. >>> tonight, high drama in the george zimmerman trail. tray vob's mother testifying that the voice here on the 911 audiotape screaming in the background belongs to her dead son. and the attorney for trayvon's family is here to go on the record. >> have you ever heard him while he was growing up, heard him cry or yelling? >> yes. >> you think he's yelling help? >> yes. >> there just were gun shots. >> just heard gunshots? >> yes. >> screaming or yelling, do you recognize that? >> yes. >> and who do you recognize that to be? >> trayvon benjamin martin. >> you know whose voice that was screaming in the background? >> yes, sir. >> whose voice was that? >> my son, george. >> are you certain of that? >> because he's my son. >> what was the manner of death, sir? >> the manner of death is home. he was killed by another person. he was still alive, and he was killed. he was suffering. >> objection. not a relevant issue. >> just a second. your objection is relevance? overruled. >> there's only one reason to squeeze the trigger at someone's heart and

you must convict george zimmerman if george zimmerman were black in this situation. >> it's interesting. the second film reference in this show. our point of reference. the core is what we see in the movies. anyway, we'll take a quick break. first, a programming note. craig melvin and lisa are hosting special coverage of the george zimmerman trial tonight. make sure to check that out. >>> dave and neil launched warby parker in 2010 to shake up the world of prescription eyewear, starting with the price. what began as a purely online business was an instant success. so why are they focusing their energies on opening retail stores? for more, watch "your business" sunday mornings on msnbc. is like hammering. riding against the wind. uphill. every day. we make money on saddles and tubes. but not on bikes. my margins are thinner than these tires. anything that gives me some breathing room makes a difference. membership helps make the most of your cashflow. i'm nelson gutierrez of strictly bicycles and my money works as hard as i do. this is what membership is. this is what membership does. hu

that it was george zimmerman? >> yes. >> so you would have voted not guilty? >> correct. >> what did you think of b-37, the juror who spoke out? did you see that interview? >> i did, yeah. i was surprised that anybody could come out that quickly and talk about this. i know that when i got done, and was asked about what i thought, i didn't know where to start, i didn't even know what to say. so i was a little surprised that she came out as quickly as she did. i'm not surprised that it was her that came out. you know, i just think that was a little bit too soon. >> and what's your reaction to all the protests, demonstrations and the talk of a civil rights complaint now? >> i just don't understand the civil rights complaint. i didn't see the evidence there in the courtroom that would make anybody believe that there was a civil rights case for this. the protests, the people are going to be angry no matter what the verdict was. and there's nothing we can do about that. i just hope that they're peaceful. and that they j

what it proves is that if george zimmerman, if people understand that george zimmerman that trayvon martin grabbed him by the head in a manner that might have caused george zimmerman's dna to get under his nails and slammed his head into the sidewalk you might expect some amount of dna to be under his fingernails, but it also might not. so i have to say, it's helpful to the prosecution and it's not a slam dunk and not a big ticket item and it is something to add to the evidence flat prosecution has presented to show that the contact might not be as zimmerman described. >> mike geragos, do you think this was ultimately a wash? the defense was able to get the dna expert to basically say just the fact that he couldn't find dna didn't mean there wasn't trayvon martin's dna on the holster and the gun? >> i do think it's a wash. i can't tell you, lawrence will tell you how many times you will see and especially with guns and depending on what with the kind of surface is of it . it's very difficult to know when someone handles that gun to pick up the dna off of it or the fingerprints off of it or

, state of florida versus george zimmerman, verdict, we the jury find george zimmerman not guilty. so say we all -- >> two words, not guilty. and george zimmerman was told he could go home, that he was a free man, all charges against him were dismissed. the jury is 6 women deliberated for more than 16 hours, friday and most of saturday. they could have found him guilty of second degree murder or manslaught manslaughter. they chose to find him not guilty. it's the caper on of a case that has inflamed racial passions across the country and polarized opinion on race and profiling since the killing of 17-year-old trayvon martin in february of last year george zimmerman found not guilty. i want you to listen to debra nelson speak directly to george zimmerman after learning he was cleared of all the charges. >> your bond will be released. your gps monitor will be cut off when you exit the courtroom over here and you have no further business with the court. >> you have no further business with the court. and with those words, george zimmerman shook hands with his legal team, calmly put pa

