her name is jodi. >> jodi arias. the woman travis met in las vegas two years before. >> we were there for a convention. our company had had a big event there. i was there in las vegas with him. >> travis alexander was a motivational speaker. compelling and effective. he was also a close friend and co-worker of david hughes in the fall of 2006. >> and i knew that he was single, and he was always looking for ms. alexander. >> enter saleswoman and aspiring photographer, jodi arias. >> and i told travis, hey, there's this cute girl i work with, you should meet her and he said introduce me. so i introduced them and then they were able to develop a relationship pretty quickly from there. >> they met in vegas. the night they met, it seemed that they -- things heated up very quickly. because jodi arias has said within a week or so they're having sex in the car. >> jodi and travis had an instant physical connection. a whirlwind romance. but a long distance one with her in palm desert, california, and him five hours away in me

jodi arias." monday, june 9, 2008, 90 minutes to midnight in mesa arizona community, mountain ranch. nobody had heard from travis alexander in five days. a handful of concerned friends went look for him. they found their friend, pale and lifeless on the shower floor. travis' bed had 29 stab marks including the slash across his nick from ear to ear. there was a 25 caliber gunshot wound over his right eyebrow and massive amounts of blood all over the master suite. his friends had immediate suspicion as but who did it. jodi arias. the woman travis met in las vegas two years before. >> we were there for a convention, our company had a big event there. i was there in las vegas with him. >> travis! >> travis alexander was a motivational speaker, compelling and effective. he was also a close friend and co-worker of david hughes, in the fall of 2006. >> i knew he was single. and he was always looking for missal ex ander. >> enter sales woman and aspiring photographer, jodi arias. >> i told travis, hey, t

well, because, jodi arias. she also passed the time singing, "oh holy night" the jury took 15 hours to find her guilty of murder in the first degree. since that verdict, one jodi arias, glasses and fingers, has spent most of her time in jail celling artwork online. she recentlyff these particular glasses here before the ones she wore at the trial. she claims that she gives all of the money to charity. fox news cannot confirm that. claudia cowen is live. how did things start in court today? >> the lawyers are still making their opening statements. the defense going first, talking about the turbulent relationship between the victim and his convicted murderer, and warning the jury nose to base their verdict soley on the graphic and violent evidence they're going to see. these pictures just coming in from the courthouse. you÷2fn see jodi arias with her new, shorter hairdo, and no bangs, and her parents are in the family as well as family and trended ko trended of travis alexander. for prosecutors this is the last

>> yes. >> we were there when ronnie married jodie.hey exchanged rings at a wedding, they had chosen a more permanent symbol of commitment prior to their nuptials. >> he tattooed my portrait on him, i tattooed him on my whole leg. it was like our little bond. he was released june 4th, 2009. i picked him up. it was wonderful. he was the husband any woman would dream of, you know? he pampered me, he spoiled me and then things just started to change and go down for the worst. >> just ten months after ronnie's release from prison, the couple separated and then divorced a short time later. >> when you get with a man in prison, you got to make sure it's a very sincere thing because it's a game in there. men find women to take advantage of them. >> but jodie believed ronnie was not one of those men and that the love she shared with him was genuine. ronnie, however, tells a different story. >> no, that was a front. i loved her money. if i wouldn't have married her, the money would have stopped. >> is this a common thing for guys inside to marr

so, jody said please help me.he would say things like mom, if i were a little diogu wouldn't have any problem with this, please how long can you watch me suffer. and -- >> you're a dog, you're talking about this is your daughter. at any point in time did you ever try to talk her out of it? >> oh, wait a minute. yes, that's my daughter. i used to say to her jody there's a little difference you're my daughter and not my dog. she would pat my hand and say mom i understand. give me time. give me time. i tried once in the spring and remember she's bed ridden. she can't move. she has no bones left. remember, no other medical person touched her because she knew she was dying as a result of medical neglect. so i gave all care. i gave all procedures. i was with her 24/7. so she said help me die. i said okay, okay, okay. well, helping a terminally person die who is addicted to pain medication is a nightmare and you're not going call a doctor or a pharmacy way back then. it's a felony. there was i and there was jody so my fi

