my heroes, people like george martin and quincy jones they of -- a legacy of great music.ears to eight years of records that could be considered important. that is all i want to do. i want to get better as a producer and an arranger. charlie: here's a clip. it was shot entirely using smartphones. entirely. ♪ charlie: wow. that is amazing. the notion of shooting with a smartphone. mark: we spent it on beer. director shoots a lot of covers for rolling stone, he said, i want to do this on iphone. i like the idea of doing something a bit different than everyone else. charlie: this is you and lady gaga talking, burning down the house. also on iphone. ♪ ♪ charlie: tell me about that. mark ronson: so i have been working for the last few months with lady gaga on the upcoming record. i was blown away by the talent in her voice. i think the opportunity came with the met, she has never played guitar. she is great on the piano, but guitar is something she is learning for this record. she is such a fast learner. and as a performer, she is insane. so i know she could have carried it any

and i was kind of saying, those heroes like lindsay and george martin, they are currently studying toter. that is what i want to do. i would be happy if 10 years from now i am still working and deciding artists. charlie: thank you for coming in. back in a moment, stay with us. ♪ ♪ charlie: michael eric dyson is here. he is a political analyst at msnbc. his new book is called "the black presidency, president obama and the politics of race in america." his relationship with the black community and more. it will help you understand the complex puzzle of race. i am pleased to have michael eric dyson back at this table. so you had mr. isaacson endorsing your book. michael eric dyson: a couple of people. he said very kind words. charlie: and julius, i like cam. the account of barack obama and the race is riveting. essential for trying to understand the promise and pitfalls of america's racial maze. tell me what you hope to a, was with this. michael eric dyson: i want people to understand how people -- how race has been used for and against obama since he entered office and then to step back

but i think that my heroes, people like george martin, quincy jones, you know, they have decades andah, and a legacy of great music. maybe i have a best self tone eight years of having made records that could be considered important or that people like. but i just, it's all i want to do and just get better as a producer and arranger and do that. >> this is a clip from summer breaking featuring kevin parker. it was shot entirely using smartphones. entirely. >> entirely. ♪ the sky. ♪ ♪ you get high. >> rose: wow. >> i mean that's amazing tow moo. >> rose: we talked about it, this notion of shooting with a smartphone. >> yeah. >> rose: we penlt is on beer. i can't remember. it is amazing. and theeo one of the director, he shoots coverage for rollingsp coming director. he said i want to do this on an iphone. i liked the idea of just doing something a bit different than everyone else. >> rose: this is you and lady gaga performing talking heads burning down the house at the met. >> oh wow. >> rose: here it is. >> also a nice. >> rose: also an iphone. hard life. ♪ you might get what you're

but i think my heros, people like george martin, quincy jones, they have decades and decades -- >> great legacy of great music. maybe i have a best seven to eight years of having made records that could be considered important or people like. but i just-- it's all i want to do and just get better as a producer and arranger and do that. >> rose: a revival of "blackbird" is currently playing on broadway. it is the story of a man confronted by a woman with whom he'd had a relationship with she was a minor. it has been nominated for three tony awards including best leading actress in a revival for michelle williams and best leading actor for jeff daniels. >> originally had done it in 2007 at manhattan theater club off broadway. i left it feeling i had done what i was supposed to do with it, and when scott rudein called and say let's bring it to broadway, usually it's been there, done that, but i hadn't done it right. >> rose: you see it new then. >> yes. >> rose: with fresh eyes? >> well, there's more clarity for me. what i didn't have before and what i have now is the addiction, the powerle

