with me to talk about that is jason johnson, professor of political science and chief political correspondent for politics 365. jason, you also wrote a cnn.com article about this. in new york, michael, editor in chief for globalgrind.com. welcome to both of you. so jason, let's begin with you. you titled your article on cnn.com rachel jeantel is a star. i'm not so sure that's a good thing. >> it's not. i think that the most critical thing i pointed out is that reaction to rachel jeantel had to do with cultural profiling. there were a lot of people saying she's strange and she's untrustworthy and unreliable. the moment she got on stage before she even faced a cross-examination, a lot because she's a plus sized dark skinned lack woman. that's one of the problems we have in society in general and a problem for prosecution in this case. >> according to the article on your website, you think these five white jurors won't understand where she's coming from but i kind of have to disagree with you. i think they really can see that she's just from a different socioeconomic background perhaps and she's

joining me now from atlanta is jason johnson the chief correspondent from 365.com jason of course welcomek inside "the war room." how upset should we be about this? it's been going on for seven years. there excellent been any lawsuit from anyone claiming to be targeted, and until boston no terrorist attacks. is it really that bad jason? >> yes, it's horrible. this is the disgusting orwellian state that the united states signed up for since 9/11. no president is going to put away the toys the previous president bought for him. it's clear that everything that george bush did, barack obama was not going to put those toys away. he just said he was going to play with them nicer. you have a violation of civil liberties, commercial rights and americans should be calling their senators and congressmen saying this needs to be stopped. >> michael: what about it needs to be stopped? i'm a progressive and i've been talking to everybody, my friends and colleagues in the office wondering why i'm not angrier about it. i think i'm angry about the lack of transparency. when they going to the fisa court. w

joining us from atlanta is jason johnson.s professor at hyrum university and chief political correspondent of politics 365.com. welcome back to "the war room"." >> it's great to be here. >> michael: we like having you and there are interesting things to talk about across the board oh. yesterday, the amendment to the border security passing with 15 republicans. the g.o.p. support for something similar in the house is really unlikely. speaker boehner said, i have no intention much putting a bill on the floor that people in this room do not believe secures our border. it's not going to happen. what would be an acceptable bill for g.o.p. house members. >> i don't there is an acceptable bill. we can start playing taps right now. this bill is going to die in the house. the motivation in the senate to passing this bill has to do with larger economic political and presidential aspirations of senators. senators are thinking about running for president. they're thinking about winning their states where the larger latinos are growing. r

jason johnson is an hln contributor. you're also covering the trial for us.in fact, going back to florida very soon. why do you think george zimmerman is losing in the court of public opinion? >> i don't think he's a sympathetic victim in this situation. if you compare his behavior to the behavior of trayvon martin's parents over the last year. his parents have been on television and said they want the legal process. we don't think george zimmerman is a racist but his family has gone off the rail. he doesn't look nearly as sympathetic. >> i'm sure george zimmerman's attorneys have considered that. >> i do. a lot of this is not going to boil down to the legal wrangling, but who the jury believes. i think, for example, the idea of not having expert testimony about the 911 phone call. jurors will decide whose voice they think it is. a lot amour about gut instinct than legal wrangling. >> trayvon martin's girlfriend who was on the phone with him at the time he was walking through that neighborhood. >> oh, yeah. she's the last person who spoke to him alive and her

sunny hostin is also a listening into this testimony, as well as jason johnson. both here as court observers. sunny, i'll start with you. when you get right down to it. they can put all the neighbors on the stand that they want. i'm talking about the prosecution here. the only eyewitness to this crime is george zimmerman. >> well, that's true. there were witnesses that saw different pieces of this, though, carol. i think that's very important because what the prosecution needs to do is really put this together almost like you would a puzzle because, as you said, there were really only two witnesses to the entire altercation. how it began, what happened in the middle and how it ended and those were george zimmerman and trayvon martin. trayvon martin is no longer with us. but these witnesses' perspect e perspectives are very crucial because you have to challenge george zimmerman's story in a case like this because he has everything to gain by not being truthful and perhaps everything to lose by being honest. so, make no mistake about it, this is extremely, extremel

so, let's talk about those larger implications surrounding this trial with hln contributor jason johnsonn sanford, florida. professor of political science and chief political correspondent for politic365.com. and reverend eugene rivers. welcome to you both. >> good morning, carol. >> good morning. >> good morning. thanks for being here. jason, i want to start with you. a lot of racial tension there in sanford. starting with a fight over seating arrangements in the courthouse. a white baptist minister and he's a pretty big minister. 30,000 followers. he wanted to sit behind the martin family and the defense complained. why? >> well, because the defense doesn't want someone with that strong a connection to the white community in sanford to be sitting behind the black family. look, a lot of this case is about symbols. symbolically what does a hoodie mean and what does it mean to have a parishioner sitting behind. each side is working on the opposites and the symbolism. the defense made the first move. >> will that white pastor be sitting behind the martin family or was he forced to move? >>