. >> this is jodi six months before she died. >> in 1985, jodi started to experience severe back achesrs appointments, medical tests, no clear diagnosis. >> they all tell me i have a daughter who is a drug addict and i'm a naive mother. >> she knew this was not true. jodi was deteriorating quickly, so patty rushed her to san diego. more appointments, more tests, and the results were earth shattering. >> when the doctor called me back, he was crying. and he said she doesn't have any bones left. doesn't have any bones left. >> bone cancer from her head to her toes. the 25-year-old would never leave her bed again. >> she was never going to go into a restaurant that she loved to do. she was not going to go to a movie. she was not going to make love again. her whole life was over. >> even at a young age, jodi's strength shined through. >> she looked at me and said, you have to help me die. >> a nurse practitioner, patty was no stranger to suffering. but her battle to help the terminally ill had only just begun. >> i stood at her bedside that last day and she said, cross your heart and promi

never. >> just one second, let me ask you this, jody. what do you think would have happened if you hadn't confronted the officer, jody? >> i think what would have happened. she would have opened his bag. he has a small zipper bags that he carries a few simple little tools that he can do simple little assistance things, such as, you know, pruning snippers, dandelion digger. i think she would have opened the bag, looked at the tools and gone to the conclusion that he would be using those to enter homes. even though when she first saw him, he was standing there talking to a neighbor's garde r gardener. it was just clearly her presumption of he was guilty until she could figure out that he wasn't. that's just not how our country works. >> let me ask you, separate from this incident, but we've seen a lot of recordings of interactions with police. will these videos change the relationship communities have with police? >> well, it's going to be a struggle right now, to be honest with you, reverend sharpton. what's going to occur over time, hope

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reporting live in walnut creek, jodi hernandez, nbc bay area news. >> jodi, thank you. >>> more breaking news to tell you about. virgin galactic said its spaceship two space tourism rocket has created an in-flight anomaly during a test flight. this happens down in the mojave desert. first responders are headed to the area. the chp says officers are responding to a report of a crash. spaceship two has been under development. spaceship one was not equipped with an ejection seat. spaceship two has two pilots. we do not know their fate at this point. we do have crews headed to the scene. we'll bring you more information as it becomes available. >>> and back to our parade coverage. it is so close you could almost taste it. the giants world series parade is almost ready to begin. those folks have been waiting patiently, some of them since 7:00 this morning. >> in fact, we've been seeing shower activity since about 7:40. you can see the rain, even in pacifica, more is on the way. we'll get you to the all-important trick or treating forecast after that. >> as we leave you, let's get to know madi

reporting live in san leandro, i'm jodi hernandez, nbc bay area news. >>> thank you, jodi. now to a developing story on the ebola crisis. the first person to contract the deadly virus outside of africa is now being treated. a nurse in madrid, spain, is reported in stable condition. she was part of the medical team that treated the spanish priest who was transported back to spain last month after catching the virus in sierra leone. the priest died within days. >>> the latest american to contract the virus is back on u.s. soil tonight. freelance photographer, ashoka mukpo arrived in nebraska this morning. he was able to walk off the plane and on to a gurney on his own. the 33-year-old is being treated at nebraska medical center, which successfully treated another ebola patient last month. mukpo was diagnosed last week in liberia while working with chief medical correspondent, dr. nancy snyderman but believes he was infected before that. >> he was filming inside the clinic and around the clinic. he had a lot of opportunity to be exposed. he does remember an instance where he w

a new chapter in the jodi arias drama. a second jury in place to determine if the woman who convicted of killing her boyfriend lives or ties. >> and how will this play out in the new trial? >> they are supposed to save lives, and now an urj end warning for millions of drivers to get their air bags fixed because of a potentially deadly defect. >> and mystery solved. a hero who pulled a man from a house engulfed in flames is identified. it is all "happening now". >> and our top story on this tuesday. jodi arias, back in court as a new jury will decide whether she gets the death penalty of the brutal murder of her boyfriend. >> i am jon scott. >> and i am shannon bream in for jenna. jodi faces life in prison or the death penalty. arias was convicted of first-degree murder for shooting and stabbing and slitting the throat of her boyfriend. claudia has the details. >> hi, shannon, key players are taking their seats inside of the phoenix courtroom where the new jury will be sworn in. the lawyers will try to get one juror to like

