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Was obviously a tragic situation. >> did you see that? its not our elected leaders. its going to be other folks there president obama had an idea about. no sooner had he dropped the mike than the very folks, the kinds of people president hope obama talked about picking it up did exactly that. yesterday as new york city joined the 100 cities rallying together demanding justice for trayvon martin, our own resident member of the clergy y, reverend al sharpton was joined by a couple of president oba...

York city. cnns alina cho was there. alina? >> reporter: hey, don. the keynote speaker at todays rally here in new york city was sybrina fulton, trayvon martins mother. it was hard to ig no two of the biggest stars on the planet. jay-z and beyonce were here to lend their support. they did not make any remarks but, frankly, didnt have to. the reverend al sharpton can prove they were here. he instagramed a photo of him with the two stars and sybrina fulton. today hundreds of people were here in th...

Theyve also arrived. >> reporter: thats right. thats right, fredricka. in fact, all morning we have been reporting the big headliner today at this rally would be sybrina fulton the mother of trayvon martin. she was here, came with the reverend al sharpton did take to the podium and said trayvon was just a child. he just had candy and than she vowed she would work not only for trayvons memory but that she would work for, and speaking to the crowd, your children as well. again, we had been reporti...

Don? >> nick, thank you very much. and alina cho is here in new york. tell us what people rallying in new york and the bronx are demanding here today. >> reporter: don, i can tell you at this rally here at 1 police plaza in new york city, the keynote speaker was sybrina fulton trayvon martins mother, but make no mistake it was hard to ignore two of the biggest stars on the planet who were also on hand to lend their support. were talking about beyonce and jay-z. the two superstars did not make an...

Surprise. just a couple of minutes ago, beyonce and jay-z arrived at this rally here at 1 police plaza in new york city. of course, sybrina fulton, the mother of trayvon martin, due to be the headliner. there are traditional headliners now, we are hearing both beyonce and jay-z will take to the podium and give remarks today. from what i can tell behind me, a couple of hundred people appear to be here at this rally today. of course, it is one of more than 100 across the city that is planned by th...

The mother of trayvon martin. certainly she was here, she did speak, but it was hard to ignore two of the biggest stars on the planet. jay-zee and beyonce were here also to lend their support. they didnt offer any remarks, but their presence was felt. the reverend al sharpton wasted no time. he instagrammed a photo of himself with beyonce and jay-zee and sybrina fulton this afternoon. this started at about noon and ended an hour later. it was just one of a hundred rallies across the country call...

>> going forward, there will be more and more change. well see more majority/minority cities. what i found so interesting that the president did yesterday, it wasnt just him putting on his personal hat. he also put on a bit of a professorial hat. were looking forward to the changes demographically will be in the country but we cannot move forward until we look back. and he said that sociology, history, professor hat on saying, look, we have had a history of racial divisions in this country. we a...

This is a peaceful rally. >> stephanie, with regard to what the president said yesterday, have you been able to gauge reaction to that before from any of the people at this vigil? >> i have. i spoke to an organizer and he says the presidents remarks have absolutely energized this crowd. he says this is something theyve been waiting for. theyve been waiting for president obama to speak about this verdict. the protesters are to remain peaceful today but they say they want to peacefully express the...

>> let me ask you, maya. leading up to this point, there was a lot of back and forth as to whether the president needed to say something. and were certainly going to be talking about that a lot tonight. there has been outrage in all corners of american society, but specifically there is tension, i think, its fair to say, between president obama and the african american community in terms of him taking of the mantle. some people say its not his job to be the spokesperson for all african-americans...

They said it was very important for them to hear from the president since he also shares many of their same experiences, and they said that it was something that they were glad to hear him come out and speak about. >> 2:03 eastern time. nbcs michelle franzen for us live in new york. thank you so much. well now take you to los angeles, where it is 11:04 a.m. stephanie stanton is there at another location of a vigil. what are you seeing, stephanie? >> good afternoon to you, richard. this vigil end...