Says he developed cancer after spraying monsantos weed killers roundup and ranger pro in bulk 30 times a year. In her ruling, the judge says the period of damages must be reduced to the maximum allowed by due process in this case, which is a little more than 39 million. Its also equal to the compensatory damages awarded by the jury. If johns soson agrees, monsanto motion for a new trial will be denied. He has until december 7th to make his decision. Otherwise, if he does not agree or doesnt make a decision by then, monsantos motion for a new trial will be granted. As to the punitive damages only. We interviewed jurors number four and 11 last week. They said they awarded mr. Johnson 250 million in punitive damages because they wanted that amount to be big enough to get monsantos attention, so that this wouldnt happen to anyone else. The judge was unable to talk to us last week on camera about her decision, because of the ongoing appeal. But i want to read part of what she writes in her ruling. She says, in enforcing due process limits, the court does not silt as a replacement for the jury, but only as a check on arbitrary awards. So, again, the ball is now back in mr. Johnsons court. He has until december 7th to decide whether or not hes willing to accept less money in this case. Melanie woodrow, abc7 news. Just fascinating, melanie woodrow. Thank you very much. We sent out a push alert to the abc 7 mobile app. Less than ten minutes ago after the ruling came in. The app is free to download. If you enable the push alert feature, youll receive breaking news updates as soon as they happen. San franciscos fire chief is stepping down. Joanne hayesw450i9 johite join accident in department in 1990. She dealt with a number of controversies as chief, include kg longer ambulance response times. Hayeswhite is the longest serving fire chief in the citys history. 11 59 tonight is the deadline to register to vote in california. That means you have less than seven hours to register or update your registration if youve moved or maybe changed names. The election is on november 6th. Online registration is also available through the secretary of state website. Nearly 570,000 californians have voted in the november election, about 100,000 more than in the last election, 2014. However, 3 million more californians received mailin ballots this year, a total of 12. 5 million. Californias proposition 10 is getting a big push, it would enable cities to expand rent control and give local communities greater power over which types of units can be included under rent control. At an event in San Francisco today, supervisor Hillary Ronan addressed the crowd. And if this passes, what that means is that we as local legislators will have the ability to pass those targeted local solutions to protect renters from eviction displacement from our city. They said theyre trying to balance a bunch of spanish ads placed by the opposition. We have a full list of information on our website, abc7news. Com election. Its a onestop resource for information on all the propositions. You can also hear from candidates running for state and local office. There is outrage tonight from the bay area Transgender Community about a possible plan from the Trump Administration that could narrow the Legal Definition of gender. It could endanger protections for people who identify as transgender, as Cornell Bernard explains, civil Rights Groups are vowing to fight back. Reporter do you get angry when you see the headlines . I get motivated. Reporter hes not surprised the Trump Administration is trying to redefine who he is. He lives in San Francisco with his wife and two kids. Its not about delegitimizing us, as much as it is about destroying the idea that trans people actually exist. Reporter a protest rally outside the white house monday. It trompprompted the hash tag, will not be erased. The department of health and Human Services is spearheading an effort to define sex as either male or female, determined by genitals a person was born with. Many believe that sends a terrifying message to the Trans Community and jeopardize federal protecti protections. The Family Coalition supports hundreds of transgender families living in the bay area. We know individual families who would be impacted if the parents were no longer protected by law. Reporter here in oakland, the largest transgender Rights Organization in the country is gearing up to fight the Trump Administration, if it has to. We will definitely sue whoever we need to. Reporter chris is executive director of the transgender law center. This draft memo is one aback in what honestly has been a barrage of attacks, ever since trump came into office against transgender people seeking to deny our very humanity. Ive been on the street and people called me trany. Reporter hes now fighting back about educating others for his quest for equality. Cornell bernard, abc7 news. A man convicted of kidnapping a vallejo woman pleaded not guilty to additional charges. Matthew mueller was convicted last year of kidnapping in 2015. Hes now facing state charges. Mueller intended to represent himself, but when he requested a cocounsel today he was denied. Erin quinn is his former fiance. Quinns Attorney Says he expects more unusual behavior from mueller. This is to be expected. This guy is going to manipulate as much as he can. Hes shouting in a hurricane. Hes made millions of statements that implicate himself. The story made National News after the story was discovered to be a hoax. After a body camera started smoking and caught fire, the Oakland Police department is being cautious as they use the same camera. Laura anthony is live at Oakland Police headquarters tonight to explain. Reporter a large number of the body cameras used here in oakland are the same model that exploded in new york. So it would be challenging to remove all of them from service. That said, im told the chief here is ready to do that, if necessary. The explosion of a Body Worn Camera on the east coast has at least one Bay Area Police agency taking a second look at their use