. >> reporter: he is dressed by trayvon martin, the teen killed by george zimmerman. >> he is expressing himself. that is the point of year book pictures. >> reporter: it is the year in review for the students. >> i think that is very inappropriate for a year book. >> reporter: why? >> this is supposed to be capturing the best moments of the year and, you know, all positive things. >> the parents who talked with us thought it was not a good place for this statement. >> i am upset about it that it had to be put on the year book. >> i think you could take different ways but a high school year book is as a teacher is not the place to make your stand. >> reporter: george zimmerman was tried for murdering trayvon martin but acquitted. >> i don't know what message he was trying to show but i think he wanted to draw more attention to it. >> reporter: a lot of kids just laughed about the picture. i tried to contact him but he was gone for the day. the principal just learned about it this afternoon. john sasaki, ktvu channel 2 news. >> we have been warning you for days and happening now, construc

you were a central figure in the tray john martin and george zimmerman case. when you talk publicly about race as a white man, how do people react to you? >> it's strange. people ask whether i have a right to talk about race as the white guy in the room but the reality is i think i've shown that i am willing and i'm comfortable talking about the uncomfortable. many times people have talked to me about the racial issues that came to the forefront in the zim sdplim case and by the time the case is under way they understand that my view of the racism that exists is not just from the george zimmerman case. that was one of thousands of cases. rather, it comes from the fact that for 30 years i've represented everybody accused and a lot of those have been young, black males and we've rallied against those same concerns within the criminal justice system. so, yeah, it's tough. but i think if we're comfortable talking about it, there's a lot to talk about. >> and we always say that, you know, michaela, because beside a public denuns asian, what else can be done to end

. >> reporter: he is dressed like trayvon martin who was killed by george zimmerman in 2012. >> i think it's a good idea because he's expressing himself. that's the whole point of yearbook pictures, you're supposed to express yourself. >> reporter: but the yearbook is the year in review mostly for the students. >> i think it's very inappropriate for a yearbook. this is supposed to be capturing the best moments of the year, and, you know, all positive things. >> reporter: the few parents who talked with us, thought the yearbook was not a good place for this kind of statement. >> i am kind of sad about it, that it had to go -- to be put in the yearbook. >> i think that you could take it different ways. but i think a yearbook as a teacher is not the place to make your stand. >> reporter: zimmerman was acquitted in the racially charged case. >> i don't know what message he was trying to show. but i think he just wanted to draw more attention to it. >> reporter: i tried to contact mr. smith about why he dressd this way, but he was gone for the day. the school principle told me he learned abo

he dressed like trayvon martin, the teen killed by george zimmerman back in 2012.george zimmerman was tried for murdering martin but last summer he was acquitted. the reaction to the photo is mixed. >> i think it's okay that he did it but not in the year book. >> if he could do it at his house or on his took, but not in the year book. >> then it's therefore forever. >> i think it's -- it's there forever. >> i think it's a good idea. that's the whole point of the year book, is to express yourself. >> ktvu tried to contact him. he was unavailable. >>> meantime, mark cuban is now apologizing to trayvon martin's family for remarks he made about the donald sterling scandal. cuban was talking about racism and bigotry in society when he admitted his own prejudices. he gave the example of avoiding "a black kid in a hoodie late at night or a white bald headed guy with tattoos everywhere." hoodies were a rallying symbol in the trayvon martin case. >>> about 30 minutes ago, the white house announced this afternoon that president obama will nominate julian castro. he's current

some call george zimmerman the white o.j. simpson. i began thinking that now here whites are saying that this is our way to get them back now. we're going to let zimmerman off even though the evidence here is overwhelming. you might be right in certain ways it could have set us back because now you have whites on juries and when they get clear cases of good young man like trayvon martin, they don't sympathize with him. it could have in a certain way set things back. i am not going to portray o.j. simpson as the perfect messenger. i just say he was the right man at the right time in the perfect storm. >> the simpson case was never really about guilt or innocence in that courtroom. only die hard conspiracy theorists can deny the evidence was strong enough to convict him many times over. in my view that predominately black jury was going to find simpson not guilty no matter what. it was pay back for decades of injustice in which black men far more deserving than this killer was unjustly accused. as a result in the trial of the century, a

