panel including ron conway, his a-rod lacey common on the editor and chief not -- sarah lacey, george hugh, and katie jacob stanton, vice president for twitter the road -- now twitter. we will end the program with the mayor's vision of economic growth for 2012 and beyond. 2011 was a year of substantial accomplishment, despite the slow pace of recovery in california, the economic opportunities have helped make sense of cisco a bright spot in california to advancing tax incentives to supporting economy-boosting infrastructure, and the chamber is helping to ensure job creation and steady economic growth in san francisco. the chamber is particularly proud to advance an ongoing pro-business policy agenda in partnership with a coalition of business, labour, and non-profit organizations, and i am pleased that our labour colleagues to join us this morning. geared with our labor colleagues just waved for the audience eminent -- would our labor colleagues just waved for the audience? they are out there. our theme this morning is prosperity to gather. give we helped pass key initiatives, including th

quickly, holly hughes, you said to that? >> if they told georgean that on the 911 tape, trayvon martin would be alive today. >> thank you. trayvon martin's death is reviving some difficult, even painful questions about race in this country. let's talk about it with writer and activist tim weiss, the author of "dear white america." thank you for joining us. i would like to get your reaction to what you just heard, the comments from the new black panthers and the fact that they're getting involved in this case. >> this story is not about the panther part any, but a white police department that has a history of not doing its job when it comes to the killing of black people in that town. this is about law enforcement's obligation to do its job. i think we all know if the shoes had been reversed and a black person trailed a white person into a neighborhood looking for them and that white person jumped on them and ended up killing them, this would have turned out quite a bit different. >> listen to what one of the witnesses to the shooting told cnn's an

police have not charged the shooter, george zimmerman, who claims self-defense. in a conversation with holly hugheswhat happened shocking. >> i don't know why this man has not been arrested. >> that's the first thing you said to me. and you're a former prosecutor. >> exactly. i'm a defense attorney now, but i can look at a situation and say, every report has told us this young man was unarmed. now we hear the tapes and what do the police dispatchers say to george zimmerman? do not follow him. we don't need you to do that. he was given strict instructions to stop following this young man. the police will investigate. instead, he continues to follow him, and this poor child ends up dead. >> people are saying, we don't know who it is on the 911 call. but after the shots, there are no more cries for help. >> ask yourself this, one guy has a gun, and one guy doesn't have a gun. who do you think is yelling for help? this young man goes to the store to buy skittles for his brother and he's shot dead because he looks suspicious? what does that mean, really? >> you've worked these cases. why hasn't he been

police have not charged the shooter george zimmerman who claims self defense. our legal analyst holly hughs calls what happened shocking. >> i don't know why this man hasn't been arrested. >> that's the first thing you said to me. >> i'm a defense attorney now but i can look at a situation and say every report that has come out has told us this young man was unarmed and now we hear the tapes and what did the police dispatcher say to george zimmerman. do not follow him. we do not need you to do that. he is given strict instructions to leave him alone. the police will investigate. instead he continues to follow him and this poor child ends up dead. >> people are saying we don't know who it is on the 911 who's screaming for help. after the shots there are no more cries for help. >> ask yourself this. one guy has a gun and one guy doesn't have a gun. who do you think is yelling for help? come on. this young man goes to the store to buy skittles for his younger brother and next thing he is shot dead because he looks suspicious. really? what does that mean? >> let me ask you, you work these cases

. >> the 14-year-old george mar shul high school was asked to read langston hughes' "ballad of the landlordis the only african-american student in the class. he says the fact he was asked to read it blacker shows racial insensitivity by his teacher. >> it's very unprofessional and should not happen. she didn't do it to any of the other kids, why did she have to do it to me? >> jordan brought it to his mom's attention after a lesson in english this week about stereotypes. the freshman says he was again singled out to explain why african-american people like grape soda and rap music. his mother says she was humiliated for her son. >> we have reached out to the school district and they did send us this statement saying, "marshall high school administrators are taking these allegations seriously and school officials are vigorously pursuing an investigation of these incidents. the school launched the investigation on wednesday immediately after the student's mother made them aware of her concerns." that statement coming from the school district. let's bring in jordan's mom nicole cover page this

george c. marshal high school is accused of a asking an african-american student to read a poem by langston hughes in a, quote, blacker style. the spokeswoman said the incident is being investigated. >>> and on maryland tonight, vandals target graves. and nearly 10% of the graves were damaged and john henrehan has more in the newsroom. >> reporter: in the small town, they call itself the antiques capital of the state. someone in frederick county has little respect for the old headstones and grave markers in the town's cemetery. people have been living in historic new market, maryland, and dieing here also, for more than 200 years. in recent days, many locals have been visiting the new market cemetery to see if the vandals that have struck here over the last two weeks have desecrated or destroyed graves of their family members. shirley young is one of the visitors. >> and who is buried in this cemetariy? >> well, my grandmother, my great grandmother, my great grandfather, my great grandmother. >> she was shirley young's grandmother. >> and she played the piano and liked makeup and smoked cigarettes