george zimmerman is auctioning off the gun he used to kill trayvon martin. george zimmerman in his own words. welcome back to "early start." i'm john berman. >> i'm christine romans. a big day on capitol hill for donald trump and the republican party. trump meets with the highest ranking elected official in the party. house speaker paul ryan. now many republicans are pushing ryan to fall in line behind trump or risk fracturing the party going into the general election. cnn's sara murray has the latest from washington. >> reporter: good morning, john and christine. will there be party unity in the gop or not so much? today might be the day that gives us the best indication so far. this is the day donald trump travels to washington to meet face-to-face with house speaker paul ryan after ryan said he wasn't ready to endorse trump. he said the two need to get to know each other a little bit. today is an opportunity for them to do that in d.c. what we have already seen is trump supporters starting to lay the ground work so supporters have been reaching out to pau

he said me, dan, george martin, the writer, a couple of producers at hbo, and now you know.t tell your dad. you can't tell your brother, you can't tell your friends. >> jimmy: no one knew. >> no one knew. >> jimmy: you didn't tell anyone else? >> i told mom and dad straight away. >> oh, yeah, of course. lll >> jimmy: mom and dad yeah. you got to tell mom and dad, yeah, exactly. but besides them, no one else knew? >> no one else. well, my girlfriend knew. a few people knew quite quickly. lhlh >> jimmy: this is awful. you're awful at this. >> they're all very trusted people. >> jimmy: they are? >> yeah, but no member of the public. >> jimmy: no stranger. >> no stranger. well, that's not strictly true. lll >> jimmy: you told a a stranger that you were alive? >> well, okay, one policeman knew. there's a story behind it. i was going -- i was driving back to my parent's house and i was driving too fast. i was being a bit naughty. i was going over the speed limit. >> jimmy: yeah. i heard the sirens go off behind me. and this policeman comes up, pulls me over and i'm a bit sheepish,

george zimmerman selling the gun he shot trayvon martin with. >> reporter: tonight, the internet strikes back. trolls with mocking names like "racist mcshootface" jamming george zimmerman's gun auction. zimmerman set the opening bid for the handgun he used to kill trayvon martin in 2012 at $5,000. he described the gun as a "piece of american history," using pictures from his 2013 murder trial. he was acquitted. earlier, zimmerman was reached by phone, dismissing his critics. >> they're not going to be bidding on it so i couldn't care less about them. >> reporter: and then they did start bidding, by the dozens. with names like weedlord and stonewall mccracker triggering a fictitious bidding war with offers topping $65 million. so many hijacked the account that the website, united gun group, a small website with a big-sounding name, creaked to a stop under the immense traffic. zimmerman has also vowed to use proceeds to bring on the demise of groups like black lives matter and the policies of people like hillary clinton. we know of one legitimate bid, a man from georgia who says he wants t

a play inspired by the death of 17-year-old trayvon martin at the hands of george zimmerman four years>> (gunfire). >> the ballad of trayvon martin. the balance -- freedom theater in north philadelphia presents the balance laughed trayvon martin directed by -- >> i hope that people are inspired to know that until rev true acknowledgment of our shared painful pasts we cannot reconciliation. >> reporter: the play intertwines the death of 14-year-old emmitt till back in 1955 in the segregated south with martin's death decades later it. >> connects the spirit of emma till who was killed in the '50's and trayvon martin just to show that it's still happening to our young men. >> reporter: lisa is bring are had he her 99-year-old daughter to the show. >> i'm very empathetic toward the family. i see the mom. i still see the sorrow and the family's, um, expression and there's nothing i can do but the only thing i could do is just come out and support the family and come see the show. >> ♪ >> reporter: powerful play is brought to live by young philadelphia actors like 16-year-old amir randall wh

a play inspired by the death of 17-year-old trayvon martin at the hands of george zimmerman four years. >> (gunfire). >> the ballad of trayvon martin. the balance -- freedom theater in north philadelphia presents the balance laughed trayvon martin directed by -- >> i hope that people are inspired to know that until rev true acknowledgment of our shared painful pasts we cannot reconciliation. >> reporter: the play intertwines the death of 14-year-old emmitt till back in 1955 in the segregated south with martin's death decades later it. >> connects the spirit of emma till who was killed in the '50's and trayvon martin just to show that it's still happening to our young men. >> reporter: lisa is bring are had he her 99-year-old daughter to the show. >> i'm very empathetic toward the family. i see the mom. i still see the sorrow and the family's, um, expression and there's nothing i can do but the only thing i could do is just come out and support the family and come see the show. >> ♪ >> reporter: powerful play is brought to live by young philadelphia actors like 16-year-old amir randall

