case against ross mirkarimi is speaking for the first time about what happened. >> it's his wife, illiana lopez. dan noyes traveled to venezuela to get the interview and dan is here now. she says she wants to set the record straight. >> when we met this weekend lopez never dodged a question. she introduced me to her family and talked about the impact the case had on her 3-year-old son. >> thank you for being here and coming to venezuela and welcome. i hope you enjoy this beautiful city. >> i met lopez in her hometown over the weekend. she's gone there to be comforted by her family. she walked me through the controversy and including what she believes was her biggest mistake, confiding in a neighbor. >> i was shocked of course. and. >>... were you angry? >> in that moment so confused like she didn't have my permission. >> from that point your life changed?. >> yes. and then, i understood she's not my friend. >> step back. >> she told me the scandal moved quickly and authorities took steps that hurt the family, including separating the couple with a restraining order. they haven't been able to go

francisco suggestion spended sheriff ross mirkarimi responding to an i team interview with his wife illiana lopez. and he is escaping the domestic violence scandal. >> there is maybe i will get divorced with ross. but i'm very close with him in this fight this, is about justice. >> i made a mistake. in reacting intensely to a quarrel my wife and i had. i grabbed her arm. and i caused a bruise. and i will regret that. it will be sorry for that. but no way, shape and form does that disqualify me from being sheriff. >> we'll have more of the interview with mirkarimi on abc 7 news at 6:00. then at 11:00 lopez answers the question, will she ever return to san francisco? >> there is a safeway clerk back at work with back pay after being suspended for defending a pregnant woman being kicked by her boyfriend. the town's police chief says ryan young did the right thing but safeway suspended him fr a month. and caved of a union file aid grievance. >> and a sickness during pregnancy that increases chances of having an autistic child. >> and science students point out a major flaw with high school classs. >>

. >> and from her home town in venezuela, illiana lopez is speaking out. during the domestic violence case against ross mirkarimi the district attorney released stills from the video showing a bruise on lopez's arm. and if i were a woman in domestic violence situation, if i were really a woman who is terrified how this can help me? this could destroy me completely. if i am in san francisco with theo how you can deal with that? if i were a victim? >> and this interview airs tonight at 11:00. >> a female partner of one of skal -- silicon valley's prominent venture capital firms is suing for discrimination. she's been a partner since 2005. her lawsuit claims she's faced six years of problems since rejecting the sexual advances of a male colleague. she issued a statement saying it regrets the situation sk litigated and believes a suit is without merit. >> and let's move to consumer news, soon it will be easy for cable tv customers to get free access to wi-fi. >> there is information about who gets free access. >> yes. >> and there is customers that will have f

his wife, illiana lopez hugging their son. >> she's gorgeous. >> mirkarimi hasn't seen illiana since january 13th. the courts ish cued a protective order. it's something neither ross nor illiana wanted. >> system would allow us to go to counseling together. i can't provide. i mean, i'm so, dying to be able to reunite and repair and rebuild. i want our son to have his parents together. >> we have our problems as a marriage. that we have to deal with that. i wanted to deal with that in a healthy way. >> the couple had a long running disagreement over illiana running to -- returning to venezuela often, she was home sick and ross worked too much but it boiled over new year's eve on the way to get pizza for lunch. she turned the family van around and headed home. >> and then, we came back home. and i said, okay. we cannot talk. and he grabbed my arm. and in the fierce moment i said stop. stop it. and he reacted like oh, my gosh. and i said, okay. let's go inside. >> he got it. he understood he shouldn't touch. he let go. >> immediately. i said stop. he stopped. >> i want to understand at

and illiana lopez is telling her story tonight to abc 7 news i team. >> i found her to be a strong woman who feels her husband paid enough for the price for what he did. over the weekend i flew to venezuela, hometown for lopez, she's taken the couple's 3-year-old son there to escape the domestic violence scandal that could cost the sheriff his job. >> it's important to see another side of the story. it's important people realize that we're human beings. and she answers all my questions and whether she will return to san francisco. part one of the interview will air tomorrow night on abc 7 news at 11:00. and tonight i'll have a follow up into the meat glue, the meat industry uses meat glue to bind steaks into whole fillets. how one company is selling a product that puts meat back together. >> it's fine for any business to want to do things that are sense dwroibl do so. i don't think it's okay to cut their costs by deceiving the public. >> and there is some restaurants trying to distance them selfs from meat glue telling us they don't use. we'll tell you which ones tonight at 11:00. >> and