tracie potts, nbc news, washington. return. tracie potts, nbc news, washington. jill stein raised more than five return. tracie potts, nbc news, washington. jill stein raised more than five court costs associated with the recount in wisconsin. now hiring -- the cedar rapids police department. the department is accepting applications for new officers through january twelfth. police say hiring recruits is an intense and competitive process that takes months to complete. authorities say applicants will have to complete a physical and written test -- including a polygraph test. all six powerball numbers drawn saturday night. the ticket is worth nearly 421- million dollars. the winner has not come forward or she has 6-months to claim the prize. it's coming up on today in iowa.... the cyclones go down to the wire against number 11 gonzaga. plus... a teddy bear tradition. all for a good cause. those storpl meteorologist eileen loan coming up/ [music] no, no, no, no, people are both soft and strong... yey! which is why our prod

now back to washington, potts in i'm tracie election. i'm q: what's the white house saying about the fbi director and this late review of the clinton campaign clinton review of the this late director and the fbi saying about wh q: what's the white house saying about the fbi director and this late review of the with only a week to go - arizona is about to be swamped by a last minute push from the candidates and their surrogates. hillary clinton is coming to asu's tempe campus on wednesday... to make her case to millennial voters. her running mate tim kaine.. is coming one day later... and will make stops in both phoenix and tucson. here in the valley.. the virginia senator will be making his remarks entirely in spanish. donald trump's running mate mike pence - is making a visit to mesa... tomorrow morning at 10. he will be at the mesa convention center. paid us a visit over the weekend. and we are hearing that donald trump junior is planning another visit to the valley on friday. also on thursday - mitt romney will be in town for a "get o

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tracie potts live on capitol hill. thank you. >>> today the driver accused in last week's deadly chattanooga school bus crash will be in court. he's charged with vehicular homicide and reckless driving. six others were kill and five in the hospital. it careened off the road and hit a tree. federal investigators say walker was not on his regular bus route. they also say he was drugs or alcohol at the time of the crash. >>> police are looking for a man who attacked a woman inside a hotel. this is the man who was inside the hyatt at 10th and eighth street. she was able to get away with minor injuries. >> it 4is:48. new homes. i have until february to relocate but are asking the city for six more months. the city of manassas is buying the land after they said he could not afford to fix a sewer system. we spoke to one of the residents who said this is frustrating. >> i work, you know, a lot when i have. i don't have a place to go. so really it's frustrated. >> the organization "save our homes" is trying to help the resident

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team 12's tracie potts is live in washington this morning with more on that, plus the transition happening on capitol hill. ?? ad lib ?? ?? ad lib ??president elect donald trump dining out in new york after his first official security briefingand tweeting overnight that only he knows finalists for his cabinetmr. trump calls it a very organized process. congressman mike rodgers is out, in what sources call a "stalin-esque purge" of people associated with former transition leader chris christie.son-in-law jared kushner wielding influence. vice president-to-be mike pence is in charge, in washington today for lunch with vice president joe biden. congress leaders today. democrats put their minority pelosi's expected to challenge from ohio's tim and there's on steve appointment as chief the white democrats want him out.i'm tracie potts in washington, now back to you. q: hillary clinton's being honored in washington today?a: tbaq: after the a: tbatoday? washington today?a: tbaq: election results, there's a move underway to get rid of the electoral college?a: tbaq: and there's one person we know w

i'm tracie potts in washington, now back to you. q: speaking of going public: kellyanne conway, trump's senior adviser who spoke out against mitt romney, now seems to be trying to mend fences on twitter? a: tba q: general david petraeus was at trump tower yesterday. is he going public: kellyanne conway, trump's senior adviser who spoke out against mitt romn, conway, trump's senior adviser who spoke out against mitt romney, now seems to be trying to mend fences on twitter? a: tba q: general david petraeus was at trump tower yesterday. is he seriously being adlib traffic adlib weather seagulls... if you have ever if you have ever been to a beach... been to a beach... anywhere... you know how much of a pain they are. one guy really doesn't like them. and if you're a jedi master like he is... watch out. stop yes... that is jedi master... yoda... in bad lip reading... strikes back. how awesome is this??? ad lib with tram & matt speaking of star wars.... joins ellen today... to talk about coca cola, harrison ford... and hair prisons... ch

