questions about a new year s eve fight that left her in tears and a bruised arm. she s been in venezuela for more than a month following domestic abuse charges filed against merkarini who mayor lee is about to remove from office. here on the stand is merkarini s former campaign manager. we will have a live report from city hall coming up at 6:30. we all know that in case of emergency, we re supposed to dial 911, but what if the dispatcher can t reach the right officer in time. for years that was the complaint from police officers in oakland who said that their radio system just didn t work. that system was replaced last year to the tune of $18 million. problem solved, right? no, a new report and the police union now say the new system is worse than the old one. here s the story from oakland. reporter: it works sometimes. you never know where nor when it s going to work or not work. reporter: oakland police officers say they radioed for help. and it falls on deaf ears.