something bigger in the year ahead in the battle of health care. also the million americans counting on federal jobless aid will see that emergency help end today because congress couldn t come to an agreement to extend it in time. what s next when it comes to helping america s long term unemployed? some democratic governors have joined president obama in issuing pardons to non-violent inmates stuck in prison due to harsh mandatory minimum truck sentencing guidelines. more democrats joining them. we ll be examineing whether the notion of democrats soft on crime is out of date we all know how the biggest politicians of the year are faring at the close of 2014. can we predict the next calendar year? we will at least give that a shot in a little bit. but first, it may feel like it sprouted up just yesterday. but 2014 will actually mark the fifth anniversary of the tea party movement. you can think back to when it first started making noise back to those frenzied health care
reporter: but if the prosecutors see their case slipping away, there is another option that could still put zimmerman behind bars for years. if requested and allowed by the judge, the prosecutors can ask the jury to consider lesser charges like aggravated assault, which still carries the potential for decades in prison due to a florida state statute called the 10-20 life law. it s dubbed the use a gun and you re done law after a popular psa campaign that newly-elected jed bush signed into law in 1999. it basically means with certain crimes in the state of florida, if you use a gun you face enhanced time in prison or mandatory minimum sentences like ten years for showing a gun, 20 years for firing it, and 25 to life if you injure or kill someone. california is the only other