>> the joke was horrible. >> george zimmerman. george zimmerman who? all right, good, you're on the jury. >> nobody got it. i didn't get it until later. then i thought about it, and i'm like, i guess that could have been funny. but not in the context he told it. >> was there a particular witness that stands out to you? who did you find to be the most credible? >> the doctor -- i don't know his name. >> the doctor for the defense? >> yes. >> what about him? >> i thought he was awe-inspiring. the experiences he had had over in the war, and i just never thought of anybody that could recognize somebody's voice yelling in like a terrible terror voice when he was just previously half hour ago playing cards with them. >> that is george zimmerman. >> a lot of analysts watching the trial felt that the defense attorneys, marks o'mara, don west, were able to turn prosecution witnesses to their advantage. chris serino, the lead investigator for example, did he make an impression on you? >> chris serino did. but to me he just was doing his job. he was doing his job

do you know george zimmerman? >> yes, i do. >> and if you would, tell the jury how long you have known him. >> i think i met george nor the first time either at the end of 2002 or early in 2003. >> and if you would briefly tell the jury the circumstances of. i own and operate a local real estate business and george was working for the local evens company and i used to refer my commerce over to him, so i got to know him that way. >> would a characterization as a business friendship be? >> yes, it started out as a business relationship. >> have you maintained a friendship sort of continuously back in 2002? >> yes. >> if you would, tell the jury the high points of that. how it happened, how it progressed. i'm sorry, do you know shelly zimmerman as well? >> yes, i do. when i have you talk to the juriant your relationship, is it one that grew with you and your husband and george zimmerman and his wife? >> yes. >> okay. >> so as you are going through this, are you talking about the relationship that grew between the fou

. >>> tonight, high drama in the george zimmerman trail. tray vob's mother testifying that the voice here on the 911 audiotape screaming in the background belongs to her dead son. and the attorney for trayvon's family is here to go on the record. >> have you ever heard him while he was growing up, heard him cry or yelling? >> yes. >> you think he's yelling help? >> yes. >> there just were gun shots. >> just heard gunshots? >> yes. >> screaming or yelling, do you recognize that? >> yes. >> and who do you recognize that to be? >> trayvon benjamin martin. >> you know whose voice that was screaming in the background? >> yes, sir. >> whose voice was that? >> my son, george. >> are you certain of that? >> because he's my son. >> what was the manner of death, sir? >> the manner of death is home. he was killed by another person. he was still alive, and he was killed. he was suffering. >> objection. not a relevant issue. >> just a second. your objection is relevance? overruled. >> there's only one reason to squeeze the trigger at someone's heart and

>> the joke was horrible. >> george zimmerman. george zimmerman who? all right, good, you're on the jury. >> nobody got it. i didn't get it until later. then i thought about it, and i'm like, i guess that could have been funny. but not in the context he told it. >> was there a particular witness that stands out to you? who did you find to be the most credible? >> the doctor -- i don't know his name. >> the doctor for the defense? >> yes. >> what about anymore >> i thought he was awe-inspiring. the experiences he had had over in the war, and i just never thought of anybody that could recognize somebody's voice yelling in like a terrible terror voice when he was just previously half hour ago playing cards with them. >> that is george zimmerman. >> a lot of analysts watching the trial felt that the defense attorneys, marks o'mara, don west, were able to turn prosecution witnesses to their advantage. chris serino, the lead investigator for example, did he make an impression on you? >> chris serino did. but to me he just was doing his job. he was doing his

george zimmerman waking up this morning a freeman. cleared of all charges in the shooting death of trayvon martin. martin's family deals with that verdict that was rendered last night. good morning, everyone. welcome to "america's news headquarters" on this sunday morning. >> i'm marcella neville. a jury of six women reaching their verdict yesterday after 16 hours of deliberations. here's the verdict as it was read. >> in the circuit court of the 18th judicial district in and for seminole county florida, state of florida versus george zimmerman, verdict, we the jury find george zimmerman, not guilty. >> emotions running high outside the courthouse as people on both sides of this case consider the outcome of this historic case. jonathan sary is joining us live from sanford, florida. jonathan, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. there were reports overnight of protester smashing windows and setting small fires in oakland, california, but here in sanford, florida, people on both sides of this emotionally charged issue heeded the cal

state of florida versus george zimmerman. we the jury find george zimmerman not guilty. so say we all foreperson. >> welcome everybody to this special edition of new day. that was the moment we have all been waiting for. the reading of the verdict in the george zimmerman murder trial. jury's decision, you heard it, not guilty. some people expected it. many did not. thanks for joining us. i'm chris cuomo. >> i'm kate baldwin. it's 8:00 in the east on this sunday july 14th. thank you for joining us for "new day." it was inevitable after the verdict came down that one side would be happy and one side would express relief, declare justice -- they would also declare that justice had been done and they would want to move on. listen here. >> your bond will be released. your gps monitor will be cutoff when you exit the courtroom over here and you have no further business with the court. >> thank you, your honor. >> but we knew from the beginning if trayvon martin was allowed to be killed and the man that did it to not go to jail there would be outrage and there is. civil rights

