Are back on the hardwood, ready to tip it off in the second round of the nba playoffs. The jazz are in town. Predictions real quick. I think the warriors win it in five. In five. In five. Do you have the warriors winning this. Of course. How many games. Whatever he says. I like to go with the sweep. Okay. Make a statement. Fine. Sweep it is. Can you i changed my mind. Lets not get greedy. I have to get up very early. Ill take a naps to because i want ill take a nap today because i want to watch the game. Tell everybody what time you get up. 3 00. Im going to take a nap. I need to watch this game. If its just another baseball game, 162 of them, i can miss one. This is a playoff game. Im on board. Im going to watch the whole thing. Big night at oracle. Big morning in a south bay courtroom. It has been five years since sierra lamar disappeared on her way to school. Closing arguments are about to begin this morning in the trial of the man accused of kidnapping and killing her. Allie rasmus is live outside of the courthouse. Allie. Reporter one of the key questions that jurors will have to decide is whether or not sierra lamar is dead. Defense attorneys have argued that she simply ran away. However, prosecutors say the evidence suggests otherwise. But its been a challenge for prosecutors throughout the whole trial. After sierra lamar disappeared her body was never found. So there is no crime scene and no murder weapon to introduce as part of the evidence in this case. Because of the dna evidence, prosecutors say there is little doubt in their minds that 26 yearold garciatorres kidnapped and killed 15year old sierra lamar while she was on her way to school in morgan hill gave years ago. Garciatorres is accused of attempting to kidnap three other women going back to 2009 in the area. The Defense Attorneys have suggested that sierra lamar is still alive and simply ran away. And they have argued without a body, theres no way to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that she was killed. Today attorneys on both sides will start to make their final case to the members of the jury. Closing arguments scheduled for 9 00 this morning. They should be getting underway right about now. Once attorneys wrap up with the closing arguments though the jury will have a tough decision to make. This is going to be an emotional jury deliberation because sierras family and the community has been following this case. Obviously mr. Garciatorres is a young man who is facing a potential death sentence. His family is obviously concerned about it as well. So it will be a difficult process. Now, adding to the emotional elements of the trial, the fact that sierra lamars mother testified she would not have run away and wouldnt have the means to do so. The forensics detective was one of the last to testify. Sierra lamar last logged into her twitter and email accounts the morning she disappeared and there has been no digital footprint left behind in the five years since then. Suggesting that little doubt in the prosecutions mind that she was in fact killed and that garciatorres was her murderer. Now, if convicted, Garcia Torres could face the death penalty. Closing arguments are underway right now. Im going to head inside and we will have an update at noon. Thank you, allie. Tomorrow will mark five months since 36 people were killed in the ghost ship warehouse fire. Since then oaklands mayor libby schaaf has promised to create a task force to prevent another tragedy. Now on to todays segment 2. Henrily sat down with the mayor to talk about improving communications between various agencies. Reporter five days after 36 people died in the ghost ship warehouse fire, oakland mayor schaaf announced she is creating a task force. My immediate priorities for this task force are enhanced building safety, event safety, and complaint procedures. Reporter now, five months after the devastating blaze, i caught up with the mayor and asked her who is on the task force and what has been done judge it is an interdepartmental people with people throughout the city organization. With my office, the city administrators office, the fire department, the city attorneys office, finance, revenue. We really needed everyone at the table. Reporter she says the task force has already taken steps in hopes of preventing another tragedy. We have already initiated the hiring processes that will double the number of fire inspectors in oakland. And then even a year from now, it will eventually triple the number. Reporter to boost staffing though, the city will charge Property Owners 330 an hour, more than double the current fee for fire inspections of commercial buildings. But that is a small price to pay for safety. Reporter by the end of may, they hope to have a database system to communicate with other cities about problem properties. That didnt happen with the ghost ship. More staff will be given mobile devices to keep up to date. To share information about a single property, that is critical. And we now have technology that allows us to do this. Reporter but this will still take time. All of this could have been done before this fire. Reporter Mary Alexander is an attorney representing families of ghost ship victims. The task force is a step in the right