i'm thankful for you joining and leading today's rally in clearwater. say, first, i want to welcome mr. green to my position on stand your ground. since the death of trayvon martin, we know this law has no place in civilized society. it makes life more dangerous for everybody. the fact you have an individual who becomes judge, juror and executioner in their own minds under the cover and protection of the law and the united states is a travesty of justice. today, i look forward to joining you as we call for an end to the law. as a father to two black boys, this is personal to me. i have watched too many of these tragedies take place and unfairly snuff out the lives of the people we love because of the way they look. we have to bring this law to a conclusion. i called earlier this week for the governor of the current state of florida, governor rick scott to call for a state of emergency. so long as there is confusion over the law, people's lives are on the line. he can call for an executive order, pausing for 60 days continuously until we get a full repea

. >> reporter: mcglockton went inside a convenience store in clearwater, florida, to buy snacks. dredge i c mcglockton leaves the store and shoves drejka to the ground who pulls a gun and shoots him. >> he pelt thfelt he was going to be further attacked. >> reporter: the shooting sparked protests and outrage over why drejk who is white and had a legal carry concealed permit wasn't charged. the case renewed the debate over florida's controversial stand-your-ground law which gives people the right to protect themselves using deadly force. >> he should have been arrested from day run. >> reporter: today investigators said theyecidents. he is now being held on $100,000 bail. gabe gutierrez, nbc news. >>> tonight we're following a flood emergency raging across several states in the eastern part of the country. it's been a day of dramatic water rescues. people swept away, hopes and highways flooded, and the threat continues into the night for 30 million americans under flood watches from virginia to new york. >>> shocking new details about that new mexico compound where children were a

actually want to tell him punch him in the drawer and i'll pay your legal bills that's not what her clearwater theme was about bringing people together and she got millions or whatever john i'm sorry the voters actually disagreed with you. we're bringing you live pictures on the screen behind me right now of palestinians continuing protests in the gaza strip demanding a return to what they call their homeland in israel you can see the crowds and as well as a large amount of smoke and tear gas there the great march of return on the israeli gaza border started back in march up to one hundred seventy civilians have since been killed israel says that her mass which it regards as a terrorist organization is behind these demonstrations using them as a cover for illicit activities or bring you the latest on this throughout the day. a palestinian journalist has been arrested by the israel defense forces for filming soldiers and allegedly inciting violence darley live streams two videos on facebook of israeli soldiers operating in ramallah or filming i.d.f. soldiers is illegal in israel filming an offi

the latest incident took place on july 19th in clearwater, florida, when a black man, marquez, pullede a convenience store as he and his son headed into the store leaving his girlfriend and their two younger children behind, a white man approached their car to complain that they were parked in a space reserved for the disabled. here is surveillance camera video of what happened next. first, mclaughlin confronts drechka pushing him to the ground away from the car. then drechka reaches for a gun and shoots mclaughlin once in the chest. marquise mclaughlin was pronounced dead at the hospital, drechka who has a permit to carry a concealed weapon claimed he believed the use of force was necessary to prevent grievous bodily harm and the pinellas county sheriff's office agreed. the killing of marquise mc mclaughlin, echoes the 2012 death of trayvon martin, a case that polarized america and is now the sub jekject of a new documentary series produced by jay-z and attorney benjamin crump appears in the documentary and he's now representing brittany jason who is marquise mclaughlin's longtime pa

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shooting and killing markeis mcglockton, during an argument over a parking spot outside a store in clearwater. the state prosecutor bringing charges after the sheriffs said they could not charge him, saying it was stand your ground. then outrage over what the video showed. today, prosecutors said the defendant does have a history of threatening drivers. >>> now to the major headline tonight in the trial of paul manafort. robert mueller's prosecutors had made their case, and then the defense resting its case today without calling a single witness. the judge then rejecting the defense request to dismiss the case. president trump's former campaign chairman is accused of bank fraud, failing to pay taxes on millions of dollars hidden in offshore accounts. but on this move, the manafort team resting without calling a single witness, let's get to pierre thomas tonight. pierre, what's behind the move? what does it tell us tonight? >> reporter: david, despite the fact that prosecutors introduced 27 witnesses and hundreds of exhibits involving thousands of documents, manafort's attorneys told us today