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it's made by george zimmerman himself. now, he consults with his attorneys, they give him advice but george zimmerman is ultimately the one who makes that decision and we have seen, especially in the early days of this investigation, that he is independent minded and has a tendency to sometimes make decisions that perhaps those around him were not counselling him to do, specifically when he set up web pages to collect some money and there was some issues about money going back and forth within the family. so the attorney, mark o'mara, has said that from the beginning no decision has been made about whether george zimmerman will take the stand in his own defense. perhaps when he comes to the podium and talks to us and answers some questions, perhaps one of those questions will be just that and we'll hear what the answer is. it may be that still no decision has been made. >> kerry, what is your sense of folks down there in florida? do you think george zimmerman would take the stand? because, of course, he is saying it was al

they know what george zimmerman did was wrong. and a not guilty verdict does not mean that george zimmerman was innocent. george zimmerman will forever have trayvon martin's blood on his hands and it is it up to us now to peacefully and conscientiously object to this decision we got from the court yesterday. >> i want to play a portion of what zimmerman attorney don west said after the jury delivered its verdict. take a listen. >> i think the prosecution of george zimmerman was disgraceful. i am gratified by the jury's verdict. as happy as i am for george zimmerman, i'm thrilled that this jury kept this tragedy from becoming a travesty. >> kept this tragedy from becoming a travesty. ms. rand, what is your reaction to that? >> the travest is th travesty i child due to racial intolerance. george zimmerman profiled trayvon martin, with a loaded gun, put a round in my client's heart. trayvon martin died because of ignorance. that's the travesty here. >> what has happened here, the outcome of this, the situation in and of itself can be

that george zimmerman was lucky. i understand why angela cory would say what comes to her mind, murderer. i can understand that. >> i don't understand that. she's a prosecutor. she's got a certain -- supposed to have some ethics, which obviously she doesn't. supposed to be competent. you heard the juror say they played over and over the reenactment by george zimmerman. jeff, i think she will back me up but for these incompetent prosecutors putting it in there. >> big mistake by the prosecutors to put all those tapes in. they thought, oh, they'll show all these inconsistencies. >> they rewatched that. >> i agreed with her on that. >> that does it for this special edition of "360." join us tomorrow night. we'll have more of my interview with job b-37. also 10:00 p.m. eastern tomorrow, a special edition "race and justice in america," it an "ac360" town hall. you don't want to miss it, tomorrow night 10:00 eastern right here on cnn. [ female announcer ] last day, deb. checking out of the hilton shouldn't be a pity party.

. >> george zimmerman has been silent. but it was mark o'mara, his lawyer, that spoke out. >> we are ecstatic with tehe results, george zimmerman was never guilty. i am glad the jury saw it that way. >> and this is really not the end for george zimmerman as we have been talking about this on the panel the last hour. there could be other charges against zimmerman? >> yes, that is absolutely right. there has been a request by the naacp that there be an investigation into the possibility of civil rights violation, the breaking of civil rights, trayvon martin, due to george zimmerman's actions. the department of justice says they have been investigating and will continue to look into that. and they want people to be sure that they're looking into that, that is ongoing. meanwhile, president obama has weighed in. remember, he spoke just weeks after this incident. and the latest statement coming from the president goes like this. and he says the death of trayvon martin was a tragedy, not just for his family or for any one communi

that george zimmerman was lucky. let me finish, mark. that george zimmerman was lucky. i understand why angela cory would say what comes to her mind, murderer. i can understand that. >> i don't understand that. she's a prosecutor. she's got a certain -- supposed to have some ethics, which obviously she doesn't. supposed to be competent. you heard the juror say they played over and over the reenactment by george zimmerman. jeff, i think she will back me jeff up but for these incompetent prosecutors putting it in there. >> big mistake by the prosecutors to put all those tapes in. they thought, oh, they'll show all these inconsistencies. your interview with the juror. >> they rewatched that. >> i agreed with her on that. >> we have to stop there. thank you. that does it for this special edition of "360." join us tomorrow night. we'll have more of my interview with job b-37. there's parts that have not been played yet. also 10:00 p.m. eastern tomorrow, a special edition "race and justice in america," it an "ac360" town hall. we have lined up a lot of interesting guests. a d

