randal, randal, a little moran dahl. the record for -- a little more randal.eptember by clay thompson. somebody better ice randal down because he is on fire. a record 27 points and stanford up by 20. why not shoot it because i'm gonna hit it. he had 30. stanford rolls 85-65, and they will meet cal tomorrow night at 6:00 p.m. the war -- the warriors are back em ho. the warriors started slowly, and they fade from there. wright with a miss and up the court to a cherry picking route. with authority. grizzlies are on the two on one break. memphis lead 21-4. they shot 81% in the first quarter. warriors finally wake up. steph knocks down a couple jumpers. curry finishes with 15 and it is monty ellis. warriors lead it 42-40. second half and back to memphis and taking over monte. this is how you rock it. 26 for gay. he called this an embarrassing loss. 110-92 the final. payton man expght -- peyton manning and the colts took the high road. they said goodbye. they cut the cord after 14 years. manning won a super bowl and four mvp's in indy, but with his neck a major issu

randal, randal, a little moran dahl. the record for -- a little more randal. by clay thompson. somebody better ice randal down because he is on fire. a record 27 points and stanford up by 20. why not shoot it because i'm gonna hit it. he had 30. stanford rolls 85-65, and they will meet cal tomorrow night at 6:00 p.m. the war -- the warriors are back em ho. the warriors started slowly, and they fade from there. wright with a miss and up the court to a cherry picking route. with authority. grizzlies are on the two on one break. memphis lead 21-4. they shot 81% in the first quarter. warriors finally wake up. steph knocks down a couple jumpers. curry finishes with 15 and it is monty ellis. warriors lead it 42-40. second half and back to memphis and taking over monte. this is how you rock it. 26 for gay. he called this an embarrassing loss. 110-92 the final. payton man expght -- peyton manning and the colts took the high road. they said goodbye. they cut the cord after 14 years. manning won a super bowl and four mvp's in indy, but with his neck a major issue and a

when we sat down to talk in his cell, randall seemed to only have one concern. how his shaved head looked on camera. >> there's no lint on my head or nothing? >> no, you're fine. >> i'm cool. i got a gang out of it. i don't want to be shining. i'll be shining like money. >> when you interview people in prison, you know they are in there for a good reason. and when you meet them, sometimes they're very likable. they might even be somebody you think you could be friends with. but sometimes you end up hearing a jaw-dropping story. the day we met james randall, we heard a jaw-dropping story. >> originally i came to jail february 21st, 1981, convicted in san bernardino county for murder/robbery. >> given a sentence of 34 years to life, randall was 18 at the time of his conviction. but his rap sheet started much earlier. >> i have been gang banging since i was 9 years old. coming from an impoverished neighborhood in southern california, my mother and father tried to move to pomona to establish a better life for us. by the time we moved there, it's mostly a middle-to-u

randall eley from randall and lomax. >> susie: the deadline for filing your federal taxes is less than a month away and we're here to help. all next week, kevin mccormally joins us with his best tax advice. he's editorial director of kiplinger's personal finance. and he's taking your tax questions at nbr.com/tax tips. and finally tonight, it's our friday feature "lou's been thinking." tonight, lou's been thinking about an emotion that can surprisingly drive us to greater things. >> i've been thinking about being scared. not the bad kind of being scared-- snakes, suspicious people following you, relatives who stay at your home too long. the good kind of scared-- the kind that prompts and prods you to achieve greater things. toward the end of my active service in the u.s. army, i was talking to a colleague about the job waiting for me after my discharge. it entailed managing 17 people and a pretty big budget. certainly different from what i had done before. "so, how are you feeling," he asked. "truthfully," i said. "scared!" he smiled and nodded and then said this, "well, if you ain't sc

our guest is randall kennedy. lauren in atlanta, go ahead with your question or comment. >> caller: thank you. and thank you for a fascinating conversation. i would like to add a different viewpoint to it, then get your learned opinion. i believe that the medical community should recognize racism as a form of mental illness. because racism greatly diminishes a person's mental and reasoning capacity. l and some of these side effects of racism such as debilitating ignorance, low self-esteem, a false sense of superiority, an erosion of the heart and the mind ask a spiritual -- and a spiritual hypocrisy that defies logic. these things debilitating, they need psychiatric treatment. >> host: i think we got the point. thanks, lauren. >> guest: i think it's an interesting idea. um, well worth thinking about more than i have thought about it. one caution that immediately comes to mind is if you call something, you know, a mental illness, you immediately take away from the person who's suffering the mental illness. you know

