we also -- the da said today that he was looking into other possible incidents and we don't have that yet. we also don't have what we usually get from the mayor. an innocent until proven guilty. we're going to weigh all the facts. now is not the time to make a hasty judgment. let's stand back. i'm weighing the options. also like to note that ross mirkarimi himself is an interesting thing. this is not the ross mirkarimi that i sat down with just a couple of days ago. the ross mirkarimi i sat down with a couple days ago was confident, had a booming voice, and thought there weren't going to be charges filed. the ross mirkarimi that went in front of cameras tonight was winded. he's a man that was on the verge right there. clearly upset and finds himself not only in a world of trouble legally, but also tonight not even able to stay with his own family. that's a tremendous shift. >> i think they both look shocked. we don't know, as you say, whether there's a history with this couple. that may or may not come out. if there is one, 911 calls, complaints from neighbors. we don't know any of th

that is something the da said is not that unusual. >> often the victim is unwilling to cooperate andhe reason why is because they are afraid, they have a lot of things. >> i have spoken to his wife, she is not afraid, she is not in danger. >> reporter: why isn't she cooperating? >> lue have to ask her. that doesn't necessarily mean that a crime has been committed and there is plenty of reasons a person doesn't want to cooperate. >> reporter: if charges are filed, neither side is going to have much room to move. the da won't have much choice but to take the case to court because unlike other offenses, there is no diversion program for domestic violence and the sheriff, it's his political and personal life on the line here so he will have to fight it all the way as well. cbs5. >> coming up it's not what you expect when you book a ticket. why so many flights are having to make unscalinged stops. >> and i will take you to a popular running trail. what's being done to keep bicyclists away. >> and how a rare bat is helping kids overcome their fears. but lately, that's not the case. . >>> y

linda yee explains the charges and what merkerini now faces. >> da says he doesn't relish filing criminal charges against the sheriff, but what he did was inexcusable. a newly elected sheriff is booked in his own jail. his wife vowing to fight for her family and the mayor pouring over the city charter because they are unsure what they must do next. >> district attorney george gascone won't say what happened the night that sheriff ross grabbed his wife so violently he left bruises on her arm. he did explain why he had to file the three misdemeanor charges. >> domestic violence battery and involving physical assault and battery. we have a child endangering and that we have evidence that indicates that the young child was present during the incident. >> and accuses mercerimi of talking his neighbor out of reporting the alleged abuse. >> we have a charge of persuading a witness. with intent to procollude the victim or witness from calling the police and reporting a crime or from assisting in having the judicial process or the criminal process move forward. >> the da admits the victim is stand

as for his own fate it stands now the da is still weighing the evidence and wondering finding out and questioning to see if it rises to the level of proof for an arrest to take in front of a jury. it's a hard call because in these day and age with something as sensitive as domestic violence involving a politician, a law enforcement person everybody is going to take a sharp look at the sheriff and the da to see how this plays. if someone getting a break or being hounded? . >> thank you for the latest. >>> a serial arsonist blazing a trail of destruction through a bay area city. more than two dozen fires have been set since saturday night. most of them in one area. it may be a matter of time before someone gets hurt or worse. >> reporter: that's correct. firefighters have been working on the most recent fire for 15 hours just beyond this trail head. it was set in the kind of dry brush that you see here, the kind of stuff that can fuel a disaster. >> we woke up this morning to a smoke filled house. >> lots of smoke and fire and police officers and fire. >> reporter: early morning fire fi

. >> the yellow county da said today it'll not file against the students pepper sprayed at uc davis. last november we showed you the images of a police officer using pepper spray on seated students during protests. the da said there was insufficient information in police reports to file criminal charges against them for failing to disperse. >> and we have been watching the protests from early this morning. again this is a live look outside the bank of america building at montgomery and california. three groups have merged in to one at this hour. there are hundreds of people in the streets. we will stay on this throughout this newscast and will update you with any major developments. >> we are also on storm watch tonight as gusty winds whip through the bay area. the rain is expect stronger and the evening drive is a tough one. we are looking live at interstate 80 and berkeley is bad in both directions. eastbound and westbound. also bad on the access road. the far left received screen. let's go check in on what's happening. wet roadways here but you can see traffic moving well in and o

