welcome back the spotlight on now not just a reminder that my guest on the show today is ileana so deputy communications minister of russia we're talking about the new and new system new electronic computerized system that will help. everybody around the world especially in russia you can see it right now here on the table see how the election process will be taking place in russia during the presidential election in your midst who has the man is the mastermind behind this whole system we've talked about how it's working now a couple of short maybe yes or no specific questions first of all is filming inside the polling stations absolutely legal yet it's absolutely legal because we. it's done by government and it's. a risk will be a big sign for all. but you spence and citizens that there is filming. filming is done so but still cam a person and training only station to vote. is then called me to how i mean if he doesn't want to be filmed is it possible to see him sound somehow not to get on screen. whirl i think. first of all we have four. the cameras. a little bit quiet in the room so th

he faces misdemeanor charges for allegedly grabbing and bruising the arm of his wife ileana lopez.ormer latin soap opera star denies the allegations against her husband. the jury pool is more than twice the usual number because the case is so high profile. >>> police are on the hunt for whoever shot a man and ran over him. officers responded to a shooting on l 8th avenue at 3:00 this morning. when they got there they saw several cars take off. officers found a 51-year-old man who had been shot in the head. he had also been run over by a car. the unidentified victim was pronounced dead at the scene. the mills bury police department is no more but it doesn't mean the criminals are off the hook. just after midnight the san mateo police department took over the police department. the movies aimed at saving the city money an estimated $7.1 million in the first year. the 14 sworn officers will still serve the milburn area while partnering with current sheriff employees. >> i think i would prefer to have our local police department but if we don't have the funds in the city coffers then i

attorneys for ileana lopez filed what's called a writ of mandate, asking for an appeals court to put an immediate stay in the domestic violence case against the sheriff. they say statements made by lopez to her neighbor should be protected because of attorney-client privilege, because that neighbor, ivory madison, graduated from law school, even though she has never passed the bar. the judge ruled the statements are admissible earlier this week, but agreed to bar them from the trial until the appeals court rules. the trial will go on as planned, but that specific exchange which is really key for the prosecution, cannot be brought up. >>> one of the largest meth busts in the nation went down in san jose. it all started when palo alto officers followed up on a stolen ipad investigation. that led them to an apartment in san jose, where they found 750 pounds of meth. that's worth $34 million. detectives cleared out all of the evidence from the home yesterday, including a meth lab. three people were arrested on state drug violations. >>> three oakland occupiers arrested for robbery late l

justas antony's ileana -- as skilling. >> it is quite different. >> can the government require you to buy cell phone? that would facilitate responding when you need emergency services. >> liberals counted everyone gets health care, even those who get -- who have no insurance. >> not fair, ruth debater ginsberg said. >> the people who do not practice it are making it more expensive for the people would do. >> the swing vote could be justice anthony kennedy. >> this is a step beyond what our cases have allowed. he wrestled with the claim that a requirement might be constitutional. >> the young person who was uninsured is approximately very close to affecting rates of insurance and the cost of providing medical care in a way that is not true in other industries. >> outside, both sides rallied. >> we have not waved the white flag of surrender on socialized medicine. >> the decisive battle will be among the nine justices. with justice kennedy here today not signaling support for the mandate, court watchers are guessing that obamacare looks likely to be declared unconstitutional when the de

. >> reporter: ileana lopez and her lawyers are fighting to keep the 52nd video out-of-court. it shows her bruised arm and she appears to be in an emotional state. the video was taken by her neighbor. lopez went to her home after she and her husband argued new year's eve. lopez says she went to madison because she wanted legal advice from her neighbor who had a law degree so she thought their conversation would be confidential. >> paula canny is lopez's lawyer are. >> i'm here to assert my client's privilege. her right as a client to restrain who she believes to be her attorney from disclosing things. >> reporter: lopez refused to cooperate and denounced the domestic violence charges as politically motivated. the video is the prosecutor's most critical piece of evidence. on monday the judge denied the motion to block it. today it was his wife's turn claiming she has the attorney-client privilege of confidentialallity. but the judge denied the motion saying that the attorney client rights did not apply here in part because the video was not being used as evidence against her. o

