. >>> elizabeth holmes from theranos. >> what do you have to say? >> any comment, elizabeth? >> there is no better story than the young woman at stanford who dropped out because she wanted to save peoples' lives. >> these days she's famous and parodied on social media for all the wrong reasons. >> this is the nanotainer. i developed it in my high school chemistry lab. >> now, as it turned out, theranos was science fiction. >> people want to know it's 100% accurate, that it can actually do what it says it will do. >> did ms. holmes know at the time that theranos could not do all those tests? >> yeah, she knew. >> i -- i don't know specifically. i'm not sure. i -- i don't know exactly. >> now she's got a limited scripted series about her in the works. >> you've got intrigue. you've got sexual attraction. you've got deceit. you've got fantasy. it's all there. >> and action! >> if you are what you eat, what are you? >> green juice. >> best word to describe you. >> mission-oriented. >> favorite place to visit? >> my office. >> you're like, who's in there? i would be shocked if she

enigmatic ceo elizabeth holmes, brought to life on-screen by amanda seifried. >> if you are what you ? >> best word to describe you? >> based on the podcast from our own rebecca jarvis. so titled, because holmes dropped out of stanford at age 19, before becoming the husky-voiced, turtleneck wearing face of theranos. >> maybe to understand elizabeth holmes you need to read her notes to herself. i am never a minute late. all about business. that's in caps. i show no excitement. >> holmes was found guilty on four fraud-related charges in connection with the collapse of her former blood testing company. the scale of that fraud? hundreds of millions of dollars. >> she smiled like a couple times like this. and i was shocked. because, in general, nobody smiles on the witness stand. >> the eight-part hulu series digging into the human behind the headlines. >> how did you get to the voice? >> well, i think it's just mainly my own version of it. >> we were beginning to engage with -- >> i listened to the deposition tapes over and over and over again. >> do you swear to tell the truth, the whole

balwani was the business and romantic partner of elizabeth holmes.pix 5's len ramirez is covering the case for us and santos a. >> reporter: no big surprises in the prosecution's opening statement today. in fact, it was very similar to the opening statement in the elizabeth holmes case. as for the defense, it was more on point than the previous case, with the defense saying that a lot of what mr. balwani is accused of happened well before he joined the company. 56-year-old sunny balwani walked into court facing 12 charges of criminal fraud and conspiracy arising from the failed theranos blood testing company, which he ran as president and chief operating officer. cicada robert leach told the jury, quote, this is a case about fraud, lying and cheating to get money. he called balwani and elizabeth holmes romantic partners and partners in crime, that they lied to investors and patients to get money for their business when their blood testing device didn't actually work. >> you will see a very similar case. the government got it right for the most part t

do, and moving forward, will he testify against elizabeth holmes?at's a couple million dollar questions, raj. the one thing we don't flow about sunny balwani is how he would be in an interview or television or a documentary film. we had seen elizabeth holmes a lot, and her lawyers had an idea that she could perhaps charm a jury. only the attorneys for balwani have an idea how he will come across. as far as elizabeth holmes testifying against balwani, that would get interesting. remember, they were separated into two different trials so they wouldn't be in the courtroom at the same time. but that could happen, and that would be quite the mood in the courtroom. >> thanks, scott. >>> nurses from stanford hospital rallied for a new contract today. they are trying to reach a new deal with management before their contract expires march 3st. 31st. >> power has turned to the employees. they know they need us, and they need us to take care of the patients. >> the nurses are among the highest paid in the nation. we're committed to good faith negotiation with

she was the second witness called in the elizabeth holmes trial. scott budman, nbc bay area news. >> we will bring you updates on air and online. follow scott on twitter. get live updates from the courtroom. >>> nearly 50 years later, closure for a bay area family. new technology may be the reason why. police believe they have solved a murder 45 years after it happened. the victim son is relieved to finally have answered. >> reporter: name is richard bishol, a 43-year-old marine who fought in the korean war. >> he was a good man. he would bend over backwards to help people out. >> reporter: richard was just 17 when his dad was killed fending off a burglar in front of their home. the date was march 16, 1977. richard senior was found here on the sidewalk on lincoln avenue. he had been stabbed ten times. now 45 years later, police say they finally cracked the case. they say richard bernard is the killer. >> he had been arrest and convicted for a series of burglaries along with two known rapes. >> reporter: a retired detective is with the cold care uni

it all, comes down, to this. [ everyone cheers ] >>> machines, manipulation and elizabeth holmes, allhree came up today in the second trial involving the failed start up, theranos. >> reporter: as soon as sonny stepped back in the court room today, he saw former theranos employee, turned whistle-blower, erica chung, on the stand and documents demonstrating widespread failure on the court room monitors. >> the issue with machines is the same with what happened with elizabeth holmes, trying to impart knowledge and responsibility to sonny bowani. >> she testified she saw some theranos blood testing machine fail to come up with results more than 50% of the time. and at one time breaking down. although the testimony is similar to the trial in elizabeth holmes, prosecutors have a different target this time. >> right now it's following a similar script but we're going to get that essential legal fork in the road. and that fork in the road goes back to elizabeth holmes' accusations that a lot of the blame for what happened was sonny bawani. >> reporter: you may remember her testifying she was

