federal charges against george zimmerman in the shooting death of george zimmerman. we have word from the justice department they will talk about the case as part of his remarks in a voting rights event. we are watching live right now in d.c. coming up. we ll talk to two people about the possible move by the justice department. the lawyer for the family of trayvon martin. we begin with senior white house correspondent wendall gooler who joins us from the white house. white house spokesman jay carney was asked about charges. he said the president weighed in because mr. obama wants to convey the idea of trayvon
there saturating the air waves before the president spoke was wrong. are you blaming the president for nbc s screw up? no. the president despite the wall to wall coverage and others who may not have gotten it right should have said i no nothing. he answered the question and moved on. he didn t direct the justice department or prosecutors in florida. he was asked. he gave sympathy to a statement to trayvon martin, saying if i had a son he would have looked like trayvon. the president of the united states has to resist the injekz of putting himself in the process. he didn t do. that he did. by the statement he made and saying if i had a son it would hook like traf tariff. he didn t need to say.
martin s death being a tragedy and note the wishes of martin s parents. the president wanted to ask every american to heed for the call for calm reflection from trayvon martin s parents a rather remarkable request given how much they are suffering after losing their son. the president s a pole for calm followed the protest that were largely peaceful though there were arrests in los angeles. mr. obama said i know the case elicited strong passions and i know those passions may be running higher and we are a nation of laws and the jury has spoken. i ask for alls of calm re234rekz. and decision on whether too bring federal charges by
case here would bine more frivolous than the state case was. we are waiting to so what they say. good to so you, thank you. my pleasure, thank you. tray, thanks. in the weeks after the martin shooting last year, the president said if he had a son, that by would look like trayvon martin and as we wait for the attorney general remarks. there is a debate on this straight a head. why is the israel prime minister benjamin netanyahu sending out new warnings on what is going on in iran and how close they are to crossing the redline. ambassador bolton is with us. we ll await the autopsy deaths of a popular actor from the hit show glee .
be blind. but this administration only looks at it with a left eye clearly. you know, how, do you think he s serious? is the follow- up question about pursuing this case? it has worked its way in the court system which was the reason they stepped aside after beginning the investigation and letting its way working through the system. dow see them pursuing this as a civil right s case? they have a pr campaign and strategy to pander to the trayvon martin supporters, and the lobby. after the ncaa a noupsed, there they were. and christian adam and andrew mccarty on the show, talked about the fbi looked into this case and found no grounds to