tracie potts is live on capitol hill to talk about this. what a surprise. mitt was one of his biggest critics. >> he called him a fraud and phoney and trump called romney a sad man. they're set to sit down to talk about this secretary of state job or if nothing else, to see if they might be able to somehow work together, keeping in mind have all republicans on board in terms of support for some of the things he wants to do and so bringing in mitt romney could help him do this. >> we've heard so many names. surprises, too, is trump any closer to making final decisions here? >> we're hearing that he offered the job of national security advisor to lieutenant general mike flynn who has been his security advisor since the campaign. flynn, a registered democrat also has controversial foreign policy views, he appeared next to putin, so much talk about the trump campaign, now the trump transition and ties to russia. but flynn is someone who has the ear of president-elect trump and we know that loyalty is big with him so what we don't know yet is whether or not he a

team 12's tracie potts is live in washington this morning with that plus... where the candidates are spending their time and their money in these last few days. ?? ad lib ?? the clinton surrogates are all over the map today: president obama, vice president biden, bill and chelsea clinton, bernie sanders and elizabeth warren. i'm tracie potts in washington, now back to you. indications are early voting's been pretty heavy?q: trump said early voters and change their ballots. is that true? and for everyone sick and for a: tba is that true? their ballots. and change can go back early voters q: trump said early voters can go back and change their ballots. and for everyone sick and for everyone sick out the weather channel on november 8th. the cable channel - plans to air 9 straight hours of what it calls "the most beautiful, awe- inspiring and calming weather video" ever caught on tape. picture clouds - rainbows and fall colors - set to a smooth jazz soundtrack. the weather channel says it's guaranteed to "set your soul at ease" on election day. wells fargo - maki

if you live in the district, tracie potts joins us with a closer look at the push in the battleground states in the last few days. >>> police are looking for the person who stabbed a man in the neck in the 1100 block of key parkway before 9:00 last night. the victim was alert and talking when they found him. call police if you have any information. >>> this morning, prince george's hospital center is trying to figure out the source of a potentially deadly intensive care unit is closed because of this. this is the second time it has closed in three times. two babies tested positive for the bacteria pseudomonas. it includes newborns. the hospital transferred five babies out of the nicu. in august, they found it in the water supply. >>> it is now time to turn our attention to the forecast. you know what? take it. >> we all will, chuck. >> absolutely right. i was out running with the dog. i didn't see you out there enjoying the sunshine. >> i was enjoying it being still. does that count? >> you were inside looking at it. >> i was outside! >> fair enough. off to a mild start this morning.

tracie potts nbc . team continues to face questions about conflicts of interest after his d-c hotel hosted a reception for 100 foreign diplomats, including free stays and other raffle prizes. mister trump tweeted only the media's making a big deal about it. his spokeswoman insists there's nothing illegal. this should help get you in the holiday spirit. the soutwest rink at skyline park is set to open later this morning. despite this year's warm temperatures-- crews say they've been able to pull it they had to use of glycol -- the same liquid used in refrigerators -- underneath the rink to keep it cold enough and make the ice. the rink is free and if you don't have ice skates-- you can rent them for 2 dollars or donate a book to the children's hospital colorado for a free pair. and racking up fire fighting costs. how big of a bill forest officials say they're already seeing. and a big expansion project at a-basin gets the green light-- shooter is competent to stand trial will enter day two in just hours.

tracie potts, nbc news, washington. donald trump junior is in colorado today-- getting ready for a rally later this getting ready for a rally later this morning. colorado youth outdoors is hosting the event which starts at 10- 30 in fort collins come just one day after republican vice presidential candidate mike pence rallied supporters in loveland. he told supporters america can not continue on its current path-- telling voters they have the power to make the change. pence will be in iowa rallying again today. former trump rival texas senator ted cruz will join him there. the clinton campaign will be sending former president bill clinton to colorado tomorrow for 3 events. he'll be in pueblo, denver and fort collins. denver's event will take place at the exdo event center. information on our website-- 9news dot com. chelsea clinton spent the morning in boulder campaigning for her mom. she launched phone banks and canvasses in the area to urge people to vote or get registered if they aren't already. it may not seem like

tracie potts is live on capitol hill with more on what's next during this transition. donald trump doesn't do things thash very much expected. >> it wouldn't be that much of a surprise but what is a surprise is the fact that people very close to him involved in this transition are %9 publicly against mitt romney, someone who seems to be seriously considered as secretary of state. selects mitt romney we will all get behind him, not only she but newt gingrich, mike huckabee who has been a conservative supporter of donald trump are shaking their heads at this idea of mitt romney who vehemently campaigned against trump as secretary of state. conway says we don't even know if he voted for trump. >> tracy, we saw the flurry of tweets from donald trump yesterday following news of recounts in key states. does he have any evidence right now to support what his claims are of voter >> not that he has put out there. he says that he actually would have won the popular vote had millions of people not voted illegally. what he means by that, the proof of that, he hasn't put out there,

