money hongry trial lawyers benefit from this bill not -- hungry trial lawyers benefit from this bill, not everyday consumers and employees. in fact an amendment that was offered in rules last night by congressman sensenbrenner who has been here for years and studied this topic would have said, ok, arbitration stays in place, the status quo, but there is an option. there is an option. if the trial lawyer can say to the consumer, the client, how much money it's going to cost to take it to cou and ts reasonable and he had different ways that you would determine if the trial attorney fees were reasonable, then you can go ahead. my democrat colleagues in the rules committee rejected that amendment. and -- a reasonable amendment. i believe if this bill passes we will see a rise in class action losses and the abuse that comes from t the rampant abuse in class action lawsuits is why companies have chosen mandatory binding arbitrations in the first place. if mandatory binding agreements are invalidated, there will be substantially more class action abuses. mr. speaker, arbitration is beneficia

discussions that jurors may have had with are trial lawyers. and we will evaluate and go forward. i think it is important for for me to point out doubt there's been an incredible amount hard work we have 3 prosecutors here. tree james casey basin cc mccormick in our team of investigators match witness advocates to continue to work with the families. we go through the process in on this waiting for the verdict. this was extremely difficult for the family members to accept. the verdict is ending its max harris. we're going evaluate our prosecution as we go forward against derek tell me because it is a pending case they really have no further. thanks to >>now earlier outside the friend of one of the victims who passed away in that fire and here is there reaction to the verdict. >>but with derek. >>was mostly guilty. for him most of the i feel that. mean he i feel that he's guilty. he created this environment, heat set it up to 36 people to die and i think that he should be found guilty. i'm kind of numb right now that's a look at you know, that's all i can say. >>so with max harris b

this nontraditional legal tactic be a game changer assessed legal journalist molly barrows of trial lawyer magazine molly translate legal ease to english what is a public nuisance. well i'm going to give you a oklahoma's definition since we're talking about the oklahoma trial but it's pretty similar in general to the standard definition of public nuisance in the legal world and that's defined as an act or failure holland act that annoys injures or endangers the health and safety of an entire community in other words a large group of people it's usually there is there for cases that are connected to someone's objectionable use of land like in the at the airport polluting factory a drug how the house of ill repute but lawyers for johnson. once and they jumped on that they called it a radical theory they said it didn't fit with oklahoma's case on fact that's what they're appealing on but the judge in that case has disagreed from the get go that bachmann he said there was nothing in the state's definition of the public nuisance law that limits a nuisance to only property related matters and he

discussions that jurors may have had with are trial lawyers. and we will evaluate and go forward only the statement was briefly only spoke for a minute or 2 and he did not answer any questions some of the family members of the victims were in attendance, one of them alex vega's mother. >>and when asked if she hopes that the district attorney's office continues to pursue derrick coleman, a she said it doesn't matter it's not going to bring her son back in oakland flt of all kron 4 news. >>well, some of the families of go chip victims have filed civil lawsuits against the city of oakland p judy and the owner of the warehouse. so they claim that the city did not properly inspect the building or investigate complaints about it pg e is accused of not monitoring or repairing electrical equipment and the owner is accused of neglecting to maintain a safe space. the lead attorney representing the victims families say that local first responders have been there several times before the fire and that they knew a lot of people were living there. >>this pla

discussions that jurors may have had with are trial lawyers. and we will evaluate and go forward. >>so what's next well, max harris, he was a lead out of the santa rita jail just a few apps as for derick almena he'll continue to sit in his jail cell there. at santa rita jail until his next court date october force live in oakland tonight michelle kingston kron 4 news. thank you michelle. >>and now that max harris has been acquitted as michelle mentioned he has been released from jail kron four's gayle ong is live outside the santa rita jail in dublin with more gayle. >>panamax harris was officially released just after 6 o'clock this evening that was coming from a tweet from alameda county sheriff's office were here at santa rita jail where we were camping out here we were told initially that max harris may not go through the front door and that is because of the high-profile case so he did indeed bypass media we do not see any sign of them he may have we're told he may have been going through another ex it but max harris is a free man after bei

