please join us later tonight an hour from now, i'll be filling in for anderson cooper. erin burnett "outfront" starts right now. breaking news, federal investigators make a starting revelation about monday's southwest airlines crash. why they think it wasn't mechanical error. plus the only minority on the george zimmerman jury said zimmerman got away with murder. a lawyer representing trayvon martin's family responds to that "outfront" tonight. >> and the latest from the anthony weiner texting scandal. the candidate reveals there were more women he maes mates how many of them there were, and we hear from one of them for the first time. let's go "outfront." >> good evening, everyone.

we begin with news on that southwest airline flight 345 crash landing at new york's laguardia airport on monday. right now, federal investigators are saying the plane handed nosewheel first. this is the first real clue we've gotten as to why the plane's landing gear collapsed, obviously as you know, planes usually land on the back, not the front. let's get to aviation correspondent rene marsh. the investigation is still going on. does this open the door to pilot error? >> we spoke, erin, to a few pilots when we just got this information a short time ago. the pilots we spoke to say it is too early to know for sure why the plane landed this way but they say it does suggest human error could have played a role. here's what we do know. this plane landed nose gear first. then the main gear. but in a successful landing. it is supposed to be maybe gear and then the nose gear. that's because the nose gear is

not built to withstand the weight of the plane. again, main gear, then nose gear. that's the base igs of landing a plane. they'll be looking into why did this happen? why did this sequence of events happen the way that it did? >> what else did we learn from this investigation? that is a crucial clue. what else did you find out? >> we also found out in the final four seconds of the flight, the plane essentially, the nose of the plane went from two degrees upward to three degrees downward. that should not have happen. it should have maintained a nose up position. so again, why did that happen? why did the position of the nose of the plane switch from 2 degrees up to 3 yeses down? that remains a mystery but it is not supposed to happen that way. >> a big development there in that investigation. and one that makes everyone flying think twice. other to have story is george zimmerman, quote, got away with

murder. at least that's what juror b 29 said she believes. despite the fact, and i want to he will if a size this. she did vote to acquit zimmerman. here's what she's told abc news. >> george zimmerman -- george zimmerman got away with murder. but you can't get away from god. at the end of the day, he's going to have a lot of questions and answers he has to deal with. the law couldn't prove it. but you know, you know the world goes in circles. >> how does the martin family feel about this? does george zimmerman's team worry that this one juror could put him away? was the jury consultant for the

george zimmerman defense team. great to see both of you on the show. and natalie, let me start with you. she said she owes the martin family an apology. i want to get your response to what she said. >> it is hard for me to sleep. hard for me to eat. i feel that i was forcefully included in trayvon martin's death. and i carry him on my back, i'm hurting as much as trayvon martin's mom is. there's no way that any mother should feel that pain. >> what's your reaction? >> well, my reaction is that i feel for her. i do. and i know that she issued an apology to sybrina fulton and i think that's between her and sybrina to talk about, really. i have not spoken to sybrina

about that. but you know, it's her decision and she has to live with that. >> barbara, let me tell you what we know that this juror. i want to emphasize, she did choose to show her face but she is going by mady, not giving her full name. she is worried about possible retribution. we know she is 36 years old. she describes herself as puerto rican. she has only been in florida five months. lived previously in chicago. she has eight children. she is a certified nursing assistant and she was arrested at one point in chicago but the case was disposed. you have the data. then you saw her. was this someone you wanted on the jury or did you have reservations in. >> no reservations. good evening, good to see you. so b-29 was one of our younger jurors. she had eight children. she could have gotten out of jury duty if she had told the judge, i can't do it with all my kids. but she did the right thing.

she chose her duty to her country, to serve as a juror and made the personal sacrifice. what i hiked about her, i went back over my notes. one of the things she said in jury selection was everybody needs a fair trial. at the end of the day, i have to listen to both sides. that's all you can ask for from jurors and that's what she did. we should all be very proud of her. >> and she did. and she also told abc, she didn't think zimmerman was guilty according to the law. the point she made there when she talked about the remorse and sad gs, she felt he was guilty. she was talking about god. but in the eyes of the law, she did not come to that conclusion. >> he's guilty. because the evidence shows he's guilty. >> he's guilty of -- >> killing trayvon martin. but as the law was read to me, if you have no proof that he killed him intentionally, you can't find, you cannot say he's

