Coming tomorrow well talk to George Zimmermans defense attorney mark o mara and congressman aaron schock and steve israel, budget cuts day two, were not calling it the cliff anymore but technically in two days we head over that cliff. Cnn newsroom with Carol Costello begins right now. Ill see everybody back here tomorrow morning for starting point. Have a great day. Breaking news, a balloon in cairo explodes and plummets thousands of feet. Also a blizzard for the history books. This one could be more treacherous to travel in. Snow falling horizontally in Middle America this morning. We declared a state of emergency for kansas city, missouri. Plus marijuana nation. Marijuana cultivation, distribution and consumption is going to happen with or without their acceptance. The choice that we have to make is whether we want to regulate and tax it. Reporter and tax it they will. Some dispensaries could see tax rates as high as 75 . Plus this. A year after the shooting death of Trayvon Martin,
The fact that he is a hero in south africa, will that play a role in what kind of a sentence, if any, he gets and what kind of bail, if any, he gets . I think were ahead of the game when we talk about sentence. Were only at bail and says the defense attorney. Carry on, counselor. Thank you. But my takeaway from this is whatever kind of case it may be, when it involves criminal law in a prosecution, whether its in south africa or the United States we cant lose sight of the most important principles, presumption of innocence, burp and reasonab burden of proof and reasonable doubt. There are substantial arguments that bode well for him and he should be given bail. The bail hearing continues because they were not able to resolve it today. Thanks, guys, i appreciate it. Always nice to have you in to talk about the law. Cnn newsroom with Carol Costello begins now. See everybody back here tomorrow morning. Happening now in the newsroom, shocker in south africa, the lead investigator in the Os
Football field blowing up, sending flames almost 100 feet into the air. And, we have a winner lexington, south carolina, home to the latest 400 million powerball winner. Youre live in the cnn newsr m newsroom. If i had a Million Dollars if i had a Million Dollars ah, we can only dream. Good morning to you. Im carol costello. Thank you so much for being with me this morning. We begin on capitol hill. The clock is ticking and the risk of a Government Shutdown growing. With only enough money to keep the government running another 11 days, Republican Leaders say they will approve new funding only if obama care is defunded. The president is calling it extortion and even some republicans disagree on this highstakes political gamble. Our goal here is to cut spending and to protect the American People from obama care. Its as simple as that. We cant let the government shut down. We cant be kamikazes and we cant be general custer. There is backlash from americans who feel the bite of a shutdown.
Administration during the debt limit negotiations in 2011. And now we in the house on behalf of our constituents are calling on the president to join us in replacing his sequester with better, more responsible spending cuts. Joining me now, correspondent for the garden, Anna Marie Cox and White House Reporter for the washington post, david kna knackmara. Whats going to happen . There was a lot of concern about taxes going up. You saw everything go down to the wire. We tipped over the fiscal cliff for a day but then they came to an agreement. This time, this is a big sequester is a big issue and could result in a lot of job losses and a lot of damage to the economy. But because its slower moving, there seems to be less impetus to get a deal done before the march 1st deadline. Youre hearing maybe this would all be wrapped up and the continuing spending resolution, if thats not solved by the end of march could result in a government shutdown. There seems to be posturing for negotiating al
The statue of liberty, to billions around the world the epitome of freedom and democracy shut down. Across the corrupt, the st. Louis gateway arch closed. Some 800,000 people will be furloughed in the next few hours. Listen to president obama earlier this evening. The shutdown will have a very real Economic Impact on real people. Right away. What are the numbers . The shutdown could cost the u. S. Economy roughly a billion dollars a week in lost pay for federal work hes. There are estimates of a threeor four week shut down and costs the country. Im hoping that you can make sense of this because to me, a british guy over here is a great guest of your great country, i find this utterly baffling. I cant imagine it will last very long. I think it could last a few hours or a few days. The last time it happened, back in early 1996, december 95, january 96, it lasted for about 20 days in the previous november, lasted for five days. It could last a few days. But eventually cooler heads will pr