direction but it is too late for their clients. They were going to and supposed to do inspections once a year on buildings. And it wasnt done. Weve been advising tenants mostly on taking care of what we call the lowhanging fruit, which is exit signs, smoke detectors and fire ex tin girls. Reporter thomas dolan con dubs no tell inspections. He wrote the citys live work Building Code more than 20 years and is also on the mayors task force. Were looking at some pretty sweeping changes to the Building Code for a certain kind of live work that we have seen. Reporter those changes could involve requiring sprinklers and emergency escape and rescue openings at spaces like the ghost ship. The wheels of government turn fairly slowly. Reporter Oakland Police have already taken action. Officers must report illegal parties to their supervisor. The supervisor then takes that to their next level supervisor, going and moving it forward through our chain of command to the proper city service. Reporter the mayor says the task forces work isnt done. Were looking, for example, at giving our inspectors the ability to write tickets on the spot instead of going through the more lengthy property lien process. Reporter the city also wants to reach out to tenants not just Property Owners as part of the inspection process. It is frustrating for those apped by the city inspections to not know what the status is when legally we have only been required to communicate with Property Owner snooze the task force is looking at ways to get access to buildings when no one will open the door. I think the task force is a good way to move in that direction. Of course there has to be followthrough and make sure that it does happen. Henry is joining us in the studio. The architect wants to make the sweeping changes. But and i wrote this down, the wheels of government turn slowly. When can we expect movement on that end. He says there are a lot of costs involved and a lot of red tape. You have to get things 36 people died though. Yeah. How much red tape yeah. Do they go right through it. We have council and city hall and a lot of agencies going on. Agencies that have to talk to each other before anything can be done. You have to look at costs, is this feasible. Do we have enough manpower. As libby said, the mayor, they want to hire more fire inspectors. What about the underlying problem that caused this. Oakland housing is too expensive and people will do what they can to try to afford to live here. Is there another side to the equation where the mayor and the city are trying to figure out how to get artists and those who cant afford rent to live safely somewhere. There are a lot of issues at play here. Thomas dolan are doing the no tell inspections. He told me landlords are shutting down. They dont want to spend the money to make the necessary fixes. So a lot of buildings are shutting down. Back to the manpower you mentioned. The mayor has a plan to essentially triple the number of fire inspectors in the coming two years. In the past fire inspector positions have been open and funded but they havent been able to hire anybody for the positions. If those small number of positions computer be filled, how will she fill the larger number of positions. She is saying she wants to hire more fire inspectors. Within six months, as long as the Council Funds this, there will be 12. And there should be three times in the year. She did release the budget a few days ago. Everybody is looking at the items and trying to figure out do we need to rob peter to pay paul . The emphasis is hiring more fire inspectors. The funding comes from where . You know, im not sure. What specific fund. But there are all of these funds and everybody wants a piece of the pie. It remains to be seen. Can these positions be, a, funded and still by qualified inspectors. It could lean on the Property Owners to pay for those. Yeah. Now they have to pay more than double. And they are responsible for the costs of those inspections. Now that time has passed since this tragedy, are you getting the sense that oakland is willing to do whatever it takes and i mean whatever it takes. Were talking about money here. Or anything to keep it from happening again . Is that the sense that you get . Just the feeling that you get. Yeah. I certainly get the sense that theres much more open communication among agencies. Obviously, you know, cities are limited. We do have a wish list. Whether or not the city and the mayor get what they want in a timely fashion, that always remains to be seen. We have a lot of top Agency Managers always concerned and maybe frustrated by how slow things roll around here. Im glad you followed up with the mayor. She mentioned five days after the event we have this task force and there is the update ton. Sure. Thank you, henry. Coming up on mornings on 2 the 9, taking aim at salt, sugar and whole grains. How the Trump Administration is changing some school lunch policies created by former first Lady Michelle obama. We will pay more at the pump in california under a new gas tax by Governor Brown. Up next, the new plan by President Trump that could mean even higher gas taxes here in our state. Welcome to maxx you. You are whimsical, vibrant, statement making. We see what makes you