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he still won 11 states and 281 delegates which proves how much even republicans don't like mitt romney. well, we'll talk about that and a whole lot more on the "full court press." but first, let's get the latest here with today's current tv news update out in los angeles jacki schechner. good morning jacki. >> good morning, bill. good morning everyone. rick santorum has dropped out of the race for the g.o.p. presidential nomination but he leaves some work behind for mitt romney. santorum put a lot of emphasis on his conservative stance on social issues that leaves a void for romney to fill. he has to figure out how to do so without alienating moderate republicans and independents. i may feel pressure to find a running mate who can help him win over santorum's core supporters. santorum hasn't said specifically why he dropped out but it is a combination of his daughter's illness, low funds and the recognition that another big loss in pennsylvania following his loss to bob casey in 2006 will put him in a tough spot to run again for any political office down the line. newt gingrich and ron paul welcome the news that santorum's delegates are up for grabs. newt gingrich reaffirming his commitment to continue to run at least until the convention in tampa. and wrong paul saying he's now the one true conservative left in the race. newt gingrich is making news for money problems. i love this story. his campaign bounced a check for $500 in utah. the salt lake tribune said he was trying to get on the ballot for the june 26th primary there and his campaign bounced that $500 check. they have to make it up in nine days or it's not going to happen. president obama back in d.c. still talking about the buffett rule and then he'll meet with the secretary of defense this afternoon and attend another fund-raiser at the w. join us in chat. we're back right after the break. if you have copd like i do you know how hard it can be to breathe and what that feels like. copd includes chronic bronchitis and emphysema. spiriva helps control my copd symptoms by keeping my airways open a full 24 hours. plus, it reduces copd flare-ups. spiriva is the only once-daily inhaled copd maintenance treatment that does both. and it's steroid-free. spiriva does not replace fast-acting inhalers for sudden symptoms. tell your doctor if you have kidney problems glaucoma, trouble urinating, or an enlarged prostate. these may worsen with spiriva. discuss all medicines you take, even eye drops. stop taking spiriva and seek immediate medical help if your breathing suddenly worsens your throat or tongue swells you get hives, vision changes or eye pain, or problems passing urine. other side effects include dry mouth and constipation. nothing can reverse copd. spiriva helps me breathe better. does breathing with copd weigh you down? ask your doctor if spiriva can help. as i understand it in radio they can't see you, so this is big for me. >>tv and radio talk show host stephanie miller rounds out current's new morning news block. >>it's completely inappropriate for television. >>sharp tongue, quick wit and about all, politically direct. >>politically direct to me means no bs, the real thing, cutting through the clutter. my show is the most important show in the world. >> announcer: broadcasting across the nation on your radio and on current tv, this is the "bill press show". >> bill: rick santorum throws in the towel! because he didn't want to lose pennsylvania. and get egg all over his face. hey, what do you say? good to see you today. good morning everybody. and welcome. welcome to the "full court press." here we go on this wednesday april 11. of looking forward to tackling the big issues of the day for the next three hours on sirius x.m. on your local progressive talk radio station wherever you happen to be in this great land of ours and on current tv. thank you for joining us. lots to talk about today. we've got rick santorum dropping out of the race. got mitt romney once again showing how rich he is. president obama campaigning again yesterday for the buffett rule and the miami marlins making a stupid, stupid decision to suspend their manager for a few games. man, we've got lots to cover today. we'll get right to it and we'll take your calls as we say we always -- in our little town hall every morning, we have a seat at the table for you. you're part of the conversation. if you can't be here physically in studio, just give us a call at 866-5 55-press. bill press here. ready to serve you as well as team press peter augburn. >> peter henning. >> hi, there. >> hi, there. >> and cyprian bolling our videographer. >> i'm here. >> i think i can hear through the door. >> how many horses do you own? >> about 12. >> what kind? >> dressage horses. >> of course. >> i have stallions. >> i think they're called lipizzaner. >> that's right. >> how do you not know? >> i have so many. >> he has a special breed they're called zipperzanner. >> it