zimmerman, verdict, we the jury find george zimmerman not guilty. so say we all, foreperson. >> it was interesting that he didn't have -- sorry, mark. i was just saying is he had absolutely no reaction in that moment. >> right, yeah. when you looked at his face, i wasn't even sure he had heard it quite clearly. it was flat. there was no reaction. his wife, shelley, was there. she began crying quietly. we looked over and it was noticeably obvious that trayvon martin's parents, who had been there throughout, tracy martin and sybrina fulton, were not there. >> yeah, and i talked to darrell parks, the attorney for the martin family. he said that was a predetermined thing, that they decided in advance they wouldn't be there for that. they did make statements on twitter. >> right. they have. they've spoken out, essentially. i'm paraphrasing very quickly here, but what they said was their faith -- or their hearts were broken but their faith has not been broken. they reiterated something they have maintained throughout. that is they asked for public calm. i

. >> what made you think it was george zimmerman's voice? >> because of the evidence that he was the one that had gotten beaten? >> so you think because he was the one who had had cuts, had acontributi abrasio abrasions, he was the one getting hit, calling for help? >> the witness john good saw trayvon on top of george, not necessarily hitting him because it was so dark he couldn't see and he saw blows down toward george. he knew what they were wear ing. >> the one who thought it was trayvon martin's voice on that call, do you know why? >> she didn't think it was trayvon. she just said it could have been trayvon's. >> she couldn't be sure? >> no. she wanted to give everybody absolute out of being guilty. >> but you were sure it was george zimmerman's voice? >> i was sure it was george zimmerman -- >> and everyone else was, except for are the one person? >> i think they were. i don't think there was a doubt that everyone thought it was george's voice. >> i want to ask you about different witnesses. rachel jeantel, the woman who was on the pho

the police believed george zimmerman. trayvon martin was six houses away from where he was staying, and he was put in the morgue as a john doe. no one in the police department -- a 12-year-old child was playing video games in the home of the girlfriend of his father's fiancee and no police officer even thought to knock door to door to say did this child live here. george zimmerman has rights, so did trayvon martin. that's the issue. it's not a an issue of whether he's arrested but protecting the rights of trayvon martin. questioning this, i saw one of my heroes on television, ben crump, another hero, reverend sharpton of there was no ambulance february 26th, 2012. these men came to sanford, florida, to protect the rights of an american child and we followed in their suit and marched with them and protested with them and stood with them with sybrina and tracy because trayvon martin has rights protected by our u.s. constitution. sorry to -- i know i said that. >> is one of his rights -- this is the piece i kept not understa

same with benson, and that was george zimmerman. i'm not sure that if i had thought about trying to figure out who in the world talks to people they know, and then hears them scream for their life. i just -- there's no profession that does that. maybe a cornerman in a boxing ring, but they don't scream for help there. a medic in vietnam, a person who hangs out during the day with his buddies of 6200 people, figures out who they are, what they are, who they left behind at home, when they want to go back, when they might go back, and you know what? that they might never go back. he has a medic bag, and heads out towards the screams, and that even before he gets there sometimes, he knows who it is that's screaming. wow. didn't want to testify, i don't think, a guy who's been in vietnam wants to come before people and break down a bit, but i think his testimony was quite credible when he believed that it was mr. zimmerman, singleton, and by the way chris sarino say the same thing. unfortunately when mr. martin did first hear the tame, h

and family of george zimmerman who say that's george zimmerman's voice screaming for help on the 911 call before the shot rings out. we heard from three family and friends, witnesses who said it was trayvon martin's voice. i have been thinking about this and recalling that there were neighbors who were not associated with either side, james sudaka who said it soundsed like a boy it's voice screaming for help. ultimately those witnesses may be considered more in identi identifying the voice. >> now we have got two to one on the defense side saying that's george zimmerman's voice. but some say why would a grown man who's got a gun be screaming like that. >> the jurors are going to be listening to that tape carefully and listen to when the screaming stops, when the gunshot goes off the screaming stops abruptly. these are fact witnesses but it's almost as if they're giving character witness as well. one testified about george zimmerman tutoring kids. another testified about the training he received with his gun. they're trying to present not only factual testimony but also testimony abou

>> the joke was horrible. >> george zimmerman. george zimmerman who? all right, good, you're on the jury. >> nobody got it. i didn't get it, until later, when i thought about it, and i'm like, i guess that could have been funny, but not in the context he told it. >> was there a particular witness that stands out to you? who did you find to be the most credible? >> the doctor, and i didn't know his name. >> the doctor the defense called? >> yes. >> what about him? >> i thought he was awe inspiring. the experiences that he had had over in the war, and i just never thought of anybody that could recognize somebody's voice yelling, in like a terrible terror voice, when he was just previously a half hour ago playing cards with him. >> that is george zimmerman. >> a lot of analysts who were watching the trial felt that the defense attorneys, mark o'mara and don west were able to turn prosecution witnesses to their advantage. chris advisory serino, for instance, the lead investigator, did he make an impression on you? >> chris serino did, but to me, he was jus

