that are not true about george. how he s being portrayed is just an absolute lie. robert zimmerman insists his son acted in self-defense. he talked about taking a, quote, leap of fate. federal charges filed against that jetblue pilot that had a midair meltdown. the captain s mental health coming into question, whether he should have been at the controls in the first place. where s mom? what are you stopping for? here it is, right here, right here. we re out, we re out, we re out. dramatic cell phone video captures one family s harrowing escape from a fire burning in colorado. two key endorsements for mitt romney to tell you about. one, a potential running mate. the other, a former president. the polls show the gop front-runner has a lot of work ahead if he plans to beat president obama. we start with new developments overnight in the trayvon martin investigation. just released video obtained by abc of george zimmerman on the night he fatally shot the 17-year-o
it is 5:00 a.m. in the east. we ll start with the top stories. the sound and the fury. he was screaming, they re going to take us down and ranting about the middle east and a bomb. new tape this morning of a jet blue pilot and what s being called a mental breakdown at 30,000 feet. you re going to hear from the hero copilot and the passengers who literally grabbed him by his neck to save the flight. and the more you hear, the more you realize just how close they came to disaster. the supreme court, set for a critical final day of arguments in the historic health care debate. today s session focusing on whether parts of the president s plan can even remain law if the individual mandate at the heart of the overhaul is deemed unconstitutional. an emotional plea for justice. the parents of trayvon martin speaking to lawmakers on capitol hill, as supporters continue to insist the florida teenager was killed because he was black. newt gingrich is scaling back. the former hou
report, zimmerman claims that he was attacked and beaten by martin before the shooting. and witness accounts corroborate that account too. happening right now, a deadly wildfire in colorado. take a look at these pictures. strong winds are fueling all of those flames. at least a handful of homes burned to the ground. that s jefferson county. evacuations have been ordered for nearly 1,000 homes. researchers report that deepwater horizon oil spill caused a lot of damage to coral formations. scientists spotted one coral colony covered in what they call black couple seven miles from the scene of that gusher. president obama caught in an awkward open mike moment. this is my election. after my election i have more flexibility. i understand you. i transmit this information to vladimir and i stand with you. the president is trying to make light of that moment but his republican rivals are not laughing. the highest court in the land will be getting to the heart of the healt
gunned down. the supreme court begins hearing arguments this morning as 26 states challenge president obama s health care overhaul. at the heart of the debate? whether the individual insurance mandate is constitutional. and president obama is joining lead errs of more than 50 nations in seoul, south korea this morning for the 2012 nuclear security summit. the president kicking things off with a stinging warning to north korea. a developing story from afghanistan. nato officials say a gunman wearing an army uniform, an afghan army uniform, killed two coalition members in southern afghanistan before he himself was shot dead. this follows the shooting rampage by a u.s. army soldier that killed up to 17 afghan villagers just earlier on this month. in chile, rocked by a major earthquake, the 7.1 magnitude quake shoot buildings in santiago and triggered a coastal evacuation. three injuries are reported, no major damage however. one minute past 5:00. it s become emotional, i
autopsy report. the report finds houston died of accidental drowning but cocaine was a factor and it wasn t the only drug in her system. charges could come today. the u.s. military about to begin the long process of prosecuting army staff sergeant robert bales who s accused in that massacre of afghan civilians. he s expected to be charged with 17 counts of murder. an explosion at a silicon factory in portland, oregon, sends at least two people to the hospital. the fire was reportedly sparked by a chemical used to make silicon. haz mat crews were called to the scene there. rick santorum slamming mitt romney and raising a lot of republican eyebrows while doing it with how he did it. we might as well stay with what we have instead of taking a risk at what may be the etch a sketch candidate for the future. what we have. stay with what we have? really? the fallout from a republican candidate putting the president before his party. and up first, cries of justice for tra