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KPIX CBS This Morning July 12, 2013

Closing arguments in the trial of George Zimmerman. The six woman jury will hear from the defense this morning. The judge agreed the jury can consider a lesser charge manslaughter. Prosecution had its chance yesterday to convince the jurors once and for all zimmerman is guilty. The man is guilty Second Degree murder. Edward snowden emerging from the shadows after weeks in hiding. Meeting with human Rights Groups in the moscow airport. The fed announced its keeping the stimulus plan in place. Wall street moves into record territory. New alltime highs yesterday. The mystery of the Boston Strangler could finally be put to receipt to rest. Investigates have found new dna evidence. Its taken 49 years for police to legitimately say they got their man. The pilots are now the focus of the probe into the crash of asiana flight say the wreckage should be gone by tomorrow. Youre a machine, youre a machine. How do you stop this . Oh im sorry. A 5yearold girl in new jersey seeing her mother choking on a chip jumps into action. Chloe actually thought calling 911 would reach her dad. Open the front door well be right there. Love you, bye. And all that matters if we dont pull back from the brink, majority leader is going to be remembered as the worst leader of the senate ever. On cbs this morning. The detroit lion yous quarterback Matthew Stafford signed a new contract worth 76 million. Theyre paying him 10 million to pay quarterback and 66 million to live in detroit. This mornings eye opener is presented by Choice Hotels. Welcome to cbs this morning. Charlie rose is off so Anthony Mason is with us. Good morning. Glad youre here. As youre waking up in the west youre seeing Edward Snowden for the First Time Since he leaked details of the nsa surveillance program. In the past hour snowden has come out of hiding. Hes been holed up in the moscow airport for nearly three weeks. Hes meeting with human Rights Groups. Elizabeth palmer is in london. Reporter in an email overnight, edward snowed be had invited representatives from various human rights organizations including Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International to meet him in the moscow airport. Heres a picture from inside that closed meeting which started as you mentioned just about an hour ago. Snowden along with Sara Harrison from wikileaks. This is the first weve seen of him in over a month, since the 9th of june. As soon as the meeting was made public journalists crowded off to the airport, obviously, where the human rights workers had been taken into the transit area, the area where snowden has been for the past three weeks. Hes accusing the u. S. Government of an Unlawful Campaign to deny his right to asigh looma asylum in a third country. He said, i want the u. S. To succeed. One of the russian News Agencies is reporting that snowden has asked for political asylum in russia. We know that three latin american countries had offered to take him but the problem was all along getting to one of them without being intercepted by the u. S. Authorities. Elizabeth palmer thanks. Our Senior Correspondent john miller is a senior fbi assistant director john good morning. How can these human Rights Groups help him . He needs something. He needs one of these countries to offer him asylum. Right now, you know theres three that have talked about it. He also doesnt have a valid u. S. Passport. So to get from here to there, he needs people to broker a deal where one of these countries will send him a refugee passport or some other document that will get him out of that transit area in moscow. Does he have to seek asylum in russia first . What does putin say about whether or not he could get that . If youre the United States and you have a rogue Intelligence Officer on the loose, you dont really want him seeking asylum in russia. You dont want him going to one of these third countries either. So its going to be very interesting how they work that out. As many as five countries has offered him asylum. Why hasnt he acted yet . I think what theyre looking at, what are those countries, has anybody given him documentation to get there and is that a longterm deal . Wherever he go the u. S. Is going to apply enormous pressure there to cough him up. This has been an International Man haunt, cat and mouse game. Whether hes been getting on a flight to havana now we learned hes been at that airport. Its the first time weve seen him. Do you think it shows hes desperate . I think it shows hes under pressure. I think the idea that hes used the wikileaks people and their infrastructure, that hes now reached out to these other human Rights Groups shows hes not getting the desired effect from the people hes been working with. Okay, all right. John miller thank you. It is interesting to see him for the first time in three weeks. Hes probably getting tired of being inside that airport. Ive been in that airport. You dont want to stay there three weeks. Nice place to visit, wouldnt want to live there. The jury in the George Zimmerman could get the case in just hours. The defense is making its Closing Arguments this morning. Prosecutors say zimmerman tracked unarped teenager Trayvon Martin before shooting him. Mark stanford is in florida. Reporter defense attorney is throwing punchings in his Closing Argument. Yesterday, his client had to take him. Prosecutors blasted George Zimmerman as a wanna be cop and vigilante. Do you believe that theres an innocent man sitting over there right now . Reporter in his Closing Argument prosecutor de la rionda called zimmerman a murderer. A teenager is dead. He is