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protesters are railing across the country demanding justice for the death of the unarmed florida teen. the reverend al sharpton attended this demonstration today in new york. another protest is starting right now in washington. cnn's holly firfer is live in sanford, florida, where george zimmerman shot martin in self-defense he says. jeb bush is commenting on the case. what has been the reaction? >> reporter: yeah, fredricka. he's been consulting on the case because in 2005 when he was governor he wrote that, stand your ground bill into the law. that's the law that says basically any civilian can use deadly force if they feel their life is threatened. what is what george zimmerman was saying. he's saying this was a case of stand your ground. well, jeb bush thought otherwise. take a listen. >> it appears to me that this law does not apply to this particular circumstance. stand your ground means stand your ground. it doesn't mean chase after somebody who's turned their back. >> reporter: and now the police chief in sanford bill lee, temporarily stepped down, giving reasons on the websit

. >>> well, the uproar over the shooting death of an unarmed florida teen continued at a town hall in orlando. a line of angry protesters flowed out the door of the allen chapel church in florida as a crowd of some 350 gathered to voice their outrage over the shooting of 17-year-old trayvon martin by a neighborhood watch captain. a state attorney says a grand jury will meet april 10th to review the evidence. a federal probe has also been launched. >>> later on the "today" show his parents speak out in a live exclusive interview at 7:00 a.m. right here on this nbc station. >>> now here is a look at some other stories making news "early today" in america. flash flooding in dallas led to a number of close calls tuesday. police dash cam video shows officer officers save a homeless man trapped in a creek bed. others were pulled to safety. >>> in california a man was rescued from a grain silo. he was cleaning it. it filled up trapping the man all the way to his chest. rescuers had to dig over and over again because grain kept pouring down on top of them. >>> in kentucky fires swept through

. >> reporter: president obama weighed in on the killing of unarmed florida teen trayvon martin and the controversy surrounding it. >> if i had a son, he'd look like trayvon. i think they're right to expect that all of us, as americans, are going to take this with the seriousness that it deserves. >> reporter: while the justice department and a special prosecutor are investigating. george zimmerman, who shot the teen, has yet to be charged. the city manager said the police department as nothing to hide -- has nothing to hide. the size and scope of the protest seems to grow every day. students staged walkups at this one forming martin's initials on their football hill. on capitol hill demonstrators wore hoodies. >> look to the right and the left and recognize this could have been anybody standing here. >> reporter: last night a massive crowd gathered in sanford with martin's parents. >> thank you for your support. it mean last lot to me and my family. we really appreciate it. we want justice for trayvon. >> reporter: while some of zimmerman's defenders state the stand your ground ground,

. >>> the killing of an unarmed florida teen last night by a neighborhood watch leader sparked anger across the country. abc2 news' sherrie johnson joins us with the latest on this case and what happens today. >> reporter: there will be a rally in honor of trayvon martin tonight at 7:00 p.m. in a church in atlanta. reverend al sharpton will attend a rally in florida with other pastors this evening. thousands of people gathered in new york in support of martin yesterday. wanting to raise awareness about racial profiling. meanwhile, in the north florida city of sanford city commissioners passed a no-confidence vote in their police chief bill lee over his handling of the teen's death. sanford police have not arrested george zimmerman, the neighborhood watch leader who says he shot the 17-year-old martin in self-defense last month. police say they have no evidence that disputes the self-defense claim. the lack of action sparked outrage. an on-line petition demanding an arrest gained over 980,000 signatures. sanford commissioners sound off about this case. >> i am embarrassed because of t

. >>> the uproar over the shooting death of an unarmed florida teen continued at a town hall meeting yesterday. a line of angry protesters flowed out the door of the chapel in florida as a crowd of some 350 gathered to voice their outrage over the shooting of 17-year-old trayvon martin by a neighborhood watch captain. a state attorney says a grand jury will meet to review the invested. a federal probe has been launched. his parents speak out at 7:00 right here on this nbc station. >>> now here's a look at other stories making news early today in america. frightening moments at a miami beach gas station after the driver of an suv slammed into one of the pumps causing it to start a fire. customers hurried to get away fearing a disaster. a quick thinking clerk shut off the pumps. >>> in california a man was rescued from a grain silo cleaning what was supposed to be an empty grain bed. it filled up trapping the man all the way to his chest. rescuers had to dig over and over again because grain kept pouring down on top of them. >>> in kentucky fire swept through a home and nearly led to a

