. >> your point is bourn out by mark martins, the prosecutor. said this weekend regarding the trials. >> the remedy for torture or cruel treatment, things that will make you ashamed that they were done that are deplorable and disappointing, the remedy is not to just dismiss all charges. it doesn't pass the common sense test that everything, everything? is polluted and tainted by an instance of torture? that means everybody goes free? everybody is free of accountability? >> ron, what do you make of that? i mean, we know that mark martins has tried -- they've been trying to reform the process to make it more i guess transparent. what do you make that have point? >> well, i mean it's a legal point. usually when evidence is obtained through coercion, torture, things like that, the evidence itself is excluded. but you usually don't dismiss the charges but sometimes when the government misconduct has been so outrageous as to shock the conscience, waterboarding somebody, 183 times before bringing them to trial, under those circumstances it's a proper m

you're persuading me, mark martins that there is, these are, can be fair but i don't know anything about them. i don't know them. i haven't seen any of them. i don't understand them. they are unknown. isn't that part of being perceived to be fair and being known to be fair and the history of an institution is an important thing to consider. i would agree with that. but i would say that we've made important strides in helping them be known. because these are taking place right now although they don't have to be but they are taking place in guantanamo, nothing in the military commissions act mentions guantanamo. they are not specific to any particular site. they can be convened somewhere else. they are happening in guantanamo in order for people to understand and can see the proceedings they are being transmitted by closed-circuit television to the continental united states for observation. the same rule applies in the military commission as it does in a court martial of a service member or in federal court. we have the same rule. the public and the media can go in and watch the proceeding

we mark martin luther king day. is the only country in the middle east that has a very large memorial for 9/11. it's the only country in the movies that has a park named for containing an exact replicate of the liberty bell to liberty bell park in jerusalem. to go to new york and josie obermeyer street, you come to her hometown in jerusalem you have washington street and you have lincoln street. though israeli can't say lincoln. you ask for lincoln street no one knows which are looking for. so have a great spiritual connection. you have a democratic affinity. but there was not was a military or strategic alliance to anyone who says israel and the united states have somehow allied military since thank for it doesn't know the military very will. there was a vote in the general assembly about the boycott of cuba embargo, irrespective of what you do about but the vote was 188-to make. can imagine who the two were. are voting record in international forums are a monk is virtually -- over the course of no more than six de

. >> reporter: speaking to the press today brigadier-general mark martins the chief prosecutor defended his team. >> the women on the prosecution team are dressed in an appropriate and professional manner. >> reporter: the defense lawyers also said they would seek to make the trials about torture the suspects allegedly endured when interrogated after their capture an before they arrived at guantanamo. the mention of torture lead to one of the most dramatic episodes in the hearing when bormann said that benatash had scars from his mistreatment. he actually removed his tonic to show his bare chest. the judge immediately order him to put it back on. jan crawford, cbs news, guantanamo. >> 9/11 family members watched a closed circuit feed of yesterday's hearing at four military bases across the northeastment while nine relatives representing sixictims were in cuba. with more on that here's tony guida. >> reporter: the nine came to guantanamo hoping to see justice. what they saw was chaos. organized by the defendants. >> they are complaining, and our families can't complain no more. they took

and we mark martin luther king day. it is the only country in the middle east that has a very large memorial for 9/11 just outside of jerusalem. it's the only country in the middle east that has a park named for and containing an exact replica of the liberty bell. liberty bell park in jerusalem. you go to new york -- you come to our hometown in jerusalem you have washington street and you have lincoln street. though israelis cannot say lincoln so they call it lincoln street. so you had the great spiritual connection. you had the democratic affinity. what there was not was a military or strategic alliance. anybody who says israel and the united states have been alied militarily since 1948 doesn't know their history very well. israel has always stood four square with the united states in the cold war. still does. a couple of weeks ago there was a vote in the general assembly about the boycott of cuba, the embargo. irrespective of what you feel about that, but the vote in the general assembly was 188-2, so you can imagine

on friday the lead prosecutor brigadier general mark martins insisted whatever came of such sessions won't find its way into court. >> the law prohibits the use of any statement obtained as the result of torture or cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment, and we will implement the law. >> reporter: mohammed's co-defendantss charged with finding flight schools and helping the hijackers enter the u.s. another alleged ran a camp where two of the 9/11 hijackers trained. and another are accused of providing the 9/11 attackers with money, clothing credit cards and travel arrangements. each man is charged with 2,976 counts of murder and terrorism and potentially faces the death penalty. six family members of 9/11 victims were chosen by lottery to attend saturday's proceedings at guantanamo, seated behind glass. >> i want to see the people that killed my sister face to face. that's what you do in america. you go and you face your fight. that's what we do. you know, we bring people to justice. >> warner: the bush administration began prosecuting the men in the military justice system in 2008. b

