and zhang for wrongful termination and sexual harassment. yahoo!damantly defended zhang stating they would vigorously to clear her name. now zang is filing back. did you tell her it made you uncomfortable? >> no. i just told her that i didn't want to do it. >> reporter: according to nan shi zhang joked that her future hung in the balance. >> she said, well, if they don't have these, then you may not get your stocks and, you know, you may not even stay at a yahoo! >> reporter: in a suit just filed against nan shi, zhang adamantly denies ever having a sexual relationship with her claiming the engineer is looking for financial dpan and she just simply wasn't making the grade. nan shi tells us another story claiming after she cut off the sexual advances her work was affected. nan says she was removed from projects and separated from her teammates. >> i don't mind the hard times, but please, please, i'm a human being. you cannot separate me from i had other co-workers. >> reporter: she reported the alleged harassment to yahoo! hr. >> please, please move

has defended zhang saying they will fight to clear her name and zhang is fighting back too filing a defamationt her accuser. >> did you tell her it made you uncomfortable? >> no. i just told her that i didn't want to do it. >> reporter: according to nan shi, zhang joked her future hung in the bl lance. >> she said, well, if we don't have this, then, you know, you may not get your stocks and, you know, you may not even stay at a yahoo! >> reporter: in the suit, just filed against nan shi, zhang adamantly denies ever having a sexual relationship with her, claiming the engineer is looking for financial gain and she simply wasn't making the grade. nan shi tells us another story claiming after she cut off the sexual advances her work was affected. nan says she was removed from projects and separated from her teammates. >> i don't mind hard times, but please please, i'm a human being. you can not separate me from my other co-workers. >> reporter: she reported the alleged harassment to yahoo! hr. >> the help i wanted is, please, please, move me to another team. i don't feel safe. >> reporter: as a re

maria zhang is a senior dirr of engineering at yahoo.r software engineer has filed a lawsuit, claimi zhang coerced her into havi sex agai >>> a senior director evening near at yahoo, a former software engineer has filed a lawsuit claim canning she was offered into having sex against her will. the suit also says once zhang rejected her she got a bad bad review. that say there is is absolutely no truth to the accusations. >>> medical marijuana dispense sierras could go up in smoke. the last ditch effort to get signatures. november referendum could change new city zoning laws that could force most clubs to close. >> we giving vouchers to san jose residents. whether or not they will sign the petition or register to vote is up to them. >> people of san jose are not going to be supportive of a referendum. we have a strong and effective ordinance that will are control medical marijuana. but still a lot of people will have access to it. >> pot clubbed a volunteers t candle sticks need another 40,000 signatures before friday's deadline to get the

. >> reporter: the green block was designed by zhang to show us how it works.zhang says the sensors are more efficient than bomb sniffing dogs. >> the dogs are great but they're very expensive to train. >> reporter: as small as one part per billion. that's an equivalent of a blade of grass on a football field. >> there can be millions of them and be dispersed into airports and other places. >> reporter: that's a concern these days. >> i'm concerned about it but i try not to think about it. >> reporter: it'll be three to five years before the laser sensors will be available for use at airports and other public places. live at sfo, amber lee, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> in the middle east the death toll continues to grow bringing the total to 560. 25 israeli soldiers and two israeli civilians have also been killed. secretary of state john kerry is in cairo meeting with the u.n. secretary general to try to forge a seize fire between israel and hamas. he said larger issues though such as the right of return for pelestinians and the faith of jerusa he recollects -- jer

we shouldn't be doing this. >> reporter: zhang has countered by filing a defamation case against her saying she simply wants money. >>> now to new developments in the case of a high priced escort, who is accused of giving a google executive a deadly dose of heroin and then leaving him to die. alix tichelman was in court today, and pleaded not guiltyk her attorney admits that tichelman has a drug problem, but he says that the prosecution's case is overblown. ktvu's asa smith was in court and heard from both sides. >> reporter: for the first time, the attorneys for 26-year- old alix tichelman are speaking to the media about a case that's getting national attention. >> there are five kids without a father today. but to demonize, and sensationalize, and totally blame alix tichelman for his death is misplaced, unfair, and simply wrong. >> reporter: tichelman's attorney says the high priced escort should not be responsible tore the death, claiming the two's drug use was consensual, and she had no reason to kill him. >> why would she? he was a lucrative source of income to her. she apprecia

