here's another case that angela corey prosecuted, albeit far more successfully. in 2010, corey's office charged marissa alexander with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon after she fired a bullet at a wall in 2010, what she described as a warning shot to scare off her abusive husband during an altercation. two children were in the house, but no one was hurt. alexander argued she fired the weapon in self-defense against her estranged husband who's twice been arrested for domestic battery. she tried to invoke florida's now famous stand your ground law. angela corey argued the stand your gun law did not apply because alexander acted in anger. saying by returning to the house after she got the gun, she showed he was not in near of her life. in may of 2010, marissa alexander was sentenced to 20 years in prison. that 20-year sentence is required under florida's mandatory minimum gun law. after alexander's family urged leniency in the sentencing, judge daniel described the issue as out of my hands, saying the legislature has not given me the discretion to do what th

we had no choice. >> corey is a complicated person. >> my brother corey is a funny guy. >> nasty. >> we used to beat each other up, steal candy, steal bikes. >> my brother william is very smart. >> take money out of wishing wells together, set fires. >> i don't know how he got caught up. >> family, it's been so many years since we drifted apart. it didn't mean i don't love you. i was lost in the dark. >> william would just start speaking in spoken word kind of out of nowhere. we would just be talking to him, and he would break out into a rhyme. his poems were really meaningful to parts of his life and his story. >> at one point in time, chop was my friend. it was a friend. i will call it a genie in the bottle. my name is addiction. and i'm the genie in the bottle. wherever you go, sir, i will surely follow. hold up. i was going to take a sip from that bottle. but first be warned it's going to be the hardest thing to swallow. well, you're a grown man -- >> william, corey and melissa were all arrested on charges of assault and battery. they were separate incidents, but each of their cr

still spending the issue of sanctions against that prosecutor angela corey. meanwhile an unarmed 17-year-old who went for a candy run in a place that he had a right to be is dead. robert zimmerman jr., george zimmerman's brother is here. last night i was in sanford, florida where a few hundred people gathered after the verdict. in cities across this country thousands as you can see on the screen right there are rallying in support of trayvon martin. how does that make you feel? >> judge, thank you for having me. i think that is one of our fundamental rights is to assemble and express ourselves as long as it's peaceful. it's peaceful assembly that's the operative word. i think that people who are directing themselves toward the emotion that is tied up or consumed people with this case are not paying attention to the verdict and paying attention to the filter that the court system kind of puts on what is admitted and what is not admitted. i wish that these people not just paid attention to the verdict but paid attention to the process and to the job that was do

angela corey, trayvon martin looks just like the kind of people that angela corey likes to convict andd away to life sentences. with are very familiar marissa alexander. i encourage anyone around the country to look her up. what we see is a system not built for people of color, or the poor, or young people. i don't understand why people continue to avoid this, why she even minced words and double spoke there about the case. we cannot mince words about this. we're talking in a real way about power. young people have no power in this state. power is the ability to act, to transform your future. power is the ability to influence somebody to move. and for years in florida, young people have not had that power. people of color have not had that power rated so what we have seen, judges feeling like they can prosecute inordinate amount of people to long sentences, prosecutors said. do their jobs, communities that don't feel safe. i think we need to look at the environment that created the situation that group george zimmerman and snuffed out trayvon martin. you have to look at criminalization

still spending the issue of sanctions against that prosecutor angela corey. meanwhile an unarmed 17-year-old who went for a candy run in a place that he had a right to be is dead. robert zimmerman jr., george zimmerman's brother is here. last night i was in sanford, florida where a few hundred people gathered after the verdict. in cities across this country thousands as you can see on the screen right there are rallying in support of trayvon martin. how does that make you feel? >> judge, thank you for having me. i think that is one of our fundamental rights is to assemble and express ourselves as long as it's peaceful. it's peaceful assembly that's the operative word. i think that people who are directing themselves toward the emotion that is tied up or consumed people with this case are not paying attention to the verdict and paying attention to the filter that the court system kind of puts on what is admitted and what is not admitted. i wish that these people not just paid attention to the verdict but paid attention to the process and to the job that was do

he was found dead >> killed glee actor corey monteith. one source said he had a few beers in the course of a few hours despite his recent stint in rehab. police did rule out foul play. many hollywood stars are mourning the loss of this young star on twitter. taylor swift tweeted this. speechless and for the worst reason. kristen chen wealth a freak glee test scar tweeted rest in peace corps remonteith. monteith's co-star is inconsolab inconsolable. this is the last picture she posted of him since they have been dating last year. >> maria molina has the latest for us. >> good morning everyone. we are tracking the heat if you live across sections of the northeast. we are talking temperatures in the upper 90s close to 100 degrees for many of you along the i 95 corridor. you factor in the humidity it feels even hotter than that. take a look at where we are at. 100 degrees in washington, d.c. new york city if you are walking down the sidewalk heading to times square outdoors feels like 97 degrees. you really need to dress very cool out here no

