the president made his first public comments about trayvon martin, the unarmed florida teenager who was shot to death by a neighborhood watch volunteer. president obama spoke not only as the president but as an african american parent. he said when i think about this boy, i think about my own kids. i think all of just to do some soul searching to figure out how does something like this happ happen. and that means that we examine the laws and the context for what happened as well as the specifics of the incident. but my main message is to the parents of trayvon martin. if i had a son, he d look like trayvon. pelley: it was a sunday night a month ago in sanford, florida. ray von martin, a high school student never in trouble with the law, was on on an errand when he caught the eye of neighborhood watch captain george zimmerman. zimmerman confronted martin. zimmerman says the shooting that resulted was self-defense. today mark strassmann talked to the parents who the presi
bars, led to man after man planning her escape. how close did they come? and boom town. the scary and mysterious sounds keeping an entire town on-edge. 600 calls to 911. the whole house shock. like, boom. what s really behind the nerve-rattling noises in the night? a look at the fog on this thursday morning. good morning, america. george, wrapping up a little time with his family. so, josh is here with us. we have breaking news as we come on the air. a series of loud explosions and gunfire, bringing an end to that 32-hour standoff between french police and the alleged shooter at that jewish school. reports right now that the suspect was shot and killed. much more on that. also, the very latest, now, overnight, growing national outrage over the shooting death of trayvon martin, that young man right there. the unarmed teen shot by a community watch member. thousands pouring into the streets of new york, for the so-called million hoodie march. we ll have the latest
they have to hit a certain body mass index or they can t model. it should be on their health, not their weight. we ll look at that. there s the issue of doctors asking out their patients online. is this okay, ever, in any scenario? we ll see what our experts think about it. dr. nancy, have you done that? no. no, she hasn t. it s not going to end well, i can tell. okay, then. how many people have debit cards? they have made shopping and going online convenient. there are risks. there are cases where it could be better to use a credit card. we have pros and cons to make the right choice. we are going to try to put a smile on your face. jill martin has great signs from personalized flip-flops to necklaces for your social media fans. she s going to show us what it s about. a lot to get to. let s get a check of the headlines from gnatty. good morning to you. good morning, the gunman accused of killing seven people in southwestern france is dead this morning following
a crowd of spectators in afghanistan. the pilot survived. their actions are under investigation this thursday, their actions are under investigation this thursday, march 22, 2012. captions paid for by nbc-universal television announcer: from nbc news this is today with matt lauer and ann curry. live from studio 1 a. i m ann curry. i m matt lawyer. we are covering breaking news noo toulouse x france. the 24-year-old suspect bragged of killing people in a shooting after he told negotiators he wanted to die with weapons in his hands. we want to get to jim in toulouse this morning. jim, what can you tell us? reporter: good morning, matt. well, it seems like this 30-hour siege is over. we are hearing from a number of police sources that the police assaulted the house minutes ago, that the gunman, mohammed merah fired at them. they fired back. merah is dead. there have been a number of wounded police. no word on police fatalities at this time. we have been here now, o
and boom town. the scary and mysterious sounds keeping an entire town on-edge. 600 calls to 911. the whole house shook, like boom. what s really behind the nerve-rattling noises in the night? a look at the fog on this thursday morning. good morning, america. george, wrapping up a little time with his family. so, josh is here with us. we have breaking news as we come on the air. a series of loud explosions and gunfire, bringing an end to that 32-hour standoff between french police and the alleged shooter at that jewish school. reports right now that the suspect was shot and killed. much more on that. also, the very latest, now, overnight, growing national outrage over the shooting death of trayvon martin, that young man right there. the unarmed teen shot by a community watch member. thousands pouring into the streets of new york, for the so-called million hoodie march. we ll have the latest in minutes. and there s news out of florida on the case, as well. and t