martin, caught up to mr. martin. was an exchange or something -- you know, something happened like that. nothing happened like that. mr. martin was on the phone with his girlfriend who's on tape saying, trayvon said no, no, i'm not going to run like that. i'm going to walk real slow. to me, walk real slow when you're sneaking up on people. if he really were so close to his home, mr. martin had a choice that night, piers. he could have -- and i believe should have gone home. you know -- >> but a lot of choices -- >> he's out on a neighborhood watch, he's looking out for his neighbors. this is a reality of where he lives. you or i may not live in places where our homes were broken into. >> but you said your brother wasn't in the neighborhood watch capacity. >> no, he wasn't in the capacity, that doesn't mean that wasn't absent from his mind. he knows his neighborhood is less safe because of a crime. >> but the neighborhood watch code which applies to all neighborhood watches up and down america is very specific that yo

martin. >> today we filed an information charging george zimmerman with murder in the second degree. >> his brother, robert, speaks to me exclusively tonight about the sensational development. i have also asked top lawyers how this case is likely to unfold. >> it is about justice, justice, justice and only justice. >> plus what is the shooter's state of mind? this is "piers morgan tonight." >>> good evening. breaking news in the trayvon martin case and dramatic news it is too. george zimmerman back in florida, arriving at the seminole county criminal justice center under cover of darkness moments ago. this is his booking photo just released. zimmerman is charged with second-degree murder 45 days after the shooting death of trayvon martin. tonight i'll talk exclusively to george zimmerman's brother, robert. but listen to what special prosecutor angela corey said about why it took so long to make an arrest. >> there is a reason cases are tried in a court of law, not in the court of the public a

ted nugent. >> trayvon martin! we are! >> we are! >> trayvon martin! >> tonight, justice for trayvon martin, the tragedy brings out a lot of emotions. ted nugent, everyone knows he never holds back, and i thank him for joining me tonight. last time we were having a jockular debate about all this. but this is too serious for all that. you've heard the attorneys on both sides there. what do you make of this case in its entirety? >> well, first of all, thanks for going after this very tragic situation, piers, and thank you for having me on, but let me clarify one thing. very important that you alluded to earlier in your program that you believe that the vast majority of americans want zimmerman arrested. let me tell you what the vast majority of americans want. we're saying prayers for the martin family and all the other black youths that are slaughtered every week, those are the people we cry out for. so be careful what you assume. those of us that love life and respect life, we don't see any color. but we wonder where the outcry is when every week these

martin. he has a new criminal defense attorney, mark o'mara. trayvon martin's family said they wanted an arrest, nothing more, nothing less and they got it. george zimmerman is being held without bond tonight but is expected in court tomorrow and of course cnn will be there. that's it nor "outfront." we wanted an arrest and we got it. and i saw thank you, lord. thank you, jesus. >> we will march and march and march until the right thing is done. >> charged with second-degree murder in the death of trayvon martin. >> today we filed an information charging george zimmerman with murder in the second degree. >> his brother, robert, speaks to me exclusively tonight about the sensational development. i have also asked top lawyers how this case is likely to unfold. >> it is about justice, justice, justice and only justice. >> plus what is the shooter's state of mind? this is "piers morgan tonight." >>> good evening. breaking news in the trayvon martin case and dramatic news it is too. george zimmerm

martin savidge is joining us.the special prosecutor because pretty soon she'll be at that microphone in jacksonville, florida, with this huge announcement. >> reporter: yeah, she will indeed. some described her as the perfect woman, the perfect state attorney to be in position to make a very difficult decision. there's also some controversy. angela corey, 57 years of age. she's a republican. she's held the post of state attorney for about four years now. she's up for re-election. so far running unopposed. she's the first woman to be the state attorney in the district that overcease jacksonville, florida, which, by the way, is her hometown. it's where she is born and raised. she is one of five children. she's episcopalian and said to be deeply religious and relies on her faith in helping to make difficult decisions. that after the know is ford, police department decided not to press any charges. she is tough. she works closely with law enforcement according to those who know her. doesn't like to use the grand jury.

