releas released. what are some of the great heros saying? new leads in an old mystery, why police are scouring in the case of the 30-year-old disappearance of a now famous child. later, pizarro picasso, how she rising money. george zimmerman could be out of jail as early as today, a judge set bond for zimmerman at $150,000 at a hearing yesterday. his family needs to post $15,000 to get him out. while he awaits trial for the killing of 17-year-old trayvon martin. zimmerman called itse self-defense. he offered this apology to the teen s family. i wanted to say i am sorry, for the loss of your son. i did not know how old he was, i thought he was younger than i am, and i did not know if he was armed or not. zimmerman s attorney says he wants his client to leave the state while he waits for the trial for security reasons but no decision has been made on that request. much more on this story a little bit later on. three more secret service agents are out as part of the
friend of the family and of little etan s and in fact had been in that basement with him just the day before. so authorities hoped they can find some evidence that etan was down there. they have a search warrant, and they re trying to see where the evidence will lead them if they find any. it s been so long, susan. was this case kept open in part because the milk carton factor or is it common for a 33-year-old missing person s case to get this much police attention? reporter: well, certainly the case of etan patz was one of the very first, his case, feech ared on milk cartons way back when. but as we said, over the years, they ve been looking at various people, in connection with this case, but it was only recently, a couple of years ago when the local district attorney reopened the matter and started looking at old clues with the fbi. they re leading this investigation. that led them to this point where they are here today. it s because they had new information that they
i thought he was a little bit younger than i am, and i did not know if he was armed or not. cnn s david mattingly is following developments from sanford, florida. david, when exactly is zimmerman expected to re-released, potentially today and where had se expected to go? reporter: he could be released at any time. yesterday his attorney said it might take a couple of days. a lot of things to consider. first his security. he has to be able to escape all the scrutiny on him right now and go back into hiding. possibly out of state where he was before when he turned himself in. also, authorities are going to have to be able to keep track of him. he s going to have to have is a gps device on him so if he does go out of state, they have to have assurances that that technology is going to work wherever he might be going. also, another thing. he s going to have to make bond, come up with $15,000 cash and there s a lot of wheels in motion right now that are affecting exactly when
for the loss of your son. his bond hearing an why he may be set free today. we have a live report. plus, we put the u.s. secret service in the spotlight this morning. is the agency forever tarnished? what are some of the great heroes saying? new leads in an old mystery. why police are digging up a new york basement in the case of the 30-year-old disappearance of a now famous child. later, have an idea for an invention but no cash to create it? get crowd funding. digital lifestyle expert mario armstrong explains. it is saturday, april 21. good morning, i m randi kaye. the man who shot and killed a florida teen in self-defense could get out of jail today. the bond was set for $150,000 for george zimmerman. he apologized to trayvon s family. martin savidge is in florida this morning. everyone is focusing on the apology. there s another comment that could cause problems for the defense. what was that? reporter: the apology was a surprise. i don t think anybody anticipat
for police to track them down. now they re sober, and in a lot of trouble today, friday, now they re sober, and in a lot of trouble today, friday, april 20th, 2012. captions paid for by nbc-universal television and good morning, everyone. welcome to today on a friday morning. i m matt lauer. good morning, everyone. i m savannah guthrie. ann will be back on monday. u.s. investigators are now trying to track down those colombian women involved in the escalating prostitution scandal there. we re also now learning the names of two of the secret service agents who ve already lost their jobs. one of them was on sarah palin s security detail during the 2008 presidential campaign. we re going to tell you why she is upset about a photo of her that he apparently posted on his facebook page. we ll have more on that straight ahead. also ahead, there are new clues in a yearly 33-year-old mystery. the disappearance of a new york city boy named etan patz helped fuel the moveme