talk to his team. the tape that could be the nail in the coffin for his career. ♪ >> that's not going go of very well. the agency in charge of cutting government costs makes a joke out of it in a new web video, this after it blew almost $1 million on a las vegas conference. a japanese ghost ship that was drifting off the coast of alaska now sleeps with the fishes. new video of the coast guard unloading the cannons on it. up first, it's the missing piece of the recovery, the critical jobs report for march is due out in about three and a half hours. a report with the potential to shake up the 2012 election. christine romans will tell us what we can expect today. christine? good morning. you're right it has the potential to shake up the election but more importantly we hope it shapes up your jobs prospects. this is the trend over the year. looking for in march 200,000 jobs created for the month. 200,000, an unemployment rate of 8.3 or 8.2%. i want to put it in context for you. you know it's been a really long, slow slog here. some have criticized the fact that the jobs have not come back more robustly. others say look where we have came from. i can show you where we came from since the last months of the bush administration into the early months of the obama administration. look at all these jobs lost. all of these red are hundreds of thousands of jobs lost, then a slow, slow jobs gain pattern. now we're hoping for a trend, at least many workers are hoping for a trend that shows 200,000 jobs created consistently. when we bring you those numbers, we will bring you instant reaction to it at 8:30 eastern, but i'll dig into those and find out what kinds of jobs are being created wh created, what they pay and the trend overall. >> the spin. >> that's right. >> thank you very much, christine. two minutes past the hour here. did george zimmerman use a racial slur moments before shooting 17-year-old trayvon martin. zimmerman and his attorneys say he did not and they may have science on their side. a renowned audio expert listened to the 911 recording separating zimmerman's voice, and the word zimmerman used is punked. we put that portion of the tape on a loop. >> punks. [ bleep ] punks. [ bleep ] punks. >> i think it's three for three here. it's tough to understand it. trayvon martin's family claims the neighborhood watch volunteer racially profiled their son because he was black. zimmerman says he acted in self-defense. no charges have been filed. florida's controversial stand your ground law is at the heart of the trayvon martin case. it says you have the right to kill if you feel your life is being threatened. the law prevented police from arrested george zimmerman. the task force evaluating the statute held its first meeting last night it is headed by florida state senator chris smith. he talked to erin burnett last night about their goal. >> we are looking to modify the goal. i think the law is being misused, but the premise of it is something floridians believe in. i think we need to clarify the law more and send a signal out to people that this is not what we expect as floridians. we do not expect you to be the aggressor, to start the fight and avail yourself of this law and hide from prosecution. >> at least 20 other states have similar stand your ground laws. florida state senator chris smith will join us live here at 6:30 eastern time to talk about the outcome of last night's meeting. another embarrassment for the general services administration. this is governmentment agency in charming of saving the government money. the head of the gsa resigned after details came out about a lavish conference she held in vegas, a concert that featured a clown, a mind reader and $7,000 in sushi. now a new web video surfaced showing another gsa employee joking about excessive government spending. ♪ ♪ can't touch gs 15 ♪ because i buy everything ♪ probably get a top hat award ♪ love to the nation ♪ i never be under oig investigation ♪ >> never be oig investigation, the office of the inspector general. it also mentions an awards program for employees that gave out $200,000 worth of taxpayer-funded ipods, gift cards. house republicans plan to hold a hearing on this, on the gsa issue later this month. you have to feel bad for the guy who is just the worker who put together the video. i'm sure they were encouraged to try to do team building. i'm sure they had no idea they would be on national television. >> why would they do something like this? i don't understand it. even jokingly, right? choose another topic. do something different. >> when you're in the era of budget cuts, very politically charged atmosphere of trying to figure in how to rein in government spending, it's the optics. >> in an era where everybody pushes everything to the web, you'll be find out. >> nice to have you this morning. >> thank you. the white house is weighing in on the controversial men-only member at augusta national, home of the masters golf tournament. we talked about this yesterday. aga augusta traditionally offered admission for the head of ibm. but the new ceo is a woman. jay carney says president obama believes the club needs a course direction. >> the president believes that women should be admitted. >> the president and mitt romney agree on this. mitt romney said if he were running augusta international, women would allowed as members. >> the head of ibm does play golf. we have not heard what she says about this. but in the rarefied era of american business there are not many women at top spots