nbc's tracie potts joins us from d.c. tracie, good morning >> reporter: hi there, frances good morning while congress here in washington has been trying to get their hands on the president's tax returns, turns out new york may end up getting them first the manhattan d.a. working with the grand jury there investigating the trump organization, the president's business for possible involvement in hush money payments to women who claimed to have affairs mr. trump part that of investigation, people familiar with it tell nbc they have subpoenaed the president's accounting firm to get what will turn out to be not only eight years worth of tax returns, but many of the underlying documents involved in those tax returns, like bank statements that company says that they do not talk about their client's business, but that they will fully comply with the law. president trump asked about it, told reporters he doesn't know anything about it. his attorney says they are evaluating the situation and we understand also that the publisher of

>> tracie potts for us, thank you, tracie. >> lyft is facing a major lawsuit by more than a dozen women who say they were sexually assaulted and raped by company drivers. the complaint says lyft knew about the alleged incidents and failed to report the crimes. attorneys for the women say there could be at least a thousand other potential victims across the country here's nbc's tom costello. >> i started begging him, please take me back home. i promise i won't report it to the police >> reporter: it started after her lyft driver allegedly high on drugs grabbed her phone then for five hours gladys says he kept her in the car before pulling into a deserted beach. >> he sexually assaulted me. >> reporter: kim says a lyft driver attacked her in salt lake city >> he reached over and tried to grab me -- did grab me around my neck forcefully and tried to kiss me. >> reporter: both women are among 14 who filed suit against lyft allegeding they were sexually assaulted by their drivers who may still be driving. their attorneys filing a mass action suit being predicting at least a thousand potentia

nbc's tracie potts joins us from d.c. with the latest tracie, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. so this is another allegation against supreme court justice brett kavanaugh, and there are presidential candidates kamala harris, julian castro, who are calling for impeachment, saying he lied to congress during his hearings when he said that he had never assaulted anyone the second allegation coming out as a result of "the new york times" op-ed summarizing a book that is coming out this week by two of their reporters, saying not only did they find fresh corroboration for the ramirez allegation, but also the second one that had been reported to the fbi but was not investigated at the time. now, it's also important to note that the woman involved, according to the book, isn't commenting, and friends say that she does not remember this incident some democrats are calling for impeachment of kavanaugh others are more cautious >> i didn't want him there in the first place. i am the one that he asked me on national tv if i'd e

nbc's tracie potts joins us from d.c. with the latest tracie, many of the lawmakers place the blame on majority leader mitch mcconnell >> yeah, mcconnell definitely taking the heat for this, frances, because he refuses to bring gun control, gun issues, gun violence to a vote in the senate, specifically whether or not to expand background checks, so the five-hour talkathon by democrats to try to build on what they think is momentum, public support for expanding background checks and to try to put some pressure on both mcconnell and president trump. >> this is something all of us should be caring about especially from arizona, where my dear friend gaby giffords was shot for doing her job >> there's one person in america who gets to decide what comes to this floor one person in america. and that's the majority leader, mitch mcconnell, from kentucky it's not donald trump. >> reporter: but mcconnell says he's not bringing anything up for a vote until he's sure what the president will sign, and the president has yet to indicate

>> all right, tracie potts joining us from washington tracie, thank you. >> we now turn to the growing concern about mysterious illnesses linked to vaping there have been 496 cases of lung disease linked to the devices across 42 states and six reported deaths. the trump administration is now making moves to ban the sale of flavored products that are popular with under-age users here's nbc's ann thompson. >> reporter: the vaping epidemic, getting presidential attention. >> we can't allow people to get sick and we can't have our youth be so affected >> reporter: the administration promising to take flavored e-cigarettes off the market. used, it says, by 5 million american children. >> what we are doing today is ensuring kids will not have access to the products they have been seeking and using which are these flavored e-cigarette products >> reporter: a dramatic step to devices linked to six deaths and almost 500 reported lung injuries in wisconsin evidence from a law enforcement crackdown, seizing dozens of jars of thc oil, the active ingredient in marijuana, from an illegal vaping oper

