what he was doing fit the bill for second-degree murder. mark, you ve been very critical of angela corey. what did you think of that statement? i was bothered by it. it came across to me as very insincere. and i really believe that this case has been about a lot of political motivations. go to your earlier question, i feel sad and empty. but i thought for well over a year, as i have watched this and provided commentary throughout that this case was full of reasonable doubt. i understand proceeding maybe on a negligence claim where you were going to be seeking manslaughter, and you were going to be showing gross negligence, and you were going to show that he was in reckless disregard, and he shot too early, all those type of things. but to take this to a second-degree murder, starting high and going low, it s a travesty to me. i think that the state is primarily responsible. if there was going to be a conviction, then they should have proceeded on what they understood was a possibil
they should be allowed and trusted to handle these cases in the best way that they know how. steve: but there was so much political pressure and it came even from the president of the united states. he weighed in on this. everybody was expecting george zimmerman to get a day in court. he wound up with it and now he s free. george zimmerman did get his day in court. but let s look at who took him to court. angela cory. i m not sure if that is better than the police department handling the case. that case was bungled waeult from the very beginning. bungled all the way from the beginning. look at the evidence and everything that went into the case it was bungled from the beginning. angela corey did a horrible job. i think chief lee has some litigation he can bring against the city of sanford. steve: what about the state i.t. guy, he was working on the case and he realized we haven t turned over all these photographs
800,000 naacp signatures, 15,000 on a white house web site, all calling on the obama administration to act in the wake of george zimmerman s not guilty verdict. this amid a second full day of civil rights demonstrations reverberating around the country and across social media platforms. despite the outrage among activists, the white house is making it clear the president won t be involved in that decision. let s go to the white house. our chief white house correspondent jessica yellin has the very latest. jessica, what are you hearing? reporter: well, civil rights advocates say they believe trayvon martin was shot because he was black and that is a hate crime. so now they want to see him face federal charges. that is a very high standard to meet and the obama administration is busy setting realistic expectations. justice for trayvon! reporter: the pressure is mounting, with protests across the country and on the steps of the justice department. eric holder, we are ask
death revealed this morning here on fox & friends . i m at city field. this is the first hour of fox & friends monday edition. roll the animation. brian: tonight is the home run derby. yesterday i had a chance to play in that big celebrity softball game. you re going to get some of the highlights because it s always interesting when you try to cross that barrier and try to do the things you talk about. we had a good chance to interact. gretchen: you connected, though? brian: i did well. yes, i did connect. gretchen: is that jenny finch pitching to you? brian: yes, that s jenny finch. she will be joining us live in 40 minutes. dwight gooden joins us live. you re going to hear from kevin james as he has gotten word through his people, through our people that i worship requesting here that i worship here comes the boom. an all-star line up from the all-star game. steve: fantastic. brian: i ll be bringing you all the action. gretchen: great. let s do headlines. the
0 make sure to follow me on twitter @jaketapper and check out the lead on the internet. i now send you to wolf blitzer. is this what trayvon martin s parents want? are they planning a lawsuit of their own? family lawyer darrell parks standing by. plus, sitting down with cnn s sister verdict hln. what they say went wrong with their case and led them to believe the jury was on their side. and will george zimmerman ever, ever be able to return to any sense of normality. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. 800,000 naacp signatures, 15,000 on a white house web site, all calling on the obama administration to act in the wake of george zimmerman s not guilty verdict. this amid a second full day of civil rights demonstrations reverberating around the country and across social media platforms. despite the outrage among activists, the white house is making it clear the president won t be involved in that decision. let s go to the white house. our chief white house corresponde