we had hostages and ironic. and we had a combination of inflation and stagnant growth many thought not possible. i will never forget it. interest rates had gone through the moon as the fed under carter put it, bulb okeechobee at the head of the fed and get an handle on inflation for interest rates were soaring. many market funds are bringing huge returns on the market funds were opening storefronts of the main streets of the country. i remember in washington and it was a tough time for a lot of people. carter could be a tough guy in some ways. although i must tell you on a personal level i want moderated a discussion between him and gerald ford. they traveled the country together. and had w will recall debates bt they weren t there quite friendly. i did it at my daughter s college at the time. i said something about it in a e fewer marks i made before and i mention the fact i bought my daughter a set of radial tires because at the time he came up to me after words and come to
anticipated is not leveling enough. this young lady as you pointed out, was on the phone with martin at the time he crossed paths with zimmerman. it s the critical moment and she has the answers, at least from the state s perspective, as to what really went on. a number of things she brought out and this is all for the prosecution. she says on the phone with trayvon, trayvon says i m being followed. this is at the time george zimmerman identified trayvon martin in the neighborhood. then later she says she can hear over the telephone someone confronting trayvon martin, and she says it s george zimmerman. so already, we re seeing a change here. and then on top of that later, she hears trayvon saying get off, get off, well, that would imply that george zimmerman is now the aggressor and on top or at least trying to get on top of the young teenager. so, this would all fly directly in the face of self-defense that george zimmerman has been proclaiming. however, this young witness has a lot
it s the critical moment and she has the answers, at least from the state s perspective, as to what really went on. a number of things she brought out and this is all for the prosecution. she says on the phone with trayvon, trayvon says i m being followed. this is at the time george zimmerman identified trayvon martin in the neighborhood. then later she says she can hear over the telephone someone confronting trayvon martin, and she says it s george zimmerman. so already, we re seeing a change here. and then on top of that later, she hears trayvon saying get off, get off, well, that would imply that george zimmerman is now the aggressor and on top or at least trying to get on top of the young teenager. so, this would all fly directly in the face of self-defense that george zimmerman has been proclaiming. however, this young witness has a lot of credibility issues, and that s of course, what the defense was going after saying her testimony changed over time