. >>> our first speaker, randall stevenson, is a long-time friend and supporter of america's promise alliance. as chairman of at&t, the world's largest telecom company, he helped spearhead the mobile internet revolution. and he is passionate about education. under his leadership, at&t launched aspire in 2008. its $100 million commitment to high school success and work force readiness. now, we're all familiar with the statistics surrounding the dropout crisis. but it's good to be reminded about the young people behind those numbers. so before i invite him to the stage, i want to show you a short video about the way aspire is changing lives. ♪ >> half the people i grew up with aren't even in high school, or are dead. >> when people say, you went to blue, i'm sorry that people hear that name. they automatically think of death row and you're going to die. >> my mom is currently incarcerated. so that has been hard. >> i mean, you try, but it's hard to try to be a positive role model. because it's so negative. >> i refuse to be a statistic, another african-american female either pregnant,

randall doing it all. a record 27 in the opening half for randall. stanford up 20. i mean that was his only basket in the second half. finished with 30. stanford rolls 85-65 and they will need cal when they meet on sunday playing tomorrow night at 6:00. >>> oregon state grace garry clayton. beavers and cougars, terrible interior defense here. dunking. cougs in tears. beavers win it 69-64 and they will face washington the one seed tomorrow. also advancing five seed ucla. they will meet arizona in the quarterfinals. 55-40 victory over usc. currently in progress, colorado leading utah by a deuce at the half. >>> the second ranked stanford women will open pac 12 tonight play tomorrow against washington. the cardinals as they have done all year will rely on the sisters. in particular, pac 12 player of the year neka. >> a champion person. just someone so special. you know, if i could have nekas the rest of my career i would never care if i won a national championship. she makes it fun every single day to go to practice and go to the game. if a national championship is in

randall pinkston, cbs news, the white house. >>> here is what the primary calendar looks like. on saturday the louisiana primary will be held. santorum holds a 13-point advantage over romney in the latest poll there. then on april 3, voters in the district of columbia, maryland and wisconsin will go to the polls and on april 24, five states, including new york and pennsylvania will hold their primaries. >>> coming up next, howard and the forecast. >> i see it rather comfortable. we've gotten rid of the drizzle, most of of the fog, but there's one little thunderstorm i'm watching on live doppler 9000 hd approaching southern charles county. we'll show you more on that and have the rest of the week's forecast and talking about the weekend as well when we return. >>> we've been combing through the day's daily deals, e-mails and retailer websites to find you great deals. two ice cream deals are among my favorites. this one may appeal to you on living social. it's a deal for carvel in arlington. pay $4, get $8 to spend on frozen treats or pay $10 and get $20 for any ice cream cake. a

randall. >> reporter: hello. right you are. two of the four candidates are not on the ballot because they failed to comply with the rules and did not qualify before the deadline. earlier today, three of those candidates had to shift the focus of this to deal with u.s.- israeli relations with respect to the iranian nuclear crisis and then back to campaigning for the votes in the 10 states that will account for one-third of the delegates needed for the republican presidential nomination. votessers were out early this morning in ohio one of the biggest prizes on super tuesday. more than 400 delegates are at stake across ten states. ohio polls show mitt romney and rick santorum in a virtual dead heat. both candidates began their day addressing apac about iran's alleged nuclear program. >> if they don't tear down those facilities, we will tear them down ourselves. >> reporter: mitt romney spoke via satellite to the conference in washington. >> a nuclear iran is not only a problem for israel. it's a problem for america and the world.