and it puts ibm in a tough spot. >> she could be a game changer. >> her job is to return shareholder value, not make history at the masters. we'll see how that pans out. >> it still would be nice. new video came in overnight of the coast guard blasting away at the ghost ship. it was unlit, unmanned, just drifting around out there. the coast guard said it was posing a navigation threat for other vehicles in the area. so they took it down. >> at home with the fishes now. forget the $10 million chandelier, after comparing himself to a really expensive light fixture, keith olbermann puts a much higher price tag on what he's worth. we'll have all those details for you ahead. and it's all about the dress, right? the wedding gown. you find your life finding the guy and then lose the dress? the effort to reunite a bride with a wedding dress that was taken by a tornado. you're watching "early start." 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those iconic azaleas. temperatures at augusta 16 the last 20 days have been above 80 degrees, so they have passed their peak. in terms of the forecast a beautiful holiday weekend for so many. northeast, we are at some seasonal temperatures. southeast dries out, saturday and sunday quite nice. sunday night, this looks like a rainy sunday in seattle and portland, it's not. that rain coming in late on the night. sunday in the northwest, rain moving in late in the day, southwest looks great. and really much of the northeast will be dry. we have just been watching this one front, our next weathermaker, it moves east so a few rain showers around the great lakes on sunday. for the most part, finally after such a rough weather week, it's all progressive, moving eastward and sets the stage for a nice weekend. >> that's nice to hear, because we have eggs to catch. >> that's right. >> eggs to catch and eggs to collect. >> that's right. 15 minutes past the hour here. we are getting an early read on your local news making national headlines. this morning we have papers from new york, los angeles and denver. we are starting out with battling op-eds breaking down president obama's speech on tuesday. during his speech the president blasted the budget plan proposed by paul ryan and social darwinism. >> this budget is something different altogether. it is a trojan horse disguised as deficit reduction plans, it is really an attempt to impose a radical vision on our country. it is thinly vaileiled darwinis. governor romney hoped he hoped a similar version of this plan last year would be introduced on day one of his presidency. >> we have been talking for a few weeks how the president and romney lay out their economic strategies will win this election. how they feel about their money will win this election. that's the talking point on the trail. both the "wall street journal" and the "new york times" tearing apart the president's speech. i guess what is most interesting is that it's all us versus them. normally at this point, early in an election year, an incumbent president operating within a rounded none threatening blur. mr. obama isn't doing this. he wants it all stark and sharply defined early on. is this good politics? 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that part is really incredible. in one exchange, listen to this he goes point by point indicating those weaknesses of opposing players. on the left you are about to see kyle williams, risk of concussion. michael crabtree in the middle, knee is a problem. and vernon davis, apparently he has a bad ankle. these are what he says are weakness points, go after these points. you know, it's pretty unbelievable. >> we know coaches use obscenities, that they try to rally the guys. we know all that. but this stuff is -- where do things stand for greg williams and the investigation into the program from here? >> there was some hope, i think on the part of some people on the saints that he might get reinstated next year or this year. not sure that's going to happen now the nfl did give drgreg williams an indefinite suspension. he will not appeal that suspension. and if this is him, football career is basically over. the recording surfaced on the same day that the saints head coach, sean payton, appealed his year-long suspension for failing to put a stop to the bounty program. the saints not the only team here in question. back in january, two players from the new york giants said that they had targeted kyle williams, to try to take him out of the game. that part is really scary, to think that there's a possibility -- >> targeting kyle williams because he had a risk of concussion? >> risk of concussion, an opposing player, take him out. no conclusive evidence. but if this is true, and it goes beyond one team that is extremely a big problem for roger goodell, the nfl commissioner who has said on tape a couple weeks ago, if this is true, if this was going on and there seems to be corroborating evidence that this was going on, widespread and on a regular basis, the highest levels of the team should have been aware of this and should have done something about it. >> i'm glad you brought up the new york giants. i know kyle williams well, i date his dad. you know, at the end of the day, he says i'm in really good shape, i'm moving forward, prepared to play, but this is a dialogue that needs to happen on many levels because it's an aggressive sport. >> what are the players saying? this must be consuming the player play e e players, right? >> they are prepared to play. they say, hey, this is kind of what happens. this is a very aggressive sport. but when you start saying attack specific players for specific reasons and you're talking about the head, right? and what the ramifications are there, potentially, it's incredible. >> especially, because you have been following the news the past several months and past year, there's been so many stories about the risk of concussion and the problems that players have over the years from playing this sport. it is a dangerous sport already. so this is scary stuff. >> alina cho, thank you. all right. 