the point of these meetings today and tomorrow, he has an up hill battle, has to get votes and change minds in 24 hours before he leaves the country, otherwise he could suffer a devastating blow if he loses votes in the house and senate and looks like a weak commander in chief. how has this situation changed with president putin side russia. remember over the nsa contractor who allegedly leaked information about the nsa surveilling millions of us, russia has extended that temporary asylum to edward snowden, so you weren t going to have that one on one between president obama and putin. what s the latest on that situation? reporter: i mean look, what you re pointing to is another thumb in the eye from president putin to president obama. that s why president obama cancelled what was supposed to be a one on one meeting on the sidelines of the g-20 summit. they re still going to see each other, he is hosting it in russia. president obama is not going to snub him and not shake his hand,
well, the national republican party is in disarray and disrecord. the republican leaders have been frightening organized in acting out in reforms. one state in north carolina offers a cautionary tale. the first era of all republican rule since the mckinley administration. first, on the gop agenda, gerrymandering. the gop ensured that they would have an up hill battle trying to undo the damage done. in 2012 they passed amendment with banning same-sex marriage making something that was already illegal more illegal. then, on election day 2012, republicans not only maintained both houses in the assembly but
happened. i don t think that george zimmerman will make a great witness on the stand. it s an up hill battle. i agree at the on set, if the fbi been able to analyze the tape and tell who is screaming on this tape, we would not be going to trial right now. this case would be over. whoever was screaming was not the acongress grecongress wa aggressor, that person was begging for their life. that tape is critical in the case. you agree then that the odds against a successful prosecution has enormously increased. the jury will still hear the tape. so they will be tested on the three seconds of the veems. it will be difficult for the juries, the jurors are going to have to rely on their ears. and i think trayvon s parents are nice, solid people.
the state prosecutor, especial prosecutor was apointed, the steep climb that the cops saw was the thread of hope that they had was if that was trayvon martin screaming for help on the 9-1-1 tape, he was the one in fear, and he was the one being assaulted, not the other way around as george zimmerman claims self defense and all the rest of it. now the experts that the prosecution had lined up can t testify, i think this thing is a slam dunk. well, i don t agree with you about the slam dunk. this case was very difficult from the very beginning. the main reason being there were only two people there to wins this incident to witness this incident. one is dead and one has injuries. that was the difficulty at the beginning. although difficulty and although a up hill battle. i still think the state has a change, depending on this young woman that will come forward who said she was on the phone with trayvon martin the night that it
the state prosecutor, especial prosecutor was apointed, the steep climb that the cops saw was the thread of hope that they had was if that was trayvon martin screaming for help on the 9-1-1 tape, he was the one in fear, and he was the one being assaulted, not the other way around as george zimmerman claims self defense and all the rest of it. now the experts that the prosecution had lined up can t testify, i think this thing is a slam dunk. well, i don t agree with you about the slam dunk. this case was very difficult from the very beginning. the main reason being there were only two people there to wins this incident to witness this incident. one is dead and one has injuries. that was the difficulty at the beginning. although difficulty and although a up hill battle. i still think the state has a change, depending on this young woman that will come forward who said she was on the phone with trayvon martin the night that it