that is miami at bay front park there, downtown miami.or the slain teen, trayvon martin. people are gathering there to show support for the teen's parents and demand the arrest of the man who says he shot and killed martin in sanford, florida, north of miami. civil rights leaders, members of congress and celebrities are all taking part there in that rally in downtown miami. >>> meantime, we've got much more straight ahead in the newsroom. done l don lemon is here. >> how this has grown. it has really grown from a local story in sanford, florida, to around the country. every day there seems to be some other thing. and so much emotion for this. fred, i'm going to show you this. we're going to -- what we're going to do on my show is we're going to try to get away from the emotion, because everyone is so excited about this. this is a police report. this is what they call the event report. everything in here, and some things that are not in here, will tell you exactly what happened. it says, when you look at this, first officer dispatched. 7:1

>> reporter: and again today, thousands came to downtown miami.ionally recognized civil rights leaders continuing their call for relentless peaceful pressure, to charge the white man who killed a black teenager. zpl don't talk to us about violence! handcuff the violent one! >> nobody has the right to kill anybody. >> reporter: 28-year-old george zimmerman says he shot and killed trayvon in self-defense after the two scuffled and in 911 calls, there's some uncertainty. what soupds like muffled screams can be heard moments before a gun shot. >> he's yelling help? >> yes. >> what is your -- >> gun shots. >> reporter: was that george zimmerman or trayvon martin? two forensic experts who analyzed the calls claim various voice recognition technologies allow them to say with certainty those screams were not from zimmerman. one expert, to tells nbc news i similar to what the cia used. u89% accurate. zimmerman's lawyer spoke today with ron allen. >> what's your reaction to that? >> i have no comment. >> reporter: attorney craig saunter went on to say he's

thousands are expected to rally here in downtown miami later today in support of 17-year-old trayvon martin. he is the young boy who grew up here in south florida, but was visiting his father in central florida when he was shot and killed. >> come on, come on, come on! >> reporter: at the south florida park -- >> there you go, there you go. >> reporter: -- where trayvon martin, seen in these newly released photos shared by friends, once ran his football drills -- >> trayvon martin on three. one, two, three! >> trayvon martin! >> reporter: the 17-year-old's death has left those who knew him best confused. >> it should have never really happened in the first place. >> reporter: over the years, 15-year-old mikko lorez was one of few white faces on trayvon's football team, an hispanic teenager who says his dad taught him someone's color doesn't matter. but now with his black friend dead and the white hispanic gunman free, he's not so sure. >> i don't make sense of it. i just feel like it never should have happened in the first place. you know, he was a good kid. he should never have take

it's in downtown miami in the heart of little havana on the site of the old orange bowl stadium. it was built by primarily taxpayer dollars from miami and miami-dade county, predominantly latin american and they brought ozzie guillen in for the express purpose of helping them build a new fan base around the latin american community. so, you know, this is all now exploded in their faces literally. >> is there anything that he can do to make amends here to rebuild his reputation with miami's cuban community? >> reporter: i was talking to dan, a long time miami herald columnist, he has a talk show radio show here and he is cuban-american, and he said that many of the younger cuban-americans like himself will likely forgive and forget. the older cuban-american who is lived through the atrocities of fidel castro, who they compared to their, quote, their adolf hitler, that's going to be a really, really tough sell. he said what he said and he can't take it back no matter how many apologies he makes. >> is there anybody who is saying he has a right to say what he feels, what he believes

they are stomping on the marlins pennant in downtown miami in little havana. that's only played one game in the new stadium so far. so a lot offense-mending to do. carol? >> wow. didn't the marlins management know this about ozzie guillen? it is certainly not the first time he has said slg that upsso that upset people. >> reporter: clearly, this he knew who they were getting when they got ozzie guillen. here are a few of his past transgressions. in june of 2006, he calls a columnist a homosexual slur. he is find and took sensitivity training. in may, 2010, he calls an umpire an expletive. he is fined $7,000. in april, just last year, 2011, he is suspended for two games for tweeting during games. now, he is a big tweeter. we all know that but the fact is you cannot have any electronic devices by major league baseball rules in the dugout during a game. those are just three. the list goes on. but this one is really at the top. one thing interesting, carol, he has never been apologetic in the past for anything he has said or done. in this case, he has been very co

