. >> martin: football is violent, no doubt.ut it's nothing compared to war. ( explosion ) and just as the national football league has struggled to come to grips with head injuries so has the military, but on a much vaster scale. >> are these individuals that are going to come back from iraq and afghanistan that have had repeated mild brain injuries, are those going to be like the retired nfl players? they're committing suicide. they have problems with dementia. >> i'm steve kroft. >> i'm leslie stahl. >> i'm morley safer. >> i'm bob simon. >> i'm lara logan. >> i'm scott pelley. those stories tonight on "60 minutes." >> cbs money watch update sponsored by: >> glor: good evening. the s&p opens above 1600 for the first time tomorrow. gas prices have fallen 10 cents in the last month, and wal-mart reclaimed the top spot. i'm jeff glor, cbs news. we went out and asked people a simple question: how old is the oldest person you've known? we gave people a sticker and had them show us. we learned a lot of us have known someone who's l

martin's cell phone. is younger and he generates much of what some observers have called screams. the state's voice expert does believe it was trayvon martin screaming at the end of the 911 call. mr. crump. >> you're absolutely right. the voice experts we know that they either said it's trayvon martin's voice and that's two of them and they said it's either trayvon and george zimmerman screaming for help. either way it's very troubling for george zimmerman's defense because my god, if trayvon martin is yelling for help and he shoots him many the heart any way that's not second-degree, that's first-degree, but if it's a situation where trayvon is screaming for help, george zimmerman is screaming for help, it contradicts george zimmerman's version that trayvon martin was trying to kill him so he's screaming for help. why shoot somebody that is screaming for help. that's a big issue in the case. when you really think about it in the totality of circumstances george zimmerman as this neighborhood watch patrol

where you came in all this here let me let me go to martin had to get all three guests first martin. i think the i think the mistake is in assuming that has been involved up to this point they obviously have been. needed to make an announcement only to. point out what has been obvious for some time that has been participating in the syrian conflict and it also needs to be stated that this is. depicted by not as a show of. strength in fact it's about their very survival if the pipeline of arms from iran through syria closes down and has one has no one nowhere else to turn ok but martin i mean that's what makes this so serious it's a it's a you know a game changer ok either you win or you lose. the case but who wins and who loses exactly. there is no assurance that this will turn the tide for for bashar al assad and the syrian army. has a lot to gain and a lot to lose but if it does suffer defeat in syria will remain a force in lebanon there is no other force that can contend with it will certainly do diminish his voice claims to being the defender of lebanon and those that have some r

but trayvon martin also had rights. all races, including me, said that the police should not be able to go beyond those rights. and that's what many felt when he was released -- george zimmerman was released and this was not tried in a court of law. now it will be in a court of law and even mr. o'mara said that's where it should be. well, i'm not sure that that would have happened had not the public said, wait a minute, everyone's rights, trayvon martin's rights cannot be violated. i hope that we have a fair and just trial and we'll be watching that. but i hope the public will not use this as a way to go beyond the means of law. i hope that the law will stand up for what is right and we see that we live in a nation where people cannot just do things and walk away without being held accountable. it is important for this nation that we watch and see how far we've come. that's why we needed to go in a court of law and that's what we sought and then 11 days, that's what will begin to happen. thanks for watching. i'm al shar

trayvon martin did not have a gun. trayvon martin did not get out of his vehicle and chase anyone.yvon martin did not shoot and kill anyone. so it is unbelievable that they will say trayvon martin texts, the fact that he smoked marijuana, anything like that would be relevant as to george zimmerman's guilt or innocence. >> benjamin crump, i'm going to have to leave it there. thank you for your time tonight. >> thank you, reverend sharpton. >>> and a program note. the attorney for george zimmerman, mark o'mara, is scheduled to appear on this show thursday night. i hope we have a very frank, candid and respectful conversation. >>> still ahead, president obama and governor christie are together again. checking up on sandy relief efforts. and driving republicans nuts. >>> but first, why did the election team for a top republican governor initially stand with an accused white supremacist? that's next. n affect their gpa. yes, exercise and education go hand in hand. so make sure your kids are active 60 minutes every day. you'll help them feel good and even perform better in school. the mo