unique. So we have something for everyone, at a price thats just right for you. Maxx you. Maxx life. T. J. Maxx were watching a slight uptick on stocks across the board. The dow is up slightly, adding almost 32 points. S p up slightly. Nasdaq the story is the same. President trump appears to be borrowing an idea from california governor jerry brown. Raise the federal gas tax to pay for highway construction and road repairs. Governor brown signed a law to increase the state gas tax by 12 cents a gallon to fay for road repairs. For us in california a federal gas tax increase would come on top of the state gas tax hike. Doug luzader reports on the change. Reporter this may be a possible means to help fix the crumbling highways and bridges. How much more would you be willing to pay here for better roads and highways out here . President trump told Bloomberg News after meeting with trucking groups at the white house back in march, he would consider a hike in the gas tax. The truckers have said that they want me to do something as long as that money is earmarked to highways. Sean spicer tried to downplay it. They expressed a willingness for Something Like that to pay for the roads and bridges. And he out of respect would definitely listen to them and consider it. Reporter gas prices have been rising somewhat, averaging 2. 38 nationally, up about 16 cents from last year. The president has talked about a huge infrastructure program, perhaps a trillion dollars. And a gas tax hike could help make that happen. It also jumbles id logical lines. Environmentalists love the idea. But some think it will unfairly target the poor. Some like the notion of a consumption tax. The european have 6 a gallon or something. Huge gas taxes. We have essentially nothing. And it is out there and ready to be used. Reporter the big question, if the gas tax goes up, by how much . The federal government tells us that we use an average of 392 million gallons of gas each day last year. It may not take a lot to raise a lot of revenue. Doug luzader, fox news. Here judge california, Governor Brown signed a bill that will raise the gas tax by 12 cents per gallon in september. Taking in into consideration, the question of the day is if the federal gas tax is raised, how will your driving plans change . Will you drive less, buy a different car, cut back on spending or not change a thing. Lets look at the poll results. 27 say you will drive less. 14 say they will cut back on other spending. 51 say youre be changing a thing. I still have to drive to work. Rich says gas is so cheap in u. S. Compared to other countries, dont complain. And barry best pitch says i am currently evaluating electric cars. This is not a concern for me. Im thinking a tesla s3 is in my future. One thing that i think about is people use less gas, the state will collect less money. What the Water Companies did when we cut back and they raised rates. Now there is a ton of water out there but im paying the higher rates. Im interested in an electric car. Ill pay this one off by the end of the year. Once that happens, you dont want to buy one for a few years. I will definitely look into it. I could see new an electric car, mike. Thanks. I appreciate it. We will share your responses at 9 30. Thanks for using ktvuthe9. Oaklands new department of transportation is taking shape. The mayor established the Department Last year to help residents and visitors and businesses. The new transportation director takes office next week. We hope you were with us earlier when russo and the mayor came to our studios and spoke with me about their vision for the department. It means that were going to start with neighborhoods that have been underserved first. And that were not just thinking about how we serve roads. Were looking at health and safety. One of the key parts of the approach is to look closely at the streets, at the data, where crashes are happening and to do the traffic engineering, the street redesign to calm traffic, get drivers to yield to pedestrians, to shorten crossing distances, to dowel avenue the things to make it safer and more comfortable to walk. Russo comes from new York City Department of transportation. While the number of pedestrians hit and killed by cars in the let me start this again. In new york, the numbers have fallen. Every other cities the numbers have gone up. I will say that that department of transportation has a reputation for being one of the best. Such a big city. The biggest city in america. Right. They have innovated transportation solutions. If mr. Russo comes with that experience, maybe oakland will be better for it. Im open to it. Coming up next on mornings on 2 the 9, a plea for help after a rescue dog is stolen. Coming up, where murphy was last seen and the skills he passes on to other rescue German Shepherds. Tips that could save you money and reduce the amount of food waste filling up our landfills. That is a big debate. I recycle all my leftovers. My sweethearts gone sayonara. This scarf all thats left to rememb. What. She washed this like a month ago the long lasting scent of gain. Now available in matching scents across your entire laundry routine. A Health Care Bill is back on the white house agenda. It is not clear if it has enough votes to