apparently elizabeth holmes didn't take no for an answer. prosecutors show the jury that elizabeth holmes made a deal with walgreens that used to the pfizer logo, and said pfizer had endorsed the technology. >> it's significant because it goes to fraud. >> reporter: and other witnesses companies did invest in theranos testified that he secretly taped an investor leading led by elizabeth holmes and it was played in court. elizabeth holmes led investors to believe the theranos devices were already being deployed by the military in afghanistan, which was false. he had a soft spot for that page because his brother was deployed as a marine. also today the judge had to release another juror from duty for what the judge called good cause. it is the third time a juror had to be let go, and there are now only two alternates left. in san jose, len ramirez, kpix 5. >>> a bust of black panther party founder huey newton is said to be unveiled. >> user divisive figure, but his words are reminiscent of what we hear today. >> the police are in our community

it is that elizabeth holmes and mr. balwani were making outright fraudulent hesitations to induce vectors and to join the team. >> reporter: when was media mogul rupert murdoch whose email chains were shown to the jury. she asked him to join the board, and he was interested, but also asked about a fingerstick he gave as a demo but never got results. he agreed with the defense lawyer that he never put forth information that he thought to be false. the trial is now roughly at halfway point with no indication whether holmes herself will testify in her own defense. >> it's damning what is happened to this point, but holmes is the one person who can get up and explain herself to the jury and why she took the steps she did. >> you said they are halfway through in the trial? at what point did the defense lawyers determine whether or not to put her on the stand? >> reporter: that's a good question. it is the question of this trial. the thinking is that it probably won't be until the very end of the trial, and that the defense w

when did elizabeth holmes know about it? here is our business and tech reporter scott budman from her federal fraud trial in san jose. >> reporter: the trial of elizabeth holmes is to an extent the story of how walgreens was convinced to put the palo alto start up's machines in its stores and test the blood of its customers. >> the narrative that is being created around a desperate elizabeth holmes, how desperate theranos was, these companies were at least as desperate. there's a lot of pharmacies out there, a lot of major supermarket chains out there that would have turned their entire business model around if theranos had worked. >> reporter: testimony today from another walgreens executive who says the pharmacy chain was extremely optimistic about a deal with theranos, invested tens of millions of dollars into the start up, and used terms like magical and intriguing to describe the theranos technology. technology that would ultimately prove inaccurate when it came to test results. there were also more heated text messages

. >>> now some drama in the elizabeth holmes trial. len ramirez was in the courtroom as a new witness took the stand and a juror was asked to leave. >> reporter: the ceo of safeway testified that he made a business decision to make a deal with theranos, even though elizabeth holmes herself was not able to demonstrate the technology. former safeway chief executive steve byrd said he was immediately interested in theranos when he heard elizabeth holmes' pitch that her desktop devices could run hundreds of blood tests from one fingerstick of blood. he said the company formed plans to put them in stores and arranged a demonstration for his board of directors in which homes through for one of the board members and put into her machine. it made noises, he said, but it never gave results. >> what this is doing is putting the focus back on elizabeth holmes. >> reporter: steve clark says the fact that safeway went on to invest $85 million in theranos is significant. >> when you hear about the demonstration that was done in front of these people

bay area news tonight weeknights at 7:00 following nightly news. >>> a strange twist in the elizabeth holmes federal trial in san jose. she spent time in court today watching herself. interviews holmes gave to nbc were entered as evidence today as the prosecution continues to try to convince the jury that holmes was in charge at theranos and calling the shots. let's bring in our business and tech reporter scott budman who was in court all day. we're out of the lab and 92 the investment phase of this trial. >> yeah, it's true, and there are several big-time investors both from silicon valley and wall street who collectively invested and lost hundreds of millions of dollars in theranos. today, one testified that elizabeth holmes was in charge and very persuasive. >> what do you think is going on? >> this is what happens when you work to change things. >> it was shortly after a damaging "wall street journal" article that elizabeth holmes went on cnbc's "mad money" to defend herself and theranos. >> first they think you're crazy, then they fight you. then all of a sudden you change the world. >>

it is up to them who they want to believe. >> to the lab director ever asked elizabeth holmes to stop using the theranos devices for the test? >> that's a good question. it came up at trial today. the lab director said no to my he never directly brought up to elizabeth holmes that they should stop using the theranos devices, because he said there was tremendous pressure that permeated the company to make those devices work . he said he personally worked very hard to try to make it work, but it just couldn't. he felt it wouldn't work, so the best course for him would be to just step down, which he did, at the end of 2014. >> more testimony to come. thank you. >>> still ahead on kpix 5 , and streaming on cbsn bay area, new developments in the massive oil spill in southern california. the new clues that could reveal how this happened. >>> and other bay area freeways shooting. this time, the victim a 3-year- old boy riding in the backseat. >>> how the giants are getting ready for friday's playoff opener. we will have a live report from oracle park. shoot. what's wrong? i think i'm down to

