teen trayvon martin. he says his concern is for the boy s grieving parents. my main message is to the parents of trayvon martin. you know, if i had a son he d look like trayvon. meanwhile, more protests are planned in cities across the nation today. last night thousands rallied in sanford. that s the central florida town where martin was killed. protesters are calling for the arrest of the shooter, neighborhood watch captain george zimmerman. zimmerman says he acted in self-defense. 17 counts of murder, those are the main charges expected today for army staff sergeant robert bales. he is the m.a.s.american soldie accused in the killing of afghan civilians, most of them women and children. bales remains locked up at ft. leavenworth. the rutgers university student convicted of spying on his gay roommate says he wasn t trying to intimidate him. a jury convicted dharun ravi of bias intimidation and invasion of praf si ivacy in the case of clementi. ravi says he doesn t th
charlotte, north carolina. the biggest rally taking place last night in sanford, florida. let s look at these image, a mass of people gathering not far from where trayvon martin was shot dead from george zimmerman february 26th, the gathering taking place hours after sanford s police chief temporarily stepped aside but did not step down. the governor of florida has assigned a new special prosecutor to this case as trayvon s parents again call for zimmerman s arrest. i stand before you today not knowing how i m walking right now, because my heart hurt for my son. trayvon is my son. trayvon is your son. just like to thank every one of you all for just showing us the love, the support, signing the petitions, and making sure that george zimmerman pay for what he did to your son. richard land is the president of the southern baptist conventions ethics and religious liberties commission. thank you for joining us this morning. you bet, glad to be with you. let me ask you y
with pressure. in tennessee, the water is fl flowing backwards in some of the tributaries to the river. homes, businesses and factories all in danger. joining us is melissa moon of cnn affiliate wreg. she s live in memphis. what s the situation over there? reporter: we are in harbortown and mud island, we re on the wolf river, which is a tributary of the mississippi. it is rising daily. what used to be much of the bank is now part of the river. people living along here have been told to be ready to evacuate. you see the homes behind us, the water creeping closer and closer, especially the homes on the farnd are now the ones in danger. right now the mississippi is at 44.5 feet. county officials predict it will reach the level of the flood next wednesday at 48 feet and those flood waters will remain