>> the joke was horrible. >> george zimmerman. george zimmerman who? all right, good, you're on the jury. >> nobody got it. i didn't get it, until later, when i thought about it, and i'm like, i guess that could have been funny, but not in the context he told it. >> was there a particular witness that stands out to you? who did you find to be the most credible? >> the doctor, and i didn't know his name. >> the doctor the defense called? >> yes. >> what about him? >> i thought he was awe inspiring. the experiences that he had had over in the war, and i just never thought of anybody that could recognize somebody's voice yelling, in like a terrible terror voice, when he was just previously a half hour ago playing cards with him. >> that is george zimmerman. >> a lot of analysts who were watching the trial felt that the defense attorneys, mark o'mara and don west were able to turn prosecution witnesses to their advantage. chrisser er i chris advisory serino, for instance, the lead investigator, did he make an impression on you? >> chris serino did, but to

geraldo rivera reporting on the verdict of george zimmerman. the tragic florida youngster, that happened to be in the wrong place at the wrong time. it was one of those awful tragedies in life, but not all tragedies are crimes. that is what happened here. they over charged george zimmerman, i believe, largely because of outside political pressure. political pressure from civil rights icons. political pressure, indeed from the white house itself. you recall the president of the united states suggesting that if he had a son, his son would look like trayvon martin. it is one of those awful confluences of politics and justice, and they do not mix. this is a case that the original officers remember, ladies and gentlemen, the original officers and the local prosecutor, decided not to bring against george zimmerman, remember the circumstances. here is george zimmerman the neighborhood watch captain in a beleigerred community, his retreat there, that had been burglarized and you know, robbed before by youngsters, who looked a lot like trayvon martin di

punched george zimmerman in the face. zimmerman thinking that he was dealing with a criminal, then acted in self defense to defend himself from what he thought was a deadly threat. there was, you know, there was fault on both sides but unfortunately, a 17-year-old is dead, and why? because there was a gun in the picture. what i take away from last night. every african-american that i have spoken to, sees their own children in trayvon martin. and says is, in america today, do we have to worry when our kid goes out that he will be shot? because someone thinks he is a burglar? and i know, if this case, i tried cases like this in new york, as a prosecutor. and we used to call it, if you bring a gun to a fight and you kill somebody, you will get convictimed of manslaughter, and there will not ab prosecutor holding a press conference as they did earlier this evening saying we support the right to bare arms. this is not about the right to bare arms. you never hear that in new york then talking about that. they do not believe in

he is george zimmerman's friend, a member of federal law enforcement, he advised george zimmerman to buy a gun and he at one point housed george and shellie zimmerman at the very beginning of the whole controversy. and the issue that's talked about on the stand is the gun, who was reaching for the gun. he recounts what george zimmerman told him. he actually wrote about it in a book in which he says that trayvon martin was reaching for george's gun on his hip and actually got a hand on it. listen to that exchange. >> trayvon martin went for the gun, correct? >> grabbed for the gun. >> i think you quoted him as saying he took his hand that was covering my nose and went for the gun saying something at that point, correct? >> he did. >> he said -- what words did he utter? >> he said "you're going to die" and used the mf term again. i'm sorry i don't like to curse in front of ladies. >> and he used the term "you're going to die [ bleep ]" correct? >> correct. >> and you quoted him on page 29, under quotations "somehow i broke his grip on the gun when the guy grabbed it between the rear si

>> state of florida versus george zimmerman, verdict, we the jury find george zimmerman not guilty. >> here in sanford, across the nation, people rallied for trayvon martin. vowing to keep fighting to honor the fallen teen. others rallied to support for zimmerman. trayvon martin's family tried to heal by going to church. pastors from coast to coast mentioned the martins in sermons urging peace and compassion. just a short time, president obama released a statement on the zimmerman verdict and how to honor trayvon martin and the full statement in a few minutes. but meantime, george zimmerman is enjoying a first full day of freedom out of the spotlight. we have not seen him since he walked out of court last night. his lawyer said he is afraid for his life. when's next for george zimmerman? that's a big question here. it is not just in florida. the acquittal of george zimmerman has sparked rallies and protests all across the country. >> not one more! not one more! not one more! >> well, that was a scene in chicago late last night. dh demonstrators took to the street. about a dozen people

