SEAN HANNITY, HOST: And tonight in an interview that you will only see right here on "Hannity," George Zimmerman, the man charged with second degree murder of Trayvon Martin, breaks his silence.

Now, earlier today I traveled to Seminole County, Florida, where Zimmerman is currently free on bail and awaiting trial. And for the first time, both he and his attorney Mark O'Mara, they discuss what happened the night of that tragic shooting, the aftermath, and what lies ahead for them. In this exclusive interview, they go through the events of that night, and they straighten out the record about Internet rumors involving me, and George delivers a message to the Martin family and to you, the American people. HANNITY: A lot of time has passed since this incident with Trayvon. How do you feel about it now that you have had some time to reflect on what has happened?
GEORGE ZIMMERMAN: I haven't really had the time to reflect on it. When I was in jail, obviously I was in solitary confinement and I had a lot of time to think and reflect. I just think it's a tragic situation, and I hope it's the most difficult thing I'll ever go through in my life. But....
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Trayvon Martin's Parents Respond

CNN) -- The man accused of murdering an unarmed Florida teenager dropped plans for a second television interview after the ABC network would not provide a month of "shelter and security" for his family, his attorney said Thursday.
George Zimmerman had been in talks with ABC's talk show "The View" about an interview to be aired Thursday, a day after he sat down with Fox News commentator Sean Hannity. One of the show's hosts, Barbara Walters, told viewers Thursday that she had been forced to scrub the plans when Zimmerman demanded "a condition that we could not agree to."
Walters would not specify the demand, but Zimmerman's lawyer, Mark O'Mara, told CNN that Zimmerman "asked for shelter and security for his wife for a month. They said they could not do that." Zimmerman had not yet agreed to sit for questions from ABC, O'Mara said, and "decided to wait on doing another interview."
But near the end of Thursday's show, Walters said Zimmerman had called in and offered to talk. She refused.
"If you could not do the interview yesterday, I don't think we should do a quick one today," she said to applause from the studio audience. "If in the future you feel different, we will consider it."
O'Mara said Zimmerman is again soliciting money through the website he set up in the aftermath of the shooting, and the legal defense fund amassed so far is "basically broke." But he said Fox had not offered his client anything in exchange for its session with him, and that Zimmerman agreed to go on the show because Hannity "was fair to him from the beginning, telling everyone to not rush to judgment."
Zimmerman is charged with second-degree murder in the February 26 death of Trayvon Martin, an unarmed 17-year-old who had been walking through Zimmerman's neighborhood the evening of February 26. Zimmerman, a neighborhood watch volunteer who was carrying a pistol, has said he killed Martin in self-defense during a struggle.
Prosecutors say Zimmerman, who is Hispanic, racially profiled the African-American Martin and ignored a police dispatcher's advice to avoid a confrontation. The case drew national attention because police did not bring charges against Zimmerman in the immediate aftermath of the shooting, saying the circumstances required further investigation.
During the Fox interview, Zimmerman expressed his regrets to Martin's parents, but insisted that "I'm not a racist, and I'm not a murderer." He said he can't now second-guess what happened, adding, "I feel it was all God's plan."
That drew an angry response from Martin's mother, Sybrina Fulton.
"I think it's absolutely ridiculous. God did not have a plan for Trayvon to die and for George Zimmerman to shoot Trayvon for no reason," she told CNN's Soledad O'Brien on Thursday.
And his father, Tracy Martin, told CNN, "I would just like to know, why did he even get out of the car? Why was my son so suspicious? What made him rush to judge my son and think that he was a criminal?"
Zimmerman told Hannity that Martin appeared to be suspicious as he cut between buildings. He said he moved toward a different area when police told him not to continue following the young man, but Martin approached him with "confrontational" body language.
"He asked me what my problem was," Zimmerman said. "I said I did not have a problem." When he reached for his cell phone, Zimmerman said, Martin punched his nose and broke it.
Zimmerman said he didn't know whether he fell or was pushed to the ground. Martin straddled him and told him to shut up during their struggle, he said.
"He started bashing my head into the concrete sidewalk. And as he broke my nose, I started yelling for help. I was disoriented," he said.
Timeline of events in Trayvon Martin case
Zimmerman said it was his voice heard screaming for help on a recording of a phone call. "(Martin) started to try to suffocate me, and I continued to push his hands off my mouth and nose." He said he was concerned he would lose consciousness.
Zimmerman told Hannity he had to shoot Martin when the latter told him he was going to die and made a move for Zimmerman's handgun.
Martin family attorney Benjamin Crump told O'Brien that the state attorney will see the interview as a "gift" because Zimmerman's description of what happened conflicts with the 911 calls from the night of the shooting.
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Zimmerman, who apologized to Martin's parents during an April bail hearing, again expressed regret Wednesday.
"My wife and I don't have any children. I have nephews that I love more than life. I love them more than myself. And I know when they were born, it was a different unique bond and love that I have with them," Zimmerman told Fox. "And I love my children even though that they aren't born yet. I am sorry that they buried their child. I can't imagine what it must feel like. And I pray for them daily."
Tracy Martin said he had no desire to speak with Zimmerman.
"Absolutely not," he said.
The 28-year-old has pleaded not guilty and has been free on $1 million bail since early July. He had been granted bail in April but a judge revoked it after finding that Zimmerman and his wife, Shellie Zimmerman, had failed to disclose more than $150,000 in donations from the public among their assets.
Zimmerman asks for another new judge
Zimmerman was arrested in April on the murder charge. His wife was arrested on a perjury charge related to the donations in June. Defense attorney O'Mara told Hannity that he could not comment on the donations, given the case against Shellie Zimmerman.
He did say the case against his client would be an appropriate example of a "stand your ground" defense in Florida. Zimmerman said he had not heard of the law before the incident. He also said the media have made a rush to judgment.
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Good for Barbara!!!!!
I cannot believe that Zimmerman had the nerve to say to the Martins "I feel it was all God's plan", seems to me that Zimmerman is his own worst enemy! JMOO.

