coming up next is representative mark sanford. he was first elected to congress in 1994 and was elected governor of south carolina in 2002 and reelected in 2006. this year representative mark sanford won a special election for south carolina's first congressional district against a endocrine. -- against a democrat. this is 10 minutes. >> thank you. i reshape being -- i appreciate being with you. i thought for a moment about what i would say. what hit me is the story that many of you know well. they areng story is in philadelphia, the first congressional convention. they are wrapping up a liberations. an older man steps out. some steps forward and says, well, dr., what do we have? , every public if you can keep it. -- a republic if you can keep it. he said, if you think you could. nesting in individuals a degree of power and individuals in turn were in essence loan the government power. as it isis much consent by the government. that is to stay this point that we find ourselves in right now in washington d c is a tipping point, a r

speakers include jeb bush, paul ryan and mark sanford. on c-span 2 at 9:30 a.m. eastern, the house committee on health talks about prescription drug abuse. in a few moments, a look at today's headlines, plus your calls and tweets live on "washington journal." the house will consider in the house -- will consider the appropriations bill. later, a discussion on the tax code with the chairman of the ways and means committee and senator max baucus, hence the finance committee. in about 45 minutes, we will be joined by the chief economist for moody's analytics to discuss economic indicators including unemployment numbers, wholesale, and gross domestic product. we will look at the policy implications as the census bureau annual population estimates. our guest will be with the census bureau and from the pew research center. "washington journal"journal is next. next.

. >> i say this, i believe this, i believe this about mark sanford.de is, if -- neil: he hhked the ap appalachin trail he did not do this. >> well he did the argentinean mambo or whatever they do there. neil: if he pops up in his underwear, all bets are off. >> i really don't care. neil: i love about democrats it does not matter. >> i am libtaryian with this stuff. >> if is is legal, barn yard animal is not, but if it is legal, go. neil: there is a level that crosses the line. i know i am getting e-mail from all of julie's friends. >> neil cavuto at epa do tha.go. >> neil: yeah. i love new york my wife is from there, a great city, but maybe what city needs is a narcissist not a nanny. >> we have had one for years, giuliani before that. neil: a difference with nars sim-->> isn't the big attract iw york the naked cowboy in times square, don't people flock in from all over the world to see a guy in diapers. >> but he is not running for office. >> do a good job new york city, i don't care whose pictures you send, if it is legal, and his wife does not care

. >> what i think is interesting about this is mark sanford was sworn into congress just a month ago.dn't use jenny sanford in his campaign because they divorced, but he also apologized right up front as he was announcing his campaign, just like anthony weiner did. >> and they just took question after question after question until people -- >> stopped. >> one thing about weiner, the worst thing that happens is he loses, he's back in public life, he's gone throughout gauntlet and he can do what he wants to do. >> it's a fluid race right now. >> happy birthday. >> thanks. >> how big a deal is the immigration people that the senate passed? but paul, they wanted 70 votes. they got 68. will the formality be enough to impress the house? >> it's going to be really tough. i don't think the house cares what the senate does but it does put some pressure on them. john boehner, the ball is in your court. >> we'll be right back with the politics lead. immigration reform passes the senate. [ panting ] we're headed the same way, right? yeah. ♪ [ panting ] uh... after you. ♪ [ sighs ] [ male announce

that came around the time then-south carolina governor mark sanford was caught lying about a supposed on the appalachian trail when sanford was really in argentina with his girlfriend. brian todd, cnn, washington. >> news just crossing. france's foreign minister, he's announced that they did lab tests on some samples taken out of syria, french lab tests, and they got results of the tests and it shows to them with certainty, he said that sarin gas had been used in syria. the wording was several times and in a localized manner. quote was france now has certainty of the results. he said that they passed them on to the united nations relevant bodies as well. >> he doesn't say who used sarin gas against, whether or not it was the government or the rebels. but that would be very important in terms of how france, uk, the united states responds to the news. this would be the first time that they would confirm sarin gas was used. >> saying with certainty from lab tests, from samples collected bay u.n. fact finding mission. u.n. saying they have certainty both sides used toxins at various point