of the camera, the same make and model that caught fire in new york. We have several hundred of those chaameras. Reporter and the cameras are being used with caution while they gather more information from the manufacturer. As well as reaching out to the new york Police Department to find out what is the cause, what mapped. And is there a larger concern . If there is and we have to have those cameras turned in and reissue the previous model, were going to do that. Reporter oakland was the first Large Department in the country to require officers to use body cameras starting in 2010. Dont move reporter in recent years, Oakland Police have released body camera video in certain select cases. While new york has recalled nearly 3,000 of the cameras, oakland will continue to use them. Until the department learns more why the one in Staten Island exploded. I think the department has taken a cautious approach and is heading in the right direction, and the chief made it very clear to me personally and messaged the entire department that if there is a concern or if this turns out to be something in oakland, shell remove them all from service. Late today, we heard from the camera company. They told me that a Third Party Consultant is being brought in, in new york to investigate the cause of the incident there. The company said theyll take those findings, and that they are committed to making sure their products are safe going forward. In oakland, laura anthony, abc7 news. Thank you, laura. Officials today identified a man killed in oakland saturday when an amtrak train struck his car. The cause of the accident is under investigation. But witnesses told abc7 news that he drove his car around the crossing gates at 50th avenue between coliseum way and san leandro street. In the south bay, the search is on for the driver of this minivan that hit and killed a man in sunnyvale. Officers are looking for a 2004 to 2006 toyota siena with windshield damage. Lets turn now to the weather. Another monster hurricane is in the pacific. Nasa put out this short video of hurricane willa, which has now grown. Its a category 4, it was a cat 5 earlier in the day. Heres sandhya patel. Take a look at this storm. Hurricane willa is still a very dangerous hurricane. Its nearing the coast of mexico. It was a category 5, as you mentioned. Has takened to the cat 4, with winds of 150 miles per hour. Its expect to make landfall tomorrow, and will weaken. But heavy rainfall, 6 to 12 inches, possibly up to 18 inches, along with the storm surges and large swells. It weakens to a depression by wednesday and moisture expected to drench texas, which is the last thing they need. Dan . Thank you very much. In a little over 4 ho24 hou you could be a billionaire. What is are the odds of winning the Mega Millions jackpot . Plus im now number 28,000. Oh, hamilton, thats like winning the jackpot. The show is coming to the bay area that had people lining up on line and on the street. A trader joes recall to tell you minutes can mean the difference between life and death. Proposition 11 saves lives by ensuring medical care is not delayed in an emergency. Proposition 11 establishes into law the longstanding industry practice of paying emts and paramedics to remain oncall during breaks and requires they receive fema level training and active shooters and natural disasters. Vote yes on 11 to ensure 911 Emergency Care is there when you or your love one need it. Happening now, oracle open world is under way at the moscone center. Theyre unveiling the Second Generation cloud. It addresses a fundamental problem with the architecture of the cloud by ding a separate network of cloud controlled computers. What customers cant get out of their zone and into your zone. And they cant hack our cloud control computer, because theres no way to access it. Outside the moscone center, it was the traffic that caught peoples attention. And it. He tweeted today, what a ride, we made Science Fiction into reality and inspired a new industry in the process. It was only possible because of an Extraordinary Team and community. Thank you. Now six years after we launched, im moving on to the next chapter. After last fridays bust, the record Mega Millions jackpot now is around 1. 6 billion for tomorrows drawing. If you bought a ticket, you may be sitting on pins and needles, or maybe not, with the odds at 1 in 302 million. Thats not great. Wayne freedman is live in San Francisco. Whats the significance of that store, wayne . Reporter the truth of the matter is, theres no significance at all if you look at the history. But maybe thats what does make it significant. Lets explain. If youre hoping to catch lightning, your best odds might be a place where its never struck before. Maybe the sherman market here in San Francisco, where chris and his brotherinlaw elias, have gone 39 years now without a customer hitting the big one. We never had the big winner. Reporter so you think the store is overdue to hit Something Big th . I hope. Have you ever heard of fom snorveo . No. Fear of missing out. Reporter it is like lie something in 44 states and the u. S. Virgin islands or maybe here will win an estimated 1. 6 billion before taxes. A number so large that apparently nobody ever anticipated it. The fomo compulsion is irresistible to some. For an office pool he said, yesterday somebody spent 3,000 here at this 7 eleven store. Why do we do this . Why not . I only play when it gets big, because you never know. Reporter rendering all of us still equal right now, before the great god of fate, fortune and mostly random numbers. But someone, somewhere, is spending the last day of his or her life in humdrum routine. Someone with fomo. Maybe even right here at the sherman market. We will retire. What about your wife . Who cares about the wives . Reporter by the way, we just talked to elias. He said they called the lives and said to leave the doors open after that sound bite. Wayne freedman, abc7 news. Wayne, thank you. We did some Quick Research when it comes to the odds. To start your Mega Millions chances, you probably dont want to hear them, but theyre 1 in 302 million. You have a better chance of getting attacked by a charge. That is 1 in 11. 