former prosecutor steven clarke. >> marijuana requires a detailed blood test, and it's likely that the d.a. has not received the toxicology report from the crime lab yet. >> reporter: marijuana cases are not as straightforward as alcohol. there is no court approved test like an alcohol breathalizer. there is also no legal limit established like the .08 for who will. >>he central focus is going to be whether he was impaurd by marijuana at the time he was driving. >> reporter: prosecutors could file charges once they have more evidence in hand. at santa rita jail in dublin, katie out a as, abc7 news. >>> in less than five hours millions of people around the world will watch a california native become a princess. dawn just broke at windsor castle. that's where fraer and meghan markle will be married in a historic ceremony. we begin our team coverage. >> reporter: good morning from windsor castle. yes, it's morning time here, 7:00 a.m. if you can imagine, meghan markle is waking up right now my goodness excited about walking down the aisle here in windsor castle in just a few hours. look a

legal analyst steven clark said the testimony seemed to be credible. >> came off raw, it came off organic and broke down on the stand and apologized. >> the 49ers have said they're waiting for the case to be resolved before making a decision on foster's future. the judge expected to issue a ruling at 3:30 p.m. >>> morgan hill police are reaching out to the public for help to find a group of daytime burglars. police released photos of two of the man they're looking for. take a look. most recent burglary yesterday morning. police say the suspects park the vehicles in the area and force the way in. investigators say they have seen a spike in burglaries in the past week. >>> new this morning, uber will use its app to remind users to buckle up according to "the washington post." the new campaign rolling out starting today is make it click, every seat, every ride. it's intended to underscore safety and shift the broader culture's view on wearing seat belts in the backseat and uber asking drivers to pause after picking up passengers to allow them to buckle up before beginning the trip. >>> forme

former prosecutor steven clarke. >> marijuana requires a detailed blood test, and it's likely that the d.a. has not received the toxicology report from the crime lab yet. >> reporter: marijuana cases are not as straightforward as alcohol. there is no court approved test like an alcohol breathalizer. there is also no legal limit established like the .08 for who will. >> the central focus is going to be whether he was impaurd by marijuana at the time he was driving. >> reporter: prosecutors could file charges once they have more evidence in hand. at santa rita jail in dublin, katie out a as, abc7 news. >>> in less than five hours millions of people around the world will watch a california native become a princess. dawn just broke at windsor castle. that's where fraer and meghan markle will be married in a historic ceremony. we begin our team coverage. >> reporter: good morning from windsor castle. yes, it's morning time here, 7:00 a.m. if you can imagine, meghan markle is waking up right now my goodness excited about walking down the aisle here in windsor castle in just a few hours. look

steven clark was in court for the decision. >> the judge wanted to make that statement. this wasn't just because she recanted. it was because her story never made sense in the first place. >> reporter: this after his ex-girlfriend alissa ennis initially told authorities he ha draggedher, punched her 8 to 10 times in the head and locked her out of their home in february. turns out she made it up as part of an extortion plot for breaking up with her. she cried several times during her two hour testimony and blamed her previous injuries on a fight she had with two women in san francisco following a road rage incident. she also admitted to falsely accusing another ex-boyfriend of domestic violence back in 2011 when that man tried to end their relationship. clark says the judge's ruling was based on the totality of the case. >> based on what ms. ennis said and the other forensic evidence that was available to the court, there was not enough evidence, and it was not consistent with what her initial statements were. >> reporter: foster still faces an assault weapon possession c

legal analyst steven clark says the ruling was based on the totality of the case. >> based on what miss ennis said and the other forensic evidence available to the court, there was not enough evidence and it was not consistent with what her initial statements were. >> reporter: foster still faces a misdemeanor weapons charge in connection to a rival that was found the morning police responded to his home. 49ers general manager john lynch released a statement immediately after the decision saying he will have the opportunity to rejoin the team tomorrow. it has been made clear to ruben that his place on this team is one that must continue to be earned. we will continue to monitor the remaining misdemeanor charge. foster returns to court on june 6th. >>> the nfl has decided to penalize teams if players kneel during the national anthem, which all started of course here in the bay area during the 2016 season. 49ers quarterback colin kaepernick started to kneel. he called it an act of social conscience to protest the killing of unarmed black men by police. critics called kneeling an insult to

