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now theres a new attorney joining george zimmermans case. >> about time. >> thats kind of interesting. he did have a representative at first buchlt now the two of them will jointly represent george zimmerman. his father also really sat down to talk about his sons version of events the night that trayvon martin was shot and killed. here is what he said. >> he was walking back to his vehicle. trayvon came from his left side, asked him, did he have -- did he have a problem? george said no...

Despite the significant lead in did he go gat delegates, santorum has vowed to stay in the race at least until the primary in pennsylvania. tell your friends by this time in 2008, mitt romney already had withdrawn from the presidential race and thrown his support behind john mccain despite having an estimated 271 delegates. thats almost 70 more than rick santorum has right now. romney officially bowed out of the 2008 race on february the 7th. enough of the real news. lets huddle up around the ...

firefighters in dearborn, michigan, when the roof they were on started to collapse. training, quick thinking and a lot of luck saved the day. >> saw it on video so many times. oh, boy. i guess we really avoided a crisis there. so -- especially when it was my feet dangling in that hole. from cnns world headquarters, bringing you news and analysis from across the nation and around the globe. live from studio 7, this is "cnn saturday morning." the streets of sanford, florida, are agai...

>> if i can show this chart, back in 1933, average life expectancy was 62, right? >> her legs are curving -- >> they are curving up. >> and now, of course, life expectancy is in the high 70s. you get social security at 65. so basically you paid in and then died. again, thats all reversed. we have three people working for every one person on social security. back then we had 50 people working for every one in social security. >> the big number to me is federal spending, $7 is given to people over...

This relationship. but at present we have to understand we cant legislate morality, very difficult to do. we cant legislate values, very difficult to do. we tried to legislate morality back in pro -- prohibition that said drink what you want in 1933. there were interracial marion rarges. supreme court spoke that to that decision mary whoever you want. the daughter is consenting adult. she decided at 18 wanted to be with this 41-year-old. he left his family. therefore is it is completely proper. ...

Economy back on track. whats interesting about this, it is an argument that i think the romney campaign will have a lot of fun with and be happy to see. if you recall, romney is the one candidate who cant made a head-on assault on obama care because his plan was the intellectual godfather of obama care. by putting this at the center of the election campaign, romney can make a case, which is this is a diversion from the recovery. it was a curious choice from the obama team. in terms of what ale...

Economy, as we look at how much it costs to fill up the tank, what does this mean? >> yes, every penny cent increase in gas has caused $1 billion in discretionary spending and since were talking about a 66-cent increase since the middle of december, that is $66 billion a day because when gas prices go up we are forced to cut back at the restaurants and the hotels and the bars and whatever the case may be. i can imagine that well hit the demand destruction point where people are saying enough alr...

a new career. im year yeah borrow ger and youre in "the situation room." it may not be everything, but aappearance is everything on the campaign trail. a lack luster speech, the bang promise by his campaign was more of a fizzle. the gap is down from six points on tuesday to two points today. joe, what exactly happened? >> reporter: well, gloria, mitt romney is still struggling to get his momentum back and todays speech was supposed to be a step in the right direction but for a bunch ...

charges in egypts crack down on non-governmental organizations. the trial is set to begin on sunday. this video from syria is said to show men rushing into a burning house to save a child in the city of homs. cnn cant confirm the you authentici authenticity, rebel commander calls the uprising an orphan revolution without the international support given to other revotes. an advisor said its premature to decide to help armed the rebels. rick santorum surging to a lead over mitt romne...

Watchi watching us right now is going to be on this issue. if youre watching at home or youre with us on, yes, decriminalize drugs and how much are folks, i dont know about that how that sounds, and i think one of the reason it is youre on the fence or it sounds terrifying to you that suddenly overnight we would do that, is the idea that prohibition problems and drug problems cant be separated. what are prohibition problems and what are drug problems? >> the prohibition problems, as a former pol...