some people are drawing parallels between this case and the george zimmerman trial because of the race factor. but as cnn s tori dunnan explains, this case is difference. reporter: november 2012. authorities say it began with a fight over loud music at a jacksonville, florida, gas station and ended with 17-year-old jordan davis shot and killed. i do not wish this on any parent. reporter: flash forward to february 2014. the trial now under way for 47-year-old software developer michael dunn. charged with first-degree murder and three counts of attempted murder. dunn s pleaded not guilty claiming self-defense in the shooting death of the unarmed teen. during the police interrogation, dunn told investigators he asked davis and three other teens who were parked next to him at a jacksonville gas station to turn down their music. then he says he heard threats from the teens and saw a gun in their car. the guy that was in the back was getting really agitated.
of deadly force, just like george zimmerman s defense. the jury selection could wrap up today and cnn s torre dunham explains the arguments both sides are expected to make once the trial gets into full swing. it will be fascinating. reporter: november 2012, authorities say it began with a fight over loud music at a jackson villanueva, florida, gas station and ended with 17-year-old jordan davis shot and killed. i do not wish this on any parent. reporter: flash forward to february, 2014. the trial now underway for 47-year-old software developer, michael dunn, charged with first-degree murder and three counts of attempted murder. dunn pleaded not guilty and claimed self-defense in the shooting of the unarmed teen. he told investigators he asked davis and the three other teens parked next to him at a jackson
any time soon. maybe some more boos. who knows. ann m erin mcpike, thank you. as chris christie faces the avalanche of allegations surrounding the bridge gate scandal, some observers are saying he can kiss his white house hopes good-bye. host of the show inside politics, starting today, john king, good to have you. great to see you, victor and crie christi. he s always innocent until proven guilty and is he fighting back. but to the point you make about his future aspirations, more and more republicans are beginning to say whoa. now an poiappointee he made to port authority is turning on had him. it this will go on for weeks, maybe months. have you lawyers, a federal investigation, a state legislative investigation. even though it is only february 2014, some republicans are starting to see is that christie brand, he s supposed to be
hello and good morning to you, it is saturday, the first of february, 2014. i m anna kooiman. president obama promised to take action by skipping over congress. but does this mean he is really ignoring the american people? he has declared war and not just on congress but the american people. why that congressman says americans should be up in arms. plus, no lunch for you. kids forced to go hungry at school after officials refused to serve them lunch, in fact, they threw the lunch away. why? a big update to the story this morning. we talked to one furious dad coming up. puppies, we all love them. which one is the america s favorite breed.
three and what they really want to do, want to privatize everything, political exhaustion right now, goldie, no room for it, for liberals if they want to protect their ground. this is these are election deniers. i mean, you go listen to paul ryan, the house budget chairman, you know what he s going to come to the table with. so, you know, they don t want to give anything. they don t want to boehner out there today on radio in cincinnati saying every time he talks to a democrat all they want to do is raise taxes. that simply isn t true. so how do you deal with these people? you know, i think we re talking to different people today and october 2013 than we re going to be talking to in january or february 2014 when we have med term elections to look forward to. the american people i think have shown very little patience for this kind of brinksmanship and so i think we re going to see somewhat of a different approach coming going forward. we re going to hear entitlements talk about t