process in place. african-americans here are satisfied that a process has begun and would do nothing. it s been pretty much across the board that he wouldn t be in any danger but it is an interesting contrast to what was said before. joann reed, thank you so much for your report. thank you. with me now, famed criminal defense attorney mark garragos. thank you so much for being here, and i also respect the legal opinion of howard dershowitz who last night made his opinion of probable cause. would you please watch his reaction to this. this is so thin that it won t make it past a judge on a second-degree murder charge. it s not only thin, it s irresponsible. what you have here is an elected public official who made a campaign speech last night for reelection when she gave her presentation, and overcharged, way overcharged.
which said they would be prepared if necessary, to the mayor who said the city would be prepared, to black leaders who said, frankly, look, there is a process in place. african-americans here are satisfied that a process has begun and would do nothing. it s been pretty much across the board that he wouldn t be in any danger but it is an interesting contrast to what was said before. joann reed, thank you so much for your report. thank you. with me now, famed criminal defense attorney mark geragos. thank you so much for being here, and i also respect the legal opinion of howard dershowitz who last night made his opinion of probable cause. would you please watch and react to this. this is so thin that it won t make it past a judge on a second-degree murder charge. it s not only thin, it s irresponsible. what you have here is an elected public official who made a
now back to hardball. welcome back to hardball. george zimmerman will try tomorrow to get zimmerman out of jail while he awaits the trial for the shooting death of trayvon martin. and she announced that her husband s colleague, a cnn legal analyst, had denied zimmerman s request to represent him last month. joann reed is the managing editor for go.com as well as a legal analyst. she s got the latest. what s going on? the judge in this case, jessica rexseidler, her husband is in a civil trial by the name of mark neejim.
leading off with lawyers guns and money, the nra is winning the battle with guns in this country. the arguments today are over how far and fast to expand gun owner rights, and mitt romney toed the line today calling gun control an assault on freedom. of course, expanded gun rights may have allowed george zimmerman to leave his car and pursue trayvon martin. ask yourself this, is it possible for george zimmerman to get a fair trial? and the hillary rosen gaffe remind us that republicans have a pattern of insulting moms. and it highlights the gender problem, and that will not go away by making the case that it is obama waging the war on women. they re taking every opportunity to paint romney as rich and out of touch. and let me finish tonight with a battle from the 2008 campaign that still is not finished. barack obama verses bill clinton. we begin with guns, former pennsylvania governor ed rendell is an analyst, and allen gottley. speaking at the convention today was mitt romn
control an assault on freedom. of course, expanded gun rights may have emboldened george zimmerman to leave his car and pursue trayvon martin. now ask yourself this. is it possible for george zimmerman to even get a fair trial? plus the hilary rosen gaffe reminded us that we insult stay-at-home moms. and that s not something that will go away simply without making the case that it s president obama who is waging the war on women. romney is rich and out of touch, so today the president and vice president released their tax returns, daring romney to do the same. and let me finish tonight with a battle from the 2008 campaign that s still not finished. barack obama versus bill clinton. we begin with guns. former pennsylvania governor ed rendell is an nbc political analyst, and alan gottlieb is from the foundation and is joining us from the nra convention in st. louis. gentlemen, speaking at that nra convention, late this afternoon mitt romney decried what he called the president