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the unarmed teenager. zimmerman does not appear to have any injuries consist went a life and death struggle that his lawyer claims he had with the 17-year-old. a police report says zimmerman was bleeding from the nose and the back of his head and was given first aid at the scene, but then this video was recorded. president barack obama tries to tap into the anger over rising gas prices. in a speech just a short time ago, the president called on congress to end tax breaks for the oil industry. the senate republicans have just blocked a vote on legislation to repeal the tax breaks. r...

Do it? were you in the process of doing it? did you ever consider it? >> no, i never seriously considered it. as an artist, myself and pamela had the picture fully under control. we were trying to depict the child exactly as he was in a photograph. and to have somebody tell you to lighten up the skin tone, it really didn't go over very well with either me or pam. and so it was my decision to step away from it for a few days and reconsider it, and -- >> what was the explanation behind them wanting to lighten the skin? >> there were several explanations around it. mostly it was couched in the ae...

Explanations. mostly couched in the aesthetic value of the picture, whether or not it could be a better picture coming into the light. we knew with the experience we were having from the diversity issue and the racism from the city council members radio show and the audience in the intersection it was -- the center and source of it was concern about the right looking kids on that wall. >> so do you think it was based -- you think it was racism? >> oh, yeah, i do. >> pam? >> i absolutely do. and there were several times when i was painting outside with the little ones when motorists would drive...

Mostly couched in the astetic value, whether or not it would be a better picture by having them come into the light. we knew by the experience that we were having with the diversity issue and the racism coming from the city council members, and the radio show in the intersection, it was the center, and the source of it was concerned about the right-looking kids on that wall. >> do you think it was racism, r.e.? >> oh, yeah, i do. >> pam? >> i absolutely do. there were several times when i was painting outside with the little ones, and motorists would drive by and yell racial things out and the...

Go on the diversity issue. >> reporter: he's getting public input and, elena kagan is one of them, she has not been sitting in a black robe and they'll be vetted on different aspect an characteristics and once justice stevens steps down some waill sy the court is too white, 7-1 and too male, 6-2 and there will be no protestant on the court and everyone will be ivy league educated once he is gone and they are saying, maybe find someone besides a federal appeals court judge, and they have a lot of criteria to consider. gregg: surely does, shannon bream, thanks very much. >> reporter: sure. marth...