"early start" begins right now. good morning and welcome to "early start," i'm ashleigh banfield. >> and i'm zoraida sambolin. we are bringing you the news from "a" to "z." 5:00 a.m. here in the east. let's get started. >> trayvon martin's parents were lighting candles at a new march demanding justice for their son. all of this as george zimmerman's father was speaking out on the very same day saying that trayvon was not an innocent victim in all of this. it is all new details and they're coming up in just a moment. she drowned in just a foot of water. a spoon and white powder were also found at the scene. brand new details from the autopsy painting a very sad picture of the night whitney houston died. snipers, s.w.a.t. teams, the fbi, weapons locked in on an armed bank robber with a female hostage. we'll show you how this one ended.

wait until you see the full video on this. these folks were sent home crying. college students pepper sprayed at a school board meeting, some of them hospitalized. they say they did not get a warning that the pepper spray was coming. the school says they were an angry mob. did police overreact? we talk to a tune who the was there. one minute past 5:00. conflicting stories are emerging about the night trayvon martin died in florida and the racially charged shooting tens to spark harsh words and protests. martin's parents were among the many people who gathered in miami to mark the 44th anniversary of dr. martin luther king's assassination as well as to remember the death of the unarmed florida teenager. >> zimmerman's father is defending his son's actions in a primetime television interview. zimmerman's attorneys also spoke with cnn's piers morgan where things get a little tense. alina cho is here with all of the new developments for us. >> a lot has changed in the past 24 hours and a lot of people have spoken out.

good morning. as you mention, the father of george zimmerman and his lawyers are speaking out. very few people know for sure what happened when trayvon martin was killed on the night of february 26th inside that gated commune in the sanford, florida. the two people who know for sure are george zimmerman and trayvon martin. one of them is not alive anymore. george zimmerman, of course, called 911 after seeing someone that he thought was suspicious. the operator told zimmerman he did not need to follow the unarmed teen, meaning trayvon martin. so in an interview with fox's sean hannity, zimmerman's father said that's when his son started walking back to his car. >> trayvon came from his left side, asking him did he have a problem. george said no. at that point trayvon said, well, you do now. he punched him in the nose, knock him to the concrete and started beating him.

george was there yelling for help for at least 40 seconds. it's clearly him on the tape. there's absolutely no doubt about who it is. >> of course, george zimmerman's father in silhouette there because he said the family has received numerous death threats. that's been widely reported. meanwhile, the tape that robert zimmerman is referring to is a 911 call made by a neighbor. on it, you can hear someone yelling. the question is who? no one has been able to determine if the person yelling was trayvon martin or george zimmerman. meanwhile, the family attorney told piers morgan last night he had a different take on what happened. watch. >> could it be that he did attack and jump on george zimmerman? >> well, i don't think we can say attack. we could say he defended himself because trayvon martin had every right to defend himself against

george zimmerman who approached him. and think about it. george zimmerman didn't have a badge or anything official. he had on a sweatshirt and some jeans. we've all seen the video now. we believe trayvon martin went to his death not knowing who this strange man was that was approaching him. >> so now we're hearing from george zimmerman's attorneys as well who are taking to the television airwaves to get their side out. >> as i mentioned, no shortage of people speaking out about this case. emotions running very high. trayvon's lawyers say once they came to town, they turned the shooting death of trayvon martin into a racial event. >> on morning of february 26th, we had a peaceful town where people went to town and sat together in multiracial congregations, stood in line at the grocery store. we didn't have a seething town of unrest.

jesse jackson and al sharpton turned that to town. they turned this into a racial event when it never was one. once all the evidence is out, this is a pretty clear case. >> a pretty clear case of self-defense is what zimmerman's lawyers are saying. listen to this detail, the "miami herald" is reporting that a white separatist group, the national socialist movement, has announced plans to conduct patrols in sanford, florida, that ensure that, quote, white citizens will be safe from any potential racial violence. the group says the move is to counter threats from the new black panther party which, remember, made plans and announced that it would put a $10,000 bounty on george zimmerman's head. >> oh, my gosh. >> it's extraordinary. >> we have a new enhanced video that -- >> the 911 call. you'll remember that we had two audio -- two experts really analyze that video yesterday.

we had our own audio team take another closer look at that. enhance the video, using a plug that cleans up the ambiant noise. what you heard a lot in the background is the wind. listen to the audio of this 911 call. watch. [ audio playing ] >> frankly it's difficult to hear. our cnn audio says that plug-in he used to enhance the audio will not change a word, only making it clearer. but again, it is so difficult. you can listen to that. soledad said she listened to it 500 times. you were saying you could listen to it 1,000 times. >> you try to listen so carefully and yet -- >> if somebody tells you what you should be listening to, you're more inclined to hear that. >> if someone doesn't tell you

what to listen to, you have no idea why cnn is playing a bunch of static on the air. it's a problem for juries as well if they get this kind of thing, if they ever get that kind of thing. >> one thing to keep in mind, too, zimmerman's lawyers made it clear yesterday, our piers morgan said to him, listen, there's been so much reporting on whether george zimmerman had a broken nose. why not release an x-ray or give us some sort of proof? he said, listen, this man has been tried and convicted in the court of public opinion. i'm not going to try this case on your show. i'm going to do it if it gets to court and so, you know, he does make an important point. a lot of people on that side of the case are saying there's been a rush to judgment. let's take a step back and let's really look at the case first. >> he said he does indeed have a broken nose. >> he did. >> yes, he did. >> alina cho, thanks very much for that. we appreciate it. >> you bet. the l.a. coroner's office

releasing the full autopsy report on whitney houston. preliminary findings said the singer died due to an accidental drowning. the final report says houston was face down in a tub of water about 12 inches deep. a white powdery substance were found near her body in a hotel bathroom. dr. drew pinsky said her death may have been related to drug and alcohol withdrawal. >> the fact is, this autopsy report shows that she had nominal, nominal heart disease, almost none. not sufficient to explain what happened to her. you also mention she was found face down in water. how do you have a heart attack or take too much medication and slip into the water and drown and end up face down? the way that happens is seizure. and i add the entire score up and i get seizure here. >> dr. drew also says the autopsy suggests houston was using cocaine in the hours or

perhaps even minutes before her death. former penn state assistant coach jerry sandusky is due in court in just a couple of hours. he's facing 52 counts of sexually abusing ten boys over a 15-year period. he's pleaded not guilty and he is currently on house arrest while out on bail. his attorney, joe amendola is asking the court to dismiss many, if not all, of the charges related to this story. we are live in pennsylvania where the hearing is scheduled to take place today. there are serious concerns sandusky's lawyer has in this story, aren't there, jason? >> reporter: many concerns. basically what he's trying to do is, if you look at what's happening, all charges thrown out. basically what he's going to argue on later on today is when it comes to seven of the accusers, it is his belief that not enough information and