we don't know if george zimmerman wasn't armed that night, whether it would have been george zimmerman who lost his life and trayvon martin's self-defense claim. the point is, in the state of florida, you have the right to carry a concealed weapon. he was exercising his rights lawfully. his constitutional right. he had that available to him to use, to save his life. i think so far -- >> the most important thing here -- >> in a vulnerable position on the bottom. >> the general aspect of this is that self-defense is not straightforward. a lot of people think that self-defense cases are very straightforward and clean and they never are. this trial is a very good example of how they are not straightforward. >> does anybody think that this guy would have been killed by trayvon martin. >> i do. >> head injury. >> he felt like he was going for his gun and he reached in and shot him. either he's lying or he was going for his gun. >> but he went against the law. if you're imminently in danger of your life -- >> if he's wailing on top of you and you have your gun on your side -- >> my wife used

zimmerman, friends of george zimmerman testifying about whose voice it was on the 911 call. whose voice do you think it was in. >> i think it was george zimmerman's. >> did everyone on the jury agree with that? >> all but probably one. >> and what made you think it was george zimmerman's voice? >> because of the evidence that he was the one that had gotten beaten. >> so you think because he was the one who had had cuts and abrasions, he was the one getting hit, he was the one calling for help? >> well, because of the witnesses of john good, saw trayvon on top of george, not necessarily hitting him, because it was so dark, he couldn't see. but he saw blows down toward george. and he could tell that it was george zimmerman on the bottom. he didn't know who it was, but he knew what they were wearing. >> the juror who didn't think it was george zimmerman's voice, who thought it was trayvon martin's voice. do you know why they thought that way? >> she didn't think it was trayvons, she thought it could have been trayvons. >> she wasn't sure? >> no. she wanted to give evan absolute

zimmerman, verdict, we the jury find george zimmerman not guilty. so say we all foreperson. >> and that is how it all played out. the highly anticipated end to an extremely dramatic trial, george zimmerman now a free man after being found not guilty in the death of trayvon martin. so what's next for zimmerman? and is the legal battle over, is it really over? the reaction to the verdict is pouring in from all across the country. the first people to weigh in, attorneys from both sides. they gave a news conference shortly after the verdict came down around 10:00 last night. the prosecution was visibly upset that zimmerman was cleared of both second-degree murder and manslaughter. the defense on the other hand wassed ed adamant that not guil the only justifiable option. >> george zimmerman was never guilty of anything except protecting himself and self defense. i'm glad the jury saw it that way and i hope that everyone, particularly those who doubt the george's reasons and doubted his background now understand that the jury knew everything that they kne

back at the george zimmerman trial. the haggling back and forth between the defense and the prosecution. the judge, the arbiter of what gets to stay. what stays he same. you can see the defense attorneys there looking at some of the items introduced during the case. i don't believe that the jury is in the courtroom for this. i think they have to decide all of this and then i'm told they're not in the courtroom. once they work through these differences and get into agreement on what they're going to have going forward, the jury will be brought back in, and we've been led to believe the prosecution is very close to resting its case. they have called their final witness. let's get more analysis. judge alex ferrer, and anna gaspar. this isn't the way it goes down. people are used to watching "law & order." this stuff gets left on the cutting room floor. >> absolutely. watching a trial can be very tedious, boring, and be repetitive and obviously on television they make it exciting all the time. so it is quite different. but

trayvon martin or george zimmerman? part of the prosecution's argument is that zimmerman continued to follow trayvon martin, that he could have avoided the confrontation. let's listen to this exchange between zimmerman's defense attorney and the former lead investigator in the zimmerman case, detective chris serino. >> and in your investigation is at that time that mr. zimmerman continued to follow mr. martin? >> at which point, sir? >> at the point that the officer said or the 911 emergency operator said we don't need to do that and mr. zimmerman said okay. >> i would say there was. >> what evidence would you have? >> his end location. the location where the incident ultimately ended. >> jean, what's your sense on which side is being more effective on the aggressor question? >> it's the entire prosecution's theory, the confrontation, the initial aggressor. this case is going to be determined on the law because when you look at the initial aggressor, they could not then avail themselves of self-defense because they're t

