i'm dan ashley. >> and i'm carolyn johnson.in the conversation at facebook.com/abc7 news. >> for larry beil and sandhya patel and all of us, we appreciate your time. >> good night, everyone.

. >> i'm carolyn johnson. what started as a investigation into stolen ipads they call one of the largest local methamphetamines busts in history. they are cleaning up an apartment investigators say was turn need a sophisticated meth lab. they found 750 pounds of meth and potent ice form with a street value of $34 million. three suspects are under arrest. police say they also found those missing ipads. >>> in berkeley, three people were shot. it happened between university avenue and dwight way. abc7's thomas roman is at police headquarters live for us. thomas? >> ama, carolyn, police are not saying whether this shooting was gang-related. the five men were specifically targeted as they were shooting ties in front of an apartment building. >> this was the scene at sky 7hd. police stopped the white van that had one of the victims inside. at 6:20 shots were fired here near bancroft way. they heard a barrage of shots on the street. they opened fire on five young men and they were in front of an apartment building s

i'm carolyn johnson jie. and i'm dan ashley. we certainly need the rain, just not the problems it brings. we have live storm watch coverage from around the bay. >> let's begin with sandhya patel. >> let me should show you live doppler 7hd. it has quieted down, and we still have gusty winds along the coast. gusting to 20 miles an hour. you can see that the rainfall is definitely diminishing. right now we do have some rain around morgan hill and gilroy. it is light to moderate along highway 101 as we take you into the east bay. very light returns around the fremont area and out toward 84 and looking up to the north this is what we are watching. we still have some rainfall, and this is heading down toward the santa rosa area. it is about 38 miles away. the rain has been coming down and it has been heavy in some spots. as you look here, the river has exceeded its flood stage. it surpassed the flood stage, and it is 24.42 feet. the flood state stage is 24 feet. it is expected to peak as more rain is coming. your morning commute is go

. >> and i'm carolyn johnson. apparently an undercover gun buy went bad sending patrons diving for cover. it happened in richmond around 3:00 this afternoon near the hilltop mall. that's where alan wang is live for us tonight. alan? >> this is where it happened in the chevy's restaurant. apparently the undercover operations go down all the time, but they don't always fall apart and put the public in harm's way. >> i just got here. i was coming to have lunch and a little happy hour and study. >> they didn't realize an undercover atf operation was going down in the parking lot and it was about to go sour. >> the suspect posed a definite threat to the agent. the agent called for the cover team, and the cover team came in and shots were fired. >> i life on the ground, and i ran into the back of the restaurant for more protection and more cover. >> one suspect dropped what appeared to be a handgun. alcohol, tobacco and firearm officials say the undercover agent was attempting to buy illegal firearms from three suspect

carolyn johnson has the night off. we will take you around the bay area for a look at the weather and its impact tonight. ama dates is live in the rainy santa cruz mountains. thomas roman is in shellville and saw snow ma county. rick, the power got knocked out tonight. >> absolutely. good evening, dan. at the heart of this afternoon's power outage there were 20,000 customers sitting in the dark. contra costa fire units were called to bancroft road because of reports that a young man may have entered the . there were conflicting reports if anyone actually went into the canal. this was partly due to weather and there were two teenagers were trying to rest. they say the results of their search did not produce evidence of anyone entering the water of the residents were dealing with the loss of power since late this afternoon. >> i hope it doesn't take 20,000 years to get it back. >> they shut off power and caused it to go dark at the busy friday shopping. they had to leave the store completely empty handed. >> there was ab

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. >> i'm carolyn johnson. new developments tonight in a shocking abuse scandal of a bay area school. >> we have learned that more adults at the school are in serious trouble. abc7's ama dates is in the newsroom with more on a story you will see only on 7 tonight. >> the redwood city school district completed its review in the alleged child review scandal that has a teacher facing charges. we learned six other employees will now face disciplinary action. >> how could this have ever been allowed to happen, and why did six people stand eye dilly sh -- idly by as a child was being abused. >> reporter: this is the attorney of this five-year-old autistic boy enrolled in a special preschool class at roosevelt elementary school. his teacher is accused of abusing him and another four-year-old boy. the abuse reportedly happened in december and january. >> he is acting out in ways that appear to mirror the abuse that was netted out to him. >> reporter: with the arrest, the redwood city school district investigated whethe