. >>> a juror dismissed from the elizabeth holmes trial. what she told the judge. >>> do you want $9,000, trade in gas guzzler and go electric. how the new program works. >>> good evening, this is nbc bay area news tonight, i'm raj mathai. another local county imposing water restrictions. question is will you be fined if you don't cut back? we'll get to that along with something fun, 50 best restaurants in the world, three of them in the bay area. let's start with the mask. we take this thing everywhere, right? is it time to drop the mask mandates? we've gone through this before, now doing it again. bay area health leaders expected to make a big announcement as early as tomorrow. right now almost every bay area county requires us to wear masks most indoor businesses. lone holdout, solano county. could change soon, finalizing a plan to ease the rules based on three things -- how many people are vaccinated, how many covid cases we're seeing, how many people are in the hospital due to covid. how do the businesses feel? this is always tricky. d

that type of evidence points to elizabeth holmes. of the defense who's saying? well, it wasn't elizabeth holmes fall. it was someone else's fault. this trial resumes on tuesday, with more witnesses expected to be called by the prosecution. at the federal courthouse in san jose evan sernoffsky ktvu, fox two news. reminder you can find the latest updates on the elizabeth holmes trial. ktvu dot com ktvu investigative reporter evan sernoffsky continues to live blog. new information when court is in session. san francisco city employees insured through kaiser permanente or having a hard time accessing mental health care. at a hearing on thursday, the board of supervisors government audit and oversight committee. reveal that city employees sometimes have to wait up to three months for our first appointment with a therapist. the hearing was called in response to complaints about kaiser insured city employees and retirees who are not ge kaiser says while it has stepped up access to mental health care, a national shortage of health care speci

plus, what a company scientist told the jury in the elizabeth holmes trial. >> it's significant because it goes to fraud. >>> anything. i'm ken bastida. >>> and i'm elizabeth cook. don't let the calm skies full you right now. you only have about 24 hours left to prepare for the atmospheric river rolling our way. >> most of the bay area likely to see inches of rain on sunday but with much more, and snow in higher elevations. flash flood watches have already been issued for the last year's burn scar areas. the storm will also come with some strong wind and large ocean swells. paul heggen begins our coverage. >> you have been talking about this on cbsn bay area , this 5 out of 5. river ratea level >>> it means there will be a tremendous amount of water being transported through the atmosphere over our heads. it's really centered right on the bay area. this red shaded area is where we will be at the extreme to exceptional up on the atmospheric river scale. i did talk about this in our weather extra segment on cbsn bay area. a typical atmospheric river transports the amount of water that goe

that type of evidence points to elizabeth holmes. it absolutely flies in the face of the defense who's saying? well, it wasn't elizabeth holmes fall. it was someone else's fault. this trial resumes on tuesday, with more witnesses expected to be called by the prosecution. at the federal courthouse in san jose evan sernoffsky ktvu fox, two news students protested outside the university of southern california's sigma nu frat house following reports of alleged sexual assaults and drugging. the demonstrators covered the frat house with signs and personal notes with the protest coming after university officials suspended the frat following those allegations, it means the fraternity is forbidden from hosting social events. students say the demonstration is about denouncing sexual assault embedding together they're also critical of how they say these incidents are handled by the university. the university is kind of putting this narrative where it's like, oh, we as women have to protect ourselves and like it's on us to kind of take measures

i'll show you when those totals would top over 2 inches coming up. >>> the trial of elizabeth holmes focused again on the u.s. military, specifically how close the armed forces got to actually using the faulty theranos blood testing machines on the battlefield. holmes is accused of telling investors the machines were in fact being used during battle. our business and tech reporter scott budman was in court all day. did connection is pretty important, scott? >> yeah, it feels that way. it kind of seems like the prosecution is starting to set the table to ask investors if they invested hundreds of millions of dollars into theranos under false pretenses. the focus of the trial of elizabeth holmes moved to the relationship theranos had with the u.s. military. >> we're out of the laboratory, into the public. >> reporter: the latest witness, former theranos employee daniel edlin, testifying that while the company was testing devices to see if the military was interested in someday using them, the boxes as we previously learned from former defense secretary-general james mattis' time on the

