it's not >> this is the trayvon martin your brother has told you -- >> no this is the trayvon martin who has a social media account and puts photographs out -- >> of him flicking the bird? >> no, no, piers, this is the tip of the iceberg. this is the -- there is a 2.0 at that people don't want to address. >> let me read you this, this is a statement of marco mara, the attorney for your brother. zimmerman case started the conversation about race in america. we must talk about race in a way that brings us together, not in a way that drives us apart. robert zimmerman's jr. recent comments about race only drive us apart. robert doesn't speak for the defense. he doesn't speak for george. they're clearly very angry. >> yes, they are very angry. and i don't disclose -- >> you know why they're angry? >> absolutely. and i understand why. >> let me lay bare what people are saying. they are saying that when you, as george zimmerman's brother, tweet that liberal media should look at what these black teens did to a woman and a baby allegedly -- >> allegedly. >> this is what you tweeted -- you did

he didn't drop his pursuit of trayvon martin. rayvon was in junior high and george zimmerman didn't have injuries. all of the things over the past year have been disproven and they residence with conclusions in the beginning when the job is to stand up to the conclusions of group. that works no matter who the race. the central park five was an example of the working in reverse. where the media crucified a group of five african-american teenagers and nobody stood up to ask questions. the role of the media now is to ask questions and avoid conclusion. >> go ahead, l.z. >> there is a derogatory word in his way in a grouping sense. that actually was true, as far as will saying what the media's role was, we would never heard about the case. the parents are trying to get the 911 tapes that the local police were withholding and if it wasn't for media asking questions and for people pushing, we wouldn't have gotten this far in the conversation. george zimmerman would not be behind bars. >> i will say that the internet is partially to blam

let's get to ben crump, attorney for the trayvon martin family.u think of the impact that you heard mark say that he is concerned that there's -- anything that happens in this case could affect, you know, his specific client and robert zimmerman is not his client? >> soledad, mark o'mara said yesterday when speaking about robert zimmerman's twitter rant that you can't judge a person's heart by reading a tweet. and he and i agree on that point. but when it comes to trayvon, they attempt to posthumously judge a dead teenager by his tweets and his social media. and that is the problem here. you cannot know what is in a person's heart by reading a tweet and it's irrelevant because george zimmerman did not know what trayvon martin's twitter persona was when he got out of the car, profile pursued, and shot him in the heart. and it is very important that we hoep hold people to their words on that point. we don't know what's in a person's heart by what they tweet out, but yet this is what they are attempting to do by seeking to introduce evidence abili ab

brother here went on to quote what the baby's mother says the suspect said to her, and the threat trayvon martinimmerman the night martin was shot. sunny hostin is on the case. robert zimmerman has been one of george zimmerman's staunchest defenders. you just talked to him. what did he say? why did he do this? >> yeah, i talked to him for about 40 minutes. anyone that knows robert zimmerman and has spoken to him knows he's very passionate about his family, very, very supportive of his brother. and he said he understands the tweet may have been offensive to many. he apologizes for it. he also mentions that he understands that this is still a very sensitive topic, but what he really takes issue with is that he believes that the media has unfairly portrayed this case. he said to me that he feels that the picture of trayvon martin that we just showed was trayvon's digital signature to the world, because it was trayvon martin himself that placed that photograph out there. and that is what he says he meant by that. he seems to be extremely frustrated by the way he says the media has sort of framed the

and up next, the key prosecution witness in the trayvon martin murder case caught in a lie.'s being described by the attorneys in the case, that could undermine the entire case against george zimmerman, a significant development today. right after the break we'll take a look at what this victim's girlfriend, trayvon's girlfriend said and what it means for george zimmerman's defense and why her original testimony about what she heard in the conversation between trayvon and zimmerman on the night in question was so critical to begin with. >> i was calling his name. >> were you saying what now? >> like get off. >> get off? >> yeah. >> is that clear that you were hearing that or you think you heard that. >> yeah, i could hear it a little bit. get off, get off and then the phone just hung up. [ male announcer ] here's a word you should keep in mind. unbiased. some brokerage firms are. but way too many aren't. why? because selling their funds makes them more money. which makes you wonder -- isn't that a conflict? search "proprietary mutual funds." yikes! then go to e-trade. we've

