than two hours or a verdict in the retrial of twin brothers accused of setting up fire.ting a pit bull on >> it actually took less time than that, one hour 15 minutes for the jury to come up with the verdict in this case finding them not guilty of several animal cruelty charges. back in february it took the report is before a hung jury was declared in that case. they had decided 11-1 on a guilty verdict, but there was one stubborn juror. >> we are actually going to go back to you guys for breaking news. we understand the press conference in florida. >> going right now to jacksonville, florida. a live press conference. >> it is a search for justice that has brought us to this

moment. the team here with me has worked tirelessly come out looking for answers in his death. i want to introduce to you one of my top, said prosecutors, and john guy, my other top prosecutor who will lead this investigation. with us also is jen madden, dominic pate, john rutherford. we appreciate so much all of their cooperation in this. i especially want to thank my state attorney investigators who have spent countless hours doing what they do best, investigating homicides. allow me to take a moment to acknowledge our governor, rick scott, and the u.s. attorney,

bobby o'neill, for their continuing support of this investigation. we spoke with all of them briefly and informed them of the results of our investigation and plan as we continue. i can tell you we did not come to this decision likely -- it lightly. this case is like a lot of the difficult circumstances we have handled four years. let me emphasize we do not prosecute by public pressure or by petition. we prosecute based on the facts of any given case, as well as a loss of the state of florida. when they appointed us to this case less than three weeks ago, these find that prosecutors, despite all that is on their plate already, handling all of the homicides in the fourth judicial district, supervising other young lawyers who also handled homicides, the willingly took this case on and said we

will lead this effort to seek justice. we launched an intensive investigation, building on all of the work that stanford police department and the state attorney's office had already done. unless you have ever been a law enforcement officer or prosecutor handling it difficult homicide case, you cannot know what it is like to launch this type of investigation and come to the right conclusion. the supreme court has to find our role on numerous occasions that we are not only of ministers of justice, but seekers of the truth. we stay true to that mission. we prosecute on facts and laws of the great sovereign state of florida, and that is the way it will be in this case. when we took our oath of office in 2009, we pledge not only to look out for precious victims of all of our cases, but also to a year to the rules of the

criminal justice system, and rules that protect a defendant's rights as well. when we charge a person with a crime, we are equally committed to justice on their behalf as we are on our victims behalf. we're here to do that on behalf of our victim, and on behalf of the person responsible for his death. we will continue to seek the truth throughout this case. every single day our prosecutors across this great country handle difficult cases and adhere to that same standard, and never- ending search for the truth and quest to always do the right thing for the right reason. there is a reason cases are tried in the court of law, not in the court of the public. details have to come out in excruciating and minute fashion. detail by detail, it of evidence

by bit of evidence. it is only then that jury gets the details of the decision can be rendered. we will adhere to our ethical obligations and rules of evidence in presenting this case that way. today we filed an information charging toward a zimmerman with murder in the second degree. with the filing of that information and it issuance, he will have our right to appear in front of the magistrate in seminal county within 24 hours of his arrest and formal prosecution will begin. we think all of the people across the country to have sent positive energy and curse our way. -- who have sent positive energy and prayers our way. i want to thank mr. park to a state in touch. >> that was the special prosecutor from jacksonville,

fla., announcing second-degree murder charges will be charged against georgia's zimmerman, the security watchman who shot a 17- year-old over a month ago. we were told earlier he has turned himself in and is in custody this morning. nbc nightly news will have more on this coming up here y. >> as we told you just before the eaking news, it took the jury one hour 15 minutes before it found trappers and remained johnson not guilty of several animal cruelty charges. -- traverse and tremaine joh nson. >> you think they went along. they lied and lied. they were a victim. >> relatives overjoyed after

jury of 12 found them not guilty on a number of animal cruelty charges. >> no evidence pointed to them being guilty. no testimony from any witnesses. many professionals or anyone proved that those two boys were guilty of aggravated assault on a dog. nothing. >> these people, the prosecutors and all of them, they are not right. it is not right. >> in closing arguments prosecutors said back in late pitof 2009, they set a bull on fire. prosecutors told courts the evident in the case was overwhelming. that surveillance video showed the twins running from the crime scene. to witness accounts linked them to the crime scene come and the sure one of their work -- one of

them they're wearing was the same one he got arrested in. the defense attorney told a much different story. they claimed that their clients are innocent and were arrested because of public outrage and police had to arrest someone so what was convenient to arrest the jobs and brothers. they also pulled the cord the video never shows them lighting the knicks on fire and that the city mess up the crime scene from the very beginning, pierre perron to launch a criminal investigation six days after the crime. jurors say for them the evidence was not there. >> it is what it is. you can only go by what you seek, not by what someone says. -- go by what you see. >> the jury the last time was incredibly different. there has been a circus atmosphere and this court room