nbc's tracie potts joins us from d.c. with the latest tracie, good morning. >> gigi, good morning. kavanaugh isn't talking about this president trump is he's defending cavanaugh the book that brought it to light is coming out this week. the book summarized in an op-ed says kavanaugh exposed himself to the woman 30 years ago. the woman declined to be interviewed, and friends say she doesn't remember the classmate who reportedly made the claim isn't talking an innocent man treated horribly, president trump tweets he should start suing people. >> reporter: kavanaugh has denied any misconduct. >> i've never sexually assaulted anyone not in high school, not in college, not ever. >> reporter: democrats are talking. presidential candidates are calling for impeachment. others are more cautious. >> if the facts lead us there, i think impeachment is on the table. >> you have to get the documents to be able to prove the case >> reporter: the fbi did not investigate but knew about the second allegation during kavanaugh's con myrfirmation hearing. so did some lawmakers. >> it was an important i

>> on the road to 2020 tracie potts for us. tracie, thank you. >>> we turn to breaking news out of south dakota. a tornado touched down overnight in sioux falls, leaving a trail of seriously damaged buildings and there are reports of nearly 20,000 power outages these images show the overa hart hospital the person who took these photos says shattered glass was all over the place and the parking lot was covered in downed trees. a new travel advisory has been issued until the debris can be cleared. this dangerous storm had already spawned a series of tornadoes that spread across rural areas of eastern wyoming including this one that is possibly anti-cyclonic meaning it spins clockwise. it's believed only 2% of tornadoes have that rotation >>> president trump is on the hunt for his fourth national security adviser in three years. the president announcing on twitter that he fired john bolton after a string of disagreements. and in a surprising twist, nbc news reports that the president had been reaching out to his former national se

tracie potts joins us now from washington with details. >> reporter: it was a sudden announcement now a discrepancy over whether he was fired or resigned bolton said he offered his resignation. the president never asked for it he decided to turn that in after offering but president trump tweeting that he asked bolton to resign after strong disagreements over a number of issues including north korea, whether he should have met kim jung-un at the dmz, over iran and recently whether to invite the taliban to camp david for peace talks. bolton was against it. he is now out and there is already a short list of five people to replace him? >> who are some of those five people >> some are people in the administration, former national security advisor deputy national security advisor, representative to iran, nsa for vice president tom bosart, former homeland security advisor and finally, the ambassador to germany. a few folks in the white house and some who used to work in the white house. >> tracie potts live from washington thank you. still to come, the bare case for apple. one analysts says

. >> tracie potts joins us live from washington, d.c >> reporter: three people familiar with this intelligence say there is compelling evidence, even images supporting the facts that these attacks, these drones that sparked the fires came from iran the president is dropping hints at that. rick perry have out and out said it was iran that was behind it even though yemen rebels took responsibility for that. the u.s. intelligence based on people hearing it who have seen it seem to indicate it was iran directly behind it iran directly denied that. democrats here on capitol hill aren't disputing it either when will we see or hear any of this intelligence? it could be next week at the united nations when it is declassified that could be interesting. because president trump was hopefully planning to meet with iran's president to try to talk out this issue with the nuclear deal with the sanctions. now, if this intelligence is released and the u.s. accuses iran of being behind the attack, that meeting may not happen. meanwhile here on capitol hill, there are concerns about the language the president is

tracy potts reports there are new questions whether mr. trump tried to withhold aid. >> reporter: president trump is expected to talk about china and iran at the u.n. today. >> we have a lot of pressure on them right now. >> it's his july phone call with ukraine's president taking center stage. a whistleblower claims the president threatened to withhold aid unless ukraine investigates joe biden and his son. >> no, i didn't. >> reporter: "the wall street journal" and "washington post" report mr. trump threatened to withhold aid. >> it's a witch hunt. >> reporter: it's an issue about hunter biden. democrats and some republicans want the transcript of the call released. >> it's important the transcript and the whistleblower come forward. >> no foreign leader in the world will talk to him if they think the contents of conversation will end up public. >> reporter: democrats are asking for the whistleblower's complaint as required by law. mitch mcconnell said the intelligence committee is working on it. we learned overnight whether nancy pelosi