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i'm carolyn johnson. >> he is scheduled to speak at cal tomorrow morning. >> he is taking part on campus this weekend. many are anxious to hear what he has to say but others are angry he was invited to speak. live with the story. >> reporter: louis farrakhan will speak tomorrow morning at berkeley despite online petition that nearly has 350 signatures tonight. i spoke with one of the students behind the petition and other students that plan to listen to him speak. >> this is the kickoff to the african black coalition conference. hosted by the black student union. saturday morning, minister louis farrakhan is scheduled to speak. >> i was excited. i know i have heard a lot about him. i've never had the opportunity to see him. i think it was a good idea. >> not everyone agrees because of past comments that he has made. >> you can call me racist but to the black people, i'm not ashamed of that. >> part of group urging fellow students to sign this online petition. >> my grandparents were holocaust survivors and l if you are a fair negative comments about the holocaust and comments where he ca

here is carolyn johnson. >> you take this and curl all the way back so you can make a nice errr sound>> he is retraining the tongue to make the "r" sound and it looks like a paper noise makers you buy for new year's eve. device is part of a system called speech buddy. it's designed to help patients help pronounce letters by guiding the tongue. he heard his own speech problem when he heard a recording. >> it sounded really weird. >> his parents brought him to speech therapist. ellen golden. they use different things to help achieve proper placement but the molded tips provide a precise guide. >> it going behind here. this is where the tongue goes. how far back and lower the jaw. >> you run through 100 iterations through the year. >> his teams experimented with dozens of shapes and each one is specific to a particular sound. >> we do the equivalent doing physical targets within the mouth for individual sounds. >> the company is presenting results from a clinic trial to the american speech and hearing association. he and his family believe this addition to his therapy has helped his spee

i'm carolyn johnson. >> he is scheduled to speak at cal tomorrow morning. >> he is taking part on campushis weekend. many are anxious to hear what he has to say but others are angry he was invited to speak. live with the story. >> reporter: louis farrakhan will speak tomorrow morning at berkeley despite online petition that nearly has 350 signatures tonight. i spoke with one of the students behind the petition and other students that plan to listen to him speak. >> this is the kickoff to the african black coalition conference. hosted by the black student union. saturday morning, minister louis farrakhan is scheduled to speak. >> i was excited. i know i have heard a lot about him. i've never had the opportunity to see him. i think it was a good idea. >> not everyone agrees because of past comments that he has made. >> you can call me racist but to the black people, i'm not ashamed of that. >> part of group urging fellow students to sign this online petition. >> my grandparents were holocaust survivors and l if you are a fair negative comments about the holocaust and comments where he call

. >> i'm carolyn johnson. what started as a investigation into stolen ipads they call one of the largest local methamphetamines busts in history. they are cleaning up an apartment investigators say was turn need a sophisticated meth lab. they found 750 pounds of meth and potent ice form with a street value of $34 million. three suspects are under arrest. police say they also found those missing ipads. >>> in berkeley, three people were shot. it happened between university avenue and dwight way. abc7's thomas roman is at police headquarters live for us. thomas? >> ama, carolyn, police are not saying whether this shooting was gang-related. the five men were specifically targeted as they were shooting ties in front of an apartment building. >> this was the scene at sky 7hd. police stopped the white van that had one of the victims inside. at 6:20 shots were fired here near bancroft way. they heard a barrage of shots on the street. they opened fire on five young men and they were in front of an apartment building s

i'm ama dates in for carolyn johnson. >> and i'm dan ashley. >> we did not win. >> no. this is the biggest lottery jackpot in history. $640 million. let's get to it. here are the winning numbers in tonight's historic jackpot, 2, 4, 23, 38, 46, the mega number 23. at least one ticket has all six numberss in maryland. no one in california has all six numbers. several california locations sold tickets with five of the six winning numbers. the bay area locations are liquor tobacco and more in sunnyvale, al's food and liquor in san san rafael and 7-eleven in blossom hill in san jose, fast and easy mart in fremont and fox liquors in san francisco. that's where nick smith is live tonight with this developing sorry. dark dash develop -- developing story. >> that's right. they are calling it is luckiest spot in san francisco. >> who ever won it, come and cash it out. you buy it from the right place. come over here and get your money, man! >> lottery officials say there are 29 people across california that correctly picked five of the six winning numbers, and they will split abou

