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thank you for joining us. the u.s. military is piecing together the puzzle of what staff sergeant rasht bales was doing in afghanistan. the most surprising detail seems to be his decision to split his ram passenger into two trips. here is the latest on the investigation and the military's attempts to make amends. >> this case is becoming more and more curious. for every detail that is released, more questions emerge. the latest comes from a u.s. official that told cnn that bales left his base, went to one village, returned to his base and went to another. in both villages people were massac massacred. who may have seen him when he returned to base? did he go inside? how was itd discovered that he left and how did he end up in two different villages without anybody noticing. the next bit of information is

an afghan official that compensation has been paid to the victims of the massacre. we are talking about a figure around $860,000. the equivalent of that has been paid in afghany in cash. for each person who died the family member got $50,000 and for each person injured, the family members got $10,000 per person. that is a large sum of money for those individuals and a huge security risk for them. the area is known to be a former stronghold of the taliban. this is the birthplace of the taliban. but there are so many questions left unanswered in this case. one of those was brought up again. the afghan government says 16 people were killed in the massacre but the u.s. government has charged army staff sergeant bales with 16 counts of murder but nobody seems to be able to tell us where that other person

is coming from. we can tell you in this case that the victims said they would not accept compensation but clearly they have accepted money from the united states. still they want justice to be done. >> all right. and the amount of compensation being paid may surprise many people. $50,000 may not sound like much but it is far more than the usual compensation for the casualties of war. $2,000 is twice as much as an afghan makes in a year. that is a fraction of the $1.8 million paid out to the victims of the 911 attacks. >> churchgoers traded their sunday best for hoodies just like the one that trayvon martin was wearing when he was shot and killed. many are signing online pe sigss

demanding justice for the man who admits shooting martin. ♪ >> some brought iced tea and skittles with them. that is what trayvon was carrying back from a store when he crossed paths with george zimmerman. rev rand jesse jackson said that our society has become way too accepting of violence. >> if sit black on white it is jail time. if it is white on black, it's revote time. if it's white on white or black on black, it's nothing time. >> george zimmerman is part of a neighborhood watch and when he saw martin walking around in a hoodie he got suspicious. zimmerman says he shotted martin

in self-defense. there is a lot of talk about florida's stand your ground law. it allows someone to use force any time they feel that there could be harm to themselves or someone else. zimmerman's attorney says it probably didn't apply in this case but now he is changing his tune. what is the lawyer saying now about the stand your ground law? at first he said it's self-defense and it doesn't apply. is he changing his tune? >> the attorney says, after reviewing the stand your grand law, he believes that is the best way to protect his client if, indeed, his client is arrested. we heard from governor rick scott talking about the law, a subject of great discussion. take a listen to what he had to say this morning. >> you know, i'm going have different elected officials and appointed individuals. the first thing we're going to

do is do a thorough investigation. no one can imagine this happening to their family. we have dwot to find out exactly what's going to happen. the florida health department is doing a great job knowing what happened. and make sure that justice prevails. we have to do that. >> so you remember governor rick scott did speak to trayvon martin's family. also as you mentioned, reverend jesse jackson in florida. this is all leading up to tomorrow. we are expecting a lot of people including some celebrities to be here. city hall -- rather not city hall but the civic center is where commissioners will hold their regular meeting. they are expecting big crowds and we learned that ta t family may speak that church tomorrow.

>> how is trayvon being remembered today? is it just church services? any memorials going on? >> we learned that the media was not allowed inside the church but you see what has happened around the country. people wearing hood ies to show solidarity. the hoodie symbolish for people in that 911 tape. a lot of people showing support. >> our if you are going want to -- they lived with daily. with their sons saying believing their sons coming up at the top of the hour.

>> her to the korean demilitarized zone. it was the president's first visit between north and south korea. he is in korea for a nuclear summit and he had a warning for north korea. >> north korea will achieve nothing by threats or by provocations. north korea knows its obligations and it must take irreversible steps to meet those obligations. on this the united states and the rebub lick of korea are united. >> the president and south korean counter part are worried over north korea's plan to laun launch. >> the man who is a heart beet away from the president has a new heartbeat himself.

he has already survived five other attacks. here is athena jones. >> former vice president cheney waited more than 20 months for this information to become available. he thanked his team of doctors and medical professionals for their continued outstanding care. we have also heard from a spokesman from former president george w. bush. he said that president bush was in touch with the cheney family. he and mrs. bush were happy to hear that the surgery went well and they are keeping cheney in their prayers for a full and speedy recovery. he has had five heart attacks over the course of his life. he was just 37 years old when the first happened. now at 71, cheney is on the high end of the age group of people who usually get the heart transplants. most people are in their 50s.