evidence has been provided to date about seven of those accusers, not where the allegations of abuse happened, when it happened so he says. those charges related to those seven accusers should be thrown out. again, there are ten. he says with the other three, the information that has been provided is not specific enough, so he says that's why the charges related to those three should be thrown out. prosecution basically saying here that this is an ongoing investigation, they are still in the process of gathering information and when that information and evidence comes to them, they will in turn turn it over. what is likely to happen here, the judge will look at both sides, look at what both sides are arguing here and rule on it at a later point. in terms of whether or not these charges will be thrown out, the likelihood of that happening, highly, highly unlikely. >> fascinating nonetheless because there are serious legal arguments that can be bantied about in court. we were all fairly surprised, i this i, it was last time that he

was at court, jerry sandusky emerged and spoke to reporters. is anyone expecting that he's going to be showing up and talking again today? >> oh, yeah, i know you remember that. it was shocking to a lot of us. joe amendola, jerry sandusky's attorney, not unusual for him to face the camera as you know that. but when jerry sandusky came out here in front of the courthouse proclaiming his innocence, you know, all the cameras were rolling when that happened. jerry sandusky is expected to be in court today, his wife dottie also expected to be at his side. at least one of his sons. but it's unclear at this point if jerry sandusky will come outside the courthouse later on today and speak again. >> keep those cameras rolling, jason carroll. thanks very much for that. it is 11 minutes past the hour here. an investigation is under way this morning into a very chaotic scene at a college board meeting in california. a campus police officer at santa

monica college used pepper spray on the students. that's a community college. three students were taken to the hospital, 30 others were treated at the scene for burning eyes and throat irritation. about 100 students were demonstrating against a pilot program to create a two-tiered tuition plan. the college said police acted with restraint against an unruly mob that crashed the meeting room. students say the police overreacted. later this hour, we'll speak with caylee wade, one of the students who was pepper sprayed. and this just in, gas prices raising 0.8 cent in the last 24 hours. new national average for a gallon of gas is $3.94 a gallon. aaa posting this on their website. gas prices affect everything, not just your tank. they affect air travel. you should probably expect to see higher ticket prices to are your summer travel unfortunat y

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were file. the father of george zimmerman, the shooter says the evidence will show his son was acting in self-defense. the last coroner's office releasing that final autopsy report in whitney houston's death. it says the singer drowned, lying face down in a bathtub with a foot of hot water in it. there was cocaine in her system. investigators found a white powdery substance and drug paraphernalia, not far from her body in the hotel bathroom. a tense hostage situation in texas, in a texas holdup ends peacefully. police in lubbock says a man armed with a handgun took a woman hostage at a citibank. the gun man surrendered after an hour of negotiations. a rainmaker at the white house thanks to a construction mishap. a geyser of water shot up after equipment mistakenly struck a water main at the white house. the leak was quickly plugged. white house press secretary jay carn

carney, funny guy, later joked that the workers were drilling for oil as part of the president's initiative. for a look at all these stories, head to cnn.com/earlystart. >> very smart. >> put on your bathing suits, go play. was it warm out there? thank you, christine. >> you're welcome. the tough cleanup continues after a dozen tornadoes tore through the dallas-ft. worth suburbs. we're going to go to alexandra steele, live in atlanta with the latest for us. nice to see you. >> good more than, guys. they have gone out, 11 now confirmed tornadoes but they say the number could be as high as 15. here's a look at what we know so far, the kenyondale-arlington tornado, maximum sustained winds, 135. on the ground for 4.6 miles.

the lancaster/dallas, ef-2 intensity, maximum sustained winds 130, on the ground for 7.1 miles. and the ef-3 in forney, texas, maximum winds of 150 miles an hour and on the ground for 8 miles. we have tornado watches including jackson, mississippi, new orleans, birmingham, atlanta, also could be under the gun. right now, though, these are in effect until 9:00 and 11:00 a.m. tornado watching mean be the atmosphere poised for some severe weather today. here's the quadrant of concern, guys. hail, isolated tornadoes and gusty winds as high as 50 to 70 miles per hour. it's actually the same atmospheric set, i've shifted further eastward this morning. >> alexandra, thanks. 1 the minutes past 5:00. when you wake up you probably look at your big stack of

newspapers like you do and "the wall street journal" would be one of your first reads. you have to dig deep for the story we'll tell you about. it's about high heels. it's a high heel story. it's big business, $38 billion. >> oh, yes. >> we spend $38.5 billion in america last year, ladies. >> for your feet to hurt. >> you know something, it isn't just about heels anymore. it's about uber, uber high heels. designers are thinking of any way they can to make them higher without hurting us. the rule is that you can't ben your foot past about 4 inches. >> sure you can. >> i think so, too. maybe for a quick cocktail party and then straight home. what the deal is, i know you know this, they've been adding the platform to the shoes. guess how much higher than can go? you can get your heels up to 5 1/2 inches if you throw on a

1 1/2 inch platform. >> 0, my god. >> they say the bigger the ha hair -- the taller the heel, the closer to god. >> these don have a platform. that platform is essential in order to make you feel comfortable. >> yes. >> somebody this morning is wearing the platform. >> alina cho. >> you have to see this. >> you will not believe what alia lealien -- alina cho is wearing. >> they have what's called a hidden platform. >> yes, yes. >> when you're vertically challenged as i am, you need all the help you can get. >> i agree with that. >> get another camera shot. those are remarkable. >> they're very high. >> by the way, these make great gifts for the ladies in your life. >> i'm so glad you're here

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journal." >> i'll look at it. futures are up today but it's been a bad couple of days. the dow, nasdaq, s&p all lost more than a percent or more yesterday. they're feeling the sting from this idea that the fed might be moving away from stimulus. in dace you don't know this, central banks around the world have been supporting the economy for some time now. right? they've been doing things, you heard about huey ii, operation twist, right? these are things the federal reserve bank has been doing to keep money pumping through the system, a lot of money, so it can support the economy. the european central bank suggested maybe they would be get is closer to stepping back. minutes of a fed meeting suggested there are a couple of fed governors here in the u.s. who think if the economy remains this strong, maybe we don need to be doing more kind of stimulative measures. all of this really worried some investors. why did it worry investors? because stocks are up big so far this year. i've been telling i don't you, the dow is up 7%, the nasdaq up

17%. >> geez. >> everyone's looking for a reason to take some money off the table, take some profits. they've been watching all of these comments from federal reserve officials and about central banks for a very long time. we talk about what presidents can do and companies can do. the fed, central banks have been really critical to keeping the oxygen flowing in the global financial system and the economy. that's why so many people are watching. >> is there any government in the developed world, is there anybody not propping up their banks in the last three years? >> i don't know. i don't think so. >> that's a tough one. >> you've seen herculean efforts. do you say herculean or herculean. >> herculean. >> how high are your heels today? >> i don't know. >> we're fixated. >> futures are up, i'll keep watching it and let you know. >> you'll tell us about the jobs report coming up. >> yes, tomorrow, tomorrow. coming up, mary j. blige gets her way at burger king.