we are going to take into account discussions that any jurors may have had with our trial lawyers and we will evaluate that and go forward.>> those trial lawyers, i do under chance to talk to the jurors, seven women and five men. and of course the das team also got a chance to talk to the victims families. so the sentiments of both the families as well as the jurors will play a critical role as far as whether they will indeed retry derick almena. my many family members were clearly distressed, there was a plea bargain for both of these defendants on which they would spend some time behind bars. that plea deal was passed to because the judge said mr. almena did not show enough contrition.>> i'm my son and his girlfriend died and it's just in vain? i've been here almost every day for five months, it's upsetting, there other word of course everyone connected to this case from the defense attorneys, the da, to the civil attorneys involved, were all in shock over this result. obviously, because we did have plea bargains that did resolving guaranteed prison time for both of these defendants

we're going to take into account discussions that any jurors may have had with our trial lawyers, and we will evaluate that and forward. >> a lot of issues at play. prosecutors are expected to consult with the victims families if they are up emotionally for another trial that might not begin until next year. >> these are the faces of the 36 people who died in that fire, their deaths a tragic loss for their families and after enduring months of graphic and painful testimony, many of them feel that justice eluded them. nbc bay area cheryl hurd joins us in oakland. a huge disappointment for so many of them. >> it was indeed. almost three years of heart ache and five months of a trial inside this alameda county courthouse in oakland for these victims families. we talked to many of them tonight and they say that this verdict is leaving them in shock and angry. >> i'm sorry, i'm done. >> we don't want to talk right now. >> reporter: family members leaving the oakland courtroom disappointed and hurt. >> i don't have anything to say to you right now. >> i'm shocked and saddened it. >> reporte

discussions that jurors may have had with are trial lawyers. and we will evaluate and go forward. >>and he is out of jail tonight derick almena however he is still in his jail cell. he is awaiting his next hearing. >>michelle thank you one of the 2 defendants in the case is out of jail, max harris was released from the santa rita jail in dublin. shortly after the jury acquitted him of all charges kron four's gayle ong live for us outside the jails tonight with more gayle. >>can amass ariz was released sometime after 6 o'clock this evening. he declined all interviews with the media he was actually driven from that. alameda county sheriff's office to a location to meet friends and family we spoke to sergeant ray kelly who tells me that his mood was described as exhausted after a world when harris was facing at 36 counts of involuntary manslaughter. he was arrested in 2017 with his connection to the ghost ship warehouse, he was the man at the door collecting rents and he served time here at center rita jail for 2 years. and after weeks of delibera

. >>> we will take into account discussions that any jurors might have had with our trial lawyers. and we will evaluate that and go forward.>> reporter: derick almena will be back in court october 4. prosecution will have the final decision by then. there are several cases against the city of oakland. against pg&e and the warehouse landlord. those cases are from the victims families. experts are saying that this outcome is actually good for the civil cases. as you know derick almena and harris do not have a lot of money. the city and the landlord actually are the ones they say have a lot of money. they believe this will allow the lawyers the civil lawyers to go after the city pg&e and the landlord. >>> we will be waiting to see what comes next.>>> the verdicts came as quite a blow to some of the families of the 36 victims for the ghost ship fire.>> reporter: shellshocked stunned those are some of the words that friends and family members of the ghost ship victims used to describe their emotions after hearing the verdict today. and coming out of court. any of the friends and family

. >> we're going to take into account discussions that any jurors may have had with our trial lawyers, and we will evaluate that and go forward. >> reporter: almena's attorney tony serra was not happy about the junk jury and is adamant about proving his client's innocence. >> i'm in pain, anguished, frustrated, but god [ bleep ], we will win next time. >> legal analyst tony brassfield the next case will have its challenges. >> there's a sense a guilty verdict is in reach of the district attorney. at the same time, it's not just one, but two jurors that could make a decision, and i think that may weaken the resolve as far as trying it a second time. >> reporter: after today's court proceedings, met attorneys work max harris shifted the city to the oakland. not enforcing the code violations in the warehouse contributed to the depths of the 36 victims. >> the community cannot be saved until we get accountable leadership. >> reporter: briggs added the first thing harris wanted to do is enjoy a vegan meal. he hopes to continue living in the east bay and pursue his love of art. at the santa

