i know the relationship i had and sybrina had with trayvon so i understand her hurt. we understand this is more important than just the death of our son. there are other lives out there we are trying to impact and save. we are trying to help other families. >> it was one chapter by sybrina and the next by tracy and chronlogically telling the story together. i read the story of his death and the story of two partners who were working together even though were not married at the time but partners in raising children together and while still functioning close brought further back together. can you talk about the relationship you had in terms of being the lead spokes people for your son in the pursuit of justice and sense men with the work you do on the foundation and what that was like to have this bond together as the parents of this child. >> i think the common focus we had was the children. so we knew that even though our relationship didn't work out we still had to have a relationship with the children. so, we just stayed focused on being parents. it made it easy for

. >> host: sib sybrina you talk about in the book of is learning who is trayvon martin. enjoyed herring his interests and how he was raced. so much has been britain said about your son. i know you have done it's million times but who trayvon tn what, what we missed. the son you knew. >> guest: well, that's the reasons why we wrote the book. we wanted our point of view. we wanted the parent point of view. a lot of times the books that were written didn't even know trayvon and didn't know who he was and so we want to put the name with the person, with the teenager, with an average teenager, and so trayvon was very affectionate. didn'taire he was, he could have been in the grocery store, at his school, the park, if he wanted a hug and a kiss he got a hug and a kiss, and he didn't mind, like people was around him, like a lot of times when they get d. when they're little we always kiss them whether they're girls and boy, as the mom. but as he got older it didn't faze him that people were around. so he was very aaffectionate. and he did everything for me. he was good kid. he j

is that something that is in your -- even in your slightest dreams, sybrina, just between us?been tight. >> well, the question was posed to me about maybe about a week and a half ago, and it actually aired this weekend. and i said it was something that we are exploring. i never said i'm going to be in the white house. i said i was going to start with local government, that we're just doing our research and our homework right now to see what area we can be the most effective in and see where we can make the biggest difference and the most change. we want to see change, and we know that we have to be a part of that change, and that's simply what i said, so we are looking at it. >> and you are committed to staying in the change movement. >> definitely. >> absolutely. >> what do you hope people walk away from this book with? when they put it down, what is the message you want them to walk away with? >> i want people to walk away with inspiration. i want them to see it from a parent's point of view. i want them to know a little bit more about who trayvon martin was at 17 as a perso

the enduring life of trayvon martin by sybrina fulton and tracy martin. thank you so much.have handled yourself with nothing but dignity and class. thank you so much. >> thank you. >>> and that's it for us tonight. thanks for watching. i'll see you right back here tomorrow. . . . >>> big diplomatic shifts from white house after all the divisive rhetoric from the campaign. would you believe the donald trump foreign policy is aligns in areas with president obama. major developments in hot spots. we are live with the latest developments. good morning. welcome to "early start." i'm miguel marquez. happy friday. >> i'm christine romans. it is friday, february 3rd. super bowl weekend. 4:00 a.m. in the east. let's begin with the remarkable turn of events at the white house. after more than a year campaigns against every part of barack

. >> on the fifth anniversary of the death of trayvon martin, his parents, sybrina fulton and tracy martin, talk about their son's life and death, plus their experience with the judicial system in their book. they're interviewed by a washington post national reporter covering law enforcement, justice and race. >> five years removed, what do you think of the legacy of your son's life and of his death and of the activism that has been birthed because of it? you look at, again, groups like the dream defenders, the group black lives matter and the phrase black lives matter written in the sons of the failure -- in the response of the failure to convict george zimmerman? what comes to mind? >> first and foremost, we definitely hi of trayvon as a young hand who galvanized this country. >> i think that the name trayvon martin represents not just who trayvon martin was, but all young black and brown boys and some girls as well that have been killed and nobody has been held accountable. >> sunday night at nine eastern on "after words." >> next, former florida governor jeb bush talks about leadership

