. >>> still ahead i will talk to trayvon martin's parents, sybrina full son and tracy martin. >>> first we want to get to the top stories making news. christine romans has that for us. >> one day after a bomber killed his top general, his defense minister and brother-in-law, we still haven't seen or heard from syrian president bashar al-assad. rebel forces continuing their assault on damascus over night vowing to liberate the capital. >>> the u.n. security council votes on a new syria resolution that threatens non-military sanctions against assad's regime if he doesn't withdraw troops and heavy weapon from populated asias with areas in ten days. russia is expected to block the measure. >>> more than 30 injured on a bus carrying israeli tourists. a short time ago an israeli air force plane picked up injured civilians. bulgarian releasing footage of the bomber before the attack. they have the fingerprints and recovered what the fbi is calling a fake i.d. from the state of michigan. police in philadelphia searching for a predator this morning. take a look at this video of a 10-year-old gir

to second-guess it or judge it -- >>> immediately after the broadcast trayvon martin's father, tracy martin, released this written statement, quote, we must worship a different god because there's no way that my god would have wanted zimmerman to kill my teenage son. during the interview, zimmerman had a direct apology for trayvon's parents. >> i am sorry that they buried their child. i can't imagine what it feels like, and i pray for them daily. >> reporter: as he now prepares for what is sure to be an explosive and emotional murder trial. jay gray, nbc news. >>> well, "the new york times" reports pentagon officials are in talks with the israeli government, planning for what appears to be the imminent collapse of syrian president bashir al assad. obama administration officials tell the "times" the pentagon is against israeli's suggestions to destroy syria's weapons facilities because an israeli intervention might prompt syrians to rally in defense of assad. officials say wednesday's deadly bombing in the heart of damascus that killed the defense minister and his the deputy, assad's brother

. >> trayvon's father, tracy martin, took exception telling the associated press there is no way god wanted george zimmerman to murder my teenage son. randall pinkston, cbs news. >>> this morning bulgaria's interior minister says a suicide bomber care you had out an attack carrying israeli tourists. he was carrying a michigan drivers license. the fbi is determining whether or not it was a fake. the israelis were boarding a bus at an airport. the flight had just arrived from tel aviv. the bus was destroyed. at least eight were killed including the bomber and 30 wounded. israel blames iran and vows revenge. >>> the brazen bombing of the national security building says the assad government is losing control. the rebels that claim they planted the bomb say they planned the attack for months. the defense minister, his deputy and a former defense minister were killed. one rebel leader hopes this is the beginning of the end of the assad regime. elizabeth palmer has the report. >> a funeral turns to celebration when mourners learn that the defense minister was dead. across the country in thi

zimmerman, who is charged in the shooting death of the teen, apologized to his parents, tracy martin and sabrina fulton. >> i just feel like he is saying anything he wants to and is not sincere. >> george zimmerman had ample enough time to apologize to us for taking the life of our son before the first arrest and to come and try to publicly apologize now, he is just trying to save face. >> reporter: martin and fulton were also bothered when zimmerman said he had no regrets about the night of the shooting and claimed it was all part of god's plan. >> i don't think what he was saying by thinking it was god's plan that he murdered our child and i really don't understand what god he word ships because it is not the same god that i worship. >> and why would god have him to kill an unarmed teenager t makes no sense. >> reporter: the attorney for have a von's parents says the state attorney will look at this interview as a gift and use it during their cross- examination of zimmerman in court. crump says zimmerman has always had inconsistencies in his story and has credibility issues. >> we

the teenager's father, tracy martin, reacted to the statements saying in a telephone interview with the associated press "we must worship a different god. there's no way my god wanted george zimmerman to murder my teenage son ." >>> how high is too high, the debate over building heights limits in the district heads to capitol hill today. >> virginia voters weighing in on their choice of who to lead the country and the state senate race. >> here's a live look outside. a little bit hazy. still some humidity out there. will it be as warm today as yesterday? tucker barnes has the forecast, lauren demarco is here with traffic. we'll have that and more when we come back. it's 11 minutes after 7:00. >>> a new fox news poll shows the race for president is a statistical dead heat among registered voters president obama shows a 45 to 41 lead over mitt romney. that is still within the margin of error. and the jobs issue may be key. the largest share of registered voters say the president has made the economy worse. when it comes to speculating on romney's vp pick, condoleezza rice leads the pack.

