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martin luther king, jr. it's believed to be the work of an artist named nicklaus smith. the fact that trayvon martin was wearing a hooded sweat shirt was part of what apparently made him seem suspicious to george zimmerman but the case is one of many acts of violence that have ended with young black men being killed. bruce johnson is asking young black males if they're beginning to feel like an endangered species. >> reporter: washington area young people have vowed to make some noise over george zimmerman's acquittal. the demonstration by this diverse group on sunday was but a start they say [ inaudible ] >> reporter: omar, that's another name that respect fates on the campus of howard university these days. he was a rising senior shot on july 4 not far from campus in what appears to have been a robbery attempt. his assay want still at large -- assailant still at large but the odds are it was probably a black manual. i talked with three howard university students today. the slaying of omar sykes and trayvon martin offered no new lessons. young black men are at a higher r

martin lived. the police were there in a matter of minutes. officer smithaid he tried to revive trayvon martin and it was unsuccessful. they did an attempt to revive him and there's question about where trayvon's hands were positioned. he was found his hands underneath his body but george zimmerman told police and prosecutors that he spread trayvon martin's hands out and pinned him down. so the question of whether or not he was alive long enough to move his hands from that position, if they were in that position, back under his body, is actually relevant. >> john, i just don't see mark o'mara really playing to the jury. i don't sense much connection. >> well, he is. he is. he's a smart lawyer. what he's doing is just making little points. >> okay. >> just like we saw the sort of closing argument for the motion. a lot of these points he has tied up and tied in with various witnesses. the big concern, though, is around rachel jeantel. that goes directly to the issue of whether george zimmerman was following, pursing, making contact. and so they are going to t

martin. >> now, florida state senator chris smith appeared on msnbc this morning.et me play you what he said. >> if the legislature comes back and we don't even discuss it again, if we just put our heads in the sand and pretend everything is fine, you will see voices growing. and i wouldn't be surprised if it gains more momentum if we don't at least discuss it. and that's why we've been pressing the legislature to at least hear the bills. at least let's start the discussion, let's do what the president has said, let's do what senator mccain has said, let's at least have that discussion in the legislature. last year they avoided it. this year is the time to at least act and discuss the issues. >> what is your response to senator smith? >> we agree with the senator smith. we actually supported his reform bill of stand your ground. and he is absolutely right. you know, if they continue to ignore the crisis that is on our hands in florida, it can only get worse. >> ciara taylor of the dream defenders. thank you so much for joining us. and good luck. >> thank you. and i

kidnapped, her father's home on greenridge drive and along the martin luther king junior regional shoreline. nbc bays area's christie smith joins us live at oakland with the latest on thisser is much. christie, good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you, marla. oakland police tell us they are expanding their search for little daphne webb a little farther out than where she was originally reported missing by her father. also going to be looking in the hills and trails behind her father's home. now, this is the third day that she had been missing and still oakland police are trying to establish a very critical timeline and that is the last time that anyone physically saw her with her father. now the 21-month-old little girl was together with her father, john webb, he says on wednesday but he was arrested on suspicious of child endangerment. police tell us they are going to search the trails around the oak knoll neighborhood where she was with her dad, skyline boulevard, passed out hundreds of fliers and say they will be back today, passion out hundreds more, six blocks out from 79th and international. that's where webb

after the trayvon martin george zimmerman verdict this weekend, senator smith came forward to try again. to see if maybe now he can get heard. i do not know whether governor scott is listening to senator smith, but i think the state of florida and a lot of the country might be ready for it now. joining us now is chris smith, florida state senator and democratic leader of the florida senate. thank you very much for your time tonight. it's nice to have you here. >> thank you for having me, and for your attention to this matter. >> there was an official task force setup by the governor, led by the former lieutenant governor looking at the stand your ground law in the immediate aftermath of trayvon martin's death before we knew that george zimmerman would be charged in the scandal. what is your conclusion that the law is just fine? >> it was a handpicked panel and it was everyone that supported the law, and i can't help but contrast it with the panel that i did in south florida. my task force had public defenders and defense attorneys as well as state attorneys and police officers. we had t

