you don't put on some witnesses and question why mr. bonds didn't testify. >> they did it in the government's case and through cross-examination which is an important strategy. they got the message of their case out through the government's witnesses >> jurors will be reminded that it is the prosecution's burden entirely to prove that bonds lied about not knowingly taking steroids. the defense was not obligated to do the same. steve clark said he knows why they didn't. >> the reason that is, greg anderson did not testify and did not cooperate with the government. he left a huge hole in the government's case and the defense was being very careful not to give the government a chance to fill in the gaps of their case by calling witnesses. >> so far this case has not been in court on friday. the judge announced today it will be up to the jury whether they want to deliberate this friday or if they want to move it to monday. she also said there will only be 15 minutes's notice after a verdict is reached for people to assemble in the court and hear

i think it would bring more attention to the fact that mr. bonds didn't testify. >> reporter: that wasn't the only surprise here today. because of lack of evidence, the judge dismissed one of the five counts against bonds. count 4 charged that bonds lied when he said he didn't take balc's designer steroids the cream in the clear from his trainer greg anderson before 2003. bonds admitted taking them in 2003, but said he thought they were flaxseed oil and arthritis cream. still left, a count of obstruction and justice and three of lying, about not knowingly taking steroids or human growth hormone hgh or saying no one other than his doctors ever injected with anything. legal analysts say bonds' former personal shopper kathy hoskins was a credible witness about those last two counts. >> she says she actually saw mr. bonds being injected by anderson, which would suggest the hgh. >> reporter: both sides get their final chance to try to convince the jury here tomorrow with their closing argument. jurors could start deliberating by the end of the day. in s

i think it would bring more attention to the fact that mr. bondsidn't testify. >> reporter: that wasn't the only surprise here today. because of lack of evidence, the judge dismissed one of the five counts against bonds. count 4 charged that bonds lied when he said he didn't take balc's designer steroids the cream in the clear from his trainer greg anderson before 2003. bonds admitted taking them in 2003, but said he thought they were flaxseed oil and arthritis cream. still left, a count of obstruction and justice and three of lying, about not knowingly taking steroids or human growth hormone hgh or saying no one other than his doctors ever injected with anything. legal analysts say bonds' former personal shopper kathy hoskins was a credible witness about those last two counts. >> she says she actually saw mr. bonds being injected by anderson, which would suggest the hgh. >> reporter: both sides get their final chance to try to convince the jury here tomorrow with their closing argument. jurors could start deliberating by the end of the day. in san

i mean your stand with these words are addressed to your own vice prime minister mr bond. is that correct and if so can you comment on it. you know a few days later after one of the deputies studied fab's problem is he offered an apology to bob on if it's it's official but again it's been published on the internet and in some newspapers but what was the problem where does it come from you know there is a fight between two groups who consider themselves the owners so maybe a com is so that there are these two companies and both are offshore and you can't trace their origins before they went off shore whether they're russian companies or regionally or if they come from some other country will you put it to me as the prime minister doesn't truly matter who is the owner. of the main thing to me is that discomfort any of you should pay taxes in due time that and is it true that your country wants to nationalize the company why would we need to do that. with my support through civilized approach i'll go through that as solving issues in court with you were there for a lick of th

stand with these words addressed to your own vice prime minister mr bond. is that correct and if so can you comment on it. you know a few days later after one of the deputies study taps. he offered an apology it's above on of it's official and it's been published on the internet and in some newspapers but what was the problem where does this come from you know there is a fight between two groups who consider themselves the owners of mega com so there are these two companies and both are offshore and you can't trace their origins before they went offshore whether they were russian companies originally or if they come from some other country where you could put it to me as the prime minister doesn't really matter who's the owner. of the main thing to me is that this company should pay taxes in due time that and as it's true that your country wants to nationalize the company why would we need to do that. with my support through civilised approach that is solving issues in accord with what they would have. to offshore companies with which i started lutetia. but

defense attorneys in the barry bonds case say they might call as many as six witnesses including mr. bondsf. find out what they decided to really do coming up next. [ male announcer ] using frontline plus shows your pet you care... by unleashing a complete killing force against fleas and ticks. and not just adult fleas. what makes frontline plus complete the flea life cycle -- is that it breaks killing adults, eggs, and larvae. and it keeps killing fleas and ticks all month long. that's why it's the #1 choice of vets for their pets, and yours. unleash a complete killing force in every dose of frontline plus. >>> i'm amy hollyfield, live in san francisco where barry bonds trial is almost over. legal experts say it's looking good for the former home run king. story co u

