john simmons was on the board. you know, publishers of both papers. and it was, you know, a dynamic group. i knew these men. we made an appointment to go see john. well, his sister-in-law, his brother and he adored and died. his sister-in-law and still had an office next to john. he called there. he sat down. a tell the story. all of a sudden the sister-in-law excused herself. then his assistant excused herself. we were sitting with john simmons behind that huge task. he's about 64. i always thought of them as mr. dallas. he did not say a word. finally he spoke. he said, well, it has to be done. you go head. [laughter] so it's that kind of adventure. >> in the early 80's this exhibit ran into a number of delays and obstacles outside forces. i want to just go through a couple of these. initially the national park service did not consider this to be an historic site worth preserving. initial fund-raising efforts were not successful. in the attempted assassination of president reagan brought attention back on dallas. john hinckley bought the gun used to s

. >> reporter: milwaukee, wisconsin, 76-year-old john spooner accuses 13-year-old darius simmons of burglarizing home. the teen denies it, and the security camera shows the explosive moment when spooner accosts the boy and shoots him as his mother watches. >> spooner's lawyer claims mental illness. >> he didn't appreciate the wrongfulness of what he was doing. >> reporter: this week he was convicted of murder anyway. >> what do we want? >> justice. >> reporter: in the wake of the zimmerman case, debates are raging over just when do people have and not have the right to defend their property with force? people in their own homes do not have to retreat from attackers before fighting back. more than 20 states have stand your ground laws, which extend that legal protection to situations outside the home. in almost every circumstance, however, the law requires reasonable judgment about the seriousness of the threat. that can make each case wildly different, and that's the problem for cnn legal analyst mark nejang. >> the standard is typically what a reasonable person would do under the circumstances,

john henry sooner is charged with murdering his neighbor, 13-year-old darius simmons. prosecutors say sooner approach simmons last year and then opened fire. sooner's lawyer said his defendant is mentally ill and did not mean to kill anyone. >>> in washington, the senate may be hours away from an epic battle described as a nuclear option. 98 of the 100 senators met behind closed doors last night to discuss a threat by democrats to change filibuster rules. republicans say the changes would upset two centuries of senate tradition. after the meeting, democratic leader harry reid said he's still ready to vote on the plan this morning. >> we've had a very good conversation. the conversation is going to continue tonight. the votes are scheduled at 10:00 in the morning. >> democrats blame the filibuster rules for gridlock that's preventing a confirmation vote on several of president obama's nominees. republicans now say they will allow up or down votes on most of those nominations. >>> as senators argue inside the capitol, the temperature outside is expected to hit 97 in wash

police say 76-year-old john spooner accuses 13-year-old darius simmons of burglarizing his hem two days. the teen deny it is and the security camera records the explosive moments that he confronts the teen-ager and shoots the boy as his mother watches. >> he didn't appreciate the wrongfulness of what he was doing. >> this week he was convicted of murder anyway. >> what do we want? >> justice! >> in the wake of the zimmermann case, debates are raging over just when people do and do not have the right to use deadly force defending their lives and property. almost every state has castle laws, which generally say people in their own homes do not have to retreat from attackers before fighting back. more than 20 states have stand your ground laws, which extend that legal protections to situations outside the home. in almost every circumstance, however, the law requires reasonable judgment about the seriousness of the threat. that can make each case wildly different and that's the problem for cnn legal analyst mark nejame. >> the standards are typically what a reasonable person would do under

men, john henry spinner, is facing first-degree intentional murder charges for the fatal shooting of his unarmed neighborhood, a 13-year- old african-american boy named areas simmonsay 2012. according to the criminal complaints, spinner accused the boy of stealing from his home. when simmons denied it, spinner shot him. the boy's mother witnessed her son's murder. his aunt spoke at the vigil after the shooting. >> his mom wants everyone to know he had his hands up standing in front of him when he was shot. then he turned to run and he shot him again in the back. >> after witnessing her son's patricia larry was reportedly forced to remain in a police car for more than an hour instead of being allowed to be with her son's body. home for theed her firearms spinner had accused the boy of stealing, but found nothing. they also arrested another of her sons on-year-old truancy violation. on monday, at least one potential juror for the spinner case was not chosen after he expressed anger over the zimmerman verdict. of the 14 jurors selected monday, only one is african- american. could you tell us more about this, kali akuno? >> recently, you see the same , particularly in

russell simmons wrote, i know many people are very upset about the verdict, but we must remain peaceful no matter what. remain peaceful and from singer john legend, my heart hurts and from the naacp, they have responded, they said this from the president, we are outraged and we are heart broken over today's verdict. we stand with trayvon's family and we are called to act. we will pursue civil rights charges with the department of justice and we will continue to fight for the removal of stand your ground laws in every state. and we will not rest until racial profiling in all its forms is outlawed. more reaction coming. more from our legal experts that will go back in the courtroom as well with our man who was inside the courtroom, and that is none other than martin savage on the other side of the break. my asthma's under control. i don't miss out... you sat out most of our game yesterday! asthma doesn't affect my job... you were out sick last week. my asthma doesn't bother my family... you coughed all through our date night! i hardly use my rescue inhaler at all. what did you say? how about - every day? coping with asthma isn't controlling

russell simmons wrote, i know many people are very upset about the verdict, but we must remain peaceful no matter what. remain peaceful and from singer john my heart hurts and from the naacp, they have responded, they said this from the president, we are outraged and we are heart broken over today's verdict. we stand with trayvon's family and we are called to act. we will pursue civil rights charges with the department of justice and we will continue to fight for the removal of stand your ground laws in every state. and we will not rest until racial profiling in all its forms is outlawed. more reaction coming. more from our legal experts that will go back in the courtroom as well with our man who was inside the courtroom, and that is none other than martin savage on the other side of the break. this is greta. she works in quality control. she makes a nifty living sleeping on mattresses pioneered by engineers whose singluar devotion is not stopping until they have given her the best sleep of her life. that's not greta. save up to $500 on the tempur-ergo collection and get your best sleep possible. visit tempurpedic.com to find a store near

simmons live in front of the crash scene there in spain. thank you so much. caroline kennedy has a new high-profile job. president obama nominated the daughter of john f. kennedy to be an ambassador to japan. she's an attorney and has never worked in government or specialty with japan. there are others who have served in this role that include walter monday dale and howard baker. >>> new york mayoral candidate anthony weiner is pressing forward. he's rejected the calls to dropout. now the information congressman wrote an open letter to voters saying quote i will not quit you. he also appeared at a mayoral forum yesterday. he was asked whether he preferred facebook or twitter. this is what he said. >> all i can say is, selgado don't ask me. our campaign is on twitter. >> joining me is now the managing editor of the daily beast. a couple of laughs during that discussion. weiner was met with some boos and some jeers at a public housing event last night and one theory from politico is this cents about winning for him it's about erasing the past by going through the motions. what do you think? >> right. hi, richard. thanks for having me. one of the ideas pu