. $65 million for the gun used to kill trayvon martin? george zimmerman ignites a bogus bidding war. >>> and, blinded by a workplace accident. so why is this man driving a boat towing water skiers? the big business of disability fraud, and how you're paying for it. >>> good evening. i'm tom llamas, in for david. thank you for joining us on this friday night. we begin with a bizarre twist in the race for president. donald trump accused of once pretending to be his own media spokesperson. the voice in a phone interview describing his love life and fortune. trump denying that's him on tape. tonight, you be the judge. at the same time, he's fiercely standing by his decision not to release his taxes until an audit is completed. snapping when asked about his taxes, saying, quote, "it's none of your business." jon karl starts us off tonight. >> reporter: today, a voice from the past is coming back to haunt donald trump, and it sounds a heck of a lot like his own voice. >> what's your name again? >> john miller. >> reporter: it's a tape recording of a 1

it i victoria beckham and david, ricky martin, george lopez, felicity huffman and katy perry. maybe she will bring orlando as her plus one. she instagramed her view morning but shares it all on social. to her walk down the aisle. come on, the 41-year-old almost snapchated her surprise proposal in dubai. >> i was like look at the camera and then i was like drinking champagne in the desert. oh my gosh. i should probably stop snapchating my engagement. but it wasgreat. >> let me see that ring. >> oh my goodness. >> did he get down one knee. >> of course. he did the whole thing. he had to rehearse some stuff that ha it was really memorable. >> so just who is eva's fiancee? well the 47-year-old reportedly worth a cool 12 million as president of latin's america's largest media company. he's a divorce father but eva calls his three kids a, quote, gift. another wedding secret we're hearing bestie victoria might be designing the bride'gown. this is eva's third i do so not sure if she'll still wear white and as for reaction from her hollywood friends. >> congrats. have an awesome weddin

martin trending? why is it always george zimmerman? >> yes.by the way, i would just add in the audience, people were emoding in black. (applause) >> they're sick of this, too! it's like this man keeps popping up and the people who support him, i do not understand. and they want to gun control, and their right to bear arms, no, it's not. >> no. , it's not! it's about racism! pure and simple! (applause) >> i tell you what, i know this much, that if treyvon had been a white child and george zimmerman had been a black man -- >> come on. -- and even if he had ended up being acquitted with the stand-your-ground law, they never in h a million years would have given him back the gun. never in a million years. (applause) >> i don't understand why this was pt punished as a -- wasn't punished as a hate crime. >> larry:. >> larry: it wasn't punished at all. >> because he was protected under stand your ground. but does florida have hate crime laws? >> larry: you have manatees in florida. >> isn't there a shark that can attack him or something? >> when you

grim side of american life in the hands of this man in the murder case against george zimmerman for shooting trayvon martin in 2012. >> what do you recognize that to be? >> that would be the handgun, magazine and holster i remove. >> reporter: this web page called it an american firearm icon. the ad rejected by the host site minutes before it went live. more than 200,000 people browsed the page and later thursday, another website offered the gun for sale. zimmerman spoke to the orlando fox station. >> reporter: what is your reaction to the people who may not approve of this going on auction? >> they're not going to be bidding on it. so i couldn't care less about them. zimmerman was a neighborhood watch captain who followed martin one night in sanford, florida. they faced off and witnesses testified that martin attacked and beat zimmerman who then shot and killed the unarmed martin. zimmerman claimed self-defense. the jury believed him. >> we the jury find george zimmerman not guilty. >> reporter: zimmerman says he has no qualms about selling the gun. >> what i've decided to do is not cower. i'm a free amer