. >> the attorney represents sabrina fulton and tracy martin, the parents of trayvon martin. about this witness, witness number nine, for some time. do you believe the prosecution will try to call her as a witness at zimmerman's trial? >> thomas, i think that they will listen to what george zimmerman has to say when he takes the stand and based on that if they believe she can be offered to rebutt some of the things he said, she is rebuttal witness and what we call a character witness. if he tries to take the stand and say certain things, they may call her to rebutt what he said as not true. >> this is where she might be most pivotal. this witness telling authorities zimmerman and his family had a bias against blacks and only liked them if they acted white. but also said she couldn't cite any specific remarks, any specific behaviors. so are those claims credible especially fli she's coming up to refute the character or the testimony of zimmerman himself if she can't cite specifics about george zimmerman? >> well, thomas, two important things -- this is george zimmerman's famil

tracy martin said they must worship different gods because his god wouldn't want trayvon martin killedhat night. >> doing this kind of interview is not recommended. why do you thing he did it? >> he obviously wanted to tell his story. the problem with getting into this detail, was trayvon martin running? exactly how did the confrontation occur? is that even small discrepancies can be used against him later. every statement he makes, every comment, will almost certainly be fodder for prosecutors who are looking for discrepancies. >> i can't imagine he'll get sympathy from prospective jurors saying he had regrets and this is part of god's plan. >> he did try to backtrack at some point. as a legal matter, now that we know about the injuries that he endured and under florida law, he's got a pretty good legal defense. you have to ask yourself why does he need to do this? how does this help him? i don't think he's convinced anyone that had questions about him. i don't think he implicated himself either. >> you think he'll testify? >> i would suspect he will. part of the defense will have to

tracy martin said they must worship different gods because his god did not want his teenage son to beilled that night. george. >> let's bring in abc legal analyst dan abrams. for more on this. you know, dan, doing these kind of interviews is not the kind of thing lawyers recommend. why do you think he did it? >> he obviously wanted to tell his story. he already tried once in the context of a hearing, et cetera. the problem with getting into this detail, was trayvon martin running? exactly how did the confrontation occur? is that even small discrepancies can be used against him later. every statement he makes, every comments that he makes in the context of this interview. will almost certainly be fodder for prosecutors who are looking for discrepancy. >> i can't imagine he'll get sympathy from prospective jurors saying he had no regrets and this is part of god's plan. >> what he should have said is i regret having gotten out of the car at all. i'm sorry this ever happened. he did try to backtrack at one point. but the problem for zimmerman here, as a legal matter. now that we know abou

. >> sabrina fulton, tracy martin, mr. crump, i appreciate your time this morning. i really do. >> thank you. >> we want to turn now and get the other top stories of the day. natalie is over at the news desk. >>> good morning, everyone. an escalating crisis in syria this morning as president ba shash al asad plans his response to wednesday's bombing that struck the heart of his regime. >> reporter: good morning, natalie. for 17 months rebels have promised to take the fight to president assad's seat of power in the capital, damascus. on wednesday, rebels managed to plant a bomb at the national security meeting killing the powerful minister of did he ever, the vice president and president assad's feared brother-in-law. attack has emboldened the rebels who have been fighting the military for a fifth straight day if the capital. wednesday aattack will undoubtedly have a psychological and tactical impact on the regime which by some assessments is now fighting to survive. since the attack, president assad has not been seen or heard from, and today there are reports that t

martin. zimmerman insists he shot the teen in self defense. >> president obama returns to the campaign trail in the midwest today, tight polls show him barely leading miami. tracie potts is live on capitol hill with an update on the race for the white house. good morning, tracie. >> reporter: good morning. we mean within 3 percentage points a bit less than that when you average all of the latest big national polls between the president and mitt romney, that's within the margin of error. on his bus tour president obama will try to impress working class men. polls show they are wavering between the president and mitt romney. >> because of your service and sacrifice, all of our troops are now out of iraq. >> reporter: he spent the fourth of july addressing successes and failures telling new citizens we need laws that allow more immigrants to stay. >> why we still need to keep talented youngster who is want to contribute, serve our country. >> happy fourth of july to you. >> reporter: romney was questioned about contradicting his campaign. >> the supreme court has the final word. the highest court in the land. they said it was a tax so it's a tax. >> reporter: romne

martin who would have been a high school senior this fall. their attorney though did speak to me saying, quote: they still have their son george zimmerman. sabrina and tracyr son trayvon. of the two sets of parents it seems that tracy and sybrina got the short end of the deal here. attorney for george zimmerman's wife shelly entered a plea of not guilty on that perjury charge. that for allegedly not divulging they had $130,000 in donations in the bank when she testified during the bond hearing that they were absolutely broke. she is not expected to be in court next tuesday. jon? >> jon: phil keating. thank you. if you want to be on the cutting edge of technology. it might be time to move to kansas city. that's because google has picked k.c. to unveil a potential game changer in the way we surf the web and watch tv. the internet giant already dominates the web. more than 85% of web visits in june were to goggle owned sites. now google has its own internet and cable tv which it claims is 100 times fast err than broad band. according to google it can download movies in high definition in less than a minute. then there is the dvr which going says can record u