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both of them, frequent visitors to msnbc. of course work shows on msnbc. lisa bloom is here. and lisa has been according this for us throughout this trial. let's start with the legal question if we can. we don't know. the jurors haven't spoken. what does your gut tell you here? >> based on the indication that went into these jurors, this was really the only conclusion they could draw. so i was asked a few days ago on this network about what i thought they were going to do. and i said i thought it would have to be a defense verdict. i was disappointed that the evidence did not connect with what the prosecution was doing in this case. and i've raised a lot of questions throughout. taken some heat for that. there was a lot of very strong evidence for the prosecution that did not get argued to the jury. a the love cross-examination questions that were not asked by this prosecution. for those who aren't used to watching murder trials as i am, i've been doing for 12, 14 years. it may not jump out at them the way it jumped out at me. the prosecution usually connects all the dots. ma

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you're watching continuing coverage of the george zimmerman trial here on msnbc. tonight we got that verdict. the state tonight's office, disappointment. >> what was convincing to us when we listened to the tape is that the scream stops the moment the shot is fired. that's the kind of common sense evidence that prosecutors rely on every day. that scream stops the moment the shot is fired. we always believed, after hearing that tape, that it was trayvon martin. >> we saw the defense attorneys were happy after a year and a half they were able to persuade the jury george zimmerman acted in self-defense. >> he has to be very cautious and protective of his safety because there is still a fringe element who have said at least in tweets and everything else that they want revenge, that they will not listen to a verdict of not guilty, although i think everyone in this room would agree this was a very trial. more fair to the state on occasion than to the defense but it was a fair enough trial in that the state got to present everything they could. in that sense those people

. >> joining me now is managing editor of the grio.com and an msnbc contributor, joyoid, and msnbc legal analyst lisa bloom. lisa, i want to go to you first. we know the prosecution is going toby g begin its rebuttal. a lot brought up in the defense closing arguments, the crux seeming to rest on the notion that there is too much of a reasonable doubt to convict george zimmerman. where does the prosecution begin as it must in the next few minutes? >> well, i would begin by starting out with what mark o'mara missed in his closing argument. he really didn't respond at all to the big lies that the prosecution has put out there about george zimmerman. yes, he said people have inconsistencies when they tell stories over and over again, and that's true. that would explain some of the minor inconsistencies. but what about the big ones? george zimmerman saying he didn't know the name of the street sign. i wasn't following trayvon martin. okay, i was following him. no, i was just going to look at the street sign, no i was looking for a house number, even though the house numb sber right there. he

let's go to msnbc's kerry sanders who is outside the courthouse. that was expected but it was 90 minutes of detail and drama in this case. >> reporter: and it was also a foreshadow of where the defense is going to go as they present their case, which they have now started to do. defense attorney mark o'mara has been rather talkative since the early changes of this case when he assumed the responsibilities of being the defense attorney and he's going to be holding a news conference here shortly. one of the questions that should be asked is, now that the prosecution has finished its case, will george zimmerman take the stand in his own defense? in florida, that is not a decision that's made by the defense attorneys. 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

the second largest msnbc audience. in fact, more people heard this program, getting the irs fake scandal right, every night than heard anyone else on the network getting it not so right. but salon, just like the rest of the washington media, didn't hear a word of what was said on this program. absolutely no one in washington took their guidance. no one in the washington media anyway took their guidance on the irs story from this program. and i never, ever expected them to. >> once the political media has latched on to the paradigm of a scandal, once they've collectively fixed its frame around what they think are the relevant elements of that scandal, it is inescapable. from that point forward, that frame. and the media is incapable of processing any new information that can show the political media just how wrong they have been. >> and so the 24 segments we did on there not being an irs scandal had no impact on scandal fever in the washington media, but they did affect members of congress who were investigating the irs