the former president and ex- boyfriend of elizabeth holmes is charged the same counts of criminal wirefraud and conspiracy against investors, doctors, and patients brought against holmes. in january a jury found holmes guilty of three counts of wire fraud and one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud against investors. law professor at stanford university said that he is being stride separately because of holmes allegations of an abusive relationship. as to what we may expect from this trial he said that opening statements are the opportunity for lawyers on both sides to tell the jury what evidence they expect to present. >> we will hear from his attorneys what their defense will be and much as elizabeth holmes shifted much of the blame on him we can expect the opposite from his attorneys. >> we saw elizabeth holmes trial play out through several months, as far as his trial, it's hard to tell how long it'll last. >> opening statements are scheduled for 9:00 a.m. in san jose. >>> also happening today san francisco police will present a progress report on efforts to reform to the boar

at her own trial elizabeth holmes accused balwani of sexual abuse. he has denied the allegations. w he's facing the same original charges that holmes did, ten counts of wire fraud, two counts of conspiracy to commit wire fraud. in january elizabeth holmes was convicted. now it's balwani's turn in court. >> reporter: he's barely been seen, hardly heard from since the whole story began. now sunny balwani gets his day in court. >> are you looking forward to telling your story, mr. balwani. >> at elizabeth holmes' trial, they downplayed his role now robert leach is telling jurors mr. balwani and ms. holmes were partners in virtually everything, in business, in love, and in crime lying to investors and patients about theranos blood testing technology in his nearly hour long opening statement leach showed pictures of holmes saying her name at least as often as the man on trial but defense attorney steven kasaras said balwani believed in the company, even invested $5 million of his own money and never sold a single share of stock elizabeth holmes built the company, not balwani the headlin

was the business and romantic partner of elizabeth holmes. our len ramirez is covering the trial. >> reporter: 56-year-old sunny balwani walked into federal court accused of the same 12 counts of fraud and conspiracy that elizabeth holmes was accused of. you will recall that she was convicted on four of those counts. in opening statements, prosecutor robert leach told the jury, quote, this case is about fraud, lying, and cheating to get money. he called balwani and elizabeth holmes romantic partners and partners in crime. he said they lie to investors and patients to get their money and their business , when their blood testing device didn't actually work. balwani's defense attorney got up and tried to humanize balwani , saying he founded his own software company before meeting and becoming elizabeth holmes's boyfriend. he also told the jury that balwani invested millions of his own money and theranos because he believed in the company mission to improve healthcare. he says balwani never lied to investors or profited from his theranos stock a

he was her partner at theranos and in real life. >> the story of elizabeth holmes far from over.ng a look at a know called "the dropout". >> what are we going to show on the demo? >> i don't understand. we're going to tell them we don't have a working prototype. >> but it worked before. everybody saw it. >> should be good. ayman at that seifried plays holmes. she worked hard to deepen her voice like holmes e holmes. >> it was an astounding feat. i don't know how she did it. i think she should be an actor. and i think it must have been really tough for ayman at that. >> the show starts streaming on hulu tomorrow. >>> up next, beautifying an important part of the bay area. a new mural and why it's so significant. >>> and a look inside 30 rock. here's the control room. one of the top stories, the invasion's impact on oligarchs. lester joins us in p three minutes. three minutes. behold... unlimited wireless for only 30 bucks. that's pretty cool, but you know what's cooler? saving up to 400 bucks! exactly. and if we really want to take it up a notch... get all that and nationwide 5g i

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what role he played factors into the judge's sentencing of elizabeth holmes.ing on what he finds about whether she was more involved than the trial showed or less, or whether balwani was behind the scenes doing more as she alleged, whether she believes some of the allegations she leveled at him, that factors into his sentence of elizabeth holmes. emily: interesting. reminder to viewers, there were multiple charges she was found guilty of, multiple that she was found not guilty of and multiple charges that the jury could not come to a conclusion on. they were at an impasse. what happens with those other charges? how will the judge and this trial handle those differently? joel: that's very interesting. they were indicted as co-conspirators. they were boyfriend and girlfriend, they were president and ceo. many people assume at this point that they were as thick as thieves. and that ball wanting -- balwani faces the same trial. i don't think that is quite the case. the charges that elizabeth holmes was vindicated of i think will inform this trial. for example, the

