. >> frederica wilson joins us. >> there is a difference of what did he. >> and mitt romney, what happenedo trayvon martin is a tragedy, yet the idiocy continues. >> is it possible that it's a horrible accident. >> i think the hoodie is just as much responsible to trayvon martin's death as george zimmerman was. leave the hoodie home. >> one answer from lebron james and the miami heat. and g.o.p. burnout when she sees it. >> there is a lot of fatigue among our parties. they're tired of this. >> and one of the candidates touches the third rail. you might as well re-election reelect the president, he said. >> of what we have instead of taking a risk of what may be the etch-a-sketch candidate of the future. >> the new york police nightmare. spying on liberals. fortunately the commission knows who the real victims are. >> it's pretty tough to go up against a wire service. >> a secretive and unaccountable international intelligence-gathering organization with a fighting power of a mid size army. >> the man who would succeed gabby giffords. >>> and the dog who could not tell one family to another

. >> miami representative frederica wilson on the trayvon martin case from the floor of the house earlier today. this is washington today on c-span radio, facing a skeptical congress, the top commander in afghanistan today, insisting that the u.s. is winding down the decades plus war and has no intention to remain in the country indefinitely. it was the appearance of marine general john allen before the house armed services committee in his appearance allen did take questions from lawmakers. many tired of the war in afghanistan. questioning whether the u.s. should accelerate the timetable for withdrawing some of the 90,000 combat forces that remain in the country and whether a projected afghan force of 350,000 would be capable of ensuring the country's security. one note from former secretary of state rice says u.s. policy makers must save our nerve in afghanistan. also general allen getting a number of questions about the investigation into sergeant bales who is accused of killing 16 afghan civilians including women and children earlier this month. and here's how that questioning unfolde

please welcome the sponsor of our briefing, congressman frederica wilson who represents florida's seventeenth district. a lifelong educator congresswoman wilson before coming to congress served as a principal, school board member, florida state house representative and florida state senator. this is her freshman term in congress. [applause] >> thank you so much and thank you for being here with us today and thanks to all of you for coming out to share this with us. history is so important and this is the beginning of black history month and in florida i served as the coordinator for african-american history in the entire state and was responsible for placing in the text books of history, black history. congresswomen carry meek, congress woman brown and congressman al hastings in the fourth grade textbook of florida. i would be very happy to say also as the chairman of black history about miami dade public schools. i have a whole segment of the community that was interested in making sure everyone learns. the african-american history task force and make sure that goal is mad. we continue that

. >> congresswoman frederica wilson who represents martin's district took to the house floor again todayher sign which shows the number of days since trayvon died. congresswoman wilson calling it the number of days a killer has been at large. joining me this morning is florida congresswoman corinne brown who will take part in today's house briefing. congresswoman, as we talk about more of the news about what today's briefing is going to be coming up in a minute, i do want to start with what police reportedly told "the orlando sentinel," that trayvon threw the first punch in an altercation with zimmerman, that he climbed on zimmerman's back, he slammed zimmerman's head into the sidewalk leaving him battered and bloody. congresswom congresswoman, why do you think this is being put out there now? >> first of all, can you give me the name of who leaked this information? you know, i spent about three hours with the police department in sanford. and i was very, very disappointed with every aspect of the investigation. every single aspect. and so i have asked that the federal government do an i

. >> reporter: congresswoman frederica wilson represents the district where martin lives. >> no moreacial profiling. i'm tired of fighting when the evidence is so clear. >> reporter: that evidence was not enough for local police to arrest george zimmerman, who cited self-defense. martin was heading home from a convenience store three weeks ago when zimmerman, a neighborhood watch volunteer, called police to report what he called a suspicious person. >> he's got his hand in his waistband. and he's a black heal. >> are you following him? >> yeah. >> okay. we don't need to you do that. >> reporter: zimmerman, who's hispanic, told police he began retreating to his car and only fired his gun after martin jumped him. but martin's girlfriend says she was on the phone with him when it happened and that zimmerman was the aggressor. >> what are you following me for? and the man said, what are you doing around here? >> reporter: zimmerman has called dispatchers 46 time in the last month remains in hiding. florida's stand your ground law is hotly debated now. claiming anyone self-defense no matt

that's frederica wilson holding up a sign.rayvon murderer still at large, days with no arrest -- 25. and the city of sanford is feeling the pressure, too. today the city manager released a letter responding to the firestorm. follow along with me. he writes that the police chief billie provided the answers, right? why was george zimmerman not arrested the night of the shooting. and this is important. follow along with me as i read this. when the sanford police department arrived at the scene, he said, of the incident, mr. zimmerman provided a statement saying he acted in self-defense, which at the time was supported by physical evidence and testimony. by florida statute, law enforcement was prohibited from making an arrest based on the facts and circumstances they had at the time. they had at the time. additionally, when any flifr makes an arrest for any reason, the officer must swear and affirm that he/she is making the arrest in good faith and with probable cause. if the arrest is done maliciously and in bad faith, the office