rehab facility for substance abuse. he was released in april. the "glee" star was 31. the next hour of cnn newsroom begins right now. i'm don lemon here in sanford, florida, with cnn's special coverage of the george zimmerman not guilty verdict. strong emotions are still pouring in. we have complete coverage from here in washington to all around the world. the first time since his arrest last april, george zimmerman began his day a free man. a six-women jury acquitted him in the death of trayvon martin but the story and debate do not end there. this case captured so much interest in part, because it combined elements of race with topics like gun violence, gun rights and self-defense. defense attorneys and

prosecutors spoke to reporters, and as you might expect, they had two very different reactions to the jury's decision. >> george zimmerman was never guilty of anything except protecting himself in self-defense. i'm glad the jury saw it that way. i hope that everyone who thinks, particularly those who doubted george irenes and doubted his background, now understand that the jury knew everything they knew was enough to find him not guilty. >> i am disappointed, but we accept it. we live in a great country that has a great criminal justice system. it is not perfect but it is the best in the world. we respect the jury's verdict. >> president barack obama adding his voice to the discussion. he said, "we should ask ourselves if we are doing all we can to widen the circle of compassion and understanding in our own communities. we should ask if we are doing all we can to stem the tide of

gun violence that claims too many lives on a daily basis. we should ask ourselves as a society how to prevent future tragedies like this." the president wants to start a wider communication. >> i hope that happens. we need more discussions much like we've been having about race. i have not heard enough discussions about gun violence. i'm glad the president mentioned that. everybody completely avoids that. that seems to be missed here. we have laws that openly allow people to be a public place carrying firearms is almost surprising more of this type of situation doesn't occur because people are going to end up getting in fights, having issues and if they could pack a firearm wherever they want whenever they want, we'll have an explosive

situation. >> you're getting into the second amendment, we have the right to bear arms. >> but we have reasonable restrictions upon us. i would never argue the castle doctrine. you come into our home, you have a chance of not going out alive. the fact is we need to have responsible discussions about that. >> you cannot carry, you cannot go in with a firearm. >> there are reasonable restrictions. to suggest there are not to be some reasonable discussions about that and restrictions about it is fool-hardy. we saw the master of the children recently and thought there might be something to have an open dialogue. what happened? not a lot. we need to have that discussion. or more young trayvon martins are going to get killed. the issue is it's much larger. if we don't have that dialogue,

we'll have more killings. >> let's talk about the wider discussion. mark o'meara said this may have, he didn't think this was helping with the wider discussion because george zimmerman was not the person. >> there are two ways to look at this. if anybody thought the verdict in this particular case was going to resolve these major issues in america whether they be the right to bear arms or issues in race, this is not going to resolve that. anybody who thought it might would be deeply disappointed. the other thing is that at the beginning of this case, i was not certain that it would be followed as heavily as some of the more, let's say, famous cases recently. talking about casey anthony or jodi arias. this case, i felt, had serious issues that do need public discourse. that we do need to try to bring into the public forum. if there is any good that comes

out of this horrible tragedy, it is the fact at least we have on the air and in public, at least begun talking about some of these issues. >> it is a bit uncomfortable to put yourself out there and have these conversations because you see the blowback. people judge you for that and they think you have an agenda. as a journalist, the agenda is just to start a conversation. and to have people to think sort of beyond the way they are thinking. >> you look at the reaction we got for those who might have missed it we had a heart-felt conversation about profiling. a friend of mine, and there are a lot of people discussing things. if we have not lived in somebody else's shoes, for people to think because we have a black president or somebody has black friends the issue is over in america. we still have racism and prejudice. we have to have a dialogue about it.

