he carried a cell phone, a can of iced tea, and candy that he just bought at a 7-eleven.. zimmerman was not in jail. >> mr. zimmerman felt that he in self-defense needed to fire his weapon. >> reporter: a 2005 florida law known as "stand your ground" allows deadly force when someone feels reasonably threatened, but sabrina fulton says the real issue here is race. >> if he had pulled the trigger and he was an african-american male and he shot a caucasian man, a white man, yes, he would be in jail. >> reporter: martin's family wants the fbi to take over this as a civil rights case. local prosecutors are reviewing this, and zimmerman has given no interviews except to sanford police. mark strassmann, cbs news, miami. >>> coming up after your local news on "cbs this morning," the latest on the severe weather threatening part of the nation's midsection. i'm betty nguyen. this is the "cbs morning news." e nation's midsection. i'm betty nguyen. this is the "cbs morning news." ,,,,,,,, >>> well, it wasn't exactly king kong on the empire state building, but a big gorilla did escape

says is one of its goals >> i heard there is licorice flavor with bugs >> she is right, ketchup, candy, ice,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, >> here is what we're working on for the 6:00 news, gunfire inside a bay area classroom. we ask the school principal why it took so long to report the shooting. a grocery chain wants your pink slime. what is willing to trade for it. we'll have that and more at 6. >> woman of the year, congratulations >> thank you >> the cbs evening news is next

. >> 17-year-old trayvon carrying only a bag of candy and iced tea was shot and killed in this neighborhood community. >> zimmerman should have been arrested that night. >> but it's been almost a month. despite growing questions about simm simmerman's claims of self qh fence. >> i pled i will not let my son die in vain. >> with the tensions growing, bill announced he would temp lire ray step aside. for those gathered here, though, it was not enough. >> he said he did a temporary leave. we want permanent justice. >> as the department of justice and the f.b.i. continue on going investigations while the patience of this community continues to wear thin. jay grey, nbc news, stanford, florida. >> nbc news has learned that army staff sergeant is scheduled to be charged today for killing afghan civilians. a report from washington state says he was investigate d in 2008. the speculation is over about what killed whitney houston in february. nbc's stephanie reporting. >> trouble pop star whitney houston actually drown in a bathtub with cocaine and heart disease as contributing factors to her death.

not so subtle message that this is a product that, you know, it's like ice cream or candy. the tobacco industry, we've reached out to them. we've not been able to get in touch with them but in the past they've said we do not market to underage smokers, but the public says they've got to stop marketing these two products together. >> but i guess beyond just cigarettes, are there other products they're tyirying to se? >> the tobacco industry has come out with new products that some believe are being marketed to kids in some subtle ways. let's take a look at one called snoot. it's a non-smoking tobacco. it's one you put in your mouth. it comes in sort of fun flavors like winter chill and mellow. and if you look at the graphics of this, it's fun looking, right? so some of these advocates feel they're trying to appeal to kids. even things like flavoring, for example -- this is interesting, i didn't know this. half of all middle schoolers who smoke smoke menthol cigarettes. it's interesting, isn't it? one, because it's flavored, according to these advocates, and two, the menthol

. >> 17-year-old trayvon martin, carrying only a bag of candy and iced tea was shot and killed. >> he should have been arrested that night. >> but it's been almost a month since the shooting and no rest. adding to the pain of martin's grieving parents. >> i beg pled i would not let my son die in vain. >> and with the tensions growing, sanford police chief announced he would temporarily step aside. >> for those gathered here, though, this was not enough. >> we want permanent justice. >> as the department of justice and the f.b.i. continue on going investigation while the patience of this community continues to wear thin. >> nbc news has learned that robert bales is scheduled to be charged today for the killing of afghan civilians. he will be charged with 17 counts of murder as well as 6 counts of assault and attempted murder. . he was investigated for violence in 2008. he was accused of groping a woman and beating her boyfriend. but no charges were filed against him. the speculation is over about what killed whitney houston in february. nbc's stephanie reporting. >> trouble pop star wh