tracie potts, thank you. >>> 6:06. a murder trial involving a local heiress is set to get under way. tiffany lee is accused of arranging to have her ex-boyfriend keith green killed. prosecutors say lee arranged with her then boyfriend to kill green, another man has since pleaded guilty to a charge related to disposing ofgreen's body which was found on the side of the road back in 2016. green was the father of lee's children and she was allegedly scared of losing a custody battle with him. she has pleaded not guilty. salvage teams in southern california today to start raising the boat that killed 34 drivers in a labor day inferno. divers recovered the only body still in the water. the victim was discovered in the wreckage but it did take time for divers to gain access. the cause of the fire is still in question but the coast guard yesterday did issue a safety bulletin reminding boaters and boating crews not only to know escape routes and be properly trained but to be aware and alert when charging lithium ion batteries.

"today in the bay" tracy potts live in washington. this is already causing problems with gas prices around the globe. >> reporter: right experts are saying 15 cents to a quarter more is what you'll pay. it was a drone attack that resulted in a big fire in the world's largest oil processing facility in saudi arabia. they lost half of their production capacity. this has affected 5% of the world's oil. while that may seem like a lot, it's enough to drive prices upward. the big question is who is responsible for this. yemen rebels claimed responsibility. they're backed by iran and the state department is pointi squarely at iran even though the president didn't go quite that far. the president is tweeting though now, we'll see. he says the u.s. does not need oil from the middle east for gasoline. he's releasing some of our reserves. the whole point is to try to keep the prices from going up even further. scott? >> tracy potts reporting live. >>> happening tomorrow the bay area is getting its first visit from president trump since he was el

>> tracie potts for us tracie, thank you. >>> investigators still searching for answers off the coast of california. authorities now say that all 33 passengers and one crew member are presumed dead after that deadly boat fire on a diving boat among the victims here, five members of the same family nbc's miguel almaguer has the latest >> reporter: the boat fire exploded so quickly off santa barbara's coast the sheriff says there was likely no chance of escape for the 34 victims now presumed dead. >> mayday, mayday, mayday! >> reporter: the mayday call came in from five survivors zbl. >> i can't breathe >> reporter: all members of the "conception" take a dinghy to bob hansen's boat. >> there are some things you can't unsee. i don't know if i'll ever forget the sight of that boat burning >> reporter: switching to a recovery operation what was left of the dive boat has sunk to the ocean floor. among the missing a cal family of five with three daughters who loved to dive. cher r sherri mcdonagh just arrived from cincinnati to identify her daughter ali. the one crew member who died below de

back to you. >> all right, tracie potts reporting live from washington for us this morning, tracie, thank you. >>> the 49ers are out at levi's stadium, not on game day but concerts, festivals and any other non-football events. officials voted to fire the niners as managers of the stadium. "today in the bay's" kris sanchez joins us live in santa clara with a look at what is next. kris? >> reporter: hi there, laura. we expect to find out more details at 11:00 when the stadium authority talks about its decision to bench the 49ers where it comes to non-nfl events here at the stadium. you likely know if you live in the bay area, even if you're not a niners fan, even if you don't live in santa clara there has been a huge rift between the stadium authority, which is essentially the santa clara city council and the 49ers. there have been curfew complaints and big acts like ed sheeran and the rolling stones saying it's not worth it to play levi's because of all the rules here. the stadium authority ended the am'sanagement deal over living wages for employees and booking non-nfl events that lose mo

"today in the bay's" tracie potts live with more on these ongoing debates. good morning. >> reporter: scott, good morning. impeachment is something we haven't heard in several weeks in washington. lawmakers have been off. while it's not imminent at all they are starting to lay the groundwork in case it happens. president trump expected to give some clue as to what type of gun law he might be willing to support. what senate republicans have been waiting for from the white house could come today. >> i think progress is being made. >> reporter: president trump is expected to review options and could decide today and what gun laws he supports, expanding background checks to internet sales and gun shows. >> he has to be ready to go up against the nra and, again, i'm not sure that he's willing to do that. >> reporter: grants for red flag laws. and tougher penalties for people who buy guns for someone else. >> we're waiting for something we know if it passed would actually become law. >> you can be anti-people shooting up schools and churches and grocery stores. >>

