The first 48 hours since George Zimmerman was found not guilty in the shooting death of Trayvon Martin and the nation has been plunged into a difficult but inescapable conversation about racial profiling, guns, and selfdefense. And in less than 30 minutes, the attorney general himself, eric holder will speak at the annual Naacp Convention, taking place right now in orlando, florida. More on that just ahead. But we are now getting some insights into why and how the jury decided to acquit George Zimmerman with one juror known only as b37 saying in a cnn interview that three of the sixperson panel originally wanted a conviction. Ultimately, however, she says they came to rest on what they understood the law allowed. Because of the heat of the moment and the stand your ground. He had a right to defend himself. If he felt threatened that his life was going to be taken away from him or he was going to have bodily harm, he had a right. Thats how we read the law. Thats how we got to the point
In attacks that were swift and surgical, he began by calling out the republican fixation of obstructionism. The really interesting question is why it is that my friends in the other party have made the idea of preventing these people from Getting Health Care their holy grail, their number one priority. The one unifying principle in the Republican Party at the moment is making sure that 30 Million People dont have health care. Thats hard to understand as an agenda thats going to strengthen our middle class. And this was his response to Tea Party Leaders like ted cruz, rand paul and mike lee, who are championing a Government Shutdown if the obamacare law is not defunded. The idea that you would shut down the government unless you prevent 30 Million People from Getting Health Care is a bad idea. What you should be thinking about is how can we advance and improve ways for middle class families to have some security so that if they work hard they can get ahead. Youll hear more from the pres
It so far has cost tens of millions of dollars. The man who has put up at least 40 million of the money spent so far on this clock is the man whose signature youll find here at the bottom of www. 10,000yearclock. Net. If you cant read that, it is jeff bezos, the founder of amazon. Com, hes the deep pockets behind this 10,000year 200foot tall project. I learned this in a profile of jeff bezos in the wall street journal. A newspaper that scared everyone in 2007 when it got itself sold to Rupert Murdoch. It was one thing to have a kind of eccentric billionaire own Something Like you see here, Fox News Channel. Its one thing to have an australian billionaire on the Fox News Channel or the frequently insane New York Post tabloid, right . Okay. But the wall street journal . A real newspaper . Yes, Rupert Murdoch got the wall street journal a real newspaper and a real newspaper like the boston globe found itself sold again. The globe sold 20 years ago for 1. 1 billion, billion with a b, but t
Reasons, food stamps fall under the Agriculture Departments domain. In fact, food stamps this l cost taxpayers a projected 78 billion this year. A Staggering Amount thats more than double since 2008. A majority of voters think most of the 46 million plus food stamp recipients are taking advantage of the system and not truly in need. Youve heard stories of food stamp waste, fraud, and abuse. Well, this hour well also look at the cost to the recipient and to the american character. During this show, you can share your thoughts via twitter. Be sure to use foxnewsreporting. We begin in new york city for one of americas most energetic prop own ebts of food stamps is working to get more people signed up. Individuals have a certain income limitation. Youre watching a team of determined activists preparing their plan of action. You all set and ready to go . Theyre Walking Around the streets of brooklyn. The mission . To sign up as many people as they can for stood stamps. The new York City Coa
New york, new york the city that never sleeps just got one more thing to keep it up at night. Because yesterday the thinkable happened. Two years after a tawdry sexting scandal chased him from Congress Anthony weiner is begging for forgiveness again. He continued to send lewd messages and photos to one woman after he was forced to resign from congress. Even after the sexting scandal, turns out he learned nothing. Has this man never heard of snapchat . He has been told. By us. Good morning and welcome to morning joe. Its thursday, july 25, 2013. A lot to get to today including tragedies, another highprofile train accident takes 77 lives and closer to home iowa congressman stands by his comments comparing immigrants to drug mules despite from being under attack. Trayvon martins father on capitol hill yesterday and Edward Snowden still playing tom thanks, stuck in a russian airport. Boston a bit stronger this morning as the last injured victim from the april bombing left the hospital and