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self-serving. no nonsense and fast talker. inside look at the former vietnam vet presiding over the case today and healing the community. sanford this morning watches and waits as they pull together and try to move forward. newsroom begins right now. we want to take you right now to the criminal justice center in sanford, florida, to courtroom 5-d. we expect george zimmerman, the man who shot and killed trayvon martin, to walk into the courtroom any time. with him will be his attorney, mark o mara handling this case pro bono asking the judge to post bond and to walk free heunl his second-degree murder case goes to trial. angela corey will fight to keep zimmerman in custody until trial. corey is known for her vigorous prosecutions and as you know, it was she at the florida governor s request to take zimmerman to trial. i don t need to tell you this is an emotionally charged case and the world will be watching this bond hearing. joining me this morning is criminal ....
in lower manhattan. they re hoping to find etan patz, america s first milk carton kid, a 6-year-old who disappeared over 30 years ago while walking to the bus stop for the first time alone. more fallout from the secret service prostitution xand wills, the identifies of two supervisors who lost their jobs have been made public. in washington, growing calls for more firings. it s a stunning thing. it s actually disgusting. ahead, why the secret service scandal has sarah palin speaking up. flight fright. a flock of birds forces an emergency landing. we lost our right engine due to the ingestion of birds. a passenger captures that moment of impact that could have turned into a very real disaster. we re going to get some more information on that. definitely. meantime in just a few hours george zimmerman will be in a florida courtroom seeking his freedom at a bond hearing. s been in jail since he was charged with murder in the trayvon martin shooting. today f ....
good evening. it is 10:00 on the east coast. we begin keeping them honest with president obama doing what presidents do in election years with proposals they know will win votes and don t have the votes to pass in congress. they try to pass them anyway even if they expect them to fail. sometimes, especially, if they expect them to fail to make a point. two examples tonight. one in texas and one on gas prices which the president appears to be doing with just a couple weeks ago he mocked. this has been going on for years now. every time prices start to go up, especially in an election year, politicians dust off their three-point plans for $2 gas. president obama, that was march 15th mocking challenger newt gingrich. today he wasn t promising $2 a gallon gas or dusting off a three-point plan. he did unveil a five-point plan to lower prices by cracking down on speculators. we can t afford a situation where speculators artificially manipulate markets by buying up oil ....
point. two examples tonight. one in texas and one on gas prices which the president appears to be doing with just a couple weeks ago he mocked. this has been going on for years now. every time prices start to go up, especially in an election year, politicians dust off their three-point plans for $2 gas. president obama, that was march 15th mocking challenger newt gingrich. today he wasn t promising $2 a gallon gas or dusting off a three-point plan. he did unveil a five-point plan to lower prices by cracking down on speculators. we can t afford a situation where speculators artificially manipulate markets by buying up oil, creating the perception of a shortage and driving prices higher only to flip it for a quick profit. we can t afford a situation where some speculators can reap millions while millions of families get the shortened of the stick. it is not the way the market should work. keeping them honest, not even his own advisers could say how it would affect ....
and good evening, everyone. i m erin burnett outfront tonight. the senate voting right now on the buffett rule. senate democrats called for a vote on the so-called buffett rule today. it is one of the president s election year priorities. it calls for people who earn a million dollars in adjusted gross income to pay a minimum tax rate of 30%. now, the left-leaning group moveon.org was chick to jump into the debate. target number one, mitt romney. when the wealthiest 1% pay a fair tax rate like the rest of us, it keeps the american dream alive for everyone. so tell mitt romney are cute. 1% fat cats that won t pay their fair share? not so much. okay. we did the math, though, and the buffett rule doesn t add up to keeping the american dream alive. it would raise about $4.7 billion a year in revenue. one-half of 1% of $901 million. that s the president s forecasted budget deficit for 2013. already those who earn over $1 million in this country pay a greater share of the ....