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17-year-old trayvon martin. and unfortunately, it was the teen's life. listen to the brother as he spoke last night to piers morgan. >> the gun, i believe, was in his -- inside -- tucked inside his pant waist. >> right. so he has pulled it out and he has fired it? >> well, he has taken control of his firearm. he prevented his firearm from being taken from him. and used against him. and that's called saving your life. what trayvon said ease to the effect of, i believe "this is going to be easy. you die tonight, or you have a piece, you die tonight." and then attempted to disarm him. so when you say have a bag of skittles and an iced tea, nobody just stood there with a bag of skittles and an iced tea. >> reporter: the other big interview is the one that was given to anderson cooper last night. this from an eyewitness. this will be the first we've heard of. listen to this account. >> after the shots, obviously, someone -- the one man got up, and it was kind of like that period of him -- i can't say i actually watched him get up but maybe it was only like a couple seconds or so, he was walking towards where i was watching and i could see him a little clearer. i could see it was a hispanic man. and he was -- you know, he didn't appear hurt or anything else. he just seemed very -- you know, very worried or whatever. >> reporter: and that is what many people are going to walk away with from that particular interview. he did not appear to be hurt, referencing george zimmerman. and, of course, it was trayvon martin laying dead on the ground. fredricka. >> and martin, what about the investigation, anything new being said by the special prosecutor? >> reporter: no, nothing is being said and that is the key word here. it appears after the video leaks and other leaks after the investigation, now they are cracking down and the state prosecutor says nothing further is going to be said. they will continue their investigation, but you won't be hearing from them until they're either ready to make an arrest or render some sort of outcome. >> martin savidge, thank you so much in florida. and now house budget committee chairman paul ryan says he is supporting mitt romney for fred. ryan announced his endorsement ahead of the primary in his home state of wisconsin. >> i have two criteria i am using to make my decision to vote on primary tuesday. who is the best person to be president, who will make the best president, and who has the best chance of defeating barack obama? and in my opinion, mitt romney is clearly that person. >> senior correspondent dana bash joins us from washington. how significant is this endorsement for romney? >> romney and advisers say they're thrilled. for several reasons. it's no secret that he's trying to get conservatives to trust him. and paul ryan say rock star on the rise among conservatives. ryan told me they're hoping that this with the combined endorsement of marco rubio, it will help consolidate the base which has been lukewarm. second, ryan is from the state of wisconsin which surprise, surprise, is holding a primary this coming tuesday. in fact, we just learned that the two men, romney and ryan, will make their first appearance together in less than two hours in appleton, wisconsin. but they're hoping that this endorsement will finally give romney the consistent momentum that he hasn't been able to hold on. >> the other thing i should add, ryan is the budget chairman in the house. had offered a budget overhaul of medicare and medicaid. democrats are having a field day. >> let's take a look. ♪ when old mitt claps his hands for the pariah plan, that's amore ♪ ♪ >> when his plan came out i supported it. ♪ when paul ryan gives props to mitt romney's chops that's amore ♪ >> so, as a result, dana is the base, is the republican party in any way expressing concern? >> well, i can tell you from the point of view of democrats as you just saw in that interesting web ad, a senior democrat i talked to this morning told me when they frame paul ryan's budget cutting medicare and medicaid against tax cuts for millionaires they saids, quote, off the charts, for democrats. republicans are getting hammered because seniors vote and they're easily scared about losing medicare. ryan was asked just yesterday, fred, about the democrats' attempts to rachet and romney. he was asked by luke russer, take a listen. >> is this going to be a detriment to mitt romney? >> no, we're going to give the country a choice. people deserve to be spoken to like adults. not attended to like children. they deserve leaders who are going to tell them not platitudes but here's what i'm going to do to fix the country, and if you elect me, i'll go fix the country. >> something tells me that is a bit of a preview of what we'll hear later today in wisconsin. but, you know, romney and other political sources i talked to said they understand the political pierils. they're banking on what they know with jobs and gas prices. and when it comes to medicare, at least they're offering specifics. >> dana bash. thanks so much. here's a rundown, meantime, on some of the stories. first it kills more people than breast cancer and the aids combined. i'll talk to a chef who is taking on diabetes. and then a movie gives an up close look at the horrors of bullying. >> another teacher told me how they burned frogs and kept talking about it with me in the classroom. and everyone was laughing. and they knew it was hurting me and they kept going. touch of s. you'll be delighted to discover how good they taste. ♪ when your chain of supply goes from here to shanghai, that's logistics. ♪ ♪ chips from here, boards from there track it all through the air, that's logistics. ♪ ♪ clearing customs like that hurry up no time flat that's logistics. ♪ ♪ all new technology ups brings to me, that's logistics. ♪ is the pain reliever orthopedic doctors recommend most for arthritis pain, think again. and take aleve. it's the one doctors recommend most for arthritis pain. two pills can last all day. ♪ do about medicare and social security... security. that's what matters to me... me? 