. >> in it united states there has been talk about race relations largely because of the trayvon martin case and the zimmerman verdict. what does it say. >> it says we are at a point where it's difficult for people to respect black life and ascribe value to black life. we of magnificent progress for the middle classes and upper classes of people with colour. the question becomes are they respected or embraced as toke eps, icons. >> when it comes to being respected, that's something else. >> can someone agree to you that there's a lack of respect that they haven't made progress and belief that the jury believed you did the right thing by commit zimmerman. the prosecution, the evidence did not rise to that burden that the jury needed to find him guilty for. >> given the way the jury was cast. the possibility, it was difficult for a number of the jurors to draw the conclusion that there was evidence to say that second degree murder took place. the largest context, the days it took for the police to get there, you see, the ways in which the prosecution and the defense didn't make the strong

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. >> my main message is to the parents of trayvon martin. i had a son he would look like trayvon >>> april 15, 2013, is the day this nation will never forget. the serenity of the t boston marathon was shattered after two explosions near the finish line. the explosions were bombs made from pressure cookers loaded with shrapnels. 250 people were injured, three killed including 8-year-old martin richard. 29-year-old crystal campbell and 23-year-old lu lingxi. the fbi released a picture of the suspects kicking off a massive multi state man hunt. that night m.i.t. officer sean collier was found dead in his car after he was shot by the suspects for apparently no reason. the brothers car jacked another man before getting into a shootout with police that left t the older brother dead. a man found tsarnaev hiding in a boat in his backyard and called police. in a few hours the 19-year-old was captured. he's pleaded not guilty to some 30 charges. in the end there is a real chance he could pay for his alleged crimes with his life. we'll find out more in

trayvon martin in the chest? >> trayvon martin broke george zimmerman's nose -- we can retrial the case if you want, but the jury heard much more evidence than you have and decided he was not guilty. focusing on this case, which is whether or not this guy accused acting, tell me where the 45 seconds of beating is, tell me where the smashing on the head of the concrete is. we can't make believe it's okay to shoot somebody for getting popcorn thrown in your face. >> that's somebody i wouldn't mind having a gun on them in most scenarios, a former police officer. >> doesn't that put the lie to the gun lobby's thing that it's not guns that kill, it's people that kill. well, this was a so-called good person with a gun. it just puts the whole darn thing on hits head. and in australia, they have to vote there. which means everybody votes. everybody has to come out to vote. this affects the whole body politic. it makes main stream politics much more the dominant force and people want sensible laws. even here, 99% of the p

so that was my initial response to the trayvon martin case. you know i mean, i want to say that. that was my reply on twitter and a couple of different articles i wrote afterward. i wanted to state that fact because i think it's important for another message to be out there for people to hear another message. i want people to hear actually you are everything and you should speak up and assert that you are everything because sometimes that's all we can do, you know and it's worth something. well, thank you. [applause] [inaudible conversations] gideon versus wainwright and my initial idea was to go out and take the temperature across the country, to see how this issue of the right to counsel has played out in the last 50 years since that landmark decision. so, i found there's a huge huge crisis in the courts, the public defenders are grossly overworked some of the public defenders i talk who are carrying as many as 700 cases at a time. so what i tried to do in the book was to write a book about this crisis in the court. it's a book that was written for general readers, not lawyers

george zimmerman was acquitted in the killing of trayvon martin. the u.s. government was shut down for 16 days while congress failed to pass conference of immigration reform or any true gun control measures. u.s. war in afghanistan entered its 13th year while over a thousand siblings were killed in iraq in the deadliest year there since 2008. the drone war continued. we will spend the are looking back at 2013. we begin with resident obama's inauguration. ask our journey is not complete until our wives, mothers and owners can earn a living equal to their efforts. [applause] completeey is not until our gay brothers and sisters are treated like anyone else under the law. [applause] for if we are truly created equal summit in surely the love we commit to one another must be equal as well. >> prominent rights activists has spoken out after she and her mother were detained. she is played a leading role in the undocumented youth movement and urged an end to the raids in a tearful recording. >> we need to do something. we need to stop separating families. stopd eve