lin shows us some of the special preparations. >>da: inside the stadium the lights are on and a lot of people are working in there to make sure the stadium is ready for the big game. >>da: the storm that drenched the bay area on friday left a lot of work for candlestick park cleanup crews on saturday. some parts of the parking lot recovered in up to a foot of water. the crews worked may want to make sure this place is ready for the big game. this is the first nfc championship of hearings in 14 years. to >> we are going to win. the score is going to be 27-20. for theft >> it is the night before, lee are here at the park, this is as close as liggett force, and support the team. netflix >>da: security is asking you, early, 75 minutes before kickoff. >>marty: we have in getting a lot of pictures from 49ers fans, and there are a couple of them, fans preparing for today's championship game and never lived for the 49ers. heads are being shaved and faces painted, all of this for the 49ers. join us tonight, lynn or lose we will have a big 49ers

for activity during the period of december eighth to the thirteenth according to the web pro news the da is also looking for account information on anybody who included the hashtags of boston p.d. and dox cake in their tweets which is truly absurd because there are thousands of people who included those hashtags to the boston p.d. to make such requests i think reveals one of two things either a serious lack of understanding about how hashtags are. used or not or disregard for free speech my guess is that it's a mix of both and we should note that twitter carries a policy that will only notify users excuse me that it will notify its users when law enforcement agencies request information from that policy at the da has actually asked not to be enforced in this case but that's a piano has been leaked detailing all the requests and it caused quite an uproar on the web and rightly so about how cops are amassing information on social media sites to keep track of anybody that they deem suspicious now one of the users under the microscope boys anon actually tweeted about this receiving about rec

but no the statistic that for every four people that sanford's is the police department arrests and the da prosecutes, nearly three are repeat offenders -- for every four people that san francisco police department arrests and the da prosecutes -- the d.a. prosecutes. there is evidence to show that doing everything we can to try to divert some of his life from repeating their offense, but we will have to really vigorously enhance our approach. one way to do that obviously is the collaboration being fostered and demonstrated here today, but it is more than just today. it will have to be every single day, or else california will continue to be building more prisons, and san francisco may not be far behind. thanks. [applause] >> once again, thanks for the flag. [laughter] have a good time. have a good evening. thank you very much. [applause] >> good morning, and welcome to our city hall. as you know, yesterday -- first of all, let allthank all the members of the board of supervisors that are here today. it is really great day for our city and san francisco. i want to thank the members who are

if he is convicted the da said he could face up to a year in jail. live tonight. alex savage. >> more details. he was just elected in november after seven years as a supervisor. he runs the jails, and providing city hall and courtroom security services. he oversees 800 sworn deputies and about a hundred civil ans. in a statement the mayor called the charges serious and troubling. he goes onto say i must now review the facts and options available to me under the city charter. i must also ensure we don't take step that undermine the intgrity of the criminal justice proceedings. >> ktvu talked to a well known attorney and he spoke about the sheriff's ability to do his job effectively. >> are we forgetting about the presumption of innocence he isn't guilt why. he is presumed innocent until proven guilty. question do his job. >> he also said the sheriff should fight the charges and not step down from his post and he said in his opinion the charges should never have been file. >>> >>> convicted the sworn peace officer would be prohibited from carrying a gun, he would be

if he is convicted the da said he could face up to a year in jail. live tonight. alex savage. >> more details. he was just elected in november after seven years as a supervisor. he runs the jails, and providing city hall and courtroom security services. he oversees 800 sworn deputies and about a hundred civil ans. in a statement the mayor called the charges serious and troubling. he goes onto say i must now review the facts and options available to me under the city charter. i must also ensure we don't take step that undermine the intgrity of the criminal justice proceedings. >> ktvu talked to a well known attorney and he spoke about the sheriff's ability to do his job effectively. >> are we forgetting about the presumption of innocence he isn't guilt why. he is presumed innocent until proven guilty. question do his job. >> he also said the sheriff should fight the charges and not step down from his post and he said in his opinion the charges should never have been file. >>> >>> convicted the sworn peace officer would be prohibited from carrying a gun, he would be