nbc's tracie potts has that plus-- the trump team's pitch to democrats. "the president- elect is in full control - believe me." a senior transition official tells nbc lieutenant general mike flynn has been offered the job of national security advisor. flynn - controversial for his foreign policy - would not require senate approval. even more r. presidential at9- d p :22-:23 "mitt is a very sad a transition source says president elect-trump will meet with former nominee mitt romney sunday to discuss romney as a possible secretary of state. alabama :33-:40 "mr. romney would be quiet capable of doing a number of things, but he'll be one of those i'm sure that's reviewed." with his transition taking shape, mr. trump turned to foreign policy, meeting japan's prime minister: "i renewed my conviction that together with trump i will be able to establish relationship of trust." the vice president- elect is on capitol hill, selling his boss's agenda to democrats vice president- elect 1:02-1:07 "we're beginning to discuss areas that we might move forward on together

tracie potts, nbc news, washington. president barack obama is assuring the international community that he does not plan to be the international a constant critic of trump. he did however say he will not rule out speaking up to defend ideals he cares about. he added he'd have to watch and see how trump governs once he's in office. on trump's campaign promises-- obama told reporters the president elect may have to adjust his approach when it comes to some of his positions. he made the comments during a stop in peru for an asian pacific economic summit. the man who confessed to kidnapping and killing an 11-year- old boy in minnesota will be sentenced. danny heinrich is expected to be sentenced 20 years in federal in prison. count of possessing child pornography. he entered the plea as part of an agreement involving his confession to kidnapping, sexually assaulting, and murdering jacob wetterling in 1989. heinrich led investigators to the boy's remains in september after he was missing for 27 years. later today-- york will

tracie potts has the latest. through hundreds of thousands of emails of a top clinton aide sources confirm the agency is also taking a preliminary look at the foreign business ties of donald trump's former campaign manager, paul manafort. "where the director has discussed an investigation involving one candidate, it opens the director up to claims of bias if he doesn't discuss other potential investigations." manafort denies receiving more than 12 million in cash from pro- russian politicians at a time when trump praised the country's leader and the u-s suspects russia of hacking. the fbi's last- minute review of clinton's emails - just days before the election - has energized the trump campaign: presidential nominee :59-1:04 "i guarantee you there are many. many of the emails that are missing were in there." wikileaks emails also revealed the head of the democratic party donna brazile gave clinton a heads up on debate questions in advance. but nbc's latest poll shows the email controversy doesn't appear to sway

n-b-c 's tracie potts has been monitoring results all night from new york. elect :00-:14 it is my honor and high priviledge to introduce you to the president-elect of the united state of america... donald trump! donald trump declared victory: president elect :17-:26 "it's time for us to come together as one united people. it's time." "i pledge i'll be president to all americans. this is so important to me." sources tell nbc hillary clinton called trump to concede. publicly, her campaign held out hope: "i can say we can wait a little longer, can't we? they're still counting votes and every vote should count." at both headquarters - faces told the story: cheers for trump "we're just excited about having a chance after eight years of failed policies." tears for clinton. they split battleground states: ohio, north carolina, and florida for trump. nevada, virginia, colorado for clinto opening bell - uncertain. dow futures sinking lower than 9-11 overnight. nasdaq and s&p futures.. temporarily halted. wall street's nervous. "now it becomes a guessing game as to ho

i'm tracie potts in washington, now back to you. the election is the talk of the town everywhere you go. in iowa -- trump became just the "it isn't what a man says that worse and worse i understand everyone has their own right to choose who they want but i didnt think america felt that way. people on both sides tell kwwl they were surprised by how things hillary. dump who? dump trump. some iowa students stage a walkout to protest the trump victory. this is video from des moines. the school district says it gave students about 15 minutes to protest before they had to return to class. some did return. others did not. walkouts, marches and then there's this. protesters took turns with a large pinata -- that looked like "liberation not deportation." others are asking -- how can we come together -- after the election. a group in dubuque is trying to do that by holding an open country. "it's easy to stay home, it's courageous conversations about what's really important in life. and these are issues in a time, in our history, in our cultur

i'm tracie potts in washington, now back to you. trump also spent an hour yesterday with retired general david patraeus -- another contender -- president is getting a second look. iowa state's president has taken heat for his personal use of school planes. steven leath is being audited by the board of regents after a vacation. leath initially didn't believe the log was public record -- but later gave over the log to be reviewed. today, the public will get a chance to meet the first finalist in the running to be u-n-i's next president. neil theobald served as president of temple from 20-12 until august of this year. he'll visit campus today. there's a public forum this afternoon -- beginning at 2-30 in the old central ballroom of maucker union. there are three finalists -- each will visit campus this week. the second finalist will be announced this morning. the board of regents meets next week to pick the new president. the holiday season comes with a big gift for the university of iowa college of medicine. the roy j carver charitabl

