more sanctions, but critics say we need even broader ones. meantime, in ukraine today, pro-russia militants have seized yet another headquarters and the mayor was shot this morning. we're waiting to get more information about that. back to you. >> tracie potts in washington, thank you. >>> divers off the coast

. >>> "today in the bay" tracie potts joins us live on capitol hill. tracie, new numbers this morning. the number of people that signed up, it puts them over the top. >> it exceeded what they planned to do which was 7 million. but the president has come out himself now saying that 8 million people signed up after the deadline. remember, there were more people who were caught up in that last-minute computer snafu. so they've now counted all of the signp just 8 million people just over a third of those, 35% were under 35 years old. so, the white house and the president doing a big victory lap on this. on the other hand, republican critics have not given up. they say a lot of outstanding questions about this 8 million. if you take out the kids under 35, it's only 28% of healthy adults, young adults who signed up and that's below the initial projections. they're also wondering if people may soon find out that their doctors aren'ted covered and their premiums may go up after this fall, which is what some of the predictions have been. so, they are still pushi

"today in the bay" tracie potts joins us in washington, d.c. and, tracie, the u.s.ending troops actually to poland. >> they are. you know, take a look at the video of these burned out cars. this is all that was left after that shootout in eastern ukraine. yesterday both sides blaming each other, but clearly the violence there is continuing after the sit down with the u.s. and europe and russia and ukraine. take a look, we've got a map to show you where those troops are headed. 150, so not a lot of u.s. troops. 150 of them going to poland in the region, but not in eastern ukraine near that russian/ukrainian border. the reason we're sending those troops to reassure our allies if this thing goes beyond ukraine, the u.s. will be there to help them out. speaking of the u.s. being there this morning vice president joe biden landed in kiev and he will be there for two days. meeting with the new president and the acting prime minister and others including business leaders to see how the u.s. can help this situation. over the weekend, ukraine's prime minister said they need

tracie potts is live on capitol hill with the questions the ceo will be facing. >> reporter: some ofhose questions will include a brand new recall announced yesterday so totalñr now they have 6 milln vehicles recalled. many of them because of the faulty ignition switches, the latest recall was about sudden issues with the power steering, although we now know that the power steering, the power brakes t air bags were all affected by these faulty ignition switches. mary barra the ceo is in the hot seat. she is going to answer questions about the timeline, what was going on inside general motors over the decade that it's now believed they knew about this problem, tried to fix the problem but failed to report the problem to the people driving the cars. also today we will hear from the government agency that oversees these issues. they knew about the air bag but not link them to some of the issues. ntsb will ask some of its own questions as they try to get to the bottom of this. they could be looking at $35 million in fines for gm on top of what the families may be suing for, on top of the

president obama announcing new sanctions against russia and "today's in the bay" tracie potts is live in washington, d.c., where the full list of sanctions will be released later today. tracie? >> hey, scott. actually, we just got it within the last hour after earlier today the president announced the sanctions were coming. we got word from the state department on what the details are. seven government officials in russia who will be sanction eed individually and targeting 17 companies, high-tech companies freezing their assets and 13 of those companies for the most part will be denied exports into the united states. this is the latest effort by the u.s. to try to pressure president putin to get pro-russian militant to back out of ukraine. we've seen more violence there just today with seizing of another police headquarters in eastern ukraine. the mayor shot and in surgery this morning. seven observers being held and one was released for medical reasons but germany is also urging russia to try to use its influence to get these people released. now, critics say the sanctions need to be

coming up at 5:40 this morning, tracie potts will have a live report from d.c. about how washington is now responding to the latest weekend crisis. >>> turning now to our microclimate forecast. we have a live look at san francisco this morning. and the embarcadero. let's check in with christina loren. >> good morning. i hope you two had a fantastic easter. we have a good-looking day shaping up. temperatures right now mostly in the 50s and want to show you your wind speed because it is is playing a factor and you can see it coming straight out of the west. lots of ocean air being forced right over san francisco at this point. all those low clouds are moving in and they're moving in quickly, so, we started out nice and clear at about 4:30 when we kicked off this show and at this point we have plenty of low clouds settling in, especially over the golden gate bridge. as we head throughout the day today, those clouds will increase for all of us. mostly cloudy sky to finish off the day and cooler temps as a result. storm system coming in and it is moving in quickly. a