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. >>> out rage over the shooting death of an unarmed florida teen has reached the white house. >> i think they are right to expect that all of us as americans are going to take this with the seriousness it deserves and that we're going to get to the bottom of exactly what happened. >> the victim, 17 year-old trayvon martin, shot and killed by 28 year-old george zimmerman. he says it was self defense. but many people aren't buying it. >> we want an arrest, a conviction, and a sentence of the murder of our son. >> this case has attracted national attention, sparking criticism from civil rights activists, and now the president weighing in. andrew suspensor has the story. >> reporter: president obama is calling for soul searching in the wake of the death of 17 year-old trayvon martin. >> i think parent in america should be able to understand why it is absolutely imperative that we investigate every aspect of this and that everybody pulls together, federal, state, and local to figure out exactly how this tragedy happened. >> reporter: he said the case resonated with him as a parent. >> if i ha

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than two hundred parishioners came wearing hoodies in solidarity with trayvon martin, the unarmed florida teen shot by a enabled watch captain. >> i will never look at hoodies in the same way. >> reporter: clergy traded in roles for hoodies pledged to give race simple and the way individuals are judged solely by the way they look. trayvon's mother responsibles to nationwide support and the call for george zimmerman's arrest, said this to abc news. >> i'd like to say we thank them and appreciate all the support and it means a lot to us. >> reporter: simmer moan, who was never charged in the killing of martin, claims he killed the 17-year-old in self-defense and is upset by the killing. >> reported got were he couldn't stop crying. he knows what happened, and because he is not in jail, he has been very confident, naive lie, this would blow over. >> there have been many who say race played into the interaction. >> this is a moment in time where our ongoing work can be amplified to pay attention to the continual loss of life. this is not race-based. >> from the pulpit, dr. smith preached of justic

. >>> the uproar over the shooting death of an unarmed florida teen continued at a town hall meeting outside of orlando yesterday, a line of angry protesters flowed outside the door of the allen chapel church in florida, as a crowd of 350 gathered to voice outrage over the shooting of 17-year-old trayvon martin by a neighborhood watch captain. a grand jury will meet to review the evidence in the case and a federal probe has been launched. >>> civil rights groups are demanding that the man who shot and killed trayvon martin be arrested, despite his claim of self-defense. >> we met with the mayor of sanford and the city manager and the justice department for over an hour. and i got the feeling that we are moving in the right direction. it was very important to get the justice department involved along with state and local, because basically i don't feel up to this point, that everything has been handled the way it should have been handled. it is just very dangerous, very endangered species of black male walking on the sidewalk. now this is america and we're better than this. and we've g

. >> new developments in the killing of an unarmed florida teen.hear what city commissioners say about the police chief's handling of the case. >> your water bill may not be correct. but the city can still seize your home if you don't pay up. i'm linda so, what the city council now wants to do to fix that problem. >> the humidity is high and so are the temperatures. they will get even higher, then we'll have a cooldown. details coming up. >> you can expect very foggy conditions on the morning commute. we're also seeing a lot of congestion on the west side of the beltway. details coming up next. @ @ 3q what's my secret for sunday lunch? my little helpers... and 100% natural french's yellow mustard. it has zero calories for me, and a taste my family loves. >>> good thursday. i'm megan pringle. >> i'm charley crowson. let's get right to the forecast. meteorologist lynette charles. it's a sort of mixed bag, snow out west, rain across the mid-section. mild and foggy here. >> exactly. we have three seasons going on. we are dealing with the fog across the

. >>> and the out rage of the shooting death of an unarmed florida teen, what one group is offering for the capture of the alleged shooter. >>> and making history, the social networking website that is quickly becoming the fastest growing site ever. >>> and the jackpot just keeps growing, what is on line now with the lottery drawing. . >>> new at 6, a group of 12 u.s. marines across the country was at the pacifica this morning looking for a missing friend. they met with the pacifica police to talk about organizing new search efforts to find former marine, joseph mchenry of san bruno, earlier this month he told his family he was going camping for a few days but never returned. he was reporting missing march 5. his backpack and other items were found on the beach. those who served with mchenry in iraq say they are not giving up. >> it really means a lot to us, you know he is a brother of ours. so you know, we're not just going to leave him behind. >> and san bruno police and county officials did a search of that area earlier this month, but found nothing. the group of marines plans to con