man seen on this security camera taking a bullet from a stranger, and then running back into this clearwaterflorida convenience store with a fatal wound. >> okay. where are you? >> i need help now. >> i'm outside the convenient store. i just need help. >> reporter: 28-year-old markeis mcglockton died, and 48-year-old michael drejka is in jail tonight. police originally declined to charge him saying he was covered by florida's stand your ground law. prosecutors now say drejka began the trouble, arguing with jacobs on july 19, because she and her children were parked in a handicap spot while her boyfriend and their son were inside the store. when mcglockton comes out and sees the yelling, you see him push drejka to the ground. that's when drejka brings the gun in his pocket to the argument. >> i came outside and watched it happen. dude got shot point blank. >> reporter: police say this is at least the fourth time drejka has fought with strangers over parking spaces. >> out here he said he'll shoot called me [ bleep ] and stuff like that, so i mean, i think it's a racial issue. >> reporter: dre

. >> you want clearwater? governor. brown says you can have it if you pay a new tax. but it will be voluntary. the proposed tax on water bills would be to find safe treating water throughout the state -- to fund safe drinking water throughout the state. it would cost homeowners no more than one dollar per month -- than $1 per month. >>> the napa valley has no shortage of great wineries but one has been working to transform itself into a literal powerhouse among its competitors. emily turner shows us how. >> reporter: silver oak is in pursuits, they are in pursuit of a different kind of superlative. it supports the environment. for silver oak making wine will always be number one but a close second is being stewards of the environment which is why they have become the first winery in the world to have both of their production facilities fully platinum certified. >> we want to improve our wine and our vineyard practices, we want to make things better. >> reporter: this began a decade ago and the culmination was awarded just two weeks back when silver oaks got platinum c

drejka was charged today - more than three weeks after he shot and killed markeis mcglockton in clearwaterhad had an argument over a parking spot. an attorney for the victim's family said, it was the right decision. <"michael drejka is a point-blank cold-blooded murderer and he took markeis' life without a second thought. and we are so profoundly glad that the state attorney has decided to do the right thing and charge."> according to the criminal complaint against him, drejka said, mcglockton tackled him and he was in fear, firing his gun in self-defense. (pam) coming up -- it has been a devastating wildfire season so far in california. after the break -- we'll take a look at how canadian firefighters are battling nearly six- hundred fires burning right now. (ken) plus -- a california highway patrol officer killed in the line of duty was honored today. how the community is remembering him tonight (pam) and -- we'll have an update on the oakland police officer injured on the job. the status of his recovery... when we come back. (ken) at at&t, we believe in access. the opportunity for every

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>> this year alone, we have seen stephon clark, police in sacramento, we have seen last weekend clearwaterve seen on and on and on, he will not deal with it. so this movie coming out brings front and center the question of race and hate, where you have a black cop, who by the way -- >> ron stallworth. >> stallworth was on my show, his book came out, telling me about his conversation with david duke. you have now blasted it, you cover "time" magazine, you mainstreamed this discussion again of hate, using -- like you've done all your career, but i don't think you've done it better than you've done on this one. >> well, i'm 61. 61. >> young man, young man. i'm still a couple years older. >> a lot has to do with timing. this subject matter, now it's -- the stars align. dwr you do a film and timing is not right. this film, the stars aligned. >> what do you hope this film will do? obviously, it's getting rave reviews. obviously, it will do box office. what do you hope it will do to the discussion in this country that seems more polarized and divided than we have seen as kids in brooklyn? >> well

issued an arrest warrant for michael drakeca, charging him with manslaughter that took place outside clearwaterriginally decided not charge him due to florida's stand your ground self-defense law. the parents of the victim welcome today's decision. >> i'm very happy the state attorney did take a good look at the tape and made the correct decision on arresting him. again, i know this is going to be a long road. we are up for the task and hope for a good outcome at the end. >> he is out on $400,000 bail. >>> so far, omarosa released two audiorecordings, capturing chief of staff john kelly and then president trump who said he didn't know she was fired. receive president trump, the reality tv star trading comments with omarosa, talking about her new book "unhinged." >> he kind of unravelled from day one and how i saw he wasn't really fit to take on the presidency. >> reporter: he said he knows he shouldn't take her on calling her wacky. she was vicious but not smart. >> i think it's sad that with all the things going on in the country he would take time out to insult me and in to result my intellig