mass murdering what terrorist dictators over israel. , one like trayvon martin story after another after another. happy to takey questions. thank you for having me. [applause] as a understand it, the questions of already been prepared? >> no. we are passing car to run the audience -- cards around the audience. please write them down and bring them over in this direction. you used then, term modern liberal several times. wordntrigued by the modern, is this a new phenomenon? did this person not exist a few decades ago? >> no, this ideology has soually existed since john? -- john clouseau. changed post-ning up to it ii, leaving again -- leading up to it. untilhe dawn of time, just before i was born, every human being had to avoid disease, hunger, poverty, and physical pain. by the tape -- time i came of -- polio bank wished was think west, the chickenpox was a gift, disease was vanquished. hunger, by the time i came of age, find a dollar in the street, and you can eat ramen noodles for three days. poverty, is so nonexistent and america they had to invent a whole new terminology to define wh

affair saying we don't want a repeat of the trayvon martin situation, and let's just move on.ay, shocking video, college students playing the race card, in what is described an anti-whiteness theater performance. >> it all goes down hill after these six words, i'm not a racist, but so. >> when i got into high school, i had privilege, being frustrated i had privilege because i was white. and now because of that, i had had to feel bad about it. i didn't choose to be white. as a matter of fact, i don't even know why i'm white. being white in america comes with a legacy all its own. and while i may not know why i'm white, i know i can change the legacy. >> i mean, outside of being totally corny, why bring attention. i have two little girls six and four, and friends from all different backgrounds, all walkinwalks of life. they just care about who is the most interesting and fun to play with. when you bring to attention that person looks different than themselves. could it be a self-fulfilling prophecy that you notice their race. >> i feel that being white or whatever race that i fe

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[applause] all right, next up i want to introduce you to the executive director of the trayvon martination. say hello to kim mccrea, part of the nonprofit organization dedicated to reducing gun violence and helping victims families, also serving as the sounding board and consultant to martin's parents, as well as sabrina and tracy in the loss of their tragic -- tragic loss of their son, kim mccrea. [applause] last, certainly not least, tamika mallory. she recently stepped down as the national executive director for the national at chin network, reverend sharpton's organization. recently, this past january, she had been involved in a variety of social justice issues and has been recognized by multiple publications as a leading voice when it comes to the critical issues facing our country. give it up for tamika. [applause] as we look at the various issues, in terms of what is facing our country, the purpose of this is to deal with a civil rights platform moving forward. before we go down that path, you have folks determining today what civil rights are. thinking about how everyone is em

i saw more pictures of trayvon martin than i did of martin luther king. >> we had to ,-com,-com ma wead two commemorations and the one led by the reverend al sharpton. i have interests backed but it was telling to me that young aisha and johnson from chicago who is the young education activist was taken off the stage it is telling because as much as we talk about youth and as much as we want our youth involved and they want to see youth movements, we are taking the mic away from them. we are taking them out of the fight and that to me was the theme of al sharpton's march essentially, that it was his ascension. it was his coronation as the single most powerful civil rights leader in the united states at the moment and you essentially go through him. it's disheartening to watch. at the very least, phil agnew of the dream defenders did get to speak at that commemoration, which he did not at the official one. he and sophia campos were told that they were not going to get there two minutes apiece because they ran out of time. this was the real farce on shut-in as malcolm x called the origi

you can have trayvon martin, people looking at trayvon martin immediately as a thug.is why this film is so important in terms of a neville to understand the way in which we see ourselves and see other people. it's also the reason i started the roadshow. >> explain that. >> is aimed at helping people see the value of their photographs, both historical value and the value of education. it is a roadshow that travels across multiple cities. people come in and share their family photographs, get them scanned, and understand how their images are a part of the public record. it is a cross between antiques roadshow and storycorps. people are not necessarily aware the value of their family photographs outside their home, so people come into the roadshow and present their family photographs to strangers. the strangers become family. it really affirms the fact that we have more in common than separates us. >> who takes the picture and who doesn't? who gets included and who doesn't. who is the photographer. >> exactly. and in terms of people in color, in terms of women, how we ar