. >>> several thousand people gathered at a rally in downtown miami yesterday.rman back in february. trayvon's mother says one of the goals of the rally was not only to demand justice, but also to let people know what her son was really like. >> we just want the public to know that he was a regular terge, that he was respectable and he was loved by his family and his friends. >> family friend jerome horton was trayvon's former high school football coach. he also attended the rally yesterday. let me ask you, first, about that rally. how did it go? how was it? >> oh, it was amazing. just the fact of seeing that many people come together in one place just for trayvon was great. >> tell me a little bit more about trayvon. his mom spoke a little bit about him at the rally but i think for a lot of people who are outside of the case, they are trying to understand what this young man was like. give me a little more insight and information about him. >> trayvon was -- he was an excellent, smart kid. i mean, he loved to smile. he loved music. he loved airplanes. for some

kerry sanders is is live in downtown miami where a protest is planned today.hat is what is the newspaper reporting? >> reporter: okay. first of all, the "orlando sentinel" reached out to two experts, audio experts who can listen to 911 calls or other sorts of recordings and make conclusions based on those. now, we've spoke on the both of those experts. the paper said that what they discovered, and now that i've spoke on the both experts, we now know that they came to the conclusion that the screams on the 911 call were those of somebody other than zimmerman. again, this is what the experts are telling nbc news. tom owen, a forensic consultant, his company is owen forensic service, he uses a technology which is similar he claims to what the nsa and the cia do. he gets a sample of george zimmerman's voice. he did that because george zimmerman dialed into 911 and identified himself, so he has that. he takes that and puts it in a computer and eliminates all of other conversations from in this case the 911 operator and butts it all together. then he takes the screa

their new retractable roof, a downtown stadium, opens like only miami can with brazilian dancers.and the much publicized aquarium located behind home plate in a unique statue located behind the left-field fence that will go off when a maryland player home runs. that did not happen tonight because they are losing 4/1 in the bottom of the ninth. a gets excited for the forty- niners stadium in what could be a possible shared stadium. they don't really need to do the fish tank. but he would not be opposed to the brazilian dancers. >> i will offer my skills as a sculptor if they really want something classic. >> exactly, something tasteful. >> without fish. >> were dancers. but it is quite a spectacle down there. opening night. it is miami! >> very colorful like that. [ male announcer ] can't get to sleep? can't stay asleep? clinically proven unisom helps you fall asleep faster and stay asleep so you wake rested. [ inhales, exhales ] [ announcer ] cigarettes are not just dangerous when they're smoked. [ rat squeaking ] they're dangerous long after. cigarette butts are toxic. they relea

downtown. 72 in gaithersburg. 70 in manassas. it's 70 across the divide over in oakland. baseball forecast. the nats are hosting the miami marlins. i want to say florida. miami marlins. a great night for baseball. tomorrow a special event at the park. go to our website, wusa9.com and check out my blog and i'll explain it. tonight, partly to mostly cloudy. mild, we stay dry. winds out of the south at 10. we'll come back and put the numerical figures on just how much rain could fall here between now and sunday afternoon. >>> thanks, topper. sky 9 was over the scene of a bad crash about an hour ago in upper marlboro. it happened around 3:30 on route 202 in black swan drive. two people were rushed to the hospital in critical condition. investigators now trying to find the cause. sky 9 was also over a deadly accident shutting down the dulles access road today. the one vehicle crash happened during the morning rush hour in the westbound lanes near the beltway. one person was killed. two others were taken to the hospital. the crash tied up traffic on both the airport only road and the dulles toll road for literally hours. inves

downtown baltimore. it is onto opening day tomorrow. the marlins christened their new stadium on the side of the old orange baowl. that is not a picture. that is the skyline of miamifreese. 2-0. kyle lohse took a no-hitter into the seventh inning. this is a double play. finally something to cheer about. the cardinals win for the new manager. negotiations continue between the ravens and joe flacco and ray rice. the ravens preseason schedule is out. they start the preseason on the road in atlanta. the first home game is against the lions. the coach of the lions returns to baltimore. home against jacksonville. they and the preseason on the road against the rams. you can see the other three games on wbal-tv 11. college lacrosse. towson. the tigers remembered ryan bailey, the student who lost his life. umbc comes out in gold. umbc up 1-0. towson has a new coach and they come right back. 1-1. back and forth all night. towson wins. they scored the last four goals. the regular-season nfl schedule comes out in a couple of weeks. >> use it the weekend after labor day -- usually the weekend after labor day. >> wednesday september 5, the start of the season. >> the police dep

ironically brandy moved here from downtown orlando to provide a safer environment for her 14-year-old son. trayvon was visiting at his dad's insistence to get him away from miamifter a third suspension from school. this time for possession of a bag with traces of marijuana. >> it was a quiet neighborhood, peaceful. that's why i moved here. >> now apparently zimmerman told police that the reason he was out on patrol was because there had been a rash of threats in this community. did you hear about that? >> i haven't heard anything about that. don't know -- no knowledge of that. >> so you don't believe that? >> no, i don't. >> 28-year-old george zimmerman, a zealous neighborhood watch captain who pestered police with a rash of 911 calls, frequently complained of children habitually playing in the streets and four of six calls zimmerman described a suspicious young black man. >> it was as rainy day like today when george zimmerman spotted trayvon martin walk through this townhouse complex. it was right at this intersection that george zimmerman followed trayvon along this path that he said was going behind people's property. >> the walks are behind the buildings.