>>george: here monotremes the ride from fremont to the dun mark martin bridge.he dumbarton bridges, we've had big delays on the bay shore freeway -- the southbound 101. and the bayshore freeway southbound on one-to-one the estate slowdown and entail an slowdown in redwood city. we continue to wait for improvement at the bay bridge for the westbound ride has been jammed up through most of the morning. here at the drive time has dropped to 22 minutes. let's go to the weather. >>erica: there is a cloudy shot to the morning. temperatures are not that bad. was sitting in the '50s and it will these sixties and some inland areas. this after named it will be breezy and cooler. afternoon highs in your extended forecasts will be coming up in my next report. unfolding right now. our top story is unfolding right now. we ran albany with the latest with the will. >>will: them and >>jeff: their hiding behind the barricades right now. there is an officer should change. sure lefty can see a dozen or so protesters. we can see eight of you of the protesters and cover behind the fe

is the only country in the middle east that has had a memorial for jfk, martin luther king, we mark martin luther king day. there is a very large memorial to 9/11. it has a park named for and containing an exact replica of the liberty bell. liberty bell park. you come to our home town, you have washington street and lincoln street. they call it link-o-lin street. [laughter] you have a great spiritual connection, and what there was not was a military or strategic alliance. anyone that says we have been allied militarily, they don't know history. n the post-cold war period, there was a vote about the boycott of cuba. the vote was 188-2. imagine who the two were. voting records are virtually indistinguishable. israel fought wars in 1948, 1967, not one single american bullet. israel defeated three soviet- back armies and on the seventh the of the conflict, americans realize there was a super power in the middle east and thus began the u.s. strategic alliance that has blossomed and burgeoned the manifoldly ever since. talk about what america gives israel, roughly $3 billion in military aid ever

what witnesses say happened just before george zimmerman shot trayvon martin to death in sanford, florida. mark strassmann has the latest on the evidence. can congress get anything done? nancy cordes on the battle over protecting women from violence. >> stop playing games with the lives of women! >> o'donnell: and steve hartman "on the road" with a man who gives america's fallen heroes a star-spangled honor. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> o'donnell: good evening. scott's on assignment. i'm nora o'donnell. the biggest game in town was

. >> reporter: mark martin says he has hundreds of motions to prepare for the case, adding that everyoneated by the delay. bill: kelly wright in washington. we'll talk to -- we'll talk to john owens who lost his brother on 9/11. we'll get his reaction. martha: the white house is defending comments from joe biden on same-sex marriage that raised a few eyebrows. here is what the vice president said on "meet the press." >> i'm vice president of the united states of america. the president sets the policy. i'm comfortable with the fact that men marry illegible men, women marrying women are entitled to all the civil rights and civil liberties and i don't see much of a distinct beyond that. martha: well, that the jumping off point. doug schoen joins me, a former pollster to bill clinton. taught were jonathon morris is a roman catholic priest. the white house walked it back trying to broaden out the statement. is this a joe bidenism we heard or is this a way to get the message out that the door is open. >> it's saying the door is open, conservative catholics, african-americans and hispanics that

all evidence in the trayvon martin case. mark strassman is going through it all and he reports to "wjz" from sanford, florida. >> reporter: in the surveillance video, trayvon martin had 20 minute live. he left this convenience store with skittles and a can of iced tea and headed into a confrontation with george zimmerman. >> there is a black guy down, it looks like he has been shot. >> reporter: in the seven inch detail,s of the fight, zimmerman's facial injuries, broken nose, two black eyes, gashes in the back of his head. nearby, his .9-millimeter gun. lying on the ground, martin's cell phone. paramedics found him lying on his stomach. the can of iced tea still cold in his sweatshirt pocket. they performed cpr unsuccessfully for six minutes -- . >> reporter: martin's autopsy showed he was shot through the heart. gun powder wounds suggested zimmerman shot him from no more than 1 inches away. the trajectory was horizontal. martin was hurt in the fight, blood on his hair, a bruise around the eye. no eye witness saw the shot, but a