whatever, bro. >> corey long's future has become increasingly clouded as well. charged with four counts of assault with a firearm for allegedly shooting at a car containing another santa rita inmate. byron robinson, robinson's girlfriend, and one of her children. long says he can prove he was out of town at the time but acknowledges past troubles with robinson. >> well, we used to be cool. like my dad, my whole dad's side of the family is from the '70s and they from the '70s too. so like we all grew up around each other. and like we all know each other. our whole family know their whole family. it all escalated over a fight. something that could have been avoided. when we went over there, though, we was going to talk it out, but somebody pulled a gun on all of us. so when they did that, that just -- that sparked everything right there. >> long thought that if robinson's girlfriend did not testify against him, he would have to be released, but it didn't work out that way. >> obviously i'm still here. she came and popped up and testified. >> what did she say? >> s

. >> angela corey is the prosecutor, and she was asked to describe your brother she said murderer.wildly inappropriate. and confusing people who think that. george was a quited and it insults the jury who made the legal determination and the prosecutor should respect. that i never have seen prosecutors so outright disparaging. that women has made quoit a few outwursts and i would encourage her not to say anything else about the case. >> we'll ask judge napolitano and angela corey if he doomed the zimmerman case and whether she could faces a lawsuit for malicious prosecutions. he will join us on that and explain coming straight up. >> well, what you don't want to see in the height of the summer travel season, you are seeing screen gas prices spike nothing recent days by an average of $0.13 a gallon and could go higher. peter dossy is live for us on what it behind the jump in the pump. hey, peter. multiple experts blame unscheduled maintenance in refineries for the high gas prices and since the united states is exporting more and more, prices are not expected to rise to which more th

angela corey, remember this was, i believe, the news conference when she announced the charges. many people thought that was hugely dramatic and shows up, well dressed, she presents and delivers this kind of a speech before she gets to what she's there for, the charges against -- >> but is this three guys out here and being sexist? other people said -- i don't want it to come off as that but a kind of beauty pageant kind of answer. how will you cure the -- you know, the world? >> i think the point to be made is there's a lot of pressure brought to bear on this team of prosecutors. already pointed out that they were appointed specifically she was named by the governor of the state of florida so right then and there and you know she's placed up front and in the spotlight. her team had a difficult challenge. i think anyone would say based upon the evidence at the scene they worked very hard. they tried their best and did not work. whether we get in to the issue of ethics and violations here to still have to be -- >> don, let me say, we still never got an answer as to why did mr. wo

angela corey here. how does that happen?rida and the country, angela corey has a tendency to overcharge. didn't work out well for her in the zimmerman case. tid work out well in the marissa alexander case. there's a third case. >> what's that? >> this is where she implicitly acknowledges she does overcharge. a 12-year-old boy named christian fernandez in florida accused of killing his younger brother. defense attorneys say it was an accident. angela corey's office say it was violent. they charged him as an adult. 12-year-old in an adult jail. solitary confinement. ultimately angela corey said i never wanted him life in prison. he's serving in a juvenile facility till the age of 19. she said, her office, we didn't want him to get life in prison, even though that's what he was charged with. certainly other attorneys are saying that was an overcharge and she has a tendency to do that. >> incredible. thank you very much. >>> coming up here, what killed this young 31-year-old star, so talented, from "glee"? an autopsy set for tod

. >> corey long learns more details of the case against him. -- >> i used to tell my son that i would go to school and then finally he got to the age where he understood where we really were and he said ma, you're not in school, you're in jail. >> a young woman with a troubled past attempts to become a better parent. what you are looking for to live a more natural life. in a convenient two bar pack. this is nature valley. nature at its most delicious. this is nature valley. help the gulf when we made recover and learn the gulf, bp from what happened so we could be a better, safer energy company. i can tell you - safety is at the heart of everything we do. we've added cutting-edge technology, like a new deepwater well cap and a state-of-the-art monitoring center, where experts watch over all drilling activity twenty-four-seven. and we're sharing what we've learned, so we can all produce energy more safely. our commitment has never been stronger. ♪ >>> from fighting inmates to gang activity and homemade alcohol, the deputies of the santa rita jai