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>> yes, from a financial stpt, fredricka, first, they should stop and breathe. first, don't rush to claim that money. don't rush. the money's not going anywhere right away. don't rush. then get a team. a team of people. a financial planner. a tax accountant. you need to make strategic moves and you've got to have a plan first. with all that, it's time to sit back and formulate a plan before you spend money that you haven't even got. >> so you've got those three things in place. you've got a money team, et cetera. then you finally step forward, you've got the winning ticket. the options are you can take it in a lump sum or get it parcelled out. what would you advise? >> i think the best thing to do is go ahead and get that lump sum. the reason i say go ahead sand make the lump sum is because you can make so much interest off of that money. really, if you just got a municipal bond around 3%, you'd make $10 million a year on the interest alone with that money. so it will pay for itself. and i say manage your own money instead of having someone else manage it for you meaning let them keep and it give it to you as the years progress. get it now and manage it wisely and get the ability of compou compounding interest. >> you hear the stories, you want to celebrate anybody's winnings especially when it's this big. >> right. >> but there are so many accounts, so many story s of people who win the lottery and then their life falls apart. in so many cases, people go bankrupt within years. >> yeah. >> what's the common denominator to what happens? what is going wrong that we need to try to avoid? >> one of the things that's happened with the buzz that the generated with the excitement right now, people are looking for some sort of hope. if they can catch on to this, and get the hope, they're excited about the possibility. so when you actually do win, you're going to people coming out from every crevice and crack that you can imagine. make sure you're prepared for this. it's okay to give money, but set a budget for how much you're going to give and what you can give and what's realistic for giving. what people tend to do, pull people into their camp, a lot of people they can't trust and didn't know, they start squandering the money. they make poor investment decisions. they listen to people that say they have your best interests at heart and really don't. you got to realize there's a lot of money and a lot of people out there that are going to take advantage of you. >> you say that's why so many of these lotto winners actually go bankrupt. they just don't -- you know, they lose so much so quickly, that they can't even salvage or hold on to anything? >> and all of them think that it's so much more than it actually is. now, of course, we're talking about record numbers here, generally when you go into a lottery and you win several millions, it's not really as much as you think. think about it. this lottery winning, it's going to be about $270 million when you take the lump sum and after taxes. it's not the $640 million that we're seeing because you've got to account for the taxes. >> so, clyde, it would seem, with this kind of money at stake, everyone should kind of, you know, throw a little something in there. i mean, what are the chances, why not? but then you say there are actually some people who don't even need to plunk down $5, $10, $100 bill, don't need to plunk down any cash, any money whatsoever for a ticket. who are those people? >> yeah, there's a lot of people out here that have high-interest debt, that are behind right now in their bills of course, they're looking to something to gravitate to, some sort of hope. if you're going to spend a dollar, two dollars, maybe. but there are people spending $50, $100, $200 to increase their odds. you mentioned what the odds are at the beginning of the segment. i mean, you have a better chance of being struck by lightning. just to throw all that money away where you can cut down on your high-interest debt and make a plan to start paying that off. it's hard to hear when you see all these millions in your eyes but again, having a strategic plan is a lot better than having a shot in the dark. >> clyde, it's fun to dream. you're kind of a kill-joy right now, you know that? >> i know. i know. >> have you purchased a ticket or will you have? >> i have spent a total of $2. two hole dollars and i'm done. >> at all you need. thanks so much for the free advice. especially if you do win the millions. we'll be right back. ♪ wow... ♪ [ female announcer ] sometimes, all you need is the smooth, creamy taste of werther's original caramel to remind you that you're someone very special. ♪ werther's original caramels. ♪ trayvon martin's death continues to gain attention. thousands are expressing through rallies and marches. there are social societies demanding justice. songwriter der rand butter wrote "skittles in arizona." good to see you. >> good to see you as well. >> what inspired to you write a song? >> actually, my producer mike actually called me. the song was actually his idea, he was developing a track. and he's a father, so for him, the actual song had more -- i guess, more meaning behind it. since i don't have any children, the closest child to me is my nephew. and he really, really wanted to do this song. i just tried to pull the inspiration from him and the from the people around me. and the movement itself. the outrage that the movement has caused in general. >> let's talk specifically about what you wrote, how you wrote it. let's take another listen to just another clip on that song. ♪ bullying an issue, who >> an historical reference there. as to whether he whistled and he was beaten to death. some are drawing parallels to that and what happened to trayvon