one for many african-americans who deal with racial profiling all their lives, including him he says and it got personal. >> when trayvon martin was first shot, i said that this could have been my son. another way of saying that is trayvon martin could have been me. >> and we'll have more on the president's personal and unscripted comments later on this hour, but first the reaction to the zimmerman case on the streets now. our correspondents are covering major rallies happening today across the country. you see right on the map there. let's turn to nick valencia in miami. trayvon martin's father is at that rally or at least he was scheduled to. is he scheduled to speak as well? >> reporter: yeah, he spoke a little while ago and while he was at the podium, he teared up talking about his son saying that he's going to fight for the legacy of his son and also for the sons of all those here in attendance. we expected -- the organizers expected mosh 1,000 to show up.