toss the head set fell. zimmerman says he was acting in self-defense and has never been arrested or charged, but martin s family and their many supporters claim that racial bias in the shooting and the investigation. so now the fbi has stepped in and the justice department has opened a civil rights investigation. cnn legal analyst sunny hostin joining me now with more on all of this. why don t we go ahead and start with trayvon s cell phone friend. i understand you actually have a copy of her sworn affidavit. give us the details, sunny. we ll kind of unfold the conversation from there. good morning, kyra. i do not have a copy though of the sworn affidavit but i did speak to one of the martin family attorneys this morning for at least half an hour, and she and i discussed this phone call. apparently trayvon martin on that night had been trading phone calls with a 16-year-old friend, a girl, and as they traded phone calls, one of the last phone calls, w was at abou 7:04. tr
fbi investigating the death of trayvon martin. some people are outraged the watch captain that shot the unarmed 17 year old is not facing charges. george zimmerman said it was in self-defense and police say there is no evidence to refute that. new outrage over the pat downs at the airport because of this youtube video showing a screener patting down a 3-year-old boy in a wheelchair. the boy s father shot the video about two years ago but he s just now sharing it saying he became enraged all over again after coming across it over the weekend. on this first day of spring, we re seeing more severe weather. oklahoma, heavy rain is causing problems. forecasters say flash floods are possible in oklahoma and surrounding states and in texas, a tornado touches down 30 miles from san antonio. there s report of damages and injuries and one person remains unaccounted for. denver broncos are in final contract talks with peyton manning. if the broncos sign the nfl s top free agent qu
we re only a day away from a crucial primary that could determine where this republican marathon is headed. fresh off a run away win in puerto rico, mitt romney is now looking to score big in illinois. rick santorum needs a strong showing as he tries to deny romney the nomination. the two rivals have long since taken off the gloves, but now they have put on some brass knuckles as well. our national correspondent jim accosta is in chicago with the very latest. the top two gop contenders are practicing their own brand of chicago style politics on this day before the illinois primary and both rick santorum and mitt romney are proving to be untouchable. reporter: the battle for the gop nomination has come to illinois and in the land of lincoln the republican party is a house divided in an uncivil war of words. i m somewhat experienced in the economy, i m not an economic light weight. president obama is. we re not going to be successful replacing an economic light weight wit