the face you're making. >> just saying good morning. >> i like it. i like it. >> working on my impression. >> i have to work on my mug for the camera. >> it's called being happy to be here in the morning. >> we used to call it the "nightline" nod, nod at the camera. nod at the camera. let's start with this trayvon martin investigation. there's new videotape. have you seen it? >> i have not seen it. >> you'll get a chance to see it this morning. it's from abc news. george zimmerman gets out of the patrol car they brought him in the night of the shooting. we've talked a lot about george zimmerman and around george zimmerman and his friends have come up to talk about what he has said happened. but now to take a look at what he looks like on this videotape and also to try to match some of those zripg descriptions that a is amazing. trayvon's mother spoke as well. she said her reaction to see in this videotape was pretty amazing. take a look. >> this video is the icing on the cake. this is not the first part of evidence that they have had. they have had the 911 tapes and they have also had witnesses. this is in addition to what the sanford police department already has. this video is clear evidence that there is some problem with this case and that he needs to be arrested. >> it has been interesting how slow it has been to get -- it's been a month since trayvon was shot and now this is the first time we're really seeing through abc news this videotape. >> one of the things that came out, people made the argument from the outset is, okay, you chose not to arrest him. so, did the investigation end? because there are other people, there are other witnesses who said that they felt that it was trayvon who was screaming as well. so, it was as if the sanford police department did not do a full investigation. the parents, from day one, said we want justice. we want a full investigation. they simply didn't get it. the pressure brought to bear has made all of this possible. >> george zimmerman's father is talking on camera first time as well. martin savidge is in florida with what he is saying. good morning, martin. >> reporter: good morning, soledad. what's interesting about this conversation, first of all, is robert zimmerman is speaking out on his son's behalf. he did not go on full camera. in other words, he's in silhouet silhouette, because he claims he is in fear for his own safety. that said, let's listen to his words. he points out what he describes as the dramatic life and death struggle that his son faced with trayvon martin. take a listen. >> after nearly a minute of being beaten, george was trying to get his head off the concrete, try iing to move, wit trayvon on him, into the grass. in doing so, his firearm was shown. trayvon martin said something to the effect of you're going to die now or, you're going to die tonight, something to that effect. he continued to beat george. and at some point, george pulled his pistol and did what he did. >> reporter: two quick things, soledad. number one, robert zimmerman was not there. he is, of course, recounting the words to the story line his son has told him. the other thing there about the firing of the weapon, there have been some story lines and it's suggested there was a fight over the gun and maybe that the gun went off during that struggle. the father does not portray that at all. he says, no, george zimmerman made a clear and conscious decision. he pulled out the gun and he fired. >> i think he's also saying -- again, if he's repeating his son's words, he's saying that weapon was concealed the entire time, right? he says at some point in the scuffle, the gun is revealed. so he's saying the gun was concealed up till that moment. he also says that trayvon martin was smash iing his son, george zimmerman's head on the concrete well over a minute. then the gun is revealed and then he goes back to bashing george's head on the concrete. when we look at this videotape of the -- of george zimmerman coming out of the police krouser, it's interesting to me to see a couple of things. one, how george zimmerman is sort of walking and not particularly being assisted by police officers in any way and, two, there's some freeze frames we have, martin, of his face and his back. and, again, it's not 100% clear. i wouldn't go on the record saying exactly what i'm seeing, but he certainly is not gushing blood and has not been wrapped in a bandage, after the fire department, paramedics have taken a look at him and cleaned him up a little bit. what do you make of this videota videotape, martin? >> reporter: well, i think it is quite striking. you look at this. we have heard these dramatic accounts from the zimmerman supporters as to how difficult the fight was. then we see george zimmerman and keep in mind, we don't know the exact timeframe. it was some time that night. i don't know how many hours later. he's moving easily. i don't see bandages or a nose that looks overtly broken, blood streaming down the face or these other injuries that we were told about. so you say, wait a minute. the image i see don't match the stories i've heard. >> and the stories don't match each other. they are all coming from people who weren't there but are translating what they've been told. we'll continue to check in with you this morning. >> more information. it's been fascinating, i find, about every detail that comes out of this case, that we analyze very quickly and try to match up the stories. one that comes from one side, and the other that comes from the other side. trayvon martin's 17-year-old girlfriend, didi, was on the phone with trayvon moments before he was shot. she told abc news that trayvon called her after he first spotted george zimmerman following him. and she says that he was scared. here is what she said. >> he was walking fast. when he say this man was behind him again. and he said this man was still behind him. and i come and say, run! >> matching up these two versions where there literally is one minute in between, by looking at phone records, when she ends the conversation, because it sounds like the ear piece is pulled out, by her description. there's some kind of scuffle at that point. and between that and one minute is when police are trying to determine exactly what happened in that one minute. >> it's hard for me to trust zimmerman's dad, who says the phone call didn't exist. zimmerman's dad says trayvon wasn't on the phone with his girlfriend. there are phone records that match time. so, the dad, who was a judge -- you would think after that's been established, he wouldn't sit here and insist that he wasn't on the phone. >> the fact that he is a judge will be coming into play in terms of questions of the proprietary of the sanford police department. and the t-shirt. he's wearing a light-colored t-shirt. there are no blood stains of