that was craig sonner, former attorney for george zimmerman. zimmerman was the neighborhood watch volunteer that shot and killed trayvon martin over a month ago. his attorneys say they have not heard from george zimmerman since sunday, chfwhich was two s ago, and have given up representing him. we have investigative corresponde correspondents who have been covering this case. ron, when you re lawyers, that s not a good sign of the health of the client, i would say. well, they said a number of things. they said the final straw was that zimmerman apparently tried to contact the special prosecutor, angela cory, on his own today by telephone, and his lawyers said they did not think the prosecutor would speak to him under any conditions because that would make the case more complicated. that was the last straw. that s what they were referring to when they said he was acting on his own. they also said he is not in the state of florida but he has been
on that last point, president obama knows that times are bad this fall. he won t get reelected arguing, i ve done a great job. so he s making a different case right now, that if you re struggling, it s not because he s failed, it s because the system failed. the president made fairness the issue today. the republicans have stacked the deck in favor of the rich against the rest of us. obama clearly thinks it has a winning strategy here. plus the trayvon martin case, late this afternoon lawyers for george zimmerman said they are no longer his lawyers. they said an odd behavior on zimmerman s part. we ll get the latest from sanford, florida. more than 50 years after the cuban revolution, we have learned again how dangerous it is for anyone in this country to defeat obama. we begin with rick santorum tonight exiting the race. his campaign communications
taking his place is eric justin toth no who is wanted for child pornography. dental x-rays can double the risk of the most common type of brain tumor. doctors have 5,000 casees a year. driver can expect to pay 25 cents more a gallon for gas during summer. prices will be $3.95 on average. back to hardball. we are withdrawing as counsel for mr. zimmerman. we ve lost contact with him. up to this point we ve had contact every day. he s gone on his own. i m not sure what he s doing or who he s talking to, but at this point we re withdrawing as counsel. wow. welcome back to hardball. that was craig sonner, former attorney for george zimmerman.
witness, the man involved in the shooting. the victim is dead, which is the case in most street shootings, i guess, but we have no way to get around the attorney. the prosecutor is very respectful, according to the times today. correct? there s so much that we haven t seen that you would need to form a judgment about what happened here, and certainly a prosecutoorl prosecutorial judgment. ballistics would tell us the angle from which the bullet was shot. it could support zimmerman s story or contradict zimmerman s story. whether he was being rushed or not or whether he just shot him. the autopsy report from trayvon martin, where the bullet resides, medical reports from that evening on just how serious the injuries were. well, we had the head
nothing stands between romney and the nomination. check your calendars, by the way. the general election starts today. on that last point, president obama knows that times are bad this fall. he won t get reelected arguing, i ve done a great job. so he s making a different case right now, that if you re struggling, it s not because he s failed, it s because the system failed. the republicans have stacked the deck in favor of the rich against the rest of us. obama clearly thinks it has a winning strategy here. plus the trayvon martin case, lawyers for george zimmerman said they are no longer his lawyers. they said an odd behavior on zimmerman s part. we ll get the latest from sanfo sanford, florida. and we ll learn how dangerous it is for anyone in this country to defeat obama.