>> or does she. >> the fast food giant pulls the plug on an ad that upset many of the singer's fans. >> apparently not her. >> this was trending on twitter. we'll give you the update, coming up. you're watching "early start."

it is 31 minutes past the hour. welcome back to "early start," i'm zoraida sambolin. >> i'm ashleigh banfield. time to check the stories making news this morning. the college claims they were breaking up an unruly mob. we'll talk to one of those students in just a few moments. that jetblue pilot who alleged a mental breakdown,

caused a scare in the air last week may never stand trial. a key move by clayton osbon's lawyer. we'll explain. and for men only? find out what the president of the augusta national golf club had to say about letting a woman wear the coveted green jacket. the machines are winning. google giving us a preview of what the world would be like to see through the google glasses. it's about as close as you can get toing abouting your own smartphone. we'll show you the demo just ahead. >> looking forward to that. thank you, ashleigh. chaos at a student protest in california when a campus police officer used pepper spray on the students. this is santa monica community college, about 100 people gather outside a board of trustees meeting to protest an increase in tuition on about 50 summer classes. sa coring to one student, as the doors opened to allow a select number of students to attend,

the entire group moved forward. campus police also wielding batons we understand, 30 people needed treatment, including this young girl we're about to show you here, right there. another person who needed treatment is caylee wade. she's a freshman at santa monica college. she joins us now from l.a. this morning. first of all, caylee, thank you for getting up so early. i know you're three hours earlier than we are. we appreciate it. can you tell us where you were and what you witnessed? >> yes. i was in the very front of the crowd and in the beginning, the police officer that was shown in that picture, actually, was being orderly and organized actually. and he was trying to like kind of foster, like, a trusting relationship with us, get us to hear him out and everything. and i don't know, like once they opened the door to let a select number of students in he had my friend, he got her in a choke hole. i was in the front. i tried to get her out of that

choke hold. another officer ended up pinning my arms back when i tried to help her. several other students tried helping her and then they pep sprayed us. >> according to the president of the university, they knew the students were going to be there for the protest. they a room set up for the students and had an overflow room. it was a surprise to them that 100 of you lined up right outside of the doors. do you dispute that? >> okay, from what i understand is that they -- i don't think they expected that number of people and that they didn't prepare for such a huge crowd because we have rooms that could accommodate that number of people and they just -- they trieded to only let a select number of students come in. and we didn't want that. we just wanted everyone to be able to be equally represented and heard. the way they handled it was not okay. i would say they're incorrect.

>> so, at the college president, he said the students overran the door. what were the police officers going to do. he says although a number of participants at the meeting engaged in lawful conduct, santa monica police personnel exercised restrain the, unlawful conduct included setting off fire alarms and attempting to disrupt the board of trustee's meeting. what was your purpose for being there and did you try to overrun the door when they opened it to allow some students in? >> our purpose was just to attend the meeting. we wanted to be in there and be able to talk to them and be open about how we feel about contract education. i wouldn't necessarily say we tried to overrun the door. that's an exaggeration, honestly. we tried to get in there in an orderly conduct because we want to be heard. and then two cops blocked off the door eventually and that's when they had people in choke holds and all that. >> what is it exactly that

you're protesting? is this a pilot program they're trying out in order to increase tuition ultimately? >> yes. we're going to go ahead and protest police presence on campus. >> what would have been your expectation? how do you think the campus police should have handled a situation like this? >> they shouldn't have pepper sprayed us. i feel that's obvious. the way they handled it, they were offensive. we were trying to be peaceful. we don't have anything to protect ourselves. we weren't violent at all. just the way they handled it, it criminalized us. it portrayed us badly in the mea. it should have been much more peaceful and orderly. >> we were taking a look at some of the pictures and there was a little girl we saw that perhaps was also pepper sprayed. did you see that happen? >> i didn't see that happen but i saw her afterwards. i went up to her and her mother and asked if they were doing

okay. she was fine at that point. i couldn't see. i was pepper sprayed. >> you were pepper sprayed as well. how are you feeling this morning? >> i'm okay. yesterday my throat was scratchy and everything but i'm okay. >> okay. and do you plan to continue your protests? >> yes, absolutely. >> well, caylee, thank you so much. caylee wade, freshman at santa monica college. we appreciate your time this morning. >> thank you for having me. 37 minutes past 5:00. the suspect in a killing spree at a california christian college has been formally charged with the crime. one l.goh was charged with 7 counts of murder and 3 counts of attempted murder after the shooting rampage at oikos university earlier this week. the 43-year-old dropped out of the college, prosecutors say. he was not expelled but was allegedly targeting a school administrator who would not refund his tuition money. he's currently being held without bail. five former police officers in new orleans are going to

spend between 6 and 65 years behind bars. a judge yesterday handed dunn the sentences after their conviction in a deadly series of shootings in the chaotic days after hurricane katrina. the officers shot at a family on the dansinger bridge. one man died. they also shot a killed a man as described by the justice department as severely disabled. we'll have much more on the sentencing throughout the morning. coming up on starting point with soledad o'brien. at 8:30, soledad will ask the brother of one of the victims whether he thinks the punishment actually fits the crimes. 38 minutes past the hour. it's golf's holy grail, augusta national. the home of the mavers golf tournament which tees off today. once again, the spotlight is on augusta's men-only membership policy. ibm is one of the tournament's

chief sponsors. sponsor ceos have been given membership to augusta national and the green jacket that goes with it. now ibm's ceo is this woman, gin ginny rometty. will this tradition be broken? >> as has been the case of whenever that question is asked, all issues of membership are now and have been historically subject to the private deliberations of the members. and that statement remains accurate. it remains my statement. >> why wouldn't if you're augusta national, all those guys why wouldn't you want to have the ceo of ibm be a member of your club? that's the dilemma for them and more and more women in the next 10, 20 years will become ceos. it's going to lessen the value of membership of their club if they keep this going. >> it's a great debate, isn't it?