. >>> we are going to take into account discussions that any jurors might have had with our trial lawyers. and we will evaluate that and go forward.>> reporter: derick almena's defense attorney said he and derick almena will not take a plea deal. he is ready for a retrial. >>> i'm anguish. i'm frustrated. but we will win next time.>> reporter: october 4 is when derick almena will be back in court . that is when the prosecutors will have to make a decision. will they seek a retrial? we will wait for that and be sure to be here and keep you updated on that. in terms of the civil trial. the families not about money. they would rather have their loved ones back. we get that. there is a civil case at this point. experts believe today's outcome actually helps in a civil case. this gives the civil attorney gives him more ammunition in the sense that now they can focus and go after the city. and the landlord. those are the two groups with money. derick almena and max harris did not have a lot of money. experts are saying this is good for the civil case. >>> let's get you over to christian heirs w

we are going to take into account discussions that any jurors might have had with our trial lawyers. we will evaluate that and go forward.>> reporter: the next court hearing is on october 4. that is when the prosecution has to come up with some kind of answer. do they want to retry derick almena? we will get a better answer by next month but in the meantime he continues he remains locked up santa rita jail. as for his codefendant he won't be release from santa rita jail sometime this evening. he will be released. >>> now let's go to kristin eris. she has been getting reaction from family members of those victims.>> reporter: incredibly emotional day in court today. for those families. they came slowly out of the courtroom. some had mixed feelings. overall there was an overriding feeling of anger. these of course other family members of the 36 people who died in that fire. many of them have been here in the court room every day of the trial. or almost every day. some of them say they sat here and listen to the testimony. they hoped for justice. instead they got the verdicts they heard

new report reveals the thousands of children in cheery will being held in dog conditions without trial lawyer over their alleged association with terrorists we spoke to one of the authors of the report. the describe simply early overcrowded we've 200 or 300 detainees packed into a cell that was 10 meters by teenagers. from moscow you're watching our teams a national dialogue with you today thanks for joining us. united nations has sent a team of experts to saudi arabia to investigate last week's drone missile attack on the kingdom's all refineries the u.s. says it's confident iran is responsible and to impose new sanctions on tehran just last saturday a dozen cruise missiles on more than 20 drones hit a major oil field and processing plant in the east of the kingdom the attack which given who the rebels claimed they carried out knocked out 5 percent of the global oil supply and saw the price of oil rocket auntie's more gas there for looks at what evidence has been presented so far. it has been decided that iran did it and that started opinion all finding were the result of an investigation it

i can tell you very clearly what this bill will did, find the pockets of the class action trial lawyers and anybody that doesn't qualify for a class action suit and can't afford the high price of a courtroom lawyer for their individual case and undermine the rule of law and freedom of contact. and by ensuring that the bill will not apply to contracts already made, and i yield back. >> the gentleman yields back and i recognize myself for give minutes to oppose the amendment. i oppose the amendment and i yield the balance of my time to mr. sicilini. >> thank you, mr. chairman. >> mr. chairman, i rise in opposition to the amendment. this amendment, if enacted, would leave millions of americans unprotects from the dangers and unfairness of mandatory arbitration provisions. consumers and workers rarely win in forced arbitration according to a 2017 study by the economic policy institute, consumers won only 9% of the claims brought while in stark contract companies won 93% of the claims they brought. the economists at the economic policy institute notes that, and i quote, not only do companies

is accused of defaming the state and spreading false news but he's yet to be charged or face a trial lawyer birdman lee has more. no formal charges no trial and no conviction mahmoud hussein has been locked up in egyptian jail for 1000 days egyptian government prosecutors accuse him of broadcasting what's described as . receiving foreign funds to defame state institutions hussein strongly denies the allegations and so just al jazeera the journalist based in qatar flew from doha to cairo for a holiday almost 3 years ago after he landed he was stopped questioned and detained. hussein has been helpful long periods in solitary confinement in the notorious tora prison in cairo and refused medical treatment when he broke his arm echoing international outrage the un has been calling for his release saying he's been exposed to cruel inhumane and degrading treatment according to egyptian law he should have been freed within 24 hours but he was kept in prison. amnesty international says detainees are trapped in the revolving door of egypt's arbitrary detention system it says they gyptian authorities