martin and understand where he's coming from. and so i think it's unfortunate with that kind of language is put out there because i don't think that that's really where we are with this. i also believe as somebody who's gone back and forth in thinking about this, that i'm not sure if continuing this item really gets us anywhere. i -- again, i understand that there's a difference of opinion here, but data for a shorter period of time may or may not shed light on what actually will end up getting paid by clear channel here. you may extrapolate that that leads you to this amount, bulge there may be fluctuations within a given year, so i'm not sure we gain anything by a /kopblt continuance and i don't have any reason to doubt the voracity of the numbers, but i think there's a legitimate difference of opinion here, but i say vote yes or no. enough has been discussed and clear channel or jc need to know where we are. >> supervisor wean /erp. winer. wiener. >> so when this first came up, i struggled with this. and initially i had a conc

joining me is ben crump, attorney for trayvon martin's family., what is the reaction from trayvon's family from the evidence released today? >> i've just explained to them that it's a desperate attempt by zimmerman's defense team to try and prejudice and influence the jury and it's an old strategy. you and i have talked about it, the strategy ofvil ville fiing victim and justify killing trayvon martin in this irrelevant, all of this stuff that they put out today is completely irrelevant. >> now, do you think that these photos will actually be put into evidence before this trial -- when they have this hearing with the judge? >> reverend sharpton, to answer your question plainly, no. these photos are relevant. the only photos that are relevant are the pictures of trayvon martin on the night that he was shot and killed by george zimmerman. >> now, do you feel that there's a strategy behind now the six-week delay that they've requested? i mean, what do you make of that? >> we've always believed that they know if the jury follows the evidence, that th

some of the images could suggest to the jurors about the character of trayvon martin because, as you can see in some of these pictures here that have now been filed with the court as part of the discovery process, you show -- they show trayvon martin letting some smoke out of his mouth. there's a photo of a marijuana plant. there's even a picture here of a pistol and then, of course, there are text messages on his phone. among the text messages on the phone is one that talks about what appears to be an experience of back and forth and fighting and we can tell you the text message here it is somewhat translated into some sort of text back and forth but bottom line, the message here indicates that trayvon martin or the person he has been talking to has been involved in two or three fights and his friend, or trayvon martin, not sure who is sending who is receiving, saying that he should not be involved in that many fights. the question for the judge is any of that pertinent in the reason that comes up is george zimmerman who admits he shot and killed trayvon martin, buts he did it in se

ayvon martin case was rlliss . don't know where that shrine al has always been an activist and says he will b. but i don't think that people understand those are different roles he's switching hats. they don't see that and i think that mud disthe water when it comes to the public. i struggle with this line in this case as well. i try to be as transparent with my readers about that struggle as possible. in the first column i described that response in the way they described to you earlier. stephen ward a writer on media shift a blog that tracks how the media evolution is changing the media overall said about the growth of opinion journalism in jumpleelism schools and how that impact it is meaning of objecttivity. he said and this is a quote the amount of opinion and perspective journalism in programs today is much greater than in the past. and media formats for the expression of this journalism multiplies. one problem is whether the idea should be emphasized in these changing click louisiana new jumpleism appears to

trayvon martin did not shoot and kill anybody. trayvon martin is not on trial.t 22 motions that she denied primarily based on all that information that the defense lawyers put out. you all called it evidence. we told you it was not evidence. it was information that the defense lawyers put out. we have to respect the rule of law. we have to respect the ruls of evidence. we have to be responsible, all of us and when people put something out there, we have to challenge it. we just can't accept it as a relevant issue. none of the information released last week by the defense lawyers were relevant, admissible. it's not brady evidence. it is not exculpatory. it was not factor -- it does not conclude the guilt or innocence of george zimmerman. so just because they put something out there and say it's relevant, you have to challenge that. you have to say what context is this just like we're challenged all the time. when we say something, it's not evidence because attorney crump says something. it has to be the perspective from every aspect. we have to be fair in this be

martin who has been doing his job for 18 years. i had concerns when this was first presented to me, especially because i didn't understand why are we doing things differently and meetly my eyes were looking at companies and not the airport. and the airport put this out this way to do something different and when i asked why and other airports don't do it that way and he said, we set the trends, we don't follow them. and i think that's what san francisco does. i want to not necessarily do i agree with the department heads, but i respect the work of mr. martin enough to look to him to his judgment on how this decision was made and provide him with the support necessary to move this forward. so i won't be supporting the continuance, but i will be supporting this in moving this forward. i think we may want to take a gamble on percentage versus a guaranteed amount. i want to make sure that we are exercising good judgment in supporting a department head and his knowledge and his institutional knowledge in terms of analyzing and taking ap