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also next, the shocking death of corey monteith, one of the scars of "glee." reaction as hollywood wakes up to the news. and the first head-to-head race in the america's cup challenger series. we will tell you when those huge catamarans will be back in the water.@ñ >> welcome back, everyone. it is 9:13 on this sunday morning. thank you for waking up and joining us or the abc7 news. this is a live look from our roof cam, showing you how cloudy it still is in san francisco. about 66 degrees for a high today. there's patchy fog in some parts of the bay area. our meteorologist frances dinglasan, in for lisa argen, will be around shortly with a full accuweather forecast. >> developing news, shocking news. "glee" actor corey monteith was found dead yesterday in a hotel in downtown vancouver. this morning his death is stunning co-stars and fans. we have more. ♪ why you look so sad >> he played the football hero in the fox hit "glee" was found dead in his vancouver hotel room saturday at the age of 31. staff became worried when he failed to check out on time, and foun

when corey and i originally formed this committee, our charge was to really create the next generation of tools that's going to allow the science to flourish much more than it has now. most of us who have been in this field for a few decades understand that there is a revolution going on right now. so these tools you've heard mentioned in the show already did not exist eight years ago. opti genetics did not exist eight years ago. some of the ones you will see in just a few minutes did not exist six months ago. and the pace of technological change is so rapid right now that those of us who were traditional spermal scientists have to say whoa, what does it even mean to be an spermal scientist in this day and ajs. we have to think what sperms are possible and it ops up vistas that have just, were unimaginable, charlie, ten years ago. so obama really picked, he was pres cents. he picked an amazing time. i mean it was the right project at the right time because the technologies are enabling and the technological pace of change is going to accelerate over the next five years. >> do i hear yo

angela corey's here.sk angela corey if in jury selection the preemptory challenges, that means you can eliminate so many without giving a reason whatsoever. unless, the u.s. supreme court says, you have exercised against a cognizable class. unless the supreme court says you have exercised against a class. they were found by the judge to have exercised two challenges against white women jurors. they ended up, the judge ended up with those two preemptories receipting those jurors, and you ended up with five white women on that jury. the idea that you're not going to have race enter into this has got to be the single most naive thing i've heard about this case, because, number one, race determines everything in the criminal justice system. there isn't any case that goes through the criminal justice system that's not determined by race. it determines everything. i can explain 90% of all cases, because no theory is 100%, but i can explain 90% of cases, in the criminal justice system, if you understand race, st

corey, let's start with you.ke of the zimmerman verdict, president obama issued a statement which really could be described as a consolation and call for calm. he didn't address the issue of race. as the nation's first black president, should he speak more to the racial divisions caused by this case? >> well, the president is damned if he does and damned if he doesn't. that has been the issue with the president and race since he got into office. i think, you know, his response to the verdict isn't going to do anything to complicate his role in sort of the american sort of racial political debate because he is already in a catch 22 no matter what he does. i think he is really going to be judged, more than anything else, based on what the justice department decide to do regarding whether to file civil rights charges against zimmerman for shooting death of trayvon martin. >> uni vision and telemundo had interviews with the president yesterday and shockingly did not ask the president about this. why did they leave th

. >> as trained, corey hits the emergency pump shut off button.s prevents thousands of gallons of gas beneath the station from adding more fuel to the fire. the driver and all of his passengers flee from the blaze. >> the fire ball was pretty big. when it hit the top of the canopy, it spread half way across. >> in all the excitement, corey relies on his instincts and takes matters into his own hands. >> i ran around the counter. ran outside to the fire extinguisher out there. grabbed the jacket off it. we pulled the pin. >> in less than ten seconds, corey single handedly snuffs the fire, saving the gas station, surrounding home and everyone nearby. >> i don't like to think about what could have happened had i not gotten that fire out when i did. it could have been catastrophic. >> with disaster averted, one question remains, what caused the fire? reviewing the security tape, investigators believe it's caused by gas vapors that had built up near the nozzle. >> one kid leans in where the gas is being pumped, sticks his hand in there, and the next th

angela corey's office prosecuted this. virtually an identical set of circumstances in california, a case like this. a husband, a wife, the gun went off, one shot, nobody hurt. my gal, however, was very pretty, blonde, 40 something-year-old, she did not do one day in jail, not a single day in jail. she was given straight probation and that was the end of that. this woman in florida is doing 20 years, and but for the defense attorneys and to some degree because of what's happened in the notoriety surrounding zimmerman, she may stand a chance getting that case reversed. >> bruce, do you think the notoriety will help? >> i don't think the notoriety is really a factor, quite candidly. we're trying to focus this case just on the facts of what happened in the courtroom in jacksonville. we really think we want to separate ourselves from the political things, all the social things out there, because we think on the merits, as mark said, this case should be reversed. >> angela corey was asked about this on hln and i want to play wha