it really is not -- mark sanford. he ran against elizabeth colbert bush. maybe a level below where the top tier could have been. >> not an impressive turnout. thank you. we have much more, much more in depth look at the results from last night's massachusetts senate race on our website. make sure to check it out at rundown.msnbc.com. >>> up next, the president prepares to head to africa for his first extended trip to the continent and his first visit since 2009. we'll look at what he hopes to accomplish. but first, a look ahead at today's politics planner. circle 10:00 a.m., supreme court decisions expected. this is the last day that the supreme court will be ruling. proposition 8, defense of marriage, we'll be talking about it. [ male announcer ] this is george. the day building a play set begins with a surprise twinge of back pain... and a choice. take up to 4 advil in a day or 2 aleve for all day relief. [ male announcer ] that's handy. ♪ [ male announcer ] introducing red lobster's seaside mix & match. combine any two from a wide variety of seven excit

he spoke after mark sanford. mark sanford -- a very tepid applause. reverend rodriguez really got the crowd fired up. just an incredible speaker. i personally am in favor of immigration reform. i think that there are plenty of conservative reasons why we have to be in favor of it, including jeb bush pose the argument, which he botched, but the question is -- will pass? i think it patches -- passes the senate. i don't think it passes the house. and i think republicans will be .lamed for that that is my political position. host: two more calls, joseph from birmingham, alabama. independent line. caller: hello. 'su talked about ron paul speech and then the woman called about it. the problem is there is no free markets. it is controlled. i work for a television station, it controls 40% of the market in atlanta during the 1960's. our advertising influenced the city. we had an amusement park there before six flags. 50% of the sponsorship of the cartoons for the children were town, which were discriminatory. it was not a question of you being able to go where

mark sanford, very complicated situation. he screwed up big time. crying and he said, i screwed up big time. these people who apologize without apologizing -- >> that's a different apology, that was an infidelity -- >> she's bringing up bible here. >> that's an infidelity that i think people accept a lot more than racism -- >> you see a southern woman -- >> astute observation -- >> you cannot get anything past this guy! that's why we have him on the show. >> that's why i get the big bucks. when you see a southern white woman, you don't know her and you're just watching and she is saying at some point in my life i've used that horrible word. as a black guy, do you go, she's automatically a racist or like a professor said, in "time" magazine, said, it's not right, i understand people from a different generation can use that word and not necessarily be racist. i'm just asking -- i'm not defending it. bold word. >> i understand. the first thing you have to understand is the intent of the person. i wasn't there when she said it to determine if she was a

jed bush, representative alan west, and mark sanford. and c- live on c-span3 span radio. we are asking what you think about the u.s. decision to a syrian rebels with arms. let us hear from harry on our republicans line. caller: good morning. i would just like to say few things. is gettingll assad what he deserves. he rigged the elections and make sure that his regime stayed in power. that is a problem. the of the problem is the muslim brotherhood is mostly behind a lot of the intentions in syria, as well as the fighting. i say this because i have personal knowledge that the so- called rebels' freedom fighters have taken advantage of the syrian christians -- they have committed murders, atrocities, destroyed century-old churches. i believe if the u.s. gets involved militarily it is a very slippery slope we are going down unfortunately our president does not see it that way. potatoes but it was enough to get the administration to move. i cannot believe we should be supplying arms. humanitarian aid, of course. host: here is what michael tweet sin -- democrats live from kings

then representative paul ryan followed by south carolina rep mark sanford.e does protect american civil liberties privacy. the issue is to date we have not been able to explain it because it is classified. that issue is something we are wrestling with. how do we explain it and still keep the nation secure? that is the issue we have in front of us. you know that this was something debated vigorously in congress. both in the house and senate. with a and b administration and now the court. when you look at this, this is not us doing something under the covers, this is what we're doing on behalf of all of us for the good of the country. now what we need to do is bring as many facts as we can to the american people. that we arespective trying to hide something because we did something wrong. we are not. take of this weekend, the senate appropriations committee looks that u.s. intelligence agency secret data collection program. fromthis weekend, coverage the publishing industry's annual trade show. that is saturday and sunday. on american history tv, lectures on t