. >> as counsel approaches the bench, we'll take a quick break on msnbc. we'll be right back with the george zimmerman trial. stay with us. you'll find reviews on home repair to healthcare, written by people just like you. find out why more than two million members count on angie's list. angie's list -- reviews you can trust. lovely read susan. may i read something? yes, please. of course. a rich, never bitter taste cup after cup. 340 grams. [ sighs ] [ male announcer ] always rich, never bitter. gevalia. vietnam in 1972. [ all ] fort benning, georgia in 1999. [ male announcer ] usaa auto insurance is often handed down from generation to generation. because it offers a superior level of protection and because usaa's commitment to serve military members, veterans, and their families is without equal. begin your legacy, get an auto insurance quote. usaa. we know what it means to serve. >>> all right, back to the courtroom there in sanford, florida. captain alexis carter, they were in a side bar for five minutes. lisa bloom is watching that. what was the sign

msnbc not doing so well. bill crystal and rich lowery leading a fight to get republicans to forget about comprehensive immigration reform and republicans seem to be listening. dylan byers is here to tell us all about it. but first... >> this is the "full court press." >> other headlines make news on this friday, justin bieber has made nice with former president bill clinton after the video of him yelling an expletive at clinton surfaced. bieber tweeted and clinton's office confirmed, he called, spoke to the president and apologized. bieber tweeted "thanks for taking the time to talk, mr. president, your words mean a lot, hashtag great guy." >> bill: come on. who cares. >> i can't believe that he just gets to call bill clinton. >> that's the real news. >> he just gets to call bill clinton up. i'm going to go do something really dumb and badmouth bill clinton then maybe i get to call him and have a conversation. >> do we know what clinton said? because i would love to know. >> i don't know what he said. >> bill

lets bring back in msnbc's craig melvin outside the courthouse in sanford, florida, and msnbc analyst lisa bloom from new york. craig, i know you've been dipping in and hearing some of the arguments. this pretrial motion seems to be taking longer than folks expected. >> we were talking about the same thing. this is taking a lot longer than we thought it would. tech geeks would absolutely love what's being discussed in the courtroom right now. there's a guy named daniel schumacher that owns the company that created this animation. he's from california. he's spent the better part of 20 or 30 minutes talking about precisely how he created the animation, at one point describing how he used a rod to simulate the trajectory of the bullet and positioning of the bodies during the actual shooting. so you could imagine how this might be a tad controversial. the defense -- again, the defense at one point said they were open to a number of edits. the animation, as we understand it, has actually been reduced to a number of stills for the most part. at some point the defense decided the edits would

and lisa bloom is a legal analyst for msnbc. it's great to have you all here. melissa, we are coming off your weekend show where this was certainly a large topic to be discussed about the reaction to this. the prosecution certainly has come out in their own defense saying that they worked very hard on this, but is it the fact that they didn't make the case that trayvon martin really had the right to defend himself here? i know you talked a lot about take that and angela corey in a news conference that happened part of saturday night. i want to play part of that. take a look. >> this case has never been about race, nor has it ever been about the right to bear arms. not in the sense of proving this as a criminal case. but trayvon martin was profiled. there is no doubt that he was profiled to be a criminal and if race was one of the aspects in george zimmerman's mind, then we believe that we put out the proof necessary to show that zimmerman did profile trayvon martin. >> i think if you listen to that, melissa, it's like an oxymoron there talking about the fact th

pacific time right here on msnbc. george zimmerman's father reacted to the verdict through a tweet sent out by zimmerman's brother and it read, our whole family is relieved today. i'm proud to be an american. god bless america. thank you for your prayers. joining me, msnbc's melissa perry-harris. ladies, good to have you here. melissa, i want your reaction out of the gate on that tweet because george zimmerman's father saying he's proud to be an american. there is going toob relief from the zimmerman family because of this verdict. >> there are some people here we need not ever go after, and one is the jury. i think the jury, as difficult as it is for me to say this, as much as i think this is the wrong decision as a question of justice, it does not strike me as the wrong decision as a matter of law for the six people, given the evidence they were presented. i think this is not an unreasonable conclusion -- >> you're saying judicially acceptable but socially problematic. >> and ethically and morally in a whole variety

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so let's bring in our legal team, msnbc legal analyst lisa bloom, msnbc's craig melvin, live in sanford. "usa today" reporters amy asandor. lisa, set the stage for what we've heard so far as they were arguing their conflicting arguments before the judge as to what the lesser charge should be permitted. >> right. so it was all about what charges are going to go to the jury this morning. we've all wondered is it just going to be the murder charge that the prosecution filed over a year ago or nothing, or is there something in between? prosecutors wanted the charges in between and they got one of them. they got manslaughter. that will go to the jury and that's a lesser included offense to the murder charge. there's still one more remaining to be decided and that's third degree felony murder which involves an allegation of child abuse. there were fireworks in the courtroom this morning when the defense heard about that. they said child abuse, are you kidding me? we're hearing about that now for the first time at the 11th hour? we should have had more notice that the prosecution wanted to arg