. >>> more jury drama in jodi jodi arias' sentencing trial, how it could effect the convicted murderer'sla is a serious threat -- ebola is a serious threat to public health around the world. an outbreak in an american city or any major city of the world could be very costly to contain and could have major economic impacts. yesterday's news was a doctor in new york city tested positive for ebola, and this is particularly distressing. shannon: ebola hits home again, now in america's largest city. and the patient is a doctor just home from west africa. dr. craig spencer indicated on facebook that he left for guinea about september 18th. that's where he spent nearly a month working with with ebola patients for the group doctors without borders. october 14th he left guinea, after stopping in europe, he stopped at jfk airport in new york october 17th. he started to check his temperature twice a day. this past tuesday officials say he started to feel tired. wednesday dr. spencer went to a popular bowling alley in brooklyn with his fiancee and another couple, and he said he felt fatigued. yester

i'm jodi hernandez, nbc bay area news. >> revealing new e-mails and word of a new investigation into what appears to be a cozy relationship between pg&e and state regulators. pg&e today reported a new series of e-mails connected to the public utilities commission. those new e-mails violated the rules about private back room negotiates with p.u.c. regulators. one of them indicates regulators asked for a $1 million indication from pg&e. utility today also announced federal prosecutors are investigating the e-mails and that the company is cooperating with that investigation. >> same-sex marriage expands to more states today because the u.s. supreme court did not take action. by refusing to hear cases from five states seeking bans on same-sex marriage, the high court's silence means same-sex couples now get married in virginia, indiana, wisconsin, utah and oklahoma. six more states are bound by those same rules. that means gay marriage will now be legal in 30 states total and the district of columbia. but the issue is not settled because states can still ban gay marriage and lower courts

. >>> i'm jodi hernandez in concord where a neighborhood is on edge after surveillance video shows a car burglar somehow getting access into a keyless locked car. are the bad guys going high tech? the story coming up. >>> i'm scott budman. they're students and their curriculum is up in space. coming up, meet the young people controlling the satellite. >>> and good afternoon, i'm meteorologist jeff ranieri. it was a warm day across the bay not only inland but check it out, san francisco 82 and as well in pacifica. we'll talk more about a dramatic shift in our temperatures and our halloween storm system and how much rain we'll pick up in about five minutes. >>> then at 6:00, san jose pd has a problem and a new development shows how bad it really is. >> something is going to have to change that makes the job more attractive. >> people who say they want a career in law enforcement don't want to work in san jose. that's new at 6:00. >>> it is quick and it is quiet. you're watching a burglar in the east bay. and look, the car thief doesn't leave any smashed windows behind. that's because h

congratulations to jody. your chance to win is coming up later in our show. >> you need thursday's buzz word, be at least 18 years old and a legal u.s. resident. >> the buzz word is coming up. >> the rtm ipad mini give away is coming up. >> sometimes i get home sick. i miss asia every now and again. it's a cool place. another video from hong kong takes me back from when i was a kid, traveling through the cities. they are going through the harbor tunnel, doing shopping, eating food. doing this typical hong kong tourism stuff. they go inside an elevator. they are carrying gopros and they are wearing masks. actually, you've seen them before it's the guy that went up to that massive tower in shanghai where they are above the clouds. they are at it again in hong kong. this time they did something a little bit different. they find a ladder to the roof. boom, we are up on the roof with a great view of hong kong. i figured out they're on the china online center. >> they are going to take a picture and walk back downs

jodi? >> reporter: that's right. the east bayhills are covered with thousands of fire friendly trees. eucalyptus trees like the one behind me. the oil content in the trees is so high, they can act like torches. and with the current drought and fire conditions that we're dealing with, many say it's a disaster in the making. caltrans crews have been busy trying to clear the brush and weeds in the hillside along highway 24 in oakland. as an expected october heatwave inches in, putting folks who live in the fire prone east bay hills on edge. >> can't wait until the fire is coming over the hill to do something. about it. >> those are all eucalyptus. there may be some pine interspersed in there. but those are mostly eucalyptus. >> reporter: and the trees that blanket the area couldn't be more flammable. thousands of nonnative oil-laden eucalyptus trees could act like fire torches if ignited. >> it's a very dry conditions like we have now and wind. those things together with just the -- a cigarette butt could cause this thi

