Welcome to weekends with alex. You are looking live at pictures from across the country showing what has been called the 100city justice for trayvon vigils getting under way right now from new york city to chicago to los angeles. Supporters in these hundred cities are gathering in front of Federal Buildings. The justice for trayvon vigils are organized by the Reverend Al Sharptons National Action Network and theyre calling on the government to pursue federal civil rights charges against George Zimmerman. Moments from now Trayvon Martins mother Sabrina Houlton will be speaking at the vigil here in new york. Then a short while ago trayvons father tracy martin had this to say at the rally in miami. My message this morning is simple. Id like the world to know that trayvon was my son. He was a love child. He did nothing wrong and were not going to let them persecute him the way they have. Nbcs Michelle Franzen is at the vigil here in new york city. Michelle, a good day to you. We hear there
Featured speakers will be john lewis. Back in 1963 he was the leader of the student nonviolating committee. Nancy pelosi will also be speaking today along with the families of Trayvon Martin and emmett till. Well all get under way later this morning and checking in and bringing you the latest proceedings throughout the day. The panel here in new york. Amanda turkal for huffingtonpost. Com, evan White House Reporter for buzzfeed. Com and liz winstead cocreator of daily show and author of the book. Thank you for joining us. Seems like the entire political world is in washington, d. C. , glad we could see some people up here. I guess i just sort of start with your thoughts, amanda aama about 50 years later it says something that there is still a need for another march on washington, also says something about the progress we made that one of the speakers this week at the events will be the nations first africanamerican president. Its really exciting that president obama is going to be spea
Regards on race. That he violated no article of the nba constitution and that no punishment is warranted. Legally that may be an uphill climb. In part, because comments like this about Magic Johnson can almost certainly be used against sterling in a legal fight. I spend millions on giving away and helping minorities. Does he do that . Thats one problem i have. When they get successful, they will help their people, jews. Some of the africanamericans maybe ill get in trouble again they dont want to help anybody. Jeff is usa todays nba reporter and one of two reporters who broke the story of Donald Sterlings plan to fight the nba and warren is the executive editor of the sports law blog and also a professor of sports law at boston college. I want to start with you, jeff, because it was your reporting. You were one of the two reporters who broke this idea that Donald Sterling is actually going to fight this in court. Do you have any further details about the basis for this fight . None of
Good afternoon, im ari melber sitting in for ronan. Today the Justice Department indicted five members of the chinese army accused of hacking into and spying on major u. S. Companies. This marks the first time the u. S. Has ever pursued these kind of charges against state actors on accusations of cyber espionage. All five are members of the Chinese Peoples Liberation Army and all of the hacks traced to a single building in shanghai. Eric holder said these charges should put all countries on notice. We must say enough is enough. This administration will not tolerate actions by any nation that seeks to illegally sabotage american companies. This case should serve as a wakeup call. The u. S. Long identified china as a major source of cyber spying but today marks a major escalation to halt this kind of hacking. Nbcs Pete Williams joins us from washington. Welcome, pete. Lets talk about what damage the chinese have done here and what is the u. S. Plan Going Forward . Well, in terms of damag
Their son confirmed they were the only passengers on board. Before the plane lost contact with air Traffic Control it did radio a message, indicating a problem. 900 kilo november we need to descend down to about 180. We have an indication that is not correct on the play. 900. November descend and maintain level 250. The plane left rochesterer, new york, at 8 45 this morning. Bound for naples, florida. Never made the turn it was supposed to make. Eventually heading over cuban air space where the f15s peeled off. We want to play for you some of the audio from the f15 pilots. Observing the unconscious passengers that were on board. Is he breathing . I can see his chest rising and falling. Right before i left it was the first time i could see he was actually breathing. It may be a deal where depending on how fast they descend he may regain consciousness once the aircraft starts descending for fuel. Its believed the two passengers lost consciousness, potentially due to the depressurezation