you have an active practice. thank you, your honor. anything further from the state? no. thank you, your honor. anything nurt from the defense attorney. no, thank you, your honor. there you have it. judge lester setting bond for george zimmerman in the amount of $150,000, also a number of zip lagss as well. electronic gps monitoring system and also no contact with the vick time s family, no possession of firearm arms, no alcohol, a curfew was set by the jouj as well. zimmerman not allowed to be out between 7:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. he ll have to check in every day. we should note that george zimmerman will not be released today as well. there are a number of things that need to be worked out. but the headline, bond set at $150,000 for george zimmerman charged with second-degree
interestingly enough, he s also under house arrest, don. also, he has a gps monitoring system and he has to stay 2,000 feet away from mckinnley. so pretty strict restrictions. i would say that this is a pretty significant case and the restrictions should restrict mckinley. sunny, we ve spent some time talking about penn state and what was rape and what didn t. the fbi is making a big change, not because of that but who knows, a big change in the way that it collects and reports the changing of the definition and what was the old definition and what will the new one be now?
alison, everyone is noting that this is just a part of the trend. right. well, first of all, don, it is an encouraging report, especially when you look at the trend here. when you look at the trend, 1.6 million jobs have been added in the last year. the unemployment rate is at 8.5%. so, yes, things are getting better. the dow is down and nasdaq is mixed. not so overly impressed. as things improve, the expectation is rising and the fact is these numbers just didn t blow away expectations. the economy at this point is kind of like an economy that s had its training wheels taken off but we still haven t moved into the fast lane and wall street wants to see if the economy is picking up steam. and when you break up these numbers, it s not equal among everyone. it s not. the unemployment rate didn t budge for african-americans. in fact, the black unemployment rate in december was 15.8%. compare that to the rate for whites at 7.5%. you know what, economists say, it s nothing k
that cause ad tremendous uproar in pakistan. so the ally the u.s. has been working with cut offer those supply lines in order to punish and show punish the u.s. and show how aggravated pakistan really was. trying to get involved in the way it all has to be pulled out. what the troops are trying to do over there. landlocked country in central asia is hard to resupply. if you re doing it through pakistan. ian harder. thanks so much. good to have you with us in studios, of course. a national gps monitoring system used to track sex offenders overloads and shuts down. officials in 49 states had no way to track the location of nearly 16,000 offenders. those are required to wear ankle monitors. similar to the one you see there.
168 times and had several other parole violations that were not picked up from the gps monitoring system. if he d have been properly monitored he d never have been out of jail. megyn: why western they picked up. reporter: it goes back to two reasons. there are only 27 275 agents. they are having to watch all the calls. megyn: they are under staffed. reporter: one suggestion is get analysts in who can watch the calls and get the agents on the street so they can see the men and women who he are parolees face-to-face. megyn: that is tragic. at least they are watching it now. adam housley thank you. the justice department just spoke about the question of the day, did president obama know about the pending russian spy ring bust when he hosted the russian president last week. there they are going for a burger. did president obama know this was coming? three minutes away the answer to that question. do not try this at home.