nbc's ron allen is outside the court. take us to the scene there. ween that this is the first appearance, we understand from his attorney he's going to ask for bond and then make the argument as to why this meets the standard. and the judge will be looking to his connections to the community, the seriousness of the case and the other related issues as to whether to release him. >> right, andrea. it's a first appearance. it will happen inside the county jail and secure courtroom. we have a live picture inside that courtroom. you can now see where there are sheriff's deputies making final arrangements for this event. during the first appearance, as i understand it, the judge will inform mr. zimmerman, go through the arrest avffidavit and make sure there's possible cause. there may be a discussion of bail and what arrangements mr. zimmerman has with his attorney. there could be a discussion about bail or bond. it's not certain that we'll get that far. later, there will be an arraignment in later days to come when he'll enter a plea of not guilty accord

zimmerman's lawyer spoke today with ron allen. >> what's your reaction to that? >> i have no comment. >> reporter: attorney craig saunter went on to say he's concerned. the protests will unduly influence the prosecutor's decision on whether there should be charges. kendall coffee has been in hot spots like this before. >> no one should prosecute an innocent man because of public opinion, but if there's a close case, it's hard to say that strong public opinion is going to be completely ignored. >> reporter: at this rally here in miami, as they have done in others, they passed the hat to raise money. money they say will be used to continue to fund the family's legal team to keep up the fight. >> thanks. >>> to presidential politics and fighting words from rick santorum today. two days before a show down with mitt romney in wisconsin. facing intense pressure to quit from some inside his own party, tonight, santorum is hit iting

brian. >> ron allen here in new york tonight. ron, thanks. >>> up next here this evening, something we have always been told is bad. well, a new study says it's good for us. >>> in mooresville, north carolina, just north of charlotte today, a warm welcome home for marine corporal garrett carnes. he lost parts of both legs when an ied exploded near him in afghanistan in february. hundreds of people turned out along the route to welcome corporal carnes who was escorted by hundreds of patriot guard riders from north carolina and virginia. >> we don't know for sure how he got there, but there was a kid on the field in chicago yesterday. top of the seventh inning. white sox versus the baltimore orioles, when everyone noticed someone smaller than a player. at first, he was macaulay culkin like in his capture avoidance ability. running past security before being captured by the left fielder. he and his parents were ejected from the game, which the orioles won. >>alize there's a danger this next item will be used to justify behavior by fr

we want to go now to ron allen. also in sanford, florida, where he's covered this story for weeks himself. with some reaction to the prosecutor's decisions. ron, good evening. good evening to you, brian. i think the feeling here is one of relief that the special prosecutor has finally made a decision and made an arrest. this is a city of 50,000 that has been on edge and under siege by all of the protests, some people would say to you that have been going on for so long. no one is more relieved than the parents of trayvon martin. sabrina fulton and tracy martin. here is what they had to say after the special prosecutor's announcement. >> we simply wanted an arrest. we wanted nothing more, nothing less. we just wanted an arrest. and we got it. and i say thank you. thank you, lord. thank you, jesus. secondly, i just want to speak from my heart to your heart, because a heart has no color. it's not black, it's not white. it's red. and i want to say thank you from my heart to your heart. >> this is just the beginning. we h

ron allen, nbc news, new york. >> mike wallace is survived by his wife and two children.e was 93 years old. >>> there's a growing memorial in concord where a father and his 9-year-old daughter were killed on a bike ride yesterday morning by a teenaged driver who police say lost control of his suv, possibly because he was on his cell phone. investigators are now checking his phone records. nbc bay area's kimberly terry is live in concord with more on the investigation tonight. >> reporter: janelle, as you can imagine, it is a somber easter weekend for family and friends of that father and daughter who were killed here yesterday. people continue to come by and drop off flowers and candles at a memorial that as you mentioned continues to expand at treat and oak grove in concord. i spoke to loved ones of the victims who are devastated by loss of two family members who were on a bike ride enjoying the sunshine. 9:30 saturday morning a 17-year-old driving westbound lost control of his car, hitting a fire hydrant and then the family. >> he was a really loving father and a great