but people like paula deen, by that i mean just like a politician, mark sanford, whoever, they come back. she will make a comeback. she made a comeback after admitting she had type two diabetes. but this is a huge blow to her brand, to her image and her many fans and followers, many of whom are black who loved paula deen because paula deen knows how to stir up the pot. >> she does. for anybody who sits at the table. >> i can tell you, for anybody who tried a little bit of her food, it's as good as your mother's recipe. >> i've tried it too. maybe she need as time-out and maybe that's about to happen here. let's go to howard bragman. it's a good segue to you. do you think she's doing the right thing at this point by apologizing and is the food network doing a good thing at this point by perhaps letting her sort of go away for a while? >> can you hear me? >> i'm here. it's jim acosta with cnn. >> okay. >> we want to ask you about what's happening with paula deen and her apology. what do you make of her apology and the food network's decision to drop her? >> i think this is really, really d

if elizabeth colbert bush cannot beat mark sanford, the joke of south carolina, i would suggest to youughout the country, they probably can't win those either. >> okay. >> i have a slightly different view on that. >> that's it, we're done. yeah. >> michael, do you disagree with me on that? >> i just think we need to be cautious. we lost eight seats last year, in the same districts that were drawn by republicans in 2010. so i think we need to be smart and careful. i think the way alex set this argument is the way we look at this, don't overreach, be smart and be practical and pragmatic about it. otherwise you could wind up losing seats you wouldn't expect to lose. >> there's a secret in washington, d.c. that they vice president been told about. people think they're morons and don't care about them. they think they can do nothing. since they think they can do nothing, and they do do nothing? guess what, they're not going to pay attention to the summer. >> my cynical friends, i want to thank you both for being with me, michael and jimmy. we'll have you back soon. >> all right. >>> we have

that's because that came just around the time then south carolina governor mark sanford was caught lying trip on the appalachian trail when sanford was really in argentina with his girlfriend. brian todd, cnn, washington. >> brian todd, thank you very much. we're going to talk in moments once we get his signal worked out, les stroud, the survivor man. and he'll talk to us about, you know, what he's endured being left alone in the wilderness for weeks on end. and if this is something people really should try to do. so hang tight for that. we're working on that. >>> some of the hottest stories in a flash, rapid fire. roll it. in turkey, the government is offering a rare apology after days and days of clashes between protesters there and police. demonstrators were back in an c kara and other cities today. two people have been killed now, hundreds others injured. earlier we spoke to a witness who told us she's troubled by the government's policies. >> protesters are actually concerned about these governments' actual interventions in people's daily lives. like abortion rights or medical pract

that's because that came just around the time that then south carolina governor mark sanford was caughtrip and the appalachian trail when sanford was really in argentina with his girlfriend. wolf, senator and mrs. flake at didn't want any such rumors swirling about his survivalist trip to the pacific. >> he also tells a pretty amazing story about how aggressive the sharks were. zblun believable. the sharks that pursued them to shore with their fish. he said they kind of took shelter in a tidal pool and the son got the fish into the tidal pool. they were protected from the sharks by a rock formation. they came there and rested their heads there looking at them looking at the fish. they were that aggressive. you hear stories on the pacific where sharks are very aggressive. good story for the kids to tell. >> i'll wait until there is a hotel myself. brian, thank you for that report. let's take a quick look at the other top stories in the situation room right now. the u.s. is sending a patriot missile battery and 200 military planners to jordan. the equipment is for a military exercise but