is a strange conversation. one that i've never really had either. i've never had a conversation about my friends who own nascar teams. i've never had a conversation about my friends who own nfl teams. i've never had a conversation about the new car elevator i'm putting in my mansion. >> oh, darn, i was going to ask you if you had any information on that. >> i don't have information on how many cadillacs dan drives. i've never had a conversation about making $374,000 in speaking fees and not much money. and i sure as hell, mitt romney, have never had a conversation as he had with john hannity about the kind of -- by the way fancy horse -- this is not a plow horse, this is not a horse you get for your kid to learn how to ride. what kind of expensive damn horses, carol might have but here's mitt romney. >> it is important to point out this is off-camera. this is how mitt romney talks when he's just having a conversation. >> bill: he's going to have an interview -- sean hannity is going to interview him. they're in vegas. while they're chatting getting ready for the interview this is what he talks about. >> so, she's like okay i've gone four straight weeks. we've not been home in four weeks. christmas was the last time we were home. she said i've got to get some time on the horse. and away from you. >> february -- what kind of horses do you have? >> she has austrian warm bloods. it is a dressage horse. >> i have a missouri foxtrotter. it is like a quarter horse. it moves very fast. the and doesn't tire. and it is easy to ride. it is smooth. >> bill: this is such an out-of-this-world conversation. this guy -- >> this is small talk. >> bill: and he thinks he can identify with the middle class of america? you know with average working guys? have that kind of a conversation? it is like they're comparing their corporate jets. i mean seriously. >> i understand a lot of you people are hurting. some of you only have mississippi foxtrotters. >> bill: i want you to know, australian warm bloods are a lot better than australian cold bloods. >> if we're talking dressage horses here, you're right. >> bill: they're much smoother to ride. >> they have a much smoother gait. >> bill: he's not part of the 1%. he's part of the .0001%. can't wait for this campaign to get started. we've got -- such a great line-up for you today. joe rome is the -- one of the world's leading experts on global warming climate change with the center for american progress going to be here with us in about 20 minutes from now. one of the leading teamsters of the country, ken hall will be here to talk about the buffett rule and very proud to say that a member of the president's cabinet, labor secretary hilda solis will be right here in studio with us to talk jobs. you want to know about jobs? get right to the top! that's what we do here on the "full court press." but first -- >> announcer: this is the "full court press." >> on this wednesday, other headlines making news -- it is wednesday. the manager of the miami marlins baseball team apologized for saying he loves fidel castro. ozzy guillen said those words. he said he's very sorry and that things may have gotten lost in translation as he was speaking spanish at the time and he meant he was impressed that the cuban leader was still alive after all of these years with many people trying to take him down. still, the marlins have suspended guillen without pay for five games. he says he respects his decision. money is the last thing he's thinking about. >> bill: this is a cowardly part on the marlins they're afraid of the cuban community just like every president has been afraid of the cuban-american community in miami. it is a disgrace that they suspended him. what's wrong with saying you admire the fact that fidel castro has outlasted every american president? and the stupid boycott we have, i'm sorry. >> it is your show holmes. what are we going to do? >> bill: i know. let me just finish that then. >> please. >> bill: that boycott we've had of cuba since john f. kennedy did it stupidly in 1962 hasn't worked and we said it is a time we weren't going to deal with cuba until fidel castro died. guess what! he's still alive. you have to admire something about that old fart, you know? all right, go ahead. >> we're learning more of the guests names that will be appearing at the april 28th white house correspondents dinner. abc is bringing cast members of its hit show "modern family." sofia vergara, jesse tyler ferguson julie bowen and aaron stonestreet and lawrence from the hunger games. anna paquin and glee's darren. >> bill: they have a lot to do with the white house right? not. for the record, i'm bringing as my guest play the fanfare -- >> drumroll. >> bill: all right. i'm bringing as my guest, jennifer granholm. host of "the war room." eliot spitzer, host of "viewpoint." chenk uygur, host of "the young turks." >> all who cover politics. >> at least have something to do with the dinner. >> you sure you didn't want to get