poor george was doing his job. the parents are saying, poor trayvon. halftime. come on. they have no recourse now. where do we move forward from here. that s the big question. i want to play in part of moving forward depending on your point of view is the conversation on race. there have been a number of columnists who say this has nothing to do with race. there have been incendiary remarks but let me play what tracy martin said about rasz and what role it played in his son s case. obviously any time you have a person that makes an assumption that a person is up to no good, there s some type of profiling there. was he racially profiled? i think that if trayvon had been white, this wouldn t have never happened. so traymaine, you have some people who said, listen, black boys don t have to be worried
today with another gun tragedy. too many of our children are being taken away from us. we re learning today that just hours after that speech gun violence ripped apart the familiar life one of the kids in that audience. coming up, what the proposed federal assault weapons ban would really do and why some say it may not be enough. also, a team of rivals, a new look at the unlikely pairing of a world famous general and a california congressman. poor george. he can t help it. he was born with a silver foot in his mouth. it was lines like that that made ann richards one of the most memorable women in american politics. coming up arc look at a new play that centers on the woman who called the 43rd president shrub. developing now, the
good sunday to you. a look at some other top stories making news right now. new details on the meteor that exploded over western russia friday. nasa says the fireball was bigger than originally thought. 55 feet wide and weighed 10,000 tons. the meteor was traveling at a speed of 40,000 miles per hour when it exploded over siberia. more than half a million bmw cars are being pulled off the roads. bmw is recalling its popular 3 series car because of a problem with the battery cables. the german car-maker is also recalling one of its series and z-4 sports cars as well. and it s a big birthday for michael jordan. his airness turns 50 today. happy birthday, m.j. poor george. he can t help it.
democrats add same sex marriage to the platform and the president s endorsement, of course. reaction next from chad griffin, president of the human rights campaign. first, 1988, the sharp-tongued keynoter from texas. poor george. he can t help it. he was born with a silver foot in his mouth. i look at her, and i just want to give her everything.
and a ku klux klan contingency. wasn t that first one they ever did on radio too, wasn t it? oh. actually i think it was. there is another one coming up. i won t take the nerd no, i won t take it. i have the answer if front of me. okay, i know, i know. this one will be a i ll give you a fill in the blanks for this one. the keynote speaker, ann richards, at the time the texas state treasurer, and she said this about george h.w. bush. she said, poor george. he can t help it. he was born with a silver spoon in his mouth. silver spoon in his mouth. close. you have the other word. a silver foot in his mouth. the spoon was the joke. that s right. she said that george h.w. bush was born with a silver foot in his mouth. she was a spit fire. fascinating