catlin, the government is trying to finish off their chain of custody evidence to link mr. bonds with the major league baseball test. showing a positive for the clear thg. >> in court yesterday prosecutors scored one defeat and one victory. bonds' personal trainer saw the doctor inject bonds' steroids. >>> our time now is 6:36. can you help the folks on highway 24 and all over the bay area? >> that is right. westbound 24 traffic looks good. i can help you out with good traffic. as you drive up to the tunnel there is no major problems there. if you are driving to the bay bridge toll plaza it has been nice. i think it will put a smile on your face to realize the morning commute may be lightering into san francisco. there is a little bit of slowing on 92 year 880 but that traffic is going to ease up once you get on the bridge. 6:37 let's go to steve. >>> happy friday everybody. temperatures yesterday sored to record levels. we will still have 80s today but we will bring temperatures down three to five degrees. maybe a little more by the coast. we start off mostly clear. higher cloud

. >> it doesn't highlight the fact mr. bonds probably wasn't going to testify. you don't put on some witnesses and question why he wasn't testifying. >> reporter: the case could come down to the testimony of a woman who saw his personal trainer inject him with something bonds said was undetectable. it contradicts what bonds said no one injected him with anything. if convicted, bonds faces a range of penalties from hard time to probation. it's his reputation on trial here. live in san francisco, monty frances. >>> a man accused of assaulting a jogger at a san francisco park is going to be arraigned today. he's held on several charges including kidnapping and atte t attempted rape. it allegedly happened friday afternoon. he grabbed a female jogger then assaulted her. he was arrested earlier this week. >>> it is 5:06. >>> jury continues in the alexander trial. he's the teenager that tried to blow up his high school and murder his former chemistry teacher. he's pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity. the lawyers say he has schizophrenia. prosecutors say he knew th

statement saying the jury convicted the defendant of obstructing justice, which required it to find that mr. bonds corruptly, for the purpose of obstructing justice, provided intentionally evasive, false, or misleading testimony before the grand jury. now the home run king has been under investigation since 2003, and the trial has been in the making since 2007. many have asked what was the point of spending perhaps millions on this case. but the jurors say, it was important. >> because perjury is a big deal. it's breaking the law. he went in and he didn't tell the whole truth. that's a big deal. >> reporter: now, the jurors were actually very interesting, talking about which witnesses they liked and didn't like. they say they didn't buy what kimberly bell had to say. that is barry bonds' mistress, who they say kept changing her story. they did like kathy hoskins, a childhood friend of bonds, and she's the one who said she actually saw him being injected with steroid. and they said it would have made a huge difference to hear from greg anderson, barry bonds' former trainer, who actually chose to go

. >> everyone knows that barry bonds' history is not mr. personality and the idea of putting barry bonds on the stand would be an enormous risk. >> reporter: they are also considering another thing going for the defense. the judge is considering striking maybe all of kimberly bell's testimony saying there was no legal foundation laid for her relationship with bonds. it was girlfriend, then mistress. interestingly, the grand jury transcript read into the record and he didn't do the steroids and he was against the stuff. the defense will be calling three to six witnesses. but the big question, is bonds one of those witnesses? terry mcsweeney, "abc 7 news". >> kristen: after six years of planning and debate. richmond city council voted late last night to stop plans for a casino. council members voted 5-2 to discontinue discussion of a casino. original was to clean up the shoreline property and turn it into a resort, including a hotel convention center and casino. last year, 58% of voters voted against the casino. they said it wouldn't be profit

mr. bond's you and say yes or no did you or did you not? but they did that do that.ng out there then they go back and say see he was responsive. this softball that answer. though he didn't directly answered. i was proud as a prosecutor your job is to do justice not to set people up. not to convict people but to do the right thing. i don't think that the right thing. a follow-up question should when asked. but a jury seemed to a guilty verdict on that. bonds is now a convicted felon. >> raider with the defense asked for that conviction be turnout. does the judge consider that? >> sure should consider. i have a gut feeling that she doesn't like this prosecution or hall lot, she will look closely at that, will she do it a fire betting i would much as it probably not. but a lot of these motions to set aside the verdict for for a mistrial on that and give this new trial, i would say most of the time defense attorneys to not get that. but not on this one. there far to no good arguments. whether she will listen, do it i'm not sure. my guess would be she will probably lead i

mr. lyons and the audio bond society and other groups that are in support of the ggnra policy, i also want to protect the habitat and endangered species but in the land use committee, i think after repeated efforts to ask for data on are the dogs really the reason why the snowy leopard or other endangered species are being threatened and i didn't get very clear data from either the ggnra or the different environmental groups but i want to work with you to enforce the existing policies and i think supervisor wiener's effort is one that is a strong statement of strong local voice and that's why i'm supportive of it. and hope to move forward working with superintendent dean as the americas cup discussions go, but also as we protect critical species and endangered wildlife as well. thank you. president chiu: supervisor wiener. supervisor wiener: thank you. and i just want to acknowledge think a appreciate supervisor elsbernd's desire that we have collaborative relationship with the ggnra and i just want to be clear that i don't think both are mutually exclusive. when you have a partnership wit

