mr. torres, hand off to mr. torres and you can hang out and watch and see how this is going. sure. >> though carey has worked with lanina, misner decides to use hector torres, a more experienced inmate for this last task. >> carey has a strong desire to be doing this, but him and i have talked and he's just not physically at the point where he could be effective to where it's going to be helpful so it's going to take him awhile to get to that point. i applaud his desire to be doing exactly what these guys are doing. but he's just not at that level yet. and when he gets there, he'll be confident at it and then he'll be effective. when he's not confident right now, and he's not effective, so, that doesn't help the horse learn. and him, too, because he's going to get hurt and then he's not going to want to do it at all and i don't want him to get hurt. >> bring him back to it. there you go. good. the guys are showing that they're adaptable, that they're teachable. so, if they can follow instruction, that makes them employable, doesn't it? that makes them willing to step up and d

, smart trip card and officials believe surveillance photos and video released to the public are mr. torre, big cash withdrawals were made all over the area, from machines, using core ann's atm card. documents reveal a witness says he was sitting in a car with the suspect, when another witness torre's picture all over tv. goes on to say torre pulled out his phone then said to the other man does this really look like me? then that man called police. now, we should tell you, that interim police chief peter spoke about this today, and he talked about the tip that helped solve this case. take a listen. >> how important the community tips were to the metropolitan police department, in closing this case, bee could not have solved this case without the support of our community and for that we will be ever grateful, and i'm sure the mehiel family will be grateful, as well. >> core inch a mehiel's family was in the courtroom today, declined to talk to us on camera, but thanked police for working tirelessly on. >> this by the way we under stands mr. tor m living in a area homeless shelters, but when

mr. torres was with her, that completely goes against the prosecution's theory that she was killed on the morning in question. >> reporter: prosecutors suggested sierra's cell phone turn on after it was exposed to moisture. the defense contends it could point to another suspect or the possibility sierra turned it on herself. after sierra lamar disappeared five years ago, more than 700 people searched for her, volunteer al perez still carries one of the hundreds of missing persons flyers he helped put up. he has four daughters and comes to the trial almost every day. >> i want justice to be served and i am doing this for the mother and family. >> reporter: if the jury vikts garcia torres he could be sentenced to death or life in prison without parole. if he's ak quitted he can't be tried again even if her body is discovered. >> marrian, thank you. could an itunes gift card help settle a tax debt? not according to the irs. but a growing number of scammers cheat taxpayers. >> stephen scott uncovers this and a new development by scammers. hard to believe. >> the irs and state tax acts tell me

torres worked. >> these victims are the building blocks of the prosecution's case to show mr. garcia torres had the modus epreandi to commit the murder. >> tonight folks will gather in sierra lamar's memory where she lived most of her life in morgan hill. we'll keep you updated both on air and online. >> hard to believe five years. thank you. >> a bizarre kidnapping case back in the headlines. matthew mueller will be sentenced. last september he pleaded guilty to kidnapping ava lay hoe woman in 2015. police initially called the whole thing a hoax, and it wasn't. prosecutors are now pushing for a 40-year prison sentence. his lawyer argued that a 40-year sentence is too harsh for a man who served in the marines and is a harvard educated. >>> a seven-hour standoff comes to an end with a suspect in handcuffs. it is a story we have been following overnight with you. he he allegedly tried to strangle his mother. it happened across the street from the edenvale branch library. he barricaded himself inside an apartment. officers eventually did get that man out. the 38-year-old allegeedl

garcia torres is accused of attempting to kidnap three women and murdering 15-year-old sierra lamar. >> these are the building blocks of the prosecution's case to show that mr. garcia torres had the modus operandi to commit the murder. >> reporter: despite the massive search effort, sierra lamar's body has never been found. this searcher has searched more than 100 times. now he helps the family in a different way, by coming to court every day. >> i just needed to see this through for the family. that's why i'm here. and i'll continue to come until this is resolved. >> reporter: this thursday evening at shakers pizza in fremont, there will be a gather ordering the remember sierra lamar and mark the five-year anniversary of her disappearance. reporting live in san jose. nbc bay area news. >> thank you very much. >>> a surprising discovery at a napa sandwich shop. very surprising. construction workers found a man stuck in a shaft inside the building, naked, crying for help. witnesses stay man who was found in a fetal position at the bottom of the shaft has a history of climbing the togo's building complex. maybe even camping throughout overnight. last night or