augusta national's men's only policy has been in effect since it opened. that was in 1933. i wonder if ibm will have any leverage on that one now? >> so many people think they may find out if things will change if they see ginny walking around in a green jacket. that there will be no announcement. >> if they remain true to their word about never commenting on membership policy it will just happen and you'll see ginny walking in a green jacket. >> we'll have pictures of it if it happens. >> everybody is rolling the cameras 24/7 to see if there's a possibility of catching that glimpse. >> i hope so. >> i do, too. >> it's time for change. coming up on "starting point" soledad talks with former lpga great stacey hollis. kitty cat in question is

rainy day. he had. rainy day is parentally being forced to be confined to a room, her owner katherine is only allowed to feed her and change her litter box. the law is meant to protect against rabies. if you're scratched or bitten by your pet and it pierces the skin, you have to quarantine the pet for ten days. rainy day's owner says my cat didn't mean to hurt me. >> cute. look at her eyes. >> she went to jump down and her back claws caught my finger as she was jumping down. it wasn't like she was trying to hurt me. >> we have to treat every bite or scratch as if it could have transmitted rabies until we can exclude that. >> two sides to every story. rainy day's owner says authorities learnhood of her injury after she went to the doctor to treat the scratch. >> oh, my gosh. >> owners by the way who do not abide by that law face fines. at least you don't get jailed. so either the cat gets jail or you face the fine.

>> yes. which would you do? >> i don't think i would have gone to a doctor for my scratch. i'd use the neosporin and a band-aid. >> i've been treating this one for five days. didn't go to the doctor. >> cat or dog. >> lawn furniture. >> oh. 42 minutes past the hour. ahead on "early start," helter-skelter revisited. charles manson has a new look as he seeks parole for his infamous crimes. you're watching "early start." so who ordered the cereal that can help lower cholesterol and who ordered the yummy cereal? yummy. [ woman ] lower cholesterol. [ man 2 ] yummy. i got that wrong didn't i? [ male announcer ] want great taste and whole grain oats that can help lower cholesterol? honey nut cheerios.

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it is 45 minutes paragraph the hour. welcome back to "early start." chris te. christine romans is taking a look at the news headlines. a lawyer for trayvon martin says there's proof the former prosecutor in this case met with the now former police chief to make sure no charges were filed. meantime, the father of shooter

george zimmerman says the evidence will show his son was acting in self-defense. a week before his next parole hearing, california prison officials have reluised new pictures of -- can you guess who this is -- that's charles manson. he's 77 years old. he looks different from the last photos from three years ago when his head was shaved. the tattooed swastika is still there. he's been did enied parole 11 times. captain clayton osbon will undergo a psychic evaluation to see if he understands the charges against him. in the morning, tv showdown featuring sarah palin and katie couric, palin has prevailed. nbc's "today" show with guest host sarah palin beat abc's "good morning america" earlier

this week. >> it wasn't without criticism, though, right? i saw these writeups that said, and she called tori spelling her inspiration. co-host, really? >> at one point i looked up on that day and there was candice -- i'm trying to think. >> bushnell? >> yes. every single -- there were amazing powerful women on every single channel. >> no one was talking about oprah. >> we love to see that. >> how crazy, oprah makes a morning show appearance and everybody is on two other channels talking about katie and sarah. it was incredible. burger king and singer mary j. blige responding to backlash on a new ad. burger king has since pulled this ad. some say the ad promotes racial stereotypes. take a look. ♪

>> a lot of you were all atwitter yesterday about this. blithe released a statement to tmz saying, quote, i understand my fans being upset by what they saw but if you're a mary fan you have to know i would never allow an unfinished spot like the one you saw go out. burger king released their own statement saying we would like to apologize to mary j. and all of our fans for airing an ad that was not final. it pulled the spot because of licensing issues. they were release a finished version. >> what was the problem? >> i think that's the way they're solving this problem. that's not the final version. we still have to release that. >> are they going to edit out crispy chicken? >> i don't know. >> that's bizarre. this story has legs, doesn't it? 5:48 on the east coast. still ahead, he gives his best touchdown dance ever. take a look at your screen.

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welcome back. it is time to take a look at what is trending on the inner web. >> this is crazy. >> the company that brought us the driveless car is giving us a sneak peek of what life would be like wearing google glasses. >> they're nice looking. >> you can look up anything, talk to anyone, post all of it on the web in the blink of an eye. here's what a video conference would look like through the shades. >> hi, what's up? >> hey. >> hey. >> you want to see something cool. >> yeah, sure. is that a ukulele? >> yes. here it goes. >> goodness gracious. >> it's bought full. >> that is beautiful. >> oh, my gosh. >> that's kind of cool, right? dangerous if you're walking around. >> or driving a car soon we'll all be cyberborgs walking around like arnold in "terminator 2,"

in worse shape. >> i forgot about that. i forgot about that scene. this does make a lot of sense. >> i need your clothes, your boots and your motorcycle. >> ow! >> all right, we'll get out at that moment there. is our world going to turn into that? >> i want to watch the rest of the scene. >> you want to watch arnold. >> i have to move on to this one. if you're a sports fan, talk about an embarrassing loss or awesome win, depending on which way your cup is filled. the baltimore orioles lost a

spring training game. guess who they were playing? >> the state college of florida, the manatees. >> what a great -- well -- >> exactly. great story. bummer for them, though. the community college beat the orioles 2-1. it was an exhibition game. it happened in florida. we should say this was not your typical game. it was a little bit rigged because the orioles provided the pitchers. >> oh, there's the full story. >> pitchers and a catcher. but most of the -- >> it was rigged. >> and also by the fifth inning, the baltimore orioles pulled their starting lineup, too. but there is another caveat. it just keeps going. the same team beat the pittsburgh pirates back in 2009. >> under the same circumstances perhaps? >> go, manatees. don't know the details 0en that one. police are hoping you can help identify an alleged burglar by his dance moves. >> this is good. >> the city of galveston, texas released this video.

it's a man busting a move in front of the camera. >> go, baby. >> a man and two accomplices broke into one of those duck tour vehicles used to give guided tours of the city. >> he's good. >> yeah but -- >> dude, you've got talent. what are you going breaking in for a living? >> look at the pants. i think they're shorts, actually. >> it is shorts? >> i think it might be. >> it is. you're right. >> i thought it was m.c. hammer pants. >> still wondering what he thinks he's going to accomplish by this, except national fame, the kind you don't want. coming up on "early start," george zimmerman's father goes on the offensive to defend his son. >> not showing his face but his loyalties are clearly spelled out in his latest television interview. by the way, he's worried about his safety, the reason behind not showing his face. more on that in a moment. new and disturbing details on the death of whitney houston. we'll get all that for you. you're watching "early start." [ male announcer ] this is genco services --

