zimmerman was following him. >> correct. >> i added mr. zimmerman.ç i apologize. >> and this came from olstein informing me of this. we had split work and had done different things. >> and isn't it true that the route that mr. martin was going to or i should say the 17-year-old young man was going to was -- he was going directly to where he was living, where he was staying, is that correct? >> yes. >> okay. and isn't it true that this young man was unarmed? >> yes. >> and isn't it true that mr. zimmerman was armed? >> yes. >> and isn't it true that, in fact, in that recording of the 911 or to the emergency operator or dispatcher that you could actually tell that mr. zimmerman leave the vehicle and continues to pursue mr. martin? >> yes. >> and isn't it true that the dispatcher or operator tells mr. zimmerman hold on -- those are my words -- but something to the effect you don't need to be following him and he still continues to follow him? >> yes. >> and, sir, you were asked about the next paragraph here that zimmerman confronted martin and a strug

zimmerman? >> he is my husband. i'm his wife. >> and how long have you been married? >> almost five years this year. >> and how long have you lived in central florida? >> i've lived in central florida my entire life. i was born here. >> do you know how long george, your husband, has lived in central florida? >> he has lived in central florida since -- probably eight years. >> and has that residence here in the state of florida been consistent meaning he's lived no other place but central florida? >> yes, that's true. >> and you understand that we're here seeking a bond so that george can be released while this case is pending, correct? >> yes, i understand. >> one concern is that george, mr. zimmerman, appear back when this trial is called. do you understand that concern? >> i'm sorry, could you rephrase that? >> you understand that one concern the court would have and reason for setting bond is simply to make sure that george zimmerman comes back when he's supposed to come to trial and other co

where is george zimmerman? if his attorneys or his ex-attorneys, who never seem to have had a retainer with him never actually met him face to face, do not know, because they have seen him in whatever place he is, where he is, don't know where he is, and if the special prosecutor has not met with him face to face, and it would be hard to imagine that the special prosecutor would meet with george zimmerman without his attorneys present. and if they haven't seen him, that means that the special prosecutor is very likely to have not have seen george zimmerman face to face. that means that we are -- we do not know, we have no assurances that anyone knows where george zimmerman is. i am hoping that the state's attorney will step to a mic within this 72 hours and say how it is that we as the public can be assured that somebody is keeping track of george zimmerman, because the man is not charged with a crime at this point. so he's free to move as he pleases. they haven't heard from him in two days, and they want to br

zimmerman. we got the documents right after he appeared in the court for the first time. he went to face charges of second-degree murder, and for the first time since his fateful 911 call, we heard him speak. >> mr. zimmerman, yes, sir. >> appears here for your first appearance that the time for a charge of murder in the second degree, and you are respected by mr. o'mara is that true? >> yes. >> he will be arraigned on may 29th. the release of the documents are a big deal shedding new light on how this case will be prosecuted. prosecutor angela corey writes "trayvon martin was on his way back to the townhouse where he was living when he was profiled by george zimmerman. martin was unarmed and not committing a crime. zimmerman observed him and assumed martin was a criminal. zimmerman felt martin did not belong in the gated community and called the police. he goes on to say that zimmerman said martin was acting suspiciously. the affidavit says that zimmerman did not use a racial slur. it revealed

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zimmerman. we will continue to seek the truth throughout this case. >> i want to now listen to trayvon martin's mother and george zimmerman's brother, how they both reacted to this arrest. >> we are relieved that he's safe. that is, you know -- it's the most bittersweet news to hear in your life that your brother is being charged with a murder and to see him being taken into jail on live tv and to somehow have to think, well, at least there's something good in all of that is that he can't be attacked this way or he most likely can't be, you know, hurt, killed, injured in a way that he has been on the run and underground in the streets for quite some time. >> first of all, i want to say thank god. we simply wanted an arrest. we wanted nothing more, nothing less. we just wanted an arrest. and we got it. and i say thank you. thank you, lord. thank you, jesus. >> martin savidge is in sanford, florida, outside the complex that houses both the jail and the court. so martin, give us a sense, zimmerman'