dropped the charges, saying she made the whole story up, and he had been acquitted on murdering trayvon martin. towas also decided not charge him when he was involved in a domestic dispute with his wife. and the actor who played uncle night.ed last he was in the hospital for open- heart surgery and died due to complications following that procedure. he had a long list of other roles, including voice roles for "teenage ninja mutant turtle." babies whong twin were born in different years. also, steve is back to tell us more about the babies and the forecast as well. incredible stories about the babies. and also, bowl game galore. the best of of sports today. this was a winter classic. it was really, really cold. got moreommute just expensive for thousands of metro riders. the existing transit benefit limit. how this could result in all metro riders paying more. >> waiting for a train just got a little more expensive for her. >> driving is not really an option for me. i have to use the train. congress allows commuters like her to set up some money , but those see their benefits rise while those w

. >> trayvon martin was an innocent kid walking home. >> she simply snapped. >> first degree murder, guilty. >> this is the most significant leak of classified information. >> manning was convicted of 20 of the 22 major charges, including espionage, theft and computer fraud. >> every hour that ticks by puts our country closer to a shutdown. >> it's just not fair. >> by one estimate, the 16-day shutdown cost $1.4 billion a day. >> word of a deal sent stocks running back up. >> mr. snowden is accused of leaking classified information. >> even if you're not doing anything wrong you're being watched or recorded. >> we did not spy on anyone except for valid foreign intelligence purposes. >> the website did not work as well as it should. >> frozen pages, crashes. >> if you like your plan you can keep your plan. >> now they're being told they can't. >> i do make apologies for not having executed it better. that is on me. >> help me, i'm amanda berry. i have been kidnapped and i've been missing for ten years. and i'm here, i'm free now. >> due to amanda's brave actions, these three women are

you saw how he handled it with trayvon martin. he said, if i had a son, he would look like trayvon.tance of his evaluating how it affects him from a political perspective and hits his approval rating. >> casey, thank you. >> thank you. >>> the easing of sanctions against iran has already started, as the u.n. nuclear agency confirms iran has halted its most sensitive nuclear activity. it's part of that landmark deal with world powers that became effective today. that deal was struck back in november. our bureau chief joins me live from the iranian capital. first of all, let's start here. what did iran agree to, remind us of that? and what is it doing today? what happened today? >> well, craig, iran has agreed to stop enriching uranium at 20%. it's also agreed to turn its stockpile of some 415 kill agrams of enriched uranium to 20% to use for electricity purposes or to dilute it. if they embark on that process, it's almost impossible to make it bombs grade uranium. they're diluting their whole stock pile and stopping enriching at 20% and they're not going to do work at the center of t

it made headlines during the trayvon martin.lthough it was not used as a defense. 22 states have laws that do not require people to retreat when faced with danger. nine of them includes language stating that one may stand his or her ground. >> in regards to the olson shooting the local sheriff says stand your ground does not apply in that case. if reeves and his attorney decide to pursue it. it will be up to a judge to decide. >> nicole oulson says she and her husband were out on a date night. >> there are allegations by dawn zimmer, that governor chris christie's office threatened to cut off hurricane sandy relief funds also she backed a major project. there was a quote: >> federal agents asked witnesses to keep documents and emails related to the allegations. >> west virginians health makers say the water in charleston is safe to drink, despite a second chemical in the water. freedom industries notified agencies about ppa. west virginia environment protection agency says it's likely the substance was filtered out and poses no