. >> catch up, ice cream, candy, if the fda says it is safe.'s a movement for starbucks to get the insects out of this drink. >> with our eye on the storm, we'll get right to it, live high-definition radar and we're looking at the front, the main energy moving through the bay area right now. we are going to zoom in. wheat prices are receiving light to moderate rainfall there but on the peninsula we have an area of yellow. that is heavy rain near emerald lake. we have a three hour and 51 minute delays at sfo to to deteriorating conditions. light to moderate line all the way through sunnyvale and in campbell more moderate line on the way. this is the front. you see it right here in oakland, let's zoom in closer down to street level where we see macarthur boulevard and foothills boulevard and telegraph avenue all under heavy rainfall. that is a look at san fransisco where the visibility is deteriorating. the other side of the story is the gusty winds. between 39 m.p.h. wind gusts in san fransisco to 55. this system has been hanging and working ove

martin's family says he was murdered, that the man had only stepped out to buy candy and iced tea. college students rallied monday in florida to demand zimmerman's arrest. the u.s. justice department has launched an independent review of the evidence. martens that leads the zimmerman has not been arrested so far because his son was black. >> it would have been totally different. there would have been a thorough investigation. all of the proper procedures would have been followed. arrests would have been made. definitely. >> authorities say even if there is enough evidence, then maybe hamstrung by state law that allows people to defend themselves with deadly force. >> we have breaking sports news, peyton manning is officially a denver bronco. sources said the negotiations are complete. yesterday, the former super bowl champ and announced his plan to go to denver. it is believed manning is cutting a five-year deal worth about $95 million. the question becomes what happens to tim tebow? it will soon be easier for some travelers to get through airport security the reagan national airpo

. >> he had been in a convenience store to get candy and iced tea and gunned down as he made his way back to his father's fiancee's house. >> his murder has not yet been charged with anything. >> organizers of the scream out rally called the death of the 17-year-old racially motivated. >> a massive hiring effort underway to get 2500 young people jobs this summer. jamba juice is teeming up with the job core to make it happen. nick? >> the ceo says it's a win-win for all. young people have an opportunity to enter work force and there is janba juice has an opportunity to see team leaders. >> this is something with care. >> dahlia is one of several students that are learning their way around a kitchen. >> it's amazing to share part of myself with others and like most of them, they're from all over with one important thing in common. they needed change. >> and most tell me they hadn't completed high school and were on a different life path. >> so you can show that you have potential. >> but it isn't the only one that sees potential. james white is pushing his plan again, today to hire 250

. >> reporter: 17-year-old trayvon marten carrying only a bag of candy and iced tea was killed by george zimmerman. >> zimmerman should have been arrested that night. >> reporter: it's been almost a month and still no arrest despite growing questions about his claims of self-defense adding to the pain of martin's grieving parents. >> i pledge i will not let my son die in vain. >> reporter: they assigned a new state attorney and called for a task force to investigate and with the tensions growing, sanford police chief bill lee announced he would temporarily step aside. >> i do this in the hopes of restoring some semblance of calm. >> reporter: for those gathered here, though, it was not enough. >> the chief said he did a temporary leave. no, we want permanent justice. >> reporter: as the department of justice and the fbi continue ongoing investigations, while the patience of this community continues to wear thin. jay gray, nbc news, sanford, florida. >> nbc news learned robert bales is scheduled to be charged for the killing of afghan civilians charged with 17 counts of murder. a report f