martin family attorney ben crump, jeffrey toobin, and with us from florida, state attorney angela corey, who prosecuted george zimmerman. i appreciate all of you being with us. [ applause ] ben crump, i want to start off with you. as you heard, i interviewed juror b-37 yesterday and she said that race, in her opinion, was not a factor in this and never came up in the jury deliberation. >> do you feel that george zimmerman racially profiled trayvon martin? do you think race played a role in his decision, his view of trayvon martin as suspicious? >> i don't think he did. i just think circumstances caused george to think that he might be a robber or trying to do something bad in the neighborhood because of all that had gone on previously. there were unbelievable number of robberies in the neighborhood. >> so you don't believe race played a role in this case? >> i don't think it did. if there was another person, spanish, white, asian, if they came in the same situation where trayvon was, i think george would have reacted the exact same way. >> do you believe that? >> well, i watched the int

angela corey's office prosecuted this. had virtually an identical sets in california, husband, wife, the gun went off, one shot, nobody hurt. my gal was very pretty blonde 40 something-year-old. she did not do one day in jail. and not a single day in jail. she was given straight probation and that was the end of that. this poor woman in florida is now doing 20 years and -- but for the pro bono work and to some degree because of what happened in the notoriety surrounding zimmerman, she may actually stand a case to get that case reversed. >> bruce, do you think that will help? >> i don't think the notoriety is a factor quite candidly. we're trying to focus this case on the facts of what happened in the courtroom in jacksonville and we want to separate ourselves from the to lit kill things and social things because on the merits, as mark said, this case should be reversed. >> angela carry worey was asked that. i want to play what she had to say. >> i heard the other day i think someone from the naacp was trashing us for prose

ask angela corey if in jury selection the preemptory challenges, that means you can eliminate so many without reason. unless the supreme court says you have exercised against a class. they were found by the judge to have exercised two challenges against white women jurors. they ended up, the judge ended up with those two preemptories receipting those jurors, and you ended up with five white women on that jury. the idea that you're not going to have race enter into this has got to be the single most naive thing i've heard about this raise. because number one, race determines everything in the criminal justice system. there isn't any case that goes through the criminal justice system that's not determined by race. it determines everything. i can explain 90% of all cases, because no theory is 100%, but i can explain 90% of cases, starting with number one the police. the police traditionally, in the african-american community, they know if you've got a young boy 16 to 25, what you tell them is, you know, hands on 10:00 and 2:00, you say yes, sir, you don't run, you don't do anything. you

so race did come in, but in a very negative way. >> angela corey, you said this case was never aboutace, but you also said trayvon martin was profiled to be a criminal. how do you reconcile those two things? >> many factors go into one human being profiling another human being. >> doesn't race factor into that? >> race could factor into it, but it was not the sole factor, nor were we able to file the race enhancement, our hate crime enhancement under florida law. we believe that the criminal profiling, the wannabe cop, the fact he was armed and should have never gotten out of his car would be enough to prove second degree murder. >> did you believe that race was one of those reasons george zimmerman paid attention to trayvon martin? >> i think it was all of it. i think it could have been clothing. i think george zimmerman felt like no one could walk through his neighborhood without him knowing who you were and where you were going. and we think that he stepped over the boundaries. we said this was always about boundaries. we know that trayvon had no idea who george zimmerman was, but

angela corey even said last night it has never been about race. but the question still comes pup. what role did race play here and what role does it play now for people reacting to this verdict. tim wide joins me now. he wrote the book dear white america, letter to a new minority. tim, thanks for joining us here. before i ask you about the bigger implications of this verdict, what are we getting right here and what are we getting wrong as far as a reaction and the narrative that we have been discussing. >> well, the desire -- this case was about race from the beginning both the actions of george zimmerman and 9d the public reaction. among the reasons he set out after trayvon martin in the first place was because he suspected given the rash of break-ins committed by totally unrelated black males. they also said it was because of suspicious behavior, but he never told us what those were. he was walking slowly, talking to the phone. so race implicated. so it was racial profiling. and secondly, the public reaction. remember, when this case first broke, even before anyone had heard any

