which is the reverend al sharpton s network, and he, again, led this rally here in new york city at 1 police plaza. this rally comes exactly a week after a florida jury acquitted george zimmerman in the murder of trayvon martin, and ever since then, fredricka, as you well know, there has been outrage. there have been protests. most of them peaceful across the country, and commentary from everyone from trayvon martin s family to george zimmerman s family, to the president himself, who said poignantly yesterday, trayvon martin could have been me 35 years ago. alina cho, thank you. keep us abreast out of manhattan. and now from trayvon martin s father is, at that rally. you had an opportunity to talk with him earlier? reporter: hey, fred. how are you? the rally wrapped up. it took about two hours for
than 100 cities will embark on what they re calling national justice for trayvon day. protesters want the justice department to bring a federal civil rights case against george zimmerman. the mabn acquitted a week ago today in the murder trial over trayvon martin. cnn reporters are on the ground in several of those cities. let s start in new york where trayvon martin s mother sa bryb fulton and his younger brother are expected to join protesters. reporter: good morning. you re right sabrina full ton and her son will be along the headliners at today s protests. this is one of just about 100 rallies across the country organized by the national action network led by the reverend al sharpton. sharpton is expected to lead today s rally here in new york at 1 police plaza. it s due to get under way at about noon eastern time. sharpton and others will be calling on the justice
don? nick, thank you very much. and alina cho is here in new york. tell us what people rallying in new york and the bronx are demanding here today. reporter: don, i can tell you at this rally here at 1 police plaza in new york city, the keynote speaker was sybrina fulton trayvon martin s mother, but make no mistake it was hard to ignore two of the biggest stars on the planet who were also on hand to lend their support. we re talking about beyonce and jay-z. the two superstars did not make any remarks, but they didn t have to. the reverend al sharpton even had proof they were here, he instagramed a photo of him and the two superstars and sybrina fulton. hundreds of people were here on hand today chanting no justice, no peace. of course, this is 1 of more than 100 such protests across the country. today sybrina fulton called trayvon a child. she said he was just carrying a drink and candy and vowed today, don, that she would work for trayvon but said i will work for
surprise. just a couple of minutes ago, beyonce and jay-z arrived at this rally here at 1 police plaza in new york city. of course, sybrina fulton, the mother of trayvon martin, due to be the headliner. there are traditional headliners now, we are hearing both beyonce and jay-z will take to the podium and give remarks today. from what i can tell behind me, a couple of hundred people appear to be here at this rally today. of course, it is one of more than 100 across the city that is planned by the national action network led by the reverend al sharpton. we understand that sharpton and sybrina fulton along with her surviving son are on their way down to this rally rig now. due to arrive at any moment and, of course, we will bring you more on this as they come and take to the podium later today. fredricka? we ll check back with you. thanks so much, alina cho in new york. the nation s capital now
yes we have no information, miss. that s the trouble. as we get information later in the day, 1 police plaza will be happy to put it out. we don t want to speculate. we do know the number of people shot, and we do know the victim is dead and that the perpetrator is dead. yes, sir? reporter: where was the construction worker? do we know who he is? is he the hero? joe. we all use the word hero. he did what he should have done. when he saw something, he said something and turned it over to the professionals, an that s that. we don t know. there s speculation that that s what happened, but we do know we have on tape the perpetrator pulled his gun out and tried to shoot at the cops. whether he got off any bullets or not, to be determined. how many he shot earlier, to be determined. we do know that the cops fired back.