The six jurors went into the jury room one believed that George Zimmerman was guilty of seconddegree murder. Two thought he was guilty of manslaughter and three believed George Zimmerman was not guilty. Juror b37 sat in silhouette talking to Cnns Anderson Cooper about the weight of the jurys decision. Its just hard thinking that somebody lost their life and theres nothing else that could be done about it. Its what happened is sad. B37 is the first of the six jurors to speak revealing how she says the jury concluded when George Zimmerman shot and killed 17yearold Trayvon Martin it was not a crime. Its a tragedy this happened, but it happened. And i think i think both were responsible for the situation they had gotten themselves into. I think both of them could have walked away. Reporter George Zimmerman was armed with this. 9 millimeter pistol. B37 once had a concealed weapons permit. Her husband, she said, owns a gun. Zimmerman fired a single shot that pierced martins heart and lung. I
Delivers a big surprise. No, not a royal baby but to members of the animal kingdom, twin pandas make their debut at atlanta zoo today, tuesday july 16th, 2013. Good morning. Welcome to a special edition of today on a Tuesday Morning. Im Savannah Guthrie in los angeles. Matt and al back in new york. It was so hot there i had to get out of town. You did the right thing savannah. You really did. Im here with al roker and were having a heat wave. Its official. Three days in a row. Although its not so bad out here right now, 83 degrees, its going to get nasty this afternoon. Thats right. The heat right now were in the shade but once the sun gets up everybody is going to start baking. Humidity levels, and this extends not just to here in the northeast, all the way to michigan and as far west as the Pacific Northwest. I was driving into new york yesterday and the car, you know the thermometer that tells you how bad it was outside said it was 103 on the streets of map hat tan. Stay where its c
Mother nature a helping hand, creating a bank that insurance bees will be around for a very long time. This morning, president obama considers going it alone, taking on syria without a key ally by its side. The Obama Administration forced to evaluate that option after the British Parliament refuses to authorize military intervention. The ayes, 272, the nos 285. Prime minister David Cameron disagrees with the vote but believes it represents the will of british citizens. But just hours after britain backed out, another ally stepped forward. The president of france said all options are on the table for an intervention in syria, and that if in fact the chemical attack was carried out, it must not go unpunished. Late thursday, the Obama Administration briefed lawmakers on the syrian situation. Congressional leaders were told the administration has proof, including intercepted communications that the assad regime was behind last weeks chemical attack outside damascus. Defense secretary chuck
But should you be made aware if you are consuming them. Thats next on consider this. The reason for this is throughout the consequences throughout the middle east that could affect transportation and petroleum products. Is it Crystal Clear that the impact of a u. S. Strike on syria will mean higher gas prices . So far, we are seeing that to be the case. Syria is not a big oil producer. Its not a big shipment zone either. But at the same time, anything that takes place in the middle east that could cause continued turmoil or violence in other countries, you know, thats something that concerns the petroleum markets and as a result you see the future prices rise. On wednesday, we saw the price of west Texas Intermediate Crude Oil go up 6 per barrel in comparison to the week previous and gasoline futures went up 15. And so those are some pretty huge price jumps. We have seen the petroleum markets drop a little bit since then. Theres a lot of concern and prices at the pump have been going u
For the first time publicly, mayor emanuel talked about his nowindicted former city comptroller. But its not the first time he was asked about his handpicked man who since resigned. Weeks ago, wgntv inquired about his questionable past. Youll see what happened next. I want you to know this is the First Amendment hard at work. Mayor emanuel is not happy with questions about his indicted excomptroller during what was supposed to be a happy Ribbon Cutting at a renovated prep school. Its not like the Justice Department gives you a heads up. The mayor expressed his frustration with his former comptroller for not being forthright with him. He had a responsibility to inform the Mayors Office of what happened and what were the questions. That is where he violated the trust. But the question remains. Did the Mayors Office miss some red flags . Its 2010 and theres a Nasty Campaign for the Treasurers Office in ohio. Ahmads boss is getting hammered because of ahmads questionable ties to a lobbyies