he's put all that information out there about trayvon martin. there are also things about george zimmerman that is already out there that people need to be reminded of. his july 2005 arrest for assaulting a police officer. the august 2005 order of protection that his fiance put out against him. and as joe ann reported, sometime back, witness number 9 who was the cousin who alleges that george zimmerman molested her when they were kids. while that is irrelevant, a phone call that she made to the sanford police department two days after the shooting the killing of trayvon martin is relevant in the case because she told police investigators at the time, to ask people, to canvas other people to find out whether george zimmerman was racist because she knew from being a member of the family that they didn't like black people, said disparaging things about black people. those are the kinds of things that are relevant that george zimmerman has to answer to. not trayvon martin being to a lot of degree, a typical american teenager. >> one of the things th

steve martin is here! [ cheers and applause ] steve martin is here with edie brickell!pplause ] here's the album. "love has come for you." they're going to perform a song for us. we love those guys. sounds fantastic, by the way. >> steve: oh, it's great. >> jimmy: also, from "the office," which has its series finale next thursday, jenna fischer is stopping by! [ cheers and applause ] she's talented. and, oh, i love her, but she's the latest celebrity to be fired by donald trump on "all star celebrity apprentice." spoiler alert -- marilu henner is joining us. [ cheers and applause ] she's my favorite! i love her. >> steve: come on. >> jimmy: it's going to be a fun show. guys, as there's one thing you know about me, it's that i love music. i'm just bonkers for it. i'm not just like regular old bonkers. i'm like bonkers, bonkers for it. which is probably why i get so upset when i hear really bad music. and really, no one should have to listen to bad music. that's why, as a service to you guys, i'm about to play some real songs from real bands that i think you should avoid

and martin najime for us in florida. welcome to all of you.et's begin with you because these rulings would seem to hurt george zimmerman's case when it comes to backing up his claims of self defense. do you agree with that? >> no. i totally disagree. i have to take a contrarian view on this. i think it was an enormous victory for the defense in court today and i'll tell you why and a stra steenlgic brunder by the prosecution. the prosecutor brought up the text messages with a motion to prevent the defense from mentioning this stuff. and you know something. under the rules of evidence, the defense would never have been allowed to bring any of this stuff up because the rule in self defense cases is the bad character, the alleged bad character, of the victim is not admissible unless the defendant knew about it. because it's all about what you perceived when you fired the shots. if you don't know the guy, his background isn't going to, you know, influence your opinion to fire a shot. and here, brooke, what happened was as a result of this hearing,

ending the life of trayvon martin. zimmerman tells police it was self-defense. >> felt like my body was on the grass and my head was on the cement and he just kept slamming it, slamming it. >> reporter: zimmerman is not arrested. no charges immediately filed. florida law allows people to use force in self-defense, the stand your ground law. but before investigators can go to a grand jury, a firestorm descends. >> justice for trayvon! >> reporter: thousands march through the streets with similar protests around the country. even the president is disturbed. >> if i had a son he would look like trayvon. >> reporter: 44 days after he shoots and kills trayvon martin, george zimmerman is charged with second degree murder and he turns himself in. zimmerman gets out on bail but it doesn't last. when detailing his assets, he didn't tell the court about $130,000 in donations to a defense fund. he goes back to jail, gets out again. this time, on $1 million bond. since then, zimmerman's sightings have been few and far between. his

, or overlapped in the case of trayvon martin. so, if you have been here all day, you do not need a refresher on this course. if you have not, maybe you do. so, for what ever reason i will give a little bit of a run through of what facts we know in the case. n february 26, trayvon martin, 17-year-old boy from miami gardens, is in stamford, florida with his father. they are there to visit the father's girlfriend, who lives in a gated community. this is a gated community, not like what some people think of gated communities. this is just a gate that stops cars. you can walk around the ate. trayvon has gotten in trouble at school again. he has been suspended from school for the third time. before he was suspended for tardiness and graffiti. this time he was suspended for having a bad time with traces f marijuana. his father has had enough. he took trayvon with him so he would not be on the streets of miami while he was suspended, and he also says that he wanted to talk some sense into that boy and you know there's nothing like a good