. >>> earlier today, students at malcolm elementary school in southeast marked trayvon martin day. the school's principal says the case provided important lessons, so she organized a special assembly for students and parents to discuss social injustice, race relations, and bullying. >> we are talking about how to say how it feels when people hurt you and how to express yourself rather than striking back. >> the principal says students must learn other methods to deal with confrontation instead of resorting to violence. she especially wants to reach out to parents to get them involved in what the school is trying to teach. >> bernice king is the daughter of two civil rights pioneers. she is in town to honor both of them. she is also promoting a book about her mother. it's called desert rose. bernice joined us earlier to talk about how they came up with the title. >> well, my aunt started this book in '66 at my mother's request. and she decided to title it desert rose to reflect the harsh withering restrictions of the south and how to make the world a better place, mother had a deter

. >> pelley: george zimmerman says trayvon martin spoke to him in the moment before he died. mark strassmann reports. and an overdue honor for an american hero. david martin with a story that was almost lost to history. >> what he did that day is almost indescribable. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening. we're beginning tonight with two important stories involving the brain. first, a study out today that may affect hundreds of thousands of american troops. in recent years, more than 200,000 of them have been diagnosed with traumatic brain injuries, including concussions. the question for researchers is whether these troops suffer the same long-term effects that are turning up among some football players. dr. jon lapook reports we may now have an answer. >> reporter: nick colgin came back from afghanistan in 2008 with a bronze star for heroism and a problem that's destroying his life. >> a rocket propelled grenade hit off the right side of my humvee and i didn't realize it at the time but i had suffered a traumatic b

martin. zimmerman claims he acted in self-defense. mark strassmann now with the evidence and what it shows and what it doesn't show. >> reporter: the convenience store surveillance video showing trayvon martin buying snacks was first seen by his family last night. what was it like for trayvon's mother to see him in that video? >> she says she stayed up most of the night crying last night. >> reporter: lawyer benjamin crump represents the teenager's parents. >> if you're a parent, you know, that is... there's an unimaginable thought that this is the last few minutes of my child's life. >> reporter: the state's evidence filed details injuries from the fight but offers no clear clues to explain what started the confrontation. it began as martin was talking to his girlfriend on his cell phone and here is what she told police. >> reporter: one witness told police he saw martin pummeling zimmerman like a mixed martial arts expert. >> reporter: but another witness' description is murkier. >> rep >> reporter: some of the case's most important evid

martin's family says it doesn't add up. paul callan is a former prosecutor and mark najame is also here. george zimmerman said trayvon martin was circling his suv but here's what he said to the dispatcher. >> these [ bleep ], they always get away. this guy looks like he's up to no good or he's on drugs or something. something's wrong with him. yep, he's coming to check me out. he's got something in his hands. i don't know what his deal is. >> are you following him? >> yeah. >> okay. we don't need you to do that. >> okay. >> now, paul, i mean i don't know how much detail comes into these calls. he doesn't use the words circling his suv but he says he's coming over to him. is this an inconsistency between the 911 call and what he's now saying to the officials? >> inconsistencies are the building blocks of the prosecutor's case because there's a charge they use in criminal cases called false in uno, false in one thing, false in everything. the prosecutor is going to say you can't believe the self defense claim because he's lying about what happened at the suv. now, is this an inconsistency?

the first look at what prosecutors will use to try to prove he's guilty of trayvon martin's murder. mark strassmann has the documents. a new report today suggests good cholesterol may not be as good as it's cracked up to be. dr. jon lapook has the new findings. a hospital has told a mother her newborn has died, but she doesn't believe it. >> i think that my baby was stolen. >> pelley: mark phillips on criminals who traffic in stolen babies. and the death of donna summer. anthony mason remembers the queen of disco. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening. we have late-breaking news in the trayvon martin case. for the first time, the court has released the evidence gathered by prosecutors. it includes information about injuries to the man charged with murdering martin, george zimmerman, and about marijuana use by martin. zimmerman shot the unarmed teenager one night in february. this is a picture of-- that was released this evening of martin- - that's him on the left-- at a 7-eleven as he was buying candy and an iced tea before

here now the quisz kids fox news anchor martha maccallum playing for martin mark wits.g nebraska. if you would like to win nifty prizes sign up on bill o'reilly.com. late night. >> we don't stay up very late. >> your show is late night to me. >> bill: you both have to be in before 9:00, right. >> pretty much we get up pretty early. >> don't expect much anyway and expect even less this evening. question one johnny carson became the host of the tonight show 1962. who was the first guest on the show? cards up, please. and the answer is, roll the tape. >> silly kid. >> i really love you. >> you keep saying. >> i mean i really love you, do you know what i mean? >> really? >> i'm pretty tough myself. every once in a while a beauty comes along. >> bill: the answer is mel brooks. one of the great guests of all time. that was not the first show by the way. interestingly enough they lost all of those early tapes. somebody erased them. question number two. it seems that no celebrities are off limits for jay leno. >> professional sleaze ball john edwards not expected to take the st