randall spirchgton, cbs news -- randall pinkston, cbs news, washington. >>> 1,144 delegates are required for the republican nomination. mitt romney holds a solid lead going into super tuesday. >>> the inflammatory words of rich limbaugh are proving a distraction on the campaign trail. the controversy began after georgetown university law student sandra fluke testified in support of mandatory contraceptive coverage under the school's health care plan. limbaugh first called her a slut and a prostitute on his syndicated radio program and then apologized for the remarks this weekend. saturday's apology game sunday's -- became sunday's top show staple. >> an entertainer can be absurd. >> i don't think he's very apologetic. he's doing it because some people were taking their advertising off his program. it was his bottom line that he was concerned about. >> seven companies have pulled commercials from limbaugh's nationally syndicated show. one of them said his comments crossed the line. >>> a man who led police on a wild chase this weekend is behind bars. it began with a police stop in prince

but as randall pinkston reports, neither has managed to settle the republican race for the white house. >> reporter: mitt romney managed to pull off six wins on super tuesday shoring up his front-runner status. >> i'm not going to let you down. i'm going to get this nomination. >> reporter: the former massachusetts governor barely won the critical swing state of ohio despite outspending his chief rival rick santorum 4-1. santorum won tennessee, oklahoma and north dakota. >> as it looks right now, we're going to get at least a couple of gold medals and a whole pack of silver medals. >> reporter: romney has the only money to take on president obama. eric cantor doesn't think the other candidates have what it takes. >> they have not demonstrated the the to do what needs to be done. >> reporter: night gung rich only -- gingrich only won georgia, the state he represented in congress but he's staying in the race. >> i'm the tortoise. i just take one step at a time. >> reporter: ron paul also isn't ready to call it quits even though he hasn't taken a single state in the primary season. randal

in washington randall pinkston. back to you. >>> now we move on to virginia tonight. that bill mandating external ultrasound exams before a woman can get an abortion is on its way to the governor's desk and bob mcdonnell said he will sign it. we also told you yesterday virginia lawmakers would have to act fast for any hope of signing a budget bill before adjourning. yesterday the senate rejected the only budget bill that was working its way through the general assembly, so today the house quickly introduced another one. it could go to the house floor tomorrow and the senate on monday. >>> university of maryland police say they have caught the man who burglarized a dorm room and sexually assaulted a female student. 28-year-old oluwafemi charles was apprehended. investigators say he touched the victim inappropriately while he was inside the room. >>> timothy bundy may have attacked more women than any orb rapist in maryland history -- other rapist in maryland history. today more than three decades later a montgomery county judge sentenced buzz by to three more life -- b

randall pinkston has more. >> reporter: the polls are open across illinois. voters there are picking the republican they want to see challenge president obama this fall. it's a showdown between mitt romney leading the latest voter surveys and rick santorum who is trying to recover from a stumble on the campaign trail. >> i don't care what the unemployment rate is going to be. doesn't matter to me. my campaign doesn't hinge on unemployment rates and growth rates. >> romney pounced on his rival's mistake. >> one of the people running for the republican nomination said he doesn't care about the unemployment rate. that doesn't bother him. i do care about the unemployment rate. >> reporter: santorum later admitted unemployment is important going on to say the nation's economic troubles are symptoms of the government's intrusion into the lives of voters. >> occasionally you say some things you wish you had a doover. but you know what? i think it's important that you try to get a sense of how real the candidate is. mistakes and all. >> reporter: santorum hopes his m

randall finishes with 30, and in the second round. they remember stanford beat them last weekend.he game was tied between the bulls and the box, but the reigning mvp derek gross wednesday. it relieves peyton manning today after 14 years on the team. >> i haven't got yet about where i will play but i've thought a lot about where i have been. and i have truly been blessed. >> did you hear that line where he said he hasn't thought about where he will play? later in the afternoon he was spotted in miami meeting with the dolphins owner. >> maybe he just went to get some sunshine. [laughter] >> while that won't be the only teen he meets with. you know that. >> there are a few. >> maybe he could back up payton. >> we will see you at 11. ,,,,

randall pinkston, cbs news, sanford, florida. >>> the woman askewsed of shooting a gay -- accused of shooting a gay man at an i hop restaurant in northwest washington will be going to court on thursday. the 27-year-old shawn carson has been charged with the crime. police say an argument broke out and anti-gay slurs were used. a 31-year-old gay man was shot. he is now recovering. the march 11 incident is being reviewed as a possible hate crime. >> in the beginning of this whole incident, before this incident happened, there was some epitaphs that were used by people involved in this group. all of those things will be considered going forward as to whether they fall under the enhanced penalty for the statute. >> shawn carson has been charged with aggravated assault while armed. >>> the virginia senate as approved a new budget to fund operations for the next two years. that's something it failed to do during its regular session. the vote came after the senate on a party line vote rejected a democratic amendment. it would have compelled either insurance companies or the state to pay for