(insert ends) (two second pause)audio outcue: tracie potts, nbc news, washington. a long list of candidates and their surrogates will be visiting the badger state in the final days of the campaign. on the democratic side : clinton running-mate senator tim kaine will be in madison and appleton today. on wednesday, former rival sanders will stump in milwaukee. clinton's daughter chelsea returns wednesday and thursday for three stops including milwaukee.former massachusetts congressman barney frank was in waukesha for hillary clinton yesterday. on the republican side .. donald trump and his running mate governor mike pence will campaign in eau claire today. former new york city mayor rudy giulliani will be in green bay today, stumping for trump as packers extra:wide receiver davante adams and super bowl teaming up with froedtert and the medical college of wisconsin for prostate cancer awareness.the green gold and growing initiative encourages men to grow out their facial hair during the month of november.our lance allan is helping launch the event today... and we'll b

it is a topic we'll talk out in about 15 minutes from now with tracy potts. >> dana: kendall is down at one morning. have you had a chance to talk to voters yet? >> i have and it's been more slow than we expected. a lot of people were up later than anticipated last night as the world was tuning in to this presidential election. we are in front of dunkin donuts this morning. i've been speaking with local voters here who i can tell you a surprised. that's going on across the entire country and across the entire world as donald trump pulled off a stunning upset to win the u.s. presidential election late last night. much of the world reacted in stock here locally i have been speaking to the voters. i chose one sound bite from a reviewer who voted for clinton ca moving forward together as a whole. >> a lot of people are upset about him winning but as long as he does a good job and what he says that's all that matters at the end of the day. >> your reaction is hopeful moving forward? >> there is always hope. you can't give up hope or we have nothing. forward, where is this country going to

tracy potts is standing by. she's been covering this election and now joins us live with the latest. >> this was a shocker even for some trump supporters especially when they started seeing all of the blue states like wisconsin, pennsylvania and michigan turn red for donald trump. now the question on the clinton side what went wrong. she's expected to address the public late they are morning and president obama congratulated trump and invited him to the white house on thursday to begin the transition. >> it is my privilege to introduce to you the president elect of the united states of america. >> donald trump declared victory. >> i pledge to every citizen of our land that i will be >> sources tell nbc hillary clinton called trump to concede. publicly her campaign held out hope. >> we can wait a little longer can't we? they are still counting votes and every vote should count. >> at both headquarters faces told the story. cheers for trump. >> we're excited about having a chance after eight years of failed pic th

tracie potts, nbc news, washington. some sad news to pass along this morningformer u-s defense secretary and wisconsin congressman melvin laird has died.he served as defense secretary under president nixon .. eventually overseeing military draft.laird represented wisconsin's 7th congressional district from 1953 to 1969.he was 94 years old. up next on live at daybreak on today's tmj4--charges for the minnesota officer accused of killing a black driver.why prosecutors decided to bring the case against him.and - out of this world.the voyage set to begin for these astronauts. and taking a live look after some patchy inland fog, yesterday afternoon was sunny and mild with highs in the mid 50s. just a few clouds moved in overnight, and a light se breeze with a warm front has kept the temps near 50. we get another november treat today with more sunshine, and highs in the mid to upper 60s. a southerly wind will increase to 20 mph throughout the day, and will remain windy overnight with lows in the mid 50s.. today, a court heari

. >> as tracie potts reports, the president sleact taking heat >> the fact that republicans were silent on bannon's appointment is disturbing. >> reporter: steve bannon's website is a favorite of extremists and white nationalists. >> this is a balanced and sensible, very smart man. >> i look forward to having a discussion with whatsoever appointses me. >> reporter: obama is giving the president-elect advice on >> i think there are things that can set a tone. >> reporter: including reports that the campaign finance chair is considered as treasury secretary. >> a lot of hard work. >> reporter: laura ingraham press secretary and rudy giuliani and john bolton as secretary of state. >> i won't be attorney general. so i won't have to decide that i can escape that one. >> reporter: insiders say that the trump transition ahead of schedule. tracie potts, nbc news, washington. >>> students across the country walked out of a classroom on monday to protest the election results. in los angeles, more than 1000 students from the heavily hispanic east sidewalked out of classes and in denver and houston

