>>> new legal demands from disgraced founder elizabeth holmes. what a judge is now deciding. >>> i'm excited about is>>> bar tool is put to the test. >>> they will be visible. >>> the evacuations around and east bay refinery. the neighbor saying they are in constant fear. >>> i could feel it in my throat. it was an acidic smell and taste. >>> the bust that led to tables and tables of stolen power tools. who police want to hear from tonight. >>> why one former golden state warrior may want to watch out. he makes his return to the chase answer.>>> right now and streaming on cbsn bay area disgraced founder elizabeth holmes challenging criminal charges over her company's blood test. good evening. >>> in san jose with the move her legal team just pulled. >> reporter: defense attorneys in the case wantarges there was harm done to doctors and patients in this case. the defense team for disgraced former theranos ceo elizabeth holmes argued the indictment against her is short on details and a stretch of the federal wire fraud law. in three-hour hearing th

sentence. >>> san jose judge has dismissed some of the charges in the criminal trial against elizabeth holmes. yesterday a judge ruled prosecutors can't argue the now defunct blood testing company defrauded doctors and insured patients. their argument the insurance companies paid for the blood test and not the people themselves. however holmes and her partner are still facing wire fraud charges. >>> less than an hour away from the 40th season premiere of survivor. survivors wonders of war features winners from each of the past seasons. there is a new twist. even the playing field. a form of currency. >>> it is in the form of these fire tokens. in the beginning the players have no idea. they have this thing and they know it has value. they don't know what kind of value and what they will be able to do with it. as the weeks proceed some of the players start to figure out this is a total game changer. the smart ones adapt quickly. and use it to their advantage.>>> one of the consistence who lives in los altos hills. his wife is helping to coordinate a premier party is stein's beer garden. more o

. >>> the theranos founder elizabeth holmes was in court today pushing for some of the fraud charges against her to be dismissed. len ramirez is live outside the federal courthouse in san jose with more. len? >> reporter: well the defense attorneys in this case want the judge to drop or dismiss charges that there was actual harm done to the doctors and patients in this massive alleged fraud scheme. 3 motions filed today also a signal to everyone in the courtroom that the defense is going to fight the prosecution every step of the way. the defense team for disgraced former theranos ceo elizabeth holmes argued the federal indictment against her is short on details and a stretch of the federal wire fraud law. in the nearly 3 hour hearing, the defense lawyer argued prosecutors have not named one specific instance where holmes and her co-defendant and former boyfriend misrepresented or made false statements to investors, doctors, or patients. quote, we don't know which of the marketing materials, statements, or which blood tests are at issue she said. no one would speak after the hearing.

a win for elizabeth holmes. the former theranos ceo are being dropped. melissa: amazing. ♪. melissa: hungry for new highs? some of silicon valley biggest names are sending their employees to teach in new york city classrooms instead of waiting for the right employees to come to them. it is part of the city's tech in residence initiative which matches employers with current students to make sure they have the skills needed for the fast-changing industry. joining me now is one of the administrators behind the program, mario. baruch college school chair. thanks for joining us. how did this get started? >> we were, this program was started by new york city. we were contacted by them to participate two years ago. it is a large program that covers multiple campuses in cuny we were very happy to be a part of it. melissa: were the teachers threatened at all? that people coming in to teach that weren't professors? we can teach coding, we don't need the outside people to come and do it? >> problem we have is we do not hav

now to the us, where elizabeth holmes, the founder of blood—testing start—up theranos, still faces adropped. michelle fleury has more from new york. a former darling of wall street, elizabeth holmes and the former president headed to trial this summer. president headed to trial this summer. they will face fewer charges than the original 11 count indictment after a federaljudge in california ruled that prosecutors cannot pursue charges on the grounds that they defrauded customers or doctors who used their blood test that did not work as advertised. the legal reasoning goes that since insurance companies paid for the test in many cases individuals were not technically defrauded of money 01’ not technically defrauded of money or property, and despite the legal victory for the defendants, they did not succeed in getting all of the charges dropped. the trial is tentatively set to begin in august. time now for our daily look at some of the newspaper and website stories which have caught our eye. joining me is rashmee roshan lall, columnist for the national and the arab weekly. welcome to y