nbc's ron allen has more. >> no justice! >> no peace! >> reporter: the mission civil rights leaders have vowed to make the city of sanford's name as important as selma and birmingham are for racial justice. as hundreds marched on the place where trayvon was gunned down. >> we'll use sanctions, use boycotts, we'll use civil disobedience. we'll use every weapon in the nonviolent arsenal. >> i think that we just need to relax a little bit. >> reporter: julie just said what many here feel. in this place that calls itself the friendly city. proud of its historic downtown and waterfront promenade. merchants say tourism is down. >> i feel sorry for the family and sorry for the kid, but he's passed away. enough is enough. >> we came because the parents asked us to come. >> reporter: and one person who encouraged protestors to come was this freshman at trayvon marlten's high school. >> he came from our school, and he was friends with a lot of people, and people were really close to him. he was like family. >> that was nbc's ron allen reporting. m

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ron allen, nbc news, madison. >>> now to a bizarre death investigation involving britain's version ofhe cia. two years ago, a british spy was found dead, stuffed inside a bufl bag in his bathtub. it's a mystery that investigators battled, once again, trying to figure out who done it and how. >> reporter: he worked for the same intelligence service featured in james bond movies. his body was found zipped into a duffel bag, padlocked and left in his bathtub. was it murder or self-inflicted? two years later, police still don't know, but they believe it's unlikely he was alone. reconstructions shone this week demonstrate how difficult it is to climb into a similar bag unaided. when williams died, he had just returned from a working visit to the national security agency in the u.s. >> garrett williams was working on an important matter of national security. >> reporter: but his death in this apartment left a puzzling crime scene. in the living room, a woman's wig on a chair. in a bedroom, two bags packed with women's designer clothes and dresses worth $30,000 and on a table, his cell phone

grabbed from your home, it would be very painful and my heart goes out to them. >> that was nbc's ron allen reporting from the soho neighborhood of new york. the search of that new york city basement, we're told, could take up to five days. the mystery continues more than 32 years later. >>> still ahead on a special edition of "way too early" the yankees are in town today here at fenway to resume their long rivalry with the red sox. and they got a little b.p. last night in new york against the twins. curtis granderson doing it reggie jackson style. plus 100 years of fenway memories from heartbreak to pure ecstasy. we will look back at the greatest moments with mike barnicle. a route map shows you where we go. but not how we get there. because in this business, there are no straight lines. only the twists and turns of an unpredictable industry. so the eighty-thousand employees at delta... must anticipate the unexpected. and never let the rules overrule common sense. this is how we tame the unwieldiness of air travel, until it's not just lines you see... it's the world. that's good morning, v

nbc's ron allen is in lower manhattan tonight with details on this. ron, good evening. >> good evening to you, brian. it's been a remarkable scene down here, almost as if the crime just happened. dozens of fbi investigators and new york police investigatorses a well right here on the street where etan vanished so long ago. teams of forensic experts converged on a basement in new york's soho district, a place 30 years ago was a workshop and storage area. continuing a search, reviving a mystery that consumed new york city and a nation, looking for any sign of etan patz. >> he disappeared in 1979. at this point, we're still optimistic, we can bring closure to the investigation. >> etan was 6 when he left home one morning alone, on a two-block walk to catch a school bus. his parents, stanley and julie patz have been searching for their son ever since. >> it just overwhelms you and you think you're going to fall to pieces. >> that question, that big unknown, will be ever see him again, constantly troubles me. i doubt a day goes by when i don't ask myself th

joining me now is nbc news correspondent ron allen. he lives in sanford. he's live rather at sanford city hall. he's with us tonight. ron, thanks for joining me. >> thank you, reverend. i have been living here for the last couple of weeks. >> we both feel that. we have been teasing each other about living there. >> what can you tell us about the fbi investigating what they are doing down there? >> reporter: i think the fbi being here will really help perhaps give confidence to people in this community that a thorough investigation will be done. as you pointed out they are concerned about whether trayvon martin's civil rights were violated, whether there was a hate crime committed and the martin family wants them to look at whether or not the chief of police and the state attorney norm wolfinger were here and allegedly had a conversation where they overruled the homicide investigator who wanted to press manslaughter charges against george zimmerman. the police denied that. wolfinger released a statement saying they were outright lies. that's the first time w