international where she o father's home on green ridge drive and along the martin luther king regional shoreline. "today in the bay's" christie smithoins us live at police headquarters with more on the search and reaction from the little girl's family. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, laura. oakland police expected to update us within the next hour. we spoke with daphne webb's grand father who says the family has gotten a lot of support. but they want to make sure the focus is on finding the little girl and not the actions of her father. 21-month-old daphne web's case still considered a missing persons case and a kidnapping. police say her father john webb told them he went to a convenient store to pick up an energy drink late wednesday morning on 79th and international, left the little his mom who is 87 years old and has dementia. he says when he returned to the car the little girl was gone. webb was arrested for child endangerment for leaving the little girl in the car like that. the family was questioned, including the toddler's mother as police search the martin luther king regional shoreline park mere the airport. they

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martin. my next guest says something else is on trial here. black manhood. michael denzel-smithns me now from virginia beach along with the attorney for the prosecution's star witness rachel jeantel. in your piece you says zimmerman's innocence rests on the notion of trayvon's criminalality. in this country, it's not that difficult to convince six people of the criminality of a 17-year-old black boy. why do you think this? >> do believe zimmerman's story, because to me it reads like a very cartoonish version of what a 17-year-old black boy would say and do in this situation. i think to believe that trayvon martin was to jump out of the bushes and to approach george zimmerman and strike him in the face without any type of provocation sounds to me like you have to believe that there is an inherent criminality and inherent violence in 17-year-old black boys that you see. >> zimmerman kept following trayvon martin even after a 911 operator told him not to. what are the racial implications for that? mychal? >> the operator didn't explicitly tell him not to follow but said they didn't

martin. we want to welcome mycal denzel smith and armstrong william mycal smith i want to begin with your words from the nation magazine. you said quote, i ask him and everyone who said we must respect the verdict. how long are we suppose to remain calm when the laws we call it respect to exist, the arc of the more universe bends slowly and our lives are on the line. can you explain? >> looking at the verdict. it was a lack of respect for black life. trayvon martin was put on trial what was suppose to be george zimmerman's trial. his character was assassinated. his parents had to sit there as mark o'mara and don west and george zimmerman defense team put on the most racist defenses i seen in in a courtroom. the stand your ground law and the self-defense law give you what constitutes protecting yourself. i think open assault particularly on black youth because who is going to be considered a threat. who is going to be considered enough of a threat that people can justify killing them for just fear of their life instead of being in actual danger. >> armstrong williams, your words from the washing

time to look back at the lives of george zimmerman and trayvon martin and how the two collided two and a half years ago in florida shepard smitha race issue this is a case about what is right and what is wrong. >> shepard: on that the families agree. >> we are multicultural bilingual family. we were raised that way. our mother is a woman of color. racism is the furthest things from our mind and racism is deplorable. >> he grew up in virginia outside of d.c. his dad magistrate judge while his mother spent the bulk of the time with zimmerman and three siblings. >> my grandmother and mother raised me. my dad was in the army and he wasn't home for a lot of my infancy. so i consider myself first of all an american. but hispanic american. >> shepard: zimmerman eventually moved to florida and got married. he enrolled in seminole state college in hopes of becoming a police officer. but at a public meeting, he complained about a ride along with the sanford cop. >> what i saw was disgusting. the officer showed me his favorite hiding spots for taking naps. >> zimmerman later emailed the police chief informing him that i have recently bec