meanwhile, martin truex, jr.as concerned about possibly restarting behind the 5 as well because that messed up his restart the last time. he lost several positions. jeff? >> jeff: talk about spinning tires. what i want to focus on is what we talked about at the early part of the broadcast and how hard the race will be on engines particularly. the main thing is this is not over with. i agree with darrell and larry as far as caution flags. i think we will see engine problems before all is said and steve? >> steve: kurt busch came in and they had to change the battery on the car. told the guys don't worry about this i'm used to things not being easy. i'm not going to give up now. >> mike: have to start at the tail end of the longest line but still on the lead lap. >> larry: still on the lead lap and four fresh tires. good job. pitted before pit road was open so that is the reason he has to start at the back. >> darrell: kurt really controlled himself well over here this week. disappointed at the all-star race. aweso

>> i am, martin. i am. i was just listening to the news conference along with you as well. >> and he was -- tim mcginty is saying he will pursue justice that is swift, relentless, and fair. he talked about a methodical pursuit of justice. he also mentioned seeking the death penalty if the evidence supports aggravated murder in these circumstances. >> yeah, it sounded like he spent a good chunk of that news conference talking about what could lead the district attorneys office to look at the death penalty including terminating a number of pregnancies. again, we've heard that as many as five pregnancies had been terminated in the house behind me over past ten years. so it sounds like they are strongly looking at pursuing a death penalty case against 52-year-old ariel castro. he also said, something i found interesting was that the victims, obviously, need time, and it sounds like they are going to have to probably wait for a while before they go back to the three women and try and get some more information ab

ending the life of trayvon martin.odied and bruised george zimmerman tells police it was self-defense. >> felt like my body was on the grass and my head was on the cement and he just kept slamming it, slamming it. >> reporter: zimmerman is not arrested. no charges immediately filed. florida law allows people to use force in self-defense, the stand your ground law. but before investigators can go to a grand jury, a firestorm descends. >> justice for trayvon! >> reporter: thousands march through the streets with similar protests around the country. even the president is disturbed. >> if i had a son he would look like trayvon. >> reporter: 44 days after he shoots and kills trayvon martin, george zimmerman is charged with second degree murder and he turns himself in. zimmerman gets out on bail but it doesn't last. when detailing his assets, he didn't tell the court about $130,000 in donations to a defense fund. he goes back to jail, gets out again. this time, on $1 million bond. since then, zimmerman's sightings have been

we say trayvon martin was the aggressive.gest aggressive behavior can be residual from marijuana use. >> still, the judge says the jury won't be allowed to see or hear that evidence, at least not for now. the judge made some other big rulings as well. phil is live in our south florida news hub. those rulings were defeats across the board for the defense. >> they were, trace, and they came in quick order from the judge who ruled on 20 notions just two hours this morning. the man accused and charged with second degree murder was not on hand in court today. however, the mother of trayvon martin did show up. the defense wanted to take the jury to the scene of the shooting. that 'twas denied. the judge not going to have that during the trial. the defense a little wanted to delay the trial by another two months. also denied. the judge also ruling out the unarmed teenage 'er0s social immediate gentleman and cell phone date a as irrelevant, pleasing the martin family. >> they were intending to try this case about marijuana, guns, and

martin in self-defense.s lawyer released text messages that were recovered from his victim's cell phone. they seemingly bear no direct relationship to the events that led up to the teenager's death and may be ruled inadmissible for the trial. this is some of what they say. on the 18th of february 2011 a text from trayvon martin's phone asks "you got a gun?" on the same day his cell phone received the following message. "you want a bnt 22 revolver?" there's another text that alludes to difficulties he was having at home. "my mom just told me i got to move with my dad" he wrote on november the 22nd 2011. "she just kicked me out." those messages were sent a whole year before trayvon martin was shot on the night of february the 26th 2012. which, therefore, raises this important question. what do they have to do with trayvon martin's death? has this thing got anything to do with the crime? or is this really all about tarnishing that young man's character just in time for the trial? let us know what you think by e