guilty. >> and she stood by the decision of the jury. and then when she was asked by robin roberts there whether the case should have gone to trial, she answered, i don't think so. from your position, do you wish the jury, the prosecution had gone for a lesser charge to begin with? that they stretched too far? they should have gone for manslaughter. >> listen to what she said. she said that the evidence was there to prove that he's guilty. she believe that he was guilty. the jury instructions said you can use your common sense. i think she was confused. that's what i hear from her. >> you think she was confused as to what the law said. >> it sounds that way from what i hear. i have only mattered portion that you played for me. from what you played, when she says the evidence prove that he was guilty. that pretty much seems that she is confused that what the law says. >> it is unclear. she said he is guilty of killing trayvon martin which he doesn't dispute. but she is saying there was no proof that he killed him intentionally. obviously that could be the

nuance here. to natalie's point, it is unclear what she was saying. >> the idea is this woman has a heart the size of texas and the patients of job. what she said is, i had to put my heart and my emotions aside. that's what all jurors have to do and decide the case on the evidence and the law. that's what she did. it was a very hard decision. you can see that this woman has a world of empathy for the martin family. but the evidence wasn't there and that's what she based her decision on. >> she said the evidence was there though. that's what understand. >> she said for killing him but she said not for intentionally. >> for killing, not for murder. that was undisputed. >> murder two is not intentional. the jury instructions says so. that's why i believe she is confused. >> she was the only minority on this panel, right? that surprised a lot of people. that there was only one minority and it was maddy.

she told abc news something that completely fits with the juror who seem to think george zimmerman was innocent from the beginning. that the case wasn't about race. she said this case was never about race for her. are you surprised about that in. >> no. i'm not surprised about that. i think the prosecution and defense, everyone told them that it was not about race. just because you say that it is not about race does not make it true. >> all right. thanks 57. >> the juror -- >> now we have two jurors that reached that same conclusion. the case was not about race. >> it was about race. >> the jurors got picked because of race. a lot of people got excluded because of race. being jurors because they sat -- >> not by us. not by the defense. >> you're saying you did not exclude anyone. >> the idea is we wanted jury pores could hear all the evidence. >> there was a questionnaire. it asked people whether or not they participated in the

protests to get george arrested. that excluded a lot of black people. >> absolutely not true. that was not on the questionnaire. >> absolutely true. >> there were questions absolutely true. >> i've got the questionnaire right in front of me. here's the questionnaire. it is right here. >> rob, were there questions asked, were there questions asked about whether or not people participated in the protests? >> of course there were questions asked about the protests, what you heard about the case. what opinions you've drawn. absolutely. that has nothing to do with race. >> many black people were excluded because of that, robert. >> that's not true. >> if we're going to discuss this, let's -- okay, robert. >> all right. i'll merely hit pause there but i thank you for taking the time. and that conversation that i think a lot of people at home are having, too. still to come, we want to share the latest with you on the latest train derailment in spain. 80 people are dead at least.

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in a or ifg train crash in northwestern spain last night. last night we told but this but now look at this. a security camera caught the exact moment of the crash. you can see the cars separating from the engine as the train attempts to negotiate this curve. you see the car in the back come off. and that pulls the entire conductor train off. flame burst out of one car as it left the tracks. another was snapped in half. that's why after this you saw the or ifg pictures of bodies scattered around the ground. carl is at the crash to be in spain. what's the latest on the investigation? i'm also curious, what do we know about the train's speed at the time of the crash? and how much faster that was than the speed limit. >> reporter: certainly, there have been us is igss thsuspicio were raised this morning. she suggested that excessive speed may have been a factor in

this accident. then we heard from the spanish prime. he came and visited the crash site and he said no, we must keep an open mind on this. he said speed may be a factor but also there may be many other factors as well. so em, all the possibilities were currently being investigated. he urged people not to leap to conclusions. we also know that the engine driver has spent much of the day in police custody. he is being questioned about what he did, what he saw and what he knew about this crash. but so far, authorities haven't said what he's been talking about. still very much an open book. >> carl, thank you very much. he is live there as we said all along the tracks. david is out front. he is the former demt chief of field operations for the major commuter rail in new york city, one of the busiest in the united states. i really appreciate you taking time. the speed limit for the trains on this, this particular corner that we are showing people.