"today in the bay's" tracie potts joins us live from washington with reaction on this. tracie? >> laura, reaction includes the nra saying that this is a bad idea. gun rights advocates also. but gun control advocates applauding walmart for no more handgun sales in their stores. they banned most of them in the '90s. alaska was the last state where they sold them. they'll now ban them there as well, plus nationwide no ammunition for either assault weapons or handguns sold in walmart stores and they're asking people not to carry weapons openly in their stores, after the most recent shootings. a lot of advocates as i said applauding walmart for this move. the white house says they're just going to focus on congress. >> those are weapons of war. they should not be found on our streets. >> walmart leadership is stepping up to the vacuum they see from washington leadership. >> now a white house official has said or an administration official has said the white house is looking at what kind of gun laws would the president be willing to support? they're looking at everything from stronge

tracie potts joins us live on capitol hill to break down what it all means. tracie? >> good morning, laura, good morning, everyone. it means not that the president's been charged with anything or found guilty of any wrongdoing, but what it does mean is whatever democrats do from here o out, the six committees investigating hearings, testimony, evidence, it is now formally part of a process to determine if president trump broke the law. house speaker nancy pelosi made it official, lawmakers are opening an impeachment inquiry against president trump. >> the president must be held accountable. no one is above the law. >> reporter: pelosi, who has been reluctant, moves forward at the urging of more than 180 democrats. >> i think it's ridiculous. it's a witch hunt. i'm leading in the polls, they have no ea how they stop me, the only way they can try is through impeachment. >> reporter: what turned the tide, a phone call with the president of ukraine, a whistle-blower claims president trump threatened to cancel aid unless the country investigated joe biden and his son's co

welcome back in tracie potts who joins us live from washington with more. good morning, tracie >> reporter: the chinese are giving us a lot more specific details on when they might happen than we're getting from the the u.s. now on thursday morning, a phone call confirming that the talks are back on and that is something that wall street seemed to respond to given what we saw earlier in the week after those trade tariffs were imposed. so, this, according to the chinese, is what is happening. later this month, in september, the two sides are going to get together, essentially to lay the ground work for when these talks will happen and what these talks will look like the u.s. has not yet confirmed, but the chinese say that the actual trade talks will resume sometime in early october. and they will include the u.s. trade representative and treasury secretary steve mnuchin. the tariff as you know rocked the markets on tuesday, which was the first trading day after they kicked in on sunday but yesterday the dow was up on news that it looks like the u.s. and chin

as "today in the bay's" tracie potts reports, nancy pelosi doesn't want to talk about impeachment. >> i'm not answering any more questions on this subject. >> reporter: house speaker nancy pelosi says she's done talking about impeachment. >> why is it that you're hung. on a word over here when lives are at stake over there? >> reporter: lives cut short by guns, president trump is vowing to protect. >> it's a possibility that this is just a ploy to take your guns away, or whether or not it's meaningful. if it's meaningful, we'll make a deal. >> reporter: it came up at last night's democratic debate. >> i'm the only one up here who has ever beat the nra. >> reporter: blaming president trump for mass shootings. >> obviously he didn't pull the trigger but he certainly has been tweeting out the ammunition. >> reporter: democrats are urging the president to act. >> 90% of americans want to see us do, i like registration, want to see us do back ground checks. >> reporter: and oppose the nra like he did when banning bump stocks. >> didn't harm you at all, didn't hurt you at all with your base

. >> all right nbc's tracie potts has more frump washington so voters saw a lot of fireworks last night >> reporter: and that was the point, right because democrats need to begin to distinguish between these candidates for the first time all fit on the same stage. elizabeth warren and joe biden and besides president trump there were big issues like the big one in washington right now gun control. >> yes we're going to take your ar-15, your ak-47. year not going to allow it to be used against our fellow americans anymore. >> kri'm the only one up here that's ever beat the nra nationally >> we will create a office in the white to deal with white supremacy and hate crimes. >> the best way to not be caught up in endless wars is to avoid starting one in the first place and so when i am presiden authorization for the use of military force will have a built-in three-year sunset >> this is the existential crisis of our time you know that movie "the day after tomorrow"? it's today >> the medicare for all is the most cost effective approach to providing health care for every man, woman and child

