They were treating the land and i learned that at this time, and it was 25 years ago, that covered may be half a million acres or more and i thought would be interesting to do a book that tracks how a ranch the size got put together over time and what that said about the west. And then eventually turn into this book and that included what a lot of latter day saints were talking about in pioneer times. In this is a longer chapter in my book. This is a more condensed version of what happened and it concentrates on the newspaper coverage of the event so after i wrote the book i got to read more about how these newspapers did it and it struck me the newspapers got some of the newspapers got it so magnificent wrong that it led to a misunderstanding of these events that was not cleared up until 100 years after words. That is what this is about. Does that sound interesting . What do you think . All right. Saturday, july 20th, 1889, 11 months before wyoming became a state a woman and man were
Reporter sunday, president obama weighed in writing i know this case has eliciteded strong passions. And in the wake of the verdict, i know those passions may be running even higher, but we are a nation of laws and a jury has spoken. This afternoon, attorney general eric holder promised to keep looking into martins killing. The Justice Department shares your concerns. I share your concerns. Reporter tonight, George Zimmerman is said to be in hiding, according to attorney mark omara. Meantime you can as for Trayvon Martins parents, other than a tweet or two since the verdict, they have been largely out of public view. Brian . Ron mott in sanford, florida, starting us off tonight. More now on this notion of federal charges potentially against George Zimmerman. And in light of the trial just concluded, what those charges could be. Our justice correspondent, pete williams, here with us in our d. C. Newsroom with more on this presumably, we are talking about something in the category of a h
His family attended church on sunday. Were very concerned and very hurt and very disappointed at this point. But we know in the end god will prevail and he will justice will be served. Reporter martins parents were not at the service but his father tweeted god blessed me and sybrina with tray and hes proud of the fight we along with all of you put up for him. George zimmermans family responded on twitter saying our whole family is relieved. Zimmerman attorney, don west. Im thrilled that this jury kept this tragedy from becoming a travesty. Reporter the Prosecution Team said they accepted the jurys verdict but. Am i disappointed . Yes. I thought he was guilty. President obama called for calm reflection saying the death of Trayvon Martin was a tragedy. Not just for his family or for any one community but for america. Reporter under florida law George Zimmerman can get back the pistol he used to kill 17yearold Trayvon Martin. His brother says no reason why George Zimmerman would not carry
Mates remember the troubled star today, monday, july 15th, 2013. From nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning everyone. Welcome to today on a monday morning. Im Savannah Guthrie. Im willie geist with tamron hall. Look who is here . Al roker in all his glory. Well be stripping this down as we go along. There you go. Enjoy your cheerios. A sticky day. Great to have you back. Thank you. Meanwhile, the demonstrations over the George Zimmerman verdict have been mainly peaceful but some groups did throw rocks and batteries at police in los angeles overnight. For the latest, we want to get right to Kerry Sanders who has been covering the trial in sanford, florida. Good morning to you. Reporter good morning, savannah. The trial is over, the not guilty verdict is in and the protests are growing. The city of sanford is preparing for what could be a massive protest this week. Late into the night in several major cities a
In Trayvon Martins hometown of miami there were peaceful calls for change. Heres carlos suarez, from our miami station. Reporter the cries were justice rang loud. They remembered trayvon martin. The scene at times was alltoo familiar. The group began their march at the torch of friendship in downtown miami. There, the signs of anger and look of disappointment were firm. But the rallying cry was different. Demonstrators used the opportunity to try to move past the verdict. I think we have the foundation, now, to have a real debate in this country around guns and the use of deadly force. And i will work to continue that. Im a black youth. And just to see one black youth die, thats crazy. Its like, when is it going to stop . Its been going on for too long. Reporter there were renewed calls that the stand your ground law be changed. And thats what this group says how you keep trayvons memory alive. The demonstration was more about what happens next. This isnt just an overtown, liberty city