pass through congress. Vice president mike pence heads to capitol hill to try to get more republican support for the bill. The text of the latest bill has not we reese lad. Theres debate over what will be covered. President trump says it will provide coverage for preexisting conditions. The president is calling on house lawmakers to vote on the bill before they leave for a weeklong break on friday. It is not clear that will happen. The Trump Administration is changing some School Nutrition policies created by former first Lady Michelle obama. The agriculture secretary purdue said there would be three changes to the nutritional guidelines. Schools can be exempted from serving whole grains. They wont have to reduce sodium from 1200 to 930 milligrams and schools will now be allowed to serve flavored 1 milk such as chocolate milk instead of nonfat milk. He says that School Districts should have more local control because food is wasted when students dont like what is served. They tell these Food Service Cafeteria workers what they like and what they dont and they see what goes in the trash. It is not only symbolic but dealing with an important constituent. Parents think it is important for children to eat healthy yes, sir and it is important that schools offer healthier foods. Thier foods. A new survey commissioned by emerson on American FoodWaste Disposal habits found 62 of americans dont realize that leftovers and other food scraps are really piling up. For more on what you can do in the kitchen to help, im joined by home remodeler and designer lori march. Thank you for joining us, lori. Thanks for having me. Can you answer first, why are people throwing away what in most cases is perfectly good food . I cant imagine we like wasting money. Right. I think it is all about small changes in our lives. Right. Nobody wants to go to the fridge and realize that things have expired. Or that we never got around to eating the leftovers. Its kind of a front end problem and honest lie a back end problem when youre dealing with the food piling up in a landfill. I know a lot of things that i buy, milk, eggs and even bred has a best if used by date or even an expiration date. I try to stick to those but ill be the first to open the carton of the milk and smell it and i might use it in cooking. Should we be more open to a broader interpretation of some of these date thats are in black and white . I think the most powerful tool that you can use is your nose. Right. First like you said, youre doing the sniff test. You smell things. Such a powerful tool. It lets you know if something doesnt smell right. We can look at foods and determine have they changed color or form. You know, are they furry because they are moldy. These are great tests. In my household, i know my husband does the he taste tests everything. I am not brave enough for this test myself. Im a sniff tester like you. But the taste test, one in four americans is willing to taste test their food to see if it is okay still. No. Ill stick with the sniff test. In the bay area, many of us live in cities where we have the compost buckets to save it from the trash and the landfill. How widespread is composting if they look nationally. Sure. Composting is so exciting. Im a gardener so i do it myself too. It is a wonderful compliment to things like your insink disposal. We are looking for opportunities to Pay Attention to the environment and our contribution and really not just create too much waste. I have seen people shove all manner of things down the sink disposal. Im nervous about breaking it because i dont want to pay the extra to have somebody come out and fix it. Do you have easy guidelines what should in fact go in the landfill . Sure. Theres lots of myths about the disposal. What can and cant go in there. I think it is important to really just make sure that youre using it properly. Pop on the cold water and you can put things in there like apple cores, fruit and vegetable peels. If you have a newer model like an evolution series, it can tackle craze yes, sir things like corn cobs could go in there. It might take a minute but it is getting broken down and it is headed out through your Wastewater Management system. For me they go straight in the compost. If you dont have that option, maybe thats better than the landfill. Lori, thank you so much. Your kitchen is pristine behind you. I wish mine looked like that. Thank you. Thank you. Coming up on mornings on 2 you can see mike and i had mike claims he doesnt eat leftovers. I dont freeze them like some people. What is wrong with leftovers. I have to get better at that. Im getting hungry. We will talk about this in the break. Coming up, we will show you a former 49er. Kaepernick is still looking for a job but now he is helping others find work. Plus reporter oracle will be rocking later tonight. The warriors and jazz getting ready for game one of the second round series of the nba playoffs. We will tell you about the give aways for fans at the arena and we will tell you how the team will be honoring a special squad from ten years ago. The we believe team. We will tell you about that special ceremony coming up. Who are these people . The Energy Conscious people among us say small actions can add up to