et cetera not trusting their advice. >> zimmerman. >> zimmerman, sorry. a apologize. zimmerman, he clearly doesn't trust the lawyers, not even contacting them and obviously that brings into question what is his mental state and out there and missing in action and whatever the police thought they might be doing at the beginning of all of this and thinking they could just make this all go away, they really made it worse for the martin family and trayvon martin and zimmerman. this is an unusual situation to have you have this guy out there calling tv reporters and not his own lawyers and that just doesn't sound right. >> joanne, to karen's pertinent point, zimmerman's defenders haveç repeatedly said in publi they don't wish this to be tried in public, and yet there he is ringing up a very well known anchor on fox news and then himself ringing up the special prosecutor and of course his own lawyers until yesterday evening were able to any media outlet that wished to have them. >> well, that's absolutely right, martin. what's interesting as you said, you have had the fam

zimmerman. mr. o'maura, tell me your reaction. >> again, she charged with second degree but she knows the evidence and i don't yet so it's tough for me to comment on what i haven't seen yet. we'll have to wait until the process works through. >> when you say you're surprised by that charge, why? >> well, because again, she knows the evidence but that type of crime would suggest that he did something truly unlawful and i think the evidence so far suggests that there was at least question and controversy over what happened. but quite honestly we really do need to wait to see what the evidence tells us. >> have you had much time to really look over the case at this point or are you really that new to it? >> no, i truly am that new to it. i've seen only what's been shown in the media and no other contact with the case. it's really difficult for me to speak at all authoritatively about the evidence and it wouldn't be proper. >> i assume you've had a chat with mr. zimmerman. without getting into the attor

it was something that robert zimmerman, george zimmerman's father said in that same interview and i'm going to quote him now. in what happened after the fact of this incident, he said, quoting, i never foresaw so much hate coming from the president. have you seen any hate coming from the president in regards to this case towards anyone? >> i watched it like most people. i saw some of the comments that were made by a lot of people, including president obama. you know, my opinion doesn't matter but i didn't feel hatred at all. i think what's happened is whenever you have a wound like this and i'm sure mr. zimmerman senior, his understanding is that he has a son going through what george is going through, dtqi srár'terpreted from a pare perspective, just like trayvon's family when they are dealing with everything that they are dealing with, any little piece or failure piece of information has got to have an enormous stinging effect on them. but they are the parents involved. they are allowed their emotions. >> mark, when do you expect to have your first meeting with your client? >> 25 t

you know protecting george zimmerman here or making it look like that there are. you know black could limbs patrolling the streets the better threats stall of us around here. i don't know we'll see apparently there's going to be a comment made to know i don't have to show on what what his interview was about and what you've learned from from zimmerman so we're going to see the same sex lives for. after the break. after the break there's an evil two headed creature attacking america right now and it has its tentacles all over our economy and democracy that's the call to close up to now and is there any way to slice it. we just put a picture of me when i was like nine years old so if you tell the truth. i think i am going to get a sense that i was trapped in hip hop is. that he was kind of yesterday. i'm very proud of the world with its place. you know sometimes you see a story and it seems so for lengthly you think you understand it and then you glimpse something else and here's you some other part of it and realized everything you thought you knew you don't i'm so

zimmerman's father anddy speak to mr. zimmerman. i will keep that conversation private and i will talk about the conversation with the father that was right here on this program. and his story was that in fact trayvon martin confronted him as he was making his way back to the car. we don't know. and i want to emphasize that. we don't know. i want justice in this case. if this was some type of racially motivated killing and george zimmerman does not seem to fit the profile of someone who mentored minority children, was involved in the case to defend an african-american homeless man that was beaten by the son of a local police officer, he doesn't seem to fit that profile. but there's been this rush of judgment by so many. do the injuries, the forensics, do you think that can make a difference in this case? because you will have competing forensic experts in the trial. >> you will have competing forensic experts, but he has the excuse to second degree murder in florida. his sudden combat, that will absolutely make the jury declare a no

