martin. martin was killed by a crime watch community volunteer, 28-year-old george zimmerman, patrolling the area with az 9 millimeter pistol after a string of robberies over the last year and a half. zimmerman was questioned but never arrested. he told officers he acted in self defense after a scuffle with the teenager, who has no previous criminal record and had only a package of candy and a drink in his pockets when he was killed. this morning an attorney for martin s family plated an audio interview with a friend of the young man. the teenaged girl said she was on the phone with him that night and he told her he was being followed and was trying to get away. the dots have all been connected. arrest george zimmerman for the killing of trayvon martin in cold blood today. reporter: a call for justice shared by a grieving mother trying to make sense of her loss. that was my baby, and he was pleading for his life. and i just don t understand how that s self defense. you
we re following is this nice weather that we re loving here in the washington area. love it, love it, love it, love it. didn t have much of a winter this year at all, and now march, we re just about ready to not just get through march, we re ready to throw march completely out the window. we re ready to jump into the pool. jump right in, you know, 85 and sunny from here forward. no, not quite that warm, but boy, it s going to be nice. yeah, but a few degrees just shy of that, actually. oh, yeah. it s going to be nice and warm around here. temperatures today are going to feel a lot more like early april, but by the time we get into the middle of the week, it s going to feel like the middle of may around here! tree pollen sufferers, be on high alert. it s going to be a tough week for allergy sufferers with all the warm air coming our way. temperatures this morning nice and cold. 27 in manassas, 37, though, in gaithersburg, 40 degrees in washington, 36 in waldorf and l
reporter: wine nans knew not only of houston s struggles but her faith. we sang together i go to the rock and it is that rock of salvation, that rock, that faith that we have in jesus that sustains us during times like this. reporter: meanwhile in los angeles, the county coroner s office has issued speeches to houston s doctors and medical providers. they are seeking pharmacy and you medical records, standard procedure in death investigations but results of toxicology tests are still weeks away. they will determine whether prescription drugs found in houstons ahotel room were a factor in her death, yet even with that question unanswered, the white house s drug czar says houston s admitted struggles with substance abuse represent a teachable moment. when the cdc calls it a public health epidemic, i mean, it is very clear that we have to deal with this. reporter: one source of consolation i really do miss whitney. reporter: in a time of grief. mark barger, n