but randall pinkstons the rivals may take the figt all the way to the august >>> soup came and went. mitt romney and rick santorum are celebrating victories. the rivals may take the fight to the august convention. >> mitt romney managed to pull off six wins on super tuesday shoring up his front-runner status. >> i'm not going to let you down. i'm going to get this nomination! >> reporter: but the former massachusetts -- but the former massachusetts governor barely won the critical swing state of ohio despite out spending rick santorum 4-1. santorum won three states. >> it looks we are going to get at least a couple of gold medals and a whole passel of silver medals. >> reporter: more republicans are behind romney as the only candidate with the money and organization to take on president obama in the general election. how majority leader eric cantor doesn't think the others have what it takes. >> they have not demonstrate the ability to did what needs to be done. >> reporter: newt gingrich was back on the campaign trail this morning after winning only georgia, the states he represente

randal pinkston reports from sanford florida. >> reporter: police are once again on the defensive afteretails were leaked about trayvon martin's death. george told officers he fired at martin in self defenses says the teen approached him from behind, punched him and bashed his head against a sidewalk. the report was consistent with their evidence and authorities are investigating the leak. the attorney for martin's parents says they are outraged. >> they can't have the leaks in the sanford police department. notice the leaks are beneficial to george zimmerman. >> reporter: trayvon's parents plan to attend a hearing on racial profiling and believe police are trying to smear their son's name as details emerged about the suspension from school. >> they've killed my son. now they are trying to kill his reputation. >> reporter: two million people signed a petition demanding the arrest of zimmerman and demonstrations spread across the nation. on monday, demonstrations and individual ills for trayvon -- vigils were held in florida, missouri, and los angeles. >> there is a trayvon in ever neigh

but as randall pinkston shows us, that was the republican's way to roll back the coverage policy that's not sitting very well with religious groups. >> reporter: senators started their day debating legislation that knocked down the president's policy on birth control coverage. it is an amendment that left insurers and employers opt out. >> it will allow them to opt out for any treatment for any reason. >> it's about the right of americans of any religion to live out their faith without the government picking and choosing which doctrines they are allowed to follow. >> reporter: this debate comes on the heels of a battle over birth control and whether employers with the religious affiliation must cover the cost of contraception against their beliefs. the requirement is laid out in the president's healthcare reform law. a few weeks ago he reworked the policy so insurers pick up the cost of coverage. >> the ayes are 51, the nays are 4. the motion to table is agreed to. >> reporter: in the end democrats came up with enough votes to kill the measure. at least for now. republicans argue their

randall pinkston tells us what may have prompted the tirade. passengers on board american airlines flight 2332 took out their cell phones and started recording. a flight attendant had a breakdown while the plane was still taxiing on the runway at dallas fort worth. >> ladies and gentlemen, this is your captain. stay in your seats. we are trying to deal with the situation. >> the flight attendant ranted about the plane crashing. >> she said she would not be responsible for the plane crashing. >> several passengers helped restrain the flight attendant. >> she was bipolar. i asked if she took her meds today and she said no. >> police boarded and handcuffed the flight attendant. she and another crew member were taken to a nearby hospital. >> i think the situation would have been extremely out of control if we had been in the air and i thank god we were not. >> it's not the first time a crew member caused a disruption. former jet blue flight attendant's outburst reached status in 2010. slater exchanged words with a passenger, then grabbed two beers

randall pinkston has details. >> reporter: senators started their day debating legislation that knocked down the president's policy on birth control coverage. it is an amendment that left insurers and employers opt out of any requirement they object to on moral or religious grounds. >> it will allow any employer or insurer to deny coverage for virtually any treatment for virtually any reason. >> it's about americans being able to live out their faith without the government choosing which doctrines they're allowed to follow. >> reporter: this debate comes on the heels of a battle over birth control and whether employers with their religious affiliation must cover the cost of contraceptives when their beliefs forbid using them. the requirement is laid out in the president's health care reform law. a few weeks ago he reworked the policy so insurers pick up the cost of coverage if religious employers object. republicans argue their legislation is aimed at protecting first amendment rights. democrats call the g.o.p. proposal an outright attack on women's rights. >> decisions about health car