smith. >> good evening. it is a week since a jury in florida found george zimmerman not guilty in the death of trayvon martin. since then americans have been grappling with the means of that verdict. race has been an ines capable part of that conversation. yesterday a pensive president obama spoke for 19 minutes about the case. he said trayvon martin "could have been me 35 years ago." across the country today there were vigils and rallies. michelle franzen is in lower manhattan with the latest. good evening. >> reporter: good evening. the verdict in florida is a flash point over the laws, self defense laws and about race. crowds gathered in protest and in prayer and called for outrage to be turned into action. some echoing the president's own words. a day after president obama weighed in on the trayvon martin verdict. >> trayvon martin could have been me 35 year ago. >> thousands turned out in a show of solidarity as justice for trayvon vigils coast to coast. the reverend al sharpton's national action networks organized rallies and turn out was sparse in some areas, but in major cities like miami, a course f

martin case. >> potentially unprecedented. much more coverage ahead. thanks for being with us. "studio b" with trace gallagher in for shep again right now. >> greg and jamie, thanks very much. i'm in for sheddard smith and this is "studio b." president obama made some very surprising comments on the george zimmerman acquittal, and the victim, trayvon martin, what the president had to say about the verdict, race relations and the nation, plus george george zimmerman's brother weighs in. a police officer in boston has released photos of the moment the boston bombing suspect surrendered and he said he did so out of anger over rolling stone's cover and now that officer is -- facing suspension. a former boston hit man joins us to talk about the "whitey" bulger trial and the sudden and mysterious death of somebody on the witness list. all ahead, unless breaking news changes everything on "studio b." >> but first from fox at 3:00, president obama opened up about the shooting death of trayvon martin. offering his thoughts during a surprise appearance at today's white house press briefing. listen. >> when trayvon martin was first shot, i said that this could have been my son. another way of saying that is, t

martin had passed? >> he seemed affected by that. >> you were, aside from officer tim smith, really the first officer to have a detailed conversation or any conversation with him about this case, right? >> yes. >> and that was about -- you gave us the time, but tell us again, if you can, if you recall the timing of it. >> i believe i was called about 8:00, so probably prior to 9:00 maybe i was speaking to him. >> and this happened at 7:15, 7:30. he was transported after being seen by medical. you got to him within an hour and a half of the event? >> i believe so. >> do you know if he had contact with anybody else besides sanford police department? >> i don't know. i only know what was told to me. >> and that was? >> rescue, police. that was all i knew about. >> though not arrested, he was in police control or custody literally from the scene forward, was he not? >> yes. >> and his phone was taken from him, correct? >> yes. >> mention was made that -- first of all, you took the taped statement, correct, and we've heard that. then you asked him to do a written statement. why have both? >> i believe chris

smith. at the end of the day, do you think that this will be overturned because of the trayvon martin case?> well, we're hoping that it at least gets amended. back in 2005 when we did this bill, i was one of those saying that this was going too far and i voted against it in 2005 because i thought this would happen. what we're trying to do is just amend the law to take out now that we've gotten some real world examples and some problems with it, we're trying to amend it to make it more sensible in the state of florida. >> judge jeanine: you know, jesse jackson had said that florida is an apartheid state. do you agree with that, gentlemen? >> i think that's very dangerous rhetoric. i'm very proud of the martin family's restraint. some of the rhetoric is very dangerous for other people and it's driving a racial wedge into this which shouldn't be there. in fact, this law has protected many african-americans from prosecution who were simply stopping a violent act. 33% of those who utilized this defense were african-americans, and proportionally that means it benefitted them twice as much as the

martin had passed? >> he seemed affected by that. >> aside from officer tim smith, you were really the first officer to have a detailed conversation or any conversation with him about this case, right? >> yes. >> and that was about -- tell us again if you can if you recall the timing of it. >> i believe i was called about 8:00. so probably to 9:00 maybe i was speaking to him. >> and if this happened at 7:15, 7:30 and he was transported after being seen by medical, gout to him within an hour and a half of the event? >> i believe so. >> do you know if he had contact with anybody else besides sanford police department? >> i don't know. i only know what was told to me. >> and that was -- >> rescue, police, that was all i knew about. >> of course he was not arrested. he was in police control or custody literally from the scene forward, was he not? >> yes. >> and his phone was taken from him? >> yes. >> mention was made -- first of all, you took the taped statement, correct, and we've heard that. and then you asked him to do a written statement. why have both? >> i believe i was asked to -- i believe chris s