refused to release leading candidate not be able corral we pending the verdict in his corruption trial lawyer announced the court's decision on the final day of campaigning despite allegations of tax fraud and money laundering the media mogul is still leading opinion polls will cost that ballots on sunday stephanie decker reports now from tunis. today's events will be electing a new president on sunday that was here that thousands of people 8 years ago came out to the streets demanding change or they managed to get rid of what they called the dictator the man who was in charge of this country for over 20 years but many people now will tell you that even though yes there is some form of democracy when it comes to the politics that nothing has really changed on the ground issues that they will fight the economy there is unemployment and demick corruption and also security issues so we've been talking to the people here on the streets of the capital to see what they have to say. to this candidate to a better candidate but what i hope is that economically speaking and socially we will improve the

trial court of a judge and a jury. that's the end of the case if anybody who is a lawyer will tell you. they are not happy with the decision of the court they are upset but they accepted 95 percent of the time because they knew it was reasonable and they were heard and they could accept it. that's pretty powerful evidence by rule of law. i served on the tenth circuit which oversees 20 percent of the continental united states, two time zones i served with the judges who are appointed from johnson through obama. the tenth circuit is a diverse group of judges you'll ever encounter from whatever metrics you assess. actually it is a model of collegiality we share across the country for that. so we had panels of three so we have to convince our colleagues on the income one - - outcomes it's 5 percent we agree 95 percent of the time. now were moving from the forest to the cove and now the tree is the united states supreme court it here 70 cases per year. seventy i have colleagues at west who here 70 cases in the morning. [laughter] and another 70 after lunch. that is an easy day for them. thes

all conservative republicans despise the trial lawyer, sue everybody.ial comes on and says hi, i bet you know somebody who should sue. why don't you call us. we think it's destructive of society. we think it's destructive of the economy. it sets the wrong tone for a free society. someone of the reasons we had the citizens legislature act was we wanted to send a signal we were with the public in terms of disdain for career politicians. we thought it would be healthy if this were not a life-time year for people. if you had a limit of two terms in the house or six terms in the congress. >> this was a hot button in '94 because people were so mad at the congress and the various scandals. people wanted to clean the place up. they had given up on the hope we could ever win. there was a nationwide move for term limits. >> on september 27, it all came together and a beautiful, sunny day, and people cameth from all over the country to stand in unison we'll do this. if you win we'll make this commitment so we will be able to deliver on the commitment if you vote f

. >> a trial lawyer will tell you, you look at everything in context.rpret that tape, to break it down,. >> he raises biden, the cop particular, the point from one side he wanted to know what happened in 2016. then other side just makes a leap of faith, she askin he is a foreign nation to develop political dirt on an opponent, that is too far, the point is, it's in the middle. the context was about the dnchack. he was concerned. how ironic, you can't avoid the irony, he is motte concerned not what happens in 2016 election, he raised it in the conversation. they say nothing about. he should not have raised this other question. >> doug burns thank you. >> thank you. elizabeth: coming up behind democrat defense, to convince you that they have got an exciting governing vision. it is not just about impeach, and impeach. we'll talk about it next, quite a story, stay their. imagine a world where nothing gets in the way of doing great work. where an american icon uses the latest hr tools to stay true to the family recipe. where a music studio spends less time o

meanwhile, the class action plaintiff trial lawyers will read multimillion dollar shares and fees from those they dole out at nearly pennies on the dollar. it would be better to call this the forced class action injustice guarantee act. rather than wipe out arbitration we should be considering ways to make it better. while we do that, we should do everything we can to reform all the abuses out of the class action system. chairman graham suggested that we do that at the senate judiciary committee hearing on arbitration earlier this year. he was exactly right. the worst result congress could deliver for the american people would be to wipe out their access to arbitration while leaving them no alternative but an unreformed system. that we could probably find some common ground and those are the grounds we go to. will actually penalize many people in the process. before i close, i'd like the letter from the national association of home builders, institute for legal reform, national retail federation, and the consumer banking association be handed into the record. >> without objection. >> a

discussions that jurors may have had with are trial lawyers. and we will evaluate and go forward. >>in oakland, michelle kingston kron 4 news. you can go to kron 4 dot com. >>for more on the go ship warehouse trial verdict and what is next. it's all on our website we updated. so we'll see what's happening. we have reaction from the district attorney and then all of the questions continuing about you know the civil lawsuits in maybe the retrial or whatever happens next round me now. >>police in san mateo are looking for 3 people who robbed an apple store this time. the story that was hit was at the hillsdale mall. 3 men went into that store their faces were covered and they made off with about 40 different apple products. then they led police on a chase down highway one oh one and eventually they got away. the city of sacramento has agreed to pay million to the sons of stephon clark. it's part of a pro settlement reached by the city and clark's family. 2 police officers fatally shot clark last year, he win his grandparents backyard. the family initially wanted $20 million in a feder