we have elizabeth holmes admitting to doing so on the stand.after holmes raised allegations of abuse at the hands of balwani. claims balwani denied. in january, after being convicted of four counts of criminal fraud, holmes was photographed by "the daily mail" on a family hike with her current romantic partner, hotel heir billy evans, their son and their mothers. holmes is facing a sentence up to 20 years behind bars per count. >> elizabeth holmes' legal team is no doubt preparing their arguments why the judge should impose a sentence lower than the guidelines otherwise would have it. there's a lot more leeway at sentencing in terms of what attorneys can argue about their client. so, her whole history will come into play here. and they will be arguing about potential mitigating factors for why the court should give her a below-guideline sentence. >> tonight on abc's "20/20," you'll hear from new voices at the heart of elizabeth holmes rise and con, whistle-blowers who tried to speak out, the jurors, the court sketch artist who sat next to holme

elizabeth holmes was found guilty on four counts of investor fraud. like holmes bu wanny faces multiple fraud charges in a trial likely to last three months. his defense team already trying to put some distance between he and holmes. at least one legal analyst said that may be his best choice. >> i think it's a terrible idea because it immediately detracts from any kind of credibility hat he's going to have with the jury. he was obviously much more of an investor than theranos. >> i misspoke. that may not be his best choice according to the analyst. the prosecution's opening witness was former employee erica chung. she was also the witness called in the elizabeth holmes trial. >>> well, how about this? a 45-year-old murder case is solved. today alameda police department say they finally found the killer. 43-year-old richard sr. was killed in his home in 1977. they were able to resubmit dna of blood from the suspect's jacket. and they came back with a match. they confirmed richard bernard as the killer. today the victim's son who was just 17 years old t

fraud. >> what you will see the defense do here is to start from day one, distancing sonny from elizabeth holmes. >> reporter: steve clark is a former prosecutor and legal analyst. >> he is coming into this case with two strikes against him. the company was shown to be fraudulent, for which he was the president, and ms. holmes accused him of being an abuser on the witness stand under oath. >> reporter: the judge has already dismissed several prospective jurors for personal or financial hardship. one was let go after having a panic attack and one juror said he could not serve because he had just signed up to go to ukraine as a volunteer to fight the russians. others have already stated they think sonny is guilty because of publicity from the previous case. >> lane it may know something about the case. everyone in seneca county knows something about the case. but, can they put that aside and only based their decision on the evidence that comes forward in this trial. >> reporter: although holmes was convicted, she has not been sentenced. there is widespread speculation of her cooperating with the p

while this trial is expected to be shorter than the elizabeth holmes trial, the judge can lengthened the days the jury will sit and removed some of the days off. we're off two a two-day delay so we're off to a slow start. nbc bay area news. >>> new at 11:00, a major earthquake rocks japan this morning. the 7.3 hit northern japan, triggering tsunami advisories for the coast of japan. not for california. the quake was reported about midnight local time. police say there were no initial reports of injury or damage, but people sure felt the shaking. take a look at this. new video from a japanese television station showing the moments there that the shaking began. this is a tweet from a person in tokyo showing the city in a blackout moments after it struck. people posted photos of items at their homes, toppled in a mess. there was a deadly 9.0 earthquake and tsunami 11 years ago that caused the nuclear plant meltdown. >>> take a live look outside in san jose. not too bad out there. how is the bay area looking? >> not too bad either. it is all sunny. our temperatures started out cool but i

we'll be right back. >>> new at 11:00, a federal judge is ordering the former theranos founder elizabeth holmes close to home for her sentencing hearing. she was found guilty of fraud and conspiracy. the judge now tightening her bail by ordering holmes to convert her $500,000 bail, and put it into property worth the same amount to ensure that she will not leave the area before sentencing. and on wire fraud and conspiracy next wednesday. >>> this is a story that keeps captivating silicon valley. it is now set to play out on television. we're getting a first look at whou's new show called the drop-out. >> it is set to dive into the early years of holmes' founding of theranos. >> what will we show with the demo? >> i don't understand. we're going to tell them we don't have a working prototype. >> but it worked before. everybody saw it. >> the actress amanda plays holmes in the show. and there will be an excia agent and a close friend of the family. amanda said she worked hard to deepen her voice. >> to change her voice, to create this persona that she did for elizabeth holmes was an astounding fea

elizabeth holmes is not here in person. she certainly is a presence. not only opening statements yesterday but also during witness questioning today. now, all along the defense team has been trying to put some distance between sunny balwani and his former girlfriend and former partner at theranos, trying to give the illusion, or not the illusion, but to make clear that he was not pulling the strings behind the scenes. the question of who was in charge keeps coming up. the first witness in the case is former theranos employee and whistleblower erica chung. she started on the stand yesterday. she is still on the stand today. right out of the gate, the prosecution told the jury that balwani and holmes were partners, business and romance. in their opening statements, the lawyers tried to create the distance. >> i think it is a terrible idea because it immediately detracts from any kind of credibility that balwani will have with the jury. he was obviously much more than an investor in theranos. >> reporter: the same witness is on the stand today, and their