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speakers are scheduled to include jeb bush, representative paul ryan, allen west, and representative mark sanford. and commercergy committee holds a hearing on prescription drug abuse. former secretary of state hillary clinton says in her role at the clinton foundation, she focuses on women, children, and job creation. she spoke in chicago and was introduced by former president bill clinton. this is half an hour. >> this last six months for our foundation has been an interesting time. for the last couple of years, chelsea has been spending half her time on the foundation works. she just got back from asia visiting our projects in malaysia and cambodia and visiting the efforts of procter & gamble in myanmar, where our foundation is also slated to do a lot of work. i am very grateful to her for helping, put all of our forces in one place. i was thrilled when the third member of our tiny family said she wanted to come into the foundation and resume her work. i learned all about in ngo work from hillary. when we were going out, she was already active in many kinds of nongovernmental activities. when

. >> mark sanford. a big scandal. all i'm saying is this isn't necessarily -- i actually think weiner would be a decent mayor. this is not necessarily a healthy thing but the old thing of plotting along becoming the county clerk and becoming the state rep and stuff today partially because our media has changed, big personality gets you big places. weiner is benefitting from that. >> bill: john nichols here as a "friend of bill." we'll be joined by peter welch congressman from vermont in about 20 minutes. in the next hour, the acting secretary of labor, seth harris, congress won't confirm the president's nominee but acting secretary of labor is going to be in studio with us, as well. so we're talk historic decisions yesterday. before we get to doma, as you and i both salute and celebrate the voting rights act huge, huge disappointment on the part of this. on the part of this court. what are they thinking? >> they weren't thinking. that's the important thing understand. let me put it differently. about two weeks ago may

s mark jane already predicted that quote the chances of the defense seeking a black jurors specially one from sanford mark are slim although it is illegal for anybody to be excluded from a jury simply because of his or her race lawyers sometimes get around bad law by objected to a potential juror on the basis of their character or where they live so what should we expect to happen in the zimmerman trial for more on this i'm joined by debbie hines trial lawyer former prosecutor and legal commentator at legal speaks dot com great to have you with us great to be here thanks for joining us this has to be one of the most racially charged major cases maybe since o.j. simpson and maybe i'm missing something but. to what extent is that is race going to play a role in the jury selection has it already i mean it's like she's already started right well race is everything in this case unfortunately everything that's going to happen in every decision that's going to be made is really going to be based on race now that being said it's not so much necessarily going to be based on if you're going to be able to get w

sequence of photos of george zimmerman taken by the police department photographer in sanford, showing clearly marks on his face and dried blood, clearly the victim of an altercation. the big question is who is to blame for starting and it the death of trayvon martin. >> shepard: that is the question. right now the court is in recess they have the seal of the state of florida on the courtroom camera. it's our believe this afternoon, witness number 8 will come up there. the one about whom i've been speaking, the woman who was speaking with him in the last moments of his life. that's going to be potentially an important witness and we'll boat that. first, let's get to a lawyer, rebecca, criminal defense attorney in studio. it appeared today -- it seemed clear -- the prosecution was trying to say, this happened over a period of time. george zimmerman has been calling police and calling police and has mounted -- frustration has mounted and he was just looking for somebody to get after for some things that had been going on in his neighborhood. if that was the goal, i'm not sure they accomplished it toda

mark strassmann is outside the courthouse in sanford, florida. >> reporter: seven miles from where i'm standing a crime watch volunteer last year fatally shot an unarmed teenager who was walking through the neighborhood. and now the jury who is about to be picked will have to decide if the killing was self-defense or murder. >> he was laying right here? >> reporter: 16 months later, tracy martin has what he wanted. george zimmerman on trial for the killing. you know trayvon's not coming back. so what is it you're looking for with this trial? >> had trayvon pulled the trigger and killed george zimmerman, i'm sure he would have been convicted. we're looking for justice for our son's killer. >> reporter: no witness saw how the fatal fight began or the shot that ended it. whether or not zimmerman testified, jurors will consider his videotaped re-enactment for police, his sometimes conflicting statements and photos his of bloodied head. prosecutors say he rationcially profiled martin. >> are you following him? we don't need you to do that. >> reporter: the judge will not release the names t

