we are going to talk live with our legal expert michael cardoza about a person of interest accused ofng that missing man's credit card and we'll ask michael where this investigation goes from here. [peaceful guitar music] (male speaker) we know about that trail that never ends. we know the great outdoors. we love the great outdoors. bass pro shops and cabela's. where incredible selection, great people, and memorable experiences all come together. come in today for great labor day deals. like ladies' v-neck t's starting at under $13. this bass pro 6 1/2 quart fish fryer for under $30. and these merrell waterproof hikers for under $90. >>> a suspect in the case of a headless torso at the home of the missing man is due back in september 12th. lance silva is accused of using the missing man's credit card to buy a car. but more charges for mr. silva could be on the way. it is the topic of this week's verdict and as always i'm joined by ktvu legal analyst michael cardoza. this is a bizarre case. people to live near brian egg haven't seen him for weeks, police go to his home and find a headl

ktvu legal analyst michael cardoza joins us now.n the case of paul manafort, can prosecutors retry the 10 counts where the jury could not agree? >> they can. one of the things they will ask, if they can find out, is, what was the count? in other words, on this jury, was it 5-4? what was it, exactly? and, that's what will direct the prosecutors in deciding whether to retry those 10 counts that they hung up on. but keep in mind, manafort is facing, most think, at least 10 years in federal prison. >> michael, regardless of whether they do retry him on those charges, how much of a danger is paul manafort? and how much of a danger is michael cohen to president trump, given the developments today? >> i think that cohen is the more dangerous to the president. because remember, he pled guilty to campaign-finance violation of the campaign- finance violation of those laws. and, he's implicated the president, saying he knew about this. he did not name anybody particularly, but we all know who he is talking about. so, he is the more dangerous o

ahora nos enlazamos con alejandro cardoza, muy buenas noches gracias por atender nuestro llamado.to desde que este aviÓn no pudo alzar el vuelo? >>todavÍa nos encontramos aquí en durango, hace unos minutos terminÓ una rueda de prensa e incluso tenemos personal de protecciÓn civil que estÁn en este momento realizando un recorrido por la zona. muchas de las personas que iban en el aviÓn eran personas de aquÍ de la ciudad de durango. >> llÉvanos por favor de la mano que fue lo que pasÓ? >> en un inicio recibimos el reporte de un aviÓn que habÍa colapsado, pero ya tenemos la informaciÓn y nos mencionan que apenas iba a despegar de la ciudad de durango a la ciudad de mÉxico, un aviÓn con capacidad para 100 personas y en ese momento no iban 97 y los cuatro tripulantes con el piloto y el copiloto. terminan 3 m mÁs allá de la cinta asfÁltica del aeropuerto. los toboganes del mismo aviÓn se abren de manera inmediata por ahÍ empiezan a salir la mayorÍa de los pasajeros propio fin. >>cuantos hospitalizados en este momento? >> tenemos la cifra de 47 personas que se encuentran recibiendo atenc

michael cardoza, always a pleasure. >>> coming up, members of the military are no longer allowed to wear fitness trackers or use mobile devices that track their location. security issues that prompted the change. >>> and, coming up, we will get an update on the fires burning all across the state. this as cal fire deals with the loss of yet another member, a mechanic this time. a live interview with cal fire coming up after the break. >>> we've got air-quality issues in the bay area today. not so much tomorrow. no spare the air days tomorrow. we are going to be a little bit better and cooler. ♪ ♪ ♪ raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens ♪ ♪ bright copper kettles and warm woolen mittens ♪ ♪ brown paper packages tied up with strings ♪ ♪ these are a few of my favorite things ♪ ♪ ♪ >>> there is more progress to report on the mendocino complex fire. that's the pair of wildfires still burning near clearlake. the larger fire, the ranch fire, is now 48% contained. containment on the river fire is 84%. the combined fires have grown to 476 square miles, but cal fire says the flames are now head

ktvu legal analyst michael cardoza joining us on the phone. thank you, michael. >> you are welcome. >>> the search for a missing iowa college student who grew up in oakland is intensifying. now, police are looking for someone related to the case. this comes as her family announces an increase in the reward for information that brings her home. matt finn is in brooklyn, iowa with the latest developments on this case. >> we believe that mollie is still alive, and, if someone has objected her, we are pleading with you to please, release her. >> reporter: the family of missing iowa college student mollie tibbetts, not giving up hope. more than two weeks since she went missing, they announced thursday the reward for information leading to her whereabouts has risen to more than $170,000. >> if you have nothing to hide, you have nothing to fear. so, come forward, show that information to the authorities. and, let's bring mollie home. >> reporter: research has involved numerous law enforcement agencies on the local, state, and federal levels. crossing