martin though, correct?don't recall because i don't know if he indicated where martin was. >> okay. did he tell you started the fight? >> no. >> did he give you any indication what happened? >> no. >> not you. i apologize. are you aware of any indication of the statement he had given? >> yes. >> okay. in those statement use were aware of and part of the foundation for coming up with this probable cause affidavit, what did he tell the officers? >> that he was the victim in this and that it was martin that ì!%59(lc%d him and assaulted >> when did he say that? when was the first time in relation to when the event happened? when did he say that? >> the initial interview that was conducted at sanford police department. >> how long after the event? >> within an hour and a half. >> and had he disclosed before making that statement what the police had gathered regarding that investigation. >> you mean to him? >> yes. >> not to my knowledge. >> would it be safe to assume then in him giving that statement to police, w

family and trayvon martin and zimmerman.ual situation to have you have this guy out there calling tv reporters and not his own lawyers and that just doesn't sound right. >> joanne, to karen's pertinent point, zimmerman's defenders haveç repeatedly said in publi they don't wish this to be tried in public, and yet there he is ringing up a very well known anchor on fox news and then himself ringing up the special prosecutor and of course his own lawyers until yesterday evening were able to any media outlet that wished to have them. >> well, that's absolutely right, martin. what's interesting as you said, you have had the family of george zimmerman, his father and his brother, yes, talking to lots of people but if you notice they're talking a lot more to fox and fox affiliates. they seem to be presenting a very public case very much about reverend sharpton, very much about this their claim that unnamed people are calling him a racist and really tailor made in a lot of ways for a fox news audience. it is not surprising if they w

he was told not to follow trayvon martin. trayvon martin was unarmed.n was armed. >> i'm going to interrupt you for a minute because we're going to dip in to this presser we mentioned with mark o'mara. >> all of emotions are running high in all of central florida, but we'll see. as we get closer to the point where we're resolving it, we don't even know if we'll have a trial. >> what's going to happen tomorrow in a seminole county court room. >> my hope, if i can get back in and finish the work, we'll have a bond hearing motion set by a judge. an initial appearance will be held and at that point the judge can consider what to do with the then existing bond schedule of no bond, which is what seminole county has a a bond schedule for second-degree murder and that we can convince him or her that a bond is appropriate. >> what time is the hearing? >> it's not set yet. i think that they -- >> 1:30 when they normally have it? >> maybe at 9:00, maybe at 1:30. i do not know yet. >> mark, his former attorneys made him sound a little frantic. how did he sound to y

martin. trayvon martin's parents will join me. >> i'm doing this for god and trayvon. >> the family of slain teen trayvon martin is renewing calls for federal involvement to investigate the police department and the state attorney's office. >> the fbi goes to the scene. >> fbi agents are now on the location where the shooting took place. they are conducting what's being called a parallel investigation. >> they are investigating a possible civil rights violation. >> the feds can certainly step in and file charges here. >> experts saying the boy's heard calling for help on those 911 tapes. >> they believe it's not zimmerman. >> demands for justice are only growing louder. >> we need to judge this, judge the evidence in a court of law. >> is in the week the 2012 general election begins? >> it is now game on in terms of the general election. >> mitt romney tries to close the deal. >> will he finally seal the deal? >> i think governor romney is a little out of touch. >> in swing states, barack oba

martin, did he not?> and the defendant stated that it's raining, so in his mind, he seemed or he profiled ed mr. mn as a criminal? >> yes, sir. >> because mr. zimmerman perceived that he was acts suspicious in mr. zimmerman's mind. >> yes. >> and the police dispatcher informed him that an officer was on the way and to wait for the officer? >> yes. >> but isn't it true that mr. zimmerman did not wait for that officer? >> correct. >> in fact he continued to pursue mr. martin, isn't that true? >> yes, sir. >> and during your reports, there was mention of two marks, the language, the wrdzimmerman the people he pelt were breaking in to those houses? >> yes. >> and i won't repeat word, but they should speak for themselves. isn't it true also that you verified threw detective osteen that mr. will mmartin was on the with a lady who was out of town? >> yes. >> and you also verified through phone records that that conversation actually took place? >> yes. >> and what is described in that next paragraph, that mr. m