. >> chief prosecutor army brigadier general mark martin says it's going to take time before the case actually goes to trial. he has hundreds of motions to prepare. martin's added everyone is frustrated by this delay. he noted the civilian trial of the convicted september 11th co-conspirator zacarias moussaoui took four years and he pleaded guilty in 2006 before being sentenced to life in prison. >> he pleaded guilty and took four years and these guys won't say anything and the antics they're doing in the courtroom are outrageous. >> important thing about that is that trial were stopped after ksm had admitted everything because president obama did not want to have these trials at gitmo and he wanted to shut down gitmo so now we're fast forwarding to this point in time and it appears that the defense's tactics have completely changed. this thing will go on for years, folks. for years. >> for a decade probably. it would have been great if the prosecution would have stood up and said, where were we? you took complete credit for it. we're talking about a defense lawyer by the name of cher

toxicology report also revealed yet chemical residue of mark marijuana in his system not surprising martin was serving a two weeks school suspension for drug violations was killed. one witness told police he saw a black male what mountain and a white male throwing punches mix martial arts style he didn't hit a gunshot is when to call police and the stanford police report stated that the confrontation was ultimately avoidable by zimmermann. if zimmermann had remained in his vehicle and awaited the arrival of law enforcement. >>> the special prosecutor is blocks the release of about 10 percent of the case still under seal our autopsy videos and photos names of some witnesses and telephone records. mayor johnson cbs news orlando. if kennedy to year-old fairfield man really was the infamous zodiac killer we'll never know because he's dead. the former real-estate salesman was a central figure in the new book the zodiac killer cover-up the retired chp officer who wrote it says he's convinced the man is behind a string of unsolved murders the chronicle reports that was listed in a database of peo

here now the quisz kids fox news anchor martha maccallum playing for martin mark wits.g nebraska. if you would like to win nifty prizes sign up on bill o'reilly.com. late night. >> we don't stay up very late. >> your show is late night to me. >> bill: you both have to be in before 9:00, right. >> pretty much we get up pretty early. >> don't expect much anyway and expect even less this evening. question one johnny carson became the host of the tonight show 1962. who was the first guest on the show? cards up, please. and the answer is, roll the tape. >> silly kid. >> i really love you. >> you keep saying. >> i mean i really love you, do you know what i mean? >> really? >> i'm pretty tough myself. every once in a while a beauty comes along. >> bill: the answer is mel brooks. one of the great guests of all time. that was not the first show by the way. interestingly enough they lost all of those early tapes. somebody erased them. question number two. it seems that no celebrities are off limits for jay leno. >> professional sleaze ball john edwards not expected to take the st

cyril wecht, cnn legal analyst mark nejame and martin family attorney, natalie jackson.let me start with you and what we learned about trayvon martin, that he had thc, marijuana, found in his system. i've looked at certain parts of this. it's possible that he smoked close to the incident, it's possible he smoked many hours before the incident. is it relevant? >> we don't believe that it's relevant. here we have -- there was a trace amount of thc in his system. with that being said, they cannot say when that was found in his system, what time frame. was it -- you know, what it did clearly say is that it did not cause -- it was not up to the level of impairment. so how long it had been in his system, he shouldn't have smoked it but we don't think that it's relevant at all. >> mark, what about the pictures on the george zimmerman side? you look at the back of the head and you see obviously that he's cut up and bloody. when you look at the front with the broken nose, you know, as a layperson i have to say it doesn't look bad. >> well, it's going to show that there was mutual

mark trump would. no communication between martin and weeks.r sex innings from the dirs day that they took over the group. that speculation about to turn to reality as we e reported earlier the warriors expected to hold a news conference tomorrow to announce the franchise is being to san francisco for the 20 17 season and blake mentioned in lack of understanding. >> this is in oak land. today. we are conscientious of that aware of that we love it. let's not confuse the issue here. swe run a business too and we have to consider option as they become available to us. >>reporter: nba play offs tonight. lakers and thunder huge crowd jumbo trying to colby 42 points. went toast to coast but devin with a victory as steal here at 28 points and hits the fur. 1 0six h1n1 knife and finish off 4 games to 1. all right thanks. >> "nightline"up next. >> be sure to join us for morning news starting at 4:30 for the arrest in the sierra la mar case. >> sll vul on facebook bay area @@@@ út