. >> out in force against the not guilty verdict for george zimmerman. crowds in los angeles blocking streets to get their message out. same message enoakland. >> as -- in oakland. >> as i was waking up i hear a big hang. >> the survivors of the asiana airlines flight 214 crash. how this family of 5 managed to walk away. good evening. >> a chaotic scene in los angeles tonight. protesters shut down part of interstate 10 showing opposition to the not guilty verdict in the george zimmerman trial. last night a jersey acquitted george zimmerman in the shooting death of trayvon martin. protesters flooded the roadway. police in riot gear tried to keep peace. and here is what it looked like over oakland. chopper 5 caught up with protesters and kpix's joe vazquez has been on the ground since the protest began. what is happening now? >> reporter: 7 hours into it it looks like things are getting back tonormal. you can see the -- to normal. you can see the flashing lights and the police said to the crowd, it is time to go home, disperse and they did. and it was peac

walking past george zimmerman. it's important that this case is going to be judged based upon the full body of evidence in this case, sir. >> what is the biggest part i think and most devastating in the prosecution's case, only one eyewitness. that eyewitness identified trayvon, mma style, straddling george zimmerman, ground and pound, punches going down, and by the way, the injuries that george have are very consistent with what that eyewitness saw, what does it mean to you and the family that he may have initiated this confrontation? >> well, there is no question -- i want to answer your question in two different ways. first part, dealing with the witness, mr. good, and the second part, about injuries to george zimmerman. first of all, the person interviewing mr. good used ground and pound. however, go back and look at the testimony of mr. good where he describes that they were wrestling and tussling, talked about seeing the hands of mr. -- the person on top in a downward position. not a situation where he was wa

zimmerman, george zimmerman's father sat there. his wife -- george zimmerman's wife sat there. george zimmerman's mother sat there, later in the day after the recess after the deliberations began, there was a vending machine at the courthouse. mr. zimmerman, his father was there, paying for a diet coke, paying for a sprite, lining the bottles up for the family. all the everyday mechanics of a family in wait. >> that is interesting, i want to get your take on the jury, as well. we know at this point, six women, five have children, we've seen them every day. what is your impression of the jury? >> i think this has been an attentive jury, taking notes. then something interesting happened in the last couple of days. they seem to not take as many notes. they seemed to sit back a little more. they were engaged. there was no message of disengagement. but i picked up a message of becoming more comfortable with the case. and then, of course, they have gone into deliberation. today is a big day for them. this is the first time they have ever been able to speak about the facts of the case

george zimmerman. george zimmerman who? all right. good. you're on the jury. nothing? that's funny. >> a lot of people didn't find it funny, and defense attorney don west ended up apologizing later. other key moments, testimony from neighbors who witnessed part of the fight and called 911. we heard screaming in the background and the gunshot that ended trayvon martin's life. >> i can't see him. i don't want to go out there. i don't know what's going on. >> so you think he's yelling help? >> yes. >> all right. what is your -- [ gunshot ] >> there's gunshots. >> there's two guys in backyard with flashlights. >> okay. >> and there's a black guy down. it looks like he's been shot and he's dead. >> okay. >> he's laying and there's multiple people calling right now i'm thinking. >> and, of course, the star witness for the prosecution, rachel jeantel, trayvon martin's friend, who was defiant and later criticized for her attitude in court. we want to warn you, some of the language you're about to hear may be offensive. >> describe iing the person is t made you think it was rac

zimmerman, their friend, or their family member, george zimmerman. absolutely, one older man who was a friend was in tears, choked up at how certain he was that it was grreorge zimmerman. then we heard from tracy martin, trayvon martin's father, who says different times, based on who you believe, it wasn't him, now he says it was him. i think the jury will have a very difficult time identifying who it was. >> john, just in tracy martin's defense, when he was being questioned, he said, i never said that that wasn't my son's voice. >> right. >> and he said his action was, when he heard it, he was clearly traumatized, he pushed himself away from the desk and mumbled. >> right. >> and i believe it was officer serino who said he saw tracy martin mouth the words, "no," i think it was and sort of had his head hung low. but we have to remember, tracy martin is at detective serino's cubicle, the day after trayvon martin was killed. remember, he said in his testimony, he drove himself to the police station, because he thought he was going to do some other thin

>> george zimmerman's friend, mark osterman testified that george zimmerman told him that trayvon martin straddled zimmerman by his arm pits. de la rionda used a mannequin, once again, using the mannequin to show the jury once again what it would look like. >> he is showing the arm pits, how did he get the gun out? arm pits, how does he get the gun out? >> a few months after the incident, george zimmerman told sean hannity that he had no regrets about what happened that night. but today, he must have had regrets about talking to sean hannity. >> i feel like it was all god's plan, and for me to second guess it or judge it. >> is there anything you might do differently in retrospect, after time has passed? >> no, sir. >> i don't know whether i need to comment about that. it speaks for itself. >> joining me now, msnbc legal analyst, lisa bloom, former criminal prosecutor, faith jenkins and former prosecutor marcia clark, who is also the author of the new novel, "killer ambition." they want to lodge at least one central question at least in the jury's mind that leads to the answer of guilty.

