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it's the top of the hour. i'm gary tuchman in for suzanne malveaux. let's get you up to speed. george zimmerman has a status hearing just a few minutes from now. he's not expected to appear in court for it. he also has a bond hearing set for next week. zimmerman is charged with second-degree murder in the shooting death of trayvon martin. zimmerman says it was self-defense. the affidavit says he quote profiled the teenager and disregarded a police dispatcher's order not to pursue him. thousands of syrians shouting against the government are testing the cease-fire that went into e...

norman. our chad myers tracking it all from the severe weather center. what can you tell us? >> it looks like it was in norman, oklahoma. it was about 3/4 miles north of the stadium. through downtown and out towards the east of the city and up toward the lakes that are off to the east. the storm is still moving along i-40. we don't believe there is a tornado anymore with it. the storm mass stopped rotating. right in the middle of norman, this storm was rotating enough that a funnel came down, created a tornado and has created damage. there are calling for some barricades to stop peop...

could be smuggled in undetected. i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." it's one of the more mundane documents americans have to deal with, but for president obama, the tax return is politically charged in this, an election year. the white house released his 2011 files today along with that of the vice president, joe biden and there are some surprises in both documents. as lisa sylvester has been carefully going after these tax returns, what do you see? >> first off, the obamas, like the romneys, gave generously to charities. the president's income, which was $1.7 millio...

here's how booker responded a short time ago to someone who referred to him as a super hero. >> there are people that do this every day. the police officers that i was with showed really quick action and got into the building really quick. they're firefighters that do this every day. i'm a neighbor that did what most neighbors would do, which is to jump into action to help a friend. i consider all of us lucky. there was a time i was searching for her. it was a really frightening experience for me. i didn't think we were going to get out of there. i feel grateful and lucky o be with y...

Primarily from the wealthy. >> give you the opportunity through the campaign. the president talked on trabo -- trayvon martin who was gunned down by a neighbor wood hatwatc volunteer. does the president think it's a race issue? >> he spoke out powerfully about this as a pair represent. any person, a young person it's a tragedy. i think you have seen both people in both parties. independents across the country say roughly the same thing. this is a tragedy there ought to be investigations. there are investigations happening locally and at the federal level. that's where the focus needs to be. >>...