the unarmed florida teen gunned down one month ago. tonight's march is scheduled to get underway at 6:00 p.m. at morning star baptist church. and like previous tributes to martin, attendees are being asked to wear hoodis in his memory. >> >>> the brother of george zimmerman appeared on cnn's piers morgan's show. he had a message for the most of the boy who as killed. this is a tragedy her son was lost. i feel very badly about that. and i want, in the end not for her son's memory to be seen as how we degraded this system and turned it into mob rule. >> his brother, george zimmerman says he acted in self- defense when he killed the unarmed teenager. trayvon martin's killing has touched off protests across the country. >>> a high speed pursuit through the east bay. el cerrito police chased after a car that failed to stop. the pursuit went to antioch and then to the martinez area. officers were worried that the driver would run into a freeway closure in pittsburg but the car exited before and it was forced to stop >> it's unclear why the s

this is the latest in the protest against the shooting death of an unarmed florida teen. it is being dubbed wear a hoodie to church sunday. cnn's holly firfer is in florida where a civil rights icon spoke earlier. holly, this protest seems to get bigger by the day. >> reporter: absolutely, fredricka. and here in florida, reverend jesse jackson spoke to a congregation, lending his voice to those who are calling for the arrest of george zimmerman in the death of trayvon martin. he said we need to take a moment and turn it into a momentum, talking about a new civil rights movement. and he said that this case was clearly racism. here's what he said. >> the reason is a modern employee of our country. racial justice, equality, workers' rights, women's rights, children's rights go hand in hand. so say focus on racism, registration, civil rights protection. not hoodies. >> reporter: and reverend jackson will remain here in florida. tomorrow he's scheduled to join reverend al sharpton in sanford. they're going to meet at a charge and they're going to lead a march where city offici

. >> new developments in the killing of an unarmed florida teen.. what city commissioners say about the police chief handling this case. >> have you checked your water bill lately? i'm linda so. what the city wants to do about incorrect water bills sent out over the years. >> i'm charley crowson. >> i'm megan pringle. welcome back. >> good to be back home in maryland. nice trip to arkansas. >>> here's lynette with the weather. >> welcome back, and you came back to dense fog. more of the same. you have not been here but we've had lots of fog. that's what we'll have this morning. it's muggy and mild and we are going to be dealing with temperatures that are going to be soar for today especially into tomorrow. for now here's that dense fog advisory in effect until 10:00 a.m. it's basically for the entire viewing area so take it easy on the roadways. we've had several days of this so we're kind of getting used to this. make sure you put a lot of distance between you and the vehicle in front of you. visibility reduced again, zero in easton, most likely we

. >> the latest in the death of trayvon martin, the unarmed florida teen shot by a neighborhood watch captain. a special prosecutor investigating could convene the grand jury as soon as april 10th. yesterday martin's parent spent two hours before a congressional panel examining the case and racial profiling. lawmakers are calling for a full investigation. >>> news time 6:07 and a survey looks at social media and body imaging. sent are for -- center for eating disorder says there's a fair amount of people who feel self-conscious after logging on. the center conducted the survey and the information is released today. sherrie johnson is here with more. >> reporter: well, this newly released report says social media changed the way some people view themselves. facebook is so public it creates a new hyperself- awareness. the survey says 75% of those polled said they were unhappy with the bodies and 51% say using facebook makes themmore conscious about body and weight. some users focus on comparing the bodies to the friends or obsessed about how they used to look. the survey also revealed n

the parents of an unarmed florida teen shot and killed by a neighborhood watch volunteer demanding justice with a maran rally. 17-year-old trayvon martin was killed a month ago today in sanford, florida. george zimmerman pictured there saying he shot him in self defense after being attacked. he has not been charged in this. the teen's parents march to a town hall rally in sanford. similar rallies are planned around the country. more than a million people have signed an online site demanding zimmerman be prosecuted. civil rights advocates say if the role had been reversed, martin would be in jail. he is black, zimmerman is latino. >>> there are two rallies today, the first scream for justice at noon at the san francisco hall of justice. ri with the martin ding in family. another rally 5:30 tonight, this one at oakland city hall plaza. >>> the wife of the u.s. soldier accused of murdering 17 afghan villagers is speaking for the first time. army staff sergeant robert bales is being held in fort leavenworth. they built a case that could lead to the death penalty. carolyn bales told nbc's matt

morning in the case of a unarmed florida teen shot and killed last month. why his family is on the defensive. >> the constitutional. day two the supreme court is taking up the issue. >>> a republican hopeful is in maryland trying to persuade voters before the primary on april 3rd. >> let's look live at our camera at the inner harbor. today is tuesday march 27th. thanks for joining us. you in for a chilly start. enjoy your living room and the warm cup of coffee. >> i am charley crowson good morning maryland. >> i am megan pringle. let's get a check with meteorologist lynette charles. that is change from everything we have seen so far. >> we are on the roller coaster ride. today the temperatures in the 30s and going into the afternoon we are going to be looking at still chilly temperatures only the 50s but let's start the day out with a big coat and you need a to dust it off if you packed it away. but, we will definitely being seeing the temperatures in the 30s this morning and we have a freeze warning in effect as well until 9 a.m. and then temperatures will

