it says zimmerman, and i quote, profiled trayvon martin and disregarded the police dispatcher s request that he wait for officers to arrive. a prime-time exclusive tonight with his new attorney, mark o mara in just a moment. but we begin with our breaking news, north korea s failed missile launch. i want to bring in barbara starr at the pentagon and dan lothian at the white house. barbara, a very dramatic few hours here. obviously, we knew this launch was coming. it seems to have been a spectacular failure. what can you tell me about it? piers, a senior u.s. official just saying those very words to me. an unprecedented record of failure for the north koreans, now one of the third failures in a row of their rocket and missile program. this rocket lifted off the launch pad and very quickly, within about 90 seconds, broke into several pieces. if you look at the map, we are told that the major debris field now is about 165 kilometers west of south korea. so it broke apart in
i have also asked top lawyers how this case is likely to unfold. it is about justice, justice, justice and only justice. plus what is the shooter s state of mind? this is piers morgan tonight. good evening. breaking news in the trayvon martin case and dramatic news it is too. george zimmerman back in florida, arriving at the seminole county criminal justice center under cover of darkness moments ago. this is his booking photo just released. zimmerman is charged with second-degree murder 45 days after the shooting death of trayvon martin. tonight i ll talk exclusively to george zimmerman s brother, robert. but listen to what special prosecutor angela corey said about why it took so long to make an arrest. there is a reason cases are tried in a court of law, not in the court of the public and not by the media. because details have to come out in excruciating and minute fashion. detail by detail, bit of evidence by bit of evidence. and it s only then when the trier of
good evening. the lawyers for george zimmerman, the man who shot and killed trayvon martin say they re no longer communicating wither that client and in a very bizarre and strange and might i add surprising news conference this afternoon, the lawyers say they re dropping george zimmerman. i still believe he was acting in self-defense that night. nothing that i said about him or this case has changed in any way. i just can t proceed to represent a client who doesn t stay in contact with me. craig sonner and hal uhrig say the last time they spoke to the volunteer neighborhood watchman, this past sunday and this he s no longer answering their calls. but as of 1:30 p.m. eastern today, george zimmerman did update his website, posting a statement that claims his innocence. he is writing here, quote, i m attempting to respond to each and every one of my supporters personally. it s been overwhelming in volume and strength. i thank you all and ask you to permit me the time to resp
zimmerman, the neighborhood watch volunteer who shot and killed this 17-year-old as trayvon martin was walking along with skittles and sweet tea. the issue in florida, this is a skand your ground law. how could they defend this particular case and individual and potentially what charges could george zimmerman face. potentially manslaughter. manslaughter could be it. i want to bring in martin savidge. let s just reset this whole thing. there s obviously been no reaction yet, but whoo i today with regard to this news conference. why four hours from now and what should we expect? it appears that something could have happened. it was just yesterday, last evening when we got the official announcement that there would be some sort of update, some sort of information she would deliver within 72 hours. well, this is within 72 hours but actually much sooner than the 72-hour window than most people anticipated. what as this transfired for her to come out and hold this news conference
tsunami, no. emergency, yes. a massive earthquake rattled the coast of indonesia today not far from where the killer quake and tsunami hit back in 2004. the ground has not stopped shaking yet. we re hearing about aftershocks several hours since the initial quake. disaster officials are fearing a repeat of 2004. they sent out a tsunami warning to the entire indian ocean. so far no reports of serious damage or injuries. syrian government says it will end fighting by tomorrow s deadline. that s according to special envoy kofi annan who says he received a letter agreeing to the cease-fire from the syrian foreign ministry. but the government says it is reserving the right to respond to attacks from, quote, what they re calling armed terrorist groups. opposition members say at least 30 people have been killed today. for mitt romney it s all but certain now. rick santorum s exit clears the path for romney to win the republican nomination. we re going to talk about the road ahead