they've got crystal holloway, also known as river cruz. she's got some aliases. >> this is the volunteer looking for the child. >> right. who says she had an affair with george anthony. they have her waiting in the wings. they put george up first and let her say i did not have a romantic relationship with her, and secondly, and this is huge, suzanne, i never said to her that this was an accident, that snowballed out of control. i did not say that ever. so you better believe we're going to see the defense calling crystal holloway, also known as river cruz, to the stand to refute that and say absolutely, we had an affair. >> to prove he's a liar, he's not credible. holly, stay with us. we will be following all the twists and turns of the casey anthony trial. clearly, they're trying to throw everything they've got into this, into the defense, and we expect that this will continue about 1:30 or so this afternoon. also want to get you up to speed on other big stories that we're following today. there is a raging wildfire chasing everybody out o

this really makes 19th and holloway saber. there are so many older, disabled residents in parkmerced who have been there for years and years and years. it helps everybody. it helps the business is, and it -- it helps the businesses, and it will hopefully will encourage students to bring it less cars into our neighborhood. i think it is a great program. >> my name is jeannie scott. i am faculty at san francisco state university. i agree with everything the other two said, but what i really want to see happen is the m-line get out of the middle of 19th street and come to the side of san francisco state. i use the m, as well as the students. it is narrow and dangerous. there are a lot of backpacks, a lot of jostling, a lot of waiting. thank you. chairman nolan: ok, then we have a recommendation in front of us. is there a second? >> second. chairman nolan: all those in favor, say aye. >> item 12 -- chairman nolan: before we do that, our distinguished former chairman is here. i do not know if you would like to say anything. would y

anthony, do you know a woman boit name of crystal holloway?ow her by that name and also another name. >> what other name do you know her by? >> river cruz. >> did you have a romantic relationship with her? >> no, sir. no. to me that's -- that's very funny. >> very funny. >> yes,sir. >> and were you ever intimate with her? >> no, sir. and that's also very funny. >> reporter: george anthony maintains that holloway was just a volunteer who helped look for his granddaughter. the defense alleges that george anthony in a moment of intimacy confessed to holloway that his granddaughter's death was an accident that snowballed out of control. >> did you, prior to finding your granddaughter, tell crystal holloway or river cruz that caylee's death was an accident that snow bald out of control? >> well, sir, to clarify your question i never found my granddaughter. to this day i never found her. and to say that i had said something to her about that's been stated or even by you here that something might have snowballed out of control, that conversation i wa

he's also linked to the disappearance of american teen natalie holloway in aruba. the peruvian victim was killed last year in a hotel room. her father was expected at today's hearing. >>> president obama discusses the road ahead for the u.s. in afghanistan. he's holding a videoconference with afghan president hammond car syne. president obama is deciding the size and scope of u.s. troop withdrawal in afghanistan. that is scheduled to begin next month. >>> nato's involvement in the war in libya just got extended by three months. for days nato warplanes have been battling gadhafi's compound in tripoli, but yesterday gadhafi told state television he would not surrender. >>> in syria, the violence between the government and protesters is setting off a humanitarian crisis. tens of thousands of refugees are flooding out of syria's border towns, that is according to several witnesses. 120 refugees were reportedly allowed into neighboring turkey. while 100 more stood at the border fence chanting and waving the syrian flag. >>> the ash cloud from a chilean volcano has reach

did he take up with this woman, crystal holloway, a volunteer, who joined the search for caylee and inveal a secret? >> you never told crystal holloway, while the two of you were being romantic, that this was an accident that snowballed out of control? >> objection. assumes a fact not in evidence. >> reporter: the defense claims 2-year-old caylee was not murdered but rather she drowned in the backyard swimming pool, and casey's father, george, helped his daughter cover it up. >> so the record to be clear, the answer is yes or no, mr. anthony? >> would you ask that one more time, please? >> you never told her, this was an accident that snowballed out of control? >> never did. >> reporter: george left the stand, looked at his daughter, casey at the defense table barely acknowledged her own dad. george and his wife, cindy, awkwardly face each other. moments later, their son, lee, testified he believed his sister's story that caylee had been abducted by the nanny. >> you were completely sold on the lies that your sister had told you? >> yes and no. >> reporter: all three members of the ant