. >>> this morning, the gun george zimmerman used to kill trayvon martin in 2012 goes back on the auction block. george zimmerman will try to sell the handgun after the failed attempt last week. he says the new auction will begin on the united gun group site at 9:00 a.m. eastern time. the starting bid is $100,000. >>> if you are flying this morning, good luck. lines at security check points are longer than ever. that means a lot of frustrated travellers. >> we were in security for two hours. we ran to our gate and it was three minutes shy of the door closing. we got a hotel and are back. we hope to make this one. >> i got here two and a half hours early. it still wasn't enough time. i had to go back to my friend's place and try again this morning. >> so what will the crush at security points ease? some time the summer. jeh johnson says it is a matter of money. >> we're working with congress to get tsa more funding. long approved a reprogramming of 34 million of overtime and hiring of more. with omb we are evaluating whether more will be necessary. >> secretary johnson is hoping to have 76

martin. bidding for george zimmerman's weapon appears to have been hijacked by fake accounts posting astronomically high bids. a $56 million bidusing the name face." shootinghe gun in the death of trayvon martin in 2012. as the race for the white house continues, likely gop candidate donald trump's taxes are being called into question. when asked what his tax rate was this morning, he told george it was none of his business. releasehe intends to his returns after an irs at it -- audit was complete. delays on the red line this morning as metro's extensive repair plan gets a major revision. sam sweeney is live at the friendship heights metro station with more. sam: another day and another delay for metro. this time it was that the red line. problem.g insulator metro officials were able to get it cleared up in just a few minutes, but it happened during the rush-hour commute and it slowed things up in both directions on the red line. the federal government recently sent a letter to the metro that the red line needs to be replaced immediately. along with portions of the blue, orange, and silver lines, f

george zimmerman is auctioning off the gun he used to kill trayvon martin. you will hear his words ahead. good morning. welcome to "early start." i'm john berman. >> i'm christine romans. it is thursday, may 12th. 5:00 a.m. in the east. this is a big day on capitol hill for the republican party and donald trump. in hours, donald trump meets with the highest ranking elected official in his party. house speaker paul ryan. a week ago on cnn, ryan refused to endorse the republican nominee yet. now many republicans are pushing ryan to fall in line behind trump or risk fracturing the party. cnn's sara murray has the latest from washington. >> reporter: good morning, john and christine. will there be party unity in the gop or not so much? today might be the day that finally gives us our best indication so far. this is the day when donald trump is going to be traveling to washington to meet face-to-face with house speaker paul ryan. that is after the house speaker said he wasn't quite ready to fall in line and endorse donald trump. now he said since then the two nee

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. >>> the gun purportedly used to kill trayvon martin has apparently been sold for nearly $140,000. george zimmerman who was acquitted for martin's death in 2013 put the gun up for auction online. the high bidder used the handle john smith, and the website said zimmerman is still verifying payment after fake bidders interfered with the auction. >>> how would you like to have $60 million wrapped around your finger. the most expensive diamond in the world selling for over $58 million. it's a 14.6 carat blue diamond named after an empire that gave it to his wife as a gift. >>> the 100-year-old woman proving it's never too late to wind up in the sports record books. mayor libby schaaf takes on donald trump. his controversial comments she's not taking lightly. ===raj/take vo=== plus, our exclusive interview with w/ bryan stow. the promise he made to the people who helped him recover after his beating. ===raj/next close=== >>> finally tonight, an athlete that shattered a record getting back on her feet to show everyone she's the fastest and one more thing, she happens to be 100 years old. >> rep