people have to understand who are jumping up and down and applauding the jury verdict, they need to understand that they have to be more sensitive this. case was very symbolic to many people, especially those african-american. it represents a whole lot of wrongs that still exist in america. >> if you worked in the criminal justice system and because of what we do, we get to experience this a lot, as well, people are afraid of the word racism. that's a really bad word. perhaps it should be bias. people don't walk around all the time 100% racist or 100% anything, right? so if you, if your bias comes out sometimes unconsciously for a number of different things, sometimes. sometimes i am sexist, sometimes you're sexist. sometimes i'm bias when it comes to race. i think that happens for most people. when you don't accept that, when you don't say, hey, i might have that in my personality, perhaps i need to think about that.

you go, i'm i not racist, i'm not bias, that means you're probably racist and probably bias. >> mark o'meara was concerned about the perception because he represented george zimmerman and defended this man he felt was improperly charged that he was perceived or could be perceived as against the civil rights movement. that this was a cause, not a case. he says nothing could be farther from the truth. >> you know that. >> i know that for a fact. i've gotten many tweets and comments. >> he worked on civil rights cases. >> mark is a defense lawyer. i know he didn't have a bigoted bone in his body. we have to address it. like you said, get out of our denial. look inside and get better. >> sometimes if you walk around and you just not conscious of certain things and sometimes people have to snap you out of it. there are moments that snap you out of it.

maybe this is one for the entire country. >> from your mouth to god's ears. >> thank you, guys. we appreciate it. it's been nearly 2 hours since the zimmerman verdict was announced. this evening the community continues to gather in support of trayvon martin this. rally took place about an hour ago at a park in sanford, florida, blocks from where the verdict was read late last night. watching over the crowd was sanford police chief sees why it smith who says everything has been peaceful. >> it's a great opportunity for people to express themselves. that's important. regardless how you feel about the verdict or how the case has gone, if you're going to do something you do so in a peaceful manner. this town has been outstanding remaining peaceful. >> many of the demonstrations in florida and across the nation have remained peaceful. many in sanford, florida, community took solace in church that. includes relatives of trayvon

martin. martin's parents were not at church services this morning. john zarrella explains now. >> reporter: the message from trayvon martin's cousin was clear, direct. >> we don't want this to happen to anyone else again. there is no reason for this to happen to any other families. no one should have to go through this. >> reporter: felton and her mom and dad attended sunday services in miami gardens. miami gardens is the neighborhood where trayvon martin grew up. it is this church where his family are members. neither trayvon's mother or father came to services here sunday. not that anyone expected they would. pastor arthur jackson said he talked with sybrina this morning. >> they are very upset and heart broken, as you can imagine. the sevenless tragedy of losing a child.

i applaud her. i commend her faith in god. she is still trusting god amid the trial. >> reporter: sybrina told him to tell the congregation she wants them to trust in god, as well. that message of faith was the overriding theme and it was faith trayvon's aunt says that got them through. >> that's why we are able to stand here and speak because we know that somehow or some way god is going to, everything is going to be taken care of. >> reporter: pastor jackson says the people of this community can be proud the way they carried themselves in the wake of the verdict. several members of the church expressed to us if you thought that this community was going to erupt in violence because of the outcome, then that in and of itself was stereotyping. >> the leaders in our community talked about it. we dealt with it. you didn't see it. i don't think you're going to see it. you need to stop putting people

in boxes. >> reporter: there were feelings of hurt, sadness, disappointment amongst the congregation. anger, too. but the bottom line, church members say, everyone now must move on. >> that was cnn's john zarrella reporting. trayvon martin's parents have not been seen in public since the verdict was announced. many believe the george zimmerman verdict shows there is a deep divide regarding race relations in this country. it might be a surprise to know george zimmerman's defense team included an african-american woman. wait till you hear the question she asked before she agreed to join the defense team. vo: getting your car serviced at meineke, smart.