. >> everyone knows that barry bonds is history is not mr. personality. idea of putting barry bonds on the stand of would be an enormous risk. >> who needs the testimony at this point in the trial? the judge said yesterday she is leaning towards striking potentially all of ex-girlfriend's kimberly bell's testimony because there was no legal foundation laid for her relationship with bonds. interesting the 2003 grand jury testimony was read to the jury. he is heard saying he didn't use steroids, in fact he was against steroids. the defense has got three to six witnesses that its going to bring for this entire case. one of them may be barry bonds and if he testifies defense attorneys say it's going to be today. >>> president obama is coming to the bay area in two weeks. he'll hold a townhall session at facebook headquarters. it will be streamed live on facebook. on wednesday april 20th facebook founder mark zetterburg will moderate it. the president will also be holding a $35,000 a plate fund-raising dinner that evening. find a link to the townhall session at

mr. determine if bonds lied when he testified under oath he had never knowingly used steroids. can log on to the barry bonds' trial around the clock. just go to ktvu.com. >>> we have breaking news to tell you from tokyo. a magnitude 7.4 earthquake has just hit off of japan. yes. a tsunami alert has been issued for the coast. this is where the big quake hit three weeks ago. a 7.4 earthquake has just hit japan. we'll bring you the latest developments. >>> how many cups of coffee have you had this morning? what a new study says why some people have bigger caffeine cravings than others. >> plus, the roads you need to watch out for if you plan to travel to the sierras. >>> the dow is down 59. nasdaq down 15. s&p down six. there has been good knew, the latest unemployment report is better than expected as the number of people filing for first time unemployment benefits dropped to 382,000,. that's 10,000 fewer than the week before and claims fell by 9,000, which the drop is to -- which dropped it to 3.72 million, the lowest level since october of 2008 and march retail sales are better

the defense said bonds might testify tomorrow. >> everyone know he's not mr. personality. the idea of putting him on the stand would be a risk. >> bonds faces perjury charges for telling a grand jury he never knowingly used steroids. >> the f.a.a.ordered all airlines to inspect their boeing 737s for cracks liked one that ripped open on friday. and this applies to the series where pieces meet. 79 planes were grounded, and nearly 700 flights cancelled. cracks were found on five planes. the operations were back to normal today. >> san francisco supervisors voted to give twitter a tax break to keep the company from leaving town. and the mayor says it's a way to create job autos after weeks of controversy, san francisco supervisors voted 8-to give the company a pass on payroll taxes for six years. in exchange, twitter will move into the old furniture mart building hoping to trance form this seedy stretch of the mid market. >> and do you see. >> bonds. >> down the street from where twitter will relocate. >> they should give them a tax break, hope floi bring business down hire. >>

mr. personality. the idea of putting barry bonds on the stand would be an enormous risk. >> the judge also says she is leaning toward striking all of kimberly bell's testimony because there was no legal foundation laid for her relationship with bonds. >>> san francisco's supervisors voted overwhelmingly to give twitter a tax break to keep the company from leaving the city. the measure passed by an 8-3 margin and will exempt twitter from payroll taxes on new hires if it relocates to the midmarket area. the tax break's approval came with vigorous debate. >>> i -- >> i believe that businesses in san francisco and around the country should be socially responsible, and part of the responsibility is paying our taxes. >> if you want to come to an area that has long been blighted and has had persistently high vacancy areas where they have not want to come, and you will bring new jobs to the city, then, yes, we will give you a tax exemption on the new jobs. >> it applies to any business in the neighborhood, but city officials believe twitter will be the company that spurs economic growth. >>> oakland voters wi