. >> new developments in the shooting death of an unarmed florida teen. >> >> reporter: the calm for justice for trayvon martin. why his parents are headed to capitol hill today. >> and the historic health care debate resumes in a few hours at the supreme court. the arguments that will be taken up today on obama care. >> and we have a freeze warning in effect. i will it will you when the murkry soars back to the 70s coming up. >>> and an accident on the harbor tunnel freeway blocking a lane and causing major backupsch we will tell you another route you can take instead. >>> tuesday morning this is your abc2 news to go i am megan pringle. >> i am charley crowson. let's say hello, lynette charles. it's cold outside -- hello, to lynette charles. it's cold outside. >> we have a freeze warningee in effect until 9 for the viewing area. temperatures in the 30s. chestertown 31 there and then we are even below that in cumberland coming around 29 and goldsboro at freezing degree mark. and we deal with breezy conditions this morning and those winds out of the north at about 5 to 15 miles per ho

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. >> calls for justice after a 17- year-old unarmed florida teen is shot and killed. we are live with new developments this morning. >> and matthew vandyke, the baltimore man that went to libya to fight against qaddafi regime is making new plans. where he wants to go next. >> and the 3:15 showing for the hunger games world premare has wrapped. coming up, he will hear from a family who just walked out of the theater. >> let's look live at our camera down at the inner harbor. it's friday march 23rd. and thanks so much for joining us. i am megan pringle. you saw charley live and we will check in for the hunger game madness he. another foggy start. let's see -- madness. another foggy start. let's see how long it will last. let's check in with meteorologist lynette charles. >> we have some areas with deeps fog but we have patchy fog. so -- with dense fog but we have patchy fog. we have a fog advisory until 10 for harford county, balmmore county and including the city -- baltimore county and including the city frederick and howard county and carroll county this morning. so,

police say zimmerman shot the unarmed florida teen last month. zimmerman says it was self-defense. he has yet to be arrested which has sparked outrage and protests across the country. but now that outrage has taken a new twist. members of the radical new black panther party are offering a $10,000 bounty for the quote capture of martin shooter george zimmerman. 'been staying out of sight and his attorney and father say he may be fearing for his life but the national spokesman for the panthers said this is not a call to violence. >> george zimmerman should have followed the police instruction and stayed in his car and he shouldn't have took trayvon's life. no, we're not inciting violence. we're doing what american citizens have been doing for many, many years. we're doing a citizen arrest. >> the new black panthers bring a volatile presence to an already explosive situation. nationwide the new panthers claim to have thousands of members but offer no exact numbers. they're a black spraftist group that believes black americans should have their own nation. some believe they are a hate

. >> new developments in the caseof the unarmed florida teen shot and killed. why his family is on the defensive. >> it's tuesday, march 27th. good morning i am charley crowson. >> i am megan pringle. we have a weather alert. >> the cold weather is now back and before you step outside this morning, know it's going to be cold. there's a freeze warning in effect until 9 this morning. >> absolutely. so we are being told farms and gardeners they are worried some have begun plant -- farmers and gardeners they are worried some have begun planting. >> how long will the cold weather hang around? let's get an answer from meteorologist lynette charles. >> good morning. we are dealing with tumbling temperatures this morning. so we have the freeze warning in effect until 9:00 this morning. we will be cold, breezy and dry as we go through the day. we look at temperatures right now, and yes, the temperatures are below average now. we should be at 37 degrees for this time of the year. 33 in handover. we are at freezing in darlington. below freezing in sykesville coming in at

community members will rally in response to the shooting death of an unarmed teen in florida. a so-called justice rally's being held at freedom plaza from 2:00 to 4:00 this afternoon. participants plan to wear hoodies and carry bags of skittles in honor of trayvon martin. martin was killed nearly a month ago while walking back to his dad's house holding an iced tea and those skittles. george zimmerman spotted trayvon dressed in a hoodie and called 911 saying he looked suspicious. moments later he shot trayvon in the chest claiming self-defense. he has not been arrested. >> what do you want? >> justice! >> what do we want? >> justice! >> yesterday members of howard university joined together for a similar rally. participants held candles, passed out skittles to remember trayvon. those say it is a tragedy that should have never happened. >> george zimmerman got it wrong when he stereotyped trayvon martin because he comes from a good family and he was innocent, just simply passing through a gated community. >> the justice department has launched an investigation into trayvon's de