that it was martin who confronted him. at one point in the tape, zimmerman said that martin is approaching him. so the fact they're quoting it like that way, a struggle ensued, does that give any insight into any evidence the prosecutor has or they're trying to leave it as vague as possible? >> no. i think, anderson, you've hit a home run there with your analysis because i think they don't have someone who can fill in that gap between when the tape says, you know, don't follow, and then a struggle ensues. i think that that probably telegraphs they only have a witness who saw the struggle. they don't have anything after the 911 or in between the fill in the 911 and the phone call with the girlfriend. so i think otherwise they would have put something in between that gap. they're just fast forwarding the struggle ensues. even with the struggle, they still have to deal with this common -- you know, the stand your ground law because, even if there's a struggle, zimmerman still has potentially the right to use deadly force. >>

you are trayvon martin. >> this is trayvon martin's home town in florida. thousands have been marching and for justice. jim martin was gunned down here. it ignited an outrage. >> protesters are demanding an arrest. and bringl book him before a jury. >> zimmerman claims he shot martin in self-defense. he claims that martin attacked him. he punched him in the nose. he said that trayvon martin said g like, you are going to die tonight. family denies that he said anything like that. >> he did not say that at all. the only thing he said was, why are you calling me? >> now the near daily news is reporting that accounts of zimmerman had no serious injury. three separate investigations are now under way to find out what happened. there is no signs of this going away anytime soon. therosecutors have visited scene. they have also been questioning witnesses. the trial is set to go to a jury on april 10. in the newsroom, abc 7 news. >> thank you. there is a shooting outside a center disrupted voting activities. in the man was wounded shoulder. stumbled into the center

we've heard from the trayvon martin lawyers expressing the same sentiment. about her as a prosecutor and what it's like to go up against her in a case like this. you've both worked with her as a prosecutor when you were on the same team but more interestingly to me tonight, you've faced her, you've worked against her. what's that like? >> just to be clear, i faced her in a case where she was on the other side. we never actually got to trial because we ultimately resolved it. i've faced many of her assistants, including some of the ones that are going to be involved in the trayvon martin-george zimmerman prosecution. i can tell you that her office is very tough. the people that she has assigned to this task are extremely thorough and they will do a very thorough job and they will make sure that they essentially look at every piece of evidence if they have not already done so. miss corey obviously has a wealth of experience in murder cases. >> mitch, there's some speculation tonight, including by the zimmerman family, george zimmerman's brother on cnn said he

martin was not armed. tempers are flaring across the country over the trayvon martin shooting. and one of the most heated conversations took place here on our air. take a listen. >> another black person who is unarmed and innocent and not doing anything wrong has been killed. and this sin credibly painful and goes back before you were born and before your father was born and before my grandfather was born. >> yeah. >> these are things that hurt as an american very deeply, and you are too new to this situation to fully understand what's really going on here and what's really at stake for america. >> what a load of nonsense you speak. you think you have the only right to speak about what's serious in america? you don't think i have the right who has spent the last six or seven years to address a story here? >> six whole years? you have the right. >> that discussion blew up into an outright war and we'll show you more of that. and i'll be joined by angela davis. we'll talk about the way racial tensions are simmering around this case and country. angela davis, one of the original b

news in the trayvon martin case.nton she is responding to a parody and showing her sending snappy messages to other politicians. >> live and in hd, this is "good morning washington," on your side. rise and shine, it's wednesday april 11. i am cynne simpson. >> i am steve chenevey. now to adam caskey. >> it is a cold start. temperatures will climb into the 50's this afternoon. berkeley springs, it's only 35 right now frostburg at the freezing mark, 34 in leesburg 38 in la plata and bowie.