>> thank you, athena. how do you feel about this kpent from president obama? >> if i had a son he would look like trayvon. >> at least two think it was out of line for the president to make that statement. heartfelt emotions or a political play? we will discuss it next. oh dear... oh dear! ohh dear... i'm not sure exactly what happened here last night.

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>> sit a winning weekend for republican presidential candidate rick santorum. he spent most of his time in wisconsin and he is also celebrating in louisiana. he got 49% of the vote compared

to romney. but romney still holds a wide lead in the battle for the party delegates. wisconsin, maryland, and the district of columbia hold the next contest of april 3. >> republican hopefuls are weighing in on the trayvon martin story. here is the president on friday in the rose garden. >> if i had a son he would look like trayvon. and, you know, i think they are right to expect that all of us as americans are going to take this with the seriousness that it deserves. >> let's bring in cnn contributor and a senior writer at espn. are you guys going be okay sitting right next to each other? >> if anything goes wrong there is nothing to stop it. >> no scratching.

>> it's for the ratings. we're going go mma for the ratings. >> we heard the president commenting last week in the rose garden. should the president have commented on this case? >> absolutely and it is disingenuous to think that he wouldn't comment on this. a lot of people are tripping over themselves trying not to talk about race or color. that is a vital part of this conversation and of this entire scenario. to assume that president obama, a black man in the item, would not have a reaction to what happened to trayvon is incredibly ridiculous so it's natural for him to respond to that. >> i wonder if the situation were reversed, if president bush had said i remember when my son was 17 years old, would people be saying the same thing? that is essentially what the president was saying.

if i had a son, he would look like trayvon. >> you know, it's really disheartening to me to see newt gingrich and santorum trying to politicize this. >> i want to get to that. then we can talk about it. do you think the president should have commented? >> i have mixed feelings about it. i think there is a compelling argument for president obama to step in on it. but my whole problem with the case, with anyone for that matter commenting on the case, there is still no full spectrum of information here. there is not a finished investigation. that is much of what it is about. we don't have all the facts. >> what do you need?

rr r. >> there is still a moment. >> wapd gnat moment. does he have a legitimate claim? >> you cannot tell me you thought a skinny 17-year-old boy was going kill without a weapon that big grown man. that is absolutely ridiculous. i hear what you're saying about the facts. if you just look at the physicality of it all. >> is that going to happen? >> it sparks outrage. >> i think you are mixing up the two things. the president commented on the feelings of a parent and you cannot help but feel for the parents in any situation. you cannot help but feel for anyone who loses a child. that is what many people are commenting on and that is what raised the emotion. the investigation does have to

play out, but i think what most people are commenting on and what most people feel here are any time someone loses a child it is horrific and why wouldn't anyone want to comment on that? how could that not touch any person to say something about it? >> obviously everything you just said is true, but children die every day in this country. children die under horrible circumstances, but we don't talk about it on tv. >> we talk about it all the time. i just did a story on the kids who died in afghanistan and we were talking about it. >> i don't think there is an intelligent rebuttal to my point of few here that all we are doing is we don't have a full s set. outrage and emotion are not good enough in the legal system, we are innocent until proven guilty. >> we get that.

that is not what -- hang on. let bedo that. that is not what we are saying. of course the investigation had to play off. every commenter, everyone has talked about the reports saying thatth guy was attacked. that his point was the victim here. people are saying that there is a realization that people don't understand. let the investigation. >> there is a conversation that people are afraid to play out. >> that is not the conversation we were having. >> unless you are getting on to me -- >> that's my job. my job is to come on tv and

express outrage and emotion. the public has made mistakes in these cases before. in the duke lacrosse case, the who whole. >> you are expressing outrage? i am telling you the difference between the two. you are get iting you are askin me to come on tv and be irrational. >> there is nothing irrational here. what i find irrational is your difficulty at talking about race. >> race is not a good part of the conversation. >> race is always a part of the conversation. that's the problem. you try to put these into vacuums as though they are individual and separated. we have a centuries long ration tension in this country. so to talk about this and

pretend you can compartmentalize this. this is the law and this is the stand your ground. they are all integrated. it is all a part of it. >> let me finish. >> it is part of the emoegal response to it. you are a dad. i am a dad. you should have emotional response to this. that boy sat in a cold -- on a cold sleep for three days and the police did nothing to help find his parents. you should have an emotional reaction to that. if nothing else, that's what you're feeling. >> my job is not to come on tv and be emotional. i can tell you this as far as the race component. if george zimmerman were black and trayvon were white, i would grant zimmerman, the black man, just the same benefit of the doubt.