he's been linked to the alabama teenager, natalee holloway, who vanished.last year in a hotel room. patricia, what are you learning? what is today's evidence hearing about? >> reporter: well, right now the father of the woman that joran van der sloot is accused of murdering is inside and in this hearing there is no cameras, no press people allowed. the purpose is to identify stephany flores' alleged personal belongs that van der sloot had with him when he was found in chile. we're also told that surveillance video is going to be shown provided by one of the local municipalities where you see van der sloot and stephany flores on the sleets. >> we know that there could be a crime of passion plea, which will result in a shortened sentencing. and when i say short, three to five years. what can you tell me about that? >> well, van der sloot is trying to get the crime of passion plea providing that maximum sentence is 25 years for murder. but there's no way right now that he has a case because forensic tests has shown that van der sloot searched the internet for

imagine putting 10,000 people right there at the corner of 19th and holloway. it will not make things easier unless there is significant transportation improvements as part of the project. we need to do what we can on the capital side. i would also point to work we were able to accomplish last year in bringing efficiencies to the way we negotiate bus driver contracts through the passage of proposition g. the great deal of savings will result from that. those dollars will go to improve operations. >> what about parking and traffic? is it safe for pedestrians? >> i do not think there is a block in the district that i have not heard from one resident who has asked for a speed bump or stop sign. it is all in the eye of the beholder, particularly if you live there it is just not safe. that says a lot about what we need to do in terms of enforcement. we have great loss on the book. but if they're not getting in forced, -- we have great laws on the book, but if they're not getting in forced. we need to improve that area. >> let's talk about crime. how do you think the

many and know station holloway, which as i understand it, is the most heavily-used muni station on the line and the site of injuries due to conflicts. this project would move that station in to the site, add two new stations to the l track for significance public benefit. there are a host of transit improvements that are probably too extensive to go into in great detail. they all support the transit- oriented goal of the project in general. now more focused on sfpuc -- a development agreement incorporates my referenced and sustainability plan. the sustainability plan incorporates all the resource requirements of the development and sets ambitious goals which the project sponsor has filled out. the development agreement works in coordination with the sustainability and development plan to make sure that sfpuc can monitor progress on those goals. specifically, those goals are -- i will move quickly through this -- a substantial reduction in per-capita energy and carbon output. this is achieved through exceeding standards it through substantial investment in alternative or non-carbon base

he tells me that george and cindy believe it crystal holloway is "disturbed".y they know crystal holloway because she was one of the volunteers looking for caylee's body, but they say none of this is true, that she is disturbed and they are very unhappy that she's come forward claiming this. >> also, it is a telling point that apparently she said to police that she did not have an affair with george anthony, but she did say to the national enquirer, which i'm guessing paid her -- or maybe they didn't even need to pay her -- but she told the national enquirer they did have an affair that. certainly speaks to her credibility. >> right. and that's something the attorneys cited, too. she told police one thing, she told the national enquirer something else. but either way he stressed to me, they feel she is truly disturbed. that's their allegation. >> yeah. all right, good to know. gary, appreciate it. a lot more forensic testimony today plus the bombshell from george and cindy anthony's lawyer. joining me now jean kazarae and dr. michael hunter, chief medical exami

>> this is crystal holloway that was testifying. we just saw a clip of her. i don't think that she was, suzanne. she was supposed to be the big bombshell that was going to imbeach george anthony, and impeach is a legal term that says prove you're a liar. she took money for interviews from the "national enquirer," and she did not insert herself in the case until after they were public figures, george and cindy unfortunately thrusts into the limelight because of tragedy, and i will say to lighten up the mood a little bit, crystal holloway has what we call an alias, another name she goes by, and the other name that she goes by is river cruz. that got me to thinking. everybody should have an alias. i have one for you. you are will car ride and i will be car trip. we have river cruz covered. no, she is is not effective. >> tell us about the whole line of questioning. you had george, and cindy, and lee, the brother, all of them being requested about how the family pets -- and they were a ton of them it seems like that died in their care, and they buried with plasti