i'm carolyn johnson. >> and i'm dan ashley. a wet day turn need a wet night. no major problems, but there are a number of hassles john will start our coverage. >> the news sense -- the nuisance range starts our coverage. the likes of which we haven't seen in awhile. san an sal mow is something we haven't seen in awhile. 24r* are no flood advisories tonight. today is ending just how it began, wet and miserable. with water moving fast and cars going slowly in the night rain, and there was no fun for monte who didn't get the leisurely walk he was expecting. >> she a little princess at first with the wet weather, but he likes to go for walks. i had no choice. >> there was no walk in the park for roger becker who was outside his home. at about 3:00 this afternoon he was reading the newspaper when the wind knocked an oak tree right on to his house. >> i thought it was an earthquake to begin with, and then it came right back. i knew it was the tree. >> there was trouble near windsor. one stretch of the pavement was under a foot of water. they were lucky to make it to

i'm carolyn johnson. >> and i'm dan ashley. a wet day turn need a wet night. no major problems, but there are a number of hassles john will start our coverage. >> the news sense -- the nuisance range starts our coverage. the likes of which we haven't seen in awhile. san an sal mow is something we haven't seen in awhile. 24r* are no flood advisories tonight. today is ending just how it began, wet and miserable. with water moving fast and cars going slowly in the night rain, and there was no fun for monte who didn't get the leisurely walk he was expecting. >> she a little princess at first with the wet weather, but he likes to go for walks. i had no choice. >> there was no walk in the park for roger becker who was outside his home. at about 3:00 this afternoon he was reading the newspaper when the wind knocked an oak tree right on to his house. >> i thought it was an earthquake to begin with, and then it came right back. i knew it was the tree. >> there was trouble near windsor. one stretch of the pavement was under a foot of water. they were lucky to make it to

carolyn johnson is off. group killing in san francisco. five are dead. their bodies were found this morning at this home on house street in the engel side district. abc7's ama dates is there live with the latest.] some there are two victims in the garage and there is a male victim on the flesh hold of the door. some of the victims may have been shot. police do not believe there is anyone at large or anyone else in danger. >> it was pretty traumatic to hear the gravity and the magnitude of what happened. >> myriam mendoza moody said she heard something. >> i did hear around midnight some very loud male person arguing or yelling. >> reporter: mo lives next door to the house. he didn't hear anything until the morning. >> somebody screaming and saying help me, help me. >> reporter: the house is owned by the software engineer. she knows her as jess and says she is his landlord. >> if i need help, they help me out. >> reporter: the coroner hasn't released the names of the victims, so we don't know if the homeowner is dead. and even though the incident was cont

. >> and i'm carolyn johnson. it appears they were shot to death. >> but who killed them? alan congress is on the scene live in sunnyvale with the latest from police. alan? >> dan and carolyn, police have been at this home on nectarine avenue since about 7:30 tonight. we don't know a whole lot, but here is what police have told us. two people were found shot to death in the home. police say three people live here, a mother, a father and a teenage son, but we don't know who the two victims are. we are told police are questioning the survivor, but it is unclear if that person was at the home when it happened, or if that family member discovered the bodies. so again coming back live, two bodies found shot to death in this home on nectarine avenue near cambridge. we will try to find out more and get baying to you. i'mal -- and get back to you. i'm alan wang. >> thank you, alan. >>> super tuesday is history, and tonight it looks like mitt romney has won the big prize, the key state of ohio, but just barely. romney also took idaho, massachusetts, vermont, virginia and wyoming. ri

