that for many, brings trayvon martin to mind. that is bringing outrage to the man who brought it to the firing range. and the police officer has been fired. matt gutman how that officer is explaining it and what he's saying now to trayvon martin's family. >> reporter: a police officer has been fired for bringing these shooting targets to a weapons exercise in central florida. >> he had a target in the back of his car. and offered it to two other officers with the force. >> reporter: according to the mortified ceo of the port authority, john walsh, those fellow cops, disgusted with the choice of targets, reported sergeant ron king. king admits to having the targets with the faceless figure and hoodie. and offered this apology. >> i would like to start my statement by apologizing to the family of trayvon martin for being used as a pawn in somebody's political agenda. >> reporter: in the six-minute address, king claims he was going to use the targets, as an example of what not to shoot at. >> and the target is something i viewed as

king admits having the trayvon martin targets with the faceless figure in the hoody. even with the skittles and iced tea. and offered this apology. >> i would look to start my statement by apologizing to the family of trayvon martin for being used ash a pawn in somebody's political agenda. >> reporter: in the six-minute address, king claims he intended to use targets never fired upon as an example of what not to shoot at. >> and the target was something that i viewed as an example of a no shoot situation. >> reporter: the video seemed reminiscent of this video. >> this is george zimmerman. >> shot by george zimmerman. in the re-enactment he claimed self defense, saying martin was bashing his head into the pavement when fired. whatever their intent the latest use of the targets sold last may reignited tensions less than two months before zimmerman's second degree murder trial is set to begin. matt gutman, abc news, miami. >>> deadline day for filing income taxes. in most cases you need to have them post marked or electronically sent by midnight tonight. as many as 100

trayvon martin. >> the news media are doing to dzhokhar what they did to trayvon martin. they're regularly showing a photo of dzhokhar that was taken when he was about 14. soft. angelic. nice little boy. harmless. >> now, aside from the fact that i could deal with the merits of what they did to jdzhokhar, as e calls them, or not, how do you compare man under indictment for weapons of mass destruction, for a terrorist attack at boston, with a young man that was killed in sanford, florida? how do you even connect that he's -- that trayvon martin was anything other than the victim and whether or not whatever happens in his case, he's certainly not accused anywhere near of a crime, let alone what dzhokhar is standing accused of. >> right. one is accused of murdering people and terrorism. the other is a crime victim. this is what they tried to do to trayvon. there's a whole parallel universe on the right that was dedicated to -- to tarnishing his image and making him out to be someone who deserved to die.

joining me now, benjamin crump, attorney for the trayvon martin's family. attorney crump, thank you for your time. >> thank you, rev, for having me, reverend al. >> let me ask you, what do you make of today's hearing and -- and the move by mr. o'mara and mr. zimmerman, o'mara being his attorney, to wave their right to a trial -- a pretrial hearing for immunity on the grounds of stand your ground law? >> it was quite interesting, reverend sharpton. the state had wanted an inquiry of george zimmerman himself to waive his rights. and the court inquired of him, and he did, in fact, waive those rights. upon advice of counsel. what's interesting about that is, these are extraordinary rights when you consider the stand your ground law. it is a pretrial immunity hearing that says if you prevail, you don't have to stand trial for any civil matter, any criminal matter. in fact, you can't even be arrested. so for him just to waive that hearing says a lot about how strong they really felt their self-defense claim was or their stand your ground claim was. because they j

that for many, brings trayvon martin to mind. that resemblance causing outrage. and the man who brought it to the firing range, a police officer, has now been fired. abc's matt gutman on how that officer is explaining it and what he's saying to trayvon martin's family. >> reporter: a cape canaveral port authority police officer has been fired for bringing these shooting targets to a weapons exercise in central florida. >> he had a target in the back of his car. and offered it to two other officers with the force. >> reporter: according to the mortified ceo of the port authority, john walsh, those fellow cops, disgusted with the choice of targets, reported sergeant ron king. king admits to having the trayvon martin targets, with the faceless figure and the hoodie. even with skittles and iced tea. and offered this apology. >> i would like to start my statement by apologizing to the family of trayvon martin for being used as a pawn in somebody's political agenda. >> reporter: in the six-minute address, king claims he intended the use the targets, which were never fi