nbc's tracie potts will have the latest from washington coming up in about 20 minutes. as for biden, the former vice president and presidential hopeful will visit the bay area this week, attending two campaign fund-raisers thursday, one in palo alto and one in san francisco. tickets will cost between $1,000 and $3,000. his wife, dr. jill biden, spent the weekend fund-raising i bay area making stops in sonoma and fremont. >>> and over the weekend, california senator and presidential new campaign office in oakland. she also weighed in on the impeachment proceedings in washington saying that she agrees secretary of state mike pompeo should be part of the investigation as well. >>> and in a few hours, republican senator rick scott will arrive in san francisco from hong kong. the florida senator met with leaders about protests in hong kong. those protests have been going on for weeks now. today he'll visit san francisco's coast guard that st brought you last week about a little boy who called 911 on his school bus driver saying he thought she was drunk. >> now shockingly, ne

tracie potts joins us from d.c. with the latest. tracy, congress could soon hear from the whistle-blower directly. >> it's possible frances and gigi, because lawmakers who are working on this inquiry tell us that they are trying to work out details to get that whistle-blower in soon and to protect the person's identity if that's even possible at this point. meantime, we do know that over the next two weeks, they're going to what from five state department employees on whether the state department was wrapped up in helping president trump's attorney rudy giuliani try to put pressure on ukraine before that phone call even happened. all of this, the clear exposed in that conversation between president trump and the leader of ukraine over whether the president tried to withhold aid, government funds from ukraine in order to get them to investigate joe biden and his son. you heard what the president said the white house also questioning whether this whistle-blower's account is accurate. >> first of all, if you read the seven-page that th

tracie potts, nbc news, washington. >> thank you, tracie. 6:09. >>> happening in a few hours actress felecity huffman set to be the first parent sentenced in the college admissioning cheating scandal. she pledded guilty to federal charges in may. the actress admitted she paid $15,000 to boost her daughter's s.a.t. score by having wrong answers corrected. the u.s. attorney's office is recommending huffman spend one month in jail and pay a $20,000 fine. >>> right now, 6:09. microclimate weather alert continues with a beautiful sunrise under way, as we take a live look in san jose t is a cool start but in santa teresa we'll go from 63 to 93 at 1:00 this morning. whatever you have to do oue, whether it's working, doing errands or even going for a workout, try to get it in before 10:00, when those temperatures really heat up. here is a look at our highs for today reaching 102 in concord. we may set a new record there, and we'll be close to a record in hayward. also watching the near record temperatures in napa and in santa rosa, as we reach the upper 90s. san francisco today 86 degrees. w

potts joining us now from washington, d.c. with more on this tracie, good morning >> reporter: phillip, good morning. we've been here before we've seen this before and congress comes back next week with the same question, is there going to be any compromise one thing that both parties agree on, nothing is likely to happen without president trump pushing republicans to do something on gun laws, areas of possible cpromise, background checks, but the president backtracked on that under pressure from the nra. there is talk about red flag laws that would restrict weapons to people who are deemed mentally ill, forcibly restrict those weapons, and also gun buy-back programs and even democrats are split on whether those should be mandatory or voluntary. but the one thing everyone here seems to agree on, it 's president trump who is going to have to clearly articulate what he's willing to support to move the needle this time >> see if he sticks with that, whatever it is stance he chooses. tracie, thank you. >> vrabel palestinian owe na

going to tracie potts with more. >> reporter: now everything here forward the democrats do, their investigations, inquiries, all part of a formal process to determine whether president trump broke the law. house speaker nancy pelosi made it official, democrats are opening an impeachment requirery. >> the president must be held accountable. no one is above the law. >> reporter: moving forward after an urging of 75% of the democrats. >> i have no idea. it's a witch hunt. >> what turned the tide, a phone call with the president of the ukraine. eye whistle-blower said president trump threatened to cancel aid in response for to information for joe biden and his son. >> i feel like when you see this transcript, the president will be vindicated and prove he's done nothing wrong >> impeachment isn't a crime it is a charge this allows lawmakers to gather evidence and interview others. we'll make sure the whistle-blower is protected. battle lines drawn >> we must not wait. now is the time to act >> republicans argue this is about the democrat's loss in the last election. >> they should have given up then

