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Starting Point live blog for Monday, April 2nd, 2012

This morning, "Starting Point with Soledad O'Brien" is live at 7am Eastern. This morning, Soledad talks with panelists TheBlaze.com contributor Will Cain, . Today's stories include:

* Family seeks review of prosecutor in Trayvon Martin case
* Mega Millions jackpot winners may stay anonymous
* Romney optimistic before latest round of primary votes

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[UPDATED 8:38am ET] Ikhwanweb's Sondos Asem says Muslim Brotherhood has "historic responsibility" to provide candidate to safeguard the democratic process in Egypt.

[UPDATED 8:17am ET] Dr. Steve Perry says #Detroit walkout story shows "We don't realize how much our children want a good education."

[UPDATED 8:05am ET] Martin family attorney Daryl Parks tells Soledad family will provide audio of #Trayvon for testing against 9-1-1 calls.

[UPDATED 7:40am ET] Rick Santorum campaign's Hogan Gidley says it's "premature...ridiculous" to talk about santorum dropping out of race. Says Mitt Romney has a horrible problem in the south, and Santorum will surprise people again. "It's a long process. We have a long way to go."

[UPDATED 7:22am ET] Someone's using $10 words today...Lottery rep says Illinois "gripped by ebullience" that someone in the state won the #Megamillions jackpot.

[UPDATED 7:10am ET] Forensic consultant Tom Owen tells Soledad he'd be happy to analyze the 9-1-1 tapes further to see if George Zimmerman used a racial slur when he called about Trayvon Martin.


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  1. Norm

    I was disgusted at how the panel all giggled when the Trayvon Martin case was rated equal to the James Bond drinking controversy. How the White House operates, I suppose.

    April 4, 2012 at 7:57 am | Report abuse | Reply
  2. Ted

    Great show this morning, you are peeling me away from Morning Joe!

    One thing you missed this morning though was an obvious response to the conservative guy (sorry, brain lock all of a sudden) when he was trying to talk his way out of the survey results showing a big lack of support for the GOP among women. He said it was because of how the Democrats framed the message or something like that. Well, isn't that like saying that you women don't know what's good for you and we just need to tell you what to think better next time? I am betting that women actually know what effects these policies like denial of birth control and manadatory vaginal probes before abortions are not what they want. The GOP are making a lot of laws that assume women don't know what is good for them, and his response that women were fooled by 'messaging' is just more of the same attitude.

    April 2, 2012 at 3:07 pm | Report abuse | Reply
    • Ted

      Oops, editing problem on my post. Corrected sentence below

      I am betting that women actually know what effects these policies like denial of birth control and manadatory vaginal probes before abortions have on them and they are not what they want.

      April 2, 2012 at 3:10 pm | Report abuse | Reply
  3. Tia

    Good morning Soledad O'Brien, a nother excellent show by the way! So many great topic to touch on, like the Trayvon Martin case, and the family seeking review of the prosecutor. Far as the individual screaming for help,more than likely it wasn't Trayvon nor Zimmermen, yet perhaps someone in the community,that had a birds eye view,or the lady that made the call,that heard a gun shot,the voice sounds screaming sounds like a female.But I'm no expert,its just my opinion. – About the Mega Millions Winners, God Bless them,and its great atleast two of them can remain anonymous.And I'm sure all of them are getting their affairs in order,before coming forward to claim their prize,wise decision on their part. Far as "kids and facebook", I think children stop being adorable/cute around 24months of age,yet none the less, children shouldn't be posted online. Concerning the Ac300 study "kids of Race", I'm no scholar,however children react and inner-react like their parents,older siblings etc.All things learned!

    April 2, 2012 at 8:27 am | Report abuse | Reply

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