king admits having the trayvon martin targets with the faceness figure in the hoody. even with the skittles and iced tea. and offered this apology. >> i would look to start my statement by apologizing to the family of trayvon martin for being used as a pawn in some body's political jenn. >> reporter: in the six men out address, king claims he intended to use targets never fired upon as an example of what not to shoot at. >> and the target was something that i viewed as an example of a no shoot situation. >> reporter: the individually seemed reminiscen't of this video. >> this is george zimmerman. >> shot by george zimmerman. in the re-enactment he claimed self defense, saying martin was bashing his head into the pavement when fired. whatever their intent the latest use of the targets sold last may reignited tensions less than two months before zimmerman's second degree murder trel its street to begin. matt gutman. abc news, miami. >>> deadline day for filing income taxes. in most cases you need to have them post marked or electronically sent by midnight tonight. as ma

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. >>> and coming up here on this broadcast, they're calling it intolerable, as the trayvon martin case prepares to go to trial. what one local cop did to get him fired. what both sides say is reprehensible. >>> also this morning, could kobe's career be over? the basketball superstar's emotional real-time response to that brutal leg injury. >> an online rant that has a lot of people talking this morning. >>> also, our mom testers are back. a lot of people wanted to join the mom testing crew. we could only take three. and this morning, they're putting to the test some of the hottest as-seen-on-tv products, including the hug light and chip-tastic. keep it here. including the hug light and chip-tastic. keep it here. spread my whole family loves.et mom, have you seen my -- backpack? nutella goes great on whole-wheat toast or whole-grain waffles. and its great taste comes from a unique combination of simple ingredients like hazelnuts, skim milk and a hint of cocoa. yeah, bye. have you seen my -- yes. and...thank you. [ male announcer ] nutella. breakfast never tasted this good. and you'll du

martin. >> on to trayvon martin. >> yes, i'm angry, but i have more love for that family in my heart. whatever happens today is a reflection on trayvon martin's life. you better keep that in life. we have national voices, reverend reverend sharpton is on tv. we're getting things done. >> what's the process of getting your listeners involved? they come to hear some music and relationships and you're talking about serious stuff. >> our ratings are the highest when things like that happen. >> really? >> yeah. we can be talk about the sexiest thing in the world, but when you have mothers and their children and real men and their sons and daughters, dude, you're going to tap into something that gets the emotions rising out of everyone when you talk about the children. >> now, another one of the projects right now is concerning missing children. >> yeah. >> talk to me about that. >> what can be more devastating than that? i think of my own daughter and the young men that i'm mentoring. imagine your child missing. it's hard to imagine. until it happens to you, and we have had the parents ta

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. >>> and a central florida police officer is fired for possessing several so-called trayvon martin shooting targets. >>> efforts are in full swing to diffuse a potentially explosive situation in north korea. u.s. secretary of state john kerry met with u.s. allies, china and japan, this weekend. the north's neighbors are urging the country to stop the provocations. athena jones is live for us now from washington. what are some of the key points coming out of kerry's trip so far? >> reporter: good afternoon, fredricka. the key point here is that everyone that secretary kerry has spoken with and met with during these last few days -- the south koreans, the chinese, the japanese -- everyone wants to see this situation with new york resolved peacefully. let's listen to a little bit of what secretary kerry had to say upon arriving in japan. >> i think we have to be careful and thoughtful and, frankly, not lay out publicly all the options but work privately and quietly at the highest levels of government in order to try to take steps to bring about a peaceful resolution. and i want to emphasize to