me being a responsible kmen tator has nothing to do with this. >> i have to remind you that race has a lot to do with it. >> i don't want to beat up on you. you are outraged at the outrage. i think you are right. i am outraged that everyone is so outraged about it. >> no i didn't. i said that i am outraged that you are requiring that of me. >> that is not what i said to you. i am not requiring that. i told you what the president was commenting on and i told you about the emotion that people are feeling. . every time someone comments or talks about the emotional reality of racism in the country or the reality of profile it doesn't mean that they can't speak to that. >> they didn't ask you about profiling. you asked me about it.

i will not comment on anything without knowing what they are talking about. without knowing the facts. hold me to that standard. for my. what it has to do with is facts. >> race is a part of this conversation. >> okay. >> are we done? are we done? we're good? >> well. >> the camera is going to blow up. seriously, have you heard it buzzing? >> i love it. you know what i like about this? i think sit goit is good to have conversations. we talk like this offline as we do on television. >> with exclamation points. >> this is about race. >> thank you guys for participating. great conversation. very emotional.

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>> the killing of unarmed 17-year-old is springing -- major march is planned in florida. the place where a neighborhood watch volunteered zimmerman

admits shooting martin. rev rand brian is a pastor in bolt moore. before i get to the question, you were saying put me in coach. what did you want to say? it was a great conversation between three people that i think a lot of the country is having the same conversation. >> it didn't speak to the issue that it really is a race issue. the reality is tomorrow marks 30 days. we know the accomplice. we have heard the evidence and there is somebody dead but still nobody is arrested. this is the greatest picture of injustice that we could ever find. >> listen. will is not here to defend himself. will came as a great guy and we talk all the time about these issues the same as we are talking off the air. what people get mixed up is they think there is some mark like

there is one upsmanship going on and it's not. we are really trying to have a conversation where we get to the bottom. i do have to say there are many people around the country who feel like will does, and are there fe their feelings not valid? >> i think it plays into the stereo type to have the reckless conversation that geraldo would say that zimmerman is just as possible as the hoodie. he was walking home. and his greatest crime is walking home while being black. if just as you argued in the last segment, if the roles were reversed, i believe most african-americans believe that we would already be rushing to court. i believe that is right and we all believe in due process so

let's take it to court and figure out what it is that we need to do. >> now let's goat tet to the ra. >> originally it was just about 5,000, but i think we have grown to about 25,000 people coming. buss are come iing. people are really becoming mobilized. i believe at the end of the day, florida is going be this generation's alabama. this is going be the birthing place of civil rights. we have the benefits of civil rights but never knew the sacrifice. we didn't march. with the african-american. the racism is still alive. what about the martin family? will they join in? >> reverend jackson is coming in. rev rand sharpton is coming in.

grass roots leaders will be marching with us. >> i want to talk about in new black panthers. it is seen as putting a bounty out for george zimmerman. i would imagine as a reverend you would say at all costs avoid violence. >> absolutely, 3,000%. and i want to applaud the young people who are marching across the country. hundreds of churches went to church. members and pastors sang and worshipped with hoods on. we have non-violence taking on the dr. martin luther king mantle of the community of the beloved and we absolutely believe in non-violence. we believe in the due process. we just want florida to step up to the plate and do their constitutional responsibility. arrest mr. zimmerman. we already know he is the

culprit. >> thank you. appreciate it. all right. coming up in our next hour, we're going to look at the trayvon martin. and you will hear from the moms of young black males and the advice they give their children to try to keep them from dying. they are raw and emotional as well. we want to watch this coming up at the top of the hour. >> your top stories are three minute as away including pope benedict's. but first, each week we profile -- the program is called the next list. next sunday he talks to jose gomez marquez who is using toys to save lives. >> i want to create the equivalent of what lego is today for toys. i want to have not just the --

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[ applause ] >> march 23, 2010, president balm signed into law the signature achievement of his presidency, the affordable care act. the landmark and continue ver shlt health care overhaul. >> after all the votes have been tallied, health insurance reform becomes law in the united states of america. >> within hours, states across the country filed lawsuits challenging the law. >> this is about liberty. it's not just about health care. >> led by florida, 26 states argue the law's central provision is unconstitutional. the so-called individual mandate. it requires almost every american to purchase health insurance by 2014 or pay a penalty. opponents say the constitution's commerce clause does not give congress power to force individuals to purchase a commercial product like health insurance they may not need or

want. >> these issues are central to whether the federal government can regulate anything it wants to. >> the government defends the sweeping reforms arguing that medical care is not a choice that every american will need care at some point in their lives. they say the tens of millions of uninsured americans are costing everyone else more. $43 billion in uncompensated costs alone. >> no one is saying there is a right to free load off one's neighbor when you decide not to choose health insurances. >> the stakes only grow large wer the supreme courts taking the case months before an election. >> we are getting rid of obama care and returning to freedom. >> and the election year block buster has again turned the light to the justices themselves. as with the bush v gore case in 2000, will the justices be