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msnbc is an official sponsor this year. joining me live from new orleans, mara, in years past when we talked about this festival, it's known as the essence music festival but this year they've changed it just to the essence festival. how is that supposed to reflect some of the changes that have come now that it is more than just about music? >> they've dropped the music because whether it first started it was really more about that. now it's grown into so much more. it is three days of what they call a party with a purpose. so during the day they have this empowerment experience. a number of panels and events that people can go to that address really serious issues in the community, things like gun violence, health and jobs. then at night you have the musical performances, concerts and the party. you mentioned msnbc's partnership with essence. this is the first year we've had this had partnership. you might be able to see over my shoulder is our set. it is getting all its final touches and tweaks. as part of that yesterday,

it's a three-day celebration of african-american music and culture and this year msnbc teamed up with essence to broadcast live from the festival and nbc's mara schivavocampo has had a front row seat to all of it in the big easy once again. so let's talk about what's going to happen behind you there today. >> good morning. it is sunday, of course. a number of spiritual events performances from yolanda adams. >>> don ny mcclerklan and we'll see a mother's prayer vigil where we're hear from mothers who have lost children to violence. the mayor of new orleans will be at that event as well and later tonight, the party continues on a number of musical performances, it'll all be closed out by mrs. carter herself beyonce, the last performer, this is beyonce, i cannot wait for that. >> i know. >> good tickets so i'm excited about it. i've never seen her live and that caps three days of what they like to call a party with a purpose, of course, in the evening you do have these musical performances but for the first year as it's changed its name from the essence festival to the essence musical f

bring in lisa bloom, our msnbc legal analyst. craig melvin live in sanford and here with me in studio, professor cobb, following the trial as a contributing writer for the new yorker. lisa you first, where we stand right now and sybrina fulton's testimony just there, did she exclusively help the prosecution? i mean, the -- there was tension i felt as mark o'mara was asking her questions, although as you correctly said prior to her testimony, he had to do it? >> he absolutely had to. i think she did extremely well on the stand. she was poised. she was composed. she didn't take the bait to fight with mark o'mara on cross-examination and she held steady to her statements that was her son trayvon martin screaming on that call. i think mark o'mara did a good job of trying to just plant a little seed in the jury's mind that perhaps she was hoping rather than really knowing. >> all right. we're going to go back now to the trial. i believe this is javaris fulton, trayvon martin's older brother. a student at florida international universi

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♪ >>> you're watching msnbc's continuing coverage of the george zimmerman trial after a jury in sanford, florida, returned a verdict of not guilty. lisa bloom, joy-at-bat reid and melissa harris perry back with us. i'll sure we'll get a lot of analysis. jonathan capehart, a friend to all of us and frequently seen on msnbc turned something out very quickly. he said before all this happened, we have to remember that it was a fight to get charges against george zimmerman. that he said benjamin crump said to him, we can live with a jury verdict. this is what he wrote tonight. tonight we have to live with that verdict. that's our justice system. we don't have to like the jury's decision but we must respect it. and we are seeing the people out in the streets peacefully protesting. respecting that decision. but your final thoughts, lisa bloom, after covering this for so many hours? >> well, he's right. that's a good positive spin to put on it. let's be honest. this is not a good night for civil rights in america. this is not been a good month for civil rights in america. first the voting right

i'm joined once again by msnbc legal analyst lisa bloom, and also by goldie taylor, an msnbc analyst. as we get close to the end of witnesses for the defense, what's your assessment of the day? >> first of all, i think the headline is that george zimmerman is not going to testify. it's something that most of us who have been following the case has been saying from day one. they put on trayvon martin's own father and asked him some tough questions, they put on a lot of witnesses. we're trying to get to the bottom of what happened. george zimmerman is exercising his fifth amendment right not to testify, and i think that's significant. people can draw whatever conclusions they want from that. the jurors have heard about five different stories from george zimmerman that he gave the night of the incident and the days following the incident all the way to a few months later when he sat down with questions with shawn hannity, but he's not going to be answering questions in the courtroom which would be tough questions to endure. >> craig melvin is down in florida, and craig, can you just upda