they're said to resemble trayvon martin -- the unarmed teen shot to death last year. the targets show a silhouette of a person wearing a hoodie, holding a can of arizona iced tea, and a bag of skittles in a pocket. >> he offered a target that look like travel and martin the officer rejected. "something like that" >> benjamin crump, the attorney representing martin's family, says the sergeant's use of the target was "absolutely reprehensible." there is a train derailment. details on our morning news, coming up the police are on the scene to restore traffic as soon as possible. >> background checks raise the question about how to determine if a person is mentally ill. many recent suspects in shooting rampages had mental health issues. yet were still able to obtain guns. athena jones has more. >> reporter: james holmes in colorado, jared loughner in arizona, seung-hui cho at virginia tech, all with mental health problems and all able to buy guns to kill. background checks stop others like them? >> the common ground rests on a simple proposition and that is that criminals

what he's saying, now, to trayvon martin's family. >>> and great escape. the notorious armed robber, who used dynamite to blow through this prison door. how his wife helped him. and his inspiration before, robert de niro in this movie. >>> good evening. and thanks for being here on a sunday night, as we do begin with that anxious wait. world leaders wondering if and when north korea will make a move. after weeks of escalating threats, some believe a missile launch could come at any moment. it is already monday morning in north korea. and they are celebrating the birthday of that country's founder, kim il-sung. that's him on the left there. his grandson, kim jong-un on the right. and he is the young and untested leader behind the escalating rhetoric and tensions with the south. and from south korea tonight, this image, mocking the grandfather and grandson, after north korea rejected a new offer from the south to ease tensions. abc's bob woodruff, standing watch in seoul, south korea, again tonight. >> reporter: for secretary of state john kerry, japan is th

the shooting death of florida -- the shooting death of a florida teenager trayvon martin is back in the headlines. i keep hearing is being held today for george zimmerman, who was -- i key hearing is being held today for george zimmerman, who was accused of second-degree murder in the case. >> george zimmerman was accused of second-degree murder in the telling of trayvon martin. at issue, can he claim the controversial standard ground youruring trial -- stand ground law during trial? he waved the right prior to trial. >> is it your decision not to have a pretrial immunity hearing? >> after consultation with my counsel, yes, your honor. >> has anyone promised you anything to make this decision? >> no. >> has anyone threatened you? >> no, your honor. >> george zimmerman's attorneys say that they reserve the right to use a standard ground during the trial, a trial that is set to begin in six weeks. , -- still to come, many women are born without a womb, and thousands more lucid due to illness. but there -- lose it due to illness. but there may be hope. >> much of the east coast is stuck in

trayvon martin was shot and killed last year. sergeant ron king was leading a target practice with two office irs and a civilian when he pulled out the targets asks and asked if they wanted to use them, they said no. >> washgers helping compleen up the park from superstorm sandy say they're not going to do it anymore unless they get paid. they say they haven't been paid in weeks. rodney says he was promised good pay when he came to help and now r now he's close to losing his home. >> it's been tough. >> the original contract for the clean up was sub contracted out to several companies but the latest disappeared. theoriginal contractor is stepping up and offering to pay. >> we have a hero story for you, his name ransom dual. ransome is -- ransom is seven years old when flooes the lunchroom with his friend. sully startsto choke and ransom read it is ingrooed yents, his friend is alerj toik tree nuts and just ate a bunch of hazel nuts so he runs to get the teacher. >> knowing that a seven-year old is the one who caught on is emotion

in the middle of the trayvon martin situation where trayvon martin's family was trying to pressure officials of the florida to charge george zimmerman am the man who shot and killed, with murder. al sharpton decided to be a spokesman for the family. and so on march 22 of last year there was this huge rally in florida, part of the reason that the rally was to raise money for the family, to help them press their legal fight. so al sharpton was out there getting people to donate money, pressuring and calling for prosecutors to go after george zimmerman. and 6:00 rolls around, and he stopped doing what he's doing. he grabbed trayvon martin's parents, kids in front of the tv camera and he spends an hour on hosting the msnbc show, politics nation. them when i chose over, does right back to the rally and right back to raising money and then right back pressuring prosecutors to go after george zimmerman. now i would ask you, what's wrong with that? what's wrong with that? what's wrong with al sharpton collecting money for trayvon martin's family and hosting a show called politics nation on msnbc? >>