dead through no fault of his own. He is dead because another man made assumptions. He is dead not just because the man made those assumptionassumptions, because he acted upon those assumptions. Zimmerman shook his head several types s times as the prosecution called him a liar. Why is he able to yell if the defendant claim, the victim hows he going to talk . Or is he lying about that . Reporter he questioned zimmermans claim that martin pinned his arms while straddling him. Hes saying that armpits how does he get the gun out . Reporter judge Deborah Nelson ruled they may also consider a lesser charge of manslaughter. Prosecutors pushed her to allow a third charge third degree murder. Obviously, the information alleges that the defendant shot and killed the victim that the victim was under the age of 18. Reporter they allege martin was a minor so when zimmerman killed him he committed child abuse. Defense attorney don west went ballistic. Just when i thought this case couldnt get any more bizarre, the state is seeking third degree murder based on child abuse. This is outrageous. Its outrageous the state would seek to do this at this time in this case. Judge, this was a trick reporter judge nelson refused to allow that charge. But right now, mark omara is making his Closing Argument. He knows he has to convince jurors his client is not guilty not only of a murder charge but of a manslaughter charge. The defense again is selfdefense. Mark strassmann thank you. Cbs analyst jack ford is with us. The jurys about to get this case. We know the judge is going to allow them to consider this manslaughter charge. How big of a setback to you think that is for zimmerman . Well, it could be a problem for the defense but it also recognizes that the prosecution realizes theyve got a bit of a problem with their case. Weve said all along that proving Second Degree murder here that George Zimmerman intentionally killed Trayvon Martin based upon ill will or hatred was not impossible but it was going to be a difficult chore for the prosecution. Here theyve stepped in and said to the judge, give us a lesser included offense of manslaughter. Not that you intended to kill anybody but recklessly through reckless conduct on your part somebody died. Often you see the defense asking for lesser included interests. Edd edd charges. Here, the prosecution wants the jury in case theyre not convinced of murder two, to be willing to take a look at this. They wanted to say either murder or nothing. So im sure theyre not at all happy about giving the jurors an opportunity to compromise somewhere in between there. Jack the prosecutor did not use the phrase racial profiling yesterday. But he did reference Martin Luther kings i have a dream speech. Why . Weve seen a couple of unusual things in this trial, norah. Here, the judge initially said toer, i erverybody, i dont want you using the word rashcial. Because theyre trying to insinuate clearly to the jury that the reason why trayvon mart be was en was stalked here was because he was committing the crime of being a young man black with a hooded sweatshirt in a nice neighborhood. The prosecution without using the term racial has tried to suggest to the jury thats exactly why all this happened. We saw the prosecutors, you mentioned, channeling the famous speech by dr. King saying about one of the prosecution witnesses, i have a dream that some day the witness wont be judged by the color of their personality but the content of their testimony. Its an interesting suggestion about a witness but its certainly once again insinuateing into this case a notion that there was a racial component to this murder. Jack, ultimately how effective do you think the prosecution was in summing up . I think they did what they had to do. You saw weve seen role reversals here in some way. The prosecution being emotional. The way sometimes you see the defense when the defense doesnt have an affirmative defense. You saw emotionally charged testimony inside the courtroom. And then the prosecution pointing its finger at George Zimmerman and saying to the jury, do you believe this is an innocent man here . I think they recognized it is indeed an uphit battle especially for murder two in the courtroom. Jacked for, thanks jack. Why the nation prepares for the verdict, Michelle Miller is looking at how police are preparing. Investigators may be getting closer this morning to learning what caused the crash of asiana flight 214. Carter evans is at sfo where firefighters faced a new problem this morning. Carter, good morning. Reporter good morning. Good morning to our viewers in the west. Smoke could be seen billowing from the feud lajuselage of the plane as crews removed it. Firefighters had it under control quickly. The investigation continues. The ntsb so far says it found no mechanical problems with the plane. Crews began removing pieces of flight 214 earlier this morning. Yesterday investigators looking into the briefing on the accident. They emphasize the plane came in too low and too slow. Recordings apparently show the pilots didnt notice until it was too late. Theres no mention of speed till about 9 seconds before impact when theyre at 100 feet. Reporter it was a long week for the ntsb. Officials at San Francisco airport and Asiana Airlines all went into crisis mode last saturday morning shortly after 11 30. There is a woman out here on the street on the runway who is pretty much burned very severely on the head and we dont know what to do. Reporter as the plane touched down after a tenhour flight from korea, the landing gear and tail of the boeing 777 aircraft slammed into a seawall, ripped off and the fuselage spun across