this is video of elizabeth holmes and her partner leaving the federal courthouse in san jose this afternoon. today holmes' attorney cross-examined dr. adam rosendorff, attempting to discredit the doctor, who ultimately leaked the information that exposed the failed blood testing technology at theranos. holmes' defense attorney questioned the accuracy of rosendorff's emails. that's critical, because the state says those emails proves that elizabeth holmes knew that her machines did not work, but continued to lobby investors. the defense also questioned why the doctor didn't bring up many of his concerns when talking to an inspector with the centers for medicare and medicaid services well before the leaked information to "the wall street journal." >> so it's a blame shift that the defense recognizes is vital to their case. they want to take the focus elizabeth homes and put it on the lab director. rosendorf res. elizabeth holmes faces federal charges for defrauding patients and investors. if convicted, she could be sentenced up to 20 years in prison. now we are following every twist and turn

that's elizabeth holmes walking into court with her mom again today. today we also learned about a deal between a long-time area grocer and the upstart biotech company and how that relationship between safeway and theranos was doomed. our business and tech reporter scott budman was there for both. you lost a juror today and you heard about the broken deal, scott. >> reporter: yeah, pretty interesting day. and as you mentioned, the focus of the jury changed from the courtroom to their local safeway this morning as the ceo of the bay area grocery giant talked about a deal he made with elizabeth holmes and theranos, a deal that eventually went south. not long after elizabeth holmes walked into court this morning a second juror in the trial of the theranos founder was dismissed saying her religious beliefs make her uncomfortable judging holmes and we are only if they another couple of jurors, you could have a mistrial in this case. >> >> reporter: next on the stand, former safeway ceo steven bird who. >> after becoming impressed with holmes, testified that

. >>> testimony today in the elizabeth holmes fraud trial gives us a glimpse into how the billionaire devoss family was enticed into a major investment with theranos, the company that holmes found it. kpix 5's len ramirez is live at the courthouse with more on this trial. >> reporter: the devoss family made a fortune with amway . they were part of a small group of investors hand-picked by elizabeth holmes to back the company, but they ended up being some of the biggest losers in this case. lisa peterson is a manager for the devoss family investment corporation. she testified that in 2014, elizabeth holmes offered the family an exclusive opportunity to privately invest in theranos. peterson said the family was ready to put down $50 million. after meeting with holmes, in which she claimed her device could use hundreds of lettuce, was being used by the military and walgreens, and was validated by 10 major pharmaceutical companies, they doubled their investment to $100 million. >> she knew those would be persuasive. >> reporter: law professor allen kreisberg says it was a key moment for t

that type of evidence points to elizabeth holmes. the face of the defense who's saying? well, it wasn't elizabeth holmes fall. it was someone else's fault. this trial resumes on tuesday, with more witnesses expected to be called by the prosecution. at the federal courthouse in san jose evan sernoffsky ktvu, fox two news. reminder you can monitor the elopement from this trial's witness stand on our website and on the ktvu app. we have a live blocks set up each day court is in session. well the u. s supreme court is allowing the controversial texas abortion law to stand at least for now. today the court agreed to hear arguments in the case on november 1st. the law currently blocks abortions once a fetal heartbeat can be detected. earlier this week, the u. s department of justice asked the court to temporarily block the law. the decision will determine whether the federal government has the right to sue over the lock. some california farmers racing tonight to be the worst of this weekend's weather coming up what they think will help sav

: former safeway chief executive steve byrd said he was immediately interested when he heard elizabeth holmes pitch that her devices could run hundreds of blood test from one fingerstick of blood. he said the company formed plans to put them in stores and arranged a demonstration for his board of directors in which she drew blood from one of the board members and put it into her machine. it made noises, he said, but it never gave results. >> reporter: what this is doing is putting the focus back on elizabeth holmes. >> reporter: former prosecutor and political analyst steve mc large said the company went on to invest money in the company. >> when you hear about the devastation done in front of these people and that they invested anyway, thought it was important for the government to show, this is a highly persuasive and convincing individual who left a lot of carnage along the way. >> reporter: the day began with another setback for the jury. buddhist juror said she would be reluctant ntachelove forgiv the judge dismissed her analtert its al ti a juror has had to be dismissed. >> it is a big