trayvon martin was the unarmed african-american teenager shot by johnson and the last year. the officer apologized. >> i want to reach out and apologize to the family of trayvon martin for them needing to hear any of this and the grief it must bring them as well as all members of the community that we just don't find this behavior acceptable on any level of. >> the fired officer has apologized clamming trayvon's target was meant as they do not should target. the trial of george zimmerman is set to begin in two months. the tennessee republican lawmaker has withdrawn a measure that would have cut the welfare benefits of parents whose children receive low grades. state senator stacey campfield had proposed a 30% cut to temporary assistance for needy family benefits for parents whose children fail to pass state tests or are held back a grade level. the proposal sparked controversy and national media attention. campfield backed down on the proposal just hours after he was confronted by corporate protesters inside the state capital, including an 8-year-old girl who followed him do

two items that trayvon martin was holding when he was killed. king said the targets were to be used as a training tool representing a real-life incident. >> and the target was something that i viewed as an example of a no shoot situation. while others have used it as a novelty. i view it as a tool for scenario-based firearms training. >> even with that explanation king's superiors called the situation unacceptable. he has apologized to trayvon martin's family. >>> also new this morning, ohio prosecutors trying to figure out if other crimes were committed in the steubenville rape case and will present evidence to a grand jury investigating additional charges. you know the story, two steubenville high school football players, trent place and ma'lik richmond were convicted of sexually assaulting an intoxicated 16-year-old girl after a party last summer. >> so a totally fascinating question before the supreme court. can human genes be patented? this case moves myriad genetics, utah bio tech company that discovered two genes, one associated with brea

. >>> a florida police gun instructor fired after stirring up new trouble in the trayvon martin case. sergeant ron king says he planned to use targets like these for a no-shoot training aide. the photos show a face less person in a hoodie carrying skittles and iced tea, clearly resembling trayvon martin. the family was outraged. >>> new details coming out in a case of a 15-year-old california girl who was allegedly sexually assaulted by three boys at her skoal. her family announced details of the lawsuit they plan to file. the suspects are said to have taken pictures of the assault and pose posted them. >>> and the loser in venezuela's residential race is demanding a recount. he had lost to a hand-picked candidate. the final count gave the election to the winner by about 300,000 votes. both sides had claimed voter fraud in the hours after the polls closed. >>> new fears that the bird flu outbreak will spread outside china as the death toll there rises to 13. the first case reported in beijing over the weekend. as the flu moves across the country. four international flu expects will ar

. >>> a florida police officer is in hot water for what looked like a picture of trayvon martin for target practice. coming up at 4:48, the reason he gave for using the photo. >> plus, a man accused of stealing jewelry is trapped inside. the drastic steps he took to hide the evid ttpcwwww >>> good monday morning. coming up on 4:44 and 39 seconds. a special good morning to latisha richardson, part of the event star at the cherry blossom parade. wonderful lady. she says she starts her day with us every weekday. so we were pleased to meet her. thanks for saying hello. what a gorgeous weekend we had. great weekend for a parade. >> it was beautiful saturday morning. debbie brooks who was our contest winger got the v.i.p. tickets -- winner got the v.i.p. tickets. she and her friends were fabulous as well. you did a nice job on the parade. >> we had a lot of fun. thanks, howard. >> and howard has pictures posted on his facebook page. >>> let's get you going with not so classy weather this morning. a little drizzle. also over to andrews this morning. so spotty light showers now and a few more hou