george zimmerman calls 911 at 7:11. we're trying to find out where is it where all those things that trayvon has supposedly said to him, why isn't that recorded anywhere? that's george zimmerman's word and nobody else. and one more important fact. when you think about this self-defense claim, you've heard his father say his head was beat into the concrete repeatedly over a minute, and then his nose was broke. that videotape, i submit to you, was taken about 35 minutes later, and you know, they tried to enhance it, and try to find a cut on his head, but how bad is it, if they didn't even put a bandaid on it, piers? how much force was asserted? why didn't he go to the hospital if he was beat up that bad? it's one of those things, trayvon martin is dead. he is dead. and you are saying to everybody in the world, i had to kill him because he had busted my head and broke my nose. so we're trying to look at that and it doesn't appear to be there. we are not asking that he is convicted. we only want to have him arrested, so we

zimmerman. we've lost contact with him. >> george zimmerman's attorneys are out. sean hannity is in. >> we learned that he had called sean hannity of fox news directly. >> we'll have all the latest on the bizarre turn in the trayvon martin case. >>> how's everybody doing today?! >> the president lets loose on the buffett rule. >> do we give another $50,000 in tax breaks to every millionaire and billionaire in the country? >> no! >> and today, republicans dusted off w. to provide the response. >> if you raise taxes on the so-called rich, you're really raising taxes on the job creators. >> joan walsh on the president's hard-hitting speech in florida and richard wolffe on the return of george w. bush. >> what i don't like to be done is beaten on a ride by a one-legged veteran. >>> senator frank loutenberg says he's got the goods on the governor, and he's here tonight. >>> rick santorum is cutting and running, but not before he trashed the party. >> imagine, had mitt romney been around at the time that we were drafting our constitution. he'd have just shaken it and sh

zimmerman. >> yes, sir. >> reporter: zimmerman's procedural hearing lasted less than three minutes. he's being held without bond and spoke only twice. $s are you represented by mr. omara, is that true? >> yes, sir. >> reporter: mark o'mara is an experienced orlando career trial lawyer and former prosecutor. he took zimmerman's case yesterday, free of charge, and met his client for the first time last night. >> first impression, 28-year-old guy facing second degree murder charges. is he scared. >> frightened, he's very 49ed. anyone would be. the fact that he had been reviled in the press and the reasons for it over the past several weeks literally cannot walk down the street, you know, complete fear for his safety. and now ton he is facing charges that cut put him in prison for life. how could you not be frightened? >> reporter: omara did not ask the judge to release zimmerman on jail because he felt it was stir up public fervor. make the case for him. why ask he deserve bond? >> bond is there to make sure the person comes back to trial. bond is not there for pretrial punishment. if

and can zimmerman get a fair trial? those are all important questions. >> what scares me, if we can all watch a picture, a movie, a tape of everything that happened that night from the beginning to the end, i think there would be a difference of attitude about guilt and innocent. that's what scares me about this case, there are so many different perspectives, so much history. ever since the first slave arrived in the united states, the attitude of history here. you can't push it aside, i don't think. thank you, joy-ann reed, please come back. kendall coffey to you as well. >>> coming up, florida led the country with the stand your ground law, it could be at the heart of this case, we don't know. could it be the first in the country to repeal that law? that's ahead. and that's coming here in a minute. this is "hardball." that's good morning, veggie style. hmmm. for half the calories plus veggie nutrition. could've had a v8. [ female announcer ] weak, damaged hair needs new aveeno nourish+ strengthen. active naturals whea

zimmerman's call to 911. quote, zimmerman made reference to people he felt committed and had got ten away with break-ins in the neighborhood. these a-holes, they always get away and also said, quote, these f'ing punks. first, the prosecutors appear to have analyzed the tape and concluded that zimmerman did not utter a racial slur as some believe. second, that they appear to be tying the two remarks together and making the case that zimmerman had already made up his mind that he was pursuing a potential criminal. then there's this. listen. >> are you following him? >> yeah. >> okay. we don't need you to do that. >> okay. >> the affidavit highlights this point. quote, zimmerman disregarded the police dispatcher and continued to follow martin who is trying to return to his home. now, the picture they're painting -- remember, it is their picture, not a proven fact, is that george zimmerman pursuing trayvon martin as if he were a suspect. the affidavit also gives credence to martin's girlfriend who is on the phone