, the killing of trayvon martin in the rose garden, people jumped, you're racializing this, and, having been re-elected for the second time by a convincing majority, the comfort of being president for a second term, he's feeling more comfortable saying things publicly and on the record that for those of us that cover him and watch him and had an opportunity to talk to him know that this is what he thinks and what he believes. >> and he was talking -- he was having the conversation, or trying to have a conversation that we in the media refuse -- we continue to refuse to have, and in our culture continue to refuse to have. he's not talking about racism as it refers to him personally. >> right. >> he was talking about the racist threats throughout our history that affect our policy, on states rights, on federalism, on the question of government, on the question of rights at all. and it's that -- i mean, i feel like i'm repeating what i said earlier in the wendy davis conversation -- the discourse leads to the policy. let's look at what we're learning in these personality-driven sto

we saw though in the trayvon martin case, trayvon who was a great student, who was a young boy, he wasediately called a thug and george zimmerman constantly violent was called a hero. to suggest that it's a race neutral term, don, i'm kind of shocked at that. >> so jamaal, there were comments back in 2009 after your arrest. let's be honest here. one person wrote that espn needs to start screening the thugs they hire a little better. >> right. >> did you get the sense this was coded language for the n word? >> there's no question about it. don, i'm a graduate as well from the university of utah. and that's just how it happens. the majority of time you see this connection, you see guys getting this statement and this stigma from people when they don't have anything elsewhere they can try to say it. so this is the code that you hear. oh, this thug does this or this thug does that. and it absolutely is ridiculous. and i give richard sherman credit, don, for being brave enough to address this in the setting that he did for the seattle seahawks. >> he is not hiding. >> no, he's not. a lot of

i will be very interested in hearing your opinion of the trayvon martin case. guest: i was disappointed in the verdict, i said i think -- as i think a lot of of african americans were. the idea is that there could be this big guy was basically stocking this skinny black teenager who doesn't have a this skinnylking black teenager who doesn't have a weapon. the big guy has begun. they get into it -- has a gun. they get into a fight and he gets off on self-defense. i think that made a lot of folks have doubts about our criminal justice system and whether it really respectful lives of all of our citizens. respects the lives of all of our citizens. one of your callers engine earlier the dred scott case, that the black man has no rights that the white man is bound to respect. the trayvon martin -- really, the george zimmerman case -- made some people feel like that, like african american lives don't mean as much as other people. host: we have been talking to paul butler, a law professor at georgetown, a graduate of yale and harvard. next the pentagon release a the la

soat song crea some backlash, but nothing compared to what happened when macklemore brought up trayvon martineach year that are dying due to racial profiling. >> the feedback from that, the hatred in the next 48 hours from that, surpassed all of the hatred in the last year from "same love." the racism that came back from that, via social media, blew me away. it was an eye-opening experience to see where half of our country still is in terms of race issues in america. >> reporter: how do you balance your desire to use your platform to advance causes you care about, and the risk of coming off as preachy? >> you scrutinize everything. because you don't want to come across as preachy. no one wants to be preached to. >> reporter: after hustling and scraping to make it for years, fame is some times trickier than they imagine. and it's not just about the response to their public pronouncements, it is also the lack of privacy, and the exhaustion of the road. macklemore says he some times has to check himself when he has a diva moment. >> be grateful. be happy. enjoy this. it's not promised. who knows

and i found that interesting, that that was where people -- i saw more pictures of trayvon martin than i did of martin luther king. >> yeah. we had two. of we had two -- >> yeah. i only went to one. >> we had two commemorations, and the one led by the reverend al sharpton who i have immense respect for, i do, but it was telling to me that a young iowa shawn johnson from -- asean johnson was taken off the stage. it's telling because as much as we talk about youth and as much as we want our youth involved and we want to see youth movements, we're taking the mic away from them. we're taking them -- we're taking them out of the fight. and that, to me, was the theme of al sharptop's marcor -- sharpton's ma, essentially, was that, you know, it was his asense. it was -- his ascension. it was his coronation as the single most powerful civil rights leader this the united states at the moment -- in the united states at the moment. and that you, you know, you essentially go through him. and it was, it's kiss heartening to watch -- disheartening to watch. but at the very least phillip ago knew of