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. >> nbc's tracie potts joins us in washington, d.c. with more on that. >> reporter: we've been here before. a mass shooting happens. washington talks about gun control and then we don't really see anything come of it. congress is back next week, and there is a lot of talk about what types of legislation could be a compromise here between democrats, republicans and the white house. and that's a key point because both sides agree nothing is going to happen here without president trump's support. they're talking about universal background checks, but the president has backed off stronger background checks under pressure from the nra. we're hearing about buy-back programs, but even democrats disagree whether they should be mandatory or voluntary, and we're also hearing a lot about red flag laws that would allow forcibly taking weapons away from people who are deemed to be mentally ill. these are some of the things that you'll hear under discussion as congress comes back next week. with what seems to be an incentive to try to get some sort

tra tracy potts live in washington. >> reporter: the big question is what is this going to do to prices at the pump. some experiments are saying the to 25ents as an increase as a result of the drone attack in saudi arabia. it's about 5% of the capacity knocked out, but that has an impact. who is responsible? yemen rebels claimed responsibility. they're backed by iran and the state department is pointing squarely at iran even though the president didn't go quite that far, the secretary of state did saying they're responsible. it's raising lots of questions here on capitol hill about how does the u.s. respond? do we take a diplomatic approach and deny visas to iranian officials? should there be military retaliation by the united states? or is it hands off? let the middle east handle this. the good news this morning president trump has said he'll use strategic petroleum reserves to release more oil in hopes of bringing prices down. scott? >> tracy, thank you. >>> also developing on capitol hill calls for impeachment after a new allegation of sexual misconduct against supreme court justice

tracie potts is live for us with more on the pitch to latino voters. >> reporter: it was in new mexico, a very greblue state wh it comes to politics, but a very green state when it comes to dealing with oil. this is a state that relies heavily on oil and natural gas production and given what's happening in the middle east right now, president trump is hoping to make that link and get them thinking about their economy when they vote. >> we will win the great state of new mexico. >> reporter: no republican has done that since 2004. president trump last night going after latino voters here ep hoping they will not only support a border wall. >> they don't want criminals coming across the border. >> he's hoping they will vote with their wallet. >> democrats want to completely annihilate new mexico's economy. >> oil rich new mexico watched oil prices spike 15% after saturday's attack on the largest processing facility in south dakota rab. the u.s. blames iran b, but democrats caution the president to back off his locked and loaded response. >> this is once again a little bit of a ram bow att

. >> tracie potts, thank you so much. >>> happening now, voters in israel are going to the polls as prime minister benjamin netanyahu fights for his political survival. today's election comes five months after inconclusive election where benjamin netanyahu dlaredimself the winner, but could not manage to put together a coalition government. the vote is considered a referendum on benjamin netanyahu's ten-year leadership. >>> new trouble for wide receiver aonio brown. that's where a woman says he walked up to her naked. brown hired her in 2017. she's not pursue iing charges a doesn't want any money. even despite the claims, brown likely won't face disciplinary action at this point without a criminal case against him. >> it will be some time before he's disciplined by the league. >> his attorney released a statement denying the claims. they met yesterday with another woman accusing brown of raping her as part of a civil suit. brown made his debut with the patriotings object sunday. >>> state health leaders confirm a man died from complications due to using e-cigarettes. the man's death is th

tracy potts nbc news, washington. >>> it's 5:07. a call for civility. justice elena kagan appeared last night at uc berkley telling her story. she talked about chances she took along her career path. she was dean of harvard law school and later solicitor general in the obama administration. when she first interviewed for a supreme court vacancy she was turned down, only to be approved the secondime around. she didn't address justice kavanaugh, she may have alluded to it. >> people can be warm and kind and caring and all the good things you want a person to be even if they don't agree with you. >> reporter: justice kagan said she realized the country today is polarized. >>> another bay area still is trying to figure out what to do with people living in rvs on city streets. tonight the city council is considering a ban in some places and sanctioned parking in others. kris sanchez live for us in mountain view with the struggle. >> reporter: hi, marcus. it is a very difficult balance for the city of mountain view, but also for many cities around the bay are

