a neighborhood watch volunteer with a nine millimeter gun, kills your unarmed teenager, and you don't think he's going to be arrested. i said, he has to be. >> tell me this. one of my points of contention with the attorneys for george zimmerman was that they clearly believe that from the moment he made the call to the 911, he was acting as a neighborhood watch. my understanding is that neighborhood watch people are not supposed to be armed. they clearly think it's perfectly okay, that he could become a neighborhood watch official in that time frame and still have this weapon on him that he can use to kill somebody. clear that up for me legally. >> there is no neighborhood watch organization, auxilary or anything that will tell you that a neighborhood watch volunteer should carry a nine millimeter gun, or carry any kind of armed weapon. in fact, it's the direct opposite, to say that you are not to carry a gun or any other kind of weapon. you're simply supposed to do what the words say, neighborhood watch. you see something, you call the police. you let the authorities handle it. had ge

the shooting of the unarmed teenager has heightened tensions throughout the country. many questioning whether it should be termed a hate crime. the department of justice is conducting a concurrent investigation. >> if we find evidence of a potential federal criminal civil rights crime, we will take appropriate action. and at every step, the facts and the law will guide us forward. >> reporter: attorney general holder admitted proving a hate crime would be difficult because evidence must show it was zimmerman's state of mind and his intent when he committed the crime. rob and paula? >> thank you, t.j. that's the phrase you'll hear a lot as this trial moves forward, depraved mind. that's what prosecutors have to prove in trying to get a conviction on the second-degree murder charge. depraved mind. what was he thinking at the time he pulled the trigger? >> it is unclear whether this is even going to go to trial, but he does face up to life in prison at this point. >> if convicted. if convicted. so it's the start of a new and long-awaited chapter in this case for sure. >>

example and to encourage residents to take an active role in their communities >> these folks are unarmed? >> the interesting thing is these are state license security guards, the kind you hire for securing more buildings and some of them are allowed to carry a weapon but they do not on the streets. >> police say a man walked up with a woman in a san is a shopping center and shot her in the head and then turned the gun on himself. police were called to starbucks parking lot by witnesses who heard gunshots. officers found a man and woman who had both been shot in the head. the man's body was near a silver bmw and inside was a 17 month old girl >> at this point we feel there is not a threat that public safety at this time >> the toddler has been turned over to child protection services. police have not revealed the identities of the man and woman. the u.s. coast guard says four people were missing after a deadly blow crashed at 3:00 this afternoon near the fair lawn violence 27 mi. west of the golden gate bridge. the 28 ft. sailboat was involved in a brace around the islands when it ran agr

. >>> the neighborhood watch volunteer accused of gunning down an unarmed florida teenager will be in court early this afternoon. after weeks of protests across the nation, george zimmerman was arrested wednesday in the shooting death of trayvon martin. randall pinkston has the latest from sanford, florida. >> reporter: george zimmerman is now locked up at the jail in sanford charged with the murder of trayvon martin. this mug shot is our first look at the 28-year-old neighborhood watch volunteer since the night of the shooting more than six weeks ago. his new lawyer hopes the judge will release his client on bail. >> i hope to get him out. i need him out for my purposes to help my in preparing his defense. >> reporter: zip man claims he shot and claimed trayvon martin in self-defense after getting into a fight with the unarmed black teenager. martin's family is relieved he is finally charged with second degree murder. >> we just want people to know that if you shoot someone that is unarmed that you should be arrested. >> now, we have to turn our attention to trying to get him to stay

