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>> shepard: casey stegall tonight from our texas newsroom. a lawyer for the central florida neighborhood watchman who shot and killed unarmed teenager says he will no longer pursue the so-called stand your ground defense. that's the law in florida which allows people to use deadly force when threatened, rather than run away. george zimmerman's attorney says it does not apply in this case because his client had no chance to get away. george zimmerman says trayvon martin broke his nose and reportedly slammed his head into a sidewalk before he shot that teen. george journalism's attorney says he ...

it is scary in the end. stay tuned. we'll tell you exactly what's going op. good morning. welcome to "early start." i'm john berman. >> i'm zoraida sambolin. 5:00 a.m. in the east. coming one a man who says he has been cured of hiv. dr. sanjay gupta talked to him. you'll hear about that later this hour. really remarkable. plus, brett favre couldn't stay retired after all. he's back in football taking a job you might not expect. we'll tell you all about it. stay tuned. you need to watch before he retires again. >> i think it's kind of exciting, actually. i wanted to ask you about th...

this case are no longer able to speak publicly about any of this. the information we've been getting is going to slow to more of a trickle as the hearings go on. people here got a bit of a surprise when christian bale, the actor who plays batman showed up here. it was a surprise to just about everybody. he visited patients in the hospital at the bedside. after that he came to this make shift memorial here and joined a prayer circle and prayed with people. it was all unannounced, they had no cameras with him and didn't want media coverage. our affiliate happened to be there and caught...

The other thing is that it strains credibility for you to think you hit something and you don't stop. you don't question. you don't call 911. you take no affirmative steps to address what you have done. in that instance the judge was right in rejecting the defense request for a downward departure that would have provided her with probation. megyn: 57 months in prison. for a man dying. if you want to send a message as a judge why not throw the book at her. to this moment you have failed to take responsibility to honestly own up to what you did on the night in question. the prosecution is saying...

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