I REFUSE to watch Hannity. And, at this point, have zero desire to listen to anything GZ has to say.

Good for Barbara!!

I won't watch him either Wrap, I just get angry. GZ trying to do the talk show rounds reminds me of Drew P., it usually buries them when they do it.

Barbara Walters refuses impromptu interview with George Zimmerman
ABC
By Ree Hines

The opportunity for a live, on-air phone interview with George Zimmerman, the man currently awaiting trial for the fatal shooting of teen Trayvon Martin, might be reason enough for some TV talk hosts to change their plans and take Zimmerman's call -- but not for Barbara Walters. Zimmerman called into “The View” Thursday morning only to be rebuffed by the veteran journalist.
Earlier during Thursday’s show, Walters explained that she’d set up an interview with Zimmerman the day before, but the plans fell through when an agreement about the terms for the talk couldn’t be reached.

According to Walters, Zimmerman would only do the interview under one condition. She wasn’t willing to reveal that caveat, but added, “It was a condition that, being a member of ABC News, I was unable to grant.”
Offering one big clue, she said, “He’s desperate for money. His defense fund ran out.”

Before the show was over Walters announced that Zimmerman would call in, but when he did just that, she was the one to call off the interview.

As a spokesperson for ABC told TODAY.com, "On yesterday's live broadcast of 'The View' Ms. Walters said that George Zimmerman would be calling in to the show. When she said that on air, Mr. Zimmerman had not called yet and when discussed during the commercial break, Ms. Walters thought it was too important an interview to do briefly over the phone."

Walters then explained her decision, addressing Zimmerman.
"Mr. Zimmerman, if you could not do the interview yesterday, I don't think we should do a quick one today," she said as “The View’s” live audience cheered. "In the future if you feel differently, we will consider it.”

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