jason johnson, one of the fisherman caught the sharks as a took more than two hours at a quarter milehnston edit it was really dangerous of they had to tie the tale with a row. the shark is expected to be donated to a research organization for study. >> looking at wall street the dow jones industrial average lost again today. it is starting to mount. the dollar off 132 points now. we have a weaker than expected numbers coming from a >>. they came out with their monthly report to show you jobs added to the u.s. economy. adp does perrot estimate about 135,000. >> investors jittery about friday will we have the monthly jobs report coming out. we will see if the end of the rate comes out. >> more news on wall street coming up at 915. coming up in two minutes a developing story out oakland crew on the scene a little alarm fire. it is just insane. it was affecting traffic on 880 which is that the freeway. >> we have new video coming out of philadelphia were emergency crews are on the scene of a building collapse. eight to 10 people are believed to be buried in rubble. and coming up at 915 w

jason kidd to get that coaching job? >> very unusual. >> i'm carolyn johnson, for all of us here at 9:00.00 on "abc 7 news" over on channel 7. on channel 7. good night. charlie: hello, charlie kelly here, local business owner and cat enthusiast. is your cat making too much noise all the time? is your cat constantly stomping around, driving you crazy?!

jimmie johnson and his daughter, six laps to go, three left in the race, he is in second, jason bifflen he drifts into the wall, finishes 28. that win at michigan international speedway. the pressure is squarely on san antonio entering game five, retaking home court, the spurs in trouble if they go to miami, down 3-2, tony parker's hamstring an issue. lebron james, a man on a mission in game four, he knows the series stranglehold is within reach tonight. >> we had 11 or 12 straight consecutive win/loss, win/loss, i think it is time, enough is enough for our team, we need to be urgent as if we would be down to one. >> that is what it is about right now, the focus for a longer period of time, taking care of the ball. understanding what you want to deal with, and less defensive mistakes. and for whatever reason it seems the team coming off the loss of it has done a better job of sustaining it for a longer period of time. >>> coverage begins from san antonio in just minutes, we'll be in studio for after the game, i'll make a cameo, and for the rest of the day in sports. >>> we look forward

jason castro, third batter of the game. three batters later, carlos pena hit one. matt dominguez hit another. steve johnson gave up two more. the orioles made a late run. j.j. hardy homered. matt wieters did the same. the orioles have the tying run at the plate. houston even as the series. remember the ray lewis under armour commercial -- "protect this house"? the ravens were welcome to the white house by the president. the president received a jersey. not farardi trophy away. the president honored the super bowl champions. they have theike momentum and the lights went out for half an hour. [laughter] these ravens always pulled through. >> the super bowl celebration not over. the ravens will receive their super bowl rings tomorrow night. . classic game last night boston in the dark jerseys. pittsburgh tied it in the second period. second overtime. just under five minutes left. the break away and the game winner. boston wins. nba, a game won tonight. >> you're watching wbal-tv 11. live, local, late-breaking. this is 11 news today at 6:00 a.m. >> good morning. welcome back to 11 news today. i'm mindy basara.

johnson's celebration landed him 30 days in jail for violating his probation. just moments before, that same judge was prepared to hand out a much lighter punishment with no jail time. >>>. >>> jasonidd, turns out he is not ready to leave the association just yet. >> hopefully my next chapter will be something involved in basketball. if not coaching, somewhere in the office management. >> kidd reportedly interested in the brooklyn nets head coaching vacancy. he played seven seasons for them, leading the nets to two final appearances. former nba baller if ryan shaw, also going for the job. warriors forward landry was at city hall today to help recognize san francisco high school graduate who are living in one of the 40 housing developments in san francisco. the sf housing authority put the event together in support of these graduates who heard landry's message loud and clear. >> one of my obstacles are my mom bag -- being at a low. i want to help her out. >> i know the circumstances they come from. everybody doesn't have it easy. i was here to encourage them. stay the course. if they do, good things will happen. >>> tim tee bo found -- tebow found a new home. i don't think that is

johnson, kevin garnett, brook lopez. >> they better win in a year because they're getting old. >> deron williams going to get hurt, jasond coming off the bench. >> the russian billionaire going all-in? >> go grizzlies. >> up next, we have bloomberg's business week's josh green. a shocked man he was not selected last night. he's going to tell us about the surprise court decisions and how they can determine the political fate of the gop. he joins us next. mika's must-read opinion pages being telefaxed in from the south of france as we speak. [ panting ] we're headed the same way, right? yeah. ♪ [ panting ] uh... after you. ♪ [ sighs ] [ male announcer ] it's all in how you get there. the srx, from cadillac. awarded best interior design of any luxury brand. lease this 2013 cadillac srx for around $399 per month, with premium care maintenance included. bjorn earns unlimited rewards for his small business. take these bags to room 12 please. [ garth ] bjorn's small business earns double miles on every purchase every day. produce delivery. [ bjorn ] just put it on my spark card. [ garth ] why settle for less? ahh, oh! [ garth