sanford, florida. george zimmerman, the neighborhood watch captain, says he shot an unarmed trayvon martin to death in self-defense. mark strassmann was in the courtroom today for the opening statements. >> good morning. >> reporter: prosecutor john guides' very first words to the jury were profanities. >> ( bleep ) punks. these ( bleep ), they always get away. >> reporter: he was quoting george zimmerman's description to a police dispatcher of a person wearing a hooded sweatshirt in his neighborhood. it was 17-year-old trayvon martin. >> the murder of trayvon martin was the product of two worlds colliding. >> reporter: six jurors-- all women-- must decide whether zimmerman murdered martin or killed him in self-defense. half of them took notes as prosecutors outlined their case. no living witness saw how the fight began or ended other than zimmerman. martin's parents were emotional as guy argued the teenager's shooting was second degree murder. >> george zimmerman did not shoot trayvon martin because he had to, he shot him for the worst of all reasons: because he wanted to. >> reporter: don west is one of zimmerman's de

it's coming out of sanford, florida. there you see mark'mara, attorney for george zimmerman in court now. a jury has been picked. six member jury. let's put it up and show you the makeup of this jury. it's important because this case is going to center around race and whether or not trayvon martin, an unarmed black teenager, whether he was targeted by neighborhood watch volunteer george zimmerman last year when he was -- when trayvon martin was gunned down, was shot, by george zimmerman. all women. there are all women on this jury. four of them are white. one is black. one, the race is unknown. four alternates being selected as we speak. sunny hostin now, our legal analyst here on cnn joining me now by phone. sunny, no men. does that say anything about this trial and how they picked the jury. why would they do that? >> yeah. i'm not sure that it says something about why they picked them. i mean, i do know i was in the courtroom for some of the voir dire in this case. and it was a pretty heavily weighted jury towards women. i believe when t

marks in that same survey. among the football players, sanford came out on top of the pac 12 teams and the san jose state spar tonsscore in its conference. >>> john boehner there's a good chance an immigration reform bill will become law before the end of the year. the senate passed two procedural votes. while democrats favored the bill, some republicanses in the house and senate -- republicans in the house and senate have doubts, they want tighter border securities and tougher rules for those seeking status. >>> 78:52. the 4th of july -- 8:52. the 4th of july now a couple of weeks away. how independence day in one bay area city will be different this year. >>> good morning. bay bridge toll plaza, it's still backed up. we'll take a look at that and some of the other commutes coming up. hey, look! a shooting star! make a wish! i wish we could lie here forever. i wish this test drive was over, so we could head back to the dealership. [ male announcer ] it's practically yours. test drive! [ le announcer ] but we still need your signature. volkswagen sign then drive is back. and it's never been easier to get a jetta.

sanford, florida. >> i can't believe the knock knock joke. let's bring in sunny hostin and mark geragos.amaging was this knock knock joke? for a defense attorney, normally doesn't have to apologize to the jury in the opening statements. >> look, having used humor in the courtroom quite a few times, sometimes working, sometimes not, it's not damaging at all. it's embarrassing, you're mortified. you wish the joke had been better. you notice he did get a little bit of a laugh when he said, hey, nothing. it's all going to be forgotten in the wash. i understand people want to make a big deal out of it, but i don't think it matters. jury composition is what matters in this case, i think ultimately, the opening statements by both sides laid out their case. i think exactly the way we expect it's going to be, but as i said, last time you and i talked about this, i think the dye is cast here based on the jury selection. >> sunny, you were sitting in the courtroom, you said it was painful? >> it was painful to watch. and i -- you know i love mark geragos, but he's dead wrong on this one. as i was s

