17-year-old trayvon martin. and unfortunately, it was the teen s life. listen to the brother as he spoke last night to piers morgan. the gun, i believe, was in his inside tucked inside his pant waist. right. so he has pulled it out and he has fired it? well, he has taken control of his firearm. he prevented his firearm from being taken from him. and used against him. and that s called saving your life. what trayvon said ease to the effect of, i believe this is going to be easy. you die tonight, or you have a piece, you die tonight. and then attempted to disarm him. so when you say have a bag of skittles and an iced tea, nobody just stood there with a bag of skittles and an iced tea. reporter: the other big interview is the one that was given to anderson cooper last night. this from an eyewitness. this will be the first we ve heard of. listen to this account. after the shots, obviously, someone the one man got up, and it was kind of like that period of him
robert zimmerman tells cnn s piers morgan that george was almost killed in his run-in with trayvon that rainy february night in sanford, florida. and the medical records will prove it. he also says it s a myth that george was chasing trayvon, and he says that george is disappointed that no one else came out to break up that fight. we re going to hear his comments, and those of a new eyewitness, just moments from now. and a florida couple who were thrust into the trayvon case by accident say they accept spike lee s apology. as you may have heard by now, the film maker retweeted what he thought was george zimmerman s address. turns out, it belongs to elaine and david mclean, who have a son named zimmerman, whose middle name is george. but rather than explain all of that to everybody who showed up on the doorstep or sent hate mail, they just moved out. spike lee will now be covering all their expenses. investigators are looking into a jetblue captain s meltdown during this f
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that the cold war ended more than two decades ago. wolf blitzer is off today. i m gloria borger and you re in the situation room. captions by vitac www.vitac.com the average price for a gallon of regular gas today is about $4. make that $3.92. our new poll shows nearly half of americans expect that price to hit $5. that s $5 this year and most blame the oil companies. president obama tried to hitch a ride on those sentiments today. chief white house correspondent jessica yellin is here. jessica, is the president going after big oil? again. believe it or not, it really felt like today was let s play politics with gas prices day in washington. the president played his part from the rose garden. think about that. it s like hitting the american people twice. he called on the senate to pass a bill that would have eliminated billions in tax breaks for oil companies. american oil is booming. the oil industry is doing just fine, with record profits and rising prod