zimmerman says no, sir. gary, there is an awful lot for george zimmerman to regret. and it seems to me any juror is going to know that. >> sure, absolutely, there is a lot for george zimmerman to regret here. i'm not exactly sure. i think the defense's job here is to make sure that the jury doesn't get caught up in the sensationalism part of this. whether or not that had an impact, whether it is to deciding issue in the case is not. i think it will be the defense attorney's job to lay out if he was afraid for his life. will it work? i think if he gets on the stand and proves it is the objective. you have the objective, proving it is reasonable to act, the prosecution did that. trying to show that the injuries were there and the subjective part, which was, he was obviously losing the fight. all the experts testified that he was losing the fate. >> depraved mind, gary, no remorse, the prosecution is going to argue that, an element of second degree murder. >> and faith said is, zimmerman is going to be a terrible witness. >> so far, the prosecution didn't get what they

with which george zimmerman is charged, was committed, and george zimmerman is the person who committed the crime. george zimmerman is not required to present evidence or prove anything. whenever the words reasonable doubt are used, you must consider the following. a reasonable doubt is not a mere possible doubt, a speculative, imaginary, or forced doubt. such a doubt should not influence you to return a verdict of not guilty if you have an abiding conviction of guilt. on the other hand, if after carefully considering, comparing, and weighing all of the evidence, there is not an abiding conviction of guilt or if having a conviction it is one which is not stable but one which waivers and vacillates, then the charge is not proved beyond every reasonable doubt, and you must find george zimmerman not guilty because the doubt is reasonable. it is to the evidence introduced in this trial and to it alone that you are to look for that proof. a reasonable doubt as to the guilt of george zimmerman may arise from the evidence, conflict in the evidence, or lack of the evidence. if you have a reason

the only person that establishes george zimmerman's self-defense claim is george zimmerman, because there were no other witnesses to the entire fight. but the second thing that establishes george zimmerman's claim is his wounds, the actual blood on the back of his head, the nose, the bloody nose, and that sort of thing. you also saw john guy try to take that apart. he showed the same picture mark o'mara has use very effectively during the defense presentation, and he said look at this guy. does this guy look like somebody who had to fight for his life. look at his nose. does that look like a life-threatening injury? look at him. it also had a double effect of showing george zimmerman, not the soft, pudgy guy sitting there, but someone who looked a lot tougher. so i think the prosecution needs to take down not just his statements by saying he was false in other things, but they also have to take down what really is the strongest defense evidence, and that's the bloody nose, the bloody head. >> i'm going to ask the panel to please stay with me. much more to talk about. coming up, what argum

a blockbuster day in the george zimmerman trial. in a moment, i'll speak to mark o'mara, a day in which witness after witness testified george zimmerman is the man heard screaming on the tape, not trayvon martin. >> you said you heard the tape several times, is that mainly listening to it on tv? >> yes. >> were you able to identify mr. zimmerman's voice during the first time you listened to it? yes, my immediate reaction to it was, that is george's voice. >> that's georgy. >> it's george zimmerman, and i wish to god i did not have the ability to recognize that. >> i pushed away from the table and shook my head and said, i can't tell. >> and the judge rules the jury will hear about trayvon martin's alleged pot use. joining us to talk about a busy day in court, mark o'mara. mark, busy day. pretty important day in many ways. how significant is this late breaking decision to allow trayvon martin's toxicology report including his cannibis use to be made available to the court? >> good evening, piers, it's good to chat with you again. we

a lot of the police really seemed to believe george zimmerman. we know that's true because charges didn't get filed for 44 days after the shooting until there was a groundswell of public outcry. >> the other people they seemed to pay a lot of attention to was family members. that's i think true in murder trials. it's the emotion, it's the heart of the case, although a lot of questions were asked of family questions about whose voice did you hear on that 911 call? i think in the tend may be less about that than george zimmerman, humanizing him. >> i think it's diminishing returns. the defense put on witness after witness who was a friend, someone who contributed to george zimmerman's defense to say i know that's him, i'm certain that's him on the 911 call and they heard the same thing of family members and friends of trayvon martin. at some point they have to say clearly these people cannot know, some of them have to be wrong, some of them have to think it's the other person because it would be hard to bear. >> is it possible that both of them wer