tonight on anderson cooper. tomorrow, soledad o'brien hosts "race and justice in america". >>> moments ago george h.w. bush enforced mitt romney. you seam see them at mr. bush's office in houston, texas. >> i think it's time for people to get behind this good man. some of them have waged var good fight. i'd say that about some of his opponents. we're so convinced mainly because we've note mitt for a long time that he's the man to do this job and get on and win the presidency. >> having your support means a great deal to me on a personal basis, a family basis and also on a national basis. so i look forward to being successful in honoring that endorsement by winning. >> it's part of a rally around romney movement across the gop generations. earlier today the freshman florida senator marco rubio delivered his endorsement. >> the primary is over by the admission of the candidates who admitted they can't win the primary. say said the only way they can win is at a floor fight in tampa. i think a floor fight in tampa w

. >>> let's check in with anderson cooper. i know he has more as we continue covering all this breaking news here tonight. >> yeah, major developments in the killing of trayvon martin, including thousands rallying right now in sanford, florida, his hometown where the teen of course was shot dead. the man leading sanford police department's investigation as you reported stepped aside. did not resign. tonight i interview the man who has the power to actually fire him, the sanford city manager just ahead. >>> also new late details on what killed whitney houston. the toxicology report out tonight. we'll speak with dr. sanjay gupta and dr. drew pinsky. what role the drugs found in her system, cocaine and a cocktail of others played in her death. we're also keeping them honest on the gas prices. >>> now free speech or grounds for discharge? sergeant gary stein says he's facing dismissal from the military after he posted anti-obama comments on his facebook page. now, he founded the armed forces tea party and wrote on the

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speaking anonymously to anderson cooper by phone, a witness to the shooting said last night he observed a struggle between zimmerman and martin from a nearby window. while zimmerman told police he was attacked by martin, the witness said zimmerman did not show any signs of injures after he shot the teenager. the witness's voice was distorted to protect his identity. >> i watched him get up. maybe only within a couple of seconds or so, then he was walking toward where i was watching. i could see him a little more clearly. it was a hispanic man. he did not appear hurt or anything else. he just seemed very worried or whatever, walked on the sidewalks at that point with his hand to his forehead. another man came out with a flashlight. >> that interview was on cnn. the new york daily news has revealed the mother of a young witness said her son was pressured by police. police have said that 13-year- old austin brown saw zimmerman lying in the grass crying for help just before the slain, but brown's mother says her son only saw one person lying in the grass and could not tell who it was becaus

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anderson cooper came to our defense, josh.o me about it in florida so i wanted to take a peek. >> now i'm finally taking a stand on behalf of two women who i consider to be national treasures. that's right. like my eyes, they are two national treasures. you see, this morning i was watching the fourth hour of the "today" show in my bathtub, as i always do. comes on at 10:00 or as it is known on nbc, booze-o'clock. when i noticed that joel mchale, host of "the soup," a show i like, on the e exclamation point channel and star of nbc's "community," mr. mchale was clearly trying to patch things up with kathie lee and hoda lee. and much to their credit, those two ladies were not having it. >> you guys look fabulous. >> we don't trust you saying that. because we know -- >> frankly, i don't know why the kathie lee and hoda haters are so riled up about. i've seen nothing on the fourth hour of the "today" show that's even remotely unusual. >> come here. >> by the way, joel mchale isn't the only person at nbc who's gone after my kathie l

i started by showing him what he told cnn's anderson cooper earlier this week.t was the policeman's attitude toward this? >> they were fighting with him. >> with zimmerman? >> oh, yeah. >> what makes you say that? >> just their nonchalant attitude. >> does what she say surprise you, tim? >> not at all. i've done law training across the country, and' asked them, what's the first thing you think when you see a young black male driving a nice car in your community, and inevitably they say drug dealer. when i say white male, same age, driving the same kind of car. they say spoiled rich kid, daddy probably bought them a car. we ought not be surprised they enforced the law in a different kind of way when something like this happens. >> george's dad issued a statement saying george zimmerman is a spanish-speaking minority as if to say, hey, this isn't just a black issue. just because you're gay doesn't mean you can't be homophobic. does that even make sense? >> research shows that large numbers of latino or hispanics have an amount of bias against blacks that whites ha

here what is he told anderson cooper. >> what is your client -- has your client told you about the night he shot trayvon martin? >> that, i believe he should have made a statement to police at that time. i think he did, i don't know for a fact because i haven't seen the police reports on this case. i have not discussed the evening of what occurred that time. i think that will come out through the investigation process, done by law enforcement. >> you haven't discussed any of the details of that night with him? >> no. >> we're getting up to speed in the shooting of trayvon martin. here is a time line of events. >> the story starts in sanford, florida near orlando. on february 26th, 17-year-old trayvon martin was shot and killed by a self-appointed neighborhood watchman. witnesses told police they heard a scuffle, a cry for help and a gunshot. when police arrive on the scene they found this man, george zimmerman holding the gun that killed martin. he had a bloody nose and wound on the back of his head. zimmerman tells police it's self defense. the only thing in trayvon martin's hand was a

