when are they going to do it. >> benjamin crump representing the family.re a lawyer and have to stay objective. i don't have to. i've seen the case here and i'm mad. i'm mad, so godspeed to you, go get justice, we appreciate you joining us. >> thank you on behalf of the parents, this is a mother and a father and just imagine if you were them, how they're feeling. >> absolutely, thank you. look, think about it man i got a son at home, you got kids, somebody shoots them in the chest when they had nothing on them and they say self defense i'm going to walk away, since nobody saw it, ha ha, self defense. who can you shoot in florida and who can't you shoot, just as long as nobody sees it. it's outrageous. it would have been arrested under any other scenario. it's past time to arrest george zimmerman. >> when we come back, we're going to switch over to politics and sarah palin it is one of the dumbest things that she ever said. >> i wish our president would save those phone calls for those who truly are deserving. stay tuned for the answer. brought to you by th

joining me are trayvon martin's parents and the family attorney, benjamin crump. so much for joining me. i send you my deepest condolences on the loss of your son. i can only imagine with the whole world scrutinizing everything that happened, the pain for you must just worsen and for that i just send my sincere sympathies. >> thank you. >> i know that you've seen this video in the last few minutes. it shows george zimmerman at the police station. what is your reaction to this video? >> we just looked at the video and we were just surprised of -- because, according to the police report, he sustained injuries but when we looked at the video, it was obvious that there were no visible injuries. there were no blood on his shirt. so we have concluded just by watching this video that there may not have been any injuries at all. >> i mean, what we don't know is exactly the time of this video. we don't know how many hours after the incident it was filmed. having said that, we can see demonstratively, there are no serious injuries. he was alleged to have a broken nose and s

benjamin crump and joy-ann reid, thank you both for your time tonight. this story keeps going and we're going to keep with it. >>> ahead, trayvon martin was shot dead in the middle of a neighborhood, and there were witnesses, including a 13-year-old boy. >> okay. do you know the person who was shot or see the person who had the gun? >> no, i just heard a loud gunshot sound and then the screaming stopped. >> we'll talk exclusively with that 13-year-old boy's mom in a live report and live interview next. >>> plus, who is the state attorney, norm wolfinger, and why didn't he press charges? >>> and another huge day for the health care industry and decision at the supreme court. we know republicans don't like obama-care, so what's their plan? all rig oh, right. they don't have one. you're watching "politics nation" live from washington on msnbc. >>> the mother of a 13-year-old eyewitness who called 911 that fateful night talks to us exclusively, next. and i thought "i can't do this, it's just too hard." then there was a moment. when i decided to find a way to

. >> let me ask benjamin crump, who's your lawyer, how significant is this from a legal point of viewthis is the smoking gun. this clearly shows that the police report was a fabrication. when they said there was blood on the back of his head, he had a broken nose, there was blood -- you don't see any of that. and we're looking at this, obvious to us that there was something that night that they conspired to cover this up, to cover up the death of trayvon martin. now we are glad that all america could see, because tracy and sabrina have been every night agonizing about the killing of their son, free sleeping in his own bed, while their son is in the grave. and the police are doing whatever they can do to protect zimmerman. it just doesn't make sense that anybody. >> i want to play you a clip of an interview i did last night with joe oliver, who is a friend of george zimmerman. listen to what he had to say. >> sadly, for the martin family, it was trayvon that we lost. but we've also lost george, too. he will never be the same man. he will never be the kind, giving, caring human being th

. >> moments ago you heard from the martin family attorney benjamin crump. joining me now is another member of their legal team mr. parks. thanks for being with us. joe oliver believed that zimmerman saved his life. how do you respond to that? >> well, anderson, i think we have to go back to all the initial evidence of the 911 tapes that we are aware of. it's rather clear that mr. zimmerman thought that trayvon was suspicious. number two, the dispatcher told him are you following him? he says yes. she says you don't have to follow him. we can have confidence in that evidence that he was being the aggressor. i know that the gentleman is a good friend of his and that's fine. however, we have very, very clear evidence to the world of what this gentleman was doing. and so for him to try to turn the tide on trayvon right now when trayvon has lost his life, he's dead, it is almost -- it's a great insult to this family. >> do you think this is part of a -- sort of an organized campaign on the part of zimmerman or his supporters to -- some would say they want to get

