drives to the curb, walks home, drinks a scotch, and is driven to the hospital. what a guy. wow. what a story. peter, to talk about whitey bulger for a second, because i was in high school the day the news came across the radio. we were coming home, he was on the lam. it wasn t until 16 1/2 years later, like june 2011, that was he was actually caught. the talk all those years as the details of his relationship with the fbi came out was that the fbi really maybe wasn t trying that hard to catch him. maybe they were happier just to kind of let him go. do you think there s anything to that? well, look, there s a huge difference between bulger, which the bureau is vigorously prosecute or the justice department is vigorously prosecuting. the contacting agent has been convicted twice. he s doing life. currently the justice department is trying to put whitey away. the most you could say the
was there, then people realized there had been a verdict. by the time the jurors left her hotel, she described it like disneyland. she s been really overwhelmed at the amount of interest in this case and just how many people are, you know, trying to pursue her, her family, and, you know, she finds it offputting, obviously. this is the first time we re hearing from any of these jurors. everyone wants to know what was going on in that jury room. did she give you any indication of the relationship between the jurors? they, obviously, deliberated from 16 1/2 hours and were together weeks on end. we re going to have more of that tonight. she said at one point one of the jurors actually talked about leaving the jury room, leaving the jury, because of some family issues and that they all talked that juror into staying. nothing to do with the case, but more just personal family issues. they said to that juror, look, you ve come this far, you have to continue with it. she said that they all
shoulders. they took their time. so many legal experts would tell you that they were surprised by the charge and what the prosecution wasn t able to show in a court. you only know what they show. they thought it was going to be very difficult for an acquittal and still took 16 1/2 hours and that lets you know they were painstaking and meticulous. i think we give them their privacy because we do not want them to be symbolic of anybody s outrage. chris cuomo, thanks so much. also this morning, we ll hear from prosecutors. vinnie politan is interviewing the entire prosecution team and scrambling right now to bring you some of that sound. we ll take you live when it s available. more now on the edward snowden saga. glenn greenwald told an argentinian newspaper, snowden still has information that would be the united states worst
to free man, george zimmerman found not guilty. you just heard it. in the death of trayvon martin. jurors deliberated for 16 1/2 hours before clearing zimmerman of all wrongdoing, rejecting both the second-degree murder and manslaughter charges. zimmerman s reaction to last night s verdict was muted, as you saw. barely showing anything, betraying anything when he heard the words not guilty. he then shook his attorneys hands, smiled only after court was adjourned. defense attorneys and prosecutors reacted to the verdict during a news conference last night. take a look. george zimmerman was never guilty of anything except protecting himself in self-defense. i m glad that the jury saw it that way, and i hope that everyone who thinks, particularly those who doubted george s reasons and doubted his background, now understand that the jury knew everything that they knew was enough for them to find him not guilty.
as he has throughout the trial, as everyone, the nation has watched him so closely. zimmerman s wife, though, was seen clearly emotional, wiping away tears after the verdict after the jury had revealed its decision. shel shel shellie zimmerman smiled broadly and hugged supporters by her side in the florida courtroom. nationwide protest! nationwide protest! outside the courtroom, though, much more emotional response. a small crowd chanted, calling for nationwide protests against the verdict. protesters also hit the streets in a number of big cities across the country, but the crowds remained relatively small. important to note, really, none of the violence. there was a fear that there would have been violence following the verdict, but no real violence that we ve seen so far, and everyone is happy because of that. good news on a tough night, to be sure. yes. now, the jury of six women deliberated for 16 1/2 hours, two days before finding george