sanford, florida. >> i can't believe the knock knock joke. let's bring in sunny hostin and mark geragos.ing was this knock knock joke? for a defense attorney, normally doesn't have to apologize to the jury in the opening statements. >> look, having used humor in the courtroom quite a few times, sometimes working, sometimes not, it's not damaging at all. it's embarrassing, you're mortified. you wish the joke had been better. you notice he did get a little bit of a laugh when he said, hey, nothing. it's all going to be forgotten in the wash. i understand people want to make a big deal out of it, but i don't think it matters. jury composition is what matters in this case, i think ultimately, the opening statements by both sides laid out their case. i think exactly the way we expect it's going to be, but as i said, last time you and i talked about this, i think the dye is cast here based on the jury selection. >> sunny, you were sitting in the courtroom, you said it was painful? >> it was painful to watch. and i -- you know i love mark geragos, but he's dead wrong on this one. as i was sitti

marks the end of the first week of the george zimmerman murder trial. it's been a whirlwind of dramatic, emotional and grueling testimony. danielle leigh is live outside the courthouse for us in sanford, florida. good day to you. >> reporter: richard, good morning. legal experts tell me the state has already called their main witnesses to the stand. most notably the teen on the phone with trayvon martin just minutes before he was shot. now they say the prosecution will likely begin attacking the accuracy of george zimmerman's own words. george zimmerman's defense team expressed confidence heading into a fifth day in court. >> i'm very comfortable with the way the case is going out. >> reporter: yesterday attorney don west continued his cross-examination of a key witness for the state. the teenager on the phone with trayvon martin just before he was shot and killed. >> trayvon got hit. >> you don't know that, do you? you don't know that trayvon got hit? >> he -- >> you don't know that trayvon didn't, at that moment, take his fist and drive it into george zimmerman's face. >> please lower your voice. >> do you? >> no, sir. >> rachel jeantel endured more than four hours in cross-examina

mark. >>> this morning trial is scheduled for george zimmerman. zimmerman says he acted in self-defense when he shot and killed florida teenager trayvon martin last year. marley hall is in sanford, florida. good morning, marley. >> reporter: good morning, anne-marie. while the city of sanford is bracing itself for the start of this murder trial and all the media attention it will bring, and jurors in this case will be sequestered and will zbichb a life of almost total seclusion. opening statements will begin this morning in the trial of george zimmerman, the neighborhood watch volunteer accused of murdering trayvon martin. assistant state attorney bernie de la rionda has been called fiery and aggressive. >> you're going have the state basically put on a roadmap to set out what they intend to show the jury. >> reporter: defense attorney mark o'mara is described as laid back and thought frl. >> i don't think they're really going to show their hand. they're going to kind of hold back. >> reporter: zimmerman's defense team did score a victory when the judge in the case made a ruling on who could testify about the voice heard yelling for help in a 911 call. >> do you think he's yell

cross-examination with zimmerman attorney mark o'mara, he was handcuffed at the scene, and then they showed the jury the videotape from the security cameras inside the sanforde department, and you can see the patrol car pull up, zimmerman gets out, he is in handcuffs, and they walk through the hallways and that began publish dejurors had not seen -- a four and a half hour interview/interrogation with detectives as to what exactly happened and why that is going to be crucial if they get to it today or perhaps next week. that is when george zimmerman, for the official police record, established that in his claim, that zimmerman -- or that martin ambushed him and that he had to use self-defense with lethal force. >> phil, thanks very much. let's go back inside the courtroom. this is mark o'mara, the lead defense attorney, questioning qg the officer who first responsibled to the escape -- scene of the shooting. >> and as you were going -- anything else that you recall mr. zimmerman saying to you at the scene before you started walking towards the car? >> not before, no, sir. >> okay, as you were walking towards the car, didn't he utter something to you sort of

sanford, florida, today, an important witness for the prosecution testified at george zimmerman's murder trial. zimmerman, a neighborhood watch volunteer, shot and killed trayvon martin, an unarmed teenager. he claims it was self-defense. mark strassmann reports that the witness was the last person to speak with martin moments before he was killed. >> do you solemnly swear... >> reporter: rachel jeantel was on the phone with martin when he left this convenience store the night of member 26, 2012. >> what was he complaining about? >> that a man kept watching him. >> reporter: the 19-year-old talked to martin right up until the deadly confrontation. >> reporter: martin told her he was almost back at the townhouse where she was staying. >> reporter: she overheard martin talk to zimmerman. >> reporter: don west, one of zimmerman's defense lawyers, attacked her credibility. for one thing, she waited three weeks to tell investigator her story. she claims she thought police would track martin's phone records. >> reporter: she also lied about why she never attended trayvon martin's funeral. >> reporter: zimmerman's lawyers are still going over a series of inconsistencies with jeantel, some of which she admits were lies. scott, she