jody watches our show on fox 11 in los angeles. for everybody else, your chance to win an ipad mini is coming up later in our show. >> you need thursday's buzz word, be 18 years old and a legal u.s. resident. >> buzz word in a little bit. >> get ready. the rtm ipad mini give away is coming right up. >> this dude is going to attempt to cross this bridge. it's not terribly high over the water, not very long. he is explaining it's going to be quite difficult to cross the bridge on foot. >> no. on a motorcycle. no big deal. >> he's going over the top. >> no way. >> way. >> how do you do this and not fall off? >> he is worried about catching one of those metal poles and worried about traffic on the bridge. there he goes right down the other side. i was hoping he would go up and over the second half. no. it's difficult there. there's some bars that are connecting. he doesn't have the room he needs to make it back up and over. flourishes with a wheelie off the rest of the bridge. stunt successful. there is not even a seat on the bike. >>

a new chapter in the jodi arias drama.jury in place to determine if the woman who convicted of killing her boyfriend lives or ties. >> and how will this

this new jury hearing about the same old jodi arias.rdered her boyfriend and then lied all about it. but if you think her defense team can't come up with something new, think again. convicted killer jodi arias has a new look. her demur dark hair is shorter. and also new, the strategy to save her life. at least twice in opening statements tuesday, her attorney kaurled her a troubled, mentally ill young woman. that's quite a change from she told the first jury, she was a battered woman forced to kill travis alexander after a fight in 2008. >> he attacked me and i defended myself. >> reporter: but the first jury didn't buy it and convicted her of first-degree murder. this retrial is only about whether the 34-year-old should die or spend the rest of her life in prison. fiery prosecutor juan martinez wants her on death row. and he started the argument documenting what he called a slaughter. a successful mormon businessman shot and repeatedly stabbed as he showers at the hands of his ex-girlfriend. 18 jurors, 12 plus 6 alternates. overwhelmin

. >> reporter: for the past nine years, jody and terry have been a team in the emergency room at john muir medical center in weekend. >> we're like sisters. we mess with each other during the day, you know,. >> reporter: because of their jobs, they understand the frailty of life. in an instant you can be blindsided when jody learned she had the same kidney disease that killed her grandfather, mother and uncle. >> sure enough i had it. and maybe two years ago was when everything started to really hit and, um, my kidneys started failing really bad. >> when she started getting sick, that's when i start getting worried because i know she has kids. she is a single parent. >> reporter: jody started dialysis but new she would eventually need a kidney transplant. >> i figured i would never know the donor. they said there was an 8.5-year waiting list for me. >> reporter: just as their personalities clicked so did their blood types and teri surprised her with the offer to donate a kidney. >> are you serious? why, you don't want me to? no, of course i do. but i mean it was really a -- wow. >> sh

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. >>> it is almost time for the jodi arias trial take two.ona gets underway today. an evidence hearing. the jury convicted arias last year of murdering her boyfriend, travis alexander, back in 2008, but was deadlocked on whether she should receive the death penalty. here it goes again. retrial sentencing for jodi arias. >>> 25 minutes after the hour. a cruise ship with a quarantined passenger makes it home as some of the people in dallas that may have been exposed to ebola reach the 21-day milestone in their observation. quarantine over. a key milestone. but what's next? that's coming up. know that no two mouths are the same. that's why there's a listerine® product for every mouth. one to clean your whole mouth. one for those hard to reach places. one to protect kids mouths from cavities. even one to freshen breath on-the-go. with over 100 years of innovation in oral care... there's a listerine® product for every mouth in your house. for cleaner, healthier mouths go beyond brushing alone. listerine®. power to your mouth ™. >>> breaking overni

jody hernandez has more on "operation road trip," a story that's new at 5:00. >> what we're seeing as part of this operation is the very large crystal standards here -- >> reporter: you're looking at picture of pure, potent crystal meth, hidden in cans of food and water coolers. and recently uncovered and seized in contra costa county by a department of justice-led drug task force. >> this is the biggest seizure of methamphetamine in the history of contra costa county. law enforcement seized 475 pounds of meth, street value of $18 million. >> with the amazing quantity of methamphetamine that we have, with the quality of methamphetamine, with the ease with which it's being brought up through the highways with the assistance of the drug tasking cartels of mexico, we are overwhelmed with methamphetamine in contra costa county. >> reporter: drug traffickers connected to a mexican drug cartel have been bringing huge amounts of methamphetamine up through california, using major highways to get them to contra costa county where the drugs are then distributed to the rest of the bay area and o