in an exclusive interview he will soon get back a piece of evidence, the gun he used to kill trayvon martinpon that night he would not be here. >> so do you think if he could he would carry a gun again? >> yes. >> we just got word that the duchess, kate middleton, has been admitted to the hospital. the crowd will get the first glimpse of the baby when the family emerges from the hospital. >> these things are behind me 100%. >> we'll begin this half hour with the growing pressure on former contestant anthony weiner. >> his campaign manager had quit. >> i would like to make clear i made terrible mistakes and hurt the people i care about the most. >> we're in the final countdown on how americans get their health care, president obama is bringing out the big guns, the sceptics say it will not be cheaper and healthier. >> i will embarrassingly admit i took the coward's way out. do you like green eggs and ham? i do not like them, sam i am, green eggs and ham, thank you, sam i am. >> it has not happened, at fenway park, in 95 years, the red sox are world champions. >>> and at the largest mall, gar

which was the sense i got that, you know, i don't think george zimmerman saw trayvon martin thought there goes the future president of america. i found interesting that's where people -- i saw more pictures of trartd than i did of martin luther king. >> we had two marches. we had two commemorations. the one lead by the research al sharpton, i have immense respect for. i do, but it was telling to me that a young johnson from chicago, who is, you know, the young education activist was taken off the stage. because it's telling because as much as we talk about youth and as much as we want our youth involved and to see youth movement. we're taking the mic away from them. we're taking them out of the fight. and that, to me, was the theme of al sharpton's march essentially was that, you know, it was his coronation as the single most powerful civil rights leader in the united states at the moment. at the very least philip agnew got to speak at the chemoration, which he did not at the official one. he and sophia were told they were not going to get their two minutes of peace because they ran out o

. >> a florida jury acquitted george zimmerman in the shooting of 17-year-old trayvon martin. he was charged with second-degree murder. zimmerman said he acted in self-defense. questions about zimmerman's racial motivation in the crime were debated across the country. >> all: no justice, no peace. [ sirens wailing ] >> a domestic terror attack shook the nation. in april, pressure-cooker bombs went off at the finish line of the boston marathon. three people were killed and more than 200 injured. investigators identified the suspects as two brothers -- tamerlan tsarnaev and dzhokhar tsarnaev. during a manhunt, which would shut down the city of boston, an mit police officer was killed, a transit police officer was wounded, and tamerlan died during a shootout. dzhokhar was arrested and pleaded not guilty to involvement in the bombings. more tragedy in may when a tornado in oklahoma left a path of destruction in the city of moore, which killed 20 people. winds topped 200 miles per hour. homes, businesses, and even an elementary school were destroyed. the damage was estimated at $2

a special prosecutor who charged zimmerman with second-degree murder in the death of trayvon martin. zimmerman was later acquitted of the charge. his brother posted the painting wednesday on twitter. zimmerman sold another painting on ebay last month. this one will cost two. the winning bid of the last painting was more than $100,000. >> coming up, the mixed results on how american people view the president. plus, the desperate move one mom and dad used to buy themselves more sleep. learn why your chilly office could boost your weight loss efforts. redskin in the national football league's leader is asking you to make better decisions than he did in a new psa for anheuser-busch. >> hi, i am bruce smith. in 2009 i made a poor decision. i cap i'm the will of a car after having too much to drink and was pulled over for driving under the influence. >> smith is urging viewers to learn from his story and make sure to get a safe ride home. the public service announcement will be broadcast at it is expected to get a lot of hits on youtube and shared widely on social media. >> the showstoppin

