police. i think that s going to be a big question for this jury. you were in a car, put it in drive, got out of there and then call a cop rather than take out a weapon and put eight shots into a car killing one person. reporter: the case is already being compared to another florida case in which a neighborhood watchman, george zimmerman, shot and killed an unarmed black teenager, trayvon martin. zimmerman was acquitted claiming it was in self-defense. cnn s tori dunnan joins me along with joey jackson and paul callan. welcome to all of you. good morning. what do we know about the make-up of the jury? so, carol, this is really interesting. right now we re looking at a group of 16. we re talking about 12 jurors and four alternates. but the judge so far has not made it immediate clear who the jurors are and who the alternates are. so we talk about this. we re looking at the whole picture. we ll get more information as the day goes on as to exactly
some people are drawing parallels between this case and the george zimmerman trial because of the race factor. but as cnn s tori dunnan explains, this case is difference. reporter: november 2012. authorities say it began with a fight over loud music at a jacksonville, florida, gas station and ended with 17-year-old jordan davis shot and killed. i do not wish this on any parent. reporter: flash forward to february 2014. the trial now under way for 47-year-old software developer michael dunn. charged with first-degree murder and three counts of attempted murder. dunn s pleaded not guilty claiming self-defense in the shooting death of the unarmed teen. during the police interrogation, dunn told investigators he asked davis and three other teens who were parked next to him at a jacksonville gas station to turn down their music. then he says he heard threats from the teens and saw a gun in their car. the guy that was in the back was getting really agitated.
you didn t engage in any illegality, stay, call the police and state your case at that time. you know, carol, not only did he flee. he was they were going to st. augustine to a bedth in breakfast and they ordered pizza afterwards. certainly doesn t sound like a man who was in reasonable fear. i also he fired four shots into the suv. then the suv took off. he fired at least four more shots into the fleeing vehicle. as the vehicle left, how do you have a claim that you are in fear of your life? so i think that the dunn self-defense claim is going to be a difficult sell to a jury in florida. i know cnn s tori dunnan will continue following this. thanks, tory and joey jackson and paul callan. still to come, a bit of a roller coaster ride on wall street this week. and twitter getting slammed. christine romans is in new york for us. good morning. carol, a positive start for stocks. but, boy, oh, boy. twitter is having a lousy morning, down 20%.
and she said, you know, if you don t move ahead, we won t be able to help you. well, we ve barely gotten any money. what they want me to do with the governor s pressuring me to do, like, i can t do that. i have no choice but to come forward and share what s happening. cnn s tori dunnan is live in new jersey, and chris christie is singing to the republican choir so to speak there in florida. what s happening inside this exclusive fund-raising event? and any sign that christie s troubles back home are chasing him in florida? reporter: so, martin, you mentioned, of course, this is in front of a republican crowd, so, obviously, it might be a friendly reception, although there are probably some people inside the fund-raisers who do have some questions for chris christie. on the agenda today, three different fund-raisers, two for florida governor rick scott and wund for the republican governor s association, all in different parts of the state. we caught up with a woman inside the fund-r
british citizens have been killed after a suicide bomber and gunmen attacked a restaurant in kabul, afghanistan friday. nine foreigners and eight afghans were also killed. the taliban took responsibility and said it was payback for an air strike this week that killed civilians. security forces killed the gunmen in a shootout. back in this country, governor chris christie is in florida raising cash for his fellow gop governors. it s part of his new role as head of the republican governors association. but the controversy in his state of new jersey might still upstage his visit. tori dunnan is in orlando where it s christie s first time out of state since the bridge scandal broke. does he try to shake it off, stay on the defense or is it a nonissue while he s touring the sunshine state?