what they have now done is call this woman, krystal holloway to the stand.oh, no, we did have an affair. >> in her apartment. >> she is a little upset he not claiming it and naming it, okay? what she wants is she wants to be able to tell the world this is my story. so if the defense can prove to the jury, if they think that she is credible and that is what it all comes down to, then they can argue george is a liar, a big, fat liar. obviously, he must be lying when he denied sexual abuse. obviously, he must be lying when he denies knowing anything about this drowned little baby. so that is where they are going. the judge will charge the jury at the end of this case on what the law is. and one of the instructions we are going to hear him give is credibility of witnesses and he is going to say to that jury, credibility of witnesses for you and you alone to decide. it doesn't matter what the attorneys think, it doesn't matter what i think. and, p.s., if you find somebody not credible, you can throw out all of their testimony. you don't have to listen to one thin

that snowballed out of control because now what they're going to do, they're going to bring crystal holloway to the stand, the alleged mistress, and she's going to testify to something different, but what will be interesting to see is how she explains the fact that she's got an alias of river cruz and we'll be able to see if they can impeach her because the state will be able to cross examine her. she's been convicted of fraud. typically in our legal system, you can't bring up people's prior bad acts, but if it is a felony or if it is an act of deception, a crime of deception, which fraud is, then it can be brought in. so i will be interested to see if the state goes that route, if the judge allows it and once again, you're looking at credibility of witnesses. is george anthony a monster or is this woman lying to get her 15 minutes of fame? >> i want to ask you about roy kronk. he's the meter reader. he was also brought back to court today and put on the stand. the defense has always suggested that he had intentionally taken caylee's body and hid it. what did you make of his testimony today?

all along holloway, san francisco state has bought. on the south end of the project, we have a vacant lot that has been sold off. undoubtedly, if there is a no- project alternative, that process will continue. what is the downside of that? one of the wonderful aspects of parkmerced is the nature of the community and the way, whether you are on the east and or no. and, it is what -- or the north anend, it is one community. without this project, the community goes away. that is not what i want to see for the residents of parkmerced. it is important the remain intact. on that front, we need to address what it means for the city. if that bifurcation happens, if it gets split up, the city loses the ability to master plan the area. we lose all the transportation benefits. with the san francisco state example, what happens with them? they bought all those apartments. they bought all those parts of public. we lost all the property taxes. when san francisco state buys property, they are not paying us property taxes. they want to expand. they ne

killed on the 19th and holloway by a muni bus. i know the problem we are faced with. i have three kids next door. two kids across the street. one graduated -- and i counted, within two minutes, five cars going the wrong way. this is a very dangerous corridor. this is the danger of the 19th quarter. this needs to be addressed. and this project has addressed all of these concerns. i have been born and raised here. >> please come forward if your name is called. >> is so with the united public workers for action, and i think we have here is a case of a grand jury that says that there are serious problems with this. what you are trying to do you are trying to run this through without proper comment. we get 15 pages from a supervisor who is running for mayor. you are trying to push this through without proper discussion or analysis. the fact of the matter -- they are bad actors. the people who pay contributions to push this thing forward. these are the bad actors. this is a union busting proposition. they increased the age in retirement. in san francisco and this hearing, t

holloway said she's prepared to testify about what she says mr.er in 2008 before his granddaughter's rye mains were found. >> what did george tell you about that? >> that it was an accident that snowballed out of control. i don't believe that george picked the body up like they said. i think it was an accident. >> well, more on this development in just a moment. first though day 24 in the trial many today the defense called a string of expert witnesses to testify about dna and duct tape and leaves. but the question is, did the testimony actually help or hurt the defense's case? gary tuchman was in the courtroom. he joins us now. >> reporter: casey anthony often covers her mouth in court when she talks to her attorneys. she doesn't want others to read her lips. but if she was asking how day was going, a candid answer would have been not so great. >> my name is richard -- >> reporter: the defense is now calling its witnesses. this is the time where anthony's attorneys have the best chance to bolster their case. dna scientist richard eicllenblun was