the vandalism commit by the rioters angry with acquittal of george zimmerman for the killing of trayvon martin in july the damaged windows at sears have been boarded up ever since. >> well, still head here tonight at 6:00, michelle obama and one of the people attending a san francisco fund-raiser today. >> is there a bear hibernating beneath your home? what happens when it finds itself homeless >> a glimpse of the super bowl ad a toy company will be running this weekend. guess one of the besis that millia is that millions of people will qualify for financial assistance. it's important to remember that the lower your annual income, the greater financial assistance you will receive. enroll today at coveredca.com. >>> michelle obama arrived this afternoon and is attending three political fund fund-raisers. first a private lunch in a restaurant near trans-america tower. mrs. obama headed off in that black suv to a second stop. and is raising money to help democrats in mid term elections. >> we have supporters she gave honest answers. about what people could do individually and to help the causes t

the vandalism commit by the rioters angry with acquittal of george zimmerman for the killing of trayvon martinjuly the damaged windows at sears have been boarded up ever since. >> well, still head here tonight at 6:00, michelle obama and one of the people attending a san francisco fund-raiser today. >> is there a bear hibernating beneath your home? what happens when it finds itself homeless >> a glimpse of the super bowl ad a toy company will be running this weekend. guess what? at no cost. more still to come. >>> michelle obama arrived this afternoon and is attending three political fund fund-raisers. first a private lunch in a restaurant near trans-america tower. mrs. obama headed off in that black suv to a second stop. and is raising money to help democrats in mid term elections. >> we have supporters she gave honest answers. about what people could do individually and to help the causes they brought up. not our own causes. >> mrs. obama seen here tuesday will stay overnight in san francisco and tomorrow an event at the fairmont hotel. >> attorney general holder announced federal prosecutor

angela cory wne of the prosecutors in hisurder trial over the shooting of teenager trayvon martin. zimmerman was acquitted back in july of that -- of that offense. this isn't his first painting. he already sold this one, you can see it there, for $100,000 back in december. >>> the hacker accused of stealing images and information from the bush family is now in custody. coming up, how investigators finally caught up with him. >>> plus, first lady michelle obama just announced the development of healthier kids' meals at a popular restaurant. you can find out where coming up. stay wit >>> remainian police arrested a 40-year-old man suspected being an infamous hacker. he targeted some of the country's most political figures. >> reporter: a high-tech hacker galled gutifer was arrested in a 1,000-year-old town in romania, identified with the help of u.s. authorities. he is suspected of hacking into the e-mails of george w. bush and family members, then distributing paintings by the former president, including those revealing self-portraits. >> is that second on your credit, president of

i will be very interested in hearing your opinion of the trayvon martin case.uest: i was disappointed in the verdict, i said i think -- as i think a lot of of african americans were. the idea is that there could be this big guy was basically stocking this skinny black teenager who doesn't have a this skinnylking black teenager who doesn't have a weapon. the big guy has begun. they get into it -- has a gun. they get into a fight and he gets off on self-defense. i think that made a lot of folks have doubts about our criminal justice system and whether it really respectful lives of all of our citizens. respects the lives of all of our citizens. one of your callers engine earlier the dred scott case, that the black man has no rights that the white man is bound to respect. the trayvon martin -- really, the george zimmerman case -- made some people feel like that, like african american lives don't mean as much as other people. host: we have been talking to paul butler, a law professor at georgetown, a graduate of yale and harvard. called "let's get free: a hip-hop th

when i was reading your book and read about the time of -- it was right about the time of the trayvon martin/george chairman and trial and it struck me as the back story for what it happened. i don't know if you have anything you would like to say about that. >> you no, i couldn't follow the trial on television. i couldn't do it. i don't think i had the patience for it and i was so dreading the outcome that i couldn't watch it. i feel like as i've gotten oldee anymore. i will go on wikipedia and look up the plot of different books just so i can read it beforehand and i don't have to be surprised. i couldn't handle watching the trial on television. i was sort of following the trial in some ways on twitter. when i saw the verdict, i was just stunned and of course immediately i thought about my brother. and i began thinking about my brother and how, you know thinking about the message