. >>> now to the latest on the elizabeth holmes trial. her lawyer ended the week on a high note, pointing out the doctor and patient complaints about theranos pregnancy tests because of backlogs, not an accurate test results. kpix 5's len ramirez has been covering the trial, and it joins us live from san jose with more. >> reporter: all this week, the former theranos lab director has been grilled on cross- examination by elizabeth holmes's lawyers, who have been methodically going over old company emails to poke holes in the prosecutions case. defense lawyer lance wade showed former theranos lab director and adam rosendorff an email that the prosecution previously brought up to pru problems at the lab. it was from fawn fire employee christian holmes, who emailed his sister elizabeth in 2014 saying the pregnancy hormone tests are causing some, quote, serious issues and patient complaints. then they followed a follow-up email that said the complaints were about long wait times for results caused by a shortage of testing materials reagents i

. >>> and another juror dismissed in the trial of elizabeth holmes. we'll tell you why on "nbc bay area tonight." >>> we'll get you caught up to speed now on stories we're watching at this hour. yesterday they were formally approved and today you can go get one. we're talking about booster shots, all three kinds of boosters are available at santa clara sites today. the fairground saw 200 people with appointments and many more walkup patients in just the first few hours. before now, only pfizer recipients could get those boosters. the cdc now says any qualifying vaccinated person can get a booster. >> i will feel more safe and more confident, being able to, like, go about with or without a mask, you know. >> i'm doing it for myself, for other people. i just think it's something we need to do to get this under control and get back to normal. >> joining us this evening, a doctor with the santa clara county health department. dr. marty, glad to have you back on the program. do you have the inventory? >> we do have inventory. and that's the good thing. so

prosecutors in the federal case against theranos founder elizabeth holmes this week are laser focused of them ponied up staggering sums after being pitched by the charismatic ceo. the devos family was prepared to invest $50 million in the company. but double down after seeing a demonstration that there are no sis palo alto headquarters in 2014 lisa peterson works for the family. she testified tuesday that holmes falsely told her theranos only used proprietary technology and only tested blood from the pricks of the finger as they go through fact, by fact, they're going to document the misrepresentations. but then they will always have to go back and say she made these with the intent to defraud them to get their money the prosecution also played television interviews holmes gave after the wall street journal exposed the company's failures in 2015 including this interview with mad money's jim cramer. this is what happens when you work to change things, and. first they think you're crazy. then they fight you. and then all of a sudden you change the world. prosecutors also played this 201

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roads. >>> let's take a live look at san jose, where the defense it was on damage control in the elizabeth holmes trial. holmes' lawyers tried to show the jury that there is more than one explanation for some of theranos questionable methods during product demonstrations. kpix 5's len ramirez has more. >> reporter: a former theranos manager was grilled today on use examination. daniel edlund earlier testified that blood tests would be run in a lab, not on the machines themes. prosecutors called that i do septemberive. today he said those demos were sometimes run just to show the device's graphicle user interface. >> this witness scored some points for the defense by saying that the demonstrations that he conducted were not only to sample the blood test, but to also show how the hardware worked, and he said he wasn't trying to deceive anybody. haven't also today the judge threatened to throw some people out of the courtroom because they were making too much noise. he called out a man whose cellphone went off more than once, and media report errs whose typing on the key board is so loud jurors comp

elizabeth holmes looked on stoically as the former chief financial officer of walgreens testified that holmes convinced the drug giant to invest in the startup and to put its blood testing machines in walgreens stores. >> she's a great promoter. i think that's evident by these witnesses just talking about how convincing she could be. >> reporter: this man told jurors that wallgreens invested $40 million into theranos. when he left the company, there were 40 machines in place. he testified walgreens planned to put them in all of its stores to let customers get tested on the devices. >> when they start investing, you take this from an arm's length transaction to a fiduciary responsibility. she needs to disclose more information. >> reporter: they chose theranos because they were led to believe it was the farthest along in its testing, admitting he knew other companies, including safeway were interested in the theranos machines. there was pressure to move fast. another issue that came up today, should the private jury questionnaire that jurors filled out ahead of the trial be made public