the runway. All those on the plane managed to exit before it was engulfed in flames. This was not a jet fuel dead fire. So that tells us the fuel tank structure remained intact. Reporter the rest of the week was filled with press briefings. Theres no anum lus behavior of the autopilot, the director or the auto throttle based on the fda data reviewed to date. Reporter one source of concern was the pilots inexperience with the aircraft. Another was confusion over the automated Flight Systems on the plane. Are you concerned that its possible some pilots may be becoming dependent on these flight Automation Systems . Not only am i concerned but the industry globally is beginning to be more concerned about this. Reporter from here the ntsb broadens its investigation beyond flight data to include everything from the airlines Corporate Culture to its Pilot Training regiment. Were having a better understanding now of what happened. Were beginning to find out a little bit about how it happened. But we still dont know why it happened. Reporter investigators stress nothing has been definitively ruled out and there are no firm conclusions. The ntsb will head back to washington soon with a mountain of information to sift through, including pieces of the plane and interview transcripts. A final determination on the cause of the crash is not expected for more than a year. Norah and anthony. Thanks. Stocks opened higher this morning after another record high thursday. They soared after fed chairman bernankes comments on jobs and innation. The more gang rates are at a twoyear high and gas prices are creeping up. John hillsenrath join us. Last month when he made comments sent the markets into a tailspin. He spent a lot of time trying to clarify things and settle them down. Seems to work. Yeah, hes been in a standoff with the markets really for the last month and a half. I think investors are finally coming to grips with what the fed is doing and theyre feeling reassured and thats why you see stocks going back to new highs which is good news obviously. Mortgage rates are at a twoyear high. Do we expect they may dip again . Or is this here to stay . I think theres good news and bad news on the mortgage front. If you wanted to get to refinance your mortgage or take out a new one at these record lows we had a couple months ago, that opportunity might have passed. But there was a spasm in the markets and that seems to have passed so it looks like things are settling down. So it doesnt look like Mortgage Rates are going to shoot a lot higher. The bad news is you might have missed your opportunity if you wanted to get in at the really, really lows we saw a couple months ago. Speculation about the next fed chairman, ben bernanke. The speculation has been the leading contender was the vice fed chairman janet yellen. Your paper is reporting the former treasury secretary Larry Summers is a contender. An interesting horse race going on here for the next leader of the fed and its a really consequential job. You know, as weve seen in the last few weeks, the leader of this institution could have huge effects on markets and interest rates. And there are two interesting characters who were kind of running at the head of this race. Larry summers was very close to barack obama. He worked for him. Hes a former treasury secretary. But hes also a very polarizing figure. It looks like his name is really in the mix to run the institution. When bernanke steps down next year. Theres a woman whos number two at the fed right now, janet yellen, who a lot of people inside the fed like. Shes got a very good resume. Shes been there for many years. And she could also get the job. That choice that barack obama makes probably in the next few months could be the most counsel consequential choice in his next term. Egypts new Prime Minister says he wants a cabinet in place by the end of next week but thats doing nothing to calm the tensions. Holly williams is in cairo this morning. Good morning. Reporter good morning, norah and anthony. Supporters of egypts ousted president Mohamed Morsi and those who oppose him are both promising huge competeing protests in cairo today. Morsi supporters most conservative muslims, are furious the man they elected as president was deposed by the army last week. They say it was clearly a military coup. So far, the u. S. Has avoided labeling the military intervention a coup. Under u. S. Law, that would force america to cut off Financial Aid to egypt. But morsis supporters are enraged that the u. S. Appears to be condemning the militarys actions. Morsi himself is still in custody. Arrest warrants have been issued for many of his political allies. The u. S. Has criticized those arrests, saying theyll make it difficult for egypt to move beyond this crisis. Holly williams thank you. Big news out of washington. Cbs news has confirmed this morning that Homeland Security chief Janet Napolitano is resigning. Shes leaving to take over as head of the university of california system. Napolitano has held the cabinet post throughout brmz obamapresident obamas time in office. Headlines from around the globe. The wall street journal says the government posted its biggest june Budget Surplus on record. The windfall comes from big Dividend Payments from mortgage giants fannie mae and freddie mac. The hart further current says the families victims of School Shootings could each receive 281,000. More than 11 million has been donated but 95 of that money would be paid out. At a public hearing last night, some complained about how the money is being distributed. The new yorkNew York Times says Hilla

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