circumstances. and then, battered by personal tragedy, the redemption. a new man, a new life. stealing the show in the hangover. mike tyson, raw and ready for the next round. a primetime exclusive. this is piers morgan tonight. let s get straight to the big story, trayvon martin. an exclusive interview with robert zimmerman whose brother george killed trayvon in what he said was self-defense. robert thank you, for joining he mn t tonight. why are you here? why do you want to do this interview? i think the tide has turned. there s a lot of loose ends to this story. some of them have to do with the events of that night and an investigation. some of them have moved on to a lot of hate speech. people like the mcclain family having to flee their home. people taking really putting emotions ahead of fact and putting our family and other families in danger. have your family had death threats? oh, yes. yes. credible threats? credible threats, yes. they have. yeah.
were hurt. it was coach frank hall who chased the accused gunman off campus. to the victims families i want to say i m sorry. my thoughts and prayers are still with you. to the families of danny, demetrius, and russell, i want want you to know i was with them. i prayed with them. i wiped their tears. i know god was with them. i don t know why this happened, i only wish i could have done more. i m not a hero, just a football coach and a study hall teacher. coach hall is a hero. the suspect, t.j. lane, is facing three counts of aggravated murder among other serious charges. cnn s ted rolands was at the high school the first time the students returned since the attack. reporter: it was a difficult morning as students along with their parents return today school for the first time since monday s shooting. it was pretty emotional, seeing everyone hug and cry and everyone unite and remembering this hard time. reporter: and remembering the three students killed. 16-year-ol
ac360 starts right now. we begin tonight keeping them honest with breaking news. 360 has learned this waw not the first time that the costa conco concordia steered so close to shore. the cruise line not only knew about the route but approved it. the company that owns the ship said the accident was the result of a rogue decision that the captain and only the captain made. we learned the previous close call happened back in august. we have video, this is the video of the incident in august taken from the shore. the cruise line said the ship was a safe distance from the coastline. lloyds lip said it was dangerously close, closer, in fact, than it came on friday night when it hit the rocks. here is new satellite imagery of the wreck. look how big it is against the coast, just a massive, massive ship. the search for nearly two dozen was suspended when the wreckage began shifting. really dangerous for the rescue divers. a dutch salvage team has arrived to offload diesel fuel. als
stop violence against protesters. they ve been on the ground about 48 hours. and their initial statements are so far stunning. the chief monitor of this arab league observer force is a sudanese military commander named lieutenant general mohammed ahmed mustafa al dhabi. not only is he a sudanese military commander, he s also the former head of foreign intelligence in the government of omar al bashir, the man now wanted by the international criminal court for genocide and crimes against humanity. more on that in a moment. today, the head of the arab league team in syria, general al dhabi, told reuters that things were calm and there were no clashes in homs, which has for months seen some of the deadliest violence. he went on to say, the situation seems reassuring so far. he also said, some places looked a bit of a mess but there was nothing frightening. nothing frightening. that is not of course what we ve been hearing from people in and around homs for months. and it
good evening. i m ali velshi sitting in for erin burnett. the iowa caucus is just eight days away. republican presidential candidates have just over a week left to prove to iowans that they re the first to win the nation s contest held on january 3rd. polls show the race there is still very much up for grabs, but there was only one candidate out today with an official campaign event and it wasn t one of those top three. it was rick santorum and he went hunting with an important guest. our senior congressional correspondent dana bash joins us now with more. who is this special guest that got rick santorum out on a campaign event today? he s congressman steve king, a very prominent republican from the state of iowa whose endorsement is coveted big time. he didn t endorse santorum today and i spoke with him by phone as he was driving in the car, ali, to this hunting event with rick santorum. he told me he d planned to endorse months ago. he wanted to back one of these candidat