nbc's tracie potts joins us live in washington. tracie, the fallout, it just keeps coming. >> reporter: it is. not just from the team. we saw their response last night, silent, but powerful. but also from sports fans and not just the sports world, in political circles, people are talking now about what has happened and racism and discrimination issues, we even heard a comment from president obama in asia. >> when ignorant folks want to advertise their ignorance, you don't really have to do anything, you just let them talk. >> reporter: that's president obama in malaysia weighing in on comments about african-americans allegedly made by los angeles clippers owner donald sterling. >> yeah, it bothers me a lot that you want to broadcast that you're associating with black people. do you have to? >> reporter: nbc has not verified the recording. the nba is investigating and could act as early as tomorrow. >> there must be sanctions that make it clear that the nba family will have zero tolerance for such conduct today, tomorrow or ever. >>

tracie potts joins us from washington.akers of powdered alcohol thought they had government approval to put this in stores, but all of a sudden that is not the case. >> right. well, overnight we learned that approval took a bit of a twist. the substance itself, the powdered drinks literally comes in the little packets like lemonade or iced tea has been approved but the labeling on the package is not approved. the companies have to go back and do some tweaking on the amount of powder in that package and how they labeled it. the company said, no problem, we can do that still on track to make that available to people by fall. but there is certainly some controversy about it. madd, for example, mothers against drunk driving, saying making it so easily accessible is not a good thing for children and they're concerned that this is probably not something that the government should approve. but, frankly, it looks like it's already in that direction moving in that direction. >> now, tracie, a lot of concerns here. parents could nam

. >> interesting, tracie potts, thank you. dramatic new testimony moments ago from oscar pistorius who is back on the witness stand for the third day. he described the scene in the bathroom moments after shooting his girlfriend reeva steenkamp. >> i checked to see if she was breathing and she wasn't and i put my arms underneath her shoulders and i pulled her on to me and i sat there crying for some time. >> this comes after an emotionally charged day in court yesterday. he recounted for the first time underoath how he fatally shot her. >> i thought that there was a burglar that was gaining entry into my home. the first thing that ran through my mind was that i needed to arm myself. that i needed to protect reeva and i, that i needed to get my gun. >> pistorius said he needed to get his gun and headed to the bathroom shouting at reeva who he believed was in the bedroom to get on the floor. when he heard noises inside the bathroom, he opened fire. >> before i knew it i had fired four shots at the door. my ears were ringing. i co

tracie potts is in washington. good morning to you. does this announcement reflect -- >> reporter: who will turn out to the polls? republicans who are still trying to get rid of this health law or is it going to be people who signed up for insurance and people who think it's working? that's what we're waiting to see. what we know now is that about a third or just over a third of the people who signed up were young adults. that was the tipping point to paying for all of this. republicans are saying, hold on. we don't know how many people have paid. we don't know if the coverage they have is going to cover everything. they think people may be surprised when they go visit the doctor. we don't know how many doctors may drop out of this. people may have to pay taxes if they didn't sign up. premiums may rise. there's a whole list of things that they're following. we didn't see some of the key republicans on camera after the president made that announcem t announcement. but we did hear for a spokesman from republican speaker john boehner. he

tracie potts joins us now with more. what are the expectations for this meeting? >> betty, they're pretty low, at least here in the united states. we believe at this hour that the meeting with the u.s., the europeans, ukraine and the russians is already under way. this morning as secretary of state john kerry brings russia and ukraine together in geneva, nato is stepping up patrols in the region. >> we will have more planes in the air, more ships on the water. >> nato says it's backup to prevent, not create, conflict. >> we specifically designed these measures to assure our allies only and to be clearly seen as defensive in nature. >> ukraine announced an anti-terror crackdown but within 24 hours pro-russian militia seized their ammunition and armored tanks. they've taken over parts of at least ten cities. the u.s. believes russia is behind it and the u.s. is looking at new sanctions despite the effort at diplomacy today. >> this is not the whole game. this is one part of it. talk doesn't replace actions. >> the white house hasn't said what those actions might be.

. >> to talk with us about that tracie potts from washington, d.c. this morning. ft.ood overhauled its own security to deal with insider threats, still this event happened. >> reporter: right. they beefed it up right after that 2009 incident and now people there really seem to be scratching their heads and concerned if the president obama described it, it's a loss of a sense of security after what happened in 2009. they thought they beefed up security so this would not happen again yet here we are. the president getting updates from the pentagon which is leading the investigation, also looking into what happened in 2009. and now, from chicago president obama saying that he is heartbroken, defense secretary chuck hagel saying that something is not working. it's not only ft. hood but what happened here in washington, d.c. last year. the washington navy yard a contractor was able to get on the navy yard and injure and kill innocent civilians, innocent people working at the navy yard and first responders as well. lots of questions being raised in washington about one, is