george zimmerman is the nra. florida shoot first ask questions later law and the paranoid mentality it promotes are products of the nra's vision for america where just about anybody can get and use a gun just about anywhere. let's talk more about that with cnn legal contributor and attorney paul callan. welcome, paul. >> nice being with you. >> good to have you here. a lot of people think george zimmerman will be on trial but so is florida's stand your ground law. how will that come into play during this trial do you think? >> not only florida's law but more than 20 other american states have similar stand your ground laws. a lot of states will be on trial in terms of this law. the way the law will come into place is after the arraignment in the case and working out of whether he gets bail or no bail, the next thing that usually happens in florida is a stand your ground hearing. at that hearing a florida judge will hear evidence as to whether or not george zimmerman was acting in self-defense when he fired the fa

zimmerman's safety. i don't think anybody wants to see another innocent life be harmed, whether it's zimmerman or any of the public that are so engrossed with it. so he needs to be in a safe place. however, lawyers don't help their clients hide. and in this case, the lawyers were ready to turn mr. zimmerman in at anytime. and that's what any responsible attorney is going to have to do, have close connection with the state's attorney office. if there's an arrest or a warrant is issue turn that person in as reasonably and safely as possible. >> but if they don't know where this, now say former client is, are we to presume that someone, perhaps a federal investigator, perhaps a state investigator knows where he is and will communicate with him. look, here's the news, you're being charged, time to come in. >> brooke, i've got believe that somebody knows where he is and will get that information to him. otherwise, he's going to find out through the media. it's going to be announced as soon as it happens and t

zimmerman. when it was imminent charges would be brought, apparently his surrender, the wheels were already started. mr. o'mara ended up communicating with mr. zimmerman, knowing mr. zimmerman would be in the custody of fdle and a civilized, peaceful arrest occurred and now he's in fact going to be transported to sanford where he'll appear for a first appearance apparently tomorrow morning. >> so this was the toughest charge that the state attorney could file without a grand jury. were you surprised by it? >> i think at the stretch, but we don't know. we don't have all the information. we hear that from a lot of people. we don't know exactly what miss corey has. but i think most legal analysts and i would agree that if there was going to be charges deemed appropriate, manslaughter seemed more likely. i'm not sure it makes a tremendous difference. a lot of people miss the fact that florida has a 10-20 life law. basically when in fact a firearm is used and there's serious injury or death, then lif

>> shelly nicole zimmerman. >> and your relation to george zimmerman? >> i'm his wife. >> thank you. is that true? >> yes, i do. yes, you may. one second. >> ma'am, would you state your name? would you spell that. >> last name is g-a-l-l-e-g-l. >> thank you. >> commission number 3 e 23919. >> and how long is that for? >> it expires september 7, 2014. >> thank you. have you been administered oath in the past? >> yes, i have. >> i understand there are a number of witnesses present with you, is that correct? >> correct. >> we have what's called. [ inaudible ] witnesses, basically that means only the witness who was testifying would have you swear in the witness only that witness is on the phone testifying can be in earshot. i ask you to take on the duty of securing the fact that all the other witnesses are out of earshot so they cannot hear the testimony of the witness speaking. >> okay. >> can you do that? >> yes. >> okay. i would like to remove everyone but shelly within earshot. i'm going to ask that you further swear her in. >> which statement would yo

the zimmerman defense team is about to roll out a zimmerman defense website and his new attorney knows why the killing happened. he says it's trayvon's fault. >> the reason he is dead is not because he was black or wore a hoody or was walking in the rain, it's because that young man made a terrible decision and bad judgment and he decided to break somebody's nose. >> trayvon mad a bad decision in he was walking home with skittles and iced tea, and he was being followed, but zimmerman's attorneys were in front of the cameras again. >> translator: people protesting, the one thing they all have in common is they were not there, they're making assumptions not based on fact. when the evidence comes out, if you apply the law to what happened, and the forensic evidence all supports mr. zimmerman's version of what happened -- >> when the evidence comes out, yes we need the evidence to come out, not the acquittal from the sanford police department the night of the shooting. it's been 39 days, this needs to be an arrest. we never said zimmerman should have been convicted or should be convicted.