he was the unarmed teenager shot dead by george zimmerman. zim zip was acquitted. and mark cuban followed up with two tweets. part one. in hindsight i should have used different examples and i didn't consider the trayvon martin family and i apologize to them for. that beyond apologizing to the martin family, i stand by the words and substance of the interview and given the situation with the la clipper owner donald sterling tis not surprising race and comments by race by an nba owner would attract a lot of attention. i commend everybody, jon to get on line and google and watch the whole interview and make up your own mind. >> john. thanks. >> the va scandal dominated the head leans and it will be the big topic. we have the host here on fox news channel and hi, there. howard. and let's start with talking about the va scandal. it is focused on shinseki and whether or not he will step down and if the president will ask him to lead. and not so much emphasis on president obama himself. >> why is that? >> that is a washington game and will the cabinet member resign and s

between george zimmerman and this, the neighborhood watch program is really -- it is getting some really bad pr. >> it is getting bad pr, but i'm sure there is really good neighborhood watches. >> but the pr is not working. >> first you have to talk to your neighbor and who does that? >> if you have a fine neighbor. if jo-jo is your nay -- neighbor you say everything okay? you need anything? >> and then she said how did you get in here? >> stop. i told you never again. >> you are hallucinating. i was never here. take off your top. >> are you charming. >> that's my game. >> stop the campaign. get off the cocaine. it is day 8 ball of -- canadian crack con -- connoisseur rob ford has decided to stop rocking the brought -- the boat and get off the rock. the decision to leave comes after scan law los statements and stories. here is audio obtained by the toronto sun of poured discussing the opponent in the race. >> how about karen stintz? >> i would like to [bleep]. >> always a sensitive chat. >> i heard four snorts and three farts and a couple people giggle. >> i can't believe they haven't go

. >> reporter: he is dressed by trayvon martin, the teen killed by george zimmerman. >> he is expressingat is the point of year book pictures. >> reporter: it is the year in review for the students. >> i think that is very inappropriate for a year book. >> reporter: why? >> this is supposed to be capturing the best moments of the year and, you know, all positive things. >> the parents who talked with us thought it was not a good place for this statement. >> i am upset about it that it had to be put on the year book. >> i think you could take different ways but a high school year book is as a teacher is not

. >> we have the little friend, that essentially said george zimmerman was right tock fearful and thenent back to counting his money, i am going to work. he is a normer player, he wrote not sure what he is trying to accomplish with his comments. i know he isn't p siding with donald sterling, but why is he rational idessing? june 3rd is when the nba owners will -- and cuban says he knows what his vote will be, but people will have to wait until then to find out. yeah, what exactly he trying to say. >> thank you. >> a look up two men in china did just that, and save add life. they were out in their neighborhood during a thunderstorm, when they saw a one-year-old boy climb out of a wind with doe above. look at this. owe. as the footing shows you, the boy falls but the men were there, and made the life saving catch. they returned him safely to his mother, the men says it was nothing but human -- one more time, one more time. >> wow. >> all right, tony harris in new york, inside story is next, back in a minute. as we get closer to national elections in ukraine, the struggle for the eastern

she testified at george zimmerman's trial, but then she was put on trial in the court of public opinioncritics attacked the way she looked, the way she spoke, and even her education. but as rachel told me when i interviewed her a few weeks later, all those critics missed the point. >> this doesn't have nothing to do with me. it's not about me. it's not about my character. it's not about trayvon's character. it's about that night, what happened that night. >> when rachel was on the phone with trayvon, they were talking about fulfilling all their dreams for the future. and after that trial, rachel kept that promise. with the help of the tom joyner foundation, she began working with a tutor for nine months, three hours a day, five to six days a week, rachel worked on her education, and today, it paid off. because today, rachel jeantel received her high school diploma. and in the audience was sybrina fulton, trayvon martin's mother. so congratulations, rachel. you kept your promise to trayvon and to yourself. but he never cleans up. always leaves a trail of crumbs behind. you're going to ha

the family of george zimmerman is suing for 750 thousand dollars in damages, over a tweet by roseannehen zimmerman was cleared of murder charges in the beating of trayvon martin, roseanne tweeted the home address of his parents. they say they were driven into hiding, and they've had to spend tens of thousands of dollars on hotels because of death threats. they also want money for emotional harm. barr took the tweet down, shortly after she posted it. top 10 species of 2014 here they are. i'm not sure if i'm pronouncing carnivorous correctly. here's another one. tinker bell firefly. this is a translucent snail found in a croatian cave. these addresses small fractions of the new species that are discovered every day. >> and what have you done lately demetrius? nothing. >> he is going to give this a good weekend forecast. >> i can bring the sun. we get that this began. 53 degrees. wind of the northeast at 9 mi.. elsewhere it's 51 degrees at the lakefront. 55 at midway. 5340 hair. 49 degrees in aurora. satellite composite shows we are dry and we stayed dry today and for the rest of the upc