tracie potts has more from washington. (fort lauderdale, florida :00- :05)with sixs frustration is mounting: (sot: hillary clinton/ (d) presidential nominee :06-:15) "i am sick and tired of the negative, dark, divisive, dangerous vision and behavior of people who support donald trump."that's clinton's reaction to a trump protester. her immediate concern: the fbi's probe of her top aide's emails. more than a quarter of indepet makes themless likely to vote fbi's nowhere near done and may not have results by election day. (sot: donald trump/ (r) presidential nominee :34-:36)"get out and vote on november 8th..."with 26 million early votes already castdonald trump's urging democrats to go back and change their votes before election day.(sot: donald trump/ (r) presidential nominee :44-:58)"if you live here, or in michigan, or pennsylvania, or minnesota, those four places, you can change your vote to donald trump. we'll make america great again ok?"trump's rolling out 25 million dollars in .. but one voted for president obama. h

tracie potts joins us live from new york where trump made his speech just hours ago. it stuns the critics, thrilled supporters but what is also clear this morning is that america is divided. >> reporter: no question about that and president obama's statement this morning said he will make a statement today and bring trump into the white begin that transition and the reconciliation. and another person who could go a long way toward bringing people together after this hard fought campaign is hillary clinton. we expect to hear -- hear from her today as well. >> it's my high honor and distinct privilege to introduce to you the president of the united states -- president-elect of the united states of amic declared victory. >> i pledge to every citizen of our land that i will be president for all americans, and this is so important to me. >> reporter: sources tell nbc hillary clinton called trump to concede. publicly her campaign held out hope. >> we can wait a little longer, can't we? we are still counting votes and every vote should count. >> reporter: faces told the stor

we're talking it out live with tracy potts ahead. >> dana: 6:00 on this monday morning. there is t horizon. >> kim: a lot of people are slamming their alarm. >> dana: make that sound stop. >> kim: we want your pictures.

tracie potts has more on what to expect. (white plains, new york :00-:06)hillary clinton's back home in new york this in contest of the day. (dixville notch, new hampshire :07-:14) tiny dixville notch, new hampshire - with only a handful of voters - reported four for clinton, two for donald trump just after midnight.(sot: hillary clinton/ (d) presidential nominee :15-:22)"tomorrow night this election will end but i want you to understand that our work together will be just beginning." clinton wrapped her campaign in north carolina - with celebrities there and with the obamas in philadelphia. (sot: hillary clinton/ (d) presidential nominee :33-:39)"let's show question about the outcome of this election."(sot: president barack obama/ no super :40-:46) "i am betting that tomorrow, you will reject fear and you'll choose hope."(grand rapids, michigan :47-:51)trump and mike pence ended their campaign with an early-morning rally in michigan.(sot: mike pence/ (r) vice presidential nominee :52-:55)"it is november the 8th. the day we

. >> once again, the fbi has cleared hillary clinton in the news4's tracie potts is live on capitol hill now to explain what this means next, tracie, good morning. >> aaron and eun, it means politically for hillary clinton she is not walking into this election day with her on her back in terms of the investigation being open. they made it clear that there will be no criminal charges here. politically, that is good for her. but she is talking about reconciliation. what happens the day after election day when we have this dividedco this has been a particularly hard fought and nasty election. she is talking about how you begin to reconcile america. she goes into this in our latest nbc washington adjourn poll 44 to 40 over donald trump. >> speaking of donald trump, what is his campaign to secure the final crucial swing states? >> he is all over these battleground states. he has five stops in five different states today starting carolina, in pennsylvania, in new hampshire, in michigan, a blue state he is trying to flip to red. he is not leading, but he is going to have a grueling campaign sch

more from tracy potts in the next half hour of the program. still to come cirque de soleil cancelling multiple shows and this is because of a deadly accident just hours ago. where this happened and what happened is headed your way. >> dana: and in the early 80's the world's greatest race car the las vegas strip. tom cracking open the video vault to remember the grand prix. >> toni-marie: this car didn't make it so well on southbound 95 >> kim: cirque de soleil had to consle a show in san francisco because an operator was killed. the accident happening just before 7:00 last night. the worker actually was rushed to the hospital and that is saying the worker was hit by a lift. the show cancelled because of this untimely death. they are gathering more information about this tragic accident. they had an accident where an accused crooked hillary bat fell nine to 16 feet. >> dana: the wildfires continue to burn in tennessee. we're learning that at least three people have been killed as firefighters are working to contain all of this. more than 150 st