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a former u.n. chief is trying to end a crack down. he met with the russian president today but each day they lead to more deaths. >> heavy shelling was reported today. activists say 65 people were killed across the country as the government targets defectors and members of the free syrian army.

the authenticity of the footage posted online. >> a brit itch couchle got the surprise of their lives when an unexpected wedding guest actually showed up. who showed up? >> you won't believe this. >> i know the answer. i didn't when i saw it. >> queen elizabeth and prince phillip decided to grace them on their wedding day. they were not wedding crashers. they were invited to the wedding. here is amateur video we are looking at of the actual exchange between the bride and the groom. and frances courtesies and john will take a bow. but the way this unfolded is the queen was on a tour of official duty on friday. and the -- they were scheduled to have an event at the venue that the couple was having their

wedding. so the couple said you know what? i wonder if the queen will attend our wedding. so they sent a letter to buckingham palace and sure enough -- >> she showed up. >> she showed up. >> all right. who are the doubles right? who hired the people to dress up like the queen of england. hilarious. >> they said it was probably the best wedding gift. >> this is in kuwait. very unfortunate woman. a sports woman wins a gold medal and the wrong anthem plays. >> not only was it the wrong anthem but an obscene version that played during the movie borat? she is a national. and she won the gold medal in the 75 target event at the tenth arab shooting event. as she is standing there in her moment of glory with all of

these competitors of hers standing around, and what happens is they play -- the part that they actually -- i want to -- if we can play the part. it is in english, okay? it is played to the music of the anthem. ♪ >> did anyone notice at the time? >> they did. the event organizationers apologized for -- they called it due to a downloading error and later they redid the ceremonies with the correct national anthem. if we have that, we can play that, too, if we have time. >> listen, i hate to laugh but one must have a sense of humor. it was her moment, but it was borat of all things. what were they thinking?

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>> march madness almost down to the final four. and football's new orleans saints take a huge hit from the league office. from the lead office. the cover of si right now, baseball preview issue. but we're still talking bas cat bell. let's talk basketball. i should have gone with you. and all we are waiting on now is a game between north carolina and kansas. is louisville the surprise in this group? >> yes, but we are still looking at the blue chip programs. your outside in the final four,

that says something. a lot of people got their final four picks okay but everything that came before that ruined us. >> let's look at our brackets. there is mine. i had duke winning it all. oh well, too bad. michigan state out but you went with kentucky, ohio state and kansas. not bad. look right here. that is where we are with this. what is going to happen? give us a prediction? >> i think kentucky is absolutely the team to beat. run away favorite gs. they won with ease today. i would be surprised if kentucky didn't win. how do you feel about lehigh?

>> you're asking me? i didn't pick my own bracket. >> all kentucky. >> it's going to happen in new orleans and i got ahead of myself. >> it's a very serious story and it's very disheartening. >> sean payton suspended. what do you make about the league's penalties? >> they had to send a message. the one problem the nfl has is the issue of player health and safety. it sounds so trite. but the cover up is worse than the crime. why is sean payton getting a

year? he either lied or covered up information. this is going to be a really ugly year with the saints. >> tiger woods and the arnold palmer tournament, his first since 2009. >> we get the return of madmen and tiger in the same day. really it was physical. for him to be back out there and winning events, two weeks away fwr the masters. what was missing was the aura, this closing. the pga looks a lot different than it did a week ago. >> thank you, sir. really appreciate it. we will talk about the saints

bounty and the ruling on that. be sure to stick around at the top of the hour. paying cash for injuring opponents. get a look inside the culture of an nfl locker room. get more right after this broadcast. a lot of well deserved focus on the trayvon martin case but there is a murder in california that deserves attention as well. a woman of five beaten to death in her living room and a threatening note left behind calling her and her family terrorists. that story in two minutes.

the woman who was viciously beaten in her home has now died of her injuries. 32-year-old mother was taken off life support yesterday. on wednesday she was found on the floor of her san diego home unconscious and bleeding by her teen aged daughter. >> you know, i just found her on the floor, just as i said, you know, drowned in her own blood. >> the family has been in the united states since the mid 90s. a threatening note was discovered close to where she was found, telling the family to go back to iraq, calling them terrorists. police have not yet said whether they are treating the case as a hate crime.