neighborhood watch program. this was a meeting that zimmerman himself set up. he invited the sanford police officer who oversees the neighborhood watch program to come brief people on it, and we actually got the powerpoint that was given that night that clearly says no, neighborhood watch is not vigilante police, and in the briefing, the police officer specifically tells neighborhood watch volunteers, you are not to pursue suspects and you are not to carry weapons. so those were instructions that zimmerman clearly did not follow on the night of the confrontation with trayvon martin. i wish i had more time. to be continued for sure. thank you, michael isikoff, thank you, joy anne reed. president obama takes a page from the republican playbook warning of political activism. is that a smart strategy? you can follow me on twitter if you know how to spell smirko
witness gave this description of george zimmerman immediately after the fatal shot was fired. that he was walking towards where i was watching and i could see him a little bit clearer and see that it was a hispanic man and he was he didn t appear hurt or anything else. and we now have another angle of that sanford police department video showing george zimmerman s condition when he was brought to the police department just 4 minu 34 minutes after the fatal shooting. joining me is darryl parkson, joy anne reed and msnbc contributor and editorial writer for the new york times and jonathan kaypart and msnbc political analyst. charles blow, in the developments that we ve heard with witnesses tonight, we re hearing from george zimmerman s brother, something very similar
report out stooidf of the white house today. and speaking of politics, former governor of utah jon huntsman will announce his run for presidency tomorrow, with a preview in his own unique way. yes, motor cross and this from his camp of being a shockingly different campaign as they describe it. huntsman will be carrying momentum from a surprising second-place finish as you see the numbers from a conservative cattle call. he finished with 400 votes in the straw poll well ahead of the tea party darling michele bachmann and amongst a right-leaning audience. there were reports that the huntsman group bussed in sup potters potters to participate in the poll. now we want to talk it over with our panel. joy anne reed is the editor of the miami herald and author of
edge. there was a lot of questions about how are people going to react? there s a huge demonstration that s scheduled for tomorrow. really, the mood right now in the city for folks that wanted to see charges, it s quite joy joyous joyous. we ve had a major turn of events. we re going to hear from the mayor. he s going to have a news conference. joy anne reed of course where he s been on point outside the cvs for days and days. what is the reaction so far? reporter: i can tell you andrea we ve been hearing cars driving through honking their horns, people waving back at cars. there are some police officers behind us. when we pulled up there were rows and rows of police officers and that shall guard. more than i ve seen in all four days we ve been here. you can hear the honking behind
and of course now we know he would have been charged with the switchblade violation. we re trying to look up the statue to find out what kind of violation that. it says the penalty is one year and/or $500 fine. thomas? reporter: all right so that was joy anne reed for reporting. forgive me for a brief pause. i had miscommunication with my ear piece not working now. i m going to wing it from here forward. luckily i have the brilliant with me. i can t hear anything but you. reporter: that s all we need now. joy anne giving us the report