judge in the trayvon martin murder case. martin savidge is there. martin, how did it take place today? reporter: well, it was simple and it was uneventful, fredricka. that is just the way the authorities wanted it to be. there was always concern about george zimmerman s team. it certainly was the worry of law enforcement because of the amount of notoriety this case has received over time, and of course, because there s a lot of different opinions on this story. let s tell you how the meeting took place. it was rather clandestine how george zimmerman got into the hands of authorities. listen to the sheriff as he described how it went down. george zimmerman met two members of the sheriff s office in the area of lake mary at i-4. was placed into custody, transported to the correctional facility. he is being booked and processed. as per judge lester s order. he ll be held on a no-bond status. reporter: and so it was really kind of a meeting that was set up on the side of th
politics now dirty from a fraud trial. he walks free and is now seeking redemption. i don t think god is through with me. i really believe he thinks there s still some good things i can do. this morning what s next for john edwards. graduation scare. a bear on the loose in bakersfield. this 120-pound bear startling students and stopping the ceremony. plus we have a champion of the 2012 national spelling bee. queen bee. spelling ace. 14-year-old girl from san diego capturing the national title with the word guetapens. what does it mean? i m not going to tell you right now. newsroom starts right now. good morning. happy friday to you. let s get straight to the jobs report. not such great news because it is shaping up to be another brutal day on wall street. stock futures point to a huge negative open after disappointing news on the job market. just 69,000 jobs were created last month missing expectations of more than twice that number. the unemployment rate, well,
jenna: we keep on telling you but it s the truth so that s why we keep on saying we could get a verdict any moment in the john edwards corruption trial. jurors are now deliberating for a 9th day and this is after the judge released four alternate jurors. one of them reportedly flirted with edwards. we ll see in jonathan serrie can confirm that for us. i don t know, jonathan, a lot said about the alternates. seem like a colorful bunch. why dismiss the alternates now? reporter: with no role in the deliberation the alternates were merely killing time in the courthouse. while the judge did not mention this among her reasons for dismissing these alternate jurors they were becoming a bit of a distraction by wearing same colored shirts each day and by one tv producers somewhat contested interpretations of smiles between john edwards
expected to recover. in the meantime we are awaiting a verdict in the john edwards corruption trial. the former senator and presidential candidate is accused of misusing campaign donation money to hide an affair. a judge is hearing evidence to determine if two suspects will face trial in a brutal beating that left the man on your screen severely disabled. this is more than a year after san francisco giants fan bryan stow was attacked at dodger stadium in los angeles. jon: a federal judge issues a scathing verdict in the seaworld trainer death case. it stems from an incident two years ago in which a killer whale grabbed his trainer and drowned her after a live show. the judge slammed seaworld for putting its trainers at risk, recommends that barriers are used between the whales and the trainers to prevent another deadly incident. let s talk about it with rebecca rose woodland a trial attorney who joins us now. you say that for seaworld you
and we ve got a lot of breaking news today. the jury in the john edwards federal corruption trial reaches a verdict on just one of the six counts against the one-time presidential hopeful. the defense asks for a mistrial, but the judge tells the jury they ve got to keep at it. let s go straight to cnn s senior correspondent, joe johns. he s in greensboro, north carolina. joe, what is going on down there? reporter: well, you know, it gets stranger and stranger every minute. quite frankly, just a few minutes ago, gloria, we got the word to stay tuned. it may not be over yet, even for today. the jury just sent yet another note to judge katherine eagles here in greensboro. we re waiting to hear the contents of that note. they ve been a very communicatetive juror. it could be they just want to talk about scheduling. usually around 4:30 eastern time is usually when the jury breaks for the day. but recapping, it s been a very unusual and probably most extraordinary day in the ent