. >>> the farah knows francois continues as prosecutors played some clips of elizabeth holmes defending their technology and tv segments. jurors heard testimony about investments in the company. len ramirez is in the courtroom and says that the investment manager, lisa peterson, thought the company would be a game changer in the healthcare industry, according to peterson, elizabeth holmes said the risk was the execution of the business plan and not the technology. more on the testimony coming up at 6:00. >>> executives from youtube, snapchat, tiktok are in the hot seat on capitol hill as they were grilled with what they're doing to keep your kids safe online. >> reporter: in a senate commerce subcommittee hearing, utah senator michael lee challenged a snapchat executive, his staff greeted mccown for 18-year-old with no preferences and is what showed up on the social media out was wildly inappropriate for a child. >> tips on why you should not go to bars alone, notices for video games rated ages 17 and up, and articles about porn stars. >> i am unfamiliar and have taken notes about what

other emails and calendar entries shows that rosendorff met with elizabeth holmes and he said he didn't, and that holmes was responsive when informed about problems at the lab. >> rated an effective cross on what he said in a prior deposition, to his knowledge and complaining or being concerned about the accuracy of these results, and they tried to point out that he testify differently, indirect for the government. that could go towards impeaching or discrediting the lab director.t cross-examination next week en the, he will likely stay on the witness stand, because the prosecution will likely get to redirect or rehabilitate some of his answers. that is all happening next week. live in san jose, len ramirez, kpix 5. >>> some tense moments at a santa clara county high school today ima after someone called in a bomb threat. chopper 5 overhead a students and faculty evacuated rated up and just before noon today. surrounding streets were also temporarily closed. authorities gave the all clear a few hours later. >>> san mateo police have a new lead this evening in a violent home invasion. it

. >>> did elizabeth holmes's defense team just turn a star prosecution witness to their advantage? >> what the defense is trying to do is chip away at the lab director's credibility. i think they were effective. >>> you have never seen a storm quite like this. the drones i view inside of a hurricane. >>> join us every weekday afternoon at 3:00 for an early jump on all your local headlines, followed by the "cbs evening news" with norah o'donnell . working at recology is more than a job for jesus. it's a family tradition. jesus took over his dad's roue when he retired after 47 year. now he's showing a new generation what recology is all about. as an employee-owned company, recology provides good-paying local jobs for san franciscans. we're proud to have built the city's recycling system from the ground up, helping to make san francisco the greenest big city in america. let's keep making a differene together. >>> some tense moments atlas also's high school today after somebody called in a bomb threat. chopper 5 overhead is students and faculty evacuated just before noon today. the sur

elizabeth holmes back in a courtroom toward flanked by her husband and her mom. >> testimony from executives of two retail giants. the deals they cut with holmes and theranos. scott budman is live outside the federal courthouse with the latest. scott? >> reporter: good evening. both walgreens and safeway say they had deals with them to put blood testing machines inside the stores. the safeway deal fell through. walgreens did put the machines inside and eventually test them on some of their customers. it's where theranos met the public. walgreens, which under the chief financial officer, cut a deal with the medical startup to put its blood testing machines inside stores and grocery giant safeway, which planned to put machines in 969 of its stores. >> i think today was very, very critical. when the safeway ceo said, we did our due diligence. >> with holmes listening inside the courtroom, safeway's ceo and walgreen's ceo talked about how optimistic the companies were about deals with theranos. she talked about many other large clients, including work being done with the military. >> it becomes

the reason it had nothing to do with covid or anyone involved in the trial for elizabeth holmes. you're watching nbc bay area news tonight. >>> okay, so we've been will facebook is bad for us, twitter is bad for us, but is it really? after the release of thousands of internal documents known as the facebook papers. they were leaked by a facebook employee and they catalogue what facebook knew about the effects it has and with instagram, the effects it has on us the users. the focus on social media broad yepped as executives from tiktok and snap chat were called on from lawmakers about misinformation and why even in the face of cascading news, all this bad news that we just can't seem to quit social media. >> i think everyone is concerned with about the power that these platforms have. facebook or tiktok or whatever, people are concerned because it can damage our kids. >> i'm mostly able to filter it out. if i see it on social media, i'm not going to be automatically that's true. >> all right. let's bring in our business reporter scott budman. i saw you on twitter yesterday. i was

