it was less than three weeks ago that we told those sweet parents we would get answers to all of their questions no matter where our quest for the truth led us. it is the search for justice for trayvon that has brought us to this moment. the team here with me has worked tirelessly. i want to introduce bernie delirionda and john guy, my top homicide prosecutors that will lead this investigation. with us also is jim madon from the florida department of law enforcement, dominic pate, one of our special agents in charge, our share riff, john rutherford and our undersheriff, duane centerfit. we appreciate so much all of their cooperation in this. i especially want to thank my two state attorney investigators t.c. olstein and dale gilbreath investigating homicides. allow me to take a moment to acknowledge our governor, rick scott, and his office. attorney general, pam bondy and her office along with our u.s. attorney, bill o neil for their continuing support and their support of th
stay in contact with me. more on how this dramatic announcement will impact the martin investigation in a few moments. back now to a defining day in the race for the white house. tonight, the only candidate to emerge as a long-term threat to governor romney is out of the race. in pennsylvania this afternoon, just a few hours after bringing his 3-year-old daughter home from the hospital, rick santorum called it quits. we we made the decision to get into this race at our kitchen table. and against all the odds. and we made a decision over the weekend that while this presidential race for us is over for me, and we will suspend our campaign effective today, we are not done fighting. joined now to break down this story, cnn political reporter peter ham british dana bash and jim acosta who is in gettysburg today for the big announcement. jim, let me start with you, you are in the room, family considerations, political considerations. in the end what were the decisive fact
we are getting new information on the trayvon martin investigation. let s go now to nbc news kerry sanders live in sanford, florida, with the latest. thanks for giving us an update. reporter: well, there was the possibility here that the special prosecutor could take this to a grand jury which is impaneled and meets tomorrow but she has now sent out an announcement she is not going to use that option, which means that the decision on charges or no charges will rest solely with her. that means that is there is no timetable, but it also means that tomorrow is not necessarily a day of significant importance because the grand jury is now off the table. she has been gathering evidence with the help of the florida department of law enforcement, reviewing the evidence that was gathered by the sanford police as well as the state attorney here, but of course, gathering much more information, much more evidence to determine whether florida s stand your ground law
election mode. they know they re behind right now. we see the strength of the obama ground game. that s what we hear. it s going to be bigger than 08. they ve been preparing for this. have you seen american crossroads, $300 million. they re already going up with ads criticizing president obama. what means more this is type of ground game or $300 million on tv. air war versus grassroots. something tells me the obama team will he have their share of ads to air both on networks and the web. after the break, new developments in the trayvon martin investigation. we ll have a live report on the details next. emily s just starting out. and on a budget.
courageous move. while an attorney for trayvon martin s family says the family is trying to have patience. north korea thumbing its nose at the world. any day now could launch this rocket which would violate a u.n. resolution. much of the world sees this as a possible test for a long-range missile that would be capable of reaching the united states. now south korea is warning that the north is trying to provoke an angry international reaction. it says that the north plans to use that reaction as an excuse to go ahead with a third nuclear test. 75 people were killed in syria today. just a day shy of the deadline for the government to pull its forces from cities across the country. now, the mounting death toll is dimming hopes that the assad regime is actually going to follow through with its pledge to withdraw. earlier we also saw clashes between rebel forces and syrian troops at the turkish border. republican presidential candidate newt gingrich says campaign front-runn