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somebody somebody shot and killed this man marqueze mclaughlin outside of a convenience store in clearwater tactic that the defense used to clear george zimmer in the trayvon martin shooting more than five years ago. phil keating is live i live in r florida newsroom. >> tehran martin' trayvon martis showed up for arrest and murder charge which so far has not happened. all yesterday all five candidates for governor, reverend al sharpton and 500 people all calling for the shooter of marquis mclaughlin to be arrested which, as you said, the sheriff refuses to do, citing the law. this time the whole thing is on video. mcglockton and his girlfriend went to the store she parked illegally in the handicap spot and he went inside. that's when michael approached her and started arguing about her not having a handicapped placard. that's when the unarmed mclaughlin comes out of store. pushes him to the ground, who then, on the asphalt pulls out his legally concealed handgun and shoots. just like florida's 2012 shooting death of trayvon martin george martin he claims the same defense the controversial s

host: randy is joining us from clearwater, florida. caller: yes, hello. i wanted to respond to a couple of the black callers. they were saying, you know, white supremacy and all this other stuff. if you remember, starting when we only had three tv channels, with three anchors, they would not tell you that the democratic party were the ones who were the segregationists, who were the ku klux klan, you know, like 95% of them. and they, you know, compared to the republican conservatives who were offering opportunity. but the democrats were, you know, saying, you know, that they hate you. they don't want you to succeed. host: ok, randy. i'll jump in and get a response. guest: i don't want to get to the political side of it, but it is a fact that, for a period of time after world war ii, most of the southern states were represented by democrats in the congress. at that very same time, there were some of the worst anti-black rioting, lynching that did take place and one became associated with the other. host: deborah in virginia, good morning. democrats line. ca

>> the beaches and crystal clearwater. >> i had some serious sticker shock.he cost of living would be cheaper. i was surprised. >> reporter: in san jose, len ramirez, kpix5. >>> talk about too close for comfort, a mountain lion caught on camera in the bay area just feet away from a neighbor walking his dog. the encounter happened in pleasanton. kpix5's mary lee picks it up from there. >> it was about here where i first sighted the cat crouched down the end of this road about where that red car is down at the end of the road. >> reporter: noel messenger was walking his dog reba this morning like he does every day in his pleasanton neighborhood when he got quite a shock with an unexpected visitor. >> at first it appeared to be a cat. it was in a crouched position not even facing me, but it stood up and turned around when it heard us coming. at that point i clearly realized what it was. it was a small mountain lion. >> reporter: noel captured this video on his cell phone and what animal control says is a 100-pound adolescent mountain lion roaming the streets. he

he had been walking around free since the day he killed markeis mcglockton in clearwater, florida, thanksocal sheriff, who said the stand your ground law didn't allow him to even make the arrest. i argued then that was an overly generous interpretation and invited the sheriff on. he refused. the state's attorney is now pressing charges for manslaughter. the mother of markeis' three kids is britany jacobs. she's here. so is benjamin crump, the family's attorney. counselor, good to see you. thank you very much for joining us, ms. jacobs. >> thank you. >> you're welcome. >> first, how are the kids dealing? i know they're young. i know that you've wanted to give them a very specific sense of what happened. so to kind of ease the reality for them. how are the kids doing? >> oh, it is real hard right now, especially for my 5-year-old. you know, he told me the other day that, mommy, call daddy. he's going to wake up. call daddy. he's going to wake up. so it's very, very hard right now. >> how are you doing with it? i know you're a key witness in the case. i know you were right there. i understan