any kind. he could have had his face cleaned up but the white t-shirt -- >> in the affidavit from the sanford police department, which i have here, they write, i could observe his back appeared to be wet and was covered in grass, as if he had been lying on his back on the ground. zimmerman was bleeding from the nose and the back of his head. that is not only a report from his father and friends, but the official police report as well at this time. >> i think you said it right there. a lot of questions. that should be our perspective. that's the one i've been trying to push forward at times. there's still this mystery minute. i would hope we don't arrive at our conclusions and then find facts but see the facts. this video -- they may tell us things we weren't prepared to see before and then arrive at our conclusions. >> we'll have a town hall on friday i'm hosting at 8:00 pm friday that we'll raise the questions we're still asking as we continue this conversation. another big story we're following this morning is that midair meltdown by the jetblue pilot. his name is clayton osbon. he is in a texas hospital and in fbi custody. he is being charged with interfering with a flight crew. i'm covered in legal complains s today. i'll just go to my next one here, this affidavit. >> something you want to talk about, soledad? >> yeah. it's kind of the story line of the morning. the complaint against him says the strange behavior began when he showed up late for the flight, which meant he missed the crew briefing. after the flight to vegas took off, the first officer said he started making incoherent statements about religion and then yelled at the air traffic control to be quiet. the first officer became concerned when the pilot said things just don't matter and became very alarmed when he said we need to take a leap of faith. >> please don't. >> that's terrifying at 30,000 feet, began giving what was described as a sermon. osbon was finally restrained. he got up and went to the bathroom, try ied to break into the bathroom, where a passenger was using the bathroom. tried to tell her i need to use the bathroom. meanwhile, they brought another off-duty pilot in, locked the doors and then he tried to break back into the cockpit, tried to pound down the door. the degree to which the two pilots flying thought he might actually break in to the cockpit. >> that man was having a rough day. >> these folks going to vegas, they wanted to gamble and, boy, they got it. >> it's crazy. derrell joyner is a former air marshal. that's a tiny portion of the description of what happened. it seems to me, though, if there's one big takeaway, it's that the first officer acted almost perfectly, considering the circumstances. would you agree with that? >> absolutely. i think he did everything right. couldn't have been done any better. i think he was -- from the beginning, he detected the erratic behavior. from that, he probably devised a plan in his head. at first opportunity when the pilot left the actual cockpit, he made a decision to say at that point we're going to go in this direction and keep this pilot from coming back inside. i'm sure he gave some orders, direction to the rest of the flight crew to support that. >> what's interesting is that we hear now that they did, at one point -- even over the loud speaker -- tell the passengers help restrain the guy. that was an announcement over the p.a. system. there were no air marshals on this flight. that's got to be incredibly unusual, to notify passengers if you think there might be a need for assistance, right? >> to the first point as well as no air marshals on the flight, i couldn't speak to that and i don't think that information would be disclosed. just because air marshals don't come out in a situation like that doesn't mean that they weren't there on the flight. they could have been there and have assisted as a regular citizen. >> and just not said -- interesting. it would have gone down the same way, had there been air marshals on the flight? >> you look at it from the standpoint of a law enforcement officer. no different than a police officer being involved in a mob or riot. you're not going to jump out and get involved in that riot without backup. me personally, as an air marshal, i would not have joined that group. you just can't know what's going to happen. you don't know what else is going on. my first thought would be to make sure there's no other interruptions. i want to make sure i can still maintain my vigilance. >> do you mean that you might have thought that what was going on was almost a ruse? you would stand back -- if it looked like other passengers were assisting and there were enough of them, you would stand back to watch to see if something else were to happen out of that? >> i'm not going to say i would have thought that. you can't be certain. you have to make sure that's not the case. you want to make sure you're in a position to take control if you need to. i'm not going to say that in that particular situation i would have come out as an air marshal. i maybe would have assisted. either way, i would have made sure to communicate with my partner or partners to defuse the situation as best we can. everybody is vigilant. everybody is alert. everybody is wide awake on those aircrafts today. >> if you know they say over the p.a. system, we need passengers to jump in, every single passenger knows what that means. >> and there were men traveling to a conference. >> thank goodness. >> bouncers at the ready. >> other headlines to get to. christine has those. good morning, christine. >> good morning, soledad. breaking news for you. just in, the u.s. military says it has never had access to the scene where army staff sergeant robert bales allegedly gunned down 16 afghan villagers, likely hinder the military's prosecution of bales, according to a u.s. official who tells cnn bales returned to his base and told his roommate he had been out killing afghan citizens. spike lee apologizing to a couple in sanford, florida, after a retweet forced this emto leave their home in fear. that retweet by spike lee listed an address that supposedly belonged to george zimmerman, the man who shot and killed trayvon martin. elaine and david mcclain say they have a son named george zimmerman who live d there in te late '80s. they had to leave to a hotel. >> he apologized. i deeply apologize to the mcclain family for retweeting their address. please leave them alone. it is a mistake. calling for an end of the trade embargo against cuba. a challenge complicated by what the pope calls, quote, restricted economic measures imposed from outside the country. an anchor man is back. burgundy rocking a flute and delivering news. >> you came on the show to play the flute and insult me. that was the idea? 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