of the story. on local television news, his attorney said george zimmerman is feeling a lot of stress, well aware of the outrage across the nation and the demands for his arrest by trayvon martin s family and legions of supporters. zimmerman is also very much aware of death threats. i have advised him to stay out of the public eye as much as he can. i don t know where he is. reporter: he said zimmerman s nose was broken and the back of his head injured, wounds that zimmerman told police he suffered when the unarmed teenager, trayvon martin, attacked him. in a sign of the escalating tension here, police arrested a minnesota for allegedly e-mailing a threat to kill sanford police chief, bill lee, that said coming after you . lee has temporarily stepped down under pressure for defending the decision not to arrest zimmerman. meanwhile, a team of special prosecutors just adisappointed by florida s governor has now started a new independent investigation into what happened bet
arrest by trayvon martin s family and legions of supporters. zimmerman is also very much aware of death threats. i have advised him to stay out of the public eye as much as he can. i don t know where he is. reporter: he said zimmerman s nose was broken and the back of his head injured, wounds that zimmerman told police he suffered when the unarmed teenager, trayvon martin, attacked him. in a sign of the escalating tension here, police arrested a minnesota for allegedly e-mailing a threat to kill sanford police chief, bill lee, that said coming after you . lee has temporarily stepped down under pressure for defending the decision not to arrest zimmerman. meanwhile, a team of special prosecutors just adisappointed by florida s governor has now started a new independent investigation into what happened between what happened. while zimmerman s attorney launches a public defense, the client remains silent, except for this message left on a telephone answering machine, played
itself has a lot of people who have already voted no on things, it s interest something to consider. on the other hand, these members do have a trigger that if they don t agree to some kind of proposal, they will have to automatically accept this across the board spending cut. that could be a motivating factor for them. okay. washington post felicia sanchez. many thanks. thanks. still ahead, ominous signs in the disappearance of an american woman in aruba, and why the man reported her missing is in jail and may stay there for some time. you re watching msnbc saturday. specialists, lots of doctors, lots of advice. and my hands were full. i couldn t sort through it all. with unitedhealthcare, it s different. we have access to great specialists, and our pediatrician gets all the information. everyone works as a team. and i only need to talk to one person about her care. we re more than 78,000 people looking out for 70 million americans. that s health in numbers. unitedhealthcare.
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