spencer smith dressed like trayvon martin the florida teenager killed by george zimmerman back in 2012. zimmerman was tried for murdering martin but last summer he was acquitted in the railly charged case. in the meantime the reaction to the photo is mixed. >> i think it's okay that he did it, but not in the yearbook. >> yeah he could do it at his house or on his facebook. but not in a yearbook. >> i think it's a good idea. because he's expressing himself. that is the point of the yearbook pictures. >> ktvu has tried contacting smith for comment but he's been unavailable so far. the school principal says he plans to look into the matter. >>> bart is starting to hear comments on how much it should cost to ride the new oakland airport tram. according to the contra costa times bart directors have heard suggestions to charge anywhere from $3-$6. the rail extension is scheduled to open this fall. it will carry passengers 3.2 miles on elevated tracks between the coliseum station and the airport. the new rail will replace buses which currently cost $3. the fair is expected to be set at bart's

he said something immediately regarding the harvard arrest of the professor about the george zimmerman was right out there in front about chance sexuals and gays in the military and as a gay woman, it is particularly offensive because it's as though they are using those issues s ts to pano people while destroying the lives of those who make a country like this fabulous for everyone including minorities. for obama it's not good news. if he's going to poll lit size the va, he's going to be in a lot of trouble. they don't know what to do. literally this, they don't know what to do about it and he is making a mistake by ignoring it. >> tammy, good to see you. thank you very much. >> thanks for having me on. >>> well, what edward snowden was ready to leak the classified documents he had stolen from the national security agency, one of the first journalist he reached out to was glean greenwald. he is out with a new book called "no place to hide." it details how he met the nsa laker and how he decided to expose the information. here is glenn greenwald. good evening. good to have you with us.

. >> even predateding trayvon martin it's not like after the fiasco and after the george zimmerman cased that he had culpability. i'm glad he made that faux pas. what clearly is on his mind? what's the first metaphor? it's the hoodie and because it's true, that kind of evokation of suspicion is what is at stake. look, skinheads can wear hoodies, too. anybody can wear a hoodie but the point is they're interchangeable clothing. one is your being and another is a piece of clothing you choose to wear or not wear and those people with tattoos, everybody on your team, mr. maverick's owner. how about lebron james the most decorated player in the nba. >> a black guy with tattoos is a different than a white guy in a hoodie. >> that's very different. those stereotypes have empirical consequence. police departments, people who have guns. they watch committees and neighborhoods, make snap judgments based upon the perception of what this black kid is like lir to do. those people who say and i had a debate stayed with my very good friend steven a smith. he's like black people should dress right and w

. >> it was very interesting to me in the wake of the trayvon martin case and the case on george zimmermans a poll done about the discussions of race that were taking place in the wake of that case. and among many white americans the poll numbers said that a lot of white americans felt too much was being made about race. whereas among african-americans the majority felt that this was a discussion that needed to continue and need to be had and not too much was being made about it. it is interesting to me how still to this day often white america and black america sees things through different lenses. >> absolutely, because we have not come to the decision which is so important. you can only come to this decision if you have courage. the decision is i am a human being. nothing human can be alien to me. until we come to that, whites will really think i'm better than. well, they're not so bad but their color doesn't come off and the hair doesn't straighten out. and so we are not equals. until blacks and whites see each other as brother and sister we will not have parity. it is very clear. >> a

the george zimmerman verdict, and you see a huge distance between how white people and black people perceiveict, there's massive difference between democrats and republicans as well. we're not bernie goetz or o.j. simpson territory anymore. it's a whole new world. you say it might have to do with second amendment and stand your ground. and not that surprising for the divide. what about this guy? >> if you don't feel it, don't come to my games. don't bring black people' don't comb. >> you know you have a whole team that is black that plays for you? >> do i know? i support them and give them food and clothes and cars and houses. who gives it to them? does one else? >> okay, here's the most stunning polling on this controversy. should donald sterling be forced to sell the clippers. breaks down along a huge partisan divide. relatively small things, too like 12 years a slave should it win the oscar for best picture? this illuminatinggroundbreaking research i'm showing you, which is by background university political scientist will give you a snapshot why it is that the racial policies and politic