. >>> turning to a new controversy in the trayvon martin case, stemming from tweets. robert zimmerman is apologizing. piers morgan told him two tweets caught his attention, this one where he compares trayvon martin to one of the two suspects in the shooting of a georgia baby. facebook pics of 13-month-old antonio santiago's alleged killer and trayvon martin, uncanny. >> this one liberal media should ask if what these two black teens did to a woman and baby is the reason people think blacks might be risky. he now admits twitter was probably not the best forum to say this type of thing. >> and i don't think twitter is the place to make points about what you recall a year ago. because the recollections i have or that we haves aa family specifically are very different than what can be portrayed in 140 characters. i realize those were controversial and offensive. i did publicly apologize for them. i don't think it was the right thing to do that way. >> the right thing to do that way. zimmerman says he was trying to make the point that the media has been dishonest in his po

. >> bill: trayvon martin case gets even more disturbing. 12-year-old boy dies from alleged bullying. megyn kelly moments away. >> thanks for staying with us, i'm bill o'reilly. in the kelly file segment tonight, the explosive trial of george zimmerman charged with second degree murder of 17-year-old trayvon martin in florida set to begin in june. now there is some new and disturbing information. with us attorney and fox news anchor megyn kelly. what's up? >> turns out one of the key witnesses in this case for the prosecution, the girlfriend of trayvon martin who was the only -- there is no eyewitness to the altercation -- she is the only ear witness to the account, was caught in a lie. and it was a significant one. although it wasn't on the direct subject of the altercation. she testified under oath that the reason she didn't attend travon's funeral was because she was in the hospital. so the defense, smelling a rat for some reason, you know how sometimes as a lawyer you just get that vibe that someone is not being truthful asked for the hospital records to prove that she was in the

. >> bill: trayvon martin case gets even more disturbing. 12-year-old boy dies from alleged bullying. dad, i'd put that down. ah. 4g, huh? verizon 4g lte. 700 megahertz spectrum, end-to-end, pure lte build. moe most consistent speeds indoors or out. and, obviously, astonishing throughput. obviously... you know how fast our home wifi is? yeah. this is basically just as fast. oh. and verizon's got more fast lte coverage than all other networks combined. oh, why didn't you just say that? huh-- what is he doing? >> thanks for staying with us, i'm bill o'reilly. in the kelly file segment tonight, the explosive trial of george zimmerman charged with second degree murder of 17-year-old trayvon martin in florida set to begin in june. now there is some new and disturbing information. with us attorney and fox news anchor megyn kelly. what's up? >> turns out one of the key witnesses in this case for the prosecution, the girlfriend of trayvon martin who was the only -- there is no eyewitness to the altercation -- she is the only ear witness to the account, was caught in a lie. and it was a signif

and zimmerman denies that zimmerman says he stopped following trayvon martin and then the two just- > for the prosecution. >> yes, very. >> her credibility is damaged maybe beyond repair. >> yes. >> there is a hearing about the right to carry law. the defense law. >> stand your ground law. >> what is ask a that. >> supposed to be in april. they waived it defense attorney, lawyer for zimmerman just gave it up or said he thinks is he giving it up and not even going to do all this debate we had about the stand your ground law mr. it applies. >> straight self-defense. stand your ground immind trial. >> downside to get it thrown out first. >> the reason you would do it two bites at the apple. the downside is when you go down there the burden is on you as the defense when everybody knows criminal case for the jury. the burden is always on the prosecution yard. >> not in this case? >> stand your ground immunity trial the burden would have been. >> you think it was a smart move just to go to the regular trial? >> i guess so. can i see why is he doing it. >> bill: pennsylvania, 12-year-old kid