as always, anderson cooper is with us. anderson? >> wolfers let's look at where the delegate race stands right now. cnn estimates mitt romney has 207 delegates, more than twice as many as rick santorum who's got 86. ron paul has 46 delegates. newt gingrich has just 39. remember, 1,044 delegates are needed to clinch this nomination. four years ago john mccain already had clinched the nomination by early march with 1200 delegates. tonight we have a brand-new way to show you how the fight for delegates could affect the republican convention in tampa. we'll use some state of the art technology to put tom foreman in the middle of a virtual convention. let's go to john with some new exit poll information. >> ten states on the map tonight. a lot of data coming into us. let's start with ohio. we know that is the biggest contested battle ground state tonight, critical in the republican nomination battle. it will be critical come november. let's look at what's happening in the state of ohio. voting by ideology, we asked people as they showed

now, let's check in with and er s anderson cooper. know you'll be talking about the storms as well. >> the storm system that spawned killer tornados across kentucky and missouri, now moving east. still very intense, very dangerous. we've just learned about another death that's been reported in tennessee. we are tracking this storm very clo closely. we'll have live reports throughout the hour in about to 20 minutes. also ahead, the history of violence in the life of tj lane. his juvenile record was leased today. we're also going to talk to the mom of one of his victims who wants her son's name and memory and life honored and remembered. >>> also, the siege on the city of homs fearing a ground invasion may be next. we'll also tell you about an ambush. that's ahead at the top of the hour. >> thank you. >>> and as anderson mentioned, there are new developments in the deadly school shooting in chardon, ohio. we have just obtained the juvenile court records for tj lane. the documents show he has had trouble with the law in the past. now, la

and "anderson cooper 360" starts and "anderson cooper 360" starts right now. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> good evening, everyone. we begin with the latest in the trayvon martin case starting with wanting to file charges against the shooter george zimmerman. and there's a divide over the facts of this case. two competing views of what happened that sunday evening with each side accusing the other of cherry picking the evidence. it begins with the younger picture of trayvon martin. the first picture the media saw of him. and george zimmerman his mug shot from an assault arrest. some say the pictures make martin look angelic. newer photos have come to light. an older trayvon martin and better dressed zimmerman. now also in dispute the relevancy of george zimmerman's arrest record. his supporters say it has no bearing on the case. in priest weeks it was cited by the martin family. now details about martin's life are coming to light. and his family is saying they have no bearing on what happened the night their son was killed. the miami herald reporting today the teen had bee

then "anderson cooper 360." the entire team will be back on at 10:00 for another live edition of "ac 360." we're talking a lot on twitter now about the treyvon martin case. the 911 tapes of martin being shot have been released. the teenager shot dead by neighborhood watch captain. do those tapes cast real doubt on the shooter's claims of self-defense? we'll talk to treyvon martin's father and the team next. [ male announcer ] the cadillac cts sport sedan was designed with near-perfect weight balance from front to back... and back to front. ♪ giving you exceptional control from left to right... and right to left. ♪ the cadillac cts. ♪ we don't just make luxury cars. we make cadillacs. your finances can't manage themselves. but that doesn't mean they won't try. bring all your finances together with the help of the one person who can. a certified financial planner professional. cfp. let's make a plan. but not how we get there. because in this business, there are no straight lines. only the twists and turns of an un

. >> jon: anderson cooper now has to do the post-cube no information walk of shame back to the base campat was cnn thinking with that one? (laughter) to find out, let's check in with the best (bleep)ing news box on television. what we did is we had... no, we had our engineers put together what we call a convex polyhedron. they put together, some of the analytics are there where people go and then they walk it down... (laughter and applause) as they go through to get... and then we go... over here. (cheers and applause) and i'm in a box. okay. this way. and then we come down in. okay. we're at the news center right now. (laughter) do you guys... obviously a lot of data is coming through. do you guys have any information for me that might clarify these election results in michigan last night this big primary? >> no. >> no we have nothing. >> i have nothing. no. >> jon: thanks, guys, appreciate it. we'll check in our polyhedron a little later. really appreciate that. thanks, guys. really appreciate it. best (bleep)ing news box on television. where were we? oh, right! michigan. anyway, the w