the suit also claim once the engineer rejected zhang, she got a poor performance review. yahoo say there is is absolutely no truth to those allegations. >>> palo alto released this sketch of a man accused of groping a woman in a park. police say the woman was sitting on a bench in fact neighborhood friday when the man asked if she was married. she tried leave but he pinned her against the bench, she says, and kissed her. he finally walked away when she shoved him back. the man is described as 5' 3", 180-pounds with a pot belly. he is slightly up shave within salt and pepper hair. >>> a man is in consist accused of murdering a woman outside an apartment. officers found 57-year-old billy christianson shot to death just after 10:00 last night. they arrested this man. 45-year-old michael wilson at a home nearby. they also found suspected weapon. the shooting marks the city's 7th homicide of the year. vallejo police shot an armed man who had been glaring at passing cars just a couple hours earlier. witnesses say the man looked angry and was walking up and down mark avenue. off

the plaintiff claims maria zhang ohersed her into having sex, then punished her when she resisted.was fired after she complained. >>> firefighters are making progress controlling a big fire in shasta county. calfire says the so-called bully fire is now 15% contained. a sacramento man is charged with starting the fire by driving a truck through dry grass on his way to an illegal marijuana farm. >> reporter: i'm mark kelly, live in vallejo, where a police officer shot a gunman here last night. now, we are learning this morning that that gunman is in stable condition at the hospital, but that's the extent of what we know about the gunman. police are not releasing his name at the time. they are saying, though, that he has an extensive criminal history, with gun-related charges. here's what happened here in vallejo last night. it was a little after 8:00, vallejo pd got numerous 911 calls from people living in the 100 and 200 blocks of marsh street. a caller described an adult male holding a gun in his right hand, looking angry and glaring into people's cars as they drove by. when police

i told her, you know, i have depression. >> zhang also says her reputation has been damaged.laims both emotional and financial damages as questions linger. >> i just sit here and keep asking myself why me? >> an interesting case. obviously, you know, she's very upset and very emotional during this interview but you have to look at the other say is maria zhang saying these allegations are completely false, they are inhumane so this case is obviously ongoing. >> clearly someone isn't telling the truth. >> completely conflicting. >> coming up on "new day," chris christie speaking his mind. he says asking him if he's running for president is obnoxious and guess what he's doing? heading to iowa. why is he heading there? find out. >> great state, especially in the summer. >> new research calling the cholesterol drug niacin risky. dr. sanjay gupta joins us to tell us why. hey pal? you ready? can you pick me up at 6:30? ah... (boy) i'm here! i'm here! (cop) too late. i was gone for five minutes! ugh! move it. you're killing me. you know what, dad? i'm good. (dad) it may be quite a wh

in a complaint, the plaintiff claims maria zhang coerced her into having sex and removed her as a project lead when she resisted. she claims the company did nothing about the situation, then put her on an unpaid lead before firing her. yahoo! says there is no basis or truth to the allegations. >>> a young pakistani activist is pushing to rescue the kidnapped school girls in nigeria. >> the kidnappers have released a new video message. >> reporter: in the new video, the leader mocks the campaign to bring back our girls. the more than 200 nigerian school girls are still missing three months after their kidnapping. the parents of the abducted girls say they don't see any movement or support from the government. >> bring back our girls! >> reporter: sunday, they broke down as malala campaigning for girls education pledged to help get their children back safely. [ indiscernible ] >> i am hopeful the government will listen to your voice and they will listen to what you are saying. >> reporter: forces close to negotiations tell cbs news, although several rescue efforts have fallen apart, back do

maria zhang is identified as senior director of engineering at yahoo!.ftware engineer claims zhang offered her to have sex several times, then fired her when the woman stopped the relationship. yahoo! came to zhang's defense saying the company will fight to clear her name. >>> a navy wife claims she was kicked out of a concert in san diego county for breast feeding. >> i need you to come outside because you're putting your child in danger of getting crushed in the loud music. >> megan crist stoverson said she was asked to leave a brad paisley concert in chula vista after attempting to feed her baby. police say the woman was told to leave because she was in a pit with large crowds. they were concerned the baby could be trampled and was too close to the loud speakers. the encounter was captured there on cell phone video. >> my child that is sleeping and i'm getting escorted by police-- >> it was completely a cop-out. they are trying to cover this up because they know they legally can't remove me for nursing. >> crist stoverson was given a refund and no cha

militantes que lanzan cohetes contra israel "nan shi", una ingeniera que trabajo para yahoo, acuso a maria zhangresamos al punto de la discusion y el debate con jorge ramos. el pasito "tun tun", ¿quÉ es eso? >> es el ritmo colombiano, es pura salsa. son unos muchachos jÓvenes que llegaron a este mundial con esa alegrÍa y la querían expresar en la cancha. ademÁs de tener tal vez de las mejores demostraciones de fÚtbol, tuvieron las mejores celebraciones de lejos en esta copa del mundo, el mejor gol con la mejor celebraciÓn, hoy espero que mÜller no marque goles, hoy espero que messi no marque goles para que james se quede con el tÍtulo de goleador. >> porque las celebraciones... en el fÚtbol americano hay una frase, que a mÍ me parece absurda, de celebraciÓn excesiva, si la traducciÓn se permite. en el fÚtbol, en nuestro fÚtbol eso no se permite, ¿no? >> no, no, yo creo que... >> no hay celebraciÓn excesiva. >> hay que darle alegrÍa, tÚ lo sabes. >> hay que darle alegrÍa, es lo Único que tiene el pueblo. es a veces religiÓn, es a veces contraste, es a veces... >> pasiÓn. >> claro, y en el fÚtbol,