it is about 50 miles an hour. according to reports, we are waiting for the identifiable numbers. the train was going more than 100 miles an hour. obviously more than double the speed limit. let's look at this video. as it rounds the corner, you see a splash and some smoke first. what is that? >> the first thing to notice, you look at the power car. the lead car was able to negotiate the curve until it gets pulled off. that's because it is heavier weight. the following cars are much lighter. the passenger cars and they're the ones that fly off the rail. i think the spark you're seeing, this is a double track with overhead electric power. the top one of the cars is engaging the electrical lines. that's what i think the flash is. >> the flash that we're zooming in. after that flash, he is saying where the cars might have engaged one of the electrical lines, you start to see the cars flying off the tracks. what happened at that moment when it loses control? >> well, what has happened is

that the initial point of derailment, the wheels first lift off, the linear speed of the train pushes it to the outside. and all the cars follow. the lead car right off the track. it is a pretty horrifying picture. when you look at some of the still shots, what you find surprising about this, is how little track damage there is. which means the derailment was sudden, complete, and straight off the track. >> just flipped it off. >> as if the cars had been tipped over. >> so is there an explanation? to go through speed with me for one more moment. how the driver approaching this. these are really sophisticated trains. my understanding is they're supposed to tell you when you're going too fast and force you to not do that. how could this have happened to go double the speed limit? >> it depends on what the, what we call the train control sterm in use was at the time. there are more advanced train control systems that automatically enforce speed

restrictions including around a curve. and there are less sophisticated train control systems that don't automatic will he enforce the proper speed. i'm not cheer which signal control system was in useful whether they were using the automatic system or this was one where it depends on an employee complying with the rules. >> the bottom line is, speeds, we don't know. that fits to you. >>? right. the prime minister said this correctly, you don't jump to conclusions. you don't make any conclusions. you work from a process of elimination. clearly this speed has a very important part to play in this derailment. >> 118 versus a 50-mile-an-hour speed limit. it certainly seem that way. that video has been impossible not to watch. a prominent doctor was found dead and police say she was murdered. mark zuckerberg's stock rose

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our third story out fromt, investors like facebook. today world's number one social network posted its biggest single day percentage gain single ever since going public. it was up nearly 30% to close at $34 a share.

everybody has hated this company ever since it web public and you may remember, it was a rather abysmal public offering. that's why we're talking about the big surge today. today's surge made mark zuckerberg $3.7 billion, according to forbes in one day. i've met the guy. he doesn't have to dress like that. sure nice to know you've got it. his facebook figured it out. good to have you with us. we're doing this story because a lot of people in this country, they've seen the movies. they use facebook or they were in that ipo and they got burned and burned badly. >> most viewers do use facebook. no question. many buy the stock, too. >> so two headlines. the rush for the exit's doomed facebook stock. the miscalculation because everybody said they can't make money on the web. this is a pretty big hey.

>> this is a major seed change. i think it was an historic day. not only are they growing everything, usage, revenues jeopardily, growing ads in a very big way. they're growing on mobile and growing in mobile ads. everybody really knows that the mobile internet is really the future of the internet. andel said, facebook can't really do that properly. they have proved those people wrong. and they really changed the whole sent i am about the company that has prevailed since the ipo. >> people love to hate them. people really did. everybody said terrible things. when you look at that may 2012 ipo, anyone who bought it. you're probably painfully aware of this. it was at $38. we've the surge we're still not there. >> yes. but we'll get there. >> this is getting closer than it's been since the first day. so it is really a strong indication that facebook is a real business that will be able to figure this stuff out tomorrow. it was a tremendously reassuring