he was arrested twice before, but never charged in the disappearance of natalie holloway when she wasaduation trip in aruba back in 2005. her body has never been found. >> of stories are investigating what caused a goodyear blimp to crashed and burst into flames in central germany. the crash happened on sunday. three passengers jumped out of a window to survive. the pilot died. the sudden loss of weight causes the balloon to thrust into the air and in a burst into flames. >> nato forces bombarded an area near gaddafi's compounds. in the eastern part of the country near misrata, rebel forces have been fighting for four days. they had to halt their advance due to a lack of supplies. syrian tanks are pushing towards the border with turkey. the government has been expanding its crackdown where they say 120 troops were killed by protesters. activists say more than 1400 syrians have died and more than 10,000 detained since the popular uprising began in mid march. >> much more ahead on the kron 4 morning news. on the other side of this great, full weather in a traffic report. we have a coupl

of her father george once again comes under scrutiny of george anthony's alleged mistress krystal holloway on the stand right now prosecutors cross-examining her the defense has not produced one thing that they stated they were going to give the jury in opening statements and i think they were i of course we get into this any further kind does break one quick statement who the hell decided that mark berman the last title is that you saw in that clip was a good person to go on t.v. and talk about the trial i don't forget this is the guy who. is accused of planting evidence and basically bungling the o.j. simpson police case like he really screwed up and that's fox news broader talk about casey anthony and you guys must be getting really desperate maybe everybody else is so sick about talking about this that they refuse to come on or maybe maybe you're just getting even more stupid as the last brain cells of cable news teams fade away after devoting their lives to gossip and non news anyway i don't even think that i can begin to explain to you the joy that i feel the thought of this trial go

. >>> and joran van der sloot, the man suspected in the disappearance of natalie holloway, but this timeesident obama picked to be the next u.s. ambassador to afghanistan is being grilled on capitol hill. a confirmation hearing take place for career diplomat ryan crocker. >>> "daily show" host jon stewart good friends with anthony weiner. or maybe you heard. it turns out weiner-gate has hurt stewart on many levels. check out the mock news conference last night. >> that's not good. [ laughter ] >> i'm probably going to need to go to the hospital. >>> there's definitely no rest for the weiner in today's "political buzz." each of our brilliant political observers gets 20 seconds to answer three probing questions we probably all need margaritas now. dana lohse is a cnn contributor and ahead party leader, and robert trainham. guys, first question, broken glass on the daily show, broken alliances on capitol hill. is it worth defending weiner? cornel? >> no, and i would like to reserve the balance of my time, madam speaker, for the other questions. >> okay. my goodness. dana? >> i agree with co

van der sloot is also the prime suspect in the disappearance of natalee holloway in aruba, a case forhich he's never been charged. >>> the mayor of alameda says there will be changes after a man drowned while firefighters and police stood on the beach. alameda residents packed a public meeting last night and told the mayor and interim police chief what they thought of the memorial day incident. some said the crews who stood by should be the subject of a criminal investigation. but city leaders say the emergency workers had not been trained to deal with the situation and that could have put them in danger. >> in the future, the fire department commander on the scene will have the discretion to send swimmers into the water -- >> alameda's fire department says it will restore funding for water rescue training by next month. witnesses say it looked like 53- year-old raymond zach was trying to commit suicide when he walked out into the water fully clothed. >>> 7:20. the federal government taking major action after yesterday's deadly crash of a tour bus. investigators think the drive's -- t

the maid claims that he chased her down a holloway in his suite at a midtown hotel last month and forced her to perform a sex act on him but the attorney indicating that his defense may be that the entire thing was consensual. and the former heads of the international monetary fund facing numerous charges including attempted rape. the most serious offense, a criminal sex act in the first-degree could mean 25 years behind bars. and now, our reporter is outside the supreme court in new york city. any word whether the made will testify in this case? >>reporter: the maid will have to testify. the prosecution needs her testimony in order to get the charges to stick. now, there is plenty of d.n.a. evidence in this case. however, remember, the defense's argument is going to be that the sex was consensual so that to there was d.n.a. found on the uniform and the carpet and the bed, if it was consensual that would throw out the state's case. however, the maid has now lawyered up for a second time, hiring two attorneys that come out and said that she is a single mother who worked at a maid at times