torres. >> what the defense wants to establish is that it was not mr. garcia torres that committed these safeway attacks, and they're saying that the forensic evidence is very minimal here, and there's an innocent explanation for how that fingerprint could have got on the battery. >> reporter: on cross-examination, the defense focused on whether the fingerprints found on the evidence was reliable or possibly tainted. the dna of one of the investigators was transferred on the stun gun and he testified it was embarrassing and he's not sure how that happened. >> what you'll see the defense try to do is suggest if it wasn't done properly at the beginning, it really doesn't matter what the evidence shows at the end. >> reporter: lamar's friends watched the proceedings to lend their support, knowing today may be especially difficult for the family because of the anniversary. >> that was the day that the lamar's life was turned upside down and a day they can never escape. >> reporter: the trial is expected to last through april, if convicted garcia torres could

torres in a lineup. he's accused 0 trying to kidnap three women and murdering 15-year-old sierra lamar. >> they're saying look at these other woman who have come forward that are victims of mr. garcia torres. that suggests a motive on the part of garcia torres relative to sierra lamar. >> reporter: now one of the searchers is committed to coming to trial every day. >> i just want justice for the lamar family and for sierra. you know, she was just a young girl. >> i just needed to be out here. >> reporter: this thursday evening at shakers pizza in fremont there will be a gathering to remember sierra and mark the five-year disappearance. >>> the follow-up of the deadly police shooting in napa. we now know to name of the than killed, noah russell. two police officers shot him and killed him after he was attacking peel with a knife mere a home depot. police received several calls from onlookers saying the man was acting crazy and that he may have been high. the officers have been place on routine administrative leave. they were not wearing video cameras at the time. but a regular normal investigation will take place. >>> it's not as bad as everyone thought it would be. a massiv

torres worked. >> the other victims are the building pwrobgs of the prosecution's case to show mr. gore seay torres had the modus operandi to commit the sierra lamar kidnapping and murder. >> a lot of folks who is searched for lamar have been showing up here at the courthouse. tonight they will gather at shakers piece ya where lamar lived most of her life. we will upindicate you on social media forms and also on air. in san jose kris sanchez, today in the bay. >>> kris thank you very much. staying in san jose a lengthyoff coming to an end. police used flash bangs to get a man out of an apartment. >> what led up to the standoff and show how it all came to an end. bob? >> good morning to you laura. good morning, sam. this standoff was the result of domestic violence. an adult son attacking his mother who he lived with. this is what it you sounded like as police tried to get this man to surrender. police officers set off a flash bang inside an apartment on branham and monterey road where the man barricaded himself. the police department was called out because the sun got into an argume

mr. fernandez, garcia-torres' best friend since kindergarten got on the stand and said, yeah, we made hash oil, and we could have used a turkey baster and bleach. on cross-examine he said we really wouldn't use a turkey baster and we didn't in this situation because it leaves a plastic taste in the concentrated marijuana. so believe what you want. i've got a feeling that the jury is going to believe believe and the turkey baster used to hide some dna. that's what it points to me. >> yeah. another interesting thing that came up is sort of the battle of the phones as well. >> in that case both sides, the prosecution and the defense have put on experts. and what happened for people that don't know, the phone went off 11, 12 hours after sierra lamar was kidnapped. the defense is saying, gee, she's alive, she was using her phone. one of the experts, in fact both, said that phone could go off by itself. if there's moisture in the air and moisture gets in the phone it could affect the phone so it intermittently goes on and off. so when do you believe in this case? the jury will to have make a cho