monday in the domestic violence case against the sheriff and what else we learned when we talked to the daay. . >>> a day of protest in san francisco and are you looking at one of those protesters. this is right in front of i believe the -- this is justin herman plaza and protesters right now are marching to i believe a foreclosed building in the financial district of san francisco. jade hernandez is at another protest out received the hyatt and there is a big protest going on there as well with hundreds of protesters, jade let's see what is going on behind you. >> reporter: that's rightw. have been watching the demonstrators for a few hours and as you can tell, we are following the crowd. we are just walk agriculture long with them because we have been -- in front of the grand hyatt since about 5:00 and right here at local 2 was here because of a protest against employees working without a contract. that is a status they have been under for about two years and it's part of the reason why they joined the movement. we followed occupy supports all day with participants showing frustration ov

. >> reporter: two floors up the new sheriff had his first day on the job knowing any point the da could decide whether or not to charge him with domestic abuse after a neighbor contacted police with video and texts about a new year's fight involving the couple an incident his wife said is a misunderstanding and being taken out of context. he denies the charges, one wonders. >> how do you feel about what may happen? >> i trust in the system. i trust in the system. >> do you think he charges? >> i couldn't guess. it's so sketchy what we know that they have. in we don't know what is in the photographs exactly, we don't know what the statements were. >> reporter: and what does the mayor say? >> you know they are serious allegations and i -- i'm going to refrain from making any comments. >> if he is charged she step aside? >> again i think -- it's not for me to comment. >> reporter: we should have an answer by week's end. i talked to the da and they aren't ready to make any announcement. this puts a lot of pressure on the da. if one way or the other if he charges some may say it's politics,

. >> the da says he will not push for mirkarimi to quit as sheriff, but the situation leaves mayor ed lee in a difficult spot. in a statement, lee says as mayor, i must now review the facts and options available to me under the city charter. the city charter does give the mayor the authority to replace elected officials who have engaged in misconduct. but he also needs the approval of the ethics commission and three quarters of the board of supervisors. >>> crews are investigating a pipeline explosion in solano county right now. this happened yesterday near highway 12 and 160. it was in a field with no homes nearby. vintage productions, the company that owns the gas line, was able to shut it down. >>> in less than two hours from now, authorities will update us on a five-alarm structure fire in fairfield. the fire started at a commercial building on empire street. that is home to several businesses, including the american cancer society office. no injuries were reported. >>> governor brown and the obama administration are teaming up to put more taxpayer money into renewable energy. the

and live in the marina district da lin. >>da: that is correct. ig night and an exciting night for the 40 niners fans. you can see at this local sports bar many people are celebrating a big victory. we are in the it side near this marina tavern district. and nine years, the big victory deserves some noise. >> it makes you feel even better because you're been waiting so long for the 49 hours to get back to winning. >> probably one of the best playoff game i've ever seen in my lifetime. >> intents torture! but it was out of this world. >> it was definitely a an emotional roller coaster we were up, down, up, down. >>da: they were calling this torture football. similar to the playoffs. still, pretty early but a lot of die-hard fans are now talking and dreaming of the super bowl. they still have to have one more victory next week. live in san francisco, kron 4. >>vicki: j.r. stone will take as to the tailgate party. >>reporter: 49 years country they are singing. >> these are some of the wild ones that i found when i was walking the tailgate. >> i am cap

we have not seen the chaos as last night they are on the stand by for anything. and >>da: the open to police officers are bracing for what his next february 6th it seems to be the date for the next major march. they returned on sunday after clashing with police officers on the previous night. summit just gotten out of jail. >> i do not believe i was doing anything wrong i was just protesting. >>da: dozens of officers parked inside of these fans were just blocks away. they are ready to respond. with these -- white bands. >> we are here to a dress anny possibly we are going to make any arrests, into anything necessary to keep the community safe. >> this and injured three officers, and at least two protesters. this violent confrontation on the saturday near the convention center. they thought the occupy protesters was unruly after the downtown vacant building. they also claimed that the protesters were seeking refuge inside the ymca. >> there would not let us leave after we got into the ymca >>da: after that, dozens broke into city hall. leg stolen from city hall. it ended a