scott, you covered the elizabeth holmes part of this trial extensively. how different will this one be? >> reporter: i tell you, raj, it will be as different as sunny balwani's lawyers can make it this. balwani, the former ceo, chief operator officer of theranos, in his own trial and from the jump this morning his attorneys tried everything they could to put some distance between balwani and holmes in the minds of the jurors. telling the jury that had just been seated balwani was merely an employee and a stockholder when it came to theranos and that the company was run by holmes. the prosecution wants the jury to see them as very connected. they want to see them as co-conspirators and they'll get help by the guilty verdict against holmes amount the damaging things she said about balwani when she testified. >> and i thought the defense did a good job of humanizing mr. balwani after elizabeth holmes got on the stand and tarnished his reputation under oath. so they have a lot of work to do to get mr. balwani to relate to this jury and i thought they humanize

today jury selection starts in the trial of the former business partner and ex-boyfriend of elizabeth holmes. the charges he is facing. we have seen this happen with elizabeth's case. now there is the other side. >> a lot of people will talk about this. he is charged with the same counts of criminal wire fraud and conspiracy against incestors,. in the start up he served in different roles 2009 to 2016 including president and chief operating officer. he is charged with misrepresenting the technology as fast, accurate and cheap even while knowing wasn't able to produce reliable results. a reminder that? that holmes was convicted. holmes sentencing isn't scheduled until september. now for this trial six alternates in addition to the 12 that will sit on the jury will be selected. opening statements are scheduled for march 15th. the trial is expected to last up to 13 weeks. ? the studio. >>> a redding mom accused of faking her own kidnapping is out on bond and facing questions. >> sherri, how do you explain this? >> sherri pap ini kept her head down as she rushed out of jail surrounded by a crush

. >> jury selection began today in the criminal fraud trial of elizabeth holmes ex-boyfriend as therez reports, holmes herself could play a key role in this trial. >> reporter: dozens of jurors were questioned by the judge and attorneys in this case. indications we are getting here on the very first day of jury selection is that finding unbiased jurors who can serve and what will be a lengthy criminal trial is going to be a difficult process. >> reporter: sunny walked into federal court, accused of defrauding investors in the company he ran with his ex- girlfriend and business partner elizabeth holmes, who was convicted two months ago of four counts of fraud. >> what you will see the defense do here is to start from day one, distancing mr. ball lonnie from elizabeth holmes. >> reporter: steve clark is a former prosecutor and legal analyst. >> he is coming in with two strikes against him. thoroughness was shown to be a fraudulent company and ms. holmes accused him of being an abuser on the witness stand under oath. >> reporter: the judge has already dismissed several prospective jurors

and elizabeth holmes.signed between a lot of the parties here, but ultimately the facts of the case . what happened how theranos deceived people how elizabeth holmes conned people like wade michael on the former cfo of walgreens, who plays a really important role in this series. all of those facts are actually true, which was really surprising to a lot of people. but again, it's very dramatized . we don't know what those personal conversations were like , but definitely worth watching . in my opinion, and having seen the trial play out, and i'm seeing a lot of these characters take the witness stand. it's very interesting to see them portrayed by actors in this series. yeah, maybe some creative license there. but sometimes you know, as they say, the truth can be stranger than fiction. evan sernoffsky ktvu investigative reporter. thanks for sharing your insight with us and good luck covering the trial this week. thanks ali. well, you can stay with ktvu and ktvu .com as evan will be in court for much of the

the court docket for the former second in command at theranos and ex-boyfriend of the founder elizabeth holmes. opening arguments were going to start tomorrow, pushed back to wednesday. two months after holmes was found guilty on 4 of 11 charges. >>> cal tran back on track. train slammed into a service vehicle near san bruno station middle of the day, 13 people hurt. track was cleared and crews are working. cut down to 20 cars per day. less room but baby bullet service is suspended during repairs. won't be changes to evening and weekend service. >>> great start, beautiful weather. nice to see you. >> nice to see you both. 70s, sunshine, but a big turn coming our way. spring is almost here and rainfall coming. >> yay! >> it's really good to get raindrops across the bay area. microclimate forecast this afternoon, in san jose holding on to blue sky right now. hopefully could get lunch outside and you had to be back in the office today. not good enough for records but 71 in concord, 74 in livermore, santa rosa at 70, san jose 74. let me show you the coastline. seems like a tease, cloud cover latel

elizabeth holmes is so mysterious and puzzling, the brilliant performer who plays her still wonders whoe was in the beginning. reporter: as shown in the new limited series, she leaves stanford at 19, a college dropout founding her own company on a simple premise. >> what if you could testing your own home and what if it is was not a whole vial, adjusted job? reporter: she traced hundreds of millions of dollars only for it to go bust after she had become world famous. throw in a love affair with a key advisor, add the fact bothth will end up going on trial for fraud, and you have more than enough for hours of compelling tv. >> understanding what she was really thinking, that is part of what this is aiming to do. reporter: rebecca jarvis has been covering this story for eight years. >> you could hear a pin drop in this courtroom when elizabeth holmes took a stand. reporter: the series takes its title from her popular podcast. >> it started with questions. there were no assumptions, there was just curiosity. reporter: jarvis will continue to pursue the truth as elizabeth holmes appeals or