elizabeth holmes faces a dozen felony fraud charges.illiam shatner can now add oldest man to travel to space to his resume. the 90-year-old actor best known for his iconic role playing captain kirk on "star trek," blasted off on the latest blue origin lunch. >> what you have given me is the most profound experience i can imagine. >> william shatner was joined by three other passengers on his trip, grazed the edge of outer space. they got to experience weightlessness for three out of the 10 minutes of the flight. william shatner loves music and performing and is writing music inspired by everything he saw in space. it was a bit nerve-racking watching it. just hoping everyone is ok. william shatner was several times quite emotional because of what he saw. >> i can't even imagine. it must have been an experience. let's talk about the weather. here on earth, things will be changing. fire danger will be elevated. winds will pick up a bit. around solano county is where we expect the gusty asked winds. dry conditions. the fire danger index sho

elizabeth holmes faces a dozen felony fraud charges.am shatner can now add oldest man to travel to space to his resume. the 90-year-old actor best known for his iconic role playing captain kirk on "star trek," blasted off on the latest blue origin lunch. >> what you have given me is the most profound experience i can imagine. >> william shatner was joined by three other passengers on his trip, grazed the edge of outer space. they got to experience weightlessness for three out of the 10 minutes of the flight. william shatner loves music and performing and is writing music inspired by everything he saw in space. it was a bit nerve-racking watching it. just hoping everyone is ok. william shatner was several times quite emotional because of what he saw. >> i can't even imagine. it must have been an experience. let's talk about the weather. here on earth, things will chani vated. winds will pick up a bitaround e expect the gusty asked winds. dry conditions. the fire danger index showing moderate to high risk around the north bay. parts of th

elizabeth holmes faces federal charges for defrauding patients and investors with claims of revolutionary blood testing technology. she could face 20 years in prison. >>> new data shows and proves that covid vaccines have saved thousands of lives. the health and human services department says it has done the math. in california alone, covid vaccinations may have helped prevent 22,000 new cases, nearly 10,000 hospitalizations and 3,800 deaths among seniors. that's just in the first five months of the year. it was linked to a reduction of infections and hospitalizations and senior deaths. >>> employers across the nation are facing an increasing dilemma. what to do with employees who file for a religious exemption to the covid vaccine. some big companies like united airlines are denying those. other employers, like the city of san jose, is granting them. >> reporter: the city of san jose has granted roughly 300 vaccine religious exemptions to employees. the process to get those exemptions is not that complicated. application process that is vetted by our city attorney's office. many exemptio

. >>> elizabeth holmes was in charge. that was the message again today as prosecutors continued to make their case against the theranos founder. scott budman has been covering the trial since the beginning and joins us live with more. scott? >> reporter: good evening, janelle. yeah, the prosecution took today to try to convince jurors that holmes was running the show at theranos the whole way through. getting testimony from former theranos employees that holmes was seeking out new investment when she knew the blood testing machines did not work. more testimony today linking elizabeth holmes with key decisions made at theranos to continue to raise money from investors, even as the company's blood testing machines proved faulty. >> the demonstrations were a flop, but they changed the data to make them look better. >> reporter: daniel edlin was testifying that while the blood test mag sheens and their potential were being talked about in the press, even rumored to be on their way to the military, the results themselves were

ama: a third juror has been dismissed and the elizabeth holmes trial. the juror told the judge she was playing sudoku for half of the trial days to help her stay focused. two other jurors were let go based on religious and financial regions. -- reasons. a scientist took the stand today, elizabeth holmes faces up to 20 years in prison, accused of bilking investors out of millions of making false claims. dan: days after netflix plays walked out to protest dave chapelle's special, in answer a stop in san francisco. it is it -- advertised as a live screening. he will be it a center november 4 and had to nine cities. all performances are being called no cell phone zones, guests will be prohibited from reporting. chapelle and netflix have been facing backlash jokes about transgender people. ama: starting sunday, of bay area residents will have to dial 10 digit phone numbers to complete a phone call. callers are expected to dial the three digit area code followed by the seven jet phone. a lot of cities already do that. the following 925, 630. dan: that is alwa

ama: a third juror has been dismissed and the elizabeth holmes trial.she was playing sudoku for half of the trial days to help her stay focused. two other jurors were let go based on religious and financial regions. -- reasons. a scientist took the stand today, elizabeth holmes faces up to 20 years in prison, accused of bilking investors out of millions of making false claims. dan: days after netflix plays walked out to protest dave chapelle's special, in answer a stop in san francisco. it is it -- advertised as a live screening. he will be it a center november 4 and had to nine cities. all performances are being called no cell phone zones, guests will be prohibited from reporting. chapelle and netflix have been facing backlash jokes about transgender people. ama: starting sunday, t of bay area residents will have to dial 10 digit phone numbers to complete a phone call. callers are expected to dial the three digit area code followed by the seven jet phone. a lot of cities already do that. the following 925, 630. dan: that is always a bit of a nuisance t

