husband and he took in a mentorship program, he took the 14-year-old young african-american boy, would take him every other week, take the young boy and his wife had a 13-year-old daughter, and took them every otherther week for tr three hours, to go to the mall, to the science center, to play basketball, go to lunch, do things like that. during that period, i have spoken to the mother, who is an african-american woman. she doesn t believe he s raisest. he helped in a fund-raiser for one of the african-american churches in the area. he said he s only spoken with his client by phone. he says that george zimmerman is cooperating with this investigation and has spoken to police at least more than once. now, while zimmerman is still at this point not arrested, not charged with anything, one man, one florida man is in jail today, behind bars, for appar t apparently sending a threatening e-mail to police chief bill lee. the headline for that e-mail saying he s coming for you. thr
thanks for joining us. i m cannily crowley. john king is off. the parents of a florida teenager whose death ignited outrage. also on the eve of the presidential primary, a rye alt check for rick santorum and newt gingrich. plus a big bank has a new way to help people stay in their homes even if they re facing foreclose. captions by vitac www.vitac.com we begin with the fatal shooting of florida teenager trayvon martin and the florida police department s decision not to arrest the person who pulled the trigger. this morning there was a message for trayvon martin s parents. if i had a son, he d look like trayvon, and, you know, think they are right to expect that all of us as americans are going to take this with the seriousness it deserves and that we re going to get to the bottom of exactly what happened. cnn s john zarrella is in sanford, florida, where trayvon live and died. john, how are trayvon s parents reacting to the president? reporter: you know, can
korea plans to launch a long-range rocket. why tensions are soaring ahead of a world nuclear summit. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. captions by vitac www.vitac.com on this, the eve of a key gop primary in louisiana, rick santorum is charging hard. polls show him as a double digit favorite there, but santorum is also on the defensive today. he s taking a lot of heat from his rivals for hinting that reelecting barack obama might might be preferable to electing mitt romney. listen to this. you win by giving people a choice. you win by giving people the opportunity to see a different vision for our country, not someone who is just going to be a little different than the person in there. if they re going to be a little different we might as well stay with what we have instead of taking a risk of what may be an etch a sketch candidate for the future. strong words. let s go live to our senior correspondent joe johns. he s in louisiana. joe, i take it s
charlotte, north carolina. the biggest rally taking place last night in sanford, florida. let s look at these image, a mass of people gathering not far from where trayvon martin was shot dead from george zimmerman february 26th, the gathering taking place hours after sanford s police chief temporarily stepped aside but did not step down. the governor of florida has assigned a new special prosecutor to this case as trayvon s parents again call for zimmerman s arrest. i stand before you today not knowing how i m walking right now, because my heart hurt for my son. trayvon is my son. trayvon is your son. just like to thank every one of you all for just showing us the love, the support, signing the petitions, and making sure that george zimmerman pay for what he did to your son. richard land is the president of the southern baptist conventions ethics and religious liberties commission. thank you for joining us this morning. you bet, glad to be with you. let me ask you y
after a standoff lasting nearly 24 hours, reuters is reporting french police have begun an assault on the apartment where a self-described al qaeda militant accused of killing seven people is holed up. just moments ago three loud blasts were heard at the site of the stand-off. the suspect apparently confessing to the killings of three french paratroopers, a jewish rabbi and three jewish children over the past ten days. dan rivers is live. dan, i guess you could hear the shots. what s the very latest you re able to figure out is happening? reporter: yeah, i mean we heard these three loud explosions about 20 minutes ago. there were definite kind of flashes in the sky giving us the impression it was flash bangs that they were throwing in. but there s been nothing since then, so we re slightly kind of perplexed as to what is actually going on now. reuters are reporting that the deputy mayor of toulouse has said the operation to go in has begun but there s very little in activit