special correspondent kavitha cardoza, with our partne "education week," visited bayard, new mexico, to visit a school district that j completed its first year of the change, for our weekly segment,. "making the gr >> the life cycle of a chicken, right? lexis parela and michael lozano's reactions to the shortened week couldn't be more different. >> when i heard that the school was moving from five to four, i was like, "yes!" >> i kind of don't like it a little bit because i just really want to learn about thgs. >> reporter: a year ago, cobreed consolidchool district moved to a four-day week to save money. now, on fridays, schools are osed. but overall, students spend almost the same number of totalh hours in classrough longer days and shortened breaks. superintendent robert mendoza says 90% of parents agreed with the change. >> overall, it's, it's been real positive. >> reporter: but state senator wie morales has serious concerns about a four-day week: >> i want every single opportunity for my children and other children to have to learn. >> reporter: georgia heyward is a researcher

special correspondent kavitha cardoza, from our partner "education week," vi indianapolis, indiana, a city that enthusiastically embraces national lemonade day! it's part of our weekly education segment, "making the grade." >> lemonade! come get it! lemonade! ice cool! >> reporter: a big smile, a loud voiclots of colorful posters. that's how flannery partain plans to attract customers. she's just eight, but knowshe exactly whatants. >> i want to be the boss! >> reporter: and what better way to kickstart that ambition thant thout american summertime symbol of entrepreneurship, the lemonade stand? >> lemonade, lemonade, ice cold lemonade. >> reporter: flannery's just learned her first business concept, the importance of a catchy nat me. >>rst, i was like, "sour lemon," but then my das like "no, no, no, no, no, no." and so, he was like "how about sweet lemon?" i'm like "yeah, that could work, too." >> i was thinking we could name it lemon squeeze? >> lemonade squeeze? that is the best name i've ever heard! you guys like that name? this is so important because our education system doesn't

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firefighters scot peterson, brian cardoza and tyler barnes were trying to protect a house last month when the flames quickly moved towards them two had to take cover behind a shed. the other ran to their fire engine, but burned his hands on the door handle. he was still able to drive the fire truck to the other firefighters whose bases were burned. the carr fire is now 336 mi.2 that have burned and is 72% contained >>> firefighters are making sure a grass fire near hillsboro doesn't flare up again. it started yesterday afternoon in a wooded area west of highway 101 and healdsburg in sonoma county. sky fox lorber the scene late yesterday afternoon. some of the people in the area evacuated their homes for a couple of hours before that evacuation order was lifted. the fire burned about 10 acres, but no buildings were damaged and no injuries were reported. investigators are still trying to figure out how that fire started. >>> let's get you to where you need to go on a friday morning. he can do it. that's sal. he knows about the commute. >> i haven't had my coffee yet. >> you know you ha

. >> cardoza added this will be difficult on both sides since the family will have to prove bart was negligent. they responded saying nothing is more important than the safety of our riders and employees. we ex-tends our deepest condolences to the wilson family. they went on to say we're thankful the suspect is in custody due in large part to our surveillance system. >> police are looking for help in identifying the fannie pack bandit. he robbed the wells fargo on oak grove road yesterday morning. he handed the teller a note demanding money, left with the cash and was last seen walking. he is described as a white man, early 30s, slender build, dark blew baseball hat and dark black fannie pack. >> the new transit center is set to open later this month. christian shows tsunami five acre oasis south of market. >> reporter: the rooftop garden at the transit center is the crowning feature at this state of the art transportation hub. they led tours for neighbors who watched the park form before their eye, 40 feet in the air. pam hudson moved in -- >> about four years ago. the transit cente

. >>> michael cardoza says it is rare for a jet to reject plea deals. the trial may be inevitable. >> i know there are some cases, and i think this is one, that as a district attorney you have to put it into trial. you say, look, what the community decides, when they negotiated this, i can see both sides. it was a good deal for the defendants because it keeps them out of life in prison. on the other side, the da valued their case and evaluated it and evidence, they knew they had no source for the fire, they lacked other types of evidence and they thought my lord, can we prove this? beyond a reasonable doubt? and that is why they went to this plea-bargain. can there be another plea deal? it's possible but now seems fairly unlikely. >>> the california highway patrol is in officer was killed today in the line of duty. the officer was making a traffic stop on interstate 80 in fairfield when a truck veered in his direction and hit him and another driver. paul chambers tells his colleagues say he was a hard worker, love what he did. >> reporter: he was a belo

firefighter scot peterson, brian cardoza, and tyler barnes were trying to protect a house last monthhen the flames quickly moved toward them. two of the firefighters took cover behind a shed the other one ran to their fire engine, but burned his hands reaching for the door handle. he was still able to drive that truck to the other firefighters whose faces were burned. the carr fire has burned 336 mi.2 and is 72% contained. >>> firefighters are making sure a grass fire near -- near healdsburg does not flareup. that started yesterday afternoon in a wooded area west of highway 101 and healdsburg in sonoma county. sky flock -- sky fox flew over the scene. some people living in the area did evacuate for a couple of hours before that order was lifted. the fire burned about 10 acres, but no buildings were damaged but there are no injuries reported. investigators are still working to figure out what started the fire. >>> let's get you moving. how does the commute look so far? >>> it looks all right. we do see trafficon the northbound 101 commute in the gilroy area looks pretty good. some of

