President obamas remarks about Trayvon Martin and race relations. And newly disclosed emails obtained by the Associated Press showed former indiana governor Mitch Daniels, now head of Purdue University, moved to remove hard zinns work in classrooms weeks before the historians death. Editor,speak with his Anthony Arnove, and hear zinn in his own words. People that tell roosevelt, one of our great heroes, was a warmonger, loved military exploits, and congratulated a general who committed a massacre in the philippines . Should we tell young people that . I think we should be honest with young people. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. Thousands of demonstrators rallied for a week ever the acquittal of George Zimmerman and the shooting of Trayvon Martin. In new york city, the mother of Trayvon Martin, sybrina fulton, addressed hundreds. In the courtroom, it seemed that they were talking about another man. It
[captioning made possible by democracy now ] from pacifica, this is democracy now when Trayvon Martin was first shot, i said this could have been my son. Another way of saying that is Trayvon Martin could have been me, 35 years ago. As protests continue over the acquittal of George Zimmerman, we speak to cornel west about president obamas remarks about Trayvon Martin and race relations. And newly disclosed emails obtained by the Associated Press showed former indiana governor Mitch Daniels, now head of Purdue University, moved to remove hard zinns work in classrooms weeks before the historians death. Editor,speak with his Anthony Arnove, and hear zinn in his own words. People that tell roosevelt, one of our great heroes, was a warmonger, loved military exploits, and congratulated a general who committed a massacre in the philippines . Should we tell young people that . I think we should be honest with young people. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow.
and wbal-tv 11 news. we are awaiting a press conference from the florida special prosecutor s office that is scheduled to begin around 6:00. we will bring it to you live at 6:00. dacy whonow to kim has the latest at a church. ruled five-year wre was just arson about an hour ago. the damage to the building is clear. more damage towards the back of the building. church members are vowing to rebuild. when i heard about it last night, i almost cried. members a pleasant sight and gathered to support each other and look at the damage caused by a three-alarm fire tuesday night. pleasant zion. firefighters got the call around 7:30 tuesday night. when they arrived they found the church involved in flames and smoke. fire officials determined it started outside and spread to the church, likely because of the weather conditions. to go there has been a red flag warning in effect because of the low humidity and high winds. these are conditions that make it very easy for a fire to s