at the white house, randall pinkston, back to you, lesli. >> here's where we stand today. there are 2286 delegates up for grabs in the republican primary. a candidate needs 1144 to win the no , nomination. right now, mitt romney has 215. his closest competitor, rick santorum, has 176. and john huntsman has 2 delegates from the new hampshire primary back in january. >> the county council member accused of driving more than double the speed limit on the beltway broke her silence this afternoon. that's after karen toles first got off with just a warning. here's scott broom. >> well, council member toles is not answering questions, she just read from a written statement. she admitted no guilt and said she was sorry. >> i now respectfully ask in the interest of all concerned that you reserve judgment and allow the legal process to run its course. >> give her her right to due process. >> and there she went again this afternoon surrounded by an entourage and refusing to answer followup questions. >> she's a public official. >> it's been a familiar strategy for toles who dodged ou

as randall pinkston tells us, the contenders are trying to attract undecided voters. >> reporter: mitt romney rallied reporters in washington state. >> please be sure to go to the caucus sites. get your friends. >> reporter: rick santorum was there last night challenging romney's conservative credentials. >> this race is about what kind of america you're going to leave to your children and grandchildren. >> reporter: voters are listening. after santorum nearly beat romney in his home state of michigan. >> he has a great chance to beat mumbai and then to beat -- to beat mitt romney and then to beat president obama. >> reporter: both will be on inn ohio on friday, the biggest prize among the states holding contests super tuesday. a new poll of likely primary voters in the state shows the race is tight between the front- runner with santorum with the four point lead. the long nomination battle is a sign many gop volters are undecided. more than a third of ohio republicans have yet to select a candidate. mitt romney insists he has the best chance to beat president obama. >> this guy is out

randall pinkston reports. >> we say peace! >> reporter: the city of sanford, florida, black and white, came together in peace sunday evening around the shooting death of trayvon martin. the 17-year-old was gunned down last month as he walked through a suburban neighborhood. >> start right here, starts right here with us. >> reporter: the mayor of sanford brought his two young sons with him to the prayer rally. >> i want my boys to learn, too, we don't need this in our society. >> reporter: in atlanta, baltimore and new york city church goers wore hoodies to sunday services. martin was wearing one when 28-year-old neighborhood watch captain george zimmerman shot him, claiming self-defense. reverend jesse jackson spoke at a church service and commented on florida's stand your ground self-defense law. >> they're setting a climate of shoot first and talk later. the stand your ground laws gives powers to civilians. >> reporter: sanford police didn't arrest zimmerman saying there is little evidence to disprove his claim of self-defe

randall pinkston is in sanford, florida with more. >> reporter: this surveillance video obtained by abc news shows george zimmerman in hands cuffs become taken into the -- being taken into the sandford, florida police station. he shot trayvon martin in self- defense after the teenager allegedly punched him and slammed his face into the concrete. but the attorney for the family says the video tells a different story. >> there's no evidence from that video that he beat his head against the concrete. there's no visible evidence his nose was broken. >> reporter: zimmerman's father is speaking for the first time and says his son's nose was broken. former judge robert zimmerman said quote trayvon martin got on top of him and just started beating him. other than zimmerman no witnesses have come forward but some neighbors heard screams and called 911. >> you think he's yelling help? >> yes. >> reporter: the question is who cried out for help. zimmerman's father insists it's his son's voice but trayvon's mother believes it was her son's voice on the tape. >> that's my boy, that's my son on the t