the same quote is detailed in a new motion by the da's office. the goal of the new motion? to get a specialist to testify next month. but the question is why? >> oftentimes, the victim is recanting or refusing to testify, and an expert can explain why that might happen. >> reporter: the da's office continues to build a case filing this list of the 18 potential witnesses. on the list? inspectors and officers and his wife and ex-girlfriend, christinea flores, who recently filed a report alleging that she was bruised in a fight. the sheriff was not available at his office, but a spokesperson said he was business as usual on this day interviewing candidates for under sheriff. >> the sheriff has been in every day early and usually is here when i leave. >> reporter: the sheriff is expected in court tomorrow for a hearing where he is expected to ask a judge to lift a protective order a how long him to have visits with his son. reporting live in san francisco, ktvu, channel 2news. >>> oakland police asked for the public's help in their search looking for the suspect in the first ho

lin shows us the work being done so water main. >>da: and the water company says at around 3:00 p.m. people and rodeo and hercules called in to report a drop in water pressure. some customers reported getting dirty water. the crews have shut off the line very unfair many affected costs seven low water pressure has returned to normal. them i am relieved, cooking in taking a shower, everything >>da: workers to not know when the life 50th 4s and >>vicki: in north bay man is behind bars and a teenager recovering athleta its is the you like crashed his worry in the month to even see the drivers stumbling during a field sobriety test. he crashed his car into a 15 year-old boy. >> he was almost doubled legal limit gifts that is extremely drunk. >>maureen: the teenager had been walking with four other kids as they attempted to cross the street. the 15 year-old was the first one to try and cross. the orange x is where he was walking when the car hit him. >>maureen: police say that cars in three of the four lanes stopped to let the group crossed.

a source said the da may be looking for scratches or bruises on her arm. since he is bar from living with his family he is staying friends including the former mayor. >> the thing that helps him the most i think is focusing on his job as he has been to work as hard as he can so he doesn't have to think about the pain of not being with his family. >> he also said the mayor and board of supervisors should stay out of it and let the courts handle it. >> vallejo police are walking a long way tomorrow to show support for fallen officer. he was shot and killed last november chasing a bank robbery suspect. they will walk 29-miles vallejo to vacaville to raise money for the family. the walk starts at 8:00 a.m. at the home depot and end was a dinner fundraising event. >> we started off with coastal fog. that was kind of a mess. you see the coastal fog is on. the winds have come up. temperatures today got in to the 70s. 73 in santa rose a. temperatures for your saturday, about the same. overnight lows tonight are going to be cool. we will see temperatures near or at

. >> depending on what other evidence the da had. we're told there are text messages from the wife to the neighbor. so the da would have a fair amount of circumstantial evidence, if this turns out to be correct, these leaks we era hearing about. >> how common is it to go forward without the cooperation of the victim. >> a lot of times, a woman is thinking if i testify against him, our marriage is gone. he may go to jail. i don't have a breadwinner. if there's children involved, there's support problems, so it's very common for the wife to say, no, no, no, it didn't happen. i don't want to go forward. that's why in this case the prosecution will say we don't care what the victim says, we're going forward. we're going subpoena you and make you testify. >> now, there's two trials at work here. one is the court of law which will have an arraignment and evidence will be present and the other is the court of public opinion. this is an issue, especially in san francisco. what do you see? do you expect him to step aside? >> no. based on what

. >> reporter: the da is reviewing the case to determine if any charges should be filed. the mayor is expected to name a replacement this week for his supervisor seat. >>> and ed lee became the first elected chinese american mayor. diane feinstein gave the oath of office. lee who has worked for the city for years paid tribute to the five he worked with. he was appointed a year ago to finish the term of nuwsom. >>> back at it again today. republican presidential candidates made a last minute push today ahead of tuesday's primary. it seems to be romney's time to shine. >> reporter: romney charged up the stairs to greet the new hampshire crowd. >> we will win this thing i hope coming down the road. >> reporter: the new jersey governor helped him fend off a small group of protesters shouting about killing jobs. >> you know some way go down tonight but it won't be jobs. >> can be drop the pious? . >> reporter: they faced a firing squad of rivals. >> the fact is you ran in 94 and lost. >> reporter: while gingrich painted romney as a failed career politician, santorum questioned