29 minutes past the hour here. coming up, a witness to history. the secret service agent who ran to help the first lady on the day john f. kennedy was assassinated. you're going to hear from him. you're watching "early start." i've discovered gold. 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>> that doesn't sound like a good idea. we are counting down to the jobs report this morning. cnn money is estimating this report will show 200,000 jobs added in the month. markets are closed for good friday, the stock markets are closed. but wall street and the president's gop opponents will be listening and commenting. joining us now with more on what the jobs report could mean for all of us and to anyone who wants to become president, greg vallier. good morning. nice to see you. >> nice to see you. >> is this trend going to hold, this 200,000? is it real, the recovery? >> probably, yes. there's maybe been a little softening in the last few weeks, but the labor market is healing. there's no question. today's number will be further evidence that the labor market is healing. >> let's look at a couple other numbers that matter to people. a lot of folks have been talking about what's happened with the jobs situation under this president. let's look at gas prices. gas prices are up 114% since president obama took office. i'm not blaming the president, but they are. take a look at the stock market. stock market is up 75%. the s&p 500 since this president took office. you look at unemployment, unemployment getting a little bit better. are these numbers the polls that tell us how americans will vote, do you think? >> it's a pretty mixed bag, isn't it? i think for right now you have to say that the economy has gone from horrible to mediocre. but to say that the economy is going to be a huge plus for the president, i think that's premature. >> why? >> because we're not sure we're out of the woods. there are still head winds. europe, gasoline prices. the economy could weaken this summer. my sense is by the fall the unemployment rate will be below 8%. that's pretty good for the president. >> that is good for the president. then you have this issue where mitt romney has to try to say that the recovery would be better if it weren't for some of the president's policies. is that the tact that republicans will take? >> sure. they have to be careful not to be naysayers and ignore the obvious that the labor market is improving, but they'll say it cost us a lot of money to get us where we were. maybe the prescription was too expensive. and they will talk about gasoline prices. my hunch is that gasoline prices are not going down soon. >> joe biden said this week, they will start coming down, maybe this year, maybe next year. gas prices go up and gas prices go down. it's a thing that every week people feel more than anything else. how important is the messaging on the campaign trail? the president has to be careful about not sounding too confident about the jobs market when people at home are saying it took me $52 to fill up the minivan this week. >> yeah. i'd add, also there are a lot of people who have gotten jobs but they're not great jobs. they are not making what they made before they got laid off from their previous job. the white house cannot gloat or sound triumphant. george w. bush went on an aircraft carrier and said mission accomplished in iraq and it wasn't. the white house has to be careful on how they spin this. >> and so does mitt romney, team romney, the presumed candidate who will run against the president, because he can't deny there are improvements that are happening at the same time. >> well, that's right. whether it's the stock market or the unemployment figures, there have been improvements. for him to sound continuously negative would make him look a little tone deaf, in my opinion. >> greg, it's interesting, this week cnn money had a survey of stock analysts. even though the s&p 500 is up 75% this year, the majority of those stock analysts want a republican in the white house. so stocks have done well. companies are improving. they have all this money in the bank but they don't want this president. why? >> they don't like the president's tone. they feel he's anti-wall street, anti-rich people. they don't like his policies. they think his regulatory policies are too excessive. i travel all around the country, christine, i see people who were in the market. i would say it's 70/30, maybe 80/20 in favor of romney. i point out to them two things they have to worry about. romney has been critical of ben bernanke. i don't think the wall street likes any politician meddling with the fed. and romney has been harsh towards china, almost guaranteeing a trade war with china. >> it's interesting, four years ago, this president, president obama got more money from wall street than any other president in history. interesting turn. have a nice weekend. >> you, too. >> keep it here, we will bring you those jobs numbers