we now know from mark o'mara they raised $85,000 to help them move forward in this trial. >> a big day there in sanfordida, where we find george howell, thanks so much, george. >>> joining us is criminal defense attorney danny savalos. this is a trial covered heavily in the media and already a lot of debate. media frenzy aside, how tough will it be for this prosecution to prove its case? >> this is a very tough case for the prosecution. i think observers on both sides agree. here's why. once this trial gets started. we'll hear that 911 tape in its entirety and when you listen to it from beginning to end, the prosecution not only has the burden to prove, but a depraved heart. you have to ask yourself, did george zimmerman act as if i drove a car into a crowd of people. substantially certain he would end up killing someone. that's what the prosecution has to prove. a very high burden. then they additionally have to disprove the possibility of self-defense. then we look at the evidence of george zimmerman's injuries a, the grass on his back, the witness testimony that he was being beaten down maa style. t

mark nejame. thank you for taking time. >> this all gets started monday. >> i will be headed to sanford for opening statements but definitely a big blow to the prosecution. >> okay. thanks very much, george howell. >>> and the man who admitted to leaking top secret details about nsa surveillance programs has been charged with espionage. those charges were just unsealed yesterday. dan lothian joins me live from washington now. dan, what else is edward snowden facing? >> reporter: well, under the espionage act, snowden is charged with unauthorized communication of national defense information and willful communication of classified communications intelligence. in addition, he's charged with theft of government property. as you pointed out, this complaint was filed in u.s. district court in alexandria, virginia, late last week. it was only unsealed late yesterday, made public. but at least one prominent attorney feels the government may have made a mistake. >> i think it's a dumb decision by the justice department to charge him with espionage. that's a political crime under the extradition treaty we have with hong coming. it g

sanford, florida. so martin, you actually got a chance to talk to one of the defense attorneys who says is he very specific about the kind of juror he is looking for. >> reporter: right. mark o'mara. i said are you ready? it all begins of course tomorrow. he said, well, they have to be ready, they will be ready. jury selection, as we know, is crucial in any trial. it is going to be even more so probably in this trial. the defense and the prosecution are probably likely looking for two different types of jurors. but i did ask mark o'mara what would be the kind of jurors he wants. here's the response. >> i want open minds. people who have not made up their minds, and people who are strong enough to decide the case on the facts and the law and not on external public pressure. my concern about this whole case all along has been we have so much pressure on the case, on the system, that any verdict, whatever it might be, might not be accepted as the proper one even if it is. >> reporter: as it stands right now, there are only six jurors that actually have to be selected. that's because it is a second degree murder case down here in the state of florida. at least two alternates.

sanford, florida and george howell. you're covering the trial. >> the judge here seems to be ready to move forward with this case. just a few minutes ago we heard mark o'mara ask for a delay of trial and the judge denied that request. they're moving forward to hand out questionnaires to 120 jurors. move forward with the jury selection process in this case against george zimmerman. was it a case of murder or self-defense. those are the questions jurors will face in the case against george zimmerman. february 26th, 2012, the then neighborhood watch captain called police to report a teenager who he described as suspicious. what's in question whether zimmerman pursued after a dispatcher told him not to. one thing that was clear is there was a conferenrontatiocon. someone screaming for help and then you hear the fatal shot. >> i don't know why, i think they're yelling help. but i don't know. >> so, you think you're hearing help? >> yes. >> the victim was 17-year-old trayvon martin. zimmerman, his admitted killer, was taken into custody for questioning but then released because investigators accepted his claim that he fired his gun in self-defense. the da