steven clark says the d.a.s office probably needs to gather more evidence before filing charges. >>> the da's office didn't want to hold him pending the blood test results. that could keep him from being charged with serious crimes later. >> reporter: the serious question, determining whether tran was under the influence of pot at the time of the crash. >> the d.a.'s office is waiting for the crime lab tests to ascertain what level, if any, marijuana he had in his system at the time of the collision. >> reporter: the d.a.'s office will continue their investigation to try to get more information on whether to file charges, if and when they do, tran will be rearrested and brought back here to the alameda county jail. live in dublin, katie nelson, kpix 5. >>> more victims are identified. cynthia tisdale was a substitute art teacher, wife, and mother of four. sabika sheikh was one of the nine students killed. she was an exchange student from pakistan. shots rang out during first period at santa fe high, 30 miles southeast of houston. kpix 5's christin ayers is in the newsroom with new in

. >> reporter: we spoke to legal analyst steven clark, who is also an attorney, and he told us that stores are allowed to search your purse if there is probable cause that something has been stolen, but they cannot search your clothing. moore tells me that she now plans to pursue legal action against macy's. reporting live in san jose, marianne pa marianne favro. >> i love you. >>> speaking from his jail cell, the bay area father accused of abusing his ten children pleads his case behind bars. he regents claims thjects claim boarded hess childr boarded his children and abused hem. >> reporter: he says he is not a monster and not a torturer. as he speaks out for the first time, his wife, the children's mother, is facing new felony charges. >> i want the police to know that i am not an animal. i'm not an animal. >> reporter: an emotional jonathan allen says he loves his ten children and would never harm them. allen talked from jail this morning, reacting to charges he tortured his kids, ages 6 moments to 12 years old in unimaginable ways. >> i would tell them at that i love them and that thi

legal analyst steven clark says this shows a pattern, one that's going to hake going to make it hard for the prosecution to prove their case against rubin foster to a jury. clark says he can't see a way the d.a. proves to a jury that ruben foster is guilty of domestic violence, not after ennis tearfully testified that she lied, lied to police and her family about foster beating her up after he broke up with ennis. quote, i wanted to kill him. i was so hurt, said ennis in court. she also said she wanted foster's money and wanted to end his career by accusing him of beating her up. >> what you're doing here is subjecting yourself to criminal punishment. but she's saying it's more important to set the record straight and not harm mr. foster's career, i will take the blame for what i have done. >> reporter: the prosecutor insisted ennis is the victim, showing photos of ennis and saying she suffered a ruptured e eardrum. ennis testified she was injured the night before. and they were not consistent with a woman being punched ten times with a closed fist by a football player. >> this could

former prosecutor and legal analyst steven clark says the case against foster is now on thin ice. < "...the fact that she has done this before to another boyfriend will have the d.a. thinking that she is not doing this to help mr foster and also the fact that she broke down on the stand, this cold not have gone better for the defense...">(grant) ennis also admitted to stealing eight thousand dollars in cash, jewelry and clothing from foster... after his arrest but denied that he paid her to recant her story. now the judge in the case will consider the evidence and decide whether foster will stand trial. (grant) the man accused of killing a woman and two kids in fremont will spend another night in jail before appearing in court. earlier today, 21-year-old dang tran was scheduled to be arraigned at the east county hall of justice in dublin. his family showed up to court -- but tran did not. that's because the alameda county district attorney's office says it has not yet filed charges against tran. the da's office says it is still waiting on a full report from the california highway patr

steven clark... says her video and testimony... could make or break the case against foster.( robin ) a preliminary hearing has been scheduled for may 17... at which point foster's former girlfriend may testify under oath. the district attorney has said he will continue to prosecute the case against foster even if the girlfriend does not cooperate with the investigation. (robin)coming up on the kron 4 morning news... six candidates face off in california's gubernatorial debate. hear the hot topic issues around the golden state... each candidate stands up against. (robin)plus... gun charges against an undocument san francisco man will move forward. hear the claims he's making against federal prosecutors. (robin)and ... it looks like 3 american p

legal analyst steven clark said forensic will examine the footage. >> if they believe that's a possible and the accuser is saying for certain that's what happened, it appears that the d.a. would have a very difficult case moving forward in court regardless of what she said at the time. >> foster's plea hearing is now scheduled for may 8th. >> a second autonomous car company applied for a permit to test totally driverless cars. dmv began offering perlts last month. we told you one company applied april 12th, now we've learned a second company filed papers april 23rd. both companies are not identified yet since the application process is not complete. happening tonight richmond city council expects an ordinance which bans use of plastic straws and stirs in restaurants. >> it would coop plastic from harming wildlife. americans throw out about 500 million straws and stirs every year. that plastic takes 200 years to disintegrate t a cam paper to ban straws and other dis posable s used. >> do you remember when you had a capri sun and it wasn't possible not to spill it all over your self. >> i