mark trump would. no communication between martin and weeks. can't bring out 2-1 goes for sex innings from the dirs day that they took over the group. that speculation about to turn to reality as we reported earlier the warriors expected to hold a news conference tomorrow to announce the franchise is being to san francisco for the 20 17 season and blake mentioned in lack of understanding. >> this is in oak land. today. we are conscientious of that aware of that we love it. let's not confuse the issue here. swe run a business too and we have to consider option as they become available to us. >>reporter: nba play offs tonight. lakers and thunder huge crowd jumbo trying to colby 42 points. went toast to coast but devin with a victory as steal here at 28 points and hits the fur. 1 0six h1n1 knife and finish off 4 games to 1. all right thanks. >> "nightline"up next. >> be sure to join us for morning news starting at 4:30 for the arrest in the sierra la mar case. >> sll vul on facebook bay area all of us here thanks for

scott, that suggests that when zimmerman shot martin they were just inches apart. >> pelley: mark, thank you very much. we may be heading for another showdown over raising the debt kreiling so the government doesn't default. at the white house today, house speaker john boehner made it clear he won't allow the ceiling to be raised without cuts in spending. the president opposes that. we got to wondering what became of a compromise that was proposed last year by three democrats and three republicans in the senate, the so-called gang of six. so we asked nancy cordes to find out. >> reporter: after months of closed-door negotiations the gang of six came forward last sum we are a proposal to cut nearly $4 trillion from the debt. more than 40 senators from the right and left signed on to what was then just an outline but the breakthrough was quickly overlooked in the fight to raise the debt ceiling before the deadline. what might surprise you is the gang has been working quietly ever since then to craft compromise legislation that could be put to a vote by the end of the year. >> i try not to

the first look at what prosecutors will use to try to prove he's guilty of trayvon martin's murder. marknts. a new report today suggests good cholesterol may not be as good as it's cracked up to be. dr. jon lapook has the new foundings. a hospital has told a mother her newborn has died but she doesn't believe it. mark phillips on criminals who traffic in stolen babies. and the death of donna summer. anthony mason remembers the queen of disco. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening. we have late breaking news in the trayvon martin case. for the first time, the court has released the evidence gathered by prosecutors. it includes information about injuries to the man charged with murdering martin, george zimmerman, and about marijuana

mark on folden gate park. >> the city renamed mid rel drive east nancy pelosi drive. that is the roadway expecting john f kend ken neddy drive to martin luther king junior drive. >> mark matthews is live at the park this afternoon. >> this morning it was middle drive. as of two hoursing acrow, it's now nancy pelosi drive. the mayor unveiling the sign with recreation and park commissioner telling pelosi now she'll probably be able to get past city parking restricks. it is in recognition of her 25 years in congress. i asked her what events stands above the rest. >> nothing compares to health care for all american as a right. and that is something we had social security in the 30s and medicare and medicaid in 60s and health care bill that was historic. made a difference in the lives of american people. that is the job we went there to do. that is the proudest moment. no question. >> secret is that she's start and hard working and willing to go the extra mile. she does it every time. there is a person who dedicated herself so much, but now, reaping benefits in a different way. this is different. and it's good. >> and there is worth noting

today did not mark the end of the special session season. gov. martin o'malley said there would be a second one addressing expanded gaming in maryland on third day. >> there is a new spiritual leader in the baltimore area million -- william lowery was installed as the 16th archbishop of baltimore. he is from bridgeport, connecticut and succeeds cardinal william o'brien. >> faith is public. faith is meant to be spread far and wide and acted upon through church and -- through church institutions in the witness of the individual believers. >> his responsibility will be to oversee seven catholic schools. the ceremony help students learn more about the current leader. if you missed the event, you can watch mass on wbaltv.com will you can watch the homily in its entirety. >> the team behind the baltimore grand prix is hoping to make the event bigger and better while avoiding the issues we saw last year. race on llc will sell tickets on may 28. it will promote and run this year's grand prix. president michael andretti is confident the race will become a world-

martin. i have to say the anniversary here is not marked in quite the same way as it is in the states. this from most pakistanis was probably the single most humiliating and embarrassing event in recent history. a situation of great sensitivity. the fact that the president was mentioning it, for him to come to the country just next door and talk about it again will probably be perceived here as a very serious snub. >> indeed, there is still concern. even this period of 12 months after. how it was that bin laden was able to hide in that compound for ten years with three wives, five children, and four grandchildren. do the pakistanis have any answer for that? >> reporter: the short answer is no. there are as of yet, no definitive answers. no official version of events from the pakistanis. the most detail we have on how long he stayed here was probably about five or six years in that compound here. but without any kind of official version of events, there are a lot of serious questions. they have launched a formal government commission that is looking into bin laden's presence here but th