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5:59. welcome to "early start," everyone, i'm ashleigh banfield. >> and i'm zoraida sambolin. we'ring beforing you the news from "a" to "z." it's 6:00 a.m., let's get started. trayvon martin lighting candles in a new march, demanding justice for their son. and george zimmerman's father speaking out on the same day, saying trayvon was not an innocent victim in this. the pictures of the night getting even more foggy. all the new details coming up in just moments here. what killed whitney houston? the l.a. coroner's office is releasing a final autopsy report. she may have been using cocaine minutes before she died according to dr. drew pinsky. new details about her death and the more on her death and the singer's sad final hours.

college students pepper sprayed at a school board meeting. some of them were hospitalized. they say they didn't get a warning that the pepper spray was coming. were they an angry mob or did the cops overreact big time? an investigation is now under way. augusta national golf club still just for menace the masters tournament gets under way -- at least officially just for men. traditionally sponsored ceos have been giving memberships to augusta, but the new ceo is a woman. so, will she be the club's gender barrier and will it finally be broken? king stories still emerging about the night trayvon martin died and the racially charged shooting continues to spark harsh words and a lot of protest. trayvon martin's parents were among the many people who gathered in miami to mark martin

luther king's assassination as well as remember the florida teen. >> in the meantime, george zimmerman's father is defending his son's actions in a prime time interview. and also piers morgan has guests speaking out. >> the father of george zimmerman and his lawyers are speaking out, as ashley and zoraida just said. so, what happened on the night in question, the night of february 26th inside that gated community in sanford, florida? the night, of course, that trayvon martin was shot and killed? we do know that george zimmerman called 911 after seeing someone he thought was suspicious. the operator told zimmerman he did not need to follow the unarmed teen. in an interview with fox's sean hannity, zimmerman's father, robert, who spoke in silhouette,

says that's when his son started walking back to his car. >> trayvon came from his left side, asked him, did he have a -- did he have a problem. george said no. at that point, trayvon said, well, you do now. he punched him in the nose, knocked him to the concrete and started beating him. george was there, yelling for help for at least 40 seconds. it's clearly him on the tape. there's absolutely no doubt about who it is. >> all right. so, that tape that robert zimmerman is referring to is a 911 call made by a neighbor. on it, you can hear someone yelling, but nobody has been able to determine for sure whether the person yelling was trayvon martin or george zimmerman. meanwhile, martin's family attorney, benjamin krump, told our piers morgan that he had a different take of what happened. watch. >> could it be that he did

attack, jump on george zimmerman? >> well, i don't think we could say attacked. we could say he defended himself, because trayvon martin had every right to defend himself against george zimmerman, who approached him. and think about it. george zimmerman didn't have a badge or anything official. he had on a sweatshirt and some jeans. we've all seen the video now. so, we believe trayvon martin went to his death not knowing who this strange man was that was approaching him. >> meantime, alina, george zimmerman has a new lawyer and his legal adviser now, as well as that lawyer, are doing their best to get that side of the story out on tv. >> that's right. and some harsh words again, zimmerman's lawyer accusing civil rights leaders jesse jackson and al sharpton of race baiting, saying that everything changed once they came to sanford, florida. watch what they say. >> on the morning of february 26th, we had a peaceful town where everybody sat together in

multi-racial congregations, stood in line in the grocery store. and we didn't have a seething town of unrest. jesse jackson and al sharpton blaut that to town. once all the evidence is out and you understand how the law works and what the facts are, this is a pretty clear case. >> and some reporting from the miami herald this morning really got our attention, reporting that a white separatist group plans to conduct patrols to ensure that, quote, white citizens will be safe from racial violence. they say that's counter threats from the panther group that has offered a $10,000 bounty for george zimmerman's capture. >> you had an enhanced version, yet another, of the 911 tape. >> we've called on a couple of experts and decided to go in house again. we actually spoke to one of our

senior audio engineers here at cnn, brian stone, expert in this field. he enhanced the audio, using a plug in that really cleans up the ambient sound you hear in the background. we want you to listen again as we play that controversial portion of the 911 call. >> let go! let go! >> it's so hard to decipher what's being said. it is widely believed that the very first word you hear is the "f" word. what is unclear is what the second word is. some believe that george zimmerman used a racial slur and some believe that zimmerman was saying f'ing clothes.

our krn expert believes that he says f'ing cold. widely reported that trayvon martin was wearing a hoodie, to stay dry. again, there is yet another version of what we believe was said on that call. it's all so hard to hear, quite frankly. >> jeffrey toobin may have said this best on cnn last night. this just speaks to the issue of not jumping ahead of the facts before every analyst jumps on television and says this is what was said. >> i think it's important. that was the one takeaway that i took from zimmerman's lawyers, when he spoke -- when they spoke out saying, listen, this case has already been tried and convicted in the court of public opinion. and i'm not going to feed into that. let's not rush to judgment. let's wait for the facts. i will try this case, if it goes to trial. i think that's an important point. you're right. >> alina, thanks. >> you bet.

>> great work. final hours of whitney houston's life. so much has been talked about, about the singer's death. the l.a. coroner's office is finally releasing the full autopsy report, saying that the singer drowned, face down, in a tub of hot water that was only about a foot deep. detectives found a white powdery substance and a spoon and other drug paraphernalia in her hotel room in the beverly hills hotel. it does not identify the powder as cocaine, but the drug was found in her system. jerry sandusky is due in court in a few hours, facing 52 counts for sexually abusing 10 boys over a 15-year period. he is currently on house arrest while out on bail. sandusky's attorney is asking the court to dismiss many of the charges. cnn's jason carroll is live in pennsylvania, where the hearing will take place today. how likely is that to happen,

jason? >> reporter: well, i think a lot of legal analysts, who are looking at this case would say, would agree extremely unlikely. basically what's happening during these pretrial motions, zoraida, it's really the opportunity for both sides to legally say what they need to say or forever hold your speak -- hold your peace, so to speak. this is basically an opportunity for jerry sandusky's attorney to get everything out there. but basically what he's trying to say is that seven of the accusers -- he says that the information and the evidence that's been provided by the commonwealth, by the prosecution is not specific enough in terms of when the allegations of abuse happened, where it happened. so, he says with regards to those seven accusers, he says the charges should be thrown out. as you say, there are ten accusers here. he says with the other three, joe amandola says the evidence that has been provided is not specific enough, so he says