has there been a turn in opinion, particularly nationally in the wake of the trayvon martin shooting?we've gone from 46 members down to a handful now and it just parallels what's happening nationally, and the biggest concern obviously, the policies are extreme, i guess they have the right to debate those in the public square, but the biggest concern is just the absolute lack of transparency here. when a lobbyist comes and approaches me about legislation, i know who they're representing. i know who their client is. alec is a faceless organization and it's allowing these corporate interests to duck and cover and hide from really stepping into the public square and putting their ideas forward. >> lisa, i think what you put your finger on before is it is exactly why i find this really important and disturbing story. there's a bunch of citizens in our capital who believe abortion is wrong and want to see it become illegal. i disagree with them. these are our passionate believes as citizens and we want you to loosen to us. what's happening in alec is different. where am i on telecommunicati

hold a breakfast program with a man who helped the city manage emotions and policies after the trayvon martin killing. we will also host a lunchtime forum with the chief economist of the united states department of commerce. for a complete list of our upcoming programs, to make a reservation, or to order a cd or dvd of one of our programs, please visit our website www.ci tyclub.org. we welcome our many guests today. school is his high school moderate. policy matters ohio. thank you for your support today. today'sme students to program. student per dissipation was made from ae by a gift charitable foundation. we welcome students from cleveland heights high school and we also have students from hawken school. i will ask her and be recognized. [applause] just a reminder that students get to ask questions. we will return to our speaker for our traditional city club question-and-answer period. we welcome questions from everyone. holding the microphone today is kristin. there she is. first question, please. >> i want to thank you for being here. your presentation was wonderful. there is this arroga

nicholas perts and others, but the idea that race could be a proxy for suspicion is also about trayvon martinn the and theces -- experiences of millions of people of color in this country with respect to the police. so we hope this turns a page. but there is still a lot of work to do. to make this meaningful and lasting. >> what are the sticking points now? you are beginning down this road. >> the process we are going to engage in is a sort of collaborative process overseen by a monitor -- >> that was appointed by judge scheindlin, who has been removed. >> so the monitor is there, at least for now, and regrettably judge scheindlin is not. >> the she is appealing? >> yes, and that is pending in the court of appeals. -- and thee ordered irony of her removal -- as you ordered is a fairly modest remedy, which is simply requiring all the stakeholders commit community groups in the public advocates office, lawyers, police department unions, to engage in a joint remedial process. so one piece of that would be modifying training, supervision for changing the numbers based in racially discriminatoryly

she was one of the prosecutors in his murder trial over the shooting of teenager trayvon martin.mmerman was acquitted in july. this is not the first painting. he already sold this one for $100,000 back in december. >>> in news for your health today, all of the snow may have you out there clearing the driveway and surgeons in new york city have some advice to keep you safe. they say that you should warm up before you shovel, and just like when you exercise and also don't lift the snow. instead, push it. finally, they say to never throw snow over your shoulder or to the side, because it can lead to serious back problems. >>> well, we know that shoveling snow can help you the lose weight, pause it is exercise, but decides the fact that it is exercise, dutch researchers say that the body burns more calories when it is cold, and so turn the thermostat down to 62 for a few hours if you can stand that, and they say this overtime, you will have less body fat to burn. they also say that this quote temperature training contributes to healthy aging. >> and after multiple terror threats in s

it made headlines under the trayvon martin case. 22 states have laws not requiring people to retreat. nine of them includes language saying one may stand his or her ground. >> in regards to the chad oulson shooting the sheriff said stand your ground does not apply in that case. if curtis reeves and his attorney pursues it, it will be up for a judge to decide. >> let's bring in attorney areva martin to talk about this case. good to see you. throw popcorn at someone and they say they feel threatened for their life. does that mean that stand your ground is in effect. ? >> this gives us an opportunity to have this discussion all over again. we were talking about this ad nauseum with the zimmerman trial and now again. what is it like when someone says they fear that they are going to sustain some bodily harm or death. that is what curtis reeves is expected to say. he was in fear that his life was threatened by an altercation over text messaging. the standard is reasonable fear. not just someone's subjective opinion. the court will look at all of the surrounding evidence, all of the situati

