prime time interview with trayvon martin's parents in a moment.om everything that you have seen that you've read, that you've heard, what do you believe is the most likely set of circumstances that led to your son being killed? >> i believe that george zimmerman hunted my son like an animal, tried to detain my son. my son tried to get away. and because he could not detain my son, altercation ensued, and my son was shot and killed. >> if we reverse the situation and it was your brother who had been gunned down, exactly the same set of circumstances, and the worst that happened, as far as his behavior was that he had been followed, he got into an altercation, and he was unarmed, he just had a bag of skittles on him and a guy who was much older, followed him in the street, pulled out a gun and shot him dead, would you not, at the very least if you're honest and candid about this, would you not expected that person to at least be arrested, to at least perhaps face some kind of trial where the full evidence could come out? >> well, you know, i take --

like the tragic killing of trayvon martin may have helped skittles. he only had a bag of skittles that was the scene of the protest that followed. >> marching with signs and skittles in honor of trayvon martin rallying wearing a hoodies and carrying skittles. john: skittles said they will not commented its import -- inappropriate to get involved. >> our condolences go out for all involved but we will not exploit this for commercial purposes. by saying that is precisely the way to do it. >> that is an example where a company over thinking that puerto rico gets in the way of word-of-mouth. there is no more powerful thing than people talking to other people. john: after michael jackson and whitney houston sales went up sharply. michael jackson occupied the top three the week he died also more than 40 times the previous week whitney houston sold 600 copies than 64,000 the next week. >> all of a sudden people think they need to get it. there is nothing for the company to do. >> they want to buy when the star dies. they sold the movie rights, the musical ri

george zimmerman claims he acted in self-defense when he shot 17-year-old trayvon martin.nside a gated community in sanford, florida, last february. zimmerman's lawyers are trying to get june's trial date pushed back to november. his attorney put up a request on line asking for public donations. he wants to raise $30,000 a month for zimmerman's defense. so far his attorneys have spent more than $300,000 on fees and living expenses for zimmerman. >>> and this morning, a gun control task force now has ideas from people of newtown, connecticut, on curbing violence. hundreds packed an auditorium to offer their suggestions. it was the first public hearing in newtown since 26 people were killed at sandy hook elementary in december. the task force was created in response to that tragedy. speakers included families of the victims, first responders, and community leaders. >>> think you're a sound sleeper? you probably have nothing on one northwest d.c. woman. mica rothman was taking a nap on tuesday afternoon when a burglar busted into her house. police say he stole laptops, credit

like the tragic killing of trayvon martin may have helped skittles. he only had a bag of skittles that was the scene of the protest that followed. >> marching with signs and skittles in honor of trayvon martin rallying wearing a hoodies and carrying skittles. john: skittles said they will not commented its import -- inappropriate to get involved. >> our condolences go out for all involved but we will not exploit this for commercial purposes. by saying that is precisely the way to do it. >> that is an example where a company over thinking that puerto rico gets in the way of word-of-mouth. there is no more powerful thing than people talking to other people. john: after michael jackson and whitney houston sales went up sharply. michael jackson occupied the top three the week he died also more than 40 times the previous week whitney houston sold 600 copies than 64,000 the next week. >> all of a sudden people think they need to get it. there is nothing for the company to do. >> they want to buy when the star dies. they sold the movie rights, the musical ri

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whether the far left wing, president obama, democrats in congress, trayvon martin. they'll let the truth fall away in support of their own narrative. >> i promise i'm going to get everybody. we're looking forward to giving you a we'll get you in the next segment. it isn't a secret the main stream media is protecting obama. how they helped him win a second term, that and more on this special edition of "hannity". glad you're with us. people really love snapshot from progressive, but don't just listen to me. listen to these happy progressive customers. i plugged in snapshot, and 30 days later, i was saving big on car insurance. with snapshot, i kn what i could save before i switched to progressive. the better i drive, the more i save. i wi our company had something this cool. you're not filming this, are you? aw! camera shy. snapshot from progressive. test-drive snapshot before you switch. visit progressive.com today. >> i think they have surrendered all semblance of objectivity. they don't even try to go into that direction. it's not 2012. a couple things we've never