trooper martin then places paramedic white in a choke hold.a few moments later, the trooper backs off. >> i think maybe just having that second officer there helped bring martin under control a little bit, enough that he could just have that moment of clarity to realize what he was doing was not in his best interest, my best interest and most importantly, in the patient's best interest. >> the trooper allows the ambulance to leave and follows it to the hospital. when they arrive, paramedic white checks in his patient, who is released later that day. the paramedic then turns himself in. >> i went back outside to the second trooper on scene and i told him that at this point, you can arrest me, i released my patient care to the nurse. >> but after everything that happened, white is never arrested. trooper martin did not respond to interview requests through his lawyer, but in a press conference, his lawyer says paramedic white delayed the patient by not letting martin talk directly to driver paul franks. >> the trooper martin's belief was if i co

martin, it's all yours. >> thank you, s.e. good afternoon. we begin as rescue crews race against the clock, combing through shredded buildings and shattered homes 24 hours after one of the most destructive tornadoes in u.s. history. entire neighborhoods are in ruins after the massive twister ripped through miles of oklahoma city and the suburb of moore, leveling everything in its path. including a hospital and at least two schools. and severe weather is continuing to challenge first responders with rain and hail this afternoon as they search desperately for any survivors who may be trapped in the rubble. further weather alerts are troubling the region to the south. with a tornado watch in texas, even as we speak. in oklahoma, emergency managers say more than 100 have been found alive, but the time is of the essence. as rescue workers with thermal imaging equipment and dogs sift through crumpled cars and splintered structures. medical examiners confirm 24 deaths, 9 of them children, and more than 200 injured. those numbers are, of course, flui

>> reporter: it's totally bizarre, martin. this is already -- there's so many wild aspects to this whole boston marathon investigation and in many respects, it's even gotten wilder and more inexplicable today. i should point out that there's nothing in the criminal complaint that suggests that any of these three had prior knowledge of the bombing, were accomplices in the bombing, or were co-conspirators in any direct way in the decision to blow up the boston marathon bombing. which -- to commit that bombing. which in many respects makes the details in this complaint even more inexplicable. we have these two kazakh students who are friends of tsarnaev since freshmen year. they're all sophomores. they recognize the photo when they see it broadcast by the fbi that night. now, they don't know for sure. they think it looks like him. then they have the -- the lead one, dias, seems to have this text communication with tsarnaev. he says take from my apartment whatever you want. that sounds -- could sound like code. he said it was a jo

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the person i'm talking about is trayvon martin. is that really who trayvon martin was?ause the answer appears to be an emphatic yes if you talk to the defense attorneys for the man charged with killing him, george zimmerman. george zimmerman was that neighborhood watch volunteer who is now going to court on a sec degree murder charge. his lawyers are basing the case on pictures and text messages found on trayvon martin's cellphone. they just released as new evidence as discovery in this case t. lawyer for trayvon martin's family is strongly rejecting this contention saying the defense, instead, is playing with stereo types. cnn's david mattingly has more on these new developments. >> reporter: are these the photographs of a troubled and view will bet teen? pictures and text messages from trayvon martin's phone made public by george zimmerman doofs attorney suggests the 17-year-old was no stranger to pot, to guns, and to fighting. >> i'm not sure if it's recreation or whatever. ese very used to fighting. he has used guns in the past. many 17-year-olds have. he has as wel

martin. mr. rose i believe you had an opinion on this matter >> i don't know why you would say that. mr. chairman you continue this resolution at our meeting of march 16th and i did direct the analysts about the airports whether they required the advertising for limited. you required the budget analysts to provide more information on the percent of the rent and the minimal guarantee and we've included that information. in the professional jgment of the budget and legislative analysts to pay rent to the airport if the percent rent exceeds the guarantee it's not in the best interest of the city. i'd like to make two more comments. you just harder mr. martin say that concession sales are off the chart quote/unquote. that's precisely supervisors why it's important why every other airport in the country requires a percent of gross if it exceeds the guarantee of the concession off the chart. that's why the general fund has benefited to the tune of a million dollars over the past few years because the r

listen to this stat, martin.the latest pentagon report, this is one of the real reasons the president is acting on this. more than 3,300 sexual assaults last year alone. that is up 6% from the year before. but worse than that, there were between 19 -- it went from 19,000 to 26,000 sexual assaults that went unreported. it's a major issue. the president wants to get in front of it. >> nbc's peter xander. thanks for joining us with rather than being with the other jud journalists in the white house. >>> stay with us. the iceth man cometh in a special edition of today's top lines. mine was earned in djibouti, africa. 2004. vietnam in 1972. [ all ] fort benning, georgia in 1999. [ male announcer ] usaa auto insurance is often handed down from generation to generation. because it offers a superior level of protection and because usaa's commitment to serve military members, veterans, and their families is without equal. begin your legacy, get an auto insurance quote. usaa. we know what it means to serve. >>> benghazi, t