>>> the trayvon martin was shot and killed six weeks ago tonight.in custody charged with murder. we'll have more of the breaking news developments in the case next. are primetime. [ male announcer ] lunchables peanut butter and jelly with a crispy rice treat. feed your great ideas. [ feedback ] ♪ it's peanut butter jelly time ♪ ♪ peanut butter jelly time ♪ peanut butter jelly time ♪ peanut butter jelly ♪ peanut butter jelly [ cheers and applause ] peanut butter paul. a legend is born. ♪ peanut butter jelly with a baseball bat ♪ >>> we're back with what is now the case of florida versus george zimmerman. take us through the public steps that we will see in these proceedings. >> okay. lawrence, tomorrow george zimmerman will have his first hearing before the judge at 1:30. that's the first time that we'll actually see him in a courtroom. >> and that will be televised? >> that will be. there will be a pool camera there. we will be able to see him actually go before the judge and this would be the hearing, as far as my understanding is, which we will es

i want to play a little bit of sound from to tracy martin. this is trayvon martin's father. let's all take a listen. >> this fight wouldn't be an easy fight. we have to fight all the trayvons that were out there that haven't been heard of. and still today, with events that have been occurring oorks even after all of this is over, i vow to trayvon that i would not stop pushing to get laws rectified and try to get some kind of conclusion and understanding within our community. >> kwloez sure is possible. no matter how waneful it is, jesge jesus dpied on the cross. this mother this father want to be able to say it's finished, they're hurt. they found justice for our son. and trayvon stands as a symbol for so many americans who have had a loved one gunned down and wants to know, does the justice system work. who the system is broken and who has the wrench to fix it. millions of people around the world are waiting to see america step up to the plate and see if the constitution does what it tells us it can do. >> you say this will be the longest 2 1/2 hours of their lives. thank y

we begin with the trayvon martin shooting.el isikoff is msnbc's chief investigate i investigative correspondent. and also david wilson from thegrio.com, managing editor. michael, what can you tell us that you have been able to uncover? >> well, chris, look, there's still a lot that's murky with regard to what happened that night between trayvon martin and george zimmerman, but one new piece of evidence that we did find today that is -- that could raise some further questions is that the original 2005 police report on the arrest of george zimmerman. zimmerman was arrested at a bar near the university of central florida by a state law enforcement officer and charged with battery and use of violence and obstructing justice. when you look at the underlying police report, what we find is that zimmerman was disobeyed the orders of a state law enforcement officer to back off. he was in the process of arresting some employees at the bar. they got into a scuffle, and zimmerman -- when the officer showed his badge, zimmerman shot back,

he was profiled by george zimmerman, assumed martin was a criminal, and that grm felt martin did not belong in the gated community. however, the confidence makes sure to note that zimmerman did not use a racial word when talking about him, stating that the a-holes get away and h that that some thought they heard. but it doesn't help with the state case because it doesn't sound aggressive, talking about a guy that has to defend himself against. >> i don't think -- i think that the racial component goes out from the federal civil rights, but from a state point of view, you have a mind of a person that was profiling this person, making decisions about him, based on a notion about a african-american male. he was saying he didn't belong here. that all goes to his state of min that is consistent with him being the aggressor, and i think this is the part that knocks out the stand your ground defense, so these background and statements i think are pretty strong evidence that the prosecution is saying this is not a stand your ground defense here giving all of the things he was saying and doin

martin, ms. fulton, mr. parks, attorney jackson, didn't make one promise to us saying we will look at all of the evidence, every piece of the evidence, and based on the evidence that she would make a decision. not based on public pressure. not based on anything else. but the evidence. and we always believe d from da one that if you look at that evidence fairly and impartially that you would have to come to the conclusion that he had to be arrested and that this matter had to go before a judge and a jury. and that is all that tracy martin and sabrina fulton and their family have asked for. nothing more, nothing less. before i bring them up, i do go back, reverend sharpton, reverend bryant, to the call that has been well documented now when tracy martin called after that tuesday after he was told that there was not going to be an arrest. and he was told that. so the reason why we had the protests and filed 911 lawsuits and mhad all young people, reverend brown, was to get to this point. we had to do that to ge