legal analyst steven clark says the ruling was based on the totality of the case. >> based on what miss ennis said and the other forensic evidence available to the court, there was not enough evidence and it was not consistent with what her initial statements were. >> reporter: foster still faces a misdemeanor weapons charge in connection to a rival that was found the morning police responded to his home. 49ers general manager john lynch released a statement immediately after the decision saying he will have the opportunity to rejoin the team tomorrow. it has been made clear to ruben that his place on this team is one that must continue to be earned. we will continue to monitor the remaining misdemeanor charge. foster returns to court on june 6th. >>> the nfl has decided to penalize teams if players kneel during the national anthem, which all started of course here in the bay area during the 2016 season. 49ers quarterback colin kaepernick started to kneel. he called it an act of social conscience to protest the killing of unarmed black men by police. critics called kneeling an insult to

the case against foster is now on thin ice says former prosecutor and legal analyst steven clark.steven clark/legal analyst "...the fact that she has done this before to another boyfriend will have the d.a. thinking that she is not doing this to help mr foster and also the fact that she broke down on the stand, this cold not have gone better for the defense..." elissa ennis also admitted to stealing $8 thousand dollars in cash, jewelry and clothing from foster after his arrest but denied that he paid her to recant her story.rob fladeboe/san jose "....at one point foster's attorney asked ennis point blank why she would risk a perjury charge by recanting her story. she replied, because i wanted to do the right thing. now the judge in the case will consider the evidence and decide whether fosterwill stand trial. in san jose rob fladeboe kron 4 news (vicki) (vicki) breaking news tonight we are following -- a brush fire broke out near highway 101 in redwood city. it sparked just before 2:00 near the woodside road offramp... firefighters have a handle on the situation.. but the chp says the woodsid

the case against foster is now on thin ice says former prosecutor and legal analyst steven clark.steven clark/legal analyst "...the fact that she has done this before to another boyfriend will have the d.a. thinking that she is not doing this to help mr foster and also the fact that she broke down on the stand, this cold not have gone better for the defense..." elissa ennis also admitted to stealing $8 thousand dollars in cash, jewelry and clothing from foster after his arrest but denied that he paid her to recant her story.rob fladeboe/san jose "....at one point foster's attorney asked ennis point blank why she would risk a perjury charge by recanting her story. she replied, because i wanted to do the right thing. now the judge in the case will consider the evidence and decide whether fosterwill stand trial. in san jose rob fladeboe kron 4 news (ken) (ken) two people .... found wounded by gunfire ... were pronounced dead by first responders last night in east san jose. those who knew the victims came to pay their respects. neither victim has yet been identified.. the double homicide happened

the case against foster is now on thin ice says former prosecutor and legal analyst steven clark.steven clarke fact that she has done this before to another boyfriend will have the d.a. thinking that she is not doing this to help mr foster and also the fact that she broke down on the stand, this cold not have gone better for the defense..." elissa ennis also admitted to stealing $8 thousand dollars in cash, jewelry and clothing from foster after his arrest but denied that he paid her to recant her story.rob fladeboe/san jose "....reuben foster is also facing a weapons charge in this case. after hearing the evidence the judge in the case will decide next week whether he will stand trial. in san jose rob fladeboe kron 4 news. news. (pam) the man accused of killing a woman and two children in a fremont car crash... will spend another night in jail before appearing in court. earlier today, 21-year-old dang tran was scheduled to be arraigned at the east county hall of justice in dublin. his family showed up to court -- but tran did not. that's because the alameda county district attorney's office

a preliminary hearing later this month that may be a bit of a gamble says legal analyst steven clark.steven clark/legal analyst "....the big question for the preliminary is whether the accuser will come to court and testifyunder oath to what she said publicly, through her attorney..."foster's former girlfriend initially told police that foster punched and dragged her, puncturing an ear drum. later, she recanted, saying her injuries resulted from a fight with another woman.steven clark/legal analyst "...the d.a. is going to look at extrinsic evidence from the medical exam, from the witness, from the 911 call and they may seek to impeach what she says on the stand and say the first story she told is the more believable of the two storiesa video of the fight between the two women, now in the hands of the prosecution, will weigh heavily in whether the case proceeds to trial or leads to a possible dismissal of the domestic violence charges, says clark.steven clark/legal analyst ".....the burden is on the people to show that mr foster did this beyond a reasonable doubt so the murkiness that's been crea