. >> nbc's ron allen is in sanford. what's going to happen today there, ron? >> well, after his first night in jail, george zimmerman will have his face day in court, inside a secure facility at the county courthouse here. we expect that his attorney is going to request bail. there may be some debate back and forth about that. the state may try to keep him in jail, especially because of his perceived erratic behavior during the past couple days where there was a lot of questions about his lawyers and whether he could be reached and whether he was being -- whether he was accounted for. the attorney has also said he is going to -- when appropriate, enter a plea of not guilty. so we should see that here in the courthouse. also, the reaction continues to pour out here and across the country as you heard from trayvon martin's parents. there is not a lot of joy being expressed. i think the feeling is mostly of relief that there will now be a process that there has been an arrest that all the facts, all the evidence, will now come out. and that should happen in two w

. >>> we want to go to nbc's ron allen, also in sanford, florida, where who has covered the story for weeks himself with some reaction to the prosecution's decisions. ron, good evening. >> good evening, brian. we're still waiting to hear from trayvon martin's parents who are in washington, d.c. today, and they have been watching the proceedings of the special prosecutor on television. having spent a lot of time with them and their attorneys, i'm sure they're satisfied with the rest that they have been demanding for some 45 days. the case has consumed the whole town of sanford. many want td to go away, and now there's concern about how people will react and across the country as well. san fard calls itself the friendly city. proud of its historic downtown and tranquil waterfront, and uncomfortable with what some now see as their symbol as racial injustice. weeks of protests have put the city on edge. outrage and a demand for justice that have erupted in cities across the nation, often fueled by social media. a feeling intesified by the airing of audio and video of what happened to geor

he was like family. >> that was ron allen reporting.tin's death has sparked outrage across the world. there were signs "no justice, no peace" were held outside the embassy. >> a waiting game continues to see who has that winning lotto ticket. that means someone you know may be mega-, mega-rich. $213 million richer. there are winning tickets in kansas and illinois. >> news crews flocked it the 7-eleven on liberty hill road once it was discovered the winning ticket was sold here. >> i'm going to find out. >> saying over and over again, please, lord, let it be me. >> let it be me. >> all day the people that bought their tickets here couldn't wait to return to the store, the store that sold the winning ticket at 7:15 friday night. >> it was a quick pick. there was only one ticket purchased by the player at that time. >> the winner bought just one ticket. everyone had big plans for that anonymous individual. >> an organization, a school, a church. do something good with it. >> i hope the winner needs the money. i hope it is someone that real

ron allen has our report. >> reporter: the nation's civil rights leaders have vowed to make the city of sanford's name as infamous as selma and birmingham were in the 1960s for racial injustice. as hundreds once again converged on the place where george zimmerman gunned down trayvon martin and claimed self-defense. >> we'll use sanctions. we'll use boycotts. we'll use civil disobedience. we'll use every weapon in the non violent arsenal. >> reporter: in a rare public comment, martin's older brother said he does not believe zimmerman's relatives, who claim his brother attacked and threatened to kill the crime watch volunteer. >> that doesn't sound like my brother at all. >> reporter: this week on piers morgan tonight, robert zimmerman insisted his brother had to fire to save his life. >> and there would have been george dead had he not acted decisively in that moment when he was being disarmed. >> i think we just need to relax. >> reporter: julie tongs just said what many feel in this place many call the friendly city. proud of its historic downtown, m merchants say business is down a