the george zimmerman verdict, this one after obama became president, and now not only do you see a hugeistance between how white people and black people perceive the verdict, there is a massive difference between democrats and republicans as well. we're not in bernie goetz or o.j. simpson territory anymore. we are in a whole new world. you might think to yourself, well, that had to do with the second amendment and stand your ground so it might not be that surprising to see a sharp partisan divide. what about this guy? >> if you don't feel -- don't come to my games. don't bring black people and don't come. >> do you know that you have a whole team that's black that plays for you? >> you just -- do i know? i support them and give them food and clothes and cars and houses. who gives it to them? does someone else give it to them? >> so here's the most stunning polling on this controversy. should donald sterling be forced to sell the clippers? well, it breaks down along a huge partisan divide. one i frankly would not have predicted. it breaks down on relatively small things too, like "12 yea

the trayvon martin family, he was wearing a hoodie when george zimmerman shot and killed him.t case. did mark cuban cross the line using that word? >> i don't think it's about the word hoodie. i think it's about a black kid in a hoodie, and the comparison to a bald person with tattoos on their face. the only difference instead of a comparison to a white kid in a hoodie. so i think that that makes it -- the only difference is the skin color here , and that you have child. i think the hoodie is just a reason to say that it's a black kid. i think that's what most people were trying to safe. i don't think mark cuban's comments were racist, though. >> okay, well, that's interesting. crystal, what do you think about that? specifically, as we break this up into chunks, what did you think about the hoodie part of it? >> it didn't bother me at all. hoodies are glorified in rap culture and hip-hop culture, which is predominantly black. hoodies are associated as a costume of menace for people white or black wearing them and trying to maybe not go undetected and commit a crime. that's wha

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i would love to ask him how many gun nuts like george zimmerman -- the ekwifl ensy of that statement. mark cuban was right to apologize to trayvon martin's family, which he did today. the hoodey reference, it's glaring. frankly, the thing about what cuban said, it's great if he wants to -- it seems like he wants us to applaud him for admitting it and not saying and this is something i need to work on. >> yeah, it was interesting. i was going to point out that he did push -- he did walk back part of that statement and say that he did apologize to trayvon martin's family, and we have to point out zimmerman was acquited in that case. always got to point that out. d and z, thank you for being here. appreciate it. >> thank you. >>> coming up, veterans are waiting to get answers from the v.a. and so are members of congress. i'll tell you what even lawmakers are saying they're getting stonewalled and ignored. plus, elijah cummings is here and he will say why he led the gop-led special commission on benghazi even though many democrats say it's a witch hunt. >> i think we have to go in and be

it's not that mark cuban invented it or george zimmerman or geraldo rivera invented it. at 20 years special all this weekend on the fox news channel. the simpson case and the way people responded to it laid bare the race divisions in this country and the racial stereotypes in this country. it is a reality. we should grasp it and deal with it and i think cuban should be applauded for being frank about it. i think, however, this will start a discussion that where it ends, nobody knows because look at the nba. if i'm not mistaken, every owner in the nba is jewish. i mean, i may be wrong about that, but i think that is real. and 80% of the players are african-american. i think that this controversy is going to impact in a negative way the historic comedy, the historic coalition of jew and black. i think that it is a far reaching, deep reaching phenomenon that we will be witnessing not only in professional sports, but in society. we have to come to grips with it. cuban should be applauded for being frank and honest about it and we have to stop tiptoeing around the issue and c

the unarmed teenager was wearing a hoodie when shot and killed by george zimmerman two years ago. >> we are a lot more vigilant in what we and a lot less tolerant of different views, and it's not necessarily easy for everybody to adopt, adapt or evolve. we're all prejudice in one way or the other. if i see a black kid in a hoodie and it's late at night, i'm walking to the other side of the street. if on that side of the street there's a guy that has tattoos all over his face, white guy, bald head, tattoos everywhere, i'm walking back to the other side of the street and the lift goes on of stereotypes that we all live up to and are fearful of. in my businesses, try not to be hip critical. i know i'm not perfect, that i live in a glass house and it's not appropriate for me to throw teens. >> he said voting to expel donald sterling from the league might make him a hypocrite, because the owner of the dallas mavericks said he himself is a bigot. >> there is a new stamp out that honors harvey milk. gay rights activists see it as a victory, but some comp serve active critics say he was no r