. >> big story tonight, trayvon martin, shot at close range, but was it self defense?ts' reaction to the extraordinary video on the night of the shooting. we'll talk with trayvon martin's parents in just a moment. >>> from everything that you have seen, that you have read, that you have heard, what do you believe is the most likely set of circumstances that led to your son being killed? >> i believe that george zimmerman hunted my son like an animal. tried to detain my son. my son tried to get away. and because he could not detain my son, an altercation happened and my son was shot and killed. >> if we reverse this situation and it was your brother who had been gunned down in exactly the same set of circumstances, and the worst that had happened, as far as behavior was that he had been followed and he had got into an altercation, and he was unarmed. he just had a bag of skittles on him, and a guy who was much older followed him in the street, pulled out a gun and shot him dead. would you not at the very least if you're honest and candid about this, would you not have e

. >> big story tonight, trayvon martin, shot at close range, but was it self defense?ents' reaction to the extraordinary video on the night of the shooting. we'll talk with trayvon martin's parents in just a moment. >>> from everything that you have seen, that you have read, that you have heard, what do you believe is the most likely set of circumstances that led to your son being killed? >> i believe that george zimmerman hunted my son like an animal. tried to detain my son. my son tried to get away. and because he could not detain my son, an altercation happened and my son was shot and killed. >> if we reverse this situation and it was your brother who had been gunned down in exactly the same set of circumstances, and the worst that had happened, as far as behavior was that he had been followed and he had got into an altercation, and he was unarmed. he just had a bag of skittles on him, and a guy who was much older followed him in the street, pulled out a gun and shot him dead. would you not at the very least if you're honest and candid about this, would you not have

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maybe it was when the whole trayvon martin case came up. we remember the nbc news edited the tape, and now they are beineg sued for. play the ed followed by the call. to point out it was a big case of media bias. they didn't just play it once, they played it numerous times. >> this guy looks like he is up to no good. he looks black. >> did you see what he was wearing? >> dark hoodie. >> police department. >> we have had some break ins in my neighborhood and there is a real suspicious guy. this guy looks like he is up to no good or he is on drugs or something. it is raining, and he is just walking around looking about. >> and this guy, is he white, black or hispanic? >> he looks black. >> they edit out of this, is he white, black or hispanic? >> they want to own the narrative. they want to control the narrative that is out there. this is not about reporting anymore. that leaves these citizen journalists out there that really have to do the job the mainstream media should be doing and do will vetting and the reporting and show all of the fact

george zimmerman claims he acted in self-defense when he shot 17-year-old trayvon martin last februarye ignited a nationwide debate over race and gun rights. zimmerman's lawyers filed a motion to delay the case from june to november. they also put a request on line asking for public donations. lawyers say zimmerman is broke and needs about $30,000 a month for volunteers and living expense -- attorney fees and living expenses. . a chicago teen who -- >>> a chicago teen who performed at the president's second inauguration was killed by a stray bullet. the president and first lady are offering prayers to the family. the majorette performed in d.c. last week. pendleton was shot and killed tuesday night at a park when a man opened fire on the group. she was shot in the back as she tried to run away. police are still searching for pendleton's killer. >>> today in richmond, a school and campus safety task force will deliver its first recommendations to virginia's general assembly. governor bob mcdonnell created that panel in december after the newtown, connecticut, shootings. the task force i