something. Humongous. A little thing here. A little thing there. Starts to feel like a badge maybe millions can wear. Who are all these caretakers, advocates too . Turns out, its californians its me and its you. Dont stop now, its easy to add to the routine. Join Energy Upgrade california and do your thing. Thats why im taking i am my best. The activia probiotic two week challenge and adding activia yogurt with billions of its exclusive probiotic to my healthy routine. Take the activia probiotic two week challenge with me. It works or its free. Welcome back, everyone. Our question of the day about the federal gas tax. President trump considering raising it. Doesnt really say how much. But it is being thrown out there. Wanted to see if that happens, would it change your driving habits in 27 say you would indeed drive less. 8 say you would buy a different car. Mind you, Governor Brown already said he will raise the gas tax here in california. 14 say they will cut back on other spending. And then the majority, 51 say theyre not going to change a thing. You just pay the gas. Thats what i have here. Whatever it may be. Giant 9er cap says nope, not going to change a thing. We were paying much more years ago. Probably will again eventually. For me as a contractor i will not change the way that i drive but the way that i bill my customers. Hey now tweets the insane tax thats california charges doesnt slow anyone down. Thanks for all of your responses. Reach us on twitter by using tvuthe9. We have really nice weather today. Out enenjoying the sunshine is Steve Paulson with todays forecast. Steve. Just a second, you guys. Today we have to wish happy anniversary to somebody. Launched on may 2nd, 1982. Think about weather. Weather the weather channel. Oh. The weather channel. Launched on this day may 2nd, 1982. Happy anniversary to the weather channel. All right. Dont ask me to take a step back. Because its a long way down there. It is also a long way for some to cool off. But not for everybody. It looks really nice out here. Temperatures inland will be in the 90s. Theres a little westerly breeze that has kicked in here. So i think west oakland, alameda will be cooler over by the coast. It will still be nice. One more nice day by the beaches if you want to sneak over there. I think the fog comes back in. Highs today, 60s and 70s by the beaches. 80s around the bay. I think this west wind will cool off a few locations. Not inland. It will take another day or two. All signs point to a major cool down. I dont say that often. We will go from one extreme to the other today by the time we get to friday and saturday. So on your extended outlook, if you like sunshine and warm temps today is the day. Starting tomorrow, we cool it off and everyone cools down as we go into the weekend. From right here up on the roof, looking out over the estuary, it is a beautiful day. Time to take the tie off. Mike, im with you. I dont eat leftovers either. I like it, steve. Dont come to my house. Leftovers take better. Youre welcome any time. Thank you. For the headlines lets go to dave clark in the news room. Here are the top stories were following. More details about the second teenager arrested in connection with last months takeover robbery on a bart train in oakland. The 15yearold is accused of being among the 50 to 60 teenagers who hopped over the fair gates and robbed 7 passengers at the bart station. The teenager was spotted last friday in east oakland during another robbery. He was arrested after a short chase. Then police connected him to that bart robbery. Last week, another teenager was arrested at san leandro high school. In the meantime San FranciscoPolice Investigating yesterdays deadly shooting. A 15yearold jackson of daly city. It happened in the outer sunset neighborhood on sunset boulevard. Investigators sajak son was driving a white pontiac early yesterday afternoon and a 16 yearold was in the car with him. A witness says another car pulled alongside jacksons car and someone in the front passenger seat started shooting. Jackson later died at a hospital. The other teenager was not hurt. The police dont believe this was a random shooting. The investigation continues. Ation continues. Some pretty tough questions from state lawmakers expected today for uc president. She will be testifying at an oversight hearing after a state audit found that her office stashed away 175 million in a secret fund. Now, her office says that money is tied to things like Cyber Security and preventing sexual violence. At the same time, the university has been pushing for a new tuition hike this fall. Those are just some of the Morning Headlines from the news room. Mike, sal, gasia, ill send it back to you. Thank you, dave. San diego police do not believe that race was the motive behind a mass shooting over o weekend. Instead the gunman was upset about breaking up with his girlfriend. One person was killed and six others wounded when solis started shooting during a pool side birthday party. Most of the victims were africanamerican. One was latino and one was white. But the evidence does not point to a hate crime. They say he was upset about the breakup and even called his ex girlfriend while he was shooting. He stayed on the phone, talking to his exgirlfriend