i'm tracie potts in washington, now back to you. this morning, president obama is in germany, the second stop on his final foreign tour as president. he allies. after more meetings today -- the two will hold a joint news conference. bombs dropped on syria hit a hospital that cares for children. the underground hospital was the only specialty facility for children in aleppo -- serving four- thousand patients a month. 87 people were killed in a series of attacks -- including at that hospital. donations keep pouring in so a coffee shop can keep pouring this video of a woman harrassing a cedar rapids police officer. it happened at brewhemia in cedar rapids. the coffee shop then started 'operation blue- hemia' to support officers -- and give them free coffee when they come in. they wanted to raise one thousand dollars. they hit that -- and are still going -- at about 18- hundred dollars now. the owner of a crumbling eastern iowa landmark misses a court deadline -- but says he's close to selling the building. jim krueger owns the former h

tracie potts, nbc news, new york. today. and as you might imagine -- with two presidential candidates at the same of officers out. not only protecting the election night tracie potts, nbc news, new york. both hillary clinton and donald trump plan to vote in person today. four years ago - president obama cast his ballot early, weeks ahead of election day. it's not just politicians on the affected by the results of ballot measures. most notably -- legalizing marijuana, for both medical and recreational uses. nine states will vote on marijuana today. in california - voters have a significant decision to make about whether to overturn the death penalty and make it illegal. other notable measures nationwide include minimum wage, gun control, and taxes. as the nation faces the possibility of electing its first woman president tonight -- voters across the country are vig they've left flowers, notes and 'i just voted' stickers. anthony played a major role in the effort to get women the right to vote -- though she died 14 years befor

we're talking it out live with tracy potts ahead. right now we have breaking news live in stud news when it comes to unemployment on the jobs front. the number of people seeking unemployment benefits falling to its lowest level since 1973. this is likely an indication that businesses are confident enough in the economy to keep their workers and not lay them off. the economy getting 161,000 jobs in october and the unemployment rate falling to 4.9%. state fell to the lowest it's been in nine years in the state of nevada. we have bounced back big time considering where we were during the great recession. talking about bouncing back. runnin rebels bouncing back last night. marine the new head coach trying to find his first victory. there is an oops moment for riverside. this one right in the face. he had 13 points on the night. u.c. riverside took a lead with 8 minutes remaining but the rebels fought back. first victory for marvin. senator in action on saturday at the thomas and mack. >> kim: true confession from last night to see them p

tracie potts is live on capitol hill now. good morning to you. what can we expect from trump today? >> reporter: more interviews, but they are moving from his golf club back to trump tower. we know that former texas governor rick perry is set to come in today. we're told he's up for possibly three cabinet positions, one of defense, energy or veterans affairs. lots of people being brought in, not lots of announcements yet. we'll find out if anymore announcements happen before thanksgiving. >> and what more do we know about the decision by melania trump and their son about not to move in to the white house until after the school year? >> reporter: we've seen the obamas and other presidents face it. some handle it differently, but they decided not to ta relocate him into the middle of the year. so once the school year is over, melania and barron will come down. >> all right. tracie potts, thank you. >>> new video there an sound of a clash between police and turned violent overnight. the group facing off on the bridge north of the protest camp there in north dakota. protesters tried to

news4's tracie potts live on capitol hill for us this morning. tracie, hillary clinton will be in florida today. how is her campaign addressing the fbi review of e-mails. on saying if they're going to look at the e-mails, they need to do so quickly, come out with the results before the election, although it is not clear at all that is going to happen. they have 650,000 e-mails they're trying to sift through, sort and see if any are relevant. her message, as you just heard, seems to be, sure, go ahead and look through everything but they've already done a thorough investigation that cleared clinton. >> let's talk about donald trump speak on the affordable care act. what do we expect to hear from him? >> we'll talk about the rising healthcare premium the government acknowledged will go up in january. that has been a big one for the trump campaign. he is going to thereby with mike pence and mike pence will speak and deal with a lot more of the details of what they want to do and what they think works based on what he has done in indiana. the medicai

tracie potts, nbc news, new york. >> tracie, thank you very much. we are closely watching the presidential race ourselves. our own raj mathai and mark matthews are both in new york city following each of the candidates. we'll have a live report starting at :00 a.m. also join our special ed dilgsz of nbc bay area news at 3:00 p.m. this afternoon. >>> one of the biggest items on the ballot in california is proposition 64. prop 64 would legalize marijuana for people 21 and older. the state could then license, regular and tax marijuana. supporters say it creates a safe and legal system for adult use of marijuana. opponents say there's no way to monitor people for driving under the influence of marijuana and chirp could be exposed to pot advertisements as well. >>> another important measure coming up today, people in three different bay area counties are voting on measure rr. that impacts bart service for san francisco, alameda and contra costa counties. it proposes a $3.9 billion bond measure. b.a.r.t. says the measure is needed to keep the transit syst