. >>> loirawyers for the florida neighborhood watch volunteer charged with killing trayvon martin wante time and money to prepare his case. george zimmerman claims he acted in self-defense when he shot 17-year-old trayvon martin last february. his lawyers filed a motion to delay the case from june to november. they also put a request on line asking for public donations. lawyers say zimmerman is broke and needs about $30,000 a month for attorney fees and living expenses. >>> police in bangladesh have arrested two people in the latest garment factory fire there. the chairman and managing director of smart export garments facing negligence and murder charges. seven people were killed in the blaze. the fire comes just two months after a similar fire killed 112 workers at another factory. garment workers and labor rights groups have been rallied for safer work conditions since that november catastrophe. >>> floating cranes are moving in this morning to start taking apart a navy ship stranded on a coral reef. the "uss guardian," a minesweeper, ran aground this month at a marine park recogniz

trayvon's martin's death is an example of how current racial stereotyping works. is george zimmerman, martin's killer, saw a young black man wearing a hoodie and assumed he was from the ghetto and therefore, out of place. until recently, twin lakes was a safe, largely middle-class neighborhood. it has been witnessing an influx of renters and a rash of burglaries. some burglaries have been committed by black men. zimmerman, who is of mixed race of latino, black, and white dissent, did not have a history of racism. his family claimed he had volunteered handing out leaflets at black churches, protesting the assault of a black homeless man. zimmerman did not shoot and kill martin because he hates black people in general, hates the black race it seems like he put a gun in his pocket and followed martin after assuming that martin's black skin and choice of dress meant he was from the ghetto and therefore, up to no good. he was taken as a threat. that is an important distinction. zimmerman acted brashly and was motivated by assumptions of young black men. that does not ma

he's charged in the shooting death of florida teenager, trayvon martin. attorneys say they need more time to prepare zimmerman's case. they say the state has been slow to turn over evidence and they accuse prosecutors of refusing to release information. paid for by a campaign donor. the democratic senator from new jersey denies the allegations. the doctors' offices in south florida were raided by the fbi. >> and vietnam war veterans engaged in heated disputes today. the issue is the iraq war. >> were you correct or incorrect when you said the surge would be the biggest foreign policy blunder since vietnam? >> are you going to answer the question? >> the question is where you're right or wrong? >> your free to elaborate. >> i'm not going to give you a yes or no answer. >> records will show that you refuse to answer that question. >> confirmation hearings got under way. if he is confirmed he will replace leon panetta. >>democrats believe he is someone the president can trust. they argue his war experience as an enlisted man is a major plus at the pentagon.

full year of the war in syria, another year of the war in gaza, the euro crisis, penn state, trayvon martin, petraeus, 2012 is a year in many ways, forget the phrase, sucked, which is why it's been worth it as ever to con come the things that did not suck. that did not suck about this year. legitimately without irony or only with a trace amount. behold a clear year that sucked much less than you remember it sucking. everybody on this show is a 13-year-old boy. they were all giggling over this. apparently someone drawing a circle around the florida panhandle is hilarious. whether it is chuck todd or this from cnn because he's putting his hands on it. members of my staff swear putting shapes on the state of florida is all problematic. yes, i get it. i get it less than most people. i do see something in the associated press map. mitt romney won the counties in orange, newt gingrich won the ones in red. do you see that? look closer. they totally saw it. it's a giraffe! best new thing in the world today. you are grounded, staffers. this photo of mitt romney in iowa in october 2007 is the greates

retreat responsibly and you can just start firing and it's no shock we've seen cases like the trayvon martin incident a more recent one it happened in a gas station where someone was shot for playing music too loud and there could be the justification people can literally almost start shooting and just claim that they think someone might have out of gun on them and there isn't the responsibility to retreat is gone and it's been it's been really terrible. the. justification and the states that have the stand your ground law is self-defense this is what you hear in court do you think that that that that is is over a year. and a standard i'm sorry go ahead are you going to say do you think that that that justification is over you to justify climes. oh absolutely look and mean we've always had the right to self-defense i mean that's the essential again going back to the democratic republic since we were founded you have the right to self-defense if you are in danger of bodily harm you can defend yourself and you can do with lethal force if you ask you just that expectation before was that you wo