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for many, the george zimmerman case was all about race. one member of the defense team may have stood out more than any other law student who is an african-american woman. david mattingly introduces us to this legal intern. >> reporter: in a case so enflamed by racially-charged opinion, it was almost impossible not to notice the african-american woman on george zimmerman's all-white defense team. channa lloyd had one question. >> i said is george a racist? he said, no. i wouldn't work for him if he was. >> reporter: why was that so important to you? >> being african-american, even if he was a client in need of representation, i don't know i would have been able to divorce that. you have to have the proper representation and people who can do that. >> reporter: if you find lloyd's involvement in the defense surprising, you might be even more surprised to find out she is a volunteer working for free.

channa lloyd is a third-year law student in orlando, a 34-year-old intern working a case of a lifetime. have you had to explain what you're doing to any of your friends? >> sure. some of my friends debate with me all the time about it. >> reporter: what do they say? >> some of them think, does it matter? he's guilty. some say i'm willing to hear the evidence they span the range. >> reporter: observation span the range online, as well. most are curious. who is she? why is she there? >> what our position is, what our role is, am i only there because i'm black. those kinds of things. i've seen more curious questions than anything. >> reporter: some comments are clearly judgmental and personal. there was one that caught my eye, this tweet. black woman seated with zimmerman defense team is on wrong side of the courtroom and wrong side of history. what would you say to that person? >> i would say they're not really aware of what history is if they think that this is a completely racial issue.

i would tell her, him or her, to go back and revisit the case. i think it's misplaced. >> reporter: is this case about race? >> i don't think the case is about race. i think that is the way it was presented initially. it might have been erroneous. >> reporter: she sits silently in the background with other interns. for the last year lloyd provided research and support, spending long hours and getting to know george zimmerman. is erasist? >> no. >> reporter: how do you know? how did you come to that opinion? >> can just kind of tell. being african-american you encounter people who are racist and i just know he's not. >> reporter: at the end of this trial, lloyd sees only the beginning of a career in criminal defense. david mattingly, cnn, sanford, florida. we are keeping an eye on other news today. there is grief in hollywood. the sudden death of "glee" star

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i'm susan hendricks in atlanta. we start with this. fans of the tv show "glee" are filling social media sites with messages of shock and sadness after news that the body of cory monteith was found in a hotel room in canada. the actor was just 31 years old. he played a clean-cut guy on tv, but cory monteith had his demons. >> reporter: sudden and tragic, news of the death of 31 "glee" actor 31-year-old monteith

stunned his recent friends. found dead in a downtown van ufr hotel room. at a press conference late saturday, police ruled out foul play. >> mr. monteith checked into the hotel july 6th and was due to check out of the room today there were others with mr. monteith in his room earlier last night but video and fog key entries show him returning to his room by himself in the early morning hours, and we believe he was alone when he died. >> reporter: adam shankman spoke on the phone to monteith hours before his death. >> he was the glue, he was the cheerleader that really held everybody together. that i really felt. he was always smiles. he was patient. he always knew all his lines right away. he was the first to laugh when things were muddy.

>> reporter: monteith skyrocketed to fame in 2009, playing the loveable heart throb quarterback, he's credited with making the fox tv series a hit. since he was 13 years old, monteith openly said he battled with so bright. it was just four months ago when the canadian actor voluntarily checked himself onto a rehab facility. his friends and girlfriends were encouraged by his steps to stay clean. >> he even said i'm feeling fantastic again. he was obviously referring to the moment he had this year with going to rehab. so i'm, like everybody else, really devastated and confused by what happened. >> reporter: investigators have not officially tied his death to substance abuse. an autopsy will be conducted on monday. nick valencia, cnn, atlanta. >> thank you. looking overseas at enormous