as he continued to fire his weapon. It is apparent that he wanted his exgirlfriend to listen in as he carried out his rampage. Police say they shot and hilled him when he killed him when he pointed his gun at officers. A man celebrating his 50th birthday is among those shot and is listed in serious condition. Ion. The agreement ends a legal battle that could have hampered airbnbs ability to expand and go public. They have agreed to the demand to be more transparent about its hosts and enhorse registration laws. Home away recently reached a similar agreement with the city. Both companies will now require all new hosts to be registered with San Francisco before they can post a rental listing on either site. Authorities need your help this morning to find a stolen rescue dogs that helps other dogs with the skills they need to find loving homes. Murphy was taken on sunday. Authorities say he has helped to mentor hundreds of rescued German Shepherd to learn social skills before being moved into loving homes. Before being adopted he was taken into Police Protective Custody after he was thrown against the wall during a Domestic Violence disturbance. A gofundme page is now raising money for a reward. At last check, 8,300 has been raised. The Oakland Raiders have reportedly finalized the purchase of a property where its new stadium will go up in las vegas. It is a site near the vegas strip off of the interstate 15. The raiders paid 77 million for that piece of property. Last month nfl owners approved the move to las vegas. That move is expected to happen in 2020. Under the raiders lease with the coliseum authority, the team has the option to keep playing in oakland for the next two seasons. Former 49ers quarterback kaepernick has not landed a job with another team but he is donating his old suits to help others find work. This shows kaepernick outside of a parole office. He has two boxes of his custom made suits that he is giving away. The suits will help make parolees better equipped to get a job and live more productive lives. Tonight is game one of the western conference semifinals with the warriors taking on the utah jazz at oracle. Alex savidge is there where a special ceremony is taking place. Alex. Reporter yeah. Hey. Good morning to you, sal. During tonights game against the utah jazz here at oracle arena, there will be a tribute paid to that special Warriors Team from 2007. The we believe squad. I know all of the fans out there remember the team quite well. The shirts will be on sale starting today. It has been ten years since that incredible playoff run when the eighth seeded warriors upset the mavericks. That team led by baron davis and matt barnes who is back on the warriors. Several members of the team, in fact a number of them will be here tonight for a very special ceremony during the game. And steph curry talked about the meaning of that we believe squad. Ten Year Anniversary of that. For me, i dont want to speak for the rest of the team. It means a little more to me because i was the only one to wear that same uniform, the old School Colors and the old school logos and all of that stuff. When i first got there, thats what everybody talked about was can you do what the we believe team did and what not. So it will be special. Having matt back on the squad is kind of crazy. Reporter and tonight the warriors face off against the utah jazz. Fresh off a first round win over the clippers. That series went to seven games. The dubs havent played in eight days. Despite all of the time off, warriors fans that we talked to this morning dont think that the team will be rusty. Theyre the warriors. Come on now. You dont really need to ask that question. Theyre okay playing anybody if they took a month off. Steph curry. Were gucci. Weve got this. Were out here. Re. There you go. Warriors fans feeling confident here. Of course everyone is ready for the team to play more basketball. We will give you a look around oracle arena. The shirts have been carefully placed on the seats. 19,000 fans will be here tonight. Game one against the utah jazz. This place will be rocking. They dont call it roaracle for no reason. These are the shirts being given out tonight. Say it with me, guys. Warriors. Alex, you need to pick up a newborn onsie for the newest member of the family. This one is too big. Slightly. Yeah. My newest warriors fan. The newest warriors fan of the family back at home with my wife. And she is taking care of him. And taking care of Everything Else obviously. And kind of bittersweet coming back to work. But thankfully, you know, i get to come back and do a job like this that i enjoy so much. So that makes it a little easier to leave him at home. Welcome back. Yeah. We missed you. Thanks. Congratulations. I appreciate it. A gorgeous family. Always tough leaving the baby heading back to work. 