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>> reporter: attorney benjamin crump played a video of a young girl who was on the phone moments before trayvon was shot and killed. the girl told the attorney that martin was being followed. >> she tells him, be careful. just run home. >> reporter: he will turn over the witnesses' information to thjustice department because the family does not trust the local authorities. terrell brown, cbs news. >> grand jury will convene on april 10 in this case. >>> just about 4:35. here's a look at some of the other things making news. police in paris france are investigating a car bombing that went off around 1:15 our time. at this point there's no word if this bombing is connected to the shooting monday at a french school. >>> meanwhile police in the city of toulouse are in the middle of a standoff with a gunman wanted in connection with the attack on that school. a rabbi and three children were killed in that shooting and the same gunman is suspected in the deaths of three french soldiers last week. >>> there are no reports of deaths from a 7.4 magnitude earthquake which hit southern mexico tues

martin and sabrina fulton are not scheduled to testify at the hearing, but the family attorney, benjamin crump, is slated to speak. the hearing is meant to examine the role of the federal government in hate crime cases and will discuss stand your ground laws. george zimmerman, who shot and killed martin, is currently protected by a so-called stand your ground law because he says he acted in self-defense. friends of zimmerman in a report confirmed by police seem to support the claim. the report says that zimmerman was walking away from martin when the teenager was attacked from behind -- rather, when the teen attacked him from behind. zimmerman says he was punched in the face, breaking his nose and then his head was smashed against the sidewalk. adding to the emotion, confirmation that martin was suspended from school after a baggy with marijuana residue was found in his backpack. >> they've killed my son, and now they're trying to kill his reputation. >> we're not asking for an eye for an eye. we're asking for justice, arrest needs to be made for george michael zimmerman. >> bottom line is the

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but attorney benjamin crump, who represents martin's family, says the unarmed teenager was targeted because of his race. >> arrest george zimmerman for the killing of trayvon martin in cold blood today. >> reporter: crump said on the night of the shooting martin was heading home from the store and on the phone with his girlfriend. in a telephone interview, the young woman told crump she listened as martin was suddenly confronted by a stranger. the girlfriend said she urged martin to run away and he responded that he would walk fast. at around the same time, zimmerman made a call to the sanford, florida, police to report a suspicious person in his neighborhood. >> reporter: what happened next is the critical question. a law enforcement source says zimmerman told police he began retreating to his car and only fired his weapon after martin jumped him from behind. zimmerman has a license to carry a gun. florida law allows people to use lethal force in self-defense. but crump insists zimmerman was the aggressor and records show zimmerman has been a frequent caller to police, with 46 calls in the

. >> joining me now the lawyer for trayvon martin's parents, benjamin crump. the latest today seems to be an eyewitness, a neighbor who we have modified the voice because this particular person is worried about being identified. but they described what was seen, starting with a scuffle. listen. >> after the larger man got off, then there was a boy, obviously now dead, on the ground. facing down. there was a hispanic man and he was, um, you know, he didn't appear hurt or anything else. he kind of seemed very, you know, very worried. >> the scuffle took place on the grass. this witness seems to be saying, and also that george zimmerman did not look hurt after the scuffle. what to you make of this? >> it's certainly consistent with what we see in that videotape that was riveting for all of america to see. >> let's look at some of the evidence that we do know. you have talked to a young woman named dee dee, trayvon martin's girlfriend. has dee dee spoken to police yet? >> not yet. >> why not? >> well, they're setting it up now as we speak, i understand it. but wha

joining me now are tracey martin, sybrina fulton, and they're lawyer benjamin crump. before we head into florida tomorrow heignight. let me start with you, you said all you want is justice, you want zimmerman arrested? >> yes, sir. >> how have you been handling this? i ahead that you said it's hard to sleep and eat until you see justice with the arrest of this man? >> yes, my heart is hardened right now. i'm finding it difficult to do just daily things right now. in addition to grieving, i'm just consumed with the fact that this guy has not been arrested who murdered my son. so that is very difficult for me as a mother. i cry every day. there is a hole in my heart because that was my baby. regardless of how old he gets, he was my baby. so it's difficult for me on a daily basis. but i'm just trying to take one day at a time and i know that god is in control. >> the strength that you and the mother have shown has been amazing. let me ask you, why did it take the police so long to contact you? do you know? >> actually, i contacted the police myself. >> so they never made

>> reporter: attorney benjamin crump played a video of a girl, who was allegedly on the phone with martin, just seconds before he was shot and killed. >> he is traumatized over this. >> the girl said that martin said he was being followed. >> he tells him, oh, better be careful. just run home. >> crumb says he will turn over the witness's information to the justice department because the family does not trust the local authorities. terrell brown, wjz eyewitness news. >> the grand jury will convene april 10th. coming up, tonight at 6:00, local civil rights at vists call for justice in this case. >>> if you're waiting for someone to get home from work, let's check in on our roads at wjz. >> hi, mary. hi, everyone. well, the rush hour is definitely in full swing. northbound on the jones falls expressway. delays there from the north expressway. that has just made one long delay. it's around from stevenson road, it does break free and slows down again, approaching harford road. on the west side inner loop, heavy from baltimore national pike, over to security boulevard. delays 70 westbound from