. >> though government agencies can enforce the law, it's most likely that thousands of trial lawyers will do most of it with flurries of lawsuits. >> i think companies that are built to model with contractors as their primary labor pool, arguably are most susceptible to seeing shifts, and how they are structured overall. >> mind you, gig workers are not just uber drivers, they are found in each and every business. >> makeup artists, physicians, surgeons, dog groomers, travel agents, just a range of occupations and sectors.>> now the three biggest sectors that use gig workers, construction, healthcare, as well as professional and business services, that's a lot of people, many with very high ranking degrees. >> tom, thank you. >>> the trump administration is taking on youth vaping with plans to ban flavored e- cigarette products, because of health concerns. melania trump has been urging for tighter regulations. san francisco is one of the first cities in the country to ban the sale of vaping products.>> reporter: president trump made the announcement, saying that vaping is big busines

. >> though government agencies can enforce the law, it's most likely that the thousands of trial lawyers will do most of it with flurries of lawsuits. >> i think companies that are built to model with contractors as their primary labor pool, arguably are most susceptible to seeing some shifts and how they are structured overall. >> mind you, geek workers and not just uber drivers, they are found in each and every business. to make makeup artists, physicians, surgeons, dogmas, travel agents, just a range of occupations and sectors. >> the three biggest sectors, construction, healthcare, as well as professional and business services. now the thing that it is important to recognize, by this goes into effect on the first of the year, there is a lot of work going on behindthe scenes, there could be amendments and additional laws to clarify this and cut out even more people. it's one of the hottest political battles that has ever been waged in the capital.>> it seems like there is still a lot to clarify with this legislation. tom, thank you so much. >>> lawmakers have also approved a bill that

really going to benefit here, much of the money will go into state coffers and, of course, the trial lawyers nuisance theory to mr. hunter are going to get a big bundle of cash. so the question is who benefits? >> right. i think the plaintiffs' lawyers are the prime beneficiary here, and i think that's really sad given, from what you said, the public is looking for more accountability here. i think one with thing that's interesting about this is the number of prescriptions for opioids has been falling since 2010, but the overdose numbers have not fallen in tandem as you would expect. and i think that's because as kim alluded to, it's moved on to a follow-on problem of fentanyl, of heroin, of even meth and other drugs that people are using and overdosing on. so i think it's one of those cases where public is looking for someone to blame, but it's a large, intractable social problem with many authors. paul: allysia, do you think j&j is going to appeal here, do you think it should keep fighting on? >> well, i do think it should keep fighting on all the way to the u.s. supreme court if necessary

we are going to take into account discussions that any jurors may have had with our trial lawyers, andthat and go forward.>> derick almena's next court appearance is set for october 4. his attorneys say they are going to try to get him released on bail. we have much more information on each of the 36 victims on our website, ktvu.com. you will also find henry lee's daily ghost ship trial blog. >>> the oakland unified school district conducted an investigation and released its findings today. rob roth is here now with what the district says it found.>> reporter: the complete grades were doctored, and that some teachers were coerced into giving students passing grades. the school district says that they've looked into those charges and have found nothing wrong. can someone high, school and east oakland, there are allegations of cheating, not by students, but it is by administrators and teachers. educators here manipulated the grades of at least nine students in an online education program. the complaint also says that teachers were coerced into falsifying grades to bring up castle month l

as any good trial lawyer would know, when you have great experts, you just get out of the way and let them when the case for you. in this case, i have great experts and my job is easy in that regard. the role of a judiciary is absolutely essential, and that is my answer. but it is true. in september 1787, when our framers came out of that musty room in philadelphia, someone asked ben franklin, what have you wrought? and he said, a republic, if you can keep it. it was important because he said, if you can keep it. he was not speaking to the people who had just formed this document to bring forth a new nation. he said this republic will be here if you keep it. and i think the constitution has stuck, it sticks, and i think it will stick as long as we, the people, understand that it belongs to us. the idea that the people seated this power to a government for its purpose. it amazes me that most men do not cite the preamble when they come before our court. these are very pressing constitutional issues. the reason being because, i say that because our framers spoke in broad language and bro