you also have this issue of george zimmerman. let me play quickly, kendall, what his attorney said this morning on the today show recording george zimmerman's whereabouts in all of this. >> i don't believe he is a flight risk. he is not in the area. i can't disclose where he is. he is where he won't be found. he is in contact with fdle. if it becomes necessary to turn himself in, i believe he will do it. i don't believe he will flee the country. >> we don't know if he will be required to turn himself in, if he is going to be charged. what do you make of the situation and i hate to use the word strangest because we're talking about the loss of life as we heard the martin family say but what do you make of these developments? >> it is so extraordinary. you kind of run out of words that his attorneys would be saying to the whole nation that their client is basically hiding. obviously if in fact zimmerman is in touch with fdle and prepared to cooperate with whatever the decision of angela corey is, that's a big plus factor and could

zimmerman did to my son. i grief with the zimmerman family, as well, because they are going to lose their family member. he made some decisions that weren't good and that's going to be very unfortunate for him. but trayvon is dead and his family needs justice. >> stand by. >> let's hear from two supporters of george zimmerman. the first is the second speaker, anthony. >> i believe the profiling is preposterous. it has nothing to do with color with george. people made it out to be -- i think it's very despicable on both ends. the media has made trayvon out to be some young weed smoking gangster and george as a person who wants to go out and kill black people. that's not george. >> so you believe george is being unjustly accused here? >> well, i mean, you yourself used the vigilante justice. how do you explain the reaction to what's going on out there right now? how do you explain a $10,000 bounty on half the information? and what makes that boundty no better than the vigilante they claim george is? >> joining

zimmerman turned himself in to prosecutors. if convicted on second degree murder charges, the maximum sentence is life in prison. second degree murder is typically charged when there is a fight that results in death, but there is no premeditation. the special prosecutor angela corrie said she spoke to the dead teen's parents before the announcement. of course, they have been demanding an arrest for many weeks now. it was way back in february that george zimmerman first called the cops to report he was following someone he called suspicious. here is part of that call. >> he is [bleep] running. >> which way is he running? >> down towards the other entrance of the neighborhood. [bleep] >> are you following him? >> yeah. >> okay. we don't need you to do that. >> okay. >> all right, sir. what is your name? >> george. he ran. >> shepard: he ran. and moments later travon martin was dead. and that led to the shooting or what led to the shooting is still very much in dispute. according to leaked police reports george zimmerman the shoot

zimmerman or in his favor. >> mike, the attorneys for zimmerman said they contacted hannity and he couldn't tell them what the conversations are about. what do you make of that? >> have they said more than i would want them to say, yes. this is all about hannity. he could not careless about zimmerman. this is about hannity. he's taken this thing. it's a terrible tragedy. he turned it toward it being a sean hannity story which is very characterist characteristic. he's prejudiced for zimmerman. you'll see the polarizing affect has big ramifications. it has big legs. i don't care how hard you try to pick a fair and impartial jury. you want to go in with a neutral story. you don't want a guy like hannity who is a loose cannon trying to try this case in the public not for zimmerman but for fox news and for hannity. >> thanks for your time tonight. >>> president obama is calling out republicans for stomping on middle clas in order to benefit the wealthy. >>> the guy who told reporters they would be better off voting for president barack obama for mitt romney ends his bid for the gop nomination. w

piers invited robert zimmerman jr. on the show, the brother of george zimmerman. he thought piers could have been tougher on him. and piers challenged him to come on the show. this is combative, but one of the most riveting conversations you're going to see about the trayvon martin case. >> are you saying that robert zimmerman invented his story last night? are you saying his father, an hour before the interview, was asked directly is there an estrangement and said there isn't. is everybody apart from you lying and are you abreast of more information than anybody else in america right now? >> one thing i noticed is obviously the zimmerman family is banding together to keep george out of jail for the rest of his life. so that's quite obvious what their motivation are to say what they're saying. and between robert, george and the father, and the attorney, there are not consistent stories being told. we're not getting a consistent story we can wrap our heads around. we have not heard before he was going to target instead of on the neighborhood watch. he's sort of rea