. >> reporter: 17-year-old trayvon martin carrying only a bag of candy and iced tea was shot and killed in this community by neighborhood watch volunteer, george zimmerman. but it's been almost a month since the shooting and still no arrest, despite growing questions about zimmerman's claims about self-defense, adding to the pain of martin's grieving parents. >> i pledge i will not let my son die in vain. >> reporter: florida governor rick scott assigned a new task force to the incident. with the tensions growing, sanford police chief bill lee announced he would temporarily step aside. >> i do this in the hopes of restoring some semblance of calm. >> reporter: for those gathered, it was not enough. >> the chief said he did a temporary leave. we not permanent justice. >> reporter: as the department of justice and the fbi continue ongoing investigations. while the patience of this community continues to wear thin. jay gray, nbc news, sanford, florida. >>> republican presidential candidates are campaigning in louisiana today, ahead of saturday's primary. mitt romney is hoping to finally wi

the teen was found with candy and ice tea in his pockets. >> trayvon was not -- and i will repeat, was not a bad person. >> it is unclear what the police chief's future in sanford will be after last night's no confidence vote. the u.s. justice department is involved in the investigation. this saturday a justice rally is planned in honor of trayvon martin at freedom plaza. the rally is scheduled from 2:00 to 4:00 p.m. participants are asked to wear black or a hoodty. >>> president obama wraps up his tour to defend his energy agenda today. he'll make stops in cushing, oklahoma and columbus, ohio. the president is taking heat from republicans who say he's not doing enough to lower rising gas prices. president obama is expected to announce plans to accelerate work as part of the keystone pipeline. approved section would go from oklahoma to texas. >>> taking a look at some of the other things on the campaign trail, mitt romney picked up a key endorsement in his quest to become the republican presidential nominee. former governor jeb bush backed romney. a top romney advisor was asked if the

only candy and iced tea and he was not armed. zimmerman claimed stive defense and some say it was racially motivated. a month later we have seen anger and confusion grow into this rally. you are seeing the people all ages all ethnicity demanding justice for trayvon. where it goes from here, the state attorney office is reviewing the case but all the people gathered at this rally the fight is not over. there's a prayer breakfast for sunday in sanford and in the tampa area we are learning of two possibly three moralies planned. so as -- three more rallies planned. and this is not going away. >> have you heard about where zimmerman might be or what the next step is. >> reporter: that's the question. no one knows where he is. so many people outraged calling for his arrest. he has been out of sight as this is unfolding. >> can you explain to us florida law and why this self- defense is being used in this case. what's the difference as far as that goes in terms of why he has not been arrested? what are officials saying about that? >> r

>> reporter: yes, we are at the ice cream and candy shop and as you can see, lights are on and we do expect that to change at 8:00 this morning. he is not sure his pour will did out so since we can't do business without power it is likely the closed sign will stay up. this outage is affecting 70 people and another couple hundred in a neighborhood a few blocks away. it is expected to stay on until 4:30 this afternoon. why? pg&e is replacing an old power poll and to do that they need to turn the lights off. this business will be affected and we just got a facebook message from one of our viewers who said, he was going to telecommute today and now he has to drive in because he obviously can't do that if he doesn't have power. guess what, just about a half hour affects 160 people, just enough time to make you reset your clocks. this is something people are a veil of today. they are making plans to deal with it but in vallejo, i am claudine wong ktvu channel 2 morning news. >>> crews spent the night patching up the leak, this is what we were telling you about yesterday during the morning

martin was on his way back from the store with only candy and iced tea and was not armed. zimmerman claims self-defense and has not been arrested some say it was racially motivated including al sharpton who spoke to the crowd and offered support for martin afamily and demanded the arrest of george zimmerman. let's go back out here live and show you this. we are seeing these scattered all over the park. these are skitels wrappers and we saw so many people holding up bags of skitels to illustrate the point trayvon had skitels on him. he didn't have a gun. back to you. >> all right. let me ask you because a development with the story has been the chief of police temporarily resigned. stepped down for a short time. is that in anyway easing any sort of upset in the community over this? or are people mad and do they know how long he will be gone from the job? >> reporter: the septemberment we are hearing from the people gathered here and from -- sentiment we are hearing from the people gathered here and they said it's a good thing he stepped down but it's not a permanent solutio