firefighters scot peterson, brian cardoza, and brian barnes were trying to protect a home when the flames started moving towards them. two of the firefighters had to take cover behind a shed. the other ran to the engine, but burned his hand while reaching for the door handle he was still able to drive that vehicle to the other firefighters whose faces were burned. the carr fire has now burned 342 mi.2 and is 75% contained. there is still more than 3500 firefighters on the front lines of the carr fire. >>> a memorial service is scheduled tonight to honor calfire's andrew break who was killed in a vehicle accident during the carr fire. he was a heavy equipment mechanic for calfire. is memorial will take place at st. john's episcopal church in chico at 5:00. that service is open to the public. >>> the man accused of starting a wildfire in southern california will be back in court today . the raemon of forrest clark has already been postponed twice. -- the arraignment of a forrest clark has already been proposed -- postponed twice. clark is accused of deliberately starting the holy fire that

let's bring in ktvu legal analyst, michael cardoza.t set precedent for the thousands of other cases right now against monsanto? >> certainly, it will have an effect. i don't think presidents is the right word. because you can't bring up this case and other cases to a jury. for example, if one of the other cases or a class-action goes forward, meaning a lot of different plaintiffs, you don't get to say to that jury, you know what a san francisco jury did? they give the plaintiffs $289 million. you should do the same. that is not mentioned.'s case stands on its own. >> the jury ruled that ranger pro and weedkiller roundup made by monsanto present a substantial danger to's consumers, -- to consumers, and that the country should have known about the potential risks they pose. that conclusion you are saying cannot be used in any future case? >> to my knowledge, it cannot be used in any future case. because each individual jury has to decide the facts for themselves. they have to put on the same experts they put on. because otherwise, that w

let's talk about this hearing that is set to take place tomorrow with our legal analyst, michael cardozadeals was a rarity. where do we go from here? >> reporter: certainly, it was a rarity. and i've said before when we've discussed this case, there are some cases that just have to be put before a jury. and, because of the publicity in this, and the fact that 36 people died, the community should decide guilt or innocence, or not guilty in this particular case. so, the d.a., finally coming around to, we are just going to try this, i think that should have been done a while ago. >> you mentioned publicity. there has been a lot of publicity in this case. you are representing derick almena, max harris. you want a change of venue, right? >> absolutely. i think what will happen is, they make their change of venue motion. what i think most would do is say, all right, let's send it out to trial. when you do, let's get it in front of a judge and a jury panel. let's see how that jury panel reacts to this. how many of them have heard of the case? how many of them have made up their mind? keep in mi

. >> for more on legal trouble from former trump aides, i'm joined by legal analyst michael cardoza. "the national enquirer," why would he want immunity? >> well, what they are looking for is to see if he conspired with trump to violate the laws, the election laws. in other words, pay off people so that news would not come out, and that would affect whether he became president or not. so if i'm representing him, i'm telling the federal government, we will talk with you but in order for us to talk, you've got to give my client immunity. in other words, the ceo here of the national enquirer, give him immunity. we will talks, but we are not talking without immunity. because we are not quite sure where you all are going with this. we have a feeling about it, a sense about it, but we are not doing it without protecting my client. >> this idea that you have "the national enquirer" boss saying, okay, i'm going to cooperate. president trump doesn't like people who cooperate against him. we know he took to twitter recently to rip michael cohen for what he called flipping. if that is the corre

firefighters scot peterson, brian cardoza and tyler barnes were trying to protect a home in the pathes suddenly moved towards them. two of the firefighters had to take cover behind a shed. the other, though, ran to their engine but burned his hand reaching for the door handle. he was still able to drive the vehicle to the other firefighters whose faces were burned. the carr fire has now burned 342 square miles and it is 75% contained. there are still more than 3500 firefighters out there on the front lines of the carr fire. >>> a federal judge has extended a freeze on deporting families separated at the border with mexico. the order said deportation would deprive hundreds of children and families their constitutional rights to seek asylum. many of the families across the border illegally say they violence in central america. the judge didn't say when the freeze would end. meantime nearly 600 children remain separated from their parents and more than half have parents who are now outside the u.s. >>> elon musk under pressure. coming up next, the closer look at the tesla ceo's recent i

former prosecutor michael does a -- michael cardoza said he will likely go for three consecutive lifeparole, because of deangelo's age. he's more likely to die in custody, not by the death penalty. as for the prosecution, that will likely start in sacramento because that's where they will have the dna evidence. they are also holding deangelo and from there will move down to santa barbara and orange county where he allegedly conducted other murders. >>> shares of bayer plunged in the wake of a san francisco jury's verdict on friday against monsanto. the german chemical company bayer recently acquired monsanto. shares in bayer were down more than 11% today. last week, monsanto was ordered to pay 280 million -- $289 million to a former groundskeeper. his lawyers allege that the weedkiller roundup contributed to his cancer. in a statement, bayer said that the verdict was at odds with scientific evidence. >>> saudi arabia is reportedly considering a move to invest more heavily in tesla motors. the wall street journal is reporting that the country's public investment fund could increase its