. >>> in a few hours the florida neighborhood watch volunteer who shot and killed an unarmed black teenager is set to appear in court on a second degree murder charge. george zimmerman turned himself in last night in connection with the february shooting of the 17-year-old trayvon martin. zimmerman claims it was self-defense. his attorney says he will plead not guilty. the attorney plans to invoke florida's stand your ground law which gives wide leeway to use deadly force. live report coming up in 15 minutes. >>> state lawmakers intend to make university police departments more accountable in the wake of a report blasting acts of officers against student protesters. the report says uc davis police used excessive force when they pepper sprayed students last fall. the reportmg5tf criticizes uc administrators for creating an environment that allowed it to happen. the task force is recommending a top to bottom review of school police departments, the two officers who sprayed the protesters and the chief are on paid leave while the incident is being investigated. >>> 4:37 now. time for a check o

my son was unarmed. all he wanted was directions. clifford jordan fired and killed michael within five seconds after our son approached the r. my son, once again, was 17, unarmed, sober, and had no criminal record. it was the same kind of fear and hate-filled tragedy that we see in the trayvon martin murder in sanford, florida. if clifford jordan had not had a gun, my son could not have been killed. the so-called self-defense charge prevailed. 15 years after my 17-year-old son's murder, i continue to fight this travesty of justice. the tampa police department accepted jordan's story even though testimony clearly revealed that jordan shot immediately and then placed his own gun in our dead son's hand to convince bystanders that our son was armed. in the police report, my son was described as a cuban thug from new york. my husband and i were born and raised in tampa, florida. but we live in new york city. we and our children travel to tampa regularly to visit our relatives. michael was born and raised in princeton, new jersey. after ou

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. >>> several religious leaders are calling for a thorough investigation into the killing of unarmed florida teenager trayvon martin, who was shot by a neighborhood watch volunteer last month. many said the case is a civil rights issue and others expressed outrage at what they described as law enforcement's failure to act quickly. at african-american and other congregations around the country, pastors and church-goers wore hooded sweatshirts -- hoodies -- to

. >> reporter: the neighborhood watchman says he shot the unarmed 17-year-old in self-defense. his lawyers say part of their strategy is to argue zimmerman acted under stand your ground law. zimmerman's first court appearance is expected to take place here at the seminole county jail complex. his lawyer says he's worried it will be tough for his client to get a fair trial. >> i ask not to prejudge george zimmerman and please don't prejudge the criminal justice system. it's going to work. >> reporter: zimmerman was questioned the night martin was shot but never arrested. that decision sparked protest and calls for justice from around the country. angela corey is the special prosecutor in the case and says none of that influenced her decision. >> we don't prosecute by public pressure or by petition. we prosecute based on the facts of any given case. >> reporter: george zimmerman faces life in prison if he's convicted. zimmerman's lawyer is asking the public not to jump to any conclusions about his client's guilt and is also planning to ask for bail. michelle, back to you. >> manu

unarmed observers that will be deployed to syria they will be deployed once the u.n. secretary general ban ki-moon feels that it's safe enough for the. observers to girl and there has been enough to say shit of violence this resolution the most recent one adopted also i can score is that the syrian government and the opposition group both have to put their weapons out weapons down and begin engaging in dialogue. glades very political analysts from the u.k. told us earlier that peace after syria are being undermined by western players who keep mounting pressure on their side regime to look at what the original strategy was the original plan was to basically roll out the same strategy as was employed in libya on the syrian people and so to that end they fermented a civil war they were successful in that using their proxy forces using libyan militants that they shipped in across the turkish border using people trained in lebanon and turkey and successfully managed to foment some kind of insurgency civil war situation there's a battle within western strategic kind of plan

since george zirmman shot the unarmed 17-year-old, the case has been widely scrutinized. there have been protests, calls for justice, and accusations of racism. but prosecutors claim it has taken time to establish the facts. >> let me emphasize that we do not prosecute by public pressure or by petition. we prosecute based on the facts of any given case, as well as the laws of the state of florida. >> george zimmerman claims trayvon martin attacked him and that he killed in self-defense, legal under florida law. police said there was no evidence to prove that wasn't the case. from the outset, trayvon martin's family said all they wanted was an arrest. >> we wanted nothing more, nothing less. we just wanted an arrest, and we got it. and i say thank you. thank you, lord. thank you, jesus. >> george zimmerman is charged with second degree murder. lawyers must prove in shooting trayvon martin he intended to kill, but not that he planned to murder in advance. the 28-year-old's lawyer says he will plead not guilty. >> he's concerned about getting a fair trial and a fair presenta