cnn's martin savidge is live in sanford, florida. so many developments yesterday, martin.yer is trying to humanize him. can you talk a little bit about that. >> reporter: he is indeed, no question about it. this is a person whose face has been out there for so long and who has been accuseded, at least by one side, of murdering a young man of 17 who was totally unarmed. one of the interesting things, as we get a look at the probable cause affidavit -- and what's fascinating to me is that you basically now have had two different entities of law enforcement look at the same event and come up with completely opposite points of view. the sanford police department on february 26th basically said that george zimmerman acted in self-defense and that the stand your ground law applied to him and that he shouldn't be arrested. the state attorney's office looks at it and says, no, it's completely the opposite of that, and they basically have determined that george zimmerman, well, profiled and then pursued and then frightened and then eventually shot and killed 17-year-old trayvon mar

martin luther king said we prayed about it.urney, but it bends toward justice. >> that's right. >> first of all i want to say thank god.ç we simply wanted an arrest. nothing more nothing less, we just wanted an arrest, and we got it, and i say thank you, thank you lord, thank you jesus. secondly, i just want to speak from my heart to your heart because a heart has no color, it's not black, it's not white, it's red. and i want to say thank you from my heart to your heart. thank you. >> first of all, we just would like to thank everyone once again for being compassionate about this as we were, as we are, as we will be. as attorney crump said, this is just the beginning. we have a long way to go, and we have faith. the first time we marched, i looked to the sky, and i just told myself when i walk,ly walk by faith. and we will continue to. we will continue to walk by faith. we will continue to hold hands on this journey, white, black, hispanic, latino, we will continue to walk, march, and march, and march until the right thing get

martin, ms. fulton, attorney jackson, our legal team, didn't make one promise to us, said, we will look at all the evidence, every piece of the evidence and based on the evidence, that she would make a decision, not based on public pressure, not based on anything else but the evidence. we always believe from day one is if you looked at the evidence fairly and impartially, that you would have to come to the conclusion that he had to be arrested and that this man had to go before a judge and a jury. that is all that tracy martin and sabrina fulton and their family have asked for, nothing more and nothing less. before i bring them up, i do go back, reverend sharpton and reverend brant to the call that has been well-documented now where tracy martin called after, that tuesday after he was told that there was not going to be an arrest. he was told that. the reason we had the protest and filed 911 lawsuit saying all the young people, reverend brant at change.org, was to get to this point. we had to do

we have breaking news i am being told regarding the trayvon martin case.williams is standing by, i believe, with the -- do we have pete there? what's the latest? >> we're told by a law enforcement official that georgia prosecutor has decided to pursue criminal charges against george zimmerman and it will be announced sometime this afternoon quite late this afternoon. we don't know what precise form the charges will take, but this comes after the prosecutor had already indicated that she would be making a statement sometime in the next day or so and we were in the timeframe she originally announced would be the period during which she would make an announcement. she had a considerable gamut of choices between no charges or the charges could take the form and i don't know what they will be but obviously you have to assume it could be as simple as assault. it could be some charge related directly to the killing, manslaughter, negligent homicide, a number of choices the prosecutor has. we know one, of course, the prosecutor doesn't have, because she has chosen

there was martin who confronted him. at one point in the tape, zimmerman said that martin is approaching him. so the fact they're quoting it like that way a struggle ensued, does that give any insight into any evidence the prosecutor has or they're trying to leave it as vague as possible? >> no, i think anderson, you've hit a home run there with your analysis, because i think they don't have someone who can fill in that gap between when the tape says, you know, don't follow, and then a struggle ensues. i think that that probably telegraphs they have only got a witness who saw the struggle. they don't have anything after the 911 or in between the fill in the 911 and the phone call with the girlfriend. so i think otherwise, they would have put something in between that gap. they're just fast forwarding, the struggle ensues. even with the struggle, they still have to deal with this common, you know, the stand your ground law because even if there's a struggle, zimmerman still has potentially the right to use deadly force. >