sybrina fulton and tracy martin, the parents of the late trayvon martin, remember their son's life and death. at 10, historians discuss john adams' fears of the political influence of the wealthy. and we wrap up our sunday prime time lineup at 11 with brad snyder who reports on the impact of a political salon in washington, d.c. during the early 20th century. that all happens tonight on c-span2's booktv. first up, here's harvard university history professor david armitage. >> and now i am delighted to introduce tonight's author. david armitage is lloyd c. blankfein professor of history at harvard university and former chair of harvard's university -- or of harvard's history department. he is an affiliated professor in the harvard department of government, an affiliated faculty member at harvard law school and an honorary fellow of st. catherine's college in cambridge. his previous books include the ideological origins of the british empire, winner of the longman history today book of the year award, the declaration of independence: a global history, which was a times literary supplemen

. >> on the fifth anniversary of the death of trayvon martin his parents, sybrina fulton, and tracy martinut their son's life and death. plus their experience with the judicial system. and their book "rest in power: the endearing life of trayvon martin." they're interviewed by wesley lowry, "washington post" national reporter covering law enforcement, justice, and race. >> five years removed, what do you think of the legacy of your son's life and of his death and of the activism that has been birthed because of it? you look at the dream defenders and a million hoodies united, the phrase black lives matter written in response to the failure to convict george zimmerman. when you think much thabout tha you think about that, what comes to mind? >> first of all, we definitely think of trayvon as a young man who galvanized this country. >> i think that the name trayvon martin represents not just who trayvon martin was but all young black and brown boys and some girls as well that have been killed and nobody's been held accountable. >> sunday night at 9:00 eastern on "after words." >>> on decembe

sybrina msnbc and he was shot and killed. martin's killer was not arrested that night.fter a national outcry there was an arrest in april and a trial, which ended in an acquittal. trayvon martin's parents have now written about that darkest chapter in their life. it's called "rest in power." i sat down with them to talk about what they would want the world to know about their son. >> we wanted people to see who we were as people, who trayvon was as a teenager. and we don't feel as though we got the chance to show the world who he truly was. >> we had to reach out to those families. those families we were connected to because of the death of a child, with all of the families we still stay connected to, and so that is the circle, that is my new circle. and so i have to, you know, wade past the death and the media and interviews and everything, we keep in touch with each other just to make sure that we are healing properly, just to make sure that we are doing okay. so, we check on one another. and it's a few more other names thaw didn't mention that we -- we are in the sam

on after words at 9 p.m., sybrina and tracy martin parents of the late trayvon martin remember their sons life and death. at 10:00 a discussion of john adams and the political influence of the wealthy. we wrap up our sunday prime time with brad synder who reports on the impact of a political salon in washington, d.c. during the early 20th century. that happens tonight on c-span's booktv.

eastern, sybrina fulton and tracy martin, the parents of the late trayvon martin, remember their son's life and death. at 10, historians discuss john adams' fears of the political influence of the wealthy. and we wrap up our sunday prime time lineup at 11 with brad snyder who reports on the impact of a political salon in washington, d.c. during the early 20th century. that all happens tonight on c-span2's booktv. first up, here's harvard university history professor david armitage. >> and now i am delighted to introduce tonight's author. david armitage is lloyd c. blankfein professor of history at harvard university and former chair of harvard's university -- or of harvard's history departme

on after words at 9 p.m., sybrina and tracy martin parents of the late trayvon martin remember their sons life and death. at 10:00 a discussion of john adams and the political influence of the wealthy. we wrap up our sunday prime time with brad synder who reports on the impact of a political salon in washington, d.c. during the early 20th century. that happens tonight on c-span's booktv. he put down the papers and he said i would go anywhere. i would go to the ends of the earth and to israel. i would speak if it saved one more egyptian life. no one believed it. it wasn't mentioned in the newspapers the next day. ten days later, the plane is circling over tel aviv. the israel symphony was out there and didn't know how the play the egyptian national anthem. they listened to radio cairo to get a sense of how it goes. could it be full of explosives? we will have all the leaders of israel here waiting and snipers all over the roof tops and the plane is just about to come in. they are socialites that check the fuse lodge and it lands and he comes down and embraces and shakes hand with the