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i'm john thomas, 5:30 a.m. friday, july 12th. >> the studio had a little bit of a raucous. imagine what that must have felt like on the street? the neighborhood, as you see, it's a mess. two people are in critical condition today. firefighters think a gas leak caused that house to explode. the world is watching and waiting for the royal baby. katherine duchess of cambridge is expected to give birth any day now. they are waiting to find out if it's a boy or girl. some clues have people thinking the baby will be a princess. we'll have to wait and see on that one. junk food junkies, tomorrow is the day you've been waiting for. monday the twinkie makes its official return to store shelves across the country. some retailers started sellinged

spongy treat a few days early. the comeback is part of a very unique american journey. here is tom foreman. >> reporter: as american as baseball, apple pie and celebrity gossip, twinkies are returning. eight months after labor troubles made hostess crumble, new owners are heralding the sweetest comeback in the history of ever. >> i think twinkies are awesome. are they back? >> i think everybody is missing them. >> reporter: twinkies have been around since 1930. in less self-conscious days, it seemed every child enjoyed one at least once. >> they were featured on kids' shows like "howdy dudy." >> reporter: today many people are skeptical of sugars and fats. >> you're not the least bit excited they are coming back? >> no. not really. i have the two-piece luggage, working on the third set. >> reporter: what explains the twinkie mania. maybe because they make people

think about nostgia. >> it's twinkie the kid. >> twinkies remind me of being a kid. >> a thing people pass down from generation to generation. >> reporter: they fit onto a rare category of foods with overwhelmingly amotional appeal. >> often they get their first twinkies from their mother puts it in the lunch box or their grandfather slips them one. there is a gift aspect to it. you might later buy yourself a twinkie. it's not the same thing. >> reporter: urban legend has it an unopened twinkie will last for ages. >> has the self life of 62 years? >> reporter: no. the new ones will make it more like 45 days. as a snack food with a firm place in americana, yeah, they might last forever. tom foreman, cnn, washington. george zimmerman a free man. he's lived in hiding more than a year now. he has feared for his safety and is hated by many.

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wearing body armor. since killing trayvon martin, life is filled with isolation and caution. >> there are a lot of people who think george killed trayvon for racial reasons even though nothing supports that. if they feel that anger enough, they could react violently. >> reporter: there have been tweets, e-mail and letters wishing him bodily harm or death. now that george zimmerman is free, it's almost certain he won't be able to go back to the life he had before, pursuing a career in law enforcement. >> that is the worst thing you can do. it might be your old passion. my advice would be find a new passion. it needs to be helping people in a very different way. a way that is much more compassionate, not just involving law enforcement. >> reporter: for a view of life after acquittal, zimmerman may need to look no further than casey anthony, the hated young mother found not guilty of murdering her 2-year-old

daughter. she has since lived in hiding and financial ruin. >> you never know who the nuts are and where they are. there are still people that threaten me. >> reporter: it sounds like there are severe consequences for being found guilty in the court of public opinion. >> they are. you don't have jell-o and cheese sandwiches in jail. >> reporter: it may not be hopeless for zimmerman. he continues to have strong support from his immediate family. part of his defense is being paid for by thousands of dollars donated by the public. even here, there could be problems. >> he's got to be careful to avoid the appearance of creating more divisions by accepting money or support openly from groups that maybe would create more friction because of the tenor of this case. he's got to be careful about who he associates with afterwards, even if they are offering financial support. >> reporter: shortly after his

dramatic acquittal, george zimmerman's first steps back to private life were hid fren cameras and public view. his destination, his plans, a closely-guarded secret. >> he has always feared for his safety. we have always feared for his safety and our safety as a family. clearly, he's a free man in the eyes of the court, but he's going to be looking around his shoulder for the rest of his life. >> i want to bring in our panel, attorney and former prosecutor faith jenkins. she joins us in new york. and attorney brian kavatik and holly hughes in atlanta. did you all get sleep? >> very little. just like you. >> same here. someone on twitter said, you look refreshed. it's all smoke and mirrors. i want to ask you about that. he may be free in the eyes of the law, but in the court of

public opinion there may be some very serious concerns, very real concerns about his safety. we saw this in the casey anthony verdict and trial, as well. what do you think, legitimate? >> i think it is legitimate. i think there are people who will co-opt this trial for their own agenda. what we all need to do is respect what sybrina fulton and tracy martin have said. they have conducted themselves with such dignity and such grace. they have come out and said, we loved this young man. we raised him. we are sorry he's gone, but do not dishonor his memory by going out and committing another act of violence. unfortunately, there are people who will take it upon themselves to be a vigilante. so i think it is a legitimate concern given the devisiveness of this case and the passions that arise. >> what irony.

