but a retired investigator for the oakland fire department, maria sabbatini, told the jury. she and other local federal investigators found no evidence of arson in the debris. quote, we didn't find any evidence of molotov cocktails. we couldn't rule it out. >> she can't rule out arson. >> reporter: still, the defense attorneys say that sabbatini could not eliminate arson or any other possible causes is key to the case. >> the electrical engineers have eliminated all electrical causes. so the only other choice is man made. if it is man made, max is going home. >> reporter: another ghost ship survivor, carmen, also took stand. she told the jury she was asleep in her first floor living space the night of december 2, 2016. she told the jury, i took one look at the fire and knew it was too big to fight. i went for the front door. i looked back one time and i saw the same monstrous glow. as part of her testimony, the prosecution played a series of 911 calls. you could hear people screaming for help. pleading for the fire department to get there quickly and saying that many people

. >> reporter: the defense then revealed the cross-examination of the arson investigator, maria sabbatini demanding to know why the national response team was not called in when there were so many deaths. the defense attorneys claim it was arson although sabbatini found no such evidence. >> what are you trying to show? >> that she's incometent, hiding the truth and trying to protect the city. >>> pg&e will moving forward with the fund for wildfire victims. the fund is intended to provide short term help including housing assistance to victims of the 2017 and 2018 fires. it will not resolve property claims against pg&e. that's expect to total close the $30 billion and prompted the bankruptcy filing in january. state lawmakers created a bill for vaccinations. it comes with thigh of the number of measles in supporters say some doctors have been selling exemptions. the state did away with nonmedical exemptions in 2016. they say it enter fears about the dr.-patient relationship. the assembly will now consider the bill. >> in the east bay, the rainbow flag won't be flying at dublin city hall at

. >> maria sabbatini wrapped up three days on the stand. she could not rule out arson or molotov cocktails started the blaze. >> this was started by someone. maybe they were high, drunk, this was intently set. >> this fire was intentionally set, we win. >> arson fires are not foreseeable. >> we're looking for reasonable doubt. that fire was arson, reasonable doubt and mr. harris will be acquitted. >> regardless of the cause, almena and harris are responsible for unsafe conditions. >> there's no legal case that says a tenant or sub tenant is responsible for the condition of the building. they are scapegoats. >>> 1200 people chronicled in a new measural. >> it's amazing. very awesome. >> the new interactive exhibit, what it can do and where you can see it. >> we're tracking the forecast. we'll have what you can expect. . >>> new york city subway cars grind to a halt. the person suspected of pulling the brakes. i'm a large dump truck slammed into the garage of a home on colton boulevard in the montclair district. the driver suffered minor inju

that the deadly ghost ship fire was started by an arsonist with a the oakland fire department, maria sabbatini told the jury she and other local and federal investigators found no evidence of arson in the debris of the gutted warehouse. quote, we didn't find any evidence of molotov cocktails or any other incendiary, but we couldn't rule it out. >> the fire marshall arson inspector says in essence she can't rule out arn, and she can't rule out molotov cocktails. >> the investigation is just incomplete. >> still, defense attorneys for harris claim the fact that sabbatini could not eliminate arson or many other possible cause series key to their clients' case. >> we only need to raise a reasonable doubt if that fire was an arson and there is a reasonable doubt, and mr. harris will be acquitted. >> another ghost ship survivor former resident carmen brito also took the stand. brito told the jury she was asleep the night of december 2nd, 2017. she told the jury i took one look at the fire and knew it was too big to fight so i went for the front door. i looked back one time and s thglow. as part of h

. >> reporter: necessary on the stand, fire and arson investigator maria sabbatini. she had been to ghost ship twice, once to investigate an arson and again in december of 2016. she ended her questioning with prosecutors saying her team found no evidence of arson at the origin of the fire. >> what i see now is a complete different person. she's doing everything possible to negate the prospect that this fire was caused by arson. >> reporter: andrew is a new face in the courtroom. he thinks firefighters didn't know what they were looking for on the scene. he says his key words tomorrow will be sifting and grids. >> what you do is you take each bucket, you put it in a grid. you mark it numerically where it came from and then you sift through each of those buckets. not firefighters, investigators. >> reporter: the defense only got about 15 minutes with sabbatini before things wrapped up today. they were focused on the difference between an arson and death investigation. the defense believes that the right agencies were not called following the initial fire. reporting in