martin was wearing a hooded sweat shirt when he died and george zimmerman was acquitted. >> you've just offended millions of people who thought justice was not served. >> cuban responded to the criticism, saying "i should have used different examples." the nba league is trying to force donald sterling to sell the team. but that's contingent on team owners, a group that now faces added pressure to act. >> what mark cuban did was put the entire 30 nba owners under the spotlight with donald sterling. >> after the vote on sterling's ownership, cuban says he knows how he will vote but isn't ready to comment. when asked about keeping bigotry out of the nba he said "you don't, there's into law against stupid." >> some people are saying what mark cuban said today was stupid. >> ahead on "cbs this morning," we'll look at headlines around the nation, plus the american who plunged 70 feet in the himalayas. >> thankfully i didn't keep falling. >> amazeing video. >>> we are getting ready for the holiday weekend. starting out with lots of low clouds and fog and drizzle early on this morning. a little

. >> we did some some players come out in the moment of trayvon martin and george zimmerman verdict.side of questions of race within their league and seeing a racial moment more broadly. do you think this is a moment that activates the players not just for trayvon. as a king. when michael was king of the lead, michael was silent. they won. >> and i have to give him a tremendous amount of credit. as a society, we can't look to these men and women in support to solve all problems of racism. if we point two fingers, let's not forget these conversations are happening amongst white men in closed doors are not uncommon. i'm not surprised by what donald sterling said. this is happening on the street, with our friends. and we have to solve those problems and not look to them to do it for us. >> so one is about women athletes. i'm wondering if there are differences, because of the commodity of male athletes. whether or not they may be a space where more of this could happen. because there's not as much money. >> contract negotiations. exactly. >> but i can say this. for a woman, there's level

department of justice cracked down on sherrif joe arpaio, then there was the trayvon martin-george zimmermanud case. he got involved in those things. but then when it came around to the i.r.s. thing, even before the final report came out, he said no criminality there. he seems to be very selective and political in determining what he's going to investigate. >> i have never seen a u.s. attorney general that appears to be more political than this one. i'm very disappointed in that. the integrity of that office is so important. when you're the attorney general, whether of the state or the united states, the most important thing you have is the trust of the people and the integrity of that office. and that means you should not let politics dictate when you do criminal investigations or how you determine when prosecutions are being made. that should be determined by the u.s. attorneys in the field and the people in the justice department who are the folks who make those decisions in the criminal division. you shouldn't tamper with that. it appears there has been an historical pattern on his part.

we could go back to the george zimmerman trial. black people deal with racism every day.nto a store and you get followed. you get a grade on a paper in school and the teacher is not sure you wrote the paper. all of these incidents is where blacks experience doubt around race over how they are treated. for them, they feel like the world is filled with donald sterlings. not everybody. many white americans would like to believe in the post-racial moment, he sits down with 29 other owners and everyone shakes their hand in disapproval. >> lamell, how long do you think it will be before we see a new owner? we know the owners are due to vote on this. let's say they vote on it and vote for a new owner to come into play. how does that work when you have a guy who doesn't necessarily want out? >> i think the swift action that you s you see from commissioner silver and the committee is the indication of the swift action that would take place here. the only thing that would delay this is if sterling is looking to have a huge legal fight. i expect this matter to move swiftly before th

mark is the former chief speech writer for president george w bush and fellow at the american enterprise institute and robert zipp zimmermanlcome. good to have you here. mark, tell us about this meeting. what is it about? >> it's a group called the democracy alliance, which was a secretive club of wealthy liberals. it's a group that raised over $500 million for liberal causes and candidates. it doesn't disclose the dow narcotic list and raises money for packs as well as liberal groups like media matters and packs for obama, nancy reepa lo see. locations are kept secret. reporters are not allowed to attend and members are prohibited from discussing meetings. what is wrong with that? nothing. unless you're a party that made the central issue of the campaign in 2014, there is something wrong with billionaires buying our democracy and that's somehow unameric unamerican. they are completely hypocritical to attack conservatives. >> we just showed a picture of some people there. maybe we can put that back up. but this reporter talks about how, you know, like somebody put their body in between, you know, him and bill de blasio, th