this woman, maria zhang coerced into sexual acts on multiple occasions against her will.ell us more. >> it's unbelievable, if you actually look at this complaint, very explicit. i reached out to yahoo for a comment. they are adamantly denying this. they said there is absolutely no basis or truth to the allegations against maria. she's an exemplary yahoo executive and we intend to fight vig or rously to clear her name. they would have to do so because the details are pretty explicit. they outlined how maria coerced this young woman to have sexu with her. they complained about sexual harassment and asked for a transfer and her position was eliminated. this woman and the other woman were a -- work for another company acquired by yahoo. >> this isn't the first time we've heard of sexual harassment in the valley. why is this becoming more of a problem in silicon valley? >> it's not the first time and it's not going to be the last time. my first instinct the silicon valley is dominated with young guys. but in this case, it's two women. any place where there's a lot of money and

the engineer accuses maria zhang of cohearsing her and threatening her job while she was in yahoo!re is quote absolutely no basis or truth to those claims. >> we're going to stay on top of the events between israel and hamas, these are changing by the hour. we were told by the spokesperson for the military there in israel that there will be some event there in northern gaza within the next few hours. >> talking about that more when we come back at 8:00 a.m. >> san gaye gupta up next. >> got big news on one of the bigger stories we're covering. medical marijuana. i'll tell you why a first of its kinds pot study that was approved by the federal government is now hit a major snag. first up, people are celebrating baseball, the all-star game is coming up tuesday. but there is this new shadow over the game that we talked about before. that's the staggering number of pitchers, not believing the numbers even young star players knocked out with arm injuries. it's not just the big guys. some doctors don't blink when they see teens coming in to have elbows rebuilt. >> stephen strasburg and m

madam zhang, heidi zhang. very prominent woman in china, known all over the country because she is a famous author. and she now heads this federation. they all told me that they wanted the united states to be a part of this because it would strengthen them in working to change in their country, to make their country better and more supportive of disability rights. i question that, because some people have said to me here we don't need to join this treaty. we can work with countries one on one. you're going to work with 100 countries one on one? i don't think we have the personnel to do that. but here's what someone said to me that brought it home to me. they said, look, if you come to our country and you want to discuss disability policy from the standpoint of your laws, the americans with disabilities act, then we are a part of the crpd. we're talking two different languages. but if you are a part of the convention on the rights of people with disabilities, we speak the same language. then we can start talkin

says zhang is an exemplary employee and they will fight this. >>> it's 8:49. want to check in with sal and see how things are moving in san francisco. there's been a few problems. >> there have been a few problems that could affect the bay bridge. i do want to mention that traffic has been busy. let's take a look at some of these live pictures that i have lined up for you. 28 in san jose, we noticed this, there's some smoke coming from the left side of the camera there. it looks like it's some black smoke. i'm not sure what's going on. we're making calls to the san jose fire department. it's take a look at the commute. contra costa county is looking pretty good and 580 is clearing out a little bit of traffic in livermore and dublin. i've been talking about it, the traffic on the bay bridge into san francisco. it's still heavy in san francisco things are improving after earlier accidents. now let's go to steve. >> thank you, sal. >>> blue skies for some. most of the east bay, peninsula, south bay has sun but then you can find the fog. when up find the fog there

earlier this month, chinese officials sentenced christian pastor zhang shaojie to 12 years in prisonr peaceful advocacy on behalf of his church community. and just last week, i welcomed the release of meriam ishag, a mother of two young children who had been imprisoned on charges of apostasy in sudan. from south asia to sahel, governments have silenced members of religious groups with oppressive laws, harsh punishments, and brutal tactics that have no place in the 21st century. in iran, u.s. iranian citizen pastor saeed abedini remains imprisoned. the iranian authorities sentenced him to eight years behind bars simply because of his religious beliefs. we will continue to call for his release and we will continue to work for it. and make no mistake: we will continue to stand up for religious minority communities under assault and in danger around the world, from jehovah's witnesses to baha'is to ahmadi muslims. so we have a long way to go to safeguard these rights. we also have a long way to go when governments use national security as an excuse to repress members of minority religiou