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this is just in to cnn. the obama administration will not make a formal determination as to whether the government upheaval in egypt was a military coup. this is according to a senior administration official. now, this is interesting. the official goes on to say, such a determination should it be made would force the united states government to stop providing military aid to the embattled middle eastern country. the u.s. provides about $1.5 billion in aid to egypt. one of the largest on the planet. the law, this is a quote here to jill doherty from the administration official, the law does not require to us make a

formal determination as to whether a coup took place and it is not in our national interests to make such a determination, the official said. this is obviously at the center of one of the greatest international debates right now. should someone who was not removed democratically be called a coup or not. this will be a story that has a lot more to come. welcome back to the second half of "outfront." we start with stories reporting from the front lines. i want to begin with the cyclospora outbreak. it has infected at least 285 people in nearly a dozen states. while previous outbreaks have been linked to ill ported fresh produce like snow peas, raspberries and basil, the cdc at this point no food items have been linked to the cases. the symptoms are common to a lot of other illnesses like fever, diarrhea and vomiting. an air france spokeswoman has confirmed a story first

reported by the associated press. here's the story. a body fell from an air france flight as it was going over the western african country of niger en route to paris. air france tells outfront that that plane which was headed to paris has been grounded in niger penning an investigation. the airline said the man fell out of the landing gear. now that could mean it was a stowaway. we don't know. if so, it is not as uncommon as you think. when you're at 30,000 feet, how could you stowaway in the landing gear? at least 96 people on 85 flights have tried to travel in wheel wells. 23 of them survived. and murder by sicine ixd police arrested him. he called 911 in mid-april saying he thought his wife was having a stroke. she died in the hospital three days later. then tests showed she was poisoned.

according to a criminal complaint, he requested the purchase of cyanide at the laboratory where he worked and it was delivered a day later on i am a 16th. it has been 719 days since the united states lost its top credit rating. even though tech stocks were higher and facebook was a big part of that, one tech company was reeling. blackberry, 250 employees laid off at the company as it struggles to sell smartphones. i might have have a new q-10 and i am very happy with it. now our fourth story, anthony weiner, taking a guess. at a press conference this afternoon, the candidate for new york mayor answered questions about his sexting scandal. i will let you listen to his answer. >> how many conversations did you have with women after you resigned that were sexual in nature? >> i don't believe i had any more than three. >> i don't believe i had any more than three. well, that may sound like a strange response. you about the strangest part is

that anthony weiner is in the race at all. >> reporter: with well over 8 million citizens to choose from, some new york democrats may wonder how anthony weiner is even in the race for mayor. staging photo ops, shaking hands and laughing off his sexing scandal. >> our campaign is on twitter. >> reporter: both major parties have held on to or recycled politicians in sex scandals. clinton, vitter, craig, just to name a few. but why? maybe because the rules make it possible. rule one. even damaged players are known commodities. tracy is a democratic communications consultant will. >> there is a reward system for familiar names. the incumbent nature. >> even if the name is known for scandal? >> even if a name is known for its ability to lend itself to a tabloid headline in some cases.

>> reporter: voters laugh at weiner's name but they know it. so much so that he was leading the mayor's race a short while ago. even though he has now fallen 9 points behind christine quinn, he still has a month and a half to go before the vote. rule two. recognition means money. in may and june, weiner raised $828,000. more than any other democratic contender. and his war chest started at nearly $5 million. rule three. even damaged candidates can still win. >> mark sanford was shunned by republicans when he tried to grb a republican seat following his marital cheating scandal. he won any way. and now they have to work with him. and rule four. finding strong new candidates is not as easy as you may think. newcomers can be daunted by the process and unnerved by the

scrutiny. >> to imagine your personal life being turned into that reality show fodder is sad and scary and i'm certain that detracts people from newly running for office. >> reporter: even when party leaders speak up, they often stop short of demanding that others get out of the game. >> let me be very clear. the conduct of some of these people that we're talking about is reprehensible. >> reporter: now and then a damaged politician will resign and ride off into the sunset. many others hang around and wait for the sun to shine again. for "outfront." washington. >> roxanne jones is a former vice president and author, will sexters in the city give weem y

weemarier a pass? and also with us, press secretary under george w. bush. i want to go straight to it. read a snippet from your column that's getting a lot of buzz. people say can't we do better than this? why don't good nonper verse people, deviant people want to run for public office. you said like it or not, we have become a sexting nation which explains why some are willing to forgive politicians caught up in sex scandals and give them a second and even a third chance. really? >> yes. and actually, i used data to back that up. it was a harris poll. it was just done about 2,200 americans, married, unmarried, across all economic levels. and it found that 32% of men 18-34 use their mobile device or some other device to sext. 25% of women. and i think they were 35 to 44.