. >>> growing outcry over the shooting of an unarmed florida teen, allegedly shot and killed by a communityased 911 calls about and talk about why is shooter hasn't been arrested. >>> lady gaga talking like never before, talking about how many children she wants, that lady gaga wants, talking to oprah as only oprah can do. she talked about her biggest influi influen influence. >>> we're going begin now with a woman known and compensated for her appearance. perhaps not at all what she appeared. an internationally known blopd bikini model arrested for allegedly running a drug ring. she said she fears for her life. david wright has the story. >> reporter: the international model simonefarrow own monday. >> i tried to go to a friend's house. >> reporter: a far cry her her days as the model for ed hardy and three-times on the sexiest women lest. authorities claim she was selling drugs. australian authorities insist that behind the high-fashion that safacade, she was traffickg in crystal meth. >> where will your skill set take you? a quick buck would be distributing methamphetamine. >> reporter:

unarmed florida teen in a controversy surrounding the subsequent investigation. >> the appearance -- to the parents of trayvon martin if i had a son he would look like trayvon. they are right to suspect all of us as americans are going to take this with seriousness that it deserve ootz justice department and a prosecutor are investigating, a catch captain says he shot the teen out of self-defense has yet to face charges. the city manager insists there is nothing to hide. >> we want justice and want many eyes looking at this. >> the size and scope of the protest seemed to grow every day. students from over a dozen miami florida high schools staged walkouts today. and on capitol hill about 300 wore hoody what's martin wore the night he was shot and killed after returning from a neighborhood 7-11. >> look right, and left. recognize koit have been anyone standing here. >> last night a crowd gathered with trayvon's parents in what is called a rally of jus tis thank you for your support. it means a lot to me and my family. we appreciate it. and we want justice for trayvon. >> some degrernd

. >>> another twist in the case of an unarmed florida teen. city officials are investigating a leak of information that paints trayvon martin in a negative light. more demonstrations today. students from d.c.s school without walls marched to the white house for justice. jay gray reports from sanford. >> reporter: as the parents of trayvon martin join leaders about hate crime, more about their son's life continue to surface. he had several brushes with administrators and security at his miami dade high school and was suspended at least three times. that as george zimmerman continues to insist martin started the demonstration, breaking his nose and slamming his head against the concrete. >> what's been released so far shows it wasn't george who is the aggressor, it was trayvon. >> reporter: police will only say the scenario is consistent with the evidence gathered. they are concerned about a leak of information in the case. >> we are looking into the leak, the so-called leak, if you will. there is an internal process that is going to handle that

. >> kristen: today marks one month since an unarmed florida teen was shot by a neighborhood watch volunteer. it continues to receive national attention including here in the bay area. some clergy in oakland traded in their robes for a hooded sweatshirts this in solidarity with trayvon martin. he was wearing a hoodie the night he was killed. >> the young man was not a threat but he ended up being killed and perpetrator has still not been arrested so an investigation can begin. >> kristen: the neighborhood watch volunteer george zimmer man says he was acting in self-defense. his attorney says he fears for his life after getting death threats. >> katie: state's judicial council will meet tomorrow to decide the fate of a controversial computer system that critics are calling a technological boondoggle. it's to link the trial courts has taken ten years. it's been mired with serious glitches and delays. they will decide whether to proceed with the project. >> kristen: and like sunshine that broke out yesterday afternoon. >> it was gorgeous. >> kristen: and mike nicco is here. >> you wish, my comm

new details coming to light about the killing of that unarmed florida teen exactly one month after he martin rallies took place across the country today. the largest, a march through the streets of sanford florida where the shooting happened. the teen was shot by neighborhood watch volunteer george zimmerman. now the orlando sentinel reports that zimmerman told police martin punched *him* repeatedly. friends say zimmerman is in hiding. also martin's family confirmed he'd been suspended from school for marijuana but saying the information was leaked to muddy up trayvon. if he and his friends experimented with marijuana and is completely irrelevant. george zimmerman killing on that night. it is one of the things that family said what does it have to do with killing my son. civil rights activists al sharpton and jesse jackson led a town hall meeting calling for the arrest of zimmerman, who has claimed he fired in self- defense. the pope makes an histortic trip to cuba. pope benedict xvi arrived today in santiago and will spend three days in cuba. he was greeted by cuban president raul ca