. >>> and coming up here on this broadcast, they're calling it intolerable, as the trayvon martin case goes to trial. what one local cop did to get him fired. what both sides say is reprehensible. >>> also this morning, could kobe's career be over? the basketball superstar's emotional real-time response to that brutal leg injury. >> an online rant that has a lot of people talking. >>> and our mom testers are back. a lot of people wanted to join the mom testing. and this morning, they're putting to the test some of the hottest as-seen-on-tv products, including the hug light and chip tastic. including the hug light and chip tastic. keep it here. mom, what's the capital of west virginia? charleston. nutella is a delicious hazelnut spread my whole family loves. mom, have you seen my -- backpack? nutella goes great on whole-wheat toast or whole-grain waffles. and its great taste comes from a unique combination of simple ingredients like hazelnuts, skim milk and a hint of cocoa. yeah, bye. have you seen my -- yes. and...thank you. [ male announcer ] nutella. breakfast never tasted this good.

the targets show the hooded figure carrying day and candy like trayvon martin. he was fired after this bail public and three posted a video attacking the critics. >> first i apologize to the family of trayvon martin for being uses as a pawn in someone's political agenda and the target was something that i viewed as an example of a no shoot situation. >> martin was unarmed and was shot last year. the trial of george zimmerman who is charged in martin's death begins in less than two months. >> are you worried the i.r.s. could target you for an audit? you probably should be if you own a small business in the bay area. a new study by the national taxpayer advocate using i.r.s. data shows large closes -- clusters of tax cheaters in and around san francisco. the study finds people who own construction or rental real estate businesses could be more likely to fudge their taxes than owners of other types of businesses. other places people could be likely to cheat on their taxes are houston, atlanta, washington, dc. losalso, los angeles. >> many tax preparers are staying

martin. sergeant ron king was fired from the port canaveral port authority but he said it was misunderstood. >> while others used it as a novelty i view it as tool for scenario based firearms training. although today the targets have never been used, i did possess them for the training reasons. >> george zimmerman is tried for the murder of trayvon martin and he claims it was in self-defense. >>> hundreds took part in a prayer walk around the courthouse in kaufman county texas on sunday. the event was organized by local churches. the pastor in charge says it was a way to bless the public officials and honor the two prosecutors and a wife killed in the county. >>> a 7-year-old boy from oregon is a hero this morning after helping save a friend who was having an allergic reaction. they aren inseparable and one day at lunch sully wanted one of branson's snack and thought it was chocolate but it was nutella which is a problem for sully. >> sully has a allergy to all tree nuts and he thought it was

in that little community when trayvon martin was getting ask iles and zimmerman wound up shooting trayvon martin and he died. his trial is beginning. everyone believed he was going to do stand your ground defense in florida which is oftentimes successful. hit first shot would have been to do a hearing with the judge. it turned out he said no, i don't want that hearing. let's take a look here. >> do you consent to counsel's decision to not file a pretrial immunity motion and consent to not requesting a pretrial immunity hearing. >> yes. >> is it your decision not to file the motion? >> yes. >> is it your decision not to have a pretrial immunity hearing? is it your decision not to have a pretrial immunity hearing? >> after consultation with my counsel, yes. cenk: so why in the world did he do that? we've got our panel back and a legal expert, robin sachs. robin, why? >> my only guess is that mark namara who has been able to get a sense of zimmerman and how he would present to a judge and how much information is thinking you know what, i think you've got one shot at this and his best shot is

martin's parent. their attorney released this statement: it is reprehensible that a high ranking member of the police swarn to protect and swerve floridaians would use thu image of a dead child as target practice. such a deliberate and depraved d indifference to this grieving family is unacceptable. the citizens of port canaveral c deserve bert.rve the port ceo agrees and has a message for trayvon's parents. >> our sincere apologies because reliving this incident sincerely we're sorry that you needed to hear this and li thi live this . >> george zimmerman is chad and is awaiting trial sphwhr they're aerial acrobatics have wowed crowds for decades but the blue angels are grounded. gro we have for just ahead. >>> if you have a story ideay i call the tip line (202)895-3000 or send us an e-mail at wttg.com. >> george zimmerman is charged ♪ [ harry umlaut ] hey you know what, i speak european. [ sally umlaut ] european isn't a language. i think they speak all kinds over there. nah. it's basically one lan