randall pinkston, cbs news, new york. >>> actor george clooney says being a hollywood celebrity letsort serious causes because where he goes, cameras follow. clooney is pressuring sudan's government to let humanitarian aid reached hundreds of thousands of people. this is all in the east african nation's darfur region. he told fox news he can draw attention to the crisis just by showing up. >> if we go and we're standing in a place where people are shooting rockets at us and we're standing there where there's a bomb hit the ground and didn't blow up, and that helps get attention to the story that we're trying to tell, then that's all we can do. i don't make policy. i can just make it louder. >> on friday clooney his father and several members of congress were arrested at a demonstration outside sudan's embassy in washington. >>> a bomb scare in france. workers dug up this massive bomb on sunday. it's one ton and contains 1400 pounds of explosives. about 1,000 people were ordered to evacuate. and the city court was shut down while it was removed. the bomb will be taken to a military ba

randall pinkston has more. >> dharun ravi's family listened closely as the defense insisted he was acting like a kid, not a criminal when he spied on his gay roommate kissing another man. >> an 18-year-old boy, a kid, a college freshman, had an encounter that he wasn't ready for. >> in his closing argument, attorney al ban claimed he set up a webcam in his room because he was worried tyler clementi's guest identified as m.b. might steal his ipad. >> the whole incident, not what they were doing sexually. who is this guy and why is he in the room and why am i shut out of my room? >> that information being given out was his way of covering up. he wanted people to believe that he was worried about his possessions. >> ravi is facing 15 criminal counts. the most serious charge is bias intimidation, a hate crime that could bring up to ten years behind bars. >> but ravi's attorney says there's no evidence that ravi hated gays. even after finding out ravi spied on him, clementi invited his guest an older man back to his room. he's accused of setting up the webcam to -- a day later clementi committ

randall pinkston, cbs news. >> the most potent solar storm since 2004 is getting even stronger. the radiation upset power grids and forced flights to reroute around the poles. but for the most part, the storm hasn't disrupted things here. forecasters are observing another storm that erupted last night and it's expected to reach earth by sunday. >> speaking of tomorrows, we'd like to see a couple rain drops. what a couple days we've had. it has been something else. mid 70s showing up around the bay area. we started to cool things down. the sea breeze is back. they made cooler temperatures. we have a nice shot. let's take you live and outside adds we head towards the coastline and looking good. toward the bay bridge, we are seeing mostly clear skies. fog making its way inside the golden gate. we have a weak cold front that is sliding in. it's going to be strong enough to reenforce the sea breeze. out over the bay right now, it looks like we are going to keep temperatures cooling off. right now, 49 degrees in concorde. 49 in oakland. 47 in san francisco. a cool 42 in santa rosa. hi

randall pinkston has that part of the story. >> reporter: this police video shows neighborhood watch volunteer george zimmerman the night he shot trayvon martin. zimmerman told officers he acted in self-defense after the teenager attacked him and repeatedly punched him in the face. but no obvious injuries can be seen on the video. and the funeral director, who prepared martin's body for burial, didn't notice any bruising that indicated a fight. >> we could see no physical signs like there had been a scuffle, there had been a fight. the hand, i didn't see any knuckles, bruises or what have you. >> reporter: in the police report, officers did write that zimmerman's nose was bloody. now his family is coming to his defense. former judge robert zimmerman told fox 35 in orlando his son's life was threatened. he said martin, quote, continued to beat george and at some point george pulled his pistol and did what he did. police let zimmerman go after it was determined there wasn't enough evidence to charge him, but it appears some officers considered making an arrest. sheryl brown lives in th

randall spirchgston, cbs news, the -- pinkston, cbs news, the white house. >>> congratulations are in order for maryland senator barbara mikulski. over the weekend she became the longest serving woman in the history of congress. between her time in the house and the senate, the 75-year-old democrat has served more than 35 years on the hill. the senate will be honoring her accomplishment coming up on wednesday. >>> thanks to our warm temperatures, the cherry blossoms have already reached their peak and visitors and locals are scrambling to enjoy the sight before mother nature gets the best of the blossoms. delia goncalves stopped by the tidal basin earlier today. >> reporter: it doesn't get prettier than this. >> it's unbelievable. every time it's even better. it gets more and more magnificent. i love it. >> reporter: pat from st. louis taking in the cherry blossoms in full bloom, a sure sign of spring in d.c. and the sights are picture perfect. whether the blossoms are the star of the show or a background, cherry blossoms are sure to please any photographer. >> i hold the camera and e