what irony in that. that george zimmerman's brother is concerned about people taking the law into their own hands against george zimmerman when that is exactly what he did to put himself in this situation and now we are dealing with a dead 17-year-old teenager. the irony in that situation. >> with all due respect, the jury disagreed with that. they said he didn't take the law in his hands. >> let her finish. >> holly, with all due respect, the jury disgreed with whether or not it was self-defense. the fact is george zimmerman did profile trayvon and follow him and thought he was a criminal. that assumption was incorrect. acting as a neighborhood watch person going too far and taking the law onto his own hands. >> but the jury disagreed. they clearly bought self-defense or they wouldn't have walked him on both charges. >> let's get back to the safety aspect and what happens to george zimmerman now. lonny, i want to get to you. you have good insight on this.

what should george zimmerman do? is there any way that he can become a person who goes out to the public? goes out to the walmart, goes out to the target and goes shopping? goes to the concert any more? does he have to live a sequestered life like the jury had the past couple of weeks? >> you know, i'm going to say honestly, i think the reality is yes. this is part of that moral punishment that is going to be levied upon him, right or wrong, based on what he did. social media kind of gets us stirred up even more. we see the vitreal periphery out of social media. all it takes is one person with a gun to go after him in life. >> loni, i'm going to let you finish, but social media, people say things all the time on social media. correct me if i'm wrong, but i

very rarely hear people make these outrageous, say these outrageous things on social media and follow through. it's mostly cowards who say things. >> right. there could be some crazy person that does something. we should not give so much credence to crazies on social media who feel they can be backed because they are anonymous. >> i understand what you're saying and i hope that's the truth. we've been watching cyber bullies go beyond just the mob mentality in social media and act out in the real world against people they targeted. it's not unrealistic to think that might happen for george zimmerman. i hope it doesn't. i hope he's smart about taking care of himself and being aware of what's going on. i don't think he should minimize

that in any way. >> don, let me chime in here. >> it's like a teenager, usually a teenager at school and someone they know, a friend or frenemy. usually it's people you know. i think sometimes we give too much credence, especially to twitter and people emboldened by anonimity. >> you don't poke the bear. the next thing you do is muzzle your brother. this guy has got to stop talking to the media. he's provoking the situation. i think that zimmerman himself -- >> brian, stop, stop, stop, brian. my question i wanted to ask last time and couldn't and wanted to follow up on what robert

zimmerman jr had to say and the computer was going to cut me off and i couldn't. why wasn't he in the courtroom with his brother? why was he doing an interview? why was he in new york doing an interview instead of in a courtroom with his brother? >> in new york. that one interview i can see doing 30 seconds, 90 seconds saying the family is happy. it's over. we're moving on with our lives. then he keeps going and talking to the media. this guy has got to stop talking. zimmerman himself is doing a good job. he had consulting from lawyers sitting there stoic, stone-faced. it's not a time for high-fiving. he caught one smile on him. but the brother, get rid of this guy. >> i totally agree with brian.

>> we'll talk about this including self-defense and stand your ground. where do we stand with that? what happens with that? next.