ron allen on one of the enduring mysteries in new york in recent times. >> what happened in the skies over the gulf of mexico today reminds a lot of people when the jet carrying the golfer payne stewart crashed after those onboard lost consciousness when the plane lot pressure. a cessna believed to just have a pilot on board, and look at the pattern it flew, around and around in circles before running out of fuel. the pilot never responded to attempts to raise him by radio. >> there's another scare today with a wide body to l.a. it suffers an engine strike after takeoff. it was able to circle back to jfk without incident. >> sadly there is new evidence that we just can't afford to think of measles as a vanquished disease that we don't have to worry about it anymore. in fact, the cdc said today last year was the worst year for measles outbreaks in the last 15 years in our country. our chief medical editor, dr. nancy snyderman, is with us tonight from london, heathrow airport. nancy, good evening. >> good evening, brian. tomorrow, the runway behind me will come alive as 195,000 people b

here, now, a look at the life and times of mike wallace, from nbc's ron allen. >> i'm mike wallace -- >> no one conducted an interview quite like mike wallace. >> to get anything done -- money. >> he was aggressive. >> why are you so reluctant. hard-hitting. >> i have no intention of leaving until you tell me what's on your mind. >> no holds barred. >> they must be ashame of something. >> even with famous friends. >> you're going to be in japan and i'm told it's a $2 million two weeks. >> they're getting two of us, they're working us like crazy. >> but it's going to be a well-recompensed two weeks. now you really didn't need that question. >> for 38 seasons he was there every sunday on 60 mint, a program that became the most influential primetime news program in television history. >> steroid abuse. >> wallace's abuse covered more than half a century of american history. interviews with a lengthy list of notables, just about every significant news-maker of his time. presidents and prime ministers. >> may i ask my question, please, sir? >> are you the representative of the zionist regi

joining me right now is ron allen. with me is nbc representative correspondent who is covering this difficult case. ron is there anything more to this to figure out. when your lawyers quit, that's an good sign of the health of the client, i would say. >> well, they said a number of things. they said the final straw was that zimmerman apparently tried to contact the special prosecutor, angela cory, on his own today by telephone, and his lawyers said they did not think the prosecutor would speak to him under any conditions because that would make the case more complicated. that was the last straw. that's what they were referring to when they said he was acting on his own. they also said he is not in the state of florida but he has been in touch with them by phone. he has not ever spoken with them face to face during this entire process because it has not been safe or possible. we now know it's because he's been out of the state. despite everything else they heard, they still believe he acted in self-defense that night. th

ron allen, nbc news. >>> jane why traub is a criminal attorney. let me get your thoughts.g zimmerman's lawyers will have to deal with? >> it is a big deal. i believe that the judge will reconsider over the weekend an after reviewing the florida judicial canon of ethics she'll realize a judge should disqualify themselves in which a judge's impartiality might be reasonably in question. it's the appearance of impropriety, the public's perception of what's going on. if it's too murky, doesn't pass the smell test, the integrity of the system is what's paramount and that's what we must protect. >> let's talk about the future. there could be a bail hearing as soon as next friday. now keep in mind during this investigation, he was reachable by prosecutors and law enforcement. he didn't run off. does that work in his favor to get a low bail? >> well, it works in his favor to get bail, period. remember, in florida, a second-degree murder in florida is not bondable. he'll have to go through a hearing where the prosecutor will have a witness and her proof of evidence is great, in othe

nbc's ron allen has more. >> reporter: the nation's civil rights leaders have vowed to make the city of sanford's name as infamous as selma and were in the 1960s for racial injustice. as hundreds once against converged on the place where george zimmerman gunned doi trayvon martin and claimedsesel. we'll use civil disobedience. we'll use every weapon in the nonviolent arsenal. >> i think we need to relax a little bit. >> julie just said what many here feel, in this place that calls itself the friendly city. proud of its historic downtown and waterfront promenade. merchants say business is down and residents want the mart tend tragedy revolved by investigators, not on their streets. >> i feel sorry for the family and sorry for the kid, but enough is enough. >> we came back the parents asked us to come. >> one person who encouraged protesters to come was this fresh fran at trayvon martin's high school independents high school. >> he came from our school and people were close, and he was like family. >> marches were also head in long island, michigan, even london. >>> in the race to the