wearing a hoodie, unarmed, walking back into a gated community from a convenience store with candy and iced tea. the neighborhood watch captain, george zimmerman, says he shot martin in self-defense. tonight, that community is praying for peace. >> we got to unify. we've got to come together as a family. black, white, orange, green, purple or whatever. we are all one family here in the city of sanford. >> this, to me, this is what it's all about. it's about pulling our community together in the wake of an absolute tragedy. >> no, it's not all right. >> reporter: clergy and congregants wore hoodies at sunday church services in florida, new york and here in atlanta, georgia. >> we stand in solidarity with the family of trayvon martin, and we stand in support of our children who deserve better than to be stigmatized and stereotyped. >> reporter: stop the violence, save the children. that was reverend jesse jackson's message at macedonia missionary baptist church near orlando. >> the danger of focusing on the hoodie. he didn't get killed because he wore a hoodie. he got killed because he was bl

. >> reporter: travon martin walked out of this convenience store buying iced tea and candy, goodiesuld have easily made it back in time for tip-off. it's possibly he entered the neighborhood here, cutting the two buildings off of the main road here on his way home. it should have been about a ten-minute walk, a little less than half a mile. even though it was a little after dark, his family probably wasn't concerned at all. this is generally regarded as a safe neighborhood, a safe place to be after dark. one of the reasons for that safety was 28-year-old george zimmerman, a volunteer watch captain. but a recent break-in had people worried. and someone broke in here during the daytime? >> yes, they just walked in. >> reporter: frank believes zimmerman kept him from being a victim a few weeks ago. what was your perception of him? >> he seemed to be a very congeneal person and we admired him for taking over the job. they didn't know that he was armed or a scuffle with the police seven years ago that got him arrested. the case was later dropped. zimmerman drove a hard line for people pa

killed, police say he was on the way back from a trip to the store where he had bought the candy and some iced tea. brian? >> all right. paul wagner. thank you for. that. >>> a congressman got kicked off of the house floor for wearing a heed. bobby rush, a democrat from illinois, wore the hoody to make a statement about the killing of trayvon martin. he said it doesn't make you a hoodlum but the house has a clear dress code. >>> the fate of president obama's healthcare laws in the hands of the supreme court. the nine justices wrapped up a never-before-seen three-day hearing into whether the landmark law was constitutional. tom fitzgerald was in the chamber for all of it. and has this report. >> reporter: the nine justices of the u.s. supreme court had not one but two issues that they had to grapple with. first, if the president's health care law, which includes a mandate to purchase insurance is unconstitutional, does that, in essence, throw out the entire law. secondly, they had to look at the expand of the medicaid program and whether that is in and of itself was unconstitutional. after six

the teen was found with candy and an iced tea in his pockets. >> tray von was not, and i repeat, was a bad person. >> reporter: tonight it's still unclear what the future of the police chief is out in sanford. of course following that no confidence vote that was taken place today by the city commission. the u. s. justice department is now involved in this investigation. they are helping local investigators get to the bottom of all of this. ken molestina 9 news now. >>> we have an update on a story we brought you last night. we had planned to have a live interview with december lean james the 18-year-old survivor of a drunken driving crash in december. >> she was in the front passenger seat videotaping from inside the car when it crashed killing two of her friends and leaving her hospitalized. she had agreed to be here as a guest but the story has caused an emotional upheaval for one of the families whose child was involved in that crash. when she originally approached us with the video she hoped the chilling series of events would save other lives and prevent those going through the

martin was wearing a hoodie, carrying an iced tea and candy when he was killed. that's why many supporters of trayvon martin wear hoodies at the rallies. they say they want hate crime charges to be filed against zimmerman, alleging his motives for the shooting were racist. >> we stand in solidarity with the family of trayvon martin and stand in support of our children who deserve better than to be stigmatized and stereotyped. >> members of the ledgislative black caucus will hold a rally calling for zimmerman's arrest. it will start at 2:00 at the state house in annapolis, another rally will be held in sanford, florida. later tonight, martin's parents will speak at a town hall meeting. >>> 5:07. ahead, the shaking that probably woke a lot of us up last night. >>> and breaking her silence. what the wife of the soldier accused in a shooting rampage is saying this morning. ♪ [ male announcer ] for our families... our neighbors... and our communities... america's beverage companies have created a wide range of new choices. developing smaller portion sizes and more low

