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The special prosecutor investigating the trayvon martin case in florida has pulled the plug on a planned grand jury hearing. this means prosecutor angela corey is taking full responsibility for deciding whether or not to charge george zimmerman, the man who shot trayvon martin. the grand jury has been scheduled to convene tomorrow by the former attorney in charge of the case, norman wolfinger. he recused himself last month and spoke about outrage over the conflict. coreys decision to skip the gr...

The specific prosecutor, including a piece in the "miami herald" that talked about this, we had the feeling that there would not be a grand jury in this case. what people need to understand sprks the april 10th grand jury date was a product of the previous prosecutor. when norman wolfinger recused himself from the case, technically everything did he went away and that included the april 10th date that he set for the grand jury. fact is it was never her deadline. >> it was never her deadline an...

Running its own investigation. thats the florida department of law enforcement working for the special prosecutor trying to determine what happened on that rainy night more than a month ago. field agents from the fbi spent much of monday in the gated community where trayvon was shot. theyre here as part of a civil rights investigation to determine if the 17-year-old was targeted and killed by george zimmerman because he was black. >> the issue here is did george zimmerman act in self-defense? th...

Trayvon martin. by now its this life and death struggle between the two of them as if he was being battered by trayvon martin. i think by telling that story they set themselves up because this video does not show that. there is no blood on him. this was a close range supposed gun shot but there is no blood on his clothing. his nose doesnt look broken or pleading so its a problem. >> what about this report about the police, the sanford police chief being on the scene the night of trayvon martins ...

Gunshot sound and then the screaming stopped. >> well talk exclusively with that 13-year-old boys mom in a live report and live interview next. plus, who is the state attorney, norm wolfinger, and why didnt he press charges? and another huge day for the health care industry and decision at the supreme court. we know republicans dont like obama-care, so whats their plan? all rig oh, right. they dont have one. youre watching "politics nation" live from washington on msnbc.

Whole situation is that all of this has occurred due to a blatant lack of communication. if the state attorney is going to claim that this was a self-defense claim, which by law he would have to find george zimmermans account for credible than that of trayvon martin and what the evidence has shown thus far, then we owe it -- the community is owed that the state attorney explain why he is siding on zimmermans side. hes failed to do that. >> ryan vescio and kendall coffey, thank you both for your ...

Not believe zimmermans story. there was an incident where zimmerman was taken back to the scene. they did a re-enactment. they looked at his clothing and took his gun. after the homicide detective talked to him, he didnt believe him. he did a written affidavit saying he didnt believe him and he should be arrested. >> ben crump, this could be a huge development if the source is correct. i mean, isnt this very unusual for the lead state attorney to come, himself, and meet with the head of the poli...

When you add up these facts, it just doesnt seem to make sense. when you listen to the 911 tape from zimmerman, himself, and the phone records from trayvons girlfriend, you know, you have him on that 911 call saying hes running. and you have that young lady on the phone saying hes following me. its one of those things that that makes sense, that zimmerman pursued and stopped trayvon and he was the aggressive. now, why the state attorney was saying this is not enough makes absolutely no sense. >>...

Welcome back. the mother of a witness on the night trayvon martin was killed says the lead investigator told her self-defense was not applicable here. and a meeting later that night between the states attorney and the chief of police, we have a lot to talk about. on this case. joining me now is ryan, a democrat running to replace norm wolfinger as state attorney for the 18th district when he retires this fall. also, with me is criminal defense lawyer and former u.s. attorney, kendall coffey. tha...