gun laws and gains momentum with the latest killing of an unarmed teenager triggering accusations that lax legislation has led to the homicide rate soaring in some states. as reports suggest of a deadly plane crash in western siberia a week ago was caused by the cruise decision not to the plane but the issue of training professional pilots in russia now thrust into the spotlight. now or just after five pm on monday here in moscow this is r.t. live with me rory sushi and agreed a ceasefire in syria shut you off for thursday could be dead in the water opposition forces they're refusing to give written guarantees they'll stop the fighting which is the regime's and you precondition for withdrawing its troops from cities and towns a peace plan drawn up by u.n. special envoy kofi annan requires the army to begin pulling back by choose day and an end of violence by everyone within forty eight hours from there but each side is accusing the other of escalating assaults in the run up to the truce damascus also wants guarantees from qatar saudi arabia and turkey to stop financing armed groups fig

controversy surrounding us gov laws gains momentum with the killing of an unarmed teenager triggering accusations that lax legislation has led to the homicide rate soaring in some states. as reports suggest the deadly plane crash in western siberia we could go was caused by the decision not to use the plane the issue of training professional pilots in russia is the last into the spotlight. ten pm in moscow i could have you with us here on r.t. our top story the internationally brokered ceasefire in syria scheduled for thursday could be dead in the water opposition forces are refusing to give written guarantees they'll stop fighting which is the regime's new precondition for withdrawing its troops from cities and towns there's also reports of continuing violence and head of the troops in the latest incident a clash between rebels and troops spilled over the border into turkey with a number of people injured at a turkish refugee camp our correspondent in the region sara for has the details. of the syrian government full of fish left on the faith that is how big fights make their escape

unarmed observers that will be deployed to syria they will be deployed once the u.n. secretary general ban ki-moon feels that it's safe enough for the observers to go and there has been enough to say should of violence this resolution the most recent one i talked it also underscores that the syrian government and the opposition group both have to put their weapons out weapons down and begin engaging in dialogue not his marina pornography one of the friends of syria the group met in paris this week to discuss putting more pressure on damascus called the u.n. by plan a last chance for peace in middle east expert paolo griffo name says that some world powers of the gathering simply are just not interested in any form of stability. we have a government which is the assad government which is under attack internationally accusations sanctions and so on on the other hand you have an internal political opposition which is mostly able to express way out from the quagmire in which the country is full fold since of several months and like to open negotiations to sincerely probab

co-sponsored by eight other countries the resolution calls for and authorizes up to three hundred unarmed u.n. military observers to go to syria and monitor the truce the cease fire that was put in place april twelfth between damascus and the opposition groups this resolution also calls on the syrian government to meet its responsibilities and pledge is called for in the six point peace plan laid out by u.n. joint envoy mr kofi annan on russia of course of the leaves that this most recent development in syria is a step in the right direction u.s. ambassador to the united nations susan rice left the meeting on saturday not showing as much optimism as russia and many other countries had susan rice took to her twitter feed to say the deployment of three hundred or three thousand unarmed observers cannot on its own stop assad's quote murderous rampage susan rice said that external pressures are additionally needed to solve the problem in syria the u.s. ambassador also said that washington and its allies are preparing for action that will be required if assad persists to quote slaughter ambass

unarmed observers that will be deployed from syria they will be deployed once the u.n. secretary general ban ki-moon feels that it's safe enough for the observers to go and there has been enough to satiate of violence this resolution the most recent one i talked it also underscores that the syrian government and the opposition group both have to put their weapons out weapons down and begin engaging in dialogue. we're reporting this is the weekly life here marty still to come extremism on the show norway's confessed mass murder and his bravery uses a court room to promote his ideas and his views are far from unique kidney riposte we hear a little later. another scandal from nato forces in afghanistan this new photo shows american soldiers posing with the corpses of afghans that story in a few minutes here on r.t. . but first bahrain's controversial formula one grand primo to race has gone ahead without incident but there have been furious rallies against the country's regime outside the race track demonstrators have clashed with security forces over the past week as poli