meanwhile anderson cooper has a new slogan. what are you doing, get off me. there is the colbert report captioning sponsored by comedy central ( theme song playing ) ( cheers and applause ) . >> stephen: welcome to the report. thank you for joining us. how wonderful. >> stephen, stephen, stephen! stephen, stephen, stephen! stephen, stephen, stephen! stephen, steve be en, stephen! >> stephen: thank you so much, everybody. thank you so much. i am not surprised. i have to tell you, folks, i am not surprised by the people in this room. excited. >> thank you so much. folks, i hope, i certainly hope like me you've got lotto fever. i've actually got lotto rash. but to say i'm doing a lot of scratchoffs. and tomorrow, folks s the drawing for the megamillions lottery. $540 million. now to put that into-- to put that into perspective, if you laid 540 million dollar bills end-to-end you would regret it because people would definitely just come and take it. (laughter) and folks, i have got to tell you, i got the winner. right here. went with my old standby, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

"anderson cooper 360" starts right now. >> thanks very much. we have a major new development in the killing of trayvon martin in a gated community in florida. it is unfolding tonight as people here in new york put on hood dids like the one he was wearing and marched through the streets of manhattan. they want to know why a teenager armed with nothing more than skittles and a phone is dead. and george zimmerman is a free man. trayvon's parents are at the rally tonight. >> trayvon was your typical teenager. trayvon did the typical teenager things. george zimmerman took his life profiling him. my son did not deserve to die. >> we're going to interview the parents earlier today. now, in a moment a florida legislature who cosponsored the law who defends it, but doubts george zimmerman's claim he fired in self-defense. and something that may factor into the federal civil rights investigation. allegations that george zimmerman uttered a racial slur while on the phone with 911. we have enhanced the audio. you can decide for yourself that we'll play unc

. >>> let's talk with anderson cooper about what's coming up on "anderson cooper 360." >>> he's beene face and in many ways the conscience of the opposition in syria. his youtube dispatches telling the stories of ordinary people, children dying at the hands of the assad regime. tonight my exclusive sitdown with danny, a young activist, who told me he's fed up with the international community. >> talking. is there any being as? they've been talking for eight months. not one good thing came out of it. underground is nothing. everyone's just talking and no one's doing anything on the ground and we're just dying there. >> ae second keeping them hones report tonight. tonight you'll see the information toyota didn't share with the government. only cnn has the internal memo. toyota says what we found isn't relevant, but experts we talked to say otherwise. we will slow you the evidence ourselves. those stories at the top of the hour. >>> there are charges today for the 17-year-old accused of killing three students and injuring two others in a crowded high school cafeteria in chardon, ohio. t

bagel even more than ever before ♪ ♪ they go down so nicely and i'll do it again once more ♪ >> anderson coopernow. >>> good evening, everyone. we begin with breaking news in the killing of trayvon martin on a day that president obama spoke out for the first time about the 17-year-old likening him to a son of his own. tonight, the lawyer for this man, the shooter, george zimmerman, is speaking out. the question, can he shed any light on what happened that night, the 26th of february when his client pursued trayvon martin through a sanford, florida, gated community and confronted him and then shot the unarmed teenager dead. you'll hear from him shortly. it's one of many new developments. late word that authorities in a nearby county arrested a man who they say e-mailed a death threat to sanford police chief bill lee. chief lee, you'll recall, stepped aside temporarily yesterday. to date man who fire him but hasn't, city manager nort an bonapart spoke about the force that chief lee runs. any trust that may have existed in the police department is gone and that for african-americans in sanford, fl

it was fully expected, but anderson cooper, i expect that the mitt romney is excited to win those states well, a win is a win. and for you guys, what is important, ohio? >> ohio and delegate count though, because you can't separate the two. if you are inside of a presidential campaign at this point, you are looking more at the total delegates than what states did you win, because that is what it comes down to, and as we started to talk about attrition, and if you are mitt romney that is how you grind the opponents out of the race by picking up so many delegates that even in a state that you narrowly lost that it is impossible for anybody else to get there. >> and ohio has been a bellwether state for candidates? >> yes, and it is like romney that he has to make for the likability case. like he has won florida and michigan and arizona, and these are all important states in the general election against barack obama where he is demonstrating strength, and demonstrating that if you can bring the conservatives along with the established republicans, you can put together a campaign and ari is r