bond sale. president vietor: thank you. questions? comments? mr. jensen. >> art jensen, think you, commissioners. let me start by saying that this is a delicate issue to address. the agency's of a wholesale basis, there are different opinions from time to time. they have certain things in common. the also desire or require certainty. they also issue bonds. they are rated by the same agencies as yours. they have a desire for the same kind of certainty that the puc does. a study mentioned, that reflects a potentially is more if your rates are increasing at your end. one of the things that i think that the agencies feel about the proposal, this would be an accurate statement. we meet with them regularly in terms of their feelings, the proposal and a packet shows the assumption of 135 resulting in a rate of $2.80. the rate goes up to 90. several of them have asked me, what are the other combinations within the historical rate setting approach? what are the other alternatives? can we see what that would look like on a graph of historic use? what if the

mrs. street is closed. for more than seven years, under the 2000 bond measure, the perfectly good plan was to renovate. when prop d passed, that suddenly provided millions of dollars of funding for library project. suddenly, the plan changed. public plans would provide expansion with renovation that could hurt this landmark-were the building and would also cause -- that could hurt this landmark-ready building and would also cost significantly less. the library has not been forthcoming about the permanent historical and architectural demolition of a building city planners considered it -- city planners consider worthy, clear visibility of what is happening repeatedly unmentioned or obscured by insufficient markings of property lines. disabled access is apparently going to be provided on the mason street side only. we just learned that. that is the furthest point from the front and center entrance on columbus and would require going around the corner from either columbus or lombard street. then there is grossly inadequate treatment of the history of this library, relegating even mitigation measures to be

bonds health. >> sunday surprised the tape found by mr. hoskins that has been unfound for six or seven years. if the government is anxious to play it. the implications are it will be good for the prosecution because it will support mr. hopkins story. >>> the 15 minutes conversation she's read so far, it's more likely inadd visible. in san francisco, rita williams, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> new concerns about the safety of drinking water. what tests a bay area rainwater revealed. >>> if on shore breeze is back with us tonight. how >>> new at 10:00 tonight, advocates for safe food and water are telling ktvu their new concern about radiation in japan winding up here in the bay area. the environment protection agency tested last month's rain water and found it exceeded federal standards by 46 times. the group food and water watch said the epa needs to be more forthcoming. >> we already know that the material is present. what we don't know yet is how much of it is actually there and will it continue to be there and how to deal with it. we need to plan to deal with it. >>> food and water watch noted

bonds health. >> sunday surprised the tape found by mr. hoskins that has been unfound for six or seven years.f the government is anxious to play it. the implications are it will be good for the prosecution because it will support mr. hopkins story. >>> the 15 minutes conversation she's read so far, it's more likely inadd visible. in san francisco, rita williams, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> new concerns about the safety of drinking water. what tests a bay area rainwater revealed. >>> if on shore breeze is back with us tonight. how we can expect this to contribute to tomorrow's forecast. >>> and what airline came in on top in customer satisfaction? we'll show you the new rankings. >>> new at 10:00 tonight, advocates for safe food and water are telling ktvu their new concern about radiation in japan winding up here in the bay area. the environment protection agency tested last month's rain water and found it exceeded federal standards by 46 times. the group food and water watch said the epa needs to be more forthcoming. >> we already know that the material is present. what we don't know yet is how

bonds told the 2003 jury that no one ever injected him with with. no other person like mr. anderson or associates gave him injections and no, no. jury asked to revisit two items of evidence. the secret audio recordings talked about injecting bond. they heard the hopkin's testimony read back by the court reporter. show testified that she saw bonds inject in the navel. bonds said it was undetectable. >> it doesn't involve legal substances. this count merely involves an injection. >> and bonds, faces a maximum of 10 years in prison if found guilty of any charge . the sentencing guidelines call for 15-20 months and other convicted athletes have house arrest and a unanimous 12 vote is required for a conviction. in san francisco, abc 12 news. >> state lawmakers given permission to bring their guns in the capitol faced new rules today and sparking a debate of how best to protect our politicians. today marked the first day when california assembly members came to work and had to check their guns in the door. under a 2010 law. they gave four unnamed lawmakers permission to carry it u

mr. #5: had two similar cases and in both cases, the sentence was home confinement. we are safe in saying barry bonds will do six months or yearr. he will never see the inside of a jail cell. >> barry bonds had very few bords to say. but took time to sign an autograph while sky 7 was over head. he signed a baseball before leaving the courtroom in a limousine. >> the entire baseball world is weighing in on the verdict. here's reaction from the former teammates. >> i have to say out in the ball park there is confusion as to the very. i had players and coaches say wait a minute how can he obstruction justice when they said he lide. that is perplexing here. there are very few players who played along side johnson. he shared his thoughts of bonds and the person in this. >> he's cocky and good. we, see tells us why we couldn't make it that good. >> how you treated him . how are you treating me. that stuff both are me. >> there is a mark against us and the more we play, the more the testing goes on and eliminates from the guest . go out there and play baseball. you will not see more of that from what i can