and instant reaction at 8:30 a.m. coming up, new video that caught a former sheriff of the year trading crystal meth for se sex. >> get down! down on the ground! >> let me see your hands and your face. put this down. put this down. >> roll right on your face. >> the colorado sheriff's office released the video two days after the former sheriff, patrick sullivan, pleaded guilty to felony drug possession and to soliciting a prostitute. and new revelations from a former secret service agent who was jackie kennedy's bodyguard. clint hill was by mrs. kennedy's side throughout her term as first lady. 50 years later he is break his silence in a new memoir. last night piers morgan asked him about the day president kennedy was assassinated. >> that never leaves my consciousness. the sight of that is always in my mind. it's one of those things that you just will never be erased. it's a tragic moment in history. it's a tragic bond that mrs. kennedy and i shared with being there, witnessing the event that occurred. >> clint hill's book is titled "mrs. kennedy and me." clint will be soledad o'brien's guest at 7:50 a.m. eastern tile on "starting point." we are hearing from the pilot who helped an 80-year-old woman land a plane after her husband collapsed at the controls. this is actual video as a person took as 80-year-old helen collins was landing that play. collins is not a pilot. she radioed for help telling responders she was out of fuel and her light -- her right engine, i think, was out. then they sent a wingman to help her. >> hi, helen, this is kathy. >> hi, cathy. >> a hell of a place to be. >> you better get me in soon, i don't know how long i'll have gas. >> helen, we will launch another aircraft. it will come up, fly next to you and give you instructions. >> the pilot who assisted collins spoke to wolf blitzer who was filling in for anderson last night. >> she's a hero in my book. she did exactly textbook for a very, very low-time pilot or nonpilot i should say performance. it was just outstanding how she kept the aircraft under control at all time and stayed with it. never gave up. and that's the secret to a successful outcome in aviation. >> oh, there she are. her husband was later pronounced dead at a hospital, but keeping her cool, you know, with her husband collapsed, she's in the plane. wow. >> incredible story. 41 minutes past the hour. ahead on "early start," the multimillion dollar mistake. a lucky guy in michigan has 4.4 million reasons to be thankful for the error of his ways. >> did he not care about the jobs report today. and another michigan man's practical joke almost lands him in jail. you are watching "early start." r french fondue tex-mex fro-yo tapas puck chinese takeout taco truck free range chicken pancake stack baked alaska 5% cash back. right now, get 5% cash back at restaurants. it pays to discover. what ? 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the man and his girlfriend used ketchup as blood, used mushrooms as fake flesh. >> guests arrived, and he headed for the door. >> when they seen me, they headed for the door. we thought they would come back in. they didn't. they left and called the police. >> a law enforcement officer arrived on the scene and that's when things spiraled out of control. >> he told me to turn around, get my hands up, walk backwards. down on the ground! won't be something i try again, not in the near future. >> oh, my. the couple was taken into custody. there were no charges filed after the truth came out. we don't know what happened to the relatives. they're lucky nobody had a heart attack or no one got shot because they thought maybe there was a murderer on the premise. >> all right. 48 minutes past the hour. still ahead a waitress and mother of five praying for a miracle to get out of a financial bind. she gets a tip of a lifetime and it's almost taken away from her. you are watching "early start." . ♪ made with only milk... cream... a touch of sugar... and pure natural flavors. ♪ who knew being natural could be so delicious? 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a renowned forensic audio expert analyzed the 911 recording, separating zimmerman's voice from the cell phone interference and he says zimmerman used the word "punks" not the racial slur that's drawn such outrage. we put that portion of a tape on a loop so listen for yourself. it's kind of hard to hear because of the beep. trayvon martin's family claims the neighborhood watch volunteer racially profiled his son because he was block. no charges have been filed. florida's controversial stand your ground law is at the heart of the trayvon martin case that says you have the right to kill if you feel that your life is being threatened. the law prevented police from arresting george zimmerman as well. a task force evaluating the self-defense statute held its first meeting last night, headed by florida state senator chris smith. he talked to erin burnett about the goal. >> we're looking to modify the law. the law is being misused but the premises something floridians believe in. it's been misused and misapplied so we need to clarify the fall and send a signal that this is not what we expect of floridian its, we don't expect to you start the fight and avail yourself of this law and hide from prosecution. >> the question is, can you tweak that law in 20 other states have similar stand your ground laws. senator smith will join us here live at 6:30 eastern time. the agency in charge of buying the government's big ticket items, the head