you've been following this for msnbc. i've been reading your report on it as much as i was watching lisa in terms of her on air reporting. as we look at this defense versus the prosecution, and then, of course, the decision made by the six jurors, i want to be so careful because i keep feeling like the easy thing is to say these six jurors are horrible people. they don't care if trayvon martin was killed or not. instead what i want to do is back up to this case itself and ask about these failures in the prosecution or at least what seemed like to those of us who are lay people, what seemed like prosecution, vigorousness and willingness of the defense in multiple points to play the race card. i want to ask you quite specifically about rachel jeantel and the role that played in the decision of this jury. >> i don't know. i would like to emphasize, the jury didn't necessarily have to believe george zimmerman's version of the events. all they have to believe is the state did not believe what happened in the four minutes betwe

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joining me is michael eric dyson, msnbc political analyst. and professor of sociology at georgetown university. karen desoto, criminal defense attorney. and karen cadet, "huffington post black voices." that account george zimmerman gives in that taped interview differs from other testimony we heard. maybe he jumped -- but it's like you followed him, you followed him. you precipitated this whole thing. if it ends up being the case you precipitated him and trapped him for no reason other than he was a suspect in your mind, then it went down the way you said, and this dude beat the crap out of you because you were following him, then you get to shoot him and what? >> you're making the point because this is the frailty of the -- or i think the inherent injustice of the stand your ground law. who can stand their ground? you jump on me, you ambush me, you have a set of stereotypes in your mind and i cream you. i'm getting the best of you. oh, you're going to beat me? >> the standard here isn't even stand your ground. this is just self-defense. righ

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msnbc political analyst, jonathan alter. thank you. >> thanks, chris. >>> we'll be right back with #click3. >>> sex scandals, more accurately sexting scandals dominating the news cycle once again, i'll talk to a woman who's living proof that while male politicians often get a second chance, women like her are not afforded the same forgiveness. >>> first i want to share the three awesomest things on the internet today. the first awesomest thing, pete souza joined instagram. the fantastic official white house photographer who's brought us not only these iconic images of president obama over the years but his work spans back as far as the reagan administration. he's an amazing photographer, but as we all know, everything is better with lo-fi. this week he joined the online photo sharing site and den of instant feedback called instagram and started posting cell phone shots behind the scenes with the president and his staff. it's amazing stuff but unfair. while most of us are trying to make art of our half-eaten dinner, he has 24

joining me is michael eric dyson, msnbc political analyst. and professor of sociology at georgetown university. kar karen desoto, criminal defense attorney. and karen cadet, "huffington post black voices." that account george zimmerman gives in that taped interview difers fr e difers from other testimony we heard. maybe he jumped -- but it's like you followed him, you followed him. you precipitated this whole thing. if it ends up being the case you precipitated him and trapped him for no reason other than he was a suspect in your mind, then it went down the way you said, and this dude beat the crap out of you because you were following him, then you get to shoot him and what? >> you're making the point because this is the frailty of the -- or i think the inherent injustice of the stand your ground law. who can stand their ground? you jump on me, you ambush me, you have a set of stereotypes in your mind and i cream you. i'm getting the best of you. oh, you're going to beat me? >> the standard here isn't even stand your ground. this is just sel

>> yes, but i also -- i'm also -- i split my time between msnbc. >> okay. >> oh! >> and he's down. >> that was anderson cooper hitting the deck there, appropriately. anyway, i wonder if they knew what was coming or they wouldn't have asked that question. >>> up next, rebel without a country. edward snowden is stuck in the moscow airport still. and is far, no country says they want the guy. you're watching "hardball," the place for politics. >>> welcome back to "hardball." nsa leaker edward snowden remains in a state of limbo, if you will, at the moscow airport. he stay there's nine days after arriving from hong kong. his hopes of transiting to another country where he would be granted asylum from the u.s. prosecution seem to be closing by the hour, close down, i should say. according to supporter julian assange and his organization wikileaks, snowden has applied for asylum in 21 countries. how many law schools did this guy apply to get out of there. however his prospects are not looking so good. brazil and india both flat out said no. ecuador, fairly left wing gov