. >> tracie potts live in washington, thank you. >>> a southern california family's lawsuit claiming a loved one was frozen alive will move forward against a los angeles hospital. a horrific story. doctors pronounced her dead in 2010 at white memorial medical center. she had suffered a heart attack. when morticians received her body they found her face down, her nose broken and cuts and bruises to her face. the victim's family initially sued the hospital for mishandling the body but a pathologist testified those injuries likely happened after the woman woke up in the morgue and struggled to escape. >> malaysia's prime minister says the search for the missing jetliner will not stop. search planes took off again today to look for the aircraft in the indian ocean. still, there has been no trace of flight 370 after it disappeared nearly a month ago with 239 people on board. australian prime minister tony abbott called it the most difficult search in human history. >> the give america a raise bus tour trying to convince a divided congress why minimum wage should go up. democrats insist mi

tracie potts is live in washington, d.c.rews really rushing to find those black boxes as time is running out. >> well, it is because the black boxes send out that pinging signal, that locating signal for only about 30 days. sometimes the batteries last a little bit longer but we're at the 30 day mark, beyond it as of today. that's why the urgency in trying to find the flight data recorder in the cockpit voice recorder. the chinese have noticed these ping noises twice now. the australians using equipment from the u.s. navy say they detected one going off for about two hours. then they lost it and then they picked it up for 13 minutes more with two distinct signals thinking they may have been the two recorders, but it is unconfirmed and the australians reporting overnight the malaysians early this morning as of a few hours ago all saying that they're really cautious because it's unconfirmed. what the chinese and australians heard was about 400 miles apart. so, bottom line, is there hope? yes. is it their most promising lead ye

"today in the bay" tracie potts is live on capitol hill with details on this ever-changing medium. ie, good morning to you. >> hi, good morning, peggy. you're probably watching us on your regular tv but maybe streaming live from the internet. more people are turning to the internet. the case has made its way to the u.s. supreme court. broaders a bro broadcasters are suing, including nbc, take that signal and turn it around and make it available on the internet to everybody. it's not a copyright infringement at all taking that programming and making it available, they say it's simply technology catching up. they are using thousands of tiny antennas and renting out the antennas so people can choose themselves what channel, when they watch it and online cloud storage similar to a dvr. if they don't want to watch live tv on their local stations right away. the conflict going before the supreme court today, pretty unlikely we'll get a decision on this because this is such a big case the justices are likely to wait until the end of the term, june, before we finally get that ruling, peggy.

tracie potts joins us live on capitol hill with the latest details. good morning, tracie. >> let's start with the meetings in geneva to bring the violence to an end. secretary of state john kerry is there with russian foreign minister sitting down together at the same table for the first time since all of this broke out trying to find a solution that meeting has been going on for hours. we understand they may be coming out in the next 15 minutes or so or some reports say it may last a little longer. we're waiting for an update on that. meantime, more violence this morning in your ukraine where we've seen a lot of the demonstrations going on. pro-russian groups trying to take over ukrainian cities. three pro-russian militants were killed. 13 were injured. some 60 or mow were detained after they tried to take over a military base in ukraine. this after there was violence against some of some ukrainian troops yesterday. now, it's really all up to diplomacy. what is ukraine going to put on the table and will it appease the russians and will vladimir putin

tracie potts live on capitol hill with what is expected to come from round two of the testimony.morning. >> good morning. as round two is going to be on the senate side, senate subcommittee that deals with consumers and product safety, wants to question mary barra, as we saw yesterday, about why it took gm a decade to bring this issue to light to let drivers know they had this defective part in the ignition switch. yesterday, she really didn't have a lot of detailed answers. a lot of, i don't know, not prepared to answer, that she's waiting for these investigations in her internal investigations to be over. that did not satisfy the families. certainly did not satisfy lawmakers who thought she should have been better prepared, even about the thousands of pages of documents that gm already submitted, she wasn't giving much detail on that. we'll see what happens in today's session. meantime she did announce that she fired ken wineburg who worked with the 13 families identified as having loved ones killed gm dealing with 6 million vehicles on recall since the beginning of the year. >