. >> for people who've testified at the elizabeth holmes trial, after having lived through the train wreck that was theranos and now have to rehash it again in the sunny balwani part of the trial, you're going to see emotional reactions. >> reporter: unlike the holmes case, balwani is not surrounded by cameras and court visitors, at least not now. they focus on the failure of and hope for theranos machines. >> rightnow it's following the same path, but it will hit a fork in the road, and that follows elizabeth holmes' accusations that a lot of it was sunny balwani. >> reporter: and remember she claimed that he was abusive both in their relationship and at theranos. scott budman, nbc bay area news. >> and scott has been following the theranos story from the beginning. be sure to follow him on twitter. you'll get live updates from inside the courtroom. his twitter handle @scottbudman. >>> we want to go to contra costa, all of this unfolding just before 2:00 this afternoon. >> the deadly shooting took place near taylor. >> marianne favro is live on scene and speaks to a witness who saw

his lawyers are expected to try to put distance between hem and elizabeth holmes. ready for the second theranos trial, this time, ramesh "sunny" balwani is on trial. holmes was found guilty on four counts. >> we really know theranos trial part one, this is part two. >> reporter: today jury selection. and it will be difficult to find people unaware of theranos. >> they probably had a pretty good sense of the elizabeth holmes trial but are at least willing to go into the sunny balwani trial with an open mind, willing to gauge the evidence presented to them as well as charges. >> reporter: and for balwani whom holmes testified was not only involved in theranos decisions but was also physically and mentally abusive, a challenging task to convince jurors that he was not a leader at the now-failed company. >> he's clearly one of the shot callers. >> reporter: jury selection continues tomorrow. among of the potential excuses jurors used today, plenty of work concerns, child care kearns concerns and one who said he volunteered to serve in the ukrainian army. >>> at packard

the former partner and ex- boyfriend of elizabeth holmes is charged with the same counts against doctors and patients brought against holmes. in january a jury found holmes guilty of three counts of wire fraud and one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud against investors. he is being tried separately because of holmes allegations of an abusive relationship. as to what we may expect he said opening statements the opportunity for lawyers on both sides to tell the jury what evidence they expect to present. >> we will hear from his attorneys what their defense will be and much as elizabeth holmes shifted much of the blame on him we can expect the opposite from his attorneys. >> we saw elizabeth holmes trial play out through several months. as far as this one it's hard to tell how long it'll last. opening statements are scheduled for 9:00 a.m. in san jose. >>> san francisco police will present a progress report today on its effort toward reform to the board of supervisors. results show they continued to stop, search and use force on black people far more often than any other race in 2021

balwani's trial starts today two months after his former girlfriend's elizabeth holmes. convicted on 4 of 11 counts stemming from accusations that she and balwani misled investors, doctors and patients about their blood testing technology. the trials were separated because holmes' defense centered on blaming balwani saying that he controlled her through mental and physical abuse. he has denied those claims. now, while his defense team may have gleaned from how her trial played out, so did the government attorneys who will prosecute him. >> i think what we will see here is the prosecution reviewing what it did and trying to make a more direct connection between sunny and statements that were made to doctors and patients so that they have a better chance of gaining a conviction on those counts as well. >> reporter: now, our legal analyst says that he doesn't expect balwani will take the stand in his own defense, and thus the steamy evidence related to their romantic relationship is unlikely to come up. this trial is expected to be shorter. the judge in this case is calling

actress amanda seyfried plays elizabeth holmes. amanda seyfried worked hard to deepen her voice like holmes. >> to change her voice like that and to create this persona that she did for elizabeth holmes was an astounding feat. i don't know how she did it. i think it must have been really tough for amanda. >> the show starts streaming on hulu tomorrow. >> there you have it. it played out right here in silicon valley, which is so interesting. >> we heard a little of that voice. sounds like she lowered it. s >> they didn't ask us to be >> we'll be waiting. >>> it's time to get a l that forecast. we are asking meteorologist kari hall to give us a look at what we can expect today. >> we are starting out with a lot of fog in some spots, clouds moving in in others and the rain still to the north of us, which is pretty much where it has been all season long. so finally it's going to start to make a move tomorrow. let's talk about what to expect. you can see the fog over san francisco now and the rain arrives tomorrow, and continues through

