and what is to come. >>> and on facebook we asked if mirkerimi shouldstep down.cindy says, i don't believe so. not until there is proof one way or the other. politicians deserve a fair trial too. >>> we're learning that the prosecutor and her husband have been arrested saturday. the case has been referred to state attorney camala harris to avoid a conflict of interest. >>> newt gingrich won the south carolina primary, and now romney is fighting back. as rita williams reports a new poll shows the two gop presidential front runners are neck and neck. >> the families lost everything in the housing crisis. newt gingrich cashed in. >> reporter: licking his wounds of defeat in south carolina, mitt romney or at least his ads came out swinging today. accusing newt gingrich of lobbying for the mortgage giant freddie mac. >> if you've been campaigning for six years, and you begin to see it slip away, you get desperate. and when you get desperate you say almost anything. it -- >> reporter: the first big one was a winner take all primary. >> florida like california is a nati

and what is to come. >>> and on facebook we asked if mirkerimi shouldstep down.cindy says, i don't believe so. not until there is proof one way or the other. politicians deserve a fair trial too. >>> we're learning that the prosecutor and her husband have been arrested saturday. the case has been referred to state attorney camala harris to avoid a conflict of interest. >>> newt gingrich won the south carolina primary, and now romney is fighting back. as rita williams reports a new poll shows the two gop presidential front runners are neck and neck. >> the families lost everything in the housing crisis. newt gingrich cashed in. >> reporter: licking his wounds of defeat in south carolina, mitt romney or at least his ads came out swinging today. accusing newt gingrich of lobbying for the mortgage giant freddie mac. >> if you've been campaigning for six years, and you begin to see it slip away, you get desperate. and when you get desperate you say almost anything. it -- >> reporter: the first big one was a winner take all primary. >> florida like california is a nati

. >> reporter: this is the scene as mirkerimi appeared in front of a judge today. he pled not guilty. it all stemmed from a new year's eve altercation in which mirkerimi grabbed and bruised the arm of his wife. lopez came to court today to fight that order. she told the judge she wants her husband back home with her, quote i think the violence against me is i don't have my family with me. this country is trying to pull my family apart. this is the real violence. >> but prosecutors today revealed that lopez wanted to change the lops and wanted to know if police would arrest the sheriff. a video made by a neighbor shows lopez displaying a bruise aáepb saying we need help. mirkerimi agreed that the bruise was after an argument but did not indicate spousal abuse. mirkerimi will have to stay 150 feet from his wife, son and home. >>> now to italy where rescue crews are on a race against time as they try to locate 21 people still missing from a cruise ship. they focused on an evacuation route that is now 60 feet under water. this video shows just how difficult the e searc

. >> reporter: this is the scene as mirkerimi appeared in front of a judge today. he pled not guilty. it all stemmed from a new year's eve altercation in which mirkerimi grabbed and bruised the arm of his wife. lopez came to court today to fight that order. she told the judge she wants her husband back home with her, quote i think the violence against me is i don't have my family with me. this country is trying to pull my family apart. this is the real violence. >> but prosecutors today revealed that lopez wanted to change the lops and wanted to know if police would arrest the sheriff. a video made by a neighbor shows lopez displaying a bruise aáepb saying we need help. mirkerimi agreed that the bruise was after an argument but did not indicate spousal abuse. mirkerimi will have to stay 150 feet from his wife, son and home. >>> now to italy where rescue crews are on a race against time as they try to locate 21 people still missing from a cruise ship. they focused on an evacuation route that is now 60 feet under water. this video shows just how difficult the e searc

. >>> sheriff mirkerimi is expected back in court. that date is expected to be within the next six weeks. mirkerimi is also scheduled to go back to court on thursday where a judge is expected to order the sheriff to stay away from his wife and son. >>>-- ramos has admitted to driving the car but denies firing any shots. the case gained nationwide attention after it was revealed that ramos was an undocumented immigrant with an arrest record and was never deported because of san francisco's sanctuary city position. >>> a victim is described as an adult male who was walking on the tracks. no one on board the train was injured. caltrans reports this was the second fatality of 2012 on its tracks. last year 16 people died after being hit by caltranss. >>> today, mayor jean quan down played a situation where she ran into protesters in washington, d.c. >> the people came to the car, police broke them up. about one minute, no excitement. >>> arizona congresswoman giffords plans to resign this week so she can focus on her recovery. she delivere