corey monteith starred in a movie about someone who was battling with drug addition.why he was cast in the movie, because he had struggled with those demons. cenk: i feel terrible. he started at a young age. we feel terrible for his family, too. when we come back, one final point for you guys. >> bye-bye! >> john: good evening, reaction to the george zimmerman verdict has resulted in a few arrests in los angeles, or as sean hannity puts it angry nergos riot all across america. in concealing her identity, juror b37 totally exposed herself. and even though it is impossible to sue the nsa they are open to hearing criticisms in fact they have wiretapped some of the most

since corey's passing lea has been grieving alongside his family and making appropriate arrangements for him. >>> upcoming concert is expected to make a is traffic nightmare. there are several other major events happening the same day including giants and a's games. concert goers are being encouraged to car pool or take public transit. >>> time now is 4:55. sal, you listening to the justin timberlake 20/20 experience album? >> i do have it on my devices, yes. so i've only listened to that one song suit and tie. the other songs good? >> yeah. >> i will give it a listen. thank you. >>> let's take a look at the commute now. traffic is moving along pretty well on 80 westbound. as you head out to the mccarthur maze. no major problems as you drive out to the maze. right now it's light. looking at chp's list some of the construction and earlier crashes that were pretty severe overnight have been cleared so we are starting off with a fresh slate. looking a the the peninsula 101 and 280 look very good. 280 traffic is moving along nicely. 4:55 let's go to steve. >>> sal, what can i say? i'm an

>> we sat down this afternoon with angela corey, the special prosecutor. while the jury was allowed to consider manslaughter, corey has been criticized for focusing on a murder conviction for the entire trial. did you overcharge when you were pushing for second degree murder? >> i don't think that we overcharged. he killed a young man because he thought he was a criminal. and he should be held accountable for what he did. >> you wanted accountability. a manslaughter conviction would have put zimmerman behind bars. so why not push harder for that? >> in hindsight that might have been something we should have done. we second guess ourselves on trials we win. gosh, i wish i had done a better job at this or that. it's hard to say what could have changed this verdict. >> reporter: are you comfortable with george zimmerman in particular getting his gun back? >> i'm not comfortable with the way george zimmerman went out into the night armed looking for someone he believed was dangerous. if you believe somebody is dangerous enough to call the police, don't get out

it slammed into the runway killing three and injuring dozens of others. >>> corey monoteeth died fromheroin and alcohol. he was found saturday at a hotel. >>> scientists say a newly discovered fossil proves t. rex was a hunter and not skav venger. a tooth was found in a smaller dine sour that indicates he was a predator. i would have to say i agree. >> that's cool. thanks very much. we'll be right back. my asthma's under control. i don't miss out... you sat out most of our game yesterday! asthma doesn't affect my job... you were out sick last week. my asthma doesn't bother my family... you coughed all through our date night! i hardly use my rescue inhaler at all. what did you say? how about - every day? coping with asthma isn't controlling it. test your level of control at asthma.com, then talk to your doctor. there may be more you could do for your asthma. it's hard to believe he was ever sick. but the bills, they just keep coming. you remember the life insurance you bought years ago. it has living benefits that you could use for times like this. ( whispering ) mom, is he sick? no, h

angela corey is known very well down there.nown as a trier of cases. she started off with this case. why didn't she try it. >> well, chris, it would be very rare for a prosecutor to try herself a high profile case like this and she, you know, this whole question of angela corey is an interesting one. she was brought in like a hired gun from an adjacent florida county and there might have been resentment in seminole county. why weren't the locals trying the case? the governor brings in a prosecutor from another county. there's local resentment on that. so i think she assigned it to her top guys and she made the right decision there. the head prosecutor is usually an administrative head of the office as opposed to someone who actually tries the cases. >> and chris, let me weigh in on that. i was in the courtroom watching angela corey. she was in the courtroom every single day seated right behind the state prosecutors here. they are considered her top prosecutors but she was very, very involved in this case. when it came down to a

s office, angela corey. >> and the police in a way. the media, i take um bridge, us in the media blamed for this when photos were finally released, 46 days after we found out about the crime. if they released those earlier, it would have been a different story. >> a major news outlet clipping, editing the 911 call to make it sound like what suspicions about him? he's black. >> so this is a tweet from an ap reporter. ap is supposed to be this news organization, i'm quoting, so can we all kill teenagers now? just checking. >> come on. >> how can you pretend to be some sort of straight reporter. >> you can't. first of all, i thought that was the highlight of mark o'mara's press conference, that part there. i do think a lot of that is true. look, we cover cases, i deal with cases in new york that are so much more compelling. no disrespect top trayvon martin, other people die on a regular basis, victims of crime and we don't blow this up. these were two purple people, if they were green, orange people we wouldn't be sitting here talking abo