charlotte, north carolina. the biggest rally taking place last night in sanford, florida. let s look at these image, a mass of people gathering not far from where trayvon martin was shot dead from george zimmerman february 26th, the gathering taking place hours after sanford s police chief temporarily stepped aside but did not step down. the governor of florida has assigned a new special prosecutor to this case as trayvon s parents again call for zimmerman s arrest. i stand before you today not knowing how i m walking right now, because my heart hurt for my son. trayvon is my son. trayvon is your son. just like to thank every one of you all for just showing us the love, the support, signing the petitions, and making sure that george zimmerman pay for what he did to your son. richard land is the president of the southern baptist conventions ethics and religious liberties commission. thank you for joining us this morning. you bet, glad to be with you. let me ask you y
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top of the hour. chances of the downgrade after the supercommittee failure. and a great excuse to pour yourself an extra cup of coffee. mark preston, live for us at washington, d.c., the home of the cnn debate tonight. the republican and constitution hall in the heart of washington, d.c., we are just steps away from the white house. these candidates are focusing on trying to sell themselves on a very, very key issue. that is national security. an issue that has not really been discussed a whole lot, brooke, so far in this campaign n addition to that, they are going to talk about the economy which has been said by some military folks as the number one national security facing the economy is the american economy and being able to turn it around. it will be interesting to turn it around. we have some candidates on the rise, such as newt gingrich, and some on the decline, such as rick perry, and of course all of them in the middle trying to vie for support as we head right in
we re just getting the information in. that means that the players vote will happen later today in more of a formal setting. training camp could start as early as wednesday now, we ve been told. david mattingly has been following this for us. he has been live out of atlanta every day, at least he was last week when those negotiations were taking place. david, did you just get word that something came forward just moments ago? reporter: reading and finding out now is that the nfl players and the owners did come to an agreement in the wee hours of the morning. and, bottom line, they re going to play some football. exactly what the owners were asking for last week when they came out of their meeting and had a 31-0 vote in favor of this agreement. and players still have to vote on this. it s largely looked at as a formality, that it is going to go through. and the fans will only miss, so far, one game this season. the first game of the preseason, which was going to be in canton
in ishinomaki. nine days later, that s remarkable. well here s your first look at other news going on around america today. in california, a rescue team was called in to save four people from a submerged car. the emergency rescue was set in motion after the driver attempted to cross a creek bed and became stuck. the first day of spring hit southern california with heavy, pounding rain and heavy winds. the car s occupants were all rescued without injury. in arkansas, a train derailment has led to the death of a motorist. the driver was waiting at a track crossing when one of five derailed cars landed on top of the vehicle, completely crushing in. investigators worked throughout the night to determine what caused the derailment. to new york, where dozens of men took more than a little off the top at the annual st. baldrick s charity event, buzz cuts and clean shaves to raise money for children battling