i would like to start with this discussion of the hobby lobby excerpt from which judge pooler read. that did indeed address substantial burden and it addressed an argument that is in period of time nent respects identical to what the government is ar guing here. in particular, what it addressed was the plaintiffs there stated that it was a violation of their religious beliefs to provide insurance coverage that would allow for abortion. and the government in that case said that it's too attentive of a connection because what needs to happen in order for an abortion to be provided in that circumstance is that an actual individual needs to make an independent choice to avail herself of the abortion services. and it was in the very quote that your honor read from that the supreme court said that we are not in the business of evaluating that difficult moral and philosophical issue as to whether, by providing coverage, the hobby lobby plaintiffs would thereby violate their religious beliefs. >> counsel, let me follow up on a case that opposing counsel mentioned in her closing minutes and

after that "whoops," judge teresa pooler ripped into the state. >> seriously? in any further to his credibility? i don't want a response to that. >> you want an answer? i made a mistake. >> shouldn't have gone with it? >> at one point i turned to marie and said, "you know, sometimes when it's too good to be true, it probably is." >> it probably is. >> the judge called in puzzled jurors and told them to disregard the snitch's testimony. >> he's now under investigation for perjury. >> and here was the big point of the defense's newly energized argument. jurors, if the state would put on a big fat liar like the jailhouse snitch, what did that say about alan gold, the star witness? >> prosecutors were concerned. >> that was their whole key, was to try and say, "if they put on one liar, they put on the other." >> the defense would do everything it could to prove that, like the snitch, gold was a liar, also, and that the reason he decided to tell prosecutors what they wanted to hear was that he was afraid of being charged with murder, too. >> there's no statute of li

the metering lights are not turned on and fast trackers and car poolers have an easy time of it and from camera, this is toward the eastern span of the bay bridge traffic is winding its way around foe foe -- to treasure island and looking sluggish. in hayward we have an alert with heavy backwards with traffic stacked up at 238 with two lane blocked a multiple vehicle we lane block with a sig-alert and maybe new at 6:00 here is a look at drive tame traffic 580 looking busy from tracy to dublin at 34 minutes. >>> 5:40 next, no hemming and hawing about this a great debate that has social media in stitches. what colors do you see? the photo that has everyone talking. >> imagine waking up to this at your door the visitor that has a local neighborhood on edge. stay tuned. >>> covering daly city dublin, los gatos and all the bay area, this is abc7 news. >>> good friday morning. on the abc7 morning news a look at our sutro camera at san francisco with the twinkling lights and a beautiful shot to start the morning. the roads are not so beautiful. a check on them is coming up. >> the bart board is