martin was wearing a hoodie carrying an iced tea and candy when he was killed. that's why supporters of trayvon martin wear hoodies at many of the rallies. they say they want hate crime charges to be filed against zimmerman alleging his motives for shooting the teen were racist. >> stand in solidarity with the family of trayvon martin and we stand in support of our children who deserve better than to be stigmatized and stereotyped. >> today members of the legislative black caucus of maryland will hold a rally. calling for george zimmerman's arrest and the rally will begin at 2:00 at the state house in annapolis. another rally will be held in florida. later tonight martin's parents speak at a city council sponsored town hall meeting. >>> new today, a man in an afghan army uniform shot and killed two british soldiers at a nato base in southern afghanist afghanistan. it happened in the helmand province. there is a possibility that the man was an insurgent who bought or stole an army uniform to launch an attack. >>> the wife of the u.s. soldier accused of killing 17

martin was wearing a heed, carrying an iced tea and candy when he was killed.ers of trayvon martin are wearing hoodies at rallies. they say they want hate crime charges to be filed against zimmerman alleging his motives for the shooting were racist. >> stand in solidarity with the family of trayvon martin, and we stand in support of our children who deserve better than to be stigmatized and stereotyped. >> today members of the legislative black caucus of maryland upon wear hoodies at their rally calling for george zimmerman's arrest. it will begin at 2:00 at the state house in annapolis. another rally will be held in sanford, florida. later tonight, martin's parents will speak at a city council-sponsored town hall meeting. >>> republicans here in the district will get their chance tonight to show support for their preferred presidential candidate, the d.c. republican committee will hold its primary straw poll ahead of next week's primary election. gop front-runner mitt romney is expected to prevail this evening. he's been endorsed by some republican leaders in

pursue, and yet he does anyway, and we know that we have a 17-year-old kid here who's carrying candy and iced tea, talking to his girlfriend. not in a position to threaten a grown man carrying a gun. how is that self-defense? >> i don't think we have heard all of the evidence. i don't want to litigate this case in the media. there's more to be told in this story. it will go to the grand jury at april 10th. at that point, more evidence will come out. that's only a small snippet of anything that happened that evening. when the other evidence comes out it will show clearly that george zimmerman was acting in self-defense. >> let me press you on this. i know you don't want to litigate this publicly. but, we are talking about a teenager against a grown man who has a gun. to me, it's hard to imagine for many of us how, given that power imbalance, the guy with the gun could be in a position having to defend himself. >> can i jump in? we're talking about a teenager and after speaking with george, george was looking up to at the time of confrontation, the teenager was taller than george, what's more,

has claimed self-defense although he was following trayvon and he was armed with nothing but candy and icedciting florida's stand your ground gun law, they have not arrested the suspect and that is what the people are protesting and whether that is even possible under florida law. today, florida's governor rick scott appointed a special prosecutor to investigate the shooting that killed mr. martin and the stand your ground law and the police chief of sanford, florida has temporarily removed himself from office. coverage of the story including the work of reverend al sharpton will continue tonight and will be on "the last word." >>> public people usually call this technique muddying the waters. i always thought of it more i'm rubber, you're glue, whatever you say bounces of of me and sticks to you technique. you take whatever the strongest attack that can be used against you and you randomly accuse the other guy of being guilty of that same thing. a classic technique. like george w. bush running for re-election. there's that ethically troubled history of gyration he had to go through and gyr