martin. we spoke with oakland police this morning and they're telling us so far they have a tally of just one arrest here in oakland over the weekend. reporting live in oakland, kristie smith nbc bay area news. >> thank you, christie. while protests continue, others say they support the jury's decision, including as you'd imagine, zimmerman's defense lawyer. >> this is verdict is the correct verdict as far as i'm concerned. there was just not enough evidence to convict him. >> george zimmerman was never guilty of anything except protecting himself in self-defense. >> over the weekend the defense suggested zimmerman should never have been brought to trial. much of george zimmerman's case was built on a claim of self-defense as you just heard. that's prompted questions about what constitutes self-defense and how it differs across the country. we spoke to nbc legal analyst to explain. >> you are allowed to use self-defense to fend off imminent peril and you're allowed to use deadly force if you're going to be severely injured or killed. the difference in each state though is whether you have a duty to retreat or escape before you use deadly force first. in many states there's

martin. the image, the work of artist nicholas smith quickly gone viral. our next guest, dr.ing me now, good morning to you, doctor. >> good morning, gretchen. how are you? >> gretchen: i feel for you this morning because to have your uncle put in that kind of a photo, it makes -- it immediately puts you into this controversial situation and almost forces you to have to respond to it. number one, what is your response? and number two, how do you feel about somebody using your uncle's image in this way? >> i'm not angry about the art or the artist, nick class smith. i think it's actually very creative. but i'm very saddened because it makes a controversial debate and it takes away from many of them. so when i see that particular image, i don't immediately think of him saying, we must learn to live together as brothers and i add in this sentry as brothers and sisters. so when i see that image, i don't see the love. i don't see the reconciliation. i don't see the harmony of knowing we're one human race. none of his message is conveyed there, the compassion is not there. and yet,

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to focus on the issue of race relations in america and not of the trayvon martin case and we want to welcome mycal denzel smithnd armstrong williams. thank you for being with us. smith, i want to begin with your words saying "but i ask him and everyone who says, we must respect the verdict, how long are we supposed to remain calm when the laws we are called to respect exist in an open assault on our humanity? the ark of the moral universe bends slowly. our lives are on the line right now." guest: looking at the verdict, what happened was, to my mind, a lack of respect for black life. trayvon martin was put on trial in what was supposed to be george zimmerman's trial. his character was assassinated. his parents had to sit there as marco marra and don west put on one of the most racist defenses i have seen in a courtroom. are fighting now, the stand or ground laws, the great latitude florida's self- defense laws give you as far as what constitutes protecting yourself, i think are in assault, particularly on black youth, because who is going to be considered a threat? who is going to be considered enough of us br

martin case. >> potentially unprecedented. much more coverage ahead. thanks for being with us. "studio b" with trace gallagher in for shep again right now. >> greg and jamie, thanks very much. i'm in for sheddard smithma made some very surprising comments on the george zimmerman acquittal, and the victim, trayvon martin, what the president had to say about the verdict, race relations and the nation, plus george george zimmerman's brother weighs in. a police officer in boston has released photos of the moment the boston bombing suspect surrendered and he said he did so out of anger over rolling stone's cover and now that officer is -- facing suspension. a former boston hit man joins us to talk about the "whitey"

smith. i'll be back this weekend for fox report. for now, the factor. the o'reilly factor is on. tonight: >> when trayvon martint, i said this could have been my son. another way of saying that is that trayvon martin could have been me. president obama now inserting himself in the controversy. do his comments help or hurt race relations in america? we have a debate. >> many, if not all of the survivors of the benghazi attacks along with others at the department of defense, the cia have been asked to sign additional nondisclosure agreements. >> mike: new allegations that the survivors of the deadly benghazi attacks have being forced into