and 30% of married couples sext. so this is a phenomenon that is happening in the country. and weiner is part of it. and i think we should talk about this in context. he is not the only person sending trashy text messages and photos. >> all right. i guess i hear your numbers and i'm not going to sit here and dispute them. >> they're not my numbers. the harris numbers. >> i'm hearing you cite them. i'm shocked. i would like to think better of people's judgment. but you make a point. now ari, what do you think about that? this is the way people are now. so therefore, you're going to have people like this running for office. and maybe they're not as strange as it might seem. >> i think whether it is true or not is beside the point. this is not about sexting. this is about judgment and trust. anthony weiner has proven himself to be a man with no

self-control. resigned from congress because of this activity. left in disgrace and then continued this activity which shows he has no self-control. he said it was wrong and he shouldn't have been doing it. it is the equivalent of electronically preying on somebody. this is not somebody with a relationship with their wife or girlfriend who is engaged in this activity. this is a man who is picking up strangers online. that's what he is doing. that's why it is such an issue of trust and judgment. do you want to give power to somebody who has no self-control? that's why he is dropping like a rock in the polls. i think to a certain extent, if this was a bravo show, it would be new york city. we are in the mayoral race. i think at the end of the day, election day, they're going on lose. certainly weiner is not going to win. >> do you though, i understand the point that you're making here. ari has a point.

he doesn't seem to have self-control. you want to trust people people around the country can relate to this. 80% of people. shouldn't we expect more than people who were running for office, trustworthy and not preying on young people on the internet? we're the united states of america. >> this is a familiar story. and so ari certainly has a point. my column was not to say that we should make him mayor of new york. i am a new yorker. i voted in new york. may column was to say, many politicians are like. this so it is our duty as voter to decide whether we will accept these politicians, and i mean newt gingrich and everybody else who has come along after him. elliot spitzer, bill clinton,

the list goes on and on. ari has been around politics for a long time. i'm sure he understands people in politics and around politics have this. we still get to have a voice and decide whether we want people with his past to represent us. that was the point about my column. and it is about technology and selfing. >> quickly before we go, why don't people want to run for office? you look at what they make. they don't make a lot of money. ceos make $14 million on average in this country and a the loe of people who run for office will pick the public sector. the mayor of boston, $174,000. a member of congress makes $141,000. if you get slammed by the mideast, every text you do will come out. why would anyone? >> that's a good question. >> in terms of who is running for office, certainly on the federal level when you look at who is not in the united states

senate. part of it is the disfunction in the system. the best and the brightest want to devote their energy to someone who works. we're left with the rest. we're left with anthony wieber. we're left with him for the campaign. we won't be left with him as mayor. i think there are many qualified people. >> we appreciate it. still to come, the pope is literally a rock star. rock bands playing left and right in rio. nuns rushing to touch him. an amazing site. and ariel castro holding three women for more than a decade. so would a plea deal, they take that off the table work that cheat those women of justice? "i'm part of an american success story," "that starts with one of the world's most advanced distribution systems,"

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we are back with tonight's outer circle. we reach out to sources around the world. only the we go to rio de janeiro where the pope held services for world youth day. it is the highlight of his week-long trip to brazil where he call on the rich to do more to aid the poor. shasta is there and i asked her about the heady excite many you could see all day surrounding

tonight's service. >> reporter: erin, a million people are packed on to the beach here in copa cabbana beach. they're all here to see pope francis who is seated on the stage right behind me. a stage especially built for world youth day celebrations. it has been a busy day for the man called the people's pope. he also visited one of the shanty towns. really posing a bit of a security challenge as he kissed babies and reached out to touch some of the city's poorest. our fifth story out front. castro considers a plea deal. tonight the cleveland kidnapping suspect and his lawyers are reviewing a plea deal. if they accept it it would spare ariel castro the death penalty. it would include a deal to keep him in prison for life. he is facing an aggravated murder charge for a fetus along with hundreds of other charges of rape and kidnapping for

holding the three women camdenive for nearly a decade. he could accept a deal tomorrow morning. a lot of people are angry. they say he shouldn't be offered a deal that could potentially spare his life. that he should go to trial and the state should push for the death penalty. this is a tough issue. let me start with you. on this issue. should the state not have offered this plea to ariel castro and gone straight for the death penalty? >> no. they are doing the right thing. the problem with the death penalty is that extends the case. it keeps it going. that's bad for three different sources. number one, it is bad for the taxpayers. number two, it is obviously bad for the victims here who would have to testify. if there was a death penalty case. they want this behind them. and number three, it is bad for the country. i believe that the more attention we have toward this kind of case, the more attention