for 2.5 weeks, which does not lend itself to justice. >> baltimore steady state attorney released the following statement concerning this verdict -- while i respect the jury's decision, i am disappointed we did not achieve the outcome that we fought for during to challenging trials. as far as the johnson brothers are concerned, tremaine it should be released from custody in a couple of hours. live outside of the mitchell courthouse. >> surprising new details late this afternoon after fire nearly destroys a church. it happened at the pleasant valley zion church. >> police said the damage to the building is clear. their route is partially collapsed. the pastor says these exterior

walls will stay, but everything else inside will have to be rebuilt. >> 7:30 tuesday night firefighters arrived to find a church fully engulfed in flames and smoke, destroying the entire inside and roof of the building. >> all of that stuff inside has to be taken out. >> firefighters determined the fire was set intentionally and spread to the church building likely because of weather conditions. >> there has been a red flag warning in effect for several days. these are conditions that make it very easy for a fire to spread. >> the pastor says they had to cancel wednesday night bible study and lunch they serve to 100 people through the food pantry. the congregation is staying positive. they say they will still come together at another location until the building is fixed.

church members gathered wednesday to show their strong in spirit, but they were baffled by why someone would want to set the church on fire. >> reverend gray is not sure where it they will be meeting on sunday, but they will definitely meet. anyone with information on possible suspect should contact metro crime stoppers. reporting live, can they see, tv 11 news. dacey. >> the atlantic has tossed clattered shower -- scattered showers our way. a different flavor

>> howard county fire and rescue services were involved in special training today on route 32. the special operations team had to rappel down 120 feet and bring the victim back up. these kinds of incidents do not happen often, but when they do firefighters and paramedics have to be ready. the training can save lives. >> site of its of its are very high risk but very low frequency in nature. what we do is even more in corn and that our providers are

trained to be proficient in these skills. >> during the training one the plane had to be shut down. >> now your 11 insta-weather- plus forecast with john collins. >> in addition to the breezes, we have had clouds. they have produced isolated rain showers. the most significant in carroll county. part of baltimore county west of 83 around at westminster. a little shower. we have areas of sun, and then more shower activity in and around the county -- just south of d.c., just near andrews air force base and out over the bay as well. these things are moving from the northwest to southeast. if you get rain out of it, it is it just body. the next significant rain chance

will not be until sometime next week. the last significant rain was back on march 24, so we are running quite dry, morning lows in the 30's and 40's. roughly 10 degrees cooler than yesterday. we will go up 10 degrees tomorrow. this is a chilly day today. 52 downtown. on the boardwalk, 50. frederick 46. breezy at oakland. a little snow out there. northwest of us were temperatures have been cooler near the bay, there were snowflakes reported mixed in with the showers. you can see this audit nature of the cloud deck. this will dissipate as the sun dissipates in that atmosphere stabilizes a little bit. this comes from the heating of the sun. high pressure is moving in, and

this will be the dominant feature as we go into the weekend. that will drag things out and bring us sunshine. overnight tonight the shower activity will taper off. towards daybreak we will start to clear. north-northwest wind up by just 10 miles per hour. overnight low with a freeze at watch in effect. the pink-shaded areas west of hagerstown. partly cloudy during the day tomorrow. breezy and cool. northwest wind at 10-20 miles per hour. nice and friday. a lot more sun than today. cooler temperatures to the west. future cast shows rain and cloudy this moving out of the picture. as we go into the weekend, stormy weather to the west. it looks like over the weekend it will be concentrated to the north. we do have a shower chance saturday and sunday north of us.

around a.d. monday and tuesday. next week the rain chances go up a little bit. -- around 80 monday and tuesday. >> this is 11 sports. >> coming to you live from camden yards. nowhere near 80 degrees here. brisk and breezy. the orioles getting ready to face the new york yankees tonight. coming up, rather disheartening loss. it was from derek cutjeter. he struck out six. looked like he will along just fine here in the big leagues. mark reynolds, ever of the season. this one ended up going 12 innings. finally losing by 5-4.

disheartening for sure. fans were frustrated. here is why. >> our guys know the numbers and what happens on paper. i know where people have as picked, and i would, too, but i have seen things snowball. we're very close to really getting some of the parts to understanding. at some point, you have to get a return for it. it has to show up, otherwise it does not play in the clubhouse. >> talking about snowballs. thought he saw a few snowflakes earlier today. tonight, eritta and the date you. fantastic. seven shutout innings. trying to get his first win. next up for the orioles, a day

off. then they faced the blue jays were playing well. you kind of like what they did today in that they took care of the red sox. toronto play good baseball. boston strikes first. the red sox took the lead. davis into the corner it goes. erich bloch's the game up one apiece. automate. he is your hero for toronto. the blue jays gets the win over the red sox by a final a three- one. sberg has comeatfor from theck just fine

surgery. one-zero nationals. six very good innings. they get the win by a final up 4-0. that is the sports update. one more check of the forecast coming up right after this.

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