the case against foster is now on thin ice says former prosecutor and legal analyst steven clark.steven clark...the fact that she has done this before to another boyfriend will have the d.a. thinking that she is not doing this to help mr foster and also the fact that she broke down on the stand, this cold not have gone better for the defense..." elissa ennis also admitted to stealing $8 thousand dollars in cash, jewelry and clothing from foster after his arrest but denied that he paid her to recant her story.rob fladeboe/san jose "....reuben foster is also facing a weapons charge in this case. after hearing the evidence the judge in the case will decide next week whether he will stand trial. in san jose rob fladeboe kron 4 news. ( robin ) ( robin ) san francisco mayor... mark farrell... is proposing a first-of-its kind program to fight drug abuse on city streets. it includes money for a ádedicated 'drug addiction street team'. that medical team would hand out a drug designed to stop heroin cravings... amoung other things. the mayor says the traditional hospital or clinic program... just does

clark. we have francesca. steven gregory, publisher at the epic times. we have ellen ferguson, trade reporter at cq roll callnpc head loiners member. we have richard mccormick. chief speech writer at the u.s. department of commerce. we have tim warren, managing editor at international trade today. and rebecca glover, director of the office of public affairs at the u.s. department of commerce. coming from this end. we have john gallagher. senior editor at ihs fair play. and a member of the national press club head loiners team. we have arthur swift. chief of content at gallup. we have herb jackson. washington correspondent at the "usa today" network. we have mrs. hillary ross, wife of our speaker today. we have kevin wensing, retired captain for the us navy. and executive director of first global and the national press club headliners member who organized today's luncheon. we have mark hamrick, the washington bureau chief at bank rate and former president of the national press club. skipping for a moment, skipping over our guests for today, just for a mom

tonight -- emilia clarke, star of "ibiza," actress phoebe robinson, cocktails with jeffrey morgenthaler. featuring the 8g band with stevenolf. ♪ [ cheers and applause ] ladies and gentlemen, seth meyers. >> seth: good evening i'm seth meyers. this is "late night." how is everybody doing tonight? [ cheers and applause ] that is great to hear. in that case, let's get to the news. according to the "boston globe," white house staffers who compose president trump's tweets intentionally include grammatical and spelling errors to mimic trump's style. [ laughter ] oh, that explains this tweet from yesterday. [ laughter ] president trump said today that if north korea agrees to denuclearize he can guarantee leader kim jong-un's safety, saying, quote, "he will be safe, he will be happy, his country will be rich." wait a minute. why does he get a better deal than we do? [ laughter ] also -- also -- [ cheers and applause ] he'll be safe, happy, and rich? are you a negotiator or a genie? [ laughter ] in a new interview, the former u.s. ambassador to panama compared president trump to a velociraptor saying, quote, "if you don't show h

tonight -- emilia clarke, star of "ibiza," actress phoebe robinson, cocktails with jeffrey morgenthaler. featuring the 8g band with stevendent trump's tweets intentionally include grammatical and spelling errors to mimic trump's style.

stevens was later sentenced to 42 years to life. george, who pleaded not guilty, set up a ministry in the clark county detention center.rge's sister maria remained convinced he did not do it. >> why, the age-old conclusion, the husband always does it. >> he was a statistical suspect from day one, for sure. my opinion is, they sandbagged around that to make a case. >> reporter: why, she asked, would anybody believe an addict and known liar over george? and the detectives' theory that a guilty conscience led to a suicide attempt? that was hog wash, said maria. >> but let me tell ya, he has been on suicide prevention squads, he's an emt. he is quite knowledgeable about what it takes to kill yourself in a vehicle. so, driving that large vehicle into a k-rail with your seat belt on is not how an expert tries to commit suicide. he did something stupid, but he didn't try to kill himself. >> reporter: and it wasn't just george's family who stood firmly behind him. fellow fire fighters came to his defense, fellow west point grads, childhood friends. >> i truly believe he's innocent. he gives too much of himself, and i think tha