. >>> overnight, the bid for the gun that killed trayvon martin exceeded $1 million. georgerman who used the pistol to kill martin is trying to sell it on auction websites. zimmerman's ad was pulled by two sites but apparently reinstated. zimmerman was acquitted in martin's 2012 death. he explained the sale to station wofl. >> what i've tried to do is not cower. i'm a free american. and i can do what i'd like with my possessions. >> zimmerman says he will use proceeds to support various causes including what he calls violence by the black lives matter movement and defeating hillary clinton. >>> overseas now, more violence in iraq and top al qaeda leaders killed. at least 13 people were killed when three gunman opened fire at a cafe north of baghdad. 15 others were wounded. the gunman opened fire with machine guns for about ten minutes before speeding off. later a suicide bomber killed four security person nell northern iraq. >>> hezbollah of lebanon today announced the death of its top military commander. the shiite militants said that he was killed by an explosion in damasc

martin's death. abc's matt gutman on the controversy, making that money off of a weapon. >> and i didn't think i hit him. >> reporter: george zimmerman really wants to sell the gun he used to kill trayvon martin. this morning, his auction page hearding the sale of an american firearm icon rejected by the host sight just minutes before it went live. but not before more than 200,000 people perused the page, replete with pictures of the gun taken during zimmerman's 2013 murder trial for the death of martin. zimmerman was acquitted. zimmerman telli ining the orlan fox station. >> i'm a free american. i can do what i'd like with my possessions. >> reporter: then, this afternoon, the same exact offer popping up on this gun website. zimmerman writing he was, quote, honored and humbled to sell the gun. opening build? $5,000. zimmerman even suggesting it should be displayed at the sit sewn yan. the washington, d.c. museum shot that down, tweeting that it has no plans to ever collect or display it. david, zimmerman writing that part of the proceeds will go to fighting his perceived enemies, including hillary clinton. only problem is,

us talking about one of the big stories trending on twitter with george zimmerman set to auction off the gun he used to shoot trayvon martin back in february of what year was that 2014? i think, yes. very interesting. >> and very controversial. george zimmerman saying a lot politically about it, we'll get into that in just a minute. first we turn to the weather, this thursday morning, sue serio, nice weather ahead. >> yes, and nice to remove the umbrella from bus stop buddy's little hand today. not going to need it it looks like. cross your fingers. the rain moved further to the south. so we have just the fox 29 sweatshirt, nice cap, cloudy, dry, temps mostly in the 50's this morning, and there you see, any rain we dough have from that front has moved further south. we had little overnight. but it looks like not much. maybe see little bit of green there, in kent county, delaware, but it shouldn't amount to anything, and here in philadelphia, it is dry as well, in fact the sun trying to burn through the clouds again, just like yesterday. official sunrise time coming up 5:48. 57 degrees at the moment. and 42 our chilly spot

. >>> the gun purportedly used to kill trayvon martin has apparently been sold for nearly $140,000. george who was acquitted for martin's death in 2013 put the gun up for auction online. the high bidder used the handle john smith, and the website said zimmerman is still verifying payment after fake bidders interfered with the auction. >>> a dramatic rescue caught on camera in alaska. dash cam footage of several people, including the police officer, coming to the aid of a man pinned underneath an suv during a crash. smoke pouring out, using all their might together, they were able to tip the vehicle just enough and the man to escape right before the entire suv burst into flames. >>> how would you like to have nearly $60 million wrapped around your finger? the oppenheimer blue is now the most expensive diamond in the world. selling at auction today for $58 million. it's a 14.6 carat blue diamond named after the late chairman of the debiers empire who gave it to his wife as a gift. >>> when we come back here this evening, the 100-year-old woman who is proving these guys represent blood cells.

