elaine and david mcclain are with me this morning along with their attorney, matt morgan. mrs. out that your address had been given out on twitter. i'll go with assumption that you're not tweeting regularly. >> i've never tweeted. i don't even text. but the only reason it started to stir our mind about it is we had some reporter and cameraman at our door on sunday asking for george. my husband said we don't have a george that lives here and don't know anyone and then the next day we got hate mail. and then the next day we had many, many cameras coming. >> so you knew something had happened. tell me a little bit about the hate mail, mr. mcclain. what details about hate mail can you tell me? >> it was an envelope addressed with a black magic marker to george zimmerman at our address. on the back of it in a red magic marker it said taste the rainbow. and i guess that's the skittles catch phrase. and then it had a circle with a v on the back of it. i didn't open it. i just didn't really know what to do with it. >> so you obviously started getting very concerned about your safety. wh

but the address belongs to elaine and david mcclain. lee sense apologized and offered to pay for their cost of leaving home. >>> michael gore dan is the police officer who shot the man holding a knife-life weapon. gordon has been on the force since 2005. this is the first time something like this has happened to him. >>> a mistrial in the case of wael ali accused of killing his brother 4.5 years ago. wasel ali was 19 when his body was found. he died from a neck injury. the state is deciding on whether to start all over again. until then ali will remain locked up with a hearing scheduledder next week. >>> from the worst phone call of their life to trials to this day. kevin ryan was hit and kill bid a drunk driver 5 years ago. today that man 26-year-old matthew miller asked a judge to erase his record so he can get a job. ryan's family successfully fought the motion with a help online petition that drew 26 signatures. >> if we didn't have the strong support system and family, then it could have been justices swept under the rug. >> miller

elaine and david mcclain received hate mail. >> we got out of the house. it's just too scary. we are living in a hotel happening to eat our food out and we are afraid to go home. >> they are in their 70s and have a son who is named william george zimmerman and he is no relation to the 28-year-old accused in the death of trayvon marten. >>> things were heated when a illinois congressman bobby rush wore a hoodie protesting the death of trayvon martin. >> just because someone wedoes hoodlum. you have shown. >> the member will suspend. the chair must remind. >> he was kicked off the floor and ushered from the podium. the hoodie violates the dress code for the house. >>> a live picture of the u.s. capitol. the house will vote on a republican budget plan combining big cuts to safety net programs for the poor with a plan to overhaul medicare. we will let you know what happens today. >>> closer to home governor o'malley cast his ballot in the primary election and will do it at public safety training facility on northern parkway. early voting began saturday and ends today. maryland's p

elaine and david mcclain are in their 70s and they have a son named william george zimmerman. he is in no relation in anyway related to the man the 28-year- old accused in the shooting death of trayvon martin. the couple received hate mail and are so afraid to live there they are staying at a hotel. >> we got out of the house. it's just too scary. we got to quit the hatred and vengeance and look on the inside of people and quit looking at the outside of people. it's just sad the reaction that have been going on. we are living in a hotel. >> they have accepted the apologies but they do want a retraction about that tweet with an apology attached and they have hired an attorney. >>> and things got heated on the house floor yesterday when illinois congressman bobby rush put on a hoodie in protest of trayvon martin's death. look at what happened. >> just because someone wears a hoodie does not make them a hoodlum. >> the member will suspend. the chair must re-- >> he was ckd off the house floor and taken away by a clerk. hoodie had violation for the house dress cold. several law ma

neighborhood watch captain who shot and killed trayvon martin, instead the address belonged to david mcclain. they said the first indication was wrong, a reporter knocked on their door asking for george. >> the next day on monday we got some hate mail and on tuesday we found out about everything that has been on twitter and it has been very scary for us. >> now the couple lived about four miles from george zimmerman. the person who originally tweeted their address has also apologized. >>> when you go to a san francisco home game, you might see something new. the team is bringing in a red tailed hawk to fly around the park. they wanted to chase around page johns looking for -- page johns looking -- pigeons looking for food. >>> now he is going into the pro basketball hall of fame. donald nelson will be formally announced as part of the latest induction class this weekend. he will be there over 31 seasons as head coach for the knicks, the bucks and the mavericks but he never led it to a title as a coach. >>> a breaking new story we first told you about, right there, an airport security scare w

turns out to be the address of a home owned by elaine and david mcclain. they said the media and hate mail forced them to check into a hotel. the mcclain's attorney says his clients have been compensated and the matter is closed. >>> ap.al greed to work with foxcon to substantially improve conditions for its factory in china. it comes in response to an investigation by the fair labor association that found dozens of labor violations at chinese plants that make apple's products. foxcon defied industry codes of conduct having employees work more than 60 hours a week and 11 days straight without a break. >>> apple may have a new competitor in the tablet market. google will sell android tablets by summer, google trying to slow apple's massive market share with the ipad. sources say asus and samsung are potential partners to be co-branded with the google mark and sold in an online store. >>> no one is saying whether they cut any kind of deal but it's been confirmed that mitt romney and newt gingrich had a private meeting last weekend in louisiana, it happened i