smith. i'll be back this weekend for fox report. for now, the factor. the o'reilly factor is on. tonight: >> when trayvon martin was first shot, i said this could have been my son. another way of saying that is that trayvon martin could have been me. president obama now inserting himself in the controversy. do his comments help or hurt race relations in america? we have a debate. >> many, if not all of the survivors of the benghazi attacks along with others at the department of defense, the cia have been asked to sign additional nondisclosure agreements. >> mike: new allegations that the survivors of the deadly benghazi attacks have being forced into silence. what's the obama administration trying to hide? we will have the latest on this scandal. ♪ chanting] >> governor huckabee: far left outrage in texas a controversial abortion bill becomes law in that state. what are they so angry about? ♪ chanting] cauti on, you are about to enter the no spin zone. the factor begins right now. ♪ ♪ >> governor huckabee: hello, i'm mike huckabee. i'm in for bill o'reilly. thanks for watching us tonight. the value of life in a

smith brings us all of the bizarre sights and sounds of san diego comic-con. >>> good morning, everybody. also in the news this morning, the parents of trayvon martin will be joining demonstrators hitting the streets across america today. one day after president obama made surprisingly personal remarks about this case. saying trayvon martin could have been him 35 years ago. >> and he surprised one of our reporters, as well. unscripted move by the president. >>> we begin with our breaking story. a deadly fall from one of the tallest rollercoasters in the world. >> this is scary and sad. a mother falling to her death while riding the texas giant rollercoaster at six flags. there were people on the ride and in line that saw the whole thing. >> this is one of two amusement park accidents overnight. and abc's rob nelson is on the story. good morning, rob. >> reporter: good morning, guys. the tragedy unfolded shortly before 7:00 p.m. last night. a mother falling from that coaster. her young son, in the seat in front of her. and witnesses simply stunned and shaken by what they saw. this morning, authorities in texas are searching for answers, after a woma

yeah, if tim smith had been 30 seconds, 45 seconds, ame meninu and a half earlier, it wouldn't have happened. but he didn't know that. all he knew was that trayvon martin wasn't stopping in the attack after 45 seconds of george zimmerman screaming. and in fact the state has absolutely nothing to deny that reasonable hypothesis of innocence. and if it's true, then the case law says even at j.o.a., it has to be granted. now, the other part about common sense is i can't say to you and therefore the state can't say to you here's a possibility. we know we have this argument here and he gets shot. here's another one not supported by any evidence whatsoever, nothing to support that, but let's just say that george was holding on to his -- with one hand he had the shirt and trayvon martin was trying to pull back, he was at that precise moment, which is the state's position, he was receding from the attack, pulling away and mr. zimmerman just decided not to let him go with one arm and with the other arm decided are you kidding? is that actually the state's case that they want you to buy into and say that denies a reasonable -- >> we're going to take another quic

smith. this is "the fox report." it's the bottom of the hour, time for the top of the news and george zimmerman told his best friend that trayvon martin grabbed his gun right before zimmerman shot the unarmed teenager dead. that's according to the friend who took the stand today in central florida. his testimony is quite important because us prosecutors say george zimmerman lied to his friend about that deadly fight. and that d.n.a. testing proves travon martin never even touched that gun. it's part of the prosecution's attempt to point out inconsistencies in george zimmerman's story. of course, he has also claimed he claimed trayvon martin in self-defense. prosecutors say it was murder it's the top story at the bottom of the hour. trace gallagher is on it trace, this friend who took the stand for the prosecution turns out is the one who he couraged george zimmerman to get a gun in the first place. >> yeah. that's right. he says because of the federal air marshall his philosophy is that law enforcement cannot always be there and that you should carry a gun for your own protection. now, this man, mark os terman also said he spoke to ge