martin. martin was the teen shot and killed last year by neighborhood watch volunteer george zimmerman. cnn affiliate wesh reports sergeant ron king brought the targets to a gun range earlier this month and then offered them to other officers. >> he offered one of our other officers a target that was the profile of trayvon martin. the officer rejected that, and told him to, you know -- that you should put those back in the car, shouldn't even possess something like that. >> the fired officer ron king went on youtube to defend himself saying the martin targets were a no-shoot training aid. >> the target was something that i viewed as an example of a no-shoot situation. while others viewed it as a novelty, i view it as a tool for scenario based firearms training. although to date, targets have never been used, i did possess the targets for those training reasons. >> the police department calls king's behavior unacceptable. >>> the search for a hiker caught in an avalanche called off icndefinite

the fact of trayvon martin said at first he couldn't identify screams on the tapes as his son. no, he said i heard a clearer version and it is my son. the prosecution said there is no clearer version. the trial, by the way, begins in six weeks, megyn. >> megyn: trace, thank you. kelly's court is back in session. on the docket today, that case and what it means. what we just saw in court this morning for mr. zimmerman. joining me now is mercedes columcolwin and faith jenkins. mark o'mara said i object, i don't want you asking mr. zimmerman directly whether he is waiving anything, waiving the right to an immunity trial, waiving anything. we're preserving all rights. when we get to trial, we may or may not claim immunity and we'll see. the judge said overruled and she specifically asked him, zimmerman, whether he was waiving his right to this immunity hearing and he said yes. >> that's right. >> megyn: what does that mean, faith? >> not only that, megyn, she specifically asked him is it your decision? are you making this decision after consulting with your attorney on your own, an

. >>> al del adolescente trayvon martin fue despedido, el sargento estaba en ua práctica de tiro cuando sacó los blancos con la imagen del adolescente asesinado por george zimmerman >>> y ahora pasamos a lo que está sucediendo en los deportes alrededor del mundo. >>> muchísimas gracias, hemos vivido otra jornada emocionante del fútbol mexicano, 5 victorias de local, 2 de visitante, 2 empates, adelante con el resumen. >>> en el omnilife, las chivas ante el atlante con la imperiosa necesidad de ganar, pero al rebaño sagrado nada le funciona los potros ganaron 2 a 1, las chivas están aún paso de sumar un fracaso más. >>> duelo de fleinos, pumas ante tigres, el golazo de bravo con la tijera y la derrota de los norteños. >>> los camoteros ante jaguares de chiapas el japo rodríguez para el gol del triunfo en el minuto 86, después de culminar la jugada con una magnífica decisión. >>e> n españa, el barcelona sin lionel messi vence al zaragoza 3 a 0. >>> también en españa, el real madrid vence al athletic bilbao, cristiano ronaldo colaboró con 2 anotacines. >>> la final dramáti

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the same thing happened when he talked about trayvon martin. he said this young teen, trayvon martin, unarmed black teen, killed in a subdivision by a neighborhood watch volunteer, he said if i had a son he would look like trayvon, and that helped ignite a conservative backlash to that situation simply because the president spoke in terms that could be related to race. i think he has quite rightly sort of intuited they're not a lot of upside to him talking about race when hi is president and there's a lot of down side for democrats and himself, and is a say in the book i cannot wait to read the book that barack obama writes about race when he gets out of the white house. >> host: is that fair to the country? >> guest: i don't know if it's fair to the country but in a weird way we're at a point where consumers and the public have more control over these situations than they realize, and if he talked about race and it was accepted by most of the people in the country, he would do it. but what hi is finding is when he talks about race, it spikes h

he is the an makeupsed of killing trayvon martin. his attorney plans to request that prosecutors hand over all of the evidence they have against their client, including 9-1-1 tapes. he plans to question the lawyer for the martin family under oath regarding crump's interview with's girl friend. >> he put himself in the middle of the investigation of a significant witness and did it in a way that caused more questions than answers. >> originally, a judge ruled that zimmerman's attorneys could not question crump. zimmerman has pleaded "not guilty" to second degree murder. tuesday's hearing is expected to be one of the pre-trial hearings before the trial officially begins june 10th >> happening now, golden state warriors getting ready for a playoff showdown against the denver nuggets. >> debra? >> reporter: fans are beyond excited as they climb the blue carpet over there. we saw them lining up hours before the door opened. with the warriors up 2-1 in the series, huge anticipation the team will pick up where they left off friday night. >>