we're going to take into account discussions that any jurors may have had with our trial lawyers. and we will evaluate that and go forward. >> now, while this was happening, the mother of one of the victims spoke to reporters outside. mary vega lost her son. his name was alex vega. she was very upset with what happened this afternoon. >> i'm just upset. my son and his girlfriend die. i've been here like almost every day for over five months. for the jury to come back with this. it's frustrating. there's no other word for me to say. i'm just upset right now. >> reporter: and again, prosecutors now begin to work all over again on this, in preparation for the next step. we, again, don't know what that will be. back to you guys. >> lyanne, there had initially been a possible plea agreement. the judge rejected that and went to trial because the families said it wasn't severe enough. now that we have this verdict and possibly a new trial, could there still be another plea agreement that's reached? >> reporter: that's something i can't tell you. again, they were very limited in what they

my reaction, there was a hysterical overreaction to this phone conversation and obviously as a trial lawyerked with tape recordings for 34 years and we don't give opinions about it unless we listen to the tape. you have to watch everybody going on and on about a tape they have not heard. that is not academic because we have looked at a transcript, by the way, that has been conveniently changed to some type of summary of the call. liz: i have to move on, mark called at senate democrats for double standard and washington post, he said democrat senators bob anand s, richard durbin and patrick lahey rose to ukraine taught prosecutor about investigations having to do with the mueller probe applying -- let's listen to joe biden last year implied that president obama agreed with him about that back aid to ukraine. >> i got a commitment that they would take action against the state prosecutor in they did not. so they said they walked out of the press conference and i said we are not quite to give you the billion dollars. they said you have no authority you're not the president. i said i'm telling y

all conservative republicans despise the trial, lawyer, sue everybody, the commercial that comes on andu know somebody we should sue. why don't you call and let us consult with you? we think it's destructive of society, we think it's destructive of the economy, we think it sets exactly the wrong tone for a free society. - one of the reasons that we had plank ten be the citizen legislature act is we wanted to send a signal that we were with the public in terms of the disdain for career politicians. we think that it would be healthy if this were not a lifetime career for people and if you had a limit; six terms in the house, or twelve years, and two terms in the senate, or twelve years. and so you could conceivably serve for twenty-four years, still that's a pretty good run. - this was actually the one that was the very hot button in ninety-four 'cause people were so mad at the congress and that various scandals in the congress. people really wanted to clean the place up. and they really had given up on the hope that we could ever win. so there was pretty big nationwide movement for term

discussions that jurors may have had with are trial lawyers. and we will evaluate and go forward. >>so what happens next well, max harris, he's a free man tonight he left the jail just a few hours ago, derek amanda he continues to sit in his jail cell until his next hearing on october 4th live in oakland, michelle kingston kron 4 news. >>thank you michelle and tonight we're getting reaction to thicts from friends and family members of the victims it has been and agonizing wait for most if not all of them as they waited for justice for stanthorpe live tonight in our newsroom and and many say tonight, they are still waiting for justice. >>you got that right grant confusion and frustration is what a lot of people have been telling us tonight and some of them telling us it was just take stream lee difficult to learn about the outcome of those verdicts is so for now they're just going to keep praying and keep waiting. >>friends and family of the ghost ship fire victims react to the verdicts handed down on thursday. david gregory says he's in shock and disbelief after max harris was acq

he's an experienced trial lawyer, as i am. he knows how to make the case. and i think what is as important as lindsey graham's advocacy is the overwhelming numbers of american people, almost 90%, that support emergency risk protection orders and they work. they save lives. as do universal background checks and our goal is to do both, speaking for myself, together because both keep guns out of the hands of dangerous people. >> does lindsey want universal background checks? >> i'm not going to speak for lindsey graham. >> i will. no. >> i think there is a seismic, political dynamic, a political movement generated by groups like every town for gun safety, moms demand action, students demand action, brady, giffords and many other groups across the country that i think has gotten the attention of the white house, as well as my colleagues in the senate. but it will be the president who has to lead or get out of the way. >> no question about it. you know he's not going to get out of the way because it got to be about him on some level. but you talk about this is a