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You come out to San Francisco. Take us julia if you may that first moment when you knew that something was wrong. Explain what was happening. Yeah. It was when i was 27 years old. And i just started a new job. And there is definitely stress tied to it. I have always been an overachiever and wanting to do amazing at work. And i found myself at the job looking and reading emails and taking three hours to respond to a single email. Right then and there i knew that something was off. I didnt want to go into work. That is not like me. Then i stopped sleeping. I wasnt sleeping at all. I had no appetite. And i started having thoughts of suicide. When was your first recollection that we had to go to a hospital. When we as julia said, it started more just like stress about work in a much bigger way. It was when she became sleepless and started to have these fixations and delusions of basically the different religious things and hearing things that i knew i certainly wasnt hearing that i was like this is way out of what im capable of handling. I need to go get professional help. So we brought her to the er. The way that you set this up in the book was scary to me. You had been such an overachiever. Everything was going well. Everyone who you worked with you say that they say we love working with your wife. Yeah. This is not the i dont know if there is a kind of person. Being susceptible to having an episode. What i have learned Mental Illness doesnt care who you are, your gender, race, creed, anything. It can hit all of us. I think it is actually it is so common throughout society. A lot of people dont talk about it. Which is one of the big reasons that we wanted to work on this book. It does feel like a fairly universal experience regardless of your background. There are so many people who struggle and suffer alone, whether it is julias side of the experience or mine. Somebody trying to take care and support and feeling underinformed and lost and disoriented. Overwhelmed. Yeah. I get the sense that you were equals and lovers and picture perfect life. And now youre taking care of your wife like a teacher student or almost like a parent child relationship. I know you anguished over that in the book. This is our chance to ask you, what was your read on that form of relationship . Yeah. I mean he was definitely the patient. He was giving me the ms. Hiding them from me because i didnt want to take them. I was very much like the child, you know. And it was very difficult. And there is such shame associated to it. You tried to keep it from your circle for the longest time. Yeah. At first, when i had the diagnosis of bipolar, you know, when i was 29 probably i got that diagnosis. I kind of kept it to myself at first. It wasnt until mark started writing the book that i made the choice. And the choice was to share our story with a goal of helping others and not being ashamed. Family is very important to you. When this happened, your father flew out and then your mom flew out. That reminds me of my family. Thats what they would do. Whether that happened, did that give you comfort when you saw your mom and dad fly out . Even though you were in a bad space, did that register that your mom and dad were there. Yeah. Family for us was everything through this process. They helped us. And my parents living in italy. Im italian. So they flew, you know, across the world to come see me and dropped everything. And yeah. I needed them there. But they didnt know. They didnt understand Mental Illness either. For the first time they had seen me sick. So it was new to all of us. A powerful line in the book that i want to share with the viewers. It is in chapter 5. You say julia mark if i kill myself, will you promise me that you will find a new wife so that you can still be happy. What was your reaction. How do you how do you respond to that. I wrote that so many years ago. It hear you say that still brings me to the verge of the tears. Because how do you hear that . Right. What do i dont know what my feeling was. Just sadness. And this impulse of we dont have to think about that because youre going to be okay and were we love each other so much. Its going to be fine. Sal, you asked early about family. Family is such a comfort. There are some things that even love alone, you need more than that. Right. And i thought that love alone was going to get us through this. I think it certainly helped us. We stayed together. But i think that im i mean, we needed medicine, we needed therapy. We needed the hospital and all of these outside things to make it through this difficult time. I think that the two of you sitting with us now and yet you wrote those words a long time ago, it says something about devotion. Yeah. I think thats specifically to family. Yeah. That is definitely one of the biggest themes. We have this saying in our family, were all in this together. Its actually our grace that we say before dinner. Our son initiates it. He wants us to hold hands. That has been kind of a Mission Statement for us. Our respect to family is at the core of who we are. Very inspirational story. Thank you for sharing it with us. Thank you so much. My lovely wife in the psych ward. We will be right back after the break. Fit me Matte Poreless Foundation make fit happen from maybelline new york. Beyond matching skin tone. Fits skins texture. Blurs pores. Controls shine. Our most natural look. Now, in more shades than ever maybellines fit me make it happen maybelline new york. Tickets are Still Available for what is billed as a rare conversation with caitlyn jenner. 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