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did elizabeth holmes know that the machines were not operable as she was collecting this money? what about the privacy issue with the jurors and the information they disclosed during jury selection? >> yeah. this is a new issue in this particular trial. at issue is whether the questionnaires that jurors filled out ahead of the trial and private should those questionnaires be made public during the trial? there is a coalition of media companies including nbc universal, our parent company that wants to know that information right now. the judge said it could have a chilling effect on this jury, some legal analysts tell us it could also have a chilling effect on future trials. for now, judge says he is not yet willing to make a decision. >> okay. scott budman reporting in san jose covering the he luz beth holmes fraud trial. thank you, scott. >>> up next, possible power shutoffs coming to the bay area because of windy weather again. we're going to let you know if your neighborhood is going to be impacted and when. >> we're watching the wind very closely. clearing skies. chilly cond

. >> back in the area, it was in the front and conspiracy trial of parallels founder elizabeth holmes. the judge is considering whether to release private and personal information about the jurors from questionnaire stated that during translation. we are live in san jose with more on how this could impact the trial. >> selecting a jury spotlighting men and women can be impartial and unbiased in the process of doing that, deeply personal questions about their life and their experiences. the answers to those questions are typically kept confidential but that might not happen this case involved could be severe. right now there is 12 jurors and three alternates and legal observers say you can ill afford to lose even more of them without being pushed to the brink of a mistrial. >> reporter: the start of the trial was delayed as intentional to jurors behind closed doors in his chambers about the potential release of personal information for pretrial questionnaires. had the jurors been told that the questions could have it disclosed to the media during the trial, i think you could have chill

. >>> the fraud trial of elizabeth holmes was puts on pause today for a very low tech reason. no water at the courthouse. len, this trial has had a little bit of everything, right? >> reporter: that's right. the delay today came as a shock, because the problem was actually a broken water main about three blocks town that way. san jose water co crews spent the morning trying to repair the damage after a water main at second and san fernando strung a leak overnight. water was cut to several buildings in the area, including the federal courthouse, where elizabeth holmes is on trial for fraud in the theranos case. the judge sent the jury home for the rest of the week. >> i think this is going to affect the prosecution the most. >> former prosecutor and legal analyst steve clark said an unexpected disruption like this could influence the trial. >> their case was building momentum, and they appeared ready to deliver a knockout blow. this gives the defense time to get their legs back under them, and get ready for next week. toprepare. got a lot of tim >> reporter: theaves family visi

what the prosecution in the elizabeth holmes trial revealed today. >>> the oakland police chief speaksormer police captain shot in a violent robbery. >>> still ahead here at 5:00, a bay area director injured onset of alec >>> we are learning that actor alec baldwin was handed a loaded weapon just before he fired it on a movie set, killing one person, and injuring the movies director. >> "rust" , joel souza the director is from the bay area. he is going to be okay. spthso what back the movie director is from a quiet neighborhood in fremont. while some of his neighbors told me they were shocked to learn he was one of two people hit by this prop gun, they are grateful to hear he is recovering. tragedy on the set of the western film "rust" near santa fe, new mexico. investigators say the movies star, alec baldwin, fired a prop gun onset that resulted in the death of cinematographer halyna hutchins , and sent director joel souza to the hospital. according to the associated press, court records reveal a associate director handed alec baldwin a prop gun and indicated it was safe to use moment

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a former pfizer scientists testifying at the trial of former barineau ceo, elizabeth holmes. d he advised pfizer against a deal with theranos but holmes allegedly ignored this. prosecutor showed documents proving that homes use the pfizer logo to make a deal with walgreens for falsely implying that pfizer had endorsed the company's machines. >>> voters will have a chance to decide whether to recall the district attorney in san francisco. critics say this would lead to an increase in crime. organizers submitted 83,000 signatures. if enough signatures are verified, the recall will be on the ballot in june . >>> 70 million americans are eligible to get a covid booster shot this weekend. the cdc has now approved boosters for all three vaccines. pfizer, moderna and johnson & johnson the approval for children maybe just around the corner. >>> the former oakland police officer is in the hospital after a gun battle with robbery suspects. right now police are searching for the suspects. they don't believe he was targeted. >>> you may soon be able to buy dungeness crab directly from boa