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reporting live in vallejo, i'm jodi hernandez, nbc bay area news. >>> happening now.et week is officially under way. take a look at san francisco live, the transamerica pyramid, and you see the fog in the background coming in over the bay. not really covering it entirely. but right there along the embarcadero, that area to the right of the transamerica, where much of fleet week activities will be taking place to honor and celebrate the men and women in the military. weekend events are expected to draw 1 million people to the city. i think most of them are coming to see that. the biggest attraction i think is the return of the blue angels. the team already practicing in preparation for their big performances this weekend. >>> after you watch the blue angels you've got to watch the giants play. >> yes. >> playoff fever in full force headed into a big weekend. st. louis will be the place to be when the giants take on the card that wills in game one of the championship series. >> the team getting down to business following an emotional four-game series against the washing

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matt gutman, abc miami. >>> now to jodi arias for her sentencing retrial.f she gets the death penalty or life in prison for the brutal stabbing of her boyfriend. ryan owens has been on it since the start. >> reporter: good morning. opening statements in just a couple of hours. this new jury will likely hear from many of the same witnesses, including the star of this legal melodrama, jodi arias herself. >> were you crying when you were stabbing him? >> i don't remember. >> reporter: it's the sensational murder trial that riveted this country for month and this morning, act two begins. with the now 34-year-old jodi arias once again staring death in the face. >> i thought i'd rather die. but now i can't in good conscience ask you to sentence me to death. >> reporter: in may of last year, the jury that convicted her of murdering her boyfriend, travis alexander, couldn't decide if she should receive the death penalty. >> i have received your note wish unable to come to a unanimous decision. >> reporter: so the penalty phase starts again. >> travis victor alexand

reporting live in oakland, i'm jodi hernandez, nbc bay area news. >>> election day as you might knownd while bay area candidates are making their final push, election offices are worried about staffing the polling stations. leaders say they'll still need about 500 poll workers to be on standby to work next tuesday. the county is especially in need of bilingual workers. meantime, workers are already processing vote by mail ballots. of the 581,000 sent out, 75,000 are already in. our election coverage continues online at nbcbayarea.com. just click on our election guide. it's a tab right on the front page. there you'll get information on key races, polling places, and results. >>> unlocking secrets from the past using some local technology. >> what it unlocks is sound. and it was very valuable to a san francisco man. garvin thomas is here with our bay area proud series. >> reporter: that technology makes a digital map of the surface of old recordings, and then turns them into sound. it has been used on some very historic recordings, and very personal ones as well. there is a place in an

jody hernandez was there as nurses marched to the front steps of kaiser oakland. >> we are nina pham! >> reporter: hundreds of kaiser nurses from northern california are banding together. they marched through the streets of oakland to kaiser headquarters today to demand greater protection from ebola. >> personal protective equipment, adequate training, which means hands-on training. not just a video. >> reporter: kaiser nurses say they have not been properly trained and claim the necessary protective equipment isn't available. the infection of two nurses in texas has them terrified. >> i'm personally upset and i actually am afraid. if someone slips through the cracks like mr. duncan, what's going to happen? >> if one of us gets exposed we have ties to our community. the whole community is going to be exposed if we get sick. >> reporter: kaiser has declined to speak on camera but in a statement the director of medical operations says they're reinforcing training by distributing educational materials and issuing a video. he says they're fully prepared. >> just a power point presentation

nbc bay area's jodi hernandez joins us from the oracle arena with details of this e-mail. jodi? >> reporter: that e-mail is definitely causing a stir but the players who tip off their season tomorrow night followed by the first home game of the season here on saturday seem to be taking it in stride. players may be focused on tomorrow's season opener against the sacramento kings but they're also fielding questions about a controversial e-mail sent out by the team's co-owner. >> i know peter. i know him personally and have talked to him and doesn't sound like something he would say. >> reporter: in an e-mail responding to the team's diverse international roster, he wrote i'm writing rosetta stone. he said he intended to write yiddish and it was either a typo or case of auto correct. >> a lot of people are saying things they think they can get away with because they have money. >> reporter: many fans are crying foul. players and the head coach say they'll give a pass. >> from what i know of peter, he's a straightforward guy and a guy that's always been great with everybody on the t

