burning a flag is a symbol that expresses an idea. i hate the government. a rare interview on his interpretation of the constitution. it is a cnn exclusive. eye in the sky. drones over your neighborhood. new concerns this hour as congress starts asking questions. is this big brother or a necessary tool for police? social storm. chick-fil-a s president causing an uproar after his comments on gay marriage, saying he is, quote, guilty as charged when asked about his company s support of the traditional family. the biblical definition. the postings this morning on facebook and twitter blowing up both for and against chick-fil-a. plus, this. the nominations are in. now the question is, did your favorite show get the nod? i m nischelle turner live from the 64th annual primetime emmy nominations. cnn newsroom begins right now. good morning to you. thank you for being with us. i m carol costello. we begin today in bulgaria, still reeling from what the nation s interior
didn t have that gun? no, sir. you feel you would not be here? i feel that it was all god s plan and for me to second guess it or judge it is there anything you might do differently in retrospect now that time has passed a little bit? no, sir. joining us this morning criminal defense attorney, former prosecutor ann bremner is with us. thanks for being with us. nice to see you. clearly it was a friendly interview. how would you measure and gauge how he did? it was a friendly interview. i always think a closed mouth gathers no foot. i rarely regretted my silence, only my speech. he did a few things that will haunt him in a trial. number one, he apologized and then al sharpton apologize and had so should spike lee because they did something wrong, well, doesn t it follow that he apologized because he did something wrong? that s number one. number two, he said he didn t follow trayvon martin but he told the dispatcher he did and saying it was god s plan and he
found in sandwiches on delta planes flying into america. one passenger was hurt. this morning, find out what the airline is doing about it. big bus. two continents, three tons of cocaine, and 200 pounds of marijuana. it s happening right now. cnn will take you aboard that ship. caught on tape. a breathtaking rescue as a 7-year-old dancing on a third floor window air conditioning unit trips and falls. hear from the guy who caught her. and how would you like to lose a few pounds? a new weight loss pill is about to be approved. average weight loss, 23 pounds. we ll tell you who it s for and why there was such a fight to get it to your drug store. newsroom begins right now. and good morning. thank you so much for joining us this morning. i m carol costello. we begin with an ongoing investigation. after a food safety scare at 30,000 feet. we re talking about sewing needles found in sandwiches served on four separate delta flights. the planes were heading from amsterdam t
plus, why rapists in the military are getting away with it. a bay area congresswoman taking the air force on front and center. jackie spear calling for new hearings on what she calls abuse of power. this morning, she s in the newsroom. and hot, hot, hot. the summer sizzler in full effect this morning. dangerously high heat and humidity making it feel as hot as 110 degrees from virginia all the way to southern maine. so sit back, get out the fan, stay cool. newsroom starts right now. announcer: this is cnn breaking news. we do start with this breaking news. for the first time, we re seeing video of george zimmerman describing the play-by-play of what happened the night he shotted trayvon martin. overnight, his defense attorneys released several police interrogation tapes. in one of them, zimmerman is re-enacting the fight for investigators just a day after the shooting in february showing how he says trayvon martin repeatedly slammed his head into the sidewalk. in one ta
today, we filed an information charging george zimmerman with murder in the second degree. a capias has been issued for his arrest. with the filing of that information and the issuance of the capias he will have a right to appear in front of the magistrate in seminole county within 24 hours of his arrest and thus formal prosecution will begin. ms. corey would not talk about the details new or already known that led her to bring the charges. she said the decision was made last week, it was not driven she says by the national outcry. trayvon martin s killing has touched off. let me emphasize we do not prosecute by public pressure or by petition. we prosecute based on the facts of any given case as well as the laws of the state of florida. well, the first few words out of angela corey s mouth were the names of trayvon martin s parents. they watched the news from washington and spoke briefly tonight. first of all, i want to say thank god. amen. [ applause ] we simpl