completely distraught. they said he followed protocol. the investigation continues. the department battalion chief, ralph lucas said the thunderstorm caused the wind to shift and drove the fire to a predetermined trigger point. so yes, the investigation continues. the grieving, fund-raising it all continues. hot dry conditions fuel the fire. new this morning. republican lawmakers in texas voted to move forward with new restrictions on abortion. last week when democratic senator wendy davis helped defeat a vote on restrictions with her filibuster. this time republicans cut testimony short at a public hearing and imposed strict security procedures. more than 1,000 people signed up for the chance to speak. fewer than 100 got the chance. in sanford, florida, george zimmerman suffered a couple legal setbacks in his murder trial. a medical examiner testified the injuries zimmerman suffered in his struggle with trayvon martin were insignificant and didn t indicate martin was slamming
women in africa. moderated by our own cokie roberts. businesses getting a break from the white house. on the health care law. provision that would have forced companies to provide health coverage or face fines being delayed until 2015. business groups complain the law was too complicated. now they will get extra time to comply. george zimmerman suffered a couple of legal setbacks in his murder trial in sanford, florida. a prosecutor successfully chal challenged a detective s statement that he found zimmerman s story credible and the medical examiner testified the injuries zimmerman suffered were insignificant and didn t support claims trayvon martin was slamming his head into the concrete. former tiffany executive accused of stealing diamond jewelry from the manhattan headquarters and reselling them for more than $1.3 million. ingrid spokeham appeared, after arrested at her home yesterday. she allegedly took the jewelry and wrote them off in the company s books when vice presiden
defendant, zimmerman, was truthful, and today the judge had to strike that of course, i don t think the jury is going to be able to keep that completely out of their minds. now that they have heard it, you can t unring the bell. but the prosecutor got out from the medical examiner as well as from the lead investigator that the injuries zimmerman had were minor. therefore not consistent with his story. ken padowitz, good day or bad day for who? i think it was better day for the prosecution. marcia clark is correct. it started off bad because he told the jury, hey, you have to ignore the lead detective in the case who testified that he believes george zimmerman and his self-defense explanation. you can t unring the bell. the jury heard it. but the prosecution came back strong with the medical evidence from the medical examiner that testified, hey, these injuries are minor, a very big inconsistency for george zimmerman. and also undermining george zimmerman s credibility. faith jenk
nicole, and his surprising reinvention as a country music singer. my visit with a music icon. plus, arguably one of the worst decisions of all time, this is piers morgan tonight. good evening, our big story tonight, trayvon martin shot at close range. was it self-defense? his parents react to the store friday from the night of the shooting. also, lionel richie, the pop icon joins me. he talks music, politics, race and trayvon martin. he s back in the spotlight with a hit country album. what s behind the story of this classic video? hello is it me you re looking for but, first, a big story, trayvon martin, details have emerged since the night he was killed. with with me tonight his parents and their attorney. thank you so much for joining me. i send you my deepest condolences on the loss of your son. i can only imagine with the whole world scrutinizing everything that happened, the pain for you must just worsen and for that i just send my sincere sympathies. th
years ago the centers for disease control and prevention began to estimate the total number of cases in the united states. they based it on account of eight-year-old children with autism in select communities. if you look back in the years 2000 and 2002, it was about 1 child in so with autism. two years later, 1 in 125. then 1 in 110. now the latest report as of 2008, the last time an estimate was performed, 1 in 88 children has autism. that s a 78% increase just over the last decade. the question on a lot of people s minds is why? how much of that increase is a result of better tracking and how much of it is a result of an actual increase? we still don t know. researchers have discovered many genes linked to autism but in most cases genes are only one part of the equation. genes alone wouldn t change that fast in just ten years. there is something else that triggers the problem. we re talking about infections. we re talking about social conditions. we re talking about