those charges should be thrown out as well. essentially he's asking for all the charges to be thrown out. for the prosecution's point of view, they say they have provided enough information and that this is still an ongoing investigation and that if there is more evidence, more information to be presented that will, in fact, be turned over in a timely manner. in all likelihood, what will happen, zoraida, is that the judge will look at what the argument is and rule at a later point. the trial, as you know, is expected to get under way -- at least scheduled to get under way june 5th. >> jason also in the past we heard from jerry sandusky, at least outside of court. do you think we'll hear from him again? >> well, you know, we do know that jerry sandusky is expected in court today, his wife, dottie, expected to be at his side and at least one of his sons as well. you remember during one of the earlier proceedings when joe amandola came outside that courthouse, followed by jerry

sandusky, who proclaimed his innocence. we don't know at this point if jerry -- will jerry sandusky speak outside the courthouse later today. i am told that joe amandola, in fact, will speak later this afternoon. >> jason carroll live for us. thank you very much. as angry as people are about that story, there's good point that is lawyer brings up. believe it or not, according to the law, there's very good points that jerry sandusky's lawyer makes, statute of limitations, who these victims are. >> do you think he'll win some of this today? >> i thought o.j. would be convicted and i thought casey anthony would be convicted just because of the arguments and evidence in court. i was wrong in those. you never know what a jury is going to do. when it comes to the judge who follows the law, there could be grounds on which this judge actually does toss out those charges. they don't have several of the victims. pinpointing exactly what happened and exactly the date that it happened -- the date is critical, right? you got a statute e of limitati,

you need to know what date it was. that's just me getting all -- >> geeked up. >> here is another thing. is it geeky for women to watch golf? >> no. the world's best golfers are preparing to tee off at the augu augusta today. pressure to change its long-standing policy that excludes women like zoraida and me because we're women. ibm is one of the tournament's chief sponsors and traditionally the ceos of the chief sponsors have been granted memberships to augusta. now that's a woman. ibm's ceo is a woman, so everyone wants to know if she will be the first female to wear the iconic green jacket. the club chairman, not saying so. have a listen. >> well, as has been the case, mike, whenever that question is

asked, all issues of membership are now and have been historically subject to the private deliberations of the members and that statement remains accurate and remains my statement. >> why wouldn't -- if you're augusta national, all those guys, why wouldn't you want the ceo of ibm be a member of your club? that's the dilemma for them. more and more women in the next 10, 20 years, ceos will become women. >> men only policy has been in effect since it opened in 1933. coming up at 8:10 eastern on starting point, soledad talks with lbfga great hollis stacy. pepper spraying students at a protest, was it unnecessary? they didn't move old faithful to washington. what's behind this gusher at the

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welcome back. it is 16 minutes past the hour. chaos at a student protest in california. a campus police officer pepper sprays the crowd. this happened as about 100 people were protesting a tuition increase outside a board of trustees meeting outside santa monica community college. i spoke with kaylie wade, freshman. she said the demonstration started out quite civilly and then the officer in this photo was actually helping students at the start of the protest. >> i was in the very front of the crowd. and in the beginning, the police officer that was shown in that picture actually, was being very orderly and organized, actually. and he was trying to like kind

of foster like a trusting relationship with us, you know. he was trying to get us to hear him out and everything and, i don't know -- like once they opened the door to let a select number of students in, he like had my friend -- he like got her in a choke hold. i was in the very front and tried to get her out of that choke hold and another officer ended up pinning my arms back when i tried to help her. several other students tried helping her and then they just pepper sprayed us. >> officials say students overwhelmed and overran the doors at the meeting. a statement has been released. quote, although a number of participants at the meeting engaged in unlawful conduct, santa monica college police personnel exercised restraint and made no arrests. unlawful conduct included setting off fire alarms and attempting to disrup the board of trustees meeting. tuition is being hiked three-fold. it's a pilot program. california is in a state of

crisis in education and also a state. it's a tough one to figure out. >> and optics are everything, when you see people running for the hills and clawing at their eyes. >> absolutely. time to check our stories making top news billing this morning. >> good morning, ashleigh. a lawyer for the florida teen's family says there's proof the former prosecutor in the case met with the now former police chief to make sure that no charges were filed and the father of george zimmerman says the evidence will show his son was acting in self defense. former south dakota senator and presidential candidate george mcgovern hospitalized this morning in florida. mcgovern's daughter says he's under going tests after brief spells of passing out and losing his ability to speak. george mcgovern is 89 years old. not just another day at the white house, where a water main break caused quite a show. a construction crew mistakenly

hit the main. the leak was quickly plugged. jay carney later joked that the workers were drilling for oil as part of the president's energy initiatives. clever, of course, conservatives were saying, yeah, that's the strategy they got. >> very clever on both parts. >> thank you very much, christine. 19 minutes past the hour. lobbying washington. is it a good thing? how one big wig is explaining that. steamboat, springs, colorado, has amazing views. snow capped peaks and mountains of garbage. the city has set a goal to be 100% waste freebie 2014. cups, plates, utensil, even trash cans are sealed so customers can't throw anything

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welcome back. 23 minutes past the hour. minding your business this morning is washington lobbying by the big bank ace good thing?

that's what one ceo is saying this week. >> an awesome debate we're about to present to you. christine romans is here with the details. >> who do you trust more, lobbyists, bankerors congress? >> my mattress. >> none of the above. >> jamie diamond, who runs jp morgan chase, the highest paid banker, $23 million he made last year, he is coming out in his letter to shareholders saying, look, we are not going to apologize for our millions of dollars of lobbying congress. why? congress has no clue. they are making up all these rules that are counterproductive. some of them don't even make sense, one against the other. and we have got to spend a ton of money, because they're going to ruin things if we don't get in there and try to influence things. lobbying congress is a good thing because congress is dumb. that's basically what jamie diamond -- he didn't use the word dumb. but if you read the letter, you'll get the gist. this is what he said. you read constantly that banks are lobbying regulators and

elected officials as if this is inappropriate. we don't look at it that way. no surprise there. as a defender for the banking industry saying, look, we give all these millions of loans and lays out how many loans they made, all of these credit cards, all of these mortgages we've been giving, all these mortgages we're trying to fix and these guys in washington are clueless. you can try to blame your banker but, guess what, washington is really messed up. i'm going to tweet out this letter. >> that so not going to be the last word on that. >> all of a sudden the banks have been on their heels since they took that t.a.r.p money and bailout money. the banks are trying to reassert their moral authority, in part because they paid back their t.a.r.p. money and taxpayers are now making money from that bailout of the big banks. you, the taxpayer, through the treasury department, invested $245 billion in that t.a.r.p.

