ted nugent. >> trayvon martin! we are! >> we are! >> trayvon martin! >> tonight, justice for trayvon martin, the tragedy brings out a lot of emotions. ted nugent, everyone knows he never holds back, and i thank him for joining me tonight. last time we were having a jockular debate about all this. but this is too serious for all that. you've heard the attorneys on both sides there. what do you make of this case in its entirety? >> well, first of all, thanks for going after this very tragic situation, piers, and thank you for having me on, but let me clarify one thing. very important that you alluded to earlier in your program that you believe that the vast majority of americans want zimmerman arrested. let me tell you what the vast majority of americans want. we're saying prayers for the martin family and all the other black youths that are slaughtered every week, those are the people we cry out for. so be careful what you assume. those of us that love life and respect life, we don't see any color. but we wonder where the outcry is when every week these

>> well, he didn't continue -- he didn't continue to walk towards trayvon martin. on my first interview, you know, the truth is the truth. there only is one truth. he lost sight of mr. martin. he lost sight of him so he did not ever follow, confront or catch up to trayvon ever, it never happened that way. he lost sight of him. he went to the last address that he saw for mr. martin where mr. martin could have turned down the street and, for example, gone in his home or he could have turned down the street and said, hey, dad, i think this guy is following me, if that's the case, if that's what was in his mind. mr. martin chose to do none of those things. my previous interview stands for my act and my family's account of what exactly happened. >> but in that previous interview, robert, when it got to the altercation and i accept there are missing minutes here and we don't know the full truth, there are two aspects to the interview we conducted before i wanted to run past you again. >> okay. >> one is the description that you gave of the beating that you say george was

second is, is there enough of trayvon martin's voice left in the world that you can get a match of trayvon martin's voice. if you get that, that does go one step further in the family's defense that trayvon martin is a person who is fears for his life, may be being attacked. that doesn't answer all of the questions, but it goes a step further in that direction. >> charles m. blow, thank you very much fo joining us tonight. >>> coming up, trayvon martin's mother and father and the city manager of sanford, florida, will join me with more on the killing of trayvon martin. >>> and in tonight's "rewrite" mitt romney was asked today if he thinks it's a sin for a white man to marry and have a child with a black woman, which for a mormon turns out to be a more complicated question than you might think. >>> later, an explosive device goes off in a planned parenthood clinic. but that doesn't stop rick santorum from attacking planned parenthood in wisconsin today. a poll of swing states shows how much the politics of contraception is helping president obama's re-election campaign. wake up! that's goo

we'll take you through the night trayvon martin was killed, moment by moment. looking at everything that might have gone into angela corey's decision. and we'll talk with george zimmerman's friend, frank taaffe. and an attorney for the martin family. i'll be tweeting on this tonight. ♪ ♪ i can go anywhere today ♪ la la la la la la la [ male announcer ] dow solutions help millions of people by helping to make gluten free bread that doesn't taste gluten free. together, the elements of science and the human element can solve anything. solutionism. the new optimism. on december 21st polar shifts will reverse the earth's gravitational pull and hurtle us all into space. which would render retirement planning unnecessary. but say the sun rises on december 22nd, and you still need to retire. td ameritrade's investment consultants can help you build a plan that fits your life. we'll even throw in up to $600 when you open a new account or roll over an old 401(k). so who's in control now, mayans? >>> tonight's breaking news, florida special prosecutor angela corey's decisi

ttd# 1-800-345-2550 >> less than a half an hour o way from the trayvon martin shooting case. martin savidge is joining us. tell us more about angela corey, the special prosecutor because pretty soon she'll be at that microphone in jacksonville, florida, with this huge announcement. >> reporter: yeah, she will indeed. some described her as the perfect woman, the perfect state attorney to be in position to make a very difficult decision. there's also some controversy. angela corey, 57 years of age. she's a republican. she's held the post of state attorney for about four years now. she's up for re-election. so far running unopposed. she's the first woman to be the state attorney in the district that overcease jacksonville, florida, which, by the way, is her hometown. it's where she is born and raised. she is one of five children. she's episcopalian and said to be deeply religious and relies on her faith in helping to make difficult decisions. that after the know is ford, police department decided not to press any charges. she is tough. she works closely with law enforcement acco