up next is on msnbc special on president obama and trayvon martin. good night. >>> if trayvon martin was of age and armed, could he have stood his ground on that sidewalk? >> the president, the zimmerman trial and race. >> trayvon martin could have been me. >> literally we all looked up and there was the president. >> unannounced the president walking into the briefing room. >> it was regarding the george zimmerman trial. >> he simply gave us the world view of trayvon martin and parents of trayvon martin. >> the african-american community is looking at this issue fthrough a set of experiences. >> one stunning moment, he said, trayvon martin could have been me. >> another way of sating that, trayvon martin could have been me. >> this might not have been the right politics. >> we have a polarized country. >> given how polarizing the conversation has been. >> in spite of that the president clearly decided, you know what, this is too important. >> you can't underestimate how huge this is. >> he just showed up in the briefing room and spoke from the heart

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at msnbc. be sure to stay with us for the very latest in the george zimmerman trial. >>> now to another story developing today. this one in texas. a drawn-out battle over access to abortion is entering another crucial phase. texas, now set to become the next state to adopt one of the most restrictive abortion bills in the country, after a late-night session, the senate passed a bill that will ban abortions after 20 weeks among several restrictions. the bill now goes to governor rick perry, who is poised to sign that. inside and outside of the state capital in austin, both sides of the debate voiced their own opinions, including one protester who was carried out of the chamber. >> because women's lives are on the line! >> birdwell? duncan? >> i want to be able to have the option of getting an abortion. it's my choice and no one else's. >> we're going to push it all the way to the point where abortion is called what it really is, which is the murder of a child. and that's murder, that should be i

. >>> joining me now, msnbc legal analyst lisa bloom. lisa, in your opinion how important is it to establish that trayvon martin may are been on top of george zimmerman at one point? >> i think it is extremely important and i think this is the best defense witness so far. we haven't heard cross examination yet and that could change things a lot but on direct, dr. dimaio was i think very strong for the defense, establishing a lot of the points they've been trying to make throughout the trial. he established that -- he at least -- his position is that trayvon martin's shirt separated two to four inches from his body. that's established by powder tattooing. and that's important because the defense says that trayvon martin was straddled over george zimmerman who was on his back. leaning in. that means the shirt would have separated because of gravity an because the arizona fruit drink was in the pocket pulling the shirt away. dimaio through science is trying to establish for this jury that that's what happened. he also said trayvon martin wa

. >> msnbc's craig melvin. joining me now with more on all of this, one of the hosts of msnbc's "the cycle," and nbc news justice correspondent pete williams. thank you both for being here this morning. pete i want to start from you. from a legal perspective is this an effective strategy and how might it be applied to other states. >> it's the only strategy the government has. the supreme court in june left most of the voting rights act intact but took down, struck down the part that defined which states were subject to pre-clearance automatically. the states that have been listed through the history of the voting rights act. texas was one of them. the coverage map and what the supreme court said is that data behind that map hasn't kept pace with changes in voting practices so that part is unconstitutional. but it left intact the pre-clearance requirement. now what the government is saying is we're going to use another part of voting rights law and under that law you have to go to a judge, the old law was pre-c

rights leaders including the reverend al sharpton, president of the national action network and our msnbc colleague have called for public gatherings in 100 cities this coming saturday. even as one protest turned violent in los angeles last night. a fringe group broke away from a peaceful demonstration and began breaking store windows and destroying property. however, the vast majority of protests have been peaceful even as this delicate national conversation continues. for more now, i'm joined by kerry sanders from sanford, florida, who is with the city's mayor jeff triplett. kerry? >> martin, we're here with the mayor because this is in many ways not only the epicenter of events but it is the epicenter of calm. we have seen the events in los angeles and oakland, in milwaukee where protesters have gotten a little out of hand. although it's just a small group. nonetheless, here things are calm. so i guess i'm curious, as you look forward to this saturday, marches in 100 cities organized by reverend al sharpton, you've seen a lot of people show up before, what are your concerns and how pre

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