that, bailout that everyone hated. this is just the bank part of it. according to the treasury department, $263 billion has been paid back so far, the initial investment plus dividends, plus interest plus profits for taxpayers. another bank, atlanta's sixth largest bank, region s financia. they paid back $3.5 billion. you're still losing your money in the auto bailout and other parts of the big bailout. but just the bank bailout, every dollar that comes back from bank sincere pure profit for shareholders -- sorry, taxpayers. >> that didn't look like a lot of interest to me. i just don't know what the deal was. $20 billion in interest. >> some smaller banks, community banks vn been able to pay back. now, here on out, more of that money will be coming in. >> it's profit. >> that doesn't mean that lending is up. >> amen. >> how come i can't feel it? why don't i, the taxpayer, feel it? >> that's why i said that's not the last word on this. >> of course not. >> there's a lot of angry people

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ship adrift at sea by the sue naumny japan a year ago. why the coast guard is bringing in the big gun. cat owner in texas fights a law that quarantines pets that scratch or bite their owners after she gets the claws. why she think it is a crime that her cat must do the time. ashleigh? george zimmerman's father is telling his son's version of the events on the night that trayvon martin was shot and killed and he did so on fox news last night. have a look. >> he was walking back to his vehicle. trayvon came from his left side, asked him, did he have -- did he have a problem. george said no. at that point, trayvon said, well, you do now. he punched him in the nose, knocked him to the concrete and started beating him. george was there, yelling for help for at least 40 seconds.

it's clearly him on the tape. >> zimmerman's father was appearing in silhouette, lou palumbo, because he's worried about his safety. he says they've had death threats. he is a retired nassau county new york police officer and director of the elite protection agency. i always am disturbed for someone like him who fears for his life because of something that hasn't even ended up in court yet. he did say one thing that's new, that his son yelled for help for 40 seconds before anybody came to his aid. does this change the equation at all in what happens become a national die lalogue about what happened that night? >> no, it really doesn't. the bottom line is that he used excessive force. if this was simply a mugging, let's say for purpose of analogy and the perpetrator of that crime was unarmed, that would never justify you in using deadly physical force to repel the attack.

your option would have been to run or retreat. i don't want to delve into this whole issue about stand your ground. >> but it is an issue. in florida you don't have the duty to retreat. >> but experts who are very well versed in this law have already determined it doesn't apply here. and i think we need to go back and start to examine that law and understand the situations it could precipitate. >> let me ask you this. i wasn't there. i didn't witness it. you weren't there. you didn't witness it. all we have are competing suggestions of fact from those who are family members of those who are involved, which you can't state as fact. those are accounts. they're hearsay at this point. but one of the accounts that has been leveled -- and this comes from george zimmerman's camp -- is that there may have been a moment where the gun became visible in george zimmerman's belt. and if -- i am suggesting only if because, again, i don't know what happened. but if it's possible that george zimmerman thought trayvon was

going for his gun, if trayvon might have been going for his gun, fearing his life as well, does that not then absolutely justify stand your ground for both of these two? >> i think if we were going to entertain your stand your ground, it probably would apply to both of them. i want to point out something on the heels of the comment you just made to me about the visibility of this weapon. it was mr. zimmerman's responsibility to keep that weapon secreted. that's why we call it a concealed weapons permit. if you place it on your body where it's readily visible, that's your problem that you precipitated. the whole exercise in carrying a concealed weapon -- >> is it on my side, covered by my jacket? >> it should be. >> if i fall over and the jacket comes up and reveals the weapon, is that no longer concealed? >> i would have to examine the garments. >> a loose jacket. >> maybe he needed to have it zippered to make sure it didn't open. >> when it comes to carrying a

gun, whether a neighborhood watchman should be carrying a gun. if they say it's not the job for an armed patrol, but zimmerman's camp says he wasn't on patrol, but spotted something he thought was suspicious, that's up for debate as well. is he then required to get out of his car and put that gun in the trunk and secure it so that he can go and check something out on the lawn of one of his neighbors? >> in theory what he could have done is exactly that. >> could have, but is he required to? >> i would say under these circumstances, yes. he has already established for us in a 911 call that he was -- >> he is licensed to carry a conceal capacity. >> not in this capacity. >> i'm playing the devil's advocate because the devil is in the details on this one. >> he made a 911 call and volunteered for us the fact that he was following him. that put him in the capacity right there. his overt act of following him. at that point, he should have unloaded that weapon and safeguarded it in his vehicle if he thought there was any chance

whatsoever that he might need to encounter trayvon martin. >> morally or legally? >> both. >> if you have a concealed permit license to carry, at what point does the law kick in that says you must put it away to go and seek someone out to see if there's something wrong that's happening? >> i'll explain it to you. in the state of florida, you may be in possession of a concealed weapon, for example. in order to carry that weapon concealed in a work-type environment or capacity, it's a separate license. >> that's a work capacity. >> correct. >> if he's not in a work capacity. >> he put himself in a work capacity. when we're off-duty law enforcement agents, the minute we see a bank robbery go down and we decide it's necessary to take action because there's imminent danger to people, we go on the clock. and the same thing applies to him. he may not have had that presence of mind to understand that. that's why we all need a little more education for people carrying concealed weapons other than randomly giving them.

>> this voice stress test that came out yesterday. it's now been made clear by george zimmerman's attorney that police in sanford, florida, administered a voice stress test, which i have not heard of prior to this. i've covered a lot of court cases. it's not the kind of evidence that comes in as evidence in the court of law. it is, as i understand it, the same kind of tool as a polygraph test. >> let's be fair about this, first of all. it doesn't have the same regulation that polygraph examiners have or the examination itself. it's relatively recent over the past few years. simply stated, the test is an analysis of the stress in your voice. your voice has muscles, tremors take place and they examine through those tremors. >> to see if you're being truthful. >> as are polys. >> as are polygraph exams. to allow any client that can

take an exam to harm him. they can't go in to court and say i took a -- >> never called for an attorney and did this on his own without an attorney present. >> this is a man around the law enforcement environment for a long time. he should know about the miranda rights. >> if he got them. >> you're right about that. bottom line is, were the police even required to give them to him? >> we could go on for an hour about this. >> yes, we can. i'll give you an explanation every time you pop a question. you only have to mirandise someone if you're being arrested. >> if you're being put in custody, casey anthony was in the back of a cruiser, in cuffs and wasn't mirandised. >> if you voluntarily get into a vehicle and transported to a police station, i haven't mirandised you, it's admissible. >> i'm getting the hard wrap. lou palumbo, thank you.