them to call you when they're in the area. >> thanks. >> reporter: at the same time at 7:15, trayvon martin'send tells abc news, sh e's still on the phone with him. >> he says there's a male watching him. then the man said what are you doing around here? somebody pushed trayvon because the phone fell. >> 7:16, the line goes down. a neighborhood's call to 911 reveals background screaming and a gunshot. >> there's someone screaming outside. >> is it male or female? >> it sounds like a male. >> you don't know why? >> i don't know why. i think they're yelling help but i don't know. >> does he look hurt. >> i can't see him. i don't want to go out there. i don't know what's going on. >> you think he's yelling help? >> yes. >> all right, what is your phone number? >> there's gunshots. >> you just heard gunshots? >> yes. >> how many? >> just one. >> 7:17, officer timothy smith, the first to arrive. the officer says, i was advised by the dispatch by the reports of shots fired. in the span of two minutes, smith canvases the scene, spots george zimmerman wearing red jacket and blue jeans. observes a bla

that he killed trayvon martin in self-defense. if he was able, for example, to argue that the screaming heard on the tape was himself it would lend credibility to the argument that he was acting in self-defense. however, if the screaming in the background is, in fact, trayvon martin and a jury hears that, the jury is more likely to believe that trayvon martin was murdered by george zimmerman. it's a critical piece of information. >> what i think you are saying is it's really -- the significance is twofold. one, to the extent the reports are accurate that zimmerman told law enforcement that's me on the tape, a, it would make his version of events untruthful and, b, common sense-ically you would expect the person under attack to be doing the screaming. it would be a blow to him. >> a twofold blow to him and if he put together the tape, the audio tape and testimony we get about who's screaming on the tape and put it together with the tapes we have seen of george zimmerman when he's with the police in custody, handcuffed. he alleges h

she was talking about praying with trayvon martin's family. in light of that, in light of the high-profile nature, i'm going to disagree with you, jeffrey toobin. i don't think that we'll see a plea here. >> were you surprised to hear the prosecutor use that language. justice for trayvon martin, she talked about praying with the family. were you surprised by that? >> no, not really. i mean this has been a case that engendered so much hard feelings, so much heat and so much emotion that i think it was necessary for her to come out with an understanding and compassion for the family. the family has suffered terribly. whatever people may say, wherever people may go with the racial implications, the law, et cetera, at the end of the day, a young man, an i think of him as -- i understand people referring to him as their son. i have sons that age. and so you have to have compassion and understanding for the fact a family lost their child. and i think that she is appealing -- she is understanding that. she's embracing that fact, that emotional core,

in life, as it was a place where trayvon martin used to run and play. a place where he was among friends and learned about team work. long before a bullet ended it all. tonight, a candle light vigil at the team where he played youth football. teammates, coaches, friends and people who never knew martin joined his family in remembering the 17-year-old at the center of a national firestorm. martin's parents thanked everyone for their wishes and prayers. >> he never had any qualms with anybody. trayvon did love this park. this park is definitely an intricate part of our family. we will always love you. we thank you for everything that you've done for us. >> the vigil followed a massive rally in sanford, florida where martin was shot. protesters marched, furious how the investigation has been handled. police did not charge or arrest george zimmerman. zimmerman got suspicious when he spotted martin walking in his neighborhood on february 26 and followed him. what happened between them isn't clear, but zimmerman claims he shot martin in self-defense. martin w

following several new developments in the trayvon martin shooting investigation. ecutor said she will make an announcement within 72 hours. yesterday, lawyers for the shooter george zimmerman dropped him as a client. later today, martin's parents will hold a press conference. >> in a bombshell announcement -- >> on sunday we lost track of george. >> lawyers dropped their client, a florida man who shot and killed trayvon martin. zimmerman, without consulting his attorneys, recently set up a web site seeking donations for legal bills if and reportedly spoke to the special prosecutor handling the case. >> to handle it this way suggest that he may not be in complete control of what is going on. >> martin's data and a lack of charges against zimmerman have sparked outrage. the d.c. armory and posted a forum on the lessons learned from the case, on tuesday. eleanor holmes norton will introduce a bill to help states reduce mracial profiling. >> the branding of african american men with criminality. >> the trayvon martin case rings familiar for one person. charles' 14-year