martin? >> yeah, just the historical itself was to give context to how long these things have been going on. we can trace it back to shawn bell, oscar grant. and it keeps happening. people are fed up with it happening and why it continues. >> and there's more, let's take a listen to this. ♪ i bet they face some goals big brother be watching us ♪ >> now, explain that one. here are the lyrics, "but let me fight some dogs and i bet the face be poplin." >> it's just there's media coverage until there's a huge outcry. there's tons of things that happen all the time and they just don't get publicized. but until it's a rally or shark bin or anybody from the media gives it attention, it just flied under the radar. >> are you encouraged by the dialogue that's been happening as a result? or what are your observations about what is being said, where the focus is, which begins with an investigation that is still incomplete. but there have been a lot of offshoots of the discussions. >> right. >> what do you like? what do you gravitate toward? what do you not like? >> i like it all. dialogue in itself i think is healthy. so i'm really just proud of my generation for standing up and saying something. because our parents' generations have had their battles. our grandparents had their battles. you know, your father was a tuskegee airman, so he had his battles. everything that we do from here on out is what's going to make our generation successful and stamp our place in history. >> have you heard from the family, since your production, this has been on youtube, a lot of people have watched and listened to your music. you coupled it with images that you managed to get, free images on the internet. what kind of feedback have you received? >> some of it has been negative, some positive, all of it has been dialogue and that's healthy. i haven't heard from the family yet. i'm not sure what i could say to console the mother that her son has been killed and nobody is doing anything about it. >> what is it that you say, some has been positive, some negative. have people been specific what has struck them in a negative way about this production? >> well, one thing that i'm hearing constantly, people are saying well, black-on-black crime happens everyday. why are there no rallies for that. i don't think the rally is necessarily about the crime. but the rally is there hasn't been an arrest for the crime. people need to understand that. no matter what, justice is justice. black or white. >> people can hear this, watch the video that you've compiled on youtube. if there's any money generated from this production, where will that go, what's your objective here? >> it's going directly to the family. i haven't looked to get any gain from this. i just wanted to do whatever i could to support and further this movement. it's a cause that i believe it and many people believe in. >> duran, thanks so much for your time. thanks for sharing your music. appreciate it. for the first time now, we're hearing from george zimmerman's brother. >> he's the neighbor that everybody would want to have. >> we'll also hear from someone who claims to have witnessed the trayvon martin shooting and the aftermath. we're cracking down on medicare fraud. the healthcare law gives us powerful tools to fight it... to investigate it... ...prosecute it... and stop criminals. our senior medicare patrol volunteers... are teaching seniors across the country... ...to stop, spot, and report fraud. you can help. guard your medicare card. don't give out your card number over the phone. call to report any suspected fraud. we're cracking down on medicare fraud. let's make medicare stronger for all of us. i know you know this by now. there's a fever going around everywhere. the megamillions jackpot. $640 million. that's insane! we just learned if there's no winner tonight, the jackpot will rise to $975 million and that drawing will be tuesday. of course, we got to get through tonight. 42 states, plus d.c. and the virgin islands take part in this. the frenzy is everywhere. all this means the states are making up for budget shortfalls as well. there are silver linings every year. margaret defrancisco is the president of georgia lottery. this is exciting. >> it's exciting. it's almost out of body. a few days from now it will be holy-moley, that's amazing. >> that's a lot of money. $640 million, everybody playing is thinking what am i going to do with my money. but states like georgia, d.c., they're actually winning by virtue of people playing? >> absolutely. all of the profit from all the games, megale hads, powerball, all the games offered across the country at all the lotteries, all that profit goes to the good causes and beneficiaries that the lotteries support. here in georgia it's the hope scholarship and the kindergarten program. >> hope scholarship is for kids that want to go to georgia state. they get this scholarship help. that's a big one? >> it is. megamillions is 12 years old and it's taken 10 years to get to this astronomical amount of money. >> how did the number get so big? people playing? >> yes. yes. we started at $12 million in january. there has been no jackpot winner in all the twice a week drawings since january. it keeps building, building, building. as the sales grow, we're able to offer a greater jackpot this morning, at 11:30. we raised it to tonight's drawing of 6$640 million, all based on sales, the fever not the country. >> it's fun to dream about what would i do with that money? >> exactly. this is world-changing. world-changing, thinking about the people that you could help, the phil lanthropic that could created. the bucket lists. >> the whole community, the whole neighborhood. >> absolutely. >> i wonder, with so many people playing on a regular basis, and that lucky number just hasn't been drawn for so many periods of weeks, i mean, what does it say about the numbers or the combinations tha

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