welcome back to cnn special coverage crisis in syria decision point on his first trip overseas as president in 2010 he was asked in a news conference whether he subscribed to the notion of american exceptionalism. here was his response back then. i believe in american exceptionalism. just as i suspect that the brits believe in british exceptionalism and the greeks believe in greek exceptionalism. greek exceptionalism. that answer didn t win the newly-elected president any awe applause from his opponents on the right a striking contrast to his endorsement of this idea in his tuesday night address to the nation. take a hlisten. terrible things happen across the globe. it is beyond our means to right every wrong. but when with modest effort and
sanford, florida, cnn special coverage for the george zimmerman verdict watch. the jury deliberating for more than eight hours now. mark o mara talked to cnn about the first concerns, taking on a client who could have been as hateful as some described him. was it a concern for you that he might have been a racist? when i saw the 12-year-old trayvon martin picture and the 270-pound george zimmerman picture, yes. no question. and strangely enough, i think that s why most of the people who believe george zimmerman is a racist today got their belief, when they saw those two pictures 16 months ago. and you can t not have that thought. you can t look at 12-year-old trayvon martin and the size of george zimmerman and say there s any reason why trayvon martin should have lost his life that night. when you look at the reality, it s completely different. whose fault is that, that