van der sloot is also the prime suspect in the disappearance of alabama teen natalee holloway in aruba back in 2005. >>> president obama's counterinsurgency strategy, only meeting limited success in afghanistan. that is a sobering assessment of a two-year senate foreign relations committee investigation. the report says billions of dollars in foreign aid to afghanistan over the past decade may have been spent in vain, because the country may not survive a u.s. troop withdrawal set to begin next month. the report also urges president obama to rethink his overall war strategy. mr. obama is schedule odd to have a telly conference with afghan fred hamid karzai later today. more on this story in about 30 minutes in our "globe trekking" segment. >>> and in dallas, chalk up a big win for the mavericks, evening the nba championships at two games apiece. a win over the miami heat last night. the big man for the mavericks, their big man, dirk nowitzki, fighting a sinus infection, scored 10 of his 21 points in the final period. game five tomorrow night in dallas. not to be missed. >>> congressman

he was arrested twice but never charged in the disappearance of natalie holloway.dent from here in the u.s. disappeared during a graduation trip to aruba in 2005. >>> well, arizona's wallow fire it has burned close to half a million acres. this could become the largest wild fire in arizona's history today. still not clear but estimated to have burned up to 463,000 acres. arizona's largest fire burned about 468,000 acres in 2002. officials say 31 homes have been destroyed by the wallow fire. that's less than were lost nine years ago. officials say that's because of preventive measures like thinning forests. >>> it's now official, investigators say an arsonist is responsible for two early morning fires in the berkeley hills last week. they started just about the same time just a block apart. police are still searching for the arsonist who they view as very dangerous. the fire started while people in the two homes were sound asleep but fortunately no one was hurt. >>> time is now 6:19. a novato man facing several charges after police say he threatened a woman with arr

i used to clean up in the holloways and things like that. so i was cleaning up and i seen -- well, i heard first a lot of noise. and when i looked down the hall, i saw this lady in the hallway. she seemed a little nervous, and the guys were on both sides of her asking her a lot of questions and just basically heckling her. so i walked down there casually acting like i was cleaning up and things like that. and i got to her and i told her, you move to the side just a little bit they wouldn't be able to see you. you won't have to worry about them bothering you. so she moved to the side, and she started asking me about -- asking me about my case. so i told her that i had been there almost five years. and she said, what's going on? she said -- i told her that it was nothing. i don't know. what's going on? and she said you don't know? is there any motions? is a trial set or anything like that? i said, no. i don't know. so she said who's your judge? who's your state's attorney and we talked and she said she knew both of them. and after a while she

he's the prime suspect in the disappearance of alabama teen natalee holloway in aruba. >>> here's howenager's driving lesson ended with the family minivan in the lake. the girl, her aunt, aunt's mother were rescued. police say the aunt was giving the 14-year-old a lesson when she unintentionally accelerated, breaking through a barrier and going into the water. when young drivers have accidents that's almost always what happens. they think they're putting their foot on the brake and they gas it. >> we have ten years before we have to worry about that. >> that's right. >> still smarting from learning how to drive let alone teaching someone to learn how to drive. >>> volunteers scrambling to build up levees along the swollen missouri rivers. in pierre they've swamped dozens of homes and businesses. iowa, missouri and nebraska are bracing for flooding. >>> a family in seminole county, florida, found a bear who decided to take a dip in their hot tub. it's a bear that fish and wildlife officials have been trying to trap for weeks. she brought her cubs into the area for a visit. neighbors ar