randall pinkston has more. >> mitt romney wasted no time getting back on the campaign trail. he toured a factory in ohio hoping to build on his primary wins in michigan and arizona. >>> we've got work to do. i need your votes. i need you guys to get out. >> ohio is one of the ten states holding a contest next week on super tuesday. the latest polls show romney trailing rick santorum in ohio. santorum is also beating romney in tennessee. he visited a college near knoxville as he continues to court social conservatives. >> i'm running because i want to return the power that's gone to washington back to the american people. >> the results on super tuesday could determine which gop candidate will face president obama in november's election. newt gingrich and ron paul see it as an opportunity to get back in the race. >> gingrich is campaigning in georgia, the state he represented in congress for more than 20 years. he's pinning his hopes on them. >> that is the key building block that we have to have to move forward in the presidential campaign. >> the middle class really hurting.

for more analysis on the fed and those bank stress test results, we're happy to have with us randall kroszner. he's a former fed governor, and now a professor of economics at the university of chicago booth school of business. let me begin about those bank stress tests. for the average american who has been living through this whole financial crisis, can they now say we tonl have to worry about the banks any more, this financial crisis for the banking system is over? >> well, certainly given my years on the fed, i never say never about anything. but i think this is a very positive sign that the banks have really built up their capital, they now have stronger capital levels than when they went into the crisis in 2006. in many cases. and they are able to undertake stresses that are even greater than what we saw. so i think this is a good sign. but there's still could be some prox lurking out there. >> susie: you know, some bank regulators have been calling for even tougher regulations on the banks. do you think banks need to do more to be even safer? >> i think it's very important to r

here is randall pinkston reporting for wjz. >> reporter: this video shows george simmer zimmerman the night he shot him. he said he punched him and other things but no obvious injuries can be seen and the funeral director that prepared his body didn't notice bruising. >> we could see no physical signs like there had been a scuffle, there had been a fight. the hands, i didn't see any knuckles abuses or what have you. >> in the police report officers did write that zimmerman's nose was bloodied and now his family is coming to his defense. former judge robert zimmerman told fox35 in orlando his soon's life was threatened, he said march martin, continued to beat him and he pulled his pistol and did what he did. police let him go, but it appears some officers considered making an arrest. cheryl brown lives in a neighborhood where he was kill. her son was interviewed after the shooting by the detective seen here on the right. >> he actually stated to me and my family room that we do not believe that was self-defense and we need to prove it. >> a special state prosecutor is now looking at al

i'm randall pinkston at the white house. details coming up. [ male announcer ] this was how my day began. a little bird told me about a band... ♪ an old man shared some fish stories... ♪ oooh, my turn. ♪ she was in paris, but we talked for hours... everyone else buzzed about the band. there's a wireless mind inside all of us. so, where to next? ♪ : the polls are still open in illinois for today's republican presidential primary. it is basically a two-man race between mitt romney and rick santorum. romney is leading in the polls and counting on the chicago suburbs to help him secure the win. santorum hopes his message will drive conservative voters voters deliver the polls. >>> killing women and children in afghanistan spent a second day meeting with his attorney. >> randall is at the white house where the obama administration said the incident has not changed u.s. policy. >> reporter: told his attorney he has no memory of the time when 16 afghan civilians, including nine children, were murdered. john henry brown says his cli

randall pinkston reports for wjz, there is new information about what happened that night as randall's parents travel to washington, d.c. to meet with federal officials. >> reporter: hundreds of people rallied in front of the department of justice in washington, demanding justice for trayvon martin. >> sanford's new acting police chief says the investigation of trayvon's death is now in the hands of authorities. >> we're now awaiting the outcome of those, whatever they may be. >> reporter: george zimmerman told officers he exchanged words with martin, who then allegedly punched him and bashes his -- bashed his headegance the sidewalk. >> we are looking into the leak, the so-called leak if you will. >> reporter: zimmerman said high pulled his gun-- he pulled his gun in self-defense. a shot can be heard on 911. [ gunshot ] >> there's gshtdzs. >> reporter: sanford police say that it is consistent with the evidence they found. but the martin family believes they are attempting to smear their son. trayvon's parents tramped to attend a meeting in washington. >> i said it before, i'll say it