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In houston, texas, on the far southern reaches of houston, someone opened fire. im reading transcripts of interviews with people on the scene. they described him as a kid walking down the hall looking suspicious. so that the notion that this is some adult who came in from outside the school does not look likely. that doesnt necessarily mean he was a student at this school or still enrolled at the school but apparently a young person looking suspicious. were told he pulled the fire alarm. everybo...

Bring you better updates for the afternoon. >> dana: when we we hear more about who the people are? >> were supposed to be getting an update in the next hour. it will be 3:00 local time in texas. we understand one of the hospitals will give us an update in the next 15 or 20 minutes. >> dana: so stay tuned for that. trace, back to you. >> trace: were hearing from some of the students inside. its fascinating to hear their perspective of what happened. ander that perception of what went down. one s...

Independent rev estimates he has arrested thousands of men. while it comes as no surprise that johns have run into steve off duty, what is surprising that some feel the need to talk to him. >> i was at a mexican restaurant eating and a guy came in with his kid. he was eyeballing me and stuff. he finally walked over, do you remember me. i go, you look familiar. he goes, you arrested me. i go, oh. did you take the class? he goes, yeah, i took the clays. i said hopefully you learned something and y...

>> what did he say? >> he said, well, yeah, youre right. he had his son, 7 or 8 years old, sitting right there. >> wow. >> another time i was at safeway and this guy with his kid walking around, kept going down my aisles walking by me and stuff. so i walk out, and the guy walks up to me without his son and says do you remember me, almost the same thing. i go, yeah, you look familiar. yeah, you arrested me. hopefully you took the class, you learned something and not doing it anymore. i dont know ...

Defense attorney john burris, best known for his work on police misconduct cases including the b.a.r.t. case with oscar grant. andy lopez, there was a huge outcry over the weekend and continues today. sonoma county sheriff says he welcomes the fbi investigation in addition to a separate joint investigation by the santa rosa police department. what would you like to see happen here? >> i think they want to find out what the real facts are. you have a kid walking and wasnt causing any particular h...

White neighborhood where you have the level of crime. show me, and i think we should go there. >> i can show you a lot of -- >> i think muggings, murders. >> i grew up in a very wealthy white neighborhood. i can tell you the number of parents who were popping pills and doing all sorts of illegal stuff. it wasnt the stuff that is being prosecuted. >> and ironically -- >> let me make a point here. i was -- one time i was here at cnn getting ready to go home from evening, and i had a nice gentleman...

>> well, you show me a wealthy white neighborhood where you have the level of crime. show me, and i think we should go there. >> i can show you a lot of -- >> i think muggings, murders. >> i grew up in a very wealthy white neighborhood. i can tell you the number of parents who were popping pills and doing all sorts of illegal stuff. it wasnt the stuff that is being prosecuted. >> and ironically -- >> let me make a point here. i was -- one time i was here at cnn getting ready to go home from even...

>> let me make a point here. i was -- one time i was here at cnn getting ready to go home from evening, and i had a nice gentleman walk me out, a black security guard here. you know what he said hes afraid of when he leaves cnn at night? hes not afraid of the white kid walking around, hes afraid of his own people. the reality is, when you go to the ghettos and the public housing and cities in urban environments like washington, you go to predominantly black neighborhoods. that is where the viole...

With that a thousand percent, but beyond that, whether they are the young men who are an abject poverty living on the corners wearing their hoodie or a middle-class kid walking through a middle-class neighborhood at night wearing a hoodie, the one thing they have in common is theyre still black. >> yeah. >> and it speaks to systemic issue within the country that as a nation we refuse to face. that is how uncomfortable we are to look each other in the eye and have a honest, down to earth discussi...

17-year-old kid walking home. >> thats what he was. >> none of us, including myself know how the altercation began and how it was. its what took place in george zimmermans mind when he discharged the weapon and if he perceived he was in danger of great bodily harm or death hes justified under law to discharge a firearm. >> this cuts to the quick of the trial that so many people feel must have been another option than just shooting this boy dead. >> right, and to your point, i mean, no one knows ...