the defendant this time, elizabeth holmes' former boyfriend and business partner. lack the high drama that we got used to during the holmes trial. "today in the bay's" cierra johnson is live in san jose to show us how this trial is going to be different. >> reporter: yes, good morning, kris. in just a number of hours the jury selection for sunny balwani is expected to take place, and experts are saying it may take a little longer to select jurors because of the first trial and many may have formed an opinion about theranos and that situation. balwani faces the same charges as elizabeth holmes, wire fraud and conspiracy to fraud investors claiming that the technology that diagnosed dozens of diseases with a single drop of blood. opening statements are scheduled for tuesday, march 15th. in january holmes was convicted of four fraud and conspiracy counts, but only related to investors. our legal analyst says prosecutors may go harder on charges related to patients and doctors, but we are unlikely to see evidence related to holmes' allegation thas balwani abused her men

he had a connection to elizabeth holmes. much more on his case coming up at baba clock. >>> east bay principal says a person who lives in the house across the street from the school has gone too far. justin andrews shows us the controversial symbol hanging outside.'s >> reporter: if you look closely at this picture, upside down american flag with a swastika on it. plaster outside this house directly across the street from this christian school. >> they know enough about the symbol to note is very derogatory, very hateful, symbol that represents millions having been killed. >> reporter: the principal noticed that yesterday and thought it would be a good opportunity for a teachable moment for students asking about it. >> my son had asked what does that mean, i told him i really didn't know, i did not note if he was expressing a message of hate. >> reporter: the flag removed from the house while the swastika symbolizes hate, having it on their private property is free speech and does not violate the law, no matter how questiona

elizabeth holmes was a new mother when she stood trails some thought the jury would go easy on her stopt, convince the jury holmes couldn�*t, convince the jury that he is not a fraudster. now the asian markets have been rattled this week, after a surge of covid cases in china which led to fresh new lockdowns for over 50 million people. however they have bounced back today, with the hang seng opening 3% higher. let�*s see how the asian markets are faring today. let�*s cross over to our asia business hub of singapore, where monica millerjoins us. nice to see you. quite often you see a bit of a bounce back immediately after a big drop in share values, for the last couple of days but took us through our people seem to be more positive today. it through our people seem to be more positive today.— more positive today. it could be that investors _ more positive today. it could be that investors are - more positive today. it could be that investors are looking j be that investors are looking for a be that investors are looking fora bargain, because be that investors are looking for a bargain, b

have signaled they plan on calling many of the same witnesses as they did in the trial against elizabeth holmesns to be seen as whether holmes herself will take the stand reporting live at the federal courthouse in san jose evan sernoffsky ktvu fox two news following the case, seven thank you. the federal prison in dublin is short security cameras despite a request to get more five years ago. now that information, according to an aide from congresswoman jackie spears office, who took a tour of the prison earlier this month. in 2017, there was a request to install 52 cameras at fc dublin, but spears aides said they noticed 28 areas that are still lacking visual oversight. additionally, many of the cameras don't have a record function in an email, a spokeswoman for the warden said a task force is reviewing the infrastructure of the prison, which includes adding cameras to protect the safety and security of inmates. and staff. the security camera issue comes as four guards have been charged with sex crimes, including the former awarded there at the prison. but mary apple hasn't fallen and the ukra

he is charged with the same counts of criminal wire fraud and conspiracy as elizabeth holmes. the trial begins on wednesday. during holmes' time on the stand, she accused balwani of being abusive and controlling. a judge convicted holmes of three counts of wire fraud and one count of conspiracy against investors. her sentencing is set for september. >>> this morning we are moving you forward as the state transitions out of the pandemic. from medical experts to small business owners, this week we're focusing on the next steps. recently we went one-on-one with the top epidemiologist. we walked the her on the thoughts, endemic. >> it can mean different things to different people. it often means that we're more used to and has less impact as far as deaths and hospitalizations. but we absolutely need to be and are moving into this next phase of our response and really learning how to live with this virus and losing all the tools we've learned over the last two years on how to respond to this very smart virus that has really impacted our lives dramatically. >> and the kids right now,

elizabeth holmes is awaiting sentencing after being found guilty of defrauding investors.special tonight with the latest on this case abc 7's reggie key got some details from rebecca jarvis abc news correspondent and host of the podcast the dropout. let's talk about the sentencing which is still to come she could face up to 20 years in prison for being convicted on counts of defrauding investors. what do we think is actually going to happen? well, it's interesting reggie because the sentencing guidelines given the degree the amount of fraud that she's been convicted of above the 60 million dollar threshold. a lot of legal experts. tell me she could see more prison time as a result of that but legal experts also taken to consideration the fact that her co-conspirator sunny bell. wani is about to start his own trial and that the sentencing for elizabeth holmes was moved to after that to september. there's the possibility that her team is trying behind the scenes to work out some kind of deal with the government. i've talked to a lot of legal experts about a dozen and they sa