a source said the da may be looking for scratches or bruises on her arm. since he is bar from living with his family he is staying friends including the former mayor. >> the thing that helps him the most i think is focusing on his job as he has been to work as hard as he can so he doesn't have to think about the pain of not being with his family. >> he also said the mayor and board of supervisors should stay out of it and let the courts handle it. >> vallejo police are walking a long way tomorrow to show support for fallen officer. he was shot and killed last november chasing a bank robbery suspect. they will walk 29-miles vallejo to vacaville to raise money for the family. the walk starts at 8:00 a.m. at the home depot and end was a dinner fundraising event. >> we started off with coastal fog. that was kind of a mess. you see the coastal fog is on. the winds have come up. temperatures today got in to the 70s. 73 in santa rose a. temperatures for your saturday, about the same. overnight lows tonight are going to be cool. we will see temperatures near or at

the da said the 23-year-old waited for four homeless men on different days, and stabbed them to death. if convicted he would face a minimum of life, could be elible for the death penalty. he was a corporal in the marines who was deployed to iraq for eight months back in 2008. >> an amazing story after spending two nights in below freezing temperatures on mount ranier a man is safe and warm tonight. in blizzard conditions he was separated from his friends. the 66-year-old kept alive eating chocolate and kept warm digging a snow tunnel and he burned everything he owned, he also ran in place. >> i exercised like this. then -- prayed to god. >> reporter: it took nine hours to get him down the mountain. he cade the experience won't scare him off the mountain. >>> you know and i know being a home make certify maker is a full time job. what if you were paid? a website looked at all the different jobs home makers do and came up with this list. the duties of a private chef, planning and cook three square meal as i day, little more than $52,000 a year. taking care of the house, that's like the

the first layoffs in nine years it deserved some noise. >>daere were a lot of tenders and the last couple of minutes of the game. >> we needed this. this was our last hope. now, die- hards have one thing on their minds. >> we are going to is a bubble! >>ysabel: believe it or not, not everyone watched the big game. >> i hate football. sitting on a couch and drinking beer is the last thing i want to do. >> i thought about going to a pub with my friends, everyone is in the marina, but it is too pretty to be inside with a bunch of drug people. >> it is we tonight's of a day to spend inside in a television. it seems less busy than it would be normally and parking was relatively easy roof think that has something to do with the game furious >>ysabel: thousands of people are preparing from the upcoming chinese new year. city officials extended the shopping area for vendors to put out their wares and allow pedestrians to move through safely. but >>marty: women in virginia are pleased to find out that the man has been caught, he was wanted for stabbing

the da says he is charged as a juvenile but that decision could be reversed later. >>> judge decided to cut in half the bail for a teacher accused of molesting a 16-year- old female student. peter kolesnikov worked at james logan high school. peter kolesnikov is due to enter a plea on monday. >>> twins wouldn't have survived the rare disorder they were born with but a new test means they are thriving tonight. john fowler explains how it works. john? >> reporter: doctors tonight say newborn tests and quick thinking saves their lives. >> reporter: at the hospital the twins thriving now. both have a rare disease called mma that almost killed them. >> the next day after they were born they started losing a lot of weight. >> we denied they looked sick. >> reporter: on day five a suspicious result from the screening program, some kind of disease. they rushed them to specialists. >> had it been another day, you know, they might not have made it. >> reporter: doctors alerted this hospital laboratory late on a sunday night, they needed to know what disease it was. the test normally take as wee

the da may want to check the original of the photo and others for signs to his wife. s attorney says the subpoena for the photo is a fishing expedition to bolster a weak case. >>> on the economy watch, facebook a peers to make a lot of new friends on wall street. the company will reportedly file papers for an initial public offering as soon as next week. it will follow three or four months after the paperwork followed. the wall street journal says it it could raise $10 billion and give the company a market value between $75 and $100 million. the dow lost seventy four and had the first losing streak of the year. >>> chevron announced earnings fell in the 4th quarter due to the losses at the refineries in the u.s. it dropped 3.2% to 5.1 billion. that is below the forecast but for the year chevron earned $27 billion up 23% from 2010. >>> the state air source board gave a green light today. they approved rules at a meeting. air reg haters say it develops cleaner more efficient cars and reduce air pollution. 1 in seven cars sold in the state by 2025 must have 0 emissions.

