Right away. This, a truly miraculous story. This morning, a pregnant woman struck by lightning survives to give birth to a beautiful baby girl. Crazy story and happy ending on that one. Good morning. Welcome to early start. Im christine romans. Im john ber man. Once again, it is friday, 5 00 in the east. We begin with the closing pitch in the trial. These are the final moments of what has been a National Story for a year. The attorneys will argue to the jury why their client is not guilty of murder or manslaughter in the death of unarmed teenager, Trayvon Martin, after the prosecution made its case. George howell is live for us in sanford, florida. These are the final moments of what has been a very long, a very painful period, isnt it . Well, christine, absolutely. All eyes in this town, all eyes around the country today will be on mark omara. He will get three hours to make his case to convince this jury its not manslaughter or Second Degree murder. The prosecution gets one hour for
That slammed into a small town and exploded. 45 people are still missing. This is cnn newsroom. The public getting a look at the 19yearold terror suspect. He and his brother are blamed for killing three people in that race wounding more than 250 people and killing an m. I. T. Police officer a few days later. Reporter its been more than 11 weeks seize dzhokhar was found bleeding this this boat and bleeding profusely. His wounds will have largely heeled but those of the people he injured remain painful. Theres 30 charges against him including using a weapon of mass destruction. It has such symbolic importance to these families to show that they continue to care for their loved ones. Reporter his lawyers are not commenting. A note found suggests retribution. I dont like killing innocent people but stop killing our innocent people and we will stop. Hes not acting under the act or guidance of his older brother. No one is telling him to write these things. I think that indicates intent. Repo
Bill Charles Krauthammer saying obama care is imploding. There is also questions whether president obama is violating the constitution in the matter. Charles will be here. And caution, you are about to enter the no spin zone. The factor begins right now. Bill hi, im bill oreilly. Thanks for watching us tonight. Crime, punishment, and africanamericans, that is the subject of this evenings talking points memo. Over the july 4th weekend. 48 people were shot in chicago. 11 of them dead. All were black according to the chicago tribune. As you may know the murder rate in chicago is a disgrace. And 75 of all the murdered victims were black according to the latest stats available. But this story is largely untold in america because the National Media refuses to cover it. Meantime the George Zimmerman Trayvon Martin trial is saturated with media coverage. The reason is race. The light skinned hispanic accused of murdering a black teenager. Believe me, the 11 people shot dead in chicago over the
Because of the heat of the moment and the stand your ground. He had a right to defend himself. Tonight another controversial jury verdict, o. J. Simpsons acquittal 18 years ago. What its like to live with a verdict that shocked the nation. I sat down with Rachel Jeantel what turned out to be extraordinary. She had a lot to say. They tried to paint a picture of somebody interested in guns, took a lot of drugs. Lets get to the truth about that. Did he ever talk to you about guns . No. Did you ever see him with a gun . No. What about drugs . Drugs . Okay. Weed. You say marijuana uhhuh. We in my area, we see weed. My area weed for trayvon, i can explain one thing. Weed dont do ever him go crazy. It just ever him go hungry. When the state closed, they trying to explain what kind of person i am. You can see the kind of person i am. I never the whole stand i never cussed out don. Even during our little back marmg ive been dealing with don west. You actually saw him here in the cnn of somebody
Watters investigating a new tax on strippers. Thats absolutely ridiculous. Bill caution. You are about to enter the no spin zone. The factor begins right now. Hi, im bill oreilly, thanks for watching us tonight. Americas power in decline, that is the subject of this evenings talking points memo. While stories like the zimmerman trial, the irs scandal and obama care are important. They do not define the nation. But the economy does. By far the most important story in America Today is our declining economic power. Yesterday, i said that on the cbs morning program. Do you believe we have moved in the last five, six years to a nanny state . Do you live in romania . Of course we have. Whats your best example of that . Food stamps. Look at the explosion of people receiving benefits from the government. More than 50 of American Homes doing it. Compared to 20 years ago. We have got a 17 trilliondollar debt. Okay . I mean, if we continue this, im going to have to move to switzerland because thi