of the gsa resigned this week after details came out about a lavish conference she held in las vegas featuring a clown and a mind reader and $7,000 in sushi, among a lot of other big ticket items. now a new web video surfaced from competition that was held at that conference that shows another gsa employee joking about, joking about excessive government spending. ♪ atf can't touch gs 15 guns ♪ they probably get a top hat away ♪ ♪ on my vacation, love to the nation ♪ ♪ i'll never be under oig investigation ♪ >> oig, office of the inspector general. top hat awards gave out $100,000 worth of taxpayer funded ipods, electronics and gift cards to entry level employees. house republicans plan to hold a hearing on the gsa later this month, comes at a terrible time when you are trying to squeeze out government spending, waste, fraud and abuse as the administration says it is, the republicans are saying we've got government's too big, spending too much money, borrowing too much. >> the timing is horrible and his choice of what he chooses to rap about also not very bright. five minutes past the hour. the men only membership policy at augusta national has become a talking point in the presidential campaign. as you probably suspected it would. augusta traditionally offered club membership to the chief executive of ibm. the new ceo is virginia rominey, a woman. president obama believes the club needs a course correction. >> the president's answer to this question is yes. he believes his personal opinion is that women should be admitted. i happened to have a discussion with him about this so i know that that's his answer. >> so do obama and romney ever agree on anything? they do on this one, they agree that the masters should admit women members. if he was running the place, women couwould be allowed in. >> i can't wait to hear what she says about it because it's a rarified world to get to the top of the company like ibm. the doors are really starting to open for women like virginia rominey but not the doors of the masters. >> i hope they do, keep it low key but let it happen finally. new video of the coast guard blasting a japanese vessel left over from the japanese tsunami. the coast guard said it posed a navigation threat for other vessels in the area and had to be court. keith olberman goinging to divorce court of sorts. jackie kennedy's bodyguard is speaking to piers morgan about that day, the day the president was killed, details we have never heard before. he talks about the bond he has with her, because they both were right there with the president in his last moment. and this will straighten out your perm. a car comes crashing through the hair salon. you're watching str"early start" ♪[music plays] ♪[music plays] purina one beyond. food for your cat or dog. i bathed it in miracles. director: [ sighs ] cut! sorry to interrupt. when's the show? 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>> not a happy marriage. the author of "three cups of tea" reached a settlement deal with authorities in montana. greg mortgagensmortenson has agy the institute more than $1 million. mortenson has also come under fire for allegedly fabricating details in the book. witnesses say this looked like a bomb went off. it is a beauty parlor in north carolina. driver who suffered an apparent medical emergency plowed right through the building. luckily the accident happened before dawn and no one was inside. the driver suffered minor injuries. the building had to be condemned. >> this is the story of the tornado and the wedding dress. farmer in kentucky hopes the internet can reunite him with the bride with the wedding dress found on his farm. it showed up on john trapp's fence the day after the deadly tornadoes in march. he enlisted the aid of katrina pa payne, who runs a website. >> maybe that will bring a little joy to somebody to get something like that back. >> so far no one has come forward to claim the dress but they're hoping someone will come forward so he could solve the history. >> sometimes you look for the hope you've lose. tornadoes sore indiscriminate and scary, it's nice to see the community come together. >> i hope they do. for all of our top stories head to cnn.com/earlystart. new revelations from a former secret service agent who was jackie kennedy's body guard. clint hill was throughout her side. 50 years later he breaks his silence in a new memoir last night cnn's piers morgan asked him about that day, the day president kennedy was assassinated. >> that never really leaves my consciousness. the sight of that is always in my mind. it's one of those things that you just will never be erased. it's a tragic moment in history, and it's a magic bond, that mrs. kennedy and i shared, being there, witnessing the event that occurred. >> reading this book, she really trusted this man. clint hill his book titled "mrs. kennedy and me." clint hill will be soledad o'brien's guest at 7:50 eastern time on cnn. we're hearing from the pilot who helped an 80-year-old woman land a plane after her husband collapsed and died at the controls. this is actual video as 80-year-old helen collins was landing. here is the important information, folks, she is not a pilot. she radioed for help telling responders she was out of fuel and her light engine was out. they sent a wing man to help her. >> hi, helen, this is cathy. >> hi, cathy. hell of a place to be. >> you better get me in there pretty soon. i don't know how long i'm going to have gas. >> we're going to launch another aircraft that will come up and it will fly right next to you and give you instructions. >> the pilot who assisted collins spoke to wolf blitzer, filling in for anderson cooper last night on "ac 360." >> she's a hero in my book, she did exactly textbook for a very, very low time pilot or non-pilot i should say performance. it was just outstanding how she kept the aircraft under control at all times and stayed with us. never gave up, and that's the secret of success in aviation. >> and she kept her cool. collins suffered only minor injuries. coming up as we wait for the march jobs numbers, evidence that manufacturing jobs, okay a few of them, might be coming back to this country. we'll have that story for you. the coach ap. the center of the nfl bounty scandal caught on tape calling for players' heads. have you heard it? 