but roommate and teammate kevin carroll remembered that night differently, a far more reluctant witness, he told prosecutors he didn't notice anything unusual about huguely. said carroll, i just thought he was really, really druchblg the defense started its case, calling a toxicologist to the stand as its first witness, dr. al phones pokehis testified that yeardley love's blood alcohol level was closer to .16 or .17. his testimony contradicts state's toxicologist who said it was .14. said pokehis, her emotions would be out of control he also said love's coordination and judgment would be impaired. and coming up at 6:00, i will tell you about a heated moment in the courtroom between the prosecutor and that first defense witness. for now, reporting live from charlottesville, i'm julie carey, news4. >> thank you, julie. >>> for the first time, metro is publicly taking responsibility for the deadliest crash in the transit system's history. metro and three equipment companies that provide equipment for metro admitted legal responsibility for the accident that killed nine people on the red li

there was one awkward exchange between a former teammate kevin carroll, who seemed to forget a lot of details from that night. the commonwealth showed him a report he gave to police and asked him if it jog his memory, and he replied know. many are wondering how could defense will handle its witnesses over the next several days we asked a virginia criminal law expert what we could expect. >> it seems pretty clear that what they will talk about mostly is expert stuff, the cause of death analysis, the kind of things that have been spending the last couple of days cross- examining about. >> as far as the defense, it made a motion to drop all the charges in the case except grand larceny, but that motion was denied after a brief argument. the first witness was a toxicologist from virginia commonwealth university testified that even though love's blood alcohol content -- the following a witness was a neuropathologist specialist from chicago. the doctor was brought in to counter testimony piven by two state neuropathologist tuesday who claimed her brain had evidence of blunt force trauma. he

my name is kevin carroll, the executive director of the hotel council of san francisco. i thank you for bringing the america's cup to san francisco. i have had the pleasure of working in this industry, and we are ready, willing, and able to bring an end welcome the visitors who will come to san francisco and do it at our hotels. someone spends $300 in the hotel, they spend $700 in the neighboring businesses, both large and small, and the fluctuation of additional people helps all of us and grows the business for the city and the city of san francisco. also, the opportunity to market san francisco as a global destination, which it already is, but getting the word out and showing that we can bring an event like this to san francisco will help us for generations to come with more visitors helping with the work we're doing. the addition of a world-class cruise ship terminal on our waterfront that can be used both for cruise ships and other events will help grow and really expand what is happening with all of the excitement on the waterfront. we're very much in support of the

our next is kevin carroll part of the fisherman wharfs community ben fict district. it's a nonprofit that markets fisherman's wharf and work through public planning, bustification programs. the fisherman wharf community benefit program has a peer safe program to prepare for and respond to disasters. the organization has partnered with the san francisco fire department to host a neighborhood emergency response team trainings that resulted more than 400 community members being certified. kevin will look back how the loma prieta earthquake affected the important commercial and residential area around the fisherman wharf's area to form the community benefit district serving the neighborhood to this date. >> good morning. 22 years ago i was working in hayward, california, and i thought i was prepared. when the earthquake hit, growing up in california i learned to dive under my desk, which i did, and walker in the parking lot and didn't know what to do next when people were telling us what happened and we were trying to figure out what to do. i had $1.25 in my pocket and i

but roommate and teammate kevin carroll remembered that night differently. a far more reluctant witness, he told prosecutors he didn't notice anything unusual about huguely. said carroll, i just thought he was really, really drunk. the defense started its case, calling a toxicologist to the stand as its first witness, dr. alfonse pokelis testified that yeardley love's blood alcohol level was closer to .16 or .17. his testimony contradicts the state's toxicologist who said it was .14. said pokelis, her emotions would be out of control. he also said love's coordination and judgment would be impaired. prosecutor dave chapman challenged his assessment, questioning if the doctor asked how her metabolism might have been affected as her head injury caused her heart to slow. the doctor said he hadn't seen anything to cause her heart to slow and stop. an angry chapman snapped back, she must be alive still today. the defense of george huguely will continue with its witnesses tomorrow morning. live in charlottesville, julie carey, news4. >> thank you. >>> a prominent l

kevin durant. he played like one of the three or quarter best players in the nba. he had 36 and wins the nba awards. the west wins the all-star game. catholic league boys' tournament. john carroll against mount st. joseph's. st. joseph's in the white led by cameron williams. he is an impressive young man. rodney elliott. st. joe's down 9 at the half. williams was the tournament mvp. young made 11 of 11 free throws. the 41st catholic league crown. both teams are headed to the prestigious tournament in cumberland. the daytona 500 rescheduled for today at noon. >> here's a look at what is coming up. >> the war in afghanistan claims the life of a husband and father. >> the candidates are working the campaign trail ahead of tomorrow's primaries. how the race is shaping up in how the race is shaping up in hi. we're spreading the word about new honey bunches of oats fruit blends and their unique taste combinations. like peach/raspberry. with one flavor in the granola bunch and one on the flake. two flavors. in harmony. honey bunches of oats. make your day bunches better. >> live, local, late-breaking, this is wbal-tv 11 news today. >> good morning, everybody. welcome back to 11 news t