somebody famous, like a famous celebrity? >> and former today show host is not happy about nbc having sarah palin on the program as cohost. bryant gumbel hosted the program for 15 years. he spoke with the daily saying he was embarrassed by the network's decision to have her on. gumbel said gone is the era where hosts were judged by their interview to interview and report. now, that's secondary to just being popular. >> if bryant were there this never would have happened. >> you're right. >> classy guy. thank you. >> bill: where to start. where i would like to start today, that's on the latest out of florida. we cannot lose track of this trayvon martin case because first of all there's such an outrageous crime that was committed. there is such injustice in this case so far. but things are moving. want you to know about the latest and get your comments. what do you think it means at 866-55-press. two things yesterday. we talked yesterday about the fact that the special prosecutor in the case, angela cory had said she was not going to convene a grand jury. we talked about that. yesterday on top of that, she said that she will have a major announcement in this case within the next 72 hours. obviously she's got some new information. we don't know what that announcement is going to be. she's been into the case now for the last couple of weeks at least. full time boogie. she's just said she'll have a major announcement within 72 hours. that could happen today. the second thing that happened is george zimmerman has really started acting wacky. done some crazy things. nobody knows where he is. the police say they have no idea where he is. his attorneys say they have no idea where he is. his father does not know where he is. says he doesn't at any rate. zimmerman has left town. left the state. not in touch with anybody number one. at the same time he has posted a web site, this web site where he's asking for donations and where he complains that this whole thing has been so hard on him. he says on his web site, i quote here "as a result of the incident and subsequent media conversation, i have been forced to leave my home, my school, my employer my family and ultimately, my entire life." give me a freaking break! he's still got his life. trayvon martin doesn't have his life. what the hell does this guy think he's getting away with? this is so upset. you're lucky you still have a life, you douche bag! number three, he's been making phone calls. he's called from wherever he is. he called the special prosecutor. he called angela corey and wanted to talk to her. he's nuts. she wouldn't talk to him without his attorneys present. and then he also called sean hannity. oh, what a quink a dink. he calls fox news. he knows, man, he's going to get a sympathetic ear from sean hannity. he knows fox news will help paint him as a hero. so, he reaches out to hannity and hannity, there was this rumor on hannity last night on his tv show confirmed he had this conversation. >> one of the reasons that was cited during the press conference was an alleged conversation that george zimmerman had with me. before we continue tonight, i want to set the record straight about a couple of things. now, for a few weeks, we have been pursuing an interview with mr. zimmerman to give him a chance to tell his side of the story. yesterday, i was contacted by an individual that we, in fact, believe was george zimmerman. he reached out to me. we spoke on the phone about his case. i agreed not to report on the contents of that conversation. that's it. >> bill: so, zimmerman calls sean hannity and then the third thing is this is, i think loaded with meaning. george zimmerman, the two attorneys representing him said they were dropping the case. they were walking out. they would no longer represent george zimmerman. craig sonar, first of all, one of the two partners made the announcement. >> they're withdrawing his counsel for mr. zimmerman. we've lost contact with him. up until this point, we've had contact every day. he's gone on his own. i'm not sure what he's doing or who he's talking to. >> bill: lost contact. he wouldn't talk to them. he called -- and then hal urich the other partner pointed out, again, going back to this phone call, he made to the prosecutor without telling them. >> we heard today that george had contacted the were prosecutor's office directly. one of the thing every defense attorney tells his client is don't talk to the prosecutors or the cops. frankly, don't talk to anybody until we get control of the situation and do it through counsel. >> bill: what do you think it means when his attorneys say they'll no longer represent him? i think there's a lot more to it than the fact that they haven't talked to him. i think there is a lot more to it than he moved out of town. i think there's a lot more than the fact that he called sean hannity or called the special prosecutor. i think they know that this guy's whole story is built on sand. that it is bogus. it is phony. they know that they could never win this case! they could never defend this guy because he's guilty as sin. that's what it tells me. they know something that we don't know and we'll know it soon enough. 