. >>> coming up ongoing legal drama surrounding elizabeth holmes.t her attorneys are now asking. >>> janet jackson announced a new tour. when the singer will be here in the bay area. >> come on, mike. are you ready? >> what are we doing? >> i don't know. >> clearly not. >> i froze. >> we'll get mike together. first he'll get your weather together. >> all right. okay, yeah. let's talk about how much milder it is outside. >> there you go. hey. >> i felt it. >> that's not bad. >> we're 12 degrees above average in concord and oakland. i will just quit right now and some other areas are warmer than yesterday. the north bay where we are all over the place from 33 to 58 in mill valley. 61 in san francisco. 64 in alameda. 50 in san jose. lafayette, 45. the breezes still having a profound effect. no real effect unless you're driflg through the elevations on our commute. look at the peninsula temperatures from 45 at 7:00 to 62 at 11:00 to mid and upper 60s from noon through 6:00 with total sunshine. east bay valleys, look at this jump from 52 at 7:00 to neari

why prosecutors are dropping some of the charges against theranos founder elizabeth holmes. >>> spring break warning. the terrifying close call caught on camera. a 2-year-old drowning in a hotel pool surrounded by people. the 9-year-old hero who spotted him and got help just in time. >>> the claws now coming out after this moment at the oscars. the fury over their jokes about the box office catastrophe. >>> good morning, america. that was a cat-astrophe. that's right. we want to thank you guys for joining us on this thursday morning. it's almost the holiday weekend and it's going to be a cold one. bad weather moving in. there's a live look at the airport in atlanta, georgia where there is a ground stop right now. >> ginger will have more on that coming up. first, the latest on the coronavirus emergency. overnight a new case confirmed in the u.s. bringing the total here to 14. more than 15,000 new cases in china and worldwide, the number of cases now tops 60,000. >> the situation grows more desperate on that quarantined cruise ship in japan. more americans coming down with the virus on

melissa: elizabeth holmes back in court today. the former theranos ceo trying to dismiss charges.s she argues should be dismissed because the government can't prove that the people that got inaccurate test results were actually harmed. here to discuss is an attorney of course. mark what do you think of the attorney, the fact that you said there are over 20 million pages of discovery? yikes? >> that's a lot. i have cases at large. i will tell you her chances of success getting motion to dismissed granted about me choosing to invest in her company right now. it is not going to work. the judge will say as many of my motions to dismiss, we'll let a jury decide. that's it. melissa: michael avenatti deciding not to testify in his nike extortion trial. the decision came after the federal judge denied his attempt to limit testimony. the judge says allegations of lies and deseat involving past clients is highly relevant to the case. that avenatti could be questioned about them if he took the stand. not looking good for him, right? >> no. not unless he really wanted to testify. i question w

. >>> elizabeth holmes arrives in san jose at federal court where a judge is hearing the motion to dismiss charges linked to customers of theranos. they say holmes promised test that were fast and reliable when she knew that they were not hurt lawyers for the holmes say the indictment does not allege a single patient received and in acuras old and she still faces separate charges. >>> the world health organization is looking to silicon valley to stop the spread of misinformation about the coronavirus. kpix 5's anne makovec is more on the bush . >> it is meetings with facebook and other companies looking for ways to clear up misconceptions that people are finding and then passing around online and the santa clara county board of supervisors is meeting to declare a local health emergency as china reported a record 97 deaths in one day. the china president went through the streets of beijing wearing a face mask today amid word the number of new cases in china jumped after a few days of decline. the death toll is larger than the epidemic of sars in 2002. the outbreak aboard the cruise ship is

up next at 5:00 a judge dismissing some of the charges against elizabeth holmes. the technicality that led to a small victory in court. >> after 707s and 80s this week the cool down started. dropping from four to 12 degrees. why the fog rolls in and out tomorrow morning. brzezinski: take a look at this. tom steyer... berman: tom steyer... o'donnell: surging in nevada. scarborough: this is working for tom steyer. o'donnell: surging in south carolina. smerconish: i don't think it's just resources. mitchell: surging in two new polls out of nevada and south carolina. wallace: polling at double digits. king: up eleven points from october. that is dramatic. steyer: i'm saying we have a broken government. that's what's going on in washington, dc. it's been bought by corporations, and my question to the american people is who do you think is going to change that? i'm tom steyer and i approve this message. >>> a small victory in court. a judge decided to throw out some of the charges against her. that judge also dismissing some charge against her colleague. this was holmes

