that s fantasy, by the way, is all long islanders who have contributed to the great cultural contributions of our nation. we re celebrating long island this morning, everybody. our panelists this morning, washington correspondent for the new yorker, nice to have you. where about? what town? john fugal is with us, asked the question of the day on this show yesterday. we ll talk about that straight ahead. i m representing stony brook as well. that s right by me and will cain. thank gadness i m here. helping it out. let s get to our starting point this morning. the standoff we ve been watching for days is now over. cnn affiliate in france says the terror suspect is now dead. police stormed the apartment after 30 hours. that included a shootout and several explosions. the suspect is named mohammed merah, wanted in the killing rampage that left three jewish children, a rabbi and three french paratroopers dead. fran townsend joins us live by phone. fran, there was so ma
they were protesting the shooting death of an unarmed florida teenager. demonstrators demanding an arrest and there s new trouble this morning for the police chief who was in charge of that case. living under a rock. literally. look at this. a 25-foot boulder breaking loose from a hillside in ohio, flattening cars, people were inside this home. the owner heard a sound, sow sparks, thought it was a thunderstorm. here s the good news, everyone inside is okay. miraculous given that video. holy cow. the nfl showing no mercy on the new orleans saints for paying bounties for big-time hits. the league suspending head coach shawn payton for the entire season. the general manager for eight games. and defensive coach greg williams who is now with the ram, suspended indefinitely for running that bounty program. tim tebow is taking his act to the big apple, traded to the new york jets. i know you know about this. all the fans and analysts are saying it s not exactly a match made
are holding a meeting with local florida residents looking into past alleged abuses by the sanford police department as the outrage grows over a young african-american teen s death. they re demanding the chief police in sanford be fired in the wake of trayvon martin s shooting, allegedly by a self-proclaimed neighborhood watchman three weeks ago. grief now snowballing into complete anger. this morning, despite the promise of grand jury and federal investigations, trayvon s family is in new york where they will participate in a million hoodie march later today demanding justice for trayvon. earlier on the today show, his mom said she can t eat or sleep until the alleged shooter, george zimmerman is arrested. this guy has not been arrested. i just feel like the sanford police department decided to decide if he they decided on the scene to be the judge and jury. i just want this guy arrested so he can be brought to justice.
suspect is now talking to police again after cutting them off for several hours. we ll take you live to france for the latest on the situation in about 15 minutes. new protests, more questions and demands. there is swelling outrage in the shooting death of an unarmed florida teen by a neighborhood watch volunteer who is claiming self-defense. activists in new york city, a thousand miles from trayvon martin s killing, are planning a million hoodie demonstration at 6:00 p.m. eastern in union square. trayvon was wearing a hoodie in the rain when he was shot last month. local police are defending their investigation and their decision not to arrest or charge the alleged shooter, george zimmerman. state and federal investigations are under way as well and florida s self-defense law called stand your ground is under fire. cnn s john zarrella has more on all of this in a live report just moments from now. afghanistan s foreign minister and secretary of state hillary clinton meetin
again, tonight, we will show you right here, live protest in new york city for what s being called quote, the million hoodie march, a reference to the hoodie trayvon martin was wearing when he was shot and killed in sanford, florida. new calls for the arrest of a noob hood watch volunteer that shot and killed the 17-year-old boy. martin was unarmed, walking from a convenience store to the home of his father s fiancee last month in sanford near orlando when george zimmerman shot him. he says he fired in self-defense after he felt threatened. something he would be entitled to do under florida law. today on cnn, one of zimmerman s neighbors came to his defense. george zimmerman is a good dude. he is straight up. that s why i am front-runner for him today. i, myself, credit george for thwarting a burglary to my own house. members of trayvon martin s family blame racial profiling for his death. the stanford police department is being scrutinized. police questioned the shooter