. >> nbc's ron allen joins us now live from sanford, florida.g we understand that there was this hearing in the last hour about the possibility of a conflict of interest. what was determined out of that? >> reporter: well, it's a very small world in the legal community here in central florida. the judge in the case, jesaid h husband is a partner in a firm with mark nejime. he was contact some time ago about representation. that didn't work out. but the lawyer also has business arrangementes with the zimmerman family and he is a paid legal analyst for cnn. so the current lawyer said he thinks that's a bit close and that is a possible conflict of interest for the journal judge. the judge with instructed him to file a motion about that to replace her as soon as possible. perhaps monday. we may see that. he gave every indication that will happen. she instructed him to do it before the bail hearing set for next friday so as not to delay the proceedings but a very unusual twist that will probably see a lot more of that. >> thank you. i want to bring i

ron allen, nbc news, new york. >> there are some people who make an enormous impact in their lives.with mike's family and our colleagues at cbs. stay with us here on msnbc and we'll have more news on that story later. for now, here on mhp, we'll turn back to the topic of food justice. and here are some food for thought. remember that time you caught that really bad case of scurvy? how about when you battled a mean bout of rickets? that's because these diseases that were deadly in the 193 0z are largely nonexistent. they were caused by mall nutrition by simply caused by not having enough food. you say thank goodness those days are over. not so fast. today, 2012, americans are still mall nourished. more than 75% of adults are still not getting sufficient nutrients. now it's not always because some of us aren't getting enough food, it's because we are sometimes getting too much of all of the wrong kind of food. for many, getting too much of the wrong kind of food means too few opportunities for equal rights. the choice between how much and how well they eat is as political as it is per

the media is really missing a story that romney has a 100% gap with ron paul supporters. can mike allen or evan thomas explain to me how romney can chart a clear path to the white house without the votes of ron paul supporters? guest: ed, that is a brilliant point. it is the subject of very high level republican conversation in washington. top republicans are very concerned about not alienating ron paul voters, especially the younger voters. what they say to me, those people shouldn't be obama voters. we shouldn't give them a reason to be. so ron paul has been treated with kid gloves by other reps. he's going to continue to be. there's a very fascinating alliance that we've learned about -- i shouldn't say alliance because that makes it sounds formal and it is not. there is a fascinating cinergy between the romney and ron paul campaigns. we've noticed and c-span has talked about it on the air the fact that ron paul does not attack romney in the debate and you noticed a little congrewens there. also, we -- congrewans there. also we learned there is a real friendliness between the romneys

allen. host: ron is a republican in california. caller: good morning. assuming the plan goes as planned and we do pull out of afghanistan, what are the chances that the pakistanis will support that 1500-mile border that they have? will they support what is going on with the united nations or the u.s. effort? that is my question. thank you. guest: ron, it is extremely complex -- pakistan is playing a double game and we know it and they know it. in the end, they are not going to clean out the centaurus in the mountains on the west of the country and on the east of afghanistan. it would be too difficult to do. i did nothing their heart is into doing it. pakistan will remain amber, if you will. it will not be your friend or your enemy. the afghans have to reach some sort of the settlements that will not be able to understand those settlements that the make among themselves. but that's not our main point. our main point -- the terrorists who want to kill us. even after 2014, i think we have built up a terrific special operations force. i think the cia has do

allen. host: ron is a republican in california. caller: good morning. assuming the plan goes as planned and we do pull out of afghanistan, what are the chances that the pakistanis will support that 1500-mile border that they have? will they support what is going on with the united nations or the u.s. effort? that is my question. thank you. guest: ron, it is extremely complex -- pakistan is playing a double game and we know it and they know it. in the end, they are not going to clean out the centaurus in the mountains on the west of the country and on the east of afghanistan. it would be too difficult to do. i did nothing their heart is into doing it. pakistan will remain amber, if you will. it will not be your friend or your enemy. the afghans have to reach some sort of the settlements that will not be able to understand those settlements that the make among themselves. point.t's not our main our main point -- the terrorists who want to kill us. even after 2014, i think we have built up a terrific special operations force. i think the cia has done a goo