he was unarmed, only carrying candy and iced tea. published reports today state zimmerman fired after martin hit him and smashed his head on the ground before trying to take the gun away. zimmerman shot him but was never arrested. >> thy tuy he was motivated by the race of the person. that makes it a race based case. >> reporter: people are coming together to remembererhim. they are wearing hooded sweatshirts similar to this. it's a type of clothing he was wearing. at noon in san francisco, people came together to take part in this rally. >> one voice, one nation that -- the killings of our children will not be tolerated whether they be police or normal citizens. . >> reporter: people say they will continue to hold rallies for martin until zimmerman is arrested and brought to justice. in oakland. paul chambers. >> a private exchange between the president and the president of russia was caught by a microphone during a meeting in south korea. they were talking about the issue of missile defense. >> my last -- and after my election i ha

he was going home after buying an iced tea and skittles candy. we'll talk to trayvon's father and get a live report from the scene. first, the police have finally released the 911 tapes in the case, and it creating a shocking heart-breaking picture of what happened that rainy night and they cry out for justice in the case. here is the call that george zimmerman, the shooter, made in the case. >> we had some break ins in my neighborhood, and there is a real suspicious guy that looks like he is up to no good or on drugs or something. >> is he black, white, or hispanic? >> his hand is in his waistband. and he is a black male. >> a black hoody, jeans, he is just starring. >> he is just walking around. >> up to no good? looks like he is on drugs or something? trayvon was just walking home from the store carrying candy, not drugs. but zimmerman decided he was suspicious. here is what happened next. >> something is wrong with him. yep. he is coming to check me out. he has something in his hands, i don't know what his deal his. >> they always get away. >

later police found martin carrying candy, money, and an iced tea. police say they found no evidence to arrest zimmerman so far. meanwhile, martin's family says it wants justice. >> that was my baby, and he was pleading for his life. i don't understand how that's self-defense. you can clearly hear him yelling for help. >> martin family is calling on the fbi to investigate. police have turned the case over to the state's attorney's office. >>> a group connected to al qaeda in yemen is claiming responsibility for killing an american teacher for christian proselytizing. a group called the pakistans or the partisans, rather, of islamic law shot and killed joel shrum in a driveby. it claimed that shrum was one of the biggest proselytizers in the area. >>> two british journalists held captive by a libyan militia group will leave the country today. the group called the swelly brigade accused the two of having classified documents and pictures from the late leader muammar ka daddy. the two were working for the english language press tv when the group kidnapp

. >> as it turned out, he was carrying only a bag of candy and a can of iced tea. social media are buzzing over the case. spreading the controversy nationwide. this twitter page gets a new entry every 20 seconds. prosecutors say the police gave them the case file just a week ago and insist it's still under investigation. pete williams, nbc news, washington. >>> there's another gop primary tomorrow. this time, in the crucial state of illinois. mitt romney, rick santorum, were both barnstorming there today because every delegate counts. it was romney who made news first today on the economy. andrea mitchell with us tonight from our d.c. news room. good evening. >> good evening, brian. mitt romney is hoping to get most of the 54 delegates up for grabs in illinois tomorrow where rick santorum didn't even file slates in four districts. romney did get some attention when he acknowledged the economy is improving, but then santorum also raised eyebrows by saying he's not concerned with unemployment. his point being government shouldn't be in the business of creating jobs.

he carried a cell phone, a can of iced tea and a bag of candy he had just bought at a seven 11.eks ago we asked sanford police chief why he was not in jail. >> mr. zimmerman felt that he, in self-defense, needed to fire his weapon. >> reporter: a 2005 florida law known as "stand your ground" allows deadly force when someone feels reasonably threatened. but sabrina fulton says the real issue here is race. >> if he had pulled the trigger and he was an african american male and he shot a caucasian man, a white man, yes, he would be in jail. >> reporter: martin's family wants the f.b.i. to take over this as a civil rights case. local prosecutors are reviewing it. and zimmerman has given no interviews except to sanford police. mark strassmann, cbs news, miami. >> reporter: a national effort to get kids to stay in school is beginning to pay off. a report today by the america's promise alliance says that over a decade the high school graduation rate in the united states has increased 3.5%. even with that, however, one in four students still fails to get a high school diploma within fou