smith. it's great to have you here. charles, i want to start with you, that question that you asked, at what speed, what pace does trayvon martinxplain that conversation. >> i have had a conversation where i say, you know, if you're around police and maybe it's dark or something, you might not want to run. you don't want to draw attention to yourself. you just don't want that problem. a lot of people have had that conversation with young black men as it relates to the police. you don't want to draw attention to yourself in that situation. what zimmerman was saying about trayvon was he was walking too slowly, but it wasn't as if he had already stole something, but like he was about to do something. and that struck me as saying, you know, is there any way that they can hold their bodies? is there any way that you can telegraph to someone who might find you suspicious that you are not suspicious? that i am not the enemy, that i am not who you think that i am? and i am struggling as a parent to figure out what is it, what can i say or maybe there is nothing i can say. i struggle with the idea that my boys have to be divested of inn

smith stall, if they do that, i would put him on, on monday. i don't think there's any down side putting him on right after her. >> do you think having trayvon martin's of george zimmerman, does that negate each other or because trayvon martin's parents have been in that courtroom every day, and the jury has come to see them at times they've gotten up when the testimony is too emotional, is too difficult or too graphic, do you think one is a more powerful witness than another? >> you know, i do. i think that we have to remember that there are six women on the jury, and we have to women that five of them are mothers. they are going to relate to a mother telling them a mother knows her child's voice, especially in distress. it's something that as a mother myself, i understand. i also want to say that i wouldn't be surprised if they called trayvon martin's brother, jahvaris fulton. i interviewed him. he is very elegant. he looks a lot like trayvon martin. he's very well spoken. i think he would actually be a wonderful witness for the state. so i wouldn't be surprised if he would be called. >> you think that's why he would be called, to identify his brot

smith. nice to see you three here. mea culpa is not exactly what you expect to hear from a juror. she clearly feels like she owes an apology to martin'sy. does she? >> absolutely. and this is so hard for me because i -- i feel so -- i'm so emotional about the verdict. i don't apologize for that emotional connection at all. the legal side of me understands her conflict. but i also felt like she was very much bullied by b-37 in that deliberation. i do feel like she could have been that one vote that came -- you know, made it a hung jury which would have given the ability to retry george zimmerman. i feel like she caved. part of me is very upset with her. i think the apologies after are empty apologies. then i understand her to be a mother of eight and i feel very sympathetic towards her pain because i know that it is real. i know her apology to trayvon's parents is real. i'm angry with her for not being strong enough to go against the bullies, five others, especially b-37, where she could have been the deciding vote to retry him and maybe the verdict would be different. >> but, mo, all fairness here, to the jurors, it was clear they --

martin this. rally took place about an hour ago at a park in sanford, florida, blocks from where the verdict was read late last night. watching over the crowd was sanford police chief sees why it smith who says everything has been peaceful. >> it's a great opportunity for people to express themselves. that's important. regardless how you feel about the verdict or how the case has gone, if you're going to do something you do so in a peaceful manner. this town has been outstanding remaining peaceful. >> many of the demonstrations in florida and across the nation have remained peaceful. many in sanford, florida, community took solace in church that. includes relatives of trayvon martin. martin's parents were not at church services this morning. john zarrella explains now. >> reporter: the message from trayvon martin's cousin was clear, direct. >> we don't want this to happen to anyone else again. there is no reason for this to happen to any other families. no one should have to go through this. >> reporter: felton and her mom and dad attended sunday services in miami gardens. miami gardens is the neighborhood where trayvon martin grew up. it is this church where his family are members.

voice and then you have a detective saying i asked trayvon martin's dad if it was his son's voice, and he indicated to me no. all right, ryan smith here. that's troublesome. >> it is. it's a tough situation for the prosecution. but there are a couple things to this. first, for the defense side, it does look like, hey, why didn't the prosecution offer tracy martin as a witness? oh, now we see. he didn't think it was his son's voice. tracy martin has since come out and said that was his son's voice. so will he be called as a defense witness, or will the prosecution try to bring him in in a rebuttal case? we'll have to see. >> would you if you were defending this case, ryan? would you bring tracy martin as a defense witness? >> i think -- i think you should. i think the defense probably might because they could say, let's just get to that part of the matter. let's get to the fact that when you originally talked to police, you didn't think it was your son. and people -- >> hold on, ryan. hold on, hold on, hold on. because one of the big arguments for the prosecution was just a second, detective serino. >> right. >> are you sure that