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bonds never knowingly took steroids. he never said that exactly. here's the exact exchange from his grand jury testimony from back in 2003. the prosecutor says did you ever get any pills that mr. anderson described as testosterone pills or fast acting steroid pills that he called beans? did you ever get anything like that from him? bonds no, not that i know of. i mean he gave me a package of pills. >> i think a long shot would be all guilty, all not guilty across the board. there is so much evidence on both sides and so many points made on both sides. that would be the most surprising. the most likely would be a tough verdict. it's tough to walk a verdict out of a guilty case with all not guilty counts. >> reporter: the prosecution said barry bonds' is motived -- motivated to lie. the defense says the prosecution did not prove their case and the case was full of witnesses with people with access that grind against barry bonds'. this morning we will be looking at more of that grand jury testimony. reporting live in san francisco kraig debro. >>> and stay bus here at ktvu channel 2 for continuing coverage of the barry bonds' case. if the jury reaches a verdict today, we will br

barry bonds is due back in court mr.n about 30 minutes everyone the judge is now considering whether to allow a secretly recorded audiotape in his perjury trial. tara moriarty is outside the courthouse with that and the situation on the sick jury -- the sick juror. >> reporter: well, the jury was dismissed yesterday because of a sick juror. the second revelation made was regarding this secret audiotape. bonds arrived here at the courthouse, looking relaxed and confident. within a half hour, the pros kooks announced this unexpected piece of evidence. if admitted it could be a blow to the defense. it's a secretly recorded conversation a steve hosskins had with dr. arthur ting. ting testified last week that he never talked with hosskins about the steroids. this made hosskins look like he's lying. >> if the tape is good for the prosecution, the prosecution will say, we didn't have any motivation to hide the tape? it's good. why would we hide it? if the tape is powerful for defense, i think the people might question the gover

bonds never said that. here's the exact exchange from his grand jury testimony. prosecutor, did you ever get any pill that is mr. anderson described has testosterone pills or fast acting pills that he called beads. bonds, no, not that i know of. i mean, he gave me package of pills. according to courtroom observers, it's difficult for them to tell where the jury will come down. the one we spoke to, william keen, said he thought this would be either a mixed verdict or all not guilty or all guilty. that doesn't provide a lot of insight. i think what he was trying to say, it's difficult to read the jury and the jury could come back at any way shape or form. they might even have hung jury charges. bonds could receive 15 to 20 months in prison if convicted on each of the perjury counts. >> stay with ktvu channel 2. if the jury reaches a verdict today, we'll bring it to you right away. >>> a crash overnight in san hoe say sent a chp officer to the hospital and a man to jail. the officer was helping someone stop about 2 this morning when another car hit him. officers say that driver was arrested on suspicion of -- susp

that not approving the requested release in bonds on reserve would result in layoffs of existing positions in the 14 city departments. supervisor chu: thank you, mr. rose. just a follow-up question to the mayor's budget office about the capturing how it is -- how is your intent to capture savings. it looks like the current year does not have any savings, per say, but in the next fiscal year, the budget year we will be deliberating on, there are supposed to be savings from the consolidation of the equipment, savings regarding staffing. have you been able to roll through those savings, $1.6 million in savings, the $600,000 roughly, and staffing? >> mayor budget director. one point i want to make, we have been making the run the course of this discussion -- just to reemphasize it again -- is that there are two types of savings we can talk about here. one is an actual cut to a department's budget. another is an avoided cost that frees up a resource for a more needed activity within the department. so, for example, we have a process right now where the department of technology reviews purchases of equipment, and that process is going to allow us to lo

mr. da costa. may we take this without objection? so move. but >> item 7, up from the authorities funding commitment to the presidio parkway project and approve a bond swap of $19,722,000. this is an action item. supervisor mirkarimi: discussion on this item? seeing none, public comment is closed. -- seeing none, discussion is close. public comment on this item. >> i am glad that the project manager is who he is. i know him very well. i was fortunate that i worked at the presidio and established an infrastructure group. prior to this meeting, i did have a small talk with him. i read some comments about union workers having some conflict, but he explained to me the issue. some creative financing that could help the united states, its prevalence in europe, in canada. some of my partners are involved in that type of creative financing. but what i am concerned is that dole will drive -- doyle drive is built on time, hopefully in two years. that should be good. i wanted to wish you all the best. i followed you on this project for a long time. you are one of the better project managers. something that has to be emulated by the rest. you can see you walk t