he was unarmed, only carrying candy and iced tea.lished reports today state zimmerman fired after martin hit him and smashed his head on the ground before trying to take the gun away. zimmerman shot him but was never arrested. >> thy tuy he was motivated by the race of the person. that makes it a race based case. >> reporter: people are coming together to remember him. they are wearing hooded sweatshirts similar to this. it's a type of clothing he was wearing. at noon in san francisco, people came together to take part in this rally. >> one voice, one nation that -- the killings of our children will not be tolerated whether they be police or normal citizens. . >> reporter: people say they will continue to hold rallies for martin until zimmerman is arrested and brought to justice. in oakland. paul chambers. >> a private exchange between the president and the president of russia was caught by a microphone during a meeting in south korea. they were talking about the issue of missile defense. >> my last -- and after my election i have mo

that was not far from where trayvon was gunned down last month as he was walking home with candy and iced tea. his parents spoke to the crowd there. >> i stand before you today not knowing how i'm walking right now because my heart hurts for my son. trayvon is my son. trayvon is your son. >> i'd just like to thank every one of you all for just showing us the love, the support, signing the petitions, and making sure that george zimmerman pays for what he did to your son! >> and that rally taking place just hours after the city's police chief temporarily stepped down. george howell is live from sanford, florida, this morning. what can you tell us about all of those protests and also the sheriff stepping down? >> reporter: well, the police chief certainly stepping down came as a surprise to the thousands of people who arrived here in sanford. the police chief saying that his being in that position is coming as a distraction to the investigation so that was a big deal for many people, but they say that the police chief should either be fired or should resign. many people were not satisfied wi

what we do know is trayvon martin was a young child, he was armed with a bag of skittles candy and a can every icetea. that the fellow saw an african- american kid in a neighborhood and for whatever reason decided he was going to follow him and the only thing we know is trayvon is dead. this is a huge travesty of justice and many feel this is our generation's emmit tell. >> is hard to determine who is the aggressor? >> there is some evidence and we don't know how substantive it is that the police claim that zimmerman, when they found him, had a -- bleeding from the head and at a cut, bleeding from the back of the head. >> and a bloody nose. >> and had grass stains on his back. i don't know how valid that is, but if that were so it may have been that this guy zimmerman foolishly got out of his truck and got into a fight with this 17-year-old kid, and 17-year- old may have been beating him up and winning the fight -- hold it. and then this zimmerman may who had a gun might have said, who we got to find out who is screaming on the tape. >> if you listen to the tapes between trayvon martin and his gir

has claimed self-defense although he was following trayvon and he was armed with nothing but candy and icedea. citing florida's stand your ground gun law, they have not arrested the suspect and that is what the people are protesting and whether that is even possible under florida law. today, florida's governor rick scott appointed a special prosecutor to investigate the shooting that killed mr. martin and the stand your ground law and the police chief of sanford, florida has temporarily removed himself from office. coverage of the story including the work of reverend al sharpton will continue tonight and will be on "the last word." ♪ [ kareem ] i was fascinated by balsa wood airplanes since i was a kid. [ mike ] i always wondered how did an airplane get in the air. at ge aviation, we build jet engines. we lift people up off the ground to 35 thousand feet. these engines are built by hand with very precise assembly techniques. [ mike ] it's gonna fly people around the world. safely and better than it's ever done before. it would be a real treat to hear this monster fire up. [ jaronda ] i thin

