mr. martinez? >>> thank you, by wait. good morning, everyone. i'm not sure i'm the right person to begin the topic. but obviously we all have an interest in making sure that those that have the right to vote, vote. we also have the interest in making sure that vote is cast by people who are in fact entitled to vote. it protect the integrity of the process. in regard to purging of the roles, as i understand that's been stopped here if florida. and for good reason. the roles being used, there was question of their accuracy. so i don't know how much more i can tell you about this poent in time. i thought you were going to talk about the photo id requirement in wisconsin. >> we'll get there. >> and i guess i would like to add, the secretary of state has simply delayed the institution of the voter purge until the homeland security data base is more accurate, i guess, as according to the secretary of state's memorandum. if anyone want to address that question, then again, tension that rise -- >> thank you. and bob was brought here to class the place u

mr. martinez. >> okay. well, again, i'm not an expert in this area. this is very esoteric. in the shelby case, what the court said has come back with a different formula. they threw out that formula. they invited congress to come back with a different formula. i don't know whether the obama administration has proposed one. putting shelby aside. the wisconsin decision which a friend of mine brought to my attention and he's in the audience that decision was rendered recently, what that held in case some of you don't know, it held that in wisconsin passed a law requiring a photo identification. in order to be able to vote, you had to obtain and present a photo i.d. if you didn't have one, the state would give it to you for free. for free. and what the court in a very long opinion held was that getting that free photo i.d., if you didn't have one, would impose an unjustified burden on those people who didn't have the photo i.d. and therefore, found it unconstitutional. and the court also held that the class of people who would be impacted were mostly the poor people and that in

mr. martinez? >>> thank you, by wait. good morning, everyone. i'm not sure i'm the right person to begin the topic. but obviously we all have an interest in making sure that those that have the right to vote, vote. we also have the interest in making sure that vote is cast by people who are in fact entitled to vote. it protect the integrity of the process. in regard to purging of the roles, as i understand that's been stopped here if florida. and for good reason. the roles being used, there was question of their accuracy. so i don't know how much more i can tell you about this poent in time. i thought you were going to talk about the photo id requirement in wisconsin. >> we'll get there. >> and i guess i would like to add, the secretary of state has simply delayed the institution of the voter purge until the homeland security data base is more accurate, i guess, as according to the secretary of state's memorandum. if anyone want to address that question, then again, tension that rise -- >> thank you. and bob was brought here to class the place u

mr. martinez. >> okay. well, again, i'm not an expert in this area. this is very esoteric. in the shelby case, what the court said has come back with a different formula. they invited congress to come back with a different formula. i don't know whether the obama administration has proposed one. the wisconsin decision which a friend of mine brought to my attention and he's in the audience that decision was rendered recently, what that held in case some of you don't know, it held that in wisconsin passed a law requiring a photo identification. in order to be able to vote, you had to obtain and present a photo i.d. if you didn't have one, the state would give it to you for free. for free. and what the court in a very long opinion held was that getting that free photo i.d., if you didn't have one, would impose an unjustified burdenen on those people who didn't have the photo i.d. and therefore, found it unconstitutional. and the court also held that the class of people who would be impacted were mostly the poor people and that including those categories would be african-america

single file the first person edward martinez and casey and carson >> hello commissioners, thank you for being here and lou gehrig's disease us to speak in the my son max i'm mr. mar is i'm a neighbor to the honey hive first of all, we have a good idea of what we're talking about as neighbors those are photos of the space in their using and they've backed up to several retains including mine and there's no sound proofing this is probably a 40-year-old building with single pain windows and it is loud like having a it's like having the music in the backyard basically anyways back to the honey hive we've been in the sunset for 20 years we've decided to raise our family out there we love it and support all the small businesses ever in the sunset we feel it is important that by the feel we spend our salary and keep them thriving that honey hive was one of them fantastic the building itself in the past the 12 years i've been there has active the pd will be a better reference b there but today spades for around there but besides that we we were in - we welcome the hive when they came in it was the bottom line in march of this year when we start to hear music which w

martinez where he worked his way up to manager. among the many charges, insurance fraud,heft and embezzlement of $100,000. after he was fired, slashing the tires of company vehicles. >> mr. waldo had no ason to do what he's alleged to have done. >> hard williams represents the 38-year-old waldo. he says his client is really a brilliant businessman who is often misunderstood. >> he's sort of a steve jobs type figure. he's such a natural businessman, such a natal go getter. in the process, you know, like steve jobs, he didn't make a lot of friends necessarily. >> waldo is being held here on $1 million bail on those original 50 charges. he will be arraigned on the new murder-for-hire allegations later this month. in martinez, laura anthony, abc 7 news. >>> thank you, laura. we have breaking news out of sonoma county. one n is dead, another woman rushed to the hospital after a loud fight led to a stabbing and a child may have seen it all. the man and the woman were on the ground with stab wounds outside petaluma. police found a child in a car seat. the child was not injured. >>> police in berkeley, there were people who said they were sexually assault after given a date rap