fraudulently was before he came on board. >> the defense did a good job humanizing sunny balwani after elizabeth holmes got on the stand and target tarnished his repetition under oath. >> they were indicted together their trials were separated after the holmes defense team accused the balwani being abusive. >>> a live look at of the port of oakland, city councilmember once oakland voters to decide the future of the new a's ballpark at howard turmoil. carol fyfe explained why she is sponsoring a ballot measure. >> in terms of the priorities in what residents want to see, the people who live in my district, the predominant voice does not align with what i'm hearing from city staff. >> the is president is opposed to the ballot measure, saying it would further delay the project. >>> still to come at 7:00 and streaming on cbs news bay area, an east bay family gets the answers they have been waiting for for 45 years. the evidence that helps crack a very cold case. >>> stunning video of wild wind long away everything from a truck to a bounce house. >>> good luck grabbing a yosemite campsite this summer. the l

he is the former boyfriend of elizabeth holmes.r. ktvu investigative reporter evan sernoffsky esma following the case and has the details from federal court in san jose. almost three months after a jury found theranos founder elizabeth holmes guilty of fraud trial against her right hand man began in san jose federal court sunny ball. wani arrived with his team of attorneys on tuesday prepared to face 10 counts of fraud and two counts of conspiracy. the defense is playing with the hand that they're dealt, and it's not a good hand. assistant u. s attorney bob leach laid out the prosecution's case first, reviving almost word for word, the arguments he used to convict homes. quote after joining theranos bell wannian homes began making grandiose, spectacular promises about the company's capabilities and accomplishments. leach said elwani lied to investors and patients. falsely claiming theranos is analyzers could do hundreds of tests with just a droplet of blood. alwani ran the company's testing lab and was the primary contact with inve

this comes 2 months after their nose founder elizabeth holmes was convicted. kron 4 sarah stinson live in san jose with more. good morning, sarah. sorry, sarah. we we couldn't hear your mic sorry, sarah. we will go back and check in with sarah and see. >> what happens with this criminal fraud trial today. this is the second executive. as we know. elizabeth holmes was on trial and media from around the country and around the world are interested in that. sarah is one of the live reporters that is there and we'll be seeing what happens with jury selection. it could be very difficult lot of publicity surrounding this case. >> a slight relief for drivers at the pump. but as kron four's, rob nesbitt explains the high cost of gas in the bay area won't be going anywhere any time soon. >> as the price continues to climb at the pump, we all want to know when relief is in sight this week, the price of crude oil fell trading below $110 a barrel. michelle, the naughty with aaa. northern california says the price of oil accounts for about 50% of what drivers pay for gas. s

chung was the first to testify against ceo elizabeth holmes last year., chung broke down in tears that testifying that she was followed and harassed after leaving theranos. >> after having lived through the train wreck that was theranos, and now have to rehash it again in the sunny balwani part of the trial, you're going to see emotional reactions. >> holmes was found guilty on four counts of investor fraud in january. >>> it stayed on the ground for nearry ten minutes. we're learning more about the tornado that hit new orleans last night. you're looking at a time lapse video from our camera there. now, we want to show you some drone video from arabi. that's the neighborhood where we get survivor stories emerging. one man described the twister as a "wizard of oz" ride. his daughter was on a breathing machine and trapped inside the house. firefighters were able to rescue her. she is recovering at a hospital. >>> it's happening at poultry farms across the country. a bird flu outbreak county send food prices soaring. cases have spread across 17 states. you

balwani faces the same charges as elizabeth holmes. wire fraud and conspiracy to defraud investors, doctors and patients. it was supposed to detect many diseases with a single drop of blood. in january, holmes was convicted on four fraud and conspiracy counts but only related to in57ors. our legal analysts say prosecutors may go harder on the charges related to patients and doctors but we're unlike to see any evidence related to holmes' allegations that he abused her both mentally and physically because they believe he is unlike will to take the stand. >> holmes took the stand. she is by everyone's account a very charismatic and appealing character. and that worked well for her to take the stand. sunny balwani doesn't have that kind of charismatic appeal. >> reporter: and they believe this trial will be shorter because they have decided the jurors will have longer days and fewer breaks. thus allowing the trial to go a little quicker. but again about, two hours ago, the jury selection process has begun. scott budman will pick the story u

what we can expect. >> he is the former business partner and former boyfriend of elizabeth holmes. charged the same counts of criminal wire fraud and conspiracy brought against holmes. is he accused of deceiving them by conducting misleading demonstrations and telling them that's company had an ongoing and profitable relationship with the military. he is charged with deceiving patients by misrepresenting the technology as fast, accurate and cheap even while knowing wasn't able to produce reliable results. in january a jury returned a verdict convicting him of three counts of wire fraud and one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud against investors. eyes will be on him, jury selection could continue into tomorrow as needed. opening statements scheduled for march 15th. in the newsroom. >> a long one there. >>> this morning a redding mom accused of faking her own kidnapping is bo and facing questions. >> how do you explain that? how do you explain this? >> sherri papini kept her head down as she rushed out of a jail surrounded by a crush of photographers. she is charged with fraud