. >> martin was only carrying a bag of candy and a can of iced tea. howard university students are outraged. >> very heartwrenching. >> the naacp chapter, law school students and organizations million it to plan a protest in sanford next week. demanding police arrest zimmerman for murder. police declined. after he claimed self defense. >> more and more people become informed, more becoming enraged and -- >> social media is buzzing. martin's name gets a new entry on twitter every 20 seconds. follow the story on nbcwashington.com. in northwest d.c., news 4. >>> one brother arrested. another is in a hospital tonight. after the two of them got into a fight that escalated into gunfire. it happened about 9:00 tonight. in the 900 block in capital heights. that's down the block from walker mill middle school. police say the brothers were arguing when one pulled a gun and shot the other one. they say the man who was shot his injuries are life threatening. >>> a middle school student faces charges for bringing a gun to school in charles county. the boy arrested

the 26th of february trayvon martin was returning to his future stepmother's home with a bag of candy and iced tea. that evening george zimmerman, armed with a 9 millimeter automatic, pursued him, confronted him and shot him dead. today after weeks of withering criticism about his department's handling of the case and a vote of no confidence by sanford's city commission the police chief temporarily stepped aside. he did not step down. nor did sanford's city manager fire him even though he has the power to do so. in a moment we'll ask him why. first john zarrella who is at tonight's rally. john? >> reporter: anderson, some of the late developments today is that governor rick scott, florida's governor, has appointed a special task force to also contribute to this investigation. and it's being headed by state attorney angela cory from the northern district of florida. we assume she'll get her group together and 'em panel that task portion pretty quickly on. we are here at this rally, as you know. many thousands of people here. we just heard from the reverend al sharpton. we are now hearing from t

. >> candy and ice tea. >> had he had a record. >> not that we know of. >> bill: clean. >> he is suspendedschool we don't know why but not a criminal record. >> not for conduct. >> bill: part of the 911 call is a neighbor who was observing. this and the neighbor felt that there was trouble brewing. has that been -- any other evidence there from the neighbor? >> okay. no. what you have is just people saying what they heard at the time but there is key evidence that could come in to both this criminal investigation and a civil wrongful death lawsuit if t is brought. keep in mind there are two joint investigations. doj and fbi. >> bill: on the record what we have and what i have got to run here. >> girlfriend heard that the boy was saying that he was afraid essentially that somebody was coming up to him trayvon martin and this guy is staring at me. run. >> bill: no evidence that trayvon martin, 17 was doing anything wrong at all. >> none. >> none. >> not at all. >> bill: that's what we wanted to establish. the feds are involved because the state of florida has not charged him. the county has

has claimed self-defense although he was following trayvon and he was armed with nothing but candy and icedciting florida's stand your ground gun law, they have not arrested the suspect and that is what the people are protesting and whether that is even possible under florida law. today, florida's governor rick scott appointed a special prosecutor to investigate the shooting that killed mr. martin and the stand your ground law and the police chief of sanford, florida has temporarily removed himself from office. coverage of the story including the work of reverend al shortstopsharpton will continue tonight and will be on "the last word." ♪ when your chain of supply goes from here to shanghai, that's logistics. ♪ ♪ chips from here, boards from there track it all through the air, that's logistics. ♪ ♪ clearing customs like that hurry up no time flat that's logistics. ♪ ♪ all new technology ups brings to me, that's logistics. ♪ how they'll live tomorrow. for more than 116 years, ameriprise financial has worked for their clients' futures. helping millions of americans retire on their terms. when

pursue, and yet he does anyway, and we know that we have a 17-year-old kid here who's carrying candy and iced, he's on the phone with his girlfriend. not an optimal position from which to threaten the life of a grown man who is carrying a gun. how is that self-defense? >> well, i don't think we've heard all the evidence. i don't want to litigate this case in the media. but there's more to be told to that story. that's only a part of it, and there's more evidence that's going to be released, you know, when the case goes forward. it'll go to the grand jury i believe on april 10th. at that point more evidence is going to come out. that's only a small snippet of anything that happened that evening. i think when the other 911 tapes are released and when the other evidence comes out, it'll show clearly that george zimmerman was acting in self-defense. >> but let me press you on this. i know you say you don't want to litigate this publicly. but we are talking about a teenager against a grown man who has a gun. i mean it's just hard to imagine for many of us how given that power imbalance the guy wit