he was told not to follow trayvon martin. trayvon martin was unarmed.n was armed. >> i'm going to interrupt you for a minute because we're going to dip in to this presser we mentioned with mark o'mara. >> all of emotions are running high in all of central florida, but we'll see. as we get closer to the point where we're resolving it, we don't even know if we'll have a trial. >> what's going to happen tomorrow in a seminole county court room. >> my hope, if i can get back in and finish the work, we'll have a bond hearing motion set by a judge. an initial appearance will be held and at that point the judge can consider what to do with the then existing bond schedule of no bond, which is what seminole county has a a bond schedule for second-degree murder and that we can convince him or her that a bond is appropriate. >> what time is the hearing? >> it's not set yet. i think that they -- >> 1:30 when they normally have it? >> maybe at 9:00, maybe at 1:30. i do not know yet. >> mark, his former attorneys made him sound a little frantic. how did he sound to y

we have not only stood up for justice but we have in some way defended trayvon martin. lawrence, charles, joy, with all of the reporting. we really made trayvon one of our own children and sometimes that's the real meaning of life and love to be able to empathize with others so much you know what it feels like. and so trayvon became our own child. and so in defending him and standing up for him, we've done something for all of our children. we've reclaimed in many ways, especially those with african-american parents who have to have these talks with our children, we've reclaimed our adulthood, our parenthood and for many of us as black men, our manhood. >> charles, as a journalist you've worked this case very hard and as a father of a teenage son, i just want to get your personal reaction, your gut. what hit you when you saw that news today, the charge is murder in the second degree. >> two teenage sons. ifç i had hair, it would all b gray. what struck me most was the second-degree murder charge. i just didn't think it would be that strong of a charge. i thought it wou

now. >> reporter: 44 days after the neighborhood watch volunteer shot and killed 17-year-old trayvon martin, special prosecutor angela corey ended her investigation and is preparing for a trial. today we filed an information charging george zimmerman with second-degree murder. >> a decision martin's family and thousand of supporters across the country had been demanding since his death. >> 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. >> after the announcement, zimmerman was moved from jacksonville to the jail in sanford where his new attorney plans to meet with him for the first time. >> mr. zimmerman needs a very good, focused defense, we are going to build him one. >> reporter: a defense that will enter the first plea during an initial hearing tomorrow. >> we plead not guilty presently. it keeps the process moving forward until you figure out what is going on. >> reporter: martin's family is still trying to figure out what is going on as well. struggling through the grief of losing their son, battling for

we have a trayvon martin case.ody already. george zimmerman is under arrest now and we have more on the charges. we're going to ed rendell, the former philadelphia district attorney. he was a great district attorney, and the former mayor of san francisco own attorney. what do you see as a former prosecutor coming here? the options on the table for angela corey? >> first of all, ap is reporting that he will be charged with second-degree murder which would include all of the manslaughter charges. >> what does that mean? >> i think that carries not a life sentence, but a fairly significant sentence. probably somewhere in the range of 10 to 20 years. manslaughter, provocation, that reduces the degree, and a lesser sentence. i think angela corey made the right decision for one very clear reason. self-defense is a defense. and defenses are jury questions. there is enough clear evidence that george zimmerman committed this crime. there is not issues about if he was provoked, the aggressor, those are jury questions. the pr

the cries for justice in the trayvon martin killing. now a flashpoint. >> i've been covering it for a week now. >> whole week? wow. >> the color divide, playing out in your living room. check your bank account. right now crooks could be using your credit or debit card. >>> loud mouth. lewis black, love him or hate him, when it comes to politics, he's in your face. >> they have four years to find a leader. they can't find someone. >> that and more, right here, right now, on cnn. >>> hello, i'm don lemon. thank you for joining us tonight. in life, as it was a place where trayvon martin used to run and play. a place where he was among friends and learned about team work. long before a bullet ended it all. tonight, a candle light vigil at the team where he played youth football. teammates, coaches, friends and people who never knew martin joined his family in remembering the 17-year-old at the center of a national firestorm. martin's parents thanked everyone for their wishes and prayers. >> he never had any qualms with anybody. trayvon did

if trayvon martin was speculating, we don't know.there was an imminent fear for george zimmerman's life and he acted in response to that it changes the equation. megyn: it's easy for to us say this is where the initial threat ended and the second threat began. zimmerman ended his initial threat and trayvon created a second threat. but life is different. the prosecution, if they charge zimmerman they will argue he was the one following the 17-year-old. he was the one who was armed. he was the one who created the dangerous circumstances. and even if he can convince a jury, he retreated when told to do so by the 911 operator. he planted the seed in the mind of a 17-year-old that a conflict was about to start and trayvon martin should get in the aggressive end of it rather than being on the receiving send of it. these are the arguments we are likely to hear. >> if zimmerman abandoned his pursuit and went back to his truck. the question is if trayvon martin attacked him. what scale of attack took place? was it an attack that risked great