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rising labor costs in china and else where abroad, along with union agreement to cut starting wages. your union made concessions, awe greed to lower paid to get a job like this. is this the right thing to do? is it worth it? >> absolutely, because that's what's great in having a union, once you start to manufacture and produce and make a quality product, then when the time comes around and ge receives the profits from our labors, then jerry can go back to the table. >> we had to do what we had to do to get jobs in. >> reporter: or the jobs would go away? >> would have went away, i feel pretty confident in that. >> reporter: ge's ceo jeff immelt. >> i worked for ge for 23 years and ge is going to perform and we're not just going to make products for the sake of making products. we're going to make money. >> this is a good thing on a small scale. this is jobs, manufacturing jobs in america but it's all relative. keep in mind that since 2000 the united states has lost more than 5 million manufacturing jobs alone. as for what it takes to get a job at a plant like this, what i found very interesting, it's not any more just about being able to put the parts together and be on that assembly line. it's about innovation. it's about saving costs on the factory floor and that's what stood out to me, they have thousands and thousands of applications for a few money jobs they're looking for people that can raise the bar and save them costs, skilled manufacturing and christine and i always talk about it, engineers. >> looking at ge specifically they employ more people from the outside. >> when you see the rest of the world it's aa man bites dog story when you see them growing. for them so much of their growth is overseas. >> and this is why jeff immelt has come up for criticism as head of president obama's jobs council. 170,000 jobs outside of the u.s., 131,000 inside the u.s., a gradual progression to jobs outside the u.s. they are bringing some of these back to the united states. i would say, i sat down with jeff immelt a few months ago and he said this is a global company. 65% of our revenue is outside of the united states. we'll continue to globalize and as you know a company is responsible not to the public but their shareholders. >> not even to the president. he sits on the president's jobs council but he doesn't answer to the president. he answers to his shareholders. gas and oil prices are rising. big appliance like a refrigerator, if you're selling it in the u.s., making it in the u.s. makes sense but smaller appliances still cheaper to make someplace else. >> i talked to the guys, you're making the big ticket items. what about microwaves and air conditioner. he said right now it doesn't make any business sense to make those in america. we'll keep making all of those pretty much over in asia, those are the jobs that probably aren't going to come back here. this is a good thing to see but all relative, some jobs won't come back across the border. >> it will be interesting to see which ones do. everybody wants to know where can i find a job. >> quality is key. if you make it here you can see the profits. >> higher oil prices make sense not to ship something 15,000 miles to peoria if you can make it in kentucky. up next he was against florida's stand your ground law before trayvon martin, we're talking to a lawmaker who held a hearing on getting rid of that law, last night. and busted, video of the sting operation that caught a former sheriff of the year with men and oh, yes, a male prostitute. r. i'll be waiting for you in stall 5. it confirms your reservation and the location your car is in, the moment you land. it's just another way you'll be traveling at the speed of hertz. interviewer: you were there the day the priceline negotiator went down in that fiery bus crash. sister kathleen: we lost a beautiful man that day but we gained the knowledge that priceline has thousands and thousands of hotels on sale everyday so i can choose the perfect one for me without bidding. ooh, my. this one has an infinity pool. i love those. they just...and then drop off... ...kind of like the negotiator. narrator: save right now on thousands and thousands of hotels during the spring sale at priceline. your finances can't manage themselves. but that doesn't mean they won't try. bring all your finances together with the help of the one person who can. a certified financial planner professional. cfp. let's make a plan. my mom got a new car, so they stored her old car in a barn until i was old enough to drive. my parents put mothballs in the trunk to keep the critters out. they didn't realize that the smell would never leave the car. i went to school smelling like my grandma every day. i didn't care. i loved it. 