a second auction site seems to have backed out of selling the gun george zimmerman used to kill trayvon martinthe gun was first yanked from gun broker.com yesterday morning. and just as auction was set to begin, it was then listed on another website, but that sale was called off last night. zimmerman had said he wanted to use some of the money to fight violence against police by black lives matter. >>> and some roller coaster ridesers got quite the scare at a busch gardens in tampa. 60 people were strand ford more than two hours. all the riders were safely evacuated. park officials say the ride won't open till they figure out what went wrong. >>> you remember that solar-powered plane that's been crisscrossing the country? it has landed in oklahoma overnight. the latest stop on what the pilots hope will be an around the world journey. >> the aircraft touched down in tulsa after an 1-hour flight from phoenix after oklahoma, the plane is expected to make at least one more stop in the u.s. before crossing the atlantic lug. >> should make it to jfk in the next couple of weeks. >> the ideal flight s

george zimmerman auctioning off the gun used to kill trayvon martin calling the weapon a piece of american history. >> breaking news in the death of joan rivers, late word of a settlement between the doctors and her daughter, melissa. >>> an alarming rise in strokes, striking people in 20s, 30s and 40s. why is it happening? the risk factors everyone should be aware of. nightly news begins right now. >> announcer: this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt reporting tonight from washington. >>> good evening. mr. trump goes to washington. insiders are telling us are receptive. donald trump came ready to listen in the most talked about political summit this city has seen in sometime. today's meeting between trump and paul ryan created plenty of buildup and drama but largely left us still guessing whether the most powerful republican will endorse his party's party candidate. the word encouraging is ryan's term. ryan looking for common ground, trump looking for acceptance and both looking for a way for party union. a party that may be starting to warm to trump. >> reporter: donald trump stoppe

. >>> a second auction site seems to have backed out of selling the gun george zimmerman used to kill trayvon martiner social media exploded with negative comments about the sale, the gun was yanked from gunbroker.com yesterday. it was then listed on another website but that sale was put on hold last night. zimmerman had said he wanted to use some of the money to fight violence against police by black lives matter. >>> a massive oil spill into the gulf of mexico off the louisiana coast has been contained. the coast guard estimates is nearly 90,000 gallons of oil leaked from a shell oil facility. clean-up operations are under way. authorities are trying to figure out what caused the spill in the first place. no injuries or evacuations were reported. >>> the navy has fired the commander of the ten sailers held by iran earlier this year. that incident raised tensions between the u.s. and iran after iranian state tv showed images of the sailors kneeling with their hands on their heads. a navy official said commander eric rush failed to provide effective leadership. others are likely to be disciplined. >

i'm george spencer, let's get right to the first alert forecast with erika martin. >>> we have showers on the approach. a live look outside in wilmington, delaware. otherwise, highs for today mainly in the 80s. we'll see some 70s by tomorrow. currently, however, 60s in the forecast, the suburbs seeing sunny skies. i'm going with mostly sunny and then partly cloudy by midday and developing clouds as the day continues. highs in the 80s today and 70s by tomorrow. so the big stories of course include those showers on the way, clouds developing. cooler temperatures in the forecast, a cold front is moving through. we have a frontal boundary that stalls out in the northeast. unfortunately, a soggy start to your memorial day. so finally improved by later tuesday, early tuesday, but notice the cooler temperatures in the forecast. the big story around here would be the rain showers being picked up on future cast. i'm not giving you everything right now. i'll go through this with you and of course your ten-day extended. thank you. >> erik a, thank you, the memorial day conversations continue toda

george zimmerman now selling the gun he used to kill trayvon martin.just a short time ago, putting it back on the auction block. >>> breaking developments about the two boys lost at sea and that iphone found on their boat. >>> and the new statement just in tonight from joan rivers' daughter about her mother's death.

bidding for the weapon george zimmerman used to kill trayvon martin is in the millions. it's not clear if those bids are serious. kids for the 0.9 million gun began online. the website took the auction down. another website has assumed responsibility now. you may remember zimmerman shot and killed martin who was unarmed, in a florida neighborhood four years ago. zimmerman claimed self-defense and a jury acquitted him. >>> 4:49. donald trump and house speaker paul ryan finally met yesterday. ryan till has not endorsed trump. the speaker says the meeting went well and he looks forward to working with the precementsu nominee. >>> hillary clinton continues to canvas the bay area last night. the democratic front-runner opened up another local office. this one is in san jose. the mayor joined that staff to help drum up support. clinton has two other bay area campaign offices, one in san francisco and one in oakland. the presidential candidate will be back in the bay area for another fund-raiser. >>> sears is turning to its roots selling appliances. subaru recalling tens of tho