. >>> i'm jody hernandez. in oakland, firefighters pulled off a dangerous high-stakes rescue. and i do mean high. after window washers found themselves in quite a predicament. >>> that will probably be the thanks i can give her. >> a heartwarming story, a second chance for a high school sports star who was in trouble with the law. the teacher who helped turn his life around. >>> at 6:00, a record number of out-of-state students. are they really taking the place of california kids at uc schools? >> it's become such a sensitive issue, important issue. >> we go one on one with janet napolitano in "classing." insurance companies are spending millions of dollars trying to mislead you about the effects of proposition 46. well here's the truth: 46 will save lives. it will save money too. i'm bob pack, and i'm fighting for prop 46 because i lost my two children to preventable medical errors and i don't want anyone else to lose theirs. the three provisions in 46 will reduce medical errors and protect patients. save money and save lives. yes on 46. >>>. >> a dramatic rescue in downtown

. >> and audiotapes. >> the trial of jodi ann arias. >> we the jury, find the defendant as to count onerst degree murder, guilty. >> though unanimous on their verdict, the jury deadlocked on the right penalty for arias. >> justice for travis! >> this is a case, thi a

jodi jones, thank you so much for being with us.ppreciate it. >> thank you. >>> with just two weeks until the midterms, congress has officially entered unchartered territory. i'm not talking about negative ads, i'm talking about money. big, big money. try $100 million in the north carolina senate race. that's some money. that's pitting democratic incumbent kay hagen against republican tom tillis. it's shaping up to be one of the most expensive races in senate history. north carolina is not alone, mind you. in kentucky, the battle between mitch mcconnell and alison lundgren grimes is also expected to top the $100 million mark. what does this mean for future and c candidates and voters like you and me. joining me to talk about this, doug heye, former chief of staff for john cantor and john avalon, editor of the daily beast. welcome to you both. >> thank you. >> morning, a girl. >> good morning. doug, you're from north carolina, you woerked on three campaigns there. is the senate seat in your state worth $103 million? >> well, i think

another jury already convicted jody arias of stabbing her boy friend more than two dozen times.ting him in the face and slashing his neck from ear to ear. now it's time to decide whether she should get the death penalty as well. we'll speak with the defense attorney who sat through the original trial and says was in court again today. that's top of the hour on shepherd smith reporting. see you then. >> thank you, shep. >>> a frightening new warning that may affect your car. millions of people being urged to fix something that's supposed to protect them in a crash. how it could spark exploding shrapnel in your car, your airbag. a report you absolutely must hear. >>> world famous burger joint unveiling its latest heart attack. move over, homer simpson. all hail the doh-nut. plus this. ♪ ♪ a heart so big it can touch ♪ >> a touching new documentary showing country legend glen campbell like you have never seen him before. his new song and his struggles with a debilitating disease when his wife kim joins me just ahead. ♪ many americans who have prescriptions fail to stay on them. tha

reporting live in contra costa county, i'm jodi hernandez, nbc bay area news. >>> thank you, jodi. this isn't the only case involving a dark cloud over the chp. another officer was a is cuesed of downloading and sharing porn while on and off duty. investigators found an external hard drive with pornographic videos of children inside his car. he is currently out on bail. >>> a new twist on a story we broke earlier this week. tonight, several people are sick after drinking tap water contaminated with e. coli. san jose water company says it's still not safe to drink water in hundreds of homes in this neighborhood. michelle roberts joins us from sidney drive in east san jose where crews have been testing the water. michelle, what's the delay? >> reporter: they're making sure it's safe before they give the all clear. the earliest that will happen on sunday. they're going around to neighborhood hoses and taking samples from that and from hydrants in the area, making sure that this is safe to drink. san jose water company is flushing out the pipes on sidney drive to clear out the water co