we're saying is that enough is enough and in the months and years now following the murder of trayvon martin jordan davis in florida and and this sort of ongoing challenges that we see here in new york city with the stop and frisk policy you know we've got to do everything that we can to ensure the media is is showing the true reality of what's actually happening in our communities you never shot a growing up in a predominantly white neighborhood and then moving to a predominantly black. ever heard an oakland california i've heard a lot of crazy racist remarks one kind of stuck with me is that prisons are mostly full of black people therefore black people are inherently criminal i mean it's so frustrating to hear this how do you respond to something like this well you know if if if if you look at any community is over policed and has high rates of police where they can kind of have carte blanche communities we're going to see high rates of crime being reported now if if there were over policing on the upper west side of new york city or or down on wall street i'm sure that they would have a

racism meet robert george's brother a series of tweets this weekend the younger zimmerman compared trayvon martin to a teenager who shot and killed a baby in a. latta last week he also slammed the liberal media for not seeing the obvious connection between martin and the atlanta shooter their race live may do a shoot out if what these two black teens did to a woman and baby is the reason people think blacks might be risky. and believable level of bigotry needed to even think of let alone make such a comparison is just. after the break the hunger games are coming to america right now americans are being left to fend for themselves and fight for the right to survive so how can we stop this travesty tell you inside still take. a. let me let me i want to know wouldn't let me ask you a question from. here on this network is what we have in the bank we have our knives out. to do this time to spend staying there to get here and at the rate we're being i don't want to talk about the surveillance me. you know how sometimes you see a story and it seems so for lengthly you think you understand it and then y

. >>> the man charged in the murder of florida teen trayvon martin has waived his right to a court proceeding. george zimmerman said he doesn't want a stand your ground hearing instead opting to move straight to trial. that hearing could have lead to a dismissal of charges. >>> and barbara walters was back on tv monday after a bout with chickenpox. the 83-year-old journalist said she contracted the disease after a midnight kiss from actor frank langella. >> the big question today? will the bulls continue to run? the dow crossed threshold tuesday stocks 10 of its stocks ran new highs. among the most, home depot, ibm, and mcdonald's. on the flip side, aluminum maker alcoa, bank of america and hewlett-packard have not fared as well. those three were the worst performers. >>> elsewhere on what could be an historic move, "the wall street journal" reports the bnsf railway plans to use natural gas to power its railroads. >>> troubles continue to mount at jcpenney. the stock plunged 10% tuesday after a major investor dumped 10 million of its shares. meanwhile, jcpenney is fighting macy's for the righ

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. -- he has to do is mention trayvon martin, people go ballistic. it's still drives our politics, are voting patterns, -- it still voting our politics, our patterns. it is still an important barometer of politics in the united states, but for that very reason, it is a gateway. if you are comfortable, and you get outside of yourself, and human progress, as they did in the 1960's, it -- and human progress, as they did in the 1960's, it goes beyond. as toare great lessons how citizens can organize to call on the patriotic heritage of the country to tackle our most intractable problems, and we need to do that again. tavis: i am glad you have said that. what other movements for justice and freedom and rights in this country have learned from the civil rights era? i have always seen the civil- rights era as the litmus test, my words, not yours, i have seen that as the high-water mark that other movements have taken their cues from, he it women, be it gays and lesbians, -- be it women, be it gays and lesbians, be it animal rights activists. >> it is the ga

. >>> the man charged in the murder of florida teen trayvon martin has waived his right to a crucialproceeding. he does not want a stand your ground hearing, but instead wants to go straight to trial. that hearing could have lead to a dismissal. >>> and barbara walters was back on tv monday after a bout with chickenpox. the 83-year-old journalist said she contracted the disease after a midnight kiss from actor frank langella. kissing and telling. >>> the big question today, will the bulls continue to run? as the dow crossed a new threshold on tuesday, 10 of its 30 stocks hit new highs. among the blue chips to gain the most since the dow's last record in 2007, home depot, ibm and mcdonald. alcoa, bank of america and hewlett-packard have not fared as well. they've been the worst performers. >>> elsewhere on what could be an historic move, "the wall street journal" reports the bnsf railway plans to test using natural gas to power its locomotives. >>> troubles continue to mount at jcpenney. the stock plunged 10% tuesday after a major investor dumped 10 million of its shares. meanwhile, j