. >> we are going to take into account discussions that any jurors may have had with our trial lawyers and we will evaluate that and go forward. >> all 36 victims died by smoke inhalation. most were caught on the second floor of the warehouse has that fire spread. >>> i'm ann makovec at the live news desk. we have breaking news a new antitrust investigation coming against facebook. eight states are included in this investigation which was launched this morning including new york. the attorney general made that announcement about an hour ago. the investigation is going to exexplore facebook's dominance in social media including the potential of anti-competitive conduct. of course, facebook owns two other big social media companies, instagram and what's app. so this investigation will look into whether or not that has limit customers' choices and raised advertising costs among other things. back to you. >>> on our stormwatch this morning, hurricane dorian is bring massive flooding to the carolinas as it churns off the coast as a category 1 storm. just moments ago, doorian's eye made hand

federal prosecutors, having basically been the government's star witness at manafort's federal trial. lawyerss case telling a federal judge that rick gate's cooperation is ongoing. they don't want another status report until mid november. mike flynn was also a cooperating witness for the government for a time. this week, that seems to have gone off the rails now that he has dumped his legal team and hired a new team full of anti-robert mueller crusaders. the prosecutors told the judge that flynn's cooperation has ended. flynn's defense team told the judge this week that they want the prosecutors in the flynn case disciplined. that doesn't seem like it's heading for a happy ending. as for the president's personal lawyer, michael cohen, he is also in federal prison. he may finally be getting a little vindication or something to hope for. earlier this summer, federal prosecutors ended their investigation into payments made during the 2016 presidential campaign to women who claimed they had affairs with then candidate donald trump. the payments were to keep them from talking about those alleged a

the whistle-blower is using secondhand information and an old trial lawyer, i can tell you that hearsayo be incredible on its face. that's why it's not allowed to be used in court. >> shepard: from the whistle-blower, white house officials told me they were directed by white house lawyers to remove the electronic transcripts from the computer system for where they were held. instead, the transcript was loaded on a separate electronic system that was used to store extremely sensitive material. if true, would that be of concern to you? >> there's no way to know if it's true. first of all, again, it's here say. >> shepard: if it were true, would it be of concern to you? >> no. i'll tell you why. so far we're getting everything that we're asking for. everything the committees are asking for. this president is providing, it's transparent. i don't see anything else in there. when i read the transcript or complaint, what i found is there's an implication is there may have been a whole host of other things on there. so that wouldn't be unnecessarily unusual. >> shepard: congressman, the democra

plaintiff trial lawyers more in fees. if you ask me, it will be better o call this bill the forced class action injustice guarantee act today. but rather wipe -- rather than arbitration, we should consider ways to make it better. while we do that, we should do we can to reform the abuses of the class action system. enate judicial chairman graham suggested we ought to do that at this year.arlier he's right. he worst congress can do is to wipe out arbitration but leave an -- and leave them with uninformed judicial system. before i yield back, madam chair, this is something to me because this is a bill that my gentleman friend just stated, there is a list of here.les there is a list of horribles of abuse, military, all these could have been -- if we sat down as a congress should do. the chairman during the markup, mr. chairman, if you would have just sat down and we facing bout the issues us, you wouldn't be facing a veto threat from anywhere, you facing a senate that would not take it up. you would have found a bill that co

joining me now is trial lawyer, kat katie fong and glenn kirschner. >> glel alley do they have to testifythey fail to cooperate what happens? >> so they should testify, nobody should be defiant and not actually comply with an order from congress to sit for a deposition, especially one of this import, but we've seen, frances, that there's nothing that has stopped this administration from preventing people to give the transparency that everybody deserves to get. because of that could they theoretically refuse, sure they could, but i think the reality is i don't think that's going to happen, especially if you look at the current party line coming out this have administration. the trump administration is claiming that there's nothing wrong, there was no quid pro quo, why would we turn over the actual contents of that call with president zelensky of the ukraine if there was nothing to hide. so at this point in time i think you're going to see the employees, now, remember, the current employees because it was mentioned kurt volker no longer works for this administration, he resigned on friday n