the da isn't talking about this, neither is him. his wife released a statement saying the allegations are false and ross has never been abusive to her. >>> big economic news has been the jobs report. the unemployment rate fell to 8.5%, which is the lowest in three years. now yes, many of the new jobs last month were seasonal work for christmas, but anthony mason tells us if you dig a bit deeper, there is reason for real optimism. 23,000 reasons, in fact. >> december's hiring surge was led by the transportation sector which added 50,000 jobs. most were courier positions, but the economy's overall growth was the best since september. >> what do you make of this number? >> it's a pretty solid number. >> economists liked the gain in manufacturing jobs. 23,000 of them. >> those are good jobs, good high quality jobs. >> manufacturing has been an unexpected bright spot in the recovery. after shedding workers for a dozen straight years, manufactures have added jobs the past two. in illinois, business at viking gear and engineering is up. >>

the da says the woman built the archdiocese for nonexistent is of and channeled the money intoaccounts she controlled. >>> and from the costa concordia in italy and to the states the cruise liners are in the state. liberty of sea. 47-year-old mother from massachusetts died from a fall on that ship. she fell down the stairs and hit her head and died shortly after. the ship is currently docked in fort lauderdale, florida. >>> and the man in arkansas is under arrest found with weapons and ammunition in his car. he was sitting right outside the u.s. district attorney's office when he was found. he said he was there to talk to the u.s. attorney about government corruption. he was -- he was arrested and never had that conversation. >>> three teens lost their lives in a horrific wrong way crash in the weekend and you will heart calls to 911 by drivers who saw the car traveling along i-97. >>> also, why lawyers for an abortion doctor wants the charges thrown out. details coming up after we get back from new york and a check of this morning's tech bites. >> reporter: in today's tech bites, seve

let's check the -- da lena. let's check -- galena. let's check the traffic with burt. >> reporter: u.s. 29 at maryland 108. see the shine off the roadway? that is indicating wet conditions but traffic is moving well. howard county a lane blocked, u.s. 40 eastbound. utility crews closed the road. looking towards downtown, and it's a little downtown. no reported delays or around the 695 baltimore beltway. no reported problems and no delays to passe long. now back to you with shery johnson. >>> pawb like viewing is -- a public viewing is set for today in inglewood for etta james. she was 7 3 years old. she would have turned 74 on wednesday. she has an unmistakable voice and known for the song at last. you hear it at a lot of weddings. her funeral will be tomorrow and preside by reverend al sharpton. >>> it's been almost two years now since first lady mi shoal's bamma implemented the campaign aimed at ending childhood obesity. she will be promoting her let's move push on the airwaves next week. she will appear on the tonight show with jay

the da's office is now reviewing the case against them. prosecutors today charged a shuttle bus driver with misdemeanor vehicular manslaughter. authorities say 64-year-old wallace richardson was driving a shuttle bus when he ran a red light and crashed into a big rig. one of the passenger's kevin was killed. nobody else was hurt. he's set to be arraigned next week. north bay man is facing charges after taking a wrong turn and triggering a -- triggering nightmare. that story coming up. a former wife took the stand today as a witness in his preliminary hearing. this item took center courtroom and his ex-wife were questioned asking if he had ever hit or threatened her. judas told the courts, no, she also testified that nay sew asked her to claim she lost a pair of panty hose. it linked to the strange relation one of the women he's accused of killing. >> do you feel he's capable of the crimes he's being accused of? >> i don't know. >> reporter: when asked if she recalled any pantihose missing from the home in the 1970s. she said no, but i did