we have to the lurid details of the story, the more likely there will be copy cats, that it will affect our national blood stream. i think putting this behind us for everyone as quickly as possible is the right thing to do. >> you think so even if it takes possible death penalty off the table? >> i do. if you saw the interviews with the girls, they have clearly been so traumatized at this point. and i think to put them through this is also like further torture. and in addition, i think it is a little bit apropro that his sentence be life in prisonment which is what he sentenced them. to i think in some ways it is more justice. he suffer the same fate that he inflicted on them. >> and some people are very angry. the state had a technical reason to go for the death reason. you cannot put someone up for the death penalty because they're a monster and you wish they were dead. there was a technical reason.

that is that it is beyond a reasonable doubt. >> viscerally i would like to see this man said i want this case tried, i want to see this man put to death -- >> they would have to testify in this case and relive it. >> they would have to prove beyond a reasonable doubt, each count and testify about the details of each one, which would be painfully horrible. prison is not easy. i've been to prison. i've been to laurp and deposed a person. it was a horrible three hours. prison is horrible for people. there is punishment life in jail is not pleasant. >> go ahead. >> erin, i think this makes an important case of why we have the death penalty on the books. because frankly this gives us something to bargain with. if there were no death penalty,

it would be extended. the death penalty here played it's role and got him to accept this plea bargain if he does and i hope that he does. >> and stephanie, you think that he will? otherwise he would have to go through and it and what will he get? basically the best he'll get is life, which they offered him anyway. >> michael can tell you this is a tough one for a law and order liberal. i wished on my made owe show they put him in solitary confinement with jodi arias. >> that would be a form of death penalty. anyway, quick final word, dean? >> i think they are doing the right thing. the victims wanted to go to trial and go through it -- >> you would go. >> i would be 100%. i would do it. >> appreciate it. now every night we take a look outside the day's top stories for the out front out take. france is on attack.

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it's been a tough week for detroit. motor city became the biggest city in american history to file for bankruptcy and one outspoken company decided to address and took out an ad. to those who have written off detroit we give you the birdie. as you can see the ad features a large photo of a watch and the image of three watch makers. the birdie is the name of the watch and it's built on never say die can do spirit. >> even though it is the

beginning, you want to put your best foot forward and try your best. >> reporter: here in downtown detroit in a building that was home to a general motors design studio, a company is trying to turn the fortunes around one second at a time. watches, high-end watches that cost up to $1,000 each. they are being man fractured in a city that filed for bankruptcy and homicide is up. >> anyone can get in the car and see the past and understand the past clearly. it was about the spirit of the folks we met. >> reporter: the ceo wants to be part of the city's come back using the skills and resources that once made detroit an industrial power house. >> we have folks that came from manufacturing. one lady on the line, her job

was replaced by a machine many years ago. willie on the line used to be the security guard in the building. we have people from different backgrounds and that makes part of this exciting. >> reporter: and rewarding for the employees that seen detroit in better times. >> watches we made, a big deal to me. >> reporter: the brand is quickly catching on. shinola opened two years ago and in the past month opened stores in detroit and new york. the watches are selling out on barneys. >> we're getting international requests, as we'll. made in the united states means something beyond the united states and people love the story of detroit around the world. >> reporter: for the company's name, if it's ringing a bell, you're on the right track. >> somebody used the phrase at a meeting said you don't know from shinola and we said we know we have our name now. >> just an amazing story, and there is so many companies trying to take detroit back.

we'll keep talking about that. well, as always, thanks for watching. see you tomorrow night. have a nice night. in the meantime "ac 360" with in the meantime "ac 360" with wolf blitzer starts now. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com erin, thanks. a second zimmerman juror spokes out. she says he got away with murder. why did she choose to acquit him? i'll ask if her explanation makes sense. and it's being called florida's next trayvon martin case. a black teenager shot dead after a white gunman claiming self-defense. what anthony wiener's sexting partner wants to say to the man, his wife and what the voters say. the zimmerman juror b 29 the only non-white juror on the six-member panel. the first