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. >>> illegal victory for elizabeth holmes. a federal judge has tossed out several charges against her as well as the x company president. yesterday a judge ruled last you just cannot argue the now defunct blood testing company defrauded doctors and insured patients. their argument the insurance companies paid for blood test and not the people themselves. however holmes is still facing wire fraud charges. prosecutors allege they misled investors by making false claims about what their blood testing machines could do. >>> a city is boosting the number of its police force. this week antioch city council voted unanimously to increase the department staffing level to 115 sworn officers. that is up from 82 just a few years ago. >>> we had a challenge with bringing down crime and having the appropriate number of officers. we're giving the chief the flexibility to keep us at a specific sufficient number that maintains a level of service for residents. >>> even with the new hires he said the police department is still grossly understaf

. >>> up next, once the darling of the silicon valley, now elizabeth holmes back in court. what the founder of theranos is asking the judge to do. >>> happening now, it's called the broom challenge, and it is sweeping the internet tonight. people all over the world posting their videos of brooms standing on their own. they say it's because of nasa's post saying the earth is in perfect balance. while the original mention from nasa hasn't been located, it isn't stopping people from testing out the theory. we'll be back with more. obama: he's been a leader throughout the country for the past twelve years, mr. michael bloomberg is here. vo: leadership in action. mayor bloomberg and president obama worked together in the fight for gun safety laws, to improve education, and to develop innovative ways to help teens gain the skills needed to find good jobs. obama: at a time when washington is divided in old ideological battles he shows us what can be achieved when we bring people together to seek pragmatic solutions. bloomberg: i'm mike bloomberg and i approve this message. >>> we

federal judge in the united states dismissed some of the charges against their nose founder elizabeth holmes on tuesday the court will keep charges of wire fraud in place now according to the initial indictment holmes and the company's former president romesh by wanny coaxed doctors and patients to use the company's blood testing services despite knowing their notes was not able to produce accurate and reliable results in specific tests now the court ruled that since tests were paid by the patient's health insurance they did not lose any personal money or property and using the blood testing services now the court added that there was no evidence that holmes and balwadi had encouraged doctors to misrepresent the test to their patients always about money both pleaded not guilty to 11 counts of conspiracy and wire fraud when indicted in 2018 and kind of a fascinating take on from the court on that because essentially they're saying you can lie to the customer you can make the customer believe that their results are something that they're not but as long as the insurance companies pay for it no

elizabeth holmes is looking to dismiss four counts of her indictments that deal with patients.llapsed two years ago. she argues her case in a motion saying the indictment does not allege that a single patient received an inaccurate result from a theronos test. she onc is due in court today. living large, a california ranch bigger than all of san francisco is up for grabs. it's on the market for the first time since the 1930s. $72 million buys you about 50,000 ache aers across -- acres across four counties, touted as the largest single land offering in the state. and actor bill murray puts on a show after missing a putt at a golf tournament. >> [ applause ] tracee: the ghost buster star tapping the ball in without looking and tossing you tossinu putter shoug. cheryl: not good golf course behavior. lauren: the generation that's spending big and expecting bigs this valentine's day. cheryl: would you sit through a time share presentation after spending thousands of dollars on someone else's destination wedding? how one bride has a very big ask. keep it here on "fbn: a.m." ♪ going t

. >>> lawyers for the founder of theranos, elizabeth holmes, ask the judge to throw out the 11 countsly publicized fraud case. they ask that yesterday, as she made her latest appearance in the courtroom in san jose. the lawyers say the charges against the founder of the failed blood testing company are too vague to bring the case to a trial. >>> prosecutors have released a copy of what they say is a fake rowing resume with actress lori loughlin submitting that with her daughter's college applications. they claimed that olivia jade, whose name was redacted, had years of rowing experience and had won numerous competitions. they are accused of paying $500,000 to get their daughters into usc. >>> last night in new hampshire, president trump rallied supporters in manchester ahead of the in primary elections. >> republicans are energized that we are united and nine months from now we will take back the house of representatives. we are going to hold the senate and we are going to keep the white house. >> president donald trump won the republican presidential primary in new hampshire in 2016

you can sell almost anything if you have the right advertisement, you know, just ask elizabeth holmes. >> or flat tummy t. >> right. if you have slick advertising, it works. same is true for politics. it's the biggest marketing campaign. however, debates matter. i think one of the things i'm looking at is to see if elizabeth warren, she was already able to get a fundraising bufferin. that's one place you can look in terms of substantive debate performance. i'm looking to see if that actually comes through in the turnout of her supporters in nevada. she has one of the larger organizations in terms of having staff and organizers on the ground compared to her competitors. she's in more states just like bernie sanders than some of her other competitors, amy klobuchar doesn't have a lot of people on the ground in nevada that just changed because she was moving up in the polls post new hampshire. those are the types of things i'm looking at. after a strong debate performance, you make a lot of money. is it going to matter when people have to decide between you and bernie sanders. he has a c