"today in the bay's" tracie potts joins us from capitol hill where the hearing's being held.scott, that starts in 30 minutes. back here on the hill, before senate subcommittee, trying to explain why year after year after year her company, general motors, failed to report that they knew they had a faulty part on millions of cars. >> reporter: general motors' ceo faces more questions in the senate. >> my sincere apologies to everyone who has been affected. >> reporter: but apologies weren't enough for victims' families or lawmakers, frustrated when barra could not explain why gm failed to replace faulty ignition switches when they first detected the problem almost a decade ago. >> i cannot tell you why it took so long for a safety defect to be announced for this program. but i can tell you we will find out. >> why in the world would a company with the stellar reputation of general motors purchase a part that did not meet its own specifications? >> the truth, the whole truth -- >> reporter: in the midst of the government agency overseeing auto safety says gm did not share key in

tracie potts is live on capitol hill this morning with the latest. good morning to you. >> reporter: they want people to see that summary of that report that really talks about water boarding and these other techniques used on terror suspects and are not in use now but were used right after 9/11. did they work, did they get information about osama bin laden. the democrats behind this say no, and that's why they want the report made public. dianne feinstein t chair of that senate intelligence committee calls the report shocking, she says it's not in line with the values of the united states. some of her republican colleagues who voted with her say that the report is unfair, it's biased. the cia said it has factual errors. there are lots of concerns that the report really only shows one side of the story. the question is, when do we get a chance to see it whatever it is? the white house has got to go through it, they have to take out what they think may harm or compromise national security so we are hearing it could be weeks before we see what will end

today in the bay tracy potts is live with more details. good morning, tracy. >> it's actually two cases, one out of california and one out of boston where police got information that led to arrests. problem is your cell phone is not like your wallet or purse police can go through after you've been arrested. it's more like a mini computer, which police would need a warrant. on the other hand you have the obama administration arguing, some of this information can quickly disappear after an arrest, so they need to get it quickly. encryption. remote access, it's key evidence, they argue. those are the cases before the court today. now, there's one key difference in these two cases, one involved the smartphone. the other involved a flip phone, a photo on a flip phone. that means we have two cases that have not been consolidated. two different arguments. scott we could end up with two different results. >> that would be interesting, tracey. >> i have nothing but respect for the justices, remember the tv case where scalia was confused how hbo wor

tracie potts is monitoring this situation live from washington, d.c. this morning. acie, the new violence comes as secretary of state john kerry tries to defuse this escalating situation. >> exactly. those meetings going on this morning. we have reports that three people were killed, 13 injured and dozens were detained after some pro-russian militants tried to storm a military base and they were turned back by ukrainian forces. it is the latest violence as secretary of state john kerry tries to deal with this situation in geneva today meetings are going on between the russians, the ukrainians and the europeans and the united states. they should be wrapping up shortly when we expect to get an update on whether they came up with anything to try to end this violence. meantime, in russia, a new revelation from russian president vladimir putin. he admitted on national tv that he did actually send russian soldiers into crimea when it was said that initially those were local militants. they were local soldiers and, interestingly, in that televised call in he got a question

"today in the bay" tracie potts live on capitol hill with more details for us. good morning, tracie. >> they can now, but the question is, should they? two cases. one stem from california, a san diego arrest where police ended up finding evidence of gang activity on a man's cell phone. the question about these phones is this. are they more like your wallet or your purse or are they more like a mini computer for which police would need a warrant? the obama administration says because of technology, key evidence can quickly disappear from a phone shortly after or around the time of arrest. people can log in remotely, encryption on the other hand, this phone has a lot more information than your wallet does. for that reason, police should have a warrant. think about it. where you've been, who you've been talking to, names, phone numbers, addresses and not to mention gps tracking of where you've been and even cloud access to your documents and maybe even your financial information. that is what the justices are going to have to decide. arguments are happening today.

tracie potts is live in washington, d.c., with the new warning from federal health officials. od morning, tracie. >> good morning, everyone. two cases at uc berkeley are among the 58 in california and that's almost half the cases that the cdc has reported nationwide just so far this year. it's the fastest growth rate that they've seen in measles in almost 20 years. so, the cdc says a couple reasons for this. first of all, people are catching it overseas and bringing it back to the united states. significant number of those they reported. but, also, kids in this country are not getting vaccinated at rates that they would be comfortable with. 1 in 20 going into kindergarten without their measles vaccines and the cdc thinks a lot of misinformation out there making parents concerned about the safety of the vaccine. also, they note there's an entirely younger generation of parents and doctors who've never even seen measles. number one if the parents are concerned or sort of an attitude of no fear because they haven't really lived through half a million people every year being sick a

