matter? of course, they do. news that the body camera wasn t activated ignited outrage. what matters about a black life to you? here s the truth and it won t satisfy you. under the laws of this state, a mayor does not decide whether an officer is is fired. when i look at how he spoke to some of these people, i wasn t thinking ab the people of south bend. i m thinking about how will he do as president or if there s a ferguson event in the united states. can he shows empathy and passion and demonstrate success to calm down the community? i us haven t seen a lot of that. days later, the issue followed him on to the national debate stage. your community of south bend has been in uproar over an officer-involved shooting. the police force in south bend is now 6% black in a city that is 26% black.
benefit of your constituents as a human being, as a gay man? i feel disturbed by the kinds of policies that he advanced as governor and certainly by what he s doing as vice president. signing on to a presidency that violates not only my values but his own. at least the values he claims to have about, for example, how a christian ought to behave. as buttigieg was making history for gay americans, he was suddenly called back to south bend to deal with an issue that had plagued him throughout his time as mayor. tension with the city s black community. breaking news at 11:00. a south bend police officer is put on paid administrative leave following a deadly shooting this morning. the widely publicized incident of a white officer fatally shooting a black man enflamed an already strained relationship. did you just ask me if black lives matter? better hear you say it! black lives matter. of course, black lives matter. then fire your cop. news that the policeman s body came
thanks for joining us. i m cannily crowley. john king is off. the parents of a florida teenager whose death ignited outrage. also on the eve of the presidential primary, a rye alt check for rick santorum and newt gingrich. plus a big bank has a new way to help people stay in their homes even if they re facing foreclose. captions by vitac www.vitac.com we begin with the fatal shooting of florida teenager trayvon martin and the florida police department s decision not to arrest the person who pulled the trigger. this morning there was a message for trayvon martin s parents. if i had a son, he d look like trayvon, and, you know, think they are right to expect that all of us as americans are going to take this with the seriousness it deserves and that we re going to get to the bottom of exactly what happened. cnn s john zarrella is in sanford, florida, where trayvon live and died. john, how are trayvon s parents reacting to the president? reporter: you know, can
the great nbc news team. tomorrow, the washington post eugene robinson joins us. tamron hall has a look what s next on news nation. good to see you. in our next hour, the supreme court rules that a woman who says she s disabled cannot sue the lutheran church that fired her. why wasn t she the protected under the americans with disabilities ac? plus mississippi governor hailey bauer bore s final act in office has ignited outrage. he pardoned nearly 200 people, including a rapist and a murderer. why his supporters are calling this move a mississippi tradition. and we re getting new reaction from secretary of state hillary clinton on the iranian nuclear scientist murdered by a car bomb in iran. we have a live report from tehran. news nation is just minutes away.