5 million. And your odds go up when it comes to getting struck by lightning. 1 in 14,600. So if youre playing football in high school, your nfl shots are a better shot. So what we are saying is, dont get your hopes up. But its fun. it is fun. Speaking of getting lucky and long odds, thousands are hoping to get their hands on some hamilton tickets. Lines snaked around the building, tickets for the hit broadway show went on sale at 10 00 this morning. The shows start in february and run through september. Melanie woodrow chatted with some folks. I started out at number 89,000, and im down to 73,000, but the line has been paused for 20 minutes and im like, im just two blocks away, i should wait in the real line. Reporter you heard that right, down to 73,000 in line online. Tickets range from 100 to 700. Now your accuweather forecast with sandhya patel. Good evening, everyone. Take a look at live doppler 7. This morning, the marine layer was around, and toovenlt itnigh inching back towards the bay area. Satellite radar showing you whats going on. A cold front that brought us the deeper layer. Thats going to hang around for another day or so. In terms of rainfall, Pacific Northwest will get measurable rain. About half an inch in seattle over the next four days, but not expecting any rain here in the bay area. In San Francisco, it is 58 degrees. Low 60s from oakland to mountain view. 65 in san jose. Todays highs so far, below average for just about everyone. Low 60s to mid 70s. Sunny right now at the golden gate bridge. 71 in concord and 70 degrees in livermore. I want to show you the highlights the next 24 hours. We are going to notice the low clouds are widespread tonight. Remains below average tomorrow afternoon and a warming trend gets under way mid to late in the week. Youll notice more later on in the workweek. Youll see a few clouds from the mt. Tam cam. We definitely had a nice sea breeze to bring the temperatures down. Low clouds marching inland into the valleys. Tomorrow morning, gray skies, between 5 00 and 8 00 a. M. By tuesday night, you see the marine layer get swept away here locally. Tomorrow morning, its going to be like this morning. I did not want to get out of dead. It is so cool, that it feels good and its tough to get out of bed. Upper thirties to upper 40s. A few low 50s tomorrow afternoon. Youll foe tis that the temperatures are still below where they should be this time of the year. 72 in livermore. 66 in santa rosa. 68 in san rafel. San jose, 67. Santa cruz, 68 degrees. And its going to be a mix of sun and high clouds. Download the accuweather app and track temperatures hour by hour any time you want. Accuweather sevenday forecast. Below average again tomorrow. A little brighter as we head into wednesday. Warming trend on thursday pushes temperatures sboup the low 80s. By friday, low 70s to mid 80s. Its really going to feel like october warmth. Upper 60s to upper 80s on saturday, with temperatures trending lower on sunday and monday. Heres what i would sum up tomorrows weather as. Cute sweater weather. It is crisp outside today and expecting the same tomorrow. What about goofy sweaters . Cue the goofy sweaters. Cue the goofy sweaters. All sweaters welcome. Eleni kounalakis owns this building. Profited millions from tobacco, oil, and wall street. As a rich developer, she violated clean water laws. Now shes trying to buy this election. The lt. Governors office isnt for sale. Im dr. Ed hernandez. As state senator, i worked across party lines. Held drug corporations accountable. Invested in schools and middleclass jobs. Our campaigns People Powered by firefighters, teachers and nurses. Because ill put you first not big money. Apple is expanding its operations in the south bay. According to the business journal, the company is go is togoleseing to lease a warehouse located at the Mccarthy Creek side. Not clear what apple clears to do, but the deal is for ten years. Apple manufactures most of its products outside of the u. S. We have a trader joes recall to tell you about. There are some concerns that some burritos are contaminated with salmonella and listeria. With used by dates from october 8 through october 24th. Check your refrigerator, please. More details on this recall at abc7news. Com. Were following breaking there is a fire burning on the 9th there are of an Apartment Building in San Francisco. It is at 405 davis court. That is very close to the transamerica pyramid. You can see this smoke rising from that building right now. Again, the 9th there are. Ama is here with a look at whats coming up at 6 00. Were going to talk about the fallout over the death of saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi. Some local companies are taking a stand, but are they willing to stop taking the money. Also we know andrew spends his time leading resistance protests in San Francisco. Join us at 6 00, as we examine the Critical Role San Francisco is playing in political ads beyond the bay area and the state. All that, plus much more coming up on abc7 news at 6 00. Ama, thanks so much. World news tonight is next. Im kristen sze. And im dan ashley. For all of us here, well see you again in half an hour. Tonight, the developing story. The images coming in right now. The showdown south of the border. Thousands of migrants marching through mexico, heading for the u. S. Border. Tonight, President Trump now calling it a national emergency, vowing to send in the u. S. Military. Breaking news tonight. The shooting at a tv station late today. Authorities looking at this surveillance. The suspect smashing his way through glass doors. A Security Guard then opening fire. New images emerging tonight of Washington Post writer Jamal Khashoggi in his final hours. With his fiance, going into that consulate. The saudis now acknowledging hes dead, first saying it was a fistfight, now saying it was a chokehold, a rogue operation. If this was a fight gone wrong, where is the body . The tragy