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>> well we discussed some of those action steps near the end and we talked about the immunity parts of the statute as being a problem and to look at that, as well as other parts of the law, and what we did is give each other homework. we're going to come back within six days and everyone on the panel has homework to come back and after our discussion come up with some good points of how to amend the law, because i think we were all in agreement that people need the right to defend themselves, but we need to have people defend their actions when they take a life. >> before we talk about all those steps and two issues in, you voted against the stand your ground law in 2005, taken a little bit of criticism. some say the task force you pulled together are actually like-minded people. so can you share with us who is on the task force? >> on the task force we had four law professors. on the task force we had about three states attorneys from the surrounding counties. we had public defenders who are in support of the law, and i even had public criminal defense lawyers who are in support of the law, so we had a very balanced and a very lively discussion, and it went late because it was a lively discussion between the prosecutors and criminal defense attorneys and so even in the public testimony, half of the testimony was in support, as half of it was against it. so it was a great educational and lively debate. >> and this is really focused just on the stand your ground law in florida, right? we understand that in at least 20 states they have their own stand your ground law which is very different. yours is probably the most aggressive, right? >> yes, and what we found last night is that as we're focused on it, in a case in which someone dies, we learned last night this law is being used in a myriad of cases from domestic violence cases to drug possession cases to a lot of other instances so the law is kind of broad and i learned last night as a lawmaker that this law that we passed in 2005 for someone to defend their life is being used in a lot of other courtrooms around the state in a lot of circumstances that we never envisioned. >> let's talk on a couple of the parts that you are specifically focusing on. i want to read from the law. you tell me what the discussion was last night. first, immunity from criminal prosecution, a person who uses force as permitted is justified in using such force and is immune from criminal prosecution and civil action for the use of such force. what was discussed about this particular section? >> that is the only place in the law that we give such a blanket immunity, and the problem with that part of it is that now you're judged by an evidentiary hearing in front of a judge, so a lot of the participants on the panel talked about tightening that up a bit. person should have to justify their actions maybe in front of a grand jury at least. or not give such blanket immunity. >> would you remove immunity and if we took the trayvon case and applied it to that, would that mean mr. zimmerman might have been arrested right away? >> yes, he could have been arrested, and then possibly a grand jury he would be in front of, or at least have a trial to defend his actions, but that immunity statute not only in the martin case but in many cases around the state have had people not even have to go in front of someone. it makes the police officer -- >> sorry, senator -- >> it makes the police officer op. the street -- >> go ahead. i apologize. >> it means the police officer on the street having to make these determinations of immunity, and that's the only part of the law and we have police officers on the task force also that talked about this, a police officer on the street has to make a determination as to the civility, which is kind of tough. >> one other issue is a use of force by aggressor, it says the immunity is not available to the aggressor unless the person reasonably believes that he or she is in eminent danger of death or great bodily harm and that he or she has exhausted every reasonable means to escape such danger other than the use of force which is likely to cause death or great bodily harm behalf did the group decide there? was it split? >> well, in particular and i was surprised even some of the, one of the criminal defense attorneys brought up getting rid of that unrest. if you're the aggressor, you go under a straight self-defense claim, so you can't get the immunity in other parts of stand your ground. if you're the aggressor, end it at that, don't get any exceptions. i was shocked the criminal defense started well maybe that goes a little too far if you're the aggressor because one person from the public talked about when does an aggressor become a victim? it's too hard to determine. that person especially needs to be in grant of a grand jury or need to have our peers look at that case. >> senator smith i've run out of time. it's been a fascinating dialogue and in about six days we'll hear what your recommendation is? >> yes, ma'am, i look forward to coming back and talking about it. still ahead the man in the middle of the nfl bounty scandal on tape calling for a quarterback's head. . >> we're going to kill the [ bleep ] head. >> players paid to inflict pain and now this. but first let's get a quick check of your travel forecast alexandra steele in for rob this friday morning. >> good morning to