let's bring our panel back. attorney and former prosecutor

faith jenkins joins news new york. holly hughes joins us in atlanta. i want to steal this from my friend nancy grace. unleash the lawyers. i love when she says that. we were talking about george zimmerman's brother. i cut you off, loni. you said you agreed with what brian was saying? >> yeah. i think he's not doing himself any favors or his brother any favors by pushing this thing that my brother's innocent. he had the right to do what he did. the jury didn't find him innocent. they found him not guilty. what i thought was interesting when he started talking about, they asked does your brother have remorse about what he did. he said we were taught if you do what you believe is the right thing, you don't have to go back later and apologize for it. you stand up and do it. it's the mentality that perhaps george had out there that night. look, i know that i can stand my

ground. i can shoot my gun and if i shoot it, i'm going to shoot to kill, which is what his brother said. you don't shoot to injure, you shoot to kill. that's what he did with trayvon martin. that may be in his mind what's accurate, but i don't think that's what everyone else wants to hear right now. >> that brings us to this stand your ground that we heard so much about over the last 15 months, which is what everyone thought the case was going to be about. barely got a mention in the case. >> the case turned into self-defense. originally, george zimmerman wasn't arrested because of stand your ground. we talked about these laws and how bad they are because they really do encourage people to kill or make that ultimate decision to take someone aisles life. we don't need laws that encourage people to kill. we need laws that encourage people to count to ten, take a step back. relax, think. reflect. >> why go with self-defense? >> that was a strategic move

right before the hearing in the trial because they did not want to put george zimmerman on the witness stand and be cross-examined before the trial if they did that, he would have had to testify at a hearing and then if they lost the hearing, they would have to go to trial and he would already have testified, be cross-exined. that was a strategic move. i think based on what mark o'meara said last night that they plan to perhaps have a hearing where george zimmerman is absolved from civil liability. i think they are now going to ask for a stand your ground hearing. we may see that. >> that is not going to happen. >> holly first then brian. >> faith was pointing out it was strategy not to put zimmerman up at that hearing because you subject him to cross-examination. but it was also brilliant strategy because they did get a jury charge on stand your ground. even though they didn't raise it in their case in chief when the defense put up their case and they didn't ask for that

immunity hearing, that jury charge was still given to the jury. the jury still heard the law on stand your ground. it was doubly brilliant. it was a great strategy up front, a great strategy on the back side. they still heard it. >> brian? >> his problems with the criminal justice system, at least the state may be over, but not with the justice system, the personal injury lawsuit likely to be filed. i've seen this before. double jeopardy while it applies to criminal cases doesn't apply civilly. civil standard is not beyond a reasonable doubt. it's a preponderance of the evidence, which is just a little bit more than 50%. they can go after him. the martin family can go after him for the wrongful death. they can get a judgment that isn't dischargeable in bankruptcy. they can get punitive damages. i heard o'meara talk about some kind of immunity he thinks that will exist for that. it's not the same standard for a

personal injury case. it's not. it's a civil case. >> you can still get that stand your ground immunity for civil or criminal cases. he can still go through that stand your ground hearing and ask for immunity from both the civil prosecution as he could have done in the criminal. he chose not to. he is saying if someone files on us civilly, we will go to that hearing and ask for that immunity. >> right. >> i don't think it will be beyond a reasonable doubt standard. >> thank you very much. we really appreciate it. we'll be right back with the other top stories of the day. at university of phoenix we kis where it can take you.cation (now arriving: city hospital) which is why we're proud to help connect our students with leading employers across the nation. (next stop: financial center)

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i'm susan hendricks in atlanta. actor cory monteith, star of the tv show "glee" has been found dead in a vancouver hotel room. his body was found by hotel staff yesterday after he missed his checkout time. the cause of death is not immediately known, but they have ruled out foul play. an autopsy will be conducted tomorrow. monteith spent time in rehab earlier this year and had been public about his struggles with drug abuse. he was just 31 years old. there is a warning today from the journalist who broke the story of the nsa surveillance program. in an interview, glenn greenwald says edward snowden has more information that would be dire

for the u.s. if released. he said, "snowden has enough information to cause more harm to the u.s. government in a single minute than any other person has ever had. the u.s. government should be on their knees every day praying that nothing happens to snowden because if something happens, all information will be revealed and that would be their worst nightmare." snowden has said he will ask russia for temporary asylum. egypt's interim government is taking shape. muhammed al bardai was sworn? today. egypt's interim prime minister is meeting with cabinet nominees in hopes of having his government complete by the middle of next week. rescue workers tried to get this little boy buried beneath 11 feet of sand. he fell onto a sinkhole and the sand caved in on top of him. >> i am at the mt. baldy beach.

