. >> tony serra is sticking to the story that chow is reformed. so he told the jury i'm going to be going to the exact same well of evidence as the prosecution, the same body recordings, body wire recordings, but while they say he was pretending to be innocent and reformed and that he yes, he said no, no, i don't want the money. but he took the money, tony serra is going to say he was reformed. he liked the stakes, he need the the cash. but he never committed a crime aend consistently said he wasn't aware of what crimes were being committed. by these other people. >> so then how strong is the government's case here? do you think they can connect all those dots? >> i think it's going to be tough to do it without you know, the reasonable doubt. and that's what serra is banking on. there's a separate part of the case, the most serious part, the murder charges, murder that he really arranged the murder of his predecessor and that he conspired to arrange the murder of somebody else. in that case they also have a problem. because of the character who is

in his opening statement, cho's attorney tony serra told jurors to hold their opinion until his clientes on the stand. as for cho's friends turned informants, serra said all of these witnesses jumped on the bandwagon to get leniency. it's an act of desperation to save their own skins. he told jurors the government spent more than a million dollars wining and dining cho to entrap him into the conspiracy. in 2007 cho spoke to abc 7ñr ne saying he changed his life of crime after he got outÑi of prin oni] unrelated gun charges. >> i face up to all the past i have done. and to try to correctçóçó my li. >> reporter: we also asked cho about allen liang's murder. at the risk of being rude, did you have any involvement with mr. liang's death. >> mr. liang? no. >> reporter: trial continues tomorrow morning with witnesses on the stand. vic lee, abc 7 news. >>> and new details about a story involving land owned by governor brown's family. the state oil regulator says the governor asked her to do personal work for him. it's a claim s huc making in a new whistleblower complaint. records show governo

. >> reporter: that's right, tony, we have been watching the storm as it was bringing very heavy rain across the serra nevadas, this is the area of low pressure that's coming across the states, and the blizzard conditions are over, but now we're dealing with the severity. the line of thunderstorms moving out of parts of iowa into the parts of illinois. the image that's we cut across the highways of iowa, showing the damage, and it has been confirmed that this was a tornado. but we have very strong winds across this area. actually, i was looking in burlington, iowa, where they reported a gust of 66 miles per hour. but we have seen tornadoes across this region. i want to go closer and show you what they're looking at right now. the storm system has moved past de moines, iowa. but we have seen about five tornadoes being reported right now across parts of iowa right here. so those red dots, wait until you see the yellow dots, and that's actually wind damage in the region. and it's the winds and the damage that continue through the evening as well as tomorrow. right now, we're talking about tornado warning