martinez fisher. thank you both for being here. >> thank you, joy. >> i want to start with you, mr.her, because you are -- your group is one of those that actually bright this case because of the prospect of hundreds of thousands of texans, mainly black and latino, who will -- or possibly will be denied the right to vote in texas. do you still worry the number of potential people who won't be able to vote is as high as 600,000? >> absolutely. we know voter i.d. is really a solution looking for a problem. when you stud yt data after 2008 and 2010, 13 million people voted in the state of texas and only two people accepted responsibility for in-person voter impersonation, but we know over 600,000 people today are registered to vote in the state of texas but do not have the forms of i.d. they need to vote in this election. it's extremely unfortunate and the decision, you know, doesn't sit well with me and lots of people in the lone star state. >> when you talk about those acceptable forms of i.d., let's go through them. in texas now, as of now, you can vote with a driver's license and e

martinez where he worked his way up to manager. among the many charges, insurance fraud, theft and embezzlement of $100,000. after he was fired, slashing the tires of company vehicles. >> mrson to do what he's alleged to have done. >> howard williams represents the 38-year-old waldo. he says his client is really a brilliant businessman who is often misunderstood. >> he's sort o

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martinez where he worked his way up to manager. among the many charges insurance fraud, theft, and embezzlement of $100,000. after he was fired, slashing the tires of company vehicles. >> mro what he's alleged to have done . >> reporter: howard williams represents the 38-year-old waldo. he says his client is really a brilliant businessman who is often misunderstood. >> he's sort of a steve jobs-like figure, a guy who is just such a natural businessman, such a natural go-getter. in the process, you know, like steve jobs, he didn't make a lot of friends necessarily. >> reporter: waldo is being held here on $1 million bail under the original 50 charges. he will be arraigned on the new murder-for-hire allegations late they are month. >>> happening today the san francisco fire department will conduct a drill to better prepare for catastrophic events. the fire department, alongside volunteers from the neighborhood emergency response team, will practice search and rescue techniques, triaging injured victims, setting up command centers and other disaster response skills. more than 250 volunteers are expected to participate. today's drill takes place from 8:30 to 3:00 at ft. mason

martinez where he worked his way up to manager. among the many charges, insurance fraud, theft and embezzlement of $100,000. after he was fired, slashing the tires of company vehicles. >> mr. waldo had no reason to do what he's alleged to have done. >> howard williams represents the 38-year-old waldo. he says his client is really a brilliant businessman who is often misunderstood. >> he's sort of a steve jobs type figure. he's such a natural businessman, such a natural go getter. in the process, you know, like steve jobs, he didn't make a lot of friends necessarily. >> waldo is being held here on $1 million bail on those original 50 charges. he will be arraigned on the new murder-for-hire allegations later this month. in martinez, laura anthony, abc 7 news. >>> thank you, laura. we have breaking news out of sonoma county. one man is dead, another woman rushed to the hospital after a loud fight led to a stabbing and a child may have seen it all. the man and the woman were on the ground with stab wounds outside petaluma. police found a child in a car seat. the child was not injured. >>> police in berkeley, there were people who said they were sexually assault after given a

martinez where he worked his way up to manager. among the many charges, insurance fraud, theft, and embezzlement of $100,000. and after he was fired, slashing the tires of company vehicles. >> mrwaldo had no reason to do what he's alleged to have done. >> howard williams represents the 38-year-old waldo. he says his client is really a brilliant businessman, who is often misunderstood. >> he's sort of a steve jobs like figure. a guy who is just such a natural businessman. such a natural go-getter. in the process, like steve jobs, he didn't make a lot of friends necessarily. >> waldoing is held here on $1 million bail on those original 50 charges. he will be arraigned on the new murder-for-hire allegations later this month. in martinez, laura anthony, abc7 news. >>. >>> memorial services have been scheduled for a fallen san jose fallen fire pilot. he was killed when his airplane clipped a tree and he died. a memorial service is planned for next tuesday at church on the hill on sandoval drive in san jose. >>> happening today, the san francisco fire department will conduct a drill to better prepare for catastrophic events. fire didn't alongside volunteers from the neighborhood eme

martinez where he worked his way up to manager. among the many charges, insurance fraud, theft, and embezzlement of $100,000. and after he was fired, slashing the tires of company vehicles. >> mreason to do what he's alleged to have done. >> howard williams represents the 38-year-old waldo. he says his client is really a brilliant businessman, who is often misunderstood. >> he's sort of a steve jobs like figure. a guy who is just such a natural businessman. such a natural go-getter. in the process, like steve jobs, he didn't make a lot of friends necessarily. >> waldo is held here on $1 million bail on those original 50 charges. he will be arraigned on the new murder-for-hire allegations later this month. in martinez, laura anthony, abc7 news. >> happening today, the san francisco fire department will conduct a drill to better prepare for catastrophic events. the fire department, alongside volunteers from the neighborhood emergency response team, will practice search and rescue techniques, triaging injured victims, setting up command centers and other disaster response skills. more than 250 volunteers are expected to participate. today's drill take place from 8:30 to 3:00 at f