my friend's son got stuck in a sand dum. they can't get him out. >> can anybody see him or is he completely covered by sand? >> is he completely covered by sand? yes. >> you hear the franticness in that call. they dug for hours and found the boy was alived. they pulled him out. the boy found an air pocket. he was able to breathe, but is not out of the woods just yet. he is in critical condition this evening. a hotly contested election with a surprise outcome. we are talking sports here, not politics. how this player won the race and why the election sparked so much controversy.

let's take a break now and talk sports. we could use a break. as we head into baseball's all-star break, let's bring in terence moore down in atlanta. he is a crist folumnist for mlb. how are you? >> doing very well. >> we had a drama when it came down to the fan voting for the all-star roster spots. freddie freeman and puig. did the right guy make the all-star team?

>> let's put this in perspective. the all-star game is all about the fans. if they want oprah winfrey out there along with members of the supreme court and various members of the simpsons, god bless them, everyone. remember that the all-star game concept was by a guy from the early 1930s. he was a sports editor of the "chicago tribune." his idea was to make this a popularity contest. obviously, the fans look at freddie freeman being more popular than puig, sort of, kind of with an asterisk. >> it got complicated with fans accusing the media outlets taking sides in this one. this is an espn web page that says puig, not pick. it doesn't mention freeman. >> that's why i said asterisk. the asterisk is this. you look at espn. this is more so a backlash

against espn more so than a vote for freddie freeman. espn was basically polling for people to pick puig over freeman. you live in atlanta. nobody outside of 285 has a clue who freddie freeman is. espn was some what justified. all of us in the media, if we were honest, we are always pulling for the best story. puig, a cuban defector comes here, takes baseball by a storm with his arm, glove and his bat is a much better story than freddie freeman. sorry, freddie freeman, that is the truth. >> terence moore said that, i didn't, freddie freeman. so the all-star game is in new york on tuesday. the city's baseball team, they're a mess. mets are struggling. that's not unusual. yankees are struggling, that's very unusual. what is going on? >> let's start with this. the average age of the yankees these days is deceased.

when you're old, you get hurt. literally half of the yankees have been on the disabled list this year, including 3/4 of their infield. pitching has been pretty good except for today when sabathia got lit up by the lowly minnesota twins. it's been a hitting problem, particularly on the clutch. >> i noticed that yankee stadium looking empty these days. >> a little? >> are they fans disguised as empty seats? what's going on. >> you're right. attendance is down 6% over the last year at yankee stadium. tv ratings have gone right through the floor. don, you are there. we are talking about new york city. we are talking about broadway, the big apple. you have to have stars. the yankees, this is the team of babe ruth and mickey mantle and reggie jackson. those guys are gone. they lost the biggest stars through injuries, a-rod, alex

rodriguez, mark teixeira. >> give me an update on derek jeter. >> he injured his leg again. remember now, derek jeter broke his ankle back during the playoffs. they rushed him back too soon. they'll never say that, but that's what happened. when you're 39 years old and trying to play, your legs are going to go on you. that's the problem with derek jeter. he's supposed to be back for the all-star break, but after that, who knows. >> 39 years old is old, i'm ancient then. >> in dog years, baseball years, that's very old. >> thank you, terence. appreciate it. i'm don lemon. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com

for the first time since his arrest in april last year, george zimmerman began his day a free man. a six-women jury acquitted him last night of all charges in the death of trayvon martin. the story and the debate do not end there. this case has captured so much interest, in part because of combined elements of race with topics like gun violence, gun rights and self-defense. in sanford, florida, and across the nation, people rallied for trayvon martin vowing to keep fighting to honor the fallen teen. others rallied to show support for george zimmerman.