george zimmerman has just launched a website to plead his innocence and ask for donations in his defense. the website has been going offline all day because presumably it can t handle all the traffic. a statement from zimmerman, as a result of the incident and subsequent media coverage, i ve been forced to leave my home, my school, my employer, my family, and ultimately my entire life. he goes on, i have created a paypal account solely linked on this website, as i would like to provide an avenue to thank my supporters personally, and ensure that any funds provided are used only for living expenses and legal defense in lieu of my forced inability to maintain employment. and on this website, is signed george zimmerman, multiple sources have told cnn this is his website. in the meantime tonight, all eyes are on the special prosecutor in florida, angela corey. she made news today announcing she would not convene a grand jury in the shooting death of the florida teenager. she s sa
for erin burnett. outfront tonight, breaking news. george zimmerman, the man who shot 17-year-old trayvon martin has just launched a website to plead his innocence and ask for donations for his defense. here it is. the website has been going offline repeatedly today because presumably it can t handle all the traffic. it includes a statement from zimmerman. i ll read part of it for you. quote, as a result of the incident and subsequent media coverage, i have been forced to leave my home, my school, my employer, my family and ultimately my entire life. he goes on, quote, i have created a paypal account solely linked on this website as i would like to provide an avenue to thank my supporters personally and ensure that any funds provided are used only for living expenses and legal defense in lieu of my forced inability to maintain employment. on this website, it is signed george zimmerman. multiple sources have told cnn this is his website. meantime, tonight all eyes are on the s
the face you re making. just saying good morning. i like it. i like it. working on my impression. i have to work on my mug for the camera. it s called being happy to be here in the morning. we used to call it the nightline nod, nod at the camera. nod at the camera. let s start with this trayvon martin investigation. there s new videotape. have you seen it? i have not seen it. you ll get a chance to see it this morning. it s from abc news. george zimmerman gets out of the patrol car they brought him in the night of the shooting. we ve talked a lot about george zimmerman and around george zimmerman and his friends have come up to talk about what he has said happened. but now to take a look at what he looks like on this videotape and also to try to match some of those zripg descriptions that a is amazing. trayvon s mother spoke as well. she said her reaction to see in this videotape was pretty amazing. take a look. this video is the icing on the cake. this is
the story and she has a live report. the u.s. soldier accused of killing 16 afghan civilians will meet with his lawyer for the first time today. staff sergeant robert bales arrived at ft. leavenworth, kansas, a military prison over the weekend. in afghanistan, people are outraged and now there is speculation u.s. troops may be leaving the country even sooner. officials in france are warning jewish organizations to be vigilant because a killer could be targeting jews. today a gunman opened fire on a jewish school, killing four people. it is the third shooting in the area in just ten days by a man riding a motor bike. police say the cases may be releted. threat of severe weather again today in the midwest. photographers caught this thin white funnel cloud touching down in oklahoma. severe storms roared through the area over the weekend. officials think several tornadoes touched down. think about this. schools giving free condoms to kids as young as 12 years old. the spr
okay, well that s kind of a bold prediction in a state where recent polling shows him trailing governor mitt romney by a few points. governor romney may have found added momentum with his win, he captured 83% of the vote, all 20 delegates. rick santorum was not able to garner much support. his own camp admitted damage was done when he told a local newspaper speaking english should be a requirement for puerto row coto gain state hood. rick santorum has a consistent show and when he went to puerto rico and took a locally unpopular it s hard to get through it. shocking. mitt romney on the other hand switched another of his positions to gain favor in puerto rico saying puerto ricans shouldn t have to learn english if they want to become a state. romney has twice as many delegates as any other candidates. tally he stands at 518 for governor romney. senator santorum with 239, newt gingrich has 139 and ron paul has 69 delegates for that congressman. so we re going to get