Zimmerman could still face federal charges or lawsuit in the killing of trayvon martin. Susan mcginnis reports. Reporter people protesting George Zimmermans acquittal demonstrated into the night around the country. In new york people blocked traffic as they marched through times square. In los angeles demonstrators ran out onto i10, stopping cars on the freeway until police moved in. But most of the rallies from the east coast to the west coast were peaceful sunday. We want something to come out of this because right now we feel empty handed. Not guilty. Reporter a jury found the neighborhood watchman not guilty in the shooting death of trayvon martin. One day after the verdict, many who live here in sanford were trying to move on. Justice is served. Its over. He went to court. They proved him not guilty. Reporter zimmerman is a free man, but zimmerman ice lawyers say hes still on edge. They have said in tweets and Everything Else they want revenge. Reporter the Justice Department has
The u. S. Government. Growth. Yeah. By the way, japan tenyear yields 0. 602 in case you wanted to check in. Europe, lets take a look there. You can see. Lets call it more or less a down more than up. You know, japan was not not a lot of news going on. China stocks decent gains, japans stocks seemed to take a breather following a multiweek run. You can see for europe sort of a mixed bag this morning. Up small to a certain extent slow, quiet night. Tech, food, beverage, media, retail, health care, all out performing, autos, telecommunications and energy, under performing. Lets get to our road map this morning, our start with markets, records and some big round numbers. We hit s p 2,000, dow 17,000. Well why all the talk about fear and volatility given those numbers. Ackman, well, he ackman has rejected allergan said his and valeants bid too low, calls out their competitors, unsustainable Business Model and anemic growth. Allergan says no thanks to the latest valeant bid. The head of ebay
The democrats brawled literally with Michael Bloomberg. He took most of the blows and what is perhaps the most contentious 2020 debate so far. Good morning, i met henry. It got hot in there very quickly. It was like a bloodbath. So 2020 rivals taking bloomberg to task over stop and frisk, tax returns and a whole lot more. As each candidate tried to stand out as the best option to take on President Trump. Meanwhile, the president himself held a rally in arizona where he unleashed on democrats, focusing his fire on bloomberg. I dont think you take on donald trump and say you need someone richer in the white house. And its important that those workers are able to assure the benefits also. I cant think of ways for donald jumped to get reelected. He didnt get a whole lot done, he has stop and frisk, its not whether he apologized, its a policy. The policy was abhorrent. A no, im not talking about donald trump, im talking about mayor bloomberg. Now they have a new member of the crew, mini mik
A matter of hours. Disneyland announcing it will shut down moments after the ncaa cancelled the biggest sporting event of the year march madness. And the enacts in free fall down more than 2300 points today, nearly 10 in one single day. One market watcher says were already in a recession. Another longtime market analyst calls the damage deep and profound. Americans want answers now more than ever. Which makes the white houses decision not to hold what has been a Daily Briefing with the nations top health experts, that much more disappointing and confounding. Nick watt is outfront. And nick in the span of 24 hours life as americans have known it has completely changed because of coronavirus. Absolutely, erin, changing by the hour. Let me give you a few of the latest updates weve got in ohio no more gatherings of 100 people or more. Same in utah, ohio also, every Single School closed for three weeks. The same happened in San Francisco. Maryland all the schools closed for a couple of week
Coast edition of the broadcast. And reaction continues pouring in following the acquittal late last night of George Zimmerman. After a jury said he was to the guilty of murdering trayvon martin, the president released a statement this afternoon saying in part, we are a nation of laws. And a jury has spoken. I now ask every american to respect the call for calm reflection from two parents who lost their young son. We have a series of reports this evening, beginning with Mark Strassmann in sanford, florida. We the jury find George Zimmerman not guilty. Reporter George Zimmerman was a free man. Behind him his wife shelly sobbed in relief, prosecutors sat ten feet away looking dazed. Attorneys mark omara and don west defended the verdict. We are ecstatic with the results. George zimmerman was never guilty of anything except protecting himself in selfdefense. Im thrilled that this jury kept this tragedy from becoming a travesty. Reporter prosecutor bernie de la rionda insisted zimmerman had