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qulo know about anderson cooper, but i would rather hang out with you than anderson cooper, too.t side of wolf blitzer that people don't get to see. i want to experience that one time, wolf. >> are you going to be promoting the book in washington, d.c.? >> i'm going to try to. but aside from promoting the book, i just would love to break some bread. >> since i write my book, and i haven't even started, i'm going to count on you to promote it. i'll count on roger ailes to promote it on fox as well. i would be happy to go on "fox & friends." "monday mornings" an excellent novel. i want everybody to buy a copy as soon as possible. sanjay dwupt aa, m.d., excellent writer, excellent neurosurgeon, all-around great guy. >> thanks, wolf. >>> an ominous warning today from homeland security, could last weeks -- could last week's mass killing in afghanistan trigger violence right here in the united states, and david axelrod on the hot seat over the rush limbaugh controversy, as the coarsening of the discourse. >>> it's the conversation that won't go away, watch this exchange with erin burne

i want to listen to what the witness said on anderson cooper.g about this witness. we're shielding their voice and even their gender. >> it was dark but after the shots obviously someone, a man, got up and it was kind of like that period of him -- i can't say i actually watched him get up. maybe only within a couple seconds or so that he was walking towards where i was watching. i could see him a little bit clearer. it was an hispanic man and he didn't appear hurt or anything else. >> it's interesting that the family and i totally why the family would do everything they can to help george zimmerman. it makes perfect sense. we're being asked to believe the guy who is bigger and has a gun is the one screaming help. if this is the argument they're taking that the gun was in play that mr. martin was going for mr. zimmerman's gun, is there a possibility that stand your ground is irrelevant to this whole case? >> i think we're starting to establish that. i made that comment last night. the gentleman who was very well versed and probably better versed

it's exclusive to an interview done on anderson cooper last night. the voice is disguised., but after the shots, obviously someone, a man, got up. and it was kind of like that period of him -- i can't say i watched him get up, but maybe only within like a couple of seconds or so, then he was walking towards where i was watching. and i could see him a little bit clearer. and i could see it was an hispanic man, and he was, you know, he didn't appear hurt or anything else. >> reporter: didn't appear hurt or anything else. and that's the key line that people are going to pick up on today. and there is a lot of talk about this witness because of the very fact that they appear to have seen what happened, kyra. >> all right. now, you know, we've been talking about all the leaks that have come out on all different sides here, marty. is there concern about the number of leaks that are coming out? and do authorities feel in any way that they have lost control of this investigation? >> i think there is a great deal of concern, no doubt about that. you have already mentioned that the s

the person spoke exclusively to our anderson cooper. >> well, two men on the ground.hing horrible is happening. at that point, not looking out the window, i heard the yell for help. the yell for help. then i heard another -- as i describeds an excruciating type of yell. it didn't even sound like a help. it just sounded so painful. i wasn't watching out the window during that. next time, i looked out the window, same thing. two men on the grass. one on top of each other. i kind of felt like they -- i couldn't see a lot of movement. it was very dark. but i felt like they were scuffling. and then i heard gunshots which, to me, were more like pops. than they were like a bang. >> you say gunshots, plural. was there more than one, to your memory? or was there just one? >> well, the sound that i had from where i was walking, it was more like a pop, and it definitely was more than one pop noise. i don't know if it was an echo or anything. it definitely made more than one pop. >> i know you say it was dark. i think don't want to ask how far any identifying sense of where you w

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here is what he told anderson cooper. >> what has your client told you about the night he shot trayvon martin? >> that, i believe he should have made a statement to police at that time. i think he did, i don't know for a fact because i haven't seen the police reports on this case. i have not discussed the evening of what occurred that time. i think this will come out through the investigation process done by law enforcement. >> you haven't discussed any of the details of that night with him? >> no. >> let's bring in holly firfir in the town of the center of the town, sanford, florida. george zimmerman has yet to be charged or arrested. what is the strategy of his attorney speaking out now? >> reporter: i think a lot of questions, randi have been asked about george zimmerman, he decided to quell the media frenzy around the situation and answer some of the questions and we spoke to his attorney, craig sonner as well and he told us he still is in the area. he has spoken to him by the phone, but he's advised him to lay low because he has received death threats, but did tell us he's coopera

>> this programming note, be sure to tune in to anderson cooper "360" tonight for an exclusive videoight at 8:00 eastern on anderson cooper. >>> new evidence in the case against a jetblue pilot who had an apparent in-flight meltdown and forced an emergency landing. we are told the fbi now has the cockpit voice recorder from flight 191. let's bring in our aviation correspondent lizzy o'leary. >> we learned that the fbi now has the cockpit voice recorder. they are investigating what happened. we also have a statement from captain clayton osbon's mother. the incident involving clayton has shock mead and shocked all of the people that know clayton personally. she also confirmed that osbon's father was killed in a private plane crash in 1995. we don't know what sparked clayton osbon's behavior, but this this has raised a touchy issue, mental health. very few have come forward. back in 2008, colin hughes grounded him. a private commercial pilot, he was depressed and needed medication, but the faa didn't allow it. >> when you take in the area of where a person's put into macho position albe