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1944. now, the family of george stinn,y jr. argues it is high time to write what they are calling a travesty of justice, particularly the trial itself, the trial procedures leading to his execution. but the prosecutor says it is just not right to use the laws of today, which are much, much different to judge a case that occurred back in 1944. so that's the issue to be decided by the judge, probably some time next month. tamron? >> mark, thank you very much. and still ahead, the first high-profile republican to publicly call on governor chris christie to step down as chairman of the republican ...

After trayvon martin was killed but before george zimmerman was charged in his death. >> racial profiling has to stop, mr. speaker. just because someone wears a hoodie does not make them a hoodlum. >> joining me from chicago is illinois congressman bobby rush, who was there on the house floor, as you just saw. congressman, i heard a couple of things here. i know that you are having an urban violence seminar, meeting coming up. you represent one of the most certainly violent districts in illinois. you've had a the lot of problems with poverty, et cetera. when you look at, not the trial itself, ...

When you look at, not the trial itself, but the aftermath, as newt gingrich was talking about, where do you see the base of this problem? >> well, it certainly lies in every community in which there is a significant black population, in every state, every city, every municipality in america. there's not one inch of america that does not have this problem where there are minorities and where there are whites who are citizens. it's here in chicago. two years before trayvon martin here in chicago, we had a young homeless man who was accused of stealing a piece of -- a small container of toothpast...

Seeing some images of gitmo. you've been there quite a few times. i mean, you've sat in court with these co-conspirators. tell us more about that experience and having done that what you expect to see now. >> reporter: well, the military court at guantanamo bay was custom built for the 9/11 trial itself, and on the left-hand side of the courtroom there are five defense tables, one for each one off the conspirators. it's a fairly intimate court. the 9/11 suspects are separated from the reporters and the family members by reinforced glass. what i think is going to be key here is when the case fi...