. >> in a few hours an auction will begin for that gun that george zimmerman used to shoot and kill seven-year-old trayvon martinyears ago. george zimmerman, the watch captain acquitted in the shoot of trayvon martin in 2013, is sell the gun now, and he said part of the proceeds will be used to "fight black lives matter violence against law enforcement officers and hillary clinton's anti-firearms rhetoric." >> bidding starts at $5,000. amalation transport officials say new pieces of debris are certainly from missing malaysian airs flight 370. new images just released show a partial covering of an aircraft engine and interior panel from a main cabin of a plane discovered in south africa and on an island off the coast. the 777 disappeared more than two years on the way to beijing with 239 passengers. >> an incredible act of heroism caught on camera in southern california, the manage of a mattress store drags the driver by his shirt away from the burning car. this is a car crash that happened in riverside on tuesday. the manager said that he was recording the fiery wreckage and he noticed someone was still need and

george zimmerman is auctioning off the gun that he used to kill trayvon martin. on the auctions site zimmerman declares the weapon an american firearm icon and he said many have told him it should be displayed at the smithsonian. the starting bid has been set at $5,000 and thousands have visited the page already. now, zimmerman shot martin as the teen returned from buying snacks. he was found not guilty of murder and manslaughter. >> a former south carolina police officer now faces federal charges in the killing of an unaround man who ran from a traffic stop. the victim's brother largely credits cell phone video for what the family calls a momentous legal victory. abc's marci gonzalez has the latest. >> reporter: handcuffed and shackled, former south carolina police officer michael slager in court, indicted by a federal walter scott. >> this is historic. what happened today is that the federal government said it stops now. police brutality stops now because there's consequences. >> reporter: slager was captured on cell phone video last year shooting scott who was

george zimmerman's gun. that was the gun that zimmerman used to kill trayvon martin.nited gun group now says it is not in the organization's best interest to host the sale. zimmerman shot and killed martin an unarmed teenager in 2012. and he was acquitted based on florida's stand your ground law. >>> and trayvon martin the topic of an emotional play that opened in philadelphia. called "the ballod of trayvon martin" and the last seven hours of his life. and it explores the role that martin's death played in the black lives matter movement. ♪ >>> on this the one-year anniversary of the deadly amtrak crash in philadelphia, we have the story of one ever the survivors and her husband's extraordinary odyssey to find her and to be at her side. it has been a long road ever since. "action news" reporter chad pradelli has the story. >> i remember screaming. and the next thing i knew i woke up in the hospital several days later. >> jeralyn ritter does not remember the mangle of amtrak 188, the blood, the debris or horror on the faces of the passengers. but each breath she now ta

we earlier had a tractor trailer fire which is still close in prince george's county. that is martinuther king jr. highway. completely closed. you can see here on the beltway that northwest corner. the slowest stretch, that is the inner loo. the outer loop is not bad. getting to virginia continuing south to tysons. right now your average speed in this stretch is 22 miles per hour. if you are traveling in d.c., slowing, heading out of the city, 395. 295 volume as well. gas main break. this is in great falls. walker road closed at squire's be in place for up to six hours. you want to plan to work around it. back to you. leon: thank you. alison: is it another lunchbox weather day? doug: it is. you couldn't pick a better day forto be visiting school and the kids to get outside. this morning the meteorologist eileen took a trip to barnard elementary school in northwest washington. while there she showed the kids a special video we did behind the scenes. how we put the weather together. how we get on tv. how to make the weather graphics. conducted a few interesting science experiments for