shot and killed trayvon martin last year. zimmerman's trial on second degree murder charges gets underway in june. >> they are out of a job after being caught on camera attacks a passenger. >> this shows the driver hitting passenger tore answer rose, at least 17 times. that is before dragging rose off the bus and throwing him into a lane of traffic. >> rose was new to the area and asking fisher questions about the town. he became annoyed which triggered the attack. and he is due in court next month. >>> he is had going to face homicide charges. the attack was caught on cellphone video. the homeless man through a bottle into the suv and it instantly went up in flames. people standing by pulled the 63-year-old victim out of car and he suffered severe burns over most of his body and he is in critical condition. they don't have a motive and right now, the attack appears to be random. >>> three new medical negligence lawsuits are filed are against scott harrington and his patients are waiting for an apology. >> he needs to go back

. >> a florida cop is in hot watea for using a shooting targ theat resembled trayvon martin. it's 8:27. we'll be right back.  >> welcome back. it's 8:30. making headlines this morning a police officer aest t port canal in florida has been fired after offering a fellow officer a picture of trayvon martin for target practice. >> the c.e.o. has issued his family who call it unreceivabler >> king offered a fellow officer a target depicting trayvon martin wearing ayv hoody, carryg skittles and snapple. >> i think it's an embarrassment for the department and it's an embarrassment for the portor authority and our community.nity >> john walsh said it happenedd on april 4. the port canaveral police chief reported it to him thursday. >> he told me about one of our officers, the prior thursday was out at the bct cocoa firing gun range doing target practice. he offered one of the other officers a target that was the profile of tray von martin. mar the officer rejected that and ad told him to -- that he should put those back in the car andnd shouldn't possess something like that. >> imm

we told you how ron king took these paper targets that looked like trayvon martin to a firing range. it even shows the hooded figure showing iced tee and candy like martin did. >> i would like to start my statement by apologizing to the family of trayvon martin as being used as a pawn in somebody's political agenda. and it is an example of a no shoot situation. >> martin who was unarmed was shot last year. the trial of george zimmerman who was charged in martin's death begins in less than two months. >> a continent-wide manhunt is underway for a criminal mastermind who blasted his way out of a french prison. they use explosives to destroy five doors. he is somewhat of a notorious gangsters for robbing armored cars and even had an auto-biography published. arrest warrants are out in 26 countries. >> 142 years. that's how long a music business was open and thousand they are saying goodbye. >> sherman clay is closing its flagship piano business that has operated here since 1870. it is one of the oldest in the west. the retailer has been much more than a music store. it has also been a c

we told you how ron king took these paper targets that looked like trayvon martin to a firing range. it even shows the hooded figure showing iced tee and candy like martin did. >> i would like to start my statement by apologizing to the family of trayvon martin as being used as a pawn in somebody's political agenda. and it is an example of a no shoot situation. >> martin who was unarmed was shot last year. the trial of george zimmerman who was charged in martin's death begins in less than two months. >> a continent-wide manhunt is underway for a criminal mastermind who blasted his way out of a french prison. they use explosives to destroy five doors. he is somewhat of a notorious gangsters for robbing armored cars and even had an auto-biography published. arrest warrants are out in 26 countries. >> 142 years. that's how long a music business was open and thousand they are saying goodbye. >> sherman clay is closing its flagship piano business that has operated here since 1870. it is one of the oldest in the west. the retailer has been much more than a music store. it has also been a c