that is the police and the states you were seeing in the trayvon martin case the plea there is self-defense. and that's what we're seeing that that the growth whoever the suspect plead self-defense is there a capacity for that fleet to be over it used to. use to justify crimes i think i think there was a british politician who fact when she was told about these stand your ground laws she said it's just a fact justification for murder. yeah i mean in the human condition there's always going to be situations where things don't go you know clinically correct however every individual should have the right to defend himself and the people he love and and that's something in the constitution and there's been two major supreme court decisions in the last five years to back up you know the right to have weapons firearms. of course self-defense a you know the second amendment wanting to be able to protect yourself protect your family that's a big goal you know advocates gun advocates that's what they say is the reason for being able to keep it the right to bear arms of course this is a in light of g

on nbc, they edited the trayvon martin 911 tapes. that got to be a big thing.on -- the "under god." they edited that out in the montage of the pledge of allegiance. >> greg: edited out the skin color of a tea partier carrying a gun. remember that? >> dana: no. >> greg: it was a black man. they made him look white. they didn't want the -- they wanted the gun owner to be white. playing to the storyline. >> dana: thoughts on this. having his testimony, mr. heslin's testimony was important for the hearing. he had personal experience. emotions are running high. it was dramatic enough without having to edit the tape. >> kimberly: absolutely. the voice is to be heard. he is entitled to give his opinion, especially with all his family has gone through. it's disturbing when you see media distort situation like this to edit and make it what they want it to be to say he was heckleed when you look at the tape. that is not the case. he posed and asked a question. people respond back. it wasn't heckling, manner of disrespect to him in the situation. it was as will of his chi

. >> trayvon martin became a household name. >> are you following him? >> we don't need you to do that. . >> a shooting death of by a watch captain sparked a heated debate on race and justice. the states had jerry sandusky sentenced to life behind bars. >> they can treat me as a monster but they can't take away my heart. >> some of our heroes fell from grace there was lance armstrong. >> stripped of his seven tour de france titles. >> stopped in his tracks by a doping scandal. our greatest general was undone by sex. >> in having a kay director cannot be overplayed. >> the middle east was on fire from the civil war in syria to renew fighting in israel and gaza. to the deadly 9/11 attack in libya. >> it is tragic that he died because it is a city he helped to save. >> now at 6:00, in through knobs in the showdown over the fiscal cliff. >> i'm kris van cleave, house g.o.p. lead rers meeting now. will they come up with an answer to the senate bill? we'll find out. >> same-sex couples say i do in maryland. but that is not only the change you can expect in 201

penn state, trayvon martin. 2012 sucked which is why it's worth it to chronicle the things that do not suck. that did not suck about this year. legitimately without irony or only with a trace amount. behold a year much less than you remember it sucking. everybody on this show is a 13-year-old boy. drawing a circle around the florida panhandle is funny. he's then putting his hands on it. members of my staff were swearing that putting shapes on florida is always problematic. yes, i get it. i get it less than most people. i do see something in the associat associated mess map. mitt romney won in orange, gingrich won in red. they totally saw it today. social security a giraffe. best new thing in the world today. you are grounded, staffers. this photo of mitt romney in iowa in october 2007 is the greatest campaign trail photo. in 2008 the gettings were so good that the famous romney fudge photo had a close second runner up with this one. remember this one. i still have no idea what was going on. between our winner and first runner up obviously, 2008 will never be surpassed in terms of geniu

acknowledged that investigators and agents with the fbi are looking into the death of 17- year-old trayvon martinrge zimmerman has been charged with murder in the second degree. >> the jury finding him not guilty on one of six charges that he faced and deadlocked on the other five. >> it was just after midnight when the "dark knight" moved from fiction to reality. 24-year-old james holmes was wearing body armor and a gas mask when he burst into i showing of the movie. 24 charges of first-degree murder and 16 charges of attempted first-degree murder. >> already hard at work, sending back snapshots, including this one of the rover casting a shadow on its new home. >> all 114 counties in missouri have been disaster as the county -- as the state suffers extreme drought conditions. >> the former penn state assistant football coach at jerry sandusky was taken away in handcuffs. >> it is essentially a life sentence. >> he showed little emotion just moments after being sentenced to a minimum of 30 years in prison. >> at top speeds of two miles an hour, officials navigated the shuttle through the city, ca