mrs. torres is not allowed to offer her amendment that only allowed republican amendments. and finally amendment, yes, germane. he was nevertheless shut out by a party line vote and not allowed to present his amendment before the floor that would simply allow states to continue protecting the benefits and consumer protections and rating restrictions in associated health plans, very simply. mr. speaker, we're here considering the rule for h.r. 1101. we still don't have a cost estimate from our nonpartisan experts at c.b.o. we certainly believe this legislation will increase premiums for middle class and seniors but we don't idea how much so. it's becoming a pattern, mr. speaker. two weeks ago the republican majority pushed ahead with their health care repeal bill without a cost estimate. a week later, it turned out it will cost 24 million americans their insurance and 15% to 20% increases for those who would still have it. late last night, there was a back room, secretive manager's amendment that was proposed which we don't know the cost of or how it will affect coverage and

leon and lisa pagan, jamim torres and francois chan from the mayor's office of economic and workforce development and diego sanchez from the planning department, erica aguyo and mr. garcia from the 24th council and marlina burn from the city attorney's office and sheila chung hagen from my office for their long time incredible work on this piece of legislation. colleagues, thank you so much and i will ask for your support coming forward. but i would like to call up diana ponce de leon and diego sanchez for brief presentation before your questions. >> good afternoon, san juan thank you, supervisor ronen for that introduction. i'm there the office of economic and workforce development and i will provide a presentation today to provide you with some context and background of what has led to the development of the special use district. as you heard supervisor ronen mention it's really a clintive partnership between the city and the community. this is part of the mayor's invest in neighborhood initiative as some of you may be familiar with we have 25 corridors in the city that we focus in. it's an interdepartmental initiative. we work with departments and develop a s

leon and lisa pagan, jamim torres and francois chan from the mayor's office of economic and workforce development and diego sanchez from the planning department, erica aguyo and mr. garcia from the 24th council and marlina burn from the city attorney's office and sheila chung hagen from my office for their long time incredible work on this piece of legislation. colleagues, thank you so much and i will ask for your support coming forward. but i would like to call up diana ponce de leon and diego sanchez for brief presentation before your questions. >> good afternoon, san juan thank you, supervisor ronen for that introduction. i'm there the office of economic and workforce development and i will provide a presentation today to provide you with some context and background of what has led to the development of the special use district. as you heard supervisor ronen mention it's really a clintive partnership between the city and the community. this is part of the mayor's invest in neighborhood initiative as some of you may be familiar with we have 25 corridors in the city that we focus in. it's an interdepartmental initiative. we work with departments and develop a s

leon and lisa pagan, jamim torres and francois chan from the mayor's office of economic and workforce development and diego sanchez from the planning department, erica aguyo and mrgarcia from the 24th council and marlina burn from the city attorney's office and sheila chung hagen from my office for their long time incredible work on this piece of legislation. colleagues, thank you so much and i will ask for your support coming forward. but i would like to call up diana ponce de leon and diego sanchez for brief presentation before your questions. >> good afternoon, san juan thank you, supervisor ronen for that introduction. i'm there the office of economic and workforce development and i will provide a presentation today to provide you with some context and background of what has led to the development of the special use district. as you heard supervisor ronen mention it's really a clintive partnership between the city and the community. this is part of the mayor's invest in neighborhood initiative as some of you may be familiar with we have 25 corridors in the city that we focus in. it's an interdepartmental initiative. we work with departments and develop a str

leon and lisa pagan, jamim torres and francois chan from the mayor's office of economic and workforce development and diego sanchez from the planning department, erica aguyo and mr. garcia from the 24th council and marlina burn from the city attorney's office and sheila chung hagen from my office for their long time incredible work on this piece of legislation. colleagues, thank you so much and i will ask for your support coming forward. but i would like to call up diana ponce de leon and diego sanchez for brief presentation before your questions. >> good afternoon, san juan thank you, supervisor ronen for that introduction. i'm there the office of economic and workforce development and i will provide a presentation today to provide you with some context and background of what has led to the development of the special use district. as you heard supervisor ronen mention it's really a clintive partnership between the city and the community. this is part of the mayor's invest in neighborhood initiative as some of you may be familiar with we have 25 corridors in the city that we focus in. it's an interdepartmental initiative. we work with departments and develop a s