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Anymore. i think a lot of for instance see it as being a race issue. much similar as to when the president ran in 2008, he didn't want his run to be looked at as the black and white or the first black president '. but it became that we have sort of morphed into that right now. i think the media has a lot to do with that as well. >> and michael, when we first heard about this case, we saw the picture of trayvon as a much younger boy and the indication was that mr. zimmerman was white. and so it was a white guy killing a black teenager. and on its face it sounds terrible. but in the end i guess ...

On trial. it's just that she is a witness for the prosecution. and she ultimately will be helpful or not helpful to the prosecution. that's all that's involved with, you know, ms. jeantel. >> i think she was very helpful for the prosecution because she proved. >> exactly. she was great. >> he was the aggressor. >> that's right. >> laura: michael and jasmine i think her credibility got absolutely hammered yesterday. we will see. directly ahead, fans of paula deen are racing to buy her cookbooks, the companies who cut her loose are proving less forgiving. we will analyze the situation coming up....

Issue at this point anymore. i think a lot of for instance see it as being a race issue. much similar as to when the president ran in 2008, he didn't want his run to be looked at as the black and white or the first black president '. but it became that we have sort of morphed into that right now. i think the media has a lot to do with that as well. >> and michael, when we first heard about this case, we saw the picture of trayvon as a much younger boy and the indication was that mr. zimmerman was white. and so it was a white guy killing a black teenager. and on its face it sounds terrible. but...

Issue at this point anymore. i think a lot of for instance see it as being a race issue. much similar as to when the president ran in 2008, he didn't want his run to be looked at as the black and white or the first black president '. but it became that we have sort of morphed into that right now. i think the media has a lot to do with that as well. >> and michael, when we first heard about this case, we saw the picture of trayvon as a much younger boy and the indication was that mr. zimmerman was white. and so it was a white guy killing a black teenager. and on its face it sounds terrible. but...

Wwbnagc, walking while black in a gated community. >> trayvon was hunted down like a rabid dog. he was shot in the street. he was racially profiled. >> joining us now from new york is michael skull neck. is he a close friend of the martin family and co-president of the global grind.com. and the entertainment and culture web site and from l.a., politics and race commentator jasmine canick. let's start with you. i'm going back and reading al sharpton's column that he wrote in the spring of last year. why race matters in the trayvon martin tragedy. but now a year plus later, the defense, i mean, ...