trevan martin was shot and killed by a neighborhood watch volunteer. the gunman claiming it was self-defense. gun advocates say the 911 calls from some witnesses prove otherwise and they are using them as ammunition in a new attack on the national rifle association. trace gallagher joins me live from los angeles with more on this. trace. reporter: martha, we just confirmed the department of justice is monitoring this case and will send representatives to florida this week. this happened in sanford florida 20 miles outside of orlando. the 17-year-old was visiting his dad there, walking back from a convenience store he bought a can of ice tea and some skittles. it was raining and dark, wearing a hooded sweatshirt. 28-year-old george simmer man is the selfappointed neighborhood watch captain. he was in his car when he spotted the teen. he called the nonemergency dispatch number, listen. this guy looks like he s up to no good or he s on drugs or
gave us scenario for the past couple of days they heard compelling 911 calls from the students and the teachers, now we have a much better idea how the police responded to those calls, how they jumped into action when they learned that shots had been fired. listen to the police radio tapes. shooter chardon high school. cafeteria so far. we are still getting information. i have a caller on the phone saying three students shot in the cafeteria. no idea where the shooter is. information i m getting is that there is one student by the name of thomas lynn. i m sorry thomas lane last seen in the cafeteria. i m speaking with the teacher here. he said he chased suspect out 10 minutes ago. back in 2010, police in chardon actually trained for an active shooter being at chardon high school. shep? shepard: trace gallagher live in los angeles. just so everybody is clear, the prosecutor in this case has said from the very
was the same strip stranded off the coast of san diego for three days because of a fire room an engine room fire, shep. shepard: speaking of stranded, i mentioned the other cruise ship stranded out in the middle of the sea somewhere where the pirates hang out, what s up with that? it s in the middle of the ocean in the middle of the night and the costa allegra is pitch black right now. the french have a fishing vessel which is almost there to offer a little bit of help. the major help was not going to arrive for at least 12 hours. talking about the tug boats that are going to go bring this boat back. the ship is adrift off the coast of as it san knee a in the pirate zone. there is military anti-pirate team on board the ship to protect against that. the ship still does have full radio control but for the 1100 passengers and crew, you might imagine it could be a very long night at sea, shep. shepard: trace gallagher live in los angeles.
so, this time it s a cancer drug. next time it might be your high blood pressure medication. dr. manny says you have to beware. make sure that if you have a question if the pills don t look right to you, you go back to the pharmacist and you say, look, all my pills have been pink, now i m getting yellow pills. is this a new medication? did you give me the right medication? you have to be very proactive. we should also note that counterfeiting is also very prevalent, shep, in over-the-counter medication as well. trace gallagher live in los angeles. trace, thanks. iran today dished out some new threats as it celebrated what it called a major milestone for its nuclear program. according to iranian state television mahmoud ahmadinejad placed iran s first homemade fuel rod into what it calls a research reactor. a fuel rod is tube that can movl certain types of nuclear
confirmed martian rocks on earth. millions of years ago something smashed into mars sending fragments hurling into space, and occasionally some of them fall to earth. and a new warning now for people who rely way too much on their headphones. a new study finds pedestrians who are regularly plugged into electronics are now three times more likely to die. trace gallagher live in los angeles. trace? reporter: you know, megyn, it was an emergency room doctor from the university of maryland medical center who decided to conduct this study after a local teenager was killed by a train. the teen was wearing headphones and never made any attempt to get out of the way of the train even though the train s horn was sounding. so the doctor gathered some other researchers, they went back and looked between 2004 and 2011, and they found 116 different incidents of people who were hit by trains and other vehicles while wearing headphones. 116.