. >> kyndell: tracie potts in washington, d.c. with more on that plus more cabinet positions confirmed today. >> [ cheering ] >> reporter: president-elect donald trump says he is holding a news conference december 15th to detail how he will completely leave his business to avoid conflicts of interest. the presidency is a far more important task. he tweeted this in seeing that the leadership and the energy that our president-elect is going to bring to the white house on january 20th. >> reporter: two more people confirmed this morning they've been offered cabinet positions. >> can you gentlemen confirm that this has happened? >> we can indeed. >> reporter: goldman sachs alum and campaign finance chair stephen mnuchin as treasury secretary. >> our number one priority is tax reform. >> reporter: and billionaire wilbur ross as commerce secretary. [ laughter ] >> reporter: still up in the air? secretary of state. >> my sense is he's narrowed it down to a very small group of people. >> reporter: including mitt romney. he had dinner with

news 4's tracie potts is live on capitol hill now. donald trump took to twitter overnight saying it's well known he has properties across the globe. how is his transition team dealing with questions about his is making a big deal about this. his spokeswoman says his attorneys assures him there's no overlap between the trump organization and his hotels in the presidency in this transition. questions pop up because of events happening. just this week at the tom kierein hotel which as you know just down from the white house, they hosted a foreign reception, people who were there have stays, doing tours of the hotels. a lot of foreign diplomats reportedly trying to book at the hotel in order to gain some sort of influence with the president-elect, but their transition team continues to say that there's no conflict of interest here. >> traci, we've seen some very public process that trump is taking in selecting his cabinet. what's the latest we could see in line for some of those positions? who's been so close to the transition team consid

tracie potts is live on capitol hill now. what will be the goal of mike pence's meetings today? hill for the trump administration for his agenda. he will get a chance to sit down with the senate leaders you talked about, house leaders on both sides. democrats and republicans, to figure out how to get across some of those initiatives that donald trump wants to bring to the table. also, getting some of the cabinet positions approved by the senate that have not been announced yet. and trying to figure out, you know, what kind of good will they can build not only with republicans but with some choices, including donald trump's choice for supreme court justice. remember, we have the opening. three fold here. selling the agenda, selling the cabinet positions and trying to lay the ground work for getting a supreme court justice approved. >> tracie, we've heard a few names floated for possible positions in trump's cabinet. any new people emerging? >> interesting names. south carolina governor nikki possibly being considered as secretary of state. lieutenant general mike flynn, an adviso

. >> news4's tracie potts is live now on capitol hill. good morning to you. what is the latest on who will fill some of the top cabinet positions. >> nothing official. lots of he is the guy to get the money flowing especially in the last few weeks of the campaign, looked at as a possible treasury secretary. laura ingram, the conservative talk radio host as press secretary. we originally heard newt gingrich's name but the thinking is that rudy guiliani who has been a mouth piece for the campaign and former un of state and guiliani talked about that last night saying he is not at all interested in attorney general but sort of smiling quietly when the secretary of state position was mentioned. >> tracie, hillary clinton and president obama we know, both spoke with democrats yesterday about moving forward after their loss last week. any idea what they said? >> they both talked about the clean up based on people who were in on those conference calls. the fact that democrats really need to do soul searching now to figu clinton urged them to hang on to their values

tracie potts, nbc news, washington. >> krystal: this brings us to our question of the day. what's your message to election protesters? we love to hear you from. supporting their cause or whether you think they need to calm down? just let us know what you think. head to our website, news3lv.com and click on the question of the day icon. >>> vice president joe biden and his wife jill hosting the vice president elect mike pence and his wife karen for lunch today. this is the first time the since the presidential election. they met at the official vice presidential residence at the naval observatory in washington, d.c. mike pence spending tuesday in transition meetings at trump towers. >> michelle: one of the biggest contracts for the city of las vegas is being renegotiated right now. some people calling it the garbage wars. it's really touching off a battle over who will be picking up all of our trash. since the mid-80s republic services has been responsible and recycling within the las vegas city limits. the company currently seeking a 15 year extension on a contract that doe