then you have got from the girlfriend of trayvon martin and there could be a fight as to whether her t of what trayvon said is admissible or not, but she matches it up in the sense that trayvon martin was clearly the person being pursued. i think when you have a guy with a gun pursuing a guy who dent have a gun and the guy with the gun kills the other guy, it can add up to prosecution for manslaughter. >> nbc news is confirming that criminal charges will be filed against george zimmerman 44 days after the shooting death of trayvon martin. we will continue our coverage. we'll go to a quick break and be right here for you with more news on this. i'm freaking out man. why? i thought jill was your soul mate. no, no it's her dad. the general's your soul mate? dude what? no, no, no. he's, he's on my back about providing for his little girl. hey don't worry. e-trade's got a totally new investing dashboard. everything is on one page, your investments, quotes, research... it's like the buffet last night. whatever helps you understand man. i'm watching you. oh yeah? well i'm watching you, watch

we are hearing two versions of what happened the night that trayvon martin was killed. first george zimmerman's brother told cnn that george was nearly unconscious and in danger of brain damage when he shot trayvon. we've also been told that brother had not spoken to george in years and may not have talked to him since the shooting. so we don't know the source of his information. and then a source came out to describe a fight, one on top of the other, two men. and another man who walked up to the scene. we will try to untangle that story at the top of the the program tonight. and also those stand your ground laws like the one in florida, george zimmerman's attorney said may be applicable in this case. they're in force in roughly two dozen states in this country. we have compelling audio by the way of someone who left his house to shoot to death two unarmed men who broke into his house. the shooter use the the law in his defense. >>> and also, there is a saying in baseball, don't believe what you see in march, in other words, don't get too excited about how well someone p

i have to say this, everybody says when we get justice for trayvon, that's will be our finest hour. i disagree, i think it's when tracy martin called, and nobody new of trayvon, and you stood up for somebody that was unnamed, the government said is unimportant, but this is what our education and talents, this is what we're trained up to do, to stand up for good people, trayvon was only a child, and if we don't stand up for him, who will we stand up for? >> was there ever a time that you had doubt that you could get an arrest and turn this around? >> initially i did doubt because i didn't have much faith in the sanford police department, so there was some doubt there, and then it was passed to the state attorney's office. there was a level of doubt there, but i guess once it got to ms. corey's office i felt more comfortable even though she did not give us any information that would lead to an arrest, she never said that to us, but i had a good feeling about it once we met with her. and i just prayed every day, and i just leaned on god to lead the way. >> and you tracy, did you ever feel that this was hopeless? did you ever fe

i and the special prosecutor for the trayvon martin case. moments ago we spoke by phone with tracy martin. it was less than three weeks ago we told the sweet parents we would get answers to all of their questions no matter where our truth for the quest led us. it is the search for justice for trayvon martin that has brought us to this moment. the team with me has worked tirelessly looking for answers and trayvon martin's death. i want to introduce to you one of my top homicide prosecutor is and john guy my other top prosecutor who will lead the investigation. also with us is jim madden, dominique pate, our sheriff. we appreciate all of their cooperation in this. i especially want to thank my two state attorney investigators who have spent countless hours doing what they do best -- investigating homicide. allow me to take a moment to acknowledge our governor rick scott and his office, attorney general and our u.s. attorney. thank you for your continuing support for this case and investigation. we spoke with all of them briefly and informed the

. >>> tonight the trayvon martin case. what it will take to bring justice in this electrifying case. we also have our take on the shooting and what it says about america's justice system. >>> the body guard, the secret service agent who risked his own life to protect jacqueline kennedy. he joins me with new details on that day. >>> then beauty and grace. my interview with katherine jenkins. the opera sensation turning heads and stealing the show on "dancing with the stars." >>> this is "piers morgan tonight." >>> good evening. tonight's big story is trayvon martin. was the shooting self-defense or not? here's what george zimmerman's attorney told me last night. >> the reason that trayvon martin is dead is not because he was black or because he wore a hoodie or because he was walking in the rain. it's because that 6'3" young man made a terrible decision and a bad judgment and decided to smack somebody in the face and smack their head into the ground. >> that's one side of the story. does anyone believe that? >>> also the mo