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charlotte, north carolina. the biggest rally taking place last night in sanford, florida. lets 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 sanfords police chief temporarily stepped aside but did not step down. the governor of florida has assigned a new special prosecutor to this case as trayvons parents again call for zimmermans arrest. >> i stand before you t...

were very happy youre with us this morning. its 5:00 in the east. breaking news in france. police have a home surrounded. they say an al qaeda suspect wanted for committing that jewish school massacre is inside. france also says two officers were wounded in a shootout there overnight. well take you live to that scene? just a few moments now. and a big night for mitt romney after a decisive 1 -point win, hes setting his sights on louisiana. romney has near ri half the delegates that...

mitt romney is in maryland today fresh off his decisive win in the illinois primary. halfway to the delegate finish line. hundreds of french police surround an apartment where a gunman remains holed up. hes accused of killing seven people in a series of shootings. authorities say they expect him to give up soon. another strong aftershock in mexico. it measured 5.0 on the richter scale. its the latest of several aftershocks to follow yesterdays 7.4 magnitude earthquake. 500 homes we...

toss the head set fell. >> zimmerman says he was acting in self-defense and has never been arrested or charged, but martins family and their many supporters claim that racial bias in the shooting and the investigation. so now the fbi has stepped in and the justice department has opened a civil rights investigation. cnn legal analyst sunny hostin joining me now with more on all of this. why dont we go ahead and start with trayvons cell phone friend. i understand you actually have a copy...

>> this is dinnertime here. >> he doesnt sleep at all basically. will cain, cnn contributor and contributor to theblaze.com and roland martin, political analyst. 7:00 a.m. eastern and 6:00 a.m. in illinois. one of the most important primary, illinois, thats what we say always, 54 delegates at stake in the primary and the winner is expected to capture the bulk of the delegates. it will be the biggest haul since the georgia primary that happened earlier this month. mitt romney looking to...

the story and she has a live report. the u.s. soldier accused of killing 16 afghan civilians will meet with his lawyer for the first time today. staff sergeant robert bales arrived at ft. leavenworth, kansas, a military prison over the weekend. in afghanistan, people are outraged and now there is speculation u.s. troops may be leaving the country even sooner. officials in france are warning jewish organizations to be vigilant because a killer could be targeting jews. today a gunman...

john henry brown says he wants to know why his client was deployed on a fourth tour of combat after being diagnosed with brain trauma. a march madness match-up turns ugly after members of the southern miss pep band are caught on camera yelling an offensive chant at kansas states angel rodriguez. >> hes trying to draw the charge. rodriguez has already let the ball go. hes a freshman but hes cool as they come. >> they have issued a formal apology from kansas state for the bands behavio...

afghan president meeting overnight in kabul. they were trying to diffuse tensions over the mass killings of those afghan civilian, allegedly by an american army soldier who has now been moved out of afghanistan. >> a deadly school bus crash in southern pennsylvania. the bus driver was killed when the packed bus collided with a semitruck on the highway. 28 students were injured. 6 had to be air lifted to a hospital. >> two inmates pardoned got drivers licenses and cars while they were s...

today marks one year since syrias uprising began with a day of rage. it is clear the rage has not let up. were keeping an eye, too, on afghanistan. defense secretary leon panetta just met with president hamid karzai as the u.s. soldier who is a kutsed of slaughtering 16 people is moved from the country. the washington monument is sinking. its sunk a fraction of an inch since the quake hit last august. today the circus ends and the prison sentence begins. former governor rob blago...

but the math and money and more people doubting that that may be enough as we move on your "early start." good morning everyone welcome to "early start" im ashleigh banfield. >> im zoraida sambolin. were bringing you news from a to z, 5:00 a.m. in the east. >> alabama, mississippi, rick santorum a southern sweep. >> a heartbreaking tragedy in switzerland, 22 children killed when a bus crashed in the wall of a tunnel. that bus carrying 46 children, and six adults was returning to belg...