. >> reporter: mirkerimi pled not guilty. mrs.lopez says her husband did not abuse her. >> i think it's up to the sheriff on whether the day-to- day operations of the sheriff department can be done. >> reporter: mayor ed lee met with the sheriff today to see if he will step aside during his trial. >> the indication he has given to me is that he will not step away or take a leave of absence. >> reporter: late tonight the sheriff indicated that while he's in court doing matters not related to the office he will not be paid. he will also recuse himself on any trials involving deputies. david stevenson, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> the scandal involving mirkerimi has unfolded quickly. he was sworn in as san francisco's new sheriff. days later on january 13, the district attorney filed domestic violence charges and the new sheriff was placed under arrest. january19th. mirkerimi pled not guilty to the three charges. he's due in court again on tuesday. a trial date has been set for february 24th. >>> a frightening situation in san franc

lopez who has said she wants mirkerimi to return home left in tears. >> the only thing i can is let this process unfold and let it do so in the courts. >> reporter: today the san francisco mayor said he doesn't expect to mirkerimi to take a leave of absence. mirkirimi is facing several charges. the trial is expected to start next month. rob roth, ktvu news. >>> police are investigating a body found today. police say it appear it is man had been dead for several months and do not suspect foul place. the medical examiner is expected to release his identity tomorrow. >>> dozens of occupy protesters took over a chase bank. the protest began at 5:00 this evening and about 40 protesters were involved. >> until all the people are angry, until they are out there with pitch forks and torches nothing is going to change. so we encourage people to get out there and fight for their homes. >> reporter: occupy san jose was joined by other groups including occupy redwood city. police showed up but no arrests have been made. >>> twitter will now -- twitter used to wipe out messages entirely. now it'll po

these documents detail a video of mirkerimi's wife accusing him of going ballistic. a vitaly upset lopez points to a bruise and say, this happened yesterday, two times in 2011 and this is the second time this is happening. >> i don't have any complain against my husband. >> reporter: that's what lopez told reporters earlier this month on the day her husband was arraigned. and she says, i am going to use this against him, because he says he is very powerful. >> using threats like that can be very intimidating. >> let me just make it all go away. it didn't really happen, i'm okay. it wasn't that bad. that's the cycle of abuse. >> the real issue here is how did those bruises get there, was it spousal abuse. >> none of us like to hear people abuse their power but that doesn't mean he caused this situation, or that he committed spousal abuse. >> reporter: mirkerimi has denied the allegations and has vowed to stay in office while he fights these allegations. healther holmes. >>> a police chase led to a man hunt that ended up with officers arresting a man they say they were

lopez who has said she wants mirkerimi to return home left in tears. >> the only thing i can is let this process unfold and let it do so in the courts. >> reporter: today the san francisco mayor said he doesn't expect to mirkerimi to take a leave of absence. mirkirimi is facing several charges. the trial is expected to start next month. rob roth, ktvu news. >>> police are investigating a body found today. police say it appear it is man had been dead for several months and do not suspect foul place. the medical examiner is expected to release his identity tomorrow. >>> dozens of occupy protesters took over a chase bank. the protest began at 5:00 this evening and about 40 protesters were involved. >> until all the people are angry, until they are out there with pitch forks and torches nothing is going to change. so we encourage people to get out there and fight for their homes. >> reporter: occupy san jose was joined by other groups including occupy redwood city. police showed up but no arrests have been made. >>> twitter will now -- twitter used to wipe out messages entirely. now it'll po

these documents detail a video of mirkerimi's wife accusing him of going ballistic. a vitaly upset lopez points to a bruise and say, this happened yesterday, two times in 2011 and this is the second time this is happening. >> i don't have any complain against my husband. >> reporter: that's what lopez told reporters earlier this month on the day her husband was arraigned. and she says, i am going to use this against him, because he says he is very powerful. >> using threats like that can be very intimidating. >> let me just make it all go away. it didn't really happen, i'm okay. it wasn't that bad. that's the cycle of abuse. >> the real issue here is how did those bruises get there, was it spousal abuse. >> none of us like to hear people abuse their power but that doesn't mean he caused this situation, or that he committed spousal abuse. >> reporter: mirkerimi has denied the allegations and has vowed to stay in office while he fights these allegations. healther holmes. >>> a police chase led to a man hunt that ended up with officers arresting a man they say they were

mirkerimi is set now to be booked. that is photographed and fingerprinted as a result of these charges. he also told us he plans to continue serving as sheriff during the course of this case which now appears to be headed to courtroom. we will continue to cover this as it develops in the hour. david stevenson, ktvu. >>> we have breaking news out of the south bay that's where a house fire in just the past hour shut down all of the lanes in northbound interstate 880. just south of the monohugh expressway. we will give you new information. here we are almost an hour later and traffic is at a crawl there on northbound 880 south of the monague expressway. traffic is moving just fine, that traffic you see is northbound 880. we have some pictures that we took not long ago. they are pictures of a gray toyota as it was burning almost exactly one hour ago. we can see flames here pouring from the car. at this point there are no reports of anyone having been injured in this fire. >>> a florida woman testified today that suspected