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Down in tears several times on the stand yesterday. her sister's estranged husband william belfour is accused in shooting deaths of husband's mother, brother and nephew. >> major developments in the trayvon martin case. the sanford police chief tried to resign but was rejected. joining us from sanford, florida is ofl reporter. hi, steve. >> good morning, patti ann. it commission voted 3-2 not to accept the resignation. a deal had been struck between billy p and the city manager. the city manager has the power to hire and fire. but the severance package had to be approved the commission. it was...

Mr. bonaparte, could you take us through the steps of what happened today? you had reached an agreement of resignation with the police chief and then what did the city commission do? >> yes, the chief and i had come to an agreement, but that agreement needed to have the city commission approval. while the chief serves at the pleasure of the city manager, the terms of the agreement would require the city to put out additional funds and additional resources that were not in his original contract, which therefore it was important to get the commission approval of that. what the commission decided...

Hearing is that there was some sort of severance package in this agreement that you had with the police chief? >> that is correct, and that's what was required to have the city commission approval. >> how much money was that? >> it was about $54,000, all told. so how do we interpret this vote? was it a vote against $54,000? was it suddenly a vote of confidence in a police chief where this same police commission voted no confidence? >> i think it was neither. what i heard at the meeting was some members of the commission wanting to go through the process and see what with an independent investi...

speak on the 2-year-old arizona law due to be challenged tomorrow at the u.s. supreme court. more on that and surprising facts from the u.s./mexican border. there's little drama but don't tell voters. voting is under way in republican primaries in rhode island, connecticut, delaware, pennsylvania and new york. mitt romney, of course, appears to have the nomination in the bag. santorum is dropped out, but his name is on the ballot. for now, gingrich and ron paul vowing to fight on. romney right now has 695 of the 1,144 delegates needed to clench the nomination. president obama focus...

blossomed. and first there was bountygate, now there's spygate. the general manager of the new orleans saints is being accused of bugging the superdome to listen in on visiting coaches. there's talk of criminal charges, but mickey loomis is saying the report is 1,0000 plu false. >> a police dog sent in to end a high speed chase. apparently he worked it out. >> that's some nice maneuvers. up first this morning a dramatic turnaround in the trayvon martin case. the sanford, florida city commission voted to reject the police commissioner's resignation. last month he was blasted for n...