866-55-press. george zimmerman's attorneys drop the case. what's it all mean? >> announcer: this is the "bill press show," live on your radio and current tv. >> we don't stop until we get answers that are truthful, serious, and not based on simplistic answers. >>we're here because we're independent. really? yeah, i'd like that. who are you talking to? uh, it's jake from state farm. sounds like a really good deal. jake from state farm at three in the morning. who is this? it's jake from state farm. what are you wearing jake from state farm? [ jake ] uh... khakis. she sounds hideous. well she's a guy, so... [ male announcer ] another reason more people stay with state farm. get to a better state. ♪ ♪ >>just refreshing to hear. no other television show does that. we're keeping it real. >> announcer: this is the "bill press show." >> bill: 25 minutes after the hour. we'll talk climate change next. right now, we're talking about the fact, astounding, stunning development in the trayvon martin case where george zimmerman's attorneys said we don't want to represent this guy anymore. he's gotten too crazy for us. what do they know that we don't know. levon is calling from atlanta georgia. >> caller: hey, hey. okay, let me tell you what i think. i think they're all crazy. i think his lawyers were manipulated by george zimmerman. he used them to seek and engage what his chances might be of innocence and because he sees he's going to be considered guilty in this he's running and there is no way that this man who acted this irrational right now acted rationale with a gun in his hand chasing a 17-year-old boy probably 100 feet from his house. >> bill: good point. look at his behavior that we know about before this incident and yeah, look at his behavior today and say this is the guy who very calmly did what he had to do? yeah baloney right? >> caller: mr. press, let me tell you something. >> bill: go ahead. >> caller: i'm going to tell you i do not believe in george zimmerman in this situation. how can you stand your ground when you're not even on your ground. you're 100 feet away from this child's house. he's standing his ground. you can't go into a shark-infested water and claim you got attacked by sharks. >> bill: right. again, levon, he got out of the car. he was told not to. he pursued him. he was told not to. he had a gun and the neighborhood watch people aren't supposed to have a gun. look, i'm not a lawyer. i don't even think the stand your ground law would apply in this case. i don't think it applies in this case. levon, good to hear from you. william is out in santa clarita california. good morning on the west coast. >> caller: yes, good morning. he's clearly running. and can you hear me? >> bill: yes, you're on. go ahead. >> caller: yeah, he's clearly running and i mean the stand your ground thing it is like when john lennon got stop and killed. it sounds like the same thing. i mean, you know, he went out and looked for him and he killed him. >> bill: i'm not sure it is the same thing in this case but i do think -- from what we've seen of the facts george zimmerman was not in any danger. if he was, it was only because he put himself in danger. but still, he had a gun and the other kid did not. he weighed 100 pounds more than he did and the kid was on his property as levon pointed out on his ground. george zimmerman was not. if there is anybody who was an intruder in this case, it was george zimmerman under the mask of the neighborhood watch. i'll telling you, these attorneys know a lot. they know more than we know. they know something we don't know. they know this dude is guilty! >> announcer: this is the "bill press show." the ted conference held here every year in southern california is an event designed to bring the brightest minds in the world together to share their most powerful, influential and creative ideas. the speakers share a common goal, making the world a better, smarter place through innovation, technology and the power of big ideas. nearly 300 years ago, the italian physicist alessandro volta accidentally discovered what we now call the battery. the device consisted of two different metals attached to a frog's leg. when he applied a spark, the frog's leg moved. nowadays, batteries are essential components of our everyday lives. but mit's dr. sadoway is working on the next big leap forward, with something he calls a liquid battery. the liquid battery can make power plants more efficient and allow us to use renewable energy even when the sun isn't shining or the wind isn't blowing. sadoway's battery works like a traditional one. but inside it, everything is liquid. so it can be scaled up to 400 times the size of a traditional battery. just as revolutionary as

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