3 the director's report >> good afternoon, commissioners i wanted to note some sad news we lost ron smith he passed away last night we got on e-mail this afternoon and i'm sure you're aware of ron has been really helped us lead our respite center helped us through the process i wanted to honor him then on saturday a march 22 there will be a convention of lgbt suicide risk and prevention at the student center from 8:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. and the researchers and practitioners will present research and best practices to guide program and suicide prevention for care for lgbt youth. we did on incredible job with working with community advocates in looking at how to approve our healthy stores and the press event focused on the young adult surveys and 6 zip codes tenderloin and the marine a it has the prescription at protect incomes and the agencies and coalitions youth advocates and policymakers and staff and city agencies have been working to promote community health and addressing tobacco and drink industries while working with small industries in strengthening the communities. and this month

six hours, by ron smith. portions played for the jury. smith talks to himself. he is rehearsing his first meeting with lawyers and does that before the shooting. and after the shootings, he refers to them as 18 year old and 15-year-old as vermin and less than human and doing his civic duty. the audio reports and screaming and gro anning. and smith's roifl jams. and he said sorry about that and switches weapons and fires again. the girl did not do i immediately. she struggled to breath and he fired the finishing smoth and smith said i refuse to live in fear and he didn't call the police until the next day. his home had been broken into a number of times. he was terrified by the number of home invasions and the prosecutors say he laid a trap and did a revenge killing. >> an explosion forcing everyone out and why they have to wait to go back home, liz? >> and how the multibillion dollar industry is changing. >> charles krauthammer has a warning for democrats. >> why can't the president obey the constitution and let congress change them. that is what he ought to be

buy ron smith accused of murder after gunning down two teenagers after the pair broke into his home ong day. what happens today in court, mike? >> reporter: the jury will begin deciding is this a case after man defending his home or a coldblooded revenge killing. the compelling evidence, audio surveillance that smith set up himself shows there were times -- there was time between the individual shooting. smith stood over one of the dying burglars and said you are dying instead of summoning help. he delivered what he described as a good, clean finishing shot. the number of shots, 9 of them in total. and the time line, the fact that he waited until the next day before police were summoned. closing arguments this morning, then the jury gets the case. martha: brand-new polls showing democrats could be likely to lose seats in the 2014 mid-terms. this is from "washington post" abc news poll that came out today. president obama's job approval has slipped to a new low. it's down to 41%. the president losing grounden several key issues. 34% say that he's doing a good job with the ukraine down f

. >> we should say ryan smith is in for ron claiborne. good morning to you, sir.a pleasure to have you. >> oh, thank you for having me too. >> happy easter to you. >> happy easter. >>> and we're going to begin with easter sunday celebrated around the globe. at the vatican, pope francis giving his second easter mass along with his message to the world before a jam-packed crowd in st. peter's square. abc's marci gonzalez is here with more. good morning, marci. and happy easter to you. love the yellow dress. >> reporter: oh, why, thank you. happy easter to you too, bianna, and jam packed is right. there are record crowds at the vatican. officials there expecting 3 million visitors this week. and, of course, many of them gathered there this morning on this sundayny easter sunday. on the biggest day in the christian calendar, crowds go wild for the people's pope. cruising past the faithful in his open-air popemobile, a security risk that's always a concern, pope francis reportedly apologizing to the crowds that he couldn't stop to glad hand, kiss babies and take selfie

smith, abc news, new york. >> an intense case. our thanks to ryan's reporting on that story. >>> now, we're going to get another look at the morning's top stories. once again, over to rondan and bianna. sara. everyone. in the news, federal investigators are working to salvage important clues from the deadly head-on collision in northern california that killed ten people. a fedex tractor-trailer plowed across the median, slammed head-on into the bus carrying 40 high school seniors and their chaperons on their way to visit a college. >>> overseas, a u.s. navy ship is joining the intense search in the indian ocean for any clues from the missing malaysian airliner. australian authorities say the search zone has been condensed. but underwater pings have been fading. >>> in pakistan, attempted murder charges against a 9-month-old boy, they have been dropped. he and 30 others were accused at throwing stones at police officers over a confrontation over electricity and gas supplies. >>> "wheel of fortune" turned into wheel of misfortune. for one contestants. julian bats had a chance to win 1 million bucks. all he had to do was read the fully solved puzzle. it was an epic failur