. >> i'm carolyn johnson. the wet weather has left its mark across the bay area. we have team coverage. leslie brinkley is in lafayette. alan wang is in sonoma. but we begin with ama dates in santa cruz where the san lorenzo river is now threatening the boardwalk there. >> reporter: carolyn, if you look behind me, everything looks great as it normally does. it is what is on the other side of the sign that is causing all of the problems. the san lorenzo river normally goes right by the boardwalk and straight into the ocean. but now it has taken a right turn right behind the boardwalk and on to the beach area, and then it snakes out to the ocean. now, fortunately there is a large retaining wall on this side of the boardwalk, so it is a good situation here. here is where the problem is. this is where the retaining wall ends. what they have done is they have taken a lot of sand and they have built it up and pushed it up against where the retaining wall ends and it uses the sand bar, if you will, to guide the river out to the ocean. basically there is enough sand that

carolyn johnson has the night off. we will take you around the bay area for a look at the weather and its impact tonight. ama dates is live in the rainy santa cruz mountains. thomas roman is in shellville and saw snow ma county. rick, the power got knocked out tonight. >> absolutely. good evening, dan. at the heart of this afternoon's power outage there were 20,000 customers sitting in the dark. contra costa fire units were called to bancroft road because of reports that a young man may have entered the . there were conflicting reports if anyone actually went into the canal. this was partly due to weather and there were two teenagers were trying to rest.ey say the r search did not produce evidence of anyone entering the water of the residents were dealing with the loss of power since late this afternoon. >> i hope it doesn't take 20,000 years to get it back. >> they shut off power and caused it to go dark at the busy friday shopping. they had to leave the store completely empty handed. >> there was about 40 people stan

carolyn johnson is off. a test of wills and the law tonight at san francisco city hall. the sheriff still has the title, but according to the mayor, no longer the job. leslie brinkley is live tonight with a bear knuckle >> what a day, dan. so much is happening. the sheriff is refusing to step down. the mayor success spending the the -- suspending the sheriff and appointing a new sheriff. all of this makes the scandal to go on and on for the next couple weeks. this high-profile drama continues to unfold here. >> under pressure to resign after pleading guilty to a crime of false imprisonment, he stubbornly refused to step down. >> i believe i am still very able to be the sharive are -- the sheriff of san francisco and i do not plan to resign. i am sorry to the people of san francisco, to my wife and my son and my family and for any embarassment caused to city hall and to this department. >> but a half hour later, san francisco's mayor announced he wasn't going to let him stay. >> we must always beheld to the highest legal and ethical standards. the sheriff's actions and co

. >> i'm carolyn johnson. the blast is moving at four million miles an hour. >> and when it gets here we will know it. leslie brinkly is here with what you should expect tomorrow. >> just like we predict the weather, scientists can accurately prepare solar flare forecasts, and they say overnight between midnight and 4 a.m. pacific time, a very powerful solar storm is going to hit us. >> this is sun spot ar429. it started out as an innocent sun spot, and then it went relatively violent and it september out this huge -- sent out a huge amount of plasma. >> reporter: it exploded on tuesday. while the light and the image travel to earth in eight seconds, it takes a day and a half for the radiation and energy to reach here. the solar physicist who consults with nasa explained the force of the flare via skype. >> it is a typical released from a flare of this magnitude would be comparable to the energy of the entire surface of the earth covered with dynamite. and letting it go at once. >> reporter: this momentary bli

carolyn johnson is off. group killing in san francisco. five are dead. their bodies were found this morning at this home on house street in the engel side district. abc7's ama dates is there live with the latest.] some there are two victims in the garage and there is a male victim on the flesh hold of the door. some of the victims may have been shot. police do not believe there is anyone at large or anyone else in danger. >> it was pretty traumatic to hear the gravity and the magnitude of what happened. >> myriam mendoza moody said she heard something. >> i did hear around midnight some very loud male person arguing or yelling. >> reporter: mo lives next door to the house. he didn't hear anything until the morning. >> somebody screaming and saying help me, help me. >> reporter: the house is owned by the software engineer. she knows her as jess and says she is his landlord. >> if i need help, they help me out. >> reporter: the coroner hasn't released the names of the victims, so we don't know if the homeowner is dead. and even though the incident was cont

