By the outcome here a lot of folks that we had talked to and sort of polled unofficially had really thought that zarate would be found guilty of Involuntary Manslaughter and the two lesser charges but he was found not guilty on all of those murder charges, only guilty on the firearms possession which of course carries a very light sentence and he will only have to serve half of that time after credit for time served. He is going to be out in no time. I do want to mention that there is a warrant out for his arrest by the u. S. Marshals office. So he will be going again to that facility, going to jail where most likely he will be deported. Again, to recap this case, 45 yearold Jose Inez Garcia Zarate a homeless illegal immigrant found not guilty of shooting and killing 32year old kate steinle on a San Francisco pier july 1st, 2015. It has really been an an emotional case here. Testimony from steinles father who described on the stand how his daughter fell to the ground after being shot in the back. The stolen gun accidentally went off, according to the defense attorney. We spoke to the defense attorney. Heres what he had to say. The physical evidence has always supported the finding that this was an accidental occurrence. And i think the jury came to that conclusion. Reporter i know that earlier we had sort of talked about what does this say for the prosecution . What does this say for the d. A. s office . They are incredibly disappointed obviously that the case didnt turn out the way they had expected. Defense attorney of course very excited at the outcome. I have already been receiving some texts from Law Enforcement across the city who say, see what we have to deal with . We have a liberal jury and they will not convict even on something that is so clearcut where someone actually died. So of course, thats their interpretation and their opinion. But i think that it does speak to the fact that here in San Francisco, we do have liberal juries and you definitely have to take that into consideration when you are presenting a case. And we have been talking about Michael Cardoza our legal expert and i talking about the strategy from the prosecution which was that he actually had aimed the gun at miss steinle and pointed it. Clearly the jury didnt buy that argument. They truly believed that this was an accident. So Garcia Zarate has been found not guilty on all charges except for felon in possession of a firearm. Live from San Francisco, im tara moriarty, back to you. Tara, was there any reaction from Jose Inez Garcia Zarate as the verdict was read . And i understand that Kate Steinles family wasnt there today for the verdict . . She cant hear us. Kate steinles family wasnt there today for the verdict. Um, and i dont even know what i cant imagine what they are going through right now trying to process it. We want tro bring in our legal analyst we want to bring in our legal analyst, not guilty of all murder and manslaughter charges. You have been trying cases for more than 35 years. Your reaction to this . I am i am very, very shocked at this. Tara mentioned the liberal San Francisco jurors. I know theyre very thoughtful. I respect jurors. I respect their verdict in this case. I dont happen to agree with it. But they came to a decision. And i really think when you mention that the d. A. Talked about zarate pointing the gun, there was no evidence that i know of in this case that would sell that theory. That would make it a first degree murder. You point, you pull the trigger, you mean to kill. I thought it was overreach. And when you overreach as a prosecutor in front of a jury and lose their trust, youve lost all credibility and theyre not buying anything more you say. You think that was the key misstep then by the prosecutors . I cant say its the key misstep. You have to talk to the jurors to find out. And im not sure they will even be able to articulate what the misstep was because so much comes at them, so much goes on in a jury room. We dont know how they got to this verdict. They did. I dont think they would isolate and say well, we didnt trust her. We didnt like that theory. But, you know, down deep you know if i dont trust you, you say its a firstdegree murder because of this and that is no evidence because of that, now i dont believe anything youre telling me. What about the defense . Do you think the defense did magnificent. They played it the way they should. Matt gonzalez is the perfect defense attorney. He is low key. He is understated. He is thoughtful. And thats what a San Francisco jury is all about. Theyre more cerebral. They push a lot of them push emotion aside, say lets just look at the facts, nevermind what he looks like. Nevermind he is not a citizen. Lets look at the facts. They lost him, im telling you, they lost him with the pointing of the gun that theory and they lost with their experts. They should have put on expert on, in my opinion, in the rebuttal portion of the case. But they decided not to after the canadian expert testified. I thought he crucified the prosecution in that. I keep thinking about what the steinle family must be going through tonight. You have a father who was right there on the pier, kate steinle essentially died in his arms. Um, what do you say to them . You i stumble because i really dont know what you say as a prosecutor to them. Im sorry. I tried my best. I worked my hardest. The jury came back with the verdict. This what do you say . Im sorry. Its not going to bring her back. Nothing brings her back. The one charge, guilty of a felon in possesion of a firearm. What does that mean for him . I mean,. I dont know how much it, approximately six years. About 6. He does half. Its 3. He has done two. He gets deported. He probably comes back. He wont come back to the sanctuary. He will go to another city l. A. Or somewhere. But i guarantee he will return to the country. In a case like this, the jury thinks it was an accident he has no responsibility whatsoever for that and we have a beautiful young woman who dies in her fathers arms. Yes. Its crazy. Thats why the experts were so important. Dont put one on. Get the best in the country. I had a big murder, headlines and they wouldnt give me the expert i wanted and i say, i dont care. Get him in here. I hired him myself. Not on my dime. But the countys i presented the bill and i said, hey, man, if you are going to make me pay for it take it out of my paycheck then. I want the best because that job meant a lot to me and doing what was right meant a lot. So what you do is you get the best. You dont go with what the county can pay for. Get the best in here. You get the best and get two or three of them and put them in front of the jury and say there is no way on earth that gun would go off accidentally unless it were cocked and really . What juror is going to believe that gun was cocked in a right. Thats implausible. So youre saying just because San Francisco, the d. A. s office didnt spend the money to get in the best expert they could we saw the verdict we did today . Im not quite saying that. But im telling you, that they should have. They should have gone for the best in the country. You go in a case like this, with this type of notoriety, kick the budget out the door if you got to spend it, guys, spend it on a case like this. Because heres your reputation throughout the country. Can you imagine all the talk shows on the networks what they are going to be talking about . They are going to be chatting it up about that was what i was going to ask you next. We talked about this during the four on 2. How do you think this will play out across the country . Its going San Francisco again. Can you imagine if oreilly was still on the air . He would rocket ship on this michael, we had six men, six women on the jury. Do you think well hear from any of them as to how they came to this verdict . I dont think we will right away, julie. I think they are going need a coolingoff period. And then, in two or three months, youre going to hear from them. Somebody will say, id like to talk about it. Or somebody will say, remember the Michael Jackson case . He was found not guilty. Three, four months later a woman came in im going to write a book now and actually i was sort of coerced into that not guilty verdict. Dont be surprised if that happens here. Because if these jurors start taking heat in the community, they are going to go wait a minute, um, you know, um, god, they sort of forced me into this. I wouldnt be surprised to hear that later. Michael, when youre a prosecutor or a defense attorney and you lose a case like this, do you take that personally . Or is it just, well, i lost that one but now were going to move on to the next one . How do you deal with that . Frank, im telling you. You give your heart. You give your soul. And then you give more. Whats it take . All you got. And you give all you got. I mean, ill remember and im not old enough to admit, there have been murder trials that i tried in alameda where after i was done and i even won, i would go home and cry like a baby. Because it was so emotional. I would sit there alone in my house and sob to get that emotion out. Thats how emotional it is. All right. We are going to have much more on the verdicts today, the breaking news in San Francisco of the kate steinle murder trial, michael as always, thanks for your input tonight. We appreciate it. Thank you. Youre welcome. And stay with ktvu through the night as we gather more reaction and legal analysis again on the verdict in the kate steinle murder trial. We have some more breaking news in San Francisco. Sf State University classes were canceled because of a campuswide power outage. The University Says the outage happened around 1 00 this afternoon. Officials decided to shut down the campus and cancel all classes and other activities. We received word moments ago that power has just been restored. And all classes will resume tomorrow. It appears that the republicans plan on tax reform will not go to a vote in the senate tonight. The bill has hit at least two major roadblocks. According to senate rules the socalled trigger mechanism wouldnt be allowed. That was proposed by republican senators bob corker and jeff flake. It would raise taxes if deficit forecasts turn out not to be as rosie as predicted. The second roadblock, a new forecast. It says the bill would not pay for itself as the white house has suggested. Instead, it found the bill would actually add more than 1 trillion to the National Deficit over 10 years. And that only added to the debate. We have had very constructive conversations. Failure is not an option. We need a tax cut. One of the most unfair and disastrous pieces of legislation. Late this afternoon, california senator Dianne Feinstein tweeted, quote, the joint committee on taxation says theres no chance the republican tax bill could generate enough revenue to cover the 1. 