. >>> new developments involving elizabeth holmes, founder of the failed blood testing startup theranos. the judge is dismissing several criminal charges against the former stanford dropout saying the government needs to narrow the fraud case against her. the prosecution can still argue at trial that patients who paid in full or paid a copay for a blood test were allegedly defrauded. >>> we made a commitment to building a better bay area. the latest state of silicon valley gives us a snapshot of how some of our communities are doing. silicon valley's economy has been growing steadily for nine years thanks to the tech sector. so it's probably not shocking that a new study by joint venture silicon valley finds unemployment at a 19-year low and median household income at $126,000, an all-time high. even with most south bay cities enacting a $15 minimum wage, analysts say that is still $6 short of what it takes for a family of four to be self-sufficient. >> our income inequality, the gaps between the highs and the lows are as pronounced as they have ever been, and more pronounced than any o

. >>> theranos founder elizabeth holmes scored a small victory in court today. a judge throwing out some of the charges against her. the judge also dismissed some charges against her theranos colleague. the duo will no long better charged with defrauding doctors or customers who used theranos blood tests. that's because the tests were paid for by insurance companies meaning that the actual people were not technically defrauded. despite the legal victory that. >> failed to achieve their ultimate goal, which is to have the entire case thrown out. >>> facebook says it blocked a network of fake accounts linked to russia and iran. facebook made the announcement today. the they said the company spread propaganda while posing as journalists. the operatives created more than 100 fake accounts. they then contacted local media and collisions through the accounts, planting fake stories. facebook says the network gained a few thousand viewers and was able to get some fake stories published before facebook was able to shut it down. >>> pope francis says no, he will not black

. >>> an update this morning in the case against disgraced founder elizabeth holmes.se wants the church to drop the charges, claiming that there was no actual harm done to doctors and patients in the alleged fraud scheme. >> no comment. >> could you give us a quick summary? >> now comment. >> the defense team argued that the federal indictment against her is short on details. in a nearly three-hour hearing, defense attorney argued that prosecutors have not named one specific instance where holmes and her co-defendant and former boyfriend misrepresented or made false statements to investors, doctors, or patients. holmes was once the world's youngest female billionaire. her company, theranos, once valued at 1 billion plus promise to revolutionize the healthcare industry with claims that the blood analyzer could screen for 150 conditions from just a few drops of blood. prosecutors told the judge yesterday that homes and but one he misled the public and people even after they knew that their product did not work. >>> new this morning, we are learning a man accused of posi

. >> still ahead on "today in the bay," any fallout for elizabeth holmes, the one time theranos founder faces today in court at 6:25. >>> and netflix oscar parties not that fun. netflix fell short, marcus. >> well speaking of hollywood, the biggest night last night. the academy awards, all the winners plus whyeanu reeves appearance is going viral this morning. 6:13 for you. you're watching "today in the bay." >> nbc bay area presents "making it in the bay." in every newscast we break down the housing crisis. tonight at 11:00, the rent is rising and you are reaching your breaking point. >> either i pay the rent or i eat. >> what if you just stopped paying? they did. meet the bay area tenants on strike for months. how this fight gives new hope to renters all across the bay area. tonight at 11:00, "making it in the bay," only on nbc bay area news. tom steyer: listen, every democrat running for president is better than the criminal in the white house. we all have progressive plans to address the big challenges facing our country. what makes me different, is i've been working to end the corp

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does not look like elizabeth holmes will dodge these charges today or have the entire, you know, indictment that led to cratering among her company. keeping a close eye on this. a lot of people looking at as a trend setter. knowing of data that they did not share. they could be dragged. we are watching that one. in the meantime, also watching what is going over with his back and forth between the governor of new york on the global entry program. really like a tit-for-tat. jackie deangelis has the latest on that front. >> good afternoon. new york attorney general james just filed a lawsuit over assault of new york travelers. what is really going on at jfk, if you are a new york resident and you came for global entry appointment, a new application or a renewal, they will tell you inside that you cannot proceed and a lot of people are very angry about it. they say not adequate notice was given to them. they did not even get an e-mail to tell them that their appointments were canceled. the agent just said don't you watch the news. what is at issue here is the greenlight law. it was passed in ne

