Family That Zimmerman Helped Due to Speak
COSTELLO: In just a few hours, we're expecting to hear from the family who got a helping hand from George Zimmerman last week. The family's SUV skidded off a road in Sanford, Florida, roll on to its side. Police say two Good Samaritans stopped to help the couple and their children get out of that car. One of the Samaritans was George Zimmerman, who was recently found not guilty in the shooting death of Trayvon Martin. Joining me by phone from Sanford is CNN's Victor Blackwell. What more do we know about this family, Victor?</s>VICTOR BLACKWELL, CNN CORRESPONDENT (via telephone): What we know that they are two parents, two kids who were driving on to I-4 Wednesday, just four days after the verdict. Mark and Dana Gerstle, they're going to be speaking this morning at the office of Mark O'Mara, the defense attorney of George Zimmerman. We're told the reason they called this press conference is because they got so many calls at their home to speak they want to have a news conference once and for all to tell what they know. There is a considerable amount of skepticism here in Sanford and central Florida about this story, Carol. This comes from one deputy on scene who says he ID'ed George Zimmerman at the scene as one of the two men. There were eight calls to 911 after this crash. Not one of them was George Zimmerman. We know from the trial that George Zimmerman has called 911 and called police dispatchers several times but not one of the persons who called mentioned that George Zimmerman was on the scene. Now, granted, several of them were on the highway and driving. There's a chance they did not see him. But this will be an opportunity for both his family and possibly Mark O'Mara as well to answer questions about George Zimmerman being on the scene of this crash on Wednesday.</s>COSTELLO: It is interesting that Mark O'Mara has called this news conference -- or is hosting this news conference rather.</s>BLACKWELL: It is. I spoke with a pastor here in town on Monday at a meeting and he asked specifically, is the Seminole County Sheriff's Office trying to work PR, public relations, for George Zimmerman? And this is the question that I'll put to Mark O'Mara today, is this an attempt to reboot his image? Again, there are many people who just do not believe this story. We asked specifically to speak with the deputy who ID'ed George Zimmerman, who were told by the sheriff's office there will be no interviews. They released a statement and there will be no more from them on this. But we'll put this out today and ask about them, this appearance of George Zimmerman, so close, less than a mile, actually, from where he shot Trayvon Martin in February of 2012.</s>COSTELLO: All right. Victor, we'll get back to you. Thanks so much. Victor Blackwell reporting live from Sanford. Up next in</s>THE NEWSROOM: Anthony Weiner's wife standing by her husband's side after his latest sexting admission. Will New York City voters forgive Anthony Weiner again? And why did Huma decide to stand by her man? We'll talk about all of that when we come back.