. >> ms. klein, you have indicated that investigation is an area that is needed earlier in the process. two questions about that. when is an investigator available to the defense, and 2, how many investigators are available? in other words, if there is one for her, tell us how the investigation works. >> right now, i have been with the dso for five years. during that time we have had 2 investigators. granted, we had to go to court to get it, and in both of them, they involved individuals who were having to be investigated in the foreign language. in one case we had a vietnamese client, it was a homicide case, a child homicide. and in order to develop information relevant for sentencing mitigation, we had to go to her home community where virtually everyone was vietnamese speaking. we were authorized 20 hours of an investigator for that homicide investigation. in another case, also a homicide that occurred in the caribbean, almost all the parties were creole speaking. so, we needed to obtain, and thi

klein elder. they own and operate one of reno's most successful businesses. ms. cortez masto: it's under the rose brewery. they're also the proud parents of a beautiful baby boy. jesse, her family, and her business are doing great. but when i met jesse last year, she told me that her path to this point in life had not been easy. in 2012, jesse left her job at a large firm and the health insurance it provided to pursue her dream of starting a brewery with her husband scott. about a year later she learned she was pregnant. during a routine checkup nine weeks before her due date, jesse's midwife advised her to see an ob/gyn. jesse, though, didn't feel sick so she hesitated but the midwife urgedder to go see a everybody -- urged her to go see a specialist anyway. jesse's life was in danger. he diagnosed her with preclamps ya and rushed her to the hospital. her son was born a few hours later via emergency c-section. her doctors who blifer r delivered her baby -- who delivered her baby said had she waited, both she and her son would have died. in no uncertain terms, je