zimmerman doesn't live there, elaine and david mcclain, a couple in their 70s do. after receiving hate mail, they ended up moving to a hotel and spike lee posted a message on twitter reading i deeply apologize to the mcclain family for retweet their address. it was a mistake. please leave the mcclain's in peace. >>> support and crit symptom for a u.s. congressman's decision to wear a hood oat house floor. the representative of illinois received a reprimand for wearing the sweatshirt on wednesday. hats and hoods are banned in the house. he said he was wearing the hood to show that wearing a hood doesn't mean you're a thug. >> i think that bobby rush deserves a great deal of credit for the courage he had to go to the floor in a hood knowing that he would be put, told he was out of order, and he quickly left the floor. he didn't -- he was not contentious about it. >> we expect all members to follow the rules. the rules make it clear that members are to be on the floor in proper business attire. >> his son was killed in a shooting in 1999, and he's been an advocate of

elaine and david mcclain. they said they had to leave their house.ike lee did call to apologize and spike lee agreed to compensate the mcclains. he also sent out a new message on twitter that read i deeply apologize to the mclain family. it was a miss take. please leave the mcclains in a peace, justice in court. >> shepard: a judge says virginia tech did not break the law after all during the deadly school shooting massacre. he is throwing out a $55,000 fine against virginia tech. as you recall, back in 2007 a gunman killed 32 people and then killed himself. feds fined the school claiming it waited too long to tell the students about the threat. the judge says the warning went out in a reasonable amount of time. just two weeks ago the parents of two victims won a multimillion dollars lawsuit against the university. >>> mitt romney wins one of the most influencial republicans on capitol hill. there l. it seal the nomination. in. >>> the supreme court likely voted today on the healthcare law. of course, they didn't call us up with the info. we will get

elaine and david mcclain say they have a son named william george zimmerman who lived with them in theid-1990s. the mcclains say they had to go to a hotel to get away from the hate mail and the media. spike lee tweeting last night, i deeply apologize to the mcclain family for retweeting their address. it was a mistake. please leave the mcclains in peace. >>> a new satellite aimagery shows increased activity here. the launch is expected between april 12th and april 16th. it would, of course, violate several u.n. resolutions as well as a recent agreement with the u.s. to end its income ambitions in exchange for food. >>> rupert murdoch's news corp. is reportedly working on a national u.s. sports network to compete with espn. news corp. is already acquiring broadcast rights from tv carriers and sports organizes and could launch later this year. for an expanded look at all of our top stories, head to cnn.com/earlystart. ladies? >>> all right. thank you so much, christine. let's head over to rob marciano and check the travel weather. >> we start you off with what's going to happen across th

elaine and david mcclain.st covers their hotel bills. "showbiz tonight" spoke to them yesterday. they said they were too scared to go to work and go home. hopefully, this will wrap this up. they do say, though, they accept spike's apology and they believe he was sincere. >> michelle turner, thanks so much in los angeles. >> sure. >> make sure you are in the loop on all the entertainment news from hollywood and beyond, watch "showbiz tonight" 11:00 p.m. on hln. >>> he calls himself the poor chef and he's on a mission to end diabetes by changing people's diets on a budget that they can work with. no matter where you go. no matter what you do. when you're living with moderate to severe crohn's disease, there are times it feels like your life... revolves around your symptoms. if you're tired of going around in circles, it may be time to ask your gastroenterologist about humira. because with humira, remission is possible. humira has been proven to work for adults who have tried other medications... but still experi

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. >> reporter: meanwhile, innocent bystanders like david and elaine mcclain of sanford have gotten caught the national outrage. the mcclains have a son named william george zimmerman. director spike lee has apologized for retweeting the mcclains' address as the home of the george zimmerman who killed trayvon martin. some of lee's 250,000 followers have posted hostile messages. the mcclains have moved out. >> i don't even know if i have enough words. it's past devastating. it's scary. it's really scary. because we're afraid for our lives. >> reporter: lee's apology said the retweet was a mistake. please leave the mcclains in peace. as another celebrity, comedian roseanne barr is hearing some criticism from her twitter followers after she tweeted the actual address of george zimmerman's parents. at first, she said it's important to let people know that no one can hide. she then deleted the message saying vigilantism killed trayvon and i don't support that. the zimmerman family remains in hiding. >> all right, ron allen in sanford, florida, thanks so much. >>> and we have a lot of other top