host: keith in clearwater, florida. keith, what do you do?aller: i am an investigative journalist, good morning. host: thank you for calling in. what do you think of this? caller: well, i think what the media does not report has more value than what they do, typically. i say that as a member of the media. the media knows a lot more than what they report about these stories. they filter the stories according to a business model of their corporate policy. fox, that is go to not an accident. fox wants to filter the news according to a conservative perspective. that is pretty much all they do, and the same is true with cnn and msnbc. as you watch the half-hour nightly news at 6:30, they spend about two minutes on political issues and the rest on full of -- floods and other things. so people need to get their news sources from cable news and what people don't understand with news consumers is they deliberately filter the news. it is not by accident, and it is usually not acknowledged. they do it in order to attract and maintain customers or their

. >>> in clearwater, florida protesters are demanding justice in the killing of a man killed over a parkingof his girlfriend and 5-year-old son. the shooter has not been arrested or charged because of the state's stand your ground law. al sharpton gathered to call for change. >> how can you have a civilian become the judge and jury over whether somebody should live? that's what this law represents. >> trayvon martin's family also attended the rally along with candidates running for governor. they are promising to get rid of that law. >>> a small plane with five people on board fell from the sky, slamming into an orange county shopping center, and there were no survivors. it broke apart as it slammed into an empty car. no one on the ground was injured. the pilot called in an emergency just moments before the crash. ntsb investigators are examining the scene. the plane was registered to a real estate company in san francisco. >>> two people have died and three others hospitalized from rough waters off grand haven beach. dozens of beachgoers as you can see there forming that human chain. the m

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last sunday, joe, i was in florida, clearwater, your home state where we were taking on the stand yourr ground law. six years ago i went and did that with trayvon there was not a lot of white support. this time all five democratic candidates came to the rally and stood with us and even the republican, desantos said i'm not coming to the rally, i'm not an al sharpton fan but i challenge how you can shoot unarmed people and stand you ground. so if you keep going you can make progress. the hard part is fight wrong without enacting the wrong spirit and wrong feelings that you're fighting. you must be above it and stay above it but you must confront it. >> all the people said amen. >> joe, i want to say one thing about the better angels that you were talking about. i just came back from a week in israel where an organization founded by two american brothers from the washington area who played college basketball bring israelis and palestinians together. they bring together kids with police officers in brooklyn. that's simply an example of the way in which people trying to do good are doing i

marshall in clearwater, florida. republican. i agree wholeheartedly with your last caller. this is a country of the people, for the people and by the people. i think this vote should go to the american people. thiswhat do we want? on the immigration issue i see a lot of sideline issues. but i think the main issue is legal immigration. in our history when we first became a country, so many people came over illegally. but they had love for country. they had love for the american dream. they decided that they were going to leave their home. leave everything they had in their former country and become americans. today the people who come to the country it's just the opposite. we are going to leave our home and come to america and make america our country. not the american culture. afghanistan,t's mexico, german or whatever. they want to bring their culture and make their culture america. and that's where a lot of the problem comes in. i think we ought to focus more on the legal immigration. asylum, you have a possible way to go through asylum. and if these people are coming in

let's hear from robert, democrats line from clearwater, florida.aller: i don't think he is a racist. blacks use the n-word all the time. i think it is freedom of speech. i don't even like that word myself. i don't even like when black people say that word. you cannot just keep talking about something and try to make a book about it. she worked for the guy for 13 years and all of a sudden now he said the n-word. i never heard it from the other people who work for him. host: so you are saying you are doubtful about these claims because of the book or are you saying you are doubtful for other reasons? >> i am doubtful about the book and other reasons because they worked for the guy for years and all of a sudden you say something like that. robert, you are breaking up so we will leave it there. these are some of the claims by omarosa manacled -- omarosa manigault. we are asking your thoughts. 202-748-8001 for republicans. 202-748-8000 for democrats. independents, 202-748-8002. a couple of other claims set to be released with this book on tuesday saying