. >> elizabeth holmes dropped out. >> yes >> if she had gotten her degree would we be speaking with her know. i didn't expect that name to pop up >> you never know. >> look, they have the chips we want don't forget they make every video game the equal of a movie. >> i was reading about that in the conference call last week. >> good conference call. >> the conference call is a window on the future >> the conference call is like s seisan >> still life? >> impressionist i think i know this is outrageous it was a modern art class. it was about the evolution from realist. we didn't get to roth. close to it. >> you were a cultured son of a -- wow >> i don't get there often we got a deal in the asset management business we haven't gotten to, nascent 4.5 billion deal and legg mason standing debt with roll in. 50 bucks was the number. i am more impressed by the response in franklin resources >> ben is up sharply they have a lot of cash as much as 8 billion in cash and investors seemed to be applauding the decision to use cash to acquire legg mason it is an all cash deal at 50 bucks a share and w

we can talk about elizabeth holmes did you read that book >> i did >> interesting >> so you read >> iecond half was way better than the first half. >> you don't federal judge has dismissed charges. ruling the patients were not deprived anything by using the blood testing services and no evidence that holmes directed doctors to misrepresent theranos services to their patients the judge did uphold other charges. that all reads very strange to me i think she had full knowledge of what was going on >> she does. part of what her lawyers were arguing is that it false negatives were not affecting anybody. >> one of those out there on the west coast >> in california >> are they? >> i think so we are going to give 80 years to roger stone but send her off. >> this guy is unhinged. >> that's true too >> what is going to happen this is like gross abuse you must be scared >> is he going to get hardened unshackled now >> i didn't say a word honestly, washington post has a piece that even republican governors thought there would be something on his pace. i'm going to for you >> when we come back, st

attorneys for elizabeth holmes filed three motions to have the case dismissed before it goes to trialt is short of details. she is charged with felony conspiracy and massive fraud for allegedly misleading patients, doctors and investors about theranos' blood testing technology which as we know now did not work. well, keep on trucking, the tesla cyber truck has some competition from a company named after the same scientist, phoenix based startup nikola has plans for an electric full size truck, designed in collaboration with a major automaker that's going to produce it. the badger will compete with tesla, gmc and ford. finally, less was more for this wheel of fortune contestant. >> i'm seeing a juicer. buying a juicer. >> of course, it's an easy -- >> oh, my gosh. oh, my gosh. >> i don't understand this game. it makes no -- get over here. cheryl: that was totally easy, right? no. she had four letters to work with. she ended up winning $37,000 for that. pat sajak was joking about it but it's not easy, maria. only 37.76% of consistent tess r solve the bonus round puzzle. maria: i love th

elizabeth. she argues in the motion that the indictment does not allege that a single patient received an inaccurate result from a test. prosecutors pushed back against the claims last month. holmes is fighting? that she and former president amesh ball wani misrepresented the capabilities of the company's blood testing machines to doctors, patients, and investors. >>> also happening today, the trial against disgraced movie producer harvey weinstein continues with a new witness. mexican model claudia salinas could be called to the stand. a woman accusing wising of sexual assaults says salinas witness one of the incidents but did nothing to stop it. >>> it is 6:39. still ahead on kpix 5 and streaming on cbsn bay area, warning for parents making their baby registry list. the baby carrier now being recalled. >>> and the market just opened up about 10 minutes ago. let's get a big growing up in a family that struggled economically powerfully influenced my values. bernie sanders he's fighting to raise wages. and guarantee health care for all. now, our country is at a turning point. hard working people, betrayed by trump, struggling to survive. in this moment, we need a fighter. bernie s

slight victory for elizabeth holmes a federal judge in federal-- in california decreasing, but did not throw out the case. according to the ruling prosecutors can't rely on claims that home's and the former company president defrauded talkers-- doctors are customers. and lift is looking to get ahead to the next year. the rideshare company saying it's on pace to reshape the measure of profitability by the end of 2021 even though it reported a loss stretching into $356 million for the three months leading up to december 31, 2019, bringing the last $2.6 billion for the year 2019 compared to $911 million in 2018. this stock is down about 5% this morning. >>> airbnb rising cost for the loss in the first nine months of last year. the paper says the situation is raising questions about its evaluation much anticipated ipo. house sharing giant racked up a $322 million net loss marked a significant loss from the 200 million-dollar profit a year earlier. we're just getting starting this morning. coming up huawei wrist to privacy and we have the warning coming up. samsung takes on motorola out wit