called it holy in the hoodie, leaders gathered in san francisco to protest the killing of a unarmed florida teen. the bay area rainbow push coalition organized the rally on the steps of san francisco city hall. they wore hoodies similar to the one martin wore when he was shot. amos brown of the naacp said it affects all african americans. >> it's time that we can live in this country without being profiled and followed when we haven't done anything wrong. >> reporter: the man who shot martin said he acted in self- defense. he has not been charged with a crime. >> right now demonstrators have gathered in oakland saying they want justice for martin. we will give you the live look at the rally -- rally and march that's just getting started at 14th street and broadway in downtown oakland. organizes say this event is a gathering of people from different walks of life all expressing outrage over the case in florida. tonight's rally was organized by the group stop mass incarceration network. >> it's called the hundred block plan, an attempt by the city of oakland to reduce violence. there is confusion

. >>> a shooting death of unarmed florida teen is on the rise. the so-called million hoody march in new york city wednesday night to call for the arrest of george zimmerman, the neighborhood watch captain who killed 17-year-old trayvon martin in self-defense. in florida where martin was shot, the city commissioners voted no confidence in the police chief for his handling of the shooting. >>> mitt romney is in damage control mode after a top adviser compared his campaign to an etch a sketch. rivals bounced on the gaffe as evidence that romney easily changes his position. romney later explained that the profile of a campaign changes but the issues he's running on will not. police say a missing california teen's cell phone and computer have not provided clues to her disappearance. the 15-year-old had not been seen since last friday morning. her phone was found saturday night along the road about a mile from her home. police say sierra's father, who is a registered sex offender is not a suspect in the case. >>> australian mountaineer lincoln hall die

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protesters are rallying around the country this weekend demanding justice for the death of the unarmed florida teen. live in sanford, florida where george zimmerman shot martin in self-defense. you saw pictures there of the reverend al sharpton and a number of the protests, that one in new york. there are others across the country. holly, what's taking place there in sanford? >> well, basically, fredricka, the latest we heard is from former governor jeb bush. he was governor in 2005 when this stand your ground bill was written into law. that's the law that allows somebody, a civilian to use deadly force if they feel their life is threatened. now, in this case where george zimmerman has been claiming stand your ground, he says this is not exactly the case. this was not the intent. take a listen. >> it appears to me this law does not apply to this circumstance. stand your ground means stand your ground. it doesn't mean chase after somebody who has turned their back. >> now, in response police chief bill lee who has temporarily stepped down released a written statement on the city's website. he gave t

this is the latest in the protests against the shooting death of an unarmed florida teen. it is being dubbed wear a hoodie to church sunday. cnn's george howell joins us from sanford, florida. and it is a town where the 17-year-old trayvon martin was shot dead by a neighborhood watch captain. george, what is happening there today, and what's planned for the week? >> fredricka, first off, i want to talk about new news. we learned from george zimmerman's attorney is he will now use the stand your ground law here in florida, previously he told us that he was planning to use self-defense in the case his client was arrested. but at this point he will use his stand your ground law here in florida. but the movement here in sanford u you see it continuing. today we're expecting several vigi vigils, one at 6:30 eastern time, and a few more planned, maybe 8:00 tonight, people coming together to support the family. and across the country, fredricka, as you mentioned, in atlanta and in new york city, we see people coming together wearing hoodies to church, showing solidarity for the f

. >>> the family of an unarmed florida teen who was shot to death by a neighborhood watch volunteer says there is a new account of the confrontation. the family says 17-year-old trayvon martin was on the phone with his girlfriend when he noticed george zimmerman following him. the girlfriend reportedly says trayvon felt betrayed. but police in sanford, florida, say zimmerman -- police in sanford, florida, say zimmerman shot trayvon in self-defense. a grand jury will now investigate. go >> an easy win overnight for mitt romney at the illinois republican presidential primary. romney took 47% of the vote to rival rick santorum's 35%. now santorum is looking ahead to saturday's louisiana primary hoping to raise his delegate count by picking up some southern states. >>> extremely dangerous flash floods this morning in louisiana, eastern texas, after widespread heavy rain and more downpours are on the way. flash flood warnings also in effect for parts of arkansas, missouri, mississippi, and eastern oklahoma. >>> a series of new studies suggest that aspirin may have surprising benefits in both