zimmerman did to my son. i grief with the zimmerman family, as well, because they are going to lose their family member. he made some decisions that weren't good and that's going to be very unfortunate for him. but trayvon is dead and his family needs justice. >> stand by. mr. bryant, you are next and ann coulter is here. we will be right back. unlike rdy. dolr for dollar, nobody protects you like allstate. my first car was shared between my siblings and myself. the door handle fell off, we taped it back on. the mirror fell off, we glued that back on. the hula girl on the dashboard melted, we left that alone. that was priceless. it took me where i needed to go and i loved it. duct tape and all. [ quacks ] [ male announcer ] animate and share your first car story at firstcarstory.com. courtesy of the 2012 subaru impreza. experience love that lasts. ♪ chocolate lemonade ? susie's lemonade... the movie. or... we make it pink ! with these 4g lte tablets, you can do business at lightning-fast spes. we'll take al

zimmerman, mr. zimmerman has no lawyers. how do they do that? >> exactly. i mean, what these lawyers did today, whether intentional or unintentional, is they cast serious doubts on whether or not mr. zimmerman is acting, right now, in a reasonable matter np prosecutor who is a very, very intelligent and seasoned homicide prosecutor will take that into account. if in fact she find the evidence and charges mr. zimmerman, she will ask for a bond that will prevent mr. zimmerman, if he is a flight risk. there are questions raised by the two lawyers that represent id mr. zimmerman as to his reasonableness. as to whether or not he is acting rational and whether or not he is in fact a flight risk. >> let me go back to you about mrs. corey, attorney smith. we spoke with the defense attorney who knows her record well. he says this to us, quote, angela cory always prosecuted tenaciously cases involving shootings. we have the highest percentage of cases on death row of any circuit in florida. so i would be very surprised if she does not charge george zimmerman. do you

martin or zimmerman. even though the second degree murder charge might indicate there was some evidence zimmerman was the aggressor. he admitted that there was no evidence for the claim he was attack bid martin. yet he also testified that the state has evidence raising doubts about other parts of zimmerman's story including his claim that trayvon martin was slamming his head against the ground shortly before he pulled the trigger. you add up all the testimony today and you're left believing that this tragedy is like one of those ink blot pictures. the evidence, at least what we know about it so far does not seem to favor any single interpretation. for instance, there's the video of zimmerman in police custody the night of the killing. an officer appears to touch him then wipes his hand. was it blood? if so how badly? jumping from a police cruiser and sidewalking smoothly through the station. yet that same tape also appears to show some kind of injury on the back of zimmerman's head. what do you see there?

he put zimmerman out witness stand. a shackled george zimmerman offered a surprise apology to the parents of trayvon martin who were in the courtroom. >> i wanted to say i am sorry for the loss of your son. i did not know how old he was. i thought he was a little bit younger than i am, and i did not know if he was armed or not. >> the apology happened at zimmerman's bond hearing. they testified by phone because they have been threatened. >> i have never known him to be violent at all, unless he was provoked and then he would turn the other cheek. >> in the end, circuit judge granted zimmerman a $150,000 bail. far less than the $1 million bond requested by prosecutors. >> if you have any comment? >> martin's parents left quickly without speaking to reporters. >> it was devastating that he got to serve an apology to help get a bond. they were very outraged at that. >> zimmerman asked it meet with martin's parents before the hearing, but the family's lawyer said it was not the time. cbs news learned that zimmerman could be

zimmerman, mark o'mara. we found out this evidence that he will be representing mr. zimmerman. mr. o'mara, tell me your reaction first of all to the charges this afternoon? >> again, i'm surprised that she charged with second degree, but she knows the evidence i don't know yet so it's tough for me to comment on what i haven't seen yet. we have to wait until the process works out. >> you say you're surprised i be that charge. why? >> because she knows the evidence, but that type of -- that he did something truly lawful and i think the evidence suggests there was a question and controversy over what happened. but quite honestly we do need to wait to see what the evidence tells us. >> have you had much time to look over the case at this point or are you too new at this juncture? >> no, i'm that new to it. i have only seen what's in the media. so it's really difficult for me to speak at all about the evidence and wouldn't be anyway. >> i assume you have had a chat with george zimmerman. can you give us a sense of his mood? >> well, i think he's troubled by the fact that the state decid