most of them were connected to this controversial videotape in which ileana lopez displays a bruise on her arm. it shouldn't be included in the trial against her husband. he was charged with domestic abuse after a new year's eve aroundp amount with lopez. in court, he said, the prosecutorers are so out of their minds to get him, that they trampled my client's rights. >> they've lost all sense of reason around this much. >> reporter: after the incident lopez went to the house of her neighbor in search of a lawyer, not a friend. madison, who studied law, shot the videotape, and now canny says it shouldn't have been turned over to the police because attorney/client privilege. she also wants the judge to remove the tape, because the district attorney's office attached images from it to court document which is made them accessible to the media and public. lopez didn't have standing to ask to remove the video since she is the alleged victim of the crime and not the one facing charges. barring an emergency intervention from a higher court, looks like the prospective jurors who reported for du

the court deciding that the appeal brought by the lawyer representing ileana lopez, mirkarimi's wife, was un. is now the defense team is challenging the videotape again. his attorneys want the tape excluded because prosecutors are attempting to use less than a minute of video to make up for the fact that lopez is refusing to testify. the team's last try at barring the video was shot down by the judge who ruled that a u.c. berkeley professor will be allowed to testify for the prosecution. that professor was the first person to ever write a textbook on the topic of domestic violence and has served as a consultant in 55 other domestic abuse trials. >>> the painful process is another step closer to completion. for the first of the families whose homes were destroyed in the san bruno pipeline explosion, they're moving back to the very place where the disaster leveled their neighborhood a year and a half ago, killing eight people. nbc bay area's monty francis has more live on when that will happen and how they feel about it. >> reporter: well, pg&e has promised to never again rebuild a gas

connected to a new year's eve incident in which he allegedly committed domestic violence against his wife ileana lopez. the plea deal includes probation, parenting or family counseling, and public apology to the witness ivory madison. gascon did not attend yesterday's hearing because of a knee surgery but a spokesman said he was adamant that he be required to deliver the apology. she reported the incident to police. >>> the family of the pay pal executive hit and killed by a train in menlo park says he suffered from bipolar disorder. the father of three from palo alto had recently taken a leave of absence from pay pal after he was diagnosed with depression and bipolar disorder. >> these individuals have hypo manic episodes and milder ups and the significant downs. and most of the time that they're ill it's in the down phase rather than the up phase. >> the director of stanford's mood disorders program says 2 of every 100 americans suffer from bipolar disorder which can be treated with medication. he was hit by a train on the ravenswood avenue in menlo park friday. it could take months for cal tr

s office responding to an appeal from ileana lopez's legal team in a bid to keep a controversial videotapeut of evidence. on the tape, lopez displays bruises on her arm. a decision on the video is come expecting this week, but but it could be appealed. both sides will attend a hearing friday to see whether u.c. domestic violence experts should be allowed to testify. >>> an undocumented immigrant was spared deportation. now that woman, a victim of domestic violence, is speaking out and encourage other others to do the same. her name is norma. in october of 2010 she called police to report abuse. she says when officers arrived, they took her into custody and began the process of deporting her. after a lengthy legal battle, immigration officials backed down. today norma and activists gathered in san francisco to celebrate and fight back against an immigration program called s-com. >> norma's inspired other people who have been the victims of s-com to share their story and push for bigger policy changes so it's norma's and other stories that have resulted in the trust act. >> supporters of the

ileana explanation today because there may not be one that can be supported better by what research might be able to uncover. but i sit in hearings with the national nuclear security administration and health institutes and other very high level high energy pie competency level democracies in this government, and i would be shocked if all the team with this kind of appreciated number between 2008 and 2009 so i will give you a chance to comment about that significant jump in one year. but for the record i would like to see the justification in where we are headed on this path to the estimate we certainly provide a more detailed explanation. dalia understand from our staff that in that period from 08 to 09 a certain class on the pay scale went from just under 150. we will get back to you on whether that is the explanation. i can certainly tell you in my time as chairman there was no effort to say but since with the salaries of employees, and i suspect the explanation will be something like the one report. >> certainly you and the commissioner but every that on paper in front of the discerni

