santorum victory in louisiana with two washington bureau chiefs, susan page and mike duffy from time magazine. i m candy crowley and this is state of the union. first our news of the day. former vice president dick cheney is recovering from heart transplant surgery at a northern virginia hospital. joining me now for the latest from the hospital is cnn s athena jones. athena, do they have any idea how long he might be there? reporter: well, we understand that most heart patients who go through a surgery like this end up staying in the hospital for about a month, certainly several weeks while they under observation. i should mention that vice president cheney at 71 is on the upper end of the age range of people who get heart transplants, at least according to the international society of heart and lung implantation. most people who get these transplants are in their 50s. his age could play into how long he s kept here under observation, candy. certainly, this is not t
again, why the long delay? was race a factor or is this just a local tragedy that s been turned into ideological fodder for television news. mitt romney wins the illinois primary but most of the chatter is about a top aide who likens it to a certain children s toy ze wanted to talk about his victory but the debate over this iconic children s toy, the etch-a-sketch threatens to erase all of that. our twitter turned that into a viral moment. plus define that. how far will you go. i don t want to campaign for candidates. he came up with the idea of televising what happens in congress and made c-span and its passionate callers part of the landscape. now he s stepping down as chief executive. this is reliable sources. it was back on february 26th that 17-year-old trayvon martin walking down the street was killed in the town of sanford, florida. the man who killed him is hispanic. it wasn t until ten days later that the killing drew a bit of national media att
park? when there are children? also later the pope makes his first visit to mexico and is calling on catholics to resist the temptation of violent drug traffickers. a lot of mobile apps allow us to keep up with our friends. now some new ones want to help you cozy up to strangers. we ll see how coming up. you re watching cnn saturday morning where news doesn t take the weekend off. from cnn s world headquarters bringing you news and analysis from across the nation and around the globe, live from studio 7, this is cnn saturday morning. our big story that we investigate from all angles to give you context and analysis, our main bar, the death of trayvon martin. as the national fury grows vigils and marches are spreading throughout the u.s. demonstrators wearing hoodies and holding skittles have become the trademark symbol for people demanding justice for trayvon. george zimmerman admitted shooting martin saying he aktded in self-defense. since the shooting last month zimme
he s stepped aside temporarily yesterday. today, the man who could fire him but hasn t, city manager norman bonaparte, spoke about the force that chief lee runs. he said any trust in the police department is gone and this for african-americans in sanford, florida, it was shaky to begin with. let s be very clear. chief lee has been the chief of the sanford police department for ten months. the issues that have been brought to my attention regarding the black community and the sanford community go back many years. we have been looking into that, including the brutal beating of a homeless man, in which they let the son of a sanford police lieutenant go free. that led to the early departure of the police chief. we re going to detail that incident and others shortly. and you re going to hear from sanford s mayor, jeff triplett. and meantime, president obama who hasn t spoken publicly about the martin case until today speaks now. but my main message is to the parents of trayv
in a nearby county have arrested a man whom they say e-mailed a death threat to sanford police chief, bill lee. he s stepped aside temporarily yesterday. today, the man who could fire him but hasn t, city manager norman bonaparte, spoke about the force that chief lee runs. he said any trust in the police department is gone and this for african-americans in sanford, florida, it was shaky to begin with. let s be very clear. chief lee has been the chief of the sanford police department for ten months. the issues that have been brought to my attention regarding the black community and the sanford community go back many years. we have been looking into that, including the brutal beating of a homeless man, in which they let the son of a sanford police lieutenant go free. that led to the early departure of the police chief. we re going to detail that incident and others shortly. and you re going to hear from sanford s mayor, jeff triplett. and meantime, president obama who hasn