he testified again in the elizabeth holmes fraud trial. the defense attorney questioned dr. adam rosendorff. he recently stated in a deposition that theranos did not have a higher number of faulty test results than other labs he worked that. the defense says that is contrary to what he said earlier in the trial, putting his credibility on the line. >> they are trying to point the finger at dr. rosendorff by saying he's the actual fraud. this witness cuts both ways for both the prosecution and defense, but keep in mind, he is not the only witness. we've already had prior witnesses come forward who all testified the tests were not accurate. >> rosendorff is the prosecution's key witness. on redirect, he testified that elizabeth holmes to to quickly expand the use of the tran20 one analyzers, even though she knew they were inaccurate and broke down a lot. >>> into a live look across the bay area, where it is beginning to feel much cooler than this time yesterday for sure. >> chief meteorologist paul heggen joins us with a look at which areas saw the biggest drop in temperatures

that juror was persuaded to stay in the trial really, guys, over all of the shake-up, is elizabeth holmes, while she's sitting in the courtroom, not saying a word. >> what do you think the significance, do you think, of that second dismissal? >> this shake-up leaves three juror alternates on the bench for a trial that's supposed stole last until december. losing too many alternates runs the risk of a mistrial speaking to legal analysts, they say they've actually not heard of something like this before but yet they're not surprised when it comes to this case elizabeth holmes was this mesmer mesmerizing person who wooed world politicians and leaders. guys, why can't she do the same with jurors. >> keeping us updated on the trial. thanks >> thank you >>> and some crypto leverage names getting a boost, coinbase on base for the first five days in the green since early september. this bitcoin's make or break week that's next. stay with us you could email an urgent question to lisa in marketing. and a follow up. and a “did you see my email?” text. orrrr... you could see her status in slack. and

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a former product manager at theranos gave damaging testimony against elizabeth holmes. he described bogus demonstrations. the company gave two board members and investors testimony friday in the trial against theranos founder elizabeth holmes laid out a smoke in mirrors routine to mask the company's defective technology. mm former senior product manager daniel edlund laid out the alleged rouz from the witness stand if the defense is building their case on that is just a failed startup. this is very damaging evidence. edlund talked about setting up demonstrations. inside theranos is palo alto headquarters for investors board members. partners and other vips. they purported to run tests on the visitors. blood with the company's edison analyzers. but according to emails between theranos managers, the machines were placed on a demo mode that only appeared to be functioning normally, but wasn't really running a test the samples they collected the demonstration. edlund said would be processed later in the lab, the representing that their technology works and that it can testi

>> reporter: daniel edland was about as inside as a theranos insider could get, recruited by elizabeth holmesian, a classmate at duke he helped manage the relationship with walgreens, which invested millions to put theranos testing into its stores eventually he would report directly to holmes but he testified that even he was initially unaware of what o prosecutor say was theranos' deep, dark secret. rather than analyzing blood stick analysts on the home devices technology that was supposed to revolutionize health care, the company was using third party equipment. he said he didn't learn until two years later in 2016 that technology demonstrations he was staging for potential business partners, demonstrations directed in part by holmes herself, were a charade. he said he resigned because he no longer believed that the company was able to stand behind the claims it was making. >> did theranos bake its technology demonstrations? >> was he up there telling lies today? >> reporter: the defense denied holmes was involved in any fabry and more to the point, they say, she truly believed in the techn

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there is a new twist tonight in the trial against their nose founder elizabeth holmes. that have raised concerns about a possible mistrial. ktvu is evan sernoffsky was in federal court in san jose today and has more now on what happened. elizabeth holmes arrived in court wednesday ahead of scheduled testimony from walgreens, former cfo he was an executive at the company and partnered with theranos when its blood testing technology proved to be seriously flawed. but before he took the stand, the judge in the case had more pressing issues to deal with having a mistrial would be a travesty here, judge edward davila addressed a motion filed by a coalition of media organizations seeking to make the jury's questionnaire public before prospective members of the panel answered the questions. davila had told them they would be confidential. but the documents are in the public record and are subject to the first amendment. when you say to the jurors at the beginning of the trial, we are keeping this private and now you change the rules of the game. i can see a juror not wanting t