gunman accused of killing trayvon martin is back behind bars.orado, this morning. >> it happens too much in this country. rob nelson. thank you very much. >> so glad to have you. >> thank you very much. >> you are wonderful. and he is -- too. >> oh, what an awesome look back. i told you i had the same suit on the first night i started. coming full circle tonight. that's amazing. obviously not an easy decision >>> this morning on "world news now" -- a new era begins in the catholic church. >> pope francis begins his tenure by setting a new tone with prayer and humility. it's friday, march 15th. >> announcer: from abc news, this is "world news now." >> good friday morning, everybody. i'm rob nelson. >> i'm diana perez. >> we will have more on the new beginning for the church coming up in just a moment. we'll tell you how pope francis demonstrated his commitment to leading with a common touch. >> first, this is a bittersweet day for us here at "world news now," as we say good-bye to our dear friend and colleague, rob. it is his last day with us. bo

mainstream media unfortunately so they just ignored it i mean when you look at something like the trayvon martin case it's like the media sensationalism zero in on one thing it's like whether some random murder case in kentucky and they just zero in on it for months and months i mean speaking to every exhausting every sort of specific detail about these stories and of course overlooking the fact that these things happen every day i mean and mark you had stand your ground you know like a great phrase we didn't have a free we don't have a catchphrase for this one let's talk about. general other sort of the kind of fun of the router was the cannibal cop was this in new york to our audience what the story was about. never what it is it's horrible it's absolutely horrible. i don't know how it's terrible no one died so that's why i'm allowed to laugh and so this guy this caught. looking on line how to kill and eat people women and crazy sexual fetish about kidnapping women and eating them and he was he went so far as to have coconspirators out mine have chance to access to federal database to get info

than adult trayvon martin would have for drug money. so is this just his a whole twitter personality actually known in fact while he was engaged to be married and i can't imagine what human being would marry this bloated snake but several internes came forward with alleged screenshots of him sexually harassing them incessantly begging them for naked photos and at one point sending them photos of his penis this man has no shame concannon embodies the same kind of. and perverted political leadership that would get the average democrat the boot any winner which is perhaps the most shocking aspect of the story that we've yet to hear any sort of condemnation against this hateful rhetoric being spewed by a former leader of the republican party you would think that the g.o.p. has been trying to rid themselves of being stared. typically racist sexist and bigoted would immediately distance themselves from this ranting psychopath but that hasn't been the case at all and yes clearly this guy is a desperate troll crying for attention and maybe for

police but people are pissed and understandably so when you see injustices like what happened to trayvon martin or incremental programs like stop and frisk it's hard to not stand up.

police but people are pissed and understandably so when you see injustices like what happened to trayvon martin or incremental programs like stop and frisk it's hard to not stand up and say enough so join me and break this that. i. i so guys if there's one thing you probably learned in the last twenty four hours it's that we have a new pope all of course thanks to the corporate media for choosing to deliver us continuous mindless coverage of everything pope including today's live coverage of the pope's very first mass but on the off chance that you haven't seen video of the pope fest i can pretty much guarantee you you have seen some kind of coverage on the effects of the looming sequester cuts you see the news media is in a fury over how these budget cuts are going to impact the less fortunate take a look. it started with threats over national security job losses border security and pay but now the fight over automatic government spending cuts is focusing on things like white house tours and golf games the people's house is closed to the people the obama administration officially ending all wh

tuesday was the first anniversary of the shooting of trayvon martin, who was killed by a neighborhood watch guard. ">>>its important because you don't' see anybody else getting killed but marginalized communities. i'm dominicano, black and native american and i don't see white people being killed like we're being killed." the panel addressed the issues of the abuse of authority and police brutality. yates explained that more than 40% of gun sales in the united states are done without a background check. since the beginning of the semester, students, faculty and staff have been eligible for shooter-on-campus training. this is a police training video of what could happen if a person with a weapon comes on campus.this form of training became highly requested after the shooting in newtown, connecticut. it's called alice,for alert, lockdown, inform, counter, evacuate. participants learn what to do should a gunman come on campus. ">>>nothing can guarantee your safety and certainly this program cannot guarantee it, but what it can do is increase your chances of surviving." captain belcastro