controversy surrounding us gun laws against momentum with the latest killing of an unarmed teenager triggering accusations that lax legislation has led to the homicide rates soaring in some states. and that's reports suggest the deadly plane crash in western siberia a week ago was caused by the cruise decision not to d.i.'s the plane the issue now of training professional pilots in russia is thrust into the spotlight. plus russell markets make a comeback in the last hour all the trade incessant more in the business his final minutes. worldwide news live from moscow this is r.t. with me roll recent show the internationally brokered ceasefire in syria showed you all for thursday could be dead in the water the opposition forces are refusing to give written guarantees they'll stop fighting which is the regime's new precondition for withdrawing its own troops from cities and towns there are also reports of continuing violence ahead of the truce and the latest incident a clash between rebels and troops spilled over the border with turkey and the number of people injured at a turkish refugee camp let

unarmed observers that will be deployed through syria they will be deployed once the u.n. secretary general ban ki-moon feels that it's safe enough for the observers to go and there has been enough to say should of violence this resolution the most recent wanted to adopt it also underscores that the syrian government and the opposition group both have to put their weapon sound weapons down and begin in teaching in dialogue. the syrian opposition are three new dates calls for yuan box military intervention in place as the friends of syria group not in paris this week to discuss putting more pressure on the suffering under such a siren marie sig believes that one sided efforts only underlined the importance of the service mission in syria. this is incredibly significant especially when we consider a lot of the other regional neighbors of syria behaving very poorly and provoking violent conflict in syria and suggesting that they want to arm the rebels and continue and actually increase the level of violence that's happening in syria so we have this region that's actually inst

unarmed observers heading to syria to monitor what is happening throughout the country not one specific area but the latest development of course is that the united nations the united nations security council is showing up consensus unanimously approving a struck the russian drafted resolution should bring a group of three hundred unarmed u.n. observers to syria for a period of ninety days. thanks very much indeed for that update in new york. the former syrian ambassador to turkey says despite cools from your position for military intervention good massacres will not allow a repeat of libya. what we are seeing is that the security council has been moving more and more towards russia's point of view and towards syrian principle in adopting a more balanced resolution and that's why there is a consensus so observers on the ground are doing their job the syrian government is facilitating the work but what got aunty's peace on the ground is not the mere presence of three hundred u.n. soldiers and officers what guarantees a peaceful end to the crisis is a goodwill gesture by the so-called opp

observer mission in syria from thirty unarmed military observers to three hundred unarmed military observers that would be in syria for a period of ninety days there were a solution also calls on damascus to commit its pledges and responsibilities outlined in the six point peace plan put together by joint special envoy kofi anon so what this clearly shows is that the security council is trying to get more observers into syria to monitor this cease fire that was agreed upon and put into place. and the opposition groups because at this point there are seven unarmed if you one of the servers in syria and russia and many other countries have argued is that there needs to be many more of servers that can go throughout syria and take part and witness what is happening there to make sure that the there is not a surge of violence taking place once again so any moment now the u.n. security council is going to vote on a resolution to boost the number of observers up to three hundred in in syria but they have to go in there so it's a moment of the cease fire but the question is what is the current stat

gun laws gains of momentum but the latest killing of an unarmed teenager triggering accusations that lax legislation has lots of a homicide rate soaring in certain states. and as reports suggest the deadly plane crash in western siberia a week ago was caused by the cruise decision not to d. ice the plane the issue of training professional pilots in russia now is thrust into the spotlight. it's good to have you with us today this is r.t. live from moscow with me rory six shame. the internationally brokered cease fire in syria shows you all for thursday could be dead in the water opposition forces are refusing to give written guarantees they will stop fighting which is the regime's new precondition for withdrawing its troops from cities and towns there are also reports of continuing violence ahead of the truce and the latest incident a clash between rebels and troops spilled over the border with turkey with a number of people injured and a turkish refugee camp a little bit later in the program we will be speaking to our correspondent. later in the program half an hour beirut based a po