. >> young men like trayvon martin being murdered, young men like romolly graham, young men like alanrd. travis carter... officer involved shootings are continuing and not only continuing it's getting worse. (music) (singing) >> reporter: it was hoped that a ceremony of music and prayer could help bring some meaning to a family caught in the turmoil created on that ago. >> we want the world to fall in love with oscar. it is our hope that the world will begin to see young african american men that struggles in life just like everybody else, have a right to live. >> reporter: that tribute still leaves an ache in a mother's heart. >> it doesn't matter if it was today or ten years ago it's still your child and it still hurts. >> reporter: and a void in a daughter's life. >> my daddy's in everybody's heart. >> reporter: in oakland jeff pierce kron four news >>> a movie about the oscar grant shooting will soon premiere at the sundance film festival. kron-4's vicki liviakis has details. >> reporter: oscar grant isn't exactly a household name. but the young man shot and killed by bart police

would look like trayvon martin. suddenly, this thing that had been unified, killing a teenage boy became racialized. the line the president is walking feels more of a tight rope than say bubba, who president clinton was able to perform race as a white man that could be unifying. there wasn't a sense he was attached to it. everything he did, clinton about race, the welfare reform bill. people overlook a lot of things troubling. the other piece of this, melissa, this president, everything he did turned out to be about race. this is the first president that had to confront questions about his birthplace, confront witch doctor signs, people saying he was a black hitler. now the butcher of benghazi on the right. the over-the-top reaction to him that most people looked at as having a racial component. when he was elected, the right had two choices. they can react as a typical president or go absolutely insane. they chose the latter. it made african-americans overlook their anxieties about not being addressed. it made afri

program we exposed how nbc news blatantly distorted the 911 call before george zimmerman shot trayvon martin. >> this guy looks like he is up to no good. he looks black. >> did you see what he was wearing? >> yeah. dark --. >> sean: that is not how it happened. zimmerman had been asked by the 911 operator about the person's race. different context. watch this. >> sean: so actually the 911 operator asked the question. pretty unbelievable. joining me with reaction david limbaugh and juan williams. look, there is some editing that goes on in television but when you purposely edit to alter the context, to give people a false conclusion, is that libel? >> it could be. i don't know about that. i want to be careful about that. there are other examples. this is the latest example. john nolte at breitbart cited different examples 6 andrea mitchell try to make rick perry look racist. look at the way the media intervened. the media no longer report the news they try to influence the news. what happened here is a microcosm of what happens every day where they try to set up and alternative reality to mak

she is deader than trayvon martin though. >> john: that was a witness to a rape joking about someone else raping. joining me now is slate columnist and blogger at rawstory.com amanda and staff writer for salon.com. thank you both so much for joining us on this most grotesque of topics. we mostly wanted to discuss what it would take to acknowledge that yes there is a culture of rape in this country. what is the trouble with rape statistics? how many rapes amanda, go unreported in this country? are there any guesses? >> the range which is one of the largest organizations fighting against sexual violence estimates it is 54% they get the numbers from government numbers. >> john: 54% of all women will be assaulted? >> 54% of women who are raped will not report it. >> john: even in the steubenville coverage and despite the general statistics indicating sexual violence against women is endemic the connection among the mainstream media coverage is hardly ever made. why do you think that is? why don't you think we hear our media talking more about the systemic culture of rape in america? >> w

. >> our big story tonight, trayvon martin shot at close range. >> from everything that you have seen, that you've read, that you've heard, what do you believe is the most likely set of circumstances that led to your son being killed? >> i believe that george zimmerman hunted my son and because he could not contain my son, an altercation ensued and my son was shot and killed. >> if we reversed this situation and it was your brother that had been gunned down in exactly the same set of circumstances and the worst thing that happened as far as his behavior that was he had been followed and he'd got into an altercation and he was unarmed, he just had a bag of skittles on him and a guy who was much older who followed him in the street pulled out a gun and shot him dead, would you not at the very least, if you're honest and candid about this, would you not have expected that person who at least be arrested, to at least perhaps face some kind of trial where the full evidence could come out? >> well, in -- you know, i take pause to that whole conjecture given of pulled out a gun and shot him.