coming up i'll speak with criminal defense attorney holly hughes about the potential strategy for george team. but first, our travel insider. reynolds traveled about an hour north of atlanta to check out one of the oldest gold mines in the country. >> let's go. >> reporter: first stop, georgia, the consolidated gold mine in dahlonaga. it is what is below ground that really captures the imagination. you this wasn't dug just yesterday. it's been around since 1898. and this is d. harbor the general manager of the mine. how long have people been digging for gold in this part of world? >> gold was first discovered in 1828 and in just one year 13,000 people showed up looking for gold and it became the first major u.s. gold rush. this is hard rock mining. >> there are other types? >> absolutely. we can grab a gold pan and head out to the rivers and streams. >> reporter: all right. show me how this is done. >> fill it up with water. heavy gold is falling to the bottom. if you do your job right you show a find right there. >> reporter: gold. check it out. i've got sand. >> you better keep your da

george h.w. bush announces his endorsement later on today in hugh houston. >>> rupt mert murdoch is taking steps espn. news corp. could launch a national sports network later this year. >>> the jetblue pilot that had to be wrestled down midair is now facing charges for interfering with his own crew. we're hearing new details about his midair meltdown as well. he scolded air traffic controllers for making too much noise just moments after the flight took off from jfk in new york, then turned off all the radios and said we're not going to vegas and, quote, we need to take a leap of faith. he ran in, yelling about iraq, iran, and jesus and passengers grabbed him and pulled him down. the international president of the association of flight attendants and joins us now live from washington, d.c. thank you so much for being with us this morning. we know that you have a lot of experience dealing with unruly passengers. now we're throwing into the mix your co-workers, the crew. do you have training for situations like this? >> we do. flight attendants go through a rigorous initial training and we go thro

in the "the painter's chair" hugh brought to life the founding fathers of american painting and the a list of george washington. more recently, along with his longtime collaborator, photographer roger straus, he wrote of the houses of the founding fathers in the book with the same name. he and roger are hard at it again in a sequel of sorts to be called houses of the presidents. iso in the hugh, his research trips, should ask him sometime about his visit to bill clinton's boyhood bedroom. hugh is turned his attention to the war of 1812 with his new book, "mr. and mrs. madison's war: america's first couple at the second war of independence." a history book club selection of the month. most of us i suspect have a sort of remembrance of the war of 1812. francis scott key, dolley saving george washington portrait, and that's about it. but, of course, there was a much more complicated affair fought on numerous fronts at a time of considerable political division. we yankees wanted nothing to do with that were. and what a fascinating and diverse cast of characters. chief among them was the diminutive and b

george c. marshall high school said he was reading a langston hughes poem when his teacher interrupted and askedn he refused to continue, the teacher read it herself. the student's teacher complained to administrators. >>> a shooting at a d.c. ihop led organizers to hold a rally. tuesday's march is also in support of a gay man and transgender woman who were also victims of hate crimes. organizers say money raised at the rally will help pay for hospital bills. >>> with this difficult economy, hundreds are hoping to get lucky when it comes to finding a job. yesterday, hundreds came out to hanover for a job fair for the new arundel mills casino. they're looking to fill more than 900 positions, ranging from 2350d service to slot attendants. the casino won't have any live table games, only electronic ones. but if you're interested in applying for the casino, we've got a link on our website. it's nbcwashington.com. just search "as seen on nbc 4." >>> vcu's final four dreams, they have been dashed. hakeem dermish has highlights from their matchup with indiana in this morning's sports. >> good morning,

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george zimmerman went home to go to sleep in his own bed. >> an unarmed teenager shot and killed by someone whose job it is to keep the neighborhood safe. talking law and justice with attorney holly hughes>>> first, among releech organizations scrambling to, first response team of america. this week cnn's rob marciano caught up with him bringing his expertise, help and hope to one devastated community. >> get away from us, lord. take it away. >> reporter: as severe storms tore through the midwest last weekend taking 40 lives, emergency recovery teams scrambled to return to devastated communities across ten states. >> push this forward. >> reporter: among relief workers heading into the destruction zone, cnn hero tad and his first response team of america. >> let's get the debris cleared fluff to get the claw in here. we got here a few hours after the tornado struck this unit. we've cleared the road. provided the light towers. we powered up the grocery store. powered up the gas station, proied essentials that this community needs. >> reporter: since 2007, his team crisscrossed the country providing recovery assistance to thousands of people at 40 disaster sites for free. this week they'v