cnn's holly firfer is in florida where a civil rights icon spoke earlier. holly, this protest seems to get bigger by the day. >> reporter: absolutely, fredricka. and here in florida, reverend jesse jackson spoke to a congregation, lending his voice to those who are calling for the arrest of george zimmerman in the death of trayvon martin. he said we need to take a moment and turn it into a momentum, talking about a new civil rights movement. and he said that this case was clearly racism. here's what he said. >> the reason is a modern employee of our country. racial justice, equality, workers' rights, women's rights, children's rights go hand in hand. so say focus on racism, registration, civil rights protection. not hoodies. >> reporter: and reverend jackson will remain here in florida. tomorrow he's scheduled to join reverend al sharpton in sanford. they're going to meet at a charge and they're going to lead a march where city officials are holding a town hall meeting for residents to update them on the trayvon martin case and give them an opportunity to as

cnn's holly firfer is live in sanford, florida, where george zimmerman shot martin in self-defense he says. jeb bush is commenting on the case. what has been the reaction? >> reporter: yeah, fredricka. he's been consulting on the case because in 2005 when he was governor he wrote that, stand your ground bill into the law. that's the law that says basically any civilian can use deadly force if they feel their life is threatened. what is what george zimmerman was saying. he's saying this was a case of stand your ground. well, jeb bush thought otherwise. take a listen. >> it appears to me that this law does not apply to this particular circumstance. stand your ground means stand your ground. it doesn't mean chase after somebody who's turned their back. >> reporter: and now the police chief in sanford bill lee, temporarily stepped down, giving reasons on the website why they consider this a stand your ground issue this is what he said. he said zimmerman's statement was he had lost sight of trayvon and was returning to his truck to meet the police officer when he says he was attacked by tr