here's the martin family lawyer, benjamin crump. >> he kept pursuing trayvon martin, how do we know? this young lady connects the dots. she connects the dots. she completely blows zimmerman's absurd self defense claim out of the water. we're going to turn this over to the department of justice and their investigation because the family does not trust the stanford police department and anything to do with the investigation. >> and there is more, nbc news believes zimmerman used a racial slur on the 911 call. >> which entrance is that that he's heading towards? >> the back entrance [ bleep ] -- >> let's bring in reverend al sharpton, host of "politics nation" here on msnbc and charles blow, columnist for "the new york times." gentlemen, thanks for your time tonight. gentlemen, a lot has changes in the last 24 hours, the racial slur would be relative to motive, particularly a hate crime. >> i think the racial slur, as well as the phone calls that the mr. zimmerman, the killer in this case had made several reports over the last several months, all of which he identified race. it seemed a

>> well, i think that the statement made by the father, the statement made by benjamin crump earlier today is very clear, we do not condone, we condemn the conduct of this particular group and in no shape or form support it. we believe that in america and in our country and state, we can get fair justice, and we are putting our confidence in the system that we have in our great state of florida, we don't condone those people whatsoever, anderson. >> i appreciate you being on the program tonight, thank you. >> thank you. >>> let us know what you think, we're on facebook, google plus twitter. i'll be tweeting throughout the program tonight as always. an interview with a membered new black panther party who is pushing against the wishes of the martin family. you are directly going against what trayvon martin's father says he believes in. the family does not want you involved in this. >> well, then again, anderson, you need to tell the state department of justice to arrest this guy. tell the city sanford to arrest this guy. tell the attorney general to arrest this guy. >> you'll hear mor

. >> benjamin crump, thank you for joining me. reverend al, thank you for joining me tonight. for everything that you have done today. it's been a very, very long day for you and your family. again, thank you for being here. >> thank you. thank you, lawrence. >>> coming up, next, in the rewrite, the plea to spare the life of an admitted killer. a white teenager who drove his car over a black man deliberately to kill him. his life was saved in a mississippi court yesterday by the sister of the black man who pled for the life of the killer of her brother. if you are one of the millions of men who have used androgel 1%, there's big news. presenting androgel 1.62%. both are used to treat men with low testosterone. androgel 1.62% is from the makers of the number one prescribed testosterone replacement therapy. it raises your testosterone levels, and... is concentrated, so you could use less gel. and with androgel 1.62%, you can save on your monthly prescription. [ male announcer ] dosing and application sites between these products differ. women and children should avoid contact wi

. >> joining me now is the martin family attorney, benjamin crump. ben, thanks for being here. what's your reaction to this tape? >> reverend sharp ton, we heap, the 911 tape and we see the video and it is abundantly clear what they put in the police report talking about his nose being broken and his head busted just doesn't hold up. if you listen to his father and you listen to his friend, oliver, make the claim that trayvon martin beat his head repeatedly in the pavement and that's why he had to shoot this kid, we now know that's untrue. and don't take my word for it. don't take the parents' word for it. just look at your tape for yourself. listen for yourself. and i love what you say, reverend sharpton, when we have a dispute a, let, let's go to t. >> how did the mother and father respond to this new tape? >> you know, it was so profound. sabrina said what is in the dark shall come to light, the truth shall come to light. and she said god is good. >> now, the police, did they ever tell you this tape existed? >> no, they did not. >> so you had no idea these tapes were coming

. >> benjamin crump, thank you for joining me. reverend al, thank you for joining me tonight. for everything that you have done today. it's been a very, very long day for you and your family. again, thank you for being here. >> thank you. thank you, lawrence. >>> coming up, next, in the rewrite, the plea to spare the life of an admitted killer. a white teenager who drove his car over a black man deliberately to kill him. his life was saved in a mississippi court yesterday by the sister of the black man who pled for the life of the killer of her brother. follow the wings. ♪ when your chain of supply goes from here to shanghai, that's logistics. ♪ ♪ chips from here, boards from there track it all through the air, that's logistics. ♪ ♪ clearing customs like that hurry up no time flat that's logistics. ♪ ♪ all new technology ups brings to me, that's logistics. ♪ hello? [ sea ] hello, this is the sea calling. [ laughing ] [ sea ] what's the last romantic thing he did for you? ohh, i don't know... ummm... did you have to do that to me? what counts as romantic? is somebody watching m

