teen trayvon martin. he says his concern is for the boy s grieving parents. my main message is to the parents of trayvon martin. you know, if i had a son he d look like trayvon. meanwhile, more protests are planned in cities across the nation today. last night thousands rallied in sanford. that s the central florida town where martin was killed. protesters are calling for the arrest of the shooter, neighborhood watch captain george zimmerman. zimmerman says he acted in self-defense. 17 counts of murder, those are the main charges expected today for army staff sergeant robert bales. he is the m.a.s.american soldie accused in the killing of afghan civilians, most of them women and children. bales remains locked up at ft. leavenworth. the rutgers university student convicted of spying on his gay roommate says he wasn t trying to intimidate him. a jury convicted dharun ravi of bias intimidation and invasion of praf si ivacy in the case of clementi. ravi says he doesn t th
the shooter is still a free man. the family says it was murder. that and more right here right now on cnn. good evening. i m don lemon. we are going to begin with a developing story that is a turning point for the u.s. led mission in afghanistan and could start bringing our men and women there home much sooner than thought. the tragic story of army staff sergeant bales. his attorney has arrived to prepare for the first meeting with clients. bales is suspected of killing 16 afghanistan civilians. dan, let s start with bales attorney. what is the latest on his arrival? reporter: this story has been advancing over the weekend. remember for several days we had no idea the name of the suspect while the military kept his name secret. now we know he is robert bales and a portrait has emerged of him. he has an attorney, a prominent lawyer here in the seattle community. he has taken on high profile cases in the past. he represented serial killer ted bundy. he got to kansas, was go
reporter: in afghanistan, u.s. military officials tell nbc news they ve paid about $50,000 each to the familyings of the dead and $11,000 to the wounded. i any more than anything, it s to swage our oun guilt that this is happening. to some, it s not about the money. money will not satisfy us, he says. bales attorney tells us that the deadly rampage was carried out in two waves, allegedlily returning to base after the first attack and then slipped out again. that was nbc reporting there. here is your first look at