you. good morning, everyone. it's a holiday weekend. lot of you may be traveling. good news if you don't like the heat, the heat we've seen for so long, pattern change coming, temperatures getting down to seasonal averages. the storms in the east finally moved out. southeast, virginia, carolina seeing some rain this morning, maybe rain at augusta this morning but by the afternoon it will clear out, dry as well in the northeast, really the country on this travel friday pretty quiet. same scenario for tomorrow, northeast beautiful weekend there. southeast as well. not nearly as warm as it's been. sunday into sunday night we're going to watch a storm system come into the pacific northwest but easter sunday a few rain showers in texas, doesn't look like anything severe, maybe in northern new england but the balance of the country going to see a beautiful three-day stretch and certainly after this week we could use it. "early start" has much more coming up after the break. hope you have a great day. according to the signs, ford is having some sort of big tire event. i just want to confirm a w things with fiona. how would you describe the event? it's big. no,i mean in terms of savings how would you sum it up? big in your own words, with respect to selection, what would you say? big okay, let's talk rebates mike, they're big they're big get $100 rebate, plus the low price tire guarantee during the big tire event. so, in other words, we can agree that ford's tire event is a good size? big big that's going to have to be done by a certain date. you always have homework, okay? i don't have homework today. it's what's right here is what is most important to me. it's beautiful. ♪ ♪ a living, breathing intelligence teaching data how to do more for business. [ beeping ] in here, data knows what to do. because the network finds it and tailors it across all the right points, automating all the right actions... 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"kill the head and the body will die. we've got do everything in the world to make sure we kill frank gore's head. we want him running sideways. we want his head sideways. >> unbelievable. >> there's more, right, a how-to. >> there is, and that part, it's all pretty incredible, in one exchange point by point, indicating the weaknesses of opposing players. if you look at your screen we'll show you on the left is kyle williams, apparently he has a risk of concussion, michael c b crabtree bad knee and vernon davis bad ankle. he was saying this is where you have to go after these players and you heard him say "kill the head and the body will die. kill the head and the body will try" something you heard over and over in the three-minute clip. >> where do you think this stands in the investigation? >> pretty serious. for now the nfl has given gregg williams indefinite suspension. he says he will not appeal that. just yesterday the saints' head coach sean payton appealed his year-long suspension for his role and the saints aren't the only team. back in january, two players from the new york giants said that they targeted kyle williams, the same player we mentioned before, to try to take him out of the game, and if this is true, what it suggests obviously is a pattern in the nfl and that means that the nfl commissioner roger goodell has a real big problem on his hands. >> put up pictures of the players again. you know kyle williams, really well, this must be difficult for the family and players watching this unfold. >> full disclosure, i know kyle, i date his dad. kyle did suffer some concussions but gone through testing and doing incredibly well. at issue is what you just brought up and it is the giants and how is it possible this continues to happen and that they get away with it, right, because we have it. it's written. it's documented that they said that this is going specifically after a player because of some injuries from the past. >> it's a big question. listen, i think the fact that it's coming to light and the fact that it's been out there now in the media, pretty widespread, the fact that we're talking about it, hopefully means that there will be -- >> do they do this in boxing where you are your coach in the corner is weak on the left, does this happen in other sports? this is just rejected wholly now in hindsight in football? >> presumably it does. the nfl though, boxing hasn't come out with audiotapes so far. >> the guys are ready to play and they know the ramifications of playing football. >> thank you. >> alina cho we appreciate it. soledad o'brien joins us with a look at what's ahead on "starting point." >> good morning, coming up on "starting point," you've been talking about new developments in the trayvon martin case. george zimmerman claims he didn't use a racial slur on the controversial 911 call. we'll talk to the martin family attorney, talk about the reaction to that. plus last week we were talking about the documentary "bully." you'll remember one of the kids in that doc, alex libby, day after day, beaten on the school bus will join us on the set along with his parents and the movie's director. now there's a new provision that will let more kids see this movie. and a faceting new mem roir called "mrs. kennedy and me" written by the secret service agent in the motor vad when jca was assassinated. he said he still feels guilty he couldn't save the president. that story and much more ahead is on "starting point." we'll see you in just about ten minutes. 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