the media is really missing a story that romney has a 100% gap with ron paul supporters. can mike allen or evan thomas explain to me how romney can chart a clear path to the white house without the votes of ron paul supporters? guest: ed, that is a brilliant point. it is the subject of very high level republican conversation in washington. top republicans are very concerned about not alienating ron paul voters, especially the younger voters. what they say to me, those people shouldn't be obama voters. reasonldn't give them a to be. so ron paul has been treated with kid gloves by other reps. he's going to continue to be. there's a very fascinating alliance that we've learned about -- i shouldn't say alliance because that makes it sounds formal and it is not. there is a fascinating cinergy between the romney and ron paul campaigns. we've noticed and c-span has talked about it on the air the fact that ron paul does not attack romney in the debate and you noticed a little congruence there. also we learned there is a real friendliness between the romneys and the pauls. mr. romney, mrs. paul

mike allen, let's get back on topic and talk about rick santorum's eldest daughter. or the legacy that roneaving. talk about that. >> yeah. he's going to be out of office soon, and of course he is hoping to pass the torch to senator rand paul of kentucky. but politico discovered a couple of dozen former ron paul supporters are running around the country largely on his platform. we have some congress, some local offices. these are mostly also rans, and they are playing up more as libertarian candidates, not so much the isolation. but he has fielded a whole generation of younger candidates who are going to carry on these ideas. >> mark halperin, you go through whether it's a what, new hampshire, whenever you go, we were always noticing how bored the crowds were at the romney events and really even some of the santorum events where he would go on and on talking. but you went into a ron paul event, and -- i mean, i wasn't there in '64, but i would guess it was a lot like the goldwater race in '64 that ended in catastrophe for the party but started a much larger movement. >> i don't want to min

allen west's chance of being the vice presidential nominee. thank you to secretary spellings, governor rendell, patricia and howard. that's all for now. i'll see back here at noon when i'm joined by ronmaggie hagerman, michael dyson. until then find us at facebook.com/nowwithalex. >>> "andrea mitchell reports" is next. greetings to you. >> thank you. coming up now, breaking news. george zimmerman's first court appearness, we'll bring it to you lie. mcrogers and a mother of two young children joining me to react to the criticism of ann romney's decision to stay at home. james cameron is here. also to talk about remaybing his record-breaking film in 3d and record-breaking film in 3d and his dused dishcloths. they can have a history that they drag around with them. try bounty extra soft. in this lab demo, one sheet of bounty extra soft leaves this surface 3 times cleaner than a dishcloth. the cleaner way to clean. bounty extra soft. ♪[music plays] ♪[music plays] purina one beyond. food for your cat or dog. >>> breaking right now on "andrea mitchell reports" we're live in sanford, florida, where minutes from now george zimmerman will make his first court appearance. after special prosecu

ron johnson. also, nbc news political director chuck todd joins us. >>> up next, though, politico's mike allen explains why democrats should fear romney. ann romney, that is. but first, here is bill karins with a check on the forecast. i don't think we really fear him. >> no, no, we like bill this week. i think we feel good because i think he's going to give us a couple of good days this week. >> we deserve it after this weekend. this weekend was ugly. we have a lot of things going on this week. heading towards easter weekend, areas in the northeast haven't seen the sun since friday. you'll see it eventually today. we are starting off cloudy. the rain is ending. and it will slowly improve during the day today. a little breezy this afternoon too. temperatures only in the 50s. but at least with the sun out, it will feel a lot better than it did this weekend. sunshine in d.c. too. and we're talking about a nice lead up to easter weekend. d.c. is looking great. temperatures in the mid 60s. near 70 on wednesday. and i think that weather is going to hold. saturday and sunday, real nice on the east coast. the

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