like in the trayvon martin and zimmermann case. people took sides. and i think that is why people still less me about it. when i come to places like this, people say i think we are related. when i was doing the adjacent in case, even my mother denied being related to me. [laughter] i mean, it was really on popularity. by the way, people didn't hate me during the trial. he's a guilty defendant in this due process. he didn't mean when he was acquitted. how could you have done that? we didn't win that case to keep the secret is the prosecution lost it. they did everything wrong. they tried on the gloves without knowing under the california law you could have tried it on outside of the presence of the jury to see if it fit and then to decide whether to do it in front of the jury. it was done for the first time in front of the jury whether or not it fit or o.j. didn't make it fit people can disagree but you don't do an experiment like that unless you try it first just like you don't ask a question unless you know the answer you don't try it on unless you

a new twist in the ongoing story of george zimmerman after his acquittal for the shooting of trayvon martined charged with felony aggravated assault, domestic battery violence, and criminal mischief. after his girlfriend frantically called 911 saying he threatened her with a shotgun. it was a claim he denied. and last month she recanted her allegations and the case went away. but now in video from police on the day of the incident, we see and hear her account of what happened when george zimmerman took out his shotgun. >> he pointed it at me for a second and said do you really want to do this. because i told him i'd call the cops. >> what do you take it as he said do you really want to do this? how did you feel when he said that? >> he was trying to scare me out of not calling. like scare me into not calling. did i say that right? >> are you feeling he was saying do you really want to do this like are you sure you want to do this? or was it threatening? >> it was a threatening, like you don't want to do this. he said do you want to do this? but he's very passive aggressive so he words thing

in the wake of the george zimmerman verdict, for the death of trayvon martin, they are essentially fundingthe standard ground lost. -- laws. i certainly would say that we can draw attention and put pressure on corporate funders. they should withdraw their membership from this network. we can make sure that the loss that we have at the state level and the federal level reflect our values as american. we won a country that works for everyone, not just a few people. we do not want to have shadowy interest groups. that is what our members will be fighting for. we will fight the corrupting influence of special interest money. we will fight for a country where economic security is not a constant -- insecurity is not a constant threat. we will address climate change. we will fight for social justice and equality. we will eat all sorts of campaign. start your own petition. i am so proud to be there. host: final question for you. the president is outlining his agenda. is there a table at the white house? guest: we are a grassroots organization. we are a proud supporter of the president, when he tak

people to decide, like in the trayvon martin case. they didn't get with the facts were. they took sides. i think that's why people to ask me about it. when it comes to places like this, often people come over and i think we're related, we have a cousin in common. was doing the oj simpson case even my mother denied in related to me. [laughter] it was really, really a cause of unpopularity. people hated me. they didn't hate me during the trial. they said he is giving a guilty defendant is due process rights. they hated me when he was acquitted. when he was acquitted, he won that case? how could you have done that? we didn't win that case. the secret is the prosecution lost it. they did everything wrong. they tried on the glove. without knowing that under california what you could've tried the club on outside the presence of the jury first to see if it fit, then decide whether to do it in front of the jury. chris darden didn't do that. it was done for the first time in front of the jury. whether or not it didn't fit our oj didn't make it fit, region build people disagree bu

when he went down to talk about trayvon martin last year, he had thought about it, talked to advisers he had really had what he wanted to say and how he wanted to frame it. and that's what they have done now. on policy and when he speaks about race, he's grounded in data. he really wants to make a point each time he talks about it. >> i want to do a comment and a question. my comment is you've got a deeply reported piece that makes a lot of tinteresting thoughts n what the evolution has been. you look at what toure had mentioned, the idea that the president seemed to be, quote, lecturing certain african-american audiences, the morehouse speemeech, and in the second term, that hasn't change said. he's not doing this for politics, if he was, it would have changed. his rhetoric has always looked to some degree to transcend race, whether or not that works. that point was really well made and reported in the piece. the question i have is specifically on the area that we would call racial justice initialatives, because there are things that have to deal in the law as a factual matter, have