people are hoping the levees will natalee holloway but for a lot of folks it's already just too late. >> my sister called me and her husband, her parents' house is totally under water now. so it's tough. >> have you gotten other calls? >> yeah. i got my brother-in-law's house, my dad's house is all under water now. >> we'll be checking in with reynolds wolf to get the latest in just a moment. >>> also at least two people are dead after a tractor-trailer hit a moving amtrak train near reno, nevada. train caught fire. some people jumped from that train trying to get away from that fire. authorities trying to figure out if there are more victims in the burned out train car. listen to one guy. >> get hit by something, a big ball of fire or something, jumped out the window. >> you jumped out the window? >> yes. >> the train was moving. i thought it would tip over. it didn't. i saw people flying on the other side of the train. >>> also a story that just had a lot of people shaking their heads around the newsroom this morning. live ammo used instead of blanks at a wild west re-enactment in s

he was arrested for the disappearance of natalee holloway. she disappeared during a school trip to aruba in 2005. >>> happening right now, president obama is in san juan puerto rico. there is a live picture of the president and a few other dignitaries. this is the first visit to puerto rico in 50 years. the last one was 196 1 when president kennedy and his wife made a trip to the island. this visit is desined to boost his popularity. puerto ricans living 0 the island cannot vote in the presidential elections but nearly 5 million who live on mainland u.s. have full voting rights. president will be in puerto rico for about five hours today. >>> a legal battle over same- sex marriage getting -- gets personal. the big decision expected sometime this morning. >>> also an eye had opening study on sleep and how it affects married people. >>> also, new money problems for the dodgers. we'll bring you a live report on that from los angeles. we share. shop from anywhere. and are always connected. we live in a social world. isn't it time we had a social

the main suspect in the disappearance of an alloy holloway in a row but back in 2005. >> we will be rightutes as the kron 4 morning news continues. a big day on wall street in the wrong direction. up 128 yesterday, the dow is now down 185 today. the dow is now at 12,384. hawks faugh when when >> we are following in the market updates, stocks are down since the opening of trading. they are down about 188 pence at 12,382 which is none did. if some of the reasons are on weekends jobs, stocks are sliding as a result. we have been monitoring this situation right here on the kron 4 morning news and of course we will update you as stocks are tumbling on this wednesday morning. >> the rain is falling, heavy in some points. on the golden gate bridge and to the north, on the left san francisco. those clouds are pretty dark. there are already drops, lens. >> we are certainly starting to see during pick up on the golden gate bridge and downtown san francisco. here is a shot from the downtown camera. you concede the raindrops on the lens and a lot of cloud cover. overcast conditions, you may have noti

. >> reporter: think wang da holloway, the texas so-called cheerleader man supposedly hired a hit man someone. she would be so devastated she wouldn't try out and her daughter would get a spot on the squad then this man offered someone money to injure an autistic player. everyone had to play three innings and downs didn't want to use the autistic player. and he served jail time and has been barred from coaching in that town forever. he is expected to be back in court on wednesday. she's not commented on the case and told her husband didn't know anything about any of these letters. >> i hope not. i don't know what she can say. tell us what you think. do parents get too worked up? vote now using the "gma" app on your iphone or android or on our website, abcnews.com/gma. >>> bristol palin has a new book out. she is telling all. on every purchase, e miles so me and my lads earned a trip to san francisco twice as fast! we get double miles every time we use our card... i'll take these two... ...no matter what we're buying. ...and all of those. and since double miles add up fast, we can brin

van der sloot is a one-time suspect in the disappearance of alabama teenager natalee holloway. >>> beginninglegal in illinois. that means same-sex couples can enjoy many of the rights usually reserved for married couple which is include hospital visitation, the ability to make emergency decisions for their partners and adoption. five other states plus d.c. have similar laws. >>> will and kate, a month after their wedding, a never-before-seen photo is featured on the cover of "vanity fair." the magazine also has details of the couple's honeymoon. >>> exposure to cell phone radiation might cause cancer. elizabeth cohen has been following this. the word might is in there which says to me, i don't know what to think about this. >> they use the word possibly. >> that makes it better. >> cell phones possibly being a carcinogens for humans. this say big deal, the first time a big respected group said there might be a link here, a possible link here. before everyone said there's no there there. saying there is there there is a big deal. it puts sell phones in a category along with things like lead a