smith, "today in the bay." >> thank you, christie. we'll get another update from you at 6:45. >>> a concord elementary teacher will be back in court today. 45-year-old joseph martinduled to attend a bail hearing this afternoon. martin pleaded not guilty to 91 felony counts of child molestation. police say he molested 11 students in the past seven years, all on the campus of woodside elementary school. if found guilty, martin could face life in prison. >>> a convicted prostitute once linked to the death of a businessman is expected to go free later today. raven dixon took a plea deal that dropped murder charges in exchange for pleading guilty to prostitution and drug charges. as part of this deal, dixon is expected to be released from custody on probation. three other people are charged with the killing and robbery of ravi kumra last november. >>> privacy advocates say police are overstepping their bounds tracking license plates on millions of bay area cars every day. the aclu says automatic license plate readers are constantly collecting and storing data. police use that technology to track stolen cars, but they also store photos of other vehicles. a man in san l

smith! >> i think it still matters. looking at the pictures and listening to martin bah sheer talking about how home secretaries used to the delivery room. i think when you were born, didn't your father from bert lance in there? >> it was definitely not that. >> can i clarify one thing? >> for everybody under 80 years old, they might not remember bert. >> just to put this in a fan it's aic way -- fantastic way. winning a test series in australia, the english cricket team won against australians. and now we have a royal baby. it's been a spectacular year for britain from sport to god willing the safe arrival of a b baby. >> that's nice. >> and most excitingly, you have wayne rooney coming from the north down to chelsea. it's going to be a big year for you. >> i'm wearing my chelsea wristband. i'm am bif lent about wayne rooney. his performances are actually in decline. i don't think he's worth 13 million pounds, which is the figure people are talking about. i think the problem we have is that we currently have a striker that we bought from another club. i believe it was liverpool. we ended up paying a lot for. >> we rea

tre, co-host of "the cycle," michael denzel smith, contributor at "the nation", back with us at the table. i want to talk about the reaction from trayvon martinea of, you know, if the jury had been bigger, if we had 12 instead of 6. maya you said during the break some interesting point about research about what happens with just one -- if you take an all-white jury and add one african-american to the mix, what happens? >> i thought everything i said was interesting. >> i agree, i agree. >> now, seriously, seema is absolutely right. i want to reinforce seema's point with science. jury matters president the race of who is on the jury matters in the outcome. here's why. sarasota and seminole counties, ten years' of data, 700 juries, what that research found is when one black person is on a six-member jury, the number of acquittals of black defendants drops over ten percentage points and the number of convictions of white defendants increases by 10 percentage points and makes the number of conviction equal by race. in other words, you don't see racial differences in convictions and acquittals. >> which makes it -- we were talking about, you know,

martin in terms of you have two numbers, obviously one from his father, one from his mother. is that correct? >> yes. >> okay. >> let's open the microphones here. let me introduce you to tonya smithinal defense attorney. mike brooks worked in law enforcement for years and years. law enforcement analyst for hln. let's just break away. because for a minute, this is just getting a little wonky, if i may. looking at all the loci versus the locus versus the numbers versus the assignment from this guy's particular crime lab. bottom line is for me, we're going through so carefully because dna matters and it could prove key here. right? >> that's absolutely right. you know, we live in the era of csi. jurors expect to hear from the state whether or not there's any dna evidence. if there isn't, why there isn't. in addition to that they also want to know what efforts were undertaken to get the dna. if it was done appropriately. and that there was no tampering done in the process. >> how thorough the investigation was. >> absolutely. >> one of the main things that he did, he examined the swabbings that were taken for any touch dna on the gun of george zimmerman. was there any dna there depos