what his wife said on video that explains why the da charged him. >>> it's an internet blackout. why a battle between silicon valley tech and hollywood is prompting some websites to go dark. >> record cold temperatures again tonight. here's roberto with what we can expect. >> record low temperatures and we will end this day on a frosty note as well. good evening, everybody. outside right now, look at the tower all dressed up and currently at pioneer park atop telegraph hill, 43 degrees. otherwise mid 30s now in santa rosa. it will not be as cold tonight as it was last night. nevertheless, we have a freeze warning in effect for the santa clara valley, which had a record low of 29-degrees last night. otherwise in the city of san jose, it will be freezing, 20 to 30s east of the bay, pinpoint now when the rain will arrive and that is coming up in this broadcast. >> all right, thanks roberta. we are learning more about what led san francisco prosecutors to charge the sheriff with battering his wife. linda yee tonight on the disturbing details spelled out in the court documents. includ

the da is investigating and will decide soon whether to file charges. >>> at his new office he spoke to us. >> reporter: what do you feel about what may happen? >> i trust in the system. >> reporter: until there is a decision on his future the san francisco mayor is not saying much. >> you know -- it's serious allegations and i -- i will refrain from making any comments. >> reporter: if he is charged should he step aside? >> again i think -- it's not for me to comment. >> if he is charged and found guilty he could be removed from office. >> fire at the state's largest beef processer is being ruled arson. that fire reported early yesterday morning at the harris ranch feed lot at highway 145 and interstate 5. took less than an hour for the flames to destroy 14 big rig tractors and several trailers. so far the company doesn't know the full cost of the damage but none of the equipment is saveable and law enforcement is keeping quiet about who they think may have set the blaze. >> we haven't released anything on why we believe its arson there. are several factors so far that i wish i could

. >> what the da is able to do is put on prior victims of domestic violence to show that the person committingthe violence engages in a pattern of behavior. normally that's not admissible in a trial. they say he is the target of dirty politics and she is not cooperating with the investigation. >>> the fight for the gop nomination which is intensifying this evening. four candidates took to the stage for a debate hosted by news anchor brian williams. >> it's about leadership and the speaker was given an opportunity to be the leader in 1994 and at the end of four years he had to resign in disgrace. >> they deserved a discussion on how to beat barack obama and the discussion about what to do about the economy and i think this is the worst kind of trivial politics. >> newt gingrich continues to take on romney after a stunning win in south carolina and strongest supporters come from wooing tea party voters and women in california. jean elle joins us live with more on newt's nuance rise. jean? >> newt gingrich was debating in florida, but members of the tea party in california are listening. many of

similar to how the da accuses him of attacking his wife, a charge she now denies. >> feel like i am a ball and serve using my family, myself in a political game. >> reporter: still he is not allowed to return him but didn't return to court with his attorney who asked for a speedy trial. >> one of the moreover blown cases i have seen. >> reporter: it's the mayor asking the new sheriff to take a leave. >> it's time to distracting. >> reporter: flores claims the incident is why she came forward but others question her motives. >> if you play this right people will eat this story. >> reporter: asking why she waited three years and why she filed the report that keeps her name private but with in 24 hours is talking to reporters. flores said she is angry that her name was leaked. she also goes onto say she is talking tonight for this reason and she said it's this quote, if they meaning the sheriff's family did get hurt and i did not say anything it would be my bad. she goes onto say she is prepared to testify if she is called. >> and she said this is allegation. nothing more than that right

the da isn't talking about this and neither is ross. but his wife released a statement saying that the allegations are false and ross has never been abusive to her. >>> the big economic news all day has been the jobs report. the unemployment rate fell to 8.5%. many jobs were seasonal work for christmas, but anthony mason tells us, if you dig a bit deeper, there is reason for real optimism. in fact, 23,000 reasons. >> december's hiring surge was led it by the transportation sector, which added 50,000 jobs. most were cur courier. >> what do you think of this number? >> it's a solid number. >> liked the gain in manufacturing jobs. 23,000 of them. >> those are good jobs. good high quality jobs. >> manufacturing has been an unexpected bright spot in the recovery. after shedding workers for a dozen straight years, manufactures have added jobs the past two. in illinois, business at bye son gear and engineering is up. >> 10 to 12 percent this year. >> the company makes gearboxes and motors for everything from popcorn machines to treadmills. he h

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