"today in the bay" tracie potts live on capitol hill with the fda's push to regulate these and otherew products. good morning. >> laura, good morning. first of all, if you don't know what they are metal or plastic tubes with nicotine, water and other products that produce an odorless type of mist, often flavored because they're sold in different flavors. different than the type of smoke and ash and by-products you get from a cigarette. for that reason, the industry says they're much safer alternative. but the fda wants to know for sure. they're proposing that these companies have to register with the food and drug administration, which would require them to produce a list of ingredients and how these things are made. the fda would then be able to issue warning labels if necessary or tests to see whether or not they think the devices are safe. it would not initially regulate advertising or internet sales. speaking of sales, we're talking about a $2 billion industry here. it's something that has been around since the '60s although more popular in the last decade. there are questions ab

tracie potts joins us live in washington, d.c. good morning. >> reporter: hey, good morning.t's right about where experts thought it would be, the unemployment rate did not change, 6.7% nationally, the number of new jobs created in march, 192,000, on the low end of some of the predictions but pretty much where most of the experts thought it would be. add another 37,000 to that because after they calculated what was created last month they go back two months, every month they go back two to see if they made miscalculations. there were 37,000 additional jobs, some of that from late reports. add 37,000. bottom line of all of that, the economy appears to be stable at least based on those numbers. there are more people we learned this week, who are applying for new unemployment claims, but, it didn't seem to affect the bottom line number. as for the rest of the economy a number of things. manufacturering jobs have shown modest improvement, new orders that boosted the service industry. but somewhat of a flat report not better not worse same unemployment rate as last month. >> about

tracie potts is live on capitol hill this morning with new warnings from federal health officials and this is something that affects everyone, tracie. >> it certainly does, but definitely having a big impact right there in california. almost half of the 129 cases nationwide came from california and that's just this year so far. it's twice as many as we normally see in the first four months of the year. it's the largest growth rate since, within the last 18 years. almost two decades and that's why the cdc is cerb oncerned. 1 in 20 kids aren't getting their measles shots before they go into school. now, this is having an impact not only across california, but specifically in the bayiaryia. two incidents at uc berkeley raised concern just this year because one of them was astru t student who road b.a.r.t. as a result of that, they think thousands of people may have been exposed. they are seeing through southern california. lots of younger parents and doctors who never lived through the original measles outbreaks and vaccines. they want to make sure that not only parents are taking it ser

>> little bit of good news, tracie potts, thank you. >>> 6:32.ffic near the site of apple's campus is getting worse. let's take a look outside right now. looking into the actual construction site in cupertino. starting today, a stretch of pruneridge will be closed permanently to traffic between wolf road and tantal avenue. so, it's already really heavily traffic area and you can expect that to be pretty tough there during the construction. >>> all right. checking the forecast, give you a live look at san jose and san francisco. isn't that pretty? both of them, really. let's check in with christina. >> they are lovely. you know, one of those mornings, we are getting a gorgeous sunrise everywhere across the bay area. thanks for joining us. i know monday is not always the easiest day of the week, but, you know what, the weather is on our side. it's going to be nice out there just for walking the dog and any sort of activities you have to do outdoors before heading out and about for work today. this is what we are expecting at lunchtime in the city b

tracie potts live in washington, d.c., where the fda now push to regulate them. good morning. >> good morning. five years ago they got the authority to regulate tobacco. this is round two. a number of products that are out there that the fda says it just doesn't know what's in them, like these e-cigarettes. electronic cigarettes, essentially, a metal or a plastic tube with nicotine or water and other products that produce an odorless vapor. often flavored and that's one of the reasons why some advocates say they are concerned that they may be marketed to children. with what the fda is announcing today they would, number one, require these companies to register and couldn't issue any new products without getting approval first and they would also have to eventually take a look at advertising and internet sales. that's not something they're doing immediately, but immediately they would restrict these products so that people under 18 could not legally use them. e-cigarettes just one of the categories that they're looking at and this is a proposal, so it looks like i

tracy potts is live on capitol hill. tough questions ahead. >> she is going to face tough questions today on capitol hill today and tomorrow. she has two hearings. it will be a tough day for the families too. many of them are going to be here because they have been looking for answers as well. not only answers to the faulty ignition switches but a brand new recall that involves a sudden loss of power steering that may or may not be linked because the national highway traffic safety administration said they investigated some of these issues a while back and didn't have enough information to link it to these faulty ignition switches. mary bara publicly apologized. she said they don't know, which is the big question here today, why it took the company ten years to come to the recalls. the recalls just happened in february and with the brand new one announced yesterday there are 6 million gm vehicles that have now been recalled. we also confirmed that last night, mary bara, the ceo of gm, met with some of the families and ap