. >>> meanwhile, a 55-second video allegedly showing mirkarimi's wife, ileana lopez with a bruise ont ask a video what their he motivations were, what happened before, what happened after. >> a panel of 144 possible jurors are scheduled to be questioned on monday. however, the trial judge must still consider a defense motion for a change of venue. >>> the top cop in pleasant hill is disputing accusations that crime is on the rise in his city. earlier this week, the pleasant hill police officers association issued a press release, stating violent crime is increasing in that small east bay city. but in response, chief pete dunbar said yesterday the number of crimes is consistent with the numbers in previous years, except for last year when he says the numbers were down. the union contends a spike in crime is stretching the department's resources. the chief says the city is still very safe. >>> cameras will keep an eye on students, staff, and school grounds in lafayette. the lafayette school district governing board has approved four cameras at lafayette elementary school and stanley mi

ileana lopez will visit her sick father for five weeks.is undergoing chemotherapy and the family court judge ruled lopez can go but must return no later than april 28th. mirkarimi can have daily contact with his son by telephone or skype. prosecutors and mirkarimi's case claim he and his wife had argued over taking their son to venezuela. >>> in our election 2012 coverage, it is primary day in louisiana, and rick santorum is hoping for a win in the state by focusing on energy. [audio not understandable] polls show him leading in louisiana but analysts say mitt romney needs a win in the south to hoe he can connect with conservative voters there. >> i appreciate the support i got from puerto rico to lil today and i hope i get the same from louisiana! >> mitt romney has nearly half of the dell gets needed to win the nomination. 20 delegates are at stake today and another 26 will be awarded later. the secret service has launched an investigation after a threatening comment at one of rick santorum's louisiana campaign stops. coming up in just n

just as important a wall has fiscal year 2013 request is 44.8 ileana gross budget authority, because of fha, the cost to the taxpayers on the dirty 5.3 billion, 7.3% below the fiscal year 2012 enacted level. more than maybe our deficit reduction target will still allowing us to improve oversight of our core program. the second principle is to develop our budget was protect current residents had approved the program that serve them. the 5.4 million families who live in assisted housing or intent as in $200 per year as a medium and more than half are elderly or disabled. that is way 83% of our budget if you both recognize keeps these residents in their homes and provides basic upkeep to public housing will also can continue to serve our most vulnerable populations who are homeless programs. as you know, inflation and stagnant incomes over pressure on the cost of programs each year. this year we doubled our efforts to minimize the need in these increases, not just for this year but the years to come. for instance, we are working with your colleagues to enact section at reform legislatio

even the democrat party is opposed to congresswoman ileana ros-lehtinen's commonsense legislation, house resolution 2829. this bill seeks more transparency and accountability within the united nations and -- united nations, an organization that allows countries like china, cuba, saudi arabia and others to control the human rights council. the bill also requires steps to be taken to dismantle terrorist infrastructures and arrest terrorists, control palestinian security organizations and end the incitement to violence and hatred in the palestinian media, educational institutions and mosques. and most importantly it requires the united nations to recognize israel's right to exist as a jewish state. i am pleased to support this legislation and commend my florida colleague, the chairwoman of the committee on foreign affairs, for introducing this legislation. mr. speaker, let's be clear. there is no greater threat to israel and the united states today than the development of nuclear weapons by iran. president obama has tried to take the diplomatic route when negotiating with iran, but that is