. >>> and the trial elizabeth holmes' business partner is off to a bumpy start. why it can be a challenge just to seat a jury. store whrep you set your clock forward this weekend, it may be for the very last time. the new push to eliminate daylight saving time the assault on ukraine is sparking fears of another kind. cyber attacks. it's not just in ukraine but here at home. we spoke to an expert about what california is doing as his own family is in fear of lives. we spoke with a man who helms our state cyber defenses and he has a lot of stake personally when it comes to this particular conflict. >> our strategy is really to emphasize a good defense to start focused on prevention, detection, and really so if something bad does happen we're able to respond quickly and swiftly to minimize the cyber threat. >> he serves as the head of cyber security for the california department of technology and says his department is ratcheting up defenses as the russian war on ukraine continues. >> the threat is real. we're monitoring the situation in case it does spill over from

try to establish close ties between former theranos executive ball wanny and disgraced founder elizabeth holmes. yesterday the first full day of testimony in the fraud trial, the first witness, former employee and whistle-blower erica chong who also took the stand first in the holmes' trial. chung became emotional talking about being followed and harassed after leaving the company. one legal expert believes there's a lot of weight on the shoulders of a repeat witness. >> for people who testified at the elizabeth holmes trial, after having lived through the train wreck that was theranos and now have to rehash it again in the sonny ball wanny part of the trial, you're going to see emotional reactions. it's very emotional. >> balwani was the company's chief operating overs and formerly holmes' boyfriend. she is now waiting sentencing. that's holmes. testimony in his trial, balwani's trial, now takes a break until next tuesday. >> 4:37 right now. easing the load. still ahead on "today in the bay," the new help instacart will start offering to help grocery stores get in on the delivery game. >> also

homes and balwani are testified separately because elizabeth holmes tried to say that balwani abused her. he faces 12 counts of wire fraud and conspiracy to commit wall dust wire. chung broke down when she talked about who she addressed her concerns too. much of the questioning from the prosecutor was in the same in bozeman homes is trial. the difference was in the cross-examination by sunny balwani's attorney, jeffrey coopersmith. he commented on why we are seeing much of the same for the prosecution and why the defense has to work harder following was with homes is trial. >> for the government, they have had their case, they take it out of storage and they put it on with fine-tuning and they are ready to go. for mr. balwani, he is starting from scratch and he has to deal with the fact that a prior jury found sarah knows be fraudulent and what elizabeth holmes said about him on the stand. there is rid location that will have to take place >>'s attorneys are determined to prove he did not intend to commit conspiracy, saying he was not up north, not a scientist and relied on their nos

the dropout, it's an eight episode show that chronicles the rise and fall of elizabeth holmes, her characters nominated actress amanda side front. ktvu investigative reporter. brooks your excuse me. evan sernoffsky followed holmes's trial and conviction. he is fact checking this series. you can go to ktvu .com to see his breakdown of each episode. as it's released, but we have breaking news in connection with the russia invasion of ukraine. russian state media reports that russian military will observe a ceasefire in two areas of ukraine starting tomorrow. to allow civilians to evacuate will keep you posted and coming up next things get chippy between stanford and colorado and the pac 12 women's tournament sports director mark ibanez has the director mark ibanez has the highlights next when subway opened, they changed the fast food game. but sometimes, you gotta refresh, to be fresh. welcome to the eat fresh refresh we got the - wait, that's new. because we're refreshing the refresh. what? there's the new honey mustard chicken, the subway club, and the new baja turkey avocado with- new baja c

don't convict based on what you heard about elizabeth holmes and that's really important to the defense case. give us a fresh start his attorneys say he was an entrepreneur not a scientist and truly believed in what the company was doing. they say he invested millions of his own dollars and never sold any of the shares he had left attorneys say he relied on information that came from theranos scientists, and that's what he relayed to investors the first witnessed the court heard from today was former lab associate erica chung. she worked for theranos between 2013 and 2014. she says she quit because she was uncomfortable with the fact that they were testing on patients with technology. she felt wasn't reliable. she was questioned that link about what the theranos technology was able to do court ended today in the middle of her testimony, which is set to start back up tomorrow morning at 9:00. san jose zach fuentes abc 7 news someone has been taken into custody in connection with two fires that broke out along highway 4 near willow pass road in bay point. they burned three and a half acre