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nbc bay area's jodi hernandez is at the skieser in walnut creek. jodi, this could be a very big statement. >> reporter: it's a big statement. nurses say over a critical issue. protecting nurses and their patients from ebola. in less than two weeks from now, nurses say they will walk the picket line outside this kaiser permanente medical center in walnut creek and at others across the bay area. >> we are going to strike, and we're going to strike as long as it takes. >> reporter: that's the pledge from national nurses united. fed up with what they call a lack of ebola protections at hospitals across the country, nurses say they'll hold a national day of action on november 12th. >> we've given these hospitals across the country so much time, it's disgraceful. they should have acted before we act. >> nurses are incredibly concerned. we, again, are being asked to potentially care for patients with with a deadly virus and put our lives on the line. >> reporter: kaiser nurses say they'll take it a step further, holding a two-day strike. some 18,000 nurse

reporting live in san ramon, i'm jodi hernandez, nbc bay area news. >> okay, thank you, jodi. now, the fight against ebola is getting a cash infusion from facebook. mark zuckerberg and his wife today announced a $25 million donation to the centers to disease control. the money will go to help fight the spread of ebola in west africa. the cdc is coordinating hundreds of staffers there. it will provide supplies like protective equipment, generators, and thermal scanners, which help detect fever. >>> well, this was not a productive day for a lot of people in the bay area. the giants were on, and who can work when there's torture to be had, and ultimately, a dramatic giants win. >> a lot of people distracted in the newsroom. a wild afternoon at the ballpark as the giants move one step closer to the world series. let's start with mark at at&t park. >> reporter: well, a lot of happy people in the bay area tonight, jessica. you know, at 5:00, we talked about how much it costs to get into a playoff game. tonight at 6:00, we want to show you the people that are making the money. and ri

initially jody arias denied having anything to do with it.unable to determine whether or not she should get the death penalty. so now we're looking at the death penalty phase. we have 12 jurors, eight alternates. they have to unanimously decide whether jody arias will get the death penalty this time around. if they aren't able to come to that conclusion, if all 12 jurors are not able to unanimously say jodi arias gets death, the judge will take over and there will be two options. jodi arias will spend the rest of her life in prison without the possibility of parole, or the judge will decide that jodi arias can spend the rest of her life in prison with a possibility of parole after 25 calendar years. again, the jury is expected in the courtroom at 10:00 o'clock this morning. opening statements will be held shortly after. back to you. >> all right. anita roman live with the latest. thank you. >>> coming up straight ahead, she runs the most popular family on reality tv. now kris jenner is here with her latest money making plan. it was on her buc

. >> the sentencing retrial of jody areas. abo -- jodi arias. 300 jurors were dismissed yesterday. they said they could not be impartial. she was convicted of murdering her husband last bmay but they couldn't decide if she should be sentenced to death or life in prison. >> millions of your hard earned tax dollars think spent more than 100 million spent $100 million bringing back trucks. they could have saved money by giving the trucks to will the allies there. the cost per truck to be shipped back more than 107,000 dollars. they came into our country illegal little now you will be paying for them to stay. the obama administration shellings out $9 million for the ten answer of thousands of illegal immigrant children who crossed the border this year. majority going to the dc metro division where there has been a surge of illegal children. >> it is not every day that we as journalists become part of the toer re. one camera rarper is now being hailed a hero. cameron poland was reporting on a missing 10-year-old paul fagan when they spotd the child hiding in a nearby yard. they quickly

thank you. >>> now to the dramatic day in jodi arias' death penalty retrial.ler is fighting for her life. and the judge kicked out almost everyone in the court for a mystery witness. ryan owens has that story. >> reporter: jodi arias now has one final shot to convince the jury to spare her life. thursday, the 34-year-old's defense called a secret witness. >> it appears that the first defense witness does not want the media in the courtroom while he or she testifies. >> reporter: unlike the first sensational trial when every raunchy and riveting detail was live, the sentencing is controlled. no live tv coverage, just a series of pictures every day like these. before the mystery witness, they heard from travis alexander's family. just like in the first trial, travis' little brother went other the gruesome death he must have had when arias stabbed and shot him. >> how much did he suffer and scream? >> reporter: and heard from one of his tearful sisters. travis was our strength, our motivati motivation, and his presence has been ripped from our lives. they believe