. >> and i'm carolyn johnson.eep track of the latest breaking news on twitter at abc7 news bay area. >> check us out. for larry beil and sandhya patel, thank you for watching and we appreciate your time. >> good night,ve

i'm carolyn johnson jie. and i'm dan ashley. we certainly need the rain, just not the problems it brings. we have live storm watch coverage from around the bay. >> let's begin with sandhya patel. >> let me should show you live doppler 7hd. it has quieted down, and we still have gusty winds along the coast. gusting to 20 miles an hour. you can see that the rainfall is definitely diminishing. right now we do have some rain around morgan hill and gilroy. it is light to moderate along highway 101 as we take you into the east bay. very light returns around the fremont area and out toward 84 and looking up to the north this is what we are watching. we still have some rainfall, and this is heading down toward the santa rosa area. it is about 38 miles away. the rain has been coming down and it has been heavy in some spots. as you look here, the river has exceeded its flood stage. it surpassed the flood stage, and it is 24.42 feet. the flood state stage is 24 feet. it is expected to peak as more rain is coming. your morning commute is go

carolyn johnson is off. a test of wills and the law tonight at san francisco city hall. the sheriff still has the title, but according to the mayor, no longer the job. leslie brinkley is live tonight with a bear knuckle >> what a day, dan. so much is happening. the sheriff is refusing to step down. the mayor success spending the the -- suspending the sheriff and appointing a new sheriff. all of this makes the scandal to go on and on for the next couple weeks. this high-profile drama continues to unfold here. >> under pressure to resign after pleading guilty to a crime of false imprisonment, he stubbornly refused to step down. >> i believe i am still very able to be the sharive are -- the sheriff of san francisco and i do not plan to resign. i am sorry to the people of san francisco, to my wife and my son and my family and for any embarassment caused to city hall and to this department. >> but a half hour later, san francisco's mayor announced he wasn't going to let him stay. >> we must always beheld to the highest legal and ethical standards. the sheriff's actions and co

. >> i'm carolyn johnson. the blast is moving at four million miles an hour. >> and when it gets here we will know it. leslie brinkly is here with what you should expect tomorrow. >> just like we predict the weather, scientists can accurately prepare solar flare forecasts, and they say overnight between midnight and 4 a.m. pacific time, a very powerful solar storm is going to hit us. >> this is sun spot ar429. it started out as an innocent sun spot, and then it went relatively violent and it september out this huge -- sent out a huge amount of plasma. >> reporter: it exploded on tuesday. while the light and the image travel to earth in eight seconds, it takes a day and a half for the radiation and energy to reach here. the solar physicist who consults with nasa explained the force of the flare via skype. >> it is a typical released from a flare of this magnitude would be comparable to the energy of the entire surface of the earth covered with dynamite. and letting it go at once. >> reporter: this momentary bli

. >> i'm carolyn johnson.ber you can keep track of the latest breaking news on twitter at 7 news bay area. >> check us out there for all of us thanks for watching appreciate your time. of us thanks for watching appreciate your time. >> good night ñ$ñúñúñúñúñúñúñúñúñúñúñúñúñúñúñi

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i'm ama dates in for carolyn johnson. >> and i'm dan ashley. >> we did not win. >> no. this is the biggest lottery jackpot in history. $640 million. let's get to it. here are the winning numbers in tonight's historic jackpot, 2, 4, 23, 38, 46, the mega number 23. at least one ticket has all six numberss in maryland. no one in california has all six numbers. several california locations sold tickets with five of the six winning numbers. the bay area locations are liquor tobacco and more in sunnyvale, al's food and liquor in san san rafael and 7-eleven in blossom hill in san jose, fast and easy mart in fremont and fox liquors in san francisco. that's where nick smith is live tonight with this developing sorry. dark dash develop -- developing story. >> that's right. they are calling it is luckiest spot in san francisco. >> who ever won it, come and cash it out. you buy it from the right place. come over here and get your money, man! >> lottery officials say there are 29 people across california that correctly picked five of the six winning numbers, and they will split abou

. >> and i'm carolyn johnson. it appears they were shot to death. >> but who killed them? alan congress is on the scene live in sunnyvale with the latest from police. alan? >> dan and carolyn, police have been at this home on nectarine avenue since about 7:30 tonight. we don't know a whole lot, but here is what police have told us. two people were found shot to death in the home. police say three people live here, a mother, a father and a teenage son, but we don't know who the two victims are. we are told police are questioning the survivor, but it is unclear if that person was at the home when it happened, or if that family member discovered the bodies. so again coming back live, two bodies found shot to death in this home on nectarine avenue near cambridge. we will try to find out more and get baying to you. i'mal -- and get back to you. i'm alan wang. >> thank you, alan. >>> super tuesday is history, and tonight it looks like mitt romney has won the big prize, the key state of ohio, but just barely. romney also took idaho, massachusetts, vermont, virginia and wyoming. ri