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42 minutes past the hour. welcome back to "early start." the taliban claiming responsibility for a suicide bombing that killed three u.s. soldiers in afghanistan. it may be the latest fallout from the massacre of 17 afghan civilians allegedly by army staff sergeant robert bales. bales will be tried here in the united states. army criminal investigator have

now completed their first visit to the outpost where sergeant bales served and the two villages he aelthdly massacred. bales' attorney says a lack of evidence will work in their favor. >> there's no crime scene. there's no dna. there's no fingerprints. there's no confession. you know, the afghan people traditionally, i understand, bury their dead very quickly. so it's going to be a tough case for the prosecutors. >> cnn's barbara starr is live at the pentagon. that is not going to be warmly received by the people in afghanistan. but, brarbara, aren't there reports of some soldiers saying that bales did go back to the base and he did say that he killed some people and then he went back? >> yeah, zoraida, that's right. that has come out, that other soldiers say they saw and spoke with bales when he came back to the base in between going to the

first village and the second village. this is what investigators are looking at. more than two dozen army criminal investigators on this case now. they've been to the village for the first time to try and collect whatever evidence and interviews they can. but it is weeks after the event. so, there will be chain of custody issues, a lot of difficulty in collecting evidence. but they are doing it and they are conducting interviews. and there will now, in fact, be a sanity review for sergeant bales. they will look at his mental health, try to evaluate his mental health situation and determine if he, in fact, is competent to stand trial. zoraida? >> let's talk about something that happened right before that, the koran burning. apparently the investigation has been completed. so, what happens now? >> two investigations, actually, completed now we have been told. the joint afghan/u.s. investigation and the u.s. army investigation, both sitting with general john allen, top

commander in afghanistan. those riots that broke out, the violence after that still very much on his mind and on the minds of the afghan government. he has to decide what to do. will he discipline those involved? will he do anything about it? will there be criminal charges? not very likely, we're told. but sensitive for when the decision comes out about what to do about all of this because of the violence that erupted in the days after the incident. >> barbara starr, live at the pentagon for us. thank you very much. 45 minutes past 6:00 on the east coast. soledad o'brien is joining us now with what she's got coming up on "starting point." it looks like you're really to the wire. >> i have a great necklace this morning and spent the last 15 minutes trying to get it on my neck. >> it just fell off. >> but i'm going to put it right over here and tell you what's coming up this morning on my show.

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good morning, zoraida. new arguments are erupting in the shooting death of trayvon martin. the lawyer for the florida teen's family says there's proof that the former prosecutor in the case met with the now former police chief to make sure no charges are filed. the father of shooter george zimmerman says the evidence will

show that his son was acting in self defense. a week before his next parole hearing, california prisoners released new pictures of charles manson. manson is now 77 years old. looks a lot different from the last photos three years ago when his head was shaved. the tattooed swastika on his forehead is still there. he has been denied parole now 11 times. new pictures of that ghost ship drifting off the coast of alaska right now. the u.s. coast guard plans to sink it, but will inspect things first to make sure it's safe. authorities say it's a hazard to other vessels in the area. the fishing ship was swept away by the tsunami in japan over a year ago. holy bruce wayne, actor adam west, who really fired up the batman franchise with his role on the iconic, but short-lived tv series in the 1960s, is finally getting a star on hollywood's walk of fame. it will happen later this

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6:55 on the east coast. a woman in san antonio, texas, is fighting a law that's forcing her to quarantine her own kitty cat. >> sad. >> after her kitty cat scratched her. the cat is called rainy day. rainy day has to be confined to her bedroom. she can only feed her and change her litter box. the law is apparently meant to protect against rabies. if you're bit or scratched by your cat and it opens the skin, you have to quarantine your pet for ten days. >> her back claws caught my finger as she was jumping down. it wasn't like she was trying to hurt me. >> we have to treat every bite or scratch as if it could have transmitted rabies until we can exclude that. >> rainy day's owner is saying that authorities only learned of

the injury after she went to the doctor to treat her scratch. owners that don't abide by that law face fines. time to take a look at what's trending. look at this. company that brought us the driveless car is giving us a sneak peek of what life would be like wearing google glasses. >> sharp, aren't they? >> very handsome, yes. you can literally look up anything, talk to anyone and post all of it on the web in the blink of an eye, folks. here is what a video conference would look like through the shades. >> hi, what's up? >> hey. >> hey. >> you want to see something cool? >> yeah, sure. is that a ukelele? >> yep. here it goes. >> that's beautiful. >> boy, the technology. >> that's nice, isn't it? >> soon we'll all be cyberborgs walking around like arnold in

terminator ii. where is he? there he is. >> that guy. >> i remember this scene. i thought it was so cool at the time. >> walking down into subway stations or, exactly, riding your bike. >> i need your clothes, your boots and your motorcycle. >> a kind of embarrassing story for a big league team. baltimore orioles lost a spring training game. who they lost against makes it embarrassing. are you ready? it was the state college of florida, team called the manatees. orioles lost to a state college. >> there's more to this story. >> i'm getting there. i'm getting there. they lost 2-16789 here is the deal. orioles had actually provided the pitchers and a catcher and most of the baltimore starters were actually off the field by the fifth inning. it was definitely weighted in

the college's favor but they had won a previous game against a major league game, too. >> rigged. rigged. >> go, manatees. police are hoping you can identify an alleged burglar by his dance moves. they've released surveillance video showing that man right there busting a move in full view of the accuracy. the man and accomplices broke into the duck tours. >> right outside the scene of the crime. that's what you officially call a cockalorum. >> what is that? >> boastful and self important person. it took me two hours to get it in, but i did it. he didn't need to break into anything. that's where his career should be. he's a good dancer. >> unfortunately it's not. >> he made a bad choice. that's the news from a to z. i'm ashleigh banfield. >> and i'm zoraida sambolin.

"starting point" starts right now. george zimmerman's defense. listen. >> it's clearly him on the tape. there's absolutely no doubt about who it is. >> that is george zimmerman's father. his attorney today is telling his son's version of the events the night that trayvon martin was shot and killed. plus you see these pictures? college students pepper sprayed at a school board meeting. some of them were hospitalized and say there was no warning. the question today is did police overreact? we'll talk to one of the students who was sprayed. >> in our get real this morning, your tax dollars at work, a council member spent thousands of dollars to send out his tweets. you would expect it to be brilliant. not so much. "starting point" starts right now. is this your pick?