they're said to resemble trayvon martin -- the unarmed teen who was shot to death last year. the targets show a silhouette of a person wearing a hoodie, holding a can of arizona iced tea, and a bag of skittles. that's what martin was holding when he was shot and killed by neighborhood watch volunteer george zimmerman. >> he offered one of our other officers our target. it was the silhouette of martin. the officer rejected. and he said that he should put them back into his car. >> the lawyer representing martin's family says, the sergeant's use of the target was "absolutely reprehensible." port canaveral is about 50 miles southeast of sanford, florida where martin was killed. >> procrastinators. your time is just about up. tomorrow is tax day -- the deadline for filing annual income taxes with the i-r-s. the agency says 97 million americans already submitted their tax forms by the first of this month. about 90 percent were done electronically, and the average refund is two- thousand, 755 dollars -- down about 40 bucks from last year. if you owe taxes this year but you're not r

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a common practice in law enforcement listen. >> i'm being accused of using a trayvon martin silhouette target for fire arps training in a moern that is less than professional. i take these allegations seriously. and i find that others are accusing me of something that i just plain did not do. >> an interesting little twist there to a story that we've been hearing so much about. as i said, "don't shoot "targets are pretty common in law enforcement. >> you can see the picture there of that kid in a hoodie, apparently holding exit ells and an iced tea, much like trayvon martin did. another store this weekend, a gun death at a nascar race. what do we know about this? >> authorities say the 42-year-old man's body was found in the back of a truck on the infield of a campground area of the race. this is near the back stretch of the texas motor speedway. the local medical examiner says he shot himself in the head and local reports indicate he was fighting with other spectators before he died. that race is sponsored by the national rifle association, we should point out. texas motor speedway ru

. >>> george zimmerman, the man accused of murdering trayvon martin is due in court. a judge is expected to ask him if he is giving up a right to stand your ground hearing. we will see a little bit of change the forecast towards tomorrow. thursday and friday, much better days, look at the view this morning, because we have clouds and a few showers, all this is caughtsey of an area of high pressure that's anchored to the north and east. you get clockwise flow, you hear me talk about the flow around high pressure, that is ushering in the easterly flow, on shore flow. we are getting the moisture from the atlantic, and that's going to keep us in the clouds for today and keep us on the foggy side this morning and also drizzle and mist throughout the day. temperature 52 degrees in catonsville. kept 54. cambridge 55. good morning westminster, 51 degrees. northville 52. more in northeast goldsboro 54. galena 53. the most accurate future trend picking up on showers possible. that's the trend throughout the day. future trend not picking up on the showers tomorrow, still that is

. >>> a police officer has been fired for using a target resembling trayvon martin. >>> a man was left partially paralyzed and with severe brain damage after a concussion during high school football practice in 2008. >>> it is a girl for former first daughter and "today" show contributor jenna bush hager. margaret laura hager was born saturday night in new york and will be known as mila. congratulations to all of them. >>> how high can the markets go? the dow and s&p both set several new all-time records last week and in fact in less than four months the s&p has already blown past targets set by some analysts for the entire year. there is also a whole lot of earnings on deck this week and citigroup will start things off reporting before today's opening bell. on friday, heavy weights wells fargo and jpmorgan chase reported record high profits but lower revenues with soda sales falling for eight years in a row, investors will look results from coca-cola and pepsico and updates on home prices in march and china reporting its economic growth slowed unexpectedly in the first quarter raising

. >> think about trayvon martin, right? trayvon martin is a 17-year-old african-american kid unarmed walking in a subdivision in florida. he gets shot and killed by a neighborhood watch volunteer. the police take the guy to the police station, they interview him, and then they decide we're probably not going to charge him. right? the family goes before the cameras and says we think he was racially profiled. the next thing you know change.org has a million signatures on a petition to say prosecute this guy. al sharpton holds this huge rally in sanford, florida, that draws thousands of people to say charge this guy. it becomes an international story. there are stories in papers in israel, in britain, in australia about all of this. and within a month george zimmerman is charged with murder. there you go. >> is that wrong? >> what i'm saying is people made their views known, and they got a result. >> uh-huh, oh, i see. >> the guy got charged with murder, and there's going to be a trial. i mean, before, you know, all of in this