martin and staff are doing their best to balance the arts but especially limiting key types of tvrdz that are the kind of clifrt and in your face things. i also want to say this is a tough decision bus i appreciate the analysis by mr. hospital o rose and i see that in most cases the making or whichever is higher makes total sense to me but mr. martin has distinguished in san francisco's experience that financial needs of the airport and how he's analyzed this is the best deal for our airport. i also wanted to say that the community reps have coverage and given me the impression that clear channel is doing their best to reach out by the clear channel airports is different from billboards and this doesn't include billboards it's a clear contract on what the 1 hundred and 79 sites are going to be using. i know that mr. rose said it will make more money but i think mr. martin have given information that the number of the digital spaces are smaller i think he said 34 sites and my understanding is one sixth of the time for the advertisement it's not making that much but i'd like to know mo

martin? >> now, the white house as you know, kristen, is also continuing to answer questions about the actions of the irs. and its targeting of specific conservative groups. what is the baseline message in the face of today's hearing on capitol hill? what is the white house saying? >> reporter: well, a couple of points on that front, martin. for one, the white house's message hasn't really changed over the past several days. press secretary carney reiterated what he's been saying, which is that the president is determined to get to the bottom of exactly what happened and why and to prevent it from happening again. today he pointed out that the president has directed incoming irs commissioner to construct a 30-day review and figure out exactly what happened, then to report back to him. on the issue of lois lerner, though, who today pled the fifth, did not answer questions on capitol hill today about this, she, of course, oversaw the branch of the tax exempt division of the irs. carney wouldn't

martin? >> kristen welker in chicago.u so much. >>> joining us now for more analysis is democratic strategist julian epstein. julian, the white house is saying the attorney general testified honestly about his role in the james rosen investigation. why do republicans on the house judiciary committee feel that they have reason to doubt that? >> these are incredibly reckless allegations that are being made by members of the house judiciary committee. eric holder is in as strong a position as he ever has been inside the administration. just consider that this is the same republican party that was unable to get osama bin laden, that wants to make it easier for terrorists to get semiautomatic weapons. who are now criticizing this administration for taking too strong a position on national security. the case involves, and it's very important for your viewers to understand, the case involves a source that we had inside north korea that was giving us critical information about the north korean's nuclear plans. a federal judge fou

yes, martin. >> great. when you saw juan martinez questioning jodi arias and also then in his summing up, how effective do you think he was in making the case that this was a pathological liar in front of the jury as opposed to a defenseless, weak, abused woman? >> reporter: you know, it's really interesting. because during the course of the trial the juan martinez that you saw was this very attacking type prosecutor. he was coming at her. he was going at all the witnesses. raising his voice. in fact, jodi arias through a friend was tweeting anger management problems? that was the kind of impression we were getting from prosecutor martinez. but on closing day, totally different type of attitude. much more hushed tones. much more as he was trying to put it, respect for the real victim as he said, travis alexander. trying to get the jury to understand that put aside all the salacious details. put aside all the lies. let's concentrate on the person who died by being stabbed 27 times, his throat slit and shot.

martin was 17 years old and unarmed when he was shot and killed by zimmerman last year. mark o'mara represents zimmerman and joins me now. good to have you back. >> great to see you again. >> on the face of it it's being billed as a pretty bad day for you guys on the defense, because almost all the stuff that you wanted to be admissible was ruled out. how do you see it? >> well, i didn't see it that way at all. i'm not just trying to look for a silver lining. my intent was that we try this case on the five or six minutes it happened way back then on february 26th, and i recall saying that to you, piers, the first time we got together and talked. the intent was that we want to make sure that the information that's available to us, we have, and it doesn't need to be said in opening and shouldn't be said in opening, and only will be used if the state presents their case in such a way that we have to respond with some of that evidence. my hope is none of it gets anywhere near a courtroom but that's only if the state plays by the rules that they're supposed to play by. >> tel