. >> news4's tracie potts joins us live from the convention center where clinton hopes to celebrate a victory tonight. tracie, good morning. >> hey, eun and aaron. it will be a victory speech or concession speech. they lead to the stage where hillary clinton will address supporters. we presume at some point tonight, assuming that we're she arrived back in new york, westchester county early this morning. she didn't make any comments. she walked the rope line after a late night final rally in north carolina which has become a pivotal state for the democrats trying to win this election. >> tracie, we know that donald trump won't be too far away with his supporters here in midtown, manhattan. can you tell us about the event he has planned? >> yeah, he is going to be at the hilton on 6th which is only a couple of miles away two presidential candidates in town, security is very tight. the nypd says they have thousands of officers out. not only securing the center here, this is the building with the big, glass ceiling they talked about. the hilton for the trump campaign, they're expecting th

tracie potts, nbc news, washington. >> michelle: this brings us to our question of the day. how much did you trusted me yeah coverage in this election cycle? we'd like to know what you think. head over to news3lv.com and click on question of the day. >>> okay. something to celebrate here. this is very personal as far as moments go for us here at news 3. because we have a new member of the family. >> krystal: we do. this love. so yesterday morning our marie mortera gave birth to this beautiful baby boy. so she, her husband and her adorable little daughter sunday, who is now a big sister, welcomeed in the newest member of the family, anna moxie morrison. baby morrison was born just before ten. so marie and baby anna are doing really, really well. he was like i want to get here early. everybody wants to see me. i expected him to come after thanksgiving but honor had his own plan. we couldn't wait to see him. we wish them all the best. their beautiful blessing and they make such a wonderful family. now we have marie, moxie, sunday and honor. congratulations. can't wait to see hi

news4's tracie potts continues orr coverage this morning for capitol hill. both hillary clinton and donald trump will be in pennsylvania today. which way is that state to go at this point? >> at this point. we have to specify at this point, eun, it looks like pennsylvania may remain a blue state. it is skewing in the polls toward hillary clinton. that is not stopping donald trump from trying to make inroads here. we saw melania trump with her first solo appearance on the campaign trail outside of philadelphia yesterday. >> and tracie, there may be more swing states than usual this year. donald trump could be losing support in the south. what is going on there? >> hillary clinton is really campaign is basically pitched as a fire wall state for donald trump, if he doesn't win north carolina, he cannot win. that has a tight margin. interestingly so does georgia. traditionally, a red state but in our latest poll, hillary clinton is within one point statistically, a tie with donald trump in the deep south. >> interesting, tracie potts, live on capitol hill for us

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tracie potts is live on capitol hill now. he's expected to meet with former texas governor rick perry today. and his consideration is an interesting p one. >> reporter: well, it is because he's up for at least three different cabinet posts we're told. secretary of defense, energy and possibly veterans affairs. one, not all of those obvio shifting day back to trump tower. other than the weekend, the 21 that you talked about happened at bedminister, the golf club that donald trump has in new jersey. he said there were a couple deals made, but he didn't say what or who or when he would announce them publicly. >> and what more do we know about the decision by melania and her son not to move into the white house until after the school year? >> reporter: exactly. school age children have had to deal with for a long time. obamas had to deal with that, they brought their girls and his mother-in-law with them to help with the girls. in this case they have decided that barron will stay in new york until the school year is over. >> trac

tracie potts live in washington this morning. thank you. >>> let's come back to the valley and arizona and get a quick check of the traffic. here is jen. >>> good morning to you. we got rain overnight. the good news is the roads are drying out. the commute could be wetter for the afternoon and early evening. here is a look outside. i-10 eastbound starting up. 75th avenue so that is pretty far from downtown. you can expect unfortunately some slower speeds here for at least a few miles. 12 today, big picture traffic, no major crashes across valley treeways right now. we're just starting to add more vehicles here for rush hour. let's give you a few drive times. i-17 southbound from the 303 to the split taking 27 minutes now. 60 westbound from the 202 to the 10 is a 16 miles per hour 16-minute commute and your exclusive traffic future cast, we're looking ahead about an hour to 7:00 a.m. the 17 backs up all the we and you're getting down to 37 miles per hour. also, the 101 northbound through scottsdale. crystal, and i know flagstaff s

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tracie potts, nbc news, new york. >> michelle: this brings to us our question of the day. do you think the country will yes or no. let us know what you think. head over to news3lv.com and click on question of the day. >>> let's look now at the miracle mile shops where they're partnering with cnn to project presidential election results live on the exterior l.e.d. screens tonight as they come in. so this is a live picture now. we'll be obviously watching this throughout the night and so will a lot of other people who are down on the street strip. this is the big one. >> krystal: it >> michelle: amazing to be here finally. >> krystal: we have you covered here on news 3. our special election night coverage on the cw las vegas as well, channel 33, cox cable 6. we're giving you up-to-the-minute results, expert analysis. jeff gillan, john treanor covering the democratic side. gerard ramalho, denise rosch covering the republicans. that coverage kicks off at 4:00 p.m. as you get out and vote today, we want to see your i voted selfie. if you got your sticker share it with us. you c