-- george zimmerman killed trayvon martin. i think we have to be careful in looking at concealed carry holders as a panacea. tucson is the best example that killed a handful and almost killed gabby giffords. there was an man with a concealed weapon at tucson and he almost shot one of the heroes that stopped the shooter. there was a gun on the scene. host: how did you get involved in this issue? guest: i always had a passion for gun violence. it is such a vast social problem in this country. 100,000 people are shot every year in this country. each victim has other victims that are affected as well. you have millions and millions each year. .'m very encouraged i have never been more encouraged than the past few weeks or the country has this dedicated appetite, demand for some sensible solutions. host: jon lowy is a graduate of harvard. glenn is our next caller. good morning. caller: good morning. is the universal background check basically put the onus of law enforcement on private citizens? host: what do you mean by that? calle

he said if he had a kid, he would look like trayvon martin, and all race on the brain. >> david, a manct, david, you're way off in the weeds and last touch with the argument i'm making to you, you can see the carnage in the black community at a tremendously high rate on a-- >> and look at the president and black on black crime then instead of exploiting children. >> david you say because it's black on black crime it's powerful. >> what? i said you ought to be focused on it, you ought to be focused on it it. >> sean: let's focus on putting in place better --. >> let's focus on putting in place reasonable gun control that keeps guns out of the hands of these gang bangers killing fellow americans. >> sean: they don't obey laws, law breakers don't obey laws. >> what do you mean, gun control-- go ahead, david. >> gun control has the opposite effect. you have the assault weapons ban and you increase crime. you create the gun-free zones and that's where the maniacs go. >> oh. >> most of the weapons, most of the murders are committed by land guns, only a small percentage by assault weapons whi

a story about the miami heat basketball team and the when it proclaimed their solidarity with trayvon martinnd his family after the he was murdered by george zimmerman. or perhaps there'd be something about lgbt or trans athletes and how they were finally emerging from the closet and proclaiming their place on the planned field. there was no way to look at this as a totality and say, wow, if you look at sports right now, just at the sports page, you can see our society in 2013 right now is profoundly different than it was just five years ago. >> we're going to talk about your book when you come up to new york and the next few weeks, dave zirin, officially comes out. author of a number of books, his latest coming out later this month, "game over: how politics has turned the sports world upside down." stay with us. ♪ [music break] >> this is "democracy now!," democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman with juan gonzalez. >> next week marks the 40th anniversary the landmark supreme court case roe v. wade the guaranteed the right to abortion, and right that has since faced major

who is accused of killing teenager trayvon martin. >>> news from the super bowl this week. 49ers defensive back, chris culver apologizing for a controversial comment he made about gays. drafted by the niners two years ago. on tuesday he said he would not welcome a gay player in the locker room. that if the9ers h anyay players they should leave the team. last night though culver said he is sorry, calling his remarks, hurtful and ugly. the team is not saying if heave will be disciplined. perhaps he forgot what city he plays for. not exactly homophobic city of san francisco. man. >>> severe storms ripped through the south and midwest are being blamed for at least two deaths. there were two dozen reports of tornados including one that touched down in northern georgia tossing around cars, trucks and trees. an uprooted tree crushed a mobile home killing a man inside. another man died in tennessee when the tree fell on the shed where he was seeking shelter. >>> with that here is your thursday forecast, everybody. hope for a calmer day. that severe weather is moving up the east coast with powerful