. >> well, sybrina, tracy, benjamin crump, thank you for joining us.u find justice and peace. it must be an ongoing agony for you. our hearts go out to you. thank you for spending time with us this evening. >> thank you, piers. >>>. >> the killing of trayvon martin has sparked national dialogue. beyond trayvon, race and justice in america, friday night at 8:00 eastern. >>> coming up next, lionel richie is back. i heard they found energy here. it's good. we need the jobs. [customer:] we need to protect the environment. [worker:] we could do both. is that possible? [announcer:] at conocophillips, we're helping power america's economy with cleaner, affordable natural gas. more jobs. less emissions. a good answer for everyone. well, if it's cleaner and affordable. as long as we keep these safe. there you go. thanks. [announcer:] conocophillips. in what passes for common sense. used to be we socked money away and expected it to grow. then the world changed... and the common sense of retirement planning became anything but common. fortunately, td ameritrade'

now benjamin crump, lawyer for the martin family, says new evidence provide bade teened by a teen ageoses flaws in zimmerman's defense. let's listen to that. >> he had no intention of getting back in his truck, doing what the police instructed him to do. he kept pursuing trayvon martin. how do we know? because this young lady connects the dots. she connects the dots. she completely blows zimmerman's absurd self-defense claim out of the water. >> so will the zimmerman defense work? let's go to jasmine rand a lawyer, also representing the martin family. and kendall coffey, former u.s. attorney down there. so i'm trying to find out different theorys. i guess we are trying to get to the fact and to the law. i want to get to the fact of the case as we can possibly determine them, not having been there p.m. thank four coming on the program. can you get us -- do you have a theory in your mind, sort after cinematic notion, of what happened in those tragic moments down in florida? >> and i think that the 911 tapes say it all, especially zimmerman's initial call to the officers. when he says on

. >> joining me now, the lawyer for trayvon martin's parents, benjamin crump. nice to see you. thanks for talking with us. >> thank you, soledad. >> the latest, an eyewitness neighbor, we've modified the voice because this particular person is worried about being identified, but they describe what was seen, starting with a scuffle. listen. >> -- then there was a boy, obviously now dead, on the ground, facing down. it was a hispanic man and he didn't appear hurt or anything else. he just appeared very worried. >> the scuffle took place on the grass. this witness seems to be saying, and also that george zimmerman did not look hurt after the scuffle. what do you make of this? >> it certainly is consistent with what we see in that videotape that was there for all america to see. >> you have talked to a young woman named dede. trayvon martin's girlfriend. has dede spoke ton police yet? >> not yet. >> why not? >> they're setting this up now as we speak, as i understand it, but what is very telling about some of that is the wreckage. her story -- >> the phone records. >> the phone rec

martin family attorney, benjamin crump, one of the best out there, i might say. >> thank you. you, rev. >> when we come back, a tribute to my hero. my mom. 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. >>> finally tonight, i want to take some time to remember my hero, my mother, ada sharpton. she passed away last thursday at the age of 87. today she was laid to rest here in alabama, where she was born. my mother raised me in part with my father and then when i was nine years old, they separated. we went from a comfortable middle class existence to back in the depths of what we call the hood. she raised me as a single parent. she raised me against great odds. but i never felt or knew i was juntder privileged because she never raised me as it what i wasn't. she raised me as to what i was. and as you can look at pictures of her and my daughters, i tried to help to raise my daters the same way. but to knit, we

in a riveting news conference, family attorney benjamin crump, describes what she says happened that night. >> he was talking to this young lady when he went to the 711 and when he came back from the 7-eleven. he tries to get out of the rain. and undenounced to him at all he is being watched or anything. he is just a kid trying to get home from the store and get out of the rain. that's it. nothing else. the rain comes down, down. he then goes and he has his hoody on because it's raining. and he goes back it walking. and he goes back to talking to her again. you will see the phone call when it came in. at 6:54. he then says, you know, there's this -- i think this dude is following me. >> i think this dude is following me. before the day we had only heard george zimmerman's version of the events. but now, for the first time, we are learning what trevon himself was doing, and saying, in the final moments of that phone call with his friend. >> she heard trevon say, why you following me. that's when she said she hears another voice saying, what are you doing around here. and again, trevon

now benjamin crump, the family attorney, says evidence provided by a teenager girl on the phone withvides evidence, let's listen to that. >> he had no intention of getting back in his truck to do what the police told him to do. how do we know? this young lady connects the dots. she completely blows zimmerman absurd self-defense claim out of the water. >> so will the zimmerman defense work? let's go to jasmine rand, and we have a former u.s. attorney down there, mr. coffey. so i want to get to the facts the best we can without having been there. ms. rand, do you have a theory in your mind what happened in those tragic moments down in florida? >> i think that the 911 tapes say it all, especially zimmerman's initial call to the officers when he says on there that he sees trayvon who he identifies as a suspicious person. the only reason he was suspicious is he identifies him as black and as a black male wearing a hoody. we know now there was nothing suspicious, all he had on his was a pack of skittles an an iced tea. >> try to stay to the key facts here. what was going on between the act