. >> i'm carolyn johnson. new developments tonight in a shocking abuse scandal of a bay area school. >> we have learned that more adults at the school are in serious trouble. abc7's ama dates is in the newsroom with more on a story you will see only on 7 tonight. >> the redwood city school district completed its review in the alleged child review scandal that has a teacher facing charges. we learned six other employees will now face disciplinary action. >> how could this have ever been allowed to happen, and why did six people stand eye dilly sh -- idly by as a child was being abused. >> reporter: this is the attorney of this five-year-old autistic boy enrolled in a special preschool class at roosevelt elementary school. his teacher is accused of abusing him and another four-year-old boy. the abuse reportedly happened in december and january. >> he is acting out in ways that appear to mirror the abuse that was netted out to him. >> reporter: with the arrest, the redwood city school district investigated whethe

. >> i'm carolyn johnson. financial future of thousands of city employees. tonight the council stided whether to give voters the power to cut pensions of public employees. we're live with the story. >> right. they did just that. and there is a is with that, san jose trying to implement pension reform through the voters, months of negotiations came down to this, one last debate about putting the issue before voters in june. >> there is significant rear form why? this is not

. >> i'm carolyn johnson. remember you can keep track of the latest breaking news on twitter at 7 news bay area. >> check us out there for all of us thanks for watching appreciate your time. of us thanks for watching appreciate your time. >> good night on this case. good morning to you, john. >> reporter: good morning, paula and rob. a strange case getting even stranger. the alleged madam and mother of four still behind bars. this after her attorney offers up his own $2.5 million loft to try to spring her from jail. the judge hasn't ruled on it yet because the judge thinks it might be unethical. the self-described hockey mom and tabloid sensation who police say is actually a new york city madam was out of her jail cell and before a manhattan judge. anna gristina said she was broke without two nickels to her name. the court granted her request for a court-appointed attorney but denied letting her pick the attorney she wants. no signs yet of the hockey mom's alleged accomplice, a 30-year-old named jaynie mae bak

i'm carolyn johnson. >> i'm alan wong. >> demonstrators vowed to face arrest.esting cuts to higher education. and abc 7 has been following the protests all day and is live outside of the capitol right now. >> well, it has been quite a day here, lots of anger, lots of frustration. another protest has been staged here, you can see cops there, lined up, protecting the west steps. and if you pan

. >> i'm carolyn johnson.urprise development comes on the day that the first jobs would are been selected in this case. instead the sheriff pleaded guilty to false imprisonment. abc 7 is live with the unexpected news. vic? >> well, carrow lib -- carolyn, it was a surprise to those covering this trial but the agreement apparently reached last night. now, today in court mirkarimi

. >> up next carolyn johnson for all of us here thanks for joining us everyone. >> appreciate your time so much and we'll see you tomorrow. >> appreciate your time so much and we'll see you tomorrow. >> good night everyone sweat shop? >> no. >> did you find any evidence of child labor? >> we did not. >> none? >> no child labor. no forced labor. >> reporter: even so, foxconn announces big changes. while the fla asked for a maximum 60-hour workweek, foxconn is promising to lower it to 49 hours without lowering weekly pay which means they'll have to build entire new lines, dorms and canteens and hire tens of thousands of new workers to keep up with all those lines at the apple store. they released a statement, apple did, after the audit came out saying they fully appreciate the work of the fla, fully support their recommendations. their team has been working for years to improve conditions and make apple the model of the supply chain for the entire industry. and if foxconn keeps their promises, the entire industry will be affected. bill weir, abc news, new york. >> and that really is the p

. >> good evening, every wuchbl i'm carolyn johnson. >> new worker rank problems for apple tonight. >romise forward hundreds of chinese worker that's make some of the best-sell prog ducts. the company that runs the plant says it will reduce working hours while protecting pay, improve health and safety conditions and establish a voice for workers. abc 7's david lieu gee live with the investigation that sparked this change. >> this is going to be an important test of apple's commitment to fair treatment of workers in china. neither company can operate without the other. in order to supply ipads and iphones to customers around

. >> i'm carolyn johnson. and not for work.me to begin his court ordered counseling sessions because of a domestic violence case against him. abc