gun laws gains momentum with the latest killing of an unarmed teenager triggering accusations that was lax legislation has led to the homicide rate soaring in some states. and reports suggest the deadly plane crash in western siberia a week ago was caused by the cruise decision not to ice the plane the issue of training professional pilots in russia put under scrutiny. eleven pm in moscow i matter as i could tell you with us here on our cheek he used to be the world's most well known death row prisoner having spent thirty years in a u.s. jail for killing a police officer now we serving a life sentence with no chance of parole but hundreds of thousands of supporters worldwide continue calling him a poster boy for an imperfect justice system and racial tensions in the u.s. r.t. spoke exclusively with libya in his first interview since his transfer from death row that's good more on this from art he's honest r.c. a churkin. so you said the talk was rather sincere what struck you the most about your conversation with him. well you know national guard from the fact that this is obviously th

unarmed observers that will be deployed to syria they will be deployed once the u.n. secretary general ban ki-moon feels that it's safe enough for the observers to go and there has been enough to satiate of violence this resolution the most recent one adopted also underscores that the syrian government and the opposition group both have to put their weapons out weapons down and begin engaging in dialogue. now reporting there and form a syrian i'm going to turkey told r.t. that foreign backing for the armed opposition is to blame for the ongoing bloodshed . what we are seeing is that the security council has been moving more and more towards russia's point of view towards syrian principle in adopting a more balanced resolution and that's why there is a consensus so observers on the ground are doing their job the syrian government is facilitating their work but what guarantees peace on the ground is not the mere presence of three hundred u.n. soldiers and officers what guarantees a peaceful end to the crisis is a goodwill gesture by the so-called opposition and their re

unarmed observers that will be deployed to syria they will be deployed once the u.n. secretary general ban ki-moon feels that it's safe enough for the. observers to go and there has been enough suspicion of violence this resolution the most recent one adopted also underscores that the syrian government and the opposition group both have to put their weapons out weapons down and begin engaging in dialogue. saloon from the activist group universal peace federation has told me that external forces could hamper the peace initiative in syria because of interests in the region certain conspiracies let's see. can be well acquired or can be in for infiltrated really in the soils of syria all around on the souls of syria the real question is how well monitors can they do their job without any conflicting message by any opposition is today inside syria all the regional allies such qatar and saudi arabia they want as much as possible to invest but will to take any consideration where they can invest or they can have an interest in such measure by the united nations to their own

after all, trayvon martin is just the latest in a string of high profile cases of unarmed black men who went to an early grave at the hands of law enforcement, who eventually got off or got light sentences. 1999, unarmed, shot and killed by four nypd officers who fired 41 shots. they were acquitted. 2006, sean bell, unarmed, shot several timed while leaving his bachelor party. 2009, oscar grant, unarmed, fatally shot in the back by officers on a subway platform in front of passengers in california. the officer was found guilty of involuntary manslaughter, not second degree murder. and then the people who keep asking what about black on black crime, talk about that. what about how off black people kill white people, what about, what about. you get the picture. it is a serious subject, but the best opportunity we've seen to learn comes in the form of humor, from "the daily show." >> lately there's been a new suggestion that we shouldn't be focusing on this at all. >> nobody says a word about almost half of the murders in the united states are of black people and 90% are committed by other

controversy surrounding us gun laws against momentum with the latest killing of an unarmed teenager triggering accusations that lax legislation has led the homicide rate the homicide rate to soaring in some states. and as reports suggest the deadly plane crash in western siberia a week ago was caused by the crew's decision not to d.i.'s the plane the issue of training professional pilots in russia thrust into the spotlight. nine pm in moscow i might try as i could to have you with us here on r t our top story the internationally brokered ceasefire in syria scheduled for thursday could be dead on arrival opposition forces are refusing to give written guarantees they'll stop fighting which is the regimes new precondition for withdrawing its troops from cities and towns it's also reports of continuing violence ahead of the truce in the latest incident a clash between the rebels and troops spilled over the border into turkey with a number of people injured a turkish refugee camp. for more on all of this i'm going to live by pepe escobar a correspondent for asia times who's written extensively on m