4 trillion it will add to the deficit. Republicans claim their tax cuts would pay for themselves through economic growth. Thats just not true. Republicans are still trying to be positive about passing the bill but they have not yet secured enough votes to ensure this tax cut bill will pass on wall street stocks soared on reports that two key republicans, john mccain and Lisa Murkowski will support the tax bill. The dow closed above 24,000 points for the first time with a gain of 331 points nasdaq rose 49. And the s p was up 21. As the stock market rolled on to its fifth 1,000point gain milestone this year, we thought we would do some reality checking. Ktvus tom vacar joins us now from the newsroom with some perspective. Reporter perspective is important. For now, it is very clear economic sailing. But always beware of those financial reefs. Reporter the president s political promises that there will be an extremely business friendly tax reform bill has turned into an expectation since his election. Thats the word on wall street and main street. I believe because donald trump is in office, um, wall street wall street likes him. It appears corporations are anticipating a tax break and they dont plan on giving any of it to the workers. They are going to give it to the to the shareholders. People have confidence that were going to survive in the United States. Mmhm. Reporter do you think mr. Trump is responsible for some of this rise . 100 responsible. Reporter since new years day, the market has now hit five 1,000 point milestones going from about 20,000 to well over 24,000 on the last day of november with enough trading days still left to hit yet another. This professor of economics at ucberkeley school of business says our low unemployment economy is strong, stable, broadly based and showing no signs of a bubble. I think almost everybody has been surprised by the enormous increase in equity values this year. But stock markets are historically very volatile so it is not unusual at all to see a 20 move in the stock market either up or down over the course of a year. Reporter so now congress had better deliver. If in fact all of a sudden that reform effort were to founder on the rocks, i think you would have to imagine that the equity markets would then give back a lot of what they have recently risen for. Reporter even if tax reform comes, continued success is not guaranteed. Theres always the possibility of some very large unfortunate event involving International Relations of some sort, um, that could really hurt the economy, um, and hurt us in all kinds of noneconomic ways as well. Reporter north korea comes to mind. For now, those with 401 k and other retirement plans are being rewarded. Whether thats sustainable remains an open question. Tom vacar, ktvu fox 2 news. Thank you. A bay area music legend celebrating 70, the only way he knows how. With live music and a movie about the concert. Coming up, we talk with sammy hagar about his rock and roll live and what he likes to do in his off time here in the bay area. And we are tracking the cool overnights, the weekend which is just around the corner, that does include a chance for some showers. Sfx tsfx feet shufflingc life can change in an instant. Be covered when it does. With a health plan through covered california. 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Lauers statement says in part, quote, there are no words to express my sorrow and regret for the pain i have caused others by words and actions. To the people i have hurt, im sorry. Another man is being accused of Sexual Assault. Musician Russell Simmons is stepping down from his companies after being accused of Sexual Assault following a column in the Hollywood Report beier a female writer who accuses the def jam cofounder of forcing her to have sex with him in 1991. Today he said simmons says he is removing himself from the businesses because he doesnt want to be a distraction and will instead focus on his personal growth. The barrage of news implicating men in power of Sexual Misconduct has empowered many women here in the bay area to share their stories. Frank mallicoat joins us now in the newsroom with more on that. Frank. Reporter julie, there are over 1300 Rape Crisis Centers across the United States and in light of the recent news, more women are now stepping out of the shadows and telling their stories and many for the very first time. The executive director of oaklands bay area women against rape is the oldest Crisis Center here in the United States telling ktvu, people are very triggered by the barrage of Sexual Harassment news. And yes, their phone lines have been very busy. Advocates for Sexual Violence prevention hope this brings about lasting change and allows survivors to heal. Civil rights attorney [indiscernible name] was on the 9 this morning. She believes this is only the beginning. Because theres a stigma associated with making complaints of Sexual Harassment, you know, seen as being overly sensitive, troublemakers and now there are normally usually concerned about the careers. Here we have a new movement essentially. Its a very different environment now in terms of when it comes to public figures and celebrities. There is a senses of empowerment in numbers for women. Social media has also been a big influence with the hashtag, me too. Its offered a new platform for women to know that they are not alone in the struggle. In the newsroom, frank mallicoat, ktvu fox 2 news. Did the people you talk with have a sense of how far this could go or whats next . All they know is a lot more people are calling the crisis lines and sharing their stories. And that is a good step towards healing for those women and the more women that get empowered, the more women are going to heal. So right now, that is a small bit of goodness thats come out of all of this. But i would imagine were only at the tip of