as a trial lawyer for 34 years, obviously hearsay is timmy told me a b and c, well you need to bringan cross-examine him. that's not a political editorial that therefore all the information is invalid, that's not the point. lawyers work with fundamentals. hearsay is hearsay. david: an impeachment that is based on questionable interpretations, a third party source about a 30 minute conversation, is that enough for an impeachment? >> absolutely not because the point is, first of all, everybody's screaming hysterically that there's a cover-up. excuse me, we have the tape. what are we talking about cover up? they may be credibly arguing the only reason it was disclosed is some other ancillary reason. that's fine. we sit in conference rooms and courtrooms for 30 years debating two sides of the issue. on one hand, he's enlisting a foreign country for the 2020 election, you can argue that, but then there's a converse argument which is that he's trying to get to the bottom of what happened in 2016 which is the very thing people have been saying. in life there are three versions, the first on

with law practice is people who are in real trouble, and we have a very good lawyer over here, trial lawyerdefense lawyer, senator jones. he's probably represented some real scoundrels in his day because that's -- >> mostly politicians. >> they've needed a really good lawyer, and if i'm not mistaken when he was elected to the united states senate, he was the president of the national trial lawyers or something -- no, it was the district attorney -- u.s. attorney. what was it? >> national association of former u.s. attorneys. >> but he's such a good prosecutor that people in trouble, i'll bet, have come to him to -- to get out of trouble. one of my earliest lessons in united states history was about john adams who was president of the united states. before he was president of the united states he was a lawyer in boston. if i remember right, he represented a british colonist who had murdered or killed a british soldier. which had to be a very unpopular thing to do in the midst of the american revolution. i wonder if president adams' representation of a british soldier who had killed an americ

trial. >> reporter: defense lawyers say real estate heiress tiffany li arrived monday happy to finally have in court. >> she would like for see she i charges. >> reporter: in an opening statement from morning to afternoon, the defense lawyer paints a picture of events. she said circumstantial evidence proves tiffany li and her boyfriend had nothing it to do with the murder of her husband. but their relationship soured. >> we believe we have the right people to hold accountable. >> reporter: the defense lawyers say the circumstantial evidence points to olivier adella as the guilty party. blood was found in his car and cell phone text messages and tracking show him to sonoma county where the body was dumped after being shot in the head and then returning to the peninsula. >> the prosecution is prosecuting a case. they have the wrong people on trial which is what the police first thought and held with that view until olivier adella started to give a fairy tale that has come to the end by him being arrested as a liar. >> reporter: despite the opening statement from one defense attorney and pros

trial has been about three years in the making. one of the reasons for the delay is that tiffany li last year was diagnosed with stage 3 breast cancer. her lawyer telling us today that she's even lucky to be here. the trial is expected to last two to three months with 60 witnesses set to take the stand. kris reyes for abc 7 news. >>> we have breaking news out of concord. sky 7 was overhead as police investigated after a man was found on fire. police tell us they believe the man actually set himself on fire, but by accident. paramedics driving in the area spotted the man and helped put out the flames. a helicopter then took him to uc davis medical center. his condition is unknown. >>> new details now on a deadly boat fire off the ventura county coast. as the national transportation safety board releases its preliminary report, it came out just before salvage crews raised the boat, the conception, out of the water. the cause of that labor day fire that killed 34 people is still under investigation, but the preliminary report found that all six crew members were asleep when the fire broke out in the middle of the night. >> part of the certificate

trial. his lawyer announced the courts decision on the final day of campaigning, despite allegations of tax and money laundering, he is still eating opinion polls. voters cast ballots on sunday with 26 candidates to choose from. we have more from tunis. electing they will be a new president sunday. thousands of people eight years ago came out into the streets, demanding change. they managed to get rid of what they call the dictator, the man in charge of this country for over 20 years, but many people will tell you that even though there is some form of democracy when it comes to the politics, that nothing has changed on the ground, the economy, unemployment, endemic corruption from also security issues. we have been talking to the people on the streets of the capital to see what they have to say. i am not with this candidate or that candidate, but i hope economically and socially that we will improve. i am a young daughter and i don't have a job. i graduated three or four years ago. >> we need something new, really new, not just lies and promises. we love tunisia. we don't want them to win