potts who joins us life from capitol hill. good morning, tracie. >> reporter: good morning. here's what's happening most of congress has left on a two-week break but there are three committees that are still here working overtime on this and we're hearing there could be some new subpoenas coming out as early as today >> reporter: over the next two weeks, five state department employees will speak to lawmakers investigating whether president trump tried to pressure ukraine to dig up dirt on rival joe biden in a phone call with the country's leader. >> we don't have to show a quid pro quo, although this conversation comes awfully close. >> reporter: on thursday, congress hears from former ukraine special envoy kurt volker who just resigned on whether he helped president trump's lawyer go after biden or scrambled to do damage control then friday, there's a closed hearing with the intelligence committee's inspector general who told lawmakers about the whistle-blower who exposed president trump's conversation lawmakers say they're

"today in the bay's" tracie potts joins us live in washington with what is happening this week. good morning, tracie. >> hey laura. early this morning, just about 20 minutes ago the president tweeted as we've heard him say before, this is the greatest witch hunt in the history of our country. but it is now officially an impeachment inquiry, and even with congress off, there are committees that have stayed here to hear testimony and take depositions. they may have more subpoenas coming out as early as today. over the next two weeks, five state department employees will speak to lawmakers investigating whether president trump tried to pressure ukraine to dig up dirt on rival joe biden in a phone call with the country's leader. >> we don't have to show a quid pro quo, although this conversation comes awfully close. >> reporter: on thursday congress hears from special envoy kurt volker, just resigned, on whether he helped president trump's lawyer go after biden or scrambled to do damage control. friday there's a closed hearing with the intelligence committee's inspector general who

tracie potts is live in washington with what's happening this week. could be a busy one, tracie. >> good morning, everyone. president trump is already up tweeting calling the whistle-blower secondhand account of fraud calling the intelligence committee chair who is investigating that someone who should be arrested for treason, but that is not stopping will ylawmakers. they have a busy week and we're hearing there could be more subpoenas on the way as early as today. over the next two weeks, five state department employees will speak to lawmakers investigating whether president trump tried to pressure ukraine to dig up dirt on rival joe biden in a phone call with the country's leader. >> we don't have to show a quid pro quo, although this conversation comes awfully close. >> reporter: on thursday congress hears from special envoy kurt volker, just resigned, on whether he helped president trump's lawyer go after biden or scrambled to do damage control. friday there's a closed hearing with the intelligence committee's inspector general who told lawmakers

tracie potts joins us live with a look at what he's headed to do this morning. good morning, tracie. >> good morning. we're told that he's going to otay mesa at the border, spend about an hour this afternoon, midafternoon. he's been there before rescrewing the prototypes for the wall he wants to build or ex-wand or rebuild in that part of california. this is a big part, as you know, of his promise from the last election and his platform for the next one, and it comes as he spends a couple of days in california raising funds for that election. of course he was in the bay area last night, today in los angeles, and in san diego for more private fund-raisers where he'll not only raise money but try to push his vision for immigration and for the wall. he's getting pushback although his administration of late has won a couple of big victories in the u.s. supreme court that may allow him to move forward. president trump on this western tour of democratic states spending a couple of days now in california, not only to raise money, but to try to push that wall. >> that's

. >> "today in the bay's" tracie potts live on capitol hill to break down what it all means. tracie? >> hey, laura, good morning. so what it is and what it's not. it's not a finding of wrongdoing or even a charge for president trump, but what it is, is a step forward for democrats in this impeachment journey. it is a formal inquiry now, so everything they do, the hearings, the testimony, the evidence, is now part of a formal process to determine if the president broke the law. house speaker nancy pelosi made it official, lawmakers are opening an impeachment inquiry against president trump. >> the president must be held accountable. no one is above the law. >> reporter: pelosi, who has been reluctant, moves forward at the urging of more than 180 democrats. >> i think it's